Court and Spark

Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark

This is by far my favorite Joni album. I love to sing along with it. Perfect for a Sunday morning of puttering. Some of my favorite lines:

"Laughing and crying you know it's the same release" - People's Parties





"His eyes were the color of the sand and the sea and the more he talked to me, the more he reached me" - Court and Spark


Great album!

Working on my uploads..but isn't this a great tune? I heard it on the radio the other day and never really noticed the guitar riffs 1/2 way through..

ELO - Showdown

WOW....I will now have full audio on my blogs, thanks to HIPCAST. Now YOU too can listen to the songs I am writng about in the comfort of your home or office.

ENJOY!!

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

This is absolutely my favorite Dylan album. I finished up my eclectic day of music with this while I made a banana bread....yum

1.Tangled Up In Blue
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2. Simple Twist Of Fate
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3. You're A Big Girl Now
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4. Idiot Wind
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5. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
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6. Meet Me In The Morning
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7. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
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8. If You See Her, Say Hello
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9. Shelter From The Storm
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10. Buckets Of Rain
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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

I love the machine age music on this Floyd classic. I saw this concert at Madison Square Garden and it was amazing.

Heart - Little Queen

These girls are the essence of rock and roll. I didn't buy this album until the late 90's, didn't own it when it came out. Let me say I'm glad I own it now. From the rockin' hard Barracuda to soft acoustics like Love Alive. This album is such a classic.

Ladies Of The Canyon - Joni Mitchell

Perfect for a lazy Sunday morning. I even made pancakes!

This is an early work by Joni - 1970..very ethereal. Lilting piano, fine guitar playing, amazing vocals, and lyrics that speak to me. How can you go wrong with one album that contains:

Woodstock
The Circle Game
Rainy Night House
Big Yellow Taxi
For Free

I just feel peaceful when I listent to this album ~sigh~

XM RADIO

ok...this doesn't constitute a Kitchen Concert however it was a day of great music..seemingly endless. I was fortunate to spend extra time in my car today, running here and there and every time I got in..there was awesome music on XM Radio Deep Tracks channel 40:

(I can't remember each song because the music they play is definitely NOT top 40..it's tracks you never or rarely heard even when these bands were popular..it's album stuff friends)

Johnny Winter - Raised on Rock
David Bowie (something I never heard before and now I can't remember the name)
Wishbone Ash (My god, I totally missed this group in the 70's, I'm downloading this weekend..duel guitar harmonies, wow)
Pink Floyd - Dogs from Animals
Captain Beefheart - Cucamonga (made me smile)
Canned Heat - Old hippie stuff
Buffalo Springfield """"
Edgar Winter - jammin' stuff
James Gang (Man they rock, hey who wants to go see them with me in Boca tomorrow night????)
Rolling Stones - Monkey Man, probably one of my favorite songs ever

God it was like I was in Rock and Roll heaven!!

I know, I know...you've been looking...

but my daughter has been doing the dishes lately (This btw is a GOOD thing)..hopefully this weekend, I'll rummage through the collection.

Paul McCartney - RAM

Ahhhh, RAM...the very first album I ever bought. I listened to it, till I wore the grooves off the vinyl. I FINALLY got the CD about 3-4 years ago and fell in love with it all over again.

"Heart of the country where the homely people grow...heart of the country smell the grass in the meadow...wowowowoooooooooo"

LOVE THIS ALBUM!! YAY!!! MAKES ME SMILE!!!

Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station

Well after the comments here by Eccentric Recluse, I was reminded of a Dead concert that I attended Septemeber 03, 1977. I actually googled it and found some cool photos of that experience. I also found a review and by golly, I'd swear the author was sitting on the blanket next to mine, his experience and mine were identical..I absolutely couldn't tell the story as well as he did. It was a great concert...absolutely!

I guess I'm back in the 70's again..

Various Artists - Original leelee Compilation CD

No Cover Art with this one as I made the cd from scratch and I haven't gotten to the point of creating jewel cases YET.

I decided to make some homemade Gazpacho this afternoon using my new Vidalia Chop Wizard my hubby saw on TV and suggested we order.

Well it works great and it was way fun working with it while listening to these songs:

The Verve Pipe - Colorful

Puddle Of Mud - She Fucking Hates Me

Alice In Chains - No Excuses

Black Crowes - Remedy

Sublime - Santeria

Cake - I will Survive

Counting Crows - Sullivan Street

Everlast - What It's Like

Nicklelback - Savin' Me

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight

Soundgarden - Burden In My Head

Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty

Counting Crows - Anna Begins

Sublime - What I Got

See, this proves I am NOT stuck in the 70's ( I just spend a lot of time there..)

Talking Heads - Talking Heads 77

FUN, FUN, FUN

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

George "got it" years ago when talking about love and it being all you need. This album is pure and I love it. This particular set was released in 2001, 30 years after it's original release. Phil Spector's "wall of sound" brings it all out front and center and Ringo, Phil Collins, Billy Preston were guest artists. WOW!!

So many great lyrics, so many great tunes. I lit my incense and rocked on tonight.

You had it right then George, I'll do my best to keep sreading the word..love is all we need...we miss you!

Faces - Ooh La La

This afternoon I heard If I'm On The Late Side from this album on my XM radio. My goodness I hadn't heard it in years and I love it. SOOOOOOOOOO tonight I downloaded the album and burned it. 1973 was the original release date, I was a sophomore in high school. I just finished listening to the album and I remember every word to every song. Funny how I can't remember what I had for lunch today...go figure.

Well Rod The Mod is a favorite, that goes without saying, but I always had a "thing" for Ron Wood, even today, despite his addictions...I still love the guy.

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

Easily among my top 10 albums of all time. I've been in a musical slump lately...not interested in looking into the depths of my extensive collection. Call it Summertime Blues if you will..then as I was doing my dinner dishes...I had a light bulb moment. AHHHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Miles will lift me up and redeem me.

I am transformed back in time to NY 1959...sitting in a smokey coffee house in Greenwich Village, wearing a black sweater and a dark slim A-Line skirt. Sipping espresso with a studious looking fella, who's wearing horn rimmed glasses and wearing a worn sports coat..perhaps with leather patches on the elbows. Although he is studious looking he is quite handsome and of course extremely intelligent. We tap our feet to the heavenly strains of Messrs. Davis, Coltrane, Adderly, Kelly, Evans, Cobb and Chambers, sip our joe and smoke..no cares, we are young, carefree and no one has decided that smoking will kill you yet..or if they have, we don't care. The whole scene has a fim noir look, gritty New York, papers blowing down the quiet street late at night.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

Wow!!!!! Excellent!!!! FUNK ROCK Chili Peppers style...
check out Hump de Bump

leelee likes it!

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

Wouldn't it be nice, God Only Knows, Caroline No, Sloop John B

no need to preface this record with anything...we all know how good it is... better than good actually.

Cleaning is easy today...thanks boys..