Here to deliver the latest in terms of music of the week, your
humble host comments and makes his usual observations despite low
ratings on the web. Old habits are hard to break it seems.
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This is the AM radio station that I have been listening to of late since my borrowed car don't have a CD player. This is a radio station from Canada that has a great big play list of forgotten songs of the past 80 years. Even the songs they listed even surprise me. You won't find a radio station like this in the US anywhere, unless you have KXEP or Radio Free Phoenix.
Berry Beckett was one of the best keyboard players in the Muscle Shoals Band and was a great producer in his own right. He died last week at age 66.
If Iran didn't have the US to blame their own fucking problems on, they be blaming somebody else. I don't believe A-Jad (the name given for Mr. Horse Face's unwritable name) lost but I don't believe he had 65 percent of the vote. The revolution is getting old brother, either change or get overthrown. Oppressive governments don't work, neither does Self Government without self discipline. Personal to A Jad, nobody wants to go back to the 7th century anyway. That's as big as a myth as blowing yourself up and thinking your going to paradise whereas you're probaly recarnated as fly dung. Iran, just another bunch of hypocrites just like Kim Jung Ill and his North Korean jackoffs.
And a big Crap to Kaplin University and their 20 commericals per hour on every channel in the afternoon. More snake oil education from a fly by night half baked business college. Maybe the Irianians are behind this too.
The songs of the week.
1. Heart Of The Sunrise-Yes 1972 Prog rock classic from Fragile, my first introduction to Jon Anderson and company and would continue off and on for the last 30 plus years.
2. Bam Balam-The Du Droppers 1953 This week, this top ten will be taking a long lost look at some of the uptempo R and B of the pre rock era and although this wasn't an hit, it was featured on the 1987 RCA compliation RCA Victor Blues And Rhythm Revue. Collectibles Records would issue an overview of their work and is highly collectible since it's now out of print. Sorry kids, Fergie doesn't appear on any of the songs.
3. I Need To Know Where I Stand-Rhett Miller 2009 Into the now with the latest song off the latest album from the Old 97's lead singer, Rhett's latest has been getting good reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone or Spin magazine and others. His last label didn't give him much of a chance, cutting him loose three weeks after releasing it. Here's hoping Shout Factory gives him another chance to issue another album.
4. Freedom-Jimi Hendrix 1971 Dedicated to A-Jad and the Iranian Supreme beings. As LEN would say, you can't stop the rush........
5. My Gal's A Jockey-Big Joe Turner 1946 This was played on the Canadian radio station the other night and yes, if I hear something on a radio that hasn't been heard from in a while, I'll put it down. Big Joe is considered one of the pioneers of rock and roll before rock and roll got famous in 1954 but at the time it was called jump blues. Big Joe would revisit this song and rename it Rebecca on his 1958 Big Joe Is Here jazz album for Atlantic.
6. Will You Visit Me On Sundays-Merle Haggard 1968 Not to be confused with a song by The Peppermint Rainbow, which has practially the same melody and chorus but with an alter of the words, Merle's best moments came around the late 60s with his Capitol work. This wasn't a hit but it can be found on the cheapo budget best of called Prison that was quietly put out in the early part of this decade.
7. Good Morning Blues-Leadbelly 1940 One of Leadbelly's better known blues songs. Why we sing the blues you ask? Because we live in times that give us the blues. Mississippi Fred McDowell actually redo this song on his I Do Not Play No Rock And Roll album. Your job is to guess the name of the song.
8. Snap-Flight 16 1998 Long forgotten rock band makes an album on a major label that uses it as a tax write off. The problem with those late 90's unknown bands had to face. No airplay, no promotion, no nothing. It's really not an bad album. Probably better than Altered State who at least made two albums for Warner Brothers. And had a following enough to have their own My Space site. Unlike Flight 16 who faded from view........
www.am740.ca
This is the AM radio station that I have been listening to of late since my borrowed car don't have a CD player. This is a radio station from Canada that has a great big play list of forgotten songs of the past 80 years. Even the songs they listed even surprise me. You won't find a radio station like this in the US anywhere, unless you have KXEP or Radio Free Phoenix.
Berry Beckett was one of the best keyboard players in the Muscle Shoals Band and was a great producer in his own right. He died last week at age 66.
If Iran didn't have the US to blame their own fucking problems on, they be blaming somebody else. I don't believe A-Jad (the name given for Mr. Horse Face's unwritable name) lost but I don't believe he had 65 percent of the vote. The revolution is getting old brother, either change or get overthrown. Oppressive governments don't work, neither does Self Government without self discipline. Personal to A Jad, nobody wants to go back to the 7th century anyway. That's as big as a myth as blowing yourself up and thinking your going to paradise whereas you're probaly recarnated as fly dung. Iran, just another bunch of hypocrites just like Kim Jung Ill and his North Korean jackoffs.
And a big Crap to Kaplin University and their 20 commericals per hour on every channel in the afternoon. More snake oil education from a fly by night half baked business college. Maybe the Irianians are behind this too.
The songs of the week.
1. Heart Of The Sunrise-Yes 1972 Prog rock classic from Fragile, my first introduction to Jon Anderson and company and would continue off and on for the last 30 plus years.
2. Bam Balam-The Du Droppers 1953 This week, this top ten will be taking a long lost look at some of the uptempo R and B of the pre rock era and although this wasn't an hit, it was featured on the 1987 RCA compliation RCA Victor Blues And Rhythm Revue. Collectibles Records would issue an overview of their work and is highly collectible since it's now out of print. Sorry kids, Fergie doesn't appear on any of the songs.
3. I Need To Know Where I Stand-Rhett Miller 2009 Into the now with the latest song off the latest album from the Old 97's lead singer, Rhett's latest has been getting good reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone or Spin magazine and others. His last label didn't give him much of a chance, cutting him loose three weeks after releasing it. Here's hoping Shout Factory gives him another chance to issue another album.
4. Freedom-Jimi Hendrix 1971 Dedicated to A-Jad and the Iranian Supreme beings. As LEN would say, you can't stop the rush........
5. My Gal's A Jockey-Big Joe Turner 1946 This was played on the Canadian radio station the other night and yes, if I hear something on a radio that hasn't been heard from in a while, I'll put it down. Big Joe is considered one of the pioneers of rock and roll before rock and roll got famous in 1954 but at the time it was called jump blues. Big Joe would revisit this song and rename it Rebecca on his 1958 Big Joe Is Here jazz album for Atlantic.
6. Will You Visit Me On Sundays-Merle Haggard 1968 Not to be confused with a song by The Peppermint Rainbow, which has practially the same melody and chorus but with an alter of the words, Merle's best moments came around the late 60s with his Capitol work. This wasn't a hit but it can be found on the cheapo budget best of called Prison that was quietly put out in the early part of this decade.
7. Good Morning Blues-Leadbelly 1940 One of Leadbelly's better known blues songs. Why we sing the blues you ask? Because we live in times that give us the blues. Mississippi Fred McDowell actually redo this song on his I Do Not Play No Rock And Roll album. Your job is to guess the name of the song.
8. Snap-Flight 16 1998 Long forgotten rock band makes an album on a major label that uses it as a tax write off. The problem with those late 90's unknown bands had to face. No airplay, no promotion, no nothing. It's really not an bad album. Probably better than Altered State who at least made two albums for Warner Brothers. And had a following enough to have their own My Space site. Unlike Flight 16 who faded from view........
9. Walk On Out Of My Mind-Waylon Jennings 1967 One of Ol' Waylon's better Nashville sounding songs of that time. But Nashville was the roughest.....
10. Summertime (is calling)-The Motors 1977 And yes it is. It's summertime kiddies, let's go sweat a little. ;-)
And finally, let's give a big FU to PETA. Personally I would love to give PETA each and every fly and gnats that I come across with here while mowing the yard or going to McDonalds. Or going to HP Books and having the single solitary fly buzzing around my head. Fucking bastards anyway. All the power to Obama of swatting those pesky A Jad Flies. Fuck PETA.
