[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 an American address. This week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was listening from Santa Clara, California – i've been there quite often....]
Quotation Of The Week ~ Eddie Van Halen: Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.
Looking for work? Contact RockitCareers dot com of Chesterfield, Missouri. Get started today! (They sponsored this morning's show, so i thought i'd give them a nod.) Couple of other sponsors are also hiring, it seems, but i'd stay well away from both of them. Amazon's ad claimed that they are 100% committed to workplace safety, although (so i've heard) the reality is quite the opposite with safety procedures flouted regularly; Tom Shane of Shane Company (“your friend in the jewellery business”) claims that his is a fun place to work, but his voice is so devastatingly boring, if i had to spend half an hour in his presence i'd probably want to slash my wrists....
As for the less important matter – the music – i am once again reminded why The Klassics Show makes my life worth living! (Not the only thing that does, of course, but it's a major factor.) This week's program definitely merits a grade of “A+” and not just because Rory Gallagher made an appearance (with one of his best songs) – there were a few numbers that had me dancing in my chair. It's always wonderful to hear The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver – they were responsible for some superb pop songs and their guitarist, Tim Renwick, is a favourite player: he wasn't flashy or given to heroics, but his timing was superb. Other favourites included The Move (Uman related the tale of how The Move evolved into the Electric Light Orchestra), Ambrosia, The Kinks, and what may be Pete Townshend's best-ever song. There were the usual obscurities (Angel City?) but, there was not a single song that annoyed me, and that's rare.
Things i learned today: apparently Keith Emerson plagiarised the tune “Tank.” (Shock! Horror!) It seems that one day, Keith, Greg and Carl were in their office in London with their mangler, er, manager, when an unidentified man came in and said (i'm paraphrasing) “Oi! Wot you lot on abaht, youse nicked my ding dong!” Keith quietly slipped out of the room.... No legal action was taken, though – at least, not that i'm aware of, and i checked the tune's Wikipedia page, so i know ha ha.
Here's the playlist, plus a pic of Santa Clara – i'm in there somewhere!
Poco – Crazy Eyes
Wiggy Bits – Love Track
Supertramp – Lady
Montrose – I Got The Fire
Steely Dan – Green Earrings
The Allman Brothers Band – Wasted Words
Charlie – Don't Look Back
The Moody Blues – I Dreamed Last Night
Heart – How Deep It Goes
Status Quo – Is There A Better Way
Grinderswitch – Kill The Pain
Van Morrison – Into The Mystic
The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver – Slipstream
Kenny Loggins – Keep The Fire
Rare Bird – As Your Mind Flies
Rory Gallagher – Moonchild
Cheap Trick – Voices
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tank
Lake – Angel In Disguise
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – If I Only Knew
Grand Funk Railroad – I'm Your Captain / Closer To Home
The Kingbees – My Mistake
Angel City – Out Of The Blue
Wings – Helen Wheels
Traffic – Medicated Goo
The Who – Happy Jack
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Love Beach
The Kinks – Livin' On A Thin Line
Joe Walsh – At The Station
Atlanta Rhythm Section – Crazy
Steve Winwood – Don't You Know What The Night Can Do
The James Gang – Must Be Love
Ambrosia – Nice Nice Very Nice
Detective – Recognition
The Move – Feel Too Good
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Dark Star
The Tubes – Don't Touch Me There
Roger Daltrey – One Man Band
Foghat – Home In My Hand
Pete Townshend – Pure And Easy
Leon Russell – Stranger In A Strange Land
Rainbow – Stone Cold
Two two-disc sets (Elvis Costello and the Little On The CD Side sampler album), along with a long work week for poor old me, helped make my personal playlist this week a reasonably manageable length, considering that a lot of these albums were from the sixties and seventies and rarely more than forty minutes long:
The John Renbourn Group – Live In America
Great Big Sea – Play
Pink Floyd – Animals
Various Artists – A Little On The CD Side, Vol. 4
Rory Gallagher – Tattoo
The Nice – The Best Of The Nice
Jane Siberry – The Walking
Martin Carthy – Crown Of Horn
Dengue Fever – Cannibal Courtship
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
Jethro Tull – Living With The Past
Neil Young – Harvest
Fairport Convention – Shuffle And Go
Natalie Maines – Mother
Elbow – Little Fictions
The Move – Message From The Country
The Beatles – Help!
Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 2: Release
Enya – Dark Sky Island
Elvis Costello – This Year's Model (deluxe edition)
Son Volt – Notes Of Blue
Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
June Tabor w. Martin Simpson – A Cut Above
Jackson Browne – Lives In The Balance
Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions
John Lennon – Walls And Bridges
Mark Knopfler – Sailing To Philadelphia
The Pointer Sisters – Jump: The Best Of The Pointer Sisters
Rory Gallagher – Fresh Evidence
Alanis Morissette – Under Rug Swept
David Gilmour – David Gilmour
Linda Ronstadt – Greatest Hits
Rossini – 8 Overtures
Dan Fogelberg – Captured Angel
Sarah Fimm – Near Infinite Possibility
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