Classic Rock Bottom

Mike Pell's Blog (1,437)

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CYCLE OF LIFE PT.6

I've got one more song about Kids Growing Up and Leaving Home, my favorite- saving the Best For Last!

After that, I'll play a snippet from a show I did in 2006, the only time the day of a show fell on my Birthday- and I tried to be cute, something I should never do, lol!

Then the next step in The Cycle Of Life, we move Kicking and Screaming into Middle Age.

Hey, it happens!

So join me, there's more good Music in…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on January 14, 2015 at 12:53pm — 5 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CYCLE OF LIFE PT.5

No longer Teenagers, we are in our 20's or 30's now, Fall In Love and Get Married.

And the next step in The Cycle Of Life is Having Kids of Your Own.

Raising them, until the day comes when they grow up and Leave Home Themselves.

Those little ingrates, lol!

Join me and give a listen, some real good Music in here.
 …
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on January 11, 2015 at 11:12pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CYCLE OF LIFE PT.4

We are heading into the Teenage Years, and all the Growing Pains that come with that.

Falling In Love is one of them.

And let me tell you now if you are a Teenager- it will end in disaster, catastrophe, forget it, lol!

So be prepared!

Another problem is fitting in, with all those insecurities you will outgrow but are very real at this point in The Cycle Of Life.

By the time this Chapter winds up, we will be in…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on January 6, 2015 at 10:14pm — 5 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CYCLE OF LIFE PT.3

In the past week, we have grown up quite a bit- we can crawl, stagger, walk, get into mischief, even dance.

Our parents have dreams for us, and we might even have our own.

These are good kids, nice ones.

Enjoy it while you can, it doesn't last long!

We'll be moving into the Teenage Years before you know it.

But first, Some Quality Time With The Kids!…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on January 4, 2015 at 9:25pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CYCLE OF LIFE PT.2

I had been thinking about doing this Series for a long time, and felt that since nothing is a given, I'd better do it while I can.

We've seen too many Rock & Rollers leave us unexpectedly, and besides, We May Never Pass This Way Again!

When I was a kid I always felt bad for the Old Man, and as I get older even more so, with the fresh, diapered Baby in those cartoons for the New Year.

But a Baby factors in heavily in…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 30, 2014 at 11:33pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE CYCLE OF LIFE PT.1

As the New Year approaches and another one ticks away, for many it is a time of looking ahead and looking back on Life.

Things we did right, things we did wrong, and things we will change and improve on.

This Series will be a larger endeavor, covering the Cycle Of Life.

From before we are born, to after we die- plus all that comes in between.

And all with Our Music as a Message!

The obvious way to start is to ask…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 29, 2014 at 1:21am — 9 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: CHRISTMAS PARTY 2014 PT.4 END

Proving the Party is all-inclusive, I'll open this final episode with a song for Hanukkah.

Then Songs Of Joy, and some Carols that we don't get to hear.

It seems the British are the ones keeping these songs from prior Centuries alive.

To end the set, a contemporary telling of the Reason For The Season.

I always attempt to bring you an Uncommon Collection of Christmas songs that haven't been overplayed by commercial…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 24, 2014 at 10:56am — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: CHRISTMAS PARTY 2014 PT.3

It's getting more and more Christmasey as Time and the Party roll on.

Is Christmasey a word?

Not sure, but it's the name of a song.

Been tough getting around the city with all the hustle and bustle of the Shoppers, as well as the influx of Tourists.

The Theme Within A Theme in this Chapter is Christmas In New York, as I attempt to use Music to share the experience with you wherever you are.

And while I myself couldn't understand the…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 21, 2014 at 11:52pm — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: CHRISTMAS PARTY 2014 PT.2

The Annual Two-Week Christmas Party continues!

And I see now we can pop Hanukkah in there too.

This time I'll continue a tradition started a long time ago.

I'll play the Beatles Christmas Message of 1964- since it is 2014, keeping that close distance of 50 years!

These are the little plexidiscs they would send to their Fan Club Members- but 50 years...do you believe that, oh man, lol?

Also I'll do something I've…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 17, 2014 at 12:35pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: CHRISTMAS PARTY 2014 PT.1

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane...well, you'll get it!

The Annual Two-Week, All-Inclusive, Everyone Is Invited, Don't Tell Me What You Believe Or Don't Believe Because I Don't Care Christmas Party begins, lol!

And I'll have Christmas and Non-Christmas Music to get things going.

It's the usual Songs you know and Songs you don't that you should expect by…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 14, 2014 at 11:14pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BACK TO THE RAT RACE PT.2

Using the Rat Race to make Money for Christmas Gifts, etc. for this Holiday Season.

A friend wrote me a while back with a suggestion for a song to end the Series with.

Two things- first, I think I have a better pick to end it with, as is so often the case, the ending came to me first when I started the Series!

Second, the Series isn't ending with this show.

But I thought I'd play in this Chapter what was really a…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 10, 2014 at 12:13am — 12 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BACK TO THE RAT RACE PT.1

You know, I never did end the Rat Race Series.

So after months of flippant diversion and neglect on my part, we go back to the Rat Race to earn some money for Christmas Gifts and all the other things that go with the Holidays.

It's all about Working For Wages and the Working Man this time out.

I made some interesting selections for both halves of this show.

Included in this opening half, a couple of undisputed…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 8, 2014 at 2:17pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: GEORGE AND JOHN ON THE BBC PT.2 END

Again I remind you this was originally broadcast in 2010, that's why the Math is off.

Moving on to John Lennon in our remembrance of the lives of two men who were a part of something that probably will never happen again, the phenomenon that was the Beatles.

Dec. 8th is the anniversary of John's death.

I'll cherry pick some more from those delightful 1963 BBC Sessions, highlighting John, from Pop Go The…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 2, 2014 at 11:58pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: GEORGE AND JOHN ON THE BBC PT.1

This was originally broadcast in 2010, that's why the Math is off.

I don't know why it took me so long to listen to the Beatles BBC Sessions.

Looking for a new approach for this remembrance of the deaths of George Harrison and John Lennon, I finally gave the BBC tapes a shot.

And these selections from 1963 are a JOY, a REVELATION!

Full of humor, they play so many both known and obscure old American Rock & Roll…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on December 1, 2014 at 12:06am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: HOME FOR THANKSGIVING 2014 PT.2 END

These Thanksgiving and the Christmas shows are the most fun for me each year.

I like Turkey a lot, and while I don't know what brand the best tasting Turkey is, I am sure you'll agree with me on the best NAMED!

And that will be the first song, having in fact nothing at all to do with Turkey, lol!

More deep cuts in here.

I'll read…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on November 25, 2014 at 11:28pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: HOME FOR THANKSGIVING 2014 PT.1

There are songs I love that are a perfect fit for Thanksgiving, and I could play them every year.

But I don't like to repeat Songs, there are too many that never get played.

So I went deep into the Music Library this year, let's see how that goes.

Once again, I remind you that Thanksgiving is the most heavily traveled time in the U.S.

But that doesn't mean we can't leave the country for Dinner.

Oh, and listen…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on November 23, 2014 at 11:37pm — 5 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SONGS THE BEATLES GAVE AWAY PT.2 END

It's another large portion of Songs The Beatles Gave Away.

Played in order of release, and this time from where we left off in 1964 thru 1969.

In those early days, this was done with the encouragement of the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, as they supplied some of their songs to artists also managed by Epstein.

And usually they were friends with John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Artists began clamoring to secure…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on November 19, 2014 at 12:20am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SONGS THE BEATLES GAVE AWAY PT.1

John Lennon and Paul McCartney started writing songs together in the late 1950s and by 1963 were prolific composers.

There were primarily three categories of Beatle Songs that were written but not released by the Beatles:

Recordings by the Beatles that the group tried but ultimately decided not to release.

Lennon–McCartney songs that the Beatles deemed unsuitable for the group at the outset and did not even attempt to…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on November 17, 2014 at 12:08am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: INXS PT.2 END

This Encore show from 2006 continues with INXS, a band that featured three brothers- not unusual in Rock & Roll.

They had a nice fusion of Rock and Dance music.

Unfortunately, a series of serious missteps led to the band's downward spiral.

Michael Hutchence was found dead in his Sydney hotel room, the victim of an apparent hanging.

A few others were recruited as Lead Singer, and in 2005 they came up with…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on November 11, 2014 at 7:59pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: INXS PT.1

Another busy week doing voiceovers.

So it's another Encore from 2006.

It's fun and humbling to find and listen to these old shows.

This time Engineer Ken Stanley and I played the Music of the Australian Pub-Rock Band INXS.

If anything, this show is most notable for my inability to say Lead Singer Michael Hutchence's name correctly, lol!

In fact, it was an all-around rough go throughout- sometimes you have…
Continue

Added by Mike Pell on November 10, 2014 at 12:34am — 9 Comments

Monthly Archives

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Question Of The Week

CRB Features (Click photo to visit)

Birthdays

There are no birthdays today

CRB Staff Members

 

In Memory Of

Norma Jean Fox
(11/30/1945-9/7/2010)

Photos

  • Add Photos
  • View All

Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All

Badge

Loading…

© 2024   Created by RJhog (Admin).   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service