WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from March 23, 2010

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	Year	New	Approx. start time
big star	back of a car	radio city	ardent	Photo by John Fry, from this fascinating and geeky article about the recording of "September Gurls."	1973		0:00:00 ()
box tops	soul deep	the ultimate box tops	warner special products				0:02:07 ()
alex chilton	oogum boogum	set	bar/none	Brenton Wood cover	1999		0:04:22 ()
alex chilton	boogie shoes	like flies on sherbert	aura	KC & the Sunshine Band cover	1980		0:07:52 ()
alex chilton	dalai lama	high priest	bigtime		1987		0:10:19 ()
box tops	i met her in church	the ultimate box tops	warner special products				0:15:33 ()
alex chilton	i've had it	like flies on sherbert	aura	Bell Notes cover	1980		0:18:21 ()
the cramps	human fly	off the bone	illegal	originally appeared on their first LP, which was produced by Alex.	1983		0:20:35 ()
big star	when my baby's beside me	#1 record	ardent		1972		0:22:55 ()
box tops	cry like a baby	7"	mala		1968		0:26:11 ()
alex chilton	there will never be another you	set	bar/none	Connie Francis had the hit version	1999		0:28:47 ()

hanoi janes	across the sea	7"	captured tracks			*	0:42:22 ()
bettie serveert	semaphore	pharmacy of love	second motion			*	0:44:49 ()
green	i play the records	s/t	lion	orig 1986; hear Jeff Lescher from Green on Michael Shelley's show this Saturday at 11am!		*	0:48:23 ()
the rantouls	little green hat	7"	chocolate covered		2009		0:51:23 ()
superchunk	blinders (fast vers.)	7"	merge			*	0:53:40 ()

gunslingers	an eye for a knife	manifesto zero	world in sound			*	1:07:31 ()
silverhead	cartoon princess	sixteen and savaged	repertoire	cd reissue, orig 1973	1997		1:15:51 ()
spider	back to the wall	7"	sing sing	vinyl reissue, orig 1977		*	1:19:50 ()
fresh & onlys	second one to know	7"	woodsist			*	1:22:09 ()
swingin' neckbreakers	hail to the baron	the return of rock	telstar	RIP Mikel Scicluna	2000		1:24:18 ()

overnight lows	static scars	city of rotten eyes	goner			*	1:33:24 ()
lamps	niels bohr was an excellent ping pong player	7"	dull knife				1:35:44 ()
boston spaceships	pluto is polluted	camera found the ray gun 7" ep	jackpot			*	1:37:54 ()
the who	905	who are you	mca	for MN Jeff	1978		1:39:58 ()
wetdog	lower leg	7"	captured tracks			*	1:43:37 ()
explode into colors	paper	7"	just for the hell of it			*	1:47:52 ()
consolidated	butyric acid	business of punishment	london		1994		1:49:38 ()

a-bones	shallow grave	7"	norton	written by Andy Shernoff - see him live at Maxwell's this Saturday at 7:30! Early show!		*	2:02:10 ()
dictators	who will save rock n roll	dffd	norton		2001		2:05:12 ()
dictators	minnesota strip	bloodbrothers	dictators	cd reissue; orig 1978	1998		2:08:26 ()
ted leo & the pharmacists	the mighty sparrow	the brutalist bricks	matador	now on tour - see dates here.		*	2:12:11 ()
das black milk	control	s/t	leopard libido			*	2:14:41 ()

white hills	dead	s/t	thrill jockey			*	2:29:03 ()
dalek	armed with krylon	gutter tactics	ipecac			*	2:35:42 ()
the stranglers	5 minutes	the ua singles: 1977-1982	emi	3 CD set	2009		2:40:57 ()
nothing people	remember how cold it was	soft crash	s-s			*	2:44:18 ()
the laureates	no control	no kontrol	funambuilist	coming to NYC in early April		*	2:48:18 ()
plexi 3	man with money	tides of change	certified pr			*	2:51:23 ()
bad sports	and it goes	s/t	douche master			*	2:53:55 ()

Listener comments!

Tue. 3/23/10 11:06pm Danne D:

Good Evening Funk Fans!
Hello Evan!
I'm sad to report that I did not find a Carl Edwards diecast with a Red Sox hood for you :(

Tue. 3/23/10 11:07pm R I S K Y:

sound graffiti! GET EM FUNK!

Tue. 3/23/10 11:08pm Danne D:

RIP Alex :(

Tue. 3/23/10 11:13pm efd:

hey Danne, hey Risky - thanks for checking in! No worries on the diecast, DD. :)

Tue. 3/23/10 11:14pm Danne D:

I assure you the quest is not over Evan. I'm also going to the August race at Bristol :)

Tue. 3/23/10 11:15pm Baron of Love, Pt. II:

Good show, Evan.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:15pm Danne D:

Alas it will not be this one, Evan:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Carl-Edwards-Signed-2007-Boston-Red-Sox-1-24-Auto_W0QQitemZ130329602772QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDiecast_Vehicles?hash=item1e583fead4

Tue. 3/23/10 11:17pm EH:

Great song!!!

Tue. 3/23/10 11:17pm seang:

Hey Evan----Here is footage of Chilton doing a cover of the Michael Jackson tune, "Rock with You"--hilarious intro:
http://bigstar.tumblr.com/post/116884288/alex-chilton-rock-with-you-i-honestly-love

Tue. 3/23/10 11:20pm Amanda:

I love the Dalai Lama song too! I forgot how long it is. Loving this tribute, what I've heard of it.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:20pm Danne D:

I look forward to checking out that link Sean :)

Tue. 3/23/10 11:23pm nec13:

I believe this is Jim Dickinson does lead vocals on this song.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:23pm nec13:

Excuse the improper English.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:24pm Laurie:

RIP Alex & Lux :(

Tue. 3/23/10 11:24pm dave:

buzz buzzbuzz

Tue. 3/23/10 11:26pm Danne D:

Hi Amanda :)
Hi Laurie :)

Tue. 3/23/10 11:27pm brian:

thank you efd!

Tue. 3/23/10 11:27pm Vanda Young:

perhaps some Country Rockers?

Tue. 3/23/10 11:31pm nec13:

Is it me or did Alex Chilton's voice actually get less deep as he got older?

Tue. 3/23/10 11:32pm seang:

i think you're right nec13!

Tue. 3/23/10 11:35pm minnesota jeff:

EFD, you nailed it. Man you NAILED it! That was such a great Alex Chilton tribute, covered his whole ranged. Fantastic. R.I.P ALEX CHILTON

Tue. 3/23/10 11:36pm Amanda:

Was gonna say -- amazing that he already sounded like that as a teenager. I agree with Jeff as well. Well done, efd!

(Hi, Danne)

Tue. 3/23/10 11:40pm Danne D:

:)
And now Minnesota Jeff's here. It's an all-star cast of posters.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:40pm Bryce:

Apparently, Chilton sang deeper in the Box Tops because the producer told him to sing that way. (That's what he said on Fresh Air, anyway.)

Tue. 3/23/10 11:43pm Kat:

My favorite on High Priest is "Nobody's Fool". Nice set EFD!

Tue. 3/23/10 11:46pm minnesota jeff:

howdy danne d!

Tue. 3/23/10 11:48pm claymmm:

that song is amazing

Tue. 3/23/10 11:48pm efd:

thanks for the comments, everyone! Glad you enjoyed that, I was on the fence about doing an all-AC opening set but I'm glad I did.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:48pm Joe B:

On some of the tracks on the 1970 CD, Chilton sorta has the gruff voice.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:50pm DJ Terre T:

Thanx for the props EfD on my Alex Chilton trib this Sat.
Ur so right---he had SO MUCH material, i'm glad u played some of the great covers he did! You prolly cudda done 3hours of JUST songs he covered! Thanx for playing the CRAMPS---i had pulled them and his Tav Falco band with Panther Burns AND also all these bands who covered Alex---could NOT get to them! And wow i cant believe u were at the the BOX TOPS reunion show at the (now also ripped from this earth) World Trade Center. I gotta ask u all abt that!

Tue. 3/23/10 11:51pm mb:

Psyched for the Midnite Ticket Oasis and its theme. I hope i can pay attention.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:51pm Aharon:

Using Google Translate, I see that Bettie Serveert is Dutch for Neko Case.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:52pm claynferno:

another great show evan! I'm diggin' the bettie right now. Working late so this is a perfect soundtrack!

Tue. 3/23/10 11:53pm Kat:

Green continues to get WFMU love! Excellent selection. Can't wait to hear the Lescher interview on Saturday.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:57pm LaurieM:

Just moved to Australia- much more convenient to listen live now. Thanks for the little green hat.

Tue. 3/23/10 11:57pm Danne D:

Your gut instincts as usual were correct Evan - definitely will check out Terre's archive as I missed it during my trip. (Though Terre was with me in spirit as I did rock her T-shirt at the track)

Bryce! Aharon! Terre! The hits keep coming.
Props to all I didn't shout out as well.

Exiting starbucks now, will catch up in a little bit :)

Tue. 3/23/10 11:58pm Pete:

EFD

Heads up, we're both fans of the Cute Lepers and they have had a new CD out on 1-2-3-4 Go! records called "Smart Accesorices" over the past month. If you have it in the new bin, please play a song. If not, be on the lookout . . . .

Thanks!

Pete

Wed. 3/24/10 12:00am dan in falls church VA:

dammit i missed the new superchunk single

hi danne d!

Wed. 3/24/10 12:06am Jessica:

My camel iust stormed off to pout in the next room, grumbling about how he's got plans for the next several evenings, anyway.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:07am Jessica:

[where "i" = "j"]

Wed. 3/24/10 12:08am Aharon:

Shout out Falls Church! Good pho in Falls Church.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:09am Aharon:

201-200-9368

Wed. 3/24/10 12:09am DJ TERRE T:

201 200 wfmu

Wed. 3/24/10 12:09am Kendall!:

Oh come on man it says it right there on the wall!

Wed. 3/24/10 12:13am efd:

Kendall, I can assure you that if the number were on the whiteboard where it usually is that I wouldn't have been stammering for two minutes trying to remember it.

Thanks, Aharon and TT for the assist.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:13am DJ Terre T:

To Kendall, in Evan's defense--its NOT written on the wall anymore. It as erased for the Marathon. I noticed now its sez (more or less) "THANX FOR A GREAT MARATHON" And all the info tht DJs need that used 2b on the dry erase board isnt there anymore!

Wed. 3/24/10 12:16am DJ Terre T:

And Listener Kendall, why not cut yr main man Evan some slack? He's doin a FREE tix give-away with no help and yr callin him out on the comments! Sheeeeesh brosef!
:)

Wed. 3/24/10 12:20am efd:

also, not for nothing regarding the studio phone #, but this is probably the WORST time of year to not have it on the clipboard since we just spent the last two weeks saying the marathon phone # over and over and over!

Jackie, here's a song from the 70s right now! It'll have to take the place of Sweet for this week.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:21am minnesota jeff:

EFD, if you could play '905' by The Who that would be sensational.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:23am john:

Greetings from sunny (well, dark now) LA! Lousy internet at the hotel, but I'm trying to hang in there!

Wed. 3/24/10 12:32am dan in falls church VA:

yes aharon there is good pho here i'm sure i know the place you're thinking of but i can't remember the name, on rt 50

Wed. 3/24/10 12:33am Aharon:

Oh, man. I grew up in Malta and knew more than a few Sciclunas. It's not a big country.
(or a big internet, Dan!)

Wed. 3/24/10 12:35am Kendall!:

Evan I love ya bro. I wouldn't be listening if I didn't.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:36am ?:

wow, comin down hard on a DJ there K-man. what's up with that?

Wed. 3/24/10 12:42am minnesota jeff:

YES!!! 905!!

Wed. 3/24/10 12:43am Danne D:

OMG 905!
Very under-rated Who song IMO.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:43am ted:

the ox!!

Wed. 3/24/10 12:44am john:

Even if it does sound like The Who trying to be Peter Gabriel...

Wed. 3/24/10 12:44am minnesota jeff:

The whole album 'Who are you' is underrated.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:44am Joe:

How 'bout You Better You Bet?

... no?

Ok no.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:45am efd:

barely made it back from the library in time! the W's are all the way at the far end of the room.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:45am efd:

don't push it, Joe.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:46am minnesota jeff:

Thanks EFD!

Wed. 3/24/10 12:47am john:

Personally, I'd argue Face Dances is more underrated album than Who Are You, but that might get ugly.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:47am Aharon:

Wowza. Every Tu night I get at least "wow, I never knew" moment. This is one such, Minnesota Jeff. Never heard this song before. Though I'm gonna stop listening if I discover Gang of Four cut an opera album.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:49am Danne D:

just caught up with the comments. Props to my fellow Dan in VA.

Sounds like I missed quite the row over Evan's difficulties with the phone number.

And the fact that Aharon knows from Malta.

And that EFD knows from old time wrestling!

These are the things that keep Tuesday nights fun and interesting!

Wed. 3/24/10 12:49am Joe:

See, john is cool, he knows what the deal is.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:53am minnesota jeff:

Whoa, what is this? Are you going to play Atari Teenage Riot next?

Wed. 3/24/10 12:54am minnesota jeff:

Not really sure why this made me think of Atari Teenage Riot.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:55am john:

I'm hoping for Sigue Sigue Sputnik.

Wed. 3/24/10 12:57am Laurie:

Are you using Tom's voice modulator?

Wed. 3/24/10 12:58am Joe:

the second one. the second one was the best.

sighing indecisively at the end doesn't help though.

Wed. 3/24/10 1:00am Danne D:

EFD of course was late to pick up a copy of Who Are You - somehow avoid its release until much later when he was in his college years ;)

Wed. 3/24/10 1:02am Danne D:

I assume Laurie is Laurie from Miami in Chapel Hill?

Btw, I keep forgetting - EFD - what's the scoop with Baseball?

Wed. 3/24/10 1:04am john:

Re Adny Shernoff: I STILL wish Sgt Pepper never taught the band to play. DFFD!

Wed. 3/24/10 1:05am Danne D:

a-bones :)

Wed. 3/24/10 1:06am Joe:

Evan don't you have an Andy Shernoff story? Somebody down at FMU told me an Andy Shernoff story and I can't remember who it was but I feel like you were involved.

Wed. 3/24/10 1:07am Aharon:

Danne, my itchy fingers just walked across the Yahoo FB site. Great minds! Sick minds?

Wed. 3/24/10 1:08am efd:

I *DO* have an an Andy Shernoff story! I don't think it made it into his show, though.

Wed. 3/24/10 1:09am john:

See above. Thanks for playing this!

Wed. 3/24/10 1:10am Danne D:

I really wish I were as good at something, anything, as Evan is at puyying a show together.

Btw, great, sick minds indeed Aharon! Still have to figure out a name for this year's team.

Wed. 3/24/10 1:12am efd:

you know, I was going to mention the baseball thing this week and then got distracted by Alex Chilton, among other things. You guys are defnitely in, though. Maybe I'll mention it in the next break for earlybirds, and at least activate the league this week so you can start fiddling with draft order (thx for that email, Aharon)

Wed. 3/24/10 1:16am Joe:

Leave it to EFD to finally find a Ted Leo song I like.

This is really good.

Maybe I should try Shake the Sheets _again_ for like the 9th time

Wed. 3/24/10 1:17am Aharon:

Thanks, Evan. As soon as I hit send I felt 50% more like a Jewish grandmother than I normally do.

Wed. 3/24/10 1:19am efd:

is anyone out there having trouble with the playlist displaying in that window over to the left? I'm assuming not, since no one's said anything, but just wanted to check since it's been hanging for me here in the studio.

Wed. 3/24/10 1:20am E.L.:

Joe, take a look at his debut as well. I've always thought it was a good entry point for skeptics and newcomers.

EFD, playlist is all good.

Wed. 3/24/10 1:20am Danne D:

Great Evan :)

Bringing things full circle with Alex Chilton and baseball:

From Paul Westerberg's Op-Ed in the New York Times upon Alex Chilton's death:

"It was some years back, the last time I saw Alex Chilton. We miraculously bumped into each other one autumn evening in New York, he in a Memphis Minnie T-shirt, with take-out Thai, en route to his hotel. He invited me along to watch the World Series on TV, and I immediately discarded whatever flimsy obligation I may have had. We watched baseball, talked and laughed, especially about his current residence — he was living in, get this, a tent in Tennessee."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21westerberg.html

Playlist seems okay to me, EFD.

Wed. 3/24/10 1:31am Danne D:

It's a lot of fun - Evan is a great commissioner!

And if you don't like the team you come up with, Aharon is always willing to swing a deal :)

Wed. 3/24/10 1:45am E.L.:

Dälek is still one of my favorites. I've also been hitting Curse ov Dialect thanks to the EFD show. Good stuff.

Wed. 3/24/10 1:50am Danne D:

Evan, thanks for another great show!
Good night Funk Faithful!

Wed. 3/24/10 1:53am efd:

thanks Danne, have a good night!

Wed. 3/24/10 1:55pm Mike Sin:

Listening to this fine archive -- great job Evan!

re: Chilton's "voice change" from Box Tops to Big Star.
Joe B. mentions that some of those tracks from the "1970" album (actually recorded in 1969) still retain some of that "gruff" style, and I think the year that Chilton spent in New York following the recording of these tracks, is an important part of his career that often gets overlook.

I think that Chilton was developing his more natural voice, but this was hastened by his chance meeting with Roger McGuinn in NYC. I think the influence and motivation cannot be underestimated as a result of this meeting -- I believe, in retrospect, it was a watershed moment for Chilton. There is even that pictre of Chilton standing in the Chelsea Hotel holding a copy of the Byrds' latest LP at that time called "Untitled." So much of a McGuinn influence permeates Big Star and even the demos for "Third/Sister Lovers."

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from March 23, 2010

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