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 in order to spoof an American address, and this week, according to whatismyipaddress.com, i was listening from Salt Lake City, which has been my regular location recently.
Quotation Of The Week: George Carlin ~ Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.
It was a pretty uninspiring beginning to today's program, boys and girls. Personally, i don't understand KSHE's love of Dave Mason. I mean, he's eminently listenable but a long way from the pantheon. But things improved rapidly, to the point where i'm grading it “A+”.
Well, we had Dan Fogelberg, which makes that grade more-or-less automatic, but we also had what was once voted as being the greatest classic rock song of all time, the wonderful Blue Mist by Mama's Pride. Admittedly, the poll was taken twenty years ago and it was a poll of KSHE listeners and Mama's Pride was from St Louis, so there may have been some prejudice.... (I wonder how the song would fare in a contemporary poll...? Very well, i think!)
It just didn't let up after that: klassic upon klassic followed by more klassics, and too many highlights to list. The only low point was that pathetic effort by The Guess Who. I like a lot of their music but this was Burton Cummings attempting and failing miserably to channel Jim Morrison. Just dreadful.
A couple of notes. If you want to buy a copy of The Michael Stanley Band's My Town (St Louis!) good luck. Michael loved St Lou and cut this version of the song specially for the market. And a technical note – it was surprising to hear Chris Cornell on the show but even more surprising was that KSHE's website told me i was listening to Bob Seger. Nothing against Chris but i would have preferred Bob!
Here's the playlist, plus the official flag of Salt Lake City:
Dave Mason – Don't It Make You Wonder
Hookfoot – Living In The City
The Grateful Dead – Uncle John's Band
Mama's Pride – Blue Mist
Paul McCartney – Letting Go
Neil Young – Alabama
The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Yes – America
Foghat – Take Me To The River
Orion The Hunter – So You Ran
Deep Purple – Might Just Take Your Life
The Cars – Since You're Gone
Genesis – A Trick Of The Tail
George Harrison – Dark Horse
Peter Cetera – Living In The Limelight
The Michael Stanley Band – My Town (St Louis!)
Bruce Springsteen – Streets Of Fire
Dan Fogelberg – The Language Of Love
Queen – It's Late
The MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
Montrose – Rock The Nation
The Marshall Tucker Band – Walkin' The Streets Alone
Fleetwood Mac – Black Magic Woman
Michael Franks – Born With The Moon In Virgo
Jackson Browne – For America
The Guess Who – Friends Of Mine
Robert Palmer – Sailin' Shoes / Hey Julia / Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Change Of Heart
The Rolling Stones – Let Me Go
Quicksilver Messenger Service – What About Me
Chris Cornell – Patience NOT American Storm
James Taylor – Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Breathless – Takin' It Back
Dire Straits – Solid Rock
Kansas – Miracles Out Of Nowhere
My own personal playlist this week:
Jefferson Starship – Platinum And Gold Collection
Loggins & Messina – Sittin' In Again
Amazing Blondel – England
Zaz – Effet Miroir
Susanna Hoffs – Susanna Hoffs
Laurie Anderson – Home Of The Brave
The Commodores – The Best Of The Commodores
Rod Stewart – Smiler
John Lennon – Rock 'N' Roll
Jethro Tull – Heavy Horses
Chantal Kreviazuk – Ghost Stories
Renaissance – Live At Carnegie Hall (2 CDs)
Agnetha & Frida – The Voice Of ABBA
Beth Gibbons – Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs
Fairport Convention – Gladys' Leap
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (2 CDs)
Steve Earle – El Corazón
Jeff Beck – Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
Rory Gallagher – Top Priority
The Allman Brothers Band – Brothers And Sisters
John Coltrane – The Definitive John Coltrane
Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior – The Folk Songs Of Old England
Cat Stevens – Laughing Apple
Nik Kershaw – To Be Frank
Jon & Vangelis – The Friends Of Mr Cairo
The John Kirkpatrick Band – Welcome To Hell
Mark Knopfler – Sailing To Philadelphia
The Moody Blues – To Our Children's Children's Children
Laurie Anderson – Big Science
Ofra Haza – Shaday
Pink – Try This
The Lovin' Spoonful – Greatest Hits
Bangles – Greatest Hits
Sparks – Propaganda
Mireille Matthieu – Rencontres De Femmes
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