Monday, 13 July 2020

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, July 12th, 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 Clifton, New Jersey, a place i've rarely visited. It's the birthplace of Vera Farmiga, you know. (New Jersey this week was one of only three American states to report a decline in new cases of coronavirus. My VPN was looking after me!)]

Quotation Of The Week ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Silence is very important. The silence between the notes are as important as the notes themselves.

What to say about this one? I admit i came very close to grading it a mere “B+”. For one thing, Uman played the abrasive David Surkamp, Pavlov's Dog's singer, whose voice is fingernails on a blackboard to me. Secondly, there seemed to be more commercials than usual this week – including one really annoying one from Seliga Heating & Cooling on Gravois Road (call 314-481-7333 if you're interested – and if you live in St Louis).

But what the hey, i'm going with an “A.” First, there were a couple of delightful surprises: i don't think i'd ever heard Bob Marley on KSHE before, and there was also one of my favourite Mama's Pride songs. Plus there was so much else to love: CSNY, Yes, LRB. The Who, The Beatles.... But i think my fave today was Steely Dan – every time i listen to them i find further levels of meaning.

Just some random schtuff: 1. I must have heard “Time Loves A Hero” many times, here, there and everywhere, without knowing it was Little Feat. Duh! 2. Am i the only person in all of the Western World who doesn't own a copy of “Frampton Comes Alive!”? Not that there's anything wrong with it, it just didn't impress me much. 3. St Louis has always loved Canadian rock bands but there were more than usual this morning, four of them. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, someone Tweeted to Uman that he should put on a special all-Canadian edition of the Klassics Show. Impractical, i think. I personally, wouldn't care to listen to Loverboy twice an hour and as far as i can recall KSHE only ever plays one song by Max Webster.

Here's a pic of the gorgeous Vera Farmiga, followed by the playlist:




Little Feat – Time Loves A Hero
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Carry On
Bob Seger – Heavy Music
Elton John – Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
John Mellencamp – A Little Night Dancin'
Gypsy – As Far As You Can See (As Much As You Can Feel)
Santana – All I Ever Wanted
Peter Frampton – Baby, I Love Your Way
Michael Stanley Band – He Can't Love You
Strawbs – Autumn
The Little River Band – Help Is On Its Way
April Wine – Shot Down
The Cars – Hello Again
Yes – Don't Kill The Whale
UFO – Too Hot To Handle
Phil Collins – Only You Know And I Know
The Who – Overture / It's A Boy)
Journey – Still They Ride
Steely Dan – The Royal Scam
Lou Reed – Sweet Jane (live)
Triumph – I Live For The Weekend
Pavlov's Dog – Julia
Loverboy – Queen Of The Broken Hearts
The Beatles – Fixing A Hole
Heart – White Lightning And Wine
Sammy Hagar – Crack In The World
Dave Mason – Feelin' Alright
The Marshall Tucker Band – I'll Be Loving You
The Babys – Midnight Rendezvous
Pete Townshend – Give Blood
Robin Trower – Little Bit Of Sympathy
Dire Straits – So Far Away
Bob Marley – Waiting In Vain
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary
Eric Clapton – See What Love Can Do
Mama's Pride – Can I Call You A Cab
Loggins & Messina – Lately My Love
The Guess Who – Albert Flasher
Bad Company – Holy Water

Here's my personal playlist for the week. Only a couple of 2-CD sets this week so the list is a bit longer than it has been recently:

Lyle Lovett – Pontiac
The Doobie Brothers – The Captain And Me
Amazing Blondel – Blondel
Richard Thompson – Bloody Noses
Various Artists – Vision: The Music Of Hildegard Von Bingen
Yo-Yo Ma – J.S. Bach: The Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites
City Boy – Anthology
Rory Gallagher – Irishman In New York
Nik Kershaw – The Best Of Nik Kershaw
Strawbs – A Choice Collection Of Strawbs
Paul Simon – The Essential Paul Simon
Various Artists – Two Rooms: Celebrating The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Allan Holdsworth – Metal Fatigue
James Taylor – Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
Marc Jordan – Mannequin
Various Artists – Songs Of Our Native Daughters
The Nice – The Best Of The Nice
Marillion – Sounds That Can't Be Made
Mike Oldfield – QE2
Sheryl Crow – Threads
Max Webster – Max Webster
Joan Osborne – Early Recordings
Jethro Tull – This Was
Mark Hollis – Mark Hollis
Camper Van Beethoven – Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Paul Young – Wherever I Lay My Hat: The Best Of Paul Young
Eagles – Their Greatest Hits
Ray Davies – Americana
Eliza Carthy – Restitute
Renaissance – Song For All Seasons
Runrig – The Cutter And The Clan
Judy Collins -- Wildflowers
Florence + The Machine – High As Hope
Sharon Shannon – Sacred Earth
Alison Krauss – Essential Alison Krauss
Paula Cole – Harbinger
Argent – All Together Now
Players -- Players

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