The Langdon Auger Show

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Now, that’s a way to start off a Wednesday, February 4th show with the Payolas and “Eyes of a Stranger.” How are you doing? Welcome to the Langdon Auger Show. We started on time, and I remembered to turn the microphone on. So far, we’re two for two. Way to go.

Uh, we are here till seven o’clock. We’re going to play all kinds of music. Hopefully you enjoy some of it. Hopefully you’ll request something. If not, don’t worry about it. Just sit back, relax, have some good times, and anything you want to share, just come down to the live chat. Put your name in there, save it as a username, and then just start chit-chatting with us. Robin’s already here, so welcome in and have a little chit-chat.

We’re going to continue on with some great music. It’s been 60 years since this tragedy happened, so we’re going to kind of do a bit of a memorial, although the last one you’re not going to be happy with. But still, we’ll keep it going.

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Yes, you’re right. It wasn’t the Ritchie Valens version, but I’ll tell you, Los Lobos does it…

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…great justice. Of course, that is “La Bamba,” written by Ritchie Valens and performed as well. Buddy Holly was in there as well with “Peggy Sue,” and the Big Bopper started off that set with “Chantilly Lace.” It was February 3rd, 1969, in Grant Township, Iowa, that all three of those gentlemen were killed in an airplane accident. And, uh, it was a big loss at the time. Such big stars. I mean, Richie was just on his way up. Um, the Big Bopper was massive. Buddy Holly was just starting to explode and take over the world.

So, uh, yeah, Richie Valens, unfortunately, was just… that happened to be the big star at the time. Buddy goes, “Hey, I got extra room in my airplane if you want to come,” instead of taking the bus. You just never know, right? So, uh, yeah, those three, big deal. Don McLean obviously wrote “American Pie” about that moment, and how America just seemed to be, America-wide, just seemed…

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…to be shaken by the loss of those three. But once again, welcome to the Langdon Auger Show. Nine minutes after five o’clock. Thanks for tuning in. It’s the Wednesday show. Tomorrow’s show will start at eight o’clock at night, eight till ten Mountain Standard Time.

We’re gonna… because we’re gonna kick it up a notch or two, so we’re gonna play some Black Sabbath, that kind of stuff. Kick it up.

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Just a little bit. But for right now, how about we start with this one?

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As a metal band, like a full metal band, it’s nice that they came out with something a little bit more, you know, playable in all areas.

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That’s, of course, [unclear artist], and that is “It’s All Bigger Than Me.” In before that, we had…

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Genesis from their 1978 album “…And Then There Were Three…” with “Follow You, Follow Me,” and C.W. McCall started off the whole set today with “Convoy.” Twenty minutes after five. Thanks for tuning in. We’re here till 7 p.m., and if you are listening, come down and join us in the chat room. It’s in the live chat. Just enter your username, hit save and come on down and talk. We’ve got Oliver and Robin in there right now, so come on and join us and let’s have a little chit-chat. We are here to be non-judgmental and to just kind of talk about whatever you’re interested in, and play good music, of course. So, speaking of good music, let’s get back to that.

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Of course, that is Kenny Wayne Shepherd from his “Trouble Is” album. And, of course, great tune there. “Somehow, Somewhere, Someway.” Jethro Tull in before that with “Teacher.” We started it all off with Mr. Robert Palmer, “Every Kinda People.”

We’re having a little bit of a discussion right now in the chat room. Okay, which version is the better one? We already know what Oliver’s choice is. Who does the best version of “Rocky Mountain Way,” Joe Walsh or Triumph? Oliver says Triumph, obviously. I personally like both of them, but I only have the one. So, you tell me. This is the other one. This is Joe Walsh.

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From his 1984 album “In the Eye of the Storm,” of course, that is Roger Hodgson’s telling you about the last few days when he decided to leave Supertramp, kind of leading up to that last moment of their last concert in Vancouver and starting off his solo project. Just kind of the stuff he was going through in that. It’s called “Had a Dream.” And before that, we had Stevie Nicks and “Stand Back.”

And, of course, we were talking about what movie that was featured in. It was “School of Rock.” Jack Black and Joan Cusack at the bar there. Joan was doing a little version of Stevie Nicks. And before that, Joe Walsh with “Rocky Mountain Way.” Sorry we didn’t have the Triumph version. But, you know, we’re always into accepting donations of CDs. So if you happen to have that CD and you’re willing to donate it, we’ll add that song. We’ll eventually get to it, I’m sure, because it is a great version. But really, if you do, somebody else’s song isn’t the original, the better one? Just throwing it out there. That’s all I’m saying.

Speaking of bands that have been around for a long time, they came back. The Moody Blues, of course, are considered the first band ever to make a progressive rock album, “Days of Future Passed.” They went away for a while. They came back with this great album right here. We’ll be right back with this. The Moody Blues.

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Yeah, one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs altogether, because it just kind of explains exactly, like, record executives.

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Perfect, perfect example for that, of course. That is “Have a Cigar.” Dire Straits in before that, from their 1978 album, the self-titled “Dire Straits,” with “In the Gallery.” What a great album that was. And, of course, The Moody Blues and “Gemini Dream.”

Well, it’s seven minutes, almost eight minutes after six right now. So guess what that means? It’s time for our dance portion of the show. Now, I know I kind of sprung this on you last minute. You knew it was coming, just when, right? So it’s coming up right now. You basically have four minutes to hydrate, stretch yourself out, get ready for it, because we’ve got two songs for you, and that’ll follow this one.

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I took it easy on you tonight. I didn’t make you dance too hard. Nice slow chair dancing, that’s all. And that is, of course, Led Zeppelin with “Dancing Days,” and King Harvest in before that, a little “Dancing in the Moonlight.” And started off that set by request, Cher, and “If I Could Turn Back Time.”

Twenty minutes after six. Thanks for tuning in. Nice to see GP coming into the house, so thank you for coming by and listening to the show. We’ve got about 40 minutes left, so we still have some music to play. So we’re going to kick it off with a little Harvey Danger.

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The “Pet Your Friends” album. That is, of course, Dishwalla and “Counting Blue Cars.” And before that, Hootie and the Blowfish with “Hold My Hand,” and Harvey Danger started off that set with “Flagpole Sitta.”

Now, the one thing about Hootie and the Blowfish, if you don’t know, it’s Darius Rucker, of course, lead singer of Hootie. And he’s had a whole bunch of success recently with so many great songs. But the most important one, or the one that’s most influential, is “Wagon Wheel.” If you haven’t seen the version that he does with the guys from Duck Dynasty, you’ve got to check it out on YouTube. It’s actually pretty hilarious because it’s got everybody from Duck Dynasty and he’s doing his song “Wagon Wheel.” So check that out.

We had a request for a little Radiohead and “Creep.” I don’t have that version of the song, but I do, however, have a version by Richard Cheese, and he does Radiohead and it’s called “Creep.” And if you’ve never heard of Richard Cheese before, you’ve got to check him out. Absolutely hilarious stuff, but he does all the modern songs. So this is Richard Cheese doing “Creep.”

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Great song there from James Taylor, “Fire and Rain.” And back in the 70s, James ruled the planet for the longest time. Ohio Players in before that with “Love Rollercoaster,” and we started off with a little Richard Cheese and “Creep.” And if you’ve never heard of him, get his album if you can, or look him up on YouTube. He has the one album, “Lounge Against the Machine,” released in 2000. He does “Bullet the Blue Sky” and so many other great songs. It’s just hilarious. A lounge singer doing all the modern hits.

Well, that’s just about it for me. I’ve got about 15, 16 minutes left, but I still have a couple of requests coming your way. We’ve got some Jim Croce going out to Oliver. But also, Oliver’s lucky because he gets a double shot of requests, because he’s been asking for this song for a while now, and I finally got it. So, a couple of requests back-to-back for Oliver going out. Going to start it off with Jim Croce.

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Oh, the first time I seen Diana Ross and the Supremes on the Ed Sullivan Show.

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I loved her right from the start. I even wanted to be Diana Ross at one point. And from that moment on, my parents and grandparents called me special. I don’t know what that means exactly, but, yeah. The Four Seasons in before that with “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night),” and Jim Croce started that off: “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song.”

I want to thank everybody for tuning in today. Thanks for this. Tomorrow night, we’re going to do an 8 to 10 p.m. kind of show. We’re going to kick it up a notch or two. Maybe some Black Sabbath, et cetera, et cetera. A little Aussie, possibly. We don’t know. Metallica could be. STP, maybe. If you want to tune in, that’s the time: 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

And we’re going to end the show tonight with a classic from high school. First time I’d ever heard an eight-minute song. You guys have yourself a happy mental health day.

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