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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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Options October 25, 2017: Nothing but postpunk/power-pop/punk/new wave from ~ 1977-1982! with MC Gaylord Fields!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Approx. start time
lene lovich  lucky number   Options 7"  stiff  1978  0:00:00 (Pop‑up)
999  don't you know i need you   Options concrete  albion  1981  0:02:31 (Pop‑up)
flying lizards  move on up   Options 7"  virgin  1980  0:05:45 (Pop‑up)
the fleshtones   the world has changed   Options 7"  irs  1981  0:09:13 (Pop‑up)
 
the gas  the finger   Options emotional warfare  polydor    0:18:21 (Pop‑up)
the selecter  on my radio   Options 7"  two tone  1979  0:23:38 (Pop‑up)
diagram brothers  bricks   Options 7"  new hormones  1981  0:24:36 (Pop‑up)
heaven 17  let me go   Options 12"  b.e.f./virgin  1982  0:27:15 (Pop‑up)
 
dexy's midnight runners  plan b   Options 7"  emi  1982  0:40:09 (Pop‑up)
stiff little fingers  bits of kids   Options 12"  chrysalis  1982  0:42:39 (Pop‑up)
classix nouveaux  is it a dream   Options 7"      0:46:19 (Pop‑up)
mo-dettes  tonight   Options 7"  decca  1981  0:49:33 (Pop‑up)
 
the heat  high school sweater   Options 7"  hot stuff  1978  1:01:09 (Pop‑up)
the scars  leave me in autumn   Options author! author!  pre  1981  1:03:52 (Pop‑up)
the bongos  the bulrushes   Options 7"  fetish  1981  1:06:37 (Pop‑up)
the frankies  yo yo   Options 7"  human    1:09:37 (Pop‑up)
the higsons  conspiracy   Options 7"  waap    1:12:34 (Pop‑up)
 
pylon  cool   Options 7"  db  1979  1:22:19 (Pop‑up)
soul  tribes   Options 7"  cherry red  1981  1:25:16 (Pop‑up)
electric guitars  work   Options 7"  recreational  1981  1:28:57 (Pop‑up)
department s  is vic there?   Options 7"  stiff  1981  1:31:57 (Pop‑up)
 
robyn hitchcock  brenda's iron sledge   Options black snake diamond role  armageddon  1981  1:46:10 (Pop‑up)
killing joke  wardance   Options s/t  e.g. records  1980  1:48:51 (Pop‑up)
magazine  the light pours out of me   Options 7"  virgin  1980  1:52:56 (Pop‑up)
buzzcocks   what do you know   Options 7"  irs  1980  1:56:02 (Pop‑up)
 
the individuals  dancing with my 80 wives   Options 7"  plexus  1982  2:08:39 (Pop‑up)
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark  electricity   Options 7"  dindisc  1980  2:11:53 (Pop‑up)
lords of the new church  russian roulette   Options s/t  irs  1982  2:15:39 (Pop‑up)
pastiche  flash of the moment   Options 7"  euphoria  1976  2:18:56 (Pop‑up)
 
patrick d. martin  computer datin'   Options s/t 12" ep  irs  1981  2:30:48 (Pop‑up)
medium medium  hungry, so angry   Options 12"  cachalot  1981  2:33:24 (Pop‑up)
pigbag  papa's got a brand new pigbag   Options 7"  y  1981  2:37:13 (Pop‑up)
clapham south escalators  leave me alone   Options 7"  upright  1981  2:40:55 (Pop‑up)
mood 6  just like a dream   Options va-a splash of colour  wea  1981  2:43:52 (Pop‑up)
 
the db's  bad reputation   Options stands for decibels  albion    2:51:44 (Pop‑up)
the saints  know your product   Options 7"  harvest  1978  2:54:51 (Pop‑up)

Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 9:04pm Tome:

Bring on the Pufunk !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:04pm Bootsie:

I had NO idea that Lene Lovich track dated that far back. Damn I'm old.
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:05pm LaVa LaTweme:

luv dis
  Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 9:05pm Julie M:

No, Bootsie, don't let it happen!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 9:08pm BronwynB:

hey evan and everyone! love the show theme tonight
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:08pm Bootsie:

Haha, Julie, I'll keep fighting the good fight. From right here under my afghan...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:08pm Barkevious Shabazz:

Annual Manicured Noise request.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:08pm Gaylord Fields:

Please show WFMU and EFD your love by hitting that black pledge bar and keeping this freeform boat afloat!
Avatar 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:09pm PsychopathJimFields:

Hey Funk! Hey Cuz!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:09pm Gaylord Fields:

Hey Cousin Psychopath!
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:09pm Kat in Chicago:

I definitely knew how old that Lene Lovich track is. Delighted to hear it nonetheless. Hi EFD and Funk Fans
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:09pm @sugarwolf@:

hi, I'm organizing my premiums of marathons past tonight
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:09pm LaVa LaTweme:

wait this is flying lizards?
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:10pm Kat in Chicago:

Listening on the app till I get home
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:12pm listener 126464:

saw fleshtones for umpteenth time last saturday at yep roc 20
  Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 9:13pm Julie M:

Back at Bootsie, this show tonight will keep us young. Hey Evan, nice color theme change.
Avatar 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:13pm St Joe:

wish they'd update that app sometime... So buggy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:14pm Bootsie:

Split Squad is great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 9:14pm BronwynB:

oh hi gaylord!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:18pm listener 126464:

i should be at split squad long branch show
Avatar Wed. 10/25/17 9:20pm Number Six:

Good Evening, Evan, Gaylord & All you Funksters out there!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:20pm Bootsie:

Any Flash and the Pan on the playlist?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 9:21pm efd:

not tonight! Working on a whole George Young tribute for sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Avatar 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:22pm lincroft:

Love The Gas - Ignore Me a fantastic single as well !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:24pm Bootsie:

@EFD sounds good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:25pm Gaylord Fields:

Hi, BronwynB! Hello, Number Six! Greetings, all other Funktionaries!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:27pm Barkevious Shabazz:

Bricks is great, and goes hand in glove with Gangster Funk by Crime. Same Era.
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:27pm john:

And to think just a couple years later Andy Diagram was playing trumpet on utterly exquisite Pale Fountains records...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 9:30pm Figgsrock:

I saw Heaven 17 at the Music tastes Good fest in Long Beach last month, and they were fantastic.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:31pm Gaylord Fields:

@john: From Dislocated Dance to Pale Fountains to James to Spaceheads and beyond, Andy Diagram has got some serious range.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 9:32pm Connor:

God this 12 inch mix is so essential!
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:33pm john:

@gaylord, it's like you couldn't shake him even if you wanted to!
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:33pm Motobro:

Aldo’s
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:34pm listener 126464:

$2 drinks sunday night
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:37pm Kat in Chicago:

I for one was happy to hear the 12" mix
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:42pm Motobro:

Dancing in Boonton
Avatar 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:43pm Roberto:

I have yet to hear a bad song by Dexy's Midnight Runners.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:45pm Gaylord Fields:

Dexy's was such a great, great band that even Kevin Rowland's unique vocal stylings worked in that musical context.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:46pm Gaylord Fields:

Pledge for all the great interviews on WFMU. like SLF's Jake Burns on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine.
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:47pm john:

Criminally ignored album, Now Then... Trashed at the time because they went all grown-up, still sounds fresh 35 years later. Played it to dust in '82.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:50pm Gaylord Fields:

@john: Yep, it was consider SLF's "sellout" album at the time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:50pm Gaylord Fields:

*considered
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 9:55pm Kat in Chicago:

Just emailed Joe McG to bump up my monthly a lil bit. Wish I could do more.
  Wed. 10/25/17 9:57pm St Joe:

duldrums?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:02pm efd:

thanks Kat!
  Wed. 10/25/17 10:03pm john:

I still think this is the A-side. But I never had a high school sweater so what do I know.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:04pm efd:

IT SHOULD BE THE A SIDE
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:04pm Gaylord Fields:

I cannot believe these songs are 35+ years old! Or that EFD and I were college students 35+ years ago! So pledge for that? Yeah, do it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:05pm efd:

none of that seems true or plausible
  Wed. 10/25/17 10:07pm McGreivey:

Ayup. These toons do evoke my eighties college years also. Oyyyyy.
Avatar Wed. 10/25/17 10:07pm Dave B:

EFD! Thanks for APB live at FMU a bunch years back!

DB!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:09pm efd:

you're welcome Dave! That was a thrill for me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:10pm Fuzzy:

Old heads -- I was only in high school when these songs came out! ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:11pm Bootsie:

When was APB on?
  Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:11pm Julie M:

It's all relative, Fuzzy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:12pm steve:

wow now THAT is some hot synth arpeggio action
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:12pm efd:

2006, right after I started doing a weekly show. Or maybe early 2007
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:12pm Alex of Chicago:

Thanks, Evan. And thank you, WFMU. I've got the game on in the background. But I'll be listening to the whole show tomorrow, like usual.
Avatar Wed. 10/25/17 10:12pm Dave B:

8/17/2011!

wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:13pm efd:

but also once before that Dave, I think!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:13pm efd:

thank YOU Alex!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:14pm Bootsie:

Thanks @EFD and @Dave!
Avatar Wed. 10/25/17 10:14pm Dave B:

no doubt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:14pm Gaylord Fields:

Here's the earlier APB performance: wfmu.org...
  Wed. 10/25/17 10:15pm john:

And thirty-five years later, here we still are....Listening To The Higsons
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:15pm Bootsie:

And thanks @Gaylord!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:15pm Bootsie:

I saw APB once so long ago I can't even recall when it was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:16pm Fuzzy:

I wonder hoo hoo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:16pm Barkevious Shabazz:

They come from Lowridge.
  Wed. 10/25/17 10:17pm john:

But I prefer East Grinstead.
  Wed. 10/25/17 10:18pm Motobro:

The 80s, seem like yesterday and at the same time a lifetime ago. EFD on NYU.
I actually was a walk in guest a few times on Paul Cavanaugh’s show, including a marathon show. What’s Paul up to these days?
  🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:19pm yippie:

and also more wacky tales from the hawaii kai on gaylords show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:24pm Kat in Chicago:

never get tired of Pylon songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:30pm chad from oregon:

This show is just what I needed after this week. Thanks EFD and Gaylord (and each and every one of the WFMU supporters!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:31pm Kat in Chicago:

Exactly what I was thinking about that Soul record. Never heard of them before now.
  Wed. 10/25/17 10:32pm Jim Allen:

Keep up the awesome work, Evan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:32pm efd:

I only know that one song but I love it.
  Wed. 10/25/17 10:35pm Will:

Who would you rather be stuck on a desert island with: Department S or the Electric Guitars?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:42pm Jeezy:

This show is TOO LIT, as the kids say...
I'm upping my monthly contro tomorrow, with Mr. McGasko!
  Wed. 10/25/17 10:45pm ?:

Stand up. Don't lower your eyes. Don't look the other Way. Be the troublemaker. Shatter the glass ceiling. Even if it is uncomfortable. As Stanton once said, The best protection any woman can have is courage. Why don't you get a job, supposed "yippie," instead of tormenting women.
  Wed. 10/25/17 10:52pm Motobro:

Wow a blast from the past; Brenda’s Iron Sledge...

War dance... Played all these tunes very loud in my 79 Dodge Power Wagon many moons ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:53pm medson:

Hey efd and Gaylord.
I was just driving home and love what you guys just said about pledging and volunteering time. I have been a 30yr listener and supporter. I have been volunteering weekly on the Wake N Bake show since the summer. Very rewarding to help with more than just donating money. And both myself and girlfriend find swag for life a much easier way to donate.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:54pm steve:

there is so much heat being laid on tonight's show
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 10:55pm steve:

*laid down
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:57pm Gaylord Fields:

@medson: Thank you for letting us and the listeners know about your continued support of what we do here! And, just as important, thank you for your contributions to WFMU, with both time and money!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 10:58pm medson:

its my sincere pleasure
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:02pm Kat in Chicago:

I'd go with the Roxy theory
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:03pm john:

Funny, and I thought it was New York that's all right if you like saxophones.
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:08pm ?:

Every time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for every
other woman. To me in turn this means, every time she chooses to look the other way or remain silent, it has an impact on every other woman coming after her.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:14pm Alex of Chicago:

3-2 Dodgahs. Top of the 9th
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:15pm efd:

thanks Alex, I was just wondering!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:15pm medson:

This OMD sounds great
  Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:16pm Julie M:

Go Dodgers. Thanks for a good show, Evan and Gaylord. Cutting out now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:18pm Alex of Chicago:

Tie game.
  Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:18pm Julie M:

Erp!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:18pm Bootsie:

Super love this track! The Lords were turntable mainstays for me back in the day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:19pm efd:

whoa!
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:19pm Jim Allen:

Expanding on the Roxy sax theory, don't forget that some of the artists who mere the most influential on the post-punk/new wave era bands used sax - not just Roxy but also The Stooges and Bowie
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:20pm john:

Your name's Marwin with a w, you've got a lot to prove.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:20pm Bootsie:

The signal has been randomly cranky tonight. Cutting out for a few seconds here and there... 91.9
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:23pm johnk77:

@jim rip steve mackay
also 91.1 broadcast signal
good here in bronx
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:25pm john:

Nicky Turner from the Barracudas, I believe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:28pm @sugarwolf@:

Bootsie: it's been doing that for a few days on 90.1
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:29pm Bootsie:

@sugarwolf ok, then it's not just my crappy radio. ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:31pm Bootsie:

East Coaster about to drift off right here. I'll be checking this one out again on the archives for sure! Thanks for playing the good stuff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:33pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Going into the home stretch with efd & Gaylord. Get those pledges in before bedtime!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:34pm efd:

thanks Bootsie, and thanks for your pledge!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:37pm medson:

I've been really passing the word with friends to help out. I was amazed at how many couldn't get the concept of freeform and weekly DJ's.
I finally said its like TV was before cable. You find shows you like and tune in weekly. : )
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:37pm @sugarwolf@:

so hungry, so angry = my PMS symptoms
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:39pm Alex of Chicago:

Astros 5-3 in the tenth
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:39pm efd:

wow!
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:42pm sandy:

@sugarwolf@ Hahahahah! Yes!
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:42pm john:

Got the game on mute, so I'm listening to Pigbag instead of--oh, skip it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:42pm KidProJoe:

This could be an M.I.A. song put out today
Avatar Wed. 10/25/17 11:48pm Number Six:

Dear God! I thought I was the only man on earth with a copy of this!
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:48pm john:

Splash Of Colour--picked this up in '81 because there was a Barracudas song on it I didn't know. Never looked back.

There's a 3-CD version of it now.
Avatar Wed. 10/25/17 11:51pm Number Six:

I'll have to look for that. Thanks! I picked it up for a song by The Times.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:52pm Alex of Chicago:

Puig doing Puig things.
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:52pm Eric Hat:

Evan! Ever listen to I Hate You When You’re Pregnant?
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:53pm Eric Hat:

Cause y’oughta
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:53pm JM:

Monthly is awesome, but don't be pledge snob!
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:54pm Eric Hat:

Or Ancient Plague Mummy Massacre Incarnate Osiris?
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:54pm Eric Hat:

Do it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:54pm KidProJoe:

Papa's got a brand new Puigbag
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:56pm efd:

oh snap KidPJ
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:56pm Motobro:

Ready To Snap

Evan I know that is one of your favs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:56pm medson:

efd Great show as always.
Thanks Gaylord for spending Wednesday evening with us
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:56pm efd:

@JM not snobby at all! We've been encouraging (and welcoming) pledges of all kinds throughout the night!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Wed. 10/25/17 11:56pm Scraps:

Probably my favorite dB’s line is the tossed-off “so do they, of course”. Love that.
  Wed. 10/25/17 11:57pm Motobro:

Love the Saints
Avatar Swag For Life Member 🎃 Wed. 10/25/17 11:58pm Gaylord Fields:

@medson: Thank you (and everyone else) who hung out with us, and especially those who helped us keep the lights on here at the Magic Factory!
  🎃 Thu. 10/26/17 9:33am 12539:

Belated thanks, Mr Funk!
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