February 28, 2024 Playlist

The Finale part one
Featuring some of the greatest solo artists of the groovy era
also it's WORT-FM's PLEDGE DRIVE!
David Bowie "Heroes" (1977)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
David Bowie "Heroes"  1977 (UK)
The Kosmik Radiation show is coming to a close, and we're going out with the best of the best. Next week we'll do legendary groups of the groovy era (the 1970's and earlier), and this week we're focusing on individuals or "solo artists", if you will. And I can't think of a more singular individual in the modern music world than the iconic and enigmatic Mr. David Bowie. All of his albums are "at least interesting" (even the twee 1967 debut and the slick 1980's pop), and no two Bowie albums are alike. He's been accused of many things, but sounding like anybody other than himself is not one of them. His early 1970's take on glam rock is rightly heralded as among the most creative rock of it's day, and heck he even got Lou Reed into the American Top 10! (Iggy didn't quite get that far, but Bowie kept his career aftloat until the punk era came along as well.) Bowie's commercial peak could have been the 1980's, and he did very original albums during the 1990's (Earthling) and into the 21st century (The Next Day, blackstar). But in between the glam and the pop, he spent the end of the 1970's in Berlin making futuristic records with Brian Eno that prefigured (i.e. heavily influenced) the way popular music sounded in the 1980's. "Heroes" was the second of his so-called "Berlin trilogy" of albums, and was a pretty popular record considering how uncommercial and weird it is! (Like, a "disco" record with Fripp & Eno -- and side two is mostly instrumental!) In fact, this album was a big influence on Scott Walker when he decided to "get weird." A nice irony, since Walker was clearly one of Bowie's biggest influences as a singer back in the 1960's when he was getting started.
(R) = Listener Request       
     
Artist Song Album Year Country
Patti SmithNineBanga2012USA
Nina HagenNaturträne  ("Nature's Tears")Nina Hagen Band1978Germany
Todd RundgrenWhen The Shit Hits The Fan - Sunset Blvd
   / La Feel Internacionale		A Wizard, A True Star1973USA
Prince & The RevolutionLet's Go Crazy (extended dance mix)12" single1984USA
The Modern Lovers (Jonathan Richman)RoadrunnerThe Modern Loversrec. 1972, rel. 1976USA
 
 
Neil Young & Crazy HorseDown By The RiverEverybody Knows This Is Nowhere1969Canada/USA
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of InventionInca RoadsOne Size Fits All1975USA
Tom JonesHelp YourselfHelp Yourself1968UK (Wales)
Yoko Ono (with John Lennon)Hirake ("Open")Fly1971Japan
   
 
David Bowie (with Fripp & Eno)Beauty And The Beast"Heroes"
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1977UK
David Bowie (with Fripp & Eno)Blackout"Heroes"
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1977UK
David Bowie (with Fripp & Eno)Heroes"Heroes"
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1977UK
Brian EnoThird UncleTaking Tiger Mountain By Strategy1974UK
Lou Reed (produced by David Bowie)VisciousTransformer1972USA
   
 
James BrownGet Up, Get Into It, Get Involved7" single
(full length version from In The Jungle Groove compilation)		1970USA
Isaac HayesHyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymisticHot Buttered Soul1969USA
Fela Kuti & Afrika 70ZombieZombie1976Nigeria
Dr. John The Night TripperGris-Gris Gumbo Ya YaGris-Gris1968USA
   
 
Bob DylanJust Like Tom Thumb's BluesHighway 61 Revisited1965USA
Joni MitchellConversationLadies Of The Canyon1970Canada
Nico (with Jackson Browne)The Fairest Of The SeasonsChelsea Girl1967Germany
Scott WalkerPlastic Palace PeopleScott 21968USA/UK
William ShatnerLucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles)The Transformed Man1968Canada (Quebec)
Curtis MayfieldWe're A Winner (live)Curtis Live!1971USA
   
 
Miles DavisSpanish Key (R)Bitches Brew1970USA
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