Episode 60: Just A Groove – Session #6 - - Alt Rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock, or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1980s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent, DIY ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music. ----
The genre can be found as early as the 1960s, with bands such as the Velvet Underground and artists such as Syd Barrett, and continued to evolve through the 1980s. ----
Traditionally, alternative rock broadly consisted of music that differed greatly in terms of its sound, social context and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock. ----
Before the term alternative rock came into common usage around 1990, the sorts of music to which it refers were known by a variety of terms. In 1979 Dallas radio station KZEW had a late night new wave show entitled "Rock and Roll Alternative". "College rock" was used in the United States to describe the music during the 1980s due to its links to the college radio circuit and the tastes of college students. ----
On September 10, 1988, an Alternative Songs chart was created by Billboard, listing the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations in the US: the first number one was Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Peek-a-Boo". ----
An LP record is one, long, groove, filled with music. But, in reality, it is “Just A Groove”, an album oriented groove. Enjoy. - - -
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In this episode you’ll hear:
1) The Crying Game by Boy George (From the 1987 album, Hollywood Soundtracks)
2) No Woman, No Cry by Fugees (From the 1996 album, The Score)
3) A Pair Of Brown Eyes by The Pogues (From their 1985 album, Rum Sodomy & The Lash)
4) Hell's Gates by Jason & The Scorchers (From the 1995 album, A Blazing Grace)
5) Whip-Smart by Liz Phair (From the 1994 album, Whip-Smart)
6) Amnesia by Kevin Salem (From the 1994 album, Soma City)
7) No One To Run With by The Allman Brothers Band (From the 1994 album, The Cowboy Way: Music From The Motion Picture)
8) I Don't Think So by Dinosaur Jr (From the 1994 album, Without A Sound)
9) Should by Over The Rhine (From the 1994 album, Eve)
10) Believe What You're Saying by Sugar (From the 1994 album, File Under: Easy Listening (F.U.E.L.))
11) Shimmer by Throwing Muses (From the 1995 album, University)
12) Moon by Fossil (From the 1995 album, Fossil)
13) Dreams In Motion by Felix Cavaliere (From his 1994 album, Dreams In Motion)
14) And If Venice Is Sinking by Spirit Of The West (From the 1993 album, Faithlift)
15) First Day Of The Sun by Darden Smith (From the 1997 album, Deep Fantastic Blue)
16) Skin Turns Blue by Primitive Radio Gods (From the 1996 album, Rocket)
17) Sweetheart by Penelope Houston (From the 1993 album, The Whole World)
18) How To Be Happy by Too Much Joy (From the 1996 album, ... finally)
19) Joe by Jude Cole (From the 1995 album, I Don't Know Why I Act This Way)
20) Maybe An Angel by Heather Nova (From the 1993 album, Blow)
21) Evolution by The Big Geraniums (From the 1995 album, Girls on Sheep)
22) Of Course You Can by Michael Franti & Spearhead (From the 1994 album, Home)
23) Steady On by Shawn Colvin (From the 1989 album, Steady On)
24) Return of the Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris (From the 1974 album, Grievous Angel)
25) One Of Us by Joan Osborne (From the 1995 album, Relish)
26) Unoriginal Sin by John Hiatt & The Goners (From the 2003 album, Beneath This Gruff Exterior)
27) Angel Mine by Cowboy Junkies (From the 1996 album, Lay It Down)
28) Going Back To Georgia by Nanci Griffith and Adam Duritz (From the 1994 album, Flyer)