HOW MUSIC CHANGED, HONORABLE MENTION - ROBERT PLANT – THE SOLO YEARS

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How Music Changed is a series that strives to tell the whole story about American popular music by portraying how it developed from one phase to the next. We plan to do this by focusing on the 250 most relevant artists of the 20th century, and if we are successful, this format certainly will convey a tremendous amount of information about our culture and its development. Still, there are occasions when we would like to stretch out a bit. For instance, there are many artists who have had a significant influence on aspects of our culture but did not make the final cut. At other times, an artist may experience a rebirth of sorts, when circumstances cause their work to be reconsidered (actually, ‘rebirth’ may be the wrong term, since a musician’s death could easily be cause for reconsideration). Rather than neglect them, we would like to feature these artists from time to time, in segments we call “Honorable Mentions”. These segments will devote one program to an encapsulation of the artist’s work.
Recently, Robert Plant saw his entire solo catalog re-released. The timing of this event inspired us to devote our first “Honorable Mention’ program to all of Plant’s post-Led Zeppelin work. While his solo work did not resonate as profoundly as his work with Led Zeppelin, it served as a reliable compass through the treacherous ‘80s, and he maintains high standards and a significant degree of relevance to this very day. Plant’s status within contemporary music culture is such that his work simply cannot be ignored, so with today’s show, we honor his solo work with our first ‘Honorable Mention’ episode of “How Music Changed”.
Following is a list of songs featured in today’s program;
1) Slow Dancer (from “Pictures at Eleven”)
2) I’m in the Mood (For a Melody) – (from “The Principle of Moments”)
3) Big Log – (from “The Principle of Moments”)
4) Sea of Love – (from “The Honeydrippers”)
5) Little by Little – (from “Shaken ‘n’ Stirred”)
6) Tall Cool One – (from “Now and Zen”)
7) Hurting Kind (Got My Eyes on You) – (from “Manic Nirvana”)
8) Come Into My Life – (from “Fate of Nations”)
9) Song to the Siren – (from “Dreamland”)
10) Freedom Fries - (from “Mighty Rearranger”)
11) Mighty Rearaanger - (from “Mighty Rearranger”)