[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 Weehawken, New Jersey -- birthplace of Kate Pierson of the B-52s. I don't think i've ever been here before.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ Albert Camus: Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
I don't think i can grade this week's show as more than a "B." There was lots of music that i liked, of course, but very little i can honestly say i loved, too much that was simply generic classic, er, Klassic rock, plus two major annoyances in Ted Nugent and Harry Chapin.
It started off well enough, with a great Kinks song i hadn't heard in a long time. Then UFO, which was all right, but then The Fraternity Of Man's boring number -- whose official title is Don't Bogart Me, by the way: apparently the record company felt that the word "joint" on a record cover would result in untold numbers of teenagers falling into sin and debauchery. Ha! Little did they know that we / they would embrace it for its own sake and not because of some stupid record tra la.
The highlight of the morning for me was definitely Mind Games -- one of my favourite songs from John Lennon's solo output. The Pink Floyd track works well until the football fans start singing and then it just goes sideways. The Who, Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After, the Stills / Young Band, Dire Straits and Jimi Hendrix and one of Steve Miller's best, but ... that's about all, frankly.
Here i am in Weehawken, looking across the river to somewhere i'd rather be....
The Kinks -- Do It Again
UFO -- Doctor Doctor
The Fraternity Of Man -- Don't Bogart That Joint
Pink Floyd -- Fearless
The Who -- Getting In Tune
Rush -- Half The World
Fleetwood Mac -- Sentimental Lady
Ted Nugent -- Live It Up
Stevie Nicks -- I Can't Wait
Ten Years After -- I'm Goin' Home
The Guess Who -- Undun
U.K. -- In The Dead Of Night
Joe Vitale -- Lady On The Rock
The Stills / Young Band -- Long May You Run
The Sweet -- Love Is Like Oxygen
John Lennon -- Mind Games
Neil Young -- Words (Between The Lines Of Age)
The Kingbees -- My Mistake
The Michael Stanley Band -- Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind
Bruce Springsteen -- Prove It All Night
Jesse Colin Young -- Ridgetop
Eddie Money -- Get A Move On
Franke & The Knockouts -- Running Into The Night
Spys -- She Can't Wait
Dire Straits -- So Far Away
Charlie Daniels -- Still In Saigon
Foreigner -- That Was Yesterday
The Headboys -- The Shape Of Things To Come
The Steve Miller Band -- Swingtown
Ambrosia -- Time Waits For No One
Poco -- Indian Summer
The Jimi Hendrix Experience -- Little Wing
The Clash -- Lost In The Supermarket
Rod Stewart -- Handbags And Gladrags
Elton John -- The Ballad Of Danny Bailey
Charlie -- L.A. Dreamer
Age Of Chance -- Don't Get Mad (Get Even)
Alexis -- Fly By Night
Van Morrison -- Wavelength
Harry Chapin -- W*O*L*D
My personal playlist is a kinda sorta long one this time. leaving work early thanks to Lockdown II and only one multiple disc set:
The Alan Parsons Project -- I, Robot
Eagles -- On The Border
Brand X -- Unorthodox Behaviour
Florence + The Machine -- High As Hope
Sharon Shannon -- Sacred Earth
Lene Lovich -- Stateless
Santana -- Santana
Various Artists -- I Am Sam
Memphis Minnie -- The Essential Recordings (2 CD)
Talk Talk -- Spirit Of Eden
The Albion Band -- Stella Maris
Zaz -- Zaz
The Lovin' Spoonful -- Greatest Hits
The Keef Hartley Band -- The Battle Of North West Six
Peter Gabriel -- Security
The Albion Band -- Natural And Wild
Jimi Hendrix -- Rainbow Bridge
The Beatles -- Past Masters, Volume 2
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra -- A Talking Picture
Bob Dylan -- Bringing It All Back Home
Various Artists -- A Little On The CD Side, Vol. 21
Fairport Convention -- Fame And Glory
ABBA -- Gold: Greatest Hits
The Move -- Shazam
Ten Years After -- Undead
June Tabor -- An Echo Of Hooves
Cornershop -- When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Zaz -- Sur La Route
Dan Fogelberg -- The Wild Places
Jon & Vangelis -- Short Stories
Ofra Haza -- Fifty Gates Of Wisdom
Pink Floyd -- Meddle
The Sugar Cubes -- Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
James Taylor -- Covers
Dick Gaughan -- The Definitive Collection
Garmarna -- Hildegard Von Bingen
Caro Emerald -- Metropole Orkest x Caro Emerald
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