Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - FOTM KOTJ, Vol. 17: Toronto Mike'd #854

Episode Date: May 23, 2021

11 FOTMs kick out the jams in volume 17 of this critically acclaimed series.

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pillars of the community since 1921. And Mike Majeski, or as I call him, Mimico Mike. He's the real estate agent who's ripping up the Mimico real estate scene. Learn more at realestatelove.ca. I'm Mike from torontomike.com. And this is the 17th volume of F-O-T-M-K-O-T-J.

That means F-O-T-M's like you have recorded themselves for 30 to 60 seconds talking about a song they love. And they managed to email me that file to mike at torontomike.com. Just dropping that there because I'd like to do an 18th volume. So send me your jam kicking and I'll include it on the next volume. So without further ado, here's volume 17 of FOTM KOTJ. It's gonna take a lot of love To change the way things are It's gonna take a lot of love

And we won't get too far So if you look in my direction And we don't see eye to eye My heart needs protection And so do I It's gonna take a lot of love To get us through the night It's gonna take a lot of love

To make this work out right So if you are out there waiting I hope you show up soon You know I need relating Not solitude I need relating not solitude Hey Mike, this is Julie from the band 1977. And my song of choice for Friends of Toronto Mike Kicking Out the Jams was written by Neil Young, but it was performed by Nicolette Larson.

It's a song that I used to hear all the time on the radio on 1050 Chum growing up. I think it's especially meaningful in these times. The song has actually become somewhat of a mantra for me as well, so much so that I've had it as a link for my bio on Twitter for the last 12 years. I think we could all use a lot of love To change the way things are It's gonna take a lot of love But we won't get too far

It's gonna take a lot of love It's gonna take a lot of love It's gonna take a lot of love The American in me that makes me watch the blood Running out of the bullet hole in his head The American in me that makes me watch the blood Running out of the bullet hole in his head The American in me that makes me watch TV We are the losers and what the fans said again That's not what you can do for your country

What your country been doing to you That's not what you can do for your country What your country Yes, L.A. That's not what you can do for your country What's your country gonna do under you? That's not what you can do for your country What's your country gonna do under you? In the U.S.A. In the U.S.A. In the U In the USA

Hi Mike, James Edgar here with another FOTM Ketelta Jams tune. This time it's by a band that was name dropped by Cameron Carpenter. When you had him on, he mentioned that he had seen them, and I'm very jealous. The band is called The Avengers. The song is The American and Me. It's a super classic punk rock song, and it really does fit today's times. It was also covered by The Forgotten Rebels, which is another great version. Anyway, have a good one thanks bye I'm stuck here

No way out Back, you can never go back You can never go back You can never go back You can never go back No, no, no Not my town Not my house Back, you can never go back

You can never go back You can never go back No, no, no No yawning Smile for me Back, you can never go back You can never go back You can never go

What you do, what you say I'll come back one day What you say, what you do I'll come back What you do, what you say I'll come back But you never go back But you never go back

Push, pull, stop No warning Back, you dishes never go back Push, pull, stop No warning Back, you can never go back You can never go back You can never go back No, no, no This for me Cause I'm hungry

Back, you can never go back You can never go back You can never go back No, no, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stop talking. You can never go back. You can never go back.

You can never go. But you get it when you say it. I'll go back one day. What you said, what you do, I'll go back to you. What you do, what you say, I'll go back. But you can never go back. But you can never go back. Hi, Mike. Hi Mike, I'd like to submit Watch Your Back by The Coathangers. They're one of the bands I most recently got into. They evoke the 90s ride girl and influence stuff they used to love.

Their last album has a more lowkey grungy feel, but this earlier track is just awesome. The video is really worth checking need to. What you say, what you do, I'll come back to you What you do, what you say, I'll come back But you can never come back, but you can never come back What you do, what you say, I'll come back one day What you say, what you do, I'll come back to you What you do, what you say, I'll come back But you can never come back, but you can never come back Music is a world within itself With a language we all understand.

With an equal opportunity for all to sing, dance, and clap their hands. Just because a record has a groove, don't make it into groove. But you can tell right away, left left to A When the people start to move They can feel it all over They can feel it all over Feel it They can feel it all over They can feel it all over

Go! Making things all over Music knows it is and always will Be one of the things that life just won't quit But here are some of music's pioneers That time will not allow us to forget now There's Faye St. Millicent, Tim Moore, and the King of All Sudu And with a voice like Alice ringing out There's no way St. Millis, Tim Moore, and the King of All Seduction. And with a voice like Alice ringing out, there's no way the band could lose. You can feel it all over. You can feel it all over, people.

You can feel it all over. You can feel it all over, people. Hey, Toronto Mike and fellow FOTMs, it's Becky. This is my fourth submission for FOTM KOTJ. And this one is really just a feel-good, happy song. And it never fails to put a smile on my face. So hopefully it does the same for you it's Sir Duke by the legend Stevie Wonder You can feel it all over, you can feel it all over, fever You can feel it all over, I can feel it all over, all over, nothing

Can't you feel it all over? Come on, let can feel it. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know.

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I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I want to look. Well it's been too long And I've been standing strong Comes a day when the line that you draw Is the line you break Now the tide has turned A good lesson learned Cause I ain't going down in this town with my last mistake I'm walking away, I'm a diving baby

Whatever you say, I'm letting it go I'm walking away, with a smile on my face Cause I'm not the same girl you used to know No, no It was the time I'd cry I know I'm flying high A long way from the day when my wings were in your hands I got a brand new song Bye. Hello Mike and fellow FOTMs, Midtown Gord here. As this is the first KLTJ of 2021, I thought I would look back in hindsight at 2020.

And one of the great things that happened to me, or most exciting things that happened to me in a rough year was that Mike had Lee Earn on as a guest. And I helped coordinate that, so I got a shout out. So that was quite exciting. So I thought I'd share Lee Earn's Diamond's Diamond Baby, a title track from her most recent studio album from a couple of years ago, and look forward for a new studio album in 2021 from Leigh Aron. I'm walking away. I'm a diamond, baby. Whatever you say, I'm letting it go. I'm walking away with a smile on my face. I'm not the same girl you used to know. I'm walking away.

I'm a diamond, baby. I'm walking away I'm a diamond baby Whatever you say I'm letting it go, go, go Walking away With a smile on my face All of a sudden Girl, you used to know

No, no No, no Cause no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Sometimes in my bed at night I curse the dark and I pray for the light And sometimes the light's no consolation And I can't find the memory Of freedom, what it might do to me And the tears and the sweats Only mark my desperation

Don't you know me, I'm the boy next door The one you find so easy to ignore Is that what I was fighting for? Walking on a thin line Straight off the front line Let all homeless freaks Loose on the streets of the city Parking on a thin line

Angry all the time Take a look at my face See what it's to answer me Taught me how to shoot to kill A specialist with a deadly skill A skill I needed to have To be a survivor It's open now, so to say Well, sometimes it don't work out that way

Cause you're never the same when you're better And if I learn Don't you know me I'm the boy next door The one you find So easy to ignore Is that what I was Fighting for

Walking on a pin line Straight off the front line Leveled as freaks Loose on the streets of the city Walking on a thin line Angry all the time Take a look at my face See what it's done to me

Hi Mike, it's done to me. Hi Mike, it's Mike Rogoski. The song that I've submitted is Walking on a Thin Line by Huey Lewis and the News. It's off their sports album and this is significant for me because it's the first album I ever bought with my own money. I can remember as a kid I had my little cassette player and I would sit in my room when I'd be goofing around or doing whatever I was doing and I'd listen to this tape and I always remember flipping it over, listening to the other side after the first side was done. roll and there was if this is it but I always thought this one walking on a thin line had a nice little catchy catchiness to it that I always liked listening to and always look forward to hearing what was on the album and I took a listen to sports again the other day and I think that album still holds up pretty pretty well so that's my pick hope you like it and have a great day thanks Mike Hope you like it and have a great day. Thanks, Mike. Walking on a thin line Walking on a thin line guitar solo It took a long time

It will not go away Oh holy matters of the heart Misery from the start Left alone in a hurry the star left alone in a hurry so I wouldn't rain down on you my lot is worried

honey how about you throw it all away yeah Honey, how about you? Throw it all away Got you knocking on my door For me you were looking for Tell me how it is For the end of all again Got you knocking on my door

What you were lookin' for Tell me how it is Fuckin' feelin' the heart again Said you love me I'll make a home for you Tell me all those good things I'd no reason to doubt you Hey Mike, this is Brian Shelley from Barry. And my pick is Hello Tender Love by the band Zeus, who are based in Toronto,

although the members of the band grew up here in Simcoe County in between Barry and Aurelia. Zeus is awesome. Those of you who haven't listened to them yet, you need to check them out. When live music returns, you need to see them live. I picked this song because there is an incredible rock and roll scream at

approximately 3 minutes and 20 seconds into the song. This is a jam. This is a rock and roll band. Be well. Stay safe. And thanks so much to yourself, Stu, and Cam for the Pandemic Fridays that help us get through these strange, strange times.

Peace! Fridays that help us get through these strange, strange times. Peace. To the kind of love that you're getting The kind of truth that we're living Is really such a show But you knew And I knew Cause when you kiss And I knew Cause when you kiss me I see ghosts I see through Throw it in

Choke love You get a detonate Burning with the stars above Yeah a dead net burning with the stars above. Yeah! Yeah! Got you knocking on that door It's the day we're looking for Tell me how it is Thank you. Tell me how it is, to feel your heart again Got you knocking on my door To me you were looking for

Tell me how it is, to feel your heart again Got you knocking on my door Got you knocking on my door Got you knocking on my door Got you knocking on my door Got you knocking on my door We were born without time Nameless in the arms of a mother A father and God

When the world would wait for us a thousand years in the crush of our eyes fearless and on Quietly we'd fade into

sleep with nothing on our minds Then we longed to be loved In the rush we'd become Some things we thought we'd never be. We were surprised by how hard left weary and scarred from the nights spent feeling incomplete. Feeling incomplete And all those evenings swearing at the sky Wishing for more time All the promises we made when we tried

Just wasting our time Hi Mike, it's Marcus. I figured you needed at least one song from this band during the pandemic for your FOT kick out the jams. I heard about this song from a girl I went on a date with and I'm going to just say that it's the best part of the date. It also contains one of my favorite song lyrics and it comes like a punch in the gut, in the back, in the face

Song is All at Once by the Airborne Toxic Events In the gut, in the back, in the face When it seems someone's alive And our parents have died And we hold on to each other in their place And I feel the water rising around us And maybe that's okay Yeah, I feel the world changing all at once I guess it'll be right back. guitar solo And we all had one hope There was someone looking down

To return our bodies to each other And the ground guitar solo They get up every morning from the alarm clock's warning Take the 815 into the city There's a whistle up above and people pushing People shoving at the girls who try to look pretty And if your dreams aren't time, you can get to work by nine And start your slave and job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed, look at me, I'm self-employed

I love to work at nothing all day And I've been taking care of business every day Taking care of business every way I've been Taking care of business It's all mine Taking care of business And working overtime Workout

There's work easy as fishing You could be a musician If you could make sounds Laudermallow Get a second hand guitar Chances are you'd go far If you're kidding with the right bunch of bellows People see you having fun

Just a lion in the sun Tell them that you like it this way It's the work that we avoid and we're all self-employed We love to work at nothing all day And we've been taking care of business every day Taking care of business every way We've been taking care of business, it's all right Taking care of business. Every way we be taking care of business. It's all right. Taking care of business. Working overtime.

Well, Mike, on this auspicious occasion, uh, Taking Care of Business by Bachman Turner Overdrive. It's just one of those songs that every time I hear it, I have to stop and crank it. Simple as that. It's an iconic Canadian song from an iconic Canadian songwriter. Thanks, man. Peace out, and take care. They get up every morning from the long clock's warning Take the 815 into the city There's a whistle off above and people pushing People shoving and the girls are trying to look pretty And if you're trained on time you can get your work by night And start your slave and job to get your pay

If you ever get annoyed look at me, I'm self-employed All up for work and nothing all day And I've been taking care of business Every day Taking care of business Every way I've been taking care of business It's all mine Taking care of business

Working overtime. Taking care of business. Taking care of business. Taking care of business. Taking care of business. Taking care of business Taking care of business Taking care of business Every day Taking care of business Every way

Taking care of business It's all mine Taking care of business Working overtime Taking care of business Taking care of business. Taking care of business. We've been taking care of business. We've been taking care of business.

Taking care of business. Taking care of business. You've been caught up with me electric blue Electric blue me Never more to be free Electricity Nuclear and HEP Carbon bills from the sea Waste electricity Hey Mike, it's Linda. This was a song that I heard when I was working at my first summer job when I was 15 years old.

And back then my tastes were pretty well either disco that I listened to with my friends or hard rock that I listened to with my brother. But one of the people I worked with came from the UK and he played this song by orchestral maneuvers in the dark and I just absolutely loved it I hadn't heard anything like it it was fun to listen to it was very high energy I just played it over and over again and that got me onto the path of alternative rock which is still my favorite type of music to this day so this is Electricity by Orchestra Maneuvers in the Dark Electricity All we need is a little bit

A gift for man to throw away Just a change is nearly gone The alternative is all we want To find the source of the energy Solar electricity guitar solo Electricity Electricity Electricity Electricity, electricity, electricity, electricity Hey Toronto Mike and friends of Toronto Mike, it's Andrew Ward here. For this FOTM Jamcast, I want to request something that's been helpful during these times,

especially for parents with loud kids, and especially for anyone that yearns for calm. The track I'd like to hear is the first selection from Music for Airports by Brian Eno, formerly of Roxy Music. These albums that Brian Eno made at this time were and are special. In fact, this one in particular was once the soundtrack that you would hear if you ever walked into New York's LaGuardia Airport in the early 1980s. When it was released, the album was described as self-indulgent and lacking focus,

and in today's context, perhaps something that snowflakes would enjoy. But what the reviews never said are what I'm saying. If, like me, you have kids who some days won't calm the fuck down, play this and rest well. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි Thank you. I'm sorry. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I am the light of the world. Thank you. Terima kasih telah menonton Thank you. Thank you. The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The

The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The Thank you. Thank you. Terima kasih telah menonton Thank you. Satsang with Mooji Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And that brings us to the end of our 854th show, the 17th volume of FOTM KOTJ. You can follow me on Twitter.

I'm at Toronto Mike. Our friends at Great Lakes Brewery, they're at Great Lakes Beer. Palma Pasta is at Palma Pasta. Sticker U is at Sticker U. Ridley Funeral Home, they're at Ridley FH. And Mimico Mike,

he's at Majeski Group Homes on Instagram. If you'd like to be a part of the 18th volume of FOTM KOTJ, record yourself talking about a jam you love for 30 to 60 seconds and email that audio file to Mike at Toronto, Mike.com. See you all next week. Everything is rosy and green Well, you've been under my skin for more than eight years It's been eight years of laughter and eight years of tears And I don't know what the future can hold or do

For me and you But I'm a much better man for having known you Oh, you know that's true because Everything is coming up rosy and gray Yeah, the wind is cold but the smell of snow Wants me today And your smile is fine and it's just like mine and it won't go away

Cause everything is rosy and green Well I've been told that there's a sucker born every day But I wonder who Yeah I wonder who Maybe yeah, I wonder who

Maybe the one who doesn't realize There's a thousand shades of grey Cause I know that's true, yes I do I know it's true, yeah I know it's true How about you? All them picking up trash and them putting down ropes How about you? Maybe I'm not and maybe I am But who gives a damn Because everything is coming up

Rosy and gray Yeah, the wind is cold But the smell of snow Warms me today And your smile is fine And it's just like mine And it won't go away Because everything is rosy and green.

Well, I've kissed you in France and I've kissed you in Spain. And I've kissed you in places I better not name. And I've seen the sun go down on Shakhtar Khor But I like it much better going down on you Yeah, you know that's true Because everything is coming up Rosy and green Yeah, the wind is cold

But the smell of snow warms us today And your smile is fine, and it's just like mine, and it won't go away Cause everything is rosy now, everything is rosy, yeah Everything is rosy and gray