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New top story from Time: Pete Hamill, Legendary Street-Wise Columnist Who Chronicled His Love of New York, Dies at 85

(NEW YORK) — Pete Hamill, the self-taught, street-wise newspaper columnist whose love affair with New York inspired a colorful and uniquely influential journalistic career and produced several books of fiction and nonfiction, died Wednesday morning. He was 85.

Hamill died at a Brooklyn hospital from heart and kidney failure, his brother Denis confirmed in an email.

“Pete was truly one of the good guys,” Denis Hamill said.

Pete Hamill was one of the city’s last great crusading columnists and links to journalism’s days of chattering typewriters and smoked-filled banter, an Irish-American both tough and sentimental who related to the underdog and mingled with the elite. Well-read, well-rounded and very well connected, Hamill was at ease quoting poetry and Ernest Hemingway, dating Jacqueline Onassis or enjoying a drink and a cigarette at the old Lion’s Head tavern in Greenwich Village.

His topics ranged from baseball, politics, murders, boxing and riots to wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Lebanon and Ireland. But he would always look back to the New York he grew up in, a pre-digital age best remembered through the dreamscape of black and white photography — a New York of egg creams and five-cent subway rides, stickball games and wide-brimmed hats, when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn and there were more daily papers than you could count on one hand.

“I have the native son’s irrational love of the place,” Hamill wrote in his 2004 book, “Downtown: My Manhattan.” “New York is a city of daily irritations, occasional horrors, hourly tests of will and even courage, and huge dollops of pure beauty.”

A Brooklyn-born high school dropout, Hamill was a columnist for the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Newsday, the Village Voice, New York magazine and Esquire. He wrote screenplays, several novels and a bestselling memoir, “A Drinking Life.”

His 2003 novel, “Forever,” told the story of Cormac O’Connor, an Irish Jew who arrives in New York in 1740 and is granted eternal life as long as he stays on the island of Manhattan. His novels “Snow in August” and “The North River” also served up nostalgic and critically acclaimed tales of Old New York.

His memoir covers his childhood in Brooklyn to the night he gave up drinking at a New Year’s Eve party in 1972.

Hamill had a brief and disheartening turn editing the New York Post. When financier Steven Hoffenberg gained control of the tabloid in bankruptcy proceedings, he hired Hamill as editor in chief in 1993. Hamill quickly hired four Black reporters and promoted a number of women and minorities, recalled fellow columnist Jack Newfield in his memoir, “Somebody’s Gotta Tell It.”

But when Hoffenberg was unable to buy the paper, ownership fell to Abe Hirschfeld, who fired Hamill. The paper’s staff revolted, publishing a mutiny edition that kept Hamill’s name on the masthead as he supervised from a nearby diner. Hirschfeld rehired Hamill, giving him a kiss that the hardened newsman called “the single most ignominious moment of my life.”

Rupert Murdoch eventually purchased the paper, leading to Hamill’s dismissal. A few years later, Hamill spent a short stint as editor-in-chief of the Post’s archrival, the New York Daily News. He also worked for a few months in 1987 as editor of The Mexico City News.

Hamill worried that journalism had become too focused on celebrities, but he was well acquainted with some of the most famous people of his time. He met the Beatles before they played in the U.S., interviewed John Lennon when the ex-Beatle was living in Manhattan, hung out with Frank Sinatra and with the Rolling Stones, and won a Grammy for his liner notes to Bob Dylan’s “Blood On the Tracks.”

Hamill lived with Shirley MacLaine, dated Onassis and was linked to Linda Ronstadt, Susan Sontag and Barbra Streisand among others.

As a young man, Hamill was a passionate liberal. His open letter to Robert Kennedy helped persuade the senator to run for president, and Hamill was one of a handful of people who wrestled the gun away from Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan in 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Hamill found his way onto President Richard Nixon’s “enemies list.” In a column, Hamill said the president shared the blame for the 1970 shootings at Kent State University by calling campus dissenters “bums.” Vice President Spiro Agnew called the column “irrational ravings,” and Hamill borrowed the phrase for the title of a 1971 collection of his columns.

In a 1969 column for New York magazine, “The Revolt of the White Lower Middle Class,” he seemed to anticipate the rise of Donald Trump as he warned of men “standing around saloons talking darkly about their grievances, and even more darkly about possible remedies. Their grievances are real and deep; their remedies could blow this city apart.”

In a 1991 Esquire column, he criticized Black people for blaming everything on whites. “You have retreated defensively into the clichés of glib racialism,” he wrote in “Letter to a Black Friend,” a column that ran in Esquire in 1991.

Hamill’s first marriage, to Ramona Negron, ended in divorce. He retained primary custody of his two daughters, Adrienne and Deirdre.

In 1986, Hamill married the Japanese journalist Fukiko Aoki, whom he met while touring Japan to promote his collection of short stories, “Tokyo Sketches.”

In 2019, Hamill and one of his greatest contemporaries, Jimmy Breslin, were featured in the HBO documentary “Deadline Artists.”

Born William Peter Hamill on June 24, 1935, he was the oldest of seven children of immigrants from Northern Ireland. His brother Denis Hamill is a novelist and columnist for the Daily News.

At 16, Pete Hamill became bored with high school, dropped out and went to work as a sheet metal worker in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, while honing his skills as a comic book artist on the side. At the yard, he developed dormant tuberculosis.

While in the Navy, Hamill finished high school and, afterward, attended Mexico City College in 1956.

Returning to New York, Hamill opened a graphic design store in Hell’s Kitchen. After reading a 1960 memoir by Post editor Jimmy Wechsler, the young Hamill wrote Wechsler, saying that newspapers had no room for people like himself — working class, no Ivy League degrees. The editor suggested a meeting.

“He took me into his inner office and I sat beside a desk littered with newspapers clippings, magazines, letters from readers, copies of his book,” Hamill later wrote. “While we talked, he smoked cigarettes and sipped coffee. Near the end of our chat, he leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head. ‘Have you ever thought about becoming a newspaperman?’”

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CKUA - The Midway: 2019

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The Midway was a special program which typically aired from 9:00am-12:00pm (or sometimes 10:00am-2:00) on CKUA from 2016-2019 during statutory holidays.

Click “keep reading” below for my 2019 Midway playlists.

Explore my playlist history for other dates and programs.

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TITLE • PERFORMING ARTIST • ALBUM • AIRTIME

2019-02-18 - 10:00-14:00 - The Midway

The Midway returns: February 18, 2019. The theme: escaping the winter with a radio road trip. Dandy dancers, groovy goodies, and seldom-seen souls await.

^^ listener recommendation ++ selected from CKUA’s “house blend” playlist ~~ today’s featured album: Various Artists: Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol 1 - Soul & Groove

Monday Morning • Pulp • Different Class • Mon 10:02AM

Backsliders • King of Foxes • Salt & Honey • Mon 10:06AM

In The Heat Of The Moment! • Noel Gallagher • Chasing Yesterday • Mon 10:09AM

Oh, The Wind Will Blow • Doug Hoyer • Walks With The Tender & Growing Night • Mon 10:14AM

Glory Hallelujah • Give ‘Em Hell Boys • Barn Burner • Mon 10:17AM

Tao Distante • Rei Rei Rei • Rei Rei Rei • Mon 10:24AM

Pluto’s Lament • The Olympians • The Olympians • Mon 10:31AM

What’d I Say (Pt. 1&2) • Ray Charles • Atlantic Gold: 100 Soul Classics • Mon 10:36AM

Sunny Afternoon • Tom Jones & Space • Reload • Mon 10:42AM

Tired Of Waiting For You • The Kinks • Kinda Kinks • Mon 10:47AM

Stayin’ Alive • The Bee Gees • Saturday Night Fever • Mon 10:49AM

The Man Who Sold the World • Lulu • B-Sides • Mon 10:57AM

Lipstick on Your Collar • Conny Froboess • German Rock & Roll • Mon 11:01AM

Yegenet Muziqa • Getatchew Mekurya • Ethiopian Urban Modern Music - Vol 1 • Mon 11:06AM ~~

Where Do You Belong? • Digits • Where Do You Belong? • Mon 11:09AM

Brazilian Flower • Jean-Jacques Perrey • World Bouquet • Mon 11:13AM

Backseat Heroine • Emma-Lee • Backseat Heroine • Mon 11:16AM

Breaking Down • Florence & The Machine • Ceremonials • Mon 11:20AM

Freeze, Melt, Boil • Quantum Tangle • Shelter as we go… • Mon 11:25AM ++

Tobacco Road • Mercury Rev • Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta… • Mon 11:31AM ++

Two Winters Long • Irma Thomas • We Sing The Blues • Mon 11:35AM

Static Resistance • Hookworms • Microshift • Mon 11:38AM ^^

The Ipcress File • Laika & The Cosmonauts • The Amazing Colossal Band • Mon 11:41AM

This Blue World • Elbow • The Take Off And Landing Of Everything • Mon 11:46AM

Driver’s Seat • Sniff ‘n’ the Tears • Driver’s Seat • Mon 11:53AM

Cold • Tanya Tagaq • Retribution • Mon 11:59AM

Cold Water • Matthew Good • Chaotic Neutral • Mon 12:06PM

4AM • Our Lady Peace • Clumsy • Mon 12:12PM

Muziqawi Silt • Wallias Band • Ethiopian Urban Modern Music - Vol 1 • Mon 12:17PM ~~

Flowers Become Screens • Delerium • Voice: An Acoustic Collection • Mon 12:21PM

Yes, I’m Your Angel • Yoko Ono • This Is 40 • Mon 12:27PM

As Tears Go By • Andrew Loog Oldham Orch • The Rolling Stones Songbook • Mon 12:32PM

Hasabe • Ayalew Mesfin • Ethiopian Urban Modern Music - Vol 1 • Mon 12:35PM ~~

Sunshine On My Back • The National & Sharon Van Etten • ______ • Mon 12:38PM

Galipoli • Beirut • ______ • Mon 12:48PM

Bury Me Deep • Kim Lenz • ______ • Mon 12:50PM

Satin Devil • The Dirty Dirty Devils • The DDD EP • Mon 12:52PM

Warm and Sunny Days • The Dears • No Cities Left • Mon 12:54PM

Runnin’ Down A Dream • Tom Petty • Greatest Hits • Mon 01:00PM ^^

Up The Wooden Hills To Bedforshire • The Small Faces • Absolutely The Best • Mon 01:06PM ^^

And She Was • Talking Heads • Little Creatures • Mon 01:08PM ^^

Blue Hawaii • The 427’s • Surf Noir (EP) • Mon 01:12PM ^^

Afternoon Delight • Will Ferrell & The Channel 4 News • Anchorman • Mon 01:16PM ^^

Drive • Lera Lynn • Resistor • Mon 01:20PM ^^

Que je suis • Thomas Dutronc • Eternels jusqu'a demain • Mon 01:23PM ^^

Poetry In Motion • Johnny Tillotson • Greatest Hits • Mon 01:29PM ^^

Hold the Line • Osyron • Hold the Line • Mon 01:33PM

Aynotchesh yerefu • Samuel Belay • Ethiopian Urban Modern Music - Vol 1 • Mon 01:40PM ~~

Michelle • Chet Atkins • Chet Picks on the Beatles • Mon 01:45PM

Suck It and See • Arctic Monkeys • Suck It and See • Mon 01:46PM

The Letter • The Arbors • Rock Archive • Mon 01:50PM

I’ll Be Seeing You • Francoise Hardy & Iggy Pop • Triple Best • Mon 01:53PM

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2019-04-19 - 09:00-12:00 - The Midway

The Midway returns for its annual one and only Friday show of the year, April 19, 2019. The theme: funeral songs. For some, a sombre or pithy reflection. For others, a sentimental soundtrack - or even a jolly celebration. Some of these songs have become legends unto themselves, while others have birthed new traditions. Enjoy a wickedly woke wake as we explore some famous funeral tunes, and invite listeners to get in touch with their own bury melodies.

^^ listener recommendation

Friday on My Mind • The Easybeats • Rock Hits • Fri 09:00am

Morning Has Broken • Cat Stevens • Best of • Fri 09:03am

Life on Mars? • David Bowie • Hunky Dory • Fri 09:08am

Nunca Es Sufciente • Natalia Lafourcade • Hasta La Raiz • Fri 09:12am

Anne of 1000 Days • John Moore • Knickerbocker Glory • Fri 09:21am

Johnny Remember Me • John Layton • Joe Meek Anthology • Fri 09:24am

Don’t Think Twice (It’s Alright) • Heinz & the Wild Boys • Joe Meek Anthology • Fri 09:26am

Telstar • The Tornados • Joe Meek Anthology • Fri 09:28am

Señor Burns • Tito Puente and his Latin Jazz Ensemble • Go Simpsonic With the Simpsons • Fri 09:33am

Don’t Look Back in Anger • Oasis • (What’s the Story) Morning Glory • Fri 09:39am

Changing Times • Iwan Rheon • Iwan Rheon • Fri 09:42am

Instant Crush • Daft Punk • Random Access Memories • Fri 09:45am

Strange Brew • Cream • Disraeli Gears • Fri 09:51am

Layla • Le Onde Bleu • Italian Rock & Roll Hits • Fri 09:56am

He’ll Have To Go • Jim Reeves • Greatest Hits • Fri 10:00am ^^

We’ll Meet Again • Johnny Cash • American IV • Fri 10:05am

When I Go Away • Levon Helm • Electric Dirt • Fri 10:08am ^^

Play Hank Williams At My Funeral • The Give ‘Em Hell Boys • Barn Burner • Fri 10:14am ^^

When the Deal Goes Down • Bob Dylan • Modern Times • Fri 10:17am

To Catch a Shad • The Modern Folk Quartet • Quartet • Fri 10:24am

Stairway To Heaven • Neil Sedaka • Greatest Hits • Fri 10:27am

Don’t Dream It’s Over • Sixpence None the Richer • ______ • Fri 10:31am

The Winner Takes It All • ABBA • Gold • Fri 10:39am

Luckenback, Texas • Waylon & Willie • Biggest Hits • Fri 10:42am ^^

Quarter on the Ground • Matt Andersen • Halfway Home By Morning • Fri 10:46am

Leave Your Body Behind You (live) • Richard Hawley • Live at the Devil’s Arse • 10:55am ^^

My Way • Frank Sinatra • My Way • Fri 11:00am

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life • Monty Python • Sings • Fri 11:06am ^^

Monster Mash • Bobby “Boris” Pickett • Cool Goul • Fri 11:12am ^^

Bear Cat • Rufus Thomas • Mojo Rock Rock • Fri 11:14am ^^

Your Long Journey • Robert Plant & Allison Krauss • Raising Sand • Fri 11:18am ^^

Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien • Edith Piaf • Anthologie • Fri 11:22am ^^

Leaving the Table • Leonard Cohen • You Want It Darker • Fri 11:25am ^^

Last Kiss • Coeur de Pirate • Trauma • Fri 11:31am ^^

Heart of Gold (live) • Colleen Brown & Amy Van Keeken • Live at CKUA • Fri 11:38am ^^

Motion Picture Soundtrack • Radiohead • Kid A • Fri 11:43am

Without You • Badfinger • Greatest Hits • Fri 11:44am

Don’t Worry, Be Happy • Bobby McFerrin • Best of • Fri 11:50am ^^

Lay Me Low • Nick Cave • Let Love In • Fri 11:55am

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2019-05-20 - 09:00-12:00 - The Midway

Today’s theme: we’re diving under the covers once again - featuring some of our favourite cover versions throughout this three-hour program. We’re also featuring several tracks from the upcoming new album Further from Richard Hawley. As always, listeners are invited to get in touch with their favourite cover versions of songs, many of which we’ll feature in the final hour of the show. There’s also an abundance of leftover listener recommendations from the last Midway, so I’ll be peppering this program with some of the more relevant pieces.

^^ listener recommendation ++ selected from CKUA’s “house blend” playlist ~~ today’s featured album: Richard Hawley: Further

My Little Treasures • Richard Hawley • FURTHER • 11:56am ~~

Tweeter And The Monkey Man • The Headstones • PICTURE OF HEALTH • 11:52am ^^

It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) • Joe Jackson • THE DUKE • 11:47am ^^

I’ve Been Working On The Railroad • Buckwheat Zydeco • CHOO CHOO BOOGALOO • 11:43am ^^

Wild Horses • The Flying Burrito Brothers • HOT BURRITOS! • 11:37am ^^

Darling Be Home Soon • Tedeschi Trucks Band • EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ • 11:30am ^^

Ornament 3 • Vanessa Wagner • INLAND • 11:26am

Slow Show • Coeur De Pirate • TRAUMA • 11:21am ^^

Say You Don’t Mind • Colin Blunstone • SAY YOU DON’T MIND • 11:17am ^^

Save the Last Dance For Me • The Shanes • ANTHOLOGY • 11:16am

Oh Well • Billy Gibbons • JUST TELL ME THAT YOU WANT ME • 11:10am ^^

Hang On To Your Ego • Frank Black • MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME • 11:06am ^^

Fille ou Garcon • Stone • FRENCH ROCK HITS • 11:05am ^^

Oh! Darling • Robin Gibb • SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB • 10:58am ^^

Alone • Richard Hawley • FURTHER • 10:55am ~~

Maps • Yeah Yeah Yeahs • FEVER TO TELL • 10:50am

Over The Rainbow & What A Wonderful World • Israel Kamakawiwo'ole • FINDING FORRESTER • 10:43am ^^

Ashes to Ashes • Lassigue Bendthaus • POP ARTIFICIALE • 10:39am

Get Back • Laibach • LET IT BE • 10:34am

Let It Be • The Beatles • LET IT BE • 10:28am

Michelle • Chet Atkins • PICKS ON THE BEATLES • 10:24am

The Best Is Yet To Come • Frank Sinatra & Count Basie • SINATRA & BASIE • 10:21am

Blue Jean Bop • Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps • MORE KINGS OF ROCKABILLY • 10:17am

Hey Hey, My My • Ume • TOO BIG WORLD EP • 10:14am

Cuidado • Grupo Fantasma • AMERICAN MUSIC: VOL VII • 10:07am ++

Angel • Lucette • DELUXE HOTEL ROOM • 10:05am ++

Changing Times • Iwan Rheon • IWAN RHEON • 10:00am

You Showed Me • The Turtles • GREATEST HITS • 9:56am ^^

Turn Off the Moon • The Primitives • ECHOES AND RHYMES • 9:51am

Heart of Stone • The Rolling Stones • GRRR! • 9:46am

Heart of Stone • Ashes and Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 9:41am

Journey • Sarah Nixey • NIGHT WALKS • 9:37am

Off My Mind • Richard Hawley • FURTHER • 9:35am ~~

Backsliders • King Of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 9:31am

Chain Gang • King Curtis • Chain Gang • 9:26am

Doris Day • Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps • SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY • 9:23am

All Along The Watchtower • Jimi Hendrix • ELECTRIC LADYLAND • 9:19am

Rock This Town • Brian Setzer Orchestra • THE DIRTY BOOGIE • 9:13am

I Call Your Name • The Buckinghams • GREATEST HITS • 9:11am

Bye Bye Blackbird • Ringo Starr • SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY • 9:06am

Monday Morning • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 9:00am

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2019-07-01 - 09:00-12:00 - The Midway

Today’s theme: live music season is here, and we’re featuring celebrated live recordings on the program. Heck, as soon as I finish Monday’s show, I’m hitting the road to Edson to play a concert myself! As always, listeners are invited to get in touch with their favourite live concert memories and live albums, many of which we’ll feature in the final hour of the show. Let us know what you’re most looking forward to seeing and hearing this festival season, and what CKUA listeners simply mustn’t miss!

^^ listener recommendation ~~ today’s unexpected theme: odd Kraftwerk coincidences for historical events from July 1st.

Tour de France (live) • Kraftwerk • MINIMUM MAXIMUM • 11:55am ~~

Famba • Mbira Renaissance Band • FAMBA • 11:49am

EGBG (single edit) • Boreal Kinship • EGBG • 11:44am

High Hopes (live) • Pink Floyd • PULSE • 11:35am

Hallelujah • Leonard Cohen • LIVE IN DUBLIN • 11:27am ^^

Changes • Phil Ochs • IN CONCERT • 11:21am ^^

I’ll Get You (live) • The Beatles • ANTHOLOGY • 11:17am

The Hour • Valerie June • PUSHIN’ AGAINST A STONE • 11:13am ^^

Impossible Germany (live, 2012) • Wilco • ASHES OF THE AMERICAN FLAG • 11:04am

Not the News • Thom Yorke • ANIMA • 10:59am

Dream • Rebekah Higgs • SHA LA LA • 10:55am

Vitamin C • Nicole Atkins • VITAMIN C • 10:51am

Kometenmelodie (live) • Kraftwerk • AUTOBAHN (LIVE) • 10:44am ~~

Tao Distante • Rei Rei Rei • TAO DISTANTE • 10:37am

Dirty Eyes • Sweet Vintage Rides • ROAD TRIP • 10:30am

Love Shack • The B-52’s • GREATEST HITS • 10:23am

Breathing Underwater • Metric • SYNTHETICA • 10:19am

Keep the Customer Satisfied • Simon & Garfunkel • OLD FRIENDS • 10:14am

Northern Lights (live, 2012) • Doug Hoyer • REC-YEG PROJECT - CONCERT SESSIONS • 10:10am

Honky Tonk Women • The Rolling Stones • GET YER YA-YA’S OUT! • 10:05am ^^

Last Year’s Prom Dress • The Bolt Actions • TBA EP • 9:59am

I Shall Be Released • The Band • MUSIC FROM BIG PINK • 9:54am

S.O.S. • ABBA • GOLD • 9:50am

Hound Dog • Elvis Presley • GREATEST HITS • 9:45am

Hanging On The Telephone • Blondie • ATOMIC BLONDIE • 9:40am

The Telephone Call • Kraftwerk • TECHNO POP • 9:33am ~~

Crash Years • The New Pornographers • TOGETHER • 9:25am

Hippy Hippy Shake • Chan Romero • AMERICAN ROOTS OF THE UK INVASION • 9:23am

Everybody Needs Somebody To Love • The Blues Brothers Band • BLUES BROS • 9:19am

Wang Dang Doodle • Willie Dixon • WANG DANG DOODLE • 9:15am

Maggie’s Farm (live, 1965) • Bob Dylan • NO DIRECTION HOME • 9:11am

Polka Dot Undies • Bowser and Blue • DR. DEMENTO 30TH • 9:04am

Monday Morning • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 8:59am

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2019-08-05- 09:00-12:00 - The Midway

Today’s theme: celebrating the life and legacy of music documentarian D.A. Pennebaker, who died last week. He was the man behind two iconic Bob Dylan films in 1965-1967, as well as The Monterey Pop Festival, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, and more. Get in touch with your favourite concert films; listener recommendations featured in hour 3.

^^ listener recommendation ~~ today’s theme: music related to the documentary films of D.A. Pennebaker, who died a few days ago.

Holiday (2012) • The Bolt Actions • THE BOLT ACTIONS • 11:56am

Let Down (Remastered) • Radiohead • OK COMPUTER • 11:51am ^^

Comfortably Numb • Pink Floyd • PULSE • 11:40am ^^

Peaches En Regalia • Zappa Plays Zappa • ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA • 11:37am

Carry On • Doug Hoyer • CHARACTER WITNESS • 11:30am

At The Hop • Sha Na Na • WOODSTOCK (SOUNDTRACK) • 11:25am ^^

30 Century Man • Scott Walker • SCOTT 3 • 11:23am ^^

I Will Follow • U2 • Greatest Hits • 11:19am ^^

Don’t Look Back In Anger • Oasis • DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER • 11:14am ^^

This Must Be The Place (live) • Talking Heads • STOP MAKING SENSE • 11:07am ^^

Rock ‘N’ Roll High School • Ramones • LOUD, FAST RAMONES • 11:05am ^^

Life is a Carnival • The Band • THE LAST WALTZ • 11:00am ^^

Tears Begin to Fall • The Persuasions • THE PERSUASIONS SING ZAPPA • 10:58am

When You Wore a Tulip • Bill and the Belles • DREAMSONGS, ETC • 10:55am

Ram Rod • Duane Eddy • COLLECTION • 10:49am

Boys Night Out • Patti Page • COLLECTION • 10:47am

Rock 'n’ Roll Suicide • Black Box Recorder • WORST OF BLACK BOX RECORDER • 10:44am ~~

Look Back in Anger • David BowIe • LIVE AT THE BBC • 10:38am ~~

The Man Who Sold The World • Nirvana • MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK • 10:33am ~~

Sabotage • Beastie Boys • ILL COMMUNICATION • 10:30am

Tomorrow Never Knows • The Beatles • REVOLVER • 10:25am

Wild Thing • Jimi Hendrix • LIVE AT WINTERLAND • 10:20am ~~

California Dreamin’ • The Mamas & The Papas • MONTEREY POP • 10:17am ~~

Shake • Otis Redding • OTIS BLUE • 10:14am ~~

My Generation (Stereo) • The Who • MY GENERATION • 10:11am ~~

Having a Wild Weekend • The Dave Clark 5 • GREATEST HITS • 10:07am

Over Under Sideways Down • The Yardbirds • ROCK: THE TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN’ • 10:04am

Hang On Sloopy • The McCoys • CLASSIC ROCK: 1965 • 9:59am

Goodbye To You • Scandal • JUKEBOX MEMORIES • 9:54am

Emilina Says • Richard Hawley • FURTHER • 9:49am

Crying • Julian Lage • LOVE HURTS • 9:41am

Ballad of a Thin Man • Bob Dylan • HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED • 9:35am ~~

25 Minutes To Go • Johnny Cash • LIVE AT FOLSOM PRISON • 9:30am

Beat Surrender • The Jam • GREATEST HITS • 9:24am

You Spin Me Round • Dead Or Alive • ROCK ALMANAC • 9:19am

Shy Boy (Don’t It Make You Feel Good) • Bananarama • NEW WAVE HITS • 9:16am

Too Shy • Kajagoogoo • 80’S WAVE • 9:12am

Hush • Deep Purple • ROCK LINE 3 • 9:06am

Monday Morning • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 9:02am

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2019-09-02 - 09:00-12:00 - The Midway

Today’s theme: “bad ideas?” (please note the question mark). Some ideas begin with the best of intentions, but you know what they say about good intentions. Strange side-projects, dumbfounding duets, questionable concepts, clunky covers, and more - as well as some bona fide gems. Albums; songs; musicals; crossovers; you name it. Get in touch with your favourite wayward labours of love and potentially bad ideas; listener recommendations featured in hour 3.

^^ listener recommendation ~~ today’s theme: were these songs bad ideas?

Cliffs of Dover • Eric Johnson • GREATEST HITS • 11:56am

Satumaa • Frank Zappa & the Mothers • YOU CAN’T DO THAT ON STAGE ANYMORE • 11:53am ~~

Satumaa • Reijo Taipale • LEGENDAT • 11:48am

Bohemian Rhapsody • The London Symphony Orchestra • CLASSIC ROCK • 11:42am ~~

I Can’t Get Behind That • William Shatner & Henry Rollins • HAS BEEN • 11:39am ~~ ^^

Spinning Wheel • Engelbert Humperdinck & Gene Simmons • ENGELBERT CALLING • 11:33am ~~

I Walk the Line • Dolly Parton • THE GREAT PRETENDER • 11:27am ~~

Save the Last Dance For Me • Dolly Parton • THE GREAT PRETENDER • 11:23am ~~ ^^

Another Bad Idea • Bob Schneider • A PERFECT DAY • 11:18am ~~ ^^

Everybody Loves Somebody • Wayne Newton • EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY • 11:16am ~~

We Wish You a Merry Xmas • Border Brass • TIJUANA XMAS • 11:11am ~~

I Want You (She’s So Heavy) • The Assembled Multitude • S/T • 11:08am ~~

Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds • William Shatner • THE TRANSFORMED MAN • 11:02am ~~

California Sun ‘65 • The Rivieras • THE RIVIERAS • 10:56am ~~

The Story of the Return of the Red Baron • The Royal Guardsmen • HAVE A MERRY SNOOPY CHRISTMAS • 10:52am ~~

Downtown • Mrs Miller • DR DEMENTO’S 30TH • 10:49am ~~

Devil In Disguise • Richard Hawley • LIVE AT THE DEVIL’S ARSE • 10:44am

Don’t Think Twice (It’s Alright) • Elvis Presley • OUR MEMORIES OF ELVIS VOL 2 • 10:40am ~~

Are You Satisfied? • Clint Eastwood • SINGS COWBOY FAVOURITES • 10:39am (Mystery Artist #3) ~~

Hellcat Smoke • The Dirty Dirty Devil’s • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 10:28am

Child In Time • Ian Gillan • CHILD IN TIME • 10:21am ~~

Under My Thumb • Streetheart • GREATEST HITS • 10:14am ~~

A Little Dab’ll Do Ya • Brylcreem • VINTAGE COMMERCIALS • 10:13am

Do You Remember These? • The Statler Brothers • ALL THOSE YEARS AGO • 10:11am

Coming Right Up • Bruce Willis • THE RETURN OF BRUNO • 10:08am (Mystery Artist #2) ~~

Gimmie Dat Ding • Pipkins • SUPER HITS OF THE 70S • 10:03am

Bear Cat • Rufus Thomas • MOJO (DECEMBER 2004) • 9:58am ~~

Blistered • That Pedal Show Band • OX EP • 9:53am

Love On A Farmboy’s Wages (2001 • XTC • LOVE ON A FARMBOY’S WAGES • 9:47am

Love Machine • The Miracles • MOTOWN GOLD • 9:42am

Here Comes the Night • The Beach Boys • DISCO SINGLE • 9:41am (Mystery Artist #1) ~~

Sunny Afternoon • The Kinks • ANTHOLOGY • 9:29am

Bonanza • Johnny Cash • RING OF FIRE • 9:26am

Love Potion No 9 • Nancy Sit • JAPANESE GIRL GROUPS • 9:25am ~~

Per vivere insieme (Happy Together) • Brenda Bis • ITALIAN 60S BEAT • 9:18am ~~

Witch Doctor • Warner Hass • LOST GERMAN POP HITS • 9:16am ~~

This Is The Place • Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds • THIS IS THE PLACE (SINGLE) • 9:09am

End Of A Centuary • Blur • THE BEST OF BLUR • 9:06am

Monday Morning • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 9:02am

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2019-10-14 - 09:00-12:00 - The Midway

Today we’re featuring fashion-forward favourites, along with a few thrifty threads and recycled rhythms along the way. And, of course, we’d be remiss to not include at least a few covers under the circumstances. Get in touch with your favourite stylish songs; listener recommendations featured in hour 3.

We’ll also be featuring an interview and music from Edmonton band The Dirty Dirty Devil’s, who will be making their theatrical live debut at Festival Place on October 30.

^^ listener recommendation ~~ today’s theme: songs relating to fashion and style to make you smile ++ featured album: The Vogues’ re-recorded Greatest Hits from the mid-1970s

Monday Morning • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 09:03

This Is The Place • Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds • THIS IS THE PLACE • 09:09

Blue Monday • New Order • 20 YEARS OF NEW ORDER • 09:13

She Blinded Me With Science (remix) • Thomas Dolby • ______ • 09:18

Sci-Fi • Cliff Richard • ROCK & ROLL JUVENLILE • 09:23

She Bop • Cyndi Lauper • SHE’S SO UNUSUAL • 09:30

It’s My Party • Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin • IT’S MY PARTY • 09:35

Atomic • Blondie • ATOMIC BLONDIE • 09:39

Happy Together • The Vogues • GREATEST HITS • 09:47 ++ ~~

You’re the One • The Vogues • GREATEST HITS • 09:50 ++ ~~

Holding On • The War On Drugs • A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING • 09:53

Who Stole the Keeshka? • Frankie Yankovic • SUPER POLKA • 10:00

Wild Horses • The Flying Burrito Brothers • 20TH CENTURY MASTERS • 10:04 ^^

Last Year’s Prom Dress (2012) • The Bolt Actions • THE BOLT ACTIONS EP • 10:09

Pink Pedal Pushers • Carl Perkins • RESTLESS • 10:18 ~~

Lippenstift Am Jacket • Conny Froboess • GERMAN ROCK & ROLL FAVOURITES • 10:21 ~~

Style • Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin • SINATRA IN HOLLYWOOD • 10:23 ~~

Heroes / Helden • David Bowie • CHRISTIANE F. • 10:29

Hellcat Smoke • The Dirty Dirty Devil’s • THE SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 10:36

Interview • The Dirty Dirty Devil’s • DIRTYDIRTYDEVILS.COM • 10:38

Ain’t No Stopping Love Now • The Dirty Dirty Devil’s • THE SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 10:41

Interview • The Dirty Dirty Devil’s • DIRTYDIRTYDEVILS.COM • 10:48

Satin Devil • The Dirty Dirty Devil’s • THE SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 10:51 ~~

My Chainsaw • Gurf Morlix • THE SOUL AND THE HEAL • 10:54

Red Right Hand • Nick Cave • LET LOVE IN • 11:01 ^^ ~~

You Can Leave Your Hat On • Joe Cocker • THE LIFE OF A MAN • 11:09 ^^ ~~

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) • The Hollies • SOUNDS OF THE 70s • 11:13 ^^ ~~

Dedicated Follower Of Fashion • The Kinks • SINGLES • 11:18 ^^ ~~

Short Skirt/ Long Jacket • Cake • COMFORT EAGLE • 11:21 ^^ ~~

In These Shoes? • Kirsty MacColl • TROPICAL BRAINSTORM • 11:24 ^^ ~~

These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ • Nancy Sinatra • BOOTS • 11:29 ^^ ~~

Sharp Dressed Man • ZZ Top • ELIMINATOR • 11:33 ^^ ~~

Fashionable People • Joel Plaskett • ASHTRAY ROCK • 11:39 ^^ ~~

New Shoes • Paolo Nutini • THESE STREETS • 11:43 ^^ ~~

Groovin’ • The Vogues • GREATEST HITS • 11:48 ++ ~~

Five O'Clock World • The Vogues • GREATEST HITS • 11:50 ++ ~~

Nobody Does It Better • Carly Simon • CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE • 11:54

In Four Dimensions • Delerium • SPHERES II • 11:57

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2019-11-11 - 09:00-12:00 - The Midway

The final Midway of 2019 will be bisected at 10:00 by a special hour-long program in observation of Remembrance Day. We will bookend the special program with music, stories, and the spoken word. Get in touch with your favourite unsung heroes; listener recommendations featured in hour 3.

^^ listener recommendation ~~ today’s theme: spoken word pieces

Monday Morning • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 09:01

Common People • William Shatner (w/ Joe Jackson) • HAS BEEN • 09:05 ~~

It Kills • Afghan Whigs • DO THE BEAST • 09:13

Heart of Stone • Ashes and Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 09:15

High In The Satellite • Dustin Bentall • HIGH IN THE SATELLITE • 09:20

Vlamertinghe: Passing the Chateau • Edmund Blunden • WAR POEMS • 09:24 ~~

The Ballad of Hollis Brown • David Lynch • THE BIG DREAM • 09:29 ~~

Entanglement • Imogen Heap • SPARKS • 09:37

The Dug Out • Sigfried Sassoon • WAR POEMS • 09:41 ~~

Trouble • Coldplay • PARACHUTES • 09:41

On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) • Matt Monro • BEST • 09:49

Hard Times • Olenka & the Autumn Lovers • HARD TIMES • 09:51

Memories • The Burning Hell & Katie Baggs • THE BARD OF MONTREAL • 09:55

>>> No Stone Left Alone Remembrance Day Special • 10:00-11:00

Silence • 11:00

The Rouse • T. Lee • CEREMONIALS • 11:02

In Flanders Fields • Leonard Cohen • LEGION • 11:02 ^^

In Flanders Fields • Farnham Youth Choir • BBC SONGS OF PRAISE • 11:03

Łyßqi (Whisky) • Van Der Zyl • EARLY WORKS • 11:07

Remembrance • Delerium • KARMA • 11:11

Watertrance • Tuatara & Coleman Barks • THE HERE AND THE GONE • 11:18 ^^ ~~

R. Kipling: If • Michael Caine • READS KIPLING • 11:24 ~~

If • Pink Floyd • ATOM HEART MOTHER • 11:26

Theme From Cyrano • William Shatner • THE TRANSFORMED MAN • 11:33 ~~

Mr. Tambourine Man • William Shatner • THE TRANSFORMED MAN • 11:37 ^^ ~~

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda • The Pogues • THE VERY BEST • 11:42 ^^

Dulce Et Decorum Est • Wilfred Owen • ECCLESTON READS OWEN • 11:50 ~~

Warrior • Steve Earle • THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW • 11:52 ^^

Happens To The Heart • Leonard Cohen • THANKS FOR THE DANCE • 11:56 ^^

#midway #playlist #ckua #radio #public broadcasting #alberta #2019

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elapsed-spiral · 6 years ago

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Yearz - music references

Ch 1: Human League, Bronski Beat, A-ha, Pulp, Cranberries, Spandau Ballet, Oasis, Rolling Stones, Bowie, Clash, Erasure, Sparks, Catatonia, Manic Street Preachers, ABC, R.E.M.

Ch 2: Lydia Lunch, Nick Cave, Hall and Oates, Daft Punk, Faithless, Tony Clarke, Joan Jett, Fleetwood Mac, U2, Beastie Boys, Bowie

Ch 3: Ennio Morricone, Barry White, Marvin Gaye, Sugar Hill Gang

Ch 4: Boston

Ch 5: Barry Manilow, Monkees

Ch 7: Patti Smith, Lee Perry

Ch 8: Adam and the Ants, King Tubby, Rammstein, Roxy Music, Tom Waits, Funkadelic, Queen

Ch 9: Coldplay, Adele

Ch 10: Elton John, White Stripes, Dusty Springfield

Ch 11: Pantera, Bon Jovi, Culture Club, ABBA

Ch 12: Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Children of Bodom (kinda)

Ch 13: Soft Cell, Motley Crue, Kiss, Beatles, Queen

Ch 14: Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath

Ch 15: Jamiroquai, Macklemore, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donna Summer, Faith No More, Def Leppard, Earth Wind and Fire, Happy Mondays, Morrissey, Stone Roses, Blondie, Jay Z, Arcade Fire, New York Dolls, Will Smith, The Cure

Ch 16: Squeeze, Blur (sorta), Kyuss

Ch 17: XTC, Dukes of the Stratosphear, Syd Barrett, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, Megadeth, De La Soul, Kool Keith, Metallica

Ch 18: Ed Sheeran, The Police, Jerry Goldsmith, Napoleon XIV

Ch 19: The Beautiful South, All Saints, The Stranglers, ZZ Top, Devo, Heaven 17, The Streets, Britney Spears, AC/DC, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Elvis Presley

Ch 20: Kanye West, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Drake, Madness, Talking Heads, Blazin’ Squad, Cliff Richard

Ch 21: Jason Goddamn Donovan, Kylie Minogue, Tenacious D, Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, Betty Carter, Jimmy Buffett, Missy Elliot, P!nk, Bootleg Beatles, Placebo, Peter Gabriel, Nancy Sinatra, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick

Ch 22: The Birthday Party, Hamilton (I'm counting it dangit), John Williams, Yes, Pink Floyd

Ch 23: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, TLC, Republica, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Cabaret Voltaire, Ian Drury and the Blockheads, Tom Tom Club

Ch 24: The Ting Tings, Duffy, Johnny Cash, Klaxons, Kaiser Chiefs, MGMT, Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, Squarepusher, Autechre, George Michael, Eliza Doolittle, Justin Bieber, 2 Live Crew

Ch 25: Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Frank Sinatra, Buzzcocks

#yearz fic #yearz songs #yearz masterlist

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george-ate-a-cymbal · 6 years ago

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Tag Game

Wow, I was tagged in something?!

Tagged by @wearethemorningbirds (Hello, lots of love!❣️)

Rules: answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people who you want to get to know better.

Nickname: I've never been given a nickname (cue sad violin). Everyone just calls me by my name, Elvia.

Zodiac: Aries ♈

Height: 5'1" (yes, hello, I'm short)

Last movie I saw: I just re-watched A Hard Day's Night for the 100th time (or something like that).

Last thing I googled: "Jackie Kennedy Onassis" . I was watching a Kennedy documentary with my siblings and we were settling a disagreement on what year she passed.

Favorite Musicians: Greta Van Fleet, Dorothy, The Beatles (and each individually), The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Simon & Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, and America

Song stuck in my head: Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

Other blogs: my main @heyitselvia . I've been on that blog for about six years now. Go ahead and follow me :)

Do I get asks: Nope. This is my baby blog. Feel free to send some though!

Blogs following: 67

Amount of sleep: 6-8 hours

Lucky number: 3

What I'm wearing: light sweater and high-rise jeans

Dream Job: Geneticist 🔬

Dream trip: go to Liverpool to visit "The Beatles Story" museum!

Favorite Food: Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken Parmigiana (my Olive Garden go-to), and my mom's tamales (they're the best!)

Play any instrument: I played the flute for 8 years in school. I got pretty good at it.

Languages: Spanish and English (you may talk to me in either)

Favorite Songs: Well, there's a LOT, but I'll narrow it to my current top 10:

1. Sister Golden Hair - America

2. Mountain of The Sun - Greta Van Fleet

3. Lovely Rita - The Beatles

4. It's Late - Queen

5. Message In A Bottle - The Police

6. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

7. Talk on the Street - Greta Van Fleet

8. Ride The Wild Wind - Queen

9. Ask Me Why - The Beatles

10. Girl - The Beatles

This list changes all the time. I just love everything.

Random fact: I almost own all The Beatles vinyl (yay!) and have a vinyl collection that's slowly growing.

Describe yourself as aesthetic things: a bonfire in autumn and making s'mores, hot summer days at the river with friends, wrapped up in my favorite blanket while reading a book, drinking tea on a rainy day

Tags: @roger-taylor-stole-my-heart @littlebeatlemaniac123 @pauls-mccartney @another-sheep-in-the-wall @sunnyharrison @thasboi @tohellwiththebeatles @jawn-lemon @classicsrocks @oooh-darling @strawberryfieldsforlikealongtime @biatels @thefunnybeatles @if-i-fell-over @jamespaulmclennon @grotty-beatles @ineffable-roger @when-im-1964 @fabjohn @fabpaul @sassmasterpaul

#did i do this right?#tag game #get to know me #you don't have to do it #but it is fun #good morning everyone #the beatles #classic rock

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phroyd · 6 years ago

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Officially, “Respect” is a relationship song. That’s how Otis Redding wrote it. But love wasn’t what Aretha Franklin was interested in. The opening line is “What you want, baby, I got it.” But her “what” is a punch in the face. So Ms. Franklin’s rearrangement was about power. She had the right to be respected — by some dude, perhaps by her country. Just a little bit.What did love have to do with that?

Depending on the house you grew up in and how old you are, “Respect” is probably a song you learned early. The spelling lesson toward the end helps. So do the turret blasts of “sock it to me” that show up here and there. But, really, the reason you learn “Respect” is the way “Respect” is sung. Redding made it a burning plea. Ms. Franklin turned the plea into the most empowering popular recording ever made.

Ms. Franklin died on Thursday, at 76, which means “Respect” is going to be an even more prominent part of your life than usual. The next time you hear it, notice what you do with your hands. They’re going to point — at a person, a car or a carrot. They’ll rest on your hips. Your neck might roll. Your waist will do a thing. You’ll snarl. Odds are high that you’ll feel better than great. You’re guaranteed to feel indestructible.

Ms. Franklin’s respect lasts for two minutes and 28 seconds. That’s all — basically a round of boxing. Nothing that’s over so soon should give you that much strength. But that was Aretha Franklin: a quick trip to the emotional gym. Obviously, she was far more than that. We’re never going to have an artist with a career as long, absurdly bountiful, nourishing and constantly surprising as hers. We’re unlikely to see another superstar as abundantly steeped in real self-confidence — at so many different stages of life, in as many musical genres.

That self-confidence wasn’t evident only in the purses and perms and headdresses and floor-length furs; the buckets and buckets of great recordings; the famous demand that she always be paid before a show, in cash; or the Queen of Soul business — the stuff that keeps her monotonously synonymous with “diva.” It was there in whatever kept her from stopping and continuing to knock us dead. To paraphrase one of Ms. Franklin’s many (many) musical progeny: She slayed. “Respect” became an anthem for us, because it seemed like an anthem for her.

The song owned the summer of 1967. It arrived amid what must have seemed like never-ending turmoil — race riots, political assassinations, the Vietnam draft. Muhammad Ali had been stripped of his championship title for refusing to serve in the war. So amid all this upheaval comes a singer from Detroit who’d been around most of the decade doing solid gospel R&B work. But there was something about this black woman’s asserting herself that seemed like a call to national arms. It wasn’t a polite song. It was hard. It was deliberate. It was sure. And that all came from Ms. Franklin — her rumbling, twanging, compartmentalized arrangement. It came, of course, from her singing.

Because lots of major pop stars now have great, big voices, maybe it’s easy to forget that most Americans had never heard anything quite as dependably great and shockingly big as Ms. Franklin’s. The reason we have watched “Showtime at the Apollo” or “American Idol” or “The Voice” is out of some desperate hope that somebody walks out there and sounds like Aretha. She established a standard for artistic vocal excellence, and it will outlast us all.

She, along with Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Tina Turner and Patti LaBelle, changed where the stress fell in popular singing. Now you could glean a story from lyrics but also hear it in the tone of the singer’s voice — agony, ecstasy and everything beyond and in between. Roots, soil, pavement on one hand, the stratosphere on the other.

I know. That does just sound like the art of singing. But when gospel left the church and entered the body — the black body — we called that soul. And a good soul artist could make singing for sex sound like she was singing for God. They call that secular music. But it just repositioned whatelse could be holy. Almost nobody — and even then, maybe just Ray Charles — did as much toggling between and conflating of the religious and the randy with as much sincere athletic imagination and humor andswagger as Ms. Franklin.

“Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business),” the hit from 1967 that she co-wrote, never fails to chill, arouse and amuse. Ms. Franklin performs it with a mix of exasperation and smoldering anticipation. That song’s never sounded better or more theatrical than it does on “Aretha Live at Fillmore West,” from 1971. Its structural brilliance is that there’s no robust chorus or melody, just Ms. Franklin, her piano, a blues groove and her mood. She wants a friend to get going so she can have sex with her man. But who’s been shown the door with this much flair?

The song starts, “I don’t want nobody always sitting around me and my man.” You could bake a pie in the pause between “nobody” and “always.” And when she gets to “sitting,” she takes a deep, five-second drag on the “s” so that it sounds less like a consonant and more like a lit fuse. The remaining six and a half minutes put you in exhilarated suspense over when her top’s gonna blow.

There are so many things to love about this performance: its sexiness, its playfulness, its resolve, all the space in the arrangement for Ms. Franklin’s singing to stay low until it takes off high, the way that once she finally connects with Dr. Feelgood himself, the crowd audibly connects with the song or, really, just more deeply connects, since people had been shouting stuff like, “Sing it, Aretha!” between her pauses. You can feel in that moment the hold Ms. Franklin had over anybody who ever saw — or heard — her sing. She worked with bottomless reserves of swagger.

We tend not to think of Ms. Franklin that way — as an artist of bravado and nerve and daring, as a woman with swagger. We tend not to think of her this way even though nearly every song she sang brimmed over with it. (She sang about taking care of business — the old “tcb” — and, consequently, having her business taken care of, as much as she sang about respect.) Swagger we left to the Elvis Presleys and James Browns and Mick Jaggers. But “swagger” is the only word for, say, her approach to the music of other artists.

It didn’t matter whether it was a Negro spiritual or something by the Beatles. It was all wet clay to her. The Supremes, Frank Sinatra, Leonard Cohen, Adele, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, ? and the Mysterians, C & C Music Factory: She oversaw more gut renovations than a general contractor. In 1979, she took the occasion of B.B. King’s “The Thrill Is Gone” to allow her backing singer to exclaim that she (and they) were “free at last.” Toward the end of her funked-up, very fun version of Sam & Dave’s “Hold On, I’m Comin’,” from the 1981 album “Love All the Hurt Away,” she tossed in some “beep-beeps” and a couple of lines from “Little Jack Horner” because she knew she could make it work.

If good soul music is like good barbecue — slow cooked, falls off the bone — by the 1980s, she’d become a pit master, yelping and barking and wailing, but also talking in songs, sermonizing. You know the char and gristle, the bits of sugar and salt and fat on, say, a perfectly done slab of ribs? Most of this woman’s songs were blackened that way. Yet if Ms. Franklin told you she was going to take a classic R&B song and throw in a little nursery rhyme, you’d be nervous. Did 1986 really need a cover of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash?” Probably not. But she did it anyway — and robustly — and threw in a “hallelujah” while she was at it.

But, by that point, Ms. Franklin seemed well on her way to becoming somebody who might have relished the culture’s doubt. She loved music too much to be vestigial or nostalgic or relegated. She wanted — you know, what she wanted. And eventually respect was tricky to come by. I, at least, remember sitting on my bed watching the 1998 Grammys and hearing that she’d be filling in for Luciano Pavarotti and rolling my eyes. Ms. Franklin knew. She went out there, sang some Puccini, and left the nation in shock.The Queen of Opera, too?

Is it possible that despite the milestones and piles of Grammys (the now-defunct female R&B vocal performance category seemed invented just for her; she won the first eight), despite famously having been crowned the greatest singer of all time in a vast Rolling Stone survey, despite being Aretha Franklin, the Greatest was also rather underrated — as a piano player, as an arranger (who had a greater imagination when it came to coloring a song with backing singers), as an album artist? Despite the world’s bereavement over her death, despite her having been less a household name and more a spiritual resident of our actual home, despite giving us soundtracks for loneliness, for lovemaking, for joy, for church, cookouts and bars, despite the induction ceremonies, medals and honorary degrees, despite her having been the only Aretha most of us have ever heard of, is it possible that we’ve taken her for granted, that in failing to make her president, a saint or her own country, we still might not have paid her enough respect? Just a little bit.

Phroyd

#franklin #aretha

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reflectivve · 6 years ago

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dannyseegs · 6 years ago

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My highly personal 100 favorite albums of all time, corresponding in no way to bestowed “greatness”, only what I love and has moved me.

Puberty 2, Mitski, 2016

Lemonade, Beyonce, 2016

Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend, 2013

Channel Orange, Frank Ocean, 2012

Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel…, 2012

Congratulations, MGMT, 2010

The Suburbs, Arcade Fire, 2010

Causers of This, Toro Y Moi, 2010

Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes, 2008

Wincing The Night Away, The Shins, 2007

Donuts, J Dilla, 2006

Cold Roses, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, 2005

Funeral, Arcade Fire, 2004

Give Up, The Postal Service, 2003

You Are Free, Cat Power, 2003

The Black Album, Jay-Z, 2003

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco, 2002

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill, 1998

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel, 1998

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams,1998

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Pavement, 1994

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan, 1993

Living with the Law, Chris Whitley, 1991

Heaven or Las Vegas, Cocteau Twins, 1990

3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul, 1989

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back, Public Enemy, 1988

Sign O the Times, Prince, 1987

Pleased to Meet Me, The Replacements, 1987

Graceland, Paul Simon, 1986

License to Ill, Beastie Boys, 1986

Raising Hell, Run-D.M.C., 1986

Rain Dogs, Tom Waits, 1985

Rum Sodomy & the Lash, The Pogues, 1985

Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes, 1983

Murmur, REM, 1983

Avalon, Roxy Music, 1982

1999, Prince, 1982

The Golden Age of Wireless, Thomas Dolby, 1982

Controversy, Prince, 1981

Niteclubbing, Grace Jones, 1981

The Electric Spanking of War Babies, Funkadelic, 1981

Sandinista, The Clash, 1980

Hawks & Doves, Neil Young, 1980

Remain in Light, Talking Heads, 1980

Sound Affects, The Jam, 1980

Gaucho, Steely Dan, 1980

Get Happy!, Elvis Costello, 1980

London Calling, The Clash, 1979

Armed Forces, Elvis Costello, 1979

Metal Box, Public Image Ltd, 1979

Entertainment!, Gang of Four, 1979

The Pretenders, The Pretenders, 1979

The Specials, The Specials, 1979

Squeezing Out Sparks, Graham Parker and the Rumour, 1979

Damn the Torpedoes, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1979

Here, My Dear, Marvin Gaye, 1978

The Belle Album, Al Green, 1977

Marquee Moon, Television, 1977

Low, David Bowie, 1977

Trans-Europe Express, Kraftwerk, 1977

Dancing in Your Head, Ornette Coleman, 1977

Heavy Weather, Weather Report, 1977

Desire, Bob Dylan, 1976

Destroyer, Kiss, 1976

Station to Station, David Bowie, 1976

I Want You, Marvin Gaye, 1976

Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder, 1976

Another Green World, Brian Eno, 1975

On The Beach, Neil Young, 1974

Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell, 1974

Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin, 1973

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John, 1973

There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, Paul Simon, 1973

Quadrophenia, The Who, 1973

Innervisions, Stevie Wonder, 1973

Transformer, Lou Reed, 1972

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie, 1972

Exile on Main St., Rolling Stones, 1972

Will the Circle be Unbroken, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1972

World Galaxy, Alice Coltrane, 1972

What’s Goin’ On, Marvin Gaye, 1971

Ram, Paul and Linda McCartney, 1971

Blue, Joni Mitchell, 1971

Spirit in the Dark, Aretha Franklin, 1970

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Derek and the Dominos, 1970

John Barleycorn Must Die, Traffic, 1970

Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks, 1969

Live at Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash, 1968

The Inflated Tear, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, 1968

The Who Sell Out, The Who, 1967

Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles, 1967

The Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground, 1967

Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys, 1966

Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan, 1965

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, Charles Mingus, 1964

Solo Monk, Thelonius Monk, 1965

Money Jungle, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, 1963

Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First, Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie Orchestra, 1962

Kind of Blue, Miles Davis, 1959

#100 favorite #best albums of all time #top 100 list

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Songs.

30 Seconds To Mars The Kill (Burry Me)

99 Souls The Girl Is Mine (ft. Destiny’s Child)

ABBA Lay All Your Love On Me

Adam Lambert Fever If I Had You

Adele Chasing Pavements Rolling In The Deep Send My Love Someone Like You When We Were Young

A-ha Take On Me

Akon Don’t Matter I Wanna Love You (ft. Snoop Dogg)

Alicia Keys If I Ain’t Got You No One

All Angels The Scientist

Ana Carolina É Isso Aí (ft. Seu Jorge)

Angus & Julia Stone A Heartbreak Big Jet Plane Big Jet Plane (Acoustic) Draw Your Swords Just A Boy Paper Aeroplane Yellow Brick Road

A Perfect Circle Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums

Arctic Monkeys 505 Brianstorm Do I Wanna Know? Fluorescent Adolescent I Wanna Be Yours One For The Road R U Mine? Stop The World Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?

Aretha Franklin Say A Little Prayer

Ariana & The Rose In Your Bed (Kevin Drew Remix)

Ariana Grande Almost Is Never Enough Bad Decisions Be Alright Be My Baby Best Mistake Dangerous Woman Everyday (ft. Future) Greedy Into You Jason’s Song (Gave It Away) One Last Time Right There (ft. Big Sean) Side To Side Sometimes

Athlete Rubik’s Cube

Austin Manuel I Just Want You To Love Me

Backstreet Boys If You Want It To Be Good Girl (Get Yourself A Bad Boy) I Want It That Way

Banks Drowning

Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love More Than A Woman Too Much Heaven Tragedy

Ben E. King Stand By Me

Beyoncé 7/11 Baby Boy (ft. Sean Paul) Best Thing I Never Had Blow Countdown Drunk In Love Ego Formation Hold Up Love On Top Partition Sandcastles Sorry

Biel Demorô

Black Keys Howlin’ For You

Blue Öyster Cult Burnin’ For You (Don’t Fear) The Reaper

BoA Eat You Up

B.o.B So Good

Bon Iver Creature Fear Perth

Bonnie Raitt Can’t Make You Love Me

Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Breaking Benjamin I Will Not Bow

Bright Eyes First Day Of My Life

Britney Spears 3

Bruce Springsteen Dancing In The Dark

Bruno Mars 24k Magic Calling All My Lovelies Chunky Gorilla (ft. Pharell Williams and R.Kelly) Locked Out Of Heaven Talking To The Moon That’s What I Like Treasure When I Was Your Man

Bryan Adams Heaven

Calvin Harris Feels (ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean) This Is What You Came For (ft. Rihanna)

Camila Cabello Havana (ft. Young Thug)

Captain & Tennille Love Will Keep Us Together

Carly Rae Jepsen Run Away With Me Your Type

Cary Brothers Loneliest Girl In The World

Cash Cash Overtime

Charlie Brown Jr. Me Encontra

Charlie Puth Attention How Long Marvin Gaye (ft. Meghan Trainor)

Charli XCX Boys

Cheat Codes Let Me Hold You

Chet Baker My Funny Valentine

Chris Brown Liquor Show Me (ft. Kid Ink) Strip Take You Down

Christina Grimmie Must Be Love

Christina Perri distance

Chromeo Come Alive (ft. Toro Y Moi)

Ciara Body Party

City And Colour The Girl

Claudinho & Bochecha Fico Assim Sem Você Quero Te Encontrar

Clean Bandit Tears (ft. Louisa Johnson)

Coldplay Charlie Brown Hymn For The Weekend (ft. Beyoncé) Swallowed In The Sea Violet Hills Viva La Vida

Colbie Caillat Bubbly

Counting Crows Accidentally In Love

Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Time After Time

Daft Punk Around The World Digital Love Harder Better Faster Stronger Lose Yourself To Dance One More Time Something About Us Technologic

Damien Rice 9 Crimes Delicate Rootless Tree The Blower’s Daughter

Danni Carlos Coisas Que Eu Sei

Daughter Landfill Medicine Run Touch

David Guetta Bad (ft. Vassy)

Dawin Dessert (ft. Silento)

Demi Lovato Sorry Not Sorry Stone Cold

Destiny’s Child Bills, Bills, Bills Bootylicious Independent Women Say My Name

Disclosure Latch (ft. Sam Smith)

DJ Snake Leon On (ft. MØ and Major Lazer) Middle

DNCE Cake By The Ocean

Drake Fake Love Hold On We’re Going Home How About Now Marvin’s Room One Dance Passionfruit Too Good (ft. Rihanna)

Dua Lipa New Rules

Duke Dumont Ocean Drive

Earth, Wind & Fire After The Love Has Gone Boogie Wonderland Fantasy Let’s Groove September

Eden Project drowning.

Ed Sheeran Cold Coffee Drunk Give Me Love Grade 8 I’m A Mess Kiss Me Little Bird One Night She Small Bump U.N.I The Man Wake Me Up

Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do On My Mind

Elvis Presley Can’t Help Falling In Love Suspicious Minds (You’re The) Devil In Disguise

Erasure A Little Respect

Escape The Fate Zombie Dance

Etha Franklin At Last

Evanescence My Immortal

Fetty Wap 679 (ft. Remy Boyz) Again My Way (ft. Monty) Trap Queen

Fifth Harmony All In My Head (Flex) (ft. Fetty Wap)

Flight Facilities Crave You Crave You (Adventure Club Remix)

Florence + The Machine Cosmic Love Caught Drumming Song Never Let Me Go Seven Devils

Flo Rida I Cry

Francoise Hardy Voila

Frank Sinatra Fly Me To The Moon If I Had You Moon River

Gabrielle Aplin Home Please Don’t Say You Love Me Start Of Time

G-Eazy F**k With U (ft. Pia Mia) Lady Killers (ft. Hoodie Allen)

George Martin Pepperland - Remastered

Gilberto Girl Vamos Fugir (Gimme Your Love)

Glen Hansard All The Way Down Falling Slowly Lies Say It To Me Now

Grayscale Palette

Gym Class Heroes Cupid’s Chokehold

Halsey Gasoline

Hozier Someone New Take Me To Church

Hudson Thames How I Want Ya

Hurts Illuminated Somebody To Die For Stay Unspoken

Ingrid Michaelson Can’t Help Falling In Love You And I

Iron & Wine Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Israel Novaes Vem Ni Mim Dodge Ram

Ivete Sangalo Quando A Chuva Passar Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim

James Blunt You’re Beautiful

Jammil Praieiro

Jeff Buckley Hallelujah

Jeremih oui

João Bosco E Vinícius Chora Me Liga

Joe Walsh Turn To Stone

John Mayer Free Fallin’ Gravity Slow Dancing In A Burning Room

Johnny Cash Hurt

JoJo Beautiful Girls

Jon Secada If I Never Knew You (ft. Shanice)

Jordan Fisher All About Us

Jorge Vercilo Que Nem Maré

Jota Quest Blecaute (ft. Anitta and Nite Rodgers)

Justin Timberlake My Love (ft. T.I) Summer Love

Kanye West Bound 2 Power

Kate Nash Nicest Thing

Katy Perry Birthday

Kendrick Lamar DNA King Kunta Loyalty (ft. Rihanna) Poetic Justice (ft. Drake)

Kid Abelha Como Eu Quero

Kina Grannis Valentine

Kings Of Leon Pyro Sex On Fire

Kodaline All I Want

Kyle Edwards Starboy (Harder Better Faster Stronger Jersey Club)

Labrinth Jealous

Lady Gaga Bad Romance Do What U Want (ft. R.Kelly) Edge Of Glory G.U.Y Just Dance Marry The Night Million Reasons Monster Perfect Illusion Speechless The Cure You & I

Lana Del Rey Born To Die Dark Paradise Freak High By The Beach Love Religion Ridin’ (ft. A$AP Rocky) Sad Girl Serial Killer Video Games West Coast Young And Beautiful

Lauren Aquilina Wonder

Leonard Cohen Hallelujah

Leona Lewis Bleeding Love

Lil Dicky Lemme Freak

Lil Wayne 6 Foot 7 Foot

Linda Ronstadt I Will Always Love You

Lionel Richie Just Go (ft. Akon)

Lissie Everywhere I Go

Little Big Town Girl Crush

Los Hermanos Anna Julia

LS Jack Ô Carla

Lulu Santos Como Uma Onda Sereia

Lykke Li I Follow Rivers Until We Bleed

M83 My Tears Are Becoming A Sea

Madonna Material Girl

Maiara & Maraisa Medo Bobo

Mariah Carey #Beautiful (ft. Miguel) Emotions Obsessed Touch My Body We Belong Together

Marianas Trench Haven’t Had Enough

Marina & The Diamonds How To Be A Heartbreaker Oh No! Primadonna Teen Idle

Marisa Monte Depois

Maroon 5 Feelings Makes Me Wonder Stutter What Lovers Do

Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing

Maskavo Um Anjo Do Céu

Matthew Perryman Jones Only You

MC G15 Deu Onda

MC Leozinho Se Ela Dança, Eu Danço

MC Marcinho Glamurosa

Michael Sembello Maniac

Miguel Adorn coffee Simple Things Sure Thing

Mike Posner Cooler Than Me I Took A Pill In Ibiza Looks Like Sex

Miley Cyrus 23 (ft. Mike Will Made It, Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J) Wrecking Ball

MKTO Classic

MØ Fire Rides - Night Version

Mumford And Sons Little Lion Man Sigh No More White Blank Page

Muse Neutron Star Collision Plug In Baby Resistance Starlight Supermassive Black Hole Undisclosed Desires

My Chemical Romance Helena (So Long & Goodnight) I Don’t Love You The Light Behind Your Eyes

Natalie La Rose Somebody (ft. Jeremih)

Natiruts Me Namora

Nelly Dilemma (ft. Kelly Rowland)

Neon Trees Animal Everybody Talks Mad Love

Ne-yo Closer

NF Got You On My Mind

Niall Horan Slow Hands

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds O Children

Nick Jonas Jealous Teacher Wilderness

Nigahiga Bromance (ft. Chester See) Nice Guys (ft. Chester See and KevJumba)

Ninja Sex Party FYI I Wanna F Your A Peppermint Creams Sex Training The Decision

Oasis Wonderwall

Olivver The Kid Attica ‘71

Olly Murs Dance With Me Tonight Kiss Me

Omarion Post To Be (ft. Chris Brown and Jhené Aiko)

One Direction Fireproof Happily Night Changes No Control Perfect Stockholm Sydrome Strong You & I

Outkast Hey Ya!

Panic! At The Disco Death Of A Bachelor Nine In The Afternoon

Papas Da Língua Eu Sei

Paramore Ain’t It Fun Misery Business Still Into You

Passanger Let Her Go

Paula Fernandes Não Precisa (ft. Victor e Leo)

P.Diddy Last Night (ft. Keyshia Cole)

Pentatonix Can’t Sleep Love Fantasy I Need Your Love La La Latch Love Again Natural Disaster

Pink F*cking Perfect Please Don’t Leave Me Sober So What Who Knew

Player Baby Come Back

Post Malone Rockstar

Psirico Lepo Lepo

R5 Dark Side

Rae Sremmurd Black Beatles

Raleigh Ritchie Bloodsport

Redfoo New Thang

Rich Homie Quan Flex (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

Richie Campbell Do You No Wrong

Rihanna Can’t Remember To Forget You (ft. Shakira) Don’t Stop The Music FourFiveSeconds (ft. Kanye West and Paul McCartney) Love On The Brain Needed Me Russian Roulette Te Amo Unfaithful Where Have You Been Wild Thoughts (ft. DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller)

Rise Against Savior

Roberta Campos Minha Felicidade

Robin Thicke Get Her Back

Robot Koch Nitesky (ft. John Lamonica)

Ryan Adams Wonderwall

Sam Smith Nirvana Palace

Sarah Jaffe Clementine

Scorpions Rock You Like A Hurricane

Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox Stacy’s Mom

Scouting For Girls Heartbeat

Seal Kiss From A Rose

Selena Gomez Bad Liar Fetish (ft. Gucci Mane) Good For You Hands To Myself Perfect Wolves (ft. Marshmellow)

Seu Jorge Carolina Mina Do Condomínio

Shania Twain From This Moment On Man! I Feel Like A Woman You’re Still The One

Shawn Mendes There’s Nothing Holding Me Back

Shura Touch (Canvas Remix)

Sia Cheap Thrills Elastic Heart

Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water

Skank Ainda Gosto Dela Tão Seu Vamos Fugir Vou Deixar

Sleeping At Last As Long As You Love Me Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Venus

Snoop Dogg Sensual Seduction

Stevie Nicks Edge Of Seventeen

Stevie Wonder Isn’t She Lovely

Story Of The Year Until The Day I Die

Talking Heads Psycho Killers

Taylor Swift Blank Space Love Story Safe And Sound (ft. The Civil Wars) Style Wildest Dreams

Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World

The 1975 Chocolate FallingForYou Somebody Else UGH! The Sound

The Archies Sugar, Sugar

The Barr Brothers May 4th

The Bird And The Bee How Deep Is Your Love

The Black Eyed Peas Meet Me Halfway

The Black Keys Howlin’ For You

The Beach Boys Good Vibrations Wouldn’t It Be Nice

The Beatles Hey Jude Yesterday

The Black Eyed Peas Meet Me Halfway

The Cataracs Ready 4 The Weekend (ft. Icona Pop)

The Civil Wars Poison And Wine

The Cure Boys Don’t Cry

The Glitch Mob Between Two Points (ft. Swan)

The Irrepressibles In This Shirt

The Jackson 5 I Want You Back

The Killers Human Somebody Told Me When You Were Young

The Last Shadow Puppets Miracle Aligner

The Lonely Island 3-Way (The Golden Rule) I’m So Humble (ft. Adam Levine) Jizz In My Pants Spring Break Anthem

The Maine I Must Be Dreaming Into Your Arms

The Middle East Blood

The Neighbourhood Daddy Issues #icanteven (ft. French Montana)

The Platters Only You (And You Alone)

The Police Every Breath You Take Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Roxanne

The Pretty Reckless You Zombie

The Script Breakeven

The Turtles Happy Together

The Weeknd Acquainted A Lonely Night Earned It I Feel It Coming Often Or Nah (Stwo Remix) Starboy The Hills Wicked Games

The White Strips Seven Nation Army

The Zombies Time Of The Season

T.I Whatever You Like

Tim Maia Descobridor Dos Sete Mares Gostava Tanto De Você Não Quero Dinheiro (Só Quero Amar)

Tinashe Superlove Quit You (ft. Lost Kings)

Tom Odell Can’t Pretend

Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart

Toto Africa

Tove Lo Cool Girl

Tribalistas Aliança Já Sei Namorar Velha Infância

Troye Sivan Fools for him. Wild (ft. Alessia Cara)

U2 One (ft. Mary J Blidge)

Usher DJ Got Us Fallin In Love Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home) U Remind Me

Van Halen Why Can’t This Be Love

Vinicius Cantuária Só Você

Wesley Safadão Aquele 1% (ft. Marcos & Belutti) Camarote

What So Not Jaguar

Whitney Houston I Have Nothing I Wanna Dance With Somebody I Will Always Love You

xxyyxx About You

War Why Can’t We Be Friends

Yvonne Elliman If I Can’t Have You

Zara Larsson Ain’t My Fault I Would Like So Good

Zella Day Hypnotic (Vanic Remix)

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chonkychungus · 6 years ago

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ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪: what are your favorite band(s)/artist(s)?

My musical tastes cover a broad spectrum of genre. *deep breath*

Sam Cooke

N.W.A.

George Strait

Public Enemy No 1

Blondie

Avril Lavigne (guilty pleasure)

David Gilmour

The Cars

Velvet Underground

Three Doors Down

Don McLean

Robert Palmer

Huey Lewis and the News

Aretha Franklin

Matchbox 20

311

Ella Fitzgerald

Satchmo

Sugar Ray

Mouse Rat ;*)

Grand Funk Railroad

Supertramp

Steve Miller Band

Alien Ant Farm

Judas Priest

Buddy Holly

Peter Gabriel

Three Dog Night

Sublime

Wham!

George Michael

Abba

Eddie Money

Seline Dion (guilty pleasure)

Otis Redding

George Harrison

Billy Joel

Bing Crosby

Heart

Lionel Richie

Kenny Loggins

Frank Sinatra

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Mars Voltra

Led Zeppelin

Bad Company

Queen

AC/DC

Neil Diamond

Pink Floyd

Barenaked Ladies

Third Eye Blind

The Drifters

Dion

America

Patsty Cline

Talking Heads

The Clash

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

Wu Tang

Eagles

Fleetwood Mac

The Beatles

The Kinks

The Guess Who

Peter Tosh

The Cure

The Rolling Stones

Everclear

Marky Mark (guilty pleasure)

Roy Orbinson

Glen Miller Band

The Beach Boys

The Grateful Dead

Garth Brooks

Lou Reed

Anthrax

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Ink Spots

Bob Marley

Tom Petty

Spin Doctors

Prince

UB40

I’ll stop there, but I’m sure I’ve missed just as plenty.

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elceeu2morrow · 7 years ago

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By Mark SavageBBC Music reporter 15 Sept 2017

Whatever you do, don't ask Niall Horan about One Direction's concert debut.

"I never want to talk about that gig again," grimaces the star. "Worst night of my life. The worst One Direction show ever."

The band were less than a year old when they played the Watford Colosseum in December 2011. They'd just hit number one with What Makes You Beautiful but, despite weeks of live performance on the X Factor, they weren't quite prepared for the rigors of a full show.

"We've refused to talk about it ever since," says the 24-year-old. "It was a disaster. We were just a joke.

"Anything we rehearsed just went out the window. It was our first ever gig and we just didn't know what the [expletive] was going on."

Contrary to his memory, the show got a four star review in the Watford Observer, which praised the "tightness of the vocals"; and fan-shot footage captures a likeable, if ramshackle, trot through the band's first album.

"Yeah, there was a charm," admits Horan. "But the second gig was better."

Of course, One Direction went on to sell out stadiums around the world - but with the band on hiatus, Horan is back in smaller venues again, giving fans a preview of his acoustically-led debut album in a series of intimate gigs in the UK, US, Japan, Australia, Mexico and Europe.

"It's brilliant, especially with the type of music I'm doing," he says. "You feel like you're in someone's living room.

"With One Direction, we were doing five or six kilometres a night, running around the stage like lunatics.

"There's none of that now. I'll probably put on a bit of weight, standing still and playing guitar all the time!"

So far, the singer has released two solo singles - the folky coming-of-age tale This Town and the slyly funky Slow Hands - both of which highlight Horan's handsomely husky voice.

Crucially, they've made an impression outside One Direction's core fanbase. Slow Hands, in particular, stealthily became one of the songs of the summer.

"It's been out 15 or 16 weeks now and it's still creeping up the chart," says Horan when we meet in late August. "It's the fourth most-played song on US radio this week, which is just a joke."

It's a world away from One Direction's chart performance, where songs would typically make a strong debut then nosedive out of the Top 10.

"I think it's just the way streaming is these days," says Horan. "Before, you'd release a song and you'd know by the end of the week if it was going to be number one or not. Now, you have a chance to get a bit of longevity.

"I think it's much better. It gives people time to live with the tunes."

Monkey trouble

Horan was born in 1993 in the small Irish town of Mullingar. His mum soldered pewter, the town's main export, and his dad worked at the butcher's counter in Tesco.

His parents divorced when he was five and, after a period of shuttling between households, Horan moved in with his father.

With his dad working nights, he often had to do his own washing, ironing and cooking. In the mornings, he'd wake himself up and walk a mile-and-a-half to school.

Everything changed when he auditioned for the X Factor in 2010, at the age of 16. Dressed in a lumberjack shirt and brimming confidence ("I've been compared to Justin Bieber, and it's not a bad comparison"), he belted out a wobbly version of Ne-Yo's So Sick.

Despite negative comments from the judges, he squeaked through to the next round and was eventually incorporated into One Direction.

"After the first audition, I packed up everything in my life in a bag," he wrote in One Direction's book, Who We Are.

"I didn't realise at the time that, when I was stuffing clothes into the little suitcase, that was pretty much me leaving home for good."

For the next five years he was locked in a yearly cycle of recording, promoting and touring albums. At the BBC Music Awards in 2015, Horan confessed he'd only spent four nights in his own bed that year.

So by the time One Direction went on hiatus that December, he was more than ready for a break.

"I didn't really want to do anything at all," he says. "In my head, it was like, 'Jesus Christ, this is going to be brilliant, I can actually not work for a while'".

He booked an extended, open-ended holiday, backpacking with friends around South East Asia and hanging out in the Caribbean.

"I swear to God, I had no plan at all," he says. "I just wanted to get out and see the world from a different angle."

Along the way, he swam with sharks in the Bahamas ("they feel like sandpaper") and got into some typical tourist scrapes ("a monkey stole my wallet").

But then, unexpectedly, he got bored.

"It was a bit of a shock to the system," he admits. "I was sitting at home watching Jeremy Kyle every day and I was like, 'Get me out of here!'

"I just wanted to get back in the studio and write in some shape or form."

After revisiting the music of his childhood - Don Henley, Damien Rice, The Eagles - he's already written some basic ideas "on the backs of trucks and sitting on trains" in Asia.

The plan was to give them away to other artists, but then his manager heard This Town.

"He rang me and said, 'What are you doing? You need to make an album!'"

Encouraged, Horan signed a deal with legendary US label Capitol Records, much to the dismay of Simon Cowell, who publicly suggested the One Direction star had been "disloyal" by leaving his own company, Syco.

"Ah, listen, Simon's Simon," says Horan, equitably.

"Fair enough, at the time he might have been upset about it but do you know what? I sure he's walked straight over that bridge since and he's fine with it.

"He's a great guy and he's made our lives possible - so I'm forever grateful to him.

"I love Simon and he loves me... secretly."

Horan was convinced to leave Syco by Steve Barnett, a music executive who'd played a key role in launching One Direction in the US, and became the CEO of Capitol Records in 2012.

Their relationship and Capitol's heritage of nurturing singer-songwriters proved to be an unbeatable combination.

"When I signed, Steve showed me around the building," Horan recalls excitedly. "They've got all the original tapes of every Beach Boys song, every Frank Sinatra song, every Beatles song.

"You're walking down the corridor looking at all the pictures on the wall and it's incomprehensible, the artists that have gone through them halls down there."

For his own album, he's worked with music industry heavyweights Don Was (The Rolling Stones) and Tobias Jesso Jr (Adele), while seeking out new talent like country star Maren Morris, who appears on the soaring duet Seeing Blind - tentatively pencilled in as his fourth single.

Before that comes Too Much To Ask, which is out on Friday.

A delicate heartbreak ballad, it's bound to get gossip columnists dredging up Horan's ex-girlfriends Ellie Goulding and Selena Gomez - but, sipping a Starbucks in his plush hotel room, he doesn't seem too concerned about that side of fame. He just wants people to hear the record.

"I would obviously like it to go to number one, that would be the dream," he says. "But it is what it is.

"If it's getting a lot love and jumps in at number two or number three, I don't mind."

Too Much To Ask is out now. Niall Horan's debut album will be out later this year.

#what a great article #solo niall #tmta promo #9.14.17 #bbc news #the part about simon and capitol

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aleatoryalarmalligator · 7 years ago

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3 Songs you Really Like..

if you are reading this, most likely you have been asked (sometimes multiple times on different accounts if you are the possessor of more than one), about three favorite songs. I think about 20-30% of users chose not to respond, but unless i recently added you, or you recently added me in the last week (and a few of you even here were not so lucky) you probably got this message. I just wanted to explain that this list of songs is insanely long. It’s like fifty pages or so of songs on my word program, so i am not going to post it online in this way as i told some people i was going to, or thought myself that i might at one time. I don’t even know if tumblr would allow me to do that, and it just seems a little crazy. I might break it down somewhat into sections. I mean, since on my computer i have it alphabetized. I started listening to the songs, and i might post my assessment of each artist/band and the songs i heard by them, but if anyone has any creative ways they think i should break down this list to publish on tumblr, feel free to let me know. I will say that from what i can tell, the most popular musicians were...

Amy Winehouse

Ariel Pink

Bauhaus

Beach House

The Beatles

Billie Holiday

Bjork

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Chelsea Wolfe

The Clash

Cocteau Twins

Coil

Crystal Castles

The Cure

David Bowie

Death Grips

Depeche Mode

The Doors

Ella Fitzgerald

Fabrizio De Andre

Fleetwood Mac

Frank Ocean

Frank Sinatra

Gorillaz

Grimes

Hole

Iggy Pop

Jimi Hendrix

Joanna Newsom

John Maus

Johnny Cash

Joni Mitchell

Joy Division

Kate Bush

Kendrick Lamar

The Kinks

Lana Del Rey

Led Zeppelin

Leonard Cohen

Lou Reed

Massive Attack

Mazzy Star

Melanie Martinez

Miles Davis

The Misfits

Modest Mouse

Morrissey

My Bloody Valentine

The National

Neil Young

Neutral Milk Hotel

New Order

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Nick Drake

Nicole Dollanganger

Nina Simone

Nine Inch Nails

Nirvana

of Montreal

PJ Harvey

Pink Floyd

Pixies

Placebo

Prince

Queen

Queens of the Stone Age

Radiohead

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Rolling Stones

Sade

Simon & Garfunkel

Siouxsie & the Banshees

Slowdive

Smashing Pumpkins

The Smiths

Sonic Youth

St. Vincent

Steely Dan

Stereolab

Sufjan Stevens

Swans

Talking Heads

Tame Impala

Tom Waits

Tool

Toto

Townes Van Zandt

Vashti Bunyan

The Velvet Underground

Ween

The White Stripes

Willow

Wire

And the most popular songs were ....

A-ha – Take On Me

The Animals – House of the Rising Son

Aphex Twin – Fingerbib

Ariel Pink – Another Weekend

Ariel Pink – Baby

Bauhaus – All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

The Beach Boys – God Only Knows

The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows

Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit

Black Sabbath – War Pigs

Blue Oyster Cult – Don't Fear the Reaper

Bob Dylan – A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Bob Dylan – Idiot Wind

Boy Harsher – Pain

Can – Vitamin C

Cocteau Twins – Beatrix

The Cure – A Forest

The Cure – Just Like Heaven

Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time

David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes

David Bowie – Five Years

David Bowie – Heroes

David Bowie – Life On Mars

David Bowie – Moonage Daydream

David Bowie – Rock n' Roll Suicide

David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World

Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence

Devendra Banhart – Rats

Dolly Parton – Jolene

The Doors – Riders On the Storm

The Doors – The End

Duran Duran – The Chauffeur

Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon

Frank Ocean – Self Control

Funkadelic – Can't You Get to That

Glass Animals – Toes

Have a Nice Life – Bloodhail

Iggy Pop – The Passenger

Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit

Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower

Joanna Newsom – Good Intentions Paving Company

Johnny Cash – Hurt

Joy Division – Atmosphere

Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart

Kali Uchis – Tyrant

Kanye West – Runaway

Kate Bush – Cloudbusting

Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill

Kate Bush – Suspended in Gaffa

Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights

Kero Kero Bonito – Flamingo

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man

The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset

Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven

Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat

Leonard Cohen – Suzanne

Lou Reed – Perfect Day

Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy

Mazzy Star – Fade Into You

My Bloody Valentine – Cupid Come

Neil Young – Harvest Moon

New Order – Ceremony

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Into My Arms

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Opium Tea

Nick Drake – Pink Moon

Nicole Dollenganger – You're So Cool

Nine Inch Nails – Closer

Nirvana – You Know You're Right

Pink Floyd – Brain Damage

Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd – Echoes

Pink Floyd – Shine On Your Crazy Diamonds

Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

Pixies – Where Is My Mind

Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen – Dragon Attack

Radiohead – Reckoner

The Rolling Stones – Paint it Black

The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For the Devil

Rosie & the Originals – Angel Baby

Roy Orbison – In Dreams

SZA – Drew Barrymore

Sade – It's a Crime

Santo & Johnny – Sleepwalk

Shannon & the Clams – I Will Miss the Jasmine

Simon & Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair

Siouxsie & the Banshees – Spellbound

The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?

The Smiths – I Know It's Over

The Smiths – This Charming Man

Sonic Youth – Kool Thing

The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored

Suburban Lawns – Janitor

Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place

Tame Impala – The Less I Know the Better

Television – Marquee Moon

Tool – The Pot

Toto – Africa

The Velvet Underground – Heroin

The Velvet Underground – I'll Be Your Mirror

The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray

The Velvet Underground – Venus in Furs

Vince Staples – Norf

Why? - Gemini (Birthday Song)

William Onyeabor – Fantastic Man

Willow – Wait a Minute

Anyway i will probably start listening to these songs alphabetically, and i maybe assess how i liked or felt about each one. Thank you to anyone and everyone who participated. I tried to answer everyone, but some messages got buried. I also ended up talking about various other things with people, and that was also kind of interesting.

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