Is your finger aching? I can feel you hesitating …
Is your finger aching!?!

One day we will be free, we will be free one day
One day we will be free, we will be free one day

Here’s a Canadian music rabbit hole you might enjoy: citizenfreak.com

Making musical stops in Canada, the US, the UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Nigeria. Have a nice trip!

Sometimes I wonder why do I worry about those things that you do
And then I see you late on a Saturday and I know that you’re right
If I had a job you could come and live with me and I would see you every night
If I was working you might come and live with me and I would see you every night

“What’s it all about?” they scream and then they shout
Don’t ask me, ’cause I don’t know
“What’s it all about?” they scream and then they shout
Don’t blame me, I told you so

I’m gonna kiss your PINEAPPLE!!!

All-women post-punk Toronto-based bands from the early 80’s? There weren’t a lot of them, but we’ve got two for you this week.

Wanna be the empress of fashion?
Wanna be the president of Moscow?
Let’s meet and have a baby now!

It used to be no words could come between us
Any time was right for secret meetings
It’s different now and when you speak
Every word means no

Gang of Four’s opening song at the Granada Theater in Dallas Texas on March 16, 2022:

Johnny’s got a light in his eyes
And Shirley’s got a light on her lips
Jakes got a monkeyshine on his head
And Debra Ann’s got a tiger in her hips

Destroy the heart, she said.
It’ll make you want to smash your head.
Destroy the heart she said.
But I need her more than I need air.

If it’s not Scottish, it’s CRAP!

You can play this week’s show here.

Here’s the SNL skit.

Also here’s the cover art from the Rahsaan Roland Kirk album mentioned in this show.

And here’s this episode’s setlist:

And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad – the dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had.

Don’t let the birds sing, don’t let the phone ring, don’t let this mood swing, don’t say anything.

I really really really really wish you were here.

If you’re a man without a hat it’s really too cold to be outside.

I thought this show was some kinda fun. Hope you will too!

At home he feels like a tourist
At home he feels like a tourist
He fills his head with culture
He gives himself an ulcer
He fills his head with culture
He gives himself an ulcer

This week’s show (setlist below):

This is the best video of an early Gang of Four performance I could find on YouTube – in Zagreb in 1981. If you didn’t see them live back then, check this out:

Nothing makes me crave 80’s alternative music quite like a road trip through the deepest of the Deep South. Then again, grits – so there’s that.

So not the most Christmas-y music but still a lot of fun tunes. A couple of friends told me that they’d like to hear me talk more during the show so I tried that out this week. Let me know what you think.

Wishing you a happy holiday season and all the best for 2022!

Q: What do the Temptations, Pere Ubu, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, and Status Quo all have in common?

A: They’re all covered on this week’s show! Check it out!

So you want to be a rock and roll star?
Then listen now to what I say
Just get an electric guitar
Then take some time and learn how to play

If you’re not familiar with the music of Bill Nelson and/or Be Bop Deluxe, I do hope you’ll check them out. And my nephew just “discovered” Brian Eno this week and is going deep deep deep into the stacks to learn more. Always a fantastic feeling to uncover great music from years past.