2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction preview

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2018 - Song selection picks

thoughts are with Huey Lewis - cancelled all future tour dates due to hearing issues

Place listening - Amarillo, TX / Nudgee Australia  / Sao Paulo Brasil / Petaling Jaya Malaysia

Nations of Hungary and Jamaica checked in this week as well. 

What songs will 2018 Rock Hall of Fame inductees play during the ceremony - and who is the best person/ artist to induct them??? 

likely 3 or 4 songs make the televised ceremony on HBO

Bon Jovi: Inductor (Emilio Estevez of Young Guns 2 fame), one of the captain’s from Deadliest Catch (theme song is Dead of Alive), Bill Belicheck? Bruce Springsteen (especially if Richie Sambora skips the ceremony, cuz Springsteen will play with them)

"Livin’ on a Prayer" 100% lock // "It’s my Life" aka Prayer part two // “Dead or Alive” // “Who says you can’t go home” (I’d rather hear Blaze of Glory, Bad Medicine, or You give love a bad name). Dark Horse is “Bed of Roses” — Please to play “I’ll be there for you” and don’t play “Have a Nice Day”. If they want to play New England Patriots TD song “this is our house” i will allow it.

The Cars: Inductor - please don’t be Steven Tyler or Marky Mark. Dark Horse Inductor — Dicky Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. I think the LCD Sound System Guy, James Murphy will induct them. more on that at the end of my take. 

Just What I Needed

My Best Friend’s Girl

Good Times Roll

You’re all I’ve got tonight

Moving in Stereo — the Phoebe Cates pool scene song from Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Shake it Up

Magic

Drive 

Let’s Go 

The Song “Blue Tip” off of Move like This album is basically the LCD Soundsystem  Starter kit song - it’s good

The Moody Blues - again no clue who will induct them

Tuesday Afternoon

Nights in White Satin

I’m just a Singer (in a Rock N Roll Band) 

Your Wildest Dreams - their 80’s hit 

Question

“I know you’re out there somewhere” - their other 80’ hit has a slim shot 

“The Voice” has a shot

"The Story in your eyes" is a decent jam- good riff, great harmonies  

“english Sunset” is pretty interesting and decent too

Dire Straits:  These dudes are the kings of the 7 minute slow song - almost narrows their choices down to like 5 of their songs. 

I have No clue on who will induct them

Sultans of Swing 

Money for Nothing 

Romeo and Juliet

So Far Away 

Walk of Life 

They have a song entitled “Calling Elvis” which is kind of cool, but again 6:33 long and never heard it until my research for this podcast

Hot Take — i don’t think Dire Straits should get in. This is why LL Cool J was a better choice. If you won’t perform and you’re still alive - that’s messed up

Nina Simone - if Lauryn Hill is in singing shape — she better be involved in this tribute — Since Nina is no longer with us, this has a chance to be a fantastic medley of singer songstress all-stars 

Alicia Keys will likely be involved // honestly Adele might be a great fit here

"Feeling Good" is a no-brainer - such a Classic jam - great horns — great song 

“Sinnerman” 10:22 live version from NYC in 1965 is still very well known

“Baltimore” — super funky song — i think it’s a potential song they’d play

"I wish i Knew how it would feel to be free"

She has a song called “Mississippi Goddamn” — i think it will resonate with the times 

“to be young, gifted and black” - so many of her songs are incredibly appropriate for our time and space here in 2018 

“I put a Spell on you” - strong candidate

Nina does a nice over of “Here comes the sun” by the Beatles  

Sister Rosetta Tharpe  - they better get Eddie Van Halen to induct her - cuz this lady did things with the guitar that were so ahead of her time, it’s not even funny

“That’s all” - her guitar work os like Early Johnny B Goode 

“Sit Down” - catchy pop song - great acoustic guitar work 

“Shout, Sister, Shout!” - also catchy, got some sass to it

“Nobody’s fault but mine” - Did Led Zeppelin cover this?!?!?!?! - they did but modified lyrics. Written in 1927 by Blind Willie Johnson  

“Jericho” - great 2 min diddy 

Ultimate Yacht Rock Playlist and Podcast

Yacht Rock Extravaganza

places listening: 4 way tie for second place - UK, Denmark, France & Australia - New places listening Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia and New Zealand 

#1 US city - Glen’s Falls, NY home of hacksaw jim duggan

stayed away from jimmy buffet and the cocktail movie soundtrack (especially kokomo) - good work

i’ve had baby come back, by player in my head for 6 days

Yacht Rock is the concentric circle where disco, rock and pop music met in the late 70s and early 80s

Yacht Rick - fake rapper on the week

Dwayne fords album. Needless freaking. Oh lord that's a great name - Lovin’ & Losin’ you is the final song on this playlist BTW

Awards: 

Most intentionally Yacht Rock song of all-time: I’m alright by Kenny Loggins — Caddy Shack theme song - Kenny Loggins’ music is so much more funk driven than i remembered “This is It” & “Heart to Heart” 

Biggest pop-hit from a Yacht Rock artist: Need nominees - 

I Keep Forgetting (Mainly because it spawns Nate Dogg and Warren G’s Regulators) 

What A fool Believes - Doobies 

Is she really going out with Him - Jackson Browne - also Somebody’s Baby 

Kiss is on my list / You make my dreams come true - Hall & Oates 

Still the one by Orleans 

Lovely Day - Bill Withers (This song has such a sick bass line) 

Let it Ride by BTO Bachman Turner Overdrive (this might be a top 5 song in the history of LIFE) 

Prog rock band masquerading as Yacht Rock: Toto - Rosanna

Mr ubiquitous award goes to Michael MacDonald. He sings back up on like 6+ songs on this record - in addition to songs he's lead singer on

Brandy - literally about sailor’s drinking and trying to pick up a waitress at a seaside bar. And the sound is yacht rock personified - strong horns/ brass in most yacht rock songs as well as harmonization — this song has both in spades - great lead off song - props to “Looking Glass” for such a jam that really holds up 40 years later

Escape (Pina Colada song) - it’s quintessential — but played out. Rupert Holmes would’ve loved Tinder/ Bumble and online dating — the personals of the news paper sounds so sketchy 40 years later. 

Sailing by Christopher Cross — I mean “yes” because it’s about Sailing — in my mind this song is a “Lady in Red” / “Cherish the love” slow jam — i’m not recommending this one - Christopher cross has a great voice though  — Also “ride like the wind” by Chris Cross is a Disco Inspired Yacht rock anthem

Rock the Boat - by Hues Corporation works well - total jam and you snagged it from Carlito’s way soundtrack - Dave Clinefeld is one of my all time favorite Sean Penn roles ever - between Clinefeld and Jeff Spicolli, we should’ known Sean Penn has infinite range

Doobie Bros - Might be Yacht Rock - but they are also “Road trip rock” and “quasi-stoner” rock — tip of the cap fellas

Lowdown and Lido Shuffle by Boz Scaggs is 100% yacht rock royalty

News Flash — Despsite the fact that it belows on this list — I must confess: I hate SUMMER BREEZE by Seals & Crofts

Baby Come back by Player — is smooth as EFF, nothing anybody can say to change my mind

Sleeper of this list might nominees - Steal Away by Robbie Dupree // Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold (like a poor man’s Billy Joel) // The Nightly by Dan Fagen (super funky)  // No Ordinary Lady by Orleans — Orleans is an unknown slice of AM Gold for me

Some notable omissions: 

Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty (on the Yacht Rock 2.0 Play list) that one needs to sneak on- Plus I used to drink at Baker Street with is where they filmed Tom Cruise’s cocktail on 60th and 1st ave

If this is it - huey lewis & the news - Huey Lewis is the Adam Levine of the 80’s - LA Band - paid its dues for ever and finally broke through

Peg by Steely Dan - Lots of Steely Dan could be on this

Valerie by Steve Windwood also the Finer things by Winwood — pretty much any mid-80s winwood

Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby

Easy Lover by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey

Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann

Evil Woman by Electric Light Orchestra