You Know Who... Is Going Commando

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Gil Scott-Heron
Brett was back with me today and he brought some really good stuff to the table today. As we both seem to reacting to the current climate by vacillating between anger and bemusement, we discussed music that served as forms of protest of social comment. We were both of a mind that protest music needed to have “teeth,” and that passive messages of togetherness are insufficient to affect meaningful change. (Who knows? I may feel different tomorrow.)
We also continued our conversation from the last time we did a show together about inspiration vs. cultural appropriation in music, particularly when it came to “folk” music styles such as the blues, and the point where “influence” becomes straight-up plagiarism. We did not play any Jimmy Page, but you can bet your ass he was referenced.
And yes, I have been putting off doing laundry, so there was no was soft cotton underwear between my sensitive parts and the rough denim of my Levis.
 
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LIC Radio 8/12/2025
 
 
Stanley Clarke
“School Days”
(Stanley Clarke)
Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, 8/12/78
Studio version released on School Days  (Nemperor, 1976)
 
 
Gil Scott-Heron
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
(Gil Scott-Heron)
From Pieces of Man  (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
 
 
The Mothers of Invention
Yes... Frank opened for Lenny

“Trouble Every Day”
(Frank Zappa)
From Freak Oui!  (Verve, 1966)
 
 
The Jam
“That’s Entertainment”
(Paul Weller)
From Sound Affects  (Polydor, 1980)
 
 
Paul McCartney
“Coming Up”
(Paul McCartney)
Studio version released on McCartney II  (Parlophone/Columbia, 1980)
 
 
The Four Lads
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
(Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon)
Single A-side (Columbia, 1953)
 
 
Charles Mingus
“Pops”
Jachthaven Van Dijk, Loosdrecht, NL, 8/12/72
 
 
Canned Heat
Henry Thomas  1974-1930
Yet another black artist whose “influence”
was just a euphemism for being ripped off

“Going Up the Country”
(Alan Wilson, Henry Thomas*)
Mariannhill, Arcen, NL, 8/12/71
Studio version released on Living the Blues  (Liberty, 1968)
*Adapted from Henry Thomas’ “Bull Doze Blues” (Vocalion, 1928)
 
 
Henry Thomas
“Bull Doze Blues”
(Henry Thomas)
Single A-side (Vocalion, 1928)
 
 
Utopia
“The Death of Rock and Roll”
(Todd Rundgren)
The Place, Seattle, WA, 8/12/78
Studio version released on the Todd Rundgren album Initiation  (Bearsville, 1975)
 
 
Billy Idol
“Flesh for Fantasy”
(Billy Idol, Steve Stevens)
Shoreline Ampitheater, Mountain View, CA, 8/12/87
Studio version released on Rebel Yell  (Chrysalis, 1983)
 
 
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
“Bitches Crystal”
(Keith Emerson, Greg Lake)
Estadio Chile, Santiago, CL, 8/12/97
Studio version released on Tarkus  (Island/Cotillion, 1971)
 
 
Steely Dan
“Peg”
(Walter Becker, Donald Fagen)
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC, 8/12/06
Studio version released on Aja  (ABC, 1977)
 
 
Culture Club
“Church of the Poison Mind”
(Boy George, Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay, Phil Pickett)
Malibu Night Club, Lido Beach, NY, 2/21/83
Pat Metheny
Photo by Alessandro Durso

Studio version released Colour by Numbers  (Virgin/Epic, 1983)
 
 
Men at Work
“High Wire”
(Colin Hay)
Rockpalast, Markthalle, Hamburg, DE, 12/2/82
Studio version released on Cargo  (Columbia, 1982)
 
 
Pat Metheny Group
“Jaco”
(Pat Metheny)
From Pat Metheny Group  (ECM, 1978)

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