[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 a non-Canadian address. This week, according to
https://whatismyipaddress.com/
i was listening from Pine Brook Hill, Colorado, pop. 1045.
I've never been there before!]
Quotation
Of The Week ~ Benjamin Franklin: I didn't fail the test. I just found
100 ways to do it wrong.
Oh,
it was a difficult show to grade this week. There were a few songs
that i love, a lot that were enjoyable but ordinary and then REO
effing Speedwagon, a group that really irritates me, and i almost
went with a relatively low (for this show) grade of “B+.” Then i
considered how much i really do love some of the songs and more
toleramt heads prevailed so i'll go a little, teeny tiny bit better
and say “A-”.
I
think that my favourite song this morning was Kayak's “I Want You
To Be Mine.” No, really: it was a rare treat. There were certainly
songs that i loved more, but i hadn't heard Kayak's in such a long
time. The great songs by Billy Joel, The Beatles and The Byrds (just
to mention the letter “b”) are songs i play at home regularly.
I
learned some things this morning, too, thanks to the host John Ulett
(a.k.a. Uman). Fleetwood Mac's song “World Turning” was actually
written 'way back when by founding member of the band Peter Green.
However, Buckingham-Nicks “adapted” it just enough that they
wouldn't have to pay songwriter royalties to him. This was rather
naughty of them, i think (although it's a fairly common practice in
the cut-throat world of the music biz, where songwriting credits are
the real goldmine.) As the album it came from, Rumours, sold
approximately a gazillion copies, Peter would have been set up for
life. It's a shame. (The same thing happened to blues legend Memphis
Minnie, who wrote “When The Levee Breaks” and which Led Zeppelin
covered, and although she actually did receive a writing
credit on the album, she never received a cent in royalties and died
in poverty.) (There's a rumour that Bonnie Raitt paid for her
headstone.)
I
also learned that The Byrds' “So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll
Star” was inspired by The Monkees. The Monkees were a
“manufactured” group and pretty much dismissed as a joke at the
time, but the members were quite talented and although i didn't care
for them then, i have since come to realise that they were a superb
pop group.
Anyway, here's a (rather unfair IMO) image of why the Canada / U.S. border remains closed, and the playlist:
Triumph
– Just A Game
Eric
Clapton – Blues Power
Fleetwood
Mac – World Turning
Kansas
– Got To Rock On
Chicago
– Make Me Smile
Leon
Russell – Blue Bird
UFO
– Rock Bottom
Glencoe
– Airport
Billy
Joel – New York State Of Mind
Spirit
– Fresh Garbage
Nazareth
– Miss Misery
Neil
Young – The Needle And The Damage Done
The
Byrds – So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star
REO
Speedwagon – Take Me
Phil
Collins – It Don't Matter To Me
It's
A Beautiful Day – Don And Dewey
Emerson,
Lake & Palmer – Hoedown
Ronnie
Montrose – Town Without Pity
The
Grateful Dead – Truckin'
Kayak
– I Want You To Be Mine
Genesis
– Like It Or Not
Off
Broadway – Full Moon Turn Your Head Around
Dave
Mason – We Just Disagree
Rod
Stewart – Cut Across Shorty
The
Beatles – For No One
The
Who – I'm Free
The
Climax Blues Band – Reaching Out
Jackson
Browne – Ready Or Not
Supertramp
– Poor Boy
April
Wine – Wings Of Love
Santana
– Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
The
Moody Blues – The Voice
38
Special – Chain Lightnin'
John
Waite – Change
The
Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
Atlanta
Rhythm Section – Another Man's Woman
The
Smithereens – Only A Memory
Todd
Rundgren – Just One Victory
The
Who – Boris The Spider
Bob
Dylan – Gotta Serve Somebody
Mama's
Pride – Maybe
It's
not an overly long Spriggsblog Playlist this week, kids, which is
kinda odd as there was only one 4-disc box (“Nuggets”) and only
one 2-CD set, which was The Johnstons. There were a lot of fairly new
releases, though, and they're generally an hour long, whereas older
records clocked in at about 40 minutes. Anyway, here's the list. Stay
safe and sane, if you can!
The
Doobie Brothers – Toulouse Street
Renaissance
– Illusion
The
Tragically Hip – Now For Plan B
Baka
Beyond – Spirit Of The Forest
Various
Artists – The Who Jukebox
Terje
Rypdal & The Chasers – Blue
Gryphon
– Red Queen To Gryphon Three
Sinéad
O'Connor – Throw Down Your Arms
Various
Artists – Nuggets
The
Who – The Who Sell Out
Richard
Thompson – Rumor And Sigh
Patti
Smith – Outside Society
The
Johnstons – The Johnstons / Give A Damn / The Barley Corn
Bob
Dylan – Another Side Of Bob Dylan
Al
Stewart – The Best Of Al Stewart
Renaissance
– Prologue
Sly
And The Family Stone – Stand!
Talk
Talk – The Colour Of Spring
Pink
Floyd – Atom Heart Mother
Free
– All Right Now: The Best Of Free
The
Byrds – We Have Ignition
Jefferson
Airplane – The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane
Caro
Emerald – The Shocking Miss Emerald
10,000
Maniacs – In My Tribe
Linda
Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
Greg
Kihn Band – Best Of Beserkley '75 – '84
This
Mortal Coil – Blood
Pink
– Greatest Hits ... So Far!
Mike
Oldfield – Islands
Van
der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts
Rory
Gallagher – Take It Easy Baby
Propaganda
– A Secret Wish
Tangerine
Dream – Poland
Siouxsie
& The Banshees – Nocturne
The
Who – Odds & Sods
Steely
Dan – Pretzel Logic
