Favoriting The Funhouse with Harry Parmenter: Playlist from February 23, 2025 Favoriting

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A weekly hour of unpredictable rockin' fun featuring unheard music with occasional history, commentary and anecdotes from host Harry Parmenter. THE FUNHOUSE offers the listener a brief respite from the onslaught of daily existence.

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Favoriting February 23, 2025: ADDICTION

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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  LP  0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Steve Roach  The Knowing Place   Favoriting Rest of Life  Projekt  2023  MP3  0:01:18 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Eric Clapton  Can't Find My Way Home   Favoriting E.C. Was Here  RSO Records  1975  LP  0:05:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Plimsouls  A Million Miles Away   Favoriting Beach Town Confidential  Alive Records  2012  CD  0:10:08 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Romeo Void  A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)   Favoriting Instincts  415 Records  1984  LP  0:13:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Monster Magnet  Gimme Danger   Favoriting We Will Fall - The Iggy Pop Tribute  Royalty Records  1997  CD  0:18:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)
J.J. Cale  Downtown L.A.   Favoriting Grasshopper  Mercury  1982  LP  0:21:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Brian Eno-David Byrne  Regiment   Favoriting My Life in the Bush of Ghosts  Warner Bros. Records  1981  LP  0:24:15 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Talking Heads  The Overload   Favoriting Remain In Light  Sire Records  1980  LP  0:28:12 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Peter Perrett  I Wanna Go With Dignity   Favoriting The Cleansing  Domino  2024  Vinyl  0:33:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Veils  Bullfighter (Hand of God)   Favoriting ...And Out Of The Void Came Love  Ba Da Bing  2023  CD  0:36:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Pokey LaFarge  Fuck Me Up   Favoriting Rock Bottom Rhapsody  New West Records  2020  CD  0:40:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Beatles  You Like Me Too Much   Favoriting Help!  Parlophone UK  1965  LP  0:43:58 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ginger Baker (w/Peter Noone)(!)  Magic Bus   Favoriting Who Are You: An All-Star Tribute to the Who  Cleopatra  2012  CD  0:46:29 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Dandy Warhols  Genius   Favoriting Dandys Rule OK?  EMI Music Distribution  1998  CD  0:49:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
The Beatles  I'll Follow the Sun   Favoriting Beatles '65  Capitol Records  1965  LP  0:57:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Fatherflot:

hey harry
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Harry Parmenter:

hey man. radio silence suddenly?
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Harry Parmenter:

perfect timing!
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Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @8:59
Yeah, I hoped it was only over here.
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Stu Rutherford:

↳ Harry Parmenter @8:59
No sound here.
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Harry Parmenter:

silence is golden to accompany the photo
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:00pm
medson:

Hey Harry. I alerted DA.
Avatar 9:01pm
Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:00
ah thx you are too kind. well the waltzinblack comes in right about now; i'd do hand puppets but...
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Eric R:

how peaceful it is....
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Eric R @9:02
I think I was breathing too heavily and blew out the amps
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Eric R:

I took the few minutes to give the Hunters Russian Spy and I a listen. Corking!
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Jessie:

Evening, Harry.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Eric R @9:02
We need the Kneejerk Reactions back to bust it up
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Jessie @9:02
Evening Jessie. Welcome to the meditation hour.
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Fatherflot:

Hi Jessie
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Jessie:

↳ Fatherflot @9:03
Hey, Ff!
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Harry Parmenter:

BRING ON THE MARATHON! I know we won't drop sound then!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:05pm
Jessie:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:03
John Cage 4’33” it shall be.
  9:05pm
roachcoach:

RC in the house, as promised, waiting for the magic to begin (hope i didn’t jinx anything)
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ roachcoach @9:05
ha roachcoach! i think the magic is mute tonight after all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:06pm
Fatherflot:

here we go
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Harry Parmenter:

oh there it is! alrightythen.
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Eric R:

ahhh!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:06pm
Jessie:

I have sound!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:06pm
Aitch:

what you got in the bag?
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Harry Parmenter:

thank you MEDSON! DA! Et ALL!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:06pm
medson:

There ya go.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Aitch @9:06
a little darkness and then some light, Aitch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:08pm
Tom in Brooklyn:

All Right!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:08pm
JReganK:

Hey, Harry!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Tom in Brooklyn @9:08
Tom! JRK! Welcome
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:10pm
Fatherflot:

Joe Frank lives. . . .
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13pm
medson:

Sorry Harry sending positive healing vibes.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:13
Just something I have been living and had to share briefly. Onward! Thx. As they say, It Is What It Is, or just, uh, Is.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:18pm
medson:

↳ Song: "A Million Miles Away" by "The Plimsouls"
Love The Plimsouls
Avatar 9:19pm
Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:18
good live version down at the old golden bear
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:20pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:15
It was certainly moving radio.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:21pm
medson:

↳ Song: "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)" by "Rom...
Back to back amazing artists.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:20
thx my friend.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:21
never got to see this band perform sadly
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:23pm
medson:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:21
Surprising with you being out there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24pm
spodiodi:

Greetings, Harry and all!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:23
yeah i missed the boat although never a big touring band don't think. SF clubs not here really.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24pm
Fatherflot:

Sending some Joe Frank your way. WFMU used to run his shows about 20 years ago. I even spoke to him on air briefly during the '03 marathon. I asked him if he listened to Jean Shepherd as a kid and of course he did.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:24
cool thank you, man. not to be confused with joe franklin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:25pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Song: "Gimme Danger" by "Monster Magnet"
Great cover!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:25
yes this is standout on that Iggy tribute record imho
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:27pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:25
No, NOTHING like that. JF was dark and brilliant and uncompromising in his art. One of the great radio artists of all time in my book.
  9:28pm
Roy White:

Hey Harry, Been awhile. Back after last week's cabo excursion. Hope all is well.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:27
cool and thanks again. yeah Joe Franklin--OY!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Roy White @9:28
alright number 6
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Gimme Danger" by "Monster Magnet"
I recognized Dave's voice. I remember him playing this on guitar while working in the store circa 1989.
  9:29pm
Roy White:

I think I need to be check out for sleep apnea Harry. Isn't aging great?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ David Shortell @9:29
Red Bank! Tremendous voice on that track. Don't know their stuff overall.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Roy White @9:29
tell me about it
  9:30pm
Roy White:

digging this bass.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Roy White @9:30
yeah good stuff. prarie prince and mingo lewis on percussion. just LOVE this album. inspired by a crazy book i dug up too
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:33pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Song: "Regiment" by "Brian Eno-David Byrne"
Having heard anything from this album in decades. It used to be part of all acid trips when I was in college, along with "I'm Always Crashing in the Same car" -- which was played at dawn.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:33
of course! yeah i think the album really stands up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:35pm
spodiodi:

snub threshold reached ✌️
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:36pm
Fatherflot:

↳ spodiodi @9:24
Hi Spodiodi!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ spodiodi @9:35
i'll take it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:40pm
JReganK:

Great set!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:41pm
medson:

↳ Song: "I Wanna Go With Dignity" by "Peter Perrett"
The album Harry showed me.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:41
such a killer track. all these songs tonight i know but they take on different meanings given the subject matter of what i said.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ JReganK @9:40
glad you dig it
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Fatherflot:

↳ medson @9:41
me too
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medson:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:42
❤️
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:43
oh man you cats got your fingers on the pulse of everything hot and new out there! The Friday Night RNSS Powerhouse Duo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:45pm
Fatherflot:

You don't hear "indefatigable" in many song lyrics
  9:45pm
roachcoach:

↳ Fatherflot @9:43
Me 3. HP has pretty good taste in music, dare i say
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:45
no you don't. his indefatigable drum x 3 no less
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ roachcoach @9:45
thx all--music: the gift that truly keeps on giving.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:47pm
medson:

↳ Song: "Fuck Me Up" by "Pokey LaFarge"
Pokey is great
  9:49pm
Roy White:

I got me a new theme song, thanks Harry
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Roy White @9:49
ah i don't buy that roy
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:50pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "You Like Me Too Much" by "The Beatles"
Good one!
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Harry Parmenter:

hot new band here: George and Some Other Guys
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:51pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Song: "You Like Me Too Much" by "The Beatles"
Was this the first George song to get waxed?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:51
it was on HELP! Wasn't there something on Rubber Soul. And of course I NEED YOU was on HELP too right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:52pm
Fatherflot:

It looks like "Don't Bother Me" was the first --- great song. It's in "Hard Day's Night" briefly where Ringo is doing the frug to it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:53pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Song: "Magic Bus" by "Ginger Baker (w/Peter Noone)(!)"
No one could have guessed the singer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:53pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "Magic Bus" by "Ginger Baker (w/Peter Noone)(!)"
The alt-universe Who!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:53
right! can you imagine JRK?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:55pm
Fatherflot:

Mrs. Brown You've Got a Magic Bus
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:55
I Can't Explain Henry The Eighth
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:56pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:55
British whimsey and music hall nostalgia
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:57pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Fatherflot @9:56
It's basically a funny skiffle tune. The Tommies probably sang it with dirty lyrics while chasing Rommel all over North Africa.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:57
Saw some great Lonnie Donegan footage in the new Zeppelin movie
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JReganK:

Thanks Harry!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ JReganK @9:59
thx for listening and hanging out tonight. appreciate it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:59pm
Tom in Brooklyn:

Harry, I could not find appropriate words, but am hoping for the best possible outcome.
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Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:58
Skiffle, which kept the trad jazz chords and changes, is the most important thing that the British Invasion brought back to rock and roll. Ray Davies whole approach to songwriting is more from that tradition than Elvis or Chuck Berry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:01pm
Jessie:

Tonight’s show was a musical catharsis Harry. Thanks so much.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Tom in Brooklyn @9:59
None necessary Tom many thx
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Jessie @10:01
thx Mistress. good week to all out there.
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medson:

Thanks Harry. Be well.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @10:02
thx medson. thx everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:03pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "I'll Follow the Sun" by "The Beatles"
Nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:03pm
Fatherflot:

Thanks Harry.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @10:03
thank you my friend
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ JReganK @10:03
can't beat em
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