Sparks are one of my favorite groups. Love their 70s output, from the 80s, I only have Whomp That Sucker and Angst In My Pants. Both fine albums.

I find out so hard to believe their later albums didn't chart in England (and so low on the states). Ray's writing is so strong, original and creative. I personally enjoyed their music than the Stones and listen to them consistently. Way to many missed out on this band.

@t.josephcravens4272 0 seconds ago I always liked Sweet and owned the US comp version of Desolation Blvd as a kid, but didn't do the deep dive until recently. To my ears, they were a top shelf band. Great players, vocalists, and songwriters. They haven't gotten the credit they deserve because of their bubblegum origins and outside songwriting, obviously, but they quickly redeemed themselves. Mick Turner is one of my favorite UK drummers - every bit as good as Bonham, Moon, Ward, R. Taylor, Cozy et al.

The only thing I know by Gary is a song on the Guitar Speak III album. It's called That Boy's Evil. It is a really heavy surf instrumental.

Its a was a great band . As far I know they recorded a second album , never released . I have been looking for it for years never found it on the internet . Great biker Rock n Roll band . Love it .

I think its amazing that Kate Bush can transcend so many tastes. You can be the most staunch extreme metaller and still find yourself singing along to Cloudbursting and Snowflake. The sign of a pure artist

What a truly amazing artist, and far more proggy than most people know. Andy Edwards will know what I am saying.

Without Sweet there probably wouldn't have been a Motley Crue they NEED to admit their huge influence!

Had hoped to be joining at the time but life got in the way, plus the time difference doesn't help. Always curious how Kate Bush translates in the US. I remember her first time on Top Of The Pops, one of those 'what was that' moments. But i loved it, and the debut album The Kick Inside. And never lost interest after that. She is unique in wanting to make music, not wanting to be a star, and does so at her own pace. Great choice of songs in both shows, Grant. As for the remasters, the box sets are nice but there is nothing in the way of extra packaging in them. No booklets except what came with the originals. You can buy The Other Sides separately, at least here in the UK. And it's worth it for sure. I was lucky to get to the penultimate show of the run she did in 2014. The atmosphere was electric, and never seen a show to match it. Probably never will. She did 6 songs, then 9th Wave. Brief break and then it was A Sky Of Honey in full rounding up with a 2 song encore, Among Angels and Cloubusting.

I rate the original version of She Talks In Stereo Top 3 in LA new wave with Yellow Pills by 20/20 & Hurt by Code Blue right with it. The Geffen record is underrated.

I read about that Bruce Wooley disc being released and sort of forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder, Schnee! Gotta get that ordered! I've only ever had English Garden on a comp. Would also LOVE to find a Tom Dickie and The Desires! The Divinyls album you were referencing is Underworld and from what I understand, it was never released in the US. (?) As far as Gary Myrick goes, I love the 1st record and it seems to fit right in with the New Wave. Beyond that, I just couldn't get into any of those follow ups. It's been forever though - maybe I'll revisit.

8. Weather 7. Plan B 6. Small World 5. Hard at Play 4. Fore 3. Huey Lewis and the News (did not buy this until mid 80's and love it. Kind of new wave/power pop masterpiece.) 2. Sports (although I got tired of it and hardly play it anymore) 1. Picture This

Thanks for putting together this stream for Christmas. Wish I could have been on with you - you picked some great ones, and I feel like Kate captures the season well. The Fog. The most beautiful sounds on earth, and Get Out of My House is absolutely savage.

I saw them in end of April 1983 and the opened for Joan Jett and The Blackhearts. Great show! Played most of the Picture This album which is my favorite of theirs.

Missed the show last night but listening now and enjoying the music so far. Thank you for this show Grant; have heard of Kate Bush for a while but never explored her music. Taking notes on which CDs to get first.

1. Low Budget 2. Give the People.. 3. Misfits 4. Sleepwalks 5. Word of Mouth 6. State of Confusion All from 5 stars to 3.5 stars.

The Kinks rule! The Arista era starting during my high school years and when The Kinks became a favorite. Thanks for the show guys. Listening from Okinawa now and will have to finish the show later.

Listening this morning, lots of nice selections and good for Christmas spirit. Kate Bush's music is beautiful, amazing and unique - there will never be another like her. I hope Lily makes the list -- Red Shoes is underrated.

13:09 Grant makes his opinions on McDonald's clear.

Just listening back now. Great work with the selections

As the bassist for Tallwater, Grant certainly has an ear for the phenomenal fretless bass guitar playing from the late, great John Giblin. He’s featured on many of the tunes that Mr. Arthur has featured in both parts of his livestream. Merry Christmas, Grant! 🎄 🎅

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I was getting my truck fixed in Golden Valley Minnesota do I went for a walk down the end of the mall at down in the valley an old head shop then they had a box of CDs out of the sidewalk that they're trying to get rid of you know Toyota Matthews sweet 100% fun for a quarter do you want to my favorite CDs of all time I love the guy he is great

I have the original black box that was in the shape of a cube and had a lid on it. That’s how I got into the bulk of her oeuvre in the early 1990s.

Sorry I was at work and then driving home when this initially aired. But I’m checking it out after the fact. Better late than never. Been a Kate fan for many moons now. She’s a true visionary and a musical genius in her own right. Nice job, Grant.

The KINKS are a GREAT band. So, more shows on the KINKS would be nice.

What model turntable is that? Pretty sweet lookin…

Interesting one this night Grant. Merry Christmas - and may 2025 be a successful, healthy, and happy year for you, and all in the ‘Haus.

Thanks for listening party Grant. Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays! And, glad I found your channel. Subscribed.

Pearcy is a great story teller, good dude, had a killer voice and btw loves drag racing... Enuff said.

.38 Special my ass! They got Don Barnes and they play the songs but without Donnie, Jeff, Larry, Steve and Jack it’s not .38 Special!

This was a great discussion to listen to especially as you touched on The Residents and one of my favourites Kraftwerk. If, when you come to recording a Kraftwerk album review, would you like a view from across the pond to go with your North American ones? A Britsh/European opinion???? On the subject of Sparks, I disagree with the opinion that Ron's lyrics aren't as good as Dylan, mmm no he is definitely out there. I think both Terminal Jive and Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat, get poor responses from most UK fans (Rabbits wasnt released in the UK for some reason). Whomp/Angst/Space are a definite 3sum album set /classics (Angst is in my top 5) but I have a greater love for Rabbits. Sparks did not tour those albums and those after from here on in, in the UK BTW. Wasnt too impressed by MYCDT (I was happy they didnt include Changes on it here in the UK as that was a superb stand alone single). Interior Design was mediocre bu had some bright spots including the excellent 12 inch remix of Just got Back from Heaven. Have subscribed. Great stuff.

Yes, Do a Captain Beefheart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve never heard a Sparks song ever but this is a great show!

Love to see you do a video on Robin trower and Neal young

For me, the 2000s to present are tied with the 70s, and the 80s and 90s are tied for second place. And the Halfnelson demo is in with the 70s level

The 1974 cd that you're referring to is a triple 50th anniversary cd of kimono my house, propaganda, and the b sides and demos from kimono. The packaging is the size of a 7 inch single. They've also released kmh on green vinyl and picture disc, and propaganda on blue vinyl and picture disc. My copies arrived a couple of weeks ago.

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One For the Road introduced the Kinks to a New Generation with a great live recording for the time; was their WE ARE BACK ALBUM. Rock enough so the youth of day could embrace and sentimental enough for the older faithful, one of the best Live Albums of all time.

Thank you for bringing this up. Waterloo Sunset is also one of my favourite songs of all time but I really like a big part of the music from their Arista years. Number one for me is Sleepwalker, almost all songs are great, I like the production and I think it was a rebirth for the band. Daves guitar playing is tasteful och very good. The other albums have a lot of great songs but they are a little uneven. My second favourite is Low Budget and the double live album one of my favourite live albums.

Not sure if it's true but I hear Art Lover is actually misunderstood about being what you mentioned. I read it was about a grandfather who was estranged from his granddaughter and seeing the other kids in the park reminded him of her...also Live Life from Misfits is the best Kinks song no one knows

One of my all time favorites. Alex Kane does some stuff on Instagram.

All right you can't have a spark show without the Canadian stud muffin now good choice 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great topic, Grant. I can't say the Arista era is my favorite, but I love it, it's the Kinks era of my formative years back when they were my favorite band. I've always had an issue with the term arena rock, because they would play Columbus after every new record and back then Columbus didn't have a true concert arena, they always played at Veterans' Memorial which was comparatively small. Grant, you're a central Ohio guy, am I mistaken or did the Pretenders actually open for them at one of those shows? Anyway, this era produced my favorite Kinks album, Sleepwalker. My ranking is a bit different than you guys': 1 Sleepwalker, 2 Give the People What They Want, 3 State of Confusion, 4 Misfits, 5 Low Budget and 6 Word of Mouth. For some reason, Living On a Thin Line has never really connected with me, though I know I'm in the minority. Outside of Stormy Sky and Jukebox Music from Sleepwalker, my favorite song from this era is probably Cliches of the World (B Movie) from State of Confusion, a very dark, even brutal song. By the way, Ray once said that Art Lover has been misinterpreted, that it's really about a father denied custody of his daughter so he can only have contact with her from afar, and if you listen to the lyrics from that perspective it does make sense. But who knows, songwriters are often dishonest about their own work. Anyway, great show, guys!

Low budget is my favorite album

"Low Budget" is probably my favorite. Even though I hate the production, I love the songs and energy of "Give the People...", (FYI - Ray has said "Art Lover" is supposed to be about a divorced dad watching the girls play in the park because he misses his daughter. NO WAY he would get away with that song these days. lol). "Word of Mouth" is under rated and I couldn't believe it wasn't more popular and That "Do It Again" didn't crack the top 40. I had the vinyl version of "State of Confusion" and 2 of the best songs, "Long Distance and "Noise" weren't''t included on that. I didn't even know they existed until years later. I never understood why they were only on the cassette version of the album. "Sleepwalker" and "Misfits" are fine but interchangeable to me. I rarely listen them except for a couple of tracks. "One for the Road' has a special place in my heart as it was my introduction to The Kinks.

Fun & entertaining episode fella's.😎👍 I agree with Schnee, this is my favorite era too. I remember hearing 'A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy' and 'Celluloid Hero's' on the radio at the time and thinking nobody does melancholy like the Brits. Spent the summer of '79 in Vancouver Washington and 'Low Budget' was all over the radio. Only saw them live once, 21 Aug '81 at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley with Joe Ely opening. It was general admission. I was close enough to witness the copious amount of spittle Ray would emit while singing. Ray was on fire even between songs. He criticized Bill Graham for not having the rug, they were standing on, cleaned before they played. He also took a swipe at Dave & Mick. They didn't seem to care. I did buy a copy of 'Give the People...' after that show.

This is definitely my favorite era of the kinks sleepwalker, low budget, state of confusion and the totally underrated 1984 classic which is one of my top favorite kinks album how contrarian hehe word of mouth however one small criticism of the Arista years is the huge lack of Dave Davies songs it's definitely Ray's show at this stage in their career

My absolute favorite Kinks song from this era - "Celluloid Heroes" off "One For The Road"!