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October 21, 2008: seven inches of mayhem!
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Approx. start time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the bishops | no lies | 7" | chiswick | 1978 | 0:00:00 (Real | ) | |
| only ones | peter and the pets | 7" | vengeance | 0:02:33 (Real | ) | ||
| pete shelley | i don't know what it is | 7" | genetic/island | 1981 | 0:05:16 (Real | ) | |
| bauhaus | telegram sam | 7" | 4ad | 1980 | 0:08:54 (Real | ) | |
| john cale | mercenaries (ready for war) | 7" | spy/i.r.s. | 1980 | 0:10:49 (Real | ) | |
| mo-dettes | paint it black | 7" | deram | 1980 | 0:15:22 (Real | ) | |
| pezband | stop! wait a minute | 7" | passport | 1978 | 0:17:21 (Real | ) | |
| the tunes | she's my girl | 7" | rso | 1980 | 0:19:56 (Real | ) | |
| the selector | on my radio | 7" | chrysalis / two-tone | 1979 | 0:23:04 (Real | ) | |
| the offs | my workl | 7" | max's kansas city | 1980 | 0:25:44 (Real | ) | |
| xtc | generals and majors | 7" | rso | 1980 | 0:28:42 (Real | ) | |
| splodgenessabounds | simon templar | 7" | decca | 1980 | 0:31:52 (Real | ) | |
| brian brain | jive jive | 7" | secret | 1981 | 0:34:58 (Real | ) | |
| delta 5 | now that you're gone | 7" | rough trade | 0:37:47 (Real | ) | ||
| tom robinson band | 2-4-6-8 motorway | 7" | emi | 1977 | 0:41:35 (Real | ) | |
|
Music behind DJ: human league |
non-stop | 7" | virgin | 1981 | 0:46:43 (Real | ) | |
| way of the west | don't say that's just for white boys | 7" | mercury | 1981 | 0:45:10 (Real | ) | |
| private lives | because you're young | 7" | chrysalis | 1982 | 0:51:18 (Real | ) | |
| spizzenergi | soldier soldier | 7" | rough trade | 1979 | 0:53:29 (Real | ) | |
| eddie & the hot rods | do anything you wanna do | 7" | island | 1977 | 0:57:42 (Real | ) | |
| snips | 9 o'clock | 7" | emi | 1980 | 1:00:13 (Real | ) | |
| ultravox | the thin wall | 7" | chrysalis | 1981 | 1:03:31 (Real | ) | |
| soul | tribes | 7" | cherry red | 1981 | 1:07:25 (Real | ) | |
| material with nona hendryx | bustin' out | 7" | island | 1981 | 1:11:01 (Real | ) | |
| tina turner | ball of confusion | 7" | b.e.f./virgin | 1982 | 1:14:13 (Real | ) | |
| buzzcocks | everybody's happy nowadays | 7" | irs | 1:18:57 (Real | ) | ||
| the clash | i fought the law | 7" | cbs | 1979 | 1:22:02 (Real | ) | |
| afraid of mice | i'm on fire | 7" | charisma | 1981 | 1:27:59 (Real | ) | |
| buggles | clean clean | 7" | island | 1980 | 1:30:52 (Real | ) | |
| the neats | six | 7" | propeller | 1981 | 1:34:49 (Real | ) | |
| cowboys international | thrash | 7" | virgin | 1981 | 1:37:15 (Real | ) | |
| theatre of hate | the hop | 7" | burning rome | 1982 | 1:40:54 (Real | ) | |
| the specials | gangsters | 7" | chrysalis | 1:43:47 (Real | ) | ||
| klark kent | too kool to kalypso | 7" | faulty | 1978 | 1:46:48 (Real | ) | |
| belle stars | blame | 7" | stiff | 1982 | 1:49:15 (Real | ) | |
| manicured noise | faith | 7" | pre | 1980 | 1:51:46 (Real | ) | |
| the higsons | conspiracy | 7" | waap | 1982 | 1:55:07 (Real | ) | |
| bow wow wow | w.o.r.k. (n.o. nah no! no! my daddy don't) | 7" | emi | 1981 | 1:58:23 (Real | ) | |
| wire | dot dash | 7" | harvest | 1978 | 2:01:04 (Real | ) | |
| the mekons | where were you | 7" | fast | 1979 | 2:03:18 (Real | ) | |
| altered images | i could be happy | 7" | epic | 1981 | 2:06:27 (Real | ) | |
| the records | abracadabra (have you seen her) | 7" | virgin | 1979 | 2:09:44 (Real | ) | |
| bram tchaikovsky | girl of my dreams | 7" | radar | 1979 | 2:12:35 (Real | ) | |
| hazel o'connor | time is free | 7" | albion | 1981 | 2:16:05 (Real | ) | |
| stranglers | duchess | 7" | ua | 1979 | 2:19:40 (Real | ) | |
| levi dexter & the ripchords | i get so excited | 7" | fresh | 1981 | 2:22:12 (Real | ) | |
| the professionals | join the professionals | 7" | virgin | 1981 | 2:24:48 (Real | ) | |
| rich kids | rich kids | 7" | emi | 1978 | 2:28:08 (Real | ) | |
| john foxx | underpass | 7" | virgin | 1980 | 2:31:22 (Real | ) | |
| bill nelson | banal | 7" | mercury | 1979 | 2:34:06 (Real | ) | |
| positive noise | charm | 7" | statik | 1981 | 2:38:12 (Real | ) | |
| electric guitars | health | 7" | fried egg | 1980 | 2:41:06 (Real | ) | |
| the normal | t.v.o.d. | 7" | mute | 1979 | 2:43:31 (Real | ) | |
| the db's | big brown eyes | 7" | albion | 1981 | 2:46:32 (Real | ) | |
| fingerprintz | dancing with myself | 7" | virgin | 1979 | 2:48:13 (Real | ) | |
| the saints | know your product | 7" | harvest | 1978 | 2:51:16 (Real | ) | |
Tue. 10/21/08 11:09pm
From:
Joe
I'm going to assume that wasn't The Bishops, the UK indie band, and was instead The Bishops, a far more obscure and awesome band that I haven't heard of.
I have a feeling there's going to be alot of that tonight. Educate me, Davies!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:13pm
From:
The Mansfield Mauler
Must be real vinyl-- I heard a skip! Thanks for keeping your promises EFD!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:14pm
From:
Joe
And he pulled off a real-live drop-in! I am not getting any work done tonight.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:15pm
From:
E.L.
Let's shake these post-sox blues with some EFD mayhem!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:20pm
From:
john
Ready for Waugh? Ohhh.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:21pm
From:
efd
hi everyone, I'll probably be too frantic to do a lot of commenting tonight but don't let that stop you! Thanks for tuning in!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:21pm
From:
listening john
can EFD talk any faster!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:24pm
From:
john
We'll do our best to pick up the slack. Gives me three hours where I'm not thinking about margins of error, so I owe you that much. Great set, btw. Singles are so doggone cool.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:26pm
From:
Joe
We could just slag the Rays for 2 1/2 hours.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:26pm
From:
E.L.
This has got to be like making a live mix tape, while writing out the artist, song, album, etc. Thanks EFD.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:28pm
From:
john
That'll just get the Rays riled. Similarities between 2008 Rays and 1969 Mets abound...whoa, the Selecter!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:29pm
From:
Joe
Hey, I might be showing my age... but whats the Hurrah?
Tue. 10/21/08 11:32pm
From:
randy in NC
Hurrah, a club that was big in the late '70's early '80's. It was uptown near Lincoln Center.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:32pm
From:
efd
Hurrah was the best club in NYC in 1979ish-early 80s. it was up near Lincoln Center- saw a ton of great shows there in my college days.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:33pm
From:
john
Irrelevantly, also the name of one of the best (and most unjustly forgotten) English jangle-pop bands of the 80s. Never played at the club of the same name, sadly, I believe.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:34pm
From:
Joe
OH cool so it's like The Fillmore at Irving Plaza now?
... kidding, kidding...
Tue. 10/21/08 11:35pm
From:
efd
watch it, Joe, you're thisclose to being banned for making that comparison!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:35pm
From:
randy in NC
Except Irving Plaza was Irving Plaza then...
Tue. 10/21/08 11:36pm
From:
Amanda
Again I will say: I missed WNYU's golden years, which have to have been 1978-81. Yay XTC! Yay war-themed 7"s (instead of actual war)!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:36pm
From:
Andrew in Midland Park
Generals and Majors - still so relevant - Black Sea, amazing compilation - "perfect album side"
Tue. 10/21/08 11:37pm
From:
Rob
Appreciate the tickets for the Urinals last week, efd. Had a blast at the knitting factory.
Also, if you want to drop that Joe kid, you have my full endorsement.
... kidding, kidding...
Tue. 10/21/08 11:40pm
From:
john
two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please
Tue. 10/21/08 11:46pm
From:
Michael on the left coast
Delta Five!!! Rockin'
Sadly it's not "You"
Tue. 10/21/08 11:48pm
From:
E.L.
Let's not pick on Joe. That's Age-ism. Keep rocking, Joe.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:49pm
From:
Michael on the left coast
TRB!!!
How about Kimberley Rew?
Or The Motors?
Or The Higsons?
Or (inside reference) The Cosmopolitans?
Tue. 10/21/08 11:49pm
From:
Michael on the left coast
TRB!!!
How about Kimberley Rew?
Or The Motors?
Or The Higsons?
Or (inside reference) The Cosmopolitans?
Tue. 10/21/08 11:50pm
From:
Joe
I'm trying, I'm trying. Apparently I was just born 15 years too late.
Stupid gentrification, ruining everything before I got to show up...
Tue. 10/21/08 11:51pm
From:
Joe
It's not THAT inside! It's on his wikipedia page!
Take THAT old people!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:53pm
From:
john
i'm surprised, but there's only overlap so far with two 45s on my shelves--looks like we were buying at the same time, too I'll put the over/under at seven. Haven't heard this in a while!
Tue. 10/21/08 11:53pm
From:
Meth Dealer
hey Evan my man.....how did that bag you picked up this afternoon work out? Remember only do a little at a time.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:53pm
From:
Michael on the left coast
Any Spizz there Evan?
Nice to see Hurrah name checked here.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:55pm
From:
efd
yes to Spizz and Higsons - K. Rew and Motors I only have on LP, so not here tonight.
I have a Wikipedia page?
Tue. 10/21/08 11:57pm
From:
Joe
Yah man.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_%22Funk%22_Davies
It used to say you could fly and shit.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:58pm
From:
Amanda
Whoa! It's got your birth year, too, right at the top... heh
Tue. 10/21/08 11:58pm
From:
Joe
Oh, and now it says you're the BBC economics correspondent.
And all this time, I thought that Masshole accent.
Tue. 10/21/08 11:59pm
From:
Rob
"Evan is also the BBC economics correspondent"?
-well done
Tue. 10/21/08 11:59pm
From:
Joe
*was a*
Tue. 10/21/08 11:59pm
From:
Michael on the left coast
Ahhhhhh!
Okay how about Tenpole Tudor?
Wed. 10/22/08 12:00am
From:
Terre T
The Only Ones,Mo-dettes, Splodgessabounds, Spizzenergi...Diggin it !!!!
Evan , how the HELL ru doin accuplaylist, DJing and COMMENTING on the comments page?
Wed. 10/22/08 12:00am
From:
Michael from the left coast
Only a drummer could do that!
Wed. 10/22/08 12:01am
From:
efd
TT, you left out "and corresponding on economics for the BBC!"
Wed. 10/22/08 12:01am
From:
john
nothing a couple boxes of dexatrim can't handle...
Wed. 10/22/08 12:03am
From:
Joe
Nah, if I had to bet, I'd say he's raging on the yizzerd.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:04am
From:
Terre T
Thx 4 Eddie & the Hot Rods!
Wed. 10/22/08 12:05am
From:
efd
i don't even know what you guys are talking about.
seriously.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:07am
From:
Terre T
Ok, there's no way yer doin this ALL yerself... who's yr Ass Prod, Davies??!?!?
Wed. 10/22/08 12:08am
From:
Joe
Hey, what Evan does in his free time is nobody's business!!
Oh... you're talking about something different.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:08am
From:
efd
i'm here all by myself, i swear! i've got witnesses.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:09am
From:
Charles
Yes, who is your ass prod Evan?
Wed. 10/22/08 12:09am
From:
john
Saw ultravox at the Agora in West Hartford in '82 or 83. Better live than one might have feared.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:11am
From:
efd
saw them at the aforementioned Hurrah in 1981, i think - right after Midge Ure joined. i thought they were great!
Wed. 10/22/08 12:13am
From:
john
yeah, i approached it with some trepidation though i loved the records, just because some synth-heavy bands kind of sucked live. fantastic show, though! Think you saw them a tour or two before me.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:15am
From:
Marcelo
oh, two heavies on the WFMU, Evan and Terre T...
a South American punk special please, there are people on the villas and favelas doing music.....
thanx efd
Wed. 10/22/08 12:20am
From:
Joe
This is hands down the most -fucked up- Tina Turner song I have ever heard, in my life.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:21am
From:
john
and you said that before the "great googa mooga" bit
Wed. 10/22/08 12:26am
From:
Joe
Sorry Ev, Irene beat you to "Everybody's Happy" on monday. She played the Moodies too! I should start catching her show more regularly.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:28am
From:
E.L.
It's not a race, Joe.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:29am
From:
efd
i fought Irene, and Irene won
Wed. 10/22/08 12:33am
From:
matt
wow an evan singles show! great....meaning maybe you have actually brought in that old chestnut 'homocide' by 999?
id love to hear that.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:38am
From:
Michael from the left coast
And I thought it was Bruce Woolley
Wed. 10/22/08 12:38am
From:
efd
ooh, sorry Matt, i left that at home - i felt like i'd played some other 999 tracks fairly recently so i didn't bring anything by them tonight.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:38am
From:
efd
heh, good one Michael
Wed. 10/22/08 12:43am
From:
matt
i got it just now. the name-999.
999 as opposed to 666?
i'm on fire.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:44am
From:
Michael from the left coast
Did you bring the Cyclones with you by chance? Been a long long time since I heard "You're So Cool"
Wed. 10/22/08 12:44am
From:
efd
Matt, you give me too much credit!
Wed. 10/22/08 12:45am
From:
efd
no Cyclones- i played that when I had the Individuals on in August, so i left that at home too.
i overthink this stuff, don't i.
Wed. 10/22/08 12:48am
From:
eenie
how about "this is love" by the gist? while you're playing all my favorite songs from from 1982...
Wed. 10/22/08 12:49am
From:
randy in NC
I saw the Specials at Hurrah's
Wed. 10/22/08 12:55am
From:
efd
sorry, eenie, no Gist 45s here!
Wed. 10/22/08 1:00am
From:
efd
Randy, was that the show that was broadcast on WLIR? I think i have a copy of that at home somewhere.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:02am
From:
MArcelo
ohhh Stephanie Nuttal (from Manicured Noise) lived here till 1982!!!!! she plays drums on Sumo -a cult band here- thanks for this song!!!!!!
Wed. 10/22/08 1:05am
From:
Michael from the left coast
Actually the Specials Hurrah show referenced above was broadcast on the late lamented WPIX--not WLIR.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:05am
From:
Joe
I much prefer to D.A.N.C.E.
That girl grew up to be hottttt, though.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:05am
From:
randy in NC
efd, I don't recall
That would be cool to hear though.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:06am
From:
efd
Marcelo, very cool about Stephanie from Manicured Noise - I had no idea! Michael, thanks for the radio station correction.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:07am
From:
Michael from the left coast
Wow Dot Dash
Wed. 10/22/08 1:08am
From:
Terre T
Oh bruthor!!!... Evan Funk ya dint jus say, "Its a whole lotta fun doina singles only show but its also a whole lotta..."
{cue BowWowWow 7" ....} W-O-R-K... !!!!
Also to Matt, i fairly certain 999 is the Bristish version of the American emergency call # 911
Wed. 10/22/08 1:08am
From:
dave
wire: freakin' great then, freakin' great now. is ANYTHING else in the world as consistently totally awesome as wire?
Wed. 10/22/08 1:12am
From:
Joe
tits... no...
kittens... no...
you know what, Dave, you got me.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:12am
From:
john
always a guilty pleasure of mine back in the proverbial day, altered images
Wed. 10/22/08 1:13am
From:
efd
tt, guilty as charged - although i stepped on the vocal, in classic efd fashion
Wed. 10/22/08 1:17am
From:
efd
ok Michael, here's *a* Motor, at least!
Wed. 10/22/08 1:18am
From:
efd
saw him at Hurrah too, btw
Wed. 10/22/08 1:23am
From:
efd
i'm bored.
;)
Wed. 10/22/08 1:24am
From:
Joe
Thats not helping your "I'm not on speed" argument, Davies.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:26am
From:
Michael from the left coast
Indeed a Motor and the best song released by any of them.
I saw Bram perform this at a taping of the Robert Klein Radio show in RCA studios in Times Square in 1981. Klein still talks about this show because the other guest was Rush who were playing Madison Square Garden and who answered all of Klein's questions in the interview segments with one word answers. They were the worst. Made me hate them even more.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:30am
From:
joey
wow, all 7'' 's!! im a bit jealous! i used to have a huge record collection..but in me mid twenties (now in me late 30's) i went thru a mid life crises and sold everything..all my records, books..etc..now that im re-demosticated..i hope to collect all the albums i had and then some (impossible in some cases) oh btw..if any 'noise' enthusiasts out there have records from the band A Band..give me a call...sorry if i was off topic.. =)
Wed. 10/22/08 1:33am
From:
Marcelo
yes, its an incredible 7 inch collection evan!!!! incredible show!
Wed. 10/22/08 1:39am
From:
joey
I wish you would let us download this..this would be the best "mixtape" to give a friend or lover!!...maybe i should learn how to hack?? LOL ..thats it..bye! P.S. i wasnt able to send me last post due to the extremely difficult math question...=(
Wed. 10/22/08 1:42am
From:
Joe
If I ever met a girl I thought I could give a mixtape like this to, I'd marry her.
My girlfriend only listens to musicians she wants to have sex with.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:43am
From:
efd
and those musicians include...?
Wed. 10/22/08 1:47am
From:
Joe
Right now its alot Jack Johnson, and the Kooks. Fiona Apple. She was into Refused and some cool punk in high school, or so she claims.
Though I did get her to start listening to the Muslims, but then again, their lead singer is kind of a cutie pie.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:50am
From:
Joe
Of course, if she runs off with him, I'm going to blame you for turning me on to that Extinction single.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:51am
From:
john
about time someone played the a-side!
Wed. 10/22/08 1:52am
From:
John
You guys know where I can buy these off the interwebs? I don't live in the US
Wed. 10/22/08 1:54am
From:
Joe
Mail me a check and I'll go to the record fair for you. Euros, please.
Wed. 10/22/08 1:58am
From:
John
Very funny Joe! I live in Puerto Rico=American Dollar=as broke as anyone else..
Wed. 10/22/08 1:58am
From:
efd
thanks for staying up late and listening/commenting, everyone! see you at the fair (on Sunday, at least)
Wed. 10/22/08 1:58am
From:
john
"smooth talkin, brainwashin never gonna give me what i need"
Evan, you've outdone yourself, srsly. Great show!
Wed. 10/22/08 1:59am
From:
john
You'd be more broke in Euros or Sterling than the U.S. Peso...
Wed. 10/22/08 2:00am
From:
Joe
Give the man a hand! *applause*
I'm gonna picture you collapsing and someone throwing a cloak over you, Elvis style.
Go ice your fingers down or something. Great show!
Wed. 10/22/08 2:17pm
From:
laura
Hey, if comments are welcome even after the show, I would just like to say I can't stay up late enough to listen live but DAMMIT I USED TO BE ABLE TO and this particular show takes me right back. In fact efd's is my favorite oldies program.
Ouch.
And had I actually been awake last night I would have requested A Blind Dog Stares, which I distinctly remember the youthful efd playing on WNYU in the 17th or 18th century, if memory serves.
Mon. 11/10/08 1:59pm
From:
lou demonte
wow!!! Bill Nelson, I thought I'd never hear him on the radio. Now how about a little Red Noise please...
thanx
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