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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The last countdown cleared everyone out of Exile Island, but guess who got added right back? There are no words. And as usual, the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top near the home tab.

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Play On!

1) Jon Anderson/Flowers of the Morning (The Promise Ring) - We get to start off with some JonJon. This album was like Lord of the Rings and the Shire meets Riverdance.

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2) Rush/Different Strings (Permanent Waves) - One of the many great songs off this album. This one is very personal song as opposed to most of their other prog/scifi stuff.

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3) The Beatles/I've Just Seen a Face (Help!) - Been awhile since we have heard from these guys, which means they will probably end up getting banned. I was never really familiar with this song until I saw it in Across the Universe.

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4) Guns N' Roses/Catcher in the Rye (Greatest Hits, Disk 2) - I am not familiar with this song at all, I just know the book sucked. And now I know why. It was originally from that Chinese Democracy album. Whatev.

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Hell to the naw RW!

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5) Kansas/Back Door (Audio-Visions) - Fantastic album. I loved this time period for the band.

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6) Gong/Master Builder (You) - I am surprised this one has made the countdown before (and that there's an actual video). This tune is like a space age jungle jam. With saxophone. Yeah.

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7) Return to Forever/Interplay (No Mystery) - And here's another one of those jazzy experimental 60's/70's bands.

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8) Enigma/The Child in Us (Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi) - Middle eastern and spiritual. Always awesome.

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9) Jimmy Buffett/If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me (Boats Beaches Bars and Ballads) - And now for a total mood changer. Oh well, I can relax with a beer for a bit...

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10) Boston/Someone (Corporate America) - This album had some stuff that actually sounded like Boston (this one for example), but the rest? Spew.

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The STCS for this week goes to Survivor/It's the Singer Not the Song (Vital Signs). Man, what a great 80's album that was. After "Eye of the Tiger" this was all their other hits were on this. Except this song. Not a hit, but great. As far as Exile Island, RW got Tarkus'd and sent right back. It's gotten so bad with him that I actually deleted the song that tried to pop up. Nuff is enuff.

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Stay warm/dry/comfy wherever you are, and Roll Tide!

Play us out guys:

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