CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/11/08

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And here's Paul Simon's "take Me to the mardi Gras" -- the leadoff single from Rhymin Simon in the UK because "Kodachrome" mentioned a commercial product and therefore couldn't be played on the BBC.

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New to me: Junior Campbell's "Sweet Illusion" -- def one for the "Faux-Town" list. Gaz needs to hear this one.

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wow, the Partridges covering "Walking in the Rain" -- never did anything over here; their US career was over by '73.

Followed by Perry Como's "And I Love You So" -- the absolute loveliest old-codger-covers-young-songwriter hit EVAH.

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WTF? a reggae cover of... "Snoopy vs the Red Baron"!  Oh those wacky Brits.

followed by one of my all-time fave British #1s that failed to connect in the US: Roy Wood's Wizzard, "See My Baby Jive".

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Little-heard T.Rex, "Groover" followed by Suzi Quatro at her sassiest, "Can The Can".

and then F.Mac's second chart go-'round with "Albatross" -- it reached #1 in '69 and was reissued in '73 and made it to #2. Amazing.

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"we all got balls & brains
but some got balls & chains"

great line, great single, the first of many mini-masterpieces from 10cc.

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Remind me again: Are these countdown shows on-demand listening, or scheduled for a day/time?

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Remind me again: Are these countdown shows on-demand listening, or scheduled for a day/time?

it's on-demand for 7 days after initial airing -- so you've got until Saturday to check it out.

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I hadn't listened to KCDX in months, figured I'd give it a spin today & was immediatley rewarded with Television "Venus".  But in the last half hour it has gotten really cheesy:

Styx - The Best of Times
Eddie Money - Gamblin Man
Kansas - Point Of Know Return
The Who - Pinball Wizard
The Band - Stage Fright
Phil Collins - Sussudio
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action
Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Melanie - Brand New Key


but that's the beauty of KCDX

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I hadn't listened to KCDX in months, figured I'd give it a spin today & was immediatley rewarded with Television "Venus".  But in the last half hour it has gotten really cheesy:

Styx - The Best of Times
Eddie Money - Gamblin Man
Kansas - Point Of Know Return
The Who - Pinball Wizard
The Band - Stage Fright
Phil Collins - Sussudio
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action
Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Melanie - Brand New Key


but that's the beauty of KCDX

I'm glad they're back; the player wasn't working for several months and when i emailed them I got a bounce-back... the one-man-band musta been on vacay.

listening to Greg's Sat nite CGSS and he's playing Thelma Houston's *other* (forgotten) hit, "Saturday Night/Sunday Morning", which deserved much better treatment from pop radio in '78.

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Oran "Juice" Jones (and his $3700 Lynx coat) thows da bitch out one mo' time.  "You without me like cornflakes without the milk!"

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Prince is on Alphabet Street, shakin' his body like a horny pony would -- now run and tell yo' mama 'bout DAT!

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I hadn't listened to KCDX in months, figured I'd give it a spin today & was immediatley rewarded with Television "Venus".

KCDX's stream appears to be dead again.

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But WMIR's stream is just fine, and they loves them some Zappa.

"She ripped apart her rancid poncho...
we did it 'til we were unconscio"

followed, OMFG, by Def f---in' Leppard. DUUUDE! "Love Bites"!  appropriate for the day...

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Wow -- Sweeney on CG plays Mink DeVille's "Spanish Stroll" , or "Lou Reed goes to Spanish Harlem" as I like to call it. This actually got to #20 on the UK singles chart!