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Fred FM playlist: 18 April 2010 “Pinto”

April 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments

I guess I should first thank the handful of folks who sent messages to me regarding my decision to discontinue the weekly Fred FM playlists: your kind words were and are appreciated.  As you can see (since you are reading this post), the weekly program is back again today.  You made it so.

Secondly, and related to ‘firstly,’ it was not my intention to solicit those responses from you. But, seeing as you sent them, I have decided to keep on rolling out the playlists for the time being.  And if you want them to continue beyond ‘time being,’ go ahead and send me more messages telling me how wonderful I am, and how you can’t make it through the week without a playlist from me.  Go ahead.  My inbox is open.  You can leave a flowery comment in the box at the end of this post.  Really.  C’mon.

This week’s playlist is dedicated to my Freshman year college roommate, Mr. David Pinto, who operates a staggeringly detailed and lively blog about everything Baseball.  You really should check it out.  He will know which songs are meant for him.

Approximate playing time: 80 minutes.

  1. Magnolia Electric Co.  “The Dark Don’t Hide It”  (2005)
  2. Blind Boys of Alabama  “Lift Me Up (Like a Dove)”  (1988)
  3. Robert Cray  “Poor Johnny”  (2005)
  4. The Roches  “The Train”  (1979)
  5. Ricky Nelson  “Waitin’ in School”  (1957)
  6. Elvis Costello  “Chewing Gum”  (1989)
  7. Talking Heads  “No Compassion”  (1977)
  8. Blondie  “Fade Away and Radiate”  (1978)
  9. The Sleepy Jackson  “Sunglass Man”  (2002)
  10. Ed Harcourt  “Those Crimson Tears”  (2001)
  11. Bruce Springsteen  “Spirit in the Night”  (1973)
  12. Badfinger  “I’d Die Babe”  (1971)
  13. Reverend Organdrum  “Black and Crazy Blues”  (2007)
  14. Squeeze  “Striking Matches”  (1987)
  15. Shack  “Comedy”  (1999)
  16. Marshall Crenshaw  “My Back Pages”  (1999)
  17. Marian McPartland with Donald Fagen  “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be”  (2002)
  18. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young  “Almost Cut My Hair”  (1970)
  19. Peter Case  “Small Town Spree”  (1986)

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Fred FM playlist (18 April 2010)

Some notes on the songs:

  • The Blind Boys of Alabama’s “Lift Me Up (Like a Dove)” is from the 1985 gospel musical The Gospel at ColonnusGospel at Colonnus is based on Sophocles’ tragedy, Oedipus at Colonnus. The Blind Boys played a dual role in the production, as both the character of Oedipus as well as the Chorus.
  • The four-hands version (or is it a two-piano version?) of “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be” is taken from a broadcast of Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, a nationally-syndicated Public Radio program. This particular episode found Ms. McPartland interviewing and performing with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan.

Thanks for listening…see you next time!

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