Friday morning highlights:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- Try Again-Supertramp (When you're accustomed to hearing hits such as "Goodbye Stranger" and "The Logical Song," it's a bit of an adjustment to hear Supertramp in a 1970 prog rock context. There's piping reminiscent of Jethro Tull, and I hear elements of '60s Moody Blues. The middle of the night is an appropriate time for a 12-minute opus like this...)
- With You There To Help Me-Jethro Tull (...as well as this six-minutes-and-change of similar guitar-heavy stylings and characteristic piping, also from 1970.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- Feels Like Forever-Lindsey Webster (Pleasant piano and vocal phrasing that reminds me of Eliane Elias and Basia.)
- Brooklyn Heights-Down To The Bone (This uptempo piano-centered instrumental has a sly middle-of-the-night vibe. Also recommended: "17 Mile Drive" and "3 Days In Manhattan.")
KEZK 102.5 FM
- Der Kommissar-After The Fire (I remember hearing this on the radio frequently in the Spring of '83--and for good reasons. This is how you build to a hook and maintain said hook. If you're going to have just one hit, this is a well-structured, catchy one to have.)
- Escapade-Janet Jackson (When one of your most rhythmically and vocally appealing tunes, "Miss You Much," has massive success, it's smart business to repeat that formula at least one more time.)
