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Playlist for 26 January 2017 Favoriting | Nine ways to Sunday

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Artist Song Album Label Approx. start time
Amadou & Mariam  Beaux Dimanches   Favoriting Dimanche a Bamako  Nonesuch   
Beth Orton with The Chemical Brothers  Where Do I Begin?   Favoriting Pass in Time  Heavenly/BMG  0:03:04 (Pop-up)
Blondie  Sunday Girl (French version)   Favoriting Blonde and Beyond  Chrysalis  0:06:21 (Pop-up)
Bobby Darin  New York on Sunday   Favoriting The Versatile Bobby Darin  Capitol  0:09:16 (Pop-up)
Chitalkar & Meena Kapoor  Sunday ke Sunday, from Shehnai   Favoriting Evergreen Hits from Old Films    0:11:44 (Pop-up)
Margo Guryan  Sunday Morning   Favoriting Take a Picture  Franklin Castle  0:15:36 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Noonday Undergound 
On Sunday Noon   Favoriting Self-Assembly  M21  0:18:34 (Pop-up)
Carole King  Pleasant Valley Sunday   Favoriting The Legendary Demos  Hear Music  0:21:15 (Pop-up)
The Equals  Sunday Morning   Favoriting Equals Supreme / Sensational Equals (reissue)  Repertoire  0:23:27 (Pop-up)
Donna Regina  Lost Sunday   Favoriting The Decline Of Female Happiness  Karaoke Kalk  0:26:00 (Pop-up)
Ray Stevens  Sunday Morning Comin' Down   Favoriting 7-inch single  Barnaby  0:29:17 (Pop-up)
Ray Rodriguez  A Rainy Day   Favoriting Delusion  Alegre  0:33:40 (Pop-up)
Jim Ed Brown  Angel's Sunday   Favoriting Angel's Sunday  RCA Victor  0:38:21 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Nick Drake 
Sunday   Favoriting Bryter Layter  Antilles  0:41:47 (Pop-up)
Cibo Matto  Sunday Part I   Favoriting Stereo Type A  Warner Bros.  0:44:32 (Pop-up)
Dolly Mixture  Never Mind Sundays   Favoriting Demonstration Tapes  Dead Good Dolly Platters  0:47:29 (Pop-up)
Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra, with the Keller Sisters & Lynch  Sunday   Favoriting 78 (originally)  Victor  0:49:40 (Pop-up)
Small Faces  Lazy Sunday   Favoriting Ogden's Nut Gone Flake  Immediate  0:52:48 (Pop-up)
Jerry Lewis  Sunday Driving   Favoriting 78 (originally)  Capitol  0:55:47 (Pop-up)
Paul Lynde, Ann-Marget, Mary La Roche, Bryan Russell  Hymn for a Sunday Evening   Favoriting Bye Bye Birdie (Soundtrack)  RCA  0:58:25 (Pop-up)
The Three Degrees  Sugar on Sunday   Favoriting Maybe  Roulette  1:00:33 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
George Barnes Octet 
Sunday Drive   Favoriting The Complete Standard Transcriptions  Soundies  1:05:12 (Pop-up)
Peppermint Rainbow  Will You Be Staying After Sunday   Favoriting 7-inch single (originally)  Decca  1:08:53 (Pop-up)
Trio  Sunday You Need Love Monday Be Alone   Favoriting Da Da Da 12-inch single  The Mobile Suit Corporation  1:11:09 (Pop-up)
Wire  Field Day for the Sundays   Favoriting Pink Flag  Harvest  1:14:58 (Pop-up)
Joe Jackson  Sunday Papers   Favoriting Look Sharp!  A&M  1:15:28 (Pop-up)
The Clash  The Leader   Favoriting Sandinista!  CBS  1:19:38 (Pop-up)
Spanky and Our Gang  Sunday Will Never Be the Same   Favoriting Spanky and Our Gang  Mercury  1:21:09 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
SDS All-Stars 
Never on Sunday   Favoriting Electone and Brass  King Records (Japan)  1:24:45 (Pop-up)
Sly and the Family Stone  Thankful n' Thoughtful   Favoriting Fresh  Epic  1:26:56 (Pop-up)
Carmen McRae  Come Sunday   Favoriting Bittersweet  Focus  1:31:22 (Pop-up)
Tall Dwarfs  Sunday Song   Favoriting Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox (various artists)  Merge  1:33:57 (Pop-up)
Max Roach, His Chorus and Orchestra  Sunday Afternoon   Favoriting It's Time  Impulse!  1:35:53 (Pop-up)
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra  Gloomy Sunday, Pauline Byrne vocal   Favoriting 78 (originally)  Bluebird  1:42:09 (Pop-up)
Velvet Underground  Sunday Morning   Favoriting The Velvet Underground & Nico  Verve  1:45:42 (Pop-up)
Magnapop  Pleasant Valley Sunday   Favoriting Here No Evil - A Tribute to the Monkees  Db Records  1:48:32 (Pop-up)
Family Fodder  Sunday Girls   Favoriting Savoir Faire: The Best Of Family Fodder  Dark Beloved Cloud  1:51:25 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Noonday Undergound 
On Sunday Noon   Favoriting Self-Assembly  M21  1:54:55 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!

Avatar 11:52am annie:

well, here i am..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am Charlie:

me too:)
Avatar 11:59am annie:

yay! it's a party!
Avatar 12:00pm Michael:

Hola Jharlie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm listener james from westwood:

Halloo Charlie and other nothing-doers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm doctorjazz:

Hello Charlie and listeners.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm Charlie:

Hola Miguel!
Avatar 12:03pm Michael:

You know, Sunday is my funday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm Charlie:

Hey annie, listener james, doctorjazz :)
Avatar 12:05pm Little Danny:

Great start to the show Charlie
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm Charlie:

Hope Thursday will be funday today;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm listener james from westwood:

Good to hear Orton & the Bros.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm Charlie:

Hey there, Little Danny!
  12:08pm alias pail:

ha wait for not the drop
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm Charlie:

I pulled the rug out
Avatar 12:10pm Parq:

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Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13pm Charlie:

hey Parq -- nice pic!
Avatar 12:13pm thatpatsmith:

yayyy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm Charlie:

and a proper greeting to alias pail ~)
Avatar 12:14pm Parq:

With due regard to Dick and the just-departed Mary, Gomez and Tish were the greatest sitcom married couple ever.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm Charlie:

andhello thatpat:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm Charlie:

Parq I totally agree :)
Avatar 12:23pm annie:

would you happen to be playing "never on sunday" from the movie?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:24pm doctorjazz:

Some Monkey Business.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:24pm Webhamster Henry:

Never On Sunday has lyrics, probably there's a version in Greek.
Avatar 12:24pm Carmichael:

OK, finally made it. Commenting on the wrong page ... D'oh! Love the Goffin/King.
  12:24pm Listening Out There:

Neato. I'd read that Carole King wrote for The Monkees, but had never heard any of the originals...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm doctorjazz:

I believe The Barry Sisters do a version of Never On Sunday in Yiddish (have memories of my mother playing the record).
Avatar 12:26pm Carmichael:

@Listening: Google The Brill Building, it will open your eyes about the bubble gum music of the 60s.
Avatar 12:27pm annie:

yes, there is Henry, it was my favorite record to listen to when i was young
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28pm Charlie:

annie -- I don't have that one:|
  12:29pm jan:

great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm Charlie:

Greetings Henry and Carmichael and Listening Out There :)
  12:30pm goyim in the am:

Does a bigger Equals fan than me (but I'm getting there) know if Eddy Grant lead vocals are a rare thing on their recordings, or just the ones I've heard before? That ruled!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:30pm Webhamster Henry:

The Yiddish version would be the most WFMU-ish!
  12:31pm goyim in the am:

(My official login is on my sick laptop -- but this is I. Hi!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:31pm Charlie:

hello jan!
and goyim in the am: welcome to the pm
Avatar 12:31pm annie:

www.youtube.com... greek verion with melina
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32pm Charlie:

I do have a version in French that I decided to leave out.
Avatar 12:33pm Parq:

I never knew Ray Stevens cut this song. Whaddaya know.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:35pm listener james from westwood:

Man had a lot of bases covered.
Avatar 12:36pm annie:

ha! and here's the album: www.youtube.com...

man, i played this over and over, we were soundtrack/broadway lovers in our house.
Avatar 12:36pm Little Danny:

I just checked and Sunday is the most popular theme/title in my iTunes music library, followed by Saturday, followed by Monday. Wednesday is the least popular - I guess it's the least poignant
  12:37pm Listening Out There:

Ray Stevens was more than "Guitarzan." You intellectuals...
Avatar 12:42pm Jeff:

Rhyme of the afternoon: lovers / lovewords
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm listener james from westwood:

I like this guy much better than Honey's significant other.
Avatar 12:44pm Wilson K:

I thought for the life of me Jim Ed Brown was John Hartford. Except for the golf reference.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48pm Charlie:

Jeff -- you win the "Close Listening of the Day" award:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48pm Charlie:

james -- lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54pm Webhamster Henry:

I'm glad you got to this Charlie - there's also Cole Porter's Sunday Morning Breakfast time, incase you are stuck for more early 20th century Sundays.
Avatar 12:55pm Carmichael:

The Clique's Sugar on Sunday?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:56pm Charlie:

Henry -- thanks for the suggestion of that song (Jean Goldkette) -- I'd never heard it before!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:56pm Charlie:

Carmichael -- stay tuned...
Avatar 12:58pm Michael:

Hello Ladyyyyy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:59pm listener james from westwood:

Moyvin glavin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:59pm Charlie:

Nice lady... (your rumble seat is showing)
Avatar 12:59pm Parq:

From that Small Faces, "neighbors/ravers" was another pretty good rhyme.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:00pm listener james from westwood:

Camera cuts to flashback of Dean Martin cutting Lewis's brake line.
  1:01pm goyim in the am:

Dead hooligans! Dead hooligans!
Avatar 1:02pm Jeff:

When I heard this Jerry Lewis song begin, at first I thought it was the Animaniacs - which just shows to go you how well Yakko Wakko and Dot clove unto to their original influences.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:02pm Charlie:

youse guys crack me up
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:02pm listener james from westwood:

Not to be confused with Randolph Scott!
"Randolph Scott?!"
[all rise]
"Ran-dolph Scott!"
Avatar 1:03pm Carmichael:

Paul Lynde! Holy moly, a blast from the past. Used to love his kaftans.
Avatar 1:04pm Parq:

Jeff, I'm sure that Mr. Director would agree with you.
Avatar 1:05pm Carmichael:

Have never heard this version. Saw Tommy James last summer, and he played this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:10pm Brian in UK:

@james was it in Blazing Saddles that the line 'You would do it for Randolph Scott' came from?
  1:10pm KevinfromBayRidge:

Howdy all Busy Nothingers. So Charlie...To riff on Rex, is everyday Sunday to a cat?
Avatar 1:11pm Carmichael:

@UK Brian: They stood at attention and placed their hats on their hearts when they heard the revered name of Randolph Scott.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12pm Charlie:

Hey there Kevin! That is a good question...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12pm Charlie:

(playing this song mainly to set up the next song)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12pm Brian in UK:

@Carmichael Do you live in San Diego?
Avatar 1:13pm βrian:

Lost in meetings, I missed Amadou & Mariam. Ugh.
Avatar 1:13pm Carmichael:

No Brian, up north in the lovely state capitol of Sacramento.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:13pm Brian in UK:

...or Sacramento?
Avatar 1:14pm Jeff:

From the first thwacks (by Peter Behrens?) I knew what this was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14pm Brian in UK:

Was wondering, our daughter is going to SD for a conference later this year.
Avatar 1:14pm βrian:

Is Sacramento outside of the Great Tsunami zone?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14pm Charlie:

Hey ßrian -- you'll have to catch it on the archive...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15pm Charlie:

Jeff -- very distinct sound
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:17pm Brian in UK:

Do not understand how state capitols work?
Avatar 1:17pm βrian:

Brexit Song: "Let me in, Let me out."
  1:18pm goyim in the am:

Kevin -- it is to this cat named Morrissey.
Avatar 1:19pm βrian:

The capitols usually just sit there impassively. They're really just buildings.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:19pm Brian in UK:

My manners. Hello Charlie.

It almost looks like Battersea Power Station in the photograph but not quite.
Avatar 1:20pm Carmichael:

Sacramento is in a fertile valley midway between the ocean and Nevada, and midway between Lake Tahoe and San Francisco. No threat of tsunamis, just overflowing rivers about now.
Avatar 1:22pm Roberto:

Nooo I wanted to hear that!
Avatar 1:22pm Roberto:

Although this is good too.
Avatar 1:23pm Roberto:

Maybe you could have played the alternate version -- Is She Really Going Out With Him (on a Sunday)?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:25pm melinda:

hi gang! just got my laptop back, upgraded and with more memory!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:25pm Charlie:

@ßrian -- actually, it is!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:25pm Charlie:

got the pic from this site: spitalfieldslife.com -- under "photographs" and pix of old foggy smoggy London or something like that...
Avatar 1:28pm annie:

yay, melinda!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:30pm Charlie:

happy for you, melinda:)
Avatar 1:32pm βrian:

If I want to get more memory than I have in my 2011 MacBook, I have to wait for the next MacBook version, to be released in late 2017, they say. Is that goofy, or what?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm Charlie:

@ßrian -- spitalfieldslife.com...
Avatar 1:37pm Parq:

Carmen Mac's version of that terrific Duke song is one of the best.
Avatar 1:38pm βrian:

Is that a pig-shaped barrage balloon between the third and fourth smokestacks?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:40pm Charlie:

ßrian -- lol -- it's the original cover shoot for Pink Floyd's Animals
Avatar 1:40pm βrian:

That pic is dated 1910, so I guess not.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45pm Webhamster Henry:

Björk does a great Gloomy Sunday, you really want to kill yourself!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46pm Charlie:

It *is* the Hungarian suicide song, after all;)
  1:46pm rf:

perfect
  1:47pm Listening Out There:

Cheerful "Gloomy"...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48pm Charlie:

hey rf!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48pm Webhamster Henry:

Are you getting to Easter Sunday (1935) Brecht/Eisler (Dagmar Krause has a good one, but there are many versions)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48pm Webhamster Henry:

I'll shut up now.
Avatar 1:49pm βrian:

William Shatner should've talk-sung this.
Avatar 1:50pm Carmichael:

Another Park Another Sunday
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:51pm Dominick:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avatar 1:52pm βrian:

"Is zat your meenky?"
Avatar 1:53pm Michael:

Jeez, I've got a couple of Magnapop albums I haven't listened to in ages. That changes...Sunday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:53pm Charlie:

Thank you Henry! but no:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm Charlie:

oh, hey there Dominick!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm Charlie:

Michael -- I don't think I know other Magnapop -- should I check?
Avatar 1:58pm βrian:

Sunday is a day of foreboding.
Avatar 2:00pm βrian:

Let us turn our thoughts to sundaes, then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:00pm listener james from westwood:

Thanks, Charlie!
Avatar 2:00pm Michael:

Charlie I'll have to listen. It's been a while! They were from Athens I recall and I liked the vocals and energy of the band. Oh and thanks for bringing the Funday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:01pm Charlie:

Thanks, all! See you next time!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:01pm Webhamster Henry:

Thanks Charlie! Next time: the rest of the week!
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