4,992Shows
249,891Spins
Friday, Jul 28 2017, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. This song was inspired by a 1986 trip that Bono made to Nicaragua and El Salvador, where he saw firsthand how local peasants were affected by United States military intervention in the region. Angered by what he witnessed, Bono asked guitarist the Edge to "put El Salvador through an amplifier."
Simple Minds were working in America when they came up with the music for this song. The jaunty tune inspired a similarly upbeat lyric from Jim Kerr, who had reason to celebrate on a personal level as well: He married Chrissie Hynde in 1984 and the couple had a daughter, Yasmin, the next year.
Midnight Oil is in the midst of a world tour, its first in 15 years.: www.midnightoil.com
Here's Karl Wallinger performing "Ship of Fools" live in Milwaukee: www.youtube.com
Arcade Fire will perform in Seattle on Sunday, October 15th, 2017 at Key Arena.
"I found myself writing this song, this story, this long piece of vomit," Dylan said. "I'd never written anything like that before and it suddenly came to me that this is what I should do." Vomit is the essential word here. Dylan was describing, with characteristic vividness, the uncontrollable rush of a creative insight. "I don't know where my songs come from," Dylan said. "It's like a ghost is writing a song." Read about the neuroscience of Bob Dylan's genius: www.theguardian.com
6:33 AM
53rd spin
Listen to Wilco's "less jittery" cover of this famous Nick Lowe song: consequenceofsound.net
The New Yorker calls this love song "the Talking Heads song that explains the Talking Heads": www.newyorker.com
This wonderful cover was recorded at Seattle's Neptune Theatre in December, 2016: www.youtube.com
"Love’s such an old-fashioned word
and love dares you to care for
the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way
Of caring about ourselves..." Read Slate's paean of praise for this great song: www.slate.com
Is this "the best song of the millenium"?: www.stereogum.com
After a 35-year hiatus, Duran Duran will be touring in Japan soon.: www.duranduran.com
This is a cover of The Specials' 1980 song. Here's the video, including a gargoyle: www.youtube.com
Want to know more about this London-based singer-songwriter?: www.allmusic.com
Watch Jack Penate performing "Tonight's Today" and other songs during a live KEXP in-studio session: blog.kexp.org
Ahhh....the Friday song. Next Friday, August 4th, KEXP begins our free Concerts at the Mural series here at the Seattle Center. Read all about it here: blog.kexp.org
Clash guitarist Mick Jones sang lead vocals on this song, and the lyrics appear to be a reference to the end of his on-off relationship with Viv Albertine (which he also referenced in "I'm Not Down"). It also contains a pointed reference to his flat being burgled in early 1979 and his feelings of depression also referenced in "I'm Not Down" ("I need new clothes, I need somewhere to stay").
Here's Mr. Cash in Denmark, singing "Man in Black" live: www.youtube.com
"Number three...You have the right to free speech as long as you're not
dumb enough to actually try it...." Here are the lyrics: www.lyricsfreak.com
Johnny Cash played this song for the first time at his famous San Quentin show: www.wideopencountry.com
Johnny Cash and Ray Charles performed this song together: www.youtube.com
KEXP honored this "generous and passionate woman," who died last year: blog.kexp.org
You can purchase this track at The True Loves' Bandcamp page: truelovesband.bandcamp.com
"You are what you play..." This might be a good song for some novice English DJ's to include in their set for an audience of 500.
This song was written in reaction to an incident where the BBC DJ, Steve Wright, played the trite and spunky Wham! track, "I'm Your Man," following a news report about the Chernobyl disaster – a devastating nuclear accident that occurred on April 16, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. Guitarist, Johnny Marr, recalled to NME in 1987: "'Panic' came about at the time of Chernobyl. Morrissey and myself were listening to a radio report about it. The stories of this shocking disaster comes to an end and then immediately we're off into Wham's 'I'm Your Man.' I remember actually saying, 'What the f*ck has this got to do with people's lives?' And so, 'Hang the blessed DJ.' I think it was a great lyric, important and applicable to anyone who lives in England."
Z‑Trip will perform at Rifflandia 10 in Victoria, Canada on
Sunday, September 17, 2017.
"The drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, etc...." www.youtube.com
Gordon Raphael is known here in Seattle for his time in Sky Cries Mary and for producing The Strokes. His new album, as yet unnamed, is due out on September 22nd, 2017, on the Zero Hours label.
Watch Beck's dance moves in the video for this catchy tune: www.youtube.com
"What a wanker....What a wanker..." You'll appreciate these lyrics: genius.com
KEXP featured this cathartic song as a KEXP Song of the Day. Download it for yourself here: blog.kexp.org
Frontman Guy Garvey (From Uncut magazine February 2008): "'Grounds For Divorce' was written when I was in a unhappy relationship. The words tumbled onto the page before I'd considered their meaning: 'I've been working on a cocktail called Grounds For Divorce.' It relates to the relationship I was in, but it's also a light-hearted look at the aftermath of losing my friend (singer songwriter Bryan Clancy who died in 2006), about wanting to get out of my beloved Manchester. I wanted to live somewhere else, just because of how heavy it got round here."
Listen to The Heliosequence play "Lately" at KEXP's Concert at the Mural next Friday, August 4th, 2017.:blog.kexp.org
Visit The Mountain Goats' official website: www.mountain-goats.com
Charlie Fink told The Sun newspaper August 8, 2008: "A lot of people tell me that song has the ability to create joy in their lives, though at the same time I think it's rather melancholy. It's a kind of fantasy song about love that hasn't happened yet."
In this interview, Peter Coyne talks about this song and much, much more: goldenageofmusicvideo.com
Carter The USM became defunct in 2014.: www.theguardian.com
"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the female protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, commits suicide after a failed robbery attempt. It is reprised in the final scene to encourage a graduation class of which Louise (Billy and Julie's daughter) is a member. The now invisible Billy, who has been granted the chance to return to Earth for one day in order to redeem himself, watches the ceremony and is able to silently motivate the unhappy Louise to join in the song.
For the last time, Owen, it's pronounced "Jerry." www.youtube.com
This great song, written by Ben E. King, Lieber, and Stoller has been covered by multiple artists. Here are some of the best covers: www.rollingstone.com
Watch the official music video for John Lennon's version of this song: www.youtube.com
"What in the world you thinking of....Laughing in the face of love....: www.azlyrics.com
John Richards launches the 8th installment of the Runner Powered Podcast today. You'll find it (a little later today) on the KEXP blog.
There's some fabulous synchronized dancing in the video for "Go": www.youtube.com
Thank you for this choice. Learn more about this Australian duo whose songs "are of lost beauty, regret and sorrow, inspiration and nobility, and of the everlasting human goal of attaining a meaningful existence." : www.allmusic.com
Devotchka performed this song live at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheater in 2008: www.youtube.com
Read an appreciation of this great song: thisisthatsong.wordpress.com
