12 Jan 2011: it's... Capricorn Kids Of Rock (Part I)

[RGMike]

Ooo La La!  BOS3 Faces

[sundaygal]

Love this Propellerheads/Shirley Bassey thang.  Which Bangles song did I miss?

[RGMike]

BOS4 Miss Shirley Bassey w/Propellerheads.

[RGMike]

Love this Propellerheads/Shirley Bassey thang. 

Have you heard her cover of Pink's "I'm Coming Up"?

[Big Fingers McGee]

I'd agree that this theme, although hard to request songs for, is far superior to a "10 of the same artist" set. Still, the all-time worst, IMHO, are the "Live From The Archives" sets, which manage to eclipse even the typically craptastic Ka-Boom! sets.

[Tinka Cat]

Ooo La La!  BOS3 Faces

hehe, AL acknowledges she played this in honor of Rod's bday, but says he has pretty much nothing to do with this cut (maybe some hand claps?)   From what I heard (on wikipedia) he thought the song wasn't good enough for him to sing, so Ronny Wood did it.  Rod has since recorded it and sings it in concert, etc. 

Can we expect a astrological set each month?  if I was AL I'd do it, it's a great way to play songs from all over the map. 

[RGMike]

10 songs from anyone except Rush would suck hard.

an all-Rush set would kill every dog in the Bay Area 

[mshray]

I'd agree that this theme, although hard to request songs for, is far superior to a "10 of the same artist" set. Still, the all-time worst, IMHO, are the "Live From The Archives" sets, which manage to eclipse even the typically craptastic Ka-Boom! sets.

Big double-take on this post as I thought for sure Mike had scribed it.     

Heard most of the set in the car, but missed the Bassey/P-heads, which would have edged out Ooo La La for my overall BOS.

biggest snub goes to Robby Krieger, who has the unfortunate b-day of Jan 8th.  It takes a lot to overshadow the guy who wrote "Light My Fire" & played lead for one of the top 3 American bands of all-time, but Elvis & Bowie will do it to ya every time.

[Tinka Cat]

she had a veritable smorgasbord to choose from here.

some Capricorn musicians (incomplete list, of course, as we heard some big names in the set that aren't on this list I cobbled from a couple sites)

Aaliyah
Allen, Steve
Baez, Joan
Bowie, David
Bowles, Paul
Bray, Stephen
Buffett, Jimmy
Burnett, T Bone
Denver, John
Deschanel, Zooey
Diddley, Bo
Dido
Fagen, Donald
Hines, Earl
J. Blige, Mary
Joplin, Janis
Krieger, Robby (thanks Shray)
Legend, John
Leto, Jared
Lynne, Jeff
Mandrell, Barbara
Manson, Marilyn
Martin, Ricky
Merman, Ethel
Page, Jimmy
Parton, Dolly
Presley, Elvis
Rock, Kid
Schenker, Michael
Shannon, Del
Stanley, Bob
Steele, Peter
Stein, Chris (missed your Blondie, Sundaygal!)
Stewart, Rod
Stills, Stephen
Stipe, Michael
Sumner, Bernard
Thorogood, George
Toussaint, Allen
Vedder, Eddie
Westerberg, Paul
Weston, Kim
Winter, Edgar
Young, Paul
Zant, Ronnie Van
Zombie, Rob

[RGMike]

she had a veritable smorgasbord to choose from here.

some Capricorn musicians (incomplete list, of course, as we heard some big names in the set that aren't on this list I cobbled from a couple sites)...

AL just posted on FB that we'll get "part 2" of this set next week. Which means today's set was "Capricorn One", har har.

[Tinka Cat]

ok, Michael Stipe is a Capricorn, so REM's EOTWAWKI counts as a bonus track

... but some here would say Eric Clapton is a Crapricorn, nyuk nyuk

[RGMike]

BTW, I can't believe there are people on FB who misspell the band who did "Stepping Stone" as ...The Monkeys. Seriously, it has happened multiple times.

[sundaygal]

I'd agree that this theme, although hard to request songs for, is far superior to a "10 of the same artist" set. Still, the all-time worst, IMHO, are the "Live From The Archives" sets, which manage to eclipse even the typically craptastic Ka-Boom! sets.

Call me a Grinch, but I wasn't a fan of the multiple holiday sets in December.  The songs featured in the various themes were almost interchangeable if you ask me.

[RGMike]

I'd agree that this theme, although hard to request songs for, is far superior to a "10 of the same artist" set. Still, the all-time worst, IMHO, are the "Live From The Archives" sets, which manage to eclipse even the typically craptastic Ka-Boom! sets.

Call me a Grinch, but I wasn't a fan of the multiple holiday sets in December.  The songs featured in the various themes were almost interchangeable if you ask me.

So, I take it you avoid KOIT from Thanksgiving to New Year's? 

[Big Fingers McGee]

I'd agree that this theme, although hard to request songs for, is far superior to a "10 of the same artist" set. Still, the all-time worst, IMHO, are the "Live From The Archives" sets, which manage to eclipse even the typically craptastic Ka-Boom! sets.

Call me a Grinch, but I wasn't a fan of the multiple holiday sets in December.  The songs featured in the various themes were almost interchangeable if you ask me.

So, I take it you avoid KOIT from Thanksgiving to New Year's? 

Like the Live From The Archive Sets, I'm guessing that the multiple Christmas sets weren't necessarily AL's decision. The Concert from Kids set in particular had a "push product" scent to it.