The Langdon Auger Show
September 10th 2026
Featured Artists: Big Brother & The Holding Company, Marillion, Peter, Paul & Mary.
It is our Friday show with lots of things going on in my mind, it was kind of a mish mash of songs today as you can see by our featured artists. From “A Piece Of My Heart” by Big Brother & The Holding Company however they were not the first ones to record this song. I 1967 Erma Franklin recorded to and got a top 10 in Billboards Hot Rhythm & Blues singles chart. Plus it was also done by Faith Hill in 1994 and Melissa Ethridge did a duet with Joss Stone again in 2005. Peter, Paul & Mary were childhood favorites of mine with such great tunes like “Puff The Magic Dragon” or “Leaving On A Jet Plane” such wonderful memories. Last but certainly Marillion with their smash song “Kayleigh which was all about losing love because of Fish and his need/desire to make it is the record business and some people got lost behind. In fact it started a new name craze with people started calling their daughters that name. That is the charm/grace of music, each song has it’s very own meaning to whoever is listening to it. It might means absolutely something different to you then it does to myself. Shout out to Pete Dubois as his go too song is “The Doctor” by The Doobie Brothers. Also To Lawrence Anthony Royce for his go to song of Gordon Lightfoot “If You Could Read My Mind”
In this archived September 10 Langdon Auger Show, Ward welcomes listeners, notes Sister Robin’s birthday and compares a Shawn Mendes remix with the original. He then talks about Marillion’s Kayleigh and the strain a music career can put on relationships. Later, he shares his reading of Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of.
About this episode
Ward opens by inviting requests, then introduces Shawn Mendes's “Stitches.” Later he says he prefers the original version to the remix. His recap includes songs by Michael Jackson, Barney Bentall, Dwight Yoakam, The Proclaimers, and Orgy, before turning to Marillion's “Kayleigh” and Big Brother and the Holding Company's “Piece of My Heart.”
Ward talks about what he hears in “Kayleigh,” describing the strain a music career can place on a relationship and sharing his account of the name’s origin. Later, he discusses “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of,” sharing his interpretation of the song’s treatment of despair and suicide. He recalls how Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle with You” brings Reservoir Dogs to mind and announces Supertramp’s “Even in the Quietest Moments” to close the show.
Full spoken transcript
Transcribed from the recording and lightly edited for readability. Song lyrics and recorded interludes are omitted. Some audio could not be transcribed; those gaps and unclear words are marked in brackets. Timestamps are approximate. The comments reflect the speakers’ own experiences and views.
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Live album Anywhere But Home, released in 2004. That is, of course, Evanescence and “Going Under.”
How are you doing? Welcome to MentalHealthRadio.ca. You're listening to the Langdon Auger Show here on Thursday, September 10th. And happy birthday to Sister Robin, who's had a birthday today. And, you know, we all have birthdays. I understand that. But it's Robin's today. So that's it. That's all that happened today: Robin's birthday. Yeah. We are here until 8 p.m. tonight.
Want to welcome you in. And please, if you have a request, put it on our website, which is MentalHealthRadio.ca, down below on the right-hand side. There's a little live chat there. Username, save, put your request in there. If we have it, we most certainly will play it. Did have a request last week. I never quite got to it because I don't have the version that they wanted. But I did find a remix of it, so let's hope it's close. I've never listened to it. So here it is: Shawn Mendes with “Stitches.”
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No mere mortal can resist the voice of Vincent Price there at the very end. He also did an Alice Cooper song, too, which is quite amazing. That is Michael Jackson, of course, in “Thriller.” And Barney Bentall was in there as well with “Something to Live For.” We had Dwight Yoakam as well, “Guitars, Cadillacs,” et cetera, et cetera. The Proclaimers, “I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles).” Orgy was in there with “Blue Monday.” And we started off with Shawn Mendes, “Stitches.” However, it wasn't the original version. It was the Sieb remix.
Can't say I really like it a bunch. The song's great. Got to get the original, though. It's my opinion only. All right, how are you doing? 6:26 right now. We got some more songs coming your way. We're going to talk a little bit about the heart in this set. Here it is.
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Oh, great tune there from Marillion, “Kayleigh.” Of course, the song is about Fish pursuing his career with Marillion over relationships. Of course, that's not his real name. His real name is Derek William Dick. But the song is all about how he lost love and the personal toll his rising music career took on his past relationships. And Kayleigh is actually the first and middle name of a pharmacist that he loved very much. He put Kay and Lee together, and it caused a whole new way of using the name. They were just girls called Kayleigh all the time.
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And before that, we had Ashley MacIsaac and “Sleepy Maggie” in there as well. Kick it out. Juice Newton with “Queen of Hearts” and Big Brother and the Holding Company with “Piece of My Heart.” But Big Brother and Janis Joplin were not the first ones to record that song. It was originally recorded by an American gospel and soul singer, Erma Franklin, in 1967, and peaked at number 10. Dusty Springfield has done that song. Faith Hill has as well. Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone did it as a duet in 2005. We also had Def Leppard in there with “Bringin' On the Heartbreak.”
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We got enough for about three more songs before the dance portion of our show, so best get at those.
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Oh, one of the great songs, just about growing up and being, you know, when you make that transition from kid and your imagination into adulthood, and childhood kind of gets late. Of course, it's Peter, Paul and Mary. They were an American group formed in 1961. The trio was Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers. Paul Stookey is the only one that's still alive to this day, but they had so many great tunes way back when. And Europe in there as well with “The Final Countdown.” And we started that set off with the Eurythmics, “Here Comes the Rain Again.” And speaking of “Here Comes,” here comes the dance portion of your show. We got three songs here. We're going to start off with a little slow one here because it's Canada's songbird. Got to get her in eventually.
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[Unclear opening words.] Alice Cooper and “Dance Yourself to Death.” Dead or Alive in there as well with “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record),” and we started off with a nice little slow one from Anne Murray and “Could I Have This Dance.”
Just about 15 minutes after seven. Thanks again, everybody, for tuning in. We got about 45 minutes left in this show.
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So we better get back to the music.
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That is, of course, U2 and “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of.” And it was for his late friend, INXS lead singer, because it’s an imaginary argument between him and Michael Hutchence, who died of suicide in 1997. As Bono described it, it's a track like a row between mates, where he tries to scold his friend and wake him up, who's overwhelmed by despair. And, of course, the phrase “stuck in a moment” describes deep, crippling depression that traps a person in their present pain, making them unable to see a future or remember that bad times will eventually pass. And instead of being a soft, sad tribute, Bono used harsh and direct lyrics to challenge the finality of suicide, calling out the hopelessness that leads to it. A very good time, especially when he says, [quoted lyric omitted]. Unfortunately.
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Not for his friend Michael Hutchence. Before that, of course, we had Chicago, “Feeling Stronger Every Day”; Aerosmith in there as well with “Love in an Elevator”; Warren Zevon, singer-songwriter extraordinaire, “Werewolves of London”; Bob Dylan, “Positively 4th Street”; and Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band with “Turn the Page.” Oh, pardon me, almost time for me to get out of here. I got about 15 minutes left, so better get some songs going.
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I'm just kidding. [Voice uncertain.]
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Absolutely love that song. That is, of course, 3 Doors Down and “Kryptonite.” And frontman Brad Arnold, who we lost recently, wrote that song at the age of 15 during a high school math class. He explained that the track asked a simple question of his friends: “Will you be there for me unconditionally, whether he is at his best or struggling at his lowest?” So, pretty cool at the age of 15, writing a song like that.
We also had Canada's very own Jeff Healey with “See the Light,” Stealers Wheel, “Stuck in the Middle with You.” And I always remember that scene in Reservoir Dogs every time I hear that song. Alabama in there as well. It started off with “I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why).”
I know I’m in a hurry.
It's time for me to go. Time for me to… This is it. Our Friday show is done. We're back next week, just not sure what day of the week we're going to be back. So stick around. Maybe check out the Langdon Auger Show page on good old Crackbook there, and you'll be able to find out when our next show is. It is next week. I'm thinking Wednesday, Thursday. But in the meantime, happy mental health to you. We're going to end the show with a great song from Supertramp, “Even in the Quietest Moments.”
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