WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from January 23, 2013

Listener comments!
	9:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: I've been waiting since 9:00 to type something here!
	9:03pm G: Where are the other Chatty Kathies? :)
	9:03pm G: Typed too soon!
	9:05pm Ken From Hyde Park: Well, there's us two.
	9:05pm G: They'll be here :)
	9:06pm Holly in NC: Chatty Holly checking in - but per usual, not really able to listen 'til later. Psyched about glam rock mania this evening!
	9:06pm Fuzzy: In dah house!
	9:08pm sweet cheri: hi there evan,, holly & everybody else!!
	9:08pm steve: heyooo
	9:10pm G: amzn.to... ^^^ bit.ly link to the amazon product page for the Blount/Thompson book...
	9:10pm sweet cheri: i'm present & accounted for!!
	9:10pm Holly in NC: Steve, I adore your avatar. Hello Cheri, everyone else, and, oh hey, hi Evan! Rude rude to ignore our host ;-)
	9:11pm Danne D: Hi Funkateers :) Hi EFD :)
	9:12pm G: Holly's avatar is mildly naughty. You have to look at it larger size :P
	9:13pm sweet cheri: evan i have a feeling that you're going to play some kiss later in the show tonight,,
	9:13pm sweet cheri: hey danne
	9:14pm steve: thanks Holly! im very opposed to cat and dog breeders but i wouldn't mind if Yoda the 4 eared cat made some 4 eared offspring!
	9:14pm G: The book looks like its mainly about Europe and the UK, not so much the US -- not that that is a problem :-)
	9:15pm Danne D: Hey there cheri. Are we sure this is the "real" cheri though?
	9:15pm efd: Hey everyone! My special guests are IN THE STUDIO! Get ready for some awesome music and some at least mildly entertaining talk coming up very soon! Thanks for tuning in!
	9:15pm steve: d'oh... wrong computer, wasn't logged in on that one. Yoda's back!
	9:17pm Noah Webster: @Danne: Define "real"
	9:18pm steve: that is a wicked synth solo
	9:19pm Parq: Under the weather, but reporting for duty and ready to lend at least one ear to your literary guests.
	9:20pm sweet cheri: yes danne this is the real me,,,"sweet cheri"
	9:25pm G: haven't thought about brownsville station since about 1977. gotta go light up in the bathroom now...
	9:26pm kevin g: this is sure to be an education for me, as this is a topic I know nothing about.
	9:26pm G: I nearly got suspended for smoking in the boys room in 75. The guy with me who got caught (slow reflexes) was pissed for a day or two that I didn't volunteer to take the rap with him. -- Hey dude, you need to get that cig in the urinal quicker!!! :)
	9:26pm Barkevious Shabazz: Would like some commentary by the host on the cooptation of Nick Gilder's hit by none other than Cougarlife.com. Eewwww.
	9:32pm Holly in NC: The advantage of being a "good girl" was getting away with absolute murder, smoking (& drinking) in the girls' room included. Oh, those were the days.
	9:35pm G: Yep, I was the winner of the English Dept award for seniors. O:-) I certainly wouldn't be smoking in the boys room during class change when the principal walked in.
	9:37pm G: What's the release date on the book? -- The amazon page (bit.ly link above) gives a 2012 release date, but says it's only available for pre-order??? I don't see that combination very often on amazon...
	9:41pm efd: G, the book is out now - you can get it from wiredupbook.com directly. There are... issues with the Amazone listing/
	9:43pm steve: oh yes, this music is something i can get behind
	9:44pm G: capisce...
	9:44pm steve: Giorgio Moroder!
	9:49pm sweet cheri: i really love your show tonight,evan!!
	9:57pm BadGuyZero: Hello!
	10:05pm Parq: For what it's worth, I was hanging ca. 1979 with a group of people who steered from punk back into glam. A lot of us had scorned glam in the early 70s -- mostly, I am constrained to admit, for homophobic reasons. From Costello and the Clash, it was a pretty easy step backward into Bowie and Roxie, and we sort of took it from there.
	10:10pm Fuzzy: Wow, this is The Sweet? Sounds like The 1910 Fruitgum Co!
	10:14pm G: Oh yeah, Fuzzy, check The Sweet on wiki etc. They bumped around as a bubblegum group for 3-4 years before making it as a glam group. Check the name -- The Sweet :)
	10:14pm efd: hey everyone! We're enjoying the comments, even if I'm not able to jump on and reply a whole lit - thanks for listening! If you have any questions please chime in!
	10:18pm John: I knew that was Brian Johnson...great song.
	10:18pm efd: yeah, we were just talking about how he sounds just like himself!
	10:38pm john: Hey Evan (and all and sundry)! Did I miss anything, he asked innocently? Actually had the show on in the background, but sadly could only hear intermittently til now. Great stuff!
	10:41pm efd: hey john, thanks! all you missed was some great music! And some chatter.
	10:43pm john: Oh. THAT. Hooray for archives!
	10:48pm efd: EXECUTIVE DECISION! Jeremy and Mary are going to stay and play records until midnight, and we're going knock off the book talk since we've pretty much covered it by this point. So stay tuned!
	10:49pm G: crank it, people! :)
	10:51pm Sonny Rickles: Great show! How about more Year info on these songs?
	10:52pm efd: I'll have to fill the years in later, but they're all from about 1971-1976. Thanks for listening!
	10:53pm Holly in NC: Finally, here! Query: why is/was "glam" used as a epithet, when pretty much all the best and indeed hardest, rockingest pop songs I heard in my suburban 70s US dystopia would now be categorized as glam? My non-rockin' mother HATED my Fox on the Run 7" - of course she also hated Captain & Tennille ('cuz via their cover of "Shop Around" they promoted sex before marriage (!)). Mum did like ac/dc (thought they had a good beat - she TOTALLY did not get 'big balls') bless her naive little heart. No wonder I smoked in the girls' room ;-)
	10:53pm G: singles goin' steady
	10:55pm Loretta: Hi Evan! speaking about 'wired up'... how about some Teenage Lust & the Lustettes?!? really enjoying the show tonight.....
	11:05pm G: glam/glitter didn't have a negative vibe in the UK when I lived there 72-74. T Rex was proto-glam, and he was the biggest thing going over there in 71-72. -- I believe punk later (mid 70s) slammed the glam to gain leverage by pushing it aside (they did the same to prog, of course)
	11:08pm Ignore Function: Great music!
	11:08pm Holly in NC: Just meant "glam" often equates with "bubblegum" as music not to be taken seriously, connotes manufactured, for children/adolescents etc. Personally, I take Suzi Quatro very seriously !
	11:10pm Droll: G, Prog was pushed aside? Did I miss a memo?
	11:11pm Parq: I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that a lot of the stigma "glam" had in the U.S. was because a lot of its trappings -- eye make-up, glittery clothing, high-pitched singing voices -- were associated in a lot of Americans' minds with what little they knew of gay culture.
	11:11pm G: Like Suzi, I was a 1971 export from southeast Michigan to the UK :)
	11:11pm Rickwaukee: went and made me check out "Run Joey Run" on the YTube
	11:12pm G: It's OK, Droll, prog is still there. Just not trendy. And NEVER in the R&RHOF!
	11:13pm G: Hey, Droll, remember the cover of Tormato with Yes in leather jackets? Don't tell me they didn't feel punk pushing them aside :)
	11:15pm john: It's just been pointed out to me, quite rightly, that Rodney Bingenheimer sure tried to make glam take off in the US with his English Disco, and if it couldn't take hold for too long in LA, it wasn't going to catch on anywhere else here. And probably not a makeup issue there, either!
	11:17pm G: In 72, all the with-it teens in the UK knew Bowie, from "Changes" onward, was a majorly gay thing. We knew that and talked about it! It was so rebellious to be interested in it! :)
	11:17pm Holly in NC: @G - that is an amazing point ;-) I treasure all my, er pre-Tormato Yes lps.
	11:19pm Droll: Do I remember Tormato? Not when I have a choice. My formative years coincide with all the prog bands successfully transitioning to pop: Genesis, Yes, and Asia all made legit chart toppers. A bunch of other acts tried (3, GTR, etc.) and came close. The door got slammed on them when hair metal guys were the ones in makeup and big hair.
	11:20pm G: @Holly: Probably the record company forced the leather on them. The tomato splat on that album was supposedly in hommage to Wakeman throwing a tomato against a copy of the cover picture in annoyance at how horrible it was.
	11:23pm Danne D: Yay Tiger Feet :)
	11:23pm Michael from the Left Coast: Guests would know this--where is Mike Chapman now? I believe he was in Connecticut last I heard.
	11:23pm Danne D: Hmm, so I'm not to blame for an outbreak of Prog-Talk tonight. Just sayin'
	11:23pm G: That Mudd single was totally the bees knees in the UK, never did anything here I believe. I forgot all about it till efd played it a couple of years ago...
	11:24pm Parq: This is one terrific show, efd. Maybe your next 'thon premium should be a glam collection.
	11:24pm Jess: Shows like this are why I give WFMU money. Thanks for the amazing programming!
	11:25pm G: You can blame me, Danne. I'll probably roll a 1 next Tuesday, now. (everywhereguy)
	11:25pm Rickwaukee: I've always been somewhat ashamed of my tiger feet. Hearing someone singing about it feels so liberating.
	11:25pm Danne D: Wait - there was an actual mention of the band "3" on the WFMU comment board and I was not the one to make it. Now I genuinely am stunned. There was quite the regrettable cover of "Eight Miles High" on that album.
	11:26pm Vince Gennaro: I approve.
	11:27pm Holly in NC: @G comment above re Yes jackets. I didn't know gay from whimsical 'til my 16th birthday when my very very very best male friend from 6th grade on took me to an underground restaurant in New Haven where I was the only female patron, and the post dinner stage show opened with "It's Raining Men". You can't make this shit up. My beloved Tim also introduced me to Neil Young, the Sex Pistols, Metal Machine Music, poppers, Rocky Horror, Liquid Sky, frogs' legs & escargot. Dear god I miss him (yes, AIDs) Meanwhile my boyfriend boyfriend took me to see Rush at the Coliseum ;-)
	11:29pm G: @Holly: My brother died of AIDS in 96. We didn't know he was gay till he tested positive in 91; he kept his own counsel, and we all lived in different parts of the US. Before 91, that he was a Catholic priest during the 80s.
	11:32pm Stevel: Busy tonight, catching the last half hour or so. Bless the archives and all you other folks.
	11:33pm Holly in NC: Did he choose to leave the church on his own terms?
	11:35pm G: He was always a priest. Once a priest always a priest, that's how they see it. He was not given a parish, though, and worked as a librarian in the 90s. But when he died the area bishop celebrated the Mass. The bishop had been the priest who had picked him up from the airport when he went into the seminary in the mid 80s. The Mass made the front page of the Tampa/Clearwater paper, because the bishop doing that was a big step.
	11:38pm allergictowinter: I'm learning, and totally entertained! This is amazing, thanks!
	11:40pm Holly in NC: That bishop is a good man.
	11:40pm G: We figured so. It's not always easy to adjust.
	11:41pm Rickwaukee: Something Up on Cripple Creek about that last one
	11:41pm steve: so many amazing songs tonight. it still baffles me how much great music fades into this level of obscurity.
	11:41pm sweet cheri: g'night danne & holly!!
	11:42pm Droll: EFD, Please ask your guests to speak into the bulbous end of the microphone!
	11:43pm G: @steve: Most people have a limited amount of time and limited attention span etc. for music or cultural type stuff. That's just how it is. We here on the board are not a random cross section of music listeners exactly!
	11:43pm Holly in NC: Good night, Cheri. Evan, Mary, Jeremy - superb show for real, thank you all.
	11:43pm G: @Droll: You are so naughty.
	11:45pm sweet cheri: thnx for yet another wonderful show tonight,,evan!! i enjoyed it!
	11:48pm Fuzzy: Wow, show's almost done already! Time flies! A great educational show! Thanx!
	11:49pm Droll: G, I have pretty modest standards for radio, and I don't mind miscues or dead air or mumbling, but hearing only one side of a conversation drives me nuts!
	11:53pm G: I could hear them, but sometimes there was that "bottom of a well" thing going. efd did try to coach them on mic use! :)
	11:54pm efd: Thanks so much for listening everyone! (Droll, I've been working on it!) A couple more songs to go, and then Mary will be on! Be sure to tune in next week for a live set from the band Games!
	11:55pm efd: @Michael ftLC, unfortunately we don't have any specifics on Michael Chapman.
	11:56pm Rickwaukee: FAR OUT!
	11:56pm G: Funny, if you google the book, it's clear they have been on other radio shows that must have used mics :)
	11:56pm Droll: I missed the coaching part, I probably drifted off when I couldn't hear. Sorry if I was beating a dead horse, my attention span isn't what I wish it would be.
	11:57pm Rickwaukee: Last Dance, people.
	11:59pm steve: i am really digging this stuff! hope i have enough leftover from my next paycheck to grab this book.
	11:59pm Ajax: GREAT SHOW OMG!!! BEST SHOW EVER? MAYBE!

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from January 23, 2013

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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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January 23, 2013: Mary Blount and Jeremy Thompson, authors of Wired Up!, live in studio!

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Wired Up! presents a history of early/mid-'70s glam rock in picture sleeves. Specifically, seven-inch picture sleeves. Even more specifically, European glam-rock seven-inch picture sleeves. Authors Mary Blount and Jeremy Thompson have assembled a gorgeous collection of actual-size reproductions of over 300 sleeves, printed on high-quality paper in riotous color, and they brought a whole bunch of those records (as well as some not included in the book) to play on tonight's show (since you can't look at a book through the radio). We spent the first half of the show talking about the book and playing records, but then scaled back the talking for the second half so we could fit in more music. If you like what you hear I urge you to visit wiredupbook.com to find out more about (and order!) the book.

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(* = new)

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
blue steel	no more lonely nights "no more lonely nights" by "blue steel"	7"	infinity	1979			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
burnt ones	protection circle "protection circle" by "burnt ones"	7"	fuzz city			*	0:03:28 (Pop-up)
the cravats	pressure sellers "pressure sellers" by "the cravats"	cravats in toytown	overground		new 2CD reissue	*	0:05:35 (Pop-up)
hot lunch	tragedy prevention "tragedy prevention" by "hot lunch"	s/t	who can you trust			*	0:09:41 (Pop-up)
tanz der youth	delay "delay" by "tanz der youth"	7"	radar	1978			0:14:26 (Pop-up)
andy human	warrior call "warrior call" by "andy human"	freeze	cwr			*	0:17:51 (Pop-up)
brownsville station	(lady) put the light on me	s/t	private stock	1977	This has been one of my favorite songs since it came out, and thanks to Wired Up! I discovered it's a cover! The original is by Big John's Rock 'N' Roll Circus, and it's now on my mental want list.		0:21:23 (Pop-up)

stud leather	cut loose "cut loose" by "stud leather"	7"		1973			0:37:43 (Pop-up)
giorgio	lookly looky "lookly looky" by "giorgio"	7"		1969			0:40:39 (Pop-up)
boneshaker	sweetness "sweetness" by "boneshaker"	7"		1971			0:41:42 (Pop-up)
the rats	turtle dove "turtle dove" by "the rats"	7"		1974			0:47:27 (Pop-up)
hello	another schoolday "another schoolday" by "hello"	7"	bell	1973			0:48:36 (Pop-up)

the sweet	funny funny "funny funny" by "the sweet"	7"	rca	1971			1:06:05 (Pop-up)
ramma damma	rammadamma "rammadamma" by "ramma damma"	7"	lark	1975	One of the musicians interviewed in Wired Up!.		1:08:43 (Pop-up)
geordie	all because of you "all because of you" by "geordie"	7"		1973	Brian Johnson on lead vocals, pre-AC/DC.		1:11:59 (Pop-up)
downhill racers	lovin' pots "lovin' pots" by "downhill racers"	7"	ariola	1977			1:14:40 (Pop-up)
eddie kidd	leave it to the kidd "leave it to the kidd" by "eddie kidd"	7"	decca	1978	"England's Evel Knievel," backed up by Dr. Feelgood. Watch the video!		1:17:38 (Pop-up)
ning	machine "machine" by "ning"	7"		1971			1:21:02 (Pop-up)

bonnie st. clair & unit gloria	clap your hands, stamp your feet	7"	philips	1973			1:38:26 (Pop-up)
mabel	hey i love you "hey i love you" by "mabel"	7"	polydor	1976			1:42:08 (Pop-up)
boston boppers	whirlwind girl "whirlwind girl" by "boston boppers"	7"	penny farthing	1974			1:45:18 (Pop-up)
tiger	crazy "crazy" by "tiger"	7"		1974			1:48:06 (Pop-up)
black fire	do it "do it" by "black fire"	7"	lark	1975			1:50:52 (Pop-up)
the jook	bish, bash, bosh "bish, bash, bosh" by "the jook"	7"	rca	1974	Look for a new collection of Jook material coming out on Sing Sing in late March/early April!		1:54:23 (Pop-up)

darren burn	quick joey small "quick joey small" by "darren burn"	7"	emi	1974	Recorded this at the age of 9, would go on to produce records by Motorhead and Ozzy Osbourne.		2:03:14 (Pop-up)
mississippi	mr. union railway man	7"	fox	1970			2:05:29 (Pop-up)
gang	run, run, run "run, run, run" by "gang"	7"		1975			2:08:23 (Pop-up)
the jets	yeah! "yeah!" by "the jets"	7"		1973			2:10:33 (Pop-up)
alvin stardust	jealous mind "jealous mind" by "alvin stardust"	7"		1974			2:13:09 (Pop-up)
boots	you better run "you better run" by "boots"	7"	youngblood	1970			2:15:48 (Pop-up)

mud	tiger feet "tiger feet" by "mud"	7"		1974			2:21:13 (Pop-up)
smyle	crazy lazy little miss daisy	7"	polydor	1974			2:24:55 (Pop-up)
hector	wired up "wired up" by "hector"	7"		1973			2:28:08 (Pop-up)
things fall apart	bye bye my rose	7"	president	1972	offshoot of the Equals with Eddy Grant		2:31:10 (Pop-up)
hello	star studded sham "star studded sham" by "hello"	7"	bell	1976			2:33:37 (Pop-up)
shakane	love machine "love machine" by "shakane"	7"	youngblood	1972			2:36:54 (Pop-up)

chunky	albatross baby "albatross baby" by "chunky"	7"	orange	1973			2:42:28 (Pop-up)
the equals	diversion "diversion" by "the equals"	7"	president	1973			2:45:32 (Pop-up)
left side	(like a) locomotion "(like a) locomotion" by "left side"	7"	philips	1973			2:48:24 (Pop-up)
paul cass	mini marianne "mini marianne" by "paul cass"	7"		1975			2:52:23 (Pop-up)
bay city rollers	remember (sha la la)	7"	bell	1974			2:56:13 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: I've been waiting since 9:00 to type something here!
	9:03pm G: Where are the other Chatty Kathies? :)
	9:03pm G: Typed too soon!
	9:05pm Ken From Hyde Park: Well, there's us two.
	9:05pm G: They'll be here :)
	9:06pm Holly in NC: Chatty Holly checking in - but per usual, not really able to listen 'til later. Psyched about glam rock mania this evening!
	9:06pm Fuzzy: In dah house!
	9:08pm sweet cheri: hi there evan,, holly & everybody else!!
	9:08pm steve: heyooo
	9:10pm G: amzn.to... ^^^ bit.ly link to the amazon product page for the Blount/Thompson book...
	9:10pm sweet cheri: i'm present & accounted for!!
	9:10pm Holly in NC: Steve, I adore your avatar. Hello Cheri, everyone else, and, oh hey, hi Evan! Rude rude to ignore our host ;-)
	9:11pm Danne D: Hi Funkateers :) Hi EFD :)
	9:12pm G: Holly's avatar is mildly naughty. You have to look at it larger size :P
	9:13pm sweet cheri: evan i have a feeling that you're going to play some kiss later in the show tonight,,
	9:13pm sweet cheri: hey danne
	9:14pm steve: thanks Holly! im very opposed to cat and dog breeders but i wouldn't mind if Yoda the 4 eared cat made some 4 eared offspring!
	9:14pm G: The book looks like its mainly about Europe and the UK, not so much the US -- not that that is a problem :-)
	9:15pm Danne D: Hey there cheri. Are we sure this is the "real" cheri though?
	9:15pm efd: Hey everyone! My special guests are IN THE STUDIO! Get ready for some awesome music and some at least mildly entertaining talk coming up very soon! Thanks for tuning in!
	9:15pm steve: d'oh... wrong computer, wasn't logged in on that one. Yoda's back!
	9:17pm Noah Webster: @Danne: Define "real"
	9:18pm steve: that is a wicked synth solo
	9:19pm Parq: Under the weather, but reporting for duty and ready to lend at least one ear to your literary guests.
	9:20pm sweet cheri: yes danne this is the real me,,,"sweet cheri"
	9:25pm G: haven't thought about brownsville station since about 1977. gotta go light up in the bathroom now...
	9:26pm kevin g: this is sure to be an education for me, as this is a topic I know nothing about.
	9:26pm G: I nearly got suspended for smoking in the boys room in 75. The guy with me who got caught (slow reflexes) was pissed for a day or two that I didn't volunteer to take the rap with him. -- Hey dude, you need to get that cig in the urinal quicker!!! :)
	9:26pm Barkevious Shabazz: Would like some commentary by the host on the cooptation of Nick Gilder's hit by none other than Cougarlife.com. Eewwww.
	9:32pm Holly in NC: The advantage of being a "good girl" was getting away with absolute murder, smoking (& drinking) in the girls' room included. Oh, those were the days.
	9:35pm G: Yep, I was the winner of the English Dept award for seniors. O:-) I certainly wouldn't be smoking in the boys room during class change when the principal walked in.
	9:37pm G: What's the release date on the book? -- The amazon page (bit.ly link above) gives a 2012 release date, but says it's only available for pre-order??? I don't see that combination very often on amazon...
	9:41pm efd: G, the book is out now - you can get it from wiredupbook.com directly. There are... issues with the Amazone listing/
	9:43pm steve: oh yes, this music is something i can get behind
	9:44pm G: capisce...
	9:44pm steve: Giorgio Moroder!
	9:49pm sweet cheri: i really love your show tonight,evan!!
	9:57pm BadGuyZero: Hello!
	10:05pm Parq: For what it's worth, I was hanging ca. 1979 with a group of people who steered from punk back into glam. A lot of us had scorned glam in the early 70s -- mostly, I am constrained to admit, for homophobic reasons. From Costello and the Clash, it was a pretty easy step backward into Bowie and Roxie, and we sort of took it from there.
	10:10pm Fuzzy: Wow, this is The Sweet? Sounds like The 1910 Fruitgum Co!
	10:14pm G: Oh yeah, Fuzzy, check The Sweet on wiki etc. They bumped around as a bubblegum group for 3-4 years before making it as a glam group. Check the name -- The Sweet :)
	10:14pm efd: hey everyone! We're enjoying the comments, even if I'm not able to jump on and reply a whole lit - thanks for listening! If you have any questions please chime in!
	10:18pm John: I knew that was Brian Johnson...great song.
	10:18pm efd: yeah, we were just talking about how he sounds just like himself!
	10:38pm john: Hey Evan (and all and sundry)! Did I miss anything, he asked innocently? Actually had the show on in the background, but sadly could only hear intermittently til now. Great stuff!
	10:41pm efd: hey john, thanks! all you missed was some great music! And some chatter.
	10:43pm john: Oh. THAT. Hooray for archives!
	10:48pm efd: EXECUTIVE DECISION! Jeremy and Mary are going to stay and play records until midnight, and we're going knock off the book talk since we've pretty much covered it by this point. So stay tuned!
	10:49pm G: crank it, people! :)
	10:51pm Sonny Rickles: Great show! How about more Year info on these songs?
	10:52pm efd: I'll have to fill the years in later, but they're all from about 1971-1976. Thanks for listening!
	10:53pm Holly in NC: Finally, here! Query: why is/was "glam" used as a epithet, when pretty much all the best and indeed hardest, rockingest pop songs I heard in my suburban 70s US dystopia would now be categorized as glam? My non-rockin' mother HATED my Fox on the Run 7" - of course she also hated Captain & Tennille ('cuz via their cover of "Shop Around" they promoted sex before marriage (!)). Mum did like ac/dc (thought they had a good beat - she TOTALLY did not get 'big balls') bless her naive little heart. No wonder I smoked in the girls' room ;-)
	10:53pm G: singles goin' steady
	10:55pm Loretta: Hi Evan! speaking about 'wired up'... how about some Teenage Lust & the Lustettes?!? really enjoying the show tonight.....
	11:05pm G: glam/glitter didn't have a negative vibe in the UK when I lived there 72-74. T Rex was proto-glam, and he was the biggest thing going over there in 71-72. -- I believe punk later (mid 70s) slammed the glam to gain leverage by pushing it aside (they did the same to prog, of course)
	11:08pm Ignore Function: Great music!
	11:08pm Holly in NC: Just meant "glam" often equates with "bubblegum" as music not to be taken seriously, connotes manufactured, for children/adolescents etc. Personally, I take Suzi Quatro very seriously !
	11:10pm Droll: G, Prog was pushed aside? Did I miss a memo?
	11:11pm Parq: I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that a lot of the stigma "glam" had in the U.S. was because a lot of its trappings -- eye make-up, glittery clothing, high-pitched singing voices -- were associated in a lot of Americans' minds with what little they knew of gay culture.
	11:11pm G: Like Suzi, I was a 1971 export from southeast Michigan to the UK :)
	11:11pm Rickwaukee: went and made me check out "Run Joey Run" on the YTube
	11:12pm G: It's OK, Droll, prog is still there. Just not trendy. And NEVER in the R&RHOF!
	11:13pm G: Hey, Droll, remember the cover of Tormato with Yes in leather jackets? Don't tell me they didn't feel punk pushing them aside :)
	11:15pm john: It's just been pointed out to me, quite rightly, that Rodney Bingenheimer sure tried to make glam take off in the US with his English Disco, and if it couldn't take hold for too long in LA, it wasn't going to catch on anywhere else here. And probably not a makeup issue there, either!
	11:17pm G: In 72, all the with-it teens in the UK knew Bowie, from "Changes" onward, was a majorly gay thing. We knew that and talked about it! It was so rebellious to be interested in it! :)
	11:17pm Holly in NC: @G - that is an amazing point ;-) I treasure all my, er pre-Tormato Yes lps.
	11:19pm Droll: Do I remember Tormato? Not when I have a choice. My formative years coincide with all the prog bands successfully transitioning to pop: Genesis, Yes, and Asia all made legit chart toppers. A bunch of other acts tried (3, GTR, etc.) and came close. The door got slammed on them when hair metal guys were the ones in makeup and big hair.
	11:20pm G: @Holly: Probably the record company forced the leather on them. The tomato splat on that album was supposedly in hommage to Wakeman throwing a tomato against a copy of the cover picture in annoyance at how horrible it was.
	11:23pm Danne D: Yay Tiger Feet :)
	11:23pm Michael from the Left Coast: Guests would know this--where is Mike Chapman now? I believe he was in Connecticut last I heard.
	11:23pm Danne D: Hmm, so I'm not to blame for an outbreak of Prog-Talk tonight. Just sayin'
	11:23pm G: That Mudd single was totally the bees knees in the UK, never did anything here I believe. I forgot all about it till efd played it a couple of years ago...
	11:24pm Parq: This is one terrific show, efd. Maybe your next 'thon premium should be a glam collection.
	11:24pm Jess: Shows like this are why I give WFMU money. Thanks for the amazing programming!
	11:25pm G: You can blame me, Danne. I'll probably roll a 1 next Tuesday, now. (everywhereguy)
	11:25pm Rickwaukee: I've always been somewhat ashamed of my tiger feet. Hearing someone singing about it feels so liberating.
	11:25pm Danne D: Wait - there was an actual mention of the band "3" on the WFMU comment board and I was not the one to make it. Now I genuinely am stunned. There was quite the regrettable cover of "Eight Miles High" on that album.
	11:26pm Vince Gennaro: I approve.
	11:27pm Holly in NC: @G comment above re Yes jackets. I didn't know gay from whimsical 'til my 16th birthday when my very very very best male friend from 6th grade on took me to an underground restaurant in New Haven where I was the only female patron, and the post dinner stage show opened with "It's Raining Men". You can't make this shit up. My beloved Tim also introduced me to Neil Young, the Sex Pistols, Metal Machine Music, poppers, Rocky Horror, Liquid Sky, frogs' legs & escargot. Dear god I miss him (yes, AIDs) Meanwhile my boyfriend boyfriend took me to see Rush at the Coliseum ;-)
	11:29pm G: @Holly: My brother died of AIDS in 96. We didn't know he was gay till he tested positive in 91; he kept his own counsel, and we all lived in different parts of the US. Before 91, that he was a Catholic priest during the 80s.
	11:32pm Stevel: Busy tonight, catching the last half hour or so. Bless the archives and all you other folks.
	11:33pm Holly in NC: Did he choose to leave the church on his own terms?
	11:35pm G: He was always a priest. Once a priest always a priest, that's how they see it. He was not given a parish, though, and worked as a librarian in the 90s. But when he died the area bishop celebrated the Mass. The bishop had been the priest who had picked him up from the airport when he went into the seminary in the mid 80s. The Mass made the front page of the Tampa/Clearwater paper, because the bishop doing that was a big step.
	11:38pm allergictowinter: I'm learning, and totally entertained! This is amazing, thanks!
	11:40pm Holly in NC: That bishop is a good man.
	11:40pm G: We figured so. It's not always easy to adjust.
	11:41pm Rickwaukee: Something Up on Cripple Creek about that last one
	11:41pm steve: so many amazing songs tonight. it still baffles me how much great music fades into this level of obscurity.
	11:41pm sweet cheri: g'night danne & holly!!
	11:42pm Droll: EFD, Please ask your guests to speak into the bulbous end of the microphone!
	11:43pm G: @steve: Most people have a limited amount of time and limited attention span etc. for music or cultural type stuff. That's just how it is. We here on the board are not a random cross section of music listeners exactly!
	11:43pm Holly in NC: Good night, Cheri. Evan, Mary, Jeremy - superb show for real, thank you all.
	11:43pm G: @Droll: You are so naughty.
	11:45pm sweet cheri: thnx for yet another wonderful show tonight,,evan!! i enjoyed it!
	11:48pm Fuzzy: Wow, show's almost done already! Time flies! A great educational show! Thanx!
	11:49pm Droll: G, I have pretty modest standards for radio, and I don't mind miscues or dead air or mumbling, but hearing only one side of a conversation drives me nuts!
	11:53pm G: I could hear them, but sometimes there was that "bottom of a well" thing going. efd did try to coach them on mic use! :)
	11:54pm efd: Thanks so much for listening everyone! (Droll, I've been working on it!) A couple more songs to go, and then Mary will be on! Be sure to tune in next week for a live set from the band Games!
	11:55pm efd: @Michael ftLC, unfortunately we don't have any specifics on Michael Chapman.
	11:56pm Rickwaukee: FAR OUT!
	11:56pm G: Funny, if you google the book, it's clear they have been on other radio shows that must have used mics :)
	11:56pm Droll: I missed the coaching part, I probably drifted off when I couldn't hear. Sorry if I was beating a dead horse, my attention span isn't what I wish it would be.
	11:57pm Rickwaukee: Last Dance, people.
	11:59pm steve: i am really digging this stuff! hope i have enough leftover from my next paycheck to grab this book.
	11:59pm Ajax: GREAT SHOW OMG!!! BEST SHOW EVER? MAYBE!

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from January 23, 2013

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