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Main Discussion Area => Capital Gold, other Internet Radio => Topic started by: RGMike on July 25, 2005, 11:35:29 AM

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 25, 2005, 11:35:29 AM

Dean's on fire: "Zoom" by Fat Larry's Band (one of my CG faves that never made it over here), "Albatross" and "Copacabana"! Have a banana!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 26, 2005, 03:23:08 PM

WLNG-ing on Tues... it's a Moreyfest! Scritti Politti "Perfect Way" and the Babys' "Everytime I Think of You".

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 27, 2005, 02:24:13 PM

I'm doing the country thang today

http://www.legends1430.com

a Classic Country station in St Louis.  Got to hear TWO of Waylon Jennings' many interesting covers: Neil Young's "Are You Ready For the Country" and the MTB's "Can't You See".  Yee Haw!

Title: Waylon Jennings
Post by: ggould on July 27, 2005, 02:44:02 PM

Quote from: "RGMike"

I'm doing the country thang today

http://www.legends1430.com

a Classic Country station in St Louis.  Got to hear TWO of Waylon Jennings' many interesting covers: Neil Young's "Are You Ready For the Country" and the MTB's "Can't You See".  Yee Haw!

By his own admission, what really broke Waylon big time was when he opened up for the Grateful Dead in 1973.  I was fortunate to see the show at Kezar (the week before Zep) and was quite impressed.  The next time he came through town, we went to see him at the Boarding House, and he said "Where are the Dead?  They said they'd come, I'm gonna kill 'em!  But for those of you who came to see us when we played with them, it taught us we don't have to make it in Nashville to make it."

(quote greatly paraphrased by 30+ years of memory)

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 27, 2005, 03:19:20 PM

and here's Bobby Bare doing Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds", later covered by Neil Young among many others.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: Gazoo on July 27, 2005, 08:11:30 PM

Hey Mike - Does that station do '70s countrypolitan?  I'm talking about stuff like:

Lynn Anderson, "Rose Garden"
Charlie Rich, "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
B.J. Thomas, "Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
Crystal Gayle, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
Anne Murray, "Walk Right Back"
Ronnie Milsap, "It Was Almost Like a Song"

I don't know how to search for that stuff without diving headlong into the country music that I *hate*.  Is "countrypolitan" the right search term?  I might be misusing the term.

Thanks for any info,
Gaz.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 28, 2005, 07:38:30 AM

Quote from: "Gazoo"

Hey Mike - Does that station do '70s countrypolitan?  I'm talking about stuff like:

Lynn Anderson, "Rose Garden"
Charlie Rich, "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
B.J. Thomas, "Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
Crystal Gayle, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
Anne Murray, "Walk Right Back"
Ronnie Milsap, "It Was Almost Like a Song"

I don't know how to search for that stuff without diving headlong into the country music that I *hate*.  Is "countrypolitan" the right search term?  I might be misusing the term.

Thanks for any info,
Gaz.

You're likely to hear all those songs on this station.  You'll also suffer thru the occasional Hank Williams Jr, but mostly worth it. I've heard LOTS of Anne Murray (the jock yesterday introduced her as a  "former PE teacher" without a trace of irony -- LOL!) The Milsap tune -- god, what a flashback. Best. Manilow. Imitation. Ever.

"Countrypolitan" was a term invented to describe late '50s/early '60s country-pop like Patsy Cline, whose stuff is considered trad now but at the time was considered "too slick" by traditionalists.  If the name Anita Kerr means anything to you, she was instrumental in the creation of the "countrypolitan" sound.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 28, 2005, 01:47:49 PM

as if on cue: Country Legends 1430 plays Lynn A's "Rose Garden".  

Of course the k.d. lang version is great too...

And here's Don Williams' version of "Tulsa Time" -- much better than Clapton's, IMHO.

ETA: followed by Skeeter Davis, "End of the World" -- now THAT'S "countrypolitan"!

and -- OMG! Terry Gibbs, "Somebody's Knockin"!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 10:45:31 AM

OK I'm in desperate need of a funkydelicious CGSS!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 10:51:59 AM

and speaking of firemen, some London firemen on CG requesting the Smiths!!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: Alicat on July 29, 2005, 10:57:09 AM

I'm tuned in and ready for action.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 11:13:58 AM

Trammps! "That's Where the happy People Go"!  Where's Gaz?

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 11:47:26 AM

Rev Al! "Full of Fire" indeed!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: urth on July 29, 2005, 12:25:19 PM

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Rev Al! "Full of Fire" indeed!

I'm tuned in today just for a change of scenery--this was the first song I heard. Not bad so far. Whatcha See is Whatcha Get, even My Prerogative had me cube dancing (now there's a visual for ya...)

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 12:36:32 PM

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Rev Al! "Full of Fire" indeed!

I'm tuned in today just for a change of scenery--this was the first song I heard. Not bad so far. Whatcha See is Whatcha Get, even My Prerogative had me cube dancing (now there's a visual for ya...)

LOL! Bobby "Preparation H" Brown's original of "Perogative" sounds especially good compared to Britney's unnecessary cover.

"What is this, a blizzard?"

Hell to the no!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 12:49:32 PM

Rozalla, "Everybody's Free... to Feel Good".  And as they say, "if it feels good... the Repugnicans will put a measure on the ballot to make it illegal".

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 12:56:54 PM

ReeRee, givin' the 411 on "Jump to It".  Girl, ah got to GO! Dobbddoondndadweedow!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: Gazoo on July 29, 2005, 01:11:17 PM

I've just arrived as "Shake You Down" fades out.  Had to go in to the Voice for a little while: We're transitioning from the SCOOP editing program and Quark XPress layout program to the In Copy editing and In Design layout programs (which means nothing to anyone here except Urth, I s'pose) and I needed to go in for some training.

And one month ago today, I was happy as a lark.  RIP, Eugene.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 01:19:49 PM

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I've just arrived as "Shake You Down" fades out.

"Boy... we been missin' you. And you know, it's funny..."

Well better late than never. Glad to have you here, Greg has been his usual slammin' self.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: Gazoo on July 29, 2005, 01:21:34 PM

Just as I wish James Taylor would go back to being a junkie* so he can make good music, I wish Whitney would return to innocence so she can make good music.  Something yin and yang about that ...


* y'all know I'm just being hyperbolic for effect, right?

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 01:29:38 PM

Quote from: "Gazoo"

Just as I wish James Taylor would go back to being a junkie* so he can make good music, I wish Whitney would return to innocence so she can make good music.  Something yin and yang about that ...


* y'all know I'm just being hyperbolic for effect, right?

ROTFL!  but "Crack Will Save the Day". Actually it was Bobby's nimble fingers that saved her day....  eeeewwwww!!!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: Gazoo on July 29, 2005, 01:36:29 PM

Three Degrees tell it like it is!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 01:37:01 PM

3 Degrees, "Dirty Old Man"!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: Gazoo on July 29, 2005, 01:38:21 PM

Quote from: "RGMike"

Quote from: "Gazoo"

Just as I wish James Taylor would go back to being a junkie* so he can make good music, I wish Whitney would return to innocence so she can make good music.  Something yin and yang about that ...


* y'all know I'm just being hyperbolic for effect, right?

ROTFL!  but "Crack Will Save the Day". Actually it was Bobby's nimble fingers that saved her day....  eeeewwwww!!!

Almost every Whitney Houston song can be recast as an ode to drugs:

The Greatest Love Of All = The Greatest Drug Of All
If I Told You That = If I Sold You Crack
I'm Your Baby Tonight = I'm Your Junkie Tonight

and so forth.

P.S.  I'm going to pretend the "doodie bubble" never happened.  So should you.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: Gazoo on July 29, 2005, 01:47:37 PM

Lionel Richie's "Hello" is the guiltiest of guilty pleasures for me.  It's so corny, and the video is so bad, yet I can't listen to it without smiling dumbly and singing along.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 01:54:20 PM

Miss Jackson if ya Nasty! "What Have You Done For Me Lately", EXACTLY the sort of song I was pining for yesterday when complaining about Dave's lack of (soul) imagination in mid-'80s sets.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: Gazoo on July 29, 2005, 01:54:43 PM

BOS: Miss Janet, "What Have You Done For Me Lately."  I remember when this came out in 1985, thinking it sounded completely different from everything else on the radio.  In hindsight, it's not that different -- its minimalism on the refrain, yes, and the deadpan delivery that Jody Watley would soon claim as her own -- but it's still a remarkably vibrant listen.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 01:55:39 PM

Get Up Offa That Thang!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: Gazoo on July 29, 2005, 01:56:52 PM

Ah, "Get Up Offa That Thing," the wannabe-comeback single for JB that ended up causing him more headaches than triumph.  (For reasons I know not, he gave the songwriting credit to his young daughters Deanna and Yamma instead of to himself; years later, they sued him for the royalties.)

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 02:06:26 PM

the CG Rock Show begins: Rod the Mod goes upstairs to read his Power Point.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 02:20:55 PM

Heaven help us! There's a bustle in my hedgerow!

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 02:39:09 PM

OMG! Ten Years After, "Love Like a Man" from Cricklewood Green. This was a staple of NYC prog FM back then (1970) and I've not heard it on the radio in decades.

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 29, 2005, 02:57:46 PM

Darkness! Touchin' yoooooooooou!

Mr Sweeney sez the Darkness (or their lead singer, it was unclear to me) is coming out with a cover of Sparks' "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us".

Title: CG-ing, 7/25-7/29
Post by: RGMike on July 30, 2005, 11:19:35 AM

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and here's Bobby Bare doing Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds", later covered by Neil Young among many others.

There ARE no coincidences: Listening to KPIG this morning, and they played the Neil Young version.

Title: we heard it too
Post by: ggould on July 30, 2005, 05:57:05 PM

Quote from: "RGMike"

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and here's Bobby Bare doing Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds", later covered by Neil Young among many others.

There ARE no coincidences: Listening to KPIG this morning, and they played the Neil Young version.

We were driving down to San Mateo, listening to KPIG, and heard it too.  What a nice song.  I'm going to try and get my band to  do it.

What a blessing KPIG is.