Friday and the Random 10 (Almost Forgot Edition)

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Friday and the Random 10 (Hello YouTube Edition)

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Friday and the Random 10 (Urgent Edition)

Welcome to a new and improved, simplified and stripped down Random 10! 

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Friday and the Random 10 (Nuclear Atomic Edition)

Welcome to a new and improved, simplified and stripped down Random 10! 

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This Day in Music History: Boston/Third Stage (09/23)

Third Stage is the third album by American hard rock band Boston released on this day in 1986 on MCA Records after the usual inordinate delay. It was recorded at Tom Scholz's Hideaway Studio over a long, strained six-year period "between floods and power failures".

After winning a legal battle with Epic Records, Scholz switched his band's recording label to MCA. The album's first track, "Amanda", was actually written in 1980 (when Boston began work on the album) and became the band's only #1 single. It reached and stayed at #1 for two weeks in November 1986. It was followed by the second Top 10 single from the album, "We're Ready", which reached #9 in 1987. "Can'tcha Say/Still in Love" also entered the charts and peaked at #20. It remains Boston's last Top 40 hit to date.

"Cool the Engines" also got substantial airplay but failed to chart, even though it was the most badass song on the album.

Third Stage went to #1 on the Billboard 200, where it stayed for four weeks. It was the first CD-formatted album to be certified gold (500,000 copies). It was also certified gold in the LP format, making it what is believed to be the first album certified in both of these formats. In all, the album was certified 4x platinum.

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This Day in Music History: Boston/Walk On (06/07)

Walk On is the fourth studio album (in their 18 year history!) by American hard rock band Boston, released on this day in 1994. It was also their last album that was worth a damn.

This Day in Music History: Boston/Boston (08/25)

'Nuff said, right?!?

This Day in Music History: Boston/Don't Look Back (08/02)

Don't Look Back is the second studio album by American rock band Boston, released on this day in 1978.  The album sold over four million copies in the first month (!) of its release, and was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA in the US.

This album also marked the beginning of the band's legal fight with its record label Epic Records. Scholz claimed that Epic executives pushed him and the band into releasing the album before they felt it was ready. He also said that the album "was ridiculously short. It needed another song." Their next album, Third Stage, was not released for another eight years, by which time the band and record label had parted ways and were fighting a courtroom battle that Boston ultimately won.

The title track is one of the band's biggest hits, reaching #4 in 1978 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other hits from the album include "A Man I'll Never Be" (#31), and "Feelin' Satisfied" (#46).

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Friday and the Random 10 (Post Plague Edition)

Oh man, yeah I know I missed last week but I had a good reason: the plague. Yeah I have been kinda sickly which caused me to miss several days of work. Luckily, I had the sick pay on file to take care of it. Now that I am 85% back to "normal" I can try to get things back on track. How about some music?

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Friday and the Random 10 (The Force Awakens Edition)

Hey, guess what movie comes out today? Have you heard? I am not one of the lucky ones getting to see it today. Instead, all I have is music. Sounds like I got a bum deal on this one but here goes:

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Friday and the Random Ten (Smoke on the Water Edition)

Time for things to get back to normal around here, but I can't believe it is already the middle of September. You know what that mean at Disney right? Yep, Halloween parties! Ugh. The first one was on the 15th. Like three days ago the 15th. Of September. Disney has to milk that cash cow as much as they can. Not a holiday I care much for in the first place. Oh well, let's see if the Random 10 is down with it.

Friday and the Random 10 (Higher Power Edition)

Well things are finally getting back to normal around here. I have been working a lot more (now that I have reliable transportation) and have even started training at a new area: ESPN Wide World of Sports. Don't worry though. I'm staying on trains. Somehow in the middle of all this I managed to finish reading another book. Well I actually couldn't put it down once I started and finished it in 24 hours. It was called The Martian by Andy Weir. Highly recommended and soon to be a major motion picture with Matt Damon. Looking forward to the movie, but for now how about some tunes instead? Oh yeah!

Friday and the Random 10 (24 Hour Disney Day Edition)

And here we go again. It's the Friday before Memorial Day so what does Disney go and do to us again? Yep, it's that deal where we stay open for a whole 24 hours. I have a 13 hour shift, but at least I am not part of the overnight crew. So to honor all us hard working cast members I am going to copy what I did in this countdown from the previous over-nighter and do a Top 24 list, instead of top 10. Yeah it's one of those special event type things. Next week will return to normal (or for what passes for normal around here).

Even though it does not apply this week, you can still check out last week's Random 10 by following this link, or trying to figure out the artists from the cool picture below: 

As always the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top next to the Home tab.

Friday and the Random 10 (Deflated Balls Edition)

The Super Bowl is set, but all the talk is about Deflate-Gate. Seems that when inspected after the game in which New England beat the Colts, 11 out of the 12 footballs were "improperly" inflated, or under inflated. At this point there has been no ruling or penalties or whatever. I just know it's the NFL so they won't shut up about it for probably another ten years.

You know what is properly inflated though? That's right: The Random 10. Filled  with all the randomness that probability will allow, but still as constant as the northern star.

As a quick review of last week, you can follow this link, or check out the cool picture below: 

As always the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top next to the Home tab.

More Than a Feeling

I closed my eyes and she slipped away

Friday and the Random 10 (Gigolo Edition)

Wow, in less than a week I got a surprise in the mail. As promised, bam!

You're welcome ladies. Me? A male model? Oh you flatter me, but I'm not on Schmidt's level yet. Yeah whatever, I'm a dork. But hey, a free shirt is a free shirt. Thanks Viggle (you know I am still looking for a sponsor...hint hint).

And now, on to more pressing matters. When we cast our eyes back to last week, we see that Exile Island is becoming quite the busy place:

Maybe poor Chicago will find its way back this time around. Need to make some sense of all this? Check out the rules and whatnot up there ↑ at the top.

Enough with all the jibber-jabber! Play me some music!

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1) Wendy Carlos/Scarlotti Harpsichord Sonata - I got this only because "she" did the original Tron soundtrack. And maybe I like harpsichords. Why the "she"? She used to be a man, baby.

2) Cherry Poppin' Daddies/Ding Dong Daddy on the D Car Line - We had this song like two weeks ago. Ugh. Makes me miss my trains though.

3) Billy Idol/Eyes Without a Face - This one is for Lori. Let's steal a car and go to Las Vegas. Ooh gigolo... Found this hard to believe, but:

4) Def Leppard/Run Riot - The one song off Hysteria that wasn't a hit.

5) Boston/My Destination - Or as they say, how to make an album in just under ten years. Album cover winner though:

6) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSNY)/Our House - Wow, another new addition. I hope Neal Young will remember a southern man don't need him around anyhow.

7) Red Hot Chili Peppers/By the Way - May your Fridays be funky and cool.

8) The Beatles/Julia Tarkus'd! Now stay on that island!

8) Pink Floyd/When the Tigers Broke Free - WWII must have really damaged the British psyche. It shows up a lot in their music and movies and TV shows (like Doctor Who)

9) Genesis/Turn It On Again - All I need is a TV show, that and the radio. Down on my luck again, down on my luck again...

10) Chicago/Back to You Ugh. Just ugh. So close. I'm just beyond words at this point.

10) Led Zeppelin/Black Dog - Hey hey mama!

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So there it is. Nektar got freed from exile (yay?), but The Beatles and Chicago are just going to have to share a snail dinner around the campfire. But no spooning later on!

The STCS for this week is Velvet Revolver/Headspace. Just realized their name has four V's in it. Cool.

As always stay cool and dry wherever you are, and Roll Tide (sigh).

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Cue the butt slaps and play us out Billy!

Friday and the Random 10 (Night of Joy Edition)

So tonight is a special event at Disney called Night of Joy. It's a separate ticket event that has Christian music acts performing at various locations throughout the park. It's kinda cool if you're into that. I have enjoyed some of the music in the past.

Anyway, the best part about this event is that the trains do not operate! We are done and off the tracks by 6:00. This gives me and all my train peeps a chance to hang out together since we are all off so early. The party is on. Good times!

And now for the reason we are all here. Looking back at last week I see that RW is already banned for the month of September (shocker). And as usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

Let's roll the dice!

1) Gentle Giant/Mobile - This sounds like a bad Kansas rip off band. Viggle has no idea what this song is.

2) The Beatles/Dear Prudence - Great song. I loved what they did with it in the movie "Across the Universe".

3) Yes/New State of Mind - Decent song on a flat out awful, forgettable album. Not even worth showing the album cover.

4) Dream Theater/Learning to Live - Maybe a little heavier than I like my prog. I still haven't listened to them much.

5) RW/Sir Galahad AC/DC/Rocking All the Way - Not real familiar with this album, but I'll give it the album cover winner:

6) The Beatles/Wait - Great classic song that unfortunately gets them banned for next week.

7) Cherry Poppin' Daddies/Master and Slave - Swing away daddy-o!

8) King Crimson/Exiles - Always good stuff with them. I can kinda see why Bill Bruford left Yes for them. More experimental types of music.

9) Jimmy Buffett/Cheeseburger in Paradise - Classic Jimmy. Now I'm hungry.

10) Boston/The Star Spangled Banner - Live version that was included on their greatest hits CD. I don't know why.

Well there it is. RW is banned for the month so I just ignored him. Too bad that it was actually from a great album of his. Hey, some of them had to be good right? The Beatles get banned for next week too. Misery loves company I guess. They seem to end up in exile together a lot.

The STCS is Def Leppard/Stay with Me from the album of cover songs they did. Meh.

As always stay cool and dry wherever you are, and Roll Tide!

Play us out across the universe...

Don't Look Back

Easily one of my favorite songs of all time.

 

 

Friday and the Random 10 (Catcher in the Rye Edition)

So I've finally gotten my books that I ordered on my year long quest to read as many books as I can (and throw in a review or two as well). Right now I'm 30 or so pages into The Catcher in the Rye and I feel... I dunno...erratic? Maybe it's just the style of the writing, but I figured maybe it will have some effect on the outcome of this week's Random 10. You never know. Also, I hope I'm not on some CIA/FBI watch list now because of the book. Maybe they will see this all and understand I'm harmless. Mostly.

Friday and the Random 10

Well here we go again. It's been another long, fun week and what better way to head into the weekend than with some randomness. Looking back at last week I see that Styx and Yes are both banned, but since it's August now, RW has been set free. I'm sure he will return with a vengeance. As usual, the rules and whatnot are over there → to the right.

On with the show!

1) U2/Hawkmoon 269 - What is "Songs I've Never Heard Of" for $200, Alex? I just never got into these guys.

2) Pink Floyd/On The Turning Away - Yet another band I never truly embraced.

3) Camel/Squigely Fair - Now these guys I like. And album cover winner too:

4) Van Halen/Top of the World - Is it blasphemy to say I liked the Hagar years better than the David Lee Roth era?

5) Jimmy Buffet/Sending the Old Man Home - Is this what they say at the end of my shifts every night?

6) Rick Wakeman/The Spider Crab - RW! This must be his album about things you can find on a beach.

7) Red Hot Chili Peppers/This is the Place - Yep.

8) Wendy Carlos/The Light Sailor - from the Tron (original) soundtrack. Oh, and this Wendy chick used to be a dude. No, really.

9) Yes/Heart of the Sunrise Boston/Higher Power - Now that's what I'm talking about!

10) America/Tin Man - Classic song.

Well that wasn't so bad. No one got banned (though Yes tried to sneak in there) and RW made his comeback. The STCS for this week is Trans-Siberian Orchestra/The Safest Way Into Tomorrow from their non-Christmas Night Castle CD. Overall, not bad. Until next week, stay classy central Florida.

Play us out boys!