I've got to admit, I wasn't so enthused coming to this one. I've gotten a ton of anxiety worrying about spending away my food budget before I can see BabyMetal in the middle of the month, the same problem which caused me to miss a baseball game earlier in the year. I've been dealing with what I can best call "stress-caused illness and fatigue" as a result, which has caused me to not want to leave my bed. I've also had issues with Amazon Music on my phone and my cable box isn't working and I don't know how to fix it and I don't want to call an overpriced Xfinity repairman who will charge over $200 to do nothing. But, I decided that I do love music and nothing has severed my connection to Spotify, so I can talk about what I'm looking forward to tonight.
Whitesnake: Slip Of The Tongue 30th Anniversary Ultra Super Deluxe Edition: Slip of the Tongue was an album of Whitesnake where the members of the band have more of a reputation in hard rock and heavy metal circles than the songs. The rhythm section was bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Tommy Aldridge, who backed Randy Rhoads and Ozzy Osbourne in 1981 and 1982. Sarzo currently plays in The Guess Who, but has had stints with Tracii Guns, Geoff Tate, Blue Oyster Cult and Dio in the last 30 years. Tommy Aldridge, meanwhile, has come full circle and has become the drummer for Whitesnake again since sometime between 2012 and 2015. The guitar parts for the album were recorded by virtuoso Steve Vai and played live by him and Adrian Vandeberg, who co-wrote the album with David Coverdale. The most famous song on there is "Fool For Your Lovin'," which is still played today, but I really like "Kitten's Got Claws" for its snarling slide guitar work.
Hiromi-Spectrum: A pianist presumably from Japan (at least that's what the Spotify playlists tell me, these days I couldn't tell if someone with that name would be native to Japan or Japanese-American), Hiromi plays beautiful piano music that is very soothing. She's already released a cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird" from the album and it looks like there will be a cover of "Rhapsody in Blue," which I remember fondly from Fantasia 2000. After this week, I could use some soothing, mellow music.
Mister Rogers-It's Such A Good Feeling: A compilation of songs from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, a show that was a lot bolder than we give it credit for, considering what it did against the backdrop of the late 60s. For example, some African-Americans were cooling off in a pool and some Caucasians chased them out and bleached the pool. In response, Fred Rogers sat in his Kiddy Pool with Officer Clemens, who was both African American and as we would later find out, gay, and washed both of their feet with his hose to show we're all human. If only our TVs could show something like that now, instead of trying to find out how far they can go before they get angry letters. Songs I can recommend, either from my youth or watching the "Won't You Be My Neighbor" Documentary last year are "Won't You Be My Neighbor," "It's You I Like" and "I'm Taking Care of You."
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