[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 San Francisco.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ H.L. Mencken (1880-1956): On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
Well, good old H.L. Mencken was prescient as usual....
I almost didn't want to grade this week's program an “A”. There were a few bona fide classics, er, sorry, Klassics, but not many, and too many listenable but obscure songs. But then along came the epic track by Uriah Heep, one of the finest pieces of music i know. So, an “A” it is. And i Tweeted to the host to thank him for “Salisbury.”
There was nothing annoying, anyway, which is unusual. The Foreigner track was as bland as tapwater and probably gets my vote as the worst track today, but it wasn't loathsome, just boring. (Don't tell Adriana at Bentley's pub i said that, though: Foreigner is her favourite band...). It was nice to hear from John Lennon (with May Pang on backing vocals), especially as we no longer seem to get a Beatles' track every week and even more because John's solo schtuff is rarely played on the show. Paul and George make regular appearances. Ringo solo, never, although i can kinda sorta understand that.
Highlights of the show: The Who, Greg Kihn, ARS, Al Stewart, Ian Matthews (whose version of “Seven Bridges Road” was released before The Eagles' version), John Lennon and 10 c.c. Incidentally, The Blue Jays are not a group made up of members of the Toronto baseball team: it's a Justin Hayward (of The Moody Blues) side project.
The absolutely worst parts of today's show were the ads for https://www.shaneco.com/ (“your friend in the jewelry business”). The ads showed up in virtually every commercial break and Tom Shane has one of the most boring voices ever...
Anyway, here's the list, plus a totally gratuitous cat picture:
Firefall – Sweet And Sour
Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525
Jackson Browne – The Road And The Sky
Dwight Twilley – Girls
The Babys – The Golden Mile
Dave Mason – Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave
The Greg Kihn Band – Rendezvous
Novo Combo – Up Periscope
Jimmie Mack – Waiting For Tonight
Atlanta Rhythm Section – Georgia Rhythm
Santana – Transcendance
Morningstar – Through The Night
Robert Plant – Ship Of Fools
Lake – Paradise Way
Spirit – 1984
Al Stewart – Nostradamus
Strawbs – Hero And Heroine
Asia – Wildest Dreams
The Doobie Brothers – Here To Love You
Outfield – Say It Isn't So
Molly Hatchet – Bounty Hunter
Le Roux – Addicted
John Lennon -- #9 Dream
Uriah Heep – Salisbury
The Outlaws – Breaker Breaker
Farrenheit – Fool In Love
Foreigner – You're All I Am
Touch – Don't You Know What Love Is
The Max Demian Band – Paradise
The Blue Jays – Saved By The Music
Ian Matthews – Seven Bridges Road
Fleetwood Mac – Oh Daddy
Graeme Edge w. Adrian Gurvitz – Paradise Ballroom
Couchois – Do It In Darkness
10 c.c. -- Art For Art's Sake
The Marshall Tucker Band – Last Of The Singing Cowboys
Huey Lewis And The News – Walking On A Thin Line
I've been spending more time at my other job recently so my personal playlist this week isn't a lengthy one. It includes two two-cd sets (Elton John and Hendrix) plus a lot of music i haven't played in a long time. All good schtuff!
Baka Beyond – Spirit Of The Forest
Afrocelts – Seed
James Taylor – Before This World
Terje Rypdal – Conspiracy
Elton John – Diamonds
A Fine Frenzy – Bomb In A Birdcage
Colin James – One More Mile
Nik Kershaw – To Be Frank
The Albion Band – Stella Maris
The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another
Catatonia – Equally Cursed And Blessed
Richard Thompson – Sweet Warrior
The Lovin' Spoonful – Greatest Hits
French Frith Kaiser Thompson – Invisible Means
Kate Bush – The Sensual World
Sandy Denny – Rendezvous
Emerson, Lake & Powell -- Emerson, Lake & Powell
The Kinks – Sleepwalker
Jimi Hendrix / Band Of Gypsys – Live At The Fillmore East
Robin Trower – Day Of The Eagle
Martin Carthy – Crown Of Horn
Silly Wizard – A Glint Of Silver
O.S.T. -- The Lion King
David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Various Artists – 20 Collector's Records Of The 50s And 60s, Vol. 1
Peter Gabriel – Us
City Boy – Anthology
Yes –90125
Mark Knopfler – Golden Heart
Propaganda – A Secret Wish
Joni Mitchell – Hejira
Various Artists – The World Is A Wonderful Place
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