WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 23, 2008

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	Year	New	Approx. start time
big star	jesus christ	7"	aura		1978		0:00:00 (Real \| )
huey smith & the clowns	twas the night before christmas						0:01:54 (Real \| )
gary glitter	another rock n roll christmas						0:06:28 (Real \| )
bad manners	christmas time again	bollocks to christmas					0:09:27 (Real \| )
jon graboff	run run rudolph	for christ's sake	confidential		2002		0:13:13 (Real \| )
root boy slim & the sex change band	x-mas at k-mart			by request.. from last year! (yeah, that's how long it takes sometimes)			0:16:04 (Real \| )
kurtis blow	christmas rappin'						0:19:04 (Real \| )

ro-d-y-s	winter woman						0:24:57 (Real \| )
monster magnet	dead christmas	dopes to infinity	a&m		1995		0:33:45 (Real \| )
walter murphy	deck the halls	va-the toys... or else		compiled by our own Joe McGasko			0:37:37 (Real \| )
lightnin' hopkins	merry christmas						0:40:46 (Real \| )
ursula 1000	linus & lucy ext.						0:43:16 (Real \| )

hanson	everybody knows the claus	snowed in		don't forget the donuts!	1997		0:53:15 (Real \| )
elton john	step into christmas	7"	mca		1973		0:57:59 (Real \| )
royal purple	snowflakes	cd single			2007		1:02:18 (Real \| )
blues magoos	jingle bells						1:04:50 (Real \| )
wildebeests	rudolph's ruin	7"	norton		2000		1:07:45 (Real \| )
cathy harrington	sha la la	va-christmas time	collectors' choice		2006		1:09:54 (Real \| )

slade	merry christmas everybody						1:19:41 (Real \| )
dolly parton & the girls	hard candy christmas			by request last week for Laurie			1:23:12 (Real \| )
the o'jays	christmas ain't christmas, new year's ain't new year's without the one you love	7"	phila int'l		1973		1:26:44 (Real \| )
detroit junior	christmas day						1:28:58 (Real \| )
flirtations	christmas time is here again						1:31:29 (Real \| )

fleshtones	canadian christmas	stocking stuffer	yep roc			*	1:38:24 (Real \| )
the pumps and friends	hark the herald angels sing	va-winnipeg's rock & roll christmas vol 2					1:41:01 (Real \| )
dion	santa claus is coming to town	rock 'n' roll christmas		i really hope Joe Belock is listening			1:44:30 (Real \| )
the kinks	father christmas	mp3		the WFMU community comes through!			1:48:48 (Real \| )
buddy hackett	dear santa claus						1:52:28 (Real \| )

the waitresses	christmas wrapping	va-ze xmas record reloaded	ze				2:01:12 (Real \| )
augie rios	donde esta santa claus	va-wcbs-fm ultimate christmas album vol 2					2:06:06 (Real \| )
little eva	i wish you a merry christmas						2:08:55 (Real \| )
irwin chusid	santa claus is coming to town	va-stay free magazine presents the best & worst of xmas 2004		another instant request on WFMU! for Dave in Morris City			2:11:16 (Real \| )
trolley	holiday / christmas in the marketplace	star of wonder	easter		1997		2:14:41 (Real \| )

roy wood & wizzard	i wish it could be christmas every day						2:25:49 (Real \| )
sit n' spin	santa claws	7"	worrybird		1994		2:29:47 (Real \| )
the ravers	(it's gonna be a...) punk rock christmas	7"	zombie		1977		2:31:58 (Real \| )
the impact	punk christmas	va-christmas crutch		another Joe McGasko compilation!			2:35:15 (Real \| )
swingin' neckbreakers	santa claus ain't comin' this year	7"	norton		1999		2:37:35 (Real \| )

greg lake	i believe in father christmas	7"	manticore		1975		2:44:43 (Real \| )
the greedies	a merry jingle						2:48:25 (Real \| )
george harrison	ding dong	dark horse			1975		2:51:14 (Real \| )

Listener comments!

Tue. 12/23/08 11:11pm superduper!:

NICE background!

Tue. 12/23/08 11:12pm Amanda:

I know! I laughed out loud when I saw it. And I have to get deeper into Huey Lewis's early work, clearly.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:13pm efd:

hah... yeah, I have a mental block that Huey Smith <> Huey Lewis for some reason.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:18pm E.L.:

Holy hypno-background!

Merry Christmas to you, E.F.D., and all the late night listeners! Best of the best for the holidays!

Tue. 12/23/08 11:23pm Amanda:

That was a NICE Run Rudolph Run.

Happy hols E.L.! I just saw a photo of your cats sniffing around a recycling bin overflowing with beer bottles.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:23pm tramshed:

Last years request is much win good sir.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:26pm E.L.:

Hey Amanda! Merry, merry!

That's definitely my cat. He parties hard.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:27pm john:

Thought I heard the dulcet tones of Kurtis Blow from the next room. Don't think I've heard this all season. And merry happy everybody!

Tue. 12/23/08 11:29pm Therese:

must you bring that up?

Tue. 12/23/08 11:30pm john:

Actually it was kind of endearing.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:40pm efd:

Therese, in all sincerity I was very impressed with how smoothly you handled that situation, especially on just your second or third show.

Here's some Monster Magnet for you.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:41pm efd:

E.L., where can we view this cat photo??

Tue. 12/23/08 11:42pm Therese:

Aww, thanks!

And nothing says Christmas in Jersey like Monster Magnet.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:46pm efd:

I know this is not a very Christmas-y sentiment, but I am going to murder these CD players before the night is over.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:48pm celebrity neighbor:

For a second there I thought it was four minutes thirty three seconds by John Cage

Tue. 12/23/08 11:50pm efd:

at the rate things are going it might come to that!

Tue. 12/23/08 11:55pm E.L.:

Oop! Sorry I spaced out. You can see my party cats at www.postmodernfrog.blogspot.com. I'm writing addresses for Christmas cards while I'm listening. Nothing like waiting till the last minute!

Have you heard the Air Force Christmas PSAs from yule blog, EFD? I thought of you when I found those.

Tue. 12/23/08 11:58pm john:

As long as you're talking baseball, on a sad note, RIP Dock Ellis. Pitched a no-hitter on acid, wrote a book with future poet laureate Donald Hall, latterly worked as substance abuse counselor and by all accounts a standup guy.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:00am E.L.:

Everybody Knows the Clause is turning into an EFD tradition! I luv it!

Wed. 12/24/08 12:01am efd:

E.L., damn straight!!

John, hear hear on Dock Ellis. There was a nice feature on him last night on the Rachel Maddow show.
Plus, when you say his last name and first initial you get...

Wed. 12/24/08 12:03am Michael K.:

THaNX for representing the Hanson X-mas SpiRit!!
They even did a charles brown song...

Wed. 12/24/08 12:04am superduper!:

hanson could teach those jonas boys a thing or two.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:05am efd:

darn tootin', superduper!

Hi Michael! Nice to see you here!

Wed. 12/24/08 12:07am E.L.:

Any chance of hearing from another Davies? I've been itchin' to hear Father Christmas by the Kinks.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:08am celebrity neighbor:

Plus one on Dock Ellis. He would have made north of $100 million if he played today (he won twenty games twice if I recall and won more than fifteen almost every year in his prime).
How about Slade's Xmas tune (the best of the lot in my opinion)?

Wed. 12/24/08 12:08am john:

Thanks for the tip, I'll go dig up the Rachel Maddow feature on Ellis, D. Bucs were consistently the coolest team in baseball through the 70s, though my current quest to get Dave Parker into the Hall of Fame is doomed to failure. At least none of the voters I know buy my arguments.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:11am efd:

i've got the slade song right here, C.N.

E.L., I don't know why I don't have that Kinks single with me - I know I have it at home! grr... anyone know if it was a bonus track on any CD reissue?

Wed. 12/24/08 12:13am john:

Velvel reissue of Misfits.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:13am therese:

I tore the library apart looking for that Kinks song on Friday. No luck.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:15am E.L.:

Thanks for looking anyway! I think it was on Misfits.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:27am john:

I'd still vote for Wizzard on the glam-ish front, though Lord knows you can't spend a day in London at this time of year without hearing it forty-seven times.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:27am efd:

wow, Father Christmas isn't even in the MP3 library! damn... Therese, I assume you checked for the 7"?

Wed. 12/24/08 12:27am celebrity neighbor:

Rock on EFD. Rock on Noddy!

Wed. 12/24/08 12:28am celebrity neighbor:

But John, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day is the best xmas tune ever--and are you saying you burned out on it hearing it forty times a day during the Xmas season?

Wed. 12/24/08 12:30am Samthesnowman:

Dave Davies used to do "Father Christmas" in his live shows...perhaps there's a version on one of his 1990s/2000s comps or live albums?

Wed. 12/24/08 12:31am Therese:

I was running short on time, so I didn't check for the 7"- I did check the Kinks LPs, CDs and MP3s though- no Father Christmas.

Also, I love Dolly Parton.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:34am john:

Father Christmas is really truly on the reissue of Misfits. Srsly. And CN-- I was in London last month for a week and in fact heard IWICBCE three hundred twenty-nine times. Totally the best Xmas rock song ever. I'd still trade 'em all for a decent choir singing In The Bleak Midwinter (the Darke setting, not Holst).

Wed. 12/24/08 12:36am Celebrity Neighbor:

Sam you're right I think--I am pretty sure Father Christmas is on that Dave Davies album recorded at the Bottom Line

Wed. 12/24/08 12:37am efd:

the problem is that the library is bereft of that Misfits reissue.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:38am E.L.:

Don't stress out about it, for real! Now I know what to get WFMU for Christmas.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:44am efd:

oh, i'm stressing out. you can't stop me!

Wed. 12/24/08 12:49am E.L.:

Something to look forward to next year.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:51am efd:

don't give up hope so fast, Mr. E.L. The WFMU community is a generous one.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:51am john:

Dion. Greatest. Rock Vocalist. Ever.

Wed. 12/24/08 12:52am efd:

i'm not sure i can express teh awesome of this song

Wed. 12/24/08 12:54am E.L.:

IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!

Wed. 12/24/08 12:58am efd:

first time in the history of online playlists that the Kinks' version of Father Christmas has been played on WFMU. Although I bet Glen Jones has played it.

I'll let the sender choose to reveal him/herself or not...

Wed. 12/24/08 1:03am Sybil:

Yup, Glen Jones always plays that one. Or usually. Imagine, I can't recall if he did this past Sunday or not.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:04am Amanda:

Were you talking about Temple of the Dog, maybe? That "I'm Going "Hungry" song?

Wed. 12/24/08 1:04am dave:

is the horrific grunge band you're thinking of temple of the dog?

Wed. 12/24/08 1:04am dave:

GAH TOO LATE

Wed. 12/24/08 1:06am efd:

THAT'S IT!! I knew I could count on you.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:07am Amanda:

Gridlock! 's ok, Dave!

I'm so happy to hear Christmas Wrapping, seriously.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:08am dave:

and again, amanda and i are in complete agreement.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:09am mary:

Yes, the Waitresses sound really ...fun.
I saw them sing this live and it was...fun. really.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:10am Amanda:

Dave, you mean you want to hear No Use For A Name's pop-punk cover of Fairytale of New York too?

That, or Dominick the Donkey.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:10am Sybil:

The line "the world's smallest turkey" always makes me think of the dinner scene in Eraserhead.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:13am Sybil:

OK, my browser is not updating comments for some reason. So I'm late catching this. BUT: Amanda, "No Use For A Name's pop-punk cover of Fairytale of New York " - if this exists, I *must* hear it!!!

Wed. 12/24/08 1:14am dave:

i think this is the third distinct version of 'donde esta santa claus' i've heard in the past two days. and every single one makes me go "OLÉ! OLÉ! OLÉ!"

Wed. 12/24/08 1:15am efd:

there's a Charo version around here somewhere, but you can't beat the Augie Rios original!

Wed. 12/24/08 1:17am efd:

as for "Fairytale of New York," I am probably the only person in the world who isn't really crazy for that song.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:17am john:

It had me at "on Pedro." Of course I was doing something else at the time, so I may have made that all up.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:19am Sybil:

Oh, I love Irwin.

There. I said it.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:19am Amanda:

Yep, I had a feeling... which is why I couched the request in pseudo-sarcasm

(Sybil -- that cover does exist, though!)

Wed. 12/24/08 1:28am Sybil:

Re: Fairytale of New York: I like that Glen plays it every year at this time of year. When it finally comes on during his show I get choked up, every time. Just because it's Jonesy.

But it wouldn't work here. Context is everything. Here, "Donde esta santa claus" chokes me up.

But I still must hear this cover. I've found a youtube link. For later.

Latkes with salmon roe, anyone?

Wed. 12/24/08 1:30am dave:

not only does the cover exist, it can be found in all its chunka-chunka-here-comes-the-4:15-pop-punk-express-a-rumblin'-down-the-tracks accordion-free goodness on your local youtubes.

with sparklers, no less.

... as can a live version of the original, complete with dubious hair, teeth, banjos, and sunglasses.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:31am john:

Oh, there's always room to hear Roy once more. Or forty-seven times if I were still in England.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:31am Gleb:

Hello from Russia!
In west of Russia now 9:30 AM
After 30 min I'm will go to college :)
Bye-bye, best greetings

Wed. 12/24/08 1:34am efd:

hi Gleb! thanks for listening and commenting!

Wed. 12/24/08 1:34am Sybil:

Hey Gleb, I hope we've put you in the studying mood!

Wed. 12/24/08 1:36am Sybil:

I've just realized that I have earrings exactly like this background pattern! How cool is that!

Wed. 12/24/08 1:37am dave:

that sort of puts the lie to the claim that every snowflake is unique.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:39am efd:

haha Sybil, that's awesome.

Very funny, Dave.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:41am Amanda:

Haha! This is my fave Joe McG pick of this year.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:46am john:

Vote for ultimate punkish Xmas record--The Greedies' A Merry Jingle, w/Cook and Jones from the Sex Pistols plus, of all people, Phil Lynott and Scott Gorham of Thin LIzzy. Jingle Bells and We Wish You A Merry Christmas muddled together. What a grand mess!

Wed. 12/24/08 1:49am john:

To document:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mqLii-8SPY

Wed. 12/24/08 1:50am Joe:

I WAS JUST gonna ask you to play this.

I've been obsessed with it all week. Go Greg Lake!

Thanks Ev, great show.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:51am efd:

the surface noise alone is enough to make a grown man cry...

Wed. 12/24/08 1:51am Sybil:

OK, now I'm choked up for serious real.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:52am Joe:

I was gonna say.. the seven inch is just taking me back to sitting in front of my christmas tree with my dad's turntable in front of me.

Fuck, man. And I've been drinking eggnog and wrapping presents...

Wed. 12/24/08 1:54am john:

Brilliant! Talk about Christmas miracles!

Wed. 12/24/08 1:55am efd:

you earned it, John!

Wed. 12/24/08 1:58am efd:

thanks for staying up late, everyone! safe and happy holidays to all!!

Wed. 12/24/08 1:58am john:

Thanks!

Ahh, the Laryngitis Album. Always had a soft spot for it anyway.

Wed. 12/24/08 1:59am Amanda:

Merry holidays, EFD community!

Wed. 12/24/08 2:00am Joe:

Merry Funksmass to all, and to all a good Funk.

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 23, 2008

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