Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - FOTM KOTJ, Vol. 7: Toronto Mike'd #623

Episode Date: April 18, 2020

10 FOTMs kick out the jams in volume two of this critically acclaimed series.

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They love helping buyers find their dream home. Text Toronto Mike, one word to 59559. I'm Mike from torontomike.com. And welcome to Volume 7 of FOTM KOTJ. That stands for Friends of Toronto Mic'd, Kick Out the Jams. I encourage all of you lurkers to be a part of a future volume of FOTM KOTJ. It's super easy. Just whip out your phone, find the part of your phone where you record audio. If you can't find it, just record video. I'll convert it. So send me the audio file or the video file via email. My address is easy. It's mike at torontomike.com. Email it to me. I'll convert it to audio if it's video. And if it's audio already, I'll do any little edits that are required.

And I'll put it on a future F-O-T-M-K-O-T-J. These episodes are doing wonders for my psyche during the physical distancing. Keep them coming. And now, let's kick out the jams. We've only just begun to live White lace and promises A kiss for luck and we're on our way We've only begun Before the rising sun

We fly The sun we fly. So many roads to choose. We start out walking and learn to run. And yet we've just begun. Hi, Mike. It's Bev and Jack Drew and we heard of your podcast from our son Chris. Here's our song for Friends of Toronto Mike, kicking out the jams. April 2020 is very special for us

because it's our 40th wedding anniversary and Jack's 70th birthday. We've postponed our celebration party and are finding other ways to celebrate, so kicking out the jams comes at a great time. Our song selection is our first dance song from our wedding 40 years ago. It's The Carpenters' We've Only Just Begun. Here's an inspirational verse from this song for our present times. Working together day to day, together, together.

And when the evening comes, we smile. So much of life ahead. We'll find a place where there's room to grow. And yes, we've just begun. Thanks, Mike. Watching the signs along the way. Well, thanks, Mike. Thank you. Together And when the evening comes We smile So much of life and it

We'll find a place where there's room to grow And yes, we've just begun We'll find a place where there's room to grow And yes, we've just begun A CIDADE NO BRASIL First thing I remember, I was lying in my bed Couldn't have been no more than one or two And I remember there was a radio Coming from the room next door And my mother laughed the way some ladies do When it's late in the evening And the music's seeping through

The next thing I remember, I am walking down the street. I'm feeling all right with my boys and with my troops, yeah. And down along the avenue, some guys were shooting pool and I heard the sound

of a cappella blues, yeah. Singing late in the evening by Paul Simon holds a really special place in my heart for many reasons. This song will always make me smile. I grew up listening to Paul Simon with my grandpa. He and I would take these really long road trips together three hours or more and we'd always listen to paul simon this song was my favorite as a child and we'd sing and dance together on the 400 series highways as i got older and actually picked up on the lyrics i loved it even more not just because of its undeniable sound of joyfulness, but also the imagery of a late summer evening, being at a bar and jamming out to amazing tunes. More recently, I was at a Vampire Weekend concert in June 2019,

which was totally mind-blowing in itself. But then they did a cover of this song, Late in the Evening, and I was almost brought to tears. First thing I remember when you came into my life I said I'm gonna get that girl no matter what I do Well I guess I've been in love before Once or twice I've been on the floor But I've never loved no one the way that I love you And it was late in the evening

And all the music seeping through Thank you. Days of conflict you've been in Traces of conscience you don't want to hear. You hear it now. You listen and hear a shout. You missed it. Taken by conscience or taken by guilt. You live in the problems you decided to build You hear it now, you listen

And hear a sound that can't be still The flame was found You got it, you got it wrong When she was new And used for good Yeah Hey Toronto Mike, it's Bruce from Toronto with a song for Kick Out The Jams.

I don't have a single song that I'd call my all-time favorite, so I'm just going to pick a song from an artist that I like and that has a few Toronto Mike-style tangents to connect it to some other episodes. In a recent Cam and Stu Covers episode, you made a passing reference to a How Soon Is Now cover that was included on the Spirit of the Edge Vol. 2 CD. That Amazing Smiths cover was recorded by one of my all-time favorite bands, Quicksand. Quicksand was in heavy rotation on so much music shows like Loud and The Wedge back in the 90s, and it was played occasionally on 102.1, but they

never really broke through into the mainstream. They broke up after only a couple of albums, but the singer, Walter Schreffels, went on to lead a few other bands, including this one. The band is Rival Schools, and the song I picked is Used for Glue. Thanks, Mike. A sound that can't be still guitar solo The blame was found You got it, you got it Wrong when she was new But wasn't so when she was through The blame was found Wrong when she was through, the flame was back. Oh, when she was new, the fire was back.

So when she was through, the flame was back. Oh, when she was new, the fire was back. So when she was through. Yeah. was through Yeah guitar solo So she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothing but a Wild new city, home alone in 1813 The real daddy was dying

Sorry I didn't see them But I'm glad we talked Oh, I, oh, I'm still alive I, oh, I'm still alive Oh, I'm still alive Oh, she walks through Across a young man's room She said I'm ready for you I can't remember anything to this very day

Except love, love Oh, you know where Now I can see I just stay right, I'm still alive I'm still alive Okay, my favorite song in one minute. Early 90s, I'm 22 years old, I hear Alive by Pearl Jam for the first time, and it literally changed my life. It's the reason I play guitar today. I'm in two bands I play full-time

and when I heard that song I had to know how to play it. I got my roommate at the time to learn it and play it for me because he played guitar and as soon as I heard him play it I made him teach me and a couple months later could still not play it but I loved it it was years before I could even play the solo at the end but to this day it's my favorite song to play and it's changed my life and there's still Pearl Jam are still my favorite band. So that's the song that is my favorite of all time, Pearl Jam Alive. I, I'm still alive Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah guitar solo Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah guitar solo guitar solo The whole place is dark Every light on this side of the town

Suddenly it all went down Now we'll all be brothers of The fossil father of the sun Now we will all be sisters of The fossil blood Someone must have set them up Now they'll be working in the cold gray rock Now they'll be working in the

hot mill steam now they'll be working in the concrete in the sirens and the silences now all the great set up parts All at once

start to be After tonight If you don't want this to be A secret out of the past I will resurrect it I'll have a good go at it. I'll streak his blood across my being. Dust my feathers with his hand. Feel his ghost breathing down my back.

Feel as ghosts breathing down my back I will try And know whatever I try I will be gone But not forever I will try And know whatever I try I will be gone But not forever

Hey, how you doing? This is Justin Rutledge. One of my favorite songs of all time is Farewell Transmission by a songwriter named Jason Molina who had an outfit called Songs Ohio at first and then he changed the name of his band A songwriter named Jason Molina who had an outfit called Songs Ohio at first, and then he changed the name of his band to Magnolia Electric Company. Sadly, Jason died at 39, but he left some great songs behind for us. This is one of them, Farewell Transmission. It's kind of like there's definitely a Crazy Horse vibe in here

and you can hear Neil Young's Tonight's the Night. But an unbelievable storyteller, a great talent, and we lost him too soon. This is Farewell Transmission by Songs Ohio. We will be gone, but not forever. Come on, let's try.

No, whatever we try. We will be gone But not forever Real truth about it is There ain't no end to the desert I'll cross I've really known it all along Mama, here comes midnight With a dead moon in its jaws Must be the big star about to fall

Mama, here comes midnight With a dead moon in its jaw Must be the big star about to fall Wonder Moon We'll all go with you Willow the Wind Wonder The big star is falling Wonder Willow the Wind Wonder who's willow loveth?

Mid-star is falling Wonder who's Through the static in distance Wanda through Through the static in distance Wanda through A farewell transmission Long Long Lose Listen Long Long Lose Listen Long dark blues Listen

Long dark blues Listen Long dark news Listen Let me say it, let me say it Let me pour in the cold Let me reach, let me be each, the shoes of true fallen. Let me say it, let me say it, let me crush upon your shadow.

Let me reach, let me be each, for the only innocent. Thank you. Hi Mike, this is Karen Ben in Mississauga, and the song that I want to kick out the jam to is Orinoco Flow, Sail Away by Enya. 32 years ago, I'm 17 years old and I'm in grade 11. It's Saturday morning and I turn on the radio. I'm listening to WMJQ Magic 102 in Buffalo New York. I'm listening to all the monotonous sounding pop hits of the day and then this song comes on and it was like nothing I'd ever heard before and it totally blew me away. This is the song that turned me and many other people into lifelong Enya fans. Now, a lot of people are very quick to mock Enya and her music. They think it's depressing, overproduced, New Age garbage.

But for me, it's her voice. It's positively angelic. It's calming and relaxing, and it's definitely something people need to hear during this very stressful time that we're living in. Anyway, keep up the good work, Mike. Take care. Bye. The deep sea of clouds, to the island of the moon Carry me along the waves to the land I've never been Carry me along the waves to the lands I've never seen We can sail, we can sail with the oar and no couple We can sail, we can sail, sail away, sail away We can steal, we can eat, we can drop, we can sail

We can sail, sail the eat, we can drop, we can sell, we can sell. We can save the body, we can save the body. We can save, we can save, we can save, we can save. We can reach, we can reach on the shores of Tripoli. We can save, we can save, we can save the body. We can save, we can save, we can save, we can save. Thank you. We can sing. Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away

I remember driving down The ruddy roads late at night Following the summer moon Bright as any pair of headlights I felt the air on my face And the night pressed inside

my palm A moment captured in a place This memory stays strong Oh my darling, oh, my love. Oh, my darling,

oh, my love. Oh, my darling, oh, my love. The things that we are made of. The things that we are made of I remember feeling I'm alive and in no need of saviors If the past's another country I'm at the border with my papers

Where is your heart if not inside you? Where is home or are you lost? Where is love if not beside you? I had no answers But they let me cross Oh my darling Oh my love Oh my darling

Oh my love Oh my darling Oh my love The things that we are made of. Like the silence of my shadow, when the twilight world is calling. The loneliness that knows me By the cadence of my walking The scar upon my elbow The sound of my own breathing

My reflection in a window And the way I'm always leaving Hey, it's Buffalo Kathleen in Maryland again. My jam is The Things That We Are Made Of by Mary Chapin Carpenter, the title track from her 2016 album. I've been a fan of Mary Chapin Carpenter since I was about 13, so it's going on 26 years now. I love this song because it so delicately captures those fleeting moments of life, and the line, I remember wishing for some other life than this one I've claimed,

makes me think about things in my life that I've regretted or wish that I had done differently. Anyway, I just think it's a beautiful song, and I want to thank all of our health care workers, especially my sister, who is a nurse working on the front lines. Take care, everybody. Some other life than this one I've claimed How often have I been convinced How eagerly I'd make that trade Then all at once I see your face In the summer night

In the open door Dimmer now but not erased And I know what these are for Oh my darling Oh my love Oh my darling Oh my darling, oh my love Oh my darling, oh my love Oh my darling, oh my love Oh my darling, oh my love

Oh my darling, oh my love Oh my darling, oh my love Oh my darling, oh my love The things that we are made of Thank you. If you could return Don't let it burn Don't let it fade I'm sure I've not been rude But it's just your attitude

It's tearing me apart, it's ruining every day I swore, I swore I wouldn't be true And I know so did you So why are you holding her hand? Is that the way we stand? We're lying all the time Was it just a game to you? But I'm insensitive, you know I'm such a fool for you You got me wrapped around your finger, do you have to let it linger?

Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger? Hey Toronto, Mike Garnett, Barnsdale here, contributor to Down the Stretch podcast, which we have done many times at your luxurious studios down there by the lake. One song that always kind of resonates with me and that I always have to turn up is Linger by the Cranberries. And there's many reasons for that. For me, it's kind of like the ultimate 80s song. And being that I'm in my mid 50s, I was in college in the 80s. And that was always a song that seemed to come on a lot. And

it resonates with me for many reasons. It just brings back a lot of good memories on one hand because college was probably three of the best years of my life. I made a lot of good friends, had some good times and learned a lot. And you know it's also the words of that song kind of resonate a little bit because while I was in college the girl I was going out with, who was my first love, kind of just up and left me for another guy in third year, my third and final year of college. So she actually passed away two or three years ago. So yeah, Linger by the Cranberries. And you know, the last thing I guess, with the lead singer Dolores O'Reard and passing away,

it also kind of reminds you of your own mortality. So that's one of my favorite songs, one that always kind of takes me back, Linger by the Cranberries. You got me wrapped around your finger Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger? You know I'm such a fool for you You got me wrapped around your finger Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger? Thank you. I want a book that'll make me drunk

Full of freaks and disenfranchised punks no amount of hate, no load of junk, no bag of words no costume trunk could make me feel the same way, an inch an hour, two feet a day such a milkman

in this most fashionable way In this most fashionable way There's this fucking man you gotta see That used to scare the living shit out of me No robin dog, no cruel insanity No rock and roll, no Christianity Makes me feel the same way An inch an hour, two feet a day To move the night

With very little else to say Kick out the jams, the ten of them that I did I think the first one ever On the Toronto Mike podcast So I'm adding this 11th song. It's a Tragically Hip song. It's a deep, deep cut. It's cut 11 on the album Day for Night. And the lyrics go, I want a book that'll make me drunk, full of freaks and disenfranchised punks. It's an inch an hour from Day for Night by Tragically Hip. I love this song. It's an Inch and Hour From Day for Night by Tragically Hip I love this song, it's underrated

I don't even know how many people play it But it starts off so great And it's just got such a rockin' beat to it So if I can add this number 11 To my Kick Out the Jams Top 10 That'd be great, thanks It's an Inch and Hour To be a day

To move in life With very little else to say We'll see you next time. I don't know. Oh! Oh! Oh! Yeah! guitar solo When the waves roll up Over the waters And the ocean cries We look to our sons and daughters To sustain our lives

As if a child could tell us why That as sure as the sun rises As sure as the sea As sure as the wind in the trees We rise again In the faces of our children We rise again in the faces of our children. We rise again in the voices of our song. We rise again in the waves out on the ocean.

And then he rise again Hello, my name is Diane Sachs, host of Green Economy Heroes. One of my favorite songs, especially right now, is the choir of women physicians singing Rise Again on Voices Rock. It brings tears to my eyes every time. We incarnate just to explain our lives As if a child could tell us why That as sure as the sunrise

As sure as the sea As sure as the wind in the trees We rise again In the faces of our children We rise again In the voices of our song We rise again In the waves out on the ocean And then we rise again

We rise again. We rise again in the faces of our children. We rise again in the voices of our song. We rise again in the waves out on the ocean. And then we rise again. And then we rise again. And that brings us to the end of our 623rd show. You can follow me on Twitter. I'm at Toronto Mike. Great Lakes Brewery are at Great Lakes Beer.

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