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"Pushin' Too Hard" aka "You're Pushing Too Hard"
- The Seeds aka The Seeds Featuring Sky Saxon
(Feb. 1967, highest chart pos. #1 WLS Chicago/#36 Hot 100,
#40 Cash Box, scene from Apr. 28, 1968, ep. of The Mothers-In-Law)
And we're off to a rockin' start with The Seeds, the LA-based psychedelic
garage rock band doing their signature song "Pushin' Too Hard." I have
two pieces of trivia to share with you. If you're watching the simulcast
of my show on YouTube, you saw The Seeds in the role of a hippie
band called The Warts and singing their big hit on a 1968 episode
of the TV sitcom The Mothers-In-Law. Lead singer Sky Saxon,
who wrote "Pushin' Too Hard," died June 25, 2009, the same
day the world lost The King of Pop Michael Jackson.
Hi, I'm Daisy Skye from the superhero TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
I'm delighted to be joining forces with the other members of the Shady Bunch
DJ squadron here on S-P-M-M Powersonic Radio. Welcome to my new radio
show Power Surge featuring the electrifying sights & sounds of classic rock.
From this point on, I guarantee more rock with less talk... so let's roll!
I'm delighted to be joining forces with the other members of the Shady Bunch
DJ squadron here on S-P-M-M Powersonic Radio. Welcome to my new radio
show Power Surge featuring the electrifying sights & sounds of classic rock.
From this point on, I guarantee more rock with less talk... so let's roll!
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Here's a rowdy relic from the summer of '68 performed by Philadelphia
area rock chick Joan Jett and her badass band The Blackhearts.
Seems Joan needs a check-up from the neck-up as she
declares-- "I Hate Myself For Loving You!"
"I Hate Myself For Loving You" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
(Aug./Sept. 1988, highest chart pos. #8 Hot 100/#10 Cash Box,
from May 1988 album Up Your Alley)
That was Philly filly Joan Jett,
hatin' on herself for loving you,
a girl power anthem from the
album Up Your Alley and a
top 10 hit single for Joan
and The Blackhearts in
the summer of 1988.
hatin' on herself for loving you,
a girl power anthem from the
album Up Your Alley and a
top 10 hit single for Joan
and The Blackhearts in
the summer of 1988.
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That's right - two Jetts for the price of one. Far from one hit wonders,
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts rode high on the chart throughout the 80s.
At the start of 1990, Joan covered a song by the Aussie band AC/DC.
Here's The Original Riot Grrrl doing-- "Dirty Deeds!"
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts rode high on the chart throughout the 80s.
At the start of 1990, Joan covered a song by the Aussie band AC/DC.
Here's The Original Riot Grrrl doing-- "Dirty Deeds!"
"Dirty Deeds" - Joan Jett
(Feb./Mar. 1990, highest chart pos.
#36 Hot 100/#42 Cash Box)
Retiring the side with a double play,
that was The Queen of Rock'n Roll
Joan Jett covering the AC/DC hit
"Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap),"
and before that, a song Joan co-
wrote "I Hate Myself For Loving
You." I hate repeating myself, but
I'm Daisy Skye and I love you for
being here for the official debut of
my new radio show Power Surge
on S-P-M-M... where we dig-up
the greatest gems of classic rock.
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Up next a pair of 21st century up-and-comers doing justice to a rock classic of
the 20th century. Canadian YouTube star Jadyn Rylee was born on Valentine's
Day, 2006, and began singing at the age of six. Her performances of covers
and original songs have drawn tens of millions of views on social media.
One week after her 12th birthday, Jayden uploaded the cover you are
about to witness, a collaboration with fellow Canadian singer,
composer, dancer, actress and fellow YouTuber Aviv Cohen.
Together the cute and capable Canucks make magic
doing their version of Aerosmith's best known
power ballad-- "Dream On!"
"Dream On" - Aerosmith cover by
Jadyn Rylee and Aviv Cohen (Feb. 2018)
Canadian YouTube sensations Jadyn Rylee and Aviv Cohen with their
2018 vocal cover of "Dream On," Aerosmith's big hit of the mid 70s.
2018 vocal cover of "Dream On," Aerosmith's big hit of the mid 70s.
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If you're just tuning in, I'm Daisy Johnson aka Skye aka Quake, newest member
of The Shady Bunch. I'm jolting you awake and blasting you back to the past
with Power Surge on S-P-M-M Powersonic Radio. Here's a great sound by
Boston rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier, another artist who enjoyed
a string of hits in the 80s. This is the first song on Billy's triple platinum
album Don't Say No. Let's get busy with Billy-- "In The Dark!"
If you're just tuning in, I'm Daisy Johnson aka Skye aka Quake, newest member
of The Shady Bunch. I'm jolting you awake and blasting you back to the past
with Power Surge on S-P-M-M Powersonic Radio. Here's a great sound by
Boston rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier, another artist who enjoyed
a string of hits in the 80s. This is the first song on Billy's triple platinum
album Don't Say No. Let's get busy with Billy-- "In The Dark!"
"In The Dark" - Billy Squier
(Oct. 1981, highest chart pos. #7 Hot Mainstream Rock,
#35 Hot 100/#41 Cash Box
You just spent some time "In The Dark"
with rocker Billy Squier, a song he wrote
and a 1981 single that cracked the top 40
on the pop chart and brushed the top 5
on the Mainstream Rock survey.
and a 1981 single that cracked the top 40
on the pop chart and brushed the top 5
on the Mainstream Rock survey.
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where rock rules.
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Now here's a trippy retro relic
by the San Diego based psych-
rock band Iron Butterfly.
This, my friend, is--
"Termination!"
"Termination" - Iron Butterfly
(from June 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida)
A sonic blast from the past - flower power from Daisy's woofers to your
ears - that was "Termination," a psyched-out song by Iron Butterfly
from their multi-platinum 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
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Daily Skye Johnson behind the mic sending shockwaves to
knock your socks, only on S-P-M-M... where the rock never
stops. Time for another rough ride with-- Steppenwolf!
"Hey Lawdy Mama" - Steppenwolf
(Apr./May 1970, highest chart pos. #21 Cash Box/#35 Hot 100)
Making a run at the top 20 on Cash Box in the spring of '70, that
was lead zinger John Kay and his psych-blues-acid rock band
Steppenwolf doing the biker biggie "Hey Lawdy Mama."
That wraps up my first complete show on S-P-M-M.
I hope you enjoyed this super set of classic rock nuggets.
Stay tuned. Coming up on the B side of news, it's a
sneak preview of another new series - Shady's Angels -
coming soon to Shady's Place Music & Memories.
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And I'll be back soon to blow you away with another Power Surge earquake.
This I promise - on my watch the sound of pure unadulterated rock will prevail.
To play us off, here are Ritchie Blackmore and his British band Deep Purple
the week before Halloween 1968 entertaining Hef, Barbi and the pretty people
at the Playboy Manson on the TV show Playboy After Dark. The pioneers of
hard rock and heavy metal perform their top 5 charting hit cover of "Hush,"
a Joe South song originally waxed by Billy Joe Royal. Now this is
Daisy Skye saying be good, stay vigilant and see you next time!
"Hush" - Deep Purple
(Sept. 1968, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
perf. on Oct. 23, 1968, ep. of Playboy After Dark)
Some flashbacks there! I didn't realize that Iron Butterfly had more than the one hit though.
ReplyDeleteHi, Alex!
DeleteYou be wearin' the Early Bird crown this week, good buddy. Thanks a lot for being here!
"Termination" is merely an album track. It wasn't released as a single. However, for my money, that smash hit album by The Butterfly contains all their best songs. It is essentially a Greatest Hits compilation. Following the success of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," the band placed five more singles on the chart, but they didn't perform well. Three of them peaked way down in the lower half of the Hot 100 and the other two merely Bubbled Under.
Thanks again for dropping by, good buddy Alex, and have a great weekend!
Ahhh.....love the psychedelic sounds from the 60s and 70s. I never saw Mothers In Law but love Eve Arden (who was great in Mildred Pierce). I had to read about Sky Saxon (any relation to John Saxon??)who seemed to lead a different life, that's for sure. What a shame he died in a way that could have been preventable if he just went to the doctor. He must have been feeling "off" for quite a while and I can't help but wonder if his religious convictions made him not want to see a doctor at all.
ReplyDeleteLove Joan Jett who was a rare form....A female heavy rock and roller! With her 80s hair and skin tight pants, she knew how to rock for sure.
Those 2 gals from my neck of the woods (unless they are in BC or the Maritimes, they are far away neck of the woods) are really good and did justice to that great song.
I didn't know I kbnew the next song or the other with Deep Purple until I played it which shows how much I know about the titles of songs. Love Termination which just was so much fun to watch as was The Deep Purple video. I wonder if that lead singer looks at his orangey silk velvet skin tight pants and wonders what happened to that gun in his pocket.
I love Steppenwolf as so many of their songs are classics. I had to go to Youtube to watch it because the video was unavailable here. Thank you for a great listen! Have a wonderful cool day.
Hi, Birgit!
DeleteThanks for making a beeline for Shady's Place and finishing 2nd in this weeks race, dear friend! That silver trophy (showing Shady doing the Funky Penguin) is gonna look great on your mantel.
Yessum, you and I have agreed in the past about Eve Arden. I loved her as Our Miss Brooks and as Jimmy Stewart's legal secretary in Anatomy of a Murder.
I can't find anything about Sky Saxon being related to John Saxon, so I doubt it. I learned that Sky was born in SLC and I also found this personal and somewhat prophetic quote on IMDB: << Well, I think you could retire when you die. I don't, however, believe in death, so I guess I will retire when I leave my body. But I plan to continue writing and performing in heaven. >>
Yessum, Joan Jett was the real deal, and I read recently that she is a pretty nice lady along with her other attributes. I was thrilled to find those two performance videos with sharp picture and HQ sound. Your Canadian neighbor girls Jadyn Rylee and Aviv Cohen shocked the world with that awesome cover performance of "Dream On," making believers out of skeptics like Shady.
That isn't a gun in Ritchie Blackmore's pocket. He's just happy to see BB. :) While you were eyeballing the boys in the Deep Purple band, Shady was watching Hef's harem as they grooved to the heavy rock sound in the Playboy Mansion. (I never received my invitation.) Moreover, I have never forgiven Barbi Benton. She could have had Shady... but she settled.
Thanks for completing your mission by listening to John Kay and Steppenwolf on YouTube. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I'm delighted that you liked so many songs on Daisy Johnson's first official play list. Thank you again for coming early and enjoy the rest of your weekend, dear friend BB!
I just happen to have the Iron Butterfly, Steppenwolf and Deep Purple albums. That side of the Iron Butterfly album seldom got played for some reason. The early Deep Purple albums were their best in my opinion. Yes, I do appreciate some music that is not doo wop. Got to go. I think it is going to be "One More Rainy Day. Jerre
ReplyDeleteHi, Jerre!
DeleteWelcome back to the clubhouse, good buddy! You finished third in this week's race to Shady's Place and thereby win a bronze statue of Debbie the Dellette. :)
Yessir, I am well aware that your taste in music goes beyond doo-wop. Years ago, you sent me a play list of favorites that included 60s and 70s material, and maybe even some 80s. It's cool that you own all three of those classic rock albums. I agree that the early career stuff by Deep Purple was their best. In my opinion, that holds true for many other solo artists, groups and bands I could name across genres.
Question: How are Paterno's Lions looking in the pre-season? Oooooops... listening to this block of classic rock nuggets of the past has me stuck in a time warp, reliving those much happier years of Penn State glory. Right about now, I could use three fingers of sarsaparilla at the My-O-My. :)
Thanks again for joining the fun, good buddy Jerre. Stay tuned for some great doo-wop and rock & roll coming up in my very next post next Thursday, I think you'll like my "Battle of the Bands." Until then, enjoy the rest of your weekend!
I think I will go search some Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore stuff on Utube. I hope PSU is better this year. Can't be much worse than the start of last year. The "My" is long gone and the new HUB is not the cozy get together spot it was in my time. The Rathskeller is under new ownership and I haven't been in lately. However, the ice cream at the creamery is still good! Have a good weekend. Jerre
DeleteHi again, Jerre!
DeleteThanks for updating me on which State College landmarks are long gone and which ones remain, albeit in a different form. Back in the day, I hit every watering hole in town including the Skeller. I'm sorry to learn that the My is no longer with us and that the HUB student union canteen isn't the cozy meeting spot it was when you and I attended. I wonder if the old record store is still down there across from the entrance to campus. That's where I bought some of my rock albums. You and I were lucky in many ways, Jerre. We enjoyed the best years of the Dell, plus the glory years of PSU. We had joy, we had fun, we had football seasons in the sun, and you could always count on Paterno to send great teams out onto the gridiron.
Thanks again for your continued support of my blogging ever since I started in 2008, good buddy Jerre!
I seem to remember having that Steppenwolf song on a live album of theirs. Maybe? I like it, but Magic Carpet Ride and The Pusher are their most memorable hits for me.
ReplyDeleteHi, Kelly!
DeleteThanks for coming over on day one to experience Daisy Skye's Power Surge, dear friend!
I have a bunch of Steppenwolf favorites, and "Magic Carpet Ride" would top my list. Nine times out of ten, I prefer studio sound to live recordings. Yessum, I always associate "The Pusher" with its use in the soundtrack of Easy Rider along with another Steppenwolf song "Born To Be Wild."
Thanks again for dropping by, dear friend Kelly. I hope you and my buddy Pat are having a wonderful weekend. Join me if you can next Thursday for the sneak preview of another exclusive Shady's Place series - Shady's Angels!
Oh my gosh I had a few flashbacks with this post. WLS! How I loved that station when I was growing up. I don't remember that TV show but I do remember the song,
ReplyDeletepushing too hard". Ok, Joan Jett always has me smiling because I always liked her and then she fell by the way side for a bit but then actually appeared at the Ashland County Fair opening for a country western band. So Jack and I and a few coworkers went to the concert. I wanted to see her and Jack went because he wanted to see the country western group..can't even remember who that was. Anyway, almost all the audience was there for country, not hard rock. While I and my friends did enjoy Joan she was super mad! She finished her act and stormed off because the group of farmer hicks just didn't get her! Poor girl! Wow, Jadyn and Aviv are so talented at such a young age! Loved that. My final flashback has to be Deep Purple. After high school I ran into an old classmate and he asked me to go to a concert with him. It was Deep Purple. Not my usual wheelhouse but I went and put up with the marijuana smoke and loud music! Typical of that day but we didn't go out again. Oh well, fun memories all around! Have a good week Shady and to quote Bob...Thanks for the memories!
Hi, YaYa!
DeleteHappy Saturday night to you, dear friend! Thanks a lot for coming early to this week's platter party, an electrifying play list of rock nuggets hand picked, not by me, but by Daisy Skye Johnson aka "Quake" from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
It must have been a treat for you to grow up tuned in to WLS Musicradio, Chicago's famous top 40 AM station, WLS was voted "Station of the Year" in 1967, 1968 and 1969, the years when you were coming of age and really getting into the music.
I'm glad you remember the signature song of Sky Saxon's Seeds - "Pushin' Too Hard." The song has an interesting history. It was recorded in 1965 and released in the fall of that year, but didn't catch on. It was re-released in the fall of 1966 and, a slow burn, finally peaked on the chart in February of 1967. However the song only reached the bottom of the top 40. History has been kind. In the years since it's release, the recording has become a "protopunk garage rock classic" (sez Wiki). Wiki also explains that "Pushin Too Hard" was included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of "The 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll."
How cool that you and Jack went to see Joan Jett at the county fair, but how sad that the crowd couldn't relate to her music and she left the stage in anger. I say it was nobody's fault but the promoter or booking agent or whoever thought it was a good idea to mix country & western with Riot Grrrl rock.
I'm glad you appreciate Canadian up-and-comers Jadyn and Aviv. I actually got tears in my eyes this morning as I experienced this post for the first time since publication and watched their video. It does my heart good to know that there are a good number of young people keeping authentic mid to late 20th century rock music alive.
Thanks for sharing the Deep Purple story. Lucky girl getting to see Joan Jett and Deep Purple in your youth. Hey, I think I spotted you in that vintage video clip moving and grooving as Deep Purple played "Hush" at Hef's place on Playboy After Dark! :) Confess!!! :)
Thanks again for your kind visit and superb comments. I'm thrilled that Daisy's post resonated with you. Thanks too for reminding us of "Old Ski Nose" - Bob Hope - the funnyman who made "Thanks For The Memories" famous. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, dear friend YaYa!
Watching the Seeds perform on a situation comedy causes me to speculate how that clip would have been interpreted differently at the time by people of different ages. If you were a teenager, you watched a real rock band (albeit with a fictional name) playing real rock music on a sitcom, which would have been rare. Other than The Monkees, who of course had their own show, the only rock acts (as opposed to the likes of Shelly Fabares, who was more poppish) on 1960s sitcoms were PARODIES of rock acts, such as when the moptop band The Mosquitoes crash-land on Gilligan's Island. I think those teens watching The-Mother-in-Laws were pleasantly surprised to see The Seeds and were probably talking about it the next day at school. Now, what about those teenagers' parents? It's not so much they would have hated the music as they could have MISTOOK it as a parody. I don't know the surrounding story on this particular episode, but the confused and displeased looks on Eve Arden's, Kaye Ballard's and their respective husbands faces would lead an over-30, or, even more likely, over-40 television viewer into believing the whole "gassy" segment was meant to be funny. This way you end up pleasing two different demographics for two different reasons. Very clever of the producers of The Mothers-in-Laws (one of whom was Desi Arnaz.)
ReplyDeleteIron Butterfly, Steppenwolf, and the aforementioned Seeds prove, I think, that what was in the 1960s variously called either psychedelic rock or acid rock can be seen as a precursor to 1970s metal. In fact, Deep Purple lasted waay into the '70s, and I think they were eventually considered metal.
Finally, Joan Jett, Billy Squire, faux-Aerosmith. All I need now is a stadium and I'm in heaven.
Hi, Kirk!
DeleteThanks for swinging in to get zapped by Daisy Skye's Power Surge, good buddy! I'm glad you got a charge out of her musical lineup of rock gems.
The TV sitcom The Mothers-in-Law aired first run from September 1967 to April 1969. I was in my late teens at the time and didn't watch the series because, with Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard in the lead roles, it seemed old school and uncool. Roger C. Carmel, one of the show's male leads, was a familiar face to me. Roger popped up on many of the TV series I did watch in my youth including Route 66, The Defenders, Car 54, Patty Duke, Munsters, Man from U.N.C.L.E., Hogan's Heroes and I Spy. Roger was also a panelist on a game show I loved to watch called Mike Stokey's Stump the Stars which also had as regulars Hans Conried, Stubby Kaye, Deanna Lund, Dick Patterson and Karen Valentine. Getting back to the clip of The Seeds performing "Pushin' Too Hard" on The Mothers-in-Law, a scene I don't remember because I didn't watch the show, you're right, it was somewhat unusual for a band to appear on a scripted series and perform one of their actual hit records. The scene, with The Seeds performing as a rock band named The Warts, was the writers' way of helping illustrate the generation gap and older folks' dislike of music for teenagers. If you watch the clip all the way through, the skeptical men are, for the most part, won over by the band by the end of the song, perhaps the writers' way of encouraging older Americans to quit complaining and get with the program. That's always a bad idea, because the minute a genre is embraced by older adults, it falls out of fashion with young people and they move onto the next thing. If music didn't shock, disgust and outrage our parents, we weren't interested in it. Rock and pop bands appearing on scripted TV series was more common than I realized. I remember The Standells of "Dirty Water" fame appearing as themselves on an episode of The Munsters and performing a cover of The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand." That band also appeared in an episode of Ben Casey. The Twin Cities band The Castaways appeared on Never Too Young, an ABC soap for teens, doing their sig song "Liar, Liar." Buffalo Springfield was on Mannix, Paul Revere & The Raiders on Batman, Boyce & Hart on Bewitched, Roy Orbison on Dukes of Hazzard and Alice Cooper on Snoop Sisters. I missed several of those performances because The Munsters, Ben Casey, Batman and Bewitched were the only shows on the list that I regularly watched. It was only recently that I learned about Never Too Young, ABC's experimental daytime soap opera for teenagers that starred Wally Cleaver from Leave it To Beaver and "Jungle Lad" from Russ Meyer's twisted exploitation film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. (What a combination!)
Thanks for checking out the post and digging these stadium rock favorites, good buddy Kirk!
For fans of the original Star Trek series, Roger C. Carmel will forever be known for playing the outer space con man Harry Mudd on two episodes, as well as for voicing the same character in one episode of the 1970s animated version. He was also the voice of Smokey the Bear.
ReplyDeleteThanks for expanding the list of Roger C's acting credits, good buddy Kirk. After I mentioned Karen Valentine to you, I looked her up. The cute, perky actress who started her career as "The Resident Dream Girl" on the Chuck Barris game show The Dream Girl of 1967 and as an eligible bachelorette on The Dating Game, went on to become a familiar face as the star of Room 222, and made multiple appearances on The Love Boat and Love, American Style, is now 73 years of age. I finally feel old.
DeleteThanks again for adding to the conversation (and the comment total), good buddy Kirk. Have a super week!
Tom,
ReplyDeleteI stopped in yesterday and began listening to your song features but didn't get finish until now. Anyway, all of your songs, except the Aerosmith "Dream On" cover and Deep Purple's "Hush" are introductions which really surprised me. I figured surely to goodness Joan Jett's songs would be familiar to my ears but nope. Recently I heard an Iron Butterfly song on SiriusXM and I meant to send the song title to myself to investigate a little further but I totally forgot. Now, I can't remember what the song was but I liked it. Thanks for sharing some great music. Have a boogietastic week, my friend!
Hi, Cathy!
DeleteI'm pleased to see you, dear friend! Thanks for joining the fun as superheroine Daisy Skye presents vol. 1 of her Power Surge radio series.
Yessum, it is surprising that "Dream On" and "Hush" are the only songs in this post that you knew when you arrived at the Shady's Place clubhouse. I thought for sure you'd remember the hits from 1981, 1988 and 1990.
I wore out three copies of Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album. It's that good. Perhaps SiriusXM played one of the other songs from that LP which, IMHO, contains all their best compositions. The band's album Ball, released at the start of 1969, contains a minor hit song that I liked entitled "In The Time Of Our Lives." The song is so creepy sounding that it's hard for me to listen to it now, but it does trigger a specific fond memory. In the summer of '69, I was at the beach, and somebody on a blanket near mine had a portable record player. They were spinning the Ball album and "In The Time Of Our Lives" happened to be playing at the exact moment I saw a young lady walk by in an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow bikini (without the polka-dots). That vision of poetry in motion became permalinked to the song "Time Of Our Lives," and the memory of that rare moment is still fresh in my mind after all these years.
Thanks again for being here, dear friend Cathy. Have a boogietastic Monday and a great week!
Happy Monday, Shady! I'll confess I didn't listen to every song this go 'round, but as always I enjoyed the show writing. I'm definitely a fan of Joan Jett and the Heartbreakers and think I need to go add her to my Amazon playlist ASAP.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
Hi, Ashton!
DeleteWelcome back, my oldest blog friend, and happy Monday to you as well! Thanks for checking out Daisy Skye Johnson's first Power Surge show featuring the great sounds of classic 20th century rock.
Given your background in news and journalism, it is gratifying to know that you appreciate my writing style, Ashton. Thank you for the compliment. I love writing scripts for the various characters that host of my radio shows. They are like family to me. For that matter, you and Alexis are also like family. I saw your post showing what the well dressed Alexis is wearing back to school this year and was surprised to see how much she's grown! She looks so much like her mommy.
I'm glad you like Joan Jett. I was excited to find those two great performance videos with HD video and HQ sound.
Thanks again for coming by, dear friend Ashton. Please give Alexis a big hug and have a wonderful week!
Sorry I'm a bit late to the party this week, Shady. I just recently watched the movie "Runaways" about Joan Jett. I also remember the "Mothers-in-Law" show. They don't make them like that anymore and maybe that's why I don't watch much TV - LOL. The two young girls did a great job with Aerosmith's tune. Have a wonderful rest of your week my friend!
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Hi, Janet!
DeleteWelcome in, dear friend, and thanks for coming! This post runs until Thursday, and that means you arrived in plenty of time to sample the sounds laid down by these classic rock musicians, a lineup hand picked by Daisy Skye of S.H.I.E.L.D.
It's quite a coincidence that you recently watched that 2010 Joan Jett biopic starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. I see that it gets a 6.5 rating on IMDB which isn't too bad. I also read that there's a glue-sniffing scene. WOW!
You are one of the few people I know who remembers The Mothers-In-Law television series of the late 60s. I was aware of it at the time, but didn't watch it.
I'm delighted that you enjoyed the Canadian girls' cover of "Dream On." For them to perform it so well at their age is remarkable to me and brings tears of joy.
Thanks again for stopping by, dear friend Janet. my buddy Benny's at the window waiting to go on his walk, so you better not keep him waiting. :) Enjoy the rest of your week!
Hi Daisy! Welcome...it's always good to see a new face, and new talent. I know I'm a bit late, but, I'm glad I made it to your debut.
ReplyDeleteI didn't watch "The Mothers-In-Laws, so I'm not familiar with the Seeds band. "Pushin' Too Hard" is a fun song and the video was pretty hilarious.
I remember Billy Squier, but only vaguely remember hearing "In The Dark". I like the song and video. He dances around a lot and can hold the audience. I always liked "The Stroke" and "Everybody Wants You", very cool song.
Iron Butterfly was a popular group, but I wasn't a major fan. I only remember "In A Gadda Da Vida". Karo and I caught the group in the late 90's at Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth. We only stayed for the "Gadda Da Vidda" song. Same with Steppenwolf...I only remember them for the one classic "Born to Be Wild". There may have been some other songs I would recognize, but I can't think of any.
OMG! Jaydn and friend! I love Aerosmith, although I don't claim to know just all of their music. "Dream ON" is so popular and I love it. Jaydn and friend do a stand up job on their cover! Cute girls, great voices and talent...WOW!
What a great finish with Deep Purple "Hush". I only knew a few of their songs, and this is one cool song! What a fun time at the Playboy mansion, and everyone dancing. In the later 1960's, my mother's boss had a membership at the Playboy Club in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. One day he made reservations for mom, my sister and myself to have lunch there. What a treat! We had playboy bunnies for waitpersons, and the lunch was fabulous!
Thank you so much for bringing Joan Jett to the forefront on this one! I have always admired her and her performances. She can totally command the audience with her strong voice, and very cool costumes! Her band is "BADASS" and rowdy, and "I Hate Myself For Loving You" is the best. I hear this song at least every two or three days! It's not a "memory or sentimental" song to me-just great singing and beat! And "Dirty Deeds"-wow! I hear this one at least once a day by AC/DC, and it gets me going. Joan is fantastic on this song also! I guess you figure this one is my fav!
So, Daisy and Shady...a job well done. I know I'm pretty late, but I had to get away for a few days! Scootie, his dad and I just traveled about 100 miles south to Waco, Tx, to get away! I hope you are doing well, Shady! Take care, dear friend!
Hi, Suzanne!
DeleteWelcome back, dear friend! I am very happy to see you and to know that you are AOK. I hope you and Rusty and Scootie had a nice time getting away from it all and relaxing in Waco. I'm sure that a change of scene did all of you some good, and with time running out before Scootie starts school, it was the ideal time for you guys to take a little vacation.
I'm delighted that you found so much of interest in Daisy's post. I didn't watch The Mothers-in-Law series either, but "Pushin' Too Hard by the Seeds has been a favorite of mine ever since I first heard it played on local radio and on the jukebox in the Shady Dell dance hall in early 1967. The garage rock standard was one of the songs that signalled a fundamental shift in the musical menu at the Dell - away from traditional doo-wop and sweet soul and toward edgier, harder and heavier styles. The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Music Machine, Electric Prunes, Blues Magoos and Blue Cheer all placed singles in the Dell jukebox, essentially sealing the fate of old school music. As I stated in the text, Seeds lead singer Sky Saxon died the same day as Michael Jackson, and so did Charlie's Angel Farrah Fawcett. Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon passed away two days earlier, making late June a busy time for the reaper of celebrities.
I'm glad you remember Billy Squier, Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf. A memo crossed my desk from Daisy informing me that she intends to plunder the catalogs of all three of those rock acts to bring you their best recordings in future volumes of her radio series, so please stay tuned. I don't know if I would have wanted to watch Iron Butterfly perform live in the late 90s, thirty years after their peak. I am very touchy about disturbing the precious memories of how bands looked and sounded in my youth.
I'm thrilled that you and others have given props to those two young Canadian girls doing their more than capable cover of that Aerosmith hit. Thanks for sharing the anecdote about having lunch at a Playboy Club. That's been on my bucket list ever since I turned 15! :) I am also pleased that Joan Jett is so popular with you and other readers who have commented. Her music videos tend to disappear from YouTube, and therefore I will be thankful if these two pristine vids are not yanked by the Y/T gremlins before my next post starts on Thursday. The two songs Joan covered here have been covered by many artists, but few if any have done them as well as Joanie and her band.
Thanks again for returning to Shady's Place, Suzanne. It isn't the same without you. Stick around. Earlier, I mentioned Farrah Fawcett, one of Charlie's Angels. Two days from now, you will meet "Shady's Angels," and they will play some great vintage doo-wop and rock & roll for you. Until then, I wish you and Scootie a safe and happy week, dear friend Suzanne!
Hi Shady,
ReplyDeleteDarnit, late again! Feeling down in the dumps again, so this playlist brought some spark back into my life. Thank you for that, dear friend.
Hi, Jessica Marie!
DeleteAOK, dear friend. If Shady's Place music is the tonic you need to boost your spirits, then I'm delighted to help. Actually Daisy Sky Johnson deserves all the credit for this batch of tuneage. She submitted her play list in advance and I merely signed off on it.
Hope you are chasing the blues by now, dear friend JM. If not, then listen to these songs and repeat. Have a good night!
Oh I love Daisy! I really miss that show, it was so good.
ReplyDeleteWhile I've never heard of The Seeds, that sure was a fun look back at the clothes and dance styles of that time.
Who doesn't like Joan Jett. I loved her songs back when we heard her on the radio all the time. She was always so much fun to watch too.
I'm not a fan of the Dream On cover. I really like Aerosmith so this just doesn't punch as hard as he can sing for me.
Oh man Billy Squier. You brought out the big guns. lol I love him, such a great song.
I've never heard Termination or the song Hey Lawdy Mama by steppenwolf but they really aren't my cup of tea.
I've heard Hush by Deep Purple. I think I might have heard it on some movie I was watching.
Have a good week. Thanks for some great music.
Hi, Mary!
DeleteI'm happy to see you, dear friend! Thanks for coming to Daisy Sky's platter party. I'm happy to finally find someone else who watched Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Mrs. Shady and I were faithful viewers and were sad to see the series go.
Yessum, in every edition of Daisy Skye's Power Surge, you will have a chance to view the fashions, hairstyles and dances that were popular from the mid 60s through the early 80s, as you listen to the best classic rock nuggets of the period.
I'm pleased that you join Daisy, me and other readers in liking Joan Jett. I was excited when Daisy turned a Joan Jett double play for us. I am also delighted that you like Billy Squier. Daisy will be mining Billy's catalog to bring you his greatest recordings in future shows. Given how young you are compared to Shady, it makes sense that your ears and sensibilities are tuned to 70s and 80s rock more so than to 60s material.
Thank you again for making it over in time for this post. I hope my buddy Falcor is behaving himself and enjoying problem free walks with you. Stay tuned for a new post coming first thing tomorrow morning. Enjoy the rest of your week, dear friend Mary!