What are you listening to right now? Vol. 69

The Who-Eminence Front

 

Allman Betts Band - "Shinin''" from Down To The River

 

The Modern Jazz Quartet -- The Legendary Profile (1972)

 

Dave Brubeck -- Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958)

 

On this day in 1989, the Mekons released:



I still love this one.

 

The Doors-Back Door Man

 

Seru Giran-Viernes 3 AM

 

Soundgarden-Fell On Black Days

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers-The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie.

 

Old Salt Union - Where The Dogs Don't Bite

 

The Cars-Moving in Stereo

 

Holy shit, Ric Ocasek is dead! I had no idea.

 

Yeah, I just heard 10 minutes ago.

 

I'm going to try and remember Ocasek for being a lovable weirdo and bon vivant and not as a member of the Cars, who were mostly terrible.

(And also for finding Weezer, for whom I still have a soft spot, despite the last fifteen years of garbage.)

 

Led Zeppelin-Immigrant Song

 

Fuel-Shimmer.

 

I reckon if I was 20,
And super talented,
And Real Madrid had already been knocking,
And the boys from Manchester.
And I had already played for Germany
And I was mentally fit
And Uli Hoeneß was standing at my front door...

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/bayern-bayern.html-5

 

Nirvana-Heart-Shaped Box

 

Merle Haggard -- Big City (1981)

 

I was today years old when I learned she is Falco's granddaughter