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* This great band actually modified the group's name a bit for their album (their 13th) that we'll dip into today. They felt compelled to do a slight modification in response to all of the tribute and imitation bands who repeatedly used the band promoting their own tours. Name the band.
*This exceptional artist has had a full life and most rewarding music career. A most interesting personal life that involves 3 marriages and 4 children...living split between South Africa and London currently. Has been plagued by severe pain from a 10 year old spinal surgery that has grown worse each year. Name the 65 year old artist. *A member of Earth, Wind and Fire decided to put together a solo album in 1984. He sought a well-known vocal contributor at the time to team up with him and together they released the album containing the song we'll enjoy this evening...one that became a huge hit. The track is about a captivating woman who cannot be tamed (their words, not mine). The vocal contributor also produced the album. Name the artist who made the album, the artist he enlisted to join in and also produce the album...extra credit for the name of the track... *This rock legend and band have been together 40+ years...that's ZZ Top-ish in terms of longevity. Has been nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, but garnered only 1. He's written music for other bands including the Eagles. Two words are recurring regularly in his incredible repertoire of songs. One is 'night'. The other??? Name the artist and extra credit if you can guess the other word.. Battle Of The Bands! Hurt’s So Bad by Linda Ronstadt vs Help Me by Joni Mitchell Answers: 1. ELO Electric Light Orchestra 2. Annie Lennox 3. Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, Easy Lover 4. . Bob Seger Rock Listeners picked Joni Mitchell with 53% of the votes
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By MIKE PODSEDLY Published in Smoke Signals August 2020
Last month I discussed the phenomenon that certain music creates vivid memories of our personal life events. But what about the rest of the music that we like to listen to? A key motive for listening to music is to influence one’s emotions. This is precisely what the Inside The Gates Radio team has tried to create and with some outstanding feedback from our listeners...we believe we are on the right track. You don’t need to be a professional musician to feel the positive, transformative effects of music. A recent global survey by consumer electronics company Sonos interviewed 12,000 people across 12 countries and found that listening is essential to human happiness, and that music might be the key to reducing stress, improving productivity and being healthier. More than half (54 per cent) of respondents said that music had made them either laugh or cry unexpectedly, and three out of four respondents said they listened to music to reduce stress. Another 52 per cent said they were happier when listening to a favorite song, and that music helps boost their mood at work (58 per cent). If you have ever listened to music and found yourself in tears, or sensed that something has shifted inside of you, it’s because that piece of music has resonated with you. The Sonos-led study reflected this – one in three respondents said they used music to help them think of new ideas when they were stuck and that it inspired them to do great work. And the fitness-focused know that fast-paced music can have a direct link to performance, with 81 per cent of respondents saying they used music to help them meet their fitness goals. “Music has a huge power to transform our lives in many different ways. One of the key things is emotions – it helps us express ourselves, often things we are not able to express with words. And it helps us reduce stress. We all need that,” music therapist Esther Wong says. Music has a variety of noises and factors that can have you experiencing any of these moods and much more. Music has a practically limitless number of moods. The cerebellum is highly activated by our favorite songs, triggering increased blood flow to the legs. This may be part of why dance is so closely associated with nearly every genre of music. The region of the brain most impacted by almost every type of music in the world is also the area that makes us want to move, even if this is just tapping our feet or bobbing our heads. Listeners to our live shows have expressed that they do indeed dance and sing along to the music. With the explosion of personal speaker and headphone products, listening to music is a much more private experience than ever before. Access to music has never been easier due to streaming. Rock music with its wide range of sounds has actually been shown to have a hugely positive impact among listeners. Researchers have observed that sad music acts as a kind of catharsis for sad listeners, which explains why we are drawn to the genre when we're feeling blue. Many people make thoughtful choices when selecting a song, artist or genre to suit certain moods and situations. Inside The Gates Radio has simplified your choices by having a cache of the best rock music ever recorded. All these tunes have been thoughtfully assembled and are available with a mere click. In sum, music is capable of rousing both emotional and physiological responses. Music even works more rapidly and intensely upon the mind than any art, because it requires so little conscious reflection. Inside The Gates Radio is generally associated with Rock music as a quick descriptor of the music played. The content of the station’s library is a bit more complex and eclectic. The sub-genres experienced while listening to the song rotation at any given time can include Hard and Soft Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Swamp Rock, Pop Rock, Country Rock and even Jazzy Rock. All this is available without any effort by the listener. Please visit our website insidethegatesradio.com for information about connecting options, download apps, live show schedules and station news. Send us an email to ITGRadio@bigcanoepoa.org to express your questions, comments or suggestions. * This artist is a tall, glam, accomplished piano player, born in Texas and made a career in dance halls and roadhouses of the Gulf South. She coined a phrase about her music that kind of eloquently sums her boogie-woogie, two-step music vibe...."If you can't make 'em dance...money will become a space problem!" Name the artist...
*The two artists forming this duo recorded 7 albums together from 1972 to 1977. One of them was born in the state of Washington, the other in California. One was part of Buffalo Springfield, the other, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Name the artists...extra credit for which one was born in each state and which band they were in... *This great rock band also came together after members enjoyed stints with other name bands. A couple of members came from the band, Free. Another came from King Crimson. Another from Mott The Hoople. Name the band. and extra credit if you know the band members and their previous groups. *This artist road-tested her songs in her father's taxi cab. She wanted to recapture the atmosphere in which most people would listen to her music. She would cut CD's and play it in the cab because she wanted to know how most people would hear her music, which would not always be through professional studio systems. Name the artist... Battle Of The Bands! Only The Lonely by Roy Orbison vs The Song is Everybody’s Talkin’ by Harry Nilsson Answers: 1. Marcia Ball 2. Kenny Loggins born in Washington, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Jim Messina born in California, Buffalo Springfield 3. Formed in 1973, the British hard rock outfit Bad Company was a supergroup comprising ex-King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell, former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, both previous members of Free. 4. Amy Winehouse Listeners picked Roy Orbison with 51% of the votes * There is a Mexican border town surrounding El Paso, TX that is the subject of this 1989 track from The Doobie Brothers. Perhaps it was a cool place to visit back then...but allow me to share my personal story from my one and only visit there in 2012. Name the song if you can.
*I'll play a track that was written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen for Steely Dan in 1973. A cover of the track was made and released 40 years later by this great artist who has collaborated with Fagen on numerous occasions. Name the artist and extra credit for the track name. *The Everly Brothers were the 'cat's pajamas' back in the 60's. Songs like All I Have To Do Is Dream, Cathy's Clown, Bye Bye Love and Wake Up Little Suzie made staked them to incredible fame. But they did a track in 1965 that you may not know, unless you were a fan of country rock band, Poco, who covered it in 1982. We'll play the Poco version. This is a tough one, and kudos to you if you can name the track... *In the mid-50's, when this exceptional artist was only 7 years old, his Father was called away for military service, which had been deferred earlier for Medical School. At the conclusion of his Father's service, Dad volunteered for a mission setting up bases in Antarctica. Dad just found it extremely difficult to transition back to domestic life and in 1972, divorce came to the family of the artist. The artist's Father, became the subject (2 years after the divorce) of the track we'll play today. Name the artist and extra credit for the name of the song... Battle Of The Bands! Roadhouse Blues by The Doors vs Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf Answers: 1. South of the Border 2. Pearl of the Quarter by Boz Skaggs 3. The Price of Love 4. James Taylor, Walking Man Listeners picked Steppenwolf with 53% of the votes * Speaking of traveling...this artist took a train ride from Casablanca in 1966 to this destination and wrote this song about the sights, sounds and vibes that he encountered along the way. The artist left a famous band in 1968, but before he did...he offered this song to his band mates. The tune was rejected as 'not being commercial enough' by his old band...but got recorded by his new band shortly after he joined them. Name the artist, his old band, the new band and the song. (A 4 parter!)
*These two artists both shared a love of country music and an admiration for one of country music's guitar masters, Chet Atkins. In fact they first met each other appearing on a Chet Atkins TV special in 1987. 19 years later, they finally collaborated on an album. We'll go to the 1st single released from the album. Name the artists *Elton John was vacationing in Africa in early 2010 and listening to music on his iPod, when he was struck by a track from an early artist that influenced him. He'd not heard anything about or even heard his name mentioned in years. Elton decided to go on a mission that ended up with a new collaboration album. Name the artist with whom Elton John collaborated. A beautiful story revealed...if you don't already know it... *This song from The Band tells a disjointed story about a mountain man and a girl named Bessie. We hear about a trip to the horse races, listening to Spike Jones (sound effect music comedy at it's best from back in the day) and what really made the man happiest...'when she dips her doughnut in my tea'... Name the song Battle Of The Bands! Hey You by Pink Floyd vs The Song is Over by The Who Answers: 1. Graham Nash, The Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Marrakesh Express 2. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, This Is Us 3. Leon Russell 4. Up On Cripple Creek Listeners picked The Who with 53% of the votes * We'll dip into one of this artist's most successful albums. The artist has long been involved with the environmental movement doing concerts to support Forest , Oil, Mining and Water production since the mid-70's. Her tour bus runs on biofuel. Another passion is supporting the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, started to provide health benefits and royalty reform for the pioneer generation of R & B artists. Name the artist...
*This artist released numerous singles from an album that sold over 11 Million copies in the early 70's. The song bemoans the fact that she and the man she loves can't be together and more than hinted that people, in general, were becoming more disconnected from each other. Rather timeless lyrics I suppose. This album was generally noted for ushering in the 'singer/songwriter' genre. Name the artist, the album and extra credit for the song... *This album debuted at #1 in the U.S. in 2007 after a last minute rule change by Billboard, that effectively blocked Britney Spears highly anticipated 'Blackout' album from topping the chart. But this album won the band 2 Grammy Awards and became the band's 6th #1 album. Selling well over 3 Million copies in the U.S. alone that year...it was the highest selling album of that year....Name the band and the album... *This track from Pink Floyd was largely considered by many to be about drugs, but Roger Waters, who wrote the lyrics debunked that immediately. The lyrics are about what he felt like as a child when he was sick with a fever. And it is a feeling that he periodically got as an adult. David Gilmour states that the song can be divided into two sections...dark and light...we'll explore that a little later today. Name the song... Battle Of The Bands! These Eyes by The Guess Who vs Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress by The Hollies Answers: 1. Bonnie Raitt 2. Carole King, Tapestry, So Far Away 3. The Eagles, Long Road Out of Eden 4. Comfortably Numb Listeners picked The Hollies a single vote continuing our string of one vote contests BY MIKE PODSEDLY Published in Smoke Signals July 2020 Issue
“THE GREATEST MUSIC OF OUR LIFETIMES” is our slogan that is backed by science. Studies show that music can be a particularly effective cue for bringing one back to sights and sounds of events from across our life spans. These have been labeled MEAMS, Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories. The link between cues and associated memory have been demonstrated in several controlled settings with a variety of participants. Favorite songs are typically listened to much more frequently over one’s lifetime than films or books. Our preferred music is rooted in adolescence and early adulthood. Research revealed songs released when the participant was 10 to 30 years old are preferred, better recognized and elicit heightened emotional responses compared to songs from other periods. There is also a bump in ages 40 to 50 years old. For example, if you are 70 years old today then the music from 1960 to 1980 would be called your favorites. There might also be some favorites from 1990 to 2000. The average study participant listened to music 30 min to 1 hour per half day. The number of MEAMS reported was positively associated with the volume of music listening in total. MEAMS can be effectively evoked most often in situations where your attention is not explicitly focused on music. Most MEAMS were experienced during background listening. They can occur while driving/traveling, doing housework, at work, relaxing, socializing, etc. MEAMS were reported as involuntary rather than deliberately retrieved. Another finding I found interesting was that there was no significant difference in the occurrence of MEAMS between musicians and non-musicians since I fall in the latter group. Older adults reported more positive emotions in response to their MEAMS as expected. They also reported having more vivid memories. MEAMS are a relatively common everyday experience which serve to transport us back to life events that are often highly vivid, positive and social in nature. MEAMS have a role in maintaining one’s life narrative and evolving sense of self. This might also explain why people tend to reject the music of younger generations due to the lack of MEAMS experienced by them. Personally, I have been constructing a timeline of significant events during my life as defined by me. I have then noted what songs bring the sharpest recall of each of these events. The process is not this clean because sometimes the music suggests the events and other times the events might lead me to the selection of the music. If you haven’t listened to our station yet, do what our loyal audience does:
Please visit our website insidethegatesradio.com for information about connecting options, download apps, live show schedules and station news. Send us an email to ITGRadio@bigcanoepoa.org to express your questions, comments or suggestions. * This Motown artist had a defining hit in her career with this track in 1964 The song has been covered by many, but her track was re-issued in 1972 with another round of renewed interest. One interesting cover was done in the movie, Sister Act. Name the artist and song...
*Bob Seger's friend, Glenn Frey assisted with an idea for a song that ended up with a guitar joining in on what was previously a piano solo. And, the two of them collaborated on the background vocals. Seger won the 1980 Best Rock Performance by a Duo or a Group with Vocal Grammy Award for this song. Name the track... *This artist wrote his best-known song in 1959 with his friend, Margaret Cobb. He performed it often, but did not record it until 1963. Delbert McClinton played harmonica on the track. During one live performance that also included a little-known (at the time) band, The Beatles, John Lennon was so impressed with the harmonica intro, he asked McClinton how to play it. A harmonica passage on The Beatles' Love Me Do' ensued. But name the song written in 1959 and the artist if you can... *This band started the decade of the 80's on a low note with a poorly received album, but made a bit of a comeback with their next album a year later. But their next studio album, their 5th, was a monster success, spawning no less than 5 Top 40 singles. Anymore and I might just give it away...who is the group and what was their 1984 album... Battle Of The Bands! I Heard It Trough The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye vs I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown Answers: 1. My Guy, Mary Wells 2. Against The Wind 3. Hey Baby, Bruce Channel 4. The Cars Heartbeat City Listeners picked James Brown a single vote * This song was written by Randy Newman in 1960. The Tokens recorded it in 1965. Gene Pitney recorded it in 1966. Neither version was very popular. In 1968, this band turned in an excellent version on their 'Child Is Father To The Man' album. Name the band and song
*A song originally composed and produced way back in 1921 has flourished and endured through the years as a jazz standard (although I have a difficult time placing it in the jazz genre). By 2018, the song had been recorded over 400 different times by an amazing list of artists. Two legendary guitarists that you would not normally pair as collaborators, actually got together and recorded a terrific version in 1990. Their version is just pure fun....Name the artists and song... *This artist wrote a song with his brother and recorded it in 1986. An instrument in the title of the track is very much featured in the song. The track was used in the 2009 movie, 'World's Greatest Dad', starring Robin Williams. The artist made a cameo appearance in the film and played an alternate acoustic version arranged for the film's soundtrack. Name the artist, the song and extra credit for the instrument... *A song originally written and recorded by singer-songwriter, Fred Neil in 1966 was not very successful when released 2 years later. Another artist recorded it in 1969 with huge success, including a Grammy Award after it was featured in the film Midnight Cowboy and a bit later in 1994's Forrest Gump. Name the artist and song.... Battle Of The Bands! What A Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers vs Ventura Highway by America Answers: 1. Just One Smile, Blood, Sweat & Tears 2. Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler, There’ll Be Some Changes Made 3. Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Mandolin Rain, Dulcimer 4. Everybody’s Talkin, Harry Nilsson Listeners picked America a single vote * This Springsteen track was briefly considered as the title of the album on which it appears, but it didn't make it in the end. The song's title came from a 1973 movie of the same name starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek.
The Boss never saw the movie, but got the name from a poster he saw for it. Name the song. *The great Eric Clapton covered a song by this notable artist who first recorded the track in 1980. Clapton almost felt that to do the song, he would be in vocal competition with said artist, something of which he was quite uncomfortable. Accompanied by the 5-man version of the group, The Impressions, this track became quite vocally pleasing and acceptable to Clapton. Name the artist Clapton covered and extra credit if you know the song *A song written by 1/2 of this famous musical duo back in 1965 was the 1st single released from their album that same year. It sold well over 1 million copies and was #1 in the US, Canada and the UK. 20 years later, Chrissie Hynde with reggae/pop band, UB40 recorded a cover version. Name the original artists and the track. *This song made its public debut in the musical 'Hair' in 1967. It was recorded in 1968 by a female artist who played the role of Sheila on the stage version of the play. Three Dog Night covered the track the next year. Name the song... Battle Of The Bands! Mandolin Wind by Rod Stewart vs Higher Love by Steve Windwood Answers: 1. Badlands 2. Stevie Wonder, I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It 3. Sonny and Cher, I Got You Babe 4. Easy To Be Hard Listeners picked Steve Windwood with 53% of votes |
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