I Went...SI--SI--SIRIUS...All The Way Home (again) #63

(a short jaunt)


"Rudy" - Supertramp / "Crime Of The Century" (1974)
"Rudy's on a train to nowhere,
halfway down the line.
He don't want to get there, but he needs time."

A proggier pop flavor than some and with a whole Yahtzee of ideas tossed into the cup and ready to be rattled.  But there are no second-guessings with this roll.  You just relax, because the band is all in.  And once you get your head and ears in the right place...and all systems are a go...it's an out-and-out chest rush.  The first time I heard "Rudy" the song made very little if any, impression.  But...the first time I actually listened to the song, it punched my ticket like a conductor in a hurry for me to find my seat.  And that's exactly what it took.  It took actual active listening for me to get my ticket punched.  Active listening made all the difference.  Just put your hands on the wheel and count the headlights on the highway.  And sorry, but this one's too heavy for the riders in the back seat.  "Rudy" is for front-seaters only.  Find this one on Supertramp's third studio album. (OWN)


"Stone Cold Fever" - Humble Pie / "Rock On" (1971)
"Ooh stone cold fever, so hard to see.
I've got trouble in my backbone
since that lonesome day."

Reach for the knob and crank this one up.  Marriot and Frampton were on fire.  "Stone Cold Fever" is a great jam that burns the barn down.  "Rock On" might be the band's best album.  It's certainly my favorite square to spin.  Steve Marriot flies a little bit under the radar, but he was a force of nature.  "Peter the Frampton" left after this album to do his own thing, but he left on a high note.  This was Humble Pie's fourth album. (NEED) 


"Take It Back" - Pink Floyd / "The Division Bell" (1994)
"We were spinning into darkness.
The earth was on fire.
She could take it back, she might take it back someday."

Until I looked at my radio, you could have knocked me over with a feather if you had told me this was Pink Floyd. The shimmering beginning is pretty, but I was reminded of something Mike and the Mechanics did that's been long forgotten.  The song is missing the Yan with its Yin.  The meat with its potatoes.  The Waters with its Gilmour.  When the two are together, the balance has just the right seasoning.  Right now my equilibrium is askew.  I've never heard "The Division Bell" in its entirety.  Perhaps I should.  This was Mr. Pink Floyd's 14th square. (NEED)  

"WILMA,  I'M HOME!"  

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