Request Line: Deep Cuts with Ray Lewis

Ladies and GENTLEMEN, I am former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and it’s my great honor as your GUEST DEEJAY to welcome you to the Door Flies Open Request Line.  Tonight’s show is DEEP CUTS WITH RAY LEWIS. One of the many things God blessed me with here on this earth is a love of MUSIC. In particular, I have an abiding love for unappreciated album tracks and B-sides. It takes heart – I tell you this – it takes heart like you wouldn’t believe for a song to be able to sit tight in the background, and STAY OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT.  Being able to FLY UNDER THE RADAR is a great quality in a song and something that me and my friends REALLY APPRECIATE. This week we’ll be playing songs that are so understated that MOST PEOPLE DON’T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE PRESENT IN THE FIRST PLACE and THEY’RE HAPPY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

To get you folks started on this week’s edition of Request Line, I’m going to share a favorite track of mine from the 1984 Violent Femmes album Hallowed Ground.  Most people are familiar with the Femmes for their EPONYMOUS DEBUT ALBUM and have probably heard one of the other MINOR HITS THAT GOD SAW FIT TO BESTOW UPON THEM, like their cover of T-Rex’s “Children of the Revolution” or “American Music” off of Why Do Birds Sing. Now, a lot of people feel that the Femmes’ other albums are trash.  That they should be DISCARDED IN A GARBAGE DUMPSTER BEHIND A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.  But those people are blind.  I tell you that – BLIND.  They are missing out on some HIDDEN GEMS. Now let me tell you that I really dig Hallowed Ground because a lot of the songs are about FAITH. In particular, this next track is about how it’s important to be able to HAVE FAITH that someone is NEVER GOING TO TELL anyone what happened or what they saw, WHICH WAS NOTHING, and certainly NOTHING THAT CONCERNED THEM.

Thank you for tuning in tonight, folks, and GOD BLESS.  Make your own submissions in the comments and I’LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE THEM A SPIN FOR YOU!