All Mixed Up 5-28-23
Opening Theme – “Signe” by Eric Clapton
One – U2
Waiting For the Sun – Jayhawks
On the Way Home – Buffalo Springfield
Pride (In the Name of Love) – U2 (from Songs of Surrender)
Soul Sweet Song – Tedeschi Trucks Band
Touch of Grey – Grateful Dead
Long Way – Eddie Vedder
Something Wild – Maia Sharp
Dancing Barefoot – Patti Smith
Collide – Howie Day
Open Your Eyes – Snow Patrol
Start of Something – Crowded House
Stars & Stripes – Graham Nash
Minutes To Memories – John Mellencamp
Nothin’s Easy (For Amy) – Nils Lofgren
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
A Higher Place – Tom Petty
I Won’t Back Down – Goo Goo Dolls/O.A.R.
Lighthouse – James Taylor
Jersey Girl – Bruce Springsteen
How I Fell – Rob Laufer
Tangled Up In Blue – Bob Dylan
Somebody Was Watching Over Me – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Rescued – Foo Fighters
I’m Alive – Jackson Browne
Let the Sun Come In – Pretenders
Begin the Begin – R.E.M.
If She Knew What She Wants – Bangles
Something Loud (acoustic) – Jimmy Eat World
Wildest Dreams – Ryan Adams
Shake It Off – Ryan Adams
Closing Theme – “Take Five” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet
Thanks for listening this morning.
10 Unplugged Albums Everyone Should Own
The “Unplugged” trend was all the rage in the ‘90s thanks to MTV Unplugged, which featured some of music’s biggest names going acoustic.
The series aired on a regular basis from 1989-1999. From 2000-2009, the show was billed as MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 and aired less frequently. There have only been limited Unplugged specials that have aired since 2009.
The very first episode of MTV Unplugged featured Squeeze, Syd Straw and Elliot Easton. In the years that followed, some of the biggest names in music took to the Unplugged stage to wow fans with their stripped-down performance. These artists included Aerosmith, Elton John, Paul McCartney, R.E.M. Eric Clapton, Nirvana, Annie Lennox and more. (Frankly, that small list of artists doesn’t even scratch the surface of some of the icons that went “Unplugged.”)
So…Many…Honors
MTV Unplugged performances were often released as albums. Including recordings from MTV Brasil, there have been over 100 MTV Unplugged albums released from 1991-2020.
The ’90s truly saw a boom of artists taking part in the show. On top of that, many of the albums released from MTV Unplugged episodes went on to be platinum hits. Among the artists to score a platinum album from their MTV Unplugged performances include Mariah Carey, Tony Bennett, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Shakira, Lauryn Hill and more. Carey even had a No. 1 hit from her special thanks to her cover of The Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There.”
Additionally, the show received a Peabody Award in 1994. In a synopsis about why the series earned the honor, the Peabody Awards noted, “‘MTV Unplugged’ has brought the unique talents of some of our finest contemporary artists to center stage. Recordings of these sessions have become influential in their own right.”
With all of this in mind, here’s our list of 10 unplugged albums everyone should own.