[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 Norfolk, Virginia. I don't recall ever
listening from there before, although i've been there in “real
life” (whatever that is) on the way to nearby Virginia Beach.]
Quotation
Of The Week ~ Jackson Browne: I have prayed for America / I was made
for America.
I
confess i was a little worried. Last week, i read that Hubbard
Broadcasting, which owns KSHE as well as a couple of other stations
in St Louis and several more elsewhere in the midwest, had laid off
staff everywhere. The current pandemic had resulted in declining ad
revenues. I hoped that this wouldn't have an effect on The Klassics
Show, and my fears turned out to be groundless. The show is an
essential service, after all!
And
i'm grading this week's instalment an A minus – not extremely fab
or extraordinarily fab, merely fab. There were some wonderful
songs, to be sure. Yes's brilliant cover of Paul Simon's brilliant
“America” struck a particular nerve, and was probably the
highlight of the morning. It's about a road trip in which the
protagonists set out to find a version of the country that doesn't
really exist except in an idealised sense, as you probably know. It
made me wonder if the America i know and love will survive this
crisis. There were a couple of other laments for the country (a
pitiful, helpless giant these days) on the show, by Billy Joel and
Jackson Browne. I wonder if that was intentional...?
There
were a load of magic moments: Wings, Loggins & Messina, The
Kinks, The Sutherland Bros. & Quiver (whose guitarist, Tim
Renwick, is one of my top ten fave guitarists), Chicago, Eagles,
etc., along with the usual number of obscurities (obscure for good
reason, sometimes!) and nothing really annoying – although the 14+
minute-long adventure in banality by Midnight Sun was something i
could have easily done without. Weren't the first couple of albums by
Chicago superb? Such brilliant musicianship from every single member.
Such a shame they started churning out pop sludge....
I
do have to wonder about a line in The Byrds' song: “we'll be
friends for life / she'll be just like a wife.” It's a song about a
horse, for gosh sakes! What on earth was McGuinn thinking when he
wrote that??
Anyway,
here, have the Great American Eagle Tragedy, and the playlist:
Eddie
Money – Take A Little Bit
The
Moody Blues – The Story In Your Eyes
The
Byrds – Chestnut Mare
Santana
– Samba Pa Ti
The
Doobie Brothers – Little Darlin' (I Need You)
Wings
– Letting Go
Robert
Palmer – Sailin' Shoes / Hey Hey Julia / Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
Loggins
& Messina – Be Free
Sammy
Hagar – Love Or Money
Foreigner
– The Modern Day
The
Sutherland Bros. & Quiver – (I Don't Want To Love You But) You
Got Me Anyway
The
Kinks – 'Til The End Of The Day
Orion
The Hunter – So You Ran
Midnight
Sun – Living On The Hill
Don
Henley – The Last Worthless Evening
UFO
– Shoot Shoot
Michael
Stanley Band – Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind
Billy
Joel – Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
Steely
Dan – Razor Boy
Michael
Fennelly – Shine A Light
George
Harrison – So Sad
Eric
Clapton – The Shape You're In
Ten
Years After – Rock & Roll Music To The World
Yes
– America
The
MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
Foghat
– It's Too Late
The
Marc Tanner Band – Hot And Cold
Dave
Mason – Don't It Make You Wonder
Poco
– Bad Weather
Jackson
Browne – For America
America
– Lonely People
Kim
Mitchell – Go For A Soda
Chicago
– I'm A Man
The
Beatles – Girl
Bruce
Springsteen – I'm On Fire
The
Sweet – (Love Is Like) Oxygen
The
Pousette-Dart Band – Amnesia
Dire
Straits – Solid Rock
The
Cars – Since You're Gone
Eagles
– Midnight Flyer
Right,
well, i've reduced the number of cds i played this week, down from
the absurd list i posted a few weeks ago. It was easy: the Jimi
Hendrix was a 4-CD collection, and there a few double albums there,
too: albums that i rarely play but now, i'm home more often (more
often than i would like, but i suppose that's the new normal).
Anyway, here's the playlist:
Mama's
Pride – Mama's Pride
The
Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Elbow
– Little Fictions
David
Lindley – El Rayo-X
Lucinda
Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
The
Doobie Brothers – Takin' It To The Streets
Peter
Hammill – X My Heart
ABBA
– More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits
Saga
– Images At Twilight
Jethro
Tull – A
The
Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach
The
Move – Shazam!
Enya
– The Memory Of Trees
Runrig
– In Search Of Angels
Pink
– I'm Not Dead
Marc
Jordan – Mannequin
Marvin
Gaye – 15 Greatest Hits
Camper
Van Beethoven – Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
The
Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
Rory
Gallagher – Kickback City
Jock
Tamson's Bairns – Rare
Joni
Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Alanis
Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
Wizzard
– Wizzard Brew
David
Gilmour – Live In Gdansk
Bob
Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
Rhiannon
Giddens – Tomorrow Is My Turn
June
Tabor & Martin Simpson – A Cut Above
Various
Artists -- “Hard Cash”
The
Bothy Band – 1975
The
Broadside Band – English Country Dances
Rush
– Retrospective II: 1981-1987
Agnetha
& Frida – The Voice Of ABBA
Eliza
Carthy – Restitute
Happy
Rhodes – The Keep
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