Favoriting New York Underground with Ray Boogie: Playlist from July 16, 2021 Favoriting

NY-bred, Jamaican-born Ray Boogie takes you on a trip back to the days of The Gallery, Paradise Garage, Danceteria, Mudd Club, and The Loft. You’ll hear some pre-disco and underground-inspired grooves ranging from funk, reggae, post-punk, new wave and more. Fasten your seat belts, we’re headed to deep New York Underground!!!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Marc Almond  Tears Run Rings (The Just Rite Mix)   Favoriting Single  EMI Capitol Records  1988  12"  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ministry  All Day   Favoriting Single  Wax Trax!  1984  12"  0:06:56 (Pop-up)
Boomtown Rats  Up All Night   Favoriting Single  Columbia Records  1981  12"  0:12:41 (Pop-up)
Cabaret Voltaire  Sensoria (12" Version)   Favoriting Single  Virgin Records  1984  12"  0:19:14 (Pop-up)
New Order  Shellshock   Favoriting Single  A&M Records  1987  12"  0:27:01 (Pop-up)
New Order  5 8 6 (Class X Remix)   Favoriting CX-5  Class X  1988  2LP  0:33:24 (Pop-up)
Killing Joke  Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)   Favoriting Single  EG Records/ Virgin Records  1986  12"  0:39:03 (Pop-up)
Altered Images  Dead Pop Stars   Favoriting The Best Of Altered Images  Epic / Legacy  1997  CD  0:46:34 (Pop-up)
E. G. Daily  Say It, Say It (Extended Version)   Favoriting Single  A&M Records  1985  12"  0:49:46 (Pop-up)
Grace Jones  On Your Knees   Favoriting Single  Island Records  1979  12"  0:56:31 (Pop-up)
Hot Chocolate  Every 1's A Winner   Favoriting Single  EMI United Kingdom  1978  12"  1:04:16 (Pop-up)
Brick  Dazz   Favoriting Single  Bang Records  1976  12"  1:08:17 (Pop-up)
JImmy James  I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me   Favoriting Single  Pye Records  1976  12"  1:13:47 (Pop-up)
Violent Femmes  Blister In The Sun   Favoriting Add It Up (1981-1993)  Slash/Reprise  1993  CD  1:20:08 (Pop-up)
It's Immaterial  Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) [Extended Version]   Favoriting Single  A&M Records  1987  12"  1:22:33 (Pop-up)
Tommy James & The Shondells  Crimson & Clover (Long Version)   Favoriting Single  Pye Records  1975  12"  1:29:13 (Pop-up)
Biz Markie  Just A Friend   Favoriting The Hip Hop Box  Hip-O Records  2004  CD  1:36:34 (Pop-up)
Biz Markie  Let Me Turn You On   Favoriting Single  Cold Chillin / Warner  1993  12"  1:40:31 (Pop-up)
Rockmaster Scott & The Dynamic Three  The Roof Is On Fire (Jivin')   Favoriting Single  Reality  1985  12"  1:45:55 (Pop-up)
Desmond Dekker  It Pays   Favoriting Israelites (The Best Of Desmond Dekker)  Trojan Records  2001  CD  1:48:54 (Pop-up)
Desmond Dekker & The Aces  007 (Shanty Town)   Favoriting Single  Mango Records  1966  12"  1:52:32 (Pop-up)
Prince Buster  African Blood   Favoriting Single  Prince Buster  1962  7"  1:55:16 (Pop-up)
Roy Shirley  If I Didn't Know   Favoriting Makasound Sampler  Makasound  2005  CD  1:58:15 (Pop-up)
Michigan & Smiley  Lu-Be-Lu   Favoriting Single  Volcano  1982  12"  2:01:50 (Pop-up)
Horace Andy  Pure Ranking   Favoriting Single  Sufferers Heights  1981  12"  2:08:40 (Pop-up)
Tappa Zukie  Tappa Zukie In Dub   Favoriting Tappa Zukie In Dub  Blood And Fire  1995  CD  2:16:09 (Pop-up)
Derrick Harriot  Message From A Black Man   Favoriting Makasound Sampler  Makasound  2005  CD  2:20:29 (Pop-up)
Black Uhuru  I Love King Selassie   Favoriting King at the Controls: King Jammy Essential Hits  VP Records  2006  CD  2:24:18 (Pop-up)
Peaches & Herb  Funtime   Favoriting The Best Of Peaches & Herb  Polydor Records  1996  CD  2:29:47 (Pop-up)
Young & Company  I Like What You're Doing (To Me)   Favoriting Single  Brunswick Records  1980  12"  2:36:18 (Pop-up)
Can  Mother Sky (Edited Version)   Favoriting Cannibalism  United Artists  1978  LP  2:43:31 (Pop-up)
Suzi Quatro  Devil Gate Drive   Favoriting The Girl From Detroit City  Cherry Red Records  2014  CD box set  2:51:06 (Pop-up)
Rhoda w/ The Special AKA  The Boiler   Favoriting Make More Noise! Women In Independent Music UK 1977-1987  Cherry Red Records  2020  CD box set  2:54:54 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  8:50pm
paparay:

Ray Boogie in 10.....
  9:01pm
bbxtina:

Bonsoir monsieur Ray, bonsoir everyone
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ShelbyG:

HOLY SHIT. THIS IS MY 20'S. YES YES YES!!!!!!
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common:

Friday. Hello
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metal machine chad from oregon dynamite II:

HERE WE GO HERE WE GO HERE WE GO
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Hello
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loveless:

They keep falling. RIP Biz Markie.
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ShelbyG:

*dancing my ass off*
  9:04pm
paparay:

Hello fellow Undergrounders!!!!
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ShelbyG:

I can't believe you're plying this song!!!!!!
Avatar 9:06pm
Ivan from Woodbridge:

I think Shelby likes this selection
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ShelbyG:

holy moly...WOW...fuckin killin me
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DjLorraine:

Oh goodie goodie it's
the New York Underground
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Ike-O:

peace and good evening! time for me to spark up a clove :)
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ShelbyG:

yay Ivan!
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ShelbyG:

@loveless: NO!
  9:10pm
paparay:

Hello to everyone within sight of my words in the sound of my voice.
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Smilty69:

Good evening, DJ Ray Boogie and friends! Literally sitting at Menlo Park Mall listening to old school Ministry. Thanks DJ Ray!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
loveless:

@Shelby Unfortunately, yes.
www.rollingstone.com...
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pgalub:

Hey Ray and everyone. Early Ministry sounding a little like the the to me. Nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
Will the Sound Guy:

Good evening paparay! hope all are well tonight. I have the Ministry 12" singles on clear
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Oh baby you,
Avatar 9:13pm
ShelbyG:

Damn, I love Mark Almond.
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mariano:

My favorite Boomtown Rats. Hiya Ray, everyone!
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ShelbyG:

OK. Ray. YOU. ARE. KILLING. ME. *back to dancing* beep beep beep
  9:14pm
BenZ WPB:

Boomtown Rats. Holy shit!! Are we back at Speaks on Long Island?? Island Park I think
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
steveo:

hey there Ray, sounding good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
pgalub:

I remember thus video. Bob Geldof and a boa constrictor!
  9:16pm
paparay:

First heard this on American Bandstand. I think they had to rate this song Fast forward to summer of 1982 I see the video on MTV.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
spodiodi:

good evening, Ray Boogie and NYUnderground!
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Wow. Boomtown Rats. The variety of stuff I’ve heard in the last two hours
  9:17pm
paparay:

This was voted one of the worst videos of all time.
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steveo:

what was the best video in 1981?
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

That’s an accomplishment of sorts @paparay
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common:

This one @steveo
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ShelbyG:

WOWOWOWOWOWOW!
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Waiting on a friend, was that in 1981? First time I saw the Stones, Steveo
Avatar 9:20pm
ShelbyG:

You are trying to kill me. This is the BEST PLAYLIST EVERRRRRRR. What are you doin, Boogie? Are you channeling my soul into your playlist?????????
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
Ike-O:

oh, not sensimilla
  9:21pm
jim from wood ridge NJ:

Did Ferris beuller let really like cabaret Voltaire? Wondered if he really dug it in my films experience -
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ShelbyG:

@mariano: I am with you, that is my favorite Boomtown track.
@Ike: lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
Stevel:

www.youtube.com...

Such a cool video. Haven't quite sussed out the camera trick.

"Always work. GO to church."
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ShelbyG:

Hi spodio!
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spodiodi:

hi Shelby!
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ShelbyG:

*asks oneself, can one handle this explosion of greatness, yes, one can*
Avatar 9:26pm
ShelbyG:

Boogie: the bar is soooooo HIGH
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hello to the burrows of Staten Island, The Bronx and Queens!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
steveo:

it was a trick question; all videos were terrible in 1981, so it's not the boomtown rats's fault...
Avatar 9:28pm
Ivan from Woodbridge:

Your enthusiasm is a beautiful thing Shel!
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Ike-O:

mmm..sitting on the deck and flashing back again to high school in a house with no ac watching 120 minutes, night flight, radio 1990, and tuning in the philly college stations whenever i was close enough
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ShelbyG:

Pretty in Pink
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

1981 was just before my world came into focus
  9:30pm
BenZ WPB:

Good New Order tune. Can’t go wrong with them. Bizarre Love Triangle is also a favorite
  9:30pm
jim from wood ridge NJ:

Cabaret Voltaire video

They had some sort of giro jib 360 degrees - good camera work. Saw it at the Ritz 1980 or so. Good stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30pm
DjLorraine:

Is requesting Would? By Alice in Chains a good or bad idea. Idk
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ShelbyG:

Ivan: I am a child of the 80's...so much rich history..nostalgia. You are, too, what am I talkin about. You know what I mean. But, yes, I am pretty excited by Ray's selections!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
diciassette:

Somebody has already brought up the Psych Furs!
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ShelbyG:

Ike ❤️
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Stevel:

JIm: Thanks. Swinging from the left or right side of the frame? Such a sharp effect.
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Ike-O:

@djlorraine i'd say it' smore dancable than rooster but maybe not as dancable as man in the box, but i'm a nobrow
Avatar 9:33pm
ShelbyG:

Ivan: you get it...
SHAKE THE DISEASE
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Ike-O:

evening shelby i'll trade you for weird science? :)
  9:33pm
paparay:

How about another shot of New Order folks????
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Ike-O:

@paparay yes please! i've still half a clove :D
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ShelbyG:

papa: trainspotting?
  9:34pm
jim from wood ridge NJ:

Power corruption and lies!!!
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prof.fuzz:

'evening, Ray.
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ShelbyG:

I love Weird Science. John Hughes was the soundtrack to my youth, but I was edgier. Alien Sex Fiend. Flipper. SIOUXSIE. Bauhaus. Japan. So much good music. Japan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
diciassette:

Witchy Bernard Sumner tracks please!
Avatar 9:36pm
ShelbyG:

did I say Japan?? I think I did
  9:37pm
jim from wood ridge NJ:

I saw “a certain ratio” open up for New order on this tour. Loved it but never understood the NYC audience impatient for new order and no kudos for ACR
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
maestroso:

Good lord, Shellshock! I have two versions on vinyl. Haven't heard this in decades!
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Absolutely Shelby. The world was bigger then and we grew up in different places so we got things in different chronological order and some things not at all, but same generation absolutely.
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

You said Japan
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ShelbyG:

Ivan: I did say
JAPAN
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ShelbyG:

have you ever heard JAPAN?
I love JAPAN
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Will the Sound Guy:

solid spins thus far!
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Ike-O:

i was definitely more on the new wave/romantic side with adman andt and flock of seagulls, edgier in high school was metal i didn't get good access to dark edge until college but i dove into siouxsie, nails, and backtracked through bouhaus and kraftwerk etc
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Bauhaus. I had two sophisticated 15 year old buddies that both liked them.
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Ike-O:

i will take note and dig into japan, thanks for the tip :)
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DjLorraine:

Ike-o man in a box can be pretty intense

I didn't realize Stargazer by Mother Love Bone had a connection
Avatar 9:40pm
Ivan from Woodbridge:

Japan is new to me
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ShelbyG:

PAPARAY: YOU ARE CHANNELING MY FAVORITES. (motherfucker)
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Ike-O:

@ivan exactly!
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ShelbyG:

Ike: Rockpalast, Kraftwerk, 1970.
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Kraftwerk
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ShelbyG:

Ivan: Japan is my gift to you, my friend.
*DANCING*
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Ike-O:

shelby thanks i'll definitely grab that - i just missed seeing them at the tibetan freedom festival many years ago because of the storm
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Thank you Shelby. I will cherish it
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slugluv1313:

greetings, DJ Ray! Friday Night FMU Family!
away from the keyboard but so loving these grooves
and YES! NEW ORDER! (reminds, me, i STILL gotta watch that recording of their 1981 show at the Ukrainian Home on Second Avenue -- i was at that show, but had no idea until recently that it had been recorded)
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ShelbyG:

slug ❤️
  9:44pm
PatrickMC:

@jim from wood ridge
I saw NO at the Felt Forum w/ACR on that tour and you are right. Crowd so hostile to ACR that I think Peter Hook later admonished the audience.
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Ike-O:

@djlorraine it can, it just feels the funkiest to me for lack of anything better to convey :)
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ShelbyG:

paparay: I was a 17yo in Paris when I heard KJ for the 1st time. Blew me away!
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TonyR:

Is it Killing Joke or Motley Crue? Let's see if anybody notices.
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spodiodi:

oh shit. rip, Biz
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spodiodi:

Dear Everyone,

Please knock off all the dying.

Thank you!
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ShelbyG:

I know you're gonna change shit up, I just wish you wouldn't. I feel like we wouldv'e been besties in HS. I love what you've played tonight & I don't want it to stop.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
Will the Sound Guy:

spodiodi, I saw that earlier. RIP Biz
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
TonyR:

Rolling Stone said he was with Diabetes II for 10 years. Had a stroke while in a coma, and many premature announcements followed. This time it's real. He was a year younger than me!! (Hat tip Kids in the Hall: "When I heard Biz Markie died in his 50s from complications of Diabetes, I realized, 'It could happen to ME!'")
Avatar 9:49pm
Ivan from Woodbridge:

I read an article recently, albeit about rock stars, but it said to get ready for a lot of obituaries in coming years.
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slugluv1313:

DEAD POP STARS! <3 <3 <3
such a cool song -- so glad i still have this and the other early Altered Images 45s :)
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slugluv1313:

hiya ShelbyG!!! <3 <3 <3
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spodiodi:

news to me
ahhhh Da Beetus was my guess. Aye yi yi
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ShelbyG:

me no likey, Ivan
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TonyR:

DJRB sets are like sharks. They move, or they die.
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Me neither Shelby
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ShelbyG:

Saying goodbye to Bowie & Prince almost killed me. Chris Cornell was brutal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52pm
diciassette:

Brother Lou..
  9:53pm
PatrickMC:

Still remember where I was when I heard Elvis died.
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ShelbyG:

you guys know that I'm on my own...I look forward to this all week..
MUSIC GEEKS...UNITE
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

I didn’t mean to be a buzzkill…hey, we’re all alive, it’s all good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54pm
diciassette:

www.youtube.com... (read this later)
  9:54pm
paparay:

Bob Marley's passing was the first big one for me. I was living in NY and saw it announced on ABC News. I remember hearing Elvis Presley had died when I was in Jamaica.
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ShelbyG:

YES IVAN. Now. Bauhaus. Japan. Siouxsie. Or have we moved on? What about Duran Duran?? I'm just being selfish now....
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Absolutely Shelby, and you’re such great company whenever you’re on the comments boards
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Lennon was my first
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slugluv1313:

@ShelbyG -- right???
losing Lou Reed and David Bowie was like losing the two infinitely cool older brothers i never had -- growing up, they literally saved my life
  9:56pm
paparay:

When John Lennon passed I bought my first newspaper.
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ShelbyG:

Ivan: what else am I gonna do? I am flyin super solo..so..y'all are gettin me pretty basic...not that I've got the energy to be otherwise...you are such a nice human, Ivan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
patrick321:

@Ivan I sat up all night with the radio when Lennon was shot. Vin Scelsa at one point but I don't remember who else.
  9:57pm
PatrickMC:

Joe Strummer the biggest shocker personally
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spodiodi:

Grace Jones <3 <3 <3
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ShelbyG:

@slug: Bowie saved me.
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Thanks Shelby. I think you’re a great human yourself:)
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nycmusicnerd:

Adam Schlesinger's death hit me hard. Made me angry. So young, and he died so needlessly.
  9:58pm
PatrickMC:

Saw Grace live 3 or so years ago. Phenomenal. She is an original and still awesome.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
spodiodi:

Grace Jones and Lou Reed both sold Honda scooters \m/
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

I had a friend with framed portraits of all four Beatles in his bedroom. And he put this black ribbon over one of the corners of Lennon’s.
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ShelbyG:

I think it's safe to say, amongst this company, that music has helped us all through some crazy shit. I feel grateful that I have the sensibility to learn from the artists I've loved.They're always there when I need them.
  10:00pm
BenZ WPB:

Dave Herman was the WNEW DJ the morning after Lennon was shot. Took calls in the morning
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slugluv1313:

Hendrix, Janis, Jim Morrison -- i remember these when i was a kid . . . but i think Ian Curtis was the first to really HIT me, though -- then John Lennon, just about a year later
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Mainstream radio was so much better then
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
spodiodi:

hail!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
TonyR:

My mom, the next morning: "Was he the one with the Chinese wife? I liked him."
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ShelbyG:

*dancing & smoking*
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slugluv1313:

@ShelbyG -- right? i was growing up in central suburban NJ in the late 60s. early/mid-70s . . . Bowie was like this Savior to me, and when i saw a photograph of Lou wearing black nail polish (like me!) i knew that NYC was where i *needed* to be :)
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

That sounds sexy Shelby
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I heard "Every 1's A Winner" on Wake 'n' Bake last week and it was my earworm for a couple of days.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07pm
patrick321:

@Benz Scelsa was on NEW when the news came in. people started calling and he also put them on the air.
  10:08pm
Stevel:

Killer song. Killer rif!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
DjLorraine:

Hot chocolate in your ear warning
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patrick321:

Alan Vega does a great Alan Vega version of this
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ShelbyG:

GD paparay: I'm starting to get weirded out by how PERFECT this show has been so far!!!!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
DjLorraine:

DAZZ!
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ShelbyG:

*electric slide*
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ShelbyG:

Ivan: that Bowie mural is fab
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slugluv1313:

the night Lennon was shot -- a lot of us just did not beleive it (i was in my last year of college) -- like is this just some sick publicity stunt??? (i think Andy Kaufman's stunts were an influence on our "thinking") . . . then my apartment-mates, our friends, all sat around the TV, as the awful REALITY sunk in . . . and we all just felt so f*cking numb . . . next day, "IMAGINE" and all sorts of other Lennon stuff had been spray painted all over New Brunswick
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ShelbyG:

I am very excited about where this is going
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ShelbyG:

shit, slug, not in ref to what you're talkin bout
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Took a picture of it while waiting on a red light to change, which, as you see, changed to green just as I took the shot.
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ShelbyG:

where is that?
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ShelbyG:

*brb, smoke*
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slugluv1313:

@ShelbyG -- oops! sorry, my typical BAD TIMING!
(do not want to bum anyone out! was away from comments)
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slugluv1313:

@Ivan, @ShelbyG -- i love that mural! just over the Hoboken border in Jersey City -- SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

It’s alright Slug. We’ve been alternating between enjoying the music and moment and reminiscing about passings.
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Yup Shelby, as slug said, on the edge of Jersey City entering Hoboken. No more than a mile or two from Wfmu HQ.
  10:20pm
Robm:

Hello fellow underground listeners
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ShelbyG:

oh shit
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

VF was definitely one of “my” bands
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patrick321:

I love how that mural dominates the area. Its like 10 stories high.
  10:23pm
Robm:

@Slugluv 1313 i was in 10 th grade when lennon got shot, remember vinnye scelsa broke down on the air
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ShelbyG:

I was 11 when Lennon was shot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Stevel:

ShelbyG: I was 19, middle of my sophomore year of college.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29pm
TonyR:

The Strummer story was just so human-scaled. Goes out for a run. Gets done in afterwards by a congenital defect. Beats getting shot (I guess, but maybe it was slower...)
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

I have a long day tomorrow and keep getting ready to call it a night when another song draws me back.
  10:31pm
paparay:

Tripping time!!!!
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Stevel:

Ivan: Rock and roll will kill you. At least make you sleepy.
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Stevel:

Gonna have to dig up some pills in tribute to Tommy James and, of course, X-Ray Burns! Handful oughtta do it.
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ShelbyG:

LET'S GO
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Cult of Oobi:

Always loved the long version! Flashbacks to my hippie phase in high school
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Stevel:

If you've never read it;

www.simonandschuster.com...
  Swag For Life Member 10:35pm
Bruce S.:

Paparay,Awesome show tonight,as always, didn't expect to hear Crimson and Clover, thanks man
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

X-ray Burns @Stevel. He and Glen Jones had such chemistry.
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DjLorraine:

Happy Birthday DJ Ray Boogie
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
spodiodi:

i didn't know that i was in for such an event!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
spodiodi:

happy bday, paparay!
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Will the Sound Guy:

Happy Birthday paparay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38pm
Stevel:

Ivan: An amazing thing to witness.

Birthdays are OK, I guess. Beats the alternative.

Older is better.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39pm
mariano:

Happy Birthday, paparay!

As Beavis and Butthead said while watching the "Just a Friend" video and Biz is wearing the powdered wig: "I think it's the dude on the dollar."
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slugluv1313:

Happy Birthday, paparay!!!
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Yes, this video was on B&B
  Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
Bruce S.:

Happy Birthday Paparay, and many many more to come, good health and happyness this year
  Swag For Life Member 10:43pm
Bruce S.:

So sad about Biz Markie, the vapors was one of the first hip hop records that really got thru to me
  10:45pm
paparay:

Saw Biz Markie at The World one night.
  Swag For Life Member 10:46pm
Bruce S.:

He must have been great on stage
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Stevel:

Such an honest voice. Entirely unpolished, but he's singing in this song. Working it.
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pgalub:

Happy Birthday Ray!
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ShelbyG:

uh oh
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
DjLorraine:

Ok T'Pau would be more suited
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48pm
Stevel:

God, this would be fun in a club!
  Swag For Life Member 10:49pm
Bruce S.:

I think this is the G rated version
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Ray Boogie, gotta get going. Thanks for a great and thoughtful show.
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Ivan from Woodbridge:

Shelby and all, see ya ‘round!
  10:51pm
summertime mayonnaise:

🎵🎶🎵🧡💛
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ShelbyG:

Ivan: love you, brother...have a great nite's sleep.
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slugluv1313:

goodnight, Ivan!
  10:53pm
PatrickMC:

Sweeeet
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ShelbyG:

paparay: beautiful
  10:53pm
SeanG:

IRIE!!
  10:56pm
PatrickMC:

The original the Prince
  Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
Bruce S.:

This is perfect music for a day like today, man it was so hot and humid
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ShelbyG:

I love you all.. I am poppin in & out. My hot flashes are killin me.
  Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Bruce S.:

Oh, this is great
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ShelbyG:

Horace.
  11:12pm
PatrickMC:

Rub a dub stylee
  11:14pm
paparay:

DUBWISE!!!!!!
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ShelbyG:

dig dig diiiiiig
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Paulo AD:

Good morning dudes, how are yall
  11:19pm
Lawrence:

Beautiful show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Stevel:

I will allow you to play more reggae. You're welcome.
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DjLorraine:

Thanks paparay for sharing on the eve of your birthday. Many blessings to you and the Mrs
  11:23pm
paparay:

Thanks for early birthday blessings y'all!!!!!
  11:23pm
PatrickMC:

I clearly need this Makasound compilation
  11:23pm
The Butterman:

Ray , thanks for the stupendous tunes…always! More reggae is always appreciated. Have a great earthstrong!
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spodiodi:

<3 love this song
  Swag For Life Member 11:27pm
Bruce S.:

Black Uhuru is one of the most under rated artists around
  11:27pm
paparay:

To The Butterman much respect and thank ypou.
  11:28pm
paparay:

One of my all time favorite reggae groups.
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Paulo AD:

How is everyone?
  Swag For Life Member 11:29pm
Bruce S.:

Great, How are you?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Paulo. Relaxing on a humid Friday night. It was ever so hot here today. In the 90s F (30s C)!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35pm
Paulo AD:

We're in the seychelles currently it's a lovely 25. So much different from home where its 42 at the moment
  Swag For Life Member 11:39pm
Bruce S.:

This is definitly the stuff
  11:45pm
miparis:

Thank you @djlorraine!
  Swag For Life Member 11:47pm
Bruce S.:

Can, whatta Band!
  11:48pm
paparay:

Some late night wild out dancin' music!
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ShelbyG:

YEEEEEAH
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Cult of Oobi:

Happy birthday Paparay!
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Cult of Oobi:

Hey Paulo!
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spodiodi:

thanks, paparay!
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Cult of Oobi:

Spodi, love your icon!
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ShelbyG:

Wow. Really?!? I'm offended by time. I dig you, frens.
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spodiodi:

thanks, Oobi! she's the best (the scooter is ok too :)
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Cult of Oobi:

Love Grace Jones!
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ShelbyG:

dang
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Cult of Oobi:

Yesss! The Special AKA! Was actually going to request them earlier
  Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
Bruce S.:

Your always great Paparay, Happy Bithday and thanks
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ShelbyG:

innit
  Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
Bruce S.:

take it easy ShelbyG
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ShelbyG:

paparay: thank you, thank you, thank you
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Cult of Oobi:

This is my favorite way to make music, ramble on about something while the band is jamming behind you
  12:01am
PatrickMC:

Nice show
  3:23pm
paparay:

Thank you all for rolling with me on Friday's New York Underground and on the eve of my 56th revolution around the sun. Be safe and I'll see you all next week.
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soul170:

Wait, last show of 2021? Is Ray Boogie coming back?
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soul170:

I must have misheard…happy birthday btw! Seriously, one of the few shows I tune into on the regular.
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