John Richards

Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Friday edition of The Morning Show. This is your last 6:00 AM hour from John Richards! How are you all doing? Reach out to us during the show today at dj@kexp.org.

As you would expect, this is the opening track to the French act's gold-selling album 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.' That's Zola Jesus on background vocals for this one.

Mat Smith, writing for the site Clash Music about this album: "Listening to ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’, you find yourself thinking about things you’ve either cherished or buried under the layers of passing time, even though a song isn’t remotely connected to those recollections." Read his interview with James Chapman of Maps here: www.clashmusic.com

Watch the London trio performing live for us in 2016 here: www.youtube.com

Off the debut album from the electronic group, which member Tom Rowlands once stated they, "stayed up for three weeks making it."

'Painting of a Panic Attack' would be the last album released from the Scottish band. Frontman Scott Hutchison passed away on May 10, 2018 of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling right now, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.

Off 1992's 'Let Me Come Over', which was the third full-length release from the Boston band

August in Tulsa requesting this one this morning

Melanie wrote to us after our.... uh... rough start this morning, "Hi, I've been having a hard week, and you talking about "pump up the volume" as the safety back up song made me laugh so hard I spit out my coffee. Thank you. Can you play Tender by Blur, I think it's a good pandemic anthem."

The Prudence spoke of in this song is Prudence Farrow, who at the time was the 19-year-old sister of actress Mia Farrow. Read an in-depth look into the story of this song here: www.udiscovermusic.com

A 'Pleased to Meet Me' box set from The Replacements is arriving on October 9th. It will include 29 previously unreleased tracks, and can be pre-ordered here: store.rhino.com

"Thrilled about the (very important) changes, but I'll miss having you soundtrack the start of my day. So here's my request - a John in the Morning classic: Valerie Loves Me by Material Issue. Proud to be an amplifier, evangelist, and rabid fan." - Jeff

Watch Jim Reid shuffling about miserably/adorably for this rainy day classic here: www.youtube.com

This one is for listener Eric, who turns 50 years old today!

"Great rock’n’roll is like drinking two hundred espressos in two minutes, whether it’s God Save The Queen or Motor City Is Burning or Street Fighting Man. That’s what you’ve got to reach for." - The Godfathers describing what rock and roll is to them in a 2017 interview with Louder Sound.

"[Stop!] was primarily written in the warehouse of a clothing store in Venice, California called NaNa’s — which, back in the late Eighties, was one of the only punk-rock clothing stores in Los Angeles. We rehearsed in the warehouse where they kept all the boots and shoes, so it was wall-to-wall Doc Martens and creepers, and every variation of punk-rock shoe and clothing, all around us in this dingy little warehouse." - Dave Navarro to Rolling Stone in 2015

"We shot this video only a few weeks before the pandemic hit with no clue as to what the future held. The fact that we got the chance to do it is damn near miraculous in hindsight. " - www.youtube.com

"Hi John, my 6 year old son Donovan and I are likely to hit the pool this weekend as one of the few COVID activities we can engage. We are sitting here coloring pictures this morning, listening to KEXP and would love to hear The Pool Party by Rudy Willingham. You introduced me to that song and the boy dances like a maniac when he hears it." - Chad in San Diego

Watch the video for Lizzo's "Juice" here: www.youtube.com

A 2020 Morning Show fave!

We took a brief time out on the influential music of Prince in 2019 to spotlight his fashion. Duh, of course we included that butt-less costume from 1991 at the MTV Music Video Awards: www.kexp.org

Your reminder that it is indeed Friday

The video for this one was considered a breakthrough for visual effects at the time, that time being the mid-90s: www.youtube.com

Billie Holiday is name-checked in this one. She passed away on this day in 1959 of heart failure at the age of 44 years old.

"While A Love Supreme is a recognized musical masterpiece, it had enormous personal significance for Coltrane." Find out the story behind 'A Love Supreme' here: www.npr.org

A song made up entirely of other songs, dialogue and sound effects.

Dave Greenfield, keyboardist for The Stranglers, passed away from COVID in May at the age of 71: www.kexp.org

Back in May, DJ Abbie compiled a video of over a hundred KEXP listeners dancing at home to this one! Watch it here: www.youtube.com

"Ethan turns 3 today and we’re enjoying too many doughnuts and listening to the morning show. His favorite songs right now are Free Falling by Tom Petty and Controversy by Prince, (Go figure) but he’s just loving the music this morning to support our sugar rush. All the best to you and have a great weekend!" - Steve, Andrea, Ethan, and James

"If it's possible could you play something by the Stones in memory of my dear friend Joe, who just passed away. He was my first true art teacher/mentor in college. When I saw him two years ago, it was the first time I had seen him since getting my MFA. We had a brief chat before joining our friends for dinner and told me he was proud of my accomplishments & called me his colleague. The last time I saw him in person he called me brother." - Juan

A compilation of their three EP's 'Champion Versions,' 'The Patty Patty Sound' and 'Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos.' You may have heard this one in 2000's, "High Fidelity"

The Aussie band's second single from 'In Ghost Colours', their sophomore album.

Featured in this mash-up is a song from Tame Impala's 'Currents' album, which was released on the day in 2015.

This has been The Morning Show. You'll have a different host next week, and then we'll be starting at 7:00 AM for our new programming schedule on July 27th! Stay safe and healthy out there this weekend, friends. www.kexp.org