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Title: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 01, 2011, 06:34:53 PM
wow, seems like we were just there but it was early Sept.  

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9/6/11- Tuesday! Droppin' In on...1998!!

  1.  Fastball- The Way
  2.  Harvey Danger- Flagpole Sitta
(Movie: Big Lebowski)
  3.  Barenaked Ladies- One Week
  4.  Smashmouth- Can't Get Enough of You Baby
(News: President Clinton-time to move on!)
  5.  Loreena McKennit- Mummer's Dance (B.O.S!)
(Ad: Mac vs PC)
  6.  Rufus Wainwright- April Fools
  7.  Alanis Morissette- Thank U
(Movie: Big Lebowski)
  8.  Kenny Rogers & the First Edition- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
(Movie: Big Lebowski)
  9.  Cherry Poppin' Daddies- Zoot Suit Riot
(Movie: Big Lebowski)
 10.  Cake- Never There
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: urth on November 01, 2011, 06:43:47 PM
wow, seems like we were just there but it was early Sept.  


That was my immediate reaction, too: "Didn't we just do that year like three weeks ago?" Thanks for saving me the trouble of digging. I guess nearly two months since the last visit is not recent enough that we are justified in bitching.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 01, 2011, 07:06:19 PM
From AL herself:

"I'll post the tunes I played on the last trip so we can come up w/10 solid new "old" tunes from the year"

Nice.  :)

& here's my wishlist:
Black Lab - Time Ago
Tori Amos - Spark
The Blenders - (I'm in Love With) the McDonalds Girl
Billie Myers - Kiss the Rain
Savage Garden - To the Moon & Back
Ben Folds Five - Brick
The Smashing Pumpkins - Perfect
Madonna - The Power of Goodbye
'N Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart
Fuel - Shimmer
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 01, 2011, 07:16:13 PM
We've had a suggestion for "Gettin' Jiggy With it" -- would AL really play Will Smith 2 days in a row?

And will Fogheads request songs from our last '98 set even though AL posted that setlist on FB? But of course!

And AL also revealed that she's not a big Madonna fan -- which explains why we never hear Ms Ciccone in '80s sets.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 01, 2011, 07:22:16 PM
We've had a suggestion for "Gettin' Jiggy With it" -- would AL really play Will Smith 2 days in a row?

Maybe if he breaks up ;)

Miami would be better, imo.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 01, 2011, 07:53:23 PM
A Foghead with the initials SRW is on mah LAST nerve, honey!
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Big Fingers McGee on November 01, 2011, 08:11:53 PM
RGM: In case you missed my comment on FB:

 ‎"Show Me Love" by Robyn and "Show Me Love" by Robin S are in fact two entirely different songs.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: sundaygal on November 01, 2011, 08:24:31 PM
Loved that Ray of Light album......

I requested Wyclef Jean's "Gone Till November" and Public Enemy w/Stephen Stills "He Got Game".  The movie featured AL's boy, Ray Allen as Jesus Shuttlesworth.  Great film.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 01, 2011, 08:27:07 PM
RGM: In case you missed my comment on FB:

 ‎"Show Me Love" by Robyn and "Show Me Love" by Robin S are in fact two entirely different songs.

I am beyond gobsmacked!
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Here'sToYa! on November 01, 2011, 08:50:18 PM
My pants are cranky today, so please take the following with a grain of salt:
The only thing worse than the late 80's on 10@10 is the late 90's, normally a wasteland of boring KFOG standards. However, Annalisa's no repeat pledge is a ray of light, if not a Ray of Light. Let's hope the pledge means no artist repeats because that would mean a change from late 90's/early 00's automatic picks like Cake, Barenaked Ladies and Smashmouth.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Big Fingers McGee on November 01, 2011, 08:58:05 PM
There does seem to be a lot of love for the "Ray Of Light" album, so maybe, just maybe..
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 01, 2011, 09:24:25 PM
My pants are cranky today, so please take the following with a grain of salt:
The only thing worse than the late 80's on 10@10 is the late 90's, normally a wasteland of boring KFOG standards. However, Annalisa's no repeat pledge is a ray of light, if not a Ray of Light. Let's hope the pledge means no artist repeats because that would mean a change from late 90's/early 00's automatic picks like Cake, Barenaked Ladies and Smashmouth.

I agree completely. I think late '80s sets have improved under AL (vs. Dave's terminally boring ones), even if today's '88 excursion was a bad example. AL's played way more late '80s pop hits in the last 2 years than Dave did in a decade.  But I still can't get a handle on what's "permissable" in '90s sets or what DC's vision is.  I will say that late '80s pop hits are (to my ears) more memorable than, say, the endless parade of Mariah Carey, Monica, Brandy, Celine and various "Artist X feat Rapper Y" atrocities.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 01, 2011, 09:49:43 PM
IIRC, Annalisa's late 1980s sets at the beginning were more or less as boring as Dave's, but significantly improved after the first year.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Here'sToYa! on November 01, 2011, 09:59:39 PM
My pants are cranky today, so please take the following with a grain of salt:
The only thing worse than the late 80's on 10@10 is the late 90's, normally a wasteland of boring KFOG standards. However, Annalisa's no repeat pledge is a ray of light, if not a Ray of Light. Let's hope the pledge means no artist repeats because that would mean a change from late 90's/early 00's automatic picks like Cake, Barenaked Ladies and Smashmouth.

I agree completely. I think late '80s sets have improved under AL (vs. Dave's terminally boring ones), even if today's '88 excursion was a bad example. AL's played way more late '80s pop hits in the last 2 years than Dave did in a decade.  But I still can't get a handle on what's "permissable" in '90s sets or what DC's vision is.  I will say that late '80s pop hits are (to my ears) more memorable than, say, the endless parade of Mariah Carey, Monica, Brandy, Celine and various "Artist X feat Rapper Y" atrocities.
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Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: urth on November 01, 2011, 11:39:55 PM
My pants are cranky today...

You're fitting in well here already. That's practically an entry requirement.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:05:10 AM
VHM Todd New Radicals.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 02, 2011, 10:06:19 AM
It's the song that I got my name from & my #1 song of 1999; I'm forced to BOS it.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: sundaygal on November 02, 2011, 10:08:51 AM
WOS "You Get What You Give".  I never quite got the fanfare for this one.  Besides which, it's part of regular rotation.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:10:32 AM
but we've just broke down on the side of the road. WOS "So It Goes"  -- it's like Cake without the adrenaline.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:11:05 AM
WOS "You Get What You Give".  I never quite got the fanfare for this one.  Besides which, it's part of regular rotation.

it's the whole Todd-soundalike thing, I think.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 02, 2011, 10:11:38 AM
This So It Goes song is NTM.  Worth a VHM, for now.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:12:37 AM
This So It Goes song is NTM.  Worth a VHM, for now.

this was a *seriously* overplayed KFOG staple at the time. Alice too, iirc.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 02, 2011, 10:13:15 AM
BOS2 the jazzy mix of Special that I've heard a few times since DC took over.  (I emailed him and he said he dug it out of the archives.)
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 02, 2011, 10:16:26 AM
 Besides which, it's part of regular rotation.

That's true, it's not the most necessary pick in the world...but I still like it.  "Someday We'll Know" would sound good in 1999, though.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:17:10 AM
BOS2 the jazzy mix of Special that I've heard a few times since DC took over.  (I emailed him and he said he dug it out of the archives.)

BOS from me -- it's NTM, actually.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Tinka Cat on November 02, 2011, 10:18:12 AM
WOS "You Get What You Give".  I never quite got the fanfare for this one.  Besides which, it's part of regular rotation.

it's the whole Todd-soundalike thing, I think.

Maybe b/c it tries very hard to be an anthem.  I buy it.  I think it succeeds and I like the song, but I can see how some might think it tries too hard.

But what do they have against those nice young Hanson Boys?

Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 02, 2011, 10:20:44 AM
Not sure what that last song was but it was pretty awesome.  BOS.

Edit: Per FB it's RL Burnside.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Here'sToYa! on November 02, 2011, 10:21:10 AM
This Everything's Gonna Be All Right tune would have been BOS had they superimposed Conan singing the chorus.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:21:12 AM
completely unnecessary: Dennis Hopper, Bob Seger and Sonny & Cher, which is in way-too-often regular rotation.... much as I liked the song in '98.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Tinka Cat on November 02, 2011, 10:21:27 AM
I just found out that blues remixed thing was R.L. Burnside.  Wow. awesome.

BOS2

Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 02, 2011, 10:23:47 AM
Shawn Mullins, VHM I guess.  I agree that it's overexposed, but it could still be a good 10@10 song as long as we're not full of overexposed Alice-types (& for today, we're so far so good).  In 1998 it was so different than everything else on pop.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: urth on November 02, 2011, 10:25:04 AM
completely unnecessary: Dennis Hopper, Bob Seger and Sonny & Cher, which is in way-too-often regular rotation.... much as I liked the song in '98.

This one's a pretty big sledgehammer for me, as it was in heavy rotation the week I moved to SF in October of '98, and I was listening to the radio a lot as the CDs didn't get unpacked for a couple of weeks. And MP3s didn't really exist in '98. :)
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Here'sToYa! on November 02, 2011, 10:26:21 AM
Beavis & Butthead would be having a field day if they were listening to this show right now.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:26:35 AM
BOS2 Jonathan Richman.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: sundaygal on November 02, 2011, 10:26:50 AM
I just found out that blues remixed thing was R.L. Burnside.  Wow. awesome.

BOS2


NTM & BOS
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:27:05 AM
Beavis & Butthead would be having a field day if they were listening to this show right now.

I think they probably are... heheheh
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: sundaygal on November 02, 2011, 10:28:37 AM
WOS2 DMB, just because.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:28:58 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! WOS2 DMB.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Tinka Cat on November 02, 2011, 10:29:14 AM
WOS2 DMB, just because.

Dave Matthews Band?   

ETA: ooh, my stream lagged.   I thought you were thinking of Jonathan Richman.

Crazzzeeeee
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Here'sToYa! on November 02, 2011, 10:30:14 AM
WOS2 DMB, just because.
DMB is making your sig line come to life ;)
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 02, 2011, 10:31:22 AM
I enjoy this DMB song, and this was well before they went bad, so, BOS4.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Here'sToYa! on November 02, 2011, 10:32:12 AM
Redeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wilco & Billy Bragg!
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: sundaygal on November 02, 2011, 10:32:17 AM
BOS2 Billy Bragg & Wilco (mostly Wilco) "Cali Stars"
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Tinka Cat on November 02, 2011, 10:33:03 AM
I enjoy this DMB song, and this was well before they went bad, so, BOS4.

Yes, I can completely see that.  Plus, some good fiddle in this.  It's hard to get good violin in pop music.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:33:34 AM
BOS2 Billy Bragg & Wilco (mostly Wilco) "Cali Stars"

Oh my yes. uber-BOS3.  Too lovely for words.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Tinka Cat on November 02, 2011, 10:35:45 AM
BOS2 Billy Bragg & Wilco (mostly Wilco) "Cali Stars"

Saw Billy Bragg at HSBG a couple years ago, and he was really great.   Just him and his guitar and his beliefs.  And those big-cuffed jeans.

Saw Jeff Tweedy at HSBG the year or two before that, and I think he did this one, too.  he was also great.   Just him and his guitar and his emotions.  And his scruffy hair style.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: sundaygal on November 02, 2011, 10:37:44 AM
WOS3 "Closing Time".  Another song I hear daily on KFOG.  No fair!
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: urth on November 02, 2011, 10:39:04 AM
BOS2 Billy Bragg & Wilco (mostly Wilco) "Cali Stars"

Sledgehammer #2 in this set. Sarah and I were way into Wilco around this time as she'd known Tweedy in her college years (no, not THAT way--get your mind out of the gutter!) at Missou, so we saw them a lot between '96 and 2001. This one takes me back to their show in SF on New Years Eve 1997, where they debuted a whole lot of Mermaid Ave. material, including this one.

Once again, it seems AL is turning a potentially scary year into a piece of art.

ETA: Gotta give credit to Woody Guthrie as well for California Stars.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:39:19 AM
so, "Mr Announcer Guy" is back again?

yeesh, another current-rotation staple, "Closing Time" -- I nearly predicted this one last nite. 
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:39:56 AM
WOS3 "Closing Time".  Another song I hear daily on KFOG.  No fair!

Thank you!  the problem with '90s sets in a nutshell.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: Tinka Cat on November 02, 2011, 10:40:53 AM
WOS3 "Closing Time".  Another song I hear daily on KFOG.  No fair!

Sounds like he might be crying.

(I actually meant the singer, but maybe this applies to RGMike, too?)   :D
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 02, 2011, 10:41:18 AM
Closing Time...not quite WOS but completely not necessary.  DHM, maybe.  :P
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: sundaygal on November 02, 2011, 10:41:59 AM
BOS3 The Donnas, but was hoping for some Madonna....
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 10:44:15 AM
BOS3 The Donnas, but was hoping for some Madonna....

gimme gimme! BOS4. A set of wild extremes.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: urth on November 02, 2011, 10:47:15 AM
The Shawn Mullins tune is called "Rockabye," innit? AL called it Lullabye in the backsell.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: radical347 on November 02, 2011, 10:49:37 AM
It is indeed called Lullaby, though he does say Rock-a-bye quite a lot.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: RGMike on November 02, 2011, 11:00:32 AM
It is indeed called Lullaby, though he does say Rock-a-bye quite a lot.

it took me over a decade to get that right.
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: sundaygal on November 02, 2011, 11:06:12 AM
BOS2 Billy Bragg & Wilco (mostly Wilco) "Cali Stars"

Sledgehammer #2 in this set. Sarah and I were way into Wilco around this time as she'd known Tweedy in her college years (no, not THAT way--get your mind out of the gutter!) at Missou, so we saw them a lot between '96 and 2001. This one takes me back to their show in SF on New Years Eve 1997, where they debuted a whole lot of Mermaid Ave. material, including this one.

Once again, it seems AL is turning a potentially scary year into a piece of art.

ETA: Gotta give credit to Woody Guthrie as well for California Stars.
Heh.  We probably were at some of the same concerts together.  I've seen Wilco several times at The Fillmore.  I'm gonna see them again in January at The Warfield.  I like their new stuff OK, but actually prefer the pre-Ghost Is Born Wilco.  I guess they don't play a lot of their old songs anymore.  Yo, Tweedybird - There's nothing wrong with Passenger Side!
Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: sundaygal on November 02, 2011, 04:53:35 PM
11/02/11 - Wednesday! Great Sounds from 1998 !
 
 1. New Radicals - You Get What You Give
 2. Wes Cunningham - So It Goes
(News: Local...Dana & Dave at 10)
 3. Garbage - Special
(Speech: President Clinton wants to move on)
 4. R.L. Burnside - It's Bad You Know
 5. Shawn Mullins - Lullaby
(Movie: There's Something About Mary - Hair gel)
 6. Jonathan Richman - True Love Is Not Nice
(Movie: There's Something About Mary - The 13-year yearning)
 7. Dave Matthews Band - Crush
 8. Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars (B.O.S!)
(TV: Seinfeld - The Last Episode - Jerry "kills" 'em in prison)
 9. Semisonic - Closing Time
(Ad: The iMac)
10. The Donnas - Gimmie My Radio

Title: Re: 2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998
Post by: urth on November 02, 2011, 11:40:56 PM
BOS2 Billy Bragg & Wilco (mostly Wilco) "Cali Stars"

Sledgehammer #2 in this set. Sarah and I were way into Wilco around this time as she'd known Tweedy in her college years (no, not THAT way--get your mind out of the gutter!) at Missou, so we saw them a lot between '96 and 2001. This one takes me back to their show in SF on New Years Eve 1997, where they debuted a whole lot of Mermaid Ave. material, including this one.

Once again, it seems AL is turning a potentially scary year into a piece of art.

ETA: Gotta give credit to Woody Guthrie as well for California Stars.
Heh.  We probably were at some of the same concerts together.  I've seen Wilco several times at The Fillmore.  I'm gonna see them again in January at The Warfield.  I like their new stuff OK, but actually prefer the pre-Ghost Is Born Wilco.  I guess they don't play a lot of their old songs anymore.  Yo, Tweedybird - There's nothing wrong with Passenger Side!

Almost certainly. I saw nearly every show they did in SF between 1995 and 2002. Those Fillmore shows during that time were some pretty amazing shows. I'm not such a fan of the newer stuff either--truth be told, I kind of miss the Jay Bennett era. Since he left, I've only really liked one record of theirs: A Ghost is Born. Even Yankee Hotel Foxtrot didn't set my world on fire. And the last time I saw 'em (up here, two years ago), I was pretty unimpressed, so I'm taking a pass this time around.