Monday, 25 May 2020

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, May 24th, 2020

[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 Hydesville, New York. I've never been there before!]

Quotation Of The Week ~ Lewis Black: The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope.

It was an abbreviated edition of The Klassics Show today. It's Memorial Day weekend in The States and it's a KSHE tradition to play a top 500 countdown starting at 10 a.m., so we had two hours of great music instead of the usual four. It was a bit disappointing, really, but who am i to argue with tradition. The worst part was that there was very little that i would consider “great” -- JT, ELO, Eagles, Jethro Tull and The Beatles and that's about all. The Grateful Dead track was one of their worst (i'm not a fan at all but i generally find them at least tolerable). So i really don't think i can grade this much more than a “B+”. Sorry....

Happy Memorial Day to my American friends and family, hope you're staying safe and sane.



The Marshall Tucker Band – In My Own Way
Dave Mason – Mystic Traveller
Genesis – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
James Taylor – Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
The Grateful Dead – Box Of Rain
Jackson Browne – Lawyers In Love
The Steve Miller Band – Don't Let Nobody Turn You Round
Shooting Star – Bring It On
The Electric Light Orchestra – Can't Get It Out Of My Head
Neil Young – Down By The River
The Michael Stanley Band – Promises
Bruce Springsteen – Downbound Train
Charlie – Killer Cut
Utopia – The Road To Utopia
Eagles – 'Ol 55
Judas Priest – Turning Circles
Jethro Tull – Hymn 43
The Beatles – If I Needed Someone

Here at home it was almost all single albums this week: only one 4-disc box set (entitled, strangely, “The Box”) and one double disc set: the three wonderful Tim Hart & Maddy Prior vinyl albums on two compact discs. A fairly long list, then.

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Like A Rock
Dan Fogelberg – Love Songs
Frida – Something's Going On
Home – The Alchemist
Steve Reich – Drumming
ABBA – The Visitors
Caro Emerald – Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor
A Fine Frenzy – Pines
Van der Graaf Generator – The Box
Jefferson Starship – Platinum & Gold Collection
Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn
Spirit – Clear
Mott The Hoople – Mott
Various Artists – Hard Cash
Maddy Prior – Arthur The King
Blodwyn Pig – Getting To This
Dick Powell – Lullaby Of Broadway
Neil Young – Harvest
Joan Osborne – Little Wild One
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet – Landfall
June Tabor & Oysterband – Fire & Fleet
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior – Heydays
Richard Thompson – 13 Rivers
Various Artists – Best Of 86/06
Art Garfunkel – Angel Clare
Marillion – With Friends From The Orchestra
Alan Stivell – The Best Of Alan Stivell
David Bowie – Let's Dance
Steeleye Span – Parcel Of Rogues
The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
Loreena McKennitt – Parallel Dreams
Chris Leslie – Origins
Camper Van Beethoven – Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Stevie Ray Vaughan – The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
The Pointer Sisters – Jump: The Best Of The Pointer Sisters
Wendy Carlos – Clockwork Orange

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