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Tower of Power: Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream) Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream) on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WAIFl_ezic&list=OLAK5uy_m-NgEnQrL6lD4He7xAHTiGblTK1MCWDVk&index=2 https://open.spotify.com/track/4XcPdyk6cHl4c1er0KLTHr?si=a17b9c4d3eb3437c Continuing my list of the Top 20 albums of 1974, coming in at #6 is Back To Oakland by Tower of Power. 1974 is filled with amazing funk … Continue reading Song of the Day: May 22, 2024
Chromeo: Got It Good Got It Good on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WySfepbdD-o&list=OLAK5uy_nV8irqLdjFKQTyLsoaQZqqowBU6ofL3E8&index=2 https://open.spotify.com/track/527URKQitoGxhpxvqXqNti?si=271cc420740a4bf5 After working through numbers 12-20 of my Top 20 albums of 1974, I'm going to take a break from that endeavor for a few days. It's funky Friday, so today's song is new music from Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo. Their new album … Continue reading Song of the Day: May 10, 2024
Kool and the Gang: Kool and the Gang Kool and the Gang on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lbgMMRItSk&list=OLAK5uy_kqTkzRxi6d1Vy5K7yguMrz6c0_gu_6DhI&index=1 https://open.spotify.com/track/3GdvI6fsbGQXkYR2xoMLQ3?si=d94a779834e241e8 It's funky Friday. The first song on the 1969 debut album Kool and the Gang by the band Kool and the Gang is simply titled "Kool and the Gang." That's about all I have to say. To … Continue reading Song of the Day: April 26, 2024
Gladys Knight & The Pips: Runnin' Out Runnin' Out on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGk2TcR6v8A&list=OLAK5uy_mEqzWbLkC7PbhgA0Pr_eWzRPYpyiy0qsU&index=2 https://open.spotify.com/track/4iulooRDPdTYkDfl32hIJa?si=d48235e556664705 Gladys Knight & The Pips had enjoyed a ten-plus year career before they were added to the Motown roster in 1966. Once they were provided the songwriting talents of the Motown staff writers, the vocal genius of Knight was unstoppable. … Continue reading Song of the Day: April 24, 2024
Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band: Giggin' Down Giggin' Down on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEz5qInXFFU https://open.spotify.com/track/5AMGPr4Ei9LKRHilanvTk1?si=968265b46f8446d5 Since the very first post, one of the core values of the Radio Faux Show is that everyone should listen to a chunk of funk every day. In that spirit, I occasionally go out searching for … Continue reading Song of the Day: April 5, 2024
This Week's Theme: Music Is History by Questlove (1971-1980) I’m in the middle of reading Questlove’s latest book, Music Is History, and as soon as I started reading it I knew I had to work it into a Faux Show. The book is divided into fifty chapters, one for each of the first fifty years … Continue reading Radio Faux Show Volume 2, Number 12 (March 20, 2022): Music Is History
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