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 Atlanta, Georgia.
Quotation Of The Week: Sheryl Crow ~ If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad.
This week's post is dedicated to the memory of a singer who has probably never been played on KSHE, country-folk artist Nanci Griffith, who died last week at 68. I can't say that i was a huge fan but some of her songs touched me on a very visceral level. R.I.P., Nanci. (There's a pic of her down there. A sweet looking woman.)
Anyhoo. Today's program. It came very close to a grade of “A+” but three songs torpedoed it. REO friggin' Speedwagon, a band that remains very popular in St Louis and show up regularly on the show but are tremendously disliked by me (and most rock music fans in Canada, i believe); Harry friggin' Chapin, whose miserable, self-pitying whiny songs are fingernails on a chalk board to me, and St Louis natives Pavlov's Dog. Their lead singer, David Surkamp, has one of the worst voices i've ever heard. Execrable schtuff.
So, i'm grading it an “A-.” There was definitely a whole shedload full of wonderful music. I think that my personal favourite was the song by Kayak – not because it's a brilliant piece of work, but because it was such a delightful surprise. Otherwise, there were definite works of brilliance by Van Morrison, Genesis, Electric Light Orchestra, The Cars and on and on.
Van Morrison – Moondance
Bob Seger – Turn On Your Love Light
Steely Dan – Dirty Work
Yes – Rhythm Of Love
String Driven Thing – Josephine
The Moody Blues – You And Me
Neil Young & The Bluenotes – This Note's For You
Joe Walsh – Turn To Stone
The Babys – Love Don't Prove I'm Right
Kayak – I Want You To Be Mine
Genesis – Follow You, Follow Me
Jethro Tull – Living In The Past
Electric Light Orchestra – Turn To Stone
Supertramp – Another Man's Woman
Eddie Money – I Wanna Go Back
The Police – When The World Is Running Down
Black Oak Arkansas – Hot And Nasty
The Kinks – Apeman
REO Speedwagon – I Don't Wanna Know
Loggins & Messina – House At Pooh Corner
Slade – How Can It Be
Billy Joel – An Innocent Man
Harry Chapin – I Wanna Learn A Love Song
38 Special – Back Where You Belong
Loverboy – Queen Of The Broken Hearts
Sammy Hagar – Crack In The World
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary
Roger Daltrey – Free Me
Heart – White Lightning And Wine
The Cars – Tonight She Comes
Poco – Good Feelin' To Know
Triumph – I Can Survive
Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
The Who – Overture / It's A Boy
Eric Clapton – See What Love Can Do
Lou Reed – Sweet Jane (live)
Alotta Haynes Jeremiah – Lake Shore Drive
Pavlov's Dog – Julia
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Carry On / Questions
Normie Rowe – Need Your Lovin' Tonight
The Marshall Tucker Band – I'll Be Loving You
My personal playlist is quite a short one this week, which may be surprising as i had an extra day off but may not be as there were four double albums. Here 'tis:
Patty Griffin – Silver Bell
James Taylor – Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
Mama's Pride – Uptown And Lowdown
Blodwyn Pig – Getting To This
Various Artists – City Of Angels
Wolfscote – Turn The Glass
The Nice – The Swedish Radio Sessions
Sweet – The Best Of Sweet
Electric Light Orchestra – Out Of The Blue
Fairport Convention – The Five Seasons
Donovan – A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (2 CDs)
God Is An Astronaut -- God Is An Astronaut
Marillion – Anoraknophobia (2 CDs)
Dengue Fever – Cannibal Courtship
Martin Carthy – Sweet Wivelsfield
Spandau Ballet – Gold: The Best Of Spandau Ballet
God Is An Astronaut – All Is Violent, All Is Bright
Neverending White Lights – Act 1: Goodbye Friends Of The Heavenly Bodies
Caro Emerald – Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor
Stevie Wonder – The Definitive Collection
Dan Fogelberg – Nether Lands
Bob Seger – Smokin' O.P.'s
Nanci Griffith – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)
Marillion – Misplaced Childhood (2 CDs)
Laurie Anderson – Mister Heartbreak
The Johnstons – The Barley Corn
Sheryl Crow – Live At The Ryman (2 CDs)
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
Nanci Griffith – The MCA Years: A Retrospective
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