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Title: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: RGMike on January 08, 2014, 09:03:26 AM
either '60s or '90s... unless RR decides to give us our first 2004 set.

pre-set, we get "Tom's Diner" which is from 1990 so... I dunno what that means.

ETA: it's '91, starting with a "Shiny Happy" LN.  I really have no desire to stick around for this.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... ??
Post by: CapnJack on January 08, 2014, 09:50:10 AM
I won't be around for today's set, so take thorough notes!
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: urth on January 08, 2014, 10:06:17 AM
Annnnd...it's '91. REM, Shiny Happy People leads off. Meh. Tally one for the LN category.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: RGMike on January 08, 2014, 10:08:56 AM
Annnnd...it's '91. REM, Shiny Happy People leads off. Meh. Tally one for the LN category.

we're counting on you, buddy. I've gone back to the Jonathan Schwartz Channel.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... ??
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:09:07 AM
I won't be around for today's set, so take thorough notes!

I'd attempt to take your place in keeping track of all the tunes, but would have to do so much research on unfamiliar '91 tunes that I would get nothing done otherwise...

Like this track, it's, um, STP?  Hell, I don't know.

ETA:  Alice in Chains, "Man in the Box".
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:14:58 AM
Marc Cohn, "29 Ways"

I'll do fine as long as the Kfog site keeps up...  ::)
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... ??
Post by: urth on January 08, 2014, 10:16:27 AM
I won't be around for today's set, so take thorough notes!

I'd attempt to take your place in keeping track of all the tunes, but would have to do so much research on unfamiliar '91 tunes that I would get nothing done otherwise...

Like this track, it's, um, STP?  Hell, I don't know.

ETA:  Alice in Chains, "Man in the Box".

Good on you for IDing that one Rod. I was going back and forth between AIC and Soundgarden. Some BOS potential there.

Now we've got Marc Cohn and his 29 Ways. Another in the meh column.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: urth on January 08, 2014, 10:18:27 AM
#4: U2, Even Better Than The Real Thing.

Did Pepsi ever pick this up for an ad campaign?
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:18:37 AM
U2, "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:19:20 AM
#4: U2, Even Better Than The Real Thing.

Did Pepsi every pick this up for an ad campaign?

Nice.  That would be a cool campaign.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:20:57 AM
Spin Doctors, "Jimmy Olsen's Blues"

I didn't even have to look this one up, I had the cassette.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: urth on January 08, 2014, 10:22:40 AM
#5 Spin Docs, Jimmy Olson's Blues. 

I liked these guys for about a week in '91. At least they did put me off the jam band thing, so for that I'm grateful.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:25:57 AM
#5 Spin Docs, Jimmy Olson's Blues. 

I liked these guys for about a week in '91. At least they did put me off the jam band thing, so for that I'm grateful.

Same here.  I was dating a girl back then who WAS Little Miss Can't Be Wrong, so there was an ironic connection.  Also, I think I got the cassette in a Columbia House, 10 cassettes for a penny deal.  Always a couple of wild cards when trying to come up with number 9 and 10...
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:26:44 AM
Chris Whitley, "Big Sky Country"

zzzzzzzzzz
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:31:34 AM
Extreme, "More Than Words"

Guilty pleasure on my part.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: urth on January 08, 2014, 10:31:35 AM
Chris Whitley, "Big Sky Country"

zzzzzzzzzz

Amen to that. Whitley and Marc Cohn are pretty interchangeable. Lucky us, we get both today.  Tom Cochrane next?
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: urth on January 08, 2014, 10:34:14 AM
Extreme, "More Than Words"

Guilty pleasure on my part.

At least this isn't one we hear in the regular KFOG rotation much, if at all. DM used to bring this out on occasion, iirc. And since they're cribbing heavily from the Morey playbook, I can't say this is much of a surprise, but I'll still take it over Cohn/Whitley.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:35:04 AM
Tom Petty (sans Heartbreakers, I think), "Kings Highway"

Pretty generic TP, not one of my favorites, though I like him more than most folks on this board.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: ggould on January 08, 2014, 10:36:58 AM
Extreme, "More Than Words"

Guilty pleasure on my part.
I guess I've heard high school kids play this on guitar too many times!
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:37:17 AM
Extreme, "More Than Words"

Guilty pleasure on my part.

At least this isn't one we hear in the regular KFOG rotation much, if at all. DM used to bring this out on occasion, iirc. And since they're cribbing heavily from the Morey playbook, I can't say this is much of a surprise, but I'll still take it over Cohn/Whitley.

I'm a sucker for a pretty two part harmony with acoustic guitar sometimes.  The best example, imo, is "Guinnevere" by Crosby and Nash.  Extreme pales by comparison.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:38:58 AM
Dire Straits, "Heavy Fuel"

Which I mondegreen "heavy leaded fuel".
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: urth on January 08, 2014, 10:40:14 AM
Dire Straits, "Heavy Fuel"

Which I mondegreen "heavy leaded fuel".

Money for Nothing redux.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:43:49 AM
Calling Urth, I've no idea on this one.  The KFOG page is no help...  "Miss Angeline"?

Kind of like it, though...

ETA:  Matthew Sweet, "Evangeline"
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: urth on January 08, 2014, 10:44:56 AM
Tom Petty (sans Heartbreakers, I think), "Kings Highway"

Pretty generic TP, not one of my favorites, though I like him more than most folks on this board.

You'll get no complaints about Petty from me, except the usual kvetch that some of his songs really don't need to be played much anymore. But I think his heart is in the right place; I don't get the idea he's too full of himself.

BOS Matthew Sweet Evangeline, simply for not being Girlfriend (although there are lots of other songs on the Girlfriend album that could do with a little exposure too).
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 08, 2014, 10:48:54 AM
BOS, Alice in Chains.

Okay, back to work!
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: RGMike on January 08, 2014, 10:57:16 AM
Thanks, guys!

I'd've probably BOSed "Evangeline" too. The musical that Berkeley Rep staged a few years ago, based on the songs from that LP (and a few from 100% Fun) was quite, um, sweet.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Big Fingers McGee on January 08, 2014, 11:19:13 AM
#4: U2, Even Better Than The Real Thing.

Did Pepsi every pick this up for an ad campaign?

Nice.  That would be a cool campaign.

I want to say Coke did, but in fact it was Virgin Cola who wanted to use it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: Big Fingers McGee on January 08, 2014, 11:19:43 AM
Chris Whitley, "Big Sky Country"

zzzzzzzzzz

I believe this was one of the original Katrinas!
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: RGMike on January 08, 2014, 12:24:49 PM
1. Shiny Happy People - REM
2. Man In The Box - Alice In Chains
(news: Clarence Thomas)
3. 29 Ways - Marc Cohn
4. Even Better Than The Real Thing - U2
5. Jimmy Olson's Blues - Spin Doctors
6. Big Sky Country - Chris Whitley
7. More Than Words - Extreme
8. Kings Highway - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
9. Heavy Fuel - Dire Straits
10. Evangeline - Matthew Sweet
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: CapnJack on January 08, 2014, 08:09:02 PM
Which song got BOS?
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: dischead on January 08, 2014, 10:18:03 PM
Annnnd...it's '91. REM, Shiny Happy People leads off. Meh. Tally one for the LN category.

Always liked Kate Pierson's contribution on this track... I wish it was more of a duet.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: dischead on January 08, 2014, 10:25:54 PM
Annnnd...it's '91. REM, Shiny Happy People leads off. Meh. Tally one for the LN category.

we're counting on you, buddy. I've gone back to the Jonathan Schwartz Channel.

Does he still tell those long, involved autobiographical stories?

http://www.nyradioarchive.com/audio/WNEWFM_FirstLove_Schwartz_c1969.mp3
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: dischead on January 08, 2014, 10:34:00 PM
Chris Whitley, "Big Sky Country"

zzzzzzzzzz

Maybe I'm lucky that I only hear this occasionally on KFOG, but I haven't tired of it and I really
enjoy it a lot.  I always turn the volume up.

When I listen to it, it makes me want to be zipping along in an old pickup truck on some long,
straight, rural backroad in the middle of a grand Western landscape, possibly heading to an
important and fruitful appointment.
Title: Re: 8 Jan 2014: it's... 1991
Post by: dischead on January 08, 2014, 10:41:18 PM
Which song got BOS?

Oh dear.

One of the replacement DJs would mention what took BOS after the PM replay, but Dred never does.