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December 23, 2008: another rock 'n' roll christmas
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | Year | New | Approx. start time | |
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| 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 | ) | ||||
Tue. 12/23/08 11:11pm
From:
superduper!
NICE background!
Tue. 12/23/08 11:12pm
From:
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
From:
efd
hah... yeah, I have a mental block that Huey Smith <> Huey Lewis for some reason.
Tue. 12/23/08 11:18pm
From:
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
From:
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
From:
tramshed
Last years request is much win good sir.
Tue. 12/23/08 11:26pm
From:
E.L.
Hey Amanda! Merry, merry!
That's definitely my cat. He parties hard.
Tue. 12/23/08 11:27pm
From:
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
From:
Therese
must you bring that up?
Tue. 12/23/08 11:30pm
From:
john
Actually it was kind of endearing.
Tue. 12/23/08 11:40pm
From:
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
From:
efd
E.L., where can we view this cat photo??
Tue. 12/23/08 11:42pm
From:
Therese
Aww, thanks!
And nothing says Christmas in Jersey like Monster Magnet.
Tue. 12/23/08 11:46pm
From:
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
From:
celebrity neighbor
For a second there I thought it was four minutes thirty three seconds by John Cage
Tue. 12/23/08 11:50pm
From:
efd
at the rate things are going it might come to that!
Tue. 12/23/08 11:55pm
From:
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
From:
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
From:
E.L.
Everybody Knows the Clause is turning into an EFD tradition! I luv it!
Wed. 12/24/08 12:01am
From:
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
From:
Michael K.
THaNX for representing the Hanson X-mas SpiRit!!
They even did a charles brown song...
Wed. 12/24/08 12:04am
From:
superduper!
hanson could teach those jonas boys a thing or two.
Wed. 12/24/08 12:05am
From:
efd
darn tootin', superduper!
Hi Michael! Nice to see you here!
Wed. 12/24/08 12:07am
From:
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
From:
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
From:
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
From:
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
From:
john
Velvel reissue of Misfits.
Wed. 12/24/08 12:13am
From:
therese
I tore the library apart looking for that Kinks song on Friday. No luck.
Wed. 12/24/08 12:15am
From:
E.L.
Thanks for looking anyway! I think it was on Misfits.
Wed. 12/24/08 12:27am
From:
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
From:
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
From:
celebrity neighbor
Rock on EFD. Rock on Noddy!
Wed. 12/24/08 12:28am
From:
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
From:
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
From:
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
From:
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
From:
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
From:
efd
the problem is that the library is bereft of that Misfits reissue.
Wed. 12/24/08 12:38am
From:
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
From:
efd
oh, i'm stressing out. you can't stop me!
Wed. 12/24/08 12:49am
From:
E.L.
Something to look forward to next year.
Wed. 12/24/08 12:51am
From:
efd
don't give up hope so fast, Mr. E.L. The WFMU community is a generous one.
Wed. 12/24/08 12:51am
From:
john
Dion. Greatest. Rock Vocalist. Ever.
Wed. 12/24/08 12:52am
From:
efd
i'm not sure i can express teh awesome of this song
Wed. 12/24/08 12:54am
From:
E.L.
IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!!
THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!
Wed. 12/24/08 12:58am
From:
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
From:
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
From:
Amanda
Were you talking about Temple of the Dog, maybe? That "I'm Going "Hungry" song?
Wed. 12/24/08 1:04am
From:
dave
is the horrific grunge band you're thinking of temple of the dog?
Wed. 12/24/08 1:04am
From:
dave
GAH TOO LATE
Wed. 12/24/08 1:06am
From:
efd
THAT'S IT!! I knew I could count on you.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:07am
From:
Amanda
Gridlock! 's ok, Dave!
I'm so happy to hear Christmas Wrapping, seriously.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:08am
From:
dave
and again, amanda and i are in complete agreement.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:09am
From:
mary
Yes, the Waitresses sound really ...fun.
I saw them sing this live and it was...fun. really.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:10am
From:
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
From:
Sybil
The line "the world's smallest turkey" always makes me think of the dinner scene in Eraserhead.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:13am
From:
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
From:
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
From:
efd
there's a Charo version around here somewhere, but you can't beat the Augie Rios original!
Wed. 12/24/08 1:17am
From:
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
From:
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
From:
Sybil
Oh, I love Irwin.
There. I said it.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:19am
From:
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
From:
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
From:
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
From:
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
From:
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
From:
efd
hi Gleb! thanks for listening and commenting!
Wed. 12/24/08 1:34am
From:
Sybil
Hey Gleb, I hope we've put you in the studying mood!
Wed. 12/24/08 1:36am
From:
Sybil
I've just realized that I have earrings exactly like this background pattern! How cool is that!
Wed. 12/24/08 1:37am
From:
dave
that sort of puts the lie to the claim that every snowflake is unique.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:39am
From:
efd
haha Sybil, that's awesome.
Very funny, Dave.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:41am
From:
Amanda
Haha! This is my fave Joe McG pick of this year.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:46am
From:
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
From:
john
To document:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mqLii-8SPY
Wed. 12/24/08 1:50am
From:
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
From:
efd
the surface noise alone is enough to make a grown man cry...
Wed. 12/24/08 1:51am
From:
Sybil
OK, now I'm choked up for serious real.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:52am
From:
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
From:
john
Brilliant! Talk about Christmas miracles!
Wed. 12/24/08 1:55am
From:
efd
you earned it, John!
Wed. 12/24/08 1:58am
From:
efd
thanks for staying up late, everyone! safe and happy holidays to all!!
Wed. 12/24/08 1:58am
From:
john
Thanks!
Ahh, the Laryngitis Album. Always had a soft spot for it anyway.
Wed. 12/24/08 1:59am
From:
Amanda
Merry holidays, EFD community!
Wed. 12/24/08 2:00am
From:
Joe
Merry Funksmass to all, and to all a good Funk.
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