Pip's Invitation
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Tomorrow WXPN is playing covers all day, presumably to torment KP.
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Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 5 - #17's have been posted. Link in OP. (20 Viewers)
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Charlie Steiner
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20. Run to Mexico (Head First, 1978)
Run to Mexico is the fifth consecutive song on the list to come from the Head First album and is the only track on the album written by all four band members. For a group going through an internal battle for the band's identity, they sure worked well together. I've always liked the tempo and the dramatic tone; to me, it's like they were being serious and having fun at the same time.
Run to Mexico is the fifth consecutive song on the list to come from the Head First album and is the only track on the album written by all four band members. For a group going through an internal battle for the band's identity, they sure worked well together. I've always liked the tempo and the dramatic tone; to me, it's like they were being serious and having fun at the same time.
zamboni
Footballguy
You must have had quite the inner battle including this on your list given its use of "who" rather than "whom" in the title.
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Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I'm gonna copy the entire playlist along with youtube links and tag KP on all of them
Last week was their first Throwback Thursday of the season and XPN ran all songs from 1975. There were a lot of songs I knew well, but I also a lot **** I've never heard before.
zamboni
Footballguy
Definitely share - interested in seeing the list.I'm gonna copy the entire playlist along with youtube links and tag KP on all of them
Last week was their first Throwback Thursday of the season and XPN ran all songs from 1975. There were a lot of songs I knew well, but I also a lot **** I've never heard before.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
That reminds me of a Rolling Stone interview with Jerry Garcia who was amazed by how much drugs Aerosmith did when both bands were staying at the same hotel.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I'll post some when I can, but here's a link to their playlist: Linky It updates as they go (so no having to refresh). For some reason, it never shows when they play a Police record - there's a gap between the one played before and the one played after.Definitely share - interested in seeing the list.I'm gonna copy the entire playlist along with youtube links and tag KP on all of them
Last week was their first Throwback Thursday of the season and XPN ran all songs from 1975. There were a lot of songs I knew well, but I also a lot **** I've never heard before.
I think you were the one (or maybe it was Pip) that turned me onto this channel when they were running the Woodstock 50th Anniversary programming. Love this channel and basically have it on all day.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
#20 - Otis Redding - Love Man
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Comments sometimes, but not this time, from Wikipedia
JML Rank - #26
Krista4 Rank - #28 to 31
Uruk-Hai Rank - #10
Album - Third posthumous release, Love Man
Recorded - December 1967
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Otis Redding
Notable Covers - Very few have been released or known about until the last 15 years
Siggi Schwarz and the Legends, Paulo Gonzo, Curtis Salgado, J. Quinton Johnson and the Honeymoon Killers were all i could find.
Comments - Be interested in what Uruk Hai has to say about this one as he ranked in considerably higher than Krista and I. Apparently it references the Hippy culture that was burgeoning at the time. I’m kinda wondering what would have happened if they had more production time on this one. There is a stunning track in there somewhere, but maybe its better as is.
Next Up - Back to the early days with a track off his debut album
Tau837
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Eric Clapton #20
Eric Clapton - Pretending
"Pretending" is a rock song released in 1989 on Eric Clapton's "Journeyman" album. It reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it the album's highest-charting single.
The song captures the emotional struggle of keeping up appearances in a broken relationship and the emotional toll of faking that everything’s fine when it clearly isn’t. The narrator is caught in a painful situation, where both partners are “pretending” instead of confronting the truth.
Clapton’s guitar tone is rich and commanding, with a tastefully restrained solo. The riffs provide a sense of tension that mirrors the song’s emotional weight. His vocal performance is one of his strongest — confident and soulful.
“Pretending” is Clapton leaning into modern blues-rock, not trying to sound like the old Delta masters, but instead exploring emotional honesty in a contemporary setting.
Eric Clapton - Pretending
"Pretending" is a rock song released in 1989 on Eric Clapton's "Journeyman" album. It reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making it the album's highest-charting single.
The song captures the emotional struggle of keeping up appearances in a broken relationship and the emotional toll of faking that everything’s fine when it clearly isn’t. The narrator is caught in a painful situation, where both partners are “pretending” instead of confronting the truth.
Clapton’s guitar tone is rich and commanding, with a tastefully restrained solo. The riffs provide a sense of tension that mirrors the song’s emotional weight. His vocal performance is one of his strongest — confident and soulful.
“Pretending” is Clapton leaning into modern blues-rock, not trying to sound like the old Delta masters, but instead exploring emotional honesty in a contemporary setting.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
There's a reason there are not many covers of this one.#20 - Otis Redding - Love Man
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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Comments sometimes, but not this time, from Wikipedia
JML Rank - #26
Krista4 Rank - #28 to 31
Uruk-Hai Rank - #10
Album - Third posthumous release, Love Man
Recorded - December 1967
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Otis Redding
Notable Covers - Very few have been released or known about until the last 15 years
Siggi Schwarz and the Legends, Paulo Gonzo, Curtis Salgado, J. Quinton Johnson and the Honeymoon Killers were all i could find.
Comments - Be interested in what Uruk Hai has to say about this one as he ranked in considerably higher than Krista and I. Apparently it references the Hippy culture that was burgeoning at the time. I’m kinda wondering what would have happened if they had more production time on this one. There is a stunning track in there somewhere, but maybe its better as is.
Next Up - Back to the early days with a track off his debut album
Yeah, it's mixed way too much on the high end and it feels like a rush-release by someone who didn't really care about how it sounded.
That said...... listen to this thing! Otis is singing like a man possessed at an insane speed. I'm assuming that's Al Jackson on the drums and he's probably the only person holding the entire record from falling apart. The horns are power-chording in ways that metal bands dream of. To me, it's the closest Redding ever got to being his idol Little Richard. This is a first class rave-up.
"6'1, weigh 210. I'm a love man".
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
20.
Song: Red Headed Stepchild
Album: Down By The Old Mainstream
Songwriter: Dan Murphy, Marc Perlman
Smog Lineup:
Kraig Johnson – drums
Jeff Tweedy – guitar
Gary Louris – background vocals, guitar
Dan Murphy – lead vocals, guitar
Marc Perlman – background vocals, bass
Writing for AllMusic, music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the band’s debut album "a loose, relaxed affair that sounds like it was a lot of fun to record...it has an offhand, relaxed charm that is sometimes lacking from Jayhawks and Soul Asylum albums.
Here’s a loose, relaxed and fun rocker from Dan from Soul Asylum.
Song: Red Headed Stepchild
Album: Down By The Old Mainstream
Songwriter: Dan Murphy, Marc Perlman
Smog Lineup:
Kraig Johnson – drums
Jeff Tweedy – guitar
Gary Louris – background vocals, guitar
Dan Murphy – lead vocals, guitar
Marc Perlman – background vocals, bass
Writing for AllMusic, music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the band’s debut album "a loose, relaxed affair that sounds like it was a lot of fun to record...it has an offhand, relaxed charm that is sometimes lacking from Jayhawks and Soul Asylum albums.
Here’s a loose, relaxed and fun rocker from Dan from Soul Asylum.
zamboni
Footballguy
That's a heck of a diverse playlist. Must have been Pip that mentioned this channel, as I wasn't familiar with it before either.I'll post some when I can, but here's a link to their playlist: Linky It updates as they go (so no having to refresh). For some reason, it never shows when they play a Police record - there's a gap between the one played before and the one played after.Definitely share - interested in seeing the list.I'm gonna copy the entire playlist along with youtube links and tag KP on all of them
Last week was their first Throwback Thursday of the season and XPN ran all songs from 1975. There were a lot of songs I knew well, but I also a lot **** I've never heard before.
I think you were the one (or maybe it was Pip) that turned me onto this channel when they were running the Woodstock 50th Anniversary programming. Love this channel and basically have it on all day.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Oh man, that is nightmare fuel for me.
Pretty sure that will be the last GP4 station I get to as well.
Chaos34
Footballguy
Nikki Sixx is a prolific writer of simple songs, sometimes deeply personal. Sixx:A.M. was his side project. He launched it in 07 with his book The Heroin Diaries (A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star). He promoted an album of the same name as the soundtrack to the book. I've either drafted that album or a track on it. Can't recall exactly, but I do recall being moved by the content. Sixx:A.M. has released 4 albums in the time Motley Crue has released just one. I'd rank the Motley album 5th among them. I like this side of Nikki.
John 5 and Nikki are clearly very close buddies. Of the dozens of interviews I watched for this song sleuthing project, the ones with both Nikki and John have been my favorites. John's been "around the studio" for three of the Sixx:A.M. albums, but with very limited writing or playing credits. He's provided "quite a bit of layering and finishing touches" on several songs.
Sure Feels Right is one of those songs. Sometimes songs are familiar to me the first time I hear them. This one should have that effect on any of my fellow Angelinos. It's just a lovely morning drive on those crowded freeways with the June Gloom clearing on a typical LA day. Nikki is appreciating the woman who's helped him fight his demons. John's in the back seat strumming along peacefully. It also worked great with the City and Color song that follows it.
Sure Feels Right - Sixx:A.M.
It's off 2011's This is Gonna Hurt, another album delivered as the soundtrack to a Nicki Sixx book.
John 5 and Nikki are clearly very close buddies. Of the dozens of interviews I watched for this song sleuthing project, the ones with both Nikki and John have been my favorites. John's been "around the studio" for three of the Sixx:A.M. albums, but with very limited writing or playing credits. He's provided "quite a bit of layering and finishing touches" on several songs.
Sure Feels Right is one of those songs. Sometimes songs are familiar to me the first time I hear them. This one should have that effect on any of my fellow Angelinos. It's just a lovely morning drive on those crowded freeways with the June Gloom clearing on a typical LA day. Nikki is appreciating the woman who's helped him fight his demons. John's in the back seat strumming along peacefully. It also worked great with the City and Color song that follows it.
Sure Feels Right - Sixx:A.M.
It's off 2011's This is Gonna Hurt, another album delivered as the soundtrack to a Nicki Sixx book.
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Chaos34
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The 20s is a solid playlist I will revisit many times. An excellent listen start to finish.
Two standouts not new to me are the Doobies and Neil songs. Holly Holy is top 5 Neil for me. In concert with 25 musicians in support it is something else. On Hot August Night, Holly Holy sets up Soolaimon and Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show delivering my favorite part of the concert and a downright spiritual experience. How am I gonna keep this off my list of 70 albums? I didn't know You're Always There at my Rescue was actually titled Dependin' on You. What a nice Doobie surprise.
Again, I particularly enjoyed the way this list finished up after my song. City and Color with a nice one. The Waterboys are just consistently strong. Clapton again proving some of us are wrong about him. System F changing it up with something modern but somehow straight up banging disco. Cornershop saying goodbye to the list the way they do. Good stuff but...
Spotify followed up with Lou Reed and Elvis Costello favorites further making me hate the 70 albums project.
Two standouts not new to me are the Doobies and Neil songs. Holly Holy is top 5 Neil for me. In concert with 25 musicians in support it is something else. On Hot August Night, Holly Holy sets up Soolaimon and Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show delivering my favorite part of the concert and a downright spiritual experience. How am I gonna keep this off my list of 70 albums? I didn't know You're Always There at my Rescue was actually titled Dependin' on You. What a nice Doobie surprise.
Again, I particularly enjoyed the way this list finished up after my song. City and Color with a nice one. The Waterboys are just consistently strong. Clapton again proving some of us are wrong about him. System F changing it up with something modern but somehow straight up banging disco. Cornershop saying goodbye to the list the way they do. Good stuff but...
Spotify followed up with Lou Reed and Elvis Costello favorites further making me hate the 70 albums project.
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
For those who care for a little context on The Waterboys song Blues for Terry Southern:
He was a writer who lived one of the most fascinating lives ever. He was in post war Paris rubbing elbows with Sartre and watching Charlie Parker play jazz. Then he was adjacent to the Greenwich Beat scene and then he ended up in London for the 60s. He helped Kubrick write Dr. Strangelove. He played a key role in kicking off New Hollywood as he is likely the main author behind Easy Rider. However he had no signed deal and made no money off it. He was broke and begged Dennis Hopper for a profit point on Easy Rider but Hopper refused. For the rest of their lives Fonda and Hopper would live off Easy Rider money but Southern who wrote the original script, gave the movie its name, etc. would live job to job. There’s 100 other interesting anecdotes about him, truly a guy who was always in the right place at the right time but got nothing for it.
He was a writer who lived one of the most fascinating lives ever. He was in post war Paris rubbing elbows with Sartre and watching Charlie Parker play jazz. Then he was adjacent to the Greenwich Beat scene and then he ended up in London for the 60s. He helped Kubrick write Dr. Strangelove. He played a key role in kicking off New Hollywood as he is likely the main author behind Easy Rider. However he had no signed deal and made no money off it. He was broke and begged Dennis Hopper for a profit point on Easy Rider but Hopper refused. For the rest of their lives Fonda and Hopper would live off Easy Rider money but Southern who wrote the original script, gave the movie its name, etc. would live job to job. There’s 100 other interesting anecdotes about him, truly a guy who was always in the right place at the right time but got nothing for it.
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simey
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Big Shot
Billy wrote this for his 1978 album 52nd Street. The song was inspired by a dinner he had with Mick Jagger. He said Mick told him that his wife Bianca liked puttin' on the ritz a little too much, and it bugged him. This was during the Studio 54 days, where Bianca loved being the center of attention. Billy wrote it as if Mick was singing it to Bianca. Bianca would file for divorce in 1978 citing adultery from Mick's affair with Jerry Hall.
Well, you went uptown riding in your limousine
With your fine Park Avenue clothes
You had the Dom Pérignon in your hand
And the spoon up your nose
And when you wake up in the morning
With your head on fire
And your eyes too bloody to see
Go on and cry in your coffee
But don't come bitchin' to me
Billy wrote this for his 1978 album 52nd Street. The song was inspired by a dinner he had with Mick Jagger. He said Mick told him that his wife Bianca liked puttin' on the ritz a little too much, and it bugged him. This was during the Studio 54 days, where Bianca loved being the center of attention. Billy wrote it as if Mick was singing it to Bianca. Bianca would file for divorce in 1978 citing adultery from Mick's affair with Jerry Hall.
Well, you went uptown riding in your limousine
With your fine Park Avenue clothes
You had the Dom Pérignon in your hand
And the spoon up your nose
And when you wake up in the morning
With your head on fire
And your eyes too bloody to see
Go on and cry in your coffee
But don't come bitchin' to me
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Wasn’t me. I stayed away from the FFA because of all the political talk for about a decade and didn’t return until 2020.I'll post some when I can, but here's a link to their playlist: Linky It updates as they go (so no having to refresh). For some reason, it never shows when they play a Police record - there's a gap between the one played before and the one played after.Definitely share - interested in seeing the list.I'm gonna copy the entire playlist along with youtube links and tag KP on all of them
Last week was their first Throwback Thursday of the season and XPN ran all songs from 1975. There were a lot of songs I knew well, but I also a lot **** I've never heard before.
I think you were the one (or maybe it was Pip) that turned me onto this channel when they were running the Woodstock 50th Anniversary programming. Love this channel and basically have it on all day.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Round 20 - Holly Holy - Neil Diamond
From 1969. I went with the album version here. Beautiful piece of music.
From 1969. I went with the album version here. Beautiful piece of music.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
He was also very briefly a writer for SNL but got fired because his stuff was too weird.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
The English Beat Family Tree #20
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
Artist - Fine Young Cannibals
Album - The Raw & the Cooked (1989)
I always liked this song because even though it has a nice mellow wistful vibe, it has a bit of a funky undertone to it - which makes sense since they sampled James Brown’s Funky Drummer throughout the song.
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
Artist - Fine Young Cannibals
Album - The Raw & the Cooked (1989)
I always liked this song because even though it has a nice mellow wistful vibe, it has a bit of a funky undertone to it - which makes sense since they sampled James Brown’s Funky Drummer throughout the song.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Last Thursday on the way to my cat's vet appointment, I gotI'll post some when I can, but here's a link to their playlist: Linky It updates as they go (so no having to refresh). For some reason, it never shows when they play a Police record - there's a gap between the one played before and the one played after.Definitely share - interested in seeing the list.I'm gonna copy the entire playlist along with youtube links and tag KP on all of them
Last week was their first Throwback Thursday of the season and XPN ran all songs from 1975. There were a lot of songs I knew well, but I also a lot **** I've never heard before.
I think you were the one (or maybe it was Pip) that turned me onto this channel when they were running the Woodstock 50th Anniversary programming. Love this channel and basically have it on all day.
Shining Star**
The Rockford Files Theme
Black Friday*
So
On the way back I got
The end of Sweet Sticky Thing
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
Love Is Alive**
In France They Kiss on Main Street*
The beginning of L-O-V-E (Love)
* - made my 1975 countdown
** - made Tim's 1975 countdown
Cortez the Killer**, my #1 song of all time, was played at 1:08 PM ET.
LOL that they played Roberta Flack's Feel Like Makin' Love* and Bad Company's Feel Like Makin' Love** back to back during afternoon drive time.
The John's Dollar Bin song was April Wine's I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love, which made their MAD countdown list.
The 6 PM hour was entirely Paul McCartney.
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
Taught a screenwriting class at NYU that had Amy Heckerling as a student but he got fired because they found out he was holding class at a bar.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I would have liked to have heard Freddie Mercury sing this. Bet it would have been great.
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Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Artist Who Should Have Recorded This: Pat Benatar
Would've made a great double-A single with "Heartbreaker".
Mt. Man
Footballguy
MA-D Round 5: Metallica
#20: Leper Messiah
Album: Master of Puppets (1986)
(Youtube version) Leper Messiah (Remastered)
(Unofficial Instrumental Version) Metallica - Leper Messiah (instrumental version)
(Live Version) Metallica Leper Messiah Live 1989 in Philadelphia
Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you'll get a better seat
—
To say that James Hetfield had a rocky relationship with religion is a major understatement. His parents were strict Christian Scientists, to the point where James’ mother died of untreated cancer when he was 16. Though that subject’s more for “The God that Failed”, which didn’t make the cut. Still, from that it’s not a large leap for James to have the idea of some preachers mostly selling folks snake oil. That, for some of them, it’s all a show, a circus of greed and corruption. Thinking of real-life examples is an exercise best left for the reader.
Subject aside, this song places here partially from its passion, its intensity. The band even agreed with that, playing it as a pre-encore jam during the tour for “Load”. I included a fan attempt at an instrumental version above, though you can hear Hetfield on it occasionally. Regardless, Hetfield and Ulrich get the writing credits here, but there’s a lot of work from Cliff Burton in the original recording too. No live versions with him, of course, but they still pack a strong punch. Metaphorically speaking.
—
Next on the countdown, a song that showed Metallica had a lot in the tank after The Black Album.
#20: Leper Messiah
Album: Master of Puppets (1986)
(Youtube version) Leper Messiah (Remastered)
(Unofficial Instrumental Version) Metallica - Leper Messiah (instrumental version)
(Live Version) Metallica Leper Messiah Live 1989 in Philadelphia
Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you'll get a better seat
—
To say that James Hetfield had a rocky relationship with religion is a major understatement. His parents were strict Christian Scientists, to the point where James’ mother died of untreated cancer when he was 16. Though that subject’s more for “The God that Failed”, which didn’t make the cut. Still, from that it’s not a large leap for James to have the idea of some preachers mostly selling folks snake oil. That, for some of them, it’s all a show, a circus of greed and corruption. Thinking of real-life examples is an exercise best left for the reader.
Subject aside, this song places here partially from its passion, its intensity. The band even agreed with that, playing it as a pre-encore jam during the tour for “Load”. I included a fan attempt at an instrumental version above, though you can hear Hetfield on it occasionally. Regardless, Hetfield and Ulrich get the writing credits here, but there’s a lot of work from Cliff Burton in the original recording too. No live versions with him, of course, but they still pack a strong punch. Metaphorically speaking.
—
Next on the countdown, a song that showed Metallica had a lot in the tank after The Black Album.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Do we have to start giving spoiler alerts over here?
zamboni
Footballguy
Love this early riffy banger - and the nod to David Bowie with the title. Hammett and Burton are/were big Bowie fans.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Playlist #20 was the best so far.
I’m still listening to every playlist but my commentary be a little more sparse as I’m spending too much time on the album countdown.
I’m still listening to every playlist but my commentary be a little more sparse as I’m spending too much time on the album countdown.
-OZ-
Footballguy
Her live in Glasgow concert must have been awesome.Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw[/td][td]-OZ_[/td][td]I belong to you
For those who prefer studio albums
For those who prefer acoustic where her voice resonates most
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I can't even say this, unfortunately - between albums and movies I got distracted the last couple weeks. The plan is to catch up on playlists this weekend as the Mrs and the rest of the family head north and trust me by myself. I think I'm only 3-4 behind.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
On my morning commute:
There's No Way Out of Here -- David Gilmour (Unicorn)
Not Fade Away -- The Grateful Dead (Buddy Holly)
Take Me With U -- Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (Prince)
The beginning of Get It On (Bang a Gong) -- The Power Station (T. Rex)
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Here are the last several (sorry for the formatting, but I'm not fixing it - figure it out). The bluegrass version of "Time/Breathe" was a lot of fun and one I'd never heard before. They've been running this since 6 a.m. Link to the playlist.
11:16AM
A Little Respect
JD McPherson
Love Me / Love Me Not
11:14AM
I Want Candy
Bow Wow Wow
Last Of The Mohicans
11:10AM
My Girls
Tears for Fears
My Girls (Single)
11:04AM
Time / Breathe Reprise
Greensky Bluegrass
All Access, Vol 2
10:59AM
Fly Like An Eagle
Thundercat
Minions: The Rise of Gru (Soundtrack)
10:54AM
Heroes
Oasis
D'ya Know What I Mean?
10:50AM
The Scientist
Aimee Mann
Lost In Space
10:44AM
Freedom
Christine and the Queens
Joseph EP
10:39AM
Sugaree
Phosphorescent, Jenny Lewis & Friends
Day of the Dead
10:37AM
Here Comes Your Man
Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn Sings The Classics
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Somewhere up in heaven, all five original members of The Seldom Scene are smiling.
Eephus
Footballguy
I'm no Deadhead but am a big fan of this album. It's way too long but it's the rare tribute album that holds together.
Eephus
Footballguy
Michael Head #20 - Shack - "Neighbours" (1995)
"Neighbours" is the first of four tracks in the countdown from Shack's ill-fated second album Waterpistol. Even by Head's typical standards, the story behind Waterpistol was colossally FUBARed. It started off innocently enough as the band went into the studio in 1991 with producer Chris Allison who'd had recent success with The Wedding Present and Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Head and Allison had some conflicts that I'll get to later but the sessions were completed and the project was readied for release. Then the studio went up in flames along with the master recordings. Allison had a backup copy on DAT but he had inadvertently left it in a rental car while visiting the US. By the time the masters were recovered from the rental car company, Shack's label had gone bankrupt, the band had broken up and Head had turned to heroin.
The recordings were eventually rescued by a small German indie label and released in 1995. It's rarely good in the music biz to have a four year gap between recording and release of an album but this was especially true in the extremely trend conscious scene of 90s Britain. Shack was never a band on the cutting edge but some of Waterpistol's songs sounded a bit like early 90s bands like The Stone Roses or The La's rather than the Oasis and Blur that the kids wanted to hear in 1995.
Thankfully, "Neighbours" has a timeless sound with layers of shimmering guitars. Mick's lyrics are another miniature of life in Liverpool; there's a love story implied but barely expressed. No trumpet again (8-4 against) but it doesn't take a lot to imagine the vocalized "bah-dah-dah-dah" counter melody over the chorus as a horn part.
"Neighbours" is the first of four tracks in the countdown from Shack's ill-fated second album Waterpistol. Even by Head's typical standards, the story behind Waterpistol was colossally FUBARed. It started off innocently enough as the band went into the studio in 1991 with producer Chris Allison who'd had recent success with The Wedding Present and Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Head and Allison had some conflicts that I'll get to later but the sessions were completed and the project was readied for release. Then the studio went up in flames along with the master recordings. Allison had a backup copy on DAT but he had inadvertently left it in a rental car while visiting the US. By the time the masters were recovered from the rental car company, Shack's label had gone bankrupt, the band had broken up and Head had turned to heroin.
The recordings were eventually rescued by a small German indie label and released in 1995. It's rarely good in the music biz to have a four year gap between recording and release of an album but this was especially true in the extremely trend conscious scene of 90s Britain. Shack was never a band on the cutting edge but some of Waterpistol's songs sounded a bit like early 90s bands like The Stone Roses or The La's rather than the Oasis and Blur that the kids wanted to hear in 1995.
Thankfully, "Neighbours" has a timeless sound with layers of shimmering guitars. Mick's lyrics are another miniature of life in Liverpool; there's a love story implied but barely expressed. No trumpet again (8-4 against) but it doesn't take a lot to imagine the vocalized "bah-dah-dah-dah" counter melody over the chorus as a horn part.
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
On my commute home:
Where the Streets Have No Name - The Pet Shop Boys (U2)
Where Is My Mind? - Trampled by Turtles (The Pixies)
Gravedigger - Willie Nelson (Dave Matthews Band)
Funkytown - St. Vincent (Lipps Inc.)
Creep - Afghan Whigs (TLC)
Mr. Soul - Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield). Yes, Neil released a synthed-up cover of his own song on the Trans album.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
I have to agree that the #20s were a pretty strong list. Some tough competition, but here’s a few that stood out for me:
Selected Favorites:
Lazy Sunday - Small Faces (/Steve Marriott)
White Shoes - Conor Oberst
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be - Fine Young Cannibals
Pretending - Eric Clapton.
Love Man - Otis Redding
Big Shot - Billy Joel
Sure Feels Right - Sixx A.M. (/John 5)
Red-Headed Stepchild - Golden Smog
Small spotlight:
The playlist was strong enough that there was competition here. In the end I went with the soulful, meaningful “Someday” from The Gap Band. An artist where I know I could wait for some huge hits, but I dig this one. I pick it for the groove more than having Stevie as a guest star, but that doesn't hurt.
Selected Favorites:
Lazy Sunday - Small Faces (/Steve Marriott)
White Shoes - Conor Oberst
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be - Fine Young Cannibals
Pretending - Eric Clapton.
Love Man - Otis Redding
Big Shot - Billy Joel
Sure Feels Right - Sixx A.M. (/John 5)
Red-Headed Stepchild - Golden Smog
Small spotlight:
The playlist was strong enough that there was competition here. In the end I went with the soulful, meaningful “Someday” from The Gap Band. An artist where I know I could wait for some huge hits, but I dig this one. I pick it for the groove more than having Stevie as a guest star, but that doesn't hurt.
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You all will be surprised, but this is currently on the playlist that has bloated back up to 60+ songs.
I still haven't gotten to her Christmas album, though.
Eephus
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Aimee's Nada Surf cover is worth a listen
Pip's Invitation
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Today I learned that Linda Ronstadt's cover of Elvis Costello's "Alison" has prominent saxophone. Guess krista is not a fan.
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Trriumph playing a short set in Edmonton tomorrow night outside the arena before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
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ETA:
Friday will also mark the release of the Magic Power: All-Star Tribute to Triumph album, featuring the band's most famous songs performed by peers such as Sebastian Bach, Nancy Wilson and Alex Lifeson's Envy of None.
Trriumph playing a short set in Edmonton tomorrow night outside the arena before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Triumph to Reunite for First Public Performance in 17 Years
Triumph announced that they will reunite for a special live performance in June 2025.
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ETA:
Friday will also mark the release of the Magic Power: All-Star Tribute to Triumph album, featuring the band's most famous songs performed by peers such as Sebastian Bach, Nancy Wilson and Alex Lifeson's Envy of None.
Pip's Invitation
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Cool. Lifeson's group doing the proggiest Triumph song (Blinding Light Show) certainly tracks. Sebastian Bach is such a Triumph superfan (he appeared in the documentary about them) that he got two songs.@Pip's Invitation
Trriumph playing a short set in Edmonton tomorrow night outside the arena before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Triumph to Reunite for First Public Performance in 17 Years
Triumph announced that they will reunite for a special live performance in June 2025.
ETA:
Friday will also mark the release of the Magic Power: All-Star Tribute to Triumph album, featuring the band's most famous songs performed by peers such as Sebastian Bach, Nancy Wilson and Alex Lifeson's Envy of None.
Yo Mama
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Yeah it’s Applebees, and they actually have two commercials with songs on my list.
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Three known-to-me favorites from #20:
Dependin' on You (The Doobie Brothers) -- These days it's a bit overshadowed by the other two singles from the Minute by Minute album, but it was a hit in its own right and is probably the best McDonald-era song that wasn't primarily sung by McDonald.
Big Shot (Billy Joel) -- Another favorite from my old 52nd Street cassette, though my 8-year-old self who had no concept of a hangover was a little freaked out by the line "When you wake up in the morning with your head on fire and your eyes too bloody to see." Might be Billy's hardest rocker.
Lazy Sunday (Small Faces/Steve Marriott) -- Ogden's Nut Gone Flake is a classic of the psychedelic era and should be heard by anyone with an interest in late '60s music. The vocal from Marriott comes off as kind of jokey but the music is serious business.
I agree with others that this was the best playlist so far. Three new-to-me favorites from #20:
Tonite (The Go-Gos/Belinda Carlisle) -- A banger.
Neighbors (Shack/Michael Head) -- Exquisitely constructed.
Blues for Terry Southern (The Waterboys) -- Emotional and compelling.
Dependin' on You (The Doobie Brothers) -- These days it's a bit overshadowed by the other two singles from the Minute by Minute album, but it was a hit in its own right and is probably the best McDonald-era song that wasn't primarily sung by McDonald.
Big Shot (Billy Joel) -- Another favorite from my old 52nd Street cassette, though my 8-year-old self who had no concept of a hangover was a little freaked out by the line "When you wake up in the morning with your head on fire and your eyes too bloody to see." Might be Billy's hardest rocker.
Lazy Sunday (Small Faces/Steve Marriott) -- Ogden's Nut Gone Flake is a classic of the psychedelic era and should be heard by anyone with an interest in late '60s music. The vocal from Marriott comes off as kind of jokey but the music is serious business.
I agree with others that this was the best playlist so far. Three new-to-me favorites from #20:
Tonite (The Go-Gos/Belinda Carlisle) -- A banger.
Neighbors (Shack/Michael Head) -- Exquisitely constructed.
Blues for Terry Southern (The Waterboys) -- Emotional and compelling.
Zegras11
Footballguy
19's PLAYLIST
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[td]Belinda Carlise[/td][td]Zegras11[/td][td]You Can't Walk In Your Sleep
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[/td] [td]Michael Head[/td][td]Eephus[/td][td]Michael Head & The Strands -- Queen Matilda
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[/td] [td]People Under the Stairs[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]San Francisco Knights
[/td] [td]John Waite[/td][td]Charlie Steiner[/td][td]Head First
[/td] [td]Golden Smog[/td][td]Dr. Octopus[/td][td]Jennifer Save Me
[/td] [td]The GAP Band/Charlie Wilson[/td][td]Don Quixote[/td][td]Without You - Charlie Wilson
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[/td] [td]The English Beat Family Tree[/td][td]Yo Mama[/td][td]Friends Again
[/td] [td]Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw[/td][td]-OZ_[/td][td]Pack up the Louie
[/td] [td]Neil Diamond[/td][td]Mrs. Rannous[/td][td]You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
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[/td] [td]Steve Marriott[/td][td]zamboni[/td][td]"Red Light Mamma, Red Hot!" - Humble Pie
[/td] [td]Conor Oberst[/td][td]Tuffnutt[/td][td]Four Winds
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[/td] [td]Smashing Pumpkins[/td][td]Yambag[/td][td]Honestly
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[/td] [td]Otis Redding[/td][td]John Maddens Lunchbox[/td][td]Pain in My Heart
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[/td] [td]Meat Loaf[/td][td]snellman[/td][td]Not a Dry Eye In The House
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[td]Belinda Carlise[/td][td]Zegras11[/td][td]You Can't Walk In Your Sleep
You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)
The Go-Go's · Beauty And The Beat · Song · 1981
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Queen Matilda
Michael Head & The Strands · The Magical World of the Strands · Song · 2015
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You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Neil Diamond, Dolly Parton · Up On The Roof: Songs From The Brill Building · Song · 1993
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[td]Hugh Dillon[/td][td]Mister CIA[/td][td]Cemetery
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[td]Luna[/td][td]landrys hat[/td][td]Fire In Cairo
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[td]Metallica[/td][td]Mt. Man[/td][td]Fuel
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[td]The Doobie Brothers[/td][td]New Binky The Doormat[/td][td]Tell Me What You Want (And I'll Give You What You Need)
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[td]Billy Joel[/td][td]simey[/td][td]She's Got A Way - Live at the Paradise, 1980
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[td]Arthur Lee and Love[/td][td]Pip's Invitation[/td][td]Everybody's Gotta Live
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[td]Beck[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]Jack-***
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[td]John 5[/td][td]Chaos34[/td][td]Bad Girl - Avril Lavigne (ft. Marilyn Manson)
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[td]City and Colour[/td][td]MrsKarmaPolice[/td][td]Friends
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[td]The Waterboys[/td][td]Ilov80s[/td][td]Kansas
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[td]Eric Clapton[/td][td]Tau837[/td][td]It's in the Way That You Use It
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[td]Ferry Corsten[/td][td]titusbramble[/td][td]Ferry Corsten - It's Time
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[td]Cornershop[/td][td]The Dreaded Marco[/td][td]Staging the Plaguing of the Raised Platform
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She's Got a Way - Live at the Paradise, Boston, MA - June 1980
Billy Joel · Songs In the Attic · Song · 1981
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Bad Girl (feat. Marilyn Manson)
Avril Lavigne, Marilyn Manson · Avril Lavigne (Expanded Edition) · Song · 2013
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Staging the Plaguing of the Raised Platform
Cornershop · Handcream for a Generation · Song · 2002
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MADs-adjacent new album releases feature an artist from our current countdown
The Doobies
New Pulp
Somebody here must dig Volbeat 
A matched pair of ambient albums (ambiums?) from Eno and Beatie Wolfe
5 discs of live Dead
Remastered and expanded MCR
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Single named lady of the week brings some cray cray K-Pop
New Lil Wayne, Little Simz, Turnstile, Lifeguard, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Death In Vegas, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Cynthia Erivo
The Doobies
New Pulp
A matched pair of ambient albums (ambiums?) from Eno and Beatie Wolfe
5 discs of live Dead
Remastered and expanded MCR
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (Deluxe Edition)
My Chemical Romance · Album · 2025 · 17 songs
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Single named lady of the week brings some cray cray K-Pop
New Lil Wayne, Little Simz, Turnstile, Lifeguard, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Death In Vegas, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Cynthia Erivo
Eephus
Footballguy
My first spin of the week actually snuck by me last Friday. It's a new autobiographical project from David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. It's 11:30 PM here and I'm looking down a 28 track album with a runtime of almost 2 hours. There's no way I get through this one.
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