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Favoriting July 17, 2017: Day After Day (with Special Guest Marc Jonson)

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Sandy Nelson  Beat from Another World   Favoriting Walkin' Beat!  Sunset  1969  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Hollywood Persuaders  Drums A-Go-Go   Favoriting Swing for a Crime  Eva  1988  CD  From 1965    0:09:31 (Pop-up)
Johnny and the Hurricanes  Reveille Rock   Favoriting Discoveries Presents Stereo Instrumental Oldies!  Varèse Sarabande  1999  CD  From 1959    0:11:38 (Pop-up)
The Sorrows  No, No, No, No   Favoriting Take a Heart  Sequel  2000  CD  From 1966    0:13:42 (Pop-up)
Mina  No   Favoriting Ciao Bella! Italian Girl Singers of the 60s  Ace International  2015  CD  From 1968    0:16:09 (Pop-up)
The Voices of East Harlem  No No No   Favoriting Right On Be Free  Rhino/WEA  2007  CD  From 1970    0:18:41 (Pop-up)
The Magnetic Fields  No   Favoriting 50 Song Memoir  Nonesuch  2017  CD    *   0:22:36 (Pop-up)
Peter Perrett  Hard to Say No   Favoriting How the West Was Won  Domino  2017  CD    *   0:25:28 (Pop-up)
Morphine  Yes   Favoriting Yes  Rykodisc  1995  CD      0:28:48 (Pop-up)
Yes  Every Little Thing   Favoriting Yes  Atlantic  1969  LP      0:30:48 (Pop-up)
 
Jane Weaver  Loops in the Secret Society   Favoriting Modern Kosmology  Fire  2017  CD    *   0:42:46 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  Aside from Growing Old   Favoriting Rock Pool EP  Drag City  2017  EP    *   0:46:40 (Pop-up)
My Teenage Stride  Christopher Come   Favoriting Living in the Straight World EP  Unblinking Ear  2017  Cassette    *   0:50:18 (Pop-up)
Television Personalities  The Glittering Prizes   Favoriting And Don't the Kids Just Love It  Fire  2017  CD  From 1981  *   0:53:22 (Pop-up)
Desperate Bicycles  Cars   Favoriting Singles  No Label  2017  LP  originally from the "New Cross, New Cross" LP, 1978  *   0:56:19 (Pop-up)
The Swingin' Blue Jeans  Hippy Hippy Shake   Favoriting single  Underground  ca. 1986  45  From 1963; Thanks to Listener Michelee!    0:59:17 (Pop-up)
Alma Cogan  Love Is a Word   Favoriting Marleybone Beat Girls 1964-1967  Ace  2017  CD  From 1965  *   1:01:39 (Pop-up)
Debbie Burton  The Next Day   Favoriting Gotta Get Up! The Songs of Harry Nilsson 1965-1972  Ace  2017  CD  From 1966  *   1:03:17 (Pop-up)
The Partridge Family  We Gotta Get Out Of This Place   Favoriting The Partridge Family Notebook  Bell  1972  LP      1:05:48 (Pop-up)
The Brady Bunch  Day After Day   Favoriting Meet the Brady Bunch  Paramount  1972  LP      1:08:27 (Pop-up)
Twilight Nuages  Lazy Sunday Afternoons   Favoriting Twilight Nuages  Folk Evaluation  2014  LP  From 1977    1:11:27 (Pop-up)
The Langley Schools Music Project  Desperado   Favoriting Innocence and Despair  Bar None  2001  CD  From 1976-7    1:14:48 (Pop-up)
The Dondero High School A Capella Choir with the Dondero Pop Concert Instruments  More Than a Feeling   Favoriting Mood Shirt ('70s Do-Over): Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie 2017 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2017  CD-R  From 1996; you can download the whole concert here  *   1:18:30 (Pop-up)
Promise  I'm Not Ready for Love   Favoriting Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul  The Numero Group  2007  CD  From 1975    1:23:11 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row
Plastic People  Dancing & Drinking   Favoriting single  RCA  1970  45      1:33:37 (Pop-up)
France Gall  Der Computer Nr. 3   Favoriting single  Decca  1968  45  Thanks to Listener Guido for gifting me with this gem!    1:35:59 (Pop-up)
Kleenex  Ain't You   Favoriting single  Rough Trade  1978  45      1:38:30 (Pop-up)
The 8th Day  She's Not Just Another Woman   Favoriting single  Invictus  1971  45      1:41:34 (Pop-up)
Hogsnort Rupert's Original Flagon Band  Pretty Girl   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1971  45      1:44:32 (Pop-up)
Julian Lennon  Let Me Be   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1984  45      1:48:03 (Pop-up)
Dave Dudley  Cowboy Boots   Favoriting single  Golden Ring  1963  45      1:50:08 (Pop-up)
The Hardy Boys  Wheels   Favoriting single  RCA  1969  45      1:52:14 (Pop-up)
Lene Lovich  Blue   Favoriting single  Stiff  1982  45      1:54:53 (Pop-up)
 
 
Marc Jonson recorded live for WFMU on 7/8/17. Marc Jonson: vocal, guitar. Engineered by Glenn Luttman.
Marc Jonson  The Sinner   Favoriting Live on WFMU            2:09:27 (Pop-up)
Marc Jonson  Lovin' Goes Fadin'   Favoriting Live on WFMU            2:13:15 (Pop-up)
Marc Jonson  Rainy Dues   Favoriting Live on WFMU            2:16:12 (Pop-up)
Marc Jonson  Hold of Your Arms   Favoriting Live on WFMU            2:19:59 (Pop-up)
Marc Jonson  Love Me or Love Me Not   Favoriting Live on WFMU            2:23:36 (Pop-up)
Marc Jonson  Interview, Part 1   Favoriting             2:26:27 (Pop-up)
Marc Jonson  Mother Jane   Favoriting Years  Vanguard/Real Gone Music  2017  CD  From 1972  *   2:37:54 (Pop-up)
Marc Jonson  Interview, Part 2   Favoriting             2:40:02 (Pop-up)
Mark Johnson  Real True Lover   Favoriting 12 in a Room  Radioghost  2005  CD  From 1992    2:50:36 (Pop-up)
Mark Johnson and the Wild Alligators  Six Nine One   Favoriting Mark Johnson and the Wild Alligators  Radioghost  2005  CD  early 80s    2:53:29 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03am
Vincent Nifigance:

Hi Joe, fellow fluff deposits.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
steveo:

Ah summer. At my desk, in my chair, headphones on in time for the Yip Yips! Good morning, Joe & other homo sapiens.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Yips ... and away!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:05am
pantz:

Looks like Martin Landau and George Romero both left us on the same day. Pull the string!
Avatar 9:05am
annie:

good morning all!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
steveo:

Sandy is yipping too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Guido from Cologne:

hahahahaha "Beat from Another World " !

I used to spin this song faste by hand.
good fun!

Helllo Joe and everyone!
  9:07am
steve:

i feel like the Yips would approve of this one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Guido from Cologne:

the aliens are about to visit the bathroom.
tht#s what it sounds like.
  9:10am
Brendan:

Sounds like the same vocalist from ELO's Fire on high
Avatar 9:11am
Sem Chumbo:

Cripers, don't know what is better, that beast moaning and groaning, or buddy on the skins. All good in any event. Hiya, Joe, McGaskoes.
Avatar 9:11am
duke:

Give the drummer some
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:12am
tadpoles:

Ask any teenager today what they love about Rock 'n' Roll and they'll say "It's the Beat..it's the beat..the beat...the beat!
  9:13am
Claw!:

My, what a delightfully percussive start to the day!

Good morning, Folks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Guido from Cologne:

The Hollywood Persuaders were the staff musicians at Paul Buff's studio, which eventually became Frank Zappa's 'Studio Z' in 1964.
  9:14am
melinda:

Hi Joe and group!
  9:17am
Katie | Toronto:

Yes yes yes yes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Guido from Cologne:

The Sorrows ( feat Don Fardon - again performing today) ... Italian period.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:18am
steveo:

are you trying to tell us it was hard to wake up this morning?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Guido from Cologne:

Mina @ her best!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:19am
pantz:

Yes. Yes, yes, yes, YES!
Avatar 9:22am
Joe McG:

Hiya, friends! Welcome to the show, a real den of negativity.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Guido from Cologne:

some Residents "You Yes Yes Yes" as antidote?
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:24am
tadpoles:

Are we in Negativland Joe?
  9:25am
Katie | Toronto:

Show dedicated the the most important word of consent!
  9:26am
Andal:

love stephin merritt but I find this one of the most depressing songs on 50 song memoir :p
Avatar 9:27am
duke:

Please play some Yes
Avatar 9:27am
Joe McG:

@Katie: Yes! Nice to have you here "live." :) @Andal: I find it curiously uplifting for some reason! @duke: Ha ha ha! Maybe I should!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:30am
pantz:

Only the nose knows, no?
Avatar 9:30am
duke:

Yes Morphine!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:31am
steveo:

James Joyce - Ulysses: Molly Bloom's Soliloquy, The Last 50 Lines www.youtube.com...
Avatar 9:32am
Joe McG:

@steveo: I wonder if I can play that on the radio?
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:33am
tadpoles:

Yes......the word that helped John fall for Yoko!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
steveo:

did you bring your FCC license?
Avatar 9:34am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: Climbing the ladder this morning after all of those nos.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Hughie Considine:

I sense Buddy Holly's "Maybe Baby" just around the corner...Tony Soprano loved it.
Avatar 9:34am
Joe McG:

BTW, I brought three other "No"s but I'm not playing them. :)
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:37am
tadpoles:

OK Joe... can't help myself....Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
  9:44am
Los Angeles:

Hi!
Avatar 9:45am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: Ha ha ha! Hey, L.A.!
  9:45am
JakeGould:

Hey Joe!
Avatar 9:46am
Joe McG:

Hey Jake! @Guido: Late comment, but I just saw your Hollywood Persuaders comment. Was just reading about Paul Buff over my bowl of cereal this morning, I'm not kidding!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:51am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Bluh....I got locked out of my house a bit ago. A helpful neighbor helped me sneak in the back door. Don't tell anyone, please. I don't want any robbers to know this.
Avatar 9:53am
Joe McG:

@ken: Oh no, Ken! That happened to me once and I had to smash a window since my landlord was out of town and I don't know how to pick locks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Guido from Cologne:

Also just red, Paul Buff wrote the song.
  9:54am
Katie | Toronto:

This is beautiful I am crying
Avatar 9:55am
βrian:

That's what the outdoor key stash is for. Though it's a drag to have to dig through 3 feet of snow to get to it.
Avatar 9:57am
annie:

apropos to nothing: came ome yesterday froma week's pet-sit and serious thunderstorms city-wide. i'm sitting in my room gazing out the window and there's a mysterious item hanging from the cable line coming from the house. it is NOT a pair of sneakers.. i really have to go investigate it.. enquiring minds want to know.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:59am
pantz:

Saw a great movie over the weekend, "The Story of Ove". A love letter to all curmudgeons.
Avatar 9:59am
Joe McG:

@annie: What can it be? Maybe it's a Yip Yip Alien.
Avatar 10:01am
Stay Frosty:

I can't believe that I missed Yes. Disappointed...
Avatar 10:05am
Joe McG:

@pantz: I liked that film! @Frosty: It may be a one-time only! :)
Avatar 10:09am
Sem Chumbo:

Soulful David C.
I miss the bus, truly.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Hughie Considine:

Bracing myself for Lenny & the Squigtones' version of "Midnight at the Oasis"
Avatar 10:11am
Joe McG:

@Sem: I want that bus. :)
Avatar 10:12am
Sem Chumbo:

Road trip w/ Joe! You're either on the bus or off the bus!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:12am
pantz:

@Hughie If that's real, I WANT IT!!!
  10:13am
Adriana:

Wow. I'm dyeing some clothes and thinking about the Partridge Family episode where Danny takes a sip from a pot on the stove and asks what's cooking. The mom replies "Keith's pants." And then boom you play a Partridge Family track!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:14am
Hughie Considine:

ha! I was just gettin' fanciful, @Pantz, but oh, what a concept!
  10:14am
mauri:

Im running behind the bus
Avatar 10:14am
Joe McG:

@Adriana: Ha ha ha!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Hughie Considine:

This is surely the best 'performance' on the Langley School comp. Heartbreaking!!
  10:17am
melinda:

I love the Langley Schools Project.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:20am
steveo:

I love when Joe gets like this.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Usually, Eagles' songs are met with barf emojis around here, but that was a good way to slip one in there.
  10:22am
melinda:

Haha Ken
Avatar 10:22am
Joe McG:

@steveo: I love this version. They're doing it live, too!
  10:23am
melinda:

This really is a great cover.
Avatar 10:23am
annie:

that movie's review, Pantz, reminds me of "Saint Vincent" with bill murray. i'll have to watch it. thanks
Avatar 10:23am
Sem Chumbo:

Like the way the drums are mixed right up front.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:23am
steveo:

raises the hair on the back of my neck
  10:24am
bonneville73:

I like this more than the Boston original!
  10:24am
Steve:

Joe, was this high school version of More than a Feeling recorded this year or in the 70's ? Good version. Almost has a musical feel to it.
Avatar 10:25am
Joe McG:

@Steve: I'm pretty sure it was around the time when it was popular. @bonneville: I do, too! Something about the poignant feeling of loss and nostalgia in the lyric really hits home when you hear high school kids singing it.
Avatar 10:27am
βrian:

Just spent a week in the woods of norther Wisconsin, haunted by the Buddy Scott Trio. Damn Station Manager Ken!
Avatar 10:29am
annie:

my most memorable high school chorus somgs were the songs from "Man of La Mancha".. and actually all through elementary and into high school, i had been in love with many of those schlocky lyrics..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30am
fred:

Good morning Joe and all. Got some computer scare, so I couldn't check in earlier. I really need to buy a new one. I guess 12 years is enough
Avatar 10:31am
steve:

i just love that Twilight Nuages. but what's a nuage?
  10:31am
melinda:

"I've done that already, never mind" haha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
fred:

@steve: nuage is French for cloud
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:31am
steveo:

the partridge track was pretty great too. almost as gritty and the animals :)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:32am
steveo:

*as
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:33am
pantz:

@annie No problem. It tugs at the heartstrings. If you like it, pick up Frederik Backman's "My Grandmother Asked Me To Say She's Sorry"
  10:33am
SeanG:

great set Joe!!
Avatar 10:33am
steve:

thank you fred!
Avatar 10:35am
djsheilab:

Morning Joe! Looks like I missed a great set. In time for single file though!
Avatar 10:35am
Joe McG:

@SeanG: Thanks, that was a lot of fun! @SB: I just name dropped you, ha ha! Happy Monday, Sheila!
Avatar 10:35am
Itzall Ablurr:

Jim Dandy Mangrum-style, Boyee.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Ken From Hyde Park:

I was going to suggest that nuage was a reference to New Age music, like Enya & Yanni, but I'll trust fred's translation over that.
  10:40am
SeanG:

gonna turn this one up!
Avatar 10:41am
Joe McG:

Ain't you wanna turn this up?
  10:41am
frenchee:

It's a game I play
with Joe Mc's Show
How long before I absotively, posilutely MUST comment
the answer: Kleenex
  10:42am
SeanG:

haha!
Avatar 10:43am
Joe McG:

Hey frenchee! Thanks for saying hi!
  10:43am
Davee:

Aaaah, my favorite part of the show.......
Avatar 10:46am
Joe McG:

Thanks for tuning in, Davee.
  10:48am
frenchee:

Hi Joe! good earfuls today
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:48am
tadpoles:

Yeah Yeah Yeah Joe.....a nutty Kiwi band!
Avatar 10:50am
Joe McG:

Thanks, frenchee. @tadpoles: I like 'em!
Avatar 10:53am
annie:

for the George Eliot fans: www.youtube.com...

a modern-day Vlog take on "Middlemarch"; haven't seen it yet, i plan to later today when start a sewing project.
  10:53am
Mark in Toronto:

Funny reference to "Stony Burke", a rodeo TV western starring Jack Lord.
Avatar 10:55am
Joe McG:

@Mark: I didn't catch that reference, so thanks, Mark! Funny record!
  10:55am
Mark in Toronto:

Do we know who the musicians were that did the Hardy Boys music?
Avatar 10:57am
Joe McG:

@Mark: They were a real group! Here's info: www.popgeekheaven.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:58am
pantz:

Lene Lovich has a Motels vibe.
  10:58am
Mark in Toronto:

Thanks Joe. By the way, t-shirt arrived safely last week.
Avatar 11:01am
annie:

if the sending of the swag is on schedule, then i get mine within the month!!! yay!
Avatar 11:07am
steve:

codger!!!
  11:08am
Davee:

I love the Old Codger!
Avatar 11:10am
Chud:

What the what? What about Jodorowski?
Avatar 11:12am
Joe McG:

@Chud: Yep, on August 8th, Brian Turner will be talking to him on WFMU. Don't miss that one. 3pm-6pm.
Avatar 11:16am
Chud:

Word the fuck up
Avatar 11:19am
Joe McG:

For info about Marc, check out his website: www.marcjonson.com... There's an excellent interview posted there to give you more detail about what we didn't have time to go into today.
Avatar 11:30am
annie:

the mystery appendage on the cable wire is......... a torn branch from the windy storm!! dried leaves and such
Avatar 11:32am
Joe McG:

@annie: What a relief! I thought maybe you were the first front of the alien invasion. ;)
Avatar 11:36am
annie:

i was hoping it was something cool like a swarm of bees, or a huge paper-wasp nest... next time, joe...
Avatar 11:40am
Joe McG:

@annie: We had a swarm of bees here in our volunteer office a couple of weeks ago and it wasn't so much fun!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:40am
Ken From Hyde Park:

This story would make a good movie! Or one of those TV series things that SM Ken highlights.
Avatar 11:42am
Joe McG:

I agree, Ken! Marc has a heckuva story.
  11:45am
Brendan:

Nice interview. I was gonna say props to your the MFMU recording engineer on those songs, but it sounds like Marc's got a lot to do with it too. Warm , intimate fidelity suits the songs.
Avatar 11:47am
annie:

it's pretty intimidating, those swarms.. the blessing is that when bees swarm, they are surprisingly docile as group, from what i hear.. i had a swarm in the tree on my property long ago. they were fixated... a fascinating event, really..
Avatar 11:47am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Thanks! I talked to Marc for a long time and could only include some of it. He toured Spain last year and it looks as if Munster in Spain will be reissuing "Years" and "12 in a Room" on vinyl soon! Thanks to Marc and Engineer Glenn for a nice, warm sound.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:49am
Ken From Hyde Park:

What became of Pure Prairie League?
Avatar 11:49am
Sem Chumbo:

Engrossing time w/ Mr/ Jonson. Thanks, Joe, and catch you next time...provided I don't miss the bus.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:49am
Mick:

Such an interesting interview - thanks Joe!
Avatar 11:49am
Joe McG:

@Ken: It boggles the mind to wonder what they may have sounded like had Marc produced them instead!
Avatar 11:51am
Sem Chumbo:

@KfHP: still touring, it seems. pureprairieleague.com...
Avatar 11:53am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Mick and Sem. I wish I hadn't blathered so much at the beginning of the hour since I wanted to play more Marc songs! I'll slip a couple in in upcoming weeks.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:56am
tadpoles:

Thanks again for another excellent show Joe. Makes my Monday morning.
Avatar 11:57am
annie:

glad to hear the show live, joe.. have a good week!!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:57am
12539:

Thanks, Joe.
  11:59am
Brendan:

See ya
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