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Favoriting August 28, 2017: Bossa Noisa

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Aloysio de Oliveira  O Que É Bossa Nova?   Favoriting Máximo da Bossa  Elenco  1967  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
João Gilberto  Corcovado   Favoriting Brazil's Brilliant João Gilberto  Capitol  1960  LP      0:11:22 (Pop-up)
Luis Bonfa  Samba de Orfeu   Favoriting Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro): The Original Sound Track of the Movie  Epic  1959  LP      0:13:21 (Pop-up)
Bud Shank/Clare Fischer/Joe Pass  Serenidade   Favoriting Brasamba!  Pacific Jazz  1963  LP      0:15:35 (Pop-up)
Ike Quebec  Favela   Favoriting Gaylord Fields Presents: Fayelord '66 - Gaylord's 2017 Marathon Fundraising Premium  WFMU  2017  CD-R  From 1962  *   0:17:55 (Pop-up)
Zoot Sims and His Orchestra  Recado Bossa Nova Pt. 2   Favoriting single  Colpix  1962  45      0:21:50 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  One Note Samba   Favoriting Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues  United Artists  1962  LP      0:24:48 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann with Antonio Carlos Jobim  One Note Samba   Favoriting Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann  Atlantic  1962  LP  and now with words    0:29:16 (Pop-up)
Maysa  Nos e o Mar (The Sea and Us)   Favoriting The Best of the Bossa by Brazil's Best  Monument  1967  LP  From 1962    0:34:07 (Pop-up)
Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim  How Insensitive (Insensatez)   Favoriting Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim  Reprise  1967  LP      0:36:22 (Pop-up)
Nara Leão  Diz Que Fui Por Aí   Favoriting Máximo da Bossa  Elenco  1967  LP  From 1964    0:38:57 (Pop-up)
Elis Regina  Roda   Favoriting Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s  Soul Jazz  2011  CD  From 1966    0:41:04 (Pop-up)
 
Delbon Johnson  Bullfrog Dressed in Soldier's Clothes   Favoriting Goombay: Music from Bahamas 1951-1959  Bongo Joe  2017  LP    *   0:56:53 (Pop-up)
Emery Cournard  Why My Craf Vex with Me   Favoriting Slidin' on the Frets: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon  YaZoo  2000  CD  From 1938    0:58:36 (Pop-up)
Joseph Spence  Bimini Gal   Favoriting Happy All the Time  Hannibal  1985  CD  From 1964    1:01:28 (Pop-up)
Hank Locklin  Blue Grass Skirt   Favoriting Foreign Love  RCA Victor  1958  LP      1:04:25 (Pop-up)
Margie Singleton  Jesus Is My Pusher   Favoriting Travelin' Gals!: Diesel Smoke & Dangerous Curves 2017 Premium  WFMU  2017  CD-R  From 1974  *   1:06:59 (Pop-up)
Jody Miller  Natural Woman   Favoriting The House of the Rising Sun  Epic  1974  LP      1:09:19 (Pop-up)
Curly Putman  Who Loves Who   Favoriting Curly Putman's World of Country Music  abc  1969  LP      1:12:29 (Pop-up)
The Stylistics  Doin' the Streets   Favoriting Let's Put It All Together  Avco  1974  LP      1:15:43 (Pop-up)
Bill Brandon  The Streets Got My Lady   Favoriting Bob Holmes' Nashville Soul  Kent Soul  2017  CD  From 1976  *   1:19:34 (Pop-up)
Grover Washington Jr.  Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)   Favoriting Anthology  Motown  1981  LP  From 1972    1:23:45 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a line of 45s, fronts and sometimes backs
Billy Preston  Space Race   Favoriting single  A&M  1973  45      1:36:24 (Pop-up)
Earl Moodie & the Stepping Stones  Love Won't Let Me Wait   Favoriting single  Tafari  1975  45  Thanks to Listener Bill D    1:39:32 (Pop-up)
Andrea Carroll  It Hurts to Be Sixteen   Favoriting single  Big Top  1963  45      1:42:21 (Pop-up)
Jerry Lewis  Champagne and Wedding Cake/How Do You Speak to an Angel?   Favoriting single  Capitol  1954  45  from "Living It Up" EP; R.I.P. Jerry    1:44:34 (Pop-up)
Conway Twitty  Heartache Just Walked In   Favoriting single  Decca  1971  45      1:46:45 (Pop-up)
dalek i love you  Masks and Licences   Favoriting single  Korova  1982  45      1:49:10 (Pop-up)
The Church  Under the Milky Way   Favoriting single  Arista  1988  45      1:51:58 (Pop-up)
Blackfoot  Highway Song   Favoriting single  Atco  1979  45      1:57:11 (Pop-up)
Petula Clark  Downtown   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1964  45      2:00:50 (Pop-up)
The Jam  Town Called Malice   Favoriting single  Polydor  1982  45      2:03:51 (Pop-up)
 
The Go-Go's  Skidmarks on My Heart   Favoriting   No Label  1981  MP3  live on 8.31.81, Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ    2:19:54 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's  How Much More   Favoriting   No Label  1981  MP3  live    2:22:45 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's  Let's Have a Party   Favoriting   No Label  1981  MP3  live    2:26:03 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's  We Got the Beat   Favoriting   No Label  1981  MP3  live    2:27:33 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's  Surfing and Spying   Favoriting   No Label  1981  MP3  live    2:31:36 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's  Beatnik Beach   Favoriting   No Label  1981  MP3  live    2:33:08 (Pop-up)
Smart Remarks  Foreign Fields   Favoriting Foreign Fields: 1982-1984  Manufactured Recordings  2017  EP    *   2:35:33 (Pop-up)
The Nerves  When You Find Out   Favoriting One-Way Ticket  Alive Natural Sound  2008  CD  From 1976    2:38:32 (Pop-up)
The Pandoras  About My Baby (I Could Write a Book)   Favoriting Dream Babies: Girls and Girl Groups of the Sixties  EMI America  1985  LP  From 1967    2:40:45 (Pop-up)
Bob Swanson and the Bee Jays  Out of a Book   Favoriting Live Every Minute!  RSP  1966  LP      2:44:43 (Pop-up)
Rockpile  When I Write the Book   Favoriting Seconds of Pleasure  Columbia  1980  LP      2:46:56 (Pop-up)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions  Everyday I Write the Book   Favoriting Punch the Clock  Columbia  1983  LP      2:50:38 (Pop-up)
The Monotones  Book of Love   Favoriting The Doo Wop Box: 101 Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll  Rhino  1993  CD  From 1958    2:53:53 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Threemoons:

Morning Joe, WoofMooPeeps, etc....Always love your intro. Yipyipyipyip.....
  9:04am
melinda:

Hi Joe and people!
  9:05am
wendy del formaggio:

Joe! This track just taught me "Bela Lugosi's Dead" starts as a bossa nova. Who knew?!
  9:06am
SeanG:

Howdy Joe and all
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Joe and Noisophiles. Swag arrived, so it's a very happy Monday!
  9:08am
John in Bklyn:

Hiya, Joe and Surface Noisers! That intro always reminds me of Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo! Do you think Stan Ridgway was influenced by The Muppets??
Avatar 9:09am
V Priceless:

hiya Joe!
  9:10am
Phillio:

Hey Joe and all! This is great! I grew up in Brazil so this is extra special.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
BnowB:

God I needed this... I don't speak spanish well and i love the music. mindless joy! And I love the song... oh so much.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
BnowB:

Portuguese sorry
  9:12am
John in Bklyn:

@Wendy Holy cow, I never even realized that! Context!
  9:12am
?:

I just woke up and I came across portuguese at WFMU, what a good surprise. Hugs from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
BnowB:

I used to live with a man from Brazil. ooo la la lol
  9:12am
Phillio:

I'm fluent in Portuguese, thus feeling right at home with the current track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
BnowB:

Abraços from NYC :)
  9:16am
Phillio:

Visited São Paulo again about 2 years ago (it had been forever). It's like my wife had her own personal travel guide/translator the whole time. I'd love togo back again.
  9:17am
wendy del formaggio:

Orfeu Negro! My favorite soundtrack!
  9:17am
mauri:

a sunny day and bossa. a cool wind. squirrels chasing each other in a pine tree.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:18am
steveo:

Bom Dia, Joe. So hard to get to work in time for the Yeps on a Monday....
  9:18am
Phillio:

Wonder if Joe has anything off Jobim's "Stone Flowers" on deck.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:19am
steveo:

Or are they the yips? I can never remember.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Passaic River Blues:

"Orfeu Negro" is such a good movie.
  9:22am
JakeGould:

Blame the Monday on the bossa nova.
Avatar 9:25am
Joe McG:

Bom dia! Starting today in a mellow, mellow mood. Glad you could join me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
JP from KC:

Fabulous start, Bongo Joe! This may be the most pleasant Monday morning I've had in quite some time!
  9:28am
Capt Hoggable:

Super Show...hows about this stunning vinyl recording of the Maximo de Bossa
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:28am
steveo:

lovin' the mello bossa
Avatar 9:29am
KP:

Hello, Joe McGasko!
  9:30am
jess:

I'm loving this music too. Good morning coffee music.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:32am
doctorjazz:

Herbie Mann must have really liked this tune (I always liked it as well). The Modern Jazz Quartet with Laurindo Almeida did a nice version of this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
BnowB:

this set is beautiful ... i think my blood pressure dropped to normal
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
tadpoles:

I always thought Bossa Nova translated as "New Wave"!

But the only thing I could find on the internets is "New Tendency" .. either works for me.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Uncle Michael:

Joe, I approve of your recent Bossa-jag.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am
Dominick:

very nice
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe. Just doing a crossword, clue was bossa nova hit in the Sixties (3,4,4,7)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
doctorjazz:

Just got my FMU premium, can't wait to listen to it!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:39am
pantz:

What a great Sinatra song! I know he was a grade A jerk, but man could his voice emote.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
BnowB:

My fav....Jobim & How insensitive.
I remember David Lynch using this in a yard scene with a lounge chair. Lost highway?
  9:40am
John in Bklyn:

The Chairman did a great job with Bossas. I mean, to have lived and loved the way Frank did...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:41am
doctorjazz:

Sorry, just don't "get" Sinatra, doesn't do anything for me...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41am
Planet Tyler:

Astrid cant be too far behind. But which one!!
  9:42am
Phillio:

Not as lush (or maybe lush in a different way?), but would love to hear Caetano Veloso's "Saudosismo".
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:43am
pantz:

@doctorjazz Guess it's like the Blues. Some people just don't get it, others listen to nothing else.
  9:43am
Stanley:

Hi Joe. Enjoying a very lazy bank holiday afternoon here in England.
Hi Brian. is it sunny and hot where you are?
  9:43am
Phillio:

Oh man, Nara Leão..
  9:43am
melinda:

Great set
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
Planet Tyler:

What a nice morning of beleza tropical. I can fave this show already
  9:44am
Phillio:

Elis!! This set is *ezcellent*!
Avatar 9:44am
Itzall Ablurr:

Too early for a Caipirinha? I've got the cachaça honey, if you got the limes! Great show this morning, Mr. McG! Monday suave...
Avatar 9:44am
Yair Yona:

Joe - thanks for the fun music. we're rocking here in Tel Aviv!
  9:45am
John in Bklyn:

Elis was the greatest. Check out the DVD from 1973, MPB Especial. It's just her and a trio... and 500 cigarettes.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:45am
Brian in UK:

Stanley, it is always sunny and hot where I am. They cancelled the racing in the Isle of Man today though. Did you enjoy the Magnetic Fields?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:47am
steveo:

YES -- that's August for me
Avatar 9:48am
βrian:

Cachaça makes my head hurt.

No skies over the isthmus today. Just fog hanging low.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Michele:

Morning Joe! Looking forward to lunching with you today!
  9:49am
paul:

Live in south Florida. Would kill for cool weather.
  9:49am
Stanley:

The Magic Fingers? Good up to a point, Brian. Bit too twee and whimsical for me but The Prof loved it. (Boy, the weather is good here)
  9:51am
paul:

I remember Time Life compilations.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Planet Tyler:

There's some brazilian sci-fi on netflix - it's called "3%"
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Brian in UK:

Stanley, I got as far as looking at the seating plan before I ducked out of buying tickets for their Barbican gig.
Avatar 9:55am
Rev. Turnip Druid:

[salutes the ISTHMUS.]
  9:55am
Stanley:

Swag? Did someone mention swag?
  9:55am
Phillio:

Portuguese is definitely a tricky language. I'm lucky to have lived there for long enough and at a young enough age to have learned through total immersion. Brazil has such a deep culture/place/music, etc
Avatar 9:57am
annie:

whew! just got in the door, i have a hall pass. sorry 'm late. it's such a joy to know i planned in advance and stashed a cup of coffee in the fridge for my return from the pet-sit. hi everyone!
  9:58am
JakeGould:

Already like this!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
Parq:

"Bullfrog Dressed In Soldier's Clothes" begs a topical reference.
  10:00am
Stanley:

That was great and the first time I could make out the words (CF version by Joseph Spence)
  10:02am
willcrete:

This Emery Counard tune is so good! I've always wanted to know more about him... but the only think I can find is this one piece on this great Yazoo comp. He has such a cool lending of Trinidadian styles with killer slide technique. His playing is pure velocity of joy. Such good stuff for the morning.
  10:03am
CHAD PEARSON:

Great show Joe!
  10:03am
Stanley:

The master himself
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:03am
doctorjazz:

Love the guitar playing (Spence), vocals are the oddest thing (I'm really a crank this morning, aren't I...)
  10:04am
willcrete:

If any listeners happen to know more about Counard, please share what you know. Details are very scarse, For that matter, what does "Why My Craf Vex with Me" mean? I know "vex" is kind of like "mess with." But what is "craf?"
  10:04am
Davee:

This sounds a little like Dave Van Ronk
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05am
MD:

Good Morning Freeform World...!!!!
  10:07am
John in Bklyn:

Hey CHAD! Woke up too late for Pigeoning this morning.
Avatar 10:10am
βrian:

I drank the coffee, Annie. I'm sorry.
Avatar 10:10am
βrian:

... and I ate the cold plums.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Parq:

By the way, agree with you totally, Joe, about Black Orpheus. Saw it at Film Forum about five years ago. Completely engrossing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
MD:

I GOT TO MAIN LINE ME SOME JESUS!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Passaic River Blues:

@Parq: I saw it at Lincoln Center about 10 years ago, and it still lingers. So beautiful.
Avatar 10:12am
annie:

well, brian, it's fine i guess.... i have more plums coming in my groceries friday. hope the coffee was good, i always add sugar to the french press wth the coffee... "pre-press" application.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Parq:

Wow, the steel guitar really sets off this Aretha cover.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Parq:

And ow a sweet country song about fucking the milkman. Some show, Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Parq:

"now"
Avatar 10:17am
Joe McG:

@Parq: Oh, Parq, you need to re-listen to that one. It's a real heartbreaker about uncaring parents.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
pantz:

You're really pulling the heartstrings with this set @Joe
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Parq:

@Joe, right, I got that. One of whom fucks the milkman.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
steveo:

well, I picked a poor time to go get some tea and chat in the kitchen, didn't I? I guess later i'll be "doin' the (archive) stream"
Avatar 10:22am
slugluv1313:

good morning, Joe and Noisers!
aww man -- this "Who Loves Who" REALLY hits hard! damn
  10:22am
Stanley:

A sad and ridiculous song that last song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
AbeSomething:

My goodness! "Who Loves Who" just broke me to pieces.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Uncle Michael:

I mistook Bill's voice for Teddy's.
Avatar 10:23am
Joe McG:

Curly gave me chills with that song!
  10:24am
Stanley:

Sounds like this subject could be a genre in itself
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:25am
Brian in UK:

Joe, remember the Goombay Dance Band?

The last songs remind me of seeing Mary Gauthier & Jason Isbell, they both say in their sets 'If you are waiting for the happy songs you better leave now'.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
ⓔⓘⓚ:

Wait, did I hear that right? Are these lyrics alleging this woman is stealing her friends' men *and* selling herself on the streets? Are there enough hours in the day for that? I wouldn't have the energy for that, personally.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
ɨkɛ:

Is that what that 5-Hour Energy stuff is for? If I drink that, will I have the stamina to steal men and whore myself out, too? I've never tried it.
Avatar 10:29am
Joe McG:

@Stanley: I think it is! Doris Duke does the all-time killer diller.
Avatar 10:32am
slugluv1313:

@ ike (recognize the SUPER KITTY!)
i agree! dudes do it all the time too -- maybe not the whoring out but lyin' and cheatin' etc. etc. etc.
i always gotta wonder who has that much time & energy on their hands!
  10:33am
JakeGould:

5 hour energy drink is just a pile of caffeine that makes you shit and pee a lot.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:33am
Ken From Hyde Park:

@ ɨkɛ - Better take two, just to be sure.
Avatar 10:36am
βrian:

Songs from a suicidal country. Very current, that.
Avatar 10:38am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Ha!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:39am
steveo:

Oh Joe, guess what? We drove by some signs that said HAZELTON this weekend, on our way to Ithaca (which is gorges). That's about where I missed our exit, costing us 30 minutes, but I'm not about to blame that on you.
Avatar 10:39am
Itzall Ablurr:

One of my first 45s was "Outa Space", another classic from the "other" 5th Beatle.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
ⓘⓚⓔ:

I'd get that premium!
Avatar 10:41am
Joe McG:

@steveo: You made the right decision to drive away from it. :)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:42am
steveo:

lol (and to spell it wrong, apparently)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:45am
drr:

Could "craf" be a boat?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:47am
doctorjazz:

Love this Jerry Lewis single (see, I'm not always cranky).
Avatar 10:48am
Itzall Ablurr:

Surrounded by musical giants, but he can't carry a note in a bucket, even if he's funny tripping over it.
Avatar 10:48am
Joe McG:

@drr: Sounds likely! Nice one.
Avatar 10:50am
Joe McG:

@Itzall: But have you heard his Al Jolson impression? ha ha
  10:54am
SeanG:

Nice!
Avatar 10:55am
Cheri Pi:

Excellent choice JMcG!
Avatar 10:55am
Joe McG:

@Cheri Pi: Bagpipe solos are my go-to. ;)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:56am
drr:

It's A Long Way To The Top If You Want To Rock And Roll
Avatar 10:57am
Joe McG:

@drr: Always been mad at them for not pursuing that more.
Avatar 10:57am
Cheri Pi:

Did they do that live I wonder?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Stevel:

How in hell did I not hear The Church. Yes! Best bagpipe solo ever!

Highway Song will help me recover.
Avatar 11:00am
Joe McG:

Another premium idea I have: Rock songs about "the road."
Avatar 11:01am
Itzall Ablurr:

Remember when every "Southern Rock" band had their very own "Freebird"? This is Blackfoot's.
  11:02am
paul:

Do not include "Life is a Highway" Do include "Thunder Road" by Robert Mitchum
  11:02am
Dean:

Quiet World has an entire album, "The Road." Early Steve Hackett band.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Uncle Michael:

Bands writing about "the road" is the jumping of the shark.
Avatar 11:03am
Cheri Pi:

Joe, the other day I heard on the radio 2 songs back to back both about a guy trying to get home to see his baby, and they kinda count down by distance how close he's getting, until-SUPRISE, he dies before he gets home. and thats the end of the song. I automatically thought of you immediately.
  11:03am
melinda:

I love Downtown!
Avatar 11:03am
Claw!:

Groundskeeper Willie did the best version of this
Avatar 11:04am
Joe McG:

@paul: Ha ha. What about Bob Seger's "Turn the Page"? @Dean: Whoa! Concept LP about The Road! Must check that out. @CP: My kinda tune!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:04am
steveo:

SHE SAID BOSSA NOVA!
Avatar 11:04am
Itzall Ablurr:

Wasn't there about another 20-30 minutes to go of Blackfoot's "Freebird", er, I mean "Highway Song"?!?
  11:04am
Dennis Diken:

"Downtown"...wow. one of the most delectably evocative cuts of all time. with the great Bobby Graham on drums
  11:04am
Dean:

How about songs about elevators? Let's see, there's Carla Bley and...and...uh...
Avatar 11:05am
Serpico:

Groundskeeper Willie is a hero to us all.
Avatar 11:07am
Joe McG:

@Dennis: One of my first favorite songs! I remember being in the back of my parents' car listening to it on the radio.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Uncle Michael:

Heaven on the Seventh Floor, Dean.
  11:07am
paul:

@Joe, yes to Turn the Page. I actually compiled a CD of road songs for Rand Macnally, which they included with their atlas. About 20 years ago.
  11:09am
Dean:

Yep, UM. I figured somebody'd think of one. There's Nanci Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime," too, now that I think of it. And the Carla Bley album was about an *escalator*.
  11:10am
paul:

Trying to remember the name of the Clash song that starts with "Elevator going up"
Avatar 11:10am
Serpico:

isn't there a band called the 13th floor elevators?
  11:11am
paul:

Serpico. Yes, "YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME"
Avatar 11:11am
Itzall Ablurr:

"Rudy Can't Fail" (Clash)
  11:11am
Dean:

Had to cheat, Paul, but "Kola Kola."
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:11am
Uncle Michael:

I heard Mrs. Miller's "Downtown" first.

Thanks, *dad*.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11am
Mike East:

Roky Erickson is playing in Jersey City next month
  11:12am
paul:

Thanks, Dean.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:12am
tadpoles:

#Dean... Television Personalities early single about living in a London tower block.."14th Floor".

Sort of about elevators if you think of living in a tower block.
  11:12am
Dean:

Heh, Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits is among the couple dozen LPs in the front room with the turntable. And I'm the dad.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Mike East, he's playing here THIS SATURDAY, and oh hell yes I'm going!!!
  11:12am
SeanG:

Keith richard's guitar player
  11:13am
paul:

And Warren Zevon!
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Mike East:

Awesome Itzall! I'm jealous
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βrian:

What, are you EE CUMMINGS?
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Mark in Toronto:

Liverpool, you are right re: dalek
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Itzall Ablurr:

I've seen him before and it's transcendent. He's still great- saw him a couple of years ago and he killed it. Well, not literally, but maybe this time.
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βrian:

The wiki: .. a 1950 American musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis and introducing Polly Bergen.
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Krys O.:

Waddy Wachtel was in the band that was in the original Poseidon Adventure movie.
  11:18am
will:

I remember hearing that Harlem shake charted pretty high a few years ago, not sure if it made it to the top 10
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Jeff Golick:

Heyo.

Re "the road": I dimly recall doing a road show when I had an hour-long program on the Drummer stream way back when, and it wasn't nearly long enough.
  11:22am
Larry from Westwood now Chicago:

Wow. What a great live show that must have been.
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Joe McG:

@Krys O.: Now THAT'S some cool Waddy trivia! :)
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Joe McG:

@Jeff G: Find a link and post it here, Jeff! Would love to hear it, and I'm sure other people would, too.
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joe mulligan:

thanks for playing this live show Joe! I listened to a lot of WMMR in the early 80s
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Joe McG:

@joe: No problem! I think they sound fantastic.
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Michael 98145:

- fun -
  11:27am
rob w:

Hey I saw them in Ann Arbor on this tour!
  11:27am
Dean:

Brendan Mullen's book about the Masque, Nightmare in Punk Alley includes a proof sheet featuring a bunch of LA punks c.1978, including Charlotte and Belinda of The Go-Go's. Another of the photos is yours truly.
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Listener Alexandra:

Loving the Go-Go goodness this morning, Joe!
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steveo:

go great to hear this live Go-Go's!
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Joe McG:

@RobW: That's so cool! @Dean: Wow! Dish! @Alex: Hey hey!
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herb.nyc:

just tuned in - yeeeeah, La Go-Go's! i'm pretty sure WLIR aired a live show of theirs, maybe this very one, in early 80s. i mighta taped it. and, John Doe recently played Terry Hall at wfmu. great show (thx for not throwing me out, joe.). in his L.A. punk book, Jane Wiedlin (?) wrote a chapter, and said she was driving and cried when Rodney on the ROQ played their record, hearing her band for the first time on the airwaves. awww.
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James in ATL:

Enjoying the show and loving the Go-Go's live! Thank Joe
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Dominick:

this is great
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futurescamp:

This sounds great! I grew up in Cherry Hill and I wish clubs like this had still been open when I was a teen.
  11:30am
melinda:

Digging all the Go-Gos. Fun to relive the better parts of adolescence.
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Joe McG:

Should I play the encore?
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herb.nyc:

and to show you how big the Go-Go's were then, i stepped into Sam Goody's (on e. 57th street) and saw they were giving out a single of theirs. thanks. i saw them outdoors, at Pier 84 (nyc).
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steveo:

Go-go music really makes us dance
Do the pony puts us in a trance
Do the watusi just give us a chance
That's when we fall in line
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Stevel:

Yes, encore!
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steveo:

/me lights lighter
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herb.nyc:

encore!
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Devin B.:

Encore!
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James in ATL:

Encore!!!
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Joe McG:

Ok, it's a short one, why not?
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Stevel:

Whoooooootttttt!!
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Passaic River Blues:

This encore is awesome!
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Joe McG:

If anyone knows where I can hear some punk-era Go-Go's ('77-'79), drop me a line: jmcgasko@wfmu.org
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Claw!:

killer surf track!
  11:34am
Dean:

Best underrated LA band, pre-Go-Go's, was The Eyes, featuring Charlotte, DJ Bonebrake, and Joe Ramirez.
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JakeGould:

Any special reason for this Go-Gos live set? Loving it.
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Roberto:

I think this guy from my high school class ended up marrying the bass player, Kathy Valentine. She's 7 years his senior, but hell yeah I would have too.
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steveo:

that would have been awkward if you were both married to her at the same time....
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Roberto:

They're divorced now, so...
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Joe McG:

@Dean: You don't have a cameo in the John Doe book, do you?
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Jeff Golick:

Kill 'em and leave. Amazing.
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Roberto:

Oh wait I'm still married. NM!
  11:39am
Dean:

Not to my knowledge, @Joe McG. Was pleasantly surprised to find myself (and my band!) in the Mullen book.

I'm looking now for an opportunity to hear Masque-era Go-Go's for you. I know somebody who might have the goods.
  11:40am
Dave Wright:

Emerald City in Cherry hill , great club !
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Joe McG:

You guys like this one at 45?
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Joe McG:

@Dean: Excellent!
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Uncle Michael:

I'm agnostic.
  11:43am
JakeGould:

No.
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djsheilab:

YES! I love this even more at 45! Xo
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Agent Peter:

How can we tell?
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Joe McG:

Sheila B.! I'm so embarrassed, but that was so FUN!
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Brian in UK:

Joe, kind of roller coaster show, great nonetheless. Time to walk the dog.
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Joe McG:

Thanks, Brian! Say hi to Mary Mack dressed in black.
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Joe McG:

I need another book song or two... any ideas?
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melinda:

@Dean what was your band?
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Dave Wright:

Saw the Go Gos in Passaic at Hitsville first tour.....
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pantz:

"Here's Where the Story Ends" Sundays?
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djsheilab:

Monotones' "The Book Of Love!"
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Joe McG:

Good one, pantz! I'll see if I can find it.
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pantz:

Of course there's Elvis Costello's book song
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Joe McG:

@Sheila: Oh geez, of course!
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Jeff Golick:

The Book of Love is Long and Stupid (Mag Fields)?
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Dean:

@melinda: The band featured in Mullen's book was The Twits. But that was one of many, among them a group called M, not to be confused with the British techno-pop M. M was the first release on Flipside Records. We were dreadful.
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Tim 07030:

Hi Joe! Talking heads The Book I Read
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doctorjazz:

Nice segue...Booking it!
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Mick:

Echo and the Bunnymen - Read It in Books
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Joe McG:

Darn! I should've started this book idea earlier!
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Cooh John:

I was anticipating this segue.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Something from Booker T & the MG's, maybe?
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frozen_peas:

The Book of Love! (The Monotones or Fleetwood Mac)
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Jeff Golick:

(belatedly, old road show: wfmu.org...)
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djsheilab:

Hurray!
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frozen_peas:

yay, instant gratification. :)
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Tim 07030:

American Graffiti soundtrack, first record I ever received as a present
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Dean:

Go-Go's, Whisky, '79, not great quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiLnh_kGh6E&list=PLB7B83EA94047676C&index=9
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medson:

Great show as always Joe.
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slugluv1313:

@ Tim 07030 -- way cool gift!
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Dean:

Same year, Mabuhay in SF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVlps-Z_uWM&index=6&list=PLlTvTow8zgsg7HOzIHBYvmR9YDZ_M-nuT
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening, everyone! Hope your September gets off to a great start. See you on Labor Day!
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melinda:

I think this was one of my Dad's favorite songs from his youth, I think he would dance around to it in a sort of freestyle twist.
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Tim 07030:

@slugluv AND I"VE STILL GOT IT
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steveo:

well, that flew by! thanks joe; great show!
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steveo:

shouldn't Bob Swanson have the BS-ers?
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pantz:

Great show, Joe!
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Michael 98145:

thanks again, Joe McG
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Book 'em, Joe!
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slugluv1313:

@ Tim 07030 -- that is freakin' awesome!!!!!!!
i still have the Beatles (in mono!) and Monkees records my parents got me when i was a kid :)
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