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Quote from: ggould on April 04, 2013, 07:14:22 AM
Quote from: CapnJack on April 03, 2013, 10:23:41 PM
TANC - I just read an article today in the latest issue of Rolling Stone (Jon Hamm on the cover) titled
"The Knights Of Soft Rock", which focused on a group of session musicians (nicknamed "The Section")
who played on the two albums above: Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Craig Doerge,
Waddy Wachtel, and David Lindley. It's a terrific read.
Typical Rolling Stone cluelessness. Yes, these guys have played for people like James Taylor, but calling them the "Knights of Soft Rock" seems like a slam to me. I have seen some pretty savage/intense playing from these musicians. Oh well.

indeed -- Zevon hardly qualifies as "soft" anything. Now, Larry Knechtel might qualify for his Bread membership alone, but he also worked with S&G, the Ms&Ps, and is even on Streisand's "Stoney End"

I think the title of the article is misleading. They talk about being typecast ("Mellow Mafia"), but the article goes in-depth on their session/touring work with Taylor, Zevon, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, David Crosby/Graham Nash, John Lennon/Harry Nilsson, etc.

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 3 April 2013: it's... 1976

« on: April 03, 2013, 10:23:41 PM »

Quote from: ggould on April 03, 2013, 10:09:59 PM

'76 nominees from me:

TANC - I just read an article today in the latest issue of Rolling Stone (Jon Hamm on the cover) titled
"The Knights Of Soft Rock", which focused on a group of session musicians (nicknamed "The Section")
who played on the two albums above: Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Craig Doerge,
Waddy Wachtel, and David Lindley. It's a terrific read.

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 3 April 2013: it's... 1976

« on: April 03, 2013, 07:38:30 PM »

Quote from: RGMike on April 03, 2013, 10:18:29 AM

it's the season. for the reason. it's so pleasin'! VHM Bellamys. Their country output is an excellent bunch o' tunes.

I was reminded that the Bellamy Brothers' recording was actually the second version of the song.
The first version was recorded by Gene Cotton in 1975. For anyone curious about it, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGHPyWqzdvY

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Stream of Consciousness / Re: 10@10 in general

« on: April 03, 2013, 03:50:05 PM »

Quote from: urth on April 03, 2013, 10:27:28 AM

Quote from: CapnJack on April 01, 2013, 04:16:56 PM
Wasn't sure where to post this, but I think here is okay.

Here's another attempt from me at sequencing a 10@10 set, this time 1984:

1. The Jacksons with Mick Jagger - State Of Shock
2. Van Halen - 1984 / Tina Turner - 1984
3. Talk Talk - Renee (oh, the irony)
(News: Democratic National Convention / Rock Against Reagan protest KPIX report)
4. John Lennon - I Don't Wanna Face It
(News: Democratic National Convention / Rock Against Reagan protest KTVU report)
5. Julian Lennon - Well I Don't Know
(News: Linda McCartney London marijuana bust / Paul McCartney Barbados marijuana bust BBC report)
6. Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights
(Commercial: KFOG TV ad)
7. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle (TANC, RGMike!)
8. Chaka Khan - My Love Is Alive
(News: Tipper Gore likes Purple Rain album except for Darling Nikki)
9. Prince and the Revolution - Darling Nikki
10. Joe Jackson and Elaine Caswell - Happy Ending ("it's '84 now")

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/05-10-10-1984

If you listen, let me know what you think.

Listened to this one and your '79 effort yesterday. Both are really commendable efforts--your production skills are aces. These could easily pass for something that was actually aired--were it not for the more adventurous slate of tunes that DC et al would never venture to. Also enjoyed the clip selection, although hearing both versions of Rock Against Reagan reports ran on a bit long; some judicious editing (as DM often did) would have tightened it up considerably. Also the Tipper Gore clip was not too clean, but I'm sure you'd have used a clearer-sounding one if it were available. Sound quality aside, I dug the segue.

Musically I enjoyed it quite a bit-- I honestly don't know the last time I heard either State of Shock or Tina's version of 1984. And I don't think I'd ever heard the Chaka Khan cover of Love is Alive. However, for the average listener I think the set veered a little too far to the obscure (the '79 set fell victim to this more than this one; I'll address that in its thread). Ideally I'd like to hear songs I knew back in the day and haven't heard since then. Several of these (Talk Talk, Julian Lennon, Nik Kershaw and the aforementioned Chaka Khan tune) I had no memory of, although I'm sure that's not the case for everyone.

In any case, I'm impressed with your efforts here. You obviously "get" the concept and are doing a better job of executing it than the folks who are getting paid for it at KFOG. (If you want to reupload the '65 and '96 sets some time I'd love to give those a listen too. No rush, I don't always have time to listen while I work.)

Regarding the newsclips -- yes, I realized they went a bit long. Comparing how news reports were back then to now, they went on and on! As for the Tipper Gore one, I couldn't locate a clean soundbite of her commenting on Prince. My other option was some sound from the PMRC hearings, but that was in 1985.

Originally, I had planned to use charting singles by Julian Lennon ("Valotte"), Nik Kershaw ("Wouldn't It Be Good"), and Chaka Khan ("I Feel For You"), but I think those were used in previous 10@10s. I think the question for me was how to balance out the hit singles with album cuts / more obscure tracks as bustouts to keep things "fresh" -- the one thing I wanted to avoid was having any LNs. With the Nik Kershaw and Chaka Khan songs I did use, consider them as "filled requests" ("The Riddle" for radical347 and RGMike, and "My Love Is Real" for RGMike).

I can reupload the '65 and '96 sets this weekend. SoundCloud has a space limit, so I wanted to rotate some of the sets I have ready.

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