Hotline to the Underground October 19, 2020 TOP 10

 

Hotline to the Underground  October 19, 2020 TOP 10

By Joe Viglione
www.joeviglione.com

 

 the Joe Vig Top 10

1)”Add the Address”  Deep Purple   This track from the new Whoosh album is a remake of a track from 1968’s Shades of Deep Purple album.  A real study hearing producer Bob Ezrin work with this outrageously popular group 52 years after the first impression  Truly great stuff, the album is solid, every track has the magic.  See my review below.

2)”The Weather” Gaviiformes …I love this track.  My colleague at ClubBohemia.club, Nicole Anzuoni, turned me onto this YouTube recording.  It’s fantastic.  Rolling Stones from the Beggars Banquet era meets R.E.M., a delightful, sustaining five minutes and seven seconds.  This is such a keeper.  The song takes subtle twists and turns with a chanting hook that adds the frosting on the cake. The YouTube page says “98° and sunny on the Richmond Street roof, North End Boston” – cryptic from a band with lots of potential

 

3)”Today is Gone” from Medium
    Thick guitars and a mesmerizing chant from Neeto Blue (Tony Porfirio,) Matt Smith on rhythm guitar, Jacob Porfirio on lead guitar, Floyed on bass, Glenn Landon on drums. The under three minutes (2:57) directly from the Velvet Underground third album school of rock.

 

 

4)”Enchanted Glasses”  Steve Keith
    Intricate and poppy with a psychedelic video. Contemporary music with 1960s vocals. This is an amazing track from the Private Lightning bassist.  Reminiscent of Jeff Hudson’s work with Greg Hawkes of the Cars. I could play these songs all in a row on the air and it would be great radio.

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5)”Tears”  Kenny Selcer and Steve Gilligan …the two minstrels of the Concord/Boston folk music scene come up with a precise, fine-drawn introspective look at the 2020 pandemic. Kenny Selcer - vocals, guitar Steve Gilligan - vocals, bass  The photos on the video run through climate change, a deranged president and more.  Tears ©Kenny Selcer, BMI Recorded 2019-2020 by Billy Mason and Kenny Selcer Mixed by Kenny Selcer Video Editing by Kenny Selcer http://www.kennyselcer.com http://www.kennyselcer.bandcamp.com

 

6)Greg Walsh’s June Gloom video is really fun ...for those who love horror movies. https://youtu.be/lOwR24pl0sE - follow ups to his “Mr. Fix It” and Counting Down to Zero (From 1) – a very cool ballad, Velvet Underground if they were on mainstream pop radio in the 1960’s

 

7)”An Elephant Never Forgets”  Peter Calo from his Time Machine album. Reviewing the live track on YouTube February 6, 2017.  This is a tremendous statement on what is going on in the world with this amazing species.  https://youtu.be/Qv04tXVnFK0

 

 

8)”Too Many Cooks”(Spoil the Soup)  Mick Jagger, Produced by John Lennon with Lennon on guitar.  It’s Willie Dixon’s song recorded in 1973 with Jim Keltner (drums), Danny Kortchmar and Jesse Ed Davis (guitars), and Somerville’s own Al Kooper on keyboards.   December 1973 from the Record Plant.  On the Top 10, of course, for Lennon’s 80^th birthday (born October 9, 1940.)

 

9)”Siren’s Call” from Brian Walker  Modern Pop on Spotify. As with Steve Keith (above on this list,) Walker takes Roxy Music’s “Edition’s of You” and its “sirens sweetly singing” and brings the tempo down fifty years on. Unique and highly listenable.  The song builds to a crescendo to conclude this ten song playlist I’d be proud to put on the air.  Facebook.com/BrianWalkerMusic

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19vvtr094M8GaBPGwBqCEW?si=tbxUTtaqTpWprIwHUXk3Jw

 

 

 

10)”Stay the Night” Sam Kaiser A beautiful folk/pop love tune up on YouTube https://youtu.be/g7bmDqhZ8c4  Don’t always like to compare to other musicians, but this would fit perfectly on Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water album.

 

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