The Friday Night Parkdale Special

The FNPS: Episode 89 - PS2, Concept Albums, pt. 2 (12-24-2021)

This week, we're continuing our look at concept albums. Part two takes us through the 1970s.
The Who - Overture
The Who - Pinball Wizard
The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Marvin Gaye - God Is Love (radio version)
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
David Bowie - Five Years
David Bowie - Lady Stardust
David Bowie - Rock n' Roll Suicide
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis - The Chamber of 32 Doors
Genesis - It
Parliament - P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)
Parliament - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication
Parliament - Night Of The Thumpasorus People
Pink Floyd - In The Flesh
Pink Floyd - Hey You
Pink Floyd - Outside The Wall
Frank Zappa - The Central Scrutinizer
Frank Zappa - A Token Of My Extreme
Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay

The FNPS: Episode 88 - PS1, Concept Albums, pt.1 (12-17-2021)

What other impacts did Pet Sounds have on music, besides yacht rock? To answer this question properly will take multiple episodes. The first part of the answer is concept albums. This week's show covers the history of concept albums up to the late 1960s.
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
The Beach Boys - Caroline, No
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Woody Guthrie - The Great Dust Storm
Woody Guthrie - Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues
Woody Guthrie - Vigilante Man
Pete Johnson - Pete's Lonesome Blues
Pete Johnson - J.C. From K.C.
Pete Johnson - Man Wanted
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning
Frank Sinatra - What Is This Thing Called Love
Frank Sinatra - This Love Of Mine
Nat "King" Cole - Intro (Wild Is Love)
Nat "King" Cole - Wild Is Love
Nat "King" Cole - Beggar For The Blues
Nat "King" Cole - He Who Hesitates
Nat "King" Cole - Wild Is Love (Reprise)
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Marty Robbins - El Paso
Marty Robbins - Utah Carol
Johnny Cash - Loading Coal
Johnny Cash - Dorraine of Ponchartrain
Johnny Cash - Old Doc Brown
The Kinks - Party Line
The Kinks - A House In The Country
The Kinks - I'll Remember
The Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
The Small Faces - Happiness Stan
The Small Faces - Happy Days Toy Town

The FNPS: Episode 87 - Time, Time, Time (12-10-2021)

I'm into the busy season at work, so this week, you get a theme: time, and how little of it there seems to be these days.
Pink Floyd - Time
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Dr. Dog - Where'd All The Time Go?
Tom Waits - TIme
Dooley Wilson - As Time Goes By
Jex Nwalor - Time Goes "Bye"
Quantic - Time Is The Enemy
Tech N9ne - Running Out Of Time (ROOT)
IAMX - Volatile Times
Muse - Time Is Running Out
Turbonegro - Hurry Up & Die
Pennywise - Running Out Of Time
Anthrax - Time
Royal Thunder - Time Machine
White Lies - Time To Give
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter
Joe Jackson - Got The Time
Guster - Hard Times
Elsiane - Time For Us
Covenant - Bullet
De/Vision - Right On Time
808 State - Timebomb
Black Box - Ride On Time
The KLF - What Time Is Love? (7" Radio Edit)
The Gothsicles - Straight Up Otter Time

We Interrupt This Broadcast: A Thank You (11-2021)

A short break from our regular programming to say thank you to all the listeners around the world. You make this worth doing :)

The FNPS: Episode 86 - Yacht Rock (12-04-2021)

On this week's show, we're going to find out about yacht rock. Grab your deck shoes and a drink in a coconut, and let's set sail on the seas of cheese! If you want to watch the Yacht Rock series, you can find them on channel101.com, and the podcast I found most informative about the genre is by An Impossible Way Of Life, who can be found on all the usual podcasting platforms. I hope they do a second part on yacht rock; I was disappointed to only find the first part!
Beach Boys - Sloop John B
Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes
Robbie Dupree - Steal Away
Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)
Steely Dan - Do It Again
Loggins & Messina - Vahevala
Seals & Croft - How Long
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
Atlanta Rhythm Section - So Into You
10cc - The Things We Do For Love
Styx - Come Sail Away
Walter Egan - Magnet And Steel
Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
Gino Vannelli - I Just Wanna Stop
Exile - Kiss You All Over
Dr. Hook - Sharing The Night Together
David Gates - Goodbye Girl
Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
Ambrosia - How Much I Feel
Kenny Loggins - This Is It
Christopher Cross - Sailing
Hall & Oates - Kiss On My List
Bertie Higgins - Key Largo
Toto - Africa

The FNPS: Episode 85 - Sundays On Our Knees (11-26-2021)

Your intrepid host went to a concert on Friday, was felled by a migraine on Saturday, and encountered technical issues on Sunday, but managed to get it together on Monday. Work is gearing up to the busy season, and so I did something different; it's a bit of an ASCII shrug, but more of a DJ set this time. Hope you enjoy it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Cannons - Bad Dream
Art School Girlfriend - Is It Light Where You Are
White Lies - As I Try Not To Fall Apart
Flight Facilities ft. Broods - Forever
CHVRCHES - Asking For A Friend
Christine & The Queens - People, I've Been Sad
AVIRA ft. Chris Howard - Gold
Small Black ft. Korine - Nobody Loves You (Korine Mix)
Moaning - Fall In Love
Editors - Sugar
Placebo - Loud Like Love
ACTORS - Obsession
Rüfüs Du Sol - Next To Me
Elderbrook ft. Emmit Fenn - I'll Find My Way To You
Howard Jones & BT - The One To Love You (The Lifelike Mix)
Camouflage ft. Peter Heppner - Count On Me (The Klaak Syndrome Mix)
Max Cooper - Hope (Parra For Cuva Remix)
Tycho ft. Ben Gibbard - Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix)
DJ Seinfeld - These Things Will Come To Pass
Lemon Jelly - '75 AKA Stay With You
Bonobo - Rosewood
Heaven - Truth Or Dare
London Grammar - Bones Of Ribbon
Wolf Alice - Delicious Things
Lana Del Rey - Cinnamon Girl
Gang Of Youths - Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane

The FNPS: Episode 84 - Tragoedia in Musica (11-19-2021)

First of all, I'm very sorry for the delayed upload. The last few days, I was knocked flat by a headache. I also ended up rejigging some of the material; if you listened to the live broadcast, you'll notice that not only did I add a few songs, I removed a few too. And even at that, this sucker runs over two hours. 
It's a rather grim episode, inspired by the tragedy of Astroworld earlier this month. I found myself down a pretty bleak rabbit hole, and ended up assembling a list of disasters that have happened at live music events. There are no doubt more, but these are some notable ones from the last century.
David Cassidy - (Oh No) No Way
Abba - Don't Shut Me Down
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fire
Linkin Park - Lost In The Echo
DJ Kaleb - Merak
Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Tyler The Creator - Awkward
The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
Damageplan - Blink Of An Eye
Deftones - Risk
Pearl Jam - Alive
The Who - Squeezebox
Abdelaziz Stati - Hakmet Aliha Dorouf
Tiesto & Diplo - C'mon
Them Are Us Too - The Problem With Redheads
Sugarland - It Happens
Burn - ทางออก
Great White - Desert Moon
John Davidson - Once In A Lifetime
Callajeros - Una nueva noche fría
Walter Barnes and His Royal Creolites - If You're Thinking Of Me (excerpt)
Vic Damone - Marie
The Azalea Trio & Milton Herbert Orchesta ft. Dottie Myles, Teddy King & Bobby Lynn - I Wanna Be Near You

The FNPS: Episode 83 - Free Palestine (11-13-2021)

This week, in honour of Palestine's Independence Day on November 15th, we're taking a listen to some modern Palestinian music, as well as some music by pro-Palestinian allies. From the river to the sea, we stand in solidarity. 
Mohammad Assaf - Dammi Falastini
Al Eatesam Band - أنا ابن القدس
Toni Qattan - فلسطيني
Muhannad Khalaf - الله محيي فلسطين
El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance TRoupe - Nostalgia For Ramallah
Le Trio Joubran - The Trees We Wear
Ministry of Dubkey - Palestine
Samer - World Goes Blind
Maher Zain - Insha Allan
Saint Levant - Jerusalem Freestyle
Dosta - Palestine
Shihottie - Free Palestine
Abe Batshon - Free Palestine
Balti ft. Yasser Arafat - Palestine
Bariş Dede - Palestine
Toronto's Link Up - Heart Beating Palestine
Tamer Nafar - The Beat Never Goes Off (ft. MC Abdul & Noel Kharman)
DAM - I Don't Have Freedom
MC Abdul - Shouting At The WAll
Lowkey - Long Live Palestine Part 2
47SOUL ft. Lowkey - Hold Your Ground
Genocide - Free Palestine
S.O.N. - Free Palestine
Daboor - Sheikh Jarrah
Mahmood Jrere - I'm From There
BiGSaM - Haifa
Profondita - Free Palestine!
Code Rouge ft. Amel Mathlouthi - Horizon

The FNPS: Episode 82 - Leonard Cohen, pt 2 (11-05-2021)

This week, we wrap up our look at the life and work of Leonard Cohen, who passed away five years ago this Sunday. No covers this time, just the man himself.
Leonard Cohen - In My Secret Life
Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep (spoken word)
Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep
Leonard Cohen - Here It Is
Leonard Cohen - Love Itself
Leonard Cohen - Boogie Street
Leonard Cohen - Go No More A-Roving
Leonard Cohen - Because Of
Leonard Cohen - On That Day
Leonard Cohen - There For You
Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather
Leonard Cohen - Going Home
Leonard Cohen - Amen
Leonard Cohen - Show Me The Place
Leonard Cohen - Crazy To Love You
Leonard Cohen - Slow
Leonard Cohen - Did I Ever Love You
Leonard Cohen - You Got Me Singing
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen - If I Didn't Have Your Love
Leonard Cohen - Traveling Light
Leonard Cohen - Steer Your Way
Leonard Cohen - Happens To The Heart
Leonard Cohen - Moving On
Leonard Cohen - Thanks For The Dance

The FNPS: Episode 81 - Killer Tunes 2 (10-29-2021)

Happy Hallowe'en! It's time to get creepy with a look at songs written about serial killers. Trigger warning: there is some discussion of violence, particularly sexual violence, and I swear a few times. 
Rammstein - Mein Teil
Dismantled - Insecthead (Ramirez)
Miley Cyrus ft. Billy Idol - Night Crawling
Neko Case - Deep Red Bells
Porcupine Tree - Lips of Ashes
Xiu Xiu - House Sparrow
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr.
Fear Factory - Suffer Age
Therapy? - Trigger Inside
Swans - Killing For Company
The Melvins - Zodiac
Jane’s Addiction - Ted, Just Admit It…
Seabound - Murder
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Night Shift
Green Jellÿ - Albert Fish Liverwurst
Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler
The Smiths - Suffer Little Children
Blind Melon - Skinned
Bastille - No Angels
Slayer - Dead Skin Mask