WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from February 3, 2025

Listener comments!
	👻 9:01am 12539: Raydeeooooooooooooooo!
	9:01am Handy Haversack: Awwwwww, yip! Morning, Joe and all!
	👻 9:01am Deano de los Muertos: 👾📻👾
	👻 9:02am bradford: Good morning Joe & greetings to all.
	9:02am Mike in Montreal: Morning Greetings all
	👻 9:02am Webhamster Henry: Boing!
	9:03am Son Of Pantz: Happy Meatball Monday!
	9:03am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Joe and noisy people.
	9:03am TerrDE: Hello Joe , Yippies, Yipsters, and Yipettes
	9:04am Crafty: Hi Joe McG! Hi Radio folks!🎶🎵
	👻 9:04am tadpoles: ↳ Song: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by "Marianne... Sad to have lost Marianne Faithful.
	9:04am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by "Marianne... Oh, jeez. What a thing. A richer infinite with her in it.
	👻 9:05am DjLorraine: The moon and stars and Surface yips, morning
	9:06am The Oscar: Mornin' all! I just saw for the first time the short film Derek Jarman made to go along with Broken English-- pretty astounding!
	9:06am Triple G: Hi Joe and all RIP Marianne
	9:06am TerrDE: I like covers that totally recreate a song.
	9:07am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe, et al.
	9:08am TDK60: Hello deejay Joe. It's fine to hear some Faithfull.
	9:08am Mike in Montreal: Any song that mentions cobbled streets can't be bad.
	👻 9:09am Brian in UK: Hey Joe.
	9:10am Handy Haversack: I won a Marianne Faithfull CD from this very radio station.
	9:11am Philip: Right on Joe. Good Marianne Faithfull call
	9:12am common: hello, joe. all.
	9:12am northguineahills: morning joe and surfnoisers!
	9:12am red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: enjoying these soulful tunes with my love appreciating life <3 Rest In Love Marianne🕊️
	9:12am TerrDE: Ooops, Roberta recreated it. Marianne is 2 years before. Song is 1961. Both covers
	👻 9:14am Brian in UK: A word to the wise, stay out of the Jagger/Richards axis.
	👻 9:14am Webhamster Henry: So Groovy. What was the grooviest thing on the Grammys?
	9:15am Mike in Montreal: ↳ Brian in UK @9:14 yes, they went through quite a few people didn't they
	9:15am TerrDE: Donovan, yes .
	9:16am TDK60: ↳ Song: "Portland Town" by "Marianne Faithfull" That was probably Jon Mark on the "classical" acoustic guitar. Later of Mark-Almond.
	9:17am melinda: morning everyone!
	9:17am Joe McG: Hey folks, saying hello today by saying goodbye. Thanks for joining me!
	9:18am Philip: wow. I didn't know she covered GH.
	👻 9:18am Charles in Chicago: A side of Marianne Faithfull I was not familiar with. Learning things here. Thanks Joe
	9:19am Handy Haversack: ↳ Brian in UK @9:14 Seriously. And more credit to Marianne Faithfull for surviving it.
	9:19am BillfromRockTavern: Loving these rare Marianne Faithful records.
	👻 9:19am Hughie Considine: Digging this chronological approach -- seems as if the huskiness in her voice starts to set in here, in 1971.
	9:20am still b/p: ↳ TerrDE @9:12 Always fun to discover unexpected bits when grazing trivia. The songwriter, Ewan MacColl, "made no secret of the fact that he disliked all of the cover versions of the song. His daughter-in-law wrote: "He hated all of them. He had a special section in his record collection for them, entitled 'The Chamber of Horrors'. He said that the Elvis version was like Romeo at the bottom of the Post Office Tower singing up to Juliet. And the other versions, he thought, were travesties: bludgeoning, histrionic, and lacking in grace."
	👻 9:20am Dan S: ↳ Song: "Beware of Darkness" by "Marianne Faithfull" A cover from a woman who knew something about darkness.
	9:21am evancuts: If you've ever seen "Concert for George," there's a moving "Beware of Darkness" with Clapton. Such a great doc if you've never seen it before.www.youtube.com...
	👻 9:21am Bob Tankenstein: Good morning Joe and the yippers
	9:23am TerrDE: Joe , is that the Donovan covers actual name ? Its off either Superman, or Yellow, but I can't remember the title
	👻 9:23am Hughie Considine: ↳ still b/p @9:20 Presumably he had less antipathy for Bert Jansch's instrumental version.
	9:24am Joe McG: ↳ TerrDE @9:23 She covered "Sunny Goodge Street." Is that what you're thinking of?
	9:25am TDK60: Peter, Paul & Mary did a fine version of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
	9:26am Handy Haversack: ↳ TDK60 @9:25 So did Christy Moore.
	👻 9:26am Brian in UK: That Surface Noise icon is going to hit the road soon. Joe, what are the Marathon dates. (Asking for a friend!)
	9:26am TerrDE: I didn't release Bowie was postponed until I pulled into the empty Spectrum parking lot. We listened to the the recent released Concert for George CD from the box on the way home. A great substitute !
	9:26am TDK60: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:26 HH: Ah, gracias, will check it out. I dig feisty Christy.
	👻 9:27am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by "Marianne Faithfull" Ah - a rare confluence of song choices shared by Joe McGasko and the DJ known as Jonesey.
	9:27am Joe McG: ↳ Brian in UK @9:26 Hey Brian! We kick off on March 3rd and go till March 16th.
	9:27am TerrDE: Joe , no. The one you just played
	👻 9:28am yerfriendpaul: Good morning Joe, everyone!
	9:28am Hi from Holland: Aloha. This is nice, you can keep going with MF as far as I'm concerned...
	9:29am still b/p: ↳ Song: "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by "Marianne Faithfull" This and the opening of Pat Benatar's We Belong have a twin-ish synth accent/rhythm.
	👻 9:29am Brian in UK: ↳ Joe McG @9:27 Thanks Joe. Just four weeks to go then.
	9:29am Douglas R: Sublime choices to start Joe, but in all honesty, these homages to recently deceased folks is becoming far too common
	9:29am Dan from PEI: Ouch! What a song.
	9:30am Joe McG: ↳ TerrDE @9:27 Oh, I know what you mean. It's "Hampstead Incident," I think.
	9:31am Joe McG: ↳ Douglas R @9:29 I haven't done one in a while, but I wanted to do one for her.
	9:31am TerrDE: I don't think "In the night time " was the Donovan name. One of his nonsequeture titles like Berts Blues, which it wasn't.
	9:31am TerrDE: Yeah that was my guess. Thanks, Joe
	9:33am Mike W: I think recently deceased folks are becoming too common.
	👻 9:34am Brian in UK: I think that the station is going to be as vitally needed this year as it was during Covid 19.
	9:35am Joe McG: ↳ Brian in UK @9:34 It's looking pretty grim over here.
	9:35am Hi from Holland: Those 60-70s stars had and have longer careers than most - most of the current "stars" are short lived (meaning only a few years - if that - in the spotlight) - the older geezers often manage(d) do stay relatively popular - nobody will remember todays "stars" in a decade except a few exceptions (Swift for example).
	9:35am TerrDE: I remember she and Anita being God and Satan on Ab Fab
	👻 9:35am Brian in UK: Nice work Joe, better get dog walking on this beautiful sunny day over here.
	👻 9:35am 12539: The station is vitally needed. Period.
	9:36am west village idiot: never heard her version of this. lovely
	9:38am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "I'll Keep It with Mine" by "Marianne Faithfull" That was a quite a version. Dug it.
	9:38am The Oscar: ↳ Song: "Tower of Song" by "Marianne Faithfull" Oh wow, never heard this version! Love it already.
	9:38am Erin in TO: Happy to have WFMU and Surface Noise as a bastion of normalcy and even joy this grey Monday
	👻 9:39am tim: Hi Joe! Thanks for the Marianne tribute. Over the bast 6-7 years I've become a huge fan of Marianne's 21st century records thanks to Sheila B. Her last records reach heights that most musicians never get to.
	9:39am Joe McG: ↳ Erin in TO @9:38 Nice to have you along, as always!
	9:40am Erin in TO: ↳ Joe McG @9:39 I can't listen as much as I'd like to these days, but it's a relief to know this place is always here when I can!
	👻 9:40am tim: ↳ Song: "That Was the Day (Nashville)" by "Marianne Faithf... I picked up Faithless last summer. It is a great record! One of those records that's not necessarily rare but you never see either.
	9:42am Pedro in Arlington: Keep the MFers coming, Joe. An antidote to the overflowing toilet show we're supposed to watch and enjoy 24/7.
	9:42am Handy Haversack: ↳ The Oscar @9:38 That was great. "Tower of Song" would be a good 3OAK candidate for Mary Wing.
	9:43am Joe McG: ↳ tim @9:40 Yes, I like it, too. I think she sings country very well and it's a shame she didn't do another straight-up country record.
	9:43am Laurie H: Love to listen to Marianne. I first learned about the great Hal Willner via her album Strange weather when that came out.
	9:45am TerrDE: Carol & Jerry. Can't go wrong.
	9:45am seedfriend: Love this set. This track is giving AZITA vibes
	👻 9:45am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Goin' Back" by "Marianne Faithfull" Talk about infusing new meaning into an old song.
	👻 9:45am tim: ↳ Joe McG @9:43 Yes! I agree. Another straight up country record would have been perfect. Think about if she and Jessi Coulter duetted on a full on male species dis track!
	👻 9:46am tim: ↳ seedfriend @9:45 Oh wow! Good call. I never connected Marianne and Azita. Makes perfect sense.
	9:47am josh in the uk: Wonderful set, Joe. Just great.
	👻 9:47am tadpoles: ↳ Hughie Considine @9:45 Ditto....great version of a great song. Cheers
	9:48am Lisa the Greek: Joe! Lovin💗lovin❤️🩷💜this morning Marianne!! First time🎶 is gorgeous☺️
	👻 9:49am nortonjutland: Very nice Joe!
	9:49am Lisa the Greek: Great way to start a Monday…
	9:50am common: had to clicky star the whole show, joe
	9:50am StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" This might be one cover that doesn't sound more world-ravaged than the original. Harry was in fairly rough shape at the time
	9:50am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" Damn.
	9:51am Erin in TO: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" What a heartbreaking song/rendition
	9:51am evancuts: I was about to say that sounds just like a Harry Nilsson song.
	👻 9:51am bradford: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" Wow.
	👻 9:52am Hughie Considine: ↳ StringOFperils @9:50 Good point -- and both of their voices went from angelic to ravaged.
	👻 9:52am Gregosaurus: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" Sigh We won't.
	👻 9:52am Dan S: A great set, Joe, and a fine tribute to Marianne Faithfull.
	9:53am evancuts: I watched "HEAD" this weekend and that cover of Harry Nilsson's "Daddy's Song" is absolutely insane!
	👻 9:53am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Brian in UK @9:34 It’s always vitally needed.
	👻 9:53am nortonjutland: AMEN ! Joe
	👻 9:53am DjLorraine: My friend added Joe Wise on wikipedia as a recording artist that covered "As Tears Go By"
	9:54am chresti: Morning Joe and yippers!
	9:54am TerrDE: Yeah, that Metallica song really surprised me w her raspiness
	👻 9:55am Hughie Considine: Perhaps the evolution of Marianne's voice and vocalizations is comparable to that of Billie Holiday. Her later recordings, where all of her hard living is evident, are still highly regarded and some folks think they're her greatest achievements.
	9:56am The Oscar: I think my favorite Marianne moment is her cameo in Godard's Made in USA, where she randomly shows up in a diner and sings "As Tears Go By" while Anna Karina and Jean Pierre Leaud look on.
	9:56am TerrDE: Head is far out. Jack Nicholson heavily into acid. The sequel was to be advertised as " From the same people who gave you Head"
	👻 9:57am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Joe and yippers. That was a nice set.
	9:59am TerrDE: FCC. Or "fuck" as its pronounced as a word
	10:00am Franco Twinkie: That was very sweet. I'm old enough to remember when Marianne Faithfull was a young heart throb on the black and white television. But alas, by the time Broken English was in high rotation on MTV, it was pure wreckage. Falling apart in public is so sad.
	10:00am melinda: I thought I remembered it from Norma Tanega but didn't know it was an original.
	👻 10:03am tadpoles: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @9:57 Yes Joe...many thanks....a set that will be listened to a few times on the archives.
	10:04am Joe McG: This is a really great BBC interview with a young but very sharp Marianne: www.youtube.com...
	10:05am StringOFperils: I never though Marianne fell apart. She just wore her miles elegantly and with no apologies. If anything an open invitation to follow her through the shadows, as a very mature guide. She wasn't a pop star anymore; she was more like Lotte Lenya, an exponent of a kind of dark theatre.
	10:06am StringOFperils: **doesn't bode well when you can't spell thought
	👻 10:08am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Song: "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula" by "Dengue Fever" wasn’t expecting to hear this! One of the best live performances I’ve ever seen
	10:09am Crafty: ↳ Song: "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula" by "Dengue Fever" ⭐️🔊🔊🔊❤️🥰
	10:09am Son Of Pantz: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @10:08 I bet! These guys smoke!
	10:10am Franco Twinkie: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @10:08 I agree. I saw them play live in the middle of the street in Pasadena when I lived there...for free!
	10:10am Listener John from NJ: Thanks for the Marianne Faithfull retrospective. You're certainly right that we won't be seeing the likes of her again.
	10:10am Rich in Bristol: Just got in. Looks like I'm in time for Single File!
	👻 10:11am tim: ↳ StringOFperils @10:05 I agree. Marianne went through some hard times. Serious hard times but that was only a small part of her life. She put out 5 more decades worth of music, movies, and writing once she was on stable ground again. Marianne's story is often entangled with the Stones. Compare her records to the Stones' output from 1979 on. The Stones put out some good records in the time. But they pretty musch stayed static. Whereas Marriane's records continued to progress and reach new levels.
	👻 10:13am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Franco Twinkie @10:10 but were the Dirtbombs there?
	👻 10:14am tim: ↳ tim @10:11 Also, Mariane add said this herself. It's looked upon noble and romantic when a male artist goes through the wringer of addiction and hard time. Who cares if they act horrendous and like a sleaze during their hard times. It's forgiven. But it's a tragedy when a woman goes through it and then she's dismissed.
	10:15am TerrDE: Will they have to apologize for their name like Antrax, if theres an epidemic ?
	10:15am Handy Haversack: ↳ tim @10:14 I'll take her output over the Stones' any day and any decade.
	10:16am TerrDE: If theres a vocal its not on the app
	👻 10:17am Hughie Considine: ↳ tim @10:11 Spot on!
	👻 10:17am tim: ↳ Song: "Fame" by "Dennis Coffey" Damn! Too bad Bowie didn't enlist Dennis on his recording! And I love Bowie's version too.
	10:17am StringOFperils: And furthermore, the scrutiny should most justly be turned back on the ghouls who dine on the stories. They're the saddest part of it all.
	10:18am TerrDE: Anyone hearing a vocal ?
	👻 10:18am Charles in Chicago: ↳ TerrDE @10:18 yes you're not hallucinating
	👻 10:19am tim: ↳ Song: "Qoçalı̇" by "Rahman Mammadli" Yes! One of my favorite records from last year. This guitar sound is nuts, bananas AND cocnuts!
	10:20am TerrDE: Whats the instrument Electric Oud, Hurdy Gurdy ?
	10:22am Steve from Dunwoody: Not my fave, Tim. But I am happy to wait through this tuneless gibberish, as your taste and Joe’s can be depended on for lotsa good.
	👻 10:22am tim: ↳ TerrDE @10:20 Nope, just electric guitar.
	10:23am TerrDE: I didn't hear a vocal . Was it an instrumental ? On WaB sometimes part of the song is missing. It might be a loose needle wire.
	10:24am Mark91: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" Not a popular opinion here, but it should be said when doing an honest assessment of Miss Faithful. Her notoriety was based on 1. Her status as Mick Jagger's girlfriend, and later, 2. Her addictions. Note that "talent" is not on that list. Obviously one feels bad about her passing and her substance use disorders. Perhaps her life (hopefully) gives hope to others struggling with personal issues (substance abuse, mental illness, etc.) but many artists have lived and suffered through such issues (i.e., James Taylor, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Jimi, Billie Holliday, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards, Elton John...) but the difference is with THOSE artists the first things people think about is THEIR WORK, not about their demons. There is a difference.
	👻 10:24am AMYGDALA: ↳ Hughie Considine @9:45 Hi Hughie, Here’s one to file under completely out-of-the-blue. On the theme of old songs, I’m curious whether you ever discovered the name of the tune you were hoping to identify in a request that you made way back in 2016 (“I’m hoping the Reggae Schoolroom brain trust can help me identify a song I’ve loved since I heard it in 1986”... www.wfmu.org...). I've yet not been able to identify it; very sorry leave you hanging! By way of background, as of mid-October of last year, I began helping DJ Jeff Sarge by posting active playlists for his live show. I’ve also been adding playlists to archived shows that do not yet have one. It was during that process that I stumbled upon your potentially still-unfulfilled request. So as to not sully Joe McGasko’s message board with even more extraneous stuff, please accept a message me from via the Kenzo app. – or send one to me – so we can try to solve the mystery, if it remains unsolved. Many thanks!
	10:26am Triple G: ↳ Song: "She's Lost Control" by "The Routes" Far out
	👻 10:26am Karl: ↳ Song: "She's Lost Control" by "The Routes" That's a cold, cold surf reverb. Like an ice age, even.
	10:26am Joe McG: ↳ Mark91 @10:24 Disagree. She took her work very seriously and was not just a poster child for drug abuse or a rock star's girlfriend.
	👻 10:27am Karl: ↳ Song: "She's Lost Control" by "The Routes" [sings to self] "I---am surfing through the ice age..."
	10:27am AppleOverEasy: Here is a great cover of "Love will tear us apart" by the New Orleans Hot 8 Brass Band www.youtube.com...
	10:29am Dean: That Kraftwerk cover album is a doozy.
	10:29am rx "rexy" scabin: Good morning, Joe and Everyone.
	10:30am TerrDE: Speaking of Japanese groups, I've never heard Nigen Isu on FMU . Hard rockin for 4 or 5 decades
	👻 10:31am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Song: "Fame" by "Dennis Coffey" Maybe "Finger Lickin' Good" is trademarked by KFC?
	10:32am TerrDE: It pays to be nice
	👻 10:32am Karl: Joe: it was Bopper who had the flu.
	👻 10:32am Marley P. Dogg: Finger lickin’ good www.discogs.com...
	10:32am carlos danger: Like Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan
	10:33am Handy Haversack: In high school, I taped over my cassette of Buddy Holly's 20 Golden Greats with the Pixies' Doolittle. And a few weeks ago filled that nagging void by picking it up on vinyl. More Buddy Holly is always a good thing!
	👻 10:34am Brian in UK: Come On Let's Go by Ritchie Valens is a bit favourite in this house.
	10:34am Joe McG: ↳ Karl @10:32 I should have refreshed myself on the circumstances before coming on mic, but oh well! Thanks!
	10:34am Franco Twinkie: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @10:13 No. But after we moved, I went back to see them do yet another free show in Pasadena. This time it was the bandshell in Central Park. They opened for Chicano Batman.
	10:34am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "Chantilly Lace" by "The Big Bopper" Hey Joe, hey All, can't tell you how often this song has run through my mind--kray-zee
	👻 10:34am Ken From Hyde Park: Bobby Vee filled in to play the show where they were headed.
	👻 10:35am Karl: Joe: Actually, I'm also remembering that the plane was chartered because Buddy had the flu. But Bopper was getting sick too, which is why Waylon gave up his seat. Also, when Buddy heard that Waylon had given up his seat to Bopper, Buddy said "well I hope your bus freezes up again" and then Waylon said "well I hope your plane crashes." Waylon felt horrible about this, obviously. (Source: Waylon's autobiography).
	10:35am Jim the Poet: I gave Big Bopper the flu
	10:35am Joe McG: ↳ Karl @10:35 Yes, the plane crashes line is the one that gave him the lifetime of guilt!
	👻 10:36am tim: ↳ Joe McG @10:26 I agree with Joe. Her work was substantial in it's own right. Focusing on who she dated and addiction is just a gloss over of her work.
	10:36am AppleOverEasy: Brian in UK ...My wife's dad is was Richie Havens. When Richie Valens died Bek's dad's promoter and agent's phone blew up for days with well wishers offering their condolences
	10:36am Pedro in Arlington: Buddy and Maria Elena's last apartment is just north of Washington Square Park. Some of those last demos recorded up there are great, provided you don't load a bunch of overdubs on them.
	👻 10:36am Deano de los Muertos: I believe The Simpsons wrote “Goodbyyyye, baby!” on Bopper’s fictional headstone
	👻 10:36am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Jim the Poet @10:35 Takin' your Chevy to the levee?
	10:37am johnk77: the venue of the night before the day the music died is the surf ballroom in clear lake, iowa it is beautiful and well worth a visit
	10:37am prof.fuzz: we visited the crash site in 2018 when we were touring in the midwest. very moving experience in the middle of a corn field.
	10:37am Joe McG: ↳ Pedro in Arlington @10:36 I LOVE those demos. One of my favorite things on the box set.
	10:37am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ Song: "Chantilly Lace" by "The Big Bopper" In an alternate timeline we got a Big Bopper disco record.
	👻 10:37am Karl: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @10:36 Man that's like saying Bloody Mary in a dark room, you're playing with fire.
	👻 10:38am tim: ↳ Handy Haversack @10:33 There's worse things to tape over Buddy Holly. It could have been the Escape Club's "Wild Wild West". ;)
	👻 10:39am Charles in Chicago: I was afraid you'd play Don MacLean!
	10:39am Joe McG: ↳ Charles in Chicago @10:39 I'll leave that to Ken and Andy.
	👻 10:39am Karl: Joe: If you've not heard it, Waylon recorded "Learning the Game" for the Buddy Holly tribute. Damn fine cut.
	10:40am Pedro in Arlington: ↳ Joe McG @10:37 At least the movie of the same name used the undubbed Apartment 4H demo for "Peggy Sue Got Married." Hollywood generally fails at such things.
	👻 10:40am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Song: "Not Fade Away" by "The Crickets" this cd was in heavy rotation in my last car for around 20 years.
	👻 10:41am Karl: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @10:37 Let's live in that timeline for a moment.
	10:41am Handy Haversack: ↳ tim @10:38 I know -- I just felt like I'd betrayed him for thirty-five years! Glad to correct that.
	10:41am Joe McG: ↳ Karl @10:39 I haven't heard it! I'll check it out.
	👻 10:41am tim: ↳ Song: "El Paso City" by "Marty Robbins" Oh wow! A return to the scene of the crime.
	10:42am Joe McG: ↳ Pedro in Arlington @10:40 I like how you can hear his wife washing the dishes in the background on some of the recordings.
	10:43am StringOFperils: ↳ TerrDE @10:20 In videos, Rahmann Mammadii was playing one of these Czechoslovakian-made eastern bloc Jolana guitars...I think it was called a 'Special', but this Alfa is close. 3 single coil pickups like a Strat, I think...
	👻 10:43am Karl: ↳ Joe McG @10:41 Mark Knopfler on guitar, and (I think) Joe Mauldin on bass.
	10:44am StringOFperils: ↳ StringOFperils @10:43 bluebookofguitarvalues.com...
	10:44am TerrDE: Marty explains his multiple universes theory
	10:44am johnk77: https://www.surfballroom.com/assets/img/timeline/1959WDPTour.jpg
	10:47am TerrDE: I feel off the coach laughing when Richard Pryor had just the Pips singing their part for Midnight Train to Georgia on his show
	👻 10:48am DjLorraine: ↳ TerrDE @10:47 Woo woo - i love the Pips!
	10:49am JG: ↳ Song: "Meet Me at the Corner" by "Dennis Brown" Dennis does maybe the second best Wichita Lineman
	10:49am Crafty: ↳ Song: "Meet Me at the Corner" by "Dennis Brown" ⭐️🥳🎉
	👻 10:50am Hughie Considine: ↳ AMYGDALA @10:24 Hey there, I had to go away for a sec -- OMG, I did! It's called "Calling Your Name in My Sleep" by Ernis Wilson.
	10:51am chris_in_space: ↳ Song: "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" by "Funkadelic" Aw yeah! This era of Funkadelic doesn't get enough play!
	👻 10:52am Hughie Considine: ↳ AMYGDALA @10:24 Proper title: "Talking in My Sleep" www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:55am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Song: "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" by "Funkadelic" 🕺🏻🕺🏻
	👻 10:55am tim: ↳ Song: "Gettin' Lucky" by "Head East" Full on Pidge Rock here!
	👻 10:57am Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" by "Funkadelic" Featured in the WFMU Catalog: here's my little catalog sound bite edit: wfmu.org...
	👻 10:58am Gregosaurus: ↳ Song: "Gettin' Lucky" by "Head East" Back in my teen years, it seemed like every third record in the cutouts bin was Head East.
	10:58am TerrDE: I use to see Head East in music stores all the time, but never heard them until on this show last year.
	11:00am Michele with One "L": I love this song
	11:00am Paul: ↳ Song: "Gettin' Lucky" by "Head East" Played at my college my freshman year.
	👻 11:00am tim: ↳ Gregosaurus @10:58 In present day, you could say the same about every third record in the $1 bin - haha!
	11:00am common: ↳ Michele with One "L" @11:00 so sad, this 'un
	👻 11:01am Hughie Considine: ↳ Michele with One "L" @11:00 You get a special goodbye in it.
	11:01am rx "rexy" scabin: New respect for this.
	11:01am Hi from Holland: But the guy has deux elles
	11:01am TerrDE: God NO . Tho this cover isn't as bad. The FMU DJs like of Housewife Music never ceases to amaze me
	👻 11:02am Hughie Considine: ↳ TerrDE @11:01 I don't believe I've ever heard the term 'housewife music.' Does that include Joy of Cooking?
	11:02am Hi from Holland: ↳ TerrDE @11:01 They get free sherry at the station...
	11:03am Listener John from NJ: ↳ Song: "Seasons in the Sun" by "Bud Dashiell" I to kinda bugs me that in France, when this song was written, they would have executed the person by guillotine. (If I'm correct that this guy is singing before his execution.) Hope that doesn't ruin it for you.
	11:03am Paul: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:02 Another Day by McCartney would count.
	11:04am TerrDE: It was a term for 70s AM after Underground FM showed up. It was taylored for Housewives and 12 year old girls
	👻 11:05am Hughie Considine: ↳ Paul @11:03 Ah, I'm starting to get it now.
	11:06am TerrDE: No Paul, no Paul
	11:06am rx "rexy" scabin: Cannot change that channel in America.
	👻 11:08am Karl: GO BIRDS
	11:09am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Karl @11:08 hee hee hee
	11:09am Andres: Kendrick
	11:09am Gary: Kendrick
	11:09am TerrDE: Tony and Dawn, Helen Ready, Carpenters, Barry Manalow, anything written by Paul Williams etc.
	11:09am ?: housewife music sounds like a fake genre looking for examples to justify itself after the fact like Yacht Music or Putti Twang
	👻 11:09am Deano de los Muertos: Kendrick Lamar this year
	11:09am listener 126464: Up With People and Serendipity Singers
	11:10am common: ↳ TerrDE @11:09 i was hoping all those people were playing the half-time show
	👻 11:10am tim: Up With People this year?
	👻 11:10am Ken From Hyde Park: Will today's third hour pay homage to last night's Grammy winners?
	11:10am TerrDE: I watched the Butt Bowl when MTV had it
	👻 11:10am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Karl @11:08 amen to that
	11:11am Marie in Chicago: I think a fitting theme might be "Up Yours"--seems to reflect the current US zeitgeist
	👻 11:11am Hughie Considine: Paul Anka's "Having My Baby" must have hit home with a certain type of housewife.
	11:11am Crafty: whats the line one the puppy bowl?
	11:12am Marie in Chicago: ↳ tim @11:10 Hey Tim!
	11:13am mt hairy: vote for waylon
	11:13am evancuts: I work on a tv show and our director loves telling us stories about the Super Bowls he directed. He did several w/ Up with People but this halftime show he directed is pure bonkers...www.mentalfloss.com...
	👻 11:13am Deano de los Muertos: cool, I was hoping you’d play this
	👻 11:13am Hughie Considine: Apropos of Shel, I looked up Shel Silverstein earlier after "Lucy Jordan" and found that he apparently "had sex with hundreds if not thousands of women."
	👻 11:14am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:10 Why ruin it now?
	11:14am Andres: My kids swoop in at half time to watch the show and eat wings and then promptly leave. One kid is going to hate watch on their device. They hate the Eagles slightly less because they didn’t knock out the Bills. Hates the refs the most.
	👻 11:14am Karl: ↳ Song: "A Long Time Ago" by "Waylon Jennings" Pretty sure Waylon had a holster for that Boss flanger pedal
	👻 11:14am tim: ↳ Marie in Chicago @11:12 Howdy, Marie!
	11:15am Emily: Thank you for this tribute. My cousins lived near the crash site. I love all of these singers, though more mixed about The Big Bopper.
	11:15am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:11 I bet a lot of men secretly liked it. Men with babies
	11:16am TerrDE: I'll be watching this year's rematch. I don't have a TV hook up and have lost touch w football, so I missed last years. I'm near Rehoboth DE so I route for the Ravens, Eagles, whatever DC is calling itself , whoevers winning, since the Colts abandoned us in the dead of night
	11:18am listener 126464: ↳ Song: "Medley: These Are Difficult Times; Remember the G... 2025 Outlaw Music Fest dates and lineup announced earlier today.
	11:18am TerrDE: "My" baby. Geez , I'm male and I found it offensive at the time
	11:19am StringOFperils: Under the circumstances, 2025 Outlaw Music Fest has an ominous ring to it.
	11:19am Bamalamadingdong: I think Waylon used an MXR Phase 90 pedal...
	11:20am wolfingham: Recently rewatched the Ken Burns country music doc. Loving the playlist this morning, Joe. Cheers all!
	11:21am Andres: ↳ evancuts @11:13 Only part way through but wow.
	👻 11:22am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @11:14 Per new government policy: If something exists, ruin it. Bleh to that policy!
	11:23am Handy Haversack: ↳ tim @11:10 On ice!
	👻 11:23am Karl: ↳ Bamalamadingdong @11:19 BOSS BF-2 (and later BF-3) was definitely in the stable, almost certainly the first call pedal. Waylon mentions the BF-2 specifically in his autobiography.
	11:23am jmr3: ↳ Emily @11:15 Chantilly Lace does seem a little problematic now. There were a lot of middle aged guys who started writing songs for and about teenage girls because that's what was selling all the sudden. My mother was a teenager in the late 50s. I recall her telling me that she wasn't very aware of Buddy Holly but was very upset to hear about Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper
	11:25am Pierre Delecto: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:22 ?
	11:25am Marie in Chicago: I'm digging this set.
	11:25am Rich in Bristol: ↳ Song: "Rockin' Chair" by "The Band" Very nice. Is this Levon singing?
	11:26am TerrDE: Speaking of DC football. I thought the Washington ZULU would have been a great name. Fierce warriors like Vikings etc and the crowd chant possiblitys , ZULU, ZULU, ZULU ! while the opposing QB is trying to give hike signals
	11:26am Mark91: ↳ Song: "Rockin' Chair" by "The Band" Great setlist! I think its good and ok to play LOTS of music of The Band. We are still in a state of quiet sadness about the passing of Garth Hudson.
	👻 11:26am Brian in UK: Garth on accordion.
	👻 11:26am Hughie Considine: ↳ Rich in Bristol @11:25 Sounds like Rick is on lead vocal.
	11:27am PNX: ↳ Rich in Bristol @11:25 Richard Manuel on lead, I believe.
	11:27am StringOFperils: Thanks Joe. Have a great day!
	👻 11:27am Karl: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:26 Mostly Richard on lead vocal
	11:27am Pops: That is Richard Manuel singing lead
	👻 11:27am Hughie Considine: yep..they blend so good!
	👻 11:27am Brian in UK: ↳ Rich in Bristol @11:25 Richard & Rick.
	11:28am Handy Haversack: Gotta go sit in the car. Thanks, Joe!
	11:28am A A Ron: Great set. Exactly what I needed today thx
	11:29am Nico: Great set Joe..
	11:29am Rich in Bristol: Thanks! Knew the FMUverse would know
	11:31am Joe McG: That's Bonnie Bramlett singing backup with Gregg, btw.
	👻 11:32am Brian in UK: Lovely paced set so far, Joe.
	11:34am Yes: i celebrate patti whipp
	11:35am Andres: ↳ Song: "It's Gone" by "Patti Whipp" Heartbreaker. So good.
	11:35am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "Spare Me Over One More Year" by "Kacy & Clayton" I have a record by these 2. I think they're great.
	👻 11:37am tim: ↳ Song: "Spare Me Over One More Year" by "Kacy & Clayton" This reminds me a little of Sallie Timms's Horses.
	11:37am Rich in Bristol: ↳ Song: "Spare Me Over One More Year" by "Kacy & Clayton" Lovely. Reminds me of Samantha Crain.
	11:38am money&pain: A song for our times.
	👻 11:38am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" Oh boy. Already moved.
	👻 11:39am Dan S: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" An old song that captures the feeling of the present moment.
	👻 11:39am Karl: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" This is great. I also love the Willie Nelson cover from the Don Was produced Across the Borderline.
	11:40am JohnEBGood: Hey Joe and WFMU family. I just listened to Robyn Hitchcock. What a talent! I am now tuning in to Surface Noise : )
	11:41am Triple G: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" Nice version. I was recently watching/listening to a performance of this with Paul Simon and Rhiannon Giddens
	👻 11:41am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" Not knocking the original, but it's amazing how this loses none of its strength without the orchestra.
	11:42am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" wow, so resonant now to me
	11:42am TerrDE: Wow, I thought he was just a producer
	11:42am money&pain: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:41 Nothing beats the cool understated way Paul sings it, though
	👻 11:44am AMYGDALA: ↳ Hughie Considine @10:50 So cool Hughie - glad you figured it out! Thanks for the link to the tune, that's a good one. Please stop by the Schoolroom someday, if that sort of music still appeals to you.
	👻 11:45am Hughie Considine: ↳ money&pain @11:42 Paul had a knack for writing lyrics that perfectly suited his vocal style.
	👻 11:45am Dan S: ↳ Song: "Changing World" by "Jellow Buzzard" The world is always changing, but at the moment it feels like it's changing for the worse.
	11:46am TerrDE: Roger is still touring. Back to his folk roots.
	👻 11:46am Brian in UK: Dennis Hopper 'sings' this song at the start of Wim Wender's American Friend. Brought a smile to my face when I heard it in the cinema.
	👻 11:46am Hughie Considine: ↳ AMYGDALA @11:44 Will do!
	11:47am Rich in Bristol: ↳ Song: "Ballad of Easy Rider" by "The Byrds" I'm hearing shades of Forever Young in this.
	11:48am cbunny: Dropping in. The show today has been real good. Thanks Joe.
	11:48am morphe': Thanks Joe McG and all ..
	11:48am TerrDE: It would be the other way round
	11:49am money&pain: ↳ Brian in UK @11:46 Wow, never noticed that! Now one of my favorite movies will be even more enjoyable.
	11:50am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Brian in UK @11:46 Hey, that was the first Wim Wenders movie I watched, not too long ago, loved it
	11:51am PaulRobeson1925: Nice Show Joe
	11:52am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting today, folks! I hope you had a nice time. See you again next week with my interview with Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies!
	👻 11:52am 12539: Thanks, Joe.
	👻 11:52am Zip7: What a fine show, Joe! Monday work requires me to lurk, but I always enjoy your programs so much
	11:52am WoodsOfMaine: ↳ Dan S @11:45 Yeah, I hear a lot of “we’ll get through this” out there…but I’m not sure we will
	👻 11:53am tim: Thanks, Joe! Fantastic show today! I'm looking forward to next week already.
	11:53am WoodsOfMaine: Thanks JoeMcG!
	11:53am Marie in Chicago: ab fab show today, Joe. This last set has been amazing. Thanks!
	👻 11:53am Brian in UK: ↳ money&pain @11:49 Recently re-read the Ripley stories. Highsmith makes him so nasty in a strangely acceptable way.
	11:54am TerrDE: Why are we wrapping up early ?
	11:54am listener 126464: Fine show, Joe McG.
	11:54am WoodsOfMaine: I just notice that I couldn’t comment/reply via the app. This have something to do with musk?
	11:54am Chop Scott: Thanks Joe!
	11:54am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian in UK @11:53 the acceptability implicates the reader
	👻 11:55am tim: Fantastic set!
	11:55am Mike in Montreal: Thanks for a solid three hrs of goodness Joe
	👻 11:55am Charles in Chicago: ↳ WoodsOfMaine @11:52 there will be a lot of pain and suffering
	11:55am Triple G: Thanks mucho, Joe! Really enjoyed
	11:55am WoodsOfMaine: ↳ Charles in Chicago @11:55 Ooof, no kidding.
	👻 11:55am Hughie Considine: Had a great time, Joe! Thanks for all you do.
	👻 11:55am Brian in UK: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @11:54 Ofcourse. Acceptable ambiguity.
	👻 11:55am Dan S: Thanks for a great show today, Joe, and particularly the musical tribute to Marianne!
	11:55am Polly.: clicky starred the whole show Joe ! thanks for a great show!
	11:56am TerrDE: Woods. Close and reopen the app after a new shows start. I can't post either unless that's done
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: Top job, Mr DJ.
	11:56am Micheal: Thank you, Joe! Great vibe for Monday!
	11:56am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian in UK @11:55 "love" highsmith
	11:57am Crafty: thank you ❤
	11:57am tom tom the pipers son: thanks joe...
	11:57am TerrDE: Thanks Joe. Great show! Especially the Marianne set
	11:58am Brendan: Thanks Joe. See you on the surface next time. (Submerging)
	11:59am WoodsOfMaine: ↳ TerrDE @11:56 Tnx!!
	👻 11:59am bradford: Thanks as always, Joe.
	11:59am TerrDE: Good bye Joe Hello Joe
	11:59am morphe': ↳ tom tom the pipers son @11:56 If not read already "People Who Knock at the Door" ... novel of a preacherman ..
	11:59am radioronan: Thanks Joe..Cheers y'all!
	👻 11:59am Deano de los Muertos: Thanks Joe
	👻 12:00pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thank you, Joe!
	12:00pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ morphe' @11:59 thanks morphe...

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from February 3, 2025

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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Upcoming events:

Mon. Feb 10th, 9am - Noon: Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies (More info...)
Cowboy Junkies are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year with a tour that comes to the tri-state area in mid-February. On today's show, Joe talks to Michael Timmins, the band's guitarist and main songwriter, about the band's beginnings in Toronto, their continuously creative career, the glory and stigma of the great cover tune, and their most recent album, Such Ferocious Beauty.

February 3, 2025: Forever Faithful

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Marianne Faithfull	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	North Country Maid	Decca	2002	CD	From 1966		0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	Paris Bells "Paris Bells" by "Marianne Faithfull"	Marianne Faithfull	Deram	1989	CD	From 1964		0:06:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	Portland Town "Portland Town" by "Marianne Faithfull"	Come My Way	Rev-Ola	2007	CD	From 1964		0:08:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	In the Night Time	Loveinamist	Decca	2002	CD	From 1967		0:11:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	I'm the Sky "I'm the Sky" by "Marianne Faithfull"	Faithfull Forever...	London	1966	LP			0:14:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	Beware of Darkness	True	Music Club	2000	CD	From 1971		0:17:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	That Was the Day (Nashville)	Faithless	NEMS	1978	LP	From 1976		0:20:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	The Ballad of Lucy Jordan	Broken English	Island	1979	LP			0:24:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	Times Square "Times Square" by "Marianne Faithfull"	A Child's Adventure	Island	1983	LP			0:28:55 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	I'll Keep It with Mine	Strange Weather	Island	1987	LP			0:33:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	Tower of Song "Tower of Song" by "Marianne Faithfull"	Vagabond Ways	Instinct	2000	CD			0:36:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	The Phoenix "The Phoenix" by "Marianne Faithfull"	Easy Come Easy Go	Decca	2009	CD			0:41:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	Goin' Back "Goin' Back" by "Marianne Faithfull"	Horses and High Heels	Naive	2010	CD			0:43:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull	Don't Forget Me	20th Century Blues	Reverso/RCA Victor/BMG	1996	CD	live in 1995		0:47:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Bananagun	Children of the Man "Children of the Man" by "Bananagun"	What Is the Colour of the Sky?	Full Time Hobby	2025	MP3		*	1:02:41 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dengue Fever	One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula	Escape from Dragon House	M80/BRG	2005	CD			1:07:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dennis Coffey	Fame "Fame" by "Dennis Coffey"	Finger Pickin' Good	Westbound	2024	MP3	From 1975 (originally Lickin')	*	1:13:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rahman Mammadli	Qoçalı̇ "Qoçalı̇" by "Rahman Mammadli"	Azerbaijani Gitara Volume 2	Bongo Joe	2024	LP	"Old Man"		1:17:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Routes	She's Lost Control "She's Lost Control" by "The Routes"	Surfin' Pleasures	Topsy Turvy	2024	CD		*	1:21:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
The Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace "Chantilly Lace" by "The Big Bopper"	single	Mercury	1957	45			1:33:13 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ritchie Valens	Donna "Donna" by "Ritchie Valens"	single	Del-Fi	1958	45			1:35:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Crickets	Not Fade Away "Not Fade Away" by "The Crickets"	single	Brunswick	1957	45			1:37:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marty Robbins	El Paso City "El Paso City" by "Marty Robbins"	single	Columbia	1976	45			1:39:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gladys Knight and the Pips	Operator	single	Fury	1962	45			1:44:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dennis Brown	Meet Me at the Corner	single	Impact!	1972	45			1:46:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Funkadelic	The Electric Spanking of War Babies	single	Warner Bros.	1981	45	"Edit" version		1:49:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Head East	Gettin' Lucky "Gettin' Lucky" by "Head East"	single	A&M	1977	45			1:54:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bud Dashiell	Seasons in the Sun "Seasons in the Sun" by "Bud Dashiell"	single	Warner Bros.	1968	45			1:57:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Waylon Jennings	A Long Time Ago "A Long Time Ago" by "Waylon Jennings"	I've Always Been Crazy	RCA	1978	LP			2:12:54 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Willie Nelson	Medley: These Are Difficult Times; Remember the Good Times	Yesterday's Wine	RCA/BMG Heritage	2003	CD	From 1971		2:14:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Townes Van Zandt	Rex's Blues "Rex's Blues" by "Townes Van Zandt"	Rear View Mirror	Sundown	1993	CD			2:18:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Cowboy Junkies	Townes Blues "Townes Blues" by "Cowboy Junkies"	The Radio One Sessions	Strange Fruit	2002	CD	27.2.92		2:20:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Band	Rockin' Chair "Rockin' Chair" by "The Band"	Rock of Ages	Capitol	2001	CD	New Year's Eve 1970		2:23:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gregg Allman	Win, Lose or Draw "Win, Lose or Draw" by "Gregg Allman"	One More Try: An Anthology	Chronicles/Capricorn	1997	CD	From 1974		2:27:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Patti Whipp	It's Gone "It's Gone" by "Patti Whipp"	Driftless Dreamers in Cuca Country	The Numero Group	2021	LP	From 1970		2:31:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Kacy & Clayton	Spare Me Over One More Year	Carrying On	New West	2019	CD			2:34:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Allen Toussaint	American Tune "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint"	American Tunes	Nonesuch	2016	CD			2:37:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jellow Buzzard	Changing World "Changing World" by "Jellow Buzzard"	Jellow Buzzard	Distortions	2024	CD	From 1969	*	2:42:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Byrds	Ballad of Easy Rider "Ballad of Easy Rider" by "The Byrds"	Ballad of Easy Rider	Columbia Legacy	1997	CD	From 1969		2:45:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sachiko Kanenobu	Toki ni Makasete	Toki Ni Makasete: Sachiko Kanenobu Rare Tracks + 2	URC/Sony	2024	CD	outtake version from 1972; "Leave It to Time"	*	2:47:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rick Cuevas	The Birds "The Birds" by "Rick Cuevas"	Planisphere	The Numero Group	2019	LP	From 1984		2:50:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 9:01am 12539: Raydeeooooooooooooooo!
	9:01am Handy Haversack: Awwwwww, yip! Morning, Joe and all!
	👻 9:01am Deano de los Muertos: 👾📻👾
	👻 9:02am bradford: Good morning Joe & greetings to all.
	9:02am Mike in Montreal: Morning Greetings all
	👻 9:02am Webhamster Henry: Boing!
	9:03am Son Of Pantz: Happy Meatball Monday!
	9:03am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Joe and noisy people.
	9:03am TerrDE: Hello Joe , Yippies, Yipsters, and Yipettes
	9:04am Crafty: Hi Joe McG! Hi Radio folks!🎶🎵
	👻 9:04am tadpoles: ↳ Song: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by "Marianne... Sad to have lost Marianne Faithful.
	9:04am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by "Marianne... Oh, jeez. What a thing. A richer infinite with her in it.
	👻 9:05am DjLorraine: The moon and stars and Surface yips, morning
	9:06am The Oscar: Mornin' all! I just saw for the first time the short film Derek Jarman made to go along with Broken English-- pretty astounding!
	9:06am Triple G: Hi Joe and all RIP Marianne
	9:06am TerrDE: I like covers that totally recreate a song.
	9:07am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe, et al.
	9:08am TDK60: Hello deejay Joe. It's fine to hear some Faithfull.
	9:08am Mike in Montreal: Any song that mentions cobbled streets can't be bad.
	👻 9:09am Brian in UK: Hey Joe.
	9:10am Handy Haversack: I won a Marianne Faithfull CD from this very radio station.
	9:11am Philip: Right on Joe. Good Marianne Faithfull call
	9:12am common: hello, joe. all.
	9:12am northguineahills: morning joe and surfnoisers!
	9:12am red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: enjoying these soulful tunes with my love appreciating life <3 Rest In Love Marianne🕊️
	9:12am TerrDE: Ooops, Roberta recreated it. Marianne is 2 years before. Song is 1961. Both covers
	👻 9:14am Brian in UK: A word to the wise, stay out of the Jagger/Richards axis.
	👻 9:14am Webhamster Henry: So Groovy. What was the grooviest thing on the Grammys?
	9:15am Mike in Montreal: ↳ Brian in UK @9:14 yes, they went through quite a few people didn't they
	9:15am TerrDE: Donovan, yes .
	9:16am TDK60: ↳ Song: "Portland Town" by "Marianne Faithfull" That was probably Jon Mark on the "classical" acoustic guitar. Later of Mark-Almond.
	9:17am melinda: morning everyone!
	9:17am Joe McG: Hey folks, saying hello today by saying goodbye. Thanks for joining me!
	9:18am Philip: wow. I didn't know she covered GH.
	👻 9:18am Charles in Chicago: A side of Marianne Faithfull I was not familiar with. Learning things here. Thanks Joe
	9:19am Handy Haversack: ↳ Brian in UK @9:14 Seriously. And more credit to Marianne Faithfull for surviving it.
	9:19am BillfromRockTavern: Loving these rare Marianne Faithful records.
	👻 9:19am Hughie Considine: Digging this chronological approach -- seems as if the huskiness in her voice starts to set in here, in 1971.
	9:20am still b/p: ↳ TerrDE @9:12 Always fun to discover unexpected bits when grazing trivia. The songwriter, Ewan MacColl, "made no secret of the fact that he disliked all of the cover versions of the song. His daughter-in-law wrote: "He hated all of them. He had a special section in his record collection for them, entitled 'The Chamber of Horrors'. He said that the Elvis version was like Romeo at the bottom of the Post Office Tower singing up to Juliet. And the other versions, he thought, were travesties: bludgeoning, histrionic, and lacking in grace."
	👻 9:20am Dan S: ↳ Song: "Beware of Darkness" by "Marianne Faithfull" A cover from a woman who knew something about darkness.
	9:21am evancuts: If you've ever seen "Concert for George," there's a moving "Beware of Darkness" with Clapton. Such a great doc if you've never seen it before.www.youtube.com...
	👻 9:21am Bob Tankenstein: Good morning Joe and the yippers
	9:23am TerrDE: Joe , is that the Donovan covers actual name ? Its off either Superman, or Yellow, but I can't remember the title
	👻 9:23am Hughie Considine: ↳ still b/p @9:20 Presumably he had less antipathy for Bert Jansch's instrumental version.
	9:24am Joe McG: ↳ TerrDE @9:23 She covered "Sunny Goodge Street." Is that what you're thinking of?
	9:25am TDK60: Peter, Paul & Mary did a fine version of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
	9:26am Handy Haversack: ↳ TDK60 @9:25 So did Christy Moore.
	👻 9:26am Brian in UK: That Surface Noise icon is going to hit the road soon. Joe, what are the Marathon dates. (Asking for a friend!)
	9:26am TerrDE: I didn't release Bowie was postponed until I pulled into the empty Spectrum parking lot. We listened to the the recent released Concert for George CD from the box on the way home. A great substitute !
	9:26am TDK60: ↳ Handy Haversack @9:26 HH: Ah, gracias, will check it out. I dig feisty Christy.
	👻 9:27am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by "Marianne Faithfull" Ah - a rare confluence of song choices shared by Joe McGasko and the DJ known as Jonesey.
	9:27am Joe McG: ↳ Brian in UK @9:26 Hey Brian! We kick off on March 3rd and go till March 16th.
	9:27am TerrDE: Joe , no. The one you just played
	👻 9:28am yerfriendpaul: Good morning Joe, everyone!
	9:28am Hi from Holland: Aloha. This is nice, you can keep going with MF as far as I'm concerned...
	9:29am still b/p: ↳ Song: "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by "Marianne Faithfull" This and the opening of Pat Benatar's We Belong have a twin-ish synth accent/rhythm.
	👻 9:29am Brian in UK: ↳ Joe McG @9:27 Thanks Joe. Just four weeks to go then.
	9:29am Douglas R: Sublime choices to start Joe, but in all honesty, these homages to recently deceased folks is becoming far too common
	9:29am Dan from PEI: Ouch! What a song.
	9:30am Joe McG: ↳ TerrDE @9:27 Oh, I know what you mean. It's "Hampstead Incident," I think.
	9:31am Joe McG: ↳ Douglas R @9:29 I haven't done one in a while, but I wanted to do one for her.
	9:31am TerrDE: I don't think "In the night time " was the Donovan name. One of his nonsequeture titles like Berts Blues, which it wasn't.
	9:31am TerrDE: Yeah that was my guess. Thanks, Joe
	9:33am Mike W: I think recently deceased folks are becoming too common.
	👻 9:34am Brian in UK: I think that the station is going to be as vitally needed this year as it was during Covid 19.
	9:35am Joe McG: ↳ Brian in UK @9:34 It's looking pretty grim over here.
	9:35am Hi from Holland: Those 60-70s stars had and have longer careers than most - most of the current "stars" are short lived (meaning only a few years - if that - in the spotlight) - the older geezers often manage(d) do stay relatively popular - nobody will remember todays "stars" in a decade except a few exceptions (Swift for example).
	9:35am TerrDE: I remember she and Anita being God and Satan on Ab Fab
	👻 9:35am Brian in UK: Nice work Joe, better get dog walking on this beautiful sunny day over here.
	👻 9:35am 12539: The station is vitally needed. Period.
	9:36am west village idiot: never heard her version of this. lovely
	9:38am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "I'll Keep It with Mine" by "Marianne Faithfull" That was a quite a version. Dug it.
	9:38am The Oscar: ↳ Song: "Tower of Song" by "Marianne Faithfull" Oh wow, never heard this version! Love it already.
	9:38am Erin in TO: Happy to have WFMU and Surface Noise as a bastion of normalcy and even joy this grey Monday
	👻 9:39am tim: Hi Joe! Thanks for the Marianne tribute. Over the bast 6-7 years I've become a huge fan of Marianne's 21st century records thanks to Sheila B. Her last records reach heights that most musicians never get to.
	9:39am Joe McG: ↳ Erin in TO @9:38 Nice to have you along, as always!
	9:40am Erin in TO: ↳ Joe McG @9:39 I can't listen as much as I'd like to these days, but it's a relief to know this place is always here when I can!
	👻 9:40am tim: ↳ Song: "That Was the Day (Nashville)" by "Marianne Faithf... I picked up Faithless last summer. It is a great record! One of those records that's not necessarily rare but you never see either.
	9:42am Pedro in Arlington: Keep the MFers coming, Joe. An antidote to the overflowing toilet show we're supposed to watch and enjoy 24/7.
	9:42am Handy Haversack: ↳ The Oscar @9:38 That was great. "Tower of Song" would be a good 3OAK candidate for Mary Wing.
	9:43am Joe McG: ↳ tim @9:40 Yes, I like it, too. I think she sings country very well and it's a shame she didn't do another straight-up country record.
	9:43am Laurie H: Love to listen to Marianne. I first learned about the great Hal Willner via her album Strange weather when that came out.
	9:45am TerrDE: Carol & Jerry. Can't go wrong.
	9:45am seedfriend: Love this set. This track is giving AZITA vibes
	👻 9:45am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Goin' Back" by "Marianne Faithfull" Talk about infusing new meaning into an old song.
	👻 9:45am tim: ↳ Joe McG @9:43 Yes! I agree. Another straight up country record would have been perfect. Think about if she and Jessi Coulter duetted on a full on male species dis track!
	👻 9:46am tim: ↳ seedfriend @9:45 Oh wow! Good call. I never connected Marianne and Azita. Makes perfect sense.
	9:47am josh in the uk: Wonderful set, Joe. Just great.
	👻 9:47am tadpoles: ↳ Hughie Considine @9:45 Ditto....great version of a great song. Cheers
	9:48am Lisa the Greek: Joe! Lovin💗lovin❤️🩷💜this morning Marianne!! First time🎶 is gorgeous☺️
	👻 9:49am nortonjutland: Very nice Joe!
	9:49am Lisa the Greek: Great way to start a Monday…
	9:50am common: had to clicky star the whole show, joe
	9:50am StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" This might be one cover that doesn't sound more world-ravaged than the original. Harry was in fairly rough shape at the time
	9:50am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" Damn.
	9:51am Erin in TO: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" What a heartbreaking song/rendition
	9:51am evancuts: I was about to say that sounds just like a Harry Nilsson song.
	👻 9:51am bradford: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" Wow.
	👻 9:52am Hughie Considine: ↳ StringOFperils @9:50 Good point -- and both of their voices went from angelic to ravaged.
	👻 9:52am Gregosaurus: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" Sigh We won't.
	👻 9:52am Dan S: A great set, Joe, and a fine tribute to Marianne Faithfull.
	9:53am evancuts: I watched "HEAD" this weekend and that cover of Harry Nilsson's "Daddy's Song" is absolutely insane!
	👻 9:53am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Brian in UK @9:34 It’s always vitally needed.
	👻 9:53am nortonjutland: AMEN ! Joe
	👻 9:53am DjLorraine: My friend added Joe Wise on wikipedia as a recording artist that covered "As Tears Go By"
	9:54am chresti: Morning Joe and yippers!
	9:54am TerrDE: Yeah, that Metallica song really surprised me w her raspiness
	👻 9:55am Hughie Considine: Perhaps the evolution of Marianne's voice and vocalizations is comparable to that of Billie Holiday. Her later recordings, where all of her hard living is evident, are still highly regarded and some folks think they're her greatest achievements.
	9:56am The Oscar: I think my favorite Marianne moment is her cameo in Godard's Made in USA, where she randomly shows up in a diner and sings "As Tears Go By" while Anna Karina and Jean Pierre Leaud look on.
	9:56am TerrDE: Head is far out. Jack Nicholson heavily into acid. The sequel was to be advertised as " From the same people who gave you Head"
	👻 9:57am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Joe and yippers. That was a nice set.
	9:59am TerrDE: FCC. Or "fuck" as its pronounced as a word
	10:00am Franco Twinkie: That was very sweet. I'm old enough to remember when Marianne Faithfull was a young heart throb on the black and white television. But alas, by the time Broken English was in high rotation on MTV, it was pure wreckage. Falling apart in public is so sad.
	10:00am melinda: I thought I remembered it from Norma Tanega but didn't know it was an original.
	👻 10:03am tadpoles: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @9:57 Yes Joe...many thanks....a set that will be listened to a few times on the archives.
	10:04am Joe McG: This is a really great BBC interview with a young but very sharp Marianne: www.youtube.com...
	10:05am StringOFperils: I never though Marianne fell apart. She just wore her miles elegantly and with no apologies. If anything an open invitation to follow her through the shadows, as a very mature guide. She wasn't a pop star anymore; she was more like Lotte Lenya, an exponent of a kind of dark theatre.
	10:06am StringOFperils: **doesn't bode well when you can't spell thought
	👻 10:08am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Song: "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula" by "Dengue Fever" wasn’t expecting to hear this! One of the best live performances I’ve ever seen
	10:09am Crafty: ↳ Song: "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula" by "Dengue Fever" ⭐️🔊🔊🔊❤️🥰
	10:09am Son Of Pantz: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @10:08 I bet! These guys smoke!
	10:10am Franco Twinkie: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @10:08 I agree. I saw them play live in the middle of the street in Pasadena when I lived there...for free!
	10:10am Listener John from NJ: Thanks for the Marianne Faithfull retrospective. You're certainly right that we won't be seeing the likes of her again.
	10:10am Rich in Bristol: Just got in. Looks like I'm in time for Single File!
	👻 10:11am tim: ↳ StringOFperils @10:05 I agree. Marianne went through some hard times. Serious hard times but that was only a small part of her life. She put out 5 more decades worth of music, movies, and writing once she was on stable ground again. Marianne's story is often entangled with the Stones. Compare her records to the Stones' output from 1979 on. The Stones put out some good records in the time. But they pretty musch stayed static. Whereas Marriane's records continued to progress and reach new levels.
	👻 10:13am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Franco Twinkie @10:10 but were the Dirtbombs there?
	👻 10:14am tim: ↳ tim @10:11 Also, Mariane add said this herself. It's looked upon noble and romantic when a male artist goes through the wringer of addiction and hard time. Who cares if they act horrendous and like a sleaze during their hard times. It's forgiven. But it's a tragedy when a woman goes through it and then she's dismissed.
	10:15am TerrDE: Will they have to apologize for their name like Antrax, if theres an epidemic ?
	10:15am Handy Haversack: ↳ tim @10:14 I'll take her output over the Stones' any day and any decade.
	10:16am TerrDE: If theres a vocal its not on the app
	👻 10:17am Hughie Considine: ↳ tim @10:11 Spot on!
	👻 10:17am tim: ↳ Song: "Fame" by "Dennis Coffey" Damn! Too bad Bowie didn't enlist Dennis on his recording! And I love Bowie's version too.
	10:17am StringOFperils: And furthermore, the scrutiny should most justly be turned back on the ghouls who dine on the stories. They're the saddest part of it all.
	10:18am TerrDE: Anyone hearing a vocal ?
	👻 10:18am Charles in Chicago: ↳ TerrDE @10:18 yes you're not hallucinating
	👻 10:19am tim: ↳ Song: "Qoçalı̇" by "Rahman Mammadli" Yes! One of my favorite records from last year. This guitar sound is nuts, bananas AND cocnuts!
	10:20am TerrDE: Whats the instrument Electric Oud, Hurdy Gurdy ?
	10:22am Steve from Dunwoody: Not my fave, Tim. But I am happy to wait through this tuneless gibberish, as your taste and Joe’s can be depended on for lotsa good.
	👻 10:22am tim: ↳ TerrDE @10:20 Nope, just electric guitar.
	10:23am TerrDE: I didn't hear a vocal . Was it an instrumental ? On WaB sometimes part of the song is missing. It might be a loose needle wire.
	10:24am Mark91: ↳ Song: "Don't Forget Me" by "Marianne Faithfull" Not a popular opinion here, but it should be said when doing an honest assessment of Miss Faithful. Her notoriety was based on 1. Her status as Mick Jagger's girlfriend, and later, 2. Her addictions. Note that "talent" is not on that list. Obviously one feels bad about her passing and her substance use disorders. Perhaps her life (hopefully) gives hope to others struggling with personal issues (substance abuse, mental illness, etc.) but many artists have lived and suffered through such issues (i.e., James Taylor, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Jimi, Billie Holliday, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards, Elton John...) but the difference is with THOSE artists the first things people think about is THEIR WORK, not about their demons. There is a difference.
	👻 10:24am AMYGDALA: ↳ Hughie Considine @9:45 Hi Hughie, Here’s one to file under completely out-of-the-blue. On the theme of old songs, I’m curious whether you ever discovered the name of the tune you were hoping to identify in a request that you made way back in 2016 (“I’m hoping the Reggae Schoolroom brain trust can help me identify a song I’ve loved since I heard it in 1986”... www.wfmu.org...). I've yet not been able to identify it; very sorry leave you hanging! By way of background, as of mid-October of last year, I began helping DJ Jeff Sarge by posting active playlists for his live show. I’ve also been adding playlists to archived shows that do not yet have one. It was during that process that I stumbled upon your potentially still-unfulfilled request. So as to not sully Joe McGasko’s message board with even more extraneous stuff, please accept a message me from via the Kenzo app. – or send one to me – so we can try to solve the mystery, if it remains unsolved. Many thanks!
	10:26am Triple G: ↳ Song: "She's Lost Control" by "The Routes" Far out
	👻 10:26am Karl: ↳ Song: "She's Lost Control" by "The Routes" That's a cold, cold surf reverb. Like an ice age, even.
	10:26am Joe McG: ↳ Mark91 @10:24 Disagree. She took her work very seriously and was not just a poster child for drug abuse or a rock star's girlfriend.
	👻 10:27am Karl: ↳ Song: "She's Lost Control" by "The Routes" [sings to self] "I---am surfing through the ice age..."
	10:27am AppleOverEasy: Here is a great cover of "Love will tear us apart" by the New Orleans Hot 8 Brass Band www.youtube.com...
	10:29am Dean: That Kraftwerk cover album is a doozy.
	10:29am rx "rexy" scabin: Good morning, Joe and Everyone.
	10:30am TerrDE: Speaking of Japanese groups, I've never heard Nigen Isu on FMU . Hard rockin for 4 or 5 decades
	👻 10:31am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Song: "Fame" by "Dennis Coffey" Maybe "Finger Lickin' Good" is trademarked by KFC?
	10:32am TerrDE: It pays to be nice
	👻 10:32am Karl: Joe: it was Bopper who had the flu.
	👻 10:32am Marley P. Dogg: Finger lickin’ good www.discogs.com...
	10:32am carlos danger: Like Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan
	10:33am Handy Haversack: In high school, I taped over my cassette of Buddy Holly's 20 Golden Greats with the Pixies' Doolittle. And a few weeks ago filled that nagging void by picking it up on vinyl. More Buddy Holly is always a good thing!
	👻 10:34am Brian in UK: Come On Let's Go by Ritchie Valens is a bit favourite in this house.
	10:34am Joe McG: ↳ Karl @10:32 I should have refreshed myself on the circumstances before coming on mic, but oh well! Thanks!
	10:34am Franco Twinkie: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @10:13 No. But after we moved, I went back to see them do yet another free show in Pasadena. This time it was the bandshell in Central Park. They opened for Chicano Batman.
	10:34am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "Chantilly Lace" by "The Big Bopper" Hey Joe, hey All, can't tell you how often this song has run through my mind--kray-zee
	👻 10:34am Ken From Hyde Park: Bobby Vee filled in to play the show where they were headed.
	👻 10:35am Karl: Joe: Actually, I'm also remembering that the plane was chartered because Buddy had the flu. But Bopper was getting sick too, which is why Waylon gave up his seat. Also, when Buddy heard that Waylon had given up his seat to Bopper, Buddy said "well I hope your bus freezes up again" and then Waylon said "well I hope your plane crashes." Waylon felt horrible about this, obviously. (Source: Waylon's autobiography).
	10:35am Jim the Poet: I gave Big Bopper the flu
	10:35am Joe McG: ↳ Karl @10:35 Yes, the plane crashes line is the one that gave him the lifetime of guilt!
	👻 10:36am tim: ↳ Joe McG @10:26 I agree with Joe. Her work was substantial in it's own right. Focusing on who she dated and addiction is just a gloss over of her work.
	10:36am AppleOverEasy: Brian in UK ...My wife's dad is was Richie Havens. When Richie Valens died Bek's dad's promoter and agent's phone blew up for days with well wishers offering their condolences
	10:36am Pedro in Arlington: Buddy and Maria Elena's last apartment is just north of Washington Square Park. Some of those last demos recorded up there are great, provided you don't load a bunch of overdubs on them.
	👻 10:36am Deano de los Muertos: I believe The Simpsons wrote “Goodbyyyye, baby!” on Bopper’s fictional headstone
	👻 10:36am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Jim the Poet @10:35 Takin' your Chevy to the levee?
	10:37am johnk77: the venue of the night before the day the music died is the surf ballroom in clear lake, iowa it is beautiful and well worth a visit
	10:37am prof.fuzz: we visited the crash site in 2018 when we were touring in the midwest. very moving experience in the middle of a corn field.
	10:37am Joe McG: ↳ Pedro in Arlington @10:36 I LOVE those demos. One of my favorite things on the box set.
	10:37am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ Song: "Chantilly Lace" by "The Big Bopper" In an alternate timeline we got a Big Bopper disco record.
	👻 10:37am Karl: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @10:36 Man that's like saying Bloody Mary in a dark room, you're playing with fire.
	👻 10:38am tim: ↳ Handy Haversack @10:33 There's worse things to tape over Buddy Holly. It could have been the Escape Club's "Wild Wild West". ;)
	👻 10:39am Charles in Chicago: I was afraid you'd play Don MacLean!
	10:39am Joe McG: ↳ Charles in Chicago @10:39 I'll leave that to Ken and Andy.
	👻 10:39am Karl: Joe: If you've not heard it, Waylon recorded "Learning the Game" for the Buddy Holly tribute. Damn fine cut.
	10:40am Pedro in Arlington: ↳ Joe McG @10:37 At least the movie of the same name used the undubbed Apartment 4H demo for "Peggy Sue Got Married." Hollywood generally fails at such things.
	👻 10:40am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Song: "Not Fade Away" by "The Crickets" this cd was in heavy rotation in my last car for around 20 years.
	👻 10:41am Karl: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @10:37 Let's live in that timeline for a moment.
	10:41am Handy Haversack: ↳ tim @10:38 I know -- I just felt like I'd betrayed him for thirty-five years! Glad to correct that.
	10:41am Joe McG: ↳ Karl @10:39 I haven't heard it! I'll check it out.
	👻 10:41am tim: ↳ Song: "El Paso City" by "Marty Robbins" Oh wow! A return to the scene of the crime.
	10:42am Joe McG: ↳ Pedro in Arlington @10:40 I like how you can hear his wife washing the dishes in the background on some of the recordings.
	10:43am StringOFperils: ↳ TerrDE @10:20 In videos, Rahmann Mammadii was playing one of these Czechoslovakian-made eastern bloc Jolana guitars...I think it was called a 'Special', but this Alfa is close. 3 single coil pickups like a Strat, I think...
	👻 10:43am Karl: ↳ Joe McG @10:41 Mark Knopfler on guitar, and (I think) Joe Mauldin on bass.
	10:44am StringOFperils: ↳ StringOFperils @10:43 bluebookofguitarvalues.com...
	10:44am TerrDE: Marty explains his multiple universes theory
	10:44am johnk77: https://www.surfballroom.com/assets/img/timeline/1959WDPTour.jpg
	10:47am TerrDE: I feel off the coach laughing when Richard Pryor had just the Pips singing their part for Midnight Train to Georgia on his show
	👻 10:48am DjLorraine: ↳ TerrDE @10:47 Woo woo - i love the Pips!
	10:49am JG: ↳ Song: "Meet Me at the Corner" by "Dennis Brown" Dennis does maybe the second best Wichita Lineman
	10:49am Crafty: ↳ Song: "Meet Me at the Corner" by "Dennis Brown" ⭐️🥳🎉
	👻 10:50am Hughie Considine: ↳ AMYGDALA @10:24 Hey there, I had to go away for a sec -- OMG, I did! It's called "Calling Your Name in My Sleep" by Ernis Wilson.
	10:51am chris_in_space: ↳ Song: "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" by "Funkadelic" Aw yeah! This era of Funkadelic doesn't get enough play!
	👻 10:52am Hughie Considine: ↳ AMYGDALA @10:24 Proper title: "Talking in My Sleep" www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:55am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Song: "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" by "Funkadelic" 🕺🏻🕺🏻
	👻 10:55am tim: ↳ Song: "Gettin' Lucky" by "Head East" Full on Pidge Rock here!
	👻 10:57am Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" by "Funkadelic" Featured in the WFMU Catalog: here's my little catalog sound bite edit: wfmu.org...
	👻 10:58am Gregosaurus: ↳ Song: "Gettin' Lucky" by "Head East" Back in my teen years, it seemed like every third record in the cutouts bin was Head East.
	10:58am TerrDE: I use to see Head East in music stores all the time, but never heard them until on this show last year.
	11:00am Michele with One "L": I love this song
	11:00am Paul: ↳ Song: "Gettin' Lucky" by "Head East" Played at my college my freshman year.
	👻 11:00am tim: ↳ Gregosaurus @10:58 In present day, you could say the same about every third record in the $1 bin - haha!
	11:00am common: ↳ Michele with One "L" @11:00 so sad, this 'un
	👻 11:01am Hughie Considine: ↳ Michele with One "L" @11:00 You get a special goodbye in it.
	11:01am rx "rexy" scabin: New respect for this.
	11:01am Hi from Holland: But the guy has deux elles
	11:01am TerrDE: God NO . Tho this cover isn't as bad. The FMU DJs like of Housewife Music never ceases to amaze me
	👻 11:02am Hughie Considine: ↳ TerrDE @11:01 I don't believe I've ever heard the term 'housewife music.' Does that include Joy of Cooking?
	11:02am Hi from Holland: ↳ TerrDE @11:01 They get free sherry at the station...
	11:03am Listener John from NJ: ↳ Song: "Seasons in the Sun" by "Bud Dashiell" I to kinda bugs me that in France, when this song was written, they would have executed the person by guillotine. (If I'm correct that this guy is singing before his execution.) Hope that doesn't ruin it for you.
	11:03am Paul: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:02 Another Day by McCartney would count.
	11:04am TerrDE: It was a term for 70s AM after Underground FM showed up. It was taylored for Housewives and 12 year old girls
	👻 11:05am Hughie Considine: ↳ Paul @11:03 Ah, I'm starting to get it now.
	11:06am TerrDE: No Paul, no Paul
	11:06am rx "rexy" scabin: Cannot change that channel in America.
	👻 11:08am Karl: GO BIRDS
	11:09am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Karl @11:08 hee hee hee
	11:09am Andres: Kendrick
	11:09am Gary: Kendrick
	11:09am TerrDE: Tony and Dawn, Helen Ready, Carpenters, Barry Manalow, anything written by Paul Williams etc.
	11:09am ?: housewife music sounds like a fake genre looking for examples to justify itself after the fact like Yacht Music or Putti Twang
	👻 11:09am Deano de los Muertos: Kendrick Lamar this year
	11:09am listener 126464: Up With People and Serendipity Singers
	11:10am common: ↳ TerrDE @11:09 i was hoping all those people were playing the half-time show
	👻 11:10am tim: Up With People this year?
	👻 11:10am Ken From Hyde Park: Will today's third hour pay homage to last night's Grammy winners?
	11:10am TerrDE: I watched the Butt Bowl when MTV had it
	👻 11:10am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Karl @11:08 amen to that
	11:11am Marie in Chicago: I think a fitting theme might be "Up Yours"--seems to reflect the current US zeitgeist
	👻 11:11am Hughie Considine: Paul Anka's "Having My Baby" must have hit home with a certain type of housewife.
	11:11am Crafty: whats the line one the puppy bowl?
	11:12am Marie in Chicago: ↳ tim @11:10 Hey Tim!
	11:13am mt hairy: vote for waylon
	11:13am evancuts: I work on a tv show and our director loves telling us stories about the Super Bowls he directed. He did several w/ Up with People but this halftime show he directed is pure bonkers...www.mentalfloss.com...
	👻 11:13am Deano de los Muertos: cool, I was hoping you’d play this
	👻 11:13am Hughie Considine: Apropos of Shel, I looked up Shel Silverstein earlier after "Lucy Jordan" and found that he apparently "had sex with hundreds if not thousands of women."
	👻 11:14am Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:10 Why ruin it now?
	11:14am Andres: My kids swoop in at half time to watch the show and eat wings and then promptly leave. One kid is going to hate watch on their device. They hate the Eagles slightly less because they didn’t knock out the Bills. Hates the refs the most.
	👻 11:14am Karl: ↳ Song: "A Long Time Ago" by "Waylon Jennings" Pretty sure Waylon had a holster for that Boss flanger pedal
	👻 11:14am tim: ↳ Marie in Chicago @11:12 Howdy, Marie!
	11:15am Emily: Thank you for this tribute. My cousins lived near the crash site. I love all of these singers, though more mixed about The Big Bopper.
	11:15am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:11 I bet a lot of men secretly liked it. Men with babies
	11:16am TerrDE: I'll be watching this year's rematch. I don't have a TV hook up and have lost touch w football, so I missed last years. I'm near Rehoboth DE so I route for the Ravens, Eagles, whatever DC is calling itself , whoevers winning, since the Colts abandoned us in the dead of night
	11:18am listener 126464: ↳ Song: "Medley: These Are Difficult Times; Remember the G... 2025 Outlaw Music Fest dates and lineup announced earlier today.
	11:18am TerrDE: "My" baby. Geez , I'm male and I found it offensive at the time
	11:19am StringOFperils: Under the circumstances, 2025 Outlaw Music Fest has an ominous ring to it.
	11:19am Bamalamadingdong: I think Waylon used an MXR Phase 90 pedal...
	11:20am wolfingham: Recently rewatched the Ken Burns country music doc. Loving the playlist this morning, Joe. Cheers all!
	11:21am Andres: ↳ evancuts @11:13 Only part way through but wow.
	👻 11:22am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @11:14 Per new government policy: If something exists, ruin it. Bleh to that policy!
	11:23am Handy Haversack: ↳ tim @11:10 On ice!
	👻 11:23am Karl: ↳ Bamalamadingdong @11:19 BOSS BF-2 (and later BF-3) was definitely in the stable, almost certainly the first call pedal. Waylon mentions the BF-2 specifically in his autobiography.
	11:23am jmr3: ↳ Emily @11:15 Chantilly Lace does seem a little problematic now. There were a lot of middle aged guys who started writing songs for and about teenage girls because that's what was selling all the sudden. My mother was a teenager in the late 50s. I recall her telling me that she wasn't very aware of Buddy Holly but was very upset to hear about Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper
	11:25am Pierre Delecto: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:22 ?
	11:25am Marie in Chicago: I'm digging this set.
	11:25am Rich in Bristol: ↳ Song: "Rockin' Chair" by "The Band" Very nice. Is this Levon singing?
	11:26am TerrDE: Speaking of DC football. I thought the Washington ZULU would have been a great name. Fierce warriors like Vikings etc and the crowd chant possiblitys , ZULU, ZULU, ZULU ! while the opposing QB is trying to give hike signals
	11:26am Mark91: ↳ Song: "Rockin' Chair" by "The Band" Great setlist! I think its good and ok to play LOTS of music of The Band. We are still in a state of quiet sadness about the passing of Garth Hudson.
	👻 11:26am Brian in UK: Garth on accordion.
	👻 11:26am Hughie Considine: ↳ Rich in Bristol @11:25 Sounds like Rick is on lead vocal.
	11:27am PNX: ↳ Rich in Bristol @11:25 Richard Manuel on lead, I believe.
	11:27am StringOFperils: Thanks Joe. Have a great day!
	👻 11:27am Karl: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:26 Mostly Richard on lead vocal
	11:27am Pops: That is Richard Manuel singing lead
	👻 11:27am Hughie Considine: yep..they blend so good!
	👻 11:27am Brian in UK: ↳ Rich in Bristol @11:25 Richard & Rick.
	11:28am Handy Haversack: Gotta go sit in the car. Thanks, Joe!
	11:28am A A Ron: Great set. Exactly what I needed today thx
	11:29am Nico: Great set Joe..
	11:29am Rich in Bristol: Thanks! Knew the FMUverse would know
	11:31am Joe McG: That's Bonnie Bramlett singing backup with Gregg, btw.
	👻 11:32am Brian in UK: Lovely paced set so far, Joe.
	11:34am Yes: i celebrate patti whipp
	11:35am Andres: ↳ Song: "It's Gone" by "Patti Whipp" Heartbreaker. So good.
	11:35am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "Spare Me Over One More Year" by "Kacy & Clayton" I have a record by these 2. I think they're great.
	👻 11:37am tim: ↳ Song: "Spare Me Over One More Year" by "Kacy & Clayton" This reminds me a little of Sallie Timms's Horses.
	11:37am Rich in Bristol: ↳ Song: "Spare Me Over One More Year" by "Kacy & Clayton" Lovely. Reminds me of Samantha Crain.
	11:38am money&pain: A song for our times.
	👻 11:38am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" Oh boy. Already moved.
	👻 11:39am Dan S: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" An old song that captures the feeling of the present moment.
	👻 11:39am Karl: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" This is great. I also love the Willie Nelson cover from the Don Was produced Across the Borderline.
	11:40am JohnEBGood: Hey Joe and WFMU family. I just listened to Robyn Hitchcock. What a talent! I am now tuning in to Surface Noise : )
	11:41am Triple G: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" Nice version. I was recently watching/listening to a performance of this with Paul Simon and Rhiannon Giddens
	👻 11:41am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" Not knocking the original, but it's amazing how this loses none of its strength without the orchestra.
	11:42am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "American Tune" by "Allen Toussaint" wow, so resonant now to me
	11:42am TerrDE: Wow, I thought he was just a producer
	11:42am money&pain: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:41 Nothing beats the cool understated way Paul sings it, though
	👻 11:44am AMYGDALA: ↳ Hughie Considine @10:50 So cool Hughie - glad you figured it out! Thanks for the link to the tune, that's a good one. Please stop by the Schoolroom someday, if that sort of music still appeals to you.
	👻 11:45am Hughie Considine: ↳ money&pain @11:42 Paul had a knack for writing lyrics that perfectly suited his vocal style.
	👻 11:45am Dan S: ↳ Song: "Changing World" by "Jellow Buzzard" The world is always changing, but at the moment it feels like it's changing for the worse.
	11:46am TerrDE: Roger is still touring. Back to his folk roots.
	👻 11:46am Brian in UK: Dennis Hopper 'sings' this song at the start of Wim Wender's American Friend. Brought a smile to my face when I heard it in the cinema.
	👻 11:46am Hughie Considine: ↳ AMYGDALA @11:44 Will do!
	11:47am Rich in Bristol: ↳ Song: "Ballad of Easy Rider" by "The Byrds" I'm hearing shades of Forever Young in this.
	11:48am cbunny: Dropping in. The show today has been real good. Thanks Joe.
	11:48am morphe': Thanks Joe McG and all ..
	11:48am TerrDE: It would be the other way round
	11:49am money&pain: ↳ Brian in UK @11:46 Wow, never noticed that! Now one of my favorite movies will be even more enjoyable.
	11:50am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Brian in UK @11:46 Hey, that was the first Wim Wenders movie I watched, not too long ago, loved it
	11:51am PaulRobeson1925: Nice Show Joe
	11:52am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting today, folks! I hope you had a nice time. See you again next week with my interview with Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies!
	👻 11:52am 12539: Thanks, Joe.
	👻 11:52am Zip7: What a fine show, Joe! Monday work requires me to lurk, but I always enjoy your programs so much
	11:52am WoodsOfMaine: ↳ Dan S @11:45 Yeah, I hear a lot of “we’ll get through this” out there…but I’m not sure we will
	👻 11:53am tim: Thanks, Joe! Fantastic show today! I'm looking forward to next week already.
	11:53am WoodsOfMaine: Thanks JoeMcG!
	11:53am Marie in Chicago: ab fab show today, Joe. This last set has been amazing. Thanks!
	👻 11:53am Brian in UK: ↳ money&pain @11:49 Recently re-read the Ripley stories. Highsmith makes him so nasty in a strangely acceptable way.
	11:54am TerrDE: Why are we wrapping up early ?
	11:54am listener 126464: Fine show, Joe McG.
	11:54am WoodsOfMaine: I just notice that I couldn’t comment/reply via the app. This have something to do with musk?
	11:54am Chop Scott: Thanks Joe!
	11:54am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian in UK @11:53 the acceptability implicates the reader
	👻 11:55am tim: Fantastic set!
	11:55am Mike in Montreal: Thanks for a solid three hrs of goodness Joe
	👻 11:55am Charles in Chicago: ↳ WoodsOfMaine @11:52 there will be a lot of pain and suffering
	11:55am Triple G: Thanks mucho, Joe! Really enjoyed
	11:55am WoodsOfMaine: ↳ Charles in Chicago @11:55 Ooof, no kidding.
	👻 11:55am Hughie Considine: Had a great time, Joe! Thanks for all you do.
	👻 11:55am Brian in UK: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @11:54 Ofcourse. Acceptable ambiguity.
	👻 11:55am Dan S: Thanks for a great show today, Joe, and particularly the musical tribute to Marianne!
	11:55am Polly.: clicky starred the whole show Joe ! thanks for a great show!
	11:56am TerrDE: Woods. Close and reopen the app after a new shows start. I can't post either unless that's done
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: Top job, Mr DJ.
	11:56am Micheal: Thank you, Joe! Great vibe for Monday!
	11:56am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian in UK @11:55 "love" highsmith
	11:57am Crafty: thank you ❤
	11:57am tom tom the pipers son: thanks joe...
	11:57am TerrDE: Thanks Joe. Great show! Especially the Marianne set
	11:58am Brendan: Thanks Joe. See you on the surface next time. (Submerging)
	11:59am WoodsOfMaine: ↳ TerrDE @11:56 Tnx!!
	👻 11:59am bradford: Thanks as always, Joe.
	11:59am TerrDE: Good bye Joe Hello Joe
	11:59am morphe': ↳ tom tom the pipers son @11:56 If not read already "People Who Knock at the Door" ... novel of a preacherman ..
	11:59am radioronan: Thanks Joe..Cheers y'all!
	👻 11:59am Deano de los Muertos: Thanks Joe
	👻 12:00pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thank you, Joe!
	12:00pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ morphe' @11:59 thanks morphe...

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