[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.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ George Carlin: Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
First the good news: our host, John Ulett, was back after his bout with this bastard virus, sounding perfectly well and in good humour. He wrote about his experience on Twitter and you can have a look at his feed here @stluman if you feel so inclined. He didn't say anything about it on the program, though.
As for the music .... It grieves me to do this but i can only grade it a "C," and that's being generous. The worst score i've ever awarded it since i began blogging about it in around 1946. The first ninety minutes were almost a complete waste of time (the Jackson Browne song, which was apparently inspired by his friendship with Gregg Allman, saved it), and included four (four!) cringeworthy numbers: Joe Byrd, the obnoxious-as-hell Eric Burdon, REO, and Ray Manzarek -- not only does the latter have no singing voice, he also felt that it would be a good idea to include male/female orgasmic sound effects which was just plain embarrassing. How puerile....
When Alice Cooper showed up, followed by Dylan and Fleetwood Mac, i thought things would turn around, and up to a point they did, but then we had to suffer J.D. Blackfoot's pretentious nonsense, channeling Nostradamus or something, and the well-past-their-best-by date Jefferson Starship. Uman told a story about them touring Germany in support of this album and Grace Slick got drunk on stage (as she was wont to do) and nearly caused a riot with anti-German remarks and WWII and Nazi references. (On another tour, with Rory Gallagher as their support, there were fisticuffs between Rory's and Starship's stage crews on occasion -- Rory was blowing them away and the Starship crew kept trying to reduce the size of Rory's stage by crowding it with their own equipment. I've enjoyed Starship's music from time to time, but the more i hear about them the less i respect them.)
Towards the end, things brightened up a bit with one of my favourite Wishbone Ash numbers and a rare appearance by the delightful Maddy Prior (as backing vocalist for Jethro Tull) but the damage had been done. And it may be my imagination, but there seemed to be more commercials than usual this week.
(Incidentally, it seems that my opinion is in the minority: judging by posts on the Klassics Show's Facebook page, today's instalment was epic. Of course, REO Sp**dw*g*n is immensely popular in St Louis so what the hell do they know....)
Here's the playlist, and a picture of a playlist:
Queen -- It's Late
UFO -- Lights Out
April Wine -- All Over Town
The Rolling Stones -- Shine A Light
Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies -- You Can't Ever Come Down
Trooper -- Raise A Little Hell
The Eric Burdon Band -- Don't Let Be Be Misunderstood / Nina's School
Tarney-Spencer Band -- No Time To Lose
REO Speedwagon -- Easy Money
Ray Manzarek -- Perfumed Garden
Daryl Hall & John Oates -- Good Night And Good Morning
Alice Cooper -- Billion Dollar Babies
Bob Dylan -- Mr Tambourine Man
Fleetwood Mac -- Oh Well (live)
Charlie Daniels -- Trudy
The Electric Light Orchestra -- Sweet Talkin' Woman
Tucky Buzzard -- Gold Medallions
Canned Heat -- Fried Hockey Boogie
The Amboy Dukes -- Journey To The Center Of The Mind
Brewer & Shipley -- Tarkio Road
Strawbs -- Little Sleepy
J.D. Blackfoot -- The Ultimate Prophecy
Jefferson Starship -- Can't Find Love
Atlanta Rhythm Section -- Homesick
Rick Derringer -- Don't Ever Say Goodbye
Henry Lee Summer -- I Wish I Had A Girl
Pat Travers & Carmine Appice -- Snortin' Whiskey
Wishbone Ash -- Phoenix
Jethro Tull -- Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll, Too Young To Die
Z.Z. Top -- Party On The Patio
The Moody Blues -- Nights In White Satin
Steel Breeze -- You Don't Want Me Anymore
My own personal playlist is not an overly long one this week, primarily because i've been spending far more time than i would like, at my other job. Oh, well, it's that time of year....
Jackson Browne -- Lives In The Balance
Various Artists -- Big Blue Ball
Sharon Shannon & Friends -- Libertango
Jerry Douglas -- Traveler
Ferenc Fricsay (conductor) -- Dvorák, Symphony #9 et al.
Genesis -- Wind And Wuthering
French Frith Kaiser Thompson -- Live, Love, Larf & Loaf
Billy Joel -- The Essential Billy Joel (2CD)
Zaz -- Zaz
The Kinks -- Misfits
Frank Zappa -- Strictly Commercial: The Best Of Frank Zappa
Carly Simon -- The Best Of Carly Simon
Richard Thompson -- Bloody Noses
5 Hand Reel -- 5 Hand Reel
Kesha -- Rainbow
Dead Can Dance -- Spiritchaser
Marillion -- Brave
Dan Fogelberg -- Home Free
Eric Clapton -- Me And Mr Johnson
The Move -- Looking On
Sigur Rós -- Agaetis Byrjun
Free -- Fire And Water
Kate Bush -- The Sensual World
Zap Mama -- Adventures In Afropea 1
Warren Zevon -- Excitable Boy
Rockpile -- Seconds Of Pleasure
Counting Crows -- August And Everything After
Billy Talent -- Dead Silence
Steeleye Span -- A Rare Collection 1972-1996
Tyrannosaurus Rex -- A Beard Of Stars
A Fine Frenzy -- Oh Blue Christmas
Zaz -- Effet Miroir
Eagles -- Desperado
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