Friday and the Random 10 (Outliers edition)

Well we are back for another week of randomness and after last week's literary crapdom (The Catcher in the Rye...ugh), I'm glad to say that the next book I read was much better. So much better in fact that I read it all in one day. It was called Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and it was a fascinating read (review coming soon). So that has me in a better state of mind for whatever music comes our way today.


As usual, the rules and whatnot are now up there ↑ on the top (yeah I just had to look up that keyboard shortcut once again). No bannings yet for 2014. Awesome.

Away we go!

1) Jeremy Bender/Emerson Lake & Palmer - Finally get some ELP and it's this barroom sounding song. Eh.

2) River of Endless Love/The Moody Blues - I'm not familiar with this song or album but it has nice vocals. I may need to give it more of a listen sometime.

3) Talkin' Talkin'/The Moody Blues - And there we have it. Banned for next week.

4) Rainmaker/Kansas - Awesome song that tells a story of a fake rainmaker that calls down a flood on a parched Kansas town with no idea how he did it.

5) Photograph/Def Leppard - Nuff said!

6) Running Water/The Moody Blues - What? Since it's the last day of the month I'm banning them for all of February. That's how things work around here.

7) Trampled Underfoot/Led Zeppelin - Now see this is some of the better LZ.

8) Fly From Here Pt IV (Bumpy Ride)/Yes - This is part of the multipart song from their last album, which is basically a song from an old Buggles demo. Automatic Roger dean album cover winner though:

9) Inside of Me/Kansas - And now they get banned for next week. That's how it goes sometimes.

 

10) Last Mango in Paris/Jimmy Buffett - Yeah, umm, ok.

 

Well that was certainly interesting with a lot of repeat performers for some reason. Kansas and The Moody Blues get respective bannings, but that only opens the door for a possible Tarkus moment next week (stay tuned!) Sometimes that's what the god of randomness hits you with and you just got to roll with the changes. The STCS for this week is Listen/Chicago. Great old school stuff from their debut album.

As always, stay cool (warm? dry?) central Florida and Roll Tide!

Play us out boys!