Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Online radio sampler highlights CVII

Standout tunes heard today:

KLO (Ogden, UT)
  • Sunshine On My Shoulders-John Denver (The '70s were the best decade for soft rock. There was sincerity and heart in so many lyrics and vocals.)
  • Turn Around, Look At Me-The Vogues (A 1968 hit with vocal harmonies proudly rooted in doo-wop.  I keep expecting to hear The Vogues take a cue from The Flamingos and augment their lyrics with a few "Sha bop, sha bop"s.)
KPOV (Bend, OR)
  • Sydney (I'll Come Running)-Brett Dennen (An admirable way to have someone's back.)
  • I Go Humble-Bjork (Uninhibited vocals over a hypnotic trance beat.)
KXLL (Juneau, AK)
  • My Mistakes Were Made For You-The Last Shadow Puppets (Hearing even five seconds of these haunting vocals with appropriately downcast guitar and orchestral scoring in a movie would likely make any listener think, "This scenario won't end well.")
KXZI (Kalispell, MT)
  • The Good Life-Railroad Earth (An Americana testament to enjoying the hard-earned fruits of one's labor.)
WPPZ (Pennsauken, NJ)
  • Haven't You Heard?-Patrice Rushen (An appealing dance vibe, vocally and instrumentally; I imagine a lot of people used this as workout music in 1979 and 1980.)
WZUM (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Besame Mucho-Arthur Blythe (Blythe pulls off a sultry alto sax tone on this famous winding melody.)
  • Lover, Come Back To Me-Billy Taylor Trio (Taylor flies through this energetic melody on the piano.)