To me, two songs that MUST be played after one another are The Police, off Zenyatta Mondatta
song 1  Driven to Tears
song 2 When the World is Running Down.....

One does not live without the other.  

Puts me in mind of Gil Scot Heron from around about the same time.

Are we in a 'Traffic' jam?

 fredriley wrote: 
Well, with the word "hate" twice in the name, I guess it's no wonder... Still, everyone's entitled to love or hate a song, or even to be (gasp!) indifferent!  I liked "Glad," but I'm not thrilled with this one.  Sure, it took a bunch of very skilled musicians to make the whole thing gel, but it still sorta hurts my ears. I think I'm ready for "Spindrifter" by Quicksilver Messenger Service.  I tried to submit it, but the bitrate was too low.

Damn - I hate it when that happens...

I love both these songs.....wonderful to hear them in their original order....back-to-back! Thanks, Bill

Speaking of Freedom Rider:

Freedom riders were civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia (of 1960).^<1> The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961,^<2> and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17.^<3>

Boynton v. Virginia had outlawed racial segregation in the restaurants and waiting rooms in terminals serving buses that crossed state lines. Five years prior to the Boynton ruling, the Interstate Commerce Commission had issued a ruling in Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company that had explicitly denounced the Plessy v. Ferguson doctrine of separate but equal in interstate bus travel, but the ICC had failed to enforce its own ruling, and thus Jim Crow travel laws remained in force throughout the South.

The Freedom Riders set out to challenge this status quo by riding various forms of public transportation in the South to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation. The Freedom Rides, and the violent reactions they provoked, bolstered the credibility of the American Civil Rights Movement and called national attention to the violent disregard for the law that was used to enforce segregation in the southern United States. Riders were arrested for trespassing, unlawful assembly, and violating state and local Jim Crow laws, along with other alleged offenses.

Most of the subsequent rides were sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), while others belonged to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, pronounced "Snick"). The Freedom Rides followed on the heels of dramatic sit-ins against segregated lunch counters conducted by students and youth throughout the South and boycotts beginning in 1960.

The United States Supreme Court's decision in Boynton v. Virginia granted interstate travelers the legal right to disregard local segregation ordinances regarding interstate transportation facilities. But the Freedom Riders' rights were not enforced, and their actions were considered criminal acts throughout most of the South. For example, upon the Riders' arrival in Mississippi, their journey ended with imprisonment for exercising their legal rights in interstate travel. Similar arrests took place in other Southern cities.

I keep thinking Hercule Poirot is coming ...

 crockydile wrote: 
There is some Zeppelin and Who done the same way.  Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow.

 fredriley wrote: 
If you 'hate': don't post.

As if we care ;) Nice Traffic tune BTW! 

 h8rhater wrote: 
If you didn't like the band on a double bill you'd be crying, so quit your flaming. For a hater hater you sure flame a lot.

Kudos to Bill for allowing this song to play after the last track, Glad, the way the artist intended. These two blend together on the original vinyl and broadcast radio always does the chop chop...

A great Monday two-fer.

Thanks Bill!

 VicEdee wrote: 
Because they are oh so good.  Quit your crying.

A two-fer!   

Two in a row??!!!!!!
Go!!!!!! 

 laramieu wrote: 

LOL!  What, is Bill wearing a bad polyester burgundy coloured blazer, turtleneck and plaid pants, kicking ass on his rock and roll jazz flute???  Okay, I have a funny visual going on, here.... 

 Tagish_girl wrote: 
Go BILL Go!!!!

Go, Ron Burgundy, GO!!!

 Droidac wrote: 
Ahem. Just to quote Mr. Anderson, then - " The flute IS a heavy, metal instrument".

And could be played in any rock band that can swing it. Accordion too, for that matter.

Repetitive trumpet
Off key singing
Jazz Flute

This song annoys the crap out of me

 VicEdee wrote: 
Ummmm.....because it's great stuff?

 capandjudy wrote:

Was the bass Rick Gretch or was this before he became part of Traffic??

  Rick was never a part of Traffic, TMK. Blind Faith, yes, Traffic, no.

WHY is RP playing back-to-back tracks from this same album........???

 Droidac wrote: 

This whole side of the album flows together so well, a perfect 22 min (or whatever). Glad you played them back to back (or are you like the old time DJ's where you forgot to hit the switch so its gonna play the whole side and then we'll get to hear the scritchity scratchity till you  get back from the john?)

 jagdriver wrote: 

Thanks for another twin spin!

Never seen the same artist back to back on RP!! 

These guys play fast and loose with tonality, don't they? Pitch is all in the ear of the beholder, and all that rot, eh?

 toterola wrote: 
I've been listening to this station for many years now, not that I see how that matters.

I like eclectic too, which is why I tune in here. But when it comes to the "rock" catagory, I like it to have an edge to it. The flute does not do that for me in any way. I guess the best way to sum it is is by saying that Traffic is not "rock".

Proclivities (Carrboro, NC)

Posted: May 07, 2009 - 08:25  < Reply >  sdn wrote: Oooh, double shot!     Traffic - Freedom Rider     Traffic - Glad     Preceded by Blind Faith's "Well All Right" less than 90 minutes prior.  Not a bad thing, just an unusual dose of Steve Winwood.

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Repeated tonight. A very good thing, this.