[As
you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE
doesn't stream their audio to here; i have to connect via a VPN, to
spoof a non-Canadian address. This week, according to
https://whatismyipaddress.com/
i was listening from Parsippany, New Jersey. As far as i can
recall, i've only been there once before.]
Quotation
Of The Week ~ Friedrich Nietzsche – And those who were seen dancing
were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
That
VPN of mine has been playing silly buggers for the past few days. I
subscribe to Tunnel Bear (https://www.tunnelbear.com/)
and i've been very pleased with them for several years, but just
recently the secure connection keeps failing. It did several times
this morning which meant that i lost the audio stream momentarily and
had to reconnect. I didn't miss anything important but it was a
little frustrating.
As
to the program itself, after a pretty fine start this morning with
the April Wine song, merde alors! Along comes one of the most
annoying pieces of claptrap it has ever been my misfortune to have to
suffer: Mason Rock's truly appalling, recitato (in an absurdly
theatrical English accent) cover version of The Rolling Stones' song.
Of course things improved – they could hardly have become worse!
(I'm on record as saying that the lead singer in Pavlov's Dog –
whose name escapes me and i can't be arsed looking it up – is like
fingernails on a chalkboard to me, but their song today wasn't all
that awful. Likewise, i'm not a big lover of the music of Styx, but
today's selection was actually quite good.)
There
was lots of much-loved music by Mama's Pride, Thin Lizzy, Wings, Max
Webster (the only song of theirs that KSHE ever plays, i believe),
Genesis, Uriah Heep, Fleetwood Mac, Harry Nilsson (i don't think i've
ever heard him on The Klassics Show before) and several others and i
probably would have graded this one at least an “A” but of course
the inclusion of a song by either Dan Fogelberg or Rory Gallagher
automatically means an “A+” and this week we had both! (And i
needed both of them today....)
Uman,
the show's host, told an amusing little anecdote he heard from Joe
Walsh, who produced Dan's brilliant 1974 album “Souvenirs” (from
which this morning's song came) and who played on most of it (along
with Graham Nash and three members of The Eagles). 'Way back when,
Joe was “between jobs” and living in his car and coping all right
but then J.D. Souther moved into it, too. Well, ok, said Joe, it'll
be a little cramped but we'll be fine. And then Dan Fogelberg moved
in and it got really cramped! So much talent in one wheeled
vehicle....
OK,
here's my bear, and here's the playlist:
April
Wine – Like A Lover, Like A Song
The
Mason Rack Band – Sympathy For The Devil
Deodato
– Super Strut
Hudson
Ford – Take A Little Word
Mama's
Pride – Young And Free
LeRoux
– Take A Ride On A Riverboat
Thin
Lizzy – Don't Believe A Word
Bruce
Springsteen – Thunder Road
Sherbs
– We Ride Tonight
Head
East – Since You've Been Gone
Wings
– 1985
The
Little River Band – Take It Easy On Me
The
KBC Band – America
Max
Webster – Battle Scar
Frankie
And The Knockouts – Running Into The Night
Rory
Gallagher – Calling Card
Pavlov's
Dog – She Came Shining
Jefferson
Starship – Caroline
Dave
Mason – World In Changes
Genesis
– Dance On A Volcano
Kenny
Loggins – Easy Driver
New
England – Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya
The
Michael Stanley Band – Last Night
Uriah
Heep – Easy Livin'
38
Special – Teacher Teacher
Charlie
– Fight Dirty
Styx
– Boat On The River
Sammy
Hagar – Give To Live
The
Ozark Mountain Daredevils – You Know Like I Know
Michael
Bolton – She Did The Same Thing
Dan
Fogelberg – As The Raven Flies
Fleetwood
Mac – Hypnotized
The
Stills / Young Band – Long May You Run
The
Outlaws – Green Grass And High Tides
Ten
Years After – I'd Love To Change The World
Trapeze
– Don't Ask Me How I Know
Harry
Nilsson – Jump Into The Fire
Rush
– Making Memories
The
Strawbs – Lemon Pie
Jesse
Colin Young -- Songbird
It's
the second week of the lockdown and yet my personal playlist is
somewhat shorter than last
week's. How do i explain this? Well, for one thing the RT was a
five-CD box and the Princess Of Wales was a two-disc set, but
otherwise, it's hard to say. Maybe i was watching too many YouTube
videos.... Anyway, here's the list:
Various
Artists – Stone Free: A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix
Camper
Van Beethoven – Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Court
Yard Hounds – Amelita
The
Bothy Band – Out Of The Wind Into The Sun
Buffalo
Springfield – Last Time Around
Bill
Bruford – Feels Good To Me
Richard
Thompson – RT: The Life And Music Of Richard Thompson
Billy
Talent – Dead Silence
Soft
Machine – Land Of Cockayne
Rory
Gallagher – Jinx
Humble
Pie – As Safe As Yesterday Is
The
Doobie Brothers – Toulouse Street
Various
Artists – Hard Cash
Sonny
& Cher – The Beat Goes On: The Best Of Sonny & Cher
Bill
Bruford – One Of A Kind
Jackson
Browne – Lives In The Balance
T.
Rex – The Slider
Pink
Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets
Ivie
Anderson – I Got It Good And That Ain't Bad
Caro
Emerald – The Shocking Miss Emerald
Dead
Can Dance – Toward The Within
Various
Artists – Diana Princess Of Wales Tribute
Bruce
Springsteen – The Rising
James
Taylor – American Standard
Jon
& Vangelis – Short Stories
The
Doobie Brothers – The Captain And Me
Phil
Collins -- ... Hits
Elbow
– Little Fictions
Joan
Osborne – Love And Hate
Rhiannon
Giddens – Tomorrow Is My Turn
Hooters
– One Way Home
Milla
Jovovich – The Divine Comedy
Godley
& Creme – Cry: The Very Best Of Godley & Creme
Nik
Kershaw – To Be Frank
Steeleye
Span – Rocket Cottage
Propaganda
– A Secret Wish
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