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Favoriting November 16, 2020: Feeling Jangly

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
San Kazakgascar  Last Man Standing   Favoriting Emotional Crevasse  Lather  2020  MP3    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bob Stewart  Hey Mama   Favoriting First Line  JMT  1988  LP      0:15:46 (Pop-up)
Herbie Hancock  Fat Mama   Favoriting D:O Radio Presents Jazz Freedom Dance Party – Destination:Out 2020 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2020  CD-R  From 1969    0:18:59 (Pop-up)
Tim Buckley  Venice Mating Call   Favoriting Greetings from West Hollywood  Edsel  2017  CD  live in 1969    0:22:47 (Pop-up)
Billy Brooks  Fourty Days   Favoriting Windows of the Mind  Wewantsounds  2020  CD  From 1974  *   0:25:49 (Pop-up)
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio  Call Your Mom   Favoriting I Told You So  Colemine  2020  MP3    *   0:32:07 (Pop-up)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings  Take Me with U   Favoriting Just Dropped In to See What Condition my RENDITION was in!  Daptone  2020  CD  From 2011 or so  *   0:36:04 (Pop-up)
 
The Love In  Late As Usual   Favoriting Strum and Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987  Captured Tracks  2020  MP3  From 1987  *   0:48:08 (Pop-up)
Love Tractor  Sixty Degrees Below   Favoriting Love Tractor  DB Recs  1982  LP      0:50:52 (Pop-up)
Miracle Legion  Butterflies   Favoriting The Backyard  Making Waves  1985  EP      0:53:09 (Pop-up)
Three Hits  5 O'Clock   Favoriting Strum and Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987  Captured Tracks  2020  MP3  one member later started Record Store Day  *   0:57:31 (Pop-up)
Turning Curious  Talk About Gods   Favoriting Soul Light Season  Relapse  1985  EP      1:00:11 (Pop-up)
Downy Mildew  Tangled Ladders   Favoriting Mincing Steps  Texas Hotel  1988  LP      1:03:09 (Pop-up)
Guadacanal Diary  Michael Rockefeller   Favoriting Jamboree  Elektra  1986  LP      1:07:03 (Pop-up)
The Springfields  Sunflower   Favoriting Strum and Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987  Captured Tracks  2020  MP3  hey, this is from 1988! :)  *   1:11:32 (Pop-up)
R.E.M.  Burning Down   Favoriting Dead Letter Office  I.R.S.  1987  LP  and one from the pappies of this sound, recorded 1984    1:15:19 (Pop-up)
 
Hen Ogledd  Crimson Star   Favoriting Free Humans  Domino  2020  MP3    *   1:25:02 (Pop-up)
Robert Wyatt  Heaps of Sheeps   Favoriting His Greatest Misses  Hannibal/Videoarts Music  2004  CD  soon to be reissued on vinyl, I hear    1:29:18 (Pop-up)
Czesław Niemen  Wszystkim ludziom co do pracy spieszą   Favoriting Uncanny Music: Guided Listening Through the Fifth World – Darren's 2020 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2020  CD-R  From 1982    1:34:19 (Pop-up)
Star Feminine Band  La Musique   Favoriting Star Feminine Band  Born Bad  2020  LP    *   1:37:29 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row
The Housemartins  Happy Hour   Favoriting single  Elektra  1986  45      1:45:40 (Pop-up)
Maxine Brown  Oh No Not My Baby   Favoriting single  Wand  1964  45      1:47:39 (Pop-up)
Dolly Parton  The Bargain Store   Favoriting single  RCA  1975  45      1:50:15 (Pop-up)
The Youngbloods  The Wine Song   Favoriting single  RCA Victor  1967  45      1:52:56 (Pop-up)
Bill Parsons and His Orchestra  Rubber Dolly   Favoriting single  Fraternity  1958  45      1:55:36 (Pop-up)
Eruption Featuring Precious Wilson  I Can't Stand the Rain   Favoriting single  Hansa International  1977  45      1:57:30 (Pop-up)
The dB's  Neverland   Favoriting single  Albion  1982  45      2:00:37 (Pop-up)
The Pearly Gate  Free   Favoriting single  Decca  1970  45      2:03:20 (Pop-up)
 
Mark Kozelek  Wop-A-Din Din   Favoriting White Christmas Live  Sub Pop  2001  CD      2:18:25 (Pop-up)
Advance Base  Your Dog   Favoriting Animal Companionship  Run for Cover  2018  MP3      2:24:49 (Pop-up)
Rube  My Friend Lacey   Favoriting When We Wake Up It's Gonna Hurt  Luftmensch  2020  MP3    *   2:28:31 (Pop-up)
Luna  Most of the Time   Favoriting A Sentimental Education  Double Feature  2017  LP      2:38:12 (Pop-up)
Matilda Mann  As It Is   Favoriting Because I Wanted You to Know EP  Seven Four Seven Six  2020  MP3    *   2:42:43 (Pop-up)
Cut Worms  All the Roads   Favoriting Nobody Lives Here Anymore  Jagjaguwar  2020  CD    *   2:45:49 (Pop-up)
Sung Water  No Need to Worry   Favoriting Sung Water  Sung Water  2020  LP    *   2:51:41 (Pop-up)
The Lemonheads  Nightime   Favoriting Lovey (30th Anniversary Edition)  Fire  2020  CD  live in 1991  *   2:54:20 (Pop-up)
David Toop  All I Desire   Favoriting Apparition Paintings  Room40  2020  CD    *   2:57:47 (Pop-up)
Nick Lowe  A Quiet Place   Favoriting single  Yep Roc  2020  MP3    *   2:59:19 (Pop-up)
The Bats  Change Is All   Favoriting Foothills  Flying Nun  2020  CD  let's jangle on out  *   3:02:27 (Pop-up)


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Marley P. Dogg:

I pledge allegiance to the Yips and the United States of Yiptopia
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi Joe McGasko! Hey Patrick!
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Marley P. Dogg:

Hey Buddha!
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deborah:

Radio Radio!!
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Brian in UK:

What-ho, Joe.
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Handy Haversack:

I Yip with Marley.

Joe, everyone, good Monday.
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YETI BOB:

yip yip yip!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Boing boing!
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Krys O.:

Greetings!
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12539:

Yip Yip!
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mariano:

Hey there yippies!
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LW Rhino:

Clap on, Clap off !
  9:05am
David in London:

I’m here to win one for the Yipper.
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Phillippe Bastille:

Good morning! Hey Handy, mariano, Yeti bob, KFHP, DiL when he gets here!
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Phillippe Bastille:

DiL you got here!
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Joe McG:

Good Monday, folks, and welcome to the radio show!
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Cal Zone!:

Hi Joe et al!
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BeNowB on the BMX:

This San Kazakgascar track is so good.
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coco:

Salut
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Brian in UK:

David in London, more like an Arbroath Smokie.
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LW Rhino:

Come on everybody, put your hands together for the fabulous ....Joe McGasko !
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Handy Haversack:

Phillippe, David! You made it in under the wire.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Joe McGasko, I think you have a thing for Klezmer style of music in rock and jazz. This is not the first time I detected some Klezmer funk on your show.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Buenos Boleros !
  9:09am
David in London:

Handy, Mariano, Phillippe, Buddha, Brian! So many groovers.
  9:10am
David in London:

Yeti Bob, Krys!
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mariano:

Hey Phillippe, David, Handy, BuddhaOS, Brian. David: do you know that MDC song "Ronnie Goes to Jail"? It begins with a clip of the "win one for the Gipper" scene.

Oh yeah, some second line!
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Brian in UK:

Has it ever been suggested which of the Muppets would resemble which inmate of WFMU?
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Hey Mariano! Hey David from London! Phillippe Bastille. long time no see!! BNOWB!
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Phillippe Bastille:

Hey Buddha!
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Handy Haversack:

We're gonna need more Beakers, Brian.
  9:14am
David in London:

Mariano, I don’t, so I will hunt it down. It’s always been a favourite line of mine.
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Tank Top:

Great song and album by Herbie. Read his memoir, it's great!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Phillippe. Bright and sunny morning in this sector.
  9:15am
KWilde:

Hey Joe and radio listeners!
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

So many memoirs, so many Zoom meetings to keep me away from the memoirs.
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Joe McG:

@Tank Top: Thanks for the tip!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Lord Buckley, William F. & Tim Buckley walk into a bar...
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Brian in UK:

Handy, my knowledge of Muppets is minimal.
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adampsyche:

don't be bad at me but i only know this song from the ATCQ sample
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Marley P. Dogg:

Same
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Handy Haversack:

... bartender says, "Who wants a beltey?"
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...bartender laffs - 'I love my job... [points remote] hope you guys like The Muppetts'...
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Brian in UK:

RRN63, might only be William F going into a bar, His Lordship preferred something herbal and Tim liked the needle.
  9:23am
yerfriendpaul:

Never heard the original before. So used to hearing it on A Tribe Called Quest’s tune
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Joe McG:

Tim during the live gigs from the Troubadour in 1969: "Give smack a chance"
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...didn't say what they did there...
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Brian in UK:

Maybe it was an iron bar. Ouch.
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BeNowB on the BMX:

This song wasn't on 2 drum kicks in and had to turn it up. This beat just has swag! damn son
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TheLoneliestMonk:

wow, this Delvon Lamarr track sure has a Meters feel to it
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Hello! @9:14Tank Top, I think I'm going to see about that Herbie Hancock memoir. Sounds interesting! I have a book on hold for me at the library as we speak that I am planning to pick up today.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

2020 ?? Nailed it.
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Uncle Michael:

Hey, Leroy...your mama's callin' you!
  9:28am
David in London:

Brian, I toyed with the iron bar gag but didn’t deploy it in the end. Glad you went for it.
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Joe McG:

@Monk: Totally! A couple of years ago I had these guys on the show. Check out that archive when you get a chance, it smokes.
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Cal Zone!:

Yes to Loneliest Monk....I flinched and thought it was Meters too!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac sounds good. some tasty funk going on.
'member the date?
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Fuzzy:

2020? Man this is some retro goodness!
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Uncle Michael:

I think I should just buy everything that comes out on Colemine.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Damn you FMU - I'm not supposed to be somebody who dances...must you challenge every preconception...
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Revolution Rabbit Nov 63! Just pretend you're on American Bandstand and you're hamming it up for the close up camera.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...no - that's exactly the wrong advice :D ...
  9:39am
Quack:

Can't post comments .. Android version of this app sucks
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Handy Haversack:

It's a good bug!
  9:41am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Oooh I am looking forward to this jangly set!
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Handy Haversack:

Yeah, Rache!
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Roberto:

If there is such a thing as REMesque, this is it.
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MFlynn:

Thanks Joe. Love those Jangly guitars, always will.
  9:42am
Quack:

comments are posting again randomly now... my friend who uses iphone never has these problems on here
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Handy Haversack:

I hope Knormalish is listening, too, Rache.
  9:43am
pgalub:

An embarrassment of Rickenbackers! Nice one Joe! (P.S. Happy Birthday yesterday to Mitch Easter!)
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Cal Zone!:

Absolute Grey were from Rockin Rochester NY! (On Strum n Thrum Comp).
  9:43am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Handy it’s all about the Rickenbacker baby!!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Jamming with Rawkists in one's youth
...'David wishes he had a Rickenbacher' - har har
...damn right I do.
  9:45am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Pgalub it’s a sound I can never get tired of- REM is magic to me! So smart, so beautiful
  9:45am
Martinibomb:

Gooood Morning Joe!
  9:45am
Quack:

anyone else in the comment board have problems posting with the Android version of the WFMU app?
  9:45am
Santos L Halper:

Ah, thanks for the Tractor Joe!
  9:46am
Martinibomb:

@Quack I did run into an odd problem where it kept signing me out?? which looks like what it's doing to you?
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Cal Zone!:

I have lots of problems with the Android App (frequent crashes)...but commenting is not one of them.
  9:46am
Jon:

iOS is working well, Quack
  9:46am
Jon:

I know that doesn’t help you. Sorry.
  9:47am
pgalub:

Mark Mulcahy ftw! ;)
  9:47am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Testing. 🥪🍗📻
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Joe McG:

Hey Pete! You could jangle right along with this batch!
  9:49am
Quack:

@Martininibomb. doesn't sign me out, in fact the Android version doesn't have a way to sign in, I just have to retype my name in everytime I post which gets annoying. my friend using iphone can sign in, but I don't have the option. it's weird. otherwise, posting doesn't always want to work
  9:49am
pgalub:

Indeed, I am! ;)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I only got a tracFone - no worse than usual...
  9:50am
Mike S.:

pgalub! been a long time since we traded shirts in the middle of a show;)
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

I don need to use it much anymore (no commute!) but a while back I switched to the WoofMoo app because the regular app seemed to wedge and stop playing every so often.
  9:51am
pgalub:

Mike S! Haha! I got mine just last week! Good stuff!
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Hubig Pie:

Happy jingle jangle mornin'
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

"don't"....man, I need a new keyboard.
  9:52am
Will:

I wonder when the Jangle Pop UK compilation will come out. Spearheaded by the Smiths, of course!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...course long had Beatles & bYRdS in my heart before REM became synonymous with bitterwsweet Leaving Home & the rise of Alt out of College Radio...
  9:53am
Brian in garden:

McGuinn first turned my head in '65 but there might be a case for the Searchers being the first to jangle.
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Cal Zone!:

I'm hoping that somebody is working on an updated WFMU Android app. One that doesnt crash and syncs with Android Auto so that I can see playlist when driving. Joe, do you know if anything is in the works?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Sure. Well McGuinn makes the point The Beatles were already there. George's 12-String on 'Hard Day's Night' - a major highlight of the 2009 Remasters...
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

mornin, troops
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Joe McG:

@Will: I feel that the UK jangle has been better compiled already than the US version. @Cal Zone!: I'll run it up the flagpole after the show!
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Cal Zone!:

TY Joe!
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Handy Haversack:

Rev. Another SPOXX morning, but I was able to field it. I happily relinquish the duty to its true practitioner, though!
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Planet Tyler:

Downy's voice is reminding me of Roddy Frame
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Handy Haversack:

Guadalcanal Diary! Nice, Joe!
  10:01am
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Joe, your show is a real treat. Thanks for taking me back to memories of my high school mixtapes.
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Joe McG:

You bet, Jeff! They used to call this "college rock" back then since only college station played it.
  10:03am
egould310:

So very jangly. Great way to wake up. Good morning from Seattle.
  10:04am
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

@Joe when I got my drivers license in 1987 I drove my parents Olds from Rahway to Trenton to see Miracle Legion play a mostly empty City Gardens.
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luka:

{butthead voice} heh heh. college music.
  10:05am
Martinibomb:

@quack that's what happened to me yesterday but right now it's working fine?
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Phillippe Bastille:

Very much enjoying this, Joe
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Fuzzy:

Cappin' it off with Pretty Persuasion, perhaps? That would be nice.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Strawberries are growing in my garden
...it's winter time.
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Joe McG:

I could play this stuff all day, but I'll just spin one more and we'll get out of college...maybe go see the dentist.
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Handy Haversack:

It's been a great set, Joe. Thanks for the jangles.

Ooo, "Burning Down"!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

After all - the dentist is where The Beatles got dosed.
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efd:

Clearly I need to get that Strom & Thrum box set, if it's not sold out already.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Music for teeth! 🦷
  10:09am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

The real deal!! <3 <3
  10:09am
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

No Grapes of Wrath?
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Jeff Golick:

The Strom Thurm set would be a lot less fun to listen to.
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Joe McG:

@Rachel: Yeah, no one really did this style better than these boys. @Jeff: I thought about it, but they're Canadian!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Still in awe of what Stipe did.
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Baja Joe:

Hi Joe. Thanks for the good R.E.M. Jangly as all heck!
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Handy Haversack:

Gah! Bad news, efd.
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efd:

looks like the CD version is still available on the Captured Tracks site, I'm not that picky.
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efd:

the Omnian site, I should say.
  10:13am
pgalub:

The Buck stops here. Doh!
  10:14am
David in London:

Joe, I dub thee ‘Mr Yo Jangles’.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

I love Dead Letter Office. Has that cool cover of "Toys In The Attic"
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Jeff Golick:

The REM ep of Song Exploder on Netflix is real entertaining.
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efd:

haha, Strum and Thrum obvs!
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Joe McG:

@Jeff: First time all 4 original members talking about R.E.M. stuff!
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Fuzzy:

Sturm und Twang
  10:19am
pgalub:

Strum Thrumond!
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Jason from Houston:

Just watched Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale last week. If you need a film about white folks and cannibalism post-Rockefeller...
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Joe McG:

@Jason: And who doesn't? ;)
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Jason from Houston:

Hahaha... Special kind of anthropology there.
  10:23am
djsheilab:

That Hen Ogledd was most intriguing! In a good way.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

Speaking of Wyatt, I recently read a book on the history of prog rock. Holy smokes, the egos!! The excess!! Kinda fun.
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Joe McG:

@SheilaB: It's really a very nice pop song, I think!
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Handy Haversack:

What book, Woods?
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Rich in Bristol:

It's thanks to the BBC's Marc Riley that I was introduced to the brilliant Richard Dawson. I'm thoroughly pleased to hear him on your show, too, Joe.
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12539:

("prog rock" and "excess" - together?!)
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βrian:

Why do you suppose they call them proglodytes?
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Joe McG:

@Rich: I think he's just terrific! "Peasant" knocked my socks off.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@Handy The Show That Never Ends
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Webhamster Henry:

Czesław Niemen alert!
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Handy Haversack:

Hard to resist a book that mentions Marillion in the marketing copy, Woods. Hard for me, at any rate.
  10:39am
miniteeny:

Housemartins excellent!!
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Mark Hurst:

Thanks for playing this, Joe! Been forever since I've heard it.
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Bootsie:

Love, love, LOVE this Housemartins track!
  10:39am
paul:

First time I've ever heard the Housemartins on the radio. My favorite band at the time.
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Bootsie:

Trivia: Fatboy Slim was their bassist.
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Joe McG:

Breathless song! Hi, Mark!
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βrian:

As a kid, I was always fascinated by purple martins and their fancy houses.
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Stanley:

Punk rock was propelled into existence by the excesses of prog. I believe it was Rick Wakeman's King Arthur on ice at Wembly Arena in 1975 that did it.
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Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
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Baja Joe:

That tune by Star Feminine Band was particularly excellent, I must say.
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Bootsie:

Dolly!
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Jason from Houston:

OH DANG
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Handy Haversack:

Only thirty years before Green Day on Broadway, Stanley.
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Joe McG:

@Stanley: I would pay almost any price to see King Arthur on ice!
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suzyhotrod:

Dolly! Thanks J McG.
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Jason from Houston:

What a quiet little ripper...
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Dean:

The only overt mockery of prog rock I can think of in punk is the the Germs' "No God," which starts out with the introductory lick from Yes's "Roundabout," then takes off in another direction entirely.
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Joe McG:

Suzy, I envy your roller disco fun!
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JG:

Cool song. Loving/hating it, as I drank too much wine last night
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Jason from Houston:

Fine selections, Joe McG...
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Joe McG:

Glad you're enjoying, Jason!
  10:51am
Dennis Diken:

hey Joe - diggin'! jumping in and out today, have a ball!
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Hello Joe and very good buddies!
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Joe McG:

Love to hear that, Dennis!
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Planet Tyler:

"Hey window pain do you remember?"
lol
  10:53am
KWilde:

Reminds me of Maxwell House jingle
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Krys O.:

YES! Those chiming guitars always boost my mood.
  10:54am
pgalub:

;)
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Roberto:

DEEE BEEEZ
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Ike:

Hi all. Did someone on FMU used to play this Eruption as a slow 45 for bed music? SM Ken maybe? It sounds *too fast* now so that's why I wonder if somebody repeatedly played it at a slow speed before.
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Hubig Pie:

Ooo, more jingles
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egould310:

Jangly guitars again. Thanks Joe!
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Brian in UK:

Joe, here is a recent article on Rick Wakeman's King Arthur extravaganza.
www.vanityfair.com...
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Stanley:

Haha Handy. The 'punk rock band' Green Day.

Joe *!*!?
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Joe McG:

@egould: Wow, yeah, I'm really in a jangly mood today. @Brian: I think that's my favorite article of the entire year.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@Handy I got the book because there are some prog bands that I don't know much about (Soft Machine for one). Some of it was depressing...seeing the record companies pushing various incarnations of Yes to make fairly dull music.
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Krys O.:

Was a huge fan of Rick Wakeman back in the day. Listened to Six Wives of Henry VIII and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Haven't heard them in many decades.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Last week I got a Matt Sweeney/Bonnie Prince Billie cardstock flexi sent to me in the mail. It showed up out of nowhere. It was the coolest unexpected mail I've received in a long time. Did this show up in anyone else's mailbox?
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YETI BOB:

wrong speed?
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@Krys O - There's a great doc on Live at Leeds...Wakeman was hilarious and super enthusiastic in it.
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12539:

Show 'em what freedom is, Joe!
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YETI BOB:

or is it just my internet running slow?
  11:01am
David in London:

Has Staysh hijacked Surface Noise?
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Buddha of Suburbia:

See you guys later! Great show Joe! Have a good one everyone!!
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Handy Haversack:

Steering into the skid, Joe! I approve!

L8r, Boodz!
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Dean:

Bill Bruford's autobiography is a good read for background about Yes.

Saw Wakeman's King Arthur schtick at Anaheim in '75 (no skating). Opening act was Savoy Brown.
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JG:

@ Brian that Rick Wakeman article is gonna be fun to read later. Unless I read it now and don't do the work I'mm supposed to be doing
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Krys O.:

@WoodsOFNH (now Maine): Thanks!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

I also got the UK version of Repercussion because it also came with a cassette copy of the album.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Handu! Hope you are feeling okay. I thought I saw you mention a cold coming on on Wake. Oh and Knormalish just got back from Maine last night. She was there with a friend putting on siding on a house. We plan to meet up when she comes through here in a week or two.
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Buddha of Suburbia:

I meant Handy! LOL!
  11:04am
miniteeny:

New Cut Road by Bobby Bare - great song
  11:05am
?:

You played Pearly Gates Free so it could help me as I go to the hospital soon to help my bf decide to get a trach or die in the hospital. I woke up to it.
  11:06am
Mike B:

By my estimation Neverland (and the DBs of course) is on the Mount Rushmore of Jangle
  11:07am
David in London:

Happy Hour was an absolute smash hit here. Every student across the land had to own a copy by law or face prosecution.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Billy Jam's show last Friday was particularly inspired.
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Handy Haversack:

@Woods, about the book, my proggiest friend says that he also really "liked Macan's Rocking the Classics better, but that one's UK prog specific and much more music-theory-nerdy."
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Mark Hurst:

Talking about a Studs Terkel-like book tonight on Techtonic (interviews with various workers inside Silicon Valley).
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WFMU listener john:

Hello fellow listeners
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Sounds purrfect, Joe!
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@Handy Depends on how music nerdy it is. I'm a musician but I recently read a book about Pat Metheny's ECM years and it wasted a pile of text completely taking apart song structures, key changes, modes, etc. Not what I was there for.
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Handy Haversack:

I'll rouse the brood, Joe, and direct their attention Surface Noise-ward.

Gonna head out on a walk. Absolute smashing show today, Joe, if I don't make it back before the end. Thanks so much!

Be well, Yippers. Hope to catch some of you at the Next Joe Up's.
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Joe McG:

Ah, cool, Mark, thanks for checking in!
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Mark:

Happy Hour was a big song on alternative radio - WLIR
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Joe McG:

@Mark: For college kids every hour is happy hour!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

kiggy <3
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Brian in UK:

Bet he does not mention, a wet nose being stuck in your ear at 5am demanding food. The cat that is!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

my cat's breath smells like catfood
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Joe McG:

@RR63: Ha ha, time to brush those choppers.
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Dean:

Archetypes of progressiveness in rock, ca. 1966-1973 / [microform] / by John Sidney Cotner.
c2001.

Beyond and before : progressive rock since the 1960s / Paul Hegarty and Martin Halliwell.
New York : Continuum, 2011.

Experiencing progressive rock : a listener's companion / Robert G.H. Burns.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

Listening to the future : the time of progressive rock, 1968-1978 / Bill Martin.
Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, c1998.

Music of Yes : structure and vision in progressive rock / Bill Martin.
Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, 1996.

Original Jethro Tull : the glory years, 1968-1980 / Gary Parker.
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]

Progressive rock reconsidered / edited by Kevin Holm-Hudson.
New York : Routledge, 2002.

The show that never ends : the rise and fall of prog rock / David Weigel.
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2017]

Yes is the answer : and other prog rock tales / edited by Marc Weingarten & Tyson Cornell.
New York : Rare Bird Books, c2013
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Planet Tyler:

Mark Kozelek is in #MeToo trouble, sadly
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Joe McG:

@PT: He writes nice songs about cats, anyway.
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Hubig Pie:

Cat food breath is better than cat box breath
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Rich in Bristol:

Yay! I love Advance Base!
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Brian in UK:

Was it is Hill Street Blues the plains clothes cop used to call people; dog breath.
  11:21am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Whoa this guy sounds a bunch like that Cassiotone for the Painfully Alone fellow
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tim from champaign (now washington):

There was an autobiography from Paul Rutherford a few years back. I didn't even bother. I don't think I could have handled it. Mike and the Mechanics.
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Joe McG:

@RBR: Same fellow!
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Planet Tyler:

@Joe - and I still love Red House Painters...
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tim from champaign (now washington):

@Brian in UK. Hahaha! Yeah, I think the character's name was Balco or something like that.
  11:23am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Ah! No wonder then! :D
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Dean:

Mike Rutherford? No relation to trombone player Paul, is there?
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βrian:

Somehow reminds me of Karen Dalton.
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Rich in Bristol:

Advance Base (Casiotone at the time) played Bristol quite a few years ago. We learned from him that night (via a re-telling of a story his mother told him) about how John Fogerty doesn't own any of his own Creedence songs.
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Dean:

The living years / Mike Rutherford.
London : Constable, 2014.
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Brian in UK:

Not Progressive.
Not Rock.
Noodling.
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Krys O.:

@Planet Tyler: I agree with you about RHP.
  11:26am
Dean:

Holy Roman Empire...
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Brian in UK:

We have a wet Beagle back from his walk. Ah, wet dog smell.
  11:27am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Just googled him- he’s from the town where I was born! Yes Rich isn’t that sad?
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tim from champaign (now washington):

I saw Bob Pollard's list of top 50 records he submitted to rolling stone. There was lots of Yes, Genesis and King Crimson on it. Somehow that makes perfect sense.
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Planet Tyler:

@Krys, yeah good stuff. Too bad he's a f'ing douche
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YETI BOB:

@tim: He used to say Wire was his favorite but they've gone down a few notches - now Beatleas are #1. Here's Bob's list - King Crimson and Genesis are on there but not Yes (because Yes are not good and Bob knows what's good). - www.brooklynvegan.com...
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northguineahills:

Luna!
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YETI BOB:

Oh shit the "Yes Album" is on there, I just made a fool of myself!
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Hubig Pie:

One of Mr Dylan's best songs
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tim from champaign (now washington):

@Yeti - makes total sense that Beatles are #1.
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Dean:

Bruford-era Yes is hard to dis. I'm fond of Tales, too. Pretty much the poster child for prog excess.
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chris_in_space:

@Hubig Pie, agreed, and you don't hear this Dylan tune covered much. Sounding great in Dean's hands.
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YETI BOB:

@Tim: I saw a different list he made years ago and either "Pink Flag" or "154" was at the top.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

I listened to Rough and Rowdy Ways last week. I was a bit underwhelmed. It's a perfectly listenable and respectable album but it's been hyped as one of Dylan's best. I was expecting something along the lines of Desire or Oh Mercy.
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Brian in UK:

Dean, have you heard The Wondermints song 'In and Around Greg Lake'?
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tim from champaign (now washington):

@Yeti - yeah, I remember an interview with Pollard where he said Wire was a major inspiration for fitting 20 songs on an album side.
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Dean:

Brian in UK, I have at least heard of it, and thanks for reminding me of that marvelous title.
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YETI BOB:

"After much deliberation and meditation and listening, I’ve decided that the greatest album of all time is Wire, 154. Yeah. That’s not even a top-20 band, but that’s the greatest album. I listened to it again the other day, and it’s the most intelligent, rewarding-with-repeated-listenings album that I … it just never fails." Uncle Bob, Sep 2014. source: magnetmagazine.com...
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river:

that rube song made my roommate cry. maybe me too almost
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Brian in UK:

The Greatest Record Ever Made has not been released yet.
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YETI BOB:

He's been known to talk about the 4 Ps: Prog, Psych, Punk and Pop.
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Joe McG:

@river: It broke me up the first time I heard it, too. A hell of a good song.
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YETI BOB:

the Genesis influence is not too hard to pick out, but I'm having trouble making any musical connection from Yes to GBV
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Krys O.:

@Planet Tyler: Oof! I hadn't heard about the harassment. Dang....
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tim from champaign (now washington):

@Yeti - I'm thinking vocal delivery. Also, it seems like it might have been a big record while growing up.
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Hubig Pie:

Like the vocal stylings of this Cut Worms
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Stanley:

Back from walk and good to see the prog related thread still going.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Prog takes a while, Stanley.
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YETI BOB:

I grew up very punk-influenced (100% Ramones fan) and believed in that whole "Bloated corpse of prog rock must be killed off" idea. But now I understand how absolutely great King Crimson were (and still are!)
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YETI BOB:

I'm much less interested in attitude now, and more interested in how the music actually sounds. I still love the Ramones! But those Sex Pistols records sound pretty bad to me now.
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Hubig Pie:

And a favorite Big Star ⭐ song
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Rich in Bay Ridge:

I had not heard this great version of a true Big Star classic
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Brian in UK:

King Crimson are Prog. Well I never.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

It all connects eventually, Yeti.
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YETI BOB:

What I really love is European RIO-style Avant-Prog. The punks wanted to destroy Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but they probably had no idea about Art Zoyd, Aqsaq Maboul, and Univers Zero ...
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12539:

Joe! Thanks for hosting all the Prog Talk!

Be well everyone.
  11:53am
Dean:

Trust me, punks knew about Art Zoyd, etc.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

I know what you mean, Yeti. I find the Sex Pistols to be a perfectly decent rock band but nothing as inspirational as the Ramones. Over the years, I've found the first 3 PiL records to be way more inspirational to me than the Sex Pistols.
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Joe B:

love that Cut Worms!
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Dean:

We spent one evening a week listening to KNAC's progressive rock show, another evening to KROQ's Rodney Bingenheimer. (Some of us even listened to Joseph Spencer's Chapel, Court & Countryside.)
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Joe McG:

@Joe B: What an impressive new album!
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Joe B:

is it in the new bin?
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Stanley:

Nick Lowe still cutting it 40-odd years later?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

NickLowe for Prezident
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YETI BOB:

@Dean: Some of them maybe. It took me a while to catch up with that stuff.
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Miles of Middle Texas:

Loved the show Joe.
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Roberto:

I didn't know Nick Lowe lived on my street.
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YETI BOB:

I can credit Fred Frith for introducing me to a lot of the music that I love.
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Brian in UK:

Great show again, Joe.
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Dean:

Frith...a monumental musician. I'm still discovering stuff he did.
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Joe McG:

@Roberto: Mine, too! Man, I need a quiet place. Hey, thanks for listening and commenting everyone. It's been fun, as always. Have a great week!
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Mark Hurst:

Great show as always, Joe!
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Rich in Bay Ridge:

Just catching up on the chat and have to chime in that the first time I heard GBV I though it could have been Peter Gabriel. Another time, in a record store, GBV was playing and I thought it might have been John Wetton from King Crimson.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Thanks, Joe! Forgot Biden. Vote McGaasko!
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Brian in UK:

I lot all sense of genres when Speed Garage raised its head.
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Kramrellim:

There's an interview on YouTube with the author of The Show ThatNever Ends and Tom Sharpling. Never knew he was a prog-head.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

this was a good 'un this week.
adios, Lo mejor de las suertes, tio jose!
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Joe B:

thanks Joe! tough act to follow!
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Stanley:

Old fart - now that's a genre for ya!
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ZeeBee:

Monday’s and and tuesdays are my days off work and it’s become a regular occurrence to stay in bed for the entirety of this show simply enjoying the tunes and catching up on my rest and reflection. Thank you joe! Have a great day listener friends, see yah on the ravioli board !
  11:59am
Dean:

There's old fart and old fart. Foghat, Deep Purple, Benny Goodman...these are still relatively fresh old fart. Chapel, Court & Countryside? Now that's really old fart.
  11:59am
KWilde:

Thx Joe!
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Stanley:

Bye Joe. Thanks
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