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Wednesday, May 8 2019, 6AM
Near the beginning and at the end of this song, a field recording of fans in Liverpool's stadium singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" is superimposed over the music.
The single for this track was a tribute to Scottish football player Kenny Dalglish, who is represented on the front cover holding the European Cup.
Read from the "Review Revue" from the KEXP archives that DJs wrote about this album: www.kexp.org
Read from the "Review Revue" from the KEXP archives that DJs wrote about this album: www.kexp.org
Shawn Smith performs this beautiful rendition of Purple Rain in tribute to the late great Prince. Watch this video recorded at the Folk House Bristol, UK in April 2015. Dubbed "One of the greatest rock vocalists of all time" by Mojo Magazine, this was a rare chance to see Shawn perform solo, in a beautiful, intimate setting. www.youtube.com
Prince covered Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella in 2008. Any video clips by fans were blocked by Prince's people. When Thom Yorke heard about this, he said "'Really? He’s blocked it?' asked Yorke, who figured it was their song to block or not. 'Surely we should block it. Hang on a moment.' Yorke added: 'Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our … song.'" bit.ly
Watch Radiohead perform this track live in Paris 2001 here: www.youtube.com
We could listen to this version for hours. Car Seat Headrest and fellow Seattle-based band Naked Giants covered this Talking Heads' track. Watch them perform it live at the Neptune in Seattle, WA in 2016: www.youtube.com
Maybe they will perform this on their next show in Seattle! They are playing with Death Cab for Cutie at Marymoor Park on Saturday & Sunday September 7th & 8th. bit.ly
Maybe they will perform this on their next show in Seattle! They are playing with Death Cab for Cutie at Marymoor Park on Saturday & Sunday September 7th & 8th. bit.ly
Stop Making Sense is a 1984 film featuring a live performance by Talking Heads. It was shot over the course of four nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December 1983. The film has been hailed by Leonard Maltin as "one of the greatest rock movies ever made", and "the finest concert film" according to Robert Christgau, while Pauline Kael of The New Yorker described it as "close to perfection". www.youtube.com
Watch Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar perform this track live at the BET Awards in 2016: bet.us
In April 2019 Beyoncé dropped a surprise live album, featuring tracks she performed as a 2018 Coachella headliner. cbsn.ws
Kate Bush performed her first live show in 35 years at London’s Eventim Apollo in 2014. When tickets went on sale, they sold out in 15 minutes. bit.ly
On this day in 1970, The Beatles twelfth and final album, Let It Be was released in the UK. Paul McCartney performed this track at Live Aid in July 1985 in Wembley Stadium, London. www.youtube.com
The La's performed these songs live in Japan in 2005. www.youtube.com
Here is a video of Echo & the Bunnymen performing this track in London in 1983. Can you picture yourself in the audience? www.youtube.com
U2 performed "Bad" (Wide Awake in America version) live in 1985. www.youtube.com
One of the best live acts ever... Jane's Addiction. Permanent favorite memory. This version of The Rolling Stones song was recorded live at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on January 1987.
And because we all love Jane's Addiction, here is their cover of the Velvet Underground song from the same live album released in 1987.
IDLES performed "Television" live at Studio 9294 in Hackney Wick, London, during KEXP's International Clash Day broadcast in February 2019. It was quite the party! Watch it here: www.youtube.com
We are thrilled that they will be playing in the KEXP Gathering Space on Wednesday, May 29th at 1:30 PM. Come join the KEXP IDLES party!! bit.ly
We are thrilled that they will be playing in the KEXP Gathering Space on Wednesday, May 29th at 1:30 PM. Come join the KEXP IDLES party!! bit.ly
IDLES shared a new song yesterday. “Mercedes Marxist” is pulled from the sessions for their latest album. Frontman Joe Talbot’s voice grows gruff over a nagging guitar: “I bow on my knees for you, but I’m already wasted.” bit.ly
This track refers to the band's run-ins with the police, their practice of letting fans into gigs through the back door or window for free and a punk idealism seemingly crushed by the corporate reality they had become part of and the betrayal and anger they felt. www.youtube.com
For your visual pleasure, Gary Numan performed "Me! I Disconnect from You" live at Pumpehuset in Copenhagen, Denmark in March 2018. www.youtube.com
How can this one get any better? NIИ playing a Joy Division song with Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy singing. Yum. www.youtube.com
The second EP The Peel Sessions, was released in 1987, from John Peel's show broadcast on December 1979. bit.ly
Here is the visual version of David Bowie's performance of this song from Glastonbury in 2000. www.youtube.com
On this day in 1984, Bob Marley released Legend, a compilation album. It is a greatest hits collection of singles in its original vinyl format and is the best-selling reggae album of all-time, with over 15 million copies sold in the United States and an estimated 28 million copies sold globally. This live version of "No Woman, No Cry" was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London in July 1975.
First Aid Kit performed a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" live in the KEXP studio in October 2012. www.youtube.com
Simon & Garfunkel performed this song at The Concert in Central Park in 1982. www.youtube.com
Sufjan Stevens performed this track at Austin City Limits in 2006. www.youtube.com
Elbow performed this song with the BBC Concert Orchestra. bit.ly
The Verve played this song live at Glastonbury in 2008. www.youtube.com
Here's a video of Tom Petty performing "Learning to Fly" live from Gatorville 2006: www.youtube.com
In 2015, Mad Season and Temple of the Dog reunite at an overwhelming one-off show with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. I wish I would have been at Benaroya Hall that night. bit.ly
Nirvana performed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Live at Reading in 1992. www.youtube.com
This is also a fun version performed live at The Paramount Theatre in Seattle in 1991. Another show that I wish I could have been in the mosh pit, maybe even crowd surfing. www.youtube.com
This is also a fun version performed live at The Paramount Theatre in Seattle in 1991. Another show that I wish I could have been in the mosh pit, maybe even crowd surfing. www.youtube.com
So much great live music right here in the PNW. This one is off a live album that was recorded on May 1999, in Eugene, OR. Enjoy this one: www.youtube.com
Released in 2004, The White Stripes released the Under Blackpool Lights DVD. The DVD consists of 26 tracks recorded at The Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in the English seaside resort of Blackpool on January 27 and 28, 2004. www.youtube.com
Watch this live version of "Orange Crush" recorded in Germany in 2003. www.youtube.com
In 1994, Peter Gabriel released his second live album, recorded in November 1993 in Modena, Italy. You can watch this performance of "In Your Eyes" taken from Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live concert film: www.youtube.com
He said it was the most difficult song he had ever sung in his life, but boy did George Michael do it justice. He performed at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium in April 1992, singing "Somebody To Love" with the rest of Queen. www.youtube.com
Can you imagine being in this audience?! Queen performed these two songs at Live Aid in 1985, Wembley London. www.youtube.com
The Cure released Show in 1993, which was recorded live over two nights at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan in 1992, during the successful Wish tour. Maybe one or more of us here in the DJ booth saw The Cure on this tour. Swoon. <3 Here is a random live recording from a different tour in 1995 of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BCTvYZIXEM
This song would quickly catch on as a fan favorite at the band's concerts. This album was recorded on June 18, 1988 at the Pasadena Rose Bowl during the final performance of the Music for the Masses Tour. www.youtube.com
The live album Under a Blood Red Sky was released in November 1983. This track was recorded live in Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on August 20, 1983. Here is a live recording of this track from Red Rocks: www.youtube.com
Pearl Jam played at The Gorge in July 2006. Here is a fan's video of "Daughter" / "It's Ok" amalgamation: www.youtube.com
9:55 AM
50th spin
"'Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.' Those words were uttered to wild applause in the cafeteria of Folsom Prison, a maximum security facility northeast of Sacramento, Calif. on Jan. 13, 1968." In 2018, NPR discussed this prison performance that is now over 50 years old. n.pr
And that's a wrap on this 4-hour live set of some great bands, around Seattle and around the world. Today is GiveBIG day. If you love what you hear on KEXP, consider donating today. www.kexp.org
And one more live video of this Cars song from 1978: www.youtube.com ....... Bye Bye Love!
And one more live video of this Cars song from 1978: www.youtube.com ....... Bye Bye Love!
This song is heard before kick-off at every Liverpool match at Anfield. "You'll Never Walk Alone" was written by Oscar Hammerstein II and composed by Richard Rodgers for their musical Carousel. Gerry and the Pacemakers covered this song in 1963. Gerry Marsden explains how it makes him feel to hear the song played before every home game: bit.ly