I Went...SI--SI--SIRIUS...All The Way Home (again) #60
(a short jaunt)
"Ghost Blues" - Rory Gallagher / "Fresh Evidence" (1990)
"Came home this morning,
looking halfway like a ghost."
Funny how we gravitate to certain blues guys. We love this one, not so much that one. I don't know nothing much about the blues. I don't actively seek the stuff out. I just know what I like. I like Rory's joy and who he surrounds himself with. And Rory, like Johnny and Howlin' and Taj...they all make the feel...real. Sure, there is a bit of cult of personality goin' on, but for whatever reason, I'm right there with'em. This was Rory Gallagher's eleventh and last studio album. He was only 47 when his health problems finally caught up with him. (NEED)
"Seven Seas Of Rhye" - Queen / "Queen II" (1974)
"I command your very souls, you unbelievers.
Bring before me what is mine
at the seven seas of Rhye."
This is my 2nd favorite Queen album. For many reasons I guess, but hearing my dad play this one over and over again certainly helped make it familiar. But I've always thought "Seven Seas Of Rhye" was a bit lyrically clunky...in need of a little more spit and polish. Love the unreal vocals though. And fortunately, this song's the last one on the album. "Queen II" was, as you might have guessed, the band's second studio album. (OWN)
"Spooky Boogie" - Gentle Giant / "Giant For A Day" (1978)
(instrumental)
This is not a little ditty about Jack and Diane. But it is a little ditty. And I dig it actually. The song sounds very familiar. Nothing flashy. No sparks. No flares. But the nostalgic, playful spookiness of it all plays nicely with my memories. This was Gentle Giant's 10th album and is considered to be their weakest effort. (NEED)
"WILMA, I'M HOME!"
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