"Escalator Of Life" by Robert Hazard

In honor of the launch of KCQN-Utah tonight at Midnight (Mountain Time), I had to pick a New Wave favorite today.  KCQN Utah is the combination of Utah's wonderful New Wave stations from the 80's: Super 107, KCGL, KRP and KJQ.  If you are into 80's New Wave you should check out the "Next Wave of New Wave": http://www.kcqnutah.com

Rachel Update 11-Dec-2016: added some new links.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIT2DpdcPzI
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsR8pDMi4s8
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqLvQz0TbTc
YouTube (VH1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e-Zevnfhhw
YouTube (live 1983): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uuUhsTjhQY

"The Last Waltz" by Engelbert Humperdinck

Rachel Update 4-Dec-2016: I originally wrote this post on 30-Sep-2011, but since it was intended for the 29th I modified the post date.

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Damn, I was so tired last night (insomnia the night before) I completely forgot to post yesterday's song.  So this is actually my song for Sept. 29th.

I can't remember for sure, but I think I first heard this song on a reel-to-reel tape that one of the other AVA (Audio-Visual Aide) guys recorded from the KVOG radio station in Ogden.  Everyone in the AVA just loved that tape, we played it all the time.  I will likely be posting some other songs from that tape in the future.

YouTube (album cover): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCYB64Ka8OE
YouTube (photo slide show): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orCiC9-p7yE

YouTube (live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hF9ngGYqbc

"The People You Never Get To Love" by Rupert Holmes

"The saddest words that anyone has ever said are: Lord, what might have been"

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7QW_1mnhm0

"Rev It Up" by Jerry Harrison

I decided to start off the H's with a rocker.  I love the video too.  "She said lets ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride."

Rachel Update 11-Dec-2016: added links to more videos.  Note the "erotic" video is very sexual.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dClBULBjsx0

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKb8H_RPhfc
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW05neJHmQU
YouTube (erotic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb_SeC-Kx30

"Talisman" by The Guess Who

Since I posted two Swing Out Sister songs last week and there was one more "G" song I really wanted to post, I decided to do that today.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55CeUSSjeaU

"The Girl From Ipanema" by Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto and Stan Getz

This is such a classic and still amazing almost 50 years later.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5QfXjsoNe4
YouTube Original Stereo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWGE1R4yZMQ
YouTube Live TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDA

"Found Out About You" by Gin Blossoms

This song always sounded like it was from an earlier era to me, delightful!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB6XdAkkAo

"Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring

Great song and video from the early days of MTV.

Rachel Update 10-Dec-2016: added more videos.  The live 1984 is a great performance!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1sf2CzEq0w
YouTube (live 1984): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_VWtTcaBEs
YouTube (live 1985): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXhlZl8Ofc
YouTube (live 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1HSvXanqIM

"We'll Sing In The Sunshine" by Gale Garnett

I remember playing this on the jukebox in a little diner that my family used to eat at on Riverdale Road in Ogden.  I can't remember the name of it, but the owner later closed it and started Warren's Drive In.  Anyway, I still love this song.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kzeCjluvxU
YouTube (45 RPM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fY-0eK3Jqc
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9gb9ZEvMs
YouTube (Grammy performance?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhovT-x6S8

Rachel Update 6-Dec-2016: replaced dead links:

YouTube (original stereo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypwUeurO-zI
YouTube (Grammy performance?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUMxj7lmhM

"Something Out Of This World" by Swing Out Sister

First, I would like to send a big Happy Birthday wish to Corinne Drewery today!!

If I had been thinking I would have waited and posted my Swing Out Sister song of the week today instead of Monday.  So, now, I guess we will have two SOS songs this week.  :)

I went to their concert at Bimbo's 365 Club in 1997 and while they were performing this song I remember thinking how Swing Out Sister was "something out of this world, something wonderful".

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4PNI9AMe0E
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh6xuqS0Qv8
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSO1GE0j4T0

Rachel Update 6-Dec-2016:  replaced the dead link below with some current links.

YouTube (dead link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r8XE005waw

"As Heaven Is Wide" by Garbage

Starting off the G's with a great rocker from the 90's.  I couldn't decide which video I liked the best so I linked to a couple.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tC_46934Ak
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxYYUbkCr64
YouTube Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXZUvlqSA5c

"Surrender" by Swing Out Sister

Almost 25 years ago, but still of of my very favorites.  "Still waiting for love to take revenge"

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPqVJReJ_wY
YouTube Live TV 1987: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBWoHBcsX8
YouTube Live Slovakia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI0y1C08wBM

Rachel Update 5-Dec-2016: replaced this dead link with a current one:

YouTube (dead): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4erZa3BlOJ4

"Boys and Girls Together" by Chase

I just love horns and Bill Chase really delivered.  I was saddened when I went to YouTube to search  and found that he had passed away in 1974 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Chase).  This entire album is a masterpiece, last week I played the entire album over and over.  It was difficult to pick one song as the title for this post.

Update 10-Feb-2012: change the artist in the title from Bill Chase to Chase which was the band's name.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBFDOPN4wc4

1. Open Up Wide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uufw4zf3dA0
2. Livin' In Heat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbYZjbmW0yA
3. Hello Groceries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXCABW9L5u8  (go to time 3:00)
4. Handbags and Gladrags: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF5oKHm2FAA
5. Get It On: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPW93Wyg_U0
6. Boys and Girls Together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBFDOPN4wc4
7. Invitation To A River:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft3f3bNlKcM

Invitation To A River is a medley of these songs:

1. Two Minds Meet
2. Stay
3. Paint It Sad
4. Reflections
5. River

Get It On (Live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVt_M1bY_Sw

"Back To The Wall" by Divinyls

I wasn't feeling well yesterday and went to bed early, completely forgetting to post a song :(

But this is a really great song by the Divinyls to make up for it.

"You've got the upper hand
But I've got nothing to lose
When I'm trapped in a corner like this
I might light the fuse"

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrBd96o7y4Y
YouTube Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G6DahXtw5M

Updated 29-Nov-2016: I originally posted this song on Sept. 18, but I've changed the time stamp now so it shows as my song for Sept. 17th.

"Heartbeat City" by The Cars

I missed this one when I was doing the C's and decided I needed to take care of it now.  Easily my favorite Cars song.  One funny thing to note is that I have a copy of the "Heartbeat City" LP where the title of this song is "Jackie" instead of "Heartbeat City".

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKIJVKzgoSc
YouTube Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz-0bitY7Pw

"Taste the Pain" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

I had an infected tooth pulled today and it did NOT want to cooperate and refused to come out.  It was unbelievable how much it hurt coming out and how much it hurt afterwards.  I had two shots of anesthetic before, another during,  and two big ones afterwards for the trip home.  And even then I thought I was going to go insane from the pain on the ride home.

But this reminded me of my favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers song, so I decided that will be my song of the day.  Such a great song and great video too.  "Walk away and taste the pain, come again some other day."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhfnZvKwDHI

"No Mercy" by The Stranglers

I just felt like this song today.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRnmIV1hmT0
YouTube from TV show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2qGxA4zrEg

"Lost Weekend" by Lloyd Cole & the Commotions

Decided another "Lost Weekend" song would be good and it's also a KCGL song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rZznbo5Jlc

"Another Lost Weekend" by Swing Out Sister

Another wonderful B-side and it is appropriate since it seems like it was another lost weekend for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yydic0Y7dw

Note 24-Dec-2015: this is the B-side to "Twilight World"

"Seconds" by U2

Update 23-Dec-2015:

Since this was the tenth anniversary of 9-11 I originally tried to think of a song to commemorate all those who lost their lives and those who gave their lives afterwards, but nothing I thought of really seemed appropriate.  I finally decided to just have a moment of silence.

But while trying to think of a song for the tragedy in Paris this song came to mind, but I decided to use it to fill in this day.  It is so very sad that the hate and violence has continued.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28z5aTiN4UI
YouTube (lyrics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wvq85uY5jE
YouTube (live Red Rocks): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT1uxJb2ci8
YouTube (live Germany): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ada8H9B3aFQ

"Rage Hard" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Another song from KCGL.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuyzO-6hi8

"Hold On" by Santana

This song playing on a memory stick in my car on 28-May-2017

A peek into almost 6 years into the future.

Rachel update 12-May-2018: added above photos I took last year of this song playing on my car stereo from a memory stick.

Original post:

I'm going to interrupt the F's for a special song.  My wife picked this great, great song for our anniversary:

Don't rush me, just this once
I want to make this moment last
Slow down the pace, there's no hurry
...
Just let me close my eyes, memorize
The way things are this minute
So when you're gone, I can go on
If memory can hold within it what I'm feeling
Should time try fading or stealing something away

Hold on, nothing's the same
Tell me why I feel this way
Life wouldn't be worth living without You!

YouTube Original Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhuBr3BpIo
YouTube Lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGzRc7bO1Yc
YouTube Ian Thomas (composer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5eyrmt5YwM

Thank you, my love, for twelve wonderful years!!

"Love Hates" by Marianne Faithfull

I first heard this on the wonderful KCGL radio station in the 80's.  I finally found it on the Tuff Turf soundtrack.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iadSnk4r65E

"Shape of Things to Come" by Max Frost and the Troopers

I'm not sure if I remember this song from 1968, but I recently rediscovered it on the "Nuggets from Nuggets" CD.  I have often thought it would have made a good theme song for the Free Software movement.

"Let the old world make believe, it's blind and deaf and dumb. But nothing can change the shape of things to come."

Updated 30-May-2015 with new YouTube link:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbpcTwwtW3M

Original video (no longer available):

YouTube 45 RPM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqsxF_zt700

"Three Coins In The Fountain" by The Four Aces

Starting off the F's with an oldie.  I loved this song as a child and still enjoy it today.  I'm pretty sure I still have a copy of this on a 78.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZe-dADk33E
YouTube Live (original group): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzIdY46MMKA

"Dirty Money" by Swing Out Sister

There are so many SOS B-sides that are gems.  This is definitely one of them.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpyeBVBl6NY

"Heaven Sent" by Esthero

I really enjoy all of this Esthero album and Heaven Sent is my favorite song.

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YoE2CWg2EI

"Knife Edge" by Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Another one this week from the heavier side.  This one from 1970, hard to believe it was 41 years ago.  I loved seeing the old Tektronix 500 series oscilloscope in the live version.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMIVTeosxUo
YouTube Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_qNYKmEOnU
YouTube Broadcast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyW_V99G97g
YouTube Live 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-OsmSwYh0

"Cross My Heart" by Everything But The Girl

It was almost impossible to pick just one EBTG song.  I'm definitely going to post two or three of their albums.  But for now here is a song that I have played over and over.  It reminds me of someone in my past, but that is kind of appropriate.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OnJrZ_7cd8

"Falling to Pieces" by Faith No More

Updated 1-Feb-2012:

I was reviewing my blog and decided that although "Rock On" is a great song, it wasn't one that I would play over and over and over.  And a few days ago I heard "Falling to Pieces" on KCQN Utah and was reminded of what an incredible song it was.  In fact, I considered it to be my "Theme Song" for most of the 90's.  I think it has some of the best lyrics ever, that pretty much described me to a tee: "droplets of yes and no in an ocean of maybe".   And it is one of those rockers I still have to crank up to 11.  And the video is great too, I could watch it over and over again.  So I'm changing my song for September 1, 2011 to it.  Enjoy!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32bdevGClD4

Update 30-Sep-2015: I changed the broken link to the official Rhino video for this song.

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Original post for Thursday, September 1, 2011:

"Rock On" by David Essex

There are very few songs that got lots of air play that I still enjoy hearing, this is one of the exceptions.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgcYfKw0_TI