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RockRoll360 #169 - When The Revolution Comes ( Part 1 )

 

A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, “a turn around”)
is a fundamental change in power or organizational
structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.
Aristotle described two types of political revolution:

1 ) Complete change from one constitution to another
2 ) Modification of an existing constitution.

Revolutions have occurred through human
history and vary widely in terms of methods,
duration, and motivating ideology.
Their results include major changes in culture,
economy, and socio-political institutions.

You can almost smell it in the air!
And the whole world is watching!

This year with revolution in Egypt, Tunisia & Libya.
And heavy protest in the streets of
England & Greece early this year.
We can’t forget our country of the USA.
The tea party along with Anti-Obama sentiments.
Today’s light protest at Wall Street in
New York and many other American cities with
growing demonstrators protesting against
big business and banks with the CEO’s with
their fat wallets, taking from the middle
class and giving to the rich.

It is going to be an
interesting National Republican race coming up in 2012.

Shades of August of 1968 in Chicago.
You can almost smell it in the air!
And the whole world ( will be ) watching!

The events this year gave me the idea of this show.
Simple enough - Songs about simple protest, into the songs
about REVOLUTION .
Sorry didn’t mean to yell !!! Just wanted you to get
the message. ENJOY AND ROCK ON this themed podcast !

Songs include :::

I LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD   /   TEN YEARS AFTER
CHICAGO - WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD    /    GRAHAM NASH
LAND OF CONFUSION    /    GENESIS
BALL OF CONFUSION      /   TEMPTATIONS
WHEN THE REVOLUTION COMES    /    THE LAST POETS
TALKIN’ BOUT A REVOLUTION    /    TRACY CHAPMAN
REVOLUTION     /    ERIC CLAPTON
THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW    /    STEVE EARLE
REVOLUTIONARY KIND     /    GOMEZ
REVOLUTION      /    THE BEATLES
PROLOGUE, AUGUST 29, 1968     /    CHICAGO
SOMEDAY, AUGUST 29, 1968        /     CHICAGO

Sound bites include :::::::

I am mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore
      / Sound bite from the movie Network
Every revolution begins with one small act
     / Sound bite from TV’s Battlestar Galactica
Revolution, open war, blood in the streets
     / Sound bite from The Man In The Iron Mask

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CSN DEBUT PT.2 END

 

Funny, this show was broadcast on a hot August day, and now today I have been battling a cold, flu or whatever the hell has gotten into me!
I feel like crap, but listening to this debut album by Crosby, Stills & Nash helped.
Side Two is all ready to go.
And I went off on why I like the song Helplessly Hoping so much.
Besides all the alliterations included in it, there is that chorus…oh that chorus!
Brilliant to me, and my breakdown of it just shows what a true romantic I am, lol!
Always loved the song, always will.
There is the rest of the side of course, plus I had time to throw in a bonus track.
So sit back, kick off your shoes and listen to some fabulous harmonies.
I rank them right up there with the Mamas & Papas, Beach Boys and anyone else I can think of.
It’s strange, I put so much work into the Theme shows and sometimes just simply playing an album is so satisfying.
Please do enjoy the sounds.
It’s a sick man’s request, lol!

Mike

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CSN DEBUT PT.1

I broadcast this show this past August- a hot, sticky August day in New York City, after having taken the bus and train to get to the radio station.
The hard candy in my pocket was melting!
It seemed like the kind of day to just play an album all the way through.
Nothing difficult, just take a classic album from 1969, let it spin and talk a little about it.
So that’s what I did with the debut album by Crosby, Stills & Nash.
The LP blew everyone away upon its release and they became superstars.
The Players in our drama:
David Crosby, from the great and still-thriving Byrds;
Stephen Stills, from the great and dissolved Buffalo Springfield;
Graham Nash, feeling stifled with the great and to continue being great Hollies.
And to keep the feeling of playing an album, I have Side One in this chapter.
I’ll flip the album over for the forthcoming Part Two.

Mike

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RockRoll360 #050 - Fresh Air - (Part 1)

 

Ok - Time for a little fun - another special program !

When progressive radio appeared on the airwaves from coast to coast around 1967 throught the early 70’s, it was like a breath of fresh air that filled our mind and spirit with comedy, music and even maintained a strong counterculture reputation. It was a great moment in radio history for the baby boomers.

Let’s make believe we have gone back in time and
we are on a progressive radio time warp. Enjoy the way radio was,
very laid back with great tunes. I have some great moments with some of other
radio stations beside WBCN - Enjoy great progressive radio DJ’s-Scott Muni,
Tom Donohue and Malcolm-Gault Williams.

Music Includes

STRANGE DAYS - THE DOORS
I’M GOING HOME  (LIVE) - TEN YEARS AFTER
MANNISH BOY - MUDDY WATERS
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING - KING CRIMSON
FRESH AIR - QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE
EARLYBIRD - EAGLES
ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN ( Long Version  ) - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
SOUTHBOUND TRAIN - DAVID CROSBY AND GRAHAM NASH
Sound bites include

-Nephew Scott Hervieux WLSO.FM RockRoll360 Intro from North Carolina
-WNEW FM - Scott Muni promotes Woodstock
-My father was a barber - Very Quick Sound Bite from Charles Laquidara
-KSAN- Radio Tom Donohue - A PSA From Tom Donohue OF KSAN
also
-Malcolm Gault Williams on KTYD backannounce and sabotage by Dave Heffner. Dave comes in while he’s on mic with an old KZFM T-shirt. he preceeded Dave at KZFM
broadcasting briefly in 1972. When he worked KZFM in 1974 they were a
mere shadow of the freeform station Jay Harrison has spearheaded in ‘72.
-Mel Brooks promo for Dwayne Glasscock on WBCN

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: FINDING THE LOST PLANET AIRMEN PT.2 END

First off, a hearty welcome to WLSO.FM to Mike Andrade.His show is a lot like mine…but very different, lol!

In truth, I have known him since before his first ever show, and what he does is excellent- plus I have always liked New England.

We both share an anti-radio love for radio!

Give him a break and a listen, as he is doing some real bright things with music and the other things he weaves in on his Rock & Roll 360.

Getting on to Part Two of the Commander, we open with a song and an observation that there is a whole group of people (older mostly) who would have no knowledge of the significance of the title “(Down To) Seeds & Stems Again”.

Like say, my Mom, lol!

It is about a guy having one helluva bad day!

Next, Cody & The Airmen rock up a very old song, one that goes back to the generation I just mentioned, and even further. Followed by Truck Drivin’ Man. And by the way, the Commander is still touring and releasing records.

Then we get joyously politically incorrect, as I LOVE to do, with Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette).

And I am collecting songs for a future show where the singer mentions his own name in them. This is one.

We leave Cody with a number called Too Much Fun.

And the Mike Pell Moment Of Clarity- “Is that POSSIBLE, too much fun? Nah!”

Finally, when I originally did this show, the final episodes of the Sopranos were finally starting to air- so a nod to that phenomenon with a song about a hit man.

I wanted to also play one about a hit woman too- but, alas, no time for it.

Remind me, and I’ll do it sometime. And it is by the unlikely Graham Nash!

Hoping you enjoy this one, even with just seeds and stems.

Mike

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: TRIBUTE/MEMORIAL 2007 PT.1

It is time, a little later this year, for my annual Tribute/Memorial for the artists who passed away in 2007.
They will have a connection to Rock & Roll- however slim that might be- and we will remember some other figures who had a place in our pop culture too.
As is traditional, I’ll start with Graham Nash’s beautiful and melancholy Lost Another One.
A song inspired by his listening to the radio and hearing about George Harrison’s death- knowing that, give a listen to those lyrics.
I will be doing these in a chronological order for the most part. There will be some exceptions, but they will have their reasons.
These people can give no more, and they deserve at least one more play.
As a result, since you can’t control who or when somebody is going to die, I will be all over the musical map even more than usual.
In this opening chapter, we will cover the losses of Sneaky Pete Kleinow, pedal steel player for the Flying Burrito Brothers, actress Yvonne DeCarlo (see what I mean?), Pookie Hudson of the Spaniels, Social Distortion’s Brent Liles, Denny Doherty of the Mamas & Papas and the legendary and influential folkie Eric Von Schmidt.
Enjoy the music, they would want that.

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