Tuesday 18 May 2021

THE KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, MAY 16, 2012

[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, i was in Boise, Idaho, which was a surprise. I'd never been there before.]

Quotation Of The Week ~ Billy Joel: I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

The fact that Uman played Rory this morning makes it easy to grade the show as an “A+” but if it hadn't been for that it would have been a lot tougher to decide. For sure there were some bona fide classics, er, Klassics, but there was also a lot that was merely ordinary, and the Jonathan Round interpretation (i can't call it a song) of Sympathy For The Devil is so dire i left the room. REO Speedwagon's song was unrecognisable as being REO, thus didn't suck.

Otherwise, everything was pretty good. 10c.c., Eagles, Hendrix, The Moody Blues (one of my favourite songs of theirs), Wings and Yes were highlights and i'm really liking Gamma's cover of the old Hollies song. I've heard it here a few times.

Oh, and a slap on the wrist to KSHE for mis-identifying the Finnigan & Wood song as being by Kendi. I do believe he's a rap artist of some kind – which is a pretty egregious error!

Here, have a pic of Boise, Idaho, and the playlist:




Chuck Francour – Under The Boulevard Lights

Grand Funk Railroad – Walk Like A Man

Billy Joel – The Stranger

Nazz – Under The Ice

Robin Trower – Sweet Wine Of Love

10 c.c. -- The Wall Street Shuffle

George Harrison – Sue Me, Sue You Blues

Jerry Garcia – Sugaree

The Steve Miller Band – Wild Mountain Honey

Jonathan Round – Sympathy For The Devil

Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road

The Rolling Stones – All Down The Line

Eagles – Try And Love Again

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?

Loggins & Messina – Be Free

Rory Gallagher – Calling Card

38 Special – Chain Lightnin'

REO Speedwagon – Dead At Last

Michael Murphey – Wildfire

Triumph – Fight The Good Fight

Sammy Hagar – Give To Live

Roger Hodgson – Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy)

Finnigan And Wood – Highway NOT Kendi

Gamma – I'm Alive

Grinderswitch – Kill The Pain

Wings – Let Me Roll It

The Moody Blues – New Horizons

Trooper – It's Been A Long Time

Michael Quatro – In Collaboration With The Gods

Rusty Wier – Midnight Angel

The Alan Parsons Project – One More River

The Michael Stanley Band – Say Goodbye

Yes -- Parallels

The “stay-at-home” order continues which means my personal playlist is another long one this time:

Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water

Dick Gaughan – Handful Of Earth

Max Webster – Mutiny Up My Sleeve

The Mamas And The Papas – 16 Of Their Greatest Hits

Renaissance – Azure D'Or

Jethro Tull – A Passion Play

Alphaville – Forever Young

Rod Stewart – Unplugged ... And Seated

The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour

Dan Fogelberg – The Wild Places

Ian Anderson – Thick As A Brick 2

Yes – The Yes Album

Zaz – Recto Verso

Enya – A Day Without Rain

Dick Gaughan – The Definitive Collection

Kate Bush – The Red Shoes

Afro Celt Sound System – Flight

Fairport Acoustic Convention – Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand

Anca Parghel – Muzic De Colectie

Randy Newman – Little Criminals

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy

Alison Krauss – Essential Alison Krauss

Steeleye Span – Tonight's The Night ... Live

Spirit – Clear

Various Artists – Ultimate Songwriters

Rory Gallagher – Defender

Be+Bop Deluxe – Electrical Language

Pet Shop Boys – Please

Bangles – Greatest Hits

Van der Graaf Generator – Maida Vale

U.K. -- Night After Night

Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden

June Tabor & Oysterband – Fire & Fleet

Soft Machine – Land Of Cockayne

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