Hey Guys,
Did you happen to catch the Jimmys at the end of last night’s “One World, Together At Home” television concert special, referencing "Eye of the Tiger" in the massive telecast last night at the end?
If you watched Lady Gaga's mammoth show last night, a fund-raiser for the virus (great show with Macca, Stevie Wonder, Elton and many others – THE STONES were absolutely AWESOME), at the very end (last five minutes or so), the three hosts Fallon, Kimmel and Colbert are standing there cracking jokes and I believe Fallon says a joke that incorporates an "Eye of the Tiger" mention (the entire title) into a sentence of a joke between them all. I only saw the show once, so I cannot remember what the comment was, but I thought "WOW! A comment to the greatness of Jim's song!"
I'm SURE they will rebroadcast on youtube or something soon. I'll watch for it. AFTER the 3 networks aired it last night, almost EVERY BIG cable network aired it (USA, TBS, etc).
Clark Besch
I was in and out throughout the program (and missed the end “Eye Of The Tiger” moment you are talking about) … but the general consensus is that The Rolling Stones (and Drummer Charlie Watts in particular) absolutely stole the show. (Funny thing is, I didn’t even know they were supposed to be on!!! They were not part of the original line-up shown in the press release that we received … but were apparently a last minute addition. Charlie’s “air drumming” to The Stones' classic “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” complimented Mick Jagger’s SUPERB vocal … and this was clearly one of the show’s highlights. (Honestly, I thought the Stevie Wonder segment … and the Paul McCartney segment in particular … were pretty disappointing performances.) Others … like J-Lo singing “People” was outstanding. Jimmy Fallon with The Roots doing “The Safety Dance” (appropriate enough considering the circumstances) was also very good. I missed the Adam Lambert segment but caught the clip on Yahoo News afterwards. I’m sure the whole concert (well, the two hour event anyway … the show REALLY kicked off about one in the afternoon Chicago time but the big guns were held for the major network simulcast that started here at 7 PM) is available for On Demand viewing … they want to raise as much money as possible. (kk)
Highlight clips can be found here: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/charlie-wattss-awesome-airdrumming-and-other-one-world-together-at-home-highlights-045825522.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04
(Read some of the Charlie Watts comments … they’re hysterical!) kk
THE ROLLING STONES … absolutely killing it!
(Read some of the Charlie Watts comments … they’re hysterical!) kk
THE ROLLING STONES … absolutely killing it!
JIMMY FALLON, THE ROOTS and some FIRST RESPONDERS … giving whole new meaning to “The Safety Dance”
J-LO: Beautiful (I never liked this song but Jennifer Lopez turned my head around with her perfect performance!)
I also like the Camila Cabello / Shawn Mendes version of “What A Wonderful World” … and even Billie Eilish doing “Sunny” (although I wished she would have used a microphone … even still, her whispered vocals were beautiful.)
At about 1 hour, 55 minutes – 1 hour, 56 minutes you’ll find the comment that Clark Besch mentioned above … it wasn’t so much a nod to “Eye Of The Tiger” but rather to the Netflix phenomenon “Tiger King” (although Jimmy Kimmel DID guess that the finale might be something like Joe Exotic singing “Eye Of The Tiger ... King” … not something I’d think ANYBODY connected with the Survivor hit song would want to be associated with or very proud of! Lol) kk
You can also watch the six hour pre-show here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSOYLyJ7KYw
And there’s lots more to come …
Until we’re all able to get back out to the theaters and concert halls again (safely!) and these artists are able to travel and tour, we’re likely to see more and more “living room concerts” from artists wanting to stay in touch with their fans and do their part to both raise money for the cause as well as lift the spirits of all of us stuck at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSOYLyJ7KYw
And there’s lots more to come …
Until we’re all able to get back out to the theaters and concert halls again (safely!) and these artists are able to travel and tour, we’re likely to see more and more “living room concerts” from artists wanting to stay in touch with their fans and do their part to both raise money for the cause as well as lift the spirits of all of us stuck at home.
kk –
Check out the AllTogetherNow livesteam Los Angeles concert on May 25 ...
What a roster!
Clive
Actually, it’s all happening THIS Saturday … APRIL 25th … and while I initially had a tough time finding more information on this one, it looks like it’s all coming together very quickly now … and, in addition to many of the same players taking part once again, there are also going to be a fair amount of first-timers …
The list as we understand it so far includes Chris Martin from Coldplay, John Legend, Keith Urban, Pink, Patti Smith, Katharine McPhee Foster, Rob Thomas, The Goo Goo Dolls, One Republic, Rufus Wainwright, Smokey Robinson, Alan Parsons, Micky Dolenz, Melissa Manchester, Carole King, Rick Springfield, Mindi Abair, Mickey Thomas, Mary Wilson, Mike Love, Lisa Loeb, Paul Rodgers, Steve Lukather, Jesse Colin Young and more (kk)
You’ll find more on the AllTogetherNow concert event … along with another great interview with Micky Dolenz … here:
And here’s one WE’D like to see …
#SayALittlePrayer . . .
Dear Brian, Mike, Al, Bruce, David, Blondie,
Your fans and friends respectfully request you unite for a night.
In Your Rooms. Add Some Music To Our Day. Wake the World. Give us a Good Time. God Only Knows how many people will be blessed ...
Take us on a Surfin' Safari; Surf's Up!
A loyal fan @ #PrayForSurfBlog.blogspot.com
Phil
The only thing I can say to that is … Wouldn’t It Be Nice??? (kk)
If you liked the song Billie Joe Armstrong sang on Lady Gaga's TV show, here's a tribute to "That Thing You Do," too, from him!
Clark Besch
Billie Joe’s been quite the presence of late with his solo performances … I didn’t realize that these clips were a new, regular thing on Monday’s for him. (Maybe they should start an Ode To Billie Joe Channel!!!)
We ran the clip of him performing “I Think We’re Alone Now” last week … and I see that he also did one with Susannah Hoffs of The Bangles for “Manic Monday” … will have to check that one out as well! Very cool! (kk)
We ran the clip of him performing “I Think We’re Alone Now” last week … and I see that he also did one with Susannah Hoffs of The Bangles for “Manic Monday” … will have to check that one out as well! Very cool! (kk)
Another Tommy James tune has proven to be quite soothing during these stressful times …
Here’s a new commercial using Tommy's CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION - this song is being touted as an inspirational song during this pandemic and is now being used in a Bluescape Ad …
Here’s a new commercial using Tommy's CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION - this song is being touted as an inspirational song during this pandemic and is now being used in a Bluescape Ad …
Carol Ross
A new video for Styx’s “Show Me The Way” … sent in by Tom Cuddy … sounds a bit more “timely” these days.
Honestly, it DOES feel like we’re at war sometimes, doesn’t it? … but with an unseen enemy that we can’t stop from advancing.
Again, all these protests to “reopen America” make sense in terms of helping to rebound our economy … and, if the same logic and restrictions are put in place in the small businesses as are being carried out in the large box stores, maybe there is some hope. But when 1200 more people contract the virus in a single day in Chicago … and hundreds more die … how does one justify putting the rest of us at greater risk?
There is no easy answer here … and no safe solution. But until things are under control, much as I miss it, I can’t see myself going out to a restaurant or a movie theater or a rock club until I know FOR CERTAIN that we are out of danger and there is a successful vaccine that they can give us should we contract something anyway.
Do we let hundreds of thousands more die in the meantime? Because right now … even with social distancing … that seems to be the trend … and the forecast … until we really get a handle on this thing. (kk)
I just want to continue to thank you for providing music and information. I'm enjoying all of my Ides of March items that Jack (thank you) got for me and wanted to let Jim Peterik know that the new album is wonderful. The longevity of the Ides of March and the other bands is a true inspiration to us all who love music.
I also look forward to reading the Elton John book that I won.
This has been especially important during this crisis because I have been going through artists that were represented on the big countdown and now have enough for several playlists I can shuffle depending on what I feel like listening to.
Keep up the good work and thank you again!
With deep respect,
Nikki
I finished Mark Bego’s Elton John book a little over a week ago … it’s a very enjoyable read, jam-packed with facts, much of which were documented at the time. Next up … reading Elton’s OWN biography (to see how some of these stories twist and turn!) kk
Speaking of The Ides Of March, Jim Peterik’s “Spirit Of Chicago” clip that we ran here last week is getting some mainstream press.
Jim and Paul Braun sent us this update …
Hi Ides and friends!
I wanted to make sure you saw this clip on ABC News on Saturday.
Thanks to our dear friend Tracy Butler.
There may be more excerpts through the week.
Kent, feel free to post. Paul – you, too, of course.
Stay safe!
Jim
kk …
4/19/1947 = Happy Birthday Mark Volman
Check out this funny clip.
FB
We have run this clip several times before in Forgotten Hits … but it’s such a classic that I just had to run it again for the benefit on anyone out there who may not have seen it. (kk)
Here’s a nice 9-minute clip of Burton Cummings on Howard Stern's show, November 1994.
Mike Wolstein
Mike Wolstein
Wow, very cool … had not seen this before. Thanks for sending. (kk)
Mike also sent us this clip after he read our Bob Sirott mention in The Sunday Comments …
Hi, Kent –
I don't remember if I sent this to you yet. If I did, it had to have been a while back, 'cause my memory's shot. http://www.chicagoradioandmedia.com/multimedia/audio/5672-bob-sirott-s-1st-show-on-wls-am-6-8-73
Mike
Mike
Actually, yes, we ran this not too long ago in FH.
I was a Bob Sirott fan from his early days at WBBM-FM … he was the life of the station during their very brief Top 40 days in the early ‘70’s.
When it was first announced that he was moving to WLS, I was concerned that he would have to give up all of the things that made his WBBM show so unique and enjoyable in order to conform with the corporate logic of the AM giant.
To a certain degree, there WAS some of that … but as he grew into his role there, more and more of the things that made Bob Bob came back … and new bits were developed. That early ‘70’s hey-day period of Sirott and Landecker … Buell and Stevens … it was like the newer, younger, hipper generation of jocks moving into place. (Let’s face it, by now they were competing with the FM stations … but back then most of us still only had AM radios in our cars … so if we were out at night, we were likely flipping back and forth between WLS and WCFL!)
Still good to hear this again. (I remember when he was there at 6 am to launch WLS-FM a few years later, too.) Bob Sirott has been a Chicagoland fixture for DECADES now … and has also developed quite a national audience thru his television endeavors. We love ya, Bob! (kk)
As to Bob Sirott sounding like a kid, I cannot really talk. During his ’76 - early 80's (?) period, I seldom listened to WLS. I dropped out of college, worked full time, drank beer, partied and had fun during that period before settling down in my early 20's and starting my own shows. That said, I LIKE Bob's shows and the fact that he is bringing Paul Harvey back is great, IMO.
I love WGN when it comes to talk radio. I listen lots to Nick Digilio over nights. It's funny, but when I retired almost a month ago, I was happy because I could hear Nick's late night show without worry. 23 years ago, when I first went to 2nd shift, I was happy because I could hear Joe Donovan's late night WHAS Louisville show and one month later he moved to afternoons!
Anyway, I want to tout a WGN fill-in host for the next month or more during the pandemic. With Rick Cogan on the shelf during this time to allow WGN to "cleanse" the entire WGN studios, a guest DJ, Rollye James, sent her show in from the western desert. I had no idea who she was, but heard her last week and it was great and this Sunday was, too.
SO, IF you want to call and talk local AM radio top 40 days or hear the best bumper music from the old days, check her out these coming Sunday nights at 9 - 11 PM before Nick's show. She knows the jocks of the day, speaking of Lujack, Big Jack Armstrong and Joey Reynolds and all and likes having callers about such. Pretty darned cool to listen to for two hours on a Sunday. Check her out!
(I also wanted to mention how great Johnny Williams was at the Big 8, CKLW!)
Clark Besch
I was first introduced to Rollye James thru John Rook. She is a well-respected, highly thought of radio talent who has been around for awhile but somehow escaped our radar here in Chicago over the years. (She was also one of Rook’s first appointed deputies for his Hit Parade Hall Of Fame.)
As such, we received FH comments from her a time or two way back when … and I was able to listen to what (as I recall was) a syndicated show she was doing … she’s got a GREAT radio voice and a very soothing personality … but I haven’t heard her in YEARS … so I may just have to check out her fill-in stint on WGN. Thanks for letting us know. (kk)
Hey Kent, I liked "Soolaimon," too!!!
Clark
The entire album is quite a listening experience. (Although released as a single, I think “Soolaimon” is one of the LP’s weakest tracks.)
Side Two is best listened to and appreciated as a continuous piece, much like “Abbey Road,” I guess, or "Dark Side Of The Moon."
Neil picked up on the very essence of African Music while he was there. (Of course, HE was accused of exploiting and ripping off their local artists and sounds, too, when this LP first came out … but it predated the far more popular “Band On The Run” and “Graceland” albums released years later by the two Pauls ... McCartney and Simon.) I’ve always wanted to interview him about this incredible LP (and tried to set that up several years ago without success.)
Side Two is best listened to and appreciated as a continuous piece, much like “Abbey Road,” I guess, or "Dark Side Of The Moon."
Neil picked up on the very essence of African Music while he was there. (Of course, HE was accused of exploiting and ripping off their local artists and sounds, too, when this LP first came out … but it predated the far more popular “Band On The Run” and “Graceland” albums released years later by the two Pauls ... McCartney and Simon.) I’ve always wanted to interview him about this incredible LP (and tried to set that up several years ago without success.)
If you’re not familiar with it, download or order the whole LP … HIGHLY recommended ... but then listen to Side Two in its entirety as an African Suite. You’ll be blown away … especially when one considers that Neil recorded this in 1970!!! (Side One is more of a “contemporary hits” side and includes his other hit singles from this LP ... “Cracklin’ Rosie” and Neil’s version of “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.”) kk
>>>After our Horse With No Name video last week, I’m thinking we should do a Horse With No Name funny EVERY weekend!!! (kk)
For what it's worth, a number of us, years ago, "named" the 'horse with no name' in our music chat room game room.
We named him Nebuchadnezzar.
Brad
kk:
Here’s a photo of Billy Joel with his first band.
FB
Shelley Sweet-Tufano gets top honors for this week’s funnies …
TWO BLASTS FROM THE PAST …
OR ARE THEY????
Shelley J Sweet-Tufano
