Another Idea

[lotus]

Watching soccer on TV while listening to a live prog album I had an idea for a new show. Jim asked me to post a thread in order to get some feedback from all Moonies...

The idea is to have a day (24 hours) once a year, in which only complete live prog albums are played. This show should not be "DJed", only the albums should be queued up. A list with the a appproximate playing time should be posted in advance, so that ppl can expressively log in to listen their fav's. Therefore the day of airing the show should be on a Saturday or Sunday.

As this show would play once a year, management (owner, admins, show hosts) should decide the setlist without consulting the masses. In this way there is not a lot of work to do for this show.

There are so many excellent live albums (PFM: Cook; Transatlantic: Whirlwind Tour, Grobschnitt:Solar Music; RPWL: Start the Fire..etc etc etc etc) which diserve to be listened as a complete album, not only in pieces..

So Moonies, lets read your comments...

[Yesspaz]

I think a twist on that idea: What if one RFW a month was like that but not restricted to live. Just have every album a .pls and the first Wednesday of the month was album day, studio, live, ep to double lp. SAM shuffles? I'm down for that.

I think the once a year live thing would be cool, but my thoughts are it's not enough to do the concept justice. If we played Yessongs, the complaint would be, "We all have and know that one." If we played "the House of Yes: Live at the House of Blues," the complaint would be, "Should have played Yessongs."

But I'm pro- this idea. Nice one, Lotus.

[flashback1]

I agree with the once a month idea,once a year is just not enough.Hey you could take it 1 step more and on no request Wed just play whole albums,there's your time slot.

[lotus]

Originally Posted by flashback1

I agree with the once a month idea,once a year is just not enough.Hey you could take it 1 step more and on no request Wed just play whole albums,there's your time slot.

On German TV Channel 3Sat we have twice a year a special event called "Rock around The Clock". 24 hours filled in with Live recordings of gigs from "A"bba to "Z"appa (well, they never played Zappa till now), but Rock giants as Deep Purple; pop giants as Michael Jackson; song writer giants as Leonard Cohen. There are no presentations in between, just the programming is aired and published in advance. From this format comes this proposal.

My idea is not replace RFW, a format which is great for the Moon, as many unknown tunes are aired and there might be one which will be the next fav of one Moonie. Just leave everything as it is!

Just as an additional highlight in a year (or maybe max twice a year) why not make a 24 hours live album event. Live albums sometimes are 3 hours long (like Transatlantic Whirlwind Tour) and you can only get the magic of the (past) event if you hear that as in total.

Please, again, let us have your feedback on this idea. If you have other, different, better ones, please start a new thread!

[meissa]

Down with it too! I agree with the sentiment that so many albums are best if listened to in the context they are meant to be listened. If they are played unexpectedly (SAM shuffle as suggested), even better!

[cumquott]

It's a neat idea (not that I'm always listening - usually just at work). I think a no-repeat rule might be nice. Once an album has played, then that's it for that album FOR THE REST OF TIME-IME-ime-ime....

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by cumquott

It's a neat idea (not that I'm always listening - usually just at work). I think a no-repeat rule might be nice. Once an album has played, then that's it for that album FOR THE REST OF TIME-IME-ime-ime....

Nice rule, but of course it should be no album repeated until all have played (and since there are so many and more being added, that's effectively the same thing).

[Diff_Drummer]

I like the once a month idea as well as the no repeat rule. But no repeat needs to be by album, not artist, as some artists have multiple live releases that are worth listening to. How about the first Wednesday of each month be "Prog in Concert" day?

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by Diff_Drummer

ome artists have multiple live releases that are worth listening to. How about the first Wednesday of each month be "Prog in Concert" day?

I think if we did live albums only and monthly, we'd run out of live stuff much more quickly than we'd think. My tweak to Lotus's idea is live or studio, whole album (from two-song singles to triple albums), once a month.

[flashback1]

sounds like a winner to me Diff

[flashback1]

Well,what ever was decided on this

[TheFish]

Originally Posted by flashback1

Well,what ever was decided on this

Well, my 2 cents is that it should fly. Soon. However I don't have the time to wade through 40+ years of live albums let alone just trying to make a list to draw from. All that and try to balance an entire day with as many genres that can be put together and not get too tedious or boring. NMOM takes up all my spare time.

good luck to anyone who takes on the task.

[OverHillandDale(Admin)]

Hmmm, a show that plays whole albums.... Where have I heard that idea before????

Been there, DOING THAT.

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by OverHillandDale

Hmmm, a show that plays whole albums.... Where have I heard that idea before????

Been there, DOING THAT.

Yeah, but my tweak on Lotus's idea would cover a much broader base than prog of the classic era. Plus, it's not a show.

[OverHillandDale(Admin)]

Well, someone has to volunteer to do it. All the admins and dj's are already too busy to do this.

Any takers?

[Yesspaz]

I haven't heard Jim okay anything yet. Just saying.

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by lotus

My idea is not replace RFW, a format which is great for the Moon, as many unknown tunes are aired and there might be one which will be the next fav of one Moonie. Just leave everything as it is!

Just as an additional highlight in a year (or maybe max twice a year) why not make a 24 hours live album event. Live albums sometimes are 3 hours long (like Transatlantic Whirlwind Tour) and you can only get the magic of the (past) event if you hear that as in total.

And, on one of the 12 album days, the whole thing could play. 52 Wednesdays minus 12 is still 40 "normal" RFW.

Originally Posted by TheFish

Twice a year is Good. If it were any more frequent, the real Quality Live albums would get played in short order. Then We'd end up listening to some god awful live GYBE album (if one exists) just to fill time.

As always, that type statement is by default one person's preference. Bill's quality album is Bob's overrated album. And yes, Tiny Silver Hammers is on AM.

[meissa]

Originally Posted by Yesspaz

As always, that type statement is by default one person's preference. Bill's quality album is Bob's overrated album. And yes, Tiny Silver Hammers is on AM.

Well, I guess that means a whole Rovo suite against better judgement.