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On this day…
On this day in 1963, Bob Dylan was slated to make his first national television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. He had intended to perform “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues,” a song he wrote lampooning the John Birch Society. During the afternoon rehearsal that day, CBS officials told Dylan they thought the song was unacceptable for broadcast and wanted him to play another. Dylan responded: “No, this is what I want to do. If I can’t play my song, I’d rather not appear on the show.” Then he walked out of the studio and didn’t return.
MP3 of the Day
On this day in 1991 Nirvana signed to DGC for $287,000. Less than two weeks earlier (on 4/17/91) they had played a show at the Ok Hotel in Seattle with Bikini Kill and Fitz Of Depression. Their set included an impromptu version of The Troggs’ “Wild Thing”. Today we have Wild Pack of Something by Iji. Happy Friday!
MP3 of the Day
On this day in 1980, The Cure released their second studio album, Seventeen Seconds on Fiction Records. This was the only Cure album to feature keyboardist Matthieu Hartley. Robert Smith and Hartley had clashed over the complexity of his keyboard lines. Hartley enjoyed playing complex chords, while Smith wanted single notes. Hartley left the group after the recording of the album. Exactly one week earlier, (4/15/80) the band was playing the first of three shows at Hurrah’s in New York City. This was The Cure’s first trip to the United States. Their set-list looked like this:
Seventeen Seconds
Play for Today
Three Imaginary Boys
Fire in Cairo
Grinding Halt
In Your House
Subway Song
M
10.15 Saturday Night
Accuracy
At Night
Boys Don’t Cry
Jumping Someone Else’s Train
Another Journey By Train
A Forest
Secrets
Killing an Arab
Plastic Passion
Today we have a live recording of Play For Today by The Cure.
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