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September 18, 2017: Some Fantastic Place
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Format | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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Rick Deitrick |
Morningstar
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River Sun River Moon | Tompkins Square | 2017 | LP | From 1977-78 | * | 0:00:00 (Pop‑up) |
Gary Peterson |
Happy Meeting in Glory
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Ragtime Guitar and Other Oldies | Sonopresse | 1974 | LP | 0:04:46 (Pop‑up) | ||
Mark Fosson |
Frozen Fingers
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Digging in the Dust | Tompkins Square | 2012 | LP | From 1976 | 0:07:34 (Pop‑up) | |
Rob Noyes |
Untitled
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single | C/S | 2017 | 45 | * | 0:09:57 (Pop‑up) | |
Michael Chapman |
Sleepy
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Rainmaker | Light in the Attic | 2012 | CD | From 1968; previously unreleased bonus track | 0:13:11 (Pop‑up) | |
Cornelius |
Crépuscule
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Mellow Waves | Rostrum | 2017 | CD | * | 0:15:05 (Pop‑up) | |
Mike Cooper |
A Half Sunday Homage to a Whole Leonardo Da Vinci (Without Words by Richard Brautigan)
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Paper and Smoke | Castle Music/Sanctuary | 2000 | CD | From 1970 | 0:18:27 (Pop‑up) | |
Bill MacKay |
Powder Mill Park
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Esker | Drag City | 2017 | LP | * | 0:20:11 (Pop‑up) | |
Pell Mell |
Nothing Lies Still Long
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Interstate | DGC | 1995 | CD | 0:23:13 (Pop‑up) | ||
Fuck |
Flight of the Mongoose
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Everybody Loves a Funny Bunny | Vampire Blues | 2017 | LP | From 1996 | * | 0:27:14 (Pop‑up) |
Double Naught Spy Car |
Tale of the Comet
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Moof | 11 Foot Pole | 2017 | CD | with Nels Cline | * | 0:29:10 (Pop‑up) |
Shiny Coin |
Catfish
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Shiny Coin/SPIT (30) Split Cassette | Self-released | 2017 | MP3 | * | 0:42:12 (Pop‑up) | |
Real Numbers |
Frank Infatuation
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single | Market Square | 2017 | 45 | * | 0:44:18 (Pop‑up) | |
La Pequeña Suiza |
Viviendo en los 90
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Verano del 99 | Elefant | 1999 | CD | 0:47:33 (Pop‑up) | ||
Mope City |
Letterbomb
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Tenth Court Sampler June 2017 | Tenth Court | 2017 | CD | * | 0:50:30 (Pop‑up) | |
The Jazz Butcher |
Only a Rumour
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The Wasted Years | Fire | 2017 | CD | * | 0:53:08 (Pop‑up) | |
The Posies |
Grant Hart
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Amazing Disgrace | DGC | 1996 | CD | 0:56:43 (Pop‑up) | ||
Hüsker Dü |
Keep Hangin' On
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Flip Your Wig | SST | 1985 | LP | 0:59:02 (Pop‑up) | ||
Hüsker Dü |
Terms of Psychic Warfare
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New Day Rising | SST | 1985 | LP | 1:02:33 (Pop‑up) | ||
Life Without Buildings |
Let's Get Out
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Any Other City | Tugboat | 2000 | CD | 1:04:38 (Pop‑up) | ||
Antena |
Bye Bye Papaye
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Camino del Sol | The Numero Group | 2004 | CD | From 1982 | 1:08:09 (Pop‑up) | |
Caroline Says |
My Fiancé's Pets
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50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong | Western Vinyl | 2017 | CD | * | 1:12:29 (Pop‑up) | |
Vashti Bunyan |
Love Song
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Milk of the Tree: An Anthology of Female Vocal Folk and Singer-Songwriters 1966-1973 | Grapefruit | 2017 | CD | From 1966 | * | 1:15:21 (Pop‑up) |
Leah Paul |
Last to Leave
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We Will Do the Worrying | Skirl | 2017 | CD | * | 1:17:18 (Pop‑up) | |
Deerhoof |
Small Axe
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Mountain Moves | Joyful Noise | 2017 | CD | * | 1:19:09 (Pop‑up) | |
Single File: as many as I can Squeeze in |
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Squeeze |
Goodbye Girl
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single | A&M | 1978 | 45 | 1:30:07 (Pop‑up) | ||
Squeeze |
Cat on a Wall
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single | Deptford Fun City | 1977 | 45 | 1:32:34 (Pop‑up) | ||
Squeeze |
Trust
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single | A&M | 1981 | 45 | 1:35:45 (Pop‑up) | ||
Squeeze |
Up the Junction
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single | A&M | 1979 | 45 | 1:37:52 (Pop‑up) | ||
Squeeze |
Cool for Cats
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single | A&M | 1979 | 45 | 1:40:41 (Pop‑up) | ||
Squeeze |
Labelled with Love
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single | A&M | 1981 | 45 | 1:43:39 (Pop‑up) | ||
Squeeze |
Red Light
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single | A&M | 1989 | 45 | cover of a Merrill Moore tune | 1:48:09 (Pop‑up) | |
Squeeze |
Elephant Girl
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single | A&M | 1982 | 45 | 1:52:28 (Pop‑up) | ||
Squeeze |
Annie Get Your Gun
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single | A&M | 1982 | 45 | 1:55:57 (Pop‑up) | ||
Squeeze |
Some Fantastic Place
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single | A&M | 1993 | 45 | 1:59:18 (Pop‑up) | ||
Giorgio |
Happy Birthday
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Schlagermoroder Volume 1 1966-1975 | Repertoire | 2013 | CD | 2:13:03 (Pop‑up) | ||
The Cookies |
I Want a Boy for My Birthday
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The Dimension Dolls | Sundazed | 2003 | CD | hope Sheila gets a good one! ;) | 2:14:31 (Pop‑up) | |
The Cinderellas |
Please Don't Wake Me
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The Brill Building Sound | K-Tel International | 1993 | CD | From 1964 | 2:17:08 (Pop‑up) | |
The Honeybees |
She Don't Deserve You
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Growin' Up Fast: The Girl Group Anthology | Mercury | 1996 | CD | 2:19:41 (Pop‑up) | ||
Ayumi Ishida |
Taiyou Wa Naite Iru
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Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-1970 | Big Beat | 2009 | CD | From 1968 | 2:22:08 (Pop‑up) | |
Billie Davis |
Nobody's Home to Go Home To
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Tell Him: The Decca Years | Spectrum Music | 2005 | CD | From 1969 | 2:24:26 (Pop‑up) | |
Sandi Sheldon |
Baby You're Mine
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Honeybeat: Groovy 60's Girl-Pop | Real Gone Music/Sony | 2017 | LP | From 1966 | * | 2:26:35 (Pop‑up) |
Toto |
Africa
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single | Columbia | 1982 | 45 | 2:31:07 (Pop‑up) | ||
Judy Henske |
Lilac Wine
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The Elektra Albums | Ace | 2017 | CD | From 1963 | * | 2:35:28 (Pop‑up) |
The Carter Family |
Lonesome Valley
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The Best of the Carter Family | American Epic/Third Man | 2017 | LP | From 1930 | * | 2:38:32 (Pop‑up) |
Harry Dean Stanton |
When I Get My Rewards
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Partly Fiction | Ominvore Recordings | 2014 | LP | 2:41:24 (Pop‑up) | ||
Harry Dean Stanton |
Canción Mixteca
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Paris, Texas - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Warner Bros. | 1985 | LP | 2:45:52 (Pop‑up) | ||
Harry Dean Stanton |
Hands on the Wheel
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Partly Fiction | Ominvore Recordings | 2014 | LP | 2:50:23 (Pop‑up) |
Listener comments! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:04am
Cheri Pi:
YIP! |
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![]() good morning joe!!! hello you noisy people |
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![]() Good Morning Joe, WFMU Peeps, Fellow YipYips...late getting out the door today but it's all good... |
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![]() Well aint this nice |
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![]() how that the radio is all set and stable, i can go put breakfast together! |
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![]() Good morning Joe. A rare day off lets me listen to your show live, and I'm already enjoying it a lot |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:10am
Sem Chumbo:
Hello, Joe, McGaskoes. Lovely thing right there. |
Mon. 9/18/17 9:10am
cat:
this reminds me of the walls of red wing | |
Mon. 9/18/17 9:11am
P-90:
In 12-string Heaven, Joe McG! | |
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![]() Hi, Joe! To quote Roy Clark, 'Quick pickin', fun strummin'' |
Mon. 9/18/17 9:12am
Morgan:
Good morning, Joe! We're still digging the hell out of a marathon premium that got lost and you helped find/ship. And here you are spinning records. Thank you! | |
Mon. 9/18/17 9:13am
Morgan:
Good morning all. This is nice | |
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![]() Aw, nice! Rob Noyes and I used to work together in the record store trenches in Boston-- great to hear his stuff get so much play on FMU! |
Mon. 9/18/17 9:16am
rbrt:
goooood morning. beautiful guitars on Monday morning :-) | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:17am
pantz:
Good morning. Sure is peaceful and dreamy up in here today. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:17am
V Priceless:
Heya Joe! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:23am
Joe McG:
Goodest of good morning to you all and thanks for joining me today on the radio! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:24am
pantz:
Hey, Joe. While we're in an acoustic guitar sort of a mood, how about some Bill Frisell? |
Mon. 9/18/17 9:24am
adrian in mpls:
Digging this guitar set this morning! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:26am
pantz:
Frisell's cover of the Madonna song Live to Tell is pretty great. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:27am
Davee:
Well, this is a fine show so far. Always enjoy the Joe show! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:28am
Davee:
can't wait for the 10:30 segment |
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![]() I like this Pell Mell track |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:28am
Davee:
I agree with FRED on that! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:30am
Cheri Pi:
What they Pell Melled |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:30am
Joe McG:
Poop, picked the wrong song. Fixed it! |
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![]() Great opening set, in any case! |
Mon. 9/18/17 9:31am
rbrt:
:D | |
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![]() Honestly, who can say they hate Mondays when this lovely string of tunes is playing? |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:31am
BnowB:
I like Mykki Blanco and Joe McG :) |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:32am
BnowB:
Every tuesday is a saturday |
Mon. 9/18/17 9:35am
Agent Peter:
@BnowB to a dog | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:35am
Cosmic:
Hi all, Hi Joe, Listening in from Cornwall, England |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:36am
Joe McG:
Sorry, pantz, couldn't find the Bill Frisell track. I wanted to play it but didn't want to YouTube it. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:36am
BnowB:
Bow wow wow |
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![]() Swingin' little musical bed ya got there, Joe! |
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![]() "Gee, I liked that 'Flight of the Mongoose' track. I should google the band. Uh ..." |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:44am
pantz:
No sweat, Joe. Thanks for trying. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:47am
Joe McG:
@pantz: Is it on some tribute comp? |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:50am
pantz:
It's from Have A Little Faith. 1992. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:54am
Joe McG:
I didn't see it on the shelf, but I'll have another look! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 9:59am
pantz:
Cool. If you can't find that particular one, any old tune will do. To say he's prolific is an understatement. |
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![]() oh no i forgot to say hi! hi joe and friends!!!! |
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![]() Morning, gang! RIP Grant |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:07am
josh in the uk:
LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:09am
Brian in UK:
Hey Joe. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:12am
Joe McG:
Hey Brian! Hey Greg! |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:12am
djsheilab:
Morning Joe! Just tuned in and absolutely loving this easy, breezy gem! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:14am
Joe McG:
Happy Birthday, Sheila B.! I'm going to play some songs for you at 11 in honor of your special day. If you aren't still here, be sure to check the archive! :) |
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![]() Happy Birthday Sheila! |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:17am
djsheilab:
@Joe McG Really?!!! You are the best! I'll be right here. And am so grateful to you + WFMU. | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:18am
pantz:
Happy BD, Sheila B! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:21am
βrian:
It's a good month for birthdays. |
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![]() HBDSB! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:21am
Davee:
I feel like I am listening to NPR |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:22am
Davee:
Ok, that's better now. |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:22am
Hugh:
so glad to be drowning out my opera-singing neighbor with your set, Joe! (Must she practice at 10 am?) | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:23am
βrian:
@Davee: Sponsor ads?? |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:23am
Brendan:
Surfacing . At least to periscope depth. Good morning. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:23am
melinda:
Hi Joe and everyone | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:25am
pantz:
You're doing a great job, Joe! I don't care what they say. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:25am
herb.nyc:
awww, so cute how joe says "oops". just last night, i was watching EXTRAS season2 and 1 actor just kept f'ing up; so many oops in a row that it frustrated ricky gervais. but when joe does it, it's cute. |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:25am
Brendan:
Vashti Bunyan had an axe. And a blue ox. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:27am
jess:
I really like this new Deerhoof. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:28am
John in Bklyn:
Hiya Joe! Did you get your Mats, Hüskers, et al fix from WRKC? That was my oasis of underground music! | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:28am
melinda:
Back then I didn't know how Husker Du was pronounced so it made me think of husky doo. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:29am
John in Bklyn:
...in the vast radio wasteland of early-mid 80s NEPA! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:30am
Jeff formerly from Rahway:
Yeah WRKC! My mom is a W-B native. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:30am
Cheri Pi:
early-mid 80's college radio made me who I am today | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:31am
βrian:
WCBN was my entrée into the other side. |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:32am
John in Bklyn:
Me too, Joe! They really influenced my musical tastes. Unfortunately, one of the DJs from that time, Sue Henry is now a right wing-ish morning yakker. | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:32am
Davee:
Horayyyyy! |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:33am
Morgan:
Ah squeeze! I've missed this song. | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:34am
βrian:
If I remember correctly, Pat Robertson's empire once tried to get hold of WCBN's call letters. |
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![]() yes that very brief moment in history when squeeze was the opposite of what they became: very good. |
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![]() (...just call me mr.sunshine) |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:37am
rw:
mr. sunshine, what do you mean? I like that song! | |
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![]() Joe, is this Cat on a Wall from the Packet of 3 EP or a stand-alone 45? |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:38am
Joe McG:
Squeeze are a polarizing band, but I've been listening to them all weekend and so I brought all my Squeeze singles in! @Tim: It's the Packet of 3. |
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![]() squeeze (uk squeeze) was excellent in the beginning! me too, rw. |
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![]() ok if you play Yap Yap Yap I'm going to fall out of my chair |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:39am
herb.nyc:
friends and i saw difford & tilbrook about 3 yrs back at the playstation theater, midtown. lovely show, then we lined up at the autograph table. difford teaches songwriting, and i think someone said for his class, he told his students "hey, paul mc lives down the street, let's go down and say hi". or something like that. |
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![]() well, joe, at lest you're getting it out of your system.. :-p |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:39am
Wild Neil:
PEACE all. Is it me or is Squeeze using the drummer from Adam and the Ants on Trust? |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:39am
melinda:
I like Squeeze. | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:40am
Roberto:
A big YAS to Squeeze. |
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![]() i love this song. |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:41am
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This is quite lovely, thanks Joe! | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:41am
melinda:
@Neil I was thinking it sounded like Bow Wow Wow but you're right | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:41am
rw:
Oh, okay mr sunshine, I may be with you on that one. Definitely better in the beginning. I thought you were saying the opposite. Digging the File so far Mr. McGasko! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:41am
herb.nyc:
since @wild.neil mentions squeeze's drummer, on an old Best Show, tom scharpling mentioned gilson lavis to ted leo. ted said "who's that?". |
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![]() I'm never not in the mood for Squeeze. |
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![]() "trust" was okay - for jumping on the bow wow wow/adam & the ant bandwagon. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:42am
SheWolf:
I must admit that Up the Junction always makes me emo. Had to turn off the feed for a bit there. |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:42am
Morgan:
@wild Neil I know one of the ant drummers went to culture club | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:42am
herb.nyc:
oh, another autograph mention - when "east side story" came out, squeeze did a signing at j&r music world (r.i.p.), so i got my copy signed. then i saw them open for elvis costello & los attractions at the palladium. twice. |
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![]() Up the Junction has some of the most delightfully poor rhymes -- somehow it all works! |
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![]() I wonder how this would sound as a country song. |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:43am
Morgan:
@herb.nyc sounds like a great show | |
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![]() @herb: I too was at that show in NYC. |
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![]() Or this. |
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![]() Difford and Tilbrook - the closest we will ever get to "the next Lennon-McCartney" |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:44am
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I believe that the video for " Up the J" was filmed at Lennon's kitchen in his Tittenhurst Estate. | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:44am
Roberto:
Confession: when wife and I were expecting first child and we wanted to test out our new camcorder, I recorded myself dancing with my cats to this song. |
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![]() wasn't the adding of tribal drumming to pop/punkrock a malcolm mclaren invention? |
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![]() I always forget how great "Cool for Cats" is until I hear it again. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:45am
Rev. Turnip Druid:
HA! Hell of a time to jump in & see what you cats are up to. |
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![]() In my yoot, I couldn't figure out why there would be a band called "UK Squeeze" when there was already a perfectly fine one called "Squeeze". And they sounded IDENTICAL! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:45am
PsychopathJimFields:
I had to come to the message board to see if someone from Squeeze died. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:45am
Cosmic:
cooooooooool for caaaaaats |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:45am
Rev. Turnip Druid:
Cool for Cats was my entry-point for them. WHFS down here used to play the hell out of it. One could do worse. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:46am
tadpoles:
Likely Lads - en.wikipedia.org... | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:47am
Brian in UK:
Geezers |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:47am
Joe McG:
Don't worry, everybody, no one from Squeeze has died! I'm just playing some of my Squeeze 45s this morning. |
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![]() I was also freaking out that someone had died... sad that this is our reaction these days. Thanks for playing these classics Joe! |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:48am
Morgan:
Love his voice... | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:48am
melinda:
@Roberto that's cute | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:48am
BnowB:
I love this squeeze song so much. Labelled with love... |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:48am
βrian:
Squeeze was before Juiecero, right? |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:48am
Cosmic:
my sister knows one of squeeze |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:49am
David in ATL from NJ:
Great single file, Joe. Thanks for that. | |
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![]() "he became drinker and she became mother; she knew that one day she'd be one or the other." Classic Difford. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:49am
PsychopathJimFields:
I read back and saw that it's cool. Argy Bargy came out when I was a senior in HS. That's when I first heard them and I've always enjoyed them. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:49am
Joe McG:
I'm glad some of you are enjoying it! This is only my second "one artist" Single File. The other was Prince. |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:49am
Morgan:
Lol @roberto cats can be fickle dance partners | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:50am
sonnyspop:
Thank you, Joe! Yes, play Yap, Yap, Yap and Elephant Girl! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:51am
Lixiviated Life:
Squeezed for sure |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:51am
Amy:
HUGE Fan - friend texted me to let me know this was going on. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:51am
Morgan:
Juicero. Sounds like a vigilante | |
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![]() Squeeze at the Diplomat Hotel on the Argybargy tour changed my life. That is not an exaggeration |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:52am
Roberto:
That was in 1996 and that first child is now 21. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:52am
Joe McG:
@Tim and sonnyspop: Sorry, I left "Yap Yap Yap" at home since I didn't bring "Tempted." I do have "Elephant Girl" with me if there's time! |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:52am
Amy:
There's not one bad song in the bunch | |
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![]() i'm not hating it Joe! |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:53am
Morgan:
@roberto No! Ow my lumbego | |
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![]() Those Brits sure do like their rockabilly! And so do I. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:53am
Joe McG:
@coelcanth: Ha ha ha! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:54am
tadpoles:
Much better to have a tribute way before anyone dies. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:54am
KevinfromBayRidge:
Loving it, JM! Can't get out to do my run while this set is happening. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:56am
Amy:
I love that this is happening | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:57am
Morgan:
Morning MD! | |
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![]() so, this was a pretty fun set, joe!!! thanks! |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:57am
sonnyspop:
Thank you -- this is an unexpected Monday morning treat! | |
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![]() i heard 15 minutes of Jonesy in the car yesterday and he played at least 2 Rod Stewart songs in a row. after i parked i had to ask someone if Rod had died. - i hate this. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 10:58am
Cosmic:
thanks for squeeze 45s, loving it. |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:58am
Listener Alexandra:
This is fantastic, Joe :-) And good morning from the Left Coast! | |
Mon. 9/18/17 10:58am
Morgan:
@amy so sweet your friend texted you. Good bud | |
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![]() Loving the Squeeze! |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:00am
Morgan:
I would've requested this | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:00am
pantz:
So many high school memories flooding back with this set. Thanks Joe! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:00am
Sem Chumbo:
@coel. *head headshaking in appreciation of the feeling* |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:00am
Joe McG:
I'll just do one more since I'm out of time for Single File. So many great singles by this band! |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:01am
KevinfromBayRidge:
Can't argue with this late Squeeze. | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:02am
Roberto:
I sing this to my friend Anne from time to time :) |
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![]() when i went out to get cool for cats they had this www.google.com... ...i played it once then again to put it onto a cassette. maybe i can get some money for it. it's all excellent. i played the shit out of that cassette. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:02am
Luke_C:
sorry guys, but how do i save a track to my favorites? |
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![]() This is their greatest song. Timeless. Some Fantastic Place. |
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![]() click the star next to the song title. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:05am
Luke_C:
oh thanks! duh! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:05am
Brian in UK:
Some Fantastic Place, Sad song, but great nonetheless. |
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![]() Thanks Joe- you really cheered me up this am. Really. |
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![]() i screwed up that link it's this lpcoverlover.com... |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:06am
zopa:
This is not your grandfather's Squeeze | |
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![]() I have a lot of Squeeze 45s...but none from the '90s! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:07am
pantz:
My grandfather's squeeze was called grandma. |
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![]() Anybody have the 3" single version of "Another Nail in My Heart?" |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:10am
Morgan:
Neat back story on Elephant Girl. | |
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![]() ("take me i'm yours" is one of my faves not played.) |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:12am
Todd-o-phonic Todd:
Love the live Chuck Berry-esque version of "Goodbye Girl". |
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![]() On Saturday I went to the annual NYC All-Day Sacred Harp Singing. There was a part where people were calling out names of the dead and then we sang a very lovely song blessing them. It was nice. Not Wm's usual type of music but he had such an all-encompassing appreciation for and knowledge of different types of music that I think he would have liked it. I hope so anyway. |
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![]() I just want to celebrate Sheila's birthday |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:12am
Brian in UK:
Packet of three. Cheeky boys. |
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![]() and the music for the american version was entirely different. -more a straight-ahead rocknroll song. |
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![]() In that comment I somehow neglected the entire point of the comment which is that I added Wm's name to the list of the dead we were blessing with our song. |
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![]() I've been trying to remember the name of "Some Fantastic Place" for years. So glad you played it. I first heard it in the Squeeze documentary, cited as their favorite song they had written, but I couldn't remember which song it was. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:14am
12539:
Happy Birthday, Sheila B! | |
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![]() Happy Birthday Sheila B!!!!!!!!! |
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![]() aww this is sweet joe! happy birthday sheila b!!! |
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![]() Oh yeah, happy birthday to Sheila. What a joy she is. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:15am
Mayuko:
Wow! Happy birthday, Sheila B! That is indeed a special milestone! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:15am
Cheri Pi:
Sheila B, O-tanjobi omedeto gozaimasu! |
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![]() @Brownwyn: I went without saying, but saying it doesn't hurt |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:16am
Brendan:
HB, DJSB! | |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:18am
djsheilab:
I'm here! I'm here! Been listening on a proper radio :) What sweet words, Joe. And the Cookies! Thank you! And thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes! Xoxo | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:19am
Joe McG:
I hope you have a lovely birthday, Sheila! |
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![]() Not merely "Happy Birthday," but a "Happy Birthday communiqué!" |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:21am
djsheilab:
@Joe McG Russ is sitting here with me and can't believe it! You've completely made my day. Xoxo | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:22am
Joe McG:
@Sheila: Oh, I'm so glad he's digging it! These are just some songs that I know you've liked over the years... |
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![]() Happy birthday @djsheilab!!!! Hope you have a great one! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:24am
PsychopathJimFields:
Happy Birthday, Sheila B.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:28am
djsheilab:
So so many favorites! | |
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![]() Happy Birthday, Sheila! I'll meet you at 40 in January |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:33am
CDToaster:
@djsheilab: Happy Birthday, Sheila... We hope you have a wonderful day and you hear from everyone who's important to you. It was on your 10th birthday that Hurricane Hugo destroyed St. Croix in the U.S.V.I. with 208 mph winds, at the time, the worst natural disaster ever to hit the U.S. So your birthday falls on a famous day in U.S. history, in case you didn't know. (mta) Tony + Pola |
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![]() oh, if this is what i think it's going to be... |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:33am
V Priceless:
whoa - just realized Bowie's "Where Are We Now" melody may have been lifted from that Billie Davis cut - wouldn't surprise me, and I say that with all due respect to DB, who historically did these kind of things in the most tasteful, 'homage' kinda way. |
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![]() AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:34am
Paul In Bloomfield:
no need to be shy about this tune! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:34am
northguineahills:
Toto! |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:35am
djsheilab:
YOU ARE KILLING ME!!! This is definitely in my Top 10!! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:35am
Joe McG:
I hope Sheila is dancing across her living room to this right now! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:35am
herb.nyc:
happy birthday to sheila! and i could listen to "africa" for a whole hour and not complain. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:35am
Brian in UK:
@djsheilab Many Happy Returns. Good POP is timeless. |
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![]() Happy Birthday Sheila B!!! |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:35am
pantz:
You're lying if you say you've never sung along to this tune. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:35am
northguineahills:
Feliz cumpleanos, Sheila B! |
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![]() Just realized we're overdue for karaoke. |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:36am
Agent Peter:
Toto was Eddie Money's backup band? | |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:37am
tinazoom:
yacht rock lives! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:37am
Lixiviated Life:
Listen, this is somebody's song. That somebody worked to make it a reality. Musicians practiced and worked for years to be able to get a working gig on this recording. Some engineer spent years learning their craft to be in the studio when this went ou to tape. It's not my cup of tea but i can dig it. |
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![]() I heard DeWayne's down in Africa. |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:38am
Brendan:
Kansas we're not in Toto anymore. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:38am
John in Bklyn:
Damn! I was in transit and missed Squeeze. Have to catch it in the archives. | |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:39am
Dennis Diken:
way to go Joe! and happy birthday to the great Sheila B! and I do dig me some Judy Henske | |
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![]() Speak for yourself, Brendan. |
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![]() interesting, i put the pop-up on pause so i culd hear something else. i had started in just before the show started.. when i clicked the play button to contunue the show, i got the Wake show!!! weird; not the first time. |
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![]() holy cow - I missed the Squeeze set - large disappointment in the flyovers... |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:41am
herb.nyc:
re toto / e.money's backup band question, npr's Sound Opinions (2 days ago) mentioned Sheryl Crow, and how she sang onstage w/ Michael Jackson. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:41am
Brian in UK:
Never would have guessed that Judy Henske was a six footer. |
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![]() Thank you for the birthday celebration Joe McG! For the working-stiff part of my life, you and Sheila B are the happiness-making bookends of the week, without a doubt. |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:43am
melinda:
Damn, I missed Africa. | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:43am
Brian in UK:
Keep on the sunny side everyone. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:43am
northguineahills:
Carter Family, Joes hitting all of the dots today! |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:44am
Listener Alexandra:
Thank you for this one, Joe. Mean it :-) | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:45am
melinda:
HDS! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:45am
herb.nyc:
i saw johnny cash and the carter family perform, circa 1986, at radio city music hall. i even taped it, and maybe i should look for the cassettes. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:45am
pantz:
Had an HDS marathon over the weekend. Paris, Texas is still his best, if you ask me. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:45am
Paul In Bloomfield:
Wow didnt know HDS sang |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:46am
Joe McG:
@Mick: Aw, thanks! Great company you put me in. @Alex: My distinct pleasure! |
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![]() I'm still confused by that title "The Best of the Carter Family". What didn't make the cut? |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:46am
oks:
HDS, what a man.. <3 | |
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![]() yes, paul, check youtube for the autoplay option |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:46am
herb.nyc:
harry dean stanton was the perfect person to introduce The Replacements on SNL, jan 18, 1986 (i'll never forget that date). |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:46am
Listener Alexandra:
And a seriously fantastic choice at that, Joe :-) | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:46am
Paul In Bloomfield:
will do Annie. he was great in everything I saw him in, even commercials |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:47am
Brian in UK:
@fred my thoughts too. Must be a very long player. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:48am
CDToaster:
@Sheila: Redoing the math, I realized you turned 12, not 10 when Hurricane Hugo struck so perhaps you remember the disaster that happened while you were celebrating? |
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![]() Great show, Joe! And Happy B'day to Sheila B! |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:49am
melinda:
This is so beautiful. | |
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![]() and i actually saw Partly Fiction without realizing what it was..i was mesmerized.. |
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![]() excellent surface noise here - and thanks for the HDS! |
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![]() melinda, i thought i had ODed on it this weekend, but it still chokes me up |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:51am
melinda:
Annie same here | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:51am
pantz:
Life of a Repo Man is always intense. RIP HDS |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:52am
Sem Chumbo:
Gold star show, Joe. This HDS hits a beautiful closing note. See you and the McGaskoes next time. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:52am
Paul In Bloomfield:
wow this is great |
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![]() ....sigh..... |
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![]() aw... So long, Harry Dean. |
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![]() very nice |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:54am
Brendan:
Nice show Joe , later dude | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:54am
Joe McG:
R.I.P. Harry Dean Stanton. Thanks for listening and the nice comments, everyone! Have a great week and I'll see you next time. |
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![]() i am so glad to know all the variations on the "Red-Headed Stranger" theme...almost a childe ballad in itself |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:55am
Paul In Bloomfield:
thanks Joe! |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:55am
Morgan:
Great show! Thanks joe! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:55am
SheWolf:
Getting emo again over here. Knock it off Joe. |
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![]() i really thought i had all the tears out.... |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:56am
SeanG:
thanks Joe! | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:56am
12539:
Thanks, Joe. | |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:56am
northguineahills:
RIP. I always forgot that the singer and the actor were the same person for some reason. |
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![]() Thanks much, Joe! |
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![]() <3 you, joe, thanks for this ending bit and for the whole show today |
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![]() HDS really was one of the greats. Thanks again, Joe. |
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![]() hoping there's nothing is hard for me to fathom but maybe i'll understand when i'm 87. |
Mon. 9/18/17 11:58am
Morgan:
Wow. Good shit | |
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![]() listened to HDS reading Bukowski's Bluebird this morning and it made me cry. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:58am
Paul In Bloomfield:
Agreed Harry... |
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![]() Aw, missed the HDS tribute in a meeting! Push comes to shove, maybe my favorite actor of all time. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:59am
djsheilab:
Thank you so much Joe. What a truly special birthday gift. And that HDS quote. WOW! And "Africa!" |
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Mon. 9/18/17 11:59am
Brian in UK:
Thanks, Joe. |
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Mon. 9/18/17 1:35pm
Larry from Westwood now Chicago:
I saw the Dream Syndicate at Mabels in Champaign Illinois in September 1986. I thought that the show sucked ass at that time. IT's grown on me, though. | |
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