Patty Griffin - Mary
(Nov 15, 2007 - 13:56) | atticus wrote:
It's nearly time to storm the barricades again. Talkin' 'bout a revolution. Always did wish I got to experience the 60s...
You didn't miss a lot when it comes to barricades. Believe me, I was there. You DID miss out on some great...umm... other things, though. It was us that coined that "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll" thing, ya know. 
But, Hey! If you want barricades, there's lotsa old hippies trying to re-live their Vietnam glory days. Pretty easy to hook up with 'em, too, from what I see.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise
(Oct 19, 2007 - 03:35) | Wow. 0428 hrs here on The High Plains, starry sky, and dead silence, except for Stevie playin' da blooze...
I think it's gonna be a GOOD day! 
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Elmore James - Dust My Broom
(Oct 09, 2007 - 15:00) | inindian wrote:
I believe you right. Not about being a pinhead! And hey, I like the 1969 Fleetwood Mac version too, quite cool!!
I've never heard a bad version of this tune, meself.
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The Be Good Tanyas - Light Enough to Travel
(Aug 13, 2007 - 06:53) | Ebabeleba wrote: What kinda people like these kinda people?
Oh, I dunno. People with broader tastes than your own, maybe? Or perhaps just different taste?
But you can count me in as "one of those people" that like this...
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Dubstar - Just A Girl She Said
(Aug 09, 2007 - 13:00) | wxman wrote: I hope I don't run into this girl at the bar
Oh, Hell yes. My sentiments exactly. Assuming I still hung out in bars...
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Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
(Aug 05, 2007 - 12:12) | How long have I been sleeping?
How long have I been drifting along through the night?
How long have I been running for that morning flight
Too long. Way too long. {sigh} 
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J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton - When This War Is Over
(Aug 04, 2007 - 12:03) | hikeupit wrote: The most marginal blues music written in a long time, despite the accurate political message.
I'd agree if you'd have transposed the words "marginal" and "accurate" in your two clauses. 
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Chuck Berry - Nadine
(Aug 03, 2007 - 13:58) | meloman wrote: As a 16 year old kid in 1964, this is the music I'd listen to on AM radio in a little town in western NY state at night, when I could pick up those stations from "far away," like WABC, WBZ, WLS...those were the days when a wider world existed in these wonderful sounds that came in the night.
I had the same sort of experience in 1966 as a 21 year old Airman First Class driving across Texas on my way to California in the middle of the night...or, more accurately, in the wee small hours of the morning. It was ALL one could get out there, at that time. Thank GOD for those ol' high-power AM stations!
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Jerry Garcia - Bird Song
(Jul 21, 2007 - 14:01) | Amazon wrote: Out here in the boonies on the TEx-Mex border, it's the only way to go.
Same story here in East Central New Mexico: limited choice, most of it (if not all) bad. RP is a Godsend .
But about Garcia, and this album, in particular: great good stuff. Been a fave in these parts since it came out.
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Cake - Thrills
(Jul 14, 2007 - 14:00) | "...philosophy, it's the talk on a cereal box..."
3.
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Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata
(Jun 18, 2007 - 09:15) | What a great, great song to go with my second cup of coffee on a beautiful day morning on the High Plains of New Mexico!!
I think it's gonna be a great day...
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Dolly Parton - Shine
(Jun 14, 2007 - 13:24) | I like the Collective Soul version...but I like Dolly's cover better.
Excellent. Good goin', Bill!
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Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
(Jun 14, 2007 - 09:07) | "Red hair and black leather
My favorite color scheme"
Yes. Oh my, yes. Always has been, blonde/black leather comes in second.
My all-time favorite Richard Thompson song, hands down. Superior guitar, story, images, and all. It don't get no better than this. Ever.
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Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler
(Jun 09, 2007 - 11:28) | This is good...no, great...but the version on "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" is THE version. Boy-Howdy how they do COOK on this, live! 
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Joni Mitchell - Hejira
(Mar 01, 2007 - 09:21) | My absolute favorite Joni album. She got me through some hard times, and helped me celebrate some of the best times... on my journey between the forceps and the stone.
Thanks, Joni...
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Counting Crows - Mrs. Potter's Lullaby
(Feb 27, 2007 - 14:43) | I was reading some of the comments to Neil Young's "Don't Let It Bring You Down" earlier today and noticed most negative comments were about Neil's whiny voice.
I feel the exact same way about Adam Duritz's voice, yet I love Neil's. And now I'm wondering just why the Hell that is...
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Jackson Browne - I Am A Patriot
(Feb 19, 2007 - 09:34) | wally42 wrote: ... David Lindley Yes!!!! More Lyndley!!
I'll second that !!! You could begin with "Mercury Blues," Bill.
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Jackson Browne - I Am A Patriot
(Feb 19, 2007 - 09:32) | Dang, Jackson... put a sock in it. Please.
It sure has been a long, long time since "These Days." And you've not gotten any better. At all.
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Van Morrison - Wavelength
(Feb 18, 2007 - 13:00) | "Singin' come back, Baby
Come back Baby, come back..."
You can never go home again. But I sure wish you could.
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Buffalo Springfield - Bluebird
(Feb 14, 2007 - 13:29) | Heady days, those. I remember how blown away I was when I first lisented to the album cut vs. the radio "short" version... And thus was a life-long love affair born.
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Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin
(Feb 12, 2007 - 04:56) | capandjudy wrote: This is in fact a great song but it is on TV so much that is starting to be a start up for any number of commercials for the AARP generation of which I am a member.
Just Ameriprise, as far as I know. I hate it when that happens, but this is still a great song!
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My Morning Jacket - Mahgeetah
(Feb 09, 2007 - 11:17) | meloman wrote: If this isn't the worst band on the RP playlist, it's damn close!
NO kidding. ::mute::
(must remember to UNmute...)
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Neil Young - Revolution Blues
(Jan 21, 2007 - 21:22) | On_The_Beach wrote: Ah, my fave Neil album! (how can you tell?)
Would love to hear "Ambulance Blues" or the title track from this album on RP.
Second that...and add "For the Turnstiles." A simply briiliant album!
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Muddy Waters - Rollin' and Tumblin'
(Jan 21, 2007 - 12:52) | Roots!! Oh, yes...
It's be interesting to hear Cream's cover (which is damned good) back-to-back with the original.
Bill?
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Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky
(Jan 21, 2007 - 12:27) | Another on my list of songs I NEVER tire of...
I've owned three vinyl copies (wore out two) of DSotM and two CDs... Simply magnificent.
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Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
(Dec 28, 2006 - 12:04) | drjimmy wrote:
Radio Paradise should have Mohammed's Radio and Desperadoes Under the Eaves on its playlist.
2nd that, doc.
I'll third that. Especially "Desperados." What a tune...
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Allman Brothers - Revival
(Dec 22, 2006 - 10:02) | Love this tune, but then again, I'm very biased. This was my intro and outro music during my oh-so-short dabbling in the dee-jay biz... 1972, or thereabouts, Armed Forces Network, in Sinop, Turkey.
Thanks for lighting off some long-dormant synapses, Bill!
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Bob Dylan - Rollin' And Tumblin'
(Oct 15, 2006 - 10:20) | ScottN wrote: My thoughts exactly! What are we thinking?
Long story, Scott. I was in San Antonio, in a record store trying to remember Sonny Landreth's name and hit on the idea of looking up my RP comments. I had the store clerk enter a random comment and then click on my nic to review my ratings. There might be easier ways to access your ratings, but I couldn't think of 'em!
Now what were you thinking? 
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Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
(Jul 10, 2006 - 13:19) | It seems like you're doing a lot more Blasts From The Past of late, Bill, and I sure do appreciate it! Don't want to see a move to an Oldies or Classic-Rock dominated playlist, but the Best of the Best sure ain't bad!
Thanks!
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Peter Tosh - Don't Look Back (w/ Mick Jagger)
(Jun 24, 2006 - 11:03) | I didn't read all the comments, but I suspect I'm not the first to say this...but...
I much prefer David Lindley's version. Heresy, perhaps. That siad, this version is pretty cool!
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Michael Miller - Mary
(Apr 28, 2006 - 13:00) | Well, that never went anywhere. I wouldn't be disappointed if you dropped this one, Bill.
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Buddy Holly - Everyday
(Apr 14, 2006 - 11:03) | Buddy and Texas Tech: Lubbock's (only) two claims to fame. Well, those and DUST. Lots of dust.
What a great, great tune.
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Whiskeytown - 16 Days
(Apr 13, 2006 - 09:27) | Austin2Florida wrote:
I agree. No country music please!
Ah, yes. Diversity. As long as it's my diversity.
Great tune.
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Grateful Dead - Ripple
(Apr 10, 2006 - 13:32) | blastmeh wrote: ... a dead song i haven't heard before.
Quite the contradiction in terms. 
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Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
(Apr 10, 2006 - 09:49) | "The Strawberry Statement" was a kinda-sorta life changing event for me... and this takes me right back. Volume: 10. Irritating the Hell out of the neighbors (probably) with off-key singing...
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Little Feat - Willin'
(Apr 05, 2006 - 08:20) | Odyzzeuz wrote:
OK, I'll bite. What makes Ronstadt a moon-impaired cluebat type dealio?
Oh, I dunno... Maybe this?
In a recent interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune, the entertainer said:
Linda Ronstadt (photo: Las Vegas Review-Journal)
"This is an election year, and I think we're in desperate trouble and it's time for people to speak up and not pipe down. It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know."
Ronstadt says she routinely dedicates a song in her concerts to leftist filmmaker Michael Moore, director of the anti-Bush movie "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Since you're from Austin, Odyzzeuz, you probably wouldn't recognize a moonbat if it flew out from under the bridge and bit you in the azz. Or perhaps you IS one? 
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Little Feat - Willin'
(Apr 05, 2006 - 07:54) | I know Lowell George owns the song, but I prefer Ronstadt's version. Even if she IS a clue-impaired moonbat.
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R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
(Apr 04, 2006 - 20:05) | Nice segue... I might get seriously drunk if you don't change the mood...and quick!... Only slightly kidding. Thanks, Bill.
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Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
(Mar 23, 2006 - 11:37) | BPenni wrote: I kinda agree with keo. These guys aren't wearing well with me...at all. Just sayin'.
Should've been "teo." Gomen, ne?
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Mark-Almond - The City
(Mar 22, 2006 - 08:25) | Oh, my. What a perfect tune for a cold, gray, threatening-to-snow, melancholy day. Haven't heard this in at least 20 years, and I'm not exaggerating one single bit, on either count.
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Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
(Mar 22, 2006 - 06:20) | VERY bittersweet memories. My second wife and I met in Tokyo at the time this album came out (I was in the service, she was an exchange student); we had a favorite (very small) local coffee shop where the proprietress would put this album on every time we came in for coffee. "Everybody Knows..." sorta became "our song." (sigh) Guess I'll pour another cup...
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The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
(Mar 11, 2006 - 14:19) | Damn, but I dislike Morrisey's whiny-assed voice SO deeply... If you interrogated me and played this particular song three times in a row I'd tell you ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING, you wanted to know.
Rumsfeld, pay attention.
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Meyer, Douglas & Barenberg - From Ankara to Izmir
(Feb 23, 2006 - 13:26) | Great stuff, yes!
The title of the song is interesting to me, as well, as one who has made this trip (Ankara to Izmir) via bus. I'm wondering what the genesis of the song title might be...
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Long John Baldry - Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie
(Feb 11, 2006 - 13:36) | DigitalJer said: I miss you Long John Baldry - I grew up with you.
I miss Alexis Korner, who introduced me to Long John back in the early 80s, when I was living in London. Korner's Sunday radio show on the Beeb was a lot like RP in its mix and eclecticism. What a great, great musicologist Alexis was! RIP, LJB and Alexis.
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Joe Ely - Boxcars
(Feb 10, 2006 - 10:48) | More Joe Ely! Please! One of Austin's FINEST...
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The Guess Who - American Woman
(Feb 09, 2006 - 14:28) | Hey Bill! What is this? The moonbat set? You must be feeling decidedly lefty today...what with the last three songs and the Guevara movie plug (Motorcycle Diaries).
Detracts jes a lil bit from the usually excellent musical experience, ya know?
Just sayin'...
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Blind Faith - Sea of Joy
(Feb 09, 2006 - 09:12) | VV sez:
The only thing missing for me listening to this right now is...
...some weed ...and my youth.
LOL! Ain't THAT the truth! Good to hear this tune...but my favorite on the album is "Can't Find My Way Home."
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Rolling Stones - Time Waits For No One
(Feb 07, 2006 - 12:41) | If you like this, dip into the second side of Tatoo You. "Waiting on a Friend" is the only song that ever got any air, but "Worried About You" is another one of those hidden Stones gems that you don't hear unless you own the album.
Just scanning through some of the previous comments and I'll add an "Oh, Yeah!" about Worried About You. Sure would like to hear it on RP at some point. Most excellent!
And Time ain't bad, either...
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10. Just for nostalgia's sake, alone.
