[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 New York City, where spontaneous block parties are breaking out and they're dancing in the streets thanks to the defeat on Saturday of D*n*ld J. Tr*mp.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ Stevie Ray Vaughan: You see, we are here, as far as i can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies.
Well, what a rip-off. The show is supposed to start at 9:00 a.m., but actually began five minutes later. (I thought it might be extended a few minutes past one o'clock to compensate, but no such luck.) John Ulett could have included a whole 'nother song in that time. However, with the first track, all was forgiven – one of my favourite Yes songs and a long one, too. In fact, the whole first hour was superb, as was the second. It slid a little after that, although not by much, and the program would probably have earned its grade of A+ even without the inclusion of Mama's Pride. But A+ it is. So much this morning i can truly say i love, and not a single annoying number.
Grace Slick was once quoted as saying that (and i'm paraphrasing here) whereas Jefferson Airplane was a rock band (and a very good one, too, in my opinion) Jefferson Starship was a pop band, and a highly variable one. This morning's track was from the Red Octopus album, which is probably their best. Things went slowly sideways after that. They dumbed down their name to Starship and Mickey Thomas joined as co-lead vocalist. They released the song “We Built This City (On Rock And Roll)” (co-written by Bernie Taupin, of all people – he should have known better) which i actually kinda like as a guilty pleasure but which regularly shows up on music critics' lists of the worst songs of all time.
Anyway, here's the list, and here's the salvation of America.
Yes – And You And I
Jefferson Starship – Play On Love
Fleetwood Mac – Shake Your Moneymaker
Humble Pie – Thirty Days In The Hole
Steely Dan – The Fez
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Finding Out
The Moody Blues – The Actor
The Who – I Can't Explain
Asia – Cutting It Fine
Rod Stewart – Gasoline Alley
Novo Combo – Too Long Gone
Little Feat – Medley: Cold Cold Cold / Tripe Face Boogie
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio
Electric Light Orchestra – In The Hall Of The Mountain King
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Take You Tonight
Bruce Springsteen – Kitty's Back
Triumph – Say Goodbye
Eddie Money – Rock And Roll The Place
Luther Grosvenor – Under Open Skies
Heartsfield –Shine On
Kansas – Song For America
Hawks – It's All Right, It's OK
Supertramp – Hide In Your Shell
Joe Walsh – The Confessor
Jimi Hendrix – Stone Free
Mama's Pride – She's A Stranger To Me Now
Trapeze – Midnight Flyer
Kansas – What's On My Mind
Rush – Lakeside Park
The Doobie Brothers – You're Made That Way
The Michael Stanley Band – One Good Reason
Jesse Colin Young – Grey Day
Dave Mason – Taking The Time To Find
Neil Young – Like A Hurricane
Paul Kantner, Grace Slick & David Freiberg – Across The Board
My own personal playlist is not an overly long one this time around, partly thanks to three two-cd sets (Chicago, Genesis and Fish), partly unthanks to my work, where i've spent far more time than i've wanted lately:
Genesis – Genesis
Chicago – The Very Best Of Chicago: Only The Beginning
Jon & Vangelis – Short Stories
Afrocelts – Seed
Susan Tedeschi – Live From Austin TX.
Luna – Luna
Spiers & Boden – Tunes
Sloan – The Double Cross
Joni Mitchell – Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
CANO – Aù Nord De Notre Vie
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig
UB40 – The Very Best Of UB40
Marc Cohn – Marc Cohn
Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon
Quicksilver Messenger Service -- Quicksilver Messenger Service
Peter Gabriel – Rated PG
Dead Can Dance – Toward The Within
Loreena McKennitt – Parallel Dreams
Various Artists – A Little On The CD Side, Vol. 10
The Jeff Beck Group – Beck-Ola
Pink – Greatest Hits ... So Far!
Rory Gallagher – Top Priority
Fish – Weltschmerz
Various Artists – Tower Of Song: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Davy Spillane Band – Out Of The Air
City Boy – Anthology
Eliza Gilkyson – Land Of Milk And Honey
John Lennon – Mind Games
A Fine Frenzy – Pines
Electric Light Orchestra – Early Years
Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands
Steve Hackett – Defector
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