[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 San Francisco.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ Haruki Murakami: As Duke Ellington once said, “There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind.” In that sense, jazz and classical music are fundamentally the same. The pure joy one experiences listening to “good” music transcends questions of genre.
I know that i've mentioned this before, but it never ceases to discombobulate me to hear hospitals advertising on the radio (and two different facilities had spots on this morning's show). That would be especially true now, i would have thought: infection rates in the U.S.A., soaring as they are, must keep these places pretty much filled to capacity. Perhaps they're looking for customers, er, patients who aren't so high maintenance. I won't complain, though: they helped pay for this fan-friggin'-tastic edition of The Klassics Show.
Yes, kids, it was an utterly brill edition and definitely an “A+”. Rory, of course, automatically means that grade, but this installment would have merited it even without the “check shirt wizard.” There was so much magnificent schtuff – and nothing annoying – i don't know where to begin.
Rory, of course, is my favourite guitarist. My favourite female singer is Joan Osborne (who is never played on KSHE). I've been thinking quite a bit lately about a favourite male singer and i've decided after much agonising that it's James Taylor. Dan Fogelberg and John Lennon would be close behind, but JT gets the nod and didn't one of his greatest songs (written about his nephew also named James) show up in the first hour, right before Rory.
I suppose the worst song today was the one by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and there was nothing wrong with it all, it just wasn't particularly interesting. Perhaps “worst” is the wrong word to describe it. Least best, maybe? Great songs, however, were all over the place. Jackson Browne! Wishbone Ash! (I wouldn't call Wishbone Ash – still going strong after 50 years, btw -- a brilliant band: some of their music is dire. But they released some gorgeous music as well and today's selection fell into the latter category.)
Er, where was i? Oh, i remember: The Kinks! Yes! Klaatu (a band i don't recall ever hearing on the show before)! Elton John! Mama's Pride (“the pride of St Louis”)! And one of The Allman Brothers' greatest songs, “poppy” as it is.
Oh,
dear me. My savage breast hath indeed been soothed by today's music.
And here's a rare bird. It's a Northern Bald Ibis. Followed by the playlist.
Steely Dan – Time Out Of Mind
James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
Rory Gallagher – They Don't Make Them Like You Anymore
Loggins & Messina – Peace Of Mind
Golden Earring – Vanilla Queen
Joe Walsh – Indian Summer
Blue Őyster Cult – Take Me Away
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Powerful Stuff
Jackson Browne – Boulevard
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Gimme Your Money Please
Wishbone Ash – Persephone
The Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You
Trickster – If That's The Way The Feeling Takes You
Supertramp – Even In The Quietest Moments
Kerry Livgren – Mask Of The Great Deceiver
The Climax Blues Band – Mighty Fire
Stingray – The Man In My Shoes
Traffic – Rock And Roll Stew
U.K. -- Night After Night (live)
Yes – Siberian Khatru
Bruce Springsteen – Promised Land
Kenny Loggins – Love Has Come Of Age
The Charlie Daniels Band – Birmingham Blues
Paul McCartney – Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
Klaatu – Calling Occupants (Of Interplanetary Craft)
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Standin' On The Rock
Atlanta Rhythm Section – Sky High
Jefferson Starship – Runaway
Procol Harum – Simple Sister
Elton John – Burn Down The Mission
Mama's Pride – Merry-Go-Round
Robin Trower – My Love (Burning Love)
The Allman Brothers Band – Revival
Kansas – Portrait (He Knew)
Little Feat – All That You Dream
Journey – Somethin' To Hide
Spirit – Nothing To Hide
Santana – Well All Right
My own personal playlist is a little long this time, which is rather odd, as two double albums (Roy Wood and Soft Machine) and one triple cd (Bruce Springsteen's) are in there. But it was pretty slow at my other job so i was at home a bit more than i have been lately. Here's the damage i did to my eardrums:
Richard Thompson – Bloody Noses
Various Artists – Cigarettes And Alcohol
Geri Allen Trio – Twenty One
Stèphane Grappelli – Fit As A Fiddle
Chelsea Williams – Boomerang
Various Artists – A Little On The CD Side, Vol. 5
The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver – Beat Of The Street
The Albion Band – Rise Up Like The Sun
Roy Wood – Music Book
Soft Machine – Third
Alison Krauss & Union Station – New Favorite
Various Artists – Hard Cash
Sheena Easton - The Collection
Horslips – Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part
The Kinks – Soap Opera
Various Artists – Daredevil: The Album
The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another: Greatest Hits
Dead Can Dance – Dionysus
Bob Dylan – Love And Theft
Bruce Springsteen – The Essential Bruce Springsteen
Counting Crows – August And Everything After
Joan Osborne – Breakfast In Bed
Rory Gallagher – Jinx
Marillion – Script For A Jester's Tear
Various Artists – Beloved
Robin Trower – Day Of The Eagle: The Best Of Robin Trower
The Electric Prunes – Mass In F Minor
June Tabor – At The Wood's Heart
Paul Simon – The Rhythm Of The Saints
Bluehorses – Ten Leagues Beyond The Wild World's End
Franz Ferdinand -- Franz Ferdinand
Mick Abrahams – Mick's Back
Blondie – No Exit
Renaissance – Song For All Seasons
Rob Hyman et al. -- Largo
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