ATN • The Best LP's of 2014

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My favorite Long Player's from the year 2014... 

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1. GOTTA GET AWAY by The Black Keys

THE BEST of 2014: They've done it again! Their eighth Long Player, Turn Blue on Nonesuch Records.

2. THE RENT I PAY by Spoon

THE BEST of 2014: The Straight outta Austin, Texas. Their eighth Long Player, They Want My Soul on Lorna Vista Records.

3. WEST COAST by Lana Del Rey

THE BEST of 2014: The third Long Player from Miss Lana, produced by The Black Keys main man Dan Auerbach. Ultraviolence on Polydor/Interscope Records.

4. TOMORROW TAKES A LONG TIME by Fearing & White

THIS WEEK in 2014: The second joint release from the Canadian/Irish duo Stephen Fearing and Andy White. Tea And Confidences on Lowden Proud Records.

5. I PITY THE COUNTRY by Willie Dunn

THE BEST of 2014: Long overdue compilation of First Nation folk from the mid sixties to the mid eighties. Native North America Vol. One - Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966 - 1985 on Light In The Attic Records.

6. ODDS AND ENDS (Alternate) by Bob Dylan & The Band

THE BEST of 2014: There was more in the vaults then the bootleggers even knew about! Finally the Wonder is released in all its raw glory. The Basement Tapes: RAW (2 Disc), and The Basement Tapes: Complete (6 Disc) on Columbia Records.

7. BLUE MOON  by Beck
THE BEST of 2014: His twelfth Long Player, Morning Phase. The companion piece to Sea Change (2002). On Capitol Records.

8. RED EYES by The War On Drugs

THE BEST of 2013: Probably the Best LP of the Year! Their third Long Player, Lost In A Dream on Secretly Canadian Records.

9. KISS ME A LOT by Morrissey

THE BEST of 2013: His tenth Long Player and one of his best. World Peace Is None Of Your Business. Top Ten around the world and then Morrissey started publicly openly criticizing his label Harvest Records and then... dropped and the LP scrubbed from every internet/download site. Available only on second hand CD and  some vinyl.

10. SOMETHING by Sivu

THE BEST of 2014: The debut Long Player, Something On High, from ex-Bailiff, James Page. On Atlantic Records.

11. 99 by Hollie Cook

THE BEST of 2014: From the Long Player, Israel Nash's Rain Plan.

12. RAIN PLANS by Tinirawin

THE BEST of 2014: From the Long Player, Israel Nash's Rain Plan.

13. STAY GOLD by First Aid Kit

THE BEST of 2013: Singer-Songwriter Matthew Houck's sixth Long Player, Muchacho.

I'm kind of over getting told
 To throw my hands up in the air,
So there.

’cause It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll.

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All Time is Now #079 - 2nd week of Jan

My playlist from Episode #079 – Hour One

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HERE COMES YOUR MAN — Pixies 

(WHAT'S SO FUNNY 'BOUT) PEACE, LOVE, AND UNDERSTANDING [Nick Lowe] 

— Elvis Costello & The Attractions 

LITTLE NUMBERS — BOY 

A NEW LIFE (Single edit) — Jim James 

WHERE ARE WE NOW? — David Bowie 

BARRIERS — Suede  FREE Download 

SHAME & SCANDAL [Sir Lancelot cover] — Madness 

BIG BAMBOO — The Merrymen 

WE CAN WORK IT OUT [The Beatles cover] — Stevie Wonder 

RING OF FIRE [Johnny Cash cover] — Ray Charles 

I WISH IT WOULD RAIN [Temptations cover] — Marvin Gaye 

GOLDFINGER — Shirley Bassey 

I SAW HER STANDING THERE (Mono) — The Beatles 

HEY, BO DIDDLEY [Bo Diddley cover] — Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks 

DON'T YOU DIG THIS KIND OF BEAT — Chris Ravel and The Ravers (w/young Jimmy Page)

My playlist from Episode #079 – Side B

with Special Guest; Lynda Kay

 

LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE — Neil Young 
DREAM MY DARLING (from "Justified" Soundtrack) — Lynda Kay 
CAN YOU GET TO THAT? [Funkadelic cover] — The Living Sisters 
THE BARGAIN STORE — Dolly Parton 
WHY BABY WHY — George Jones 
THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN — Eddie Cochran 
MILKCOW BLUES BOOGIE — Elvis Presley with Scotty and Bill 
ADVICE FOR YOUNG WOMEN — Tempest Storm (with Jack White)
SHE BELONGS TO ME —Bob Dylan 
HARLAN COUNTY LINE (from "Justified" Soundtrack) — Dave Alvin 
(I'M YOUR) HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN [Willie Dixon] — Muddy Waters and his Guitar 
JACK AND COKE (from "Justified" Soundtrack) — Lynda Kay 
COCAINE BLUES (Live at Folsom Prison) — Johnny Cash 
GASOLINE ALLEY (Acapella in Berlin Street) — Rod Stewart

For more information on LYNDA KAY please visit... www.LyndaKay.com

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As long as there's Sun, As long as there's Rain, As long as there's Fire, As long as there's Me, As long as there's You 'cause, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll.

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All Time is Now • Episode #041 - 3rd week of April

Episode: #041 - Hour One

Date: April 22nd 2012

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#041-A Kickin’ off with “Another Girl, Another Planet” by The Only Ones. Rockin’ tracks from The Undertones, The Rolling Stones with Billy Preston, and The John Keating Sound. Birthday celebrations for Iggy Pop (with the Teddybears). Our tribute to The Band’s Levon Helm. Brand new music from Soundgarden, and Elvis Costello & The Imposters (Live). The debut record from Simple Minds. #1 records from Bob Dylan, and The Beatles. Dusty Springfield covers The Bee Gees, Marianne Faithful covers The Beatles. And Johnny Cash live at the Nixon White House.

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Episode: #041 - Side Two

Date: April 22nd 2012

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#041-B Kickin’ off with “The Magnificent Seven” by The Clash. Rockin’ & Funky tracks from DEVO, Pete Townshend, Radiohead, A Tribe Called Quest (remixed by Fat Boy Slim), The Wailers, Michael Franti & Spearhead. Birthday celebrations for Robert Smith of The Cure, and Jimmy Durante (covering Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile”). #1 records from Desmond Dekker, and David Bowie. Brand new music from Eric Hutchinson, and Florence + The Machine (unplugged). 

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All Time is Now • Episode #038 - 4th week of March

Episode: #038 - Hour One

Date: April 1st 2012

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#038-A Kickin’ off with The Members tribute to “Radio”. Rockin’ tracks from Graham Parker & The Rumour, Bruce Sprinsteen, Eddie Arnold, and Bob Dylan. Birthday celebrations for Aerosmith main man, Stephen Tyler Sonny Boy Williamson, Ronnie Lane (Faces), Lene Lovich, and Perry Farrell (Porno For Pyros). #1 records from Morrissey, and Johnny Cash. Brand new Paul Weller. Banned records from Dolly Parton, Butterbean & Susie in 1927. And the very first Fabulous 45 from RCA Records in 1949.

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Episode: #038 - Side Two

Date: April 1st 2012

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#038-B Kickin' off with Prince & The Revolution. Rockin’ & Funky tracks from Beck, Cher with the Wall of Sound Orchestra, Brewer & Shipley, The Guess Who, and Tom Waits. Birthday celebrations for Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Eric Idle, and Angus Young from AC/DC. Brand new music from Patti Smith, The theme tune to Casa De Mi Padre. #1 records from Soundgarden, and Roy Orbison. And Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

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All Time is Now • Rock Hall o' Fame Class of 2022

Hail Hail Rock 'n' Roll!

First things first, here are your induction class of 2022 (in alphabetical order)... 

Harry Belefonte, Pat Benatar, Elizabeth Cotton, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Dolly Parton, Judas Priest, Lionel Ritchie, Carly Simon, and Clarence Avant.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Here below is a little more detail as to why the following artists are way, way overdue to join the Hall o' Rock...

KISS were first eligible in 1999 and waited 14 years. Kraftwerk waited 25 years!?!. And ABBA got in before both of them!?! The Clash, U2, and Nirvana were rightly inducted their first year of eligibility. Sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it is down right head puzzling. 

So after Nirvana’s first year eligibility induction and Pearl Jam in 2018, we are entering the Grunge era of the early 1990’s. So before we start ringing in Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice In Chains, etc. etc., let’s just take stock and let them all wait a few years, ‘cause the Rock and Roll Hall o' Fame has some long over due catching up to do. 

For your consideration...

1960’s: The Monkees • Tom Jones • Sonny & Cher

THE MONKEES: 
The RnR Hall is done pretty good job with all the classic sixties acts, but The Monkees somehow have missed out and really should have been in a long time ago (eligible since 1991). The pre-Fab four might have been a couple of actors "playing" a band, but they really did tour. The Wrecking Crew played the instruments on their first few albums, but they did the same thing for The Beach Boys as well. They also had brilliant songs (written by Neil Diamond, Carol King/Louis Goffin among others) and more importantly made brilliant records; From the pure Pop of “I’m A Believer” to Garage-rock classics like “Not Your Steppin’ Stone” (covered by the Sex Pistols) to bubblegum, "A Little Bit Me", to the trippy Psychadelia of “The Porpoise Song” and their surrealistic counter culture movie HEAD. The show may have started out as a cash-in exploitation of "Hard Days Night", but they were funny and rocked subverted it into nothing less than the experimental roots of MTV! They absolutely deserve to be there.

TOM JONES: 
The Welsh working-class super-star. From his second single "It's Not Unusual" in Jan of 1965 to hot after hit. His TV show This Is Tom Jones (1669-1971) were you can see on YouTube duet with guests like Janis Joplin and Crosby, Stills Nash & Young and HE'S the one that's pushing them to be great! Also featuring curtting edge comedians like Richard Pryor, and George Carlin. And on to his resurgence in 1988 with his cover of Prince's "Kiss" with The Art of Noize. I could go on. Why is he not inducted already?!?!

SONNY & CHER: 

If Donna Summer and Madonna can get in, well... Cher is a lifer and let's be honest, has a much more credible early career. Starting out as a background singer for Phil Spector (yes she sang on "Be My Baby" and "You've Lost That Lovin Feeling"), through to the classic Pop of the 60's, the 70's TV shows and on through the 80's and 90's hits. And it would be only fitting to induct Sonny as well, as a producer, song-writer ("The Beat Goes On" and "I Got You Babe") and the brains behind the act.

1970’s: Joe Cocker • Bad Company • The Guess Who • BTO

JOE COCKER:  

One note, one word, one syllable from his voice and instantly you know it’s Joe Frickin’ Cocker! I'm sure many of you thought he was already in.

BAD COMPANY: 

They have the hits, they have one of the best vocalist of the decade.

THE GUESS WHO:  

They have the hits, they have the legacy. 

BTO:  

The Number One band in the World circa 1974

 

METAL: Motörhead 

MOTÖRHEAD:

A long shot I know but, It’s frickin’ Lemmy! It’s frickin’ Motörhead! Who rocks!?! You know the answer.

PROG ROCK: King Crimson 

KING CRIMSON:

Sadly, still considered a long shot. The Robert Fripp led band were the very first Prog Rock band to release an album in 1969 (recently sampled by Kanye West). On through their reinvention in 1981 with the addition of guitarist, Adrian Belew and Peter Gabriel's bassist, Tony Levin. Their 1980's albums created an unlikely yet successful blending of Prog, New Wave and Art Rock that influenced (directly and indirectly), Talking Heads, XTC, The Orb, Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead.

1980's: NEW WAVE: Siouxsie & The Banshees • DEVO

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES: 

Along with Bauhaus, and The Cure, they invented an entire genre. And were truly subversive while also infiltrating popular culture and still sounding like no one else but themselves. With some of the weirdest, darkest and at the same time, fun, upbeat Top 40 hits ever.

DEVO: 

The art rockers from Akron, Ohio have only become more relevant and influential over the years.

  

ELECTRONICA: New Order/Joy Division

NEW ORDER / JOY DIVISION:  

The RnR Hall put Faces/Small Faces together (two different lead singers) so it would be appropriate to honour both these influential bands together. Would the original band perform together or pull an embarrassing Blondie ("I have my own bass player") scene?

ALTERNATIVE: The Smiths • The Replacements • Pixies

THE SMITHS:
Nominated this year, they deserve it for cutting out a unique part of the sonic landscape that belongs to them and only them. Plus, you know Morrissey won’t show up but will write a funny, sarcastic, bitter, dismissive note to his ex-bandmates and everyone else involved. But it better be The Smiths before Pearl Jam, etc. etc. (just sayin').

PIXIES:  

One of the most influential bands of the late 20th Century. Nirvana owned up to copping their style. Bowie tried to (with mixed results) with Tin Machine. No one does LOUD-quiet-LOUD like the Pixies. 

THE REPLACEMENTS:  

Out now by unpopular demand, rocking around America. Something thought impossible just sixteen months ago. Let them take a well deserved victory lap and give them all of the Goo Goo Dolls song writing royalties while we’re at it. 

HIP-HOP/RAP: A Tribe Called Quest • Snoop Dogg

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST: 

Hugely influence on all modern rappers.

SNOOP DOGG: 

He's gonna get in, he deserves it, he can wait.

COUNTRY & WESTERN:

I'm sure you thought these Early Country rockers were already in...

PATSY CLINE: 

One of the greatest singers of the 20th Century (period).

 

GLEN CAMPBELL: 

Hugely successful solo artist, TV star, and prodigeous session player. Played on records by (to name a few), The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Jan & Dean, The Everly Brothers, Lou Rawls, & Elvis Presley.

 

WILLIE NELSON:

Legend. Still on the road, he wrote “Crazy”, and it’s Willie Frickin’ Nelson!

MUSICAL EXCELLENCE:

CRAZY HORSE:  

When Neil Young was inducted in 1995 he thanked Crazy Horse, saying... “Stand up you guys, I could never have made it without you guys that’s for sure… everybody knows that!” Since Springsteen's E Street Band were inducted in 2014, it's time. Let’s get to it! 

THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION / THE MOTHERS: 

Frank Zappa was inducted in 1995, and he’s a musical genius, but let’s be honest, who the hell could/can play Frank Zappa’s music but one Mother of a band!!! The Hall can figure out who gets in with all the ex-members and permutations (including Zappa's "solo years"), but this list includes such steller talents as Ray Collins, Ike Willis, Don Preston, Ruth and Ian Underwood, George Duke, and the later solo years with Terry Bozzio, and Steve Vai. Outside of the Jazz world, these are hands down, the greatest, most innovative, ground breaking, experimental, and humorous musicians in Rock (period).

NON-PERFORMER:

DJ WOLFMAN JACK:

The legend! Watch "American Graffiti" and know that all of it is/was true. Wolfman Jack was broadcasting from Mexico with a border busting signal from Midnight to 6AM. Spinning race records (R&B and Rock n Roll) to a whole generation of teenagers. Ironically he had rented the "dead of night" air time from a Christian station that was not broadcasting after Midnight!

TOM WILSON:

Produced Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkle, John Coltrane, The Velvet Underground. Signed Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, I could go on!! Read this instead...

Texas Monthly: The Greatest Producer You Have Never heard...

http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/greatest-music-producer-you-have-never-heard

VAN DYKE PARKS:

Producer, Arranger, Lyricist, Film Composer. Asked to join The Byrds, wrote the craziest lyrics ever for Brian Wilson/The Beach Boys. 

  
Also for your consideration (still waiting):
Bad Company
Bauhaus
The B-52's
Kate Bush
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Billy Idol

Joe Jackson
Jane's Addiction

Rickie Lee Jones

Tom Jones
Ben E. King
Los Lobos
Toots & The Maytels
New York Dolls
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Gram Parsons
The Replacements 

Rockpile/Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Squeeze
Supertramp
WAR
Paul Weller/The Jam
Lucinda Williams
Sonny Boy Williamson
XTC
Warren Zevon

And when it is said an done,

After all, It's only Rock 'n' Roll. 

Stay Free

  

Shark

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