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ROCKOLLECTIONS: ODDS AND ENDS VOLUME 1- PT.1

After all those Flowers & Gardens & things, I thought I’d take a Personal Day.
Just grabbed some Odds & Ends in the form of CD’s and records and brought them in to the station.
I said to myself, let’s really go free-form and see what happens.
I must thank my pal, Mike Hennessy, for the opening song of the day.
He sent it to me, I didn’t even know it existed, and a perfect fit.
Nice pickup Mickster!
Then a song specifically for Odds & Ends.
After that, something that has been nagging me.
That whole Paul McCartney/Heather Mills divorce.
As I say in the show, I think more people are sympathetic to Paul, and regard Heather as something of a gold-digger.
From the getgo, a song jumped out at me that summed up my feelings on the subject.
That led to another similar song, but the 1st one is the one that says it best for me.
It also occurred to me that McCartney has a song from a fairly recent album called From A Lover To A Friend.
Don’t think he’s going to be singing that too much in concert for a while, lol!
But I wanted to play something by Paul, so why not a very overlooked one that nobody plays anymore?
Probably because it is long, and that upsets radio nowadays- gets in the way of the commercials, and the DJ’s mindless chatter.
So a multi-tuned cut, a terrific example of McCartney the Prolific Tunesmith- songs tumbling together as if he couldn’t contain all the melodies in his head. (And the last in the bunch is my favorite!)
Engineer Ken said he hadn’t heard it in years, see if the same applies to you.
More Odds & Ends to follow- including some NEW music!
Mike

Tags: From A Lover To A Friend, Heather Mills, Mike Hennessy, Paul McCartney, Personal Day