Listener comments!

Mon. 10/27/08 12:06pm From: Bruce

First post!! Greetings from D.C.

Mon. 10/27/08 12:07pm From: Sean Daily

Second post! Greetings from Woo Hoo!

Mon. 10/27/08 12:10pm From: nna

I love High Places. They make me jealous for not thinking of it first.

Mon. 10/27/08 12:14pm From: GP

LoL...Liz ( and hello BTW)..is this really the name of this DUMP album?

Mon. 10/27/08 12:14pm From: Liz B.

Hi everyone, hope all of your Record Fair dreams came true this weekend!

Mon. 10/27/08 12:16pm From: Liz B.

GP, yeah the Dump album name is hilarious, eh? It's all Prince covers.

Mon. 10/27/08 12:17pm From: （・ω・）yukkurishiteiitene

WE LOVE YURA YURA TEIKOKU!!!!　from tokyo japan

Mon. 10/27/08 12:28pm From: Parq

So far, the best part of this show is the list of label names. Although I agree that the name of that Prince trib disc is what the kids call epic.

Mon. 10/27/08 12:34pm From: dc pat

noticing a toy-drum-sounding theme going on here.

Mon. 10/27/08 12:35pm From: Bad Ronald

I guess Prince deserves a reference like that since he was so pretentious as to insist on being referred to as some unpronounceable symbol.

Mon. 10/27/08 12:45pm From: Patrick in Seattle

Y Pants, awesome! This is my 3 year old daughter's favorite band. She's been known to break into "What Do You Take Me For" at random. It's pretty great.

Mon. 10/27/08 12:56pm From: Bad Ronald

Anybody witness the DMBQ human drum riser? I saw the pic on Belock's PL it looked hilarious!!!

Mon. 10/27/08 12:57pm From: Parq

Bad Ron, not to mention that he was and is a skinny MF with a high voice, whose appearance consistently belies the power of his sound.

Mon. 10/27/08 12:58pm From: Bad Ronald

Agreed!

Mon. 10/27/08 12:59pm From: Bryant

"That Skinny MF With the High Voice?" is actually a self-reference from the Black Album track "Bob George."

Mon. 10/27/08 1:00pm From: Bad Ronald

tx for the background Bryant.

Mon. 10/27/08 1:06pm From: GP

I heard that Peaches used to be an elementary school teacher or something....I never had any teachers like that!

Mon. 10/27/08 1:08pm From: Liz B.

I heard that about Peaches, too! Crazy repression going on or something...

Mon. 10/27/08 1:13pm From: GP

Well..she sure isn't repressed any more!

Mon. 10/27/08 1:14pm From: blk mofo

glass candy is okay but sometimes the music they make can sound a bit boderline novelty...like a comedy spoof disco band

Mon. 10/27/08 1:20pm From: Ike

I don't always get Glass Candy but I liked this track. As far as "comedy spoof disco bands" (warning: tangent), I think Hercules & Love Affair fit that category much more accurately. And also Antony. One of these days he will reveal that he is an acolyte of Andy Kaufman and that he's been making intentionally terrible music for years and tricking indie rock fans into liking it. He's just a comedian deep undercover, posing as a musician.

Mon. 10/27/08 1:24pm From: Paul B

Going back to Slumberland records for a moment. Slumberland used to be run by some friends of mine from back in college; Mike Schulman, Mike "archie" Moore (Velocity Girl), and Dan Searing too for a while. I remember when they came into the Kinko's I worked at then with a Windser Mackay book to photocopy an illustration for their Logo. Who is running it now?

Mon. 10/27/08 1:27pm From: mike g.

Mike Schulman is still Mr. Slumberland...

Mon. 10/27/08 1:31pm From: detroitdave

And I say Liz B is competition for a Slumberland title..zzzzz...............Wait I'm at work! Cryin out loud woman PICK IT UP!!!!!!!!

Mon. 10/27/08 1:40pm From: mb

I love Liz Berg's show! It's my favorite. Keep it comin.

Mon. 10/27/08 1:41pm From: Sean Daily

Okay, Freddy Quinn is what Johnny Cash would sound like if he was German... FREAKIN' ME OUT, MAN...

Mon. 10/27/08 1:42pm From: detroitdave

Yeah but it's funny..........

Mon. 10/27/08 1:42pm From: michael from doerentrup

haaaaaaaa.............the lyrics to wir are so fucking anti hippy it`s unbelievable. super offensive. apparently he appologized afterwards and also recorded an anti vietnam war tune.

Mon. 10/27/08 1:44pm From: esch oder anarchie!

Actually Sean, there are recordings of Johnny Cash singing in German ("Wo ist zu hause, Mama?") on the WFMU Blog that give a very accurate impression of what Johnny Cash singing in german sounds like ... real good!

Mon. 10/27/08 1:44pm From: mb

just curious, but what ARE the lyrics? any idea?

Mon. 10/27/08 1:46pm From: esch oder anarchie!

http://www.musik-history.de/lyrics/Freddy_Quinn-Wir-285300.html

Mon. 10/27/08 1:49pm From: Ike

"Who does not want to be confused with a bum? We!

Who cares about peace on earth? We!

Your lungert around in parks and streets,

who can not laziness your senseless act? We! We! We! "

Just a taste of Google Translate's rendering.

Mon. 10/27/08 1:51pm From: Bad Ronald

babelfish:
Who doesn't want to be confounded with beatniks? WE!

Mon. 10/27/08 1:52pm From: Ike

Oh wow, that's a MUCH funnier translation! "Confounded with beatniks!" I LOVE IT!

Mon. 10/27/08 1:54pm From: michael from doerentrup

i.e....
who just wants to talk to you confidentialy : us
who also has their weaknesses : us
who acts in similar ways sometimes : us
who also has long hair, but washed : us

thia is basically the part of the song where he`s trying to make up with the young people. but as i said, it`s just totally offensive

etc.etc.etc.etc......

Mon. 10/27/08 1:54pm From: Bad Ronald

it goes on to:

Who worries itself around the peace on ground connection? WE! You lungert around in parks and in lanes, who can't seize your senseless putridness? WE! WE! WE!

Mon. 10/27/08 1:56pm From: jason

arr, i can't believe i missed YYTK last nite... are they playing anywhere else in the tristate area anytime soon or is today all i will get of the mellifluous din from across the sea?!?

Mon. 10/27/08 1:58pm From: Liz B.

YYT is headed back to Japan, but they will return next year sometime and hope to play both NY and CA.

Mon. 10/27/08 1:58pm From: michael from doerentrup

lungert = to loiter

Mon. 10/27/08 1:59pm From: mb

thanks for posting a taste of those lyrics. sceeeeery

Mon. 10/27/08 1:59pm From: detroitdave

Yeah , you gotta watch those "translation" sites, I have to have German translated on a daily basis and these websites get you in the ball park but it is difficult to have a literal english translation to much of it. I have unintentionally said off color shit to my German counterparts because of Babelfish translations

Mon. 10/27/08 2:02pm From: Bad Ronald

Hah, that's funny like the Python skit!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:12pm From: tatami

「dekinai」means 「can not」

Mon. 10/27/08 2:13pm From: Liz B.

Thanks for the translation, Tatami!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:20pm From: detroitdave

Hey Liz,.......how bout something that needs no translating.........were so confused!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:21pm From: Liz B.

Gotta keep you guys on your toes with the translating!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:21pm From: jason

guitars need no translation

Mon. 10/27/08 2:23pm From: detroitdave

While Babelfishing I got jap sentences mixed with german because of your music selections...........but strangely it makes some sense

Mon. 10/27/08 2:23pm From: tatami

「tako monogatari」 means 「octopus story」

Mon. 10/27/08 2:30pm From: michael from doerentrup

detroitdave is freddy quinn...hehehehe

Mon. 10/27/08 2:31pm From: randy in NC

Sounds a bit like Wilco here...

Mon. 10/27/08 2:32pm From: Liz B.

I think "Into the Night" is their power ballad, nice!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:32pm From: Bad Ronald

yeah dd I'm sure you didn't mean it that way but "jap" can be considered offensive...

Mon. 10/27/08 2:33pm From: Bad Ronald

btw - totally digging the YYT set!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:33pm From: detroitdave

Nah.... I dont hate, at least not like when Sarah Silverman mowed down a dude because he looked like Osama.

Mon. 10/27/08 2:34pm From: fishmonkeystew

This is fantastic stuff!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:36pm From: Liz B.

I think you'll love their CDs, eagle_nyc, everything I've heard from them is fantastic, from pop to psych to experimental and all 3 fused together.

Mon. 10/27/08 2:38pm From: tatami

「nai!!」means「it is not」

Mon. 10/27/08 2:40pm From: Mark

The Yura Yura Teikoku sounds wonderful - thank you! (Hopefully they will make it back for a extended stateside tour sometime soon.)

Mon. 10/27/08 2:40pm From: cosmic

great album names!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:42pm From: ~L

Hi Liz,
Thanks for having Yura Yura T. on your show. They are amazing. I was lucky enough to get to see them at Maxwell's. It is so rare to hear a band that makes you feel honored to hear them. Everyone, go buy the "Live" record!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:44pm From: cosmic

they sound awesome, this is in the studio??!!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:45pm From: mb

really lovin this. thank you! i'm getting the liv album today... cause i didnt spend enough money this weekend

Mon. 10/27/08 2:46pm From: jason

LRD!!!!!!!!!! a band called LSD march from japan do a rather spot-on update of this sound.

Mon. 10/27/08 2:46pm From: Liz B.

Yes, the set was recorded in WFMU's Studio B! Thanks to Jason Sigal and Adrian Caballero for engineering alongside expert knob-twister Nakamura Soichiro.

Mon. 10/27/08 2:46pm From: Liz B.

I'm with you, Jason, LSD March is also fantastic!

Mon. 10/27/08 2:49pm From: cosmic

wow. that was great, thanks! i only just tuned in so ill have to check out the replay. .

Mon. 10/27/08 2:49pm From: Gene K

I have this LRD track on the album named 'le 12 mars 1977 a tachikawa'... I assumed it was a live performance..

This whole album is great..

Mon. 10/27/08 2:51pm From: Liz B.

Thanks for the info Gene, we've got this burned on a CD (7 tracks total), with no year, label, album info. From what I know, most of their available stuff is bootleg/live.

Mon. 10/27/08 2:55pm From: Gene K

Of course.. Thanks for putting this on.. it is awesome!

Here's the album info from discogs.. http://www.discogs.com/release/1031640

Mon. 10/27/08 2:59pm From: cosmic

hehe hercules hits

Mon. 10/27/08 3:00pm From: detroitdave

Good sounds...Bye Liz and great show!

Tue. 10/28/08 1:15pm From: syed

YMCK FTW!

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