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Favoriting January 14, 2019: I'm Younger Than That Now

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Les Paul & Mary Ford  Smoke Rings   Favoriting Bye Bye Blues!  Capitol  1955  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Julie London  It Never Entered My Mind   Favoriting Julie Is Her Name  Liberty  1955  LP      0:04:52 (Pop-up)
Claudia Thompson  If I Should Lose You   Favoriting Goodbye to Love  Modern Harmonic  2016  LP  From 1959    0:07:55 (Pop-up)
Kikí d'Akí  Tiempo de Amar   Favoriting Breve Encuentro  Munster  2018  CD    *   0:10:57 (Pop-up)
Everything But the Girl  On My Mind   Favoriting Pillows and Prayers (Cherry Red 1982-1983)  Cherry Red  1982  LP      0:13:39 (Pop-up)
Marine Girls  Second Sight   Favoriting Lazy Ways  Tiger Bay  2017  LP  From 1983    0:16:26 (Pop-up)
Frente!  Bizarre Love Triangle   Favoriting Labour of Love  Mammoth  1994  CD      0:19:28 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Cole  Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?   Favoriting No album  No Label  2014  MP3  live on Evan Davies' program    0:21:30 (Pop-up)
En Dag  Tema För Ugglan   Favoriting En Dag  Voix  2018  LP    *   0:23:42 (Pop-up)
Mary Lou Lord  Some Jingle Jangle Morning   Favoriting Alternagrrrls: Surface Noise's 2018 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2018  CD-R  From 1993    0:28:55 (Pop-up)
Frente!  Not Given Lightly   Favoriting Labour of Love  Mammoth  1994  CD      0:32:16 (Pop-up)
 
Robert Drasnin  Chant of the Moon   Favoriting Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights  The Numero Group  2018  CD  From 1960    0:45:01 (Pop-up)
Chayns  Live with the Moon   Favoriting Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights  The Numero Group  2018  CD  From 1966    0:47:11 (Pop-up)
The Monzas  Forever Walks a Drifter   Favoriting Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights  The Numero Group  2018  CD  From 1966    0:49:55 (Pop-up)
Ido Martin  Mambo for Latin Lovers   Favoriting Britxotica Goes Wild! Percussive Pop & Crazy Latin  Trunk  2018  LP    *   0:53:38 (Pop-up)
Brown Sugar  I'm So Proud   Favoriting I'm In Love With a Dreadlocks: Brown Sugar and the Birth of Lovers Rock 1977-80  Soul Jazz  2018  CD    *   0:57:13 (Pop-up)
Brown Sugar  Loneliness (Will Bring Us Together Again)   Favoriting single  Chelsea  1973  45  R.I.P. Clydie King    1:04:23 (Pop-up)
Sunshine & the Rain  Just Stay   Favoriting Beneath the Stars  Ernest Jenning Record Co.  2018  LP      1:07:18 (Pop-up)
Richard Papiercuts  A Place to Stay   Favoriting Twisting the Night EP  ever/never  2018  LP    *   1:11:28 (Pop-up)
Part Time  Spell #6   Favoriting Spell #6  Burger  2018  CD    *   1:14:50 (Pop-up)
Gary Olson  The Old Twin   Favoriting single  Kus  2018  45    *   1:21:04 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a disorderly row
The Byrds  My Back Pages   Favoriting single  Columbia  1967  45      1:31:37 (Pop-up)
Dusty Springfield  I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself   Favoriting single  Philips  1965  45      1:34:28 (Pop-up)
Tennessee Ernie with Cliffie Stone's Orch.  Blackberry Boogie   Favoriting single  Capitol  1952  45      1:36:42 (Pop-up)
DEVO  Working in the Coal Mine   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1981  45      1:39:08 (Pop-up)
Rhythm Makers  You're Never Too Old (To Get On Down)   Favoriting single  Vigor  1974  45      1:41:56 (Pop-up)
Aerosmith  Get It Up   Favoriting single  Columbia  1977  45      1:45:29 (Pop-up)
Mitty Collier  I Can't Lose   Favoriting single  Peachtree  1969  45      1:49:23 (Pop-up)
Travis Wammack  Scratchy   Favoriting single  ARA  1964  45  just like this record!    1:51:27 (Pop-up)
Grand Larceny  Jumpin' Jack Flash   Favoriting single  Galaxy  1974  45      1:54:07 (Pop-up)
 
 
My Favorites at Five (Shaving Off the 0)
Jimmie Rodgers  The Wizard   Favoriting single  Roulette  1958  45  the first record I remember loving    2:08:05 (Pop-up)
The Surfaris  Wipe Out   Favoriting single  Dot  1962  45      2:10:11 (Pop-up)
1910 Fruitgum Co.  Simon Says   Favoriting single  Buddah  1968  45  OK, so this IS kind of a kid's record!    2:12:31 (Pop-up)
Petula Clark  Downtown   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1965  45      2:14:42 (Pop-up)
The Kinks  You Really Got Me   Favoriting single  Reprise  1964  45      2:17:45 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Ticket to Ride   Favoriting 1962-1966  Apple  1973  LP  From 1965    2:20:01 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys  I Get Around   Favoriting Endless Summer  Capitol  1974  LP  From 1964    2:22:56 (Pop-up)
George McCrae  Rock Your Baby   Favoriting single  T.K.  1974  45      2:25:01 (Pop-up)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch  Troglodyte (Cave Man)   Favoriting single  RCA  1972  45  my teacher must have been really impressed that i knew what "troglodyte" meant    2:28:15 (Pop-up)
Santana  Oye Como Va   Favoriting Abraxas  Columbia  1970  LP  Dad used to play this one with his band    2:31:34 (Pop-up)
Focus  Hocus Pocus   Favoriting Dutch Masters  Sire  1975  LP  From 1970    2:35:46 (Pop-up)
The Edgar Winter Group  Frankenstein   Favoriting Super Hits of the '70s - Have A Nice Day, Vol. 9  Rhino  1990  CD  From 1972    2:39:06 (Pop-up)
Rick Wakeman  Catherine of Aragon   Favoriting The Six Wives of Henry VIII  A&M  1973  LP  I guess I was a bit prog as a 5 year-old    2:42:34 (Pop-up)
Carl Anderson  Heaven on Their Minds   Favoriting Jesus Christ Superstar: The Original Motion Picture Sound Track Album  MCA  1973  LP  I was raised Catholic, so this was a mindblower, and very, very popular    2:46:08 (Pop-up)
Nat King Cole  Pretend   Favoriting The Nat King Cole Story  Capitol  1963  MP3  From 1953    2:50:33 (Pop-up)
Judy Garland  Over the Rainbow   Favoriting The Wizard of Oz: Original Soundtrack, Deluxe Edition  Rhino  2009  CD  From 1938    2:53:05 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:02am
12539:

Heigh ho!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

as they say, yip.
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TDK60:

DJ Joe, hello!
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The Oscar:

Mornin' all! Always happy to hear some Les & Mary.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

OK, now it's Monday. Boing boing!
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Linda Lee:

what a lovely opener. good morning Joe! Happy Birthday! :-)
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TDK60:

Weren't Paul/Ford the very first to double-track guitar/voice?..early at least huh?
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Les and Mary, what lushness… It's your birthday? Many sparkling wishes for all the best in this next dance around the sun!
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Vince Nifigance:

Go, go, Joe McGasko.
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Krys O.:

Good morning, Joe! Thanks for the lush sounds.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

great beginning. Could it be that Skeeter Davis is on the horizon? Could it?!?!?! .... it is the end of the world, after all...
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

And, ooh, oh my, JULIE!
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Guido from Cologne:

Good morning Joe!
Many happy returns of the day!
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annie:

good morning joe! many happy returns for your birthday!
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Henry in Hopatcong:

Happy birthday Joe!
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steveo:

easin' into monday like
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Brian in UK:

Hey Joe. Happy Capricorns.
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Joe McG:

Thanks for the birthday wishes! There's no better way to spend my birthday than on the radio with you!
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Hoboken Jack:

Happy birthday, Joe! Hello Ken, Krys, all.
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Brian in UK:

Hey Monica, great start!!
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Colleen:

Oh...Thank you for this!!
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steveo:

there's no better way for us to spend your birthday either -- felicitations!
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Colleen:

Hey! Happy Birthday!
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The Oscar:

Man, I was a fool in my record store days for ignoring the Pop Vocal drawers for my store plays. Also, HBDJMcG!
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TDK60:

Happy birthday Joe, how young are you now?
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pantz:

Happy 30th B-Day, Joe!
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TDK60:

..although I think that astro stuff is hooey, I'm a Capricorn too.
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Lixiviated Life:

well...
I'm back.
oh joy
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Krys O.:

Oh, goodness, Tracy's voice makes everything better.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Hooey!
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Krys O.:

Happy Birthday, Joe!
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James in ATL:

Happiest birthday wishes to you Joe!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Hooray for hooey! What isn't hooey anyway? Let's play some Harvey Sid Fisher!
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Krys O.:

Hey, Hoboken Jack and everyone!
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TDK60:

Krys O, what's shakin' in Bloomfield?
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Linda Lee:

any belief system that doesn't appeal is hooey. if it appeals, it's revelation. so be it. i only ask that it not be required. :-D
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melinda:

Nice set Joe!
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Krys O.:

@TDK60: Bloomfield is still reeling from a pedestrian death in my neighborhood last Friday. Very tragic. Happened in broad daylight.
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melinda:

and happy birthday!
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Linda Lee:

car accident, Krys?
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Granny S Tuna. Esq:

Well put, Linda Lee.
  9:19am
ami ad:

Top of the morning D.J. Joe,hello fellow listeners.Hope all is well out there in the Jersey state.Keep U.S freeform.Shalom.
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Linda Lee:

here's a nice spot for Mary Lou Lord! :-)
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karlward:

This (and especially the New Order original) is a perfect pop song.
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TDK60:

Sorry to hear Krys O.
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Maggie B.:

happy birthday, Joe!
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Joe McG:

Thanks everybody. Me and Dave Grohl, soul brothers.
  9:25am
Fernando P.:

Frente’s BLT version was a huge (MTV) hit in Brazil at the time. Was it in the US also?
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Granny S Tuna. Esq:

Holy cow, hadn't thought of Mary Lou Lord in awhile, and that just catapulted me into a mid-90's memory lane, my brief stint in Cambridge.

Everybody be safe out there in the wild, wicked world. Hope your neighborhood finds comfort and healing, Krys.
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Joe McG:

@Fernando: No, they got some college radio play, but no hits as far as I know.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

and yet you haven't lost your Grohlish figure.
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steveo:

beautiful set you got here, mister
  9:27am
ami ad:

Happy Birthday Dave Grohl and his ultimate soul brother.Hip hip.
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Joe McG:

Thanks, ami! Anybody mind if I play another Frente! song? I'm in the mood.
  9:30am
cluebucket:

g'ahead!
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Joe McG:

Who says I don't take requests?
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karlward:

I'm super into that distorted bass on "Some Jingle Jangle Morning."
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Linda Lee:

love the Mary Lou! thank you Joe!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Yay, wishing you the biggest Happy Birthday, Joe! youtu.be...
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Granny S Tuna. Esq:

Joe, it's your day! Listening to this Mary Lou Lord i can close my eyes and see younger me wearing a thrift store dress, big clunky shoes and too much eyebrow pencil. Ahhh…
  9:33am
Mike Wolf:

ah, the Frente cover double-play
  9:34am
Mike Wolf:

More people should’ve been covering more of his songs so that Chris Knox would be a wealthy person today
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Linda Lee:

was just reading about the utter sh*t show involving Mary Lou Lord & Courtney Love. who needs that grief in their lives?
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melinda:

What is the shit show LL?
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Linda Lee:

you've got the best bed music on air, Joe.
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Jeff Moore:

I love Frente! I kind of forgot about them, then remembered and played this very song a few weeks ago. Glad to hear them getting more attention.
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Linda Lee:

melinda dear, just goggle both their names.
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Your Ace From Exchange Place:

Happy birthday, Joe!
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leylou:

I agree. what beautiful songs I found myself listening to! (to listen to on a quiet super windy afternoon, in the midst of national turmoil)
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KP in DC:

Hello Joe, from iced in Dixie
  9:38am
MplsCoco:

Happy Birthday Joe!!! ❤️❤️ Your voice sounds sexy!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

not just any crud, mind you.

THE crud.
  9:39am
andyplants:

Happy birthday Joe
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Granny S Tuna. Esq:

I recall the old CL vs MLL feud. It was hard to stay out of riot grrrl feuds in those days. I had to squirm out of a few myself, staying just obscure enough to not matter to some of the bloodthirsty beasts of that era. Just don't talk to me about Ben Is Dead zine, heh heh…
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KP in DC:

We have the crud in Washington too
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Jeff Moore:

Happy birthday, Joe!

And thanks, asshole. I'm getting a scratchy throat and the sneezes.
  9:41am
elwyn:

Thanks for the MLL and Frente.
Which MLL album was that from? It sounded different from the one I have.
Frente... they have a special place in the hearts of all Australians of my generation.
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Phillippe Bastille:

Good morning everyone
  9:41am
BetsyO:

Happy Zippity Yip Birthday Joe!!!
......................
Sto lat, sto lat,
Niech żyje, żyje nam.
Sto lat, sto lat,
Niech żyje, żyje nam,
Jeszcze raz, jeszcze raz,
Niech żyje, żyje nam,
Niech żyje nam
.........................
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Linda Lee:

i'm with you re Spotify, Joe.
honestly, Granny, the older i get the stupider it all looks. one perk of aging. :-D
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Linda Lee:

good morning, Phillippe!
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Phillippe Bastille:

Hey Linda, how are you?
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steveo:

more captain and tennille!
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Linda Lee:

the '50s are fabulous, Joe. we finally begin realizing what really matters. don't worry.
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Colleen:

Awwww sorry Joe!
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steveo:

(that dragons album you hipped us to last week is interesting!)
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Granny S Tuna. Esq:

Linda Lee, so glad to care so much less. My near misses with underground fame and the egomaniacal shenanigans of the more…ambitious… ones cured me of my worldy ways and sent me back home to my cats and my bathtub.
  9:44am
Robert Tables:

Damn Joe, 50?!?! You had me fooled. Happy birthday!
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jess:

happy birthday everybody!
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Phillippe Bastille:

60s suck though
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Linda Lee:

@Phillippe Bastille ~ i'm still here, love. thank you.
i listened to adult pop at 5 too, Joe. that was 1965. i was very lucky.
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melinda:

This will be fun, a journey into the mind of 5-year-old Joe!
  9:44am
David Colangelo:

You sick old man...pathetic...
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Brian in UK:

Hearing Frente! My mind took a sidetrack to Michael Franti's Ofcourse You Can'. Well it is freeform.

Joe, does Nelly the Elephant figure on your kindergarten hits?
  9:45am
prudy:

i'm with you LL. The significant things in life really begin to shine.
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The Oscar:

Technicolor Paradise is so great! When my girlfriend and I took a vacation to Maine last summer I insisted on playing it constantly in the car, despite the fact that Maine is objectively less tropical than our usual climes.
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jess:

I'll be 50 this year. not looking forward to it...
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Joe McG:

Nice, BetsyO! Thanks! Yes, I'm 50 now. You can call me Gramps McGasko from now on.
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Colleen:

Fantastic! Hey there Linda Lee!!
  9:46am
prudy:

looking forward to the 5 part of the show. that would make it around 1974, right Joe?
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The Oscar:

@Joe That's honestly a great DJ name.
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Linda Lee:

i feel sorry for the 60 year old adolescents. honestly, how much time have they got to waste?
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Itzall Ablurr:

Hi Joe, happy birthday. So nice and unexpected to hear Robert Drasnin on your show. Love it!
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Granny S Tuna. Esq:

Speaking of way back when, i'm one of the characters in a doc about the wack San Francisco scene between the AIDS crisis and the Tech Boom: "SF89." Should be coming out in a year or two, lots of my crappy camcorder footage will be featured. Yeah!
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Joe McG:

@prudy: You got it!
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JtotheK:

@The Oscar - agreed, Technicolor Paradise is terrific. And props to (Drummer Streamer) Little Danny for his work on it!
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b!!!:

Happy Birthday Joe!!
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The Oscar:

This Chayns is maybe my favorite on the set. Love that little guitar lick.
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Ike:

50?!? You don't look a day over 40! And your voice doesn't currently sound a day over 93!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

did that particular birthday a bit earlier last year. in grand style. of course. ... welcome to the sacred gang.
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Linda Lee:

you could be the New Old Codger, Joe! :-)
that's great news, Granny! look forward to seeing you!
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karlward:

Oh man. There's going to be so much Alice Cooper.
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karlward:

I'm actually not sure how I feel about that.
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Granny S Tuna. Esq:

Wack, wacky— both apply, i suppose.

Joe, jess and all the 1969 babies— me, too! I was born between Helter Skelter and Woodstock.
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JtotheK:

((And hello Joe, happy birthday! Hi everyone.))
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The Oscar:

@JtotheK I didn't know that! That same trip we also listened to Danny's premium from last year, and we even noted that how much in the same vein it was!
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Linda Lee:

hiya Colleen!
  9:50am
ami ad:

Many more Joe,many more.Appreciate the good sounds and chill vibes.Thanks and Praise.
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KP in DC:

Mary Lou Lord has been doing well lately. She has been working with Nick Saloman of Bevis Frond, who wrote her signature song, “Lights are Changing.”
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JtotheK:

@The Oscar, there was also a magazine/periodical about exotica as a tie in with that comp. It's worth a read.
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Linda Lee:

good to hear that, KP!
  9:53am
David Colangelo:

Best song 1973, Feeling Stronger Every Day....Chicago
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heyitschris:

Just got here. Happy Birthday Joe! Hope this is a great year for you.
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Linda Lee:

not possible, David! we still had Ziggy Stardust.
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The Oscar:

@JtotheK I got that, and totally agree! Exotica is one of the genres I could listen to completely uncritically for hours and not get sick of it.
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Linda Lee:

@The Oscar ~ totally agree. i'd also like to know why we don't have an exotica/lounge & easily listening show on fmu.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Alright! Made it for the Birthday Show! Happy Birthday Joe!!
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Joe McG:

@Ike: Ha ha! @karl: I didn't hear any Alice until the mid-70s, so Alice free. @Trista: Thanks!!
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The Oscar:

@LL Have you checked out The Explorer's Room on GTDR? Covers a lot of ground musically, but exotica is definitely the baseline.
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Ike:

@LL, I think there was one circa 1994, possibly before anybody else did it. Also Irwin and a guy named Tom Crowe used to play a ton of that stuff in the 90s and helped start that trend.
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Linda Lee:

i'd say it's time to revisit the concept. for the youngsters.
  10:00am
BetsyO:

@Joe McG,... the Polish Sto Lat Birthday song is wishing you to see 100, so you’re half way there,... which means we get to hear your show for decades to come.

https://youtu.be/mGdytuGZhj4
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Joe McG:

@BetsyO: So sweet! Stashu sang it to me a couple of years ago!
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Linda Lee:

i really do need to check out GTDR in depth. i have sinned in avoidance.
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highlowe:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Looking forward to hearing what those 5 year old ears took in! I for one am happy that you are here!
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djsheilab:

Happy birthday Joe! I've been listening since the start and have been enjoying your selections immensely. Glad you're treating yourself to your five-year-old favorites!
  10:03am
BetsyO:

@JoeMcG,... though this version by Lil’ Wally is way more up tempo and fitting!
https://youtu.be/Xfof-CvCShU
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Joe McG:

Thanks so much, highlowe! My 5 year old taste is pretty oddball, I must say. But you'll hear! @Sheila: Thank you so much! I can't wait to play them. :)
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Linda Lee:

when you were 5, Joe, I was 13 ~ but i know i'll dig that set!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

The GTDR stream is a treasure, and Sheena's Jungle Room has plenty of Exotica surges…
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Yes, i majorly blame/credit Irwin for that Lounge revival of the 90's, and my freelance go-go dancing days…
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Linda Lee:

i'm 100% certain i could spend every waking moment with fmu/fm or the stream & be a better person for it ~ but i must exert judgement lest i petrify.
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joe:

'Ello Folks
Happy Birthday Joe
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The Oscar:

Spotting Irwin's name in the liner notes of various oddball comps in the '90s (as well as Songs in the Key of Z) is what brought me to WFMU in the first place :)
  10:09am
TheLoneliestMonk:

JoeMac is the birthday boy today??
Many happy returns, pal!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Linda Lee, i have been experimenting with almost nonstop WFMU attendance, and it has literally been a life saver for me. YAY, WFMU!!!
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Linda Lee:

wfmu works its magic once again! :-) so glad.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

...and was that some dubstep I heard trailing off just now...on surface noise??
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Joe McG:

Yes, Irwin had a lot to do with the price of all those lounge and exotica records going up! Highly recommend The Explorer's Room, btw, if you like that sound like I do.
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thatpatsmith:

Belated Happy Birthday, Joe!
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pantz:

I learned of WFMU through a Metafilter post about Tom Scharpling many years ago. After a few beers with a buddy from New Jersey, I was convinced to listen to more programs. Now I donate what scraps I can afford, because it's so worth it.
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The Oscar:

The nice thing about my day job is it gives me an excuse to listen to 8 to 9 hours of WFMU a day! I'm not sure I could have made the transition from the record store to the office without it.
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Linda Lee:

i can actually remember lounge/exotica the first time around ~ loved it even as a wee tot.
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Joe McG:

This is not The Smiths, I swear.
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Linda Lee:

i was just about to say: another perk of aging is being able to hear musical influences very easily.
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Joe McG:

@Linda Lee: A bit of an occupational hazard, I'm afraid.
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joe:

I learned about WFMU as I started to hang around the shadier part of the dial roughly about the same time that media was picking up on the attempt to knock down FMU's power in the 90's
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joe:

Now now let's not Smiths shame here. :)
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The Oscar:

One of my dreams is to install a switch in my home that automatically plays Martin Denny, like Dr. Jacoby in Twin Peaks.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

Actually, this dude sounds a bit like Stephen Merritt, to my ears
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Linda Lee:

you don't think it makes curating easier, Joe?
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JakeGould:

First, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE!!!!
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Joe McG:

@joe: Never! I love them unashamedly.
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mb:

happy birthday Joe McGasko!!

I hope you get laid tonight or at the very least stare at some Exotica record covers and enjoy yourself with a drink or two. Cheers!
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Joe McG:

Thanks, Jake, thatpat, Monk and everybody!
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Joe McG:

@mb: From your mouth to God's ear.
  10:20am
Brendan:

Leave it to Morrissey. An otherwise happy, I’m in love song. And you’d think somebody died. I hope he doesn’t have any Birthday songs in his repertoire.
  10:21am
JakeGould:

@LindaLee: As someone who first discovered WFMU in 1992 when I moved to my own place in Park Slope when I was younger, I can tell you there definitely was exotica on the main station then. But I wasn’t into it.

Then I stopped listening to WFMU about 1995 when I moved away and “streaming” the RealAudio stream meant tying up my phone line with a 56k modem connection and started listening again around 2014 or so.

Anyway… Age!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

As the 'mats would say, it all happens on the left side of the dial
"And if I don't see ya, in a long, long while
I'll try to find you
Left of the dial"
  10:25am
Susan C.:

Happy Birthday, Joe!!! Rejoice in the quantity and quality of life! XO
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Emotional entanglements? Nevah hoid of 'em…
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac are you getting over a head cold?
You sound different on BT speaker, dude
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Linda Lee:

@JakeGould ~ we have a sort-of-similar fmu history. i found fmu when we moved to williamsburg in 85. (no reception before then in manhattan.) i went to north carolina in 93 ~ finally found the stream at about the same time you did, dial-up. it worked, however. i made it back to those juicy radio waves in 2006!
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SheWolf:

Happy B day my fellow Capricorn.
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duke:

I stumbled on WFMU around 2001. I found a website that had a collection of R&B and Rockabilly. Someone on the site said if you like this, you like Fool's Paradise on WFMU.org. I checked it out and I've been stuck since. Rex was my WFMU gateway drug.
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queems:

i bought technicolor paradise last year!!
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Linda Lee:

'old' is in the mind, Joe!
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queems:

also good morning! i'm late
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Lixiviated Life:

Joey Mc,
Confessing that I love your radio program.
Ok, I said it.
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Joe McG:

@queems: We get our copies late sometimes, but I'm very happy we have it now.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@duke for me it was when the had Joe Frank leading into to Dave Emory and then Dave the spazz
  10:33am
melinda:

Bummed to have missed the exotica. I'm a big fan of Explorers' Room, Flash also does great themed shows featuring exotica-adjacent musics.
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Mike Sin:

Well, now -- Happy birthday, Joe McG!
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lukavino:

the first time i ever heard "My Back Pages", it was a live cut and i think it involved Tom Petty in some capacity.
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lukavino:

anyway, this song is beautiful. happy birthday, Joe.
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KP in DC:

I was much older then
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Marc Francis:

Bonne fête Joe!!!!
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lukavino:

"here's a picture of me when i was older." - Mitch Hedberg
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sinner:

60 ain't the new nothing.
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joe:

@lukavion maybe the Dylan 30th Anniversary www.youtube.com...
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

Happy B'day, Joe!
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Linda Lee:

@LL ~ those heartfelt admissions are important! this is how i know i'm loved especially by a certain fmu personality.
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Joe McG:

Thanks, all!
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lukavino:

oh, far out, joe. i think that was it.
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queems:

oh, happy birthday, @joe mcg!!
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Linda Lee:

next up: the flat foot floogie with the floy floy! (really the same tune.)
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highlowe:

i needed an excuse to eat cake today! Thanks Joe!
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Roger:

Blackberry Boogie!
I proposed to my wife to this song!
  10:40am
melinda:

@Linda haha
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The Oscar:

LOOORRRRRRD.
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robot rattle:

Love that transition!
  10:40am
John:

LOVE this Devo song
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steveo:

oh great, another song from the Heavy Metal soundtrack ;)
  10:41am
judy from croton:

Nice, joe!
Happy Birthday
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The Oscar:

This would probably be on a playlist of songs I loved when I was 10. (The rest would probably be Weird Al.)
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Michael Shelley:

!
  10:42am
judy from croton:

At least you don’t owe your soul to the company store
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Linda Lee:

'16 tons' was a childhood fave!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

queeeems, let's DANCE!!!
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pantz:

I'm not too old to get down, but I just can't get back up.
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pantz:

There's a dad joke for your bday, Joe!
  10:46am
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https://mentalfloss.com/article/569991/50-things-turning-50-2019
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frozen_peas:

Happy bday Joe! you're never too old (to keep playin the hits)
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Linda Lee:

hear you there, pantz! :-D
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John:

Ahh Aerosmith now have not heard this song in a while
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@@JM next up, 'up for the down stroke' by PFunk?
  10:47am
judy from croton:

Dang.
I was wondering whether you were 30 or 40.
  10:47am
JakeGould:

Now finally some really rock and roll music! Makes me want to drink wine out of a Pringles can and ride a scooter around a Wal*Mart parking lot. www.ajc.com...
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TheLoneliestMonk:

JoeMac is like jack Benny, doesn't age and is perpetually 39!
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Joe McG:

@John: I can't believe someone at their record company thought this would be a hit.
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Joe McG:

Thanks for the old man joke, pantz!
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frozen_peas:

@JakeGould Now I do too!
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joe:

@JoeMcG all that can be said to that thought of being a hit is Oh Cocaine you silly thing you.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac re:Aerosmith
Was gonna say, this is 45 material?
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Linda Lee:

i'm a little disturbed to find some of the 'things' turning 50 this year (from mental floss) are people.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@joe @JoeMac BwaHa! Those were the days when the record execs did just as much blow as the artists they signed...sometimes right alongside them!
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tim from champaign:

Happy birthday, Joe! Mine was Saturday. Hello everyody.
  10:53am
John:

@joe mcg are you talking about devo
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tim from champaign:

Good one, Linda!
  10:53am
JakeGould:

Was talking this weekend to someone who—like me—have only realized in the last few years that “Synchronicity” is a “dad rock” new wave classic.
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Hughie Considine:

Hey @Joe! Apparently Chet Atkins said of Travis Wammack: "This scares me. I pass!"
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Linda Lee:

happy birthday, tim!
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Joe McG:

Happy birthday, Tim! @Hughie: Great story!
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steveo:

[Wammack] began his professional music career when he wrote and recorded his first record at the age of eleven. A child prodigy, Wammack's first record was issued when he was twelve years old, and at 17 he hit the American charts with "Scratchy", an instrumental which peaked at #80 in 1964.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

If any of youse ever read 'hit men', it was worth it for the Neil bogart & Casablanca stories alone!
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Linda Lee:

wow, love this Stones cover. sounds nice & crappy! (a good thing.)
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Linda Lee:

the cleaner music tech gets, the more i like the scuffs & bumps.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

For my money, best cover of JJ Flash is by Johnny winter, a wonderfully raucous, rowdy thing
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steveo:

would have been a good spot for the "groovin'" bed...
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Hughie Considine:

Ananda Shankar did a fantabulous cover of Jumpin Jack Flash!
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tim from champaign:

I agree with your above 2 comments 100%, Linda.
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steveo:

this is wonderful
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Linda Lee:

what's that about Gay Matthew?
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Linda Lee:

thanks, Tim. i'm not totally twisted then. i'm glad. :-D
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steveo:

i'm going to call hot 100 and ask them to play some records backwards now :)
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Linda Lee:

btw, if you've ever tried having fun in a blackberry patch, you know it's not easy.
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renbo:

Wait do you have a cold Joe or did you get a voice change operation?
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The Oscar:

Thanks to the Satanic Panic of the '80s, I'm pretty sure I know "Stairway to Heaven" better backwards than forwards.
  11:04am
renbo:

hi everybody!

How do I put a picture next to my name?
  11:05am
Jim Austin:

re exotica: Have you heard "The Versatile Henry Mancini?" It's very spare, with guitar, bass, organ, accordion, and some chorus, but clearly exotica.
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Hughie Considine:

This sounds promising!
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Booz:

I been looking forward to this segment.
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Vince Nifigance:

@renbo Sign up for an account, then you can upload an avatar.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Oh Im very excited for this.
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Colleen:

Im so excited about this!
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cluebucket:

Capricorns age in reverse, they say... no kids' records at 5 makes sense
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queems:

what a cute idea!!!
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ranjit:

I just noticed that your bed music has the same rhythm as the motif that opens Kermit the Frog's Rainbow Connection.
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Hughie Considine:

key change!
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Joe McG:

@ranjit: How nice!
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The Oscar:

The first non-kids song I can remember loving was "Boris the Spider" by the Who (though I didn't care for the fact that Boris dies at the end).
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melinda:

I can see why you liked this at 5.
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Hughie Considine:

I'm guessing this is when young Joe McG perfected his finger snapping.
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Listener Alexandra:

Good morning, Joe!
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Joe McG:

5 year old me played imaginary drums to this.
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duke:

I want to go surfing.
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tim from champaign:

Joe, you had excellent taste as a 5 year old!
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melinda:

I think I was listening to Free to Be You and me when I was 5.
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Bill W:

Happy birthday, Joe. And 50? Who does your makeup?
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Andy the painter:

a rock and roll wizard story time!
happy birthday, joe!!
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Linda Lee:

i liked kids' records more at 25 than i did at 5! at 5 i liked the Yardbirds!
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Joe McG:

@Bill W: I have Dolly's makeup artist.
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Vince Nifigance:

When I was 10, the Fat Boys introduced me to this song.
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Booz:

HBD JMcG
  11:13am
Chi Bill:

LOL, air drummed this as well at 5 (odd, I'm 60). Happy B -day Joe!
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renbo:

@Vince Nifigance ok man thanks I shoulda realised I guess I use my listener number
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Linda Lee:

oh my GOSH i remember this one very well! 1910 Fruitgum Company!
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Listener Alexandra:

Hippo birdies to you, Joe!
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Vlack3Bos:

I thought you said no kids music!
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Vince Nifigance:

This could double as an alzheimers test in advancing years.
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Joe McG:

Ha ha, I lied!
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Linda Lee:

oh Joe. what young kid didn't love 'downtown'?
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ranjit:

It's weird to hear Downtown without it being all glitched out by People Like Us!
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Linda Lee:

'simon says' was Top 40!
  11:16am
melinda:

This was on one of my K-Tel collections, and at the time I thought it and other bubblegum & novelty songs were kids' music.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

'downtown'!
Glenn Gould's favorite pop tune!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I can imagine Little Joe breaking in his new records by rubbing dirt on them to enhance the surface noise.
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melinda:

Downtown is one of the best songs ever!
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

Oh my goodness, Joe - "Downtown Train" is also my first memory of music as a child. Happy Happy Birthday, my friend. What a blessing to be alive and to hear and be moved by music and your wonderful show.
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Roberto:

"Downtown" was still commonplace on NYC radio in the early '70s. So much so, in fact, that when I was a kid I assumed it was a '70s production.
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Linda Lee:

i'm definitely 5 years old again hearing Pet Clark! that's when i decided i'd always live 'downtown'.
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Joe McG:

I remember feeling so excited about the possibilities this song raised in wee mind.
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John in Bklyn:

Wow, Joe, you're taking me through my childhood!
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Linda Lee:

me too honey! :-D
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duke:

This was my first record.
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ConcernedMom:

you got me softly twerking
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TheLoneliestMonk:

Early kinks...where's Mike Shelley & Dennis Diken?
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judy from croton:

Joe, your birthday is so much fun!
I suggest having a birthday every year
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Fave at five: "Bennie and the Jets!"
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Dominick:

Haaaaaaaaappppy Birthday!
s3.amazonaws.com...
  11:20am
melinda:

@LoneliestMonk I associate it with him because it was featured in that movie, 32 Short Films or whatever.
  11:21am
John in Bklyn:

I borrowed a 45 of The Tokens version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight from a friend when I was in 1st grade. I kept it for weeks and he got very upset. I couldn't stop playing it!
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Really lovin' this 5 y.o. buddy.
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Re6ecca:

I always enjoy your show Joe! This is definitely my favorite mix yet! I wish every day was your Birthday so you could indulge!!! Happy Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!
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Joe McG:

A lot of oldies, I know, but these are the songs I loved and played over and over.
  11:21am
Jim Austin:

I remember novelty songs from the late 50's. "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'da Baked a Cake."
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steveo:

joe this is really fantastic. are some of these the same physical 45s you've owned since then? i find the music of my childhood very powerful.
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Linda Lee:

Beatles!!!! you young kids have no idea what 'beatlemania' was really like. it was delicious madness. the first single i owned (age 5) was 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'.
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John in Bklyn:

This is my first SN of 2019... so belated Happy New Year, Joe and fellow Noisers!
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tim from champaign:

AN early music memory for me is figuring out how to turn on and turn the radio dial on my parents' console stereo and coming across Aerosmith's Walk This Way. I remember being struck that they were singing a nursery rhyme and then discovering that the louder I turned it up and the closer I got to the speakers the better it sounded. An early life lesson. I haven't learned much since.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@melinda not inaccurate. He even did a radio essay about petula Clark...preferred her to the beatles
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Linda Lee:

i'm with you, tim. i could turn on the transistor radio before i could read!
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judy from croton:

My father says I loved Dolly Dawn by Harry Belafonte as a one year old. Only song that made me stand up in my crib and bounce. They’d try to trick me by switching the song in the middle. I’d just lay back down.
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Joe McG:

I never could understand the words to this song. Cool head? Bread? What's he talking about?
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queems:

there was a video of a car sliding down a road during a mudslide and this song was in the background and now that is all i can think about when i hear it
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John in Bklyn:

Happy B-Day, Joe! (Late to the party!) I didn't even bring anything.
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renbo:

Yeah HBD man

We're the same age and you're hitting these tunes esp beachboys is right on the money used to sit there with the dinky plastic spinner spinning these funny show -- timetravellin!!
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The Oscar:

When I was home for Christmas my dad was talking about the subgenre of "Me-And-My-Friends-Are-So-Great Beach Boys songs."
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officina:

Happy Birthday to one of the best DJs on the best station !
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karlward:

I so love this song. And the Emerson Kitamura cover.
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Franco Twinkie:

Happy birthday Joe! fifty eight? I liked all these songs when I was ten. Then as now I was glued to the radio. You too, I bet.
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Joe McG:

Thank you so much, oficina!
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prudy:

Rock yer baby!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Linda Lee, closest i ever got to witnessing Beatlemania was attending a New Kids on the Block concert at the Cow Palace in SF at the height of their fame. I know it is the palest, shabbiest comparison, but what i witnessed in the crowd (as an entirely ironic 20-something) really freaked me out and deeply disturbed me. Huzzah for Puritanical sexual repression and its weird outlets. Yikes!
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queems:

loveeee the emerson kitamura cover
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Linda Lee:

we 60s - 70s kids were uniquely confused by the word 'bread'.
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Brendan:

I enjoyed the earlier comments about people finding WFMU. I came to WFMU intentionally. Or at least I knew there was something better out there and went searching for it. At 54, I caught the tail end of the early FM years as a kid only to see the individuality of it die.
In the early 2000s, my local independent record shops were pretty much gone. Idol and those *&$#ing talent shows were the thing. Pandora and other recommendation streaming services were hitting their stride. It just felt like a dark time… I started listening to college streams and looked for new ones every day (no, this one’s not right , let me try another). I stumbled onto Irwin’s program one day in 2012 and serendipitously, he was playing an old recording of WFMU from the 70’s. It reminded me of an old station WGTB (Georgetown University) way back in the 70’s where you heard anything and everything before the Jesuit owners probably got tired of hearing djs doing bong hits on air. After Irwin, I discovered Ken, wow. Then all of the other wonderful DJs. Every time I tune in, it’s like walking into a record shop where someone’s putting a great record on the turntable and people are browsing and talking about the artists and sharing. Thanks Joe and Happy Birthday!
  11:28am
melinda:

I like all these songs but it's especially fun imagining a 5-year-old grooving on them.
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tim from champaign:

The electric piano, droney keyboard and rhythm box are so cool on this. I never noticed before.
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freste:

Happy bday! and holy moly, amazing that can come up with all these. I'm of the same vintage, know every note of these tunes* when I hear them but would never be able to bring them up. (*OK, Simon Says i don't know.))
  11:29am
prudy:

troglodytes!
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Linda Lee:

Jimmy Castor Bunch! right up there with Dennis Coffey!
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Brian in UK:

Joe, so when did you start collecting records in anger?
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Roberto:

FWIW, about 15 years ago my daughter went to a five-year-old's birthday party where the parting gift was a CD mix of the birthday kid's favorite pop tunes. I don't think my daughter ever listened to it but I sure did...over and over!
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Omg. Cave Man! We may be 15 years apart but we totally would have kicked it on the playground.
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Joe McG:

Of course a 5 year old is going to like anything with butt in it.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

BwaHa! Jimmy Castor! Had a friend who was a college radio DJ
who LOVED the Jimmy Castor bunch...Bertha's butt boogie!
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tim from champaign:

My 4 year old nephews really like a techno song called "Bootie in Your Face". I think I need to lay the Troglodyte on them.
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Hughie Considine:

Ha, the "gotta find a woman" bit was repurposed in "Election '72," one of those mashups of song soundbites as punch lines in jokes.
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Colleen:

These all just make sence
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Linda Lee:

yeah fellas. ya can't grab a woman by the hair no more. it might come off.
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The Oscar:

I hate that I missed the days when this could be a major radio hit.
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ConcernedMom:

where can i find me a Bertha Butt
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TheLoneliestMonk:

Oh JoeMac, you musta been one funky lil' offbeat dude at 5 yrs old!
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Linda Lee:

oye como va baby! thank you, Nadia, my babysitter, for bringing me to Santana!
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Hughie Considine:

@Oscar, A time it was, and what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence/ A time of confidences
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prudy:

can't get through the 70s without Santana.
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steveo:

not surprisingly, you were a much cooler 5 year old than me
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John in Bklyn:

@Hughie Considine I remember those! Dicky Goodman, I think?
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Joe McG:

My mom also loved Santana. She had them on bootleg 8-track!
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Hughie Considine:

I can almost hear a segue into "Earache My Eye" here ...
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac did you have one of those crappy little personal phonographs with a tinny built in speaker like I did?
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Bill W:

Irwin and Ken were also my gateways to FMU, circa '83
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Joe McG:

@Monk: I was a weird kid who liked weird music even then, I guess.
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Linda Lee:

abraxas: best cover art ever done. mindblowing!
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Franco Twinkie:

Oye Como Va - Total junior high dance party! Stoners and cholos agree, Santana is the shit.
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Linda Lee:

everyone loved this stuff, Joe!
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Elias:

All those from the Cleveland area will instantly have THIS pop into their head when hearing Troglodyte. Forever seared into my little kid up late at night brain..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRXQEA0yj0
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John in Bklyn:

Bootleg 8-Tracks! haha I had a Ted Nugent's "Cat Scratching Fever" mistyped on the label.
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Linda Lee:

I had one, Monk!
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queems:

YESSSSSSSSSS
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Roberto:

Oh HELLS YAS
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The Oscar:

YESSSSSSSS.
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Hughie Considine:

yes! (the Fifth solo is the best one!!!)
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Franco Twinkie:

I thought Oye Como Va was on the first album. Am I wrong?
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Chi Bill:

Still LOVE Hocus Pocus!!! Yo do lay.....
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL like a clamshell valise design, hardshell, highly durable?
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Linda Lee:

oh god ~ in '70 this focus song made me laugh.
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Hughie Considine:

Best yodeling in rock?
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John in Bklyn:

Why aren't there more yodel rock songs?
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tim from champaign:

Joe, did your teacher know what troglodyte meant?
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Linda Lee:

you bet! believe it was red.
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Lisa in Tpa:

Happy birthday, bub! XO
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Andy the painter:

joe, i can’t believe yer turning fifty.
i woulda guessed forty. damn.
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Joe McG:

I still love it, too! In fact, I love most of these records still.
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mjgoins:

This is so great.
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The Oscar:

Love that wall of comments at 11:36
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TheLoneliestMonk:

Yeah, they used this in ''baby driver'.
Actually shot the shootout scene TO the song...still not sure if it worked
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Linda Lee:

kills me when he gets into the Popeye vocal.
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Joe McG:

@Lisa: Thank you, dear! :)
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queems:

one right into the other
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Franco Twinkie:

I remember when Focus played at the Santa Monica Civic in 1973, thinking should I go? Little Feat opened the show.
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prudy:

you're pushin all the buttons, joe!
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Joe McG:

As a kid, I loved all the monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man...so this was a natural. And that riff!
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Hughie Considine:

Saw Johnny & Edgar at the Felt Forum w. Mahogany Rush. A rockin' show!
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The Oscar:

Now I'm imagining 5-year-old Joe driving around in an airbrushed van.
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Roberto:

I think that was an abbreviated version of Hocus Pocus.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL can't remember if mine was RCA or GE, really wish I still had the damn thing tho
:(
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Colleen:

I wanted to marry Frankenstein when I was little....and Donnie Osmond
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Zetti:

Love the performances by Focus and Edger Winter on The Old Whistle Test.
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prudy:

this rhino collection is a killer. When it was released they sold it with a peace of shag carpeting.
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Jackie:

Happy Birthday, Joe!
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Joe McG:

Thanks, Jackie!!
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Linda Lee:

this was one of my first albums. mainly i was fascinated with the guy's looks.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

That Super Hits series really collected some fun stuff together.
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Linda Lee:

@prudy ~ are you kidding me? :-D who'd want 'a piece' of shag carpeting? ya gotta do the whole house!
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Roberto:

And that was an abbreviated Frankenstein.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

Johnny & Edgar: WHITE TRASH!
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Jackie:

you've got the perfect day to skip out early! (and have someone else make your lunch)
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Hughie Considine:

The caped crusader, Rick Wakeman!
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melinda:

@Oscar haha! It did move into different musical territory there.
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Booz:

I listened to this Six Wives LP so many times, the grooves are worn.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Can "Tubular Bells" be far behind?
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Linda Lee:

well, 'tubular bells' would just about slay me.
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Clay Pigeon:

Yes! Wakeman!
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Mike tp:

walked in on nice Rick!!!!!!
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Linda Lee:

welcome to the party, Clay! :-)
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Joe McG:

@Itzall: It took me a long time to hear that music since "The Exorcist" traumatized me as a kid and permanently put me off horror movies.
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Mike tp:

walked in on nice Rick
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pantz:

Oh man! One of my stoner uncles had Wakeman's Journey To The Center of The Earth and I would listen to it over and over. I was probably a little older than 5 though.
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tadpoles:

Late to the party today so will listen later but love a bit of prog. Hearing "Lucky Man" by ELP at the end of some recent film whose name escapes me made me realize again...it was good.
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Franco Twinkie:

Back in the day, you could always find a good scrap of shag in the dumpster of Carpeteria, the store that had a giant genie on the roof holding a rolled up rug over his head.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

Was tubular bells a single? I know it was a relative hit...
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Brian in UK:

Do we all get a party bag?
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Roberto:

I had never really seen The Exorcist until I watched with my kid recently. Funny AF.
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Hughie Considine:

Jesus!!!!!!!
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

YES. This was a fave for sure!!!!
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Zetti:

Cool
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Brendan:

Rick’s RRHOF speech was great:https://youtu.be/oYnOZHxtGG4
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Roberto:

I prefer the Muppet version of this.
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Linda Lee:

Joe, that's a shame ~ after loving all those nice cool monsters.
oh no! Jesus Christ Superstar! i played the London Production recording to absolute death. also saw the show ten times running.
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Colleen:

YES!!!
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prudy:

Love the whole Superstar broadway recording.
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Hughie Considine:

I had to keep my love of JCS a secret. We were a Godspell family...
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Lisa in Tpa:

Judas! This song has been bouncing around in my brain for days. Weeks.
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mjgoins:

This is a bit like Magma
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Itzall Ablurr:

Haha. Joe, I hear ya. I sneaked into a drive-in to see The Exorcist when I was a pup- I had NO idea how freaked out it would make me, but of course I also LOVED it!
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prudy:

loved Godspell also. Don't know if I could listen now.
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Linda Lee:

i met Jeff Fenholt! he signed my record cover! a prize possession.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

I'm doing my back-up dancing choreography!!!
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Joe McG:

I watched this movie on TV every Easter for a decade.
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Hughie Considine:

In the final analysis, Superstar holds up much better, @prudy
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Linda Lee:

i saw Godspell as well, off Broadway. tiny theatre. very cool
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Brian in UK:

Joe, great show. Get well quickly.
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Hughie Considine:

Tenacious D actually does a pretty ripping cover of this.
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prudy:

agree with you Considine
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kerbo:

I love it. good tradition Joe. happy 50!
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chresti:

1969 okay, didn’t have a lot to say....’cuz you were a baby !
Happy birthday Joe!
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melinda:

I remember listening to JCS at night with the old giant headphones as a young one. I still prefer to listen to it after dark.
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Mr. Palchepo.:

Damn it. Why won’t this stereo go louder?
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Hughie Considine:

It was a very Jesus-y time.
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Ike:

I once blew Wm. Berger's mind by telling him that I didn't get much out of The Exorcist. I don't know, it didn't do that much for me. Maybe it helps to be Catholic? Ha.
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12539:

Thanks and Happy Birthday, Joe! 50 is the new 5!
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yippie:

do you know Charlie purple?
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Linda Lee:

check this out. i adored this show. www.youtube.com...
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Bill W:

My parents had a Nat Cole best-of I heard, for sure.
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Linda Lee:

the first voice i recognized on radio: Nat King Cole.
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The Oscar:

@Hughie Funny-- never heard that cover, but JCS always makes me think of Jack Black in the Mr. Show skit "Jeepers Creepers, Semi-star"
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL what about The Fantasticks?
Jerry Orbach once said there were probly more NYC kids conceived to that than any other musical. It was the official cheap theater date for years
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Franco Twinkie:

I saw The Exorcist at the Wiltern in L.A. when it was still a two dollar movie theater. I was really stoned and had to look at my feet for the first part of the movie.
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Joe McG:

Was I the only one super terrified by the Winged Monkeys?
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Hughie Considine:

@Oscar, will have to chase that one down. He was made for the musical stage.
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steveo:

no!
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Linda Lee:

i never saw the Fantasticks! my mom did though. she saw them all.
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Davis:

ah
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queems:

the wizard of oz is some of my first memories of color
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melinda:

I tried watching The Exorcist recently but my DVD player wouldn't play it, I guess it was a sign.
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Linda Lee:

no Joe, you were not.
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judy from croton:

Ok knew I ‘d be crying soon
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Linda Lee, every song on that JCSS is exciting to me, and i was brought up a heathen. Finally saw a production in 1993 with the original Jesus and Judas in the cast.
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yippie:

I was really spooked by the flying monkeys I had to hold my moms hand
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Joe McG:

Thanks for indulging my musical autobiography as a 5 year old!
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paul:

One of a handful of songs that make me cry.
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judy from croton:

Correction: sobbing
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Linda Lee:

i was also terrified by that flying bicycle music, when Miss Gulch robs the dog.
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Davis:

this is magic
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"...Summer's song. Forever.
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steveo:

Dang no Captain & Tennille (see what good taste you have?). (It was Nate K. who recently played the Dragons, Joe, you played them a few years ago.)

What a wonderful and special set. Happy birthday!
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prudy:

thanks Joe for a great stroll down memory lane.
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tadpoles:

Wow just reading the comments board to realize it's your big decade turner birthday Joe...with a neat mix of music. Happy Birthday and enjoy the Rock 'n' Rolling '50's!
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Joe McG:

Thanks again for all the great birthday wishes! You made this one special. :) See you next week!
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queems:

thanks, joe! happy birthday!
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b!!!:

Wonderful set!
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Brendan:

This should segue right into some Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow nicely I think
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TheLoneliestMonk:

Thanks for spending your birthday with us JoeMac, this was a fun one!
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Franco Twinkie:

My favorite Judy Garland song is her cover of Purple People Eater.
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Linda Lee:

Granny, how in the name of God did those guys do that show 20 years later? it was very demanding!
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Brendan:

@Joe thank you for sharing!
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Krys O.:

Thanks, Joe! Enjoy the rest of your birthday!
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bianca bob:

Lovely set! Happy Birthday to youse!
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Itzall Ablurr:

I am NOT crying. NOPE. BWAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! And if THIS one makes you cry, check out Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'Ole's version. It will break you down.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Funny "Wizard of Oz" story. Was watching the beginning on TV (age 3 or 4) and then we drove to my grandparents house to watch the rest, and it was in color! A grown-up said, "Oh, they'd just invented color." And i thought they meant right then that very minute. Blown away.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

Loved single file & favs @ 5 today!
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Linda Lee:

jumping around like a maniac & make crazy noises is life. thank you, Joe!
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Santos L Halper:

Welcome to the 50s Joe! And thanks for the good old tunes, I was right back there with ya (Troglodyte et al also catnip for a nine year old : )
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Itzall Ablurr:

G.S.P., that's amazingly endearing.
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Granny Spicy Tuna:

Linda Lee, the show was amazing and their performances were thrilling. Good trainers, i guess???
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Parq:

Hi, Joe. Your dad played in a band that did Santana covers? Cool!
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