KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, July 25th, 2021

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 Falls Church, Virginia. I know i've never been there before! El Tio Grill is located there and i've been in the mood for tacos for a few weeks now....

Quotation Of The Week: Steve Martin ~ Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.

Oh, deary me. This week's instalment came so very close to a grade of “A+” thanks to the inclusion of all twenty-two minutes of Gates Of Delerium, one of Mama's Pride's finest moments and a Bob Dylan song that proves his Nobel Prize is well-deserved. And Jeff Beck! Even the Ted Nugent piece was kinda mellow for him and not bad at all.

It was also nice to hear two songs in a row by Kansas but sad to learn that this was was in tribute to their violinist and singer Robby Steinhardt, who died last week from acute pancreatitis. I can't say i was a huge fan of Kansas, but they did make some great music. R.I.P., Robby.

What plummeted the show to a “mere” “A-” was the dreaded REO Speedwagon and one of their worst, most embarrassing songs. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight. What?! How would anyone react if someone said that to them? Don't give me no ultimatums, Sonny Jim? Or maybe sod off ya fucktard?

Also, i'm a little disturbed that The Guess Who has shown up almost every week recently. I like some of their music, certainly, but there's something about Burton Cummings' voice that i find irritating. I'm sure that this is a failing on my part, as, here in Canada – er, i mean, Falls Church, Virginia – he's a national icon.

Anyway, blah blah, here's the playlist, and a photo of Robby.

 

 

Styx – Put Me On / Mademoiselle

April Wine – Wings Of Love

Yes – The Gates Of Delerium

Elton John – Take Me To The Pilot

Jeff Beck – Beck's Bolero

Journey – The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)

Charlie – Turning To You

Leon Russell – Bluebird

Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin'

The Hollies – Another Night

Jack Green – So Much

The Guess Who – Laughing

Spirit – Nature's Way

Ted Nugent – Migration

John Kay – Easy Evil

It's A Beautiful Day – Don & Dewey

Mama's Pride – Guard Your Heart

Bruce Springsteen – Jungleland

Steely Dan – Black Cow

The Smithereens – Only A Memory

Kansas – Song For America (r,i,p, Robbie

Kansas – Can I Tell You

Cream – I Feel Free

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu

Chicago -- Make Me Smile

Dave Mason --Pearly Queen

David Bowie -- Heroes

REO Speedwagon -- Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight

Glencoe -- Airport

Ronnie Montrose -- Town Without Pity

The Who -- I'm Free

Phil Collins -- It Don't Matter To Me

Foghat -- Rock And Roll Outlaw

Off Broadway -- Full Moon Turn Your Head Around

Crabby Appleton -- Go Back

My own personal playlist for the week:

Fairport Convention – XXXV

John Kirkpatrick – The Dance Of The Demon Daffodils

Wood-Wilson-Carthy – Wood-Wilson-Carthy

Phil Pickett, Richard Thompson et al. -- The Bones Of All Men

Strawbs – Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios

Trigger Hippy – Trigger Hippy

Yes – Keys To Ascension (2 CDs)

Renaissance – A Song For All Seasons

Marillion – Marillion.Co.UK

Tyrannosaurus Rex – A Beard Of Stars

Sparks – Kimono My House

Planxty – The Well Below The Valley

Rhiannon Giddens w. Francesco Turrisi – They're Calling Me Home

Man – All's Well That Ends Well

Marvin Gaye – 16 Greatest Hits

Cornershop – When I Was Born For The 7^th Time

Zaz – Paris

Steve Reich – Different Trains

Terje Rypdal – Waves

Afrocelt Sound System – Anatomic

Son Volt – Notes Of Blue

Talk Talk – The Colour Of Spring

Uriah Heep – The Magician's Birthday

Kate Rusby – Hourglass

Five Hand Reel – For 'A That

Survivor – Vital Signs

The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another: Greatest Hits

Mark Knopfler – Golden Heart

Jethro Tull – A Passion Play

Peter Hammill – The Future Now

Maddy Prior – Arthur The King

Robert Plant – Dreamland

Laurie Anderson -- Big Science

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, July 18th, 2021

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 Westminster, Colorado. I'm pretty sure i've never been there before!

Quotation Of The Week: Maya Angelou ~ Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

Oh, my, is it really necessary to have Dave Mason every week? I don't dislike his music but it's not that great.

I know, this post is arriving abnormally late but i personally have had an abnormally screwy week for reasons that are none of your business. Suffice to say i'm grading the show an “A.” Lotsa magnificent music and even the REO Speedwagon track wasn't too annoying.

Here's the playlist, along with a pic of Westminster Colorado. Looks nice, eh?

  Foghat – It's Too Late

Dave Mason – Mystic Traveller

Steve Winwood – Talking Back To The Night

Canned Heat – Going Up The Country

The Rolling Stones – As Tears Go By

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Woodstock

Jackson Browne – Ready Or Not

Neil Young – Down By The River

Electric Light Orchestra – Can't Get It Out Of My Head

Genesis – Taking It All Too Hard

Steely Dan – Night By Night

Ambrosia – No Big Deal

Steppenwolf – Mr Penny Pincher

Bruce Springsteen – Downbound Train

Don Henley – Driving With Your Eyes Closed

The Steve Miller Band – The Stake

Kansas – Got To Rock On

Deep Purple – Strange Kind Of Woman

Triumph – Just A Game

R.E.O. Speedwagon – Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)

Johnny & The Distractions – Shoulder Of The Road

Eagles – 'Ol 55

Thin Lizzy – Cowboy Song

The Moody Blues – Lovely To See You

Toto – Hydra

Hydra – Feel Like Runnin'

Supertramp – School

Tom Petty – A Thing About You

Rush – Here Again

The Alan Parsons Project – I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

Yes – It Can Happen

UFO – Rock Bottom

Spirit – Fresh Garbage

The Grateful Dead – Casey Jones

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – We've Got Tonight

Peter Frampton – Lines On My Face

And my own playlist (because i know you care):

The Tannahill Weavers – The Mermaid's Song

Steeleye Span – Commoner's Crown

Jethro Tull – Crest Of A Knave

Miroslav Vitous, Terje Rypdal & Jack DeJohnette – Vitous, Rypdal, DeJohnette

Propaganda – A Secret Wish

Various Artists – The Busby Berkeley Album

City Boy – Anthology

Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Live Rust

Zaz – Recto Verso

Frida Lyngstad – Frida Ensam

Afro Celt Sound System – The Source

Bangles – Greatest Hits

Stéphane Grappelli – Fit As A Fiddle

Paula Cole – American Quilt

Strawbs – From The Witchwood

Murray McLauchlan – Greatest Hits

Lisa Loeb – Firecracker

Kirsty MacColl – Tropical Brainstorm

Marillion – Araknophobia (2 CDs)

Jefferson Airplane – Crown Of Creation

Patty Griffin – Silver Bell

Dave Edmunds – The Collection

Various Artists – Totally Rock: The Essential Rock Album

Yes – Tormato

Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey

Lulu – Gold (3 CDs)

CANO – Aù Nord De Notre Vie

Neverending White Lights – Act 1: Goodbye Friends Of The Heavenly Bodies

Steeleye Span – A 20^th Anniversary Celebration (DVD)

Saga – Images At Twilight

Jan Akkernan – Tabernakel

Caro Emerald – The Shocking Miss Emerald

Duke Ellington – Duke Ellington And His Great Vocalists

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, July 11th, 2021

 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 Los Angeles, not somewhere my Sunday morning travels have taken me very often.

Quotation Of The Week: Jerry Lee Lewis ~ I am right. I'm always right. One time i thought i was wrong, i found out i was right.

I'm grading this week's installment an “A” but with reluctance. Oh, it was fine, i had no problems with the show at all, there was nothing that pissed me off and a heap of wonderful music. The grade of “A” was granted solely because of the inclusion of the new version of James Taylor's Carolina In My Mind (which i didn't even know existed until i heard it here a few years ago).

The thing is, though, there wasn't a lot that i would class as being great. Good? Oh, for sure, loads of that but not much that i would call holy cow exceptional.

John Ulett, a.k.a. Uman, our host, was off today for some reason. I wonder if he pre-programmed it? There was only one programming glitch, anyway: Ziggy Stardust is definitely not Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls, although KSHE's home page claimed that it was, tra la.

This week's photograph is blatantly off-topic, but it's of one of my new favourite women, followed by the playlist:

 

 

Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen

Santana – Samba Pa Ti

The Doobie Brothers – Wheels Of Fortune

Loggins & Messina – Angry Eyes

The Steve Miller Band – Don't Let Nobody Turn You Round

The Grateful Dead – Tennessee Jed

Triumph – Something's Out There

The Little River Band – Mistress Of Mine

Neil Young – After The Gold Rush

Dave Mason – Lonely One

Sea Level – Nothing Matters But The Fever

Foreigner – The Modern Day

Genesis – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight

The Marshall Tucker Band – In My Own Way

Z.Z. Top – It's Only Love

Jerry Doucette – Run Buddy Run

Shooting Star – Bring It On

Climax Blues Band – Couldn't Get It Right

Journey – Where Were You

Joe Walsh – At The Station

Atlanta Rhythm Section – Doraville

Bruce Springsteen -- 10^th Avenue Freeze-Out

Steppenwolf – Sookie Sookie

Missouri – Intro / Movin' On

America – Lonely People

U.K. -- Nothing To Lose (live)

Sammy Hagar – The Pits

James Taylor – Carolina In My Mind

Styx – Lights

Status Quo – Down Down

Electric Light Orchestra – 10538 Overture

Prism – Spaceship Superstar

Utopia – The Road To Utopia

The Guess Who – Bus Rider

Eagles – The Last Resort

Foghat – Dreamer

Elton John – Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust

Here's my personal playlist for the week. Exciting schtuff!

Horslips – Happy To Meet ... Sorry To Part

Fairport Convention – Jewel In The Crown

Eliza Carthy – Red Rice (2 CDs)

June Tabor – Some Other Time

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity -- Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity

Manfred Mann – The Best Of Manfred Mann

Mama's Pride – Guard Your Heart

Genesis – Foxtrot

Jethro Tull – Stormwatch

Vaughan Williams – English Folk Song Suite etc.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – In The Hot Seat

Various Artists – The Best 80s Modern Rock Album ... Ever! (2 CDs)

Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde

Paul McCartney – Flaming Pie

Camper Van Beethoven – Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

Marillion – Fugazi

Nanci Griffith – Flyer

Johnny Hodges – Jazz Masters 35

Luna – Luna

Nilsson – The Point

Dan Fogelberg – River Of Souls

Wishbone Ash – Wishbone Ash

10 c.c. -- The Original Soundtrack

The Beach Boys – All-Time Greatest Hits

Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What

Curved Air – Second Album

Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills – Super Session

Jethro Tull – A Passion Play

Zaz – Sans Tsu Tsou

Donovan – What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid

Cream – The Very Best Of Cream

Bruce Springsteen – The Rising

Taste – [The Best Of] Taste

Free – Tons Of Sobs

KSHE KLASSICS SHOW, July 4th, 2021

 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 yet again. I must like it there. The best pub in town is called The Beerhive (pictured below): i'll have to try it! 

Quotation Of The Week: Jack Kerouac ~ The only truth is music.

Ah, yes, another excellent four hours' worth of advertising with some music thrown in as an afterthought. Actually, what am i talking about? Most of the ads were terrible. If i had to listen to commercial radio all the time i think i'd lose the will to live. Most of the advertisers must feel a great deal of contempt for their audience, thinking that we're all morons or credulous as hell or somefink. For example, the pharmacy at Walgreen's is offering “contact-free COVID testing.” Er, what? How do they do that? Hold a thermometer a foot or so away from your forehead? (I did like the ads from Bank Of America – my bank in St Louis – and from my ol' pal Bart Inman but that was all. Pretty pathetic considering that advertising is a good quarter of the program.)

As for that other stuff, the music, werrl.... It's a grade of (ta-daa!) A+

And not only because Dan Fogelberg and Mama's Pride popped in. Almost everything was fwickin' bwilliant (as Kripke would say). There were a couple of less-than-stellar moments: fifteen minutes of Midnight Sun was far too much and The Doors' cover of Van Morrison's Gloria was so full of Jim Morrison's drunken ramblings it was really embarrassing, Plus a track from Emerson, Lake & Palmer's worst album.

But then we had a track from one of Genesis's best albums, The Move's Do Ya which is far superior to ELO's version (IMFFHO) and Renaissance's Northern Lights, a song so beautiful i had no choice but to stop everything and listen. Here's the playlist, and The Beerhive:

 

Steely Dan – Doctor Wu

Eric Clapton – Hello Old Friend

Bad Company – If You Needed Somebody

The Mark Tanner Band – Hot And Cold

Santana – Over And Over

Styx – Snowblind

The Grateful Dead – I Need A Miracle

The Marshall Tucker Band – Desert Skies

The Move –Do Ya

Heart – Rockin' Down Heaven

Electric Light Orchestra – Boy Blue

The Sweet – Fox On The Run

The Doors – Gloria

Midnight Sun – Living On The Hill

Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Paul McCartney – Maybe I'm Amazed

Dan Fogelberg – Tullamore Dew / Phoenix

Heartsfield – House Of Living

The Byrds – Chestnut Mare

Barclay James Harvest – Poor Boy Blues / Mill Boys / For No One

Mama's Pride – Laurie Ann

Bad Company – Weep No More

Pousette-Dart Band – Amnesia

Buckingham Nicks – Don't Let Me Down Again

Grand Funk Railroad – Some Kind Of Wonderful

Eagles – Midnight Flyer

The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Love Beach

Renaissance – Northern Lights

Horslips – The Man Who Built America

David Bowie – John, I'm Only Dancing

John Mellencamp – Rumbleseat

Shooting Star – Breakout

Yes – Going For The One

Ten Years After – Choo Choo Mamma

Jackson Browne – Lawyers In Love

And here's my personal playlist for the week. It's not too unwieldy:

The John Renbourn Group – Live In America

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Like A Rock

Van der Graaf Generator – Present (2 CDs)

Jane Siberry – The Walking

Rival Sons – Pressure & Time

Jeff Beck – You Had It Coming

Roy Wood – Mustard

Yes – Talk

New Order – The Best Of New Order

Kraftwerk – Minimum+Maximum (2 CDs)

Various Artists – The British Invasion, Vol. 6

The Small Faces – Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Kronos Quartet – Howl, U.S.A.

John Hiatt – Walk On

Brand X – Unorthodox Behaviour

Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms

Madonna – You Can Dance

Afro Celt Sound System – The Source

Laurie Anderson – Mister Heartbreak

The Kinks – Schoolboys In Disgrace

A-ha – Hunting High And Low

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Behind The Music

The Beatles – Let It Be

Paul Simon – The Essential Paul Simon

Chicago – Chicago II (2 CDs)

Dave Pegg – The Cocktail Cowboy Goes It Alone

Big Country – Wonderland: The Essential Big Country (3 CDs)

Elvis Costello – The Best Of Elvis Costello: The First Ten Years

P.J. Harvey – White Chalk

Various Artists – Good Times, Bad Times

Various Artists – Grandson Of “Morris On”

The Broadside Band – English Country Dances

Richard Thompson – Strict Tempo!