Favoriting The Funhouse with Harry Parmenter: Playlist from May 14, 2023 Favoriting

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Favoriting May 14, 2023: HEAVYOSITY

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
The Stranglers  The Waltzinblack (Intro)   Favoriting The Gospel According To The Meninblack  EMI  1981  CD   
Betty Blowtorch  Hell on Wheels   Favoriting Are You Man Enough?  Foodchain Records  2001  CD  0:01:04 (Pop-up)
Cheap Trick  Heart on the Line   Favoriting Bang, Zoom, Crazy...Hello  Big Machine Records  2016  CD  0:05:08 (Pop-up)
Nervous Eaters  End of the World Girl   Favoriting Monsters + Angels  Wicked Cool Records  2022  CD  0:09:45 (Pop-up)
Van Halen  Light up the Sky   Favoriting Van Halen II  Warner Bros. Records  1979  LP  0:11:28 (Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones  Flip the Switch   Favoriting Bridges to Babylon  Virgin Records  1997  CD  0:14:44 (Pop-up)
 
The Mermen  The Curve   Favoriting Songs of the Cows  Mesa/Blue Moon Recordings  1996  CD  0:20:17 (Pop-up)
Jeff Beck  Space for the Papa   Favoriting Who Else?  Sony Music Entertainment  1999  CD  0:32:14 (Pop-up)
Aerosmith  The Movie   Favoriting Permanent Vacation  Geffen Records  1987  CD  0:32:44 (Pop-up)
Paul Kossoff  Tuesday Morning   Favoriting Back Street Crawler  Island Records  1973  LP  0:35:29 (Pop-up)
 
Peter Case  Satellite Beach   Favoriting Peter Case  Geffen Records  1986  LP  0:54:21 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  8:59pm
Mr. Up Front.:

I'm here Harry but a little tired.
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Harry Parmenter:

Don't worry about chatting. Crash if you need to.
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medson:

Hey Harry and all.
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Harry Parmenter:

Expecting a Mother's Day wipeout anyway.
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Fatherflot:

Hey Harry
  9:01pm
rychurd:

hey Harry! hey Hausers!!
  9:01pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

ready for the funicular?
  9:01pm
Mr. Up Front.:

This is waking me up
  9:01pm
Prowler:

Hey Harry, Hi all.
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Harry Parmenter:

hey medson Fatherflot rychurd and Cali! welcome! thx for listening and joining the chat.
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Harry Parmenter:

hey Prowler'! good to seee your name. 180 from last week;)
  9:02pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

↳ Song: "Hell on Wheels" by "Betty Blowtorch"
great name. Get medeival Pulp Fiction style
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Woo:

Harry
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:02
ha. good point.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Woo @9:02
hey Woo! how you doing
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Aitch:

Am I having fun yet?
  9:03pm
Prowler:

I have no volume. What's up with that?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Aitch @9:03
Yow!!!
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Aitch:

↳ Prowler @9:03
Eat more?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:03
hmmm. ok on my end. and plenty of volume good tonight.
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Aitch:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:03
Exactly!
  9:04pm
Prowler:

Whoops. Operator error.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:04
Good work
  9:06pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

WOW . Betty Blowtorch wiki !
Butt Trumpet, Nashville Pussy, L7 mentioned and the band member names . . . forgetaboutit
  9:06pm
Prowler:

Heavosity! Great subject matter. Love how the playlist is already weighing in!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:06
yeah quite the reh-zoo-may eh?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:06
remember that Alvy Singer word??
  9:07pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

↳ Song: "Heart on the Line" by "Cheap Trick"
Zander's voice is not what it used to be; but always liked them
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:07
wildmen early on. still deliver the goods live as always
  9:09pm
Prowler:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:07
Haven't given Woody much thought recently.
  9:09pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

I'm a California Man
  9:09pm
Mr. Up Front.:

Crap Harry, I still need to get those Dictators/Damned Tix
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:09
me neither but that word always stuck in my head
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:09
indeed you are
  9:11pm
Prowler:

Great playlist- Sweaty nights in tiny clubs and plenty of spilled beer!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Mr. Up Front. @9:09
we can always watch it on Zoom
  9:11pm
Mr. Up Front.:

that would work for me! No I will check
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HyperDose:

Woohoo!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:11
exactly
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ HyperDose @9:12
alright HyperDose in the house
  9:14pm
Mr. Up Front.:

Tickets are 64 each. It's bad that I have to think about it right?
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Max D:

Hi Harry, Funhousers! Ah tuned in just in time for Eddie to light it up!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Max D @9:14
indeed!!!
  9:14pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

↳ Song: "Light up the Sky" by "Van Halen"
pre-Van Hagar
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Mr. Up Front. @9:14
christ it was 40 when they went up
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Max D:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:14
Sam Halen?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:14
The Golden Days
  9:15pm
Prowler:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:14
All real Van Halen is pre-Hagar.
  9:15pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

↳ Song: "Flip the Switch" by "The Rolling Stones"
25 year old Stones?
  9:16pm
Mr. Up Front.:

watch that instagram I just sent you. Hilarious
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:15
haha yes
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:15
oh yeah. time flies.
  9:16pm
Mr. Up Front.:

↳ Prowler @9:15
Hey, Sammy gave the line "Only Time Will Tell If We Stand The Test of Time." I think Kamala Harris has ripped that one off on occasion.
  9:18pm
Prowler:

↳ Mr. Up Front. @9:16
I guess Sammy was writing lyrics before there was Grammarly
  9:18pm
Mr. Up Front.:

Hey that's my Single Guy line!
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Fatherflot:

I was thinking more "Hope and Gloria" or "Boston Commons"
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:19
Fired Up? The Naked Truth?
  9:19pm
Mr. Up Front.:

↳ Fatherflot @9:19
The Mike O'Malley Show or Union Square
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Mr. Up Front. @9:19
Union Square. Only show I recall where star fired because of disastrous Upfront appearance.
  9:20pm
Mr. Up Front.:

I seem to recall the naked truth wasn't that bad. Tea Leoni right?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Mr. Up Front. @9:20
it was not that bad. decent. picked up from ABC. Tea a star.
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Fatherflot:

The John Larroquette show. . .
  9:21pm
Mr. Up Front.:

Ooh Merman. My new favorite driving band
  9:21pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

↳ Song: "The Curve" by "The Mermen"
told ya I know the Mermen. Got t-shirts and everything. Thanks for this
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:21
oh yeah forgot about that. what was premise?
  9:22pm
Mr. Up Front.:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:22
John Laroquette being annoying.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:21
you got it Cali. love em too
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Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:22
I believe he managed a bus depot in St. Louis with all kinds of wacky characters being wacky around him.
  9:23pm
Prowler:

Mermen! way to go, Harry!
  9:25pm
Mr. Up Front.:

Harry has lost power at his house, so keep listening and talking amongst ourselves
  9:26pm
Mr. Up Front.:

He will rejoin as soon as his check clears.
  9:26pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

HEAVY intro. amazing
  9:27pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

guessing Jeff Beck?
  9:27pm
Mr. Up Front.:

↳ Fatherflot @9:23
God, that's right.
  9:27pm
Mr. Up Front.:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:27
yes!
  9:27pm
Prowler:

Is this from Jeff's garage album with Tony Hymas?
  9:28pm
Mr. Up Front.:

This is Jeff Beck. I think that's where it is from Prowler. Harry is having technical difficulities right now
  9:28pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

Does anyone remember Zappa, 200 Motels. "Heavy . . . like Jeff Beck or Black Sabbath"
  9:29pm
Prowler:

↳ Mr. Up Front. @9:28
Guitar Shop, I believe.
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Harry Parmenter:

Who Else? The album. Lost all power in my house. Apologies.
  9:30pm
Mr. Up Front.:

I said you hadn't paid the bill
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Max D:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:30
Jeff blew a fuse?
  9:31pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

that's what you get for playin' all that heavy stuff with your bad self
  9:31pm
Prowler:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:28
Zappa and his students, interns or disciples, all of them amazing musicians, could play anything, but I never thought of Frank as heavy
  9:33pm
Prowler:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:30
Another great album in that vein before Jeff's music became almost too industrial.
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Harry Parmenter:

Back up for the moment. What did I miss?! 200 Motels!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:33
Who Else? one of my faves of his
  9:34pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

no; the reference was on the album/film. They were high and someone said "We could start our own group. . . heavy like . . ." sort of a sneer at the industry more than the artists I would say
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:33
Photo for this has photo of Iron Maiden album on stream ID. Does this sound like Iron Maiden??
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Harry and all!!!
  9:35pm
Prowler:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:34
No
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Harry Parmenter:

Now THIS is heavy.
  9:35pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

film/album quote. apologies for the obscure reference
  9:36pm
Prowler:

Hi Will, No problem, Cali4
  9:38pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

↳ Song: "Tuesday Morning" by "Paul Kossoff"
OK wiki says guitarist of the band FREE
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:35
is the movie worth watching? never saw it. remember the poster. and yes he was. All Right Now
  9:39pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

god bless wiki for old guys with CRS
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Harry Parmenter:

Fire and Water etc. Paul Rodgers
  9:39pm
Prowler:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:38
True.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:39
I hear THAT
  9:41pm
Androu B.:

Evening, Harry! Been listening in after enjoying a nice Mother' Day cookout.
  9:41pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

no recommendation on the film and/or album. Tough to get through even if a huge Zappa fan. Can't like it all
  9:42pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

Mother's of Invention Day?
  9:42pm
Mr. Up Front.:

OK, I know what I'm playing at the gym tomorrow
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:41
figured. yes not a big FZ fan and find a lot of his stuff...like you said.
  9:44pm
Androu B.:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:42
I was expecting one of the WFMU DJ's to play off that concept today. It was done last year.
  9:46pm
Prowler:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:42
The list of amazing musicians that came out of Frank Zappa's bands is like the original school of rock. Aynsley Dunbar, Terry Bozzio, Patricia Rushen, Flo and Eddie,George Duke, Steve Vai....Remarkable but as Harry suggested, not all the music is digestible.
  9:48pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

Smoke on the wa-ter, fire in the sky
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:46
I like most of Zoot Allures and Hot Rats.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:48
Everywhere
  9:49pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

hey "they had the best place around"
  9:50pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

Deep and Purple
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:50
very
  9:50pm
Prowler:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:48
Check out 'Joe's Garage','OverNite Sensation' and 'Apostrophe'
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:50
oh yeah Apostrophe I have that's fun. Nanook etc.
  9:52pm
Prowler:

'Don't eat the yellow snow'
  9:54pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

We played Apostrophe at breakfast {St. Alphonso] on my first nuclear submarine
  9:54pm
Mr. Up Front.:

night Harry
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:54
that is hilarious
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Mr. Up Front. @9:54
night . have a fun week
  9:55pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

knew Overnight Sensation lyrics by heart at 19 years old
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Max D:

Thanks Harry!
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Fatherflot:

Thanks Harry!
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medson:

Thanks Harry, rockin stuff
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:55
I'm The Slime and Dirty Love. I know those.
  9:55pm
Androu B.:

Thanks, Harry!
  9:56pm
Prowler:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:55
Is that a Sears poncho?
  9:56pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

yeah cheers Harry
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Harry Parmenter:

Thank you Max and Fatherflot and medson. You too Androu. Really appreciate you joining chat and listening. stay tuned for RAMA LAMA DING DONG!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:56
OH LOVE THAT LINE
  9:56pm
Prowler:

Thanks Harry! Great playlist! 180 from last week, indeed. Respect.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:56
you too man, condolences. all you can do is go on.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:56
thx man and glad you dug it! good week all.
  9:57pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

she stripped away her RANCID pancho
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:57
yeah FZ had those deadly asides didn't he
  9:58pm
Prowler:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @9:57
Buns up and squealin'
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Harry Parmenter:

Shut up and play yer guitar
  9:59pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

she was kneeling and I was wheelin' and dealin'
  10:00pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

she surendered to the feelin' before she started in a sqealin'
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Harry Parmenter:

once you get started with Frankisms you can't stop
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Harry Parmenter:

alright i gotta go join the MD Dinner. Good week all and thanks for listening. over to medson!
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