WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from April 30, 2015

Listener comments!
	9:02am Cheri Pi: boingboingboing
	9:03am sugarwolf: Good morning!
	👻 9:03am Ken From Hyde Park: Radio!
	9:03am Parq: Happyhappyhappyhappy -- magic melody, just like today's homepage pic.
	9:04am Marcel M: Morning Joe and friends
	9:05am P-90: boingboing? BOING!
	9:10am Joe McG: Happy Thursday, everyone! The sirens are singing.
	👻 9:10am doctorjazz: Hi all!
	9:10am DCE: Hi all
	9:10am DCE: huh that's weird...
	9:17am Claw!: Yo, Joe! Welcome back. :) Howdy, Folks!
	9:17am jlowe: Hello all...so looking forward! Bring it on Joe!
	👻 9:17am Ken From Hyde Park: @DCE - Weird is the first letter of WFMU. So, par for the course.
	9:19am fleep: Greetings, Joe, from where you was, to where you is.
	9:21am Joe McG: Thanks, Claw! Welcome, jlowe! Hey there, fleep, here I be. Ken, DCE, Cheri, doctorjazz, P-90, Marcel, Parq, Sugarwolf--all my radio pals!
	👻 9:23am doctorjazz: Got my lava lamp burning!
	9:23am Claw!: Ooh, this is purty...
	9:23am doncaballero: Ohhhh yeah!! This is the jam I needed! Sitar, Strings, & Smoooooth 60s jams. Thanks Joe!
	9:24am V Priceless: Hey Joe! Me likey!
	9:26am Falcoa: Roy Budd is out of sight man!
	9:27am d¢ pät: President.
	9:29am DJ Stashu: Be still my heart, Komeda.
	9:29am DJ Stashu: Very nice film too.
	9:29am Joe McG: Hi, Stashu! I so agree!
	👻 9:32am doctorjazz: Who has these albums??? This is great! And ridiculous!
	9:32am fleep: In my beautiful, lethargic balloon...
	9:32am highlowe: what is going on? love this! on the up and up!
	9:32am Parq: Wow, great instro version of this 60s EZ Listening classic.
	9:33am V Priceless: great stuff, JM!
	👻 9:34am doctorjazz: Love the "free jazz" hint out of Up Up and Away, like they're smirking and saying, this isn't what we REALLY do!
	9:34am Joe McG: Hey, VP, hope you're feeling well this morning! Hi to doncab and dcpat, too.
	9:35am Polyus: Greetings Joe. Lovely day out here in the territories.
	9:35am Parq: And Ribot to follow! Way-digging it.
	9:38am Cooh John: The Golden Age of Muzak. Reminds me of my favorite elevator. Keep them coming.
	9:38am Joe McG: Hey, Polyus! Avoid territorial pissings!
	9:39am Devon E. Levins: he's live scoring Chaplin's The Kid tonight at Symphony Space
	9:39am Joe McG: @Devon: Great info, thanks Devon!
	9:40am Greg from Bloomfield: Welcome back, Joe!
	9:41am Joe McG: Thanks, Greg, happy to be here! I missed it!
	9:42am Marcel M: I'm getting my van inspected and playing Surface Noise in the garage AIAIAIAIAIAI!!!!
	9:43am jlowe: dancing...
	9:44am Parq: Joe, this is one of your best opening sets, and that's setting the bar pretty high.
	9:45am bobdoesthings: good morning.
	9:45am Joe McG: @Marcel: Does your van have a picture of a sunset and a bikini-clad beach girl on the side?
	9:45am Joe McG: Why, thank you, Parq!
	9:46am Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Joe, McGaskoids, McGaskettes.
	9:46am Parq: Hah! Joe, my bro-in-law had one of those vans when he started dating my sister. Needless to say, our dad wasn't amused.
	👻 9:46am Ken From Hyde Park: Did you visit any record stores on your trip, Joe? You went out to California, right?
	9:47am Joe McG: Hey, Sem! @Ken: Yeah, of course, I can't help myself, like an addict. Bought many 45s that you will hear on the show! Among other things....
	👻 9:48am doctorjazz: Great set, Joe, like having a mini vacation.
	9:50am d¢ pät: Echoing what ^^^they said, this is really hitting the spot.
	9:50am Marcel M: @Joe: no, but it does have a bunch of WFMU stickers!
	9:51am bobdoesthings: @marcel - how many wfmu stickers you up to on the van?
	9:53am βrian: Good day, Sir Face Noise.
	9:55am Marcel M: @Bob: 4, but that number will rise once my swag arrives!!
	9:57am βrian: Mike boom aesthetics, no less.
	👻 9:57am Ken From Hyde Park: That's not Ken's nose microphone, is it? Eww!
	9:58am d¢ pät: ha, check this out, bowl made out of plastic army guys: www.boredpanda.com...
	10:02am Brendan: Congrats on the new mic boom, Joe. You're coming through Crystal Clear. On the downside, you will no longer be able to communicate with dogs or babies without tilting your head while talking.
	10:03am βrian: Joe likes the mic that goes "boom."
	10:04am sphere: hey folks
	10:05am Joe McG: @marcel: Good show, sir! Hey, Brendan! I'll be talking over that later, can't wait. Hey, Brian! Hey, sphere!
	10:05am Marcel M: I believe Tigre and Bunny would pronounce it "moic" that goes "bwoom."
	10:06am sphere: hello mr. McG. :)
	10:07am Mister Dobalina: Awesome track! Thanks for playing it, never heard before.
	10:08am d¢ pät: Great tune.
	10:08am Joe McG: You bet, Monsieur Dobalina!
	10:09am Cecile: hola! This was such a great era of Sherwood. I need some happee in my life. This is the last day of the worst month I've had in about 5 yrs.
	10:11am Cecile: wow, this is the first track I've ever liked by these guys.
	10:12am jlowe: mmmmmmmm...lost weekend...thanks for the introduction
	10:12am Joe McG: @Cecile: Sorry to hear about your bad month! May is coming and May it bring better days!
	10:14am Cecile: Thank you, Joe! My friend is taking me to see drag queen Bianca Del Rio and her "Rolodex of Hate" show on Sunday. I think that will help.
	10:14am steve: hey folks. Erase Errata, there's a name i haven't heard in a while.
	10:14am d¢ pät: oh man, Erase Errata were great.
	10:14am d¢ pät: as were Au Pairs
	10:15am Turnstone: The Au Pairs !!!! One of my favourites from that era.
	10:16am highlowe: oh Cecile..I hear you...I'm calling April the new "March" .I hope May is amazing for you! My April ended with a a car accident! Joe is giving us the love!
	10:18am Joe McG: Hey Steve and Turnstone! @lowe: Bummer about that car accident, hope you weren't hurt at all!
	10:19am bobdoesthings: What's next, Saboten?
	10:19am Mister Dobalina: Reminds me of Kleenex a bit!
	10:19am Marcel M: Reception in Brooklyn is so funny… I'll be stopped at a red light and it'll cut out and then I'll literally inch forward a foot and it'll come in crystal clear
	10:20am Joe McG: @Dobalina: You said it! @bobdoes: Not a bad idea! I love Saboten!
	10:20am Greg from Bloomfield: @Marcel: Happens all the time. I'm in constant danger of love-tapping the car in front of me so I can get radio reception...
	10:22am Marcel M: @Greg: Hehe same! Its a labor of love :-)
	10:22am Polyus: Hey Cecile, are you a fan of the May Day Parade?
	10:22am d¢ pät: I could go for "OH. Sie sind so hubsch!"
	10:23am Cecile: Poly, I have never attended one. I should one of these years.
	10:24am Cecile: highlowe, I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah, this has been a horrible April.
	10:24am Joe McG: @Greg: I love the idea of "love tapping" another car! I think I'll go raise my insurance and have some fun.
	10:27am highlowe: @Greg: love tapping...: )
	10:28am bobdoesthings: I just imagined an impossible scenario of love tapping a car to try to get wfmu in better...an outraged driver gets out and marches over to your car.. you just point to the radio dial and his anger instantly dissipates into wfmu love and the two of you giggle with wfmu delight and all is forgiven.
	10:28am Will: Lord, take a look at this hard working playlist.
	10:28am Joe McG: @bobdoesthings: Bob, you are a romantic at heart.
	10:29am Marcel M: @Joe: You don't have love tap insurance?!?! @Bob: Remember when we tried to love tap a certain friend back in the day and it was more like a love slam? He was not amused!
	10:30am Polyus: @Cecile, I always have fun. It's kind of silly and earnest, but it's the one day where everyone is happy and nice to each other. Plus a friend of mine on the route has a big party every year, so we can watch from his front yard with drinks in hand. Supposed to rain Sunday, though.
	10:31am bobdoesthings: @marcel... Was it Jack? I sorta remember..
	10:31am steve: wow, Deerhoof has certainly borrowed some style from that band
	10:31am Marcel M: @Bob: hehe yes it was. We dinged the back of his car a little.
	10:31am sugarwolf: There are certain lights on my drive to work where the reception gets bad. In some spots I get the Christian music station playing :(
	10:35am d¢ pät: Derby Day is more fun. Because everyone is drunk on bourbon.
	10:35am Polyus: Wow, haven't heard this Icicle Works song since it was new.
	10:42am highlowe: @sugarwolf It happens to me all the time with Christian radio intertwining and messing with the airwaves. The guy who ran a red light and hit me told me he would pray for me...I'm fine btw...nothing a chiropractor won't cure...but i'm gonna pray that the dude stops running red lights : )
	10:42am Patrick: "The Gaz" is a translation of the name of the Czech band Plyn, who, because they were banned by the government, changed their name to Dybbuk in 1983. Dybbuk eventually morphed into Zuby Nehty (featuring the same four core members), and played at WFMU in 2010.
	10:43am Cooh John: David Allan Coe. Woo woo
	10:45am Greg from Bloomfield: You got a Hoboken Baby? Good luck with that...
	10:45am Brendan: Ive got a clunker. Last time i got rear ended i got out and laughed at the latest addition to my rear bumper and waved to the young guy behind me. Made his day. Need some Wfmu bumper stickers to complete the look
	👻 10:46am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Good trip?
	10:46am highlowe: @joe : )
	10:46am Joe McG: @Patrick: Excellent, thanks for the info. @Greg: Need some scratch nowadays for one of those! @Brian: Yes, it was fine. I got more sunshine than I ever needed!
	10:48am PKNY: Was Roger Waters listening to this Eddie and the Hot Rods track when writing "Comfortably Numb"?
	10:49am Joe McG: @PKNY: Ha!
	10:50am Jeezy: What's best Icicle Works album to start with? Allmusic claims it's the eponymous debut but that's not on Spotify, sadly.
	10:50am sugarwolf: @highlowe I always notice the drivers with the Ten Commandment decals never using their turn signals
	10:51am Bronwyn Bishop: Damn, missed cousin Richard...
	10:51am Joe McG: @Jeezy: The one that "Evangeline" is from is called "If You something Your Enemy, Sing His Song." It's a bit bombastic, but pretty good for that style.
	10:52am Polyus: If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song
	10:53am Joe McG: Thanks, Polyus, I couldn't remember. I'll blame it on jet lag.
	10:53am d¢ pät: That Candi Staton tune sounded like it was from another planet. Very cool.
	10:54am Cooh John: Single file straight to the heart
	10:54am d¢ pät: Sorry that was the Duplicates I was talking bout^^
	10:54am Jeezy: Thanks boys! I shall start with that one then.
	10:56am Joe McG: @dcpat: I thought that part of it might be backwards, but I just gave it a spin on the backwards turntable and apparently it's not.
	10:58am Bronwyn Bishop: Mary Hopkin, a wonderful Welsh lady!
	11:00am Joe McG: Hi, Bronwyn! Isn't she lovely and talented?
	👻 11:00am Brian in UK: Mary Hopkin was married to Tony Visconti?
	11:00am Bronwyn Bishop: Yes! Hi Joe!
	11:01am Mike East: my daughter just learned rock, paper, scissors. She always throws rock, though, so she's pretty easy to beat.
	👻 11:01am Ken From Hyde Park: Lovely little story of a woman who enjoys making quilts - at age 106 - www.inforum.com...
	11:01am Jeezy: I bought the Mary Hopkin LP at one of those old Paperback Exchanges that used to be in the city in the 80's.It was sealed and like $6. I even got a sealed Wonderwall Music there for like $8!!! I couldn't believe it.
	11:01am bobdoesthings: @mike .. throw a scissor every once and awhile then!
	11:02am Mike Sin: Pretty good version of "Streets of London" on the flip of this 45. It could have all been different for Mary Hopkin if she split the UK in 1972, headed for California, left Apple, and got signed to Asylum records!
	👻 11:02am Brian in UK: I have never married Tony Visconti, we are just good friends.
	11:02am Bronwyn Bishop: What's this bed music??? Pretty
	👻 11:03am Brian in UK: @Bronwyn it is Kevin Ayres, I believe.
	11:04am Brendan: Water paper and clay beat john cougar mentralcramps paper and fire anyday
	11:04am Bronwyn Bishop: Thanks Brian!
	11:04am Sem Chumbo: I think Visconti would be an excellent last name for getting primo tables at good restaurants, I think, and film festival judging gigs.
	11:06am Polyus: Better than meeting Large Marge on the road.
	11:08am Bronwyn Bishop: Being seen very briefly in the trailer for Sex and Broadcasting is the greatest accomplishment of my life.
	11:09am Bronwyn Bishop: Oh and I wish I could volunteer but I'm stuck doing finals :( good luck guys!
	11:11am bobdoesthings: OH NOOOO...
	11:11am Bronwyn Bishop: Classic rock! It's classic and it rocks!
	11:11am bobdoesthings: OHH ohh... oh okay.. I'm IN!
	11:11am OTB: NOW you're talkin'!
	11:12am Joe McG: Nice screen time, Bronwyn! :)
	11:14am PKNY: Please tell me that Minnie lays down a rap on this. And this might be the first time in years that I haven't changed the station when I've heard this song!
	11:14am PKNY: Oops, that should be Millie! She'd tear me a new one for a mistake like that!
	👻 11:15am doctorjazz: Cool cover!
	11:15am Bronwyn Bishop: Thanks Joe! I can be seen eating Indian food on the third floor for three seconds! I'll admit I shrieked when I saw it!
	11:15am Joe McG: @PKNY: She plays it pretty straight on this one. Big respect to Bad Co.
	11:15am highlowe: Millie! !!!! @joe, there is usually one and sometimes >1 songs u play that make me stop in my tracks! this is the one today!
	11:17am BarbR: Joe, this is brilliant!
	11:17am Wilson K: "I don't want to make love to anybody else but you. *This evening." —Maggie May
	👻 11:17am doctorjazz: This set is killer so far
	11:17am Velvet Frog: I think Millie Jackson might want to look up Randy Brown. They seem to have a similar agenda.
	11:18am Joe McG: @Velvet Frog: Ha! @Barb and highlowe: Glad you're digging this "Soul Classic Rock" idear!
	11:19am Parq: This would be a good set for that over-the-top bombastic cover of "Eleanor Rigby" by that Brit prog band.
	11:19am Wilson K: I mean Millie Jackson. Millie into Maggie. Durrrrrrrrrrr
	11:19am d¢ pät: did a reggae group ever cover Maggie May? Seems like it might work..
	11:21am Joe McG: Why you wanna do it, Maggie May?
	11:21am PKNY: @Joe - not that the Bad Co. original is bad, but growing up in the mid-Hudson Valley, WPDH burned me out on it by 1983.
	11:21am probablyjohn: I fucking love Maggie May. There. I said it.
	👻 11:22am doctorjazz: There's a great Reggae Cover of "Baltimore", which is neither here nor there, but you reminded me of it...
	11:23am Bronwyn Bishop: I love Take Me To The Pilot!!!!!! And this is a great cover
	11:23am Bronwyn Bishop: I love the entire self-titled Elton John album, so there.
	👻 11:23am doctorjazz: OK, work can wait...
	11:23am Cecile: Latimore had a great 2nd career as a blues singer on Malaco
	11:24am BarbR: Getting no work done. No regrets!
	11:24am Cecile: I judge no one on their musical taste, unless they deliberately inflict it on my as a form of punishment.
	11:25am herb.nyc: elton! i grew up on elton, and years later, my brother and i split up our record collection, 1977 ish. i said to him "give me all the elton johns and you can have the rest". i still think i got the better of the deal. oh, first record i ever bought was "goodbye yellow brick road" at alexander's of kings plaza mall, bklyn, $5.99.
	11:26am Cecile: wow great soul rock covers here Joe
	11:26am SeanG: this is mahvelous!
	👻 11:26am doctorjazz: Joe, you're killing me.
	11:26am PKNY: @Joe - I got the idea for next year's marathon premium for you: "Making the Songs You're Sick Of Brand New Again!"
	11:27am Bronwyn Bishop: All my Elton records come from the Salvation Army in Quakertown PA. Which is the best way to buy them I think.
	👻 11:27am doctorjazz: Though, I think covering Van is Soul covering Soul, bit of cheating...
	11:27am highlowe: @joe the listener slayer!
	11:28am Joe McG: @PKNY: Ha!
	11:29am common: joe, all! happy thursday...i wish
	11:30am Cecile: GLADYS
	11:30am V Priceless: yo common! Bowie hangover? ; )
	11:31am Cecile: I still like her version of Grapevine better than Marvin's. Even though Marvin's is amazing.
	11:31am BarbR: Gladys!! You are taking me back to growing up in Detroit in the 70's!
	11:31am Jackie Blue: Loving all the covers!
	11:32am Cecile: make that the whole state of Michigan, and I am down with that statement BarbR.
	11:33am Cecile: Oooh, for a twist, Bob Seger did a killer version of Ike and Tina's Nutbush City Limits.
	11:33am Bronwyn Bishop: I <3 Gladys
	11:34am frenchee: I like your alt-universes, Joe.
	11:34am BarbR: I second the Seger, Cecile!
	11:34am Joe McG: @frenchee: :)
	11:34am Sem Chumbo: New McGasko theme song: Soul Man :=D
	11:34am Cecile: someone, and not Rick Rubin or the Anti- label needs to get her doing a new record. Maybe Mark Ronson.
	11:35am Rev. Turnip Druid: never Rick Rubin. also: 'mornin, troops.
	11:36am Cecile: Her autobiography broke my heart with its meanness, but I still love Betty LaVette's singing - she does a great Heart of Gold
	11:37am totallybiased: Spanky Wilson has some great covers as you prob know.
	11:37am Joe McG: @Cecile: We may hear from Bettye at some point...
	11:37am MD: Cool version! Thanks Joe!
	11:37am Ralphine: Merry Clayton reminds me that I've been meaning to rewatch the movie 20 Feet from Stardom.
	11:38am Cecile: Betty made the Who cry. That's something.
	11:38am frenchee: @Cecile, that is really saying something.
	11:39am Cecile: SWAMP DOGG!
	11:39am V Priceless: Sweet Bam Alahomie!
	11:40am Cecile: this is the best version ever. period.
	11:40am MD: is it CSA Day???
	11:40am Cooh John: Nice pairing of Sweet Home Alabama and Southern Man
	11:41am d¢ pät: Didn't know there was a best version, huh.
	11:41am Cecile: crop share association?
	11:41am PKNY: Swamp Dogg - stealing "Sweet Home Alabama" away from Kid Rock and cleaning it up. Now you need to find a soul cover of "Werewolves of London" to finish the job.
	11:42am Ralphine: MD, if you mean Confederate Memorial Day, that was a few days ago.
	11:42am Cecile: SHA is great the first 10 ten times you hear it. Then you never need to hear it again. I have heard it 1990 more times than I need. But the Dogg is making it fresh.
	11:42am d¢ pät: PKNY-just what I was thinking. I was in a group once that did the mashup.
	11:42am Cecile: does someone do a soul cover of Randy Newman's My Old Kentucky Home?
	11:43am Daniel: Powerful set. Seems nearly to say something pivotal about the songs being covered. Something that could make domesticated animals spontaneously dance in the streets.
	11:43am PKNY: CSA = Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). We just got our first veggie basket from ours this week.
	👻 11:43am Brian in UK: Wonder what Smashy & Nicey would make of this. Ask BTO.
	11:44am Cecile: hahahhah, PKNY. great minds.
	11:45am PKNY: Oh shit, I heard this version of "Down By the River" from Oliver Wang's blog years ago, you can front on steel drum bands that bring the funk.
	11:45am Wilson K: How are they gonna handle the 16-bar one note solo?!?! THE SUSPENSE
	11:45am Joe McG: @Cecile: One doesn't come to mind, but if you find one, let me know! Several soul artists did "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield," though (Lou Rawls, Nolan Porter, etc.).
	11:45am Cecile: I think top 40 radio is more culturally/racially integrated than it's been in a long time. However, it's not at all diverse in terms of styles. That's the difference between now and the 60s.
	11:45am totallybiased: Spanky Wilson's "Sunshine Of Your Love" & "Light My Fire" are about as Soul/Classic Rock as you can get. Great versions both
	👻 11:46am doctorjazz: Saw Neil on the Bruce Springsteen tribute, man, he still remembers how to rock
	11:46am highlowe: swaying to the murder ballad!
	11:47am frenchee: I just startled my cubemates by LOLing to the "Down by the River" cover....and general Neily goodness
	11:47am Cecile: another thing is the seriousness these artists are approaching these covers. Yeah, it might not be their idea, but by God, they're gonna sing it like they wrote it.
	11:48am highlowe: steel drum???? Contact high....
	11:48am PKNY: I gotta add the Dutch Rhythm record to my 'look for' list, nothing but great cover songs listed, and what outfits! www.discogs.com...
	11:48am Cecile: I think pisstake punk covers were necessary back in the day, but now there are just too many "stunt covers" for my liking.
	11:48am Cecile: I love steel drum and these guys are amazing.
	11:49am ChrisB.: This set would make a great compilation disc. Hear that go-getting indie labels?
	11:49am Cecile: I remember this song! I hate this song, but he makes it good.
	11:50am bobdoesthings: damnnn loving some of these covers.. esp. this syl johnson.. killing it.
	11:50am sphere: If you have a chance to hear Junior Parker's "Tomorrow Never Knows," do it. That cover is amazing.
	11:50am Cecile: this organ player is EVERYTHING.
	11:51am BarbR: Organ solo! Giving me chills!
	11:51am PKNY: @sphere - Junior's version of "Taxman" on the same record is super ill as well.
	11:51am totallybiased: ChrisB. The licensing would be a complete nightmare. Dozens of publishers for huge tunes. Mad $$$ for publishing. The ONLY way you could pull it off is an MFN step-deal and that even would be tough with so many a-list writers.
	11:52am Daniel: re: the organ player: +1.
	11:52am Cecile: maybe it could be a charity project with royalties going to a good cause.
	11:52am Brendan: Thanks for a great show Joe
	11:52am sphere: thanks PKNY :)
	11:53am totallybiased: Cecile. Yes, that's another route. Still have to track down all the writers, their shares, their approvals, their publishers or administrators, negotiate, mechanical licenses, etc.
	👻 11:53am Brian in UK: Any of these covers come out before the originals?
	11:54am highlowe: Thank you Joe!!!...@Cecile hope you feel better! See u all next week : )
	11:54am Joe McG: @Brian: I don't think so, but I might be wrong!
	11:55am Cecile: true, biased. And I'm not the one to do it. But the one who perseveres will have done some great work.
	11:55am PKNY: It's Blowfly's sane and much-less-profane alter-ego!
	11:55am bobdoesthings: thanks joe!!
	11:55am Cecile: thanks, highlowe!
	11:55am slugluv1313: SO loving this soulful set! i think i like these versions better than the original "classic rock" versions :) surely someone else has already mentioned it -- how about Charles Bradley's amazing version of "Changes"? chills
	11:55am Sem Chumbo: Eight stars in a row, feel like a cartoon character just hit on the head, the stars going round and round. Thanks, Joe. See ya later.
	11:55am Cecile: slug, I was going to say that, but then again Fabio might just play it. He plays it a lot.
	11:56am Polyus: Can't believe this is Blowfly himself.
	👻 11:56am doctorjazz: Great show, now on to the Stream...
	11:56am V Priceless: thanks for a fun show, Joe! You da man!
	11:57am PKNY: @slugluv1313 - cosign, Charles' version of "Changes" is the best cover I've heard in recent years.
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: Nice one Joe, back refreshed and keeping everyone on their toes.
	11:57am Joe McG: Hope you guys had fun, I could do this all day! Maybe I'll do a special show or premium some day. Anyway, thanks for listening and commenting and I'll catch you next week...in MAY!
	11:57am Greg from Bloomfield: Above and beyond today, Joe—thanks much!
	11:58am PKNY: I mentioned Oliver Wang earlier, he had put out a few volumes of fully-licensed soul cover comps. Here's a link to one: www.amazon.com...
	11:58am bobdoesthings: from "I can't hide" to "I get high" ... nice..
	11:58am Wilson K: Oh man... Al Greene slays this. Familiar with this version and I've always thought it killed the original.
	11:58am Cecile: thanks, Joe. this show was a good tonic for the troops.
	11:58am BarbR: Thanks Joe!! Loved it!
	11:59am Cecile: thanks, PKNY
	11:59am Wilson K: Well he was obviously high. On Al's Green.
	11:59am PKNY: Oops, I think that volume actually has some originals, the second one was covers, though: www.amazon.com...
	11:59am Claw!: Thanks, Joe! Great to have you back. :)
	12:00pm SeanG: thanks Joe
	7:31pm Pete from Boston (and NJ): Ben E. King's last living play on WFMU?
	11:17am John W.: A sitar version of "Never My Love"! Joe McGasko rules!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from April 30, 2015

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(* = new)

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Beau	Welcome "Welcome" by "Beau"	Beau	Cherry Red	2007	CD	From 1969		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sir Richard Bishop	Safe House "Safe House" by "Sir Richard Bishop"	Tangier Sessions	Drag City	2015	LP		*	0:05:33 (Pop-up)
Mazhar ve Fuat	Sür Efem Atını "Sür Efem Atını" by "Mazhar ve Fuat"	Türküz Türkü Çağiririz!	Normal	2014	CD	From 1973		0:11:31 (Pop-up)
Tony & Siegrid	Up Here "Up Here" by "Tony & Siegrid"	He and She	Pet	2007	CD	1967		0:13:44 (Pop-up)
Ananda Shankar	Dancing Drums "Dancing Drums" by "Ananda Shankar"	The Rough Guide to Psychedelic India	World Music Network	2014	CD	1975	*	0:15:59 (Pop-up)
The Nirvana Sitar and String Group	Never My Love	Sitar & Strings	Gear Fab	2014	CD	From 1968		0:21:12 (Pop-up)
Roy Budd	Get Carter "Get Carter" by "Roy Budd"	Rebirth of the Budd	Sequel/Castle	1997	CD	From 1971		0:23:52 (Pop-up)
Krystof Komeda	Knife in the Water Part 5	Knife in the Water: Music from the Motion Picture	Doxy	2014	LP	1962	*	0:27:17 (Pop-up)
Oranj Symphonette	Up, Up and Away	The Oranj Album	Rykodisc	1998	CD			0:29:32 (Pop-up)
Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos	Los Teenagers Bailan Changui	Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos	Atlantic	1998	CD			0:33:27 (Pop-up)
Ray Baretto	The Soul Drummer "The Soul Drummer" by "Ray Baretto"	Acid	Castle Pie/Sanctuary	2001	CD	From 1967		0:38:15 (Pop-up)
Tojo y Su Orquesta	Maracaibo Oriental	Tumba Rumba	University of Vice	2015	LP	1960	*	0:42:04 (Pop-up)
Catchito & Chacha Po	Fine Fine Woman	Guitar Safari: Electric Explosion in Africa	University of Vice	2015	LP		*	0:46:12 (Pop-up)
E. T. Mensah & the Tempos	Mucho Mambo	King of Highlife Anthology	RetroAfric	2015	CD	mid-50s	*	0:48:23 (Pop-up)
Les Elgart and His Orchestra	Voo Doo Drums	Popcorn Exotica	Cherry Red	2015	CD	1960	*	0:51:20 (Pop-up)

Maximum Joy	Let It Take You There	Sherwood at the Controls, Volume 1: 1979 – 1984	On-U Sound	2015	CD	1982	*	1:03:45 (Pop-up)
Erase Errata	Watch Your Language "Watch Your Language" by "Erase Errata"	Lost Weekend	Under the Sun/Mission Creek Festival	2014	EP		*	1:09:28 (Pop-up)
The Au Pairs	(That's When) It's Worth It	Sense & Sensuality	RPM	1993	CD	1982		1:13:19 (Pop-up)
The Gaz	Flying's Easy "Flying's Easy" by "The Gaz"	The Gaz	Old Europa Cafe	2015	CD	1983-4, Prague; "The Gaz is a four girls group"	*	1:16:52 (Pop-up)
Primitive Motion	Golden Light Clinic	Pulsating Time Fibre	Bedroom Suck	2015	CD		*	1:20:32 (Pop-up)
Veronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul with the Honeymoon Killers	Réveillons-Nous	Ex-Futur Album	Crammed Discs	2014	CD	circa 1983	*	1:23:23 (Pop-up)

Single File: a weekly bunch of randomly selected 45s for your pleasure and mine
The Icicle Works	Evangeline "Evangeline" by "The Icicle Works"	single	Beggars Banquet	1987	45			1:33:29 (Pop-up)
Randy Brown	I Wanna Make Love to You	single	Parachute	1978	45			1:36:59 (Pop-up)
Tanya Tucker	Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)	single	Columbia	1973	45			1:40:22 (Pop-up)
Pat Boone	Hoboken Baby "Hoboken Baby" by "Pat Boone"	single	Dot	1957	45	From the mini-ep "Pat on Mike"		1:42:47 (Pop-up)
Eddie & the Hot Rods	Horror Through Straightness	single	Island	1978	45			1:44:48 (Pop-up)
The Duplicates	Call of the Faithful	single	Stiff	1979	45			1:49:05 (Pop-up)
Candi Staton	So Blue "So Blue" by "Candi Staton"	single	Warner Bros.	1978	45			1:52:18 (Pop-up)
Mary Hopkin	Water, Paper & Clay "Water, Paper & Clay" by "Mary Hopkin"	single	Apple	1971	45			1:56:51 (Pop-up)

Classic Rock, Soul-Style "Classic Rock, Soul-Style"
Millie Jackson	Feel Like Making Love	Free and In Love	Spring	1976	LP			2:11:19 (Pop-up)
Simtec & Wylie	Maggie May "Maggie May" by "Simtec & Wylie"	Gettin' Over the Hump	Mister Chand	1971	LP			2:15:43 (Pop-up)
Latimore	Take Me to the Pilot "Take Me to the Pilot" by "Latimore"	Latimore	Glades	1973	LP			2:21:40 (Pop-up)
Ben E. King	Into the Mystic "Into the Mystic" by "Ben E. King"	Rebirth	Guinness	1977	LP	Actually from earlier in the 70s		2:24:51 (Pop-up)
Gladys Knight and the Pips	Feeling Alright	If I Were Your Woman	Soul	1971	LP			2:28:28 (Pop-up)
Wolf Moon	Proud Mary "Proud Mary" by "Wolf Moon"	Wolf Moon	Alive Natural Sound	2013	CD	circa 1973		2:32:08 (Pop-up)
Merry Clayton	Southern Man "Southern Man" by "Merry Clayton"	Merry Clayton	Ode	1971	LP			2:34:38 (Pop-up)
Swamp Dogg	Sweet Home Alabama "Sweet Home Alabama" by "Swamp Dogg"	More Superhits of the '70s: Michael Shelley's 2014 WFMU Marathon Premium	WFMU	2014	CD			2:37:46 (Pop-up)
Dutch Rhythm, Steel & Showband	Down by the River	West Indies Funk	Trans Air	2011	CD	Rounding off our Neil Young rock block!		2:43:13 (Pop-up)
Syl Johnson	Come Together "Come Together" by "Syl Johnson"	Is It Because I'm Black?	The Numero Group	2013	LP	From 1970		2:48:22 (Pop-up)
Clarence Reid	Get Back "Get Back" by "Clarence Reid"	Dancin' with Nobody But You Babe	Atco	1969	LP			2:51:32 (Pop-up)
Al Green	I Want to Hold Your Hand	Love Ritual: Rare and Previously Unreleased 1968-1976	Hi/MCA	1989	LP	From 1968		2:55:26 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am Cheri Pi: boingboingboing
	9:03am sugarwolf: Good morning!
	👻 9:03am Ken From Hyde Park: Radio!
	9:03am Parq: Happyhappyhappyhappy -- magic melody, just like today's homepage pic.
	9:04am Marcel M: Morning Joe and friends
	9:05am P-90: boingboing? BOING!
	9:10am Joe McG: Happy Thursday, everyone! The sirens are singing.
	👻 9:10am doctorjazz: Hi all!
	9:10am DCE: Hi all
	9:10am DCE: huh that's weird...
	9:17am Claw!: Yo, Joe! Welcome back. :) Howdy, Folks!
	9:17am jlowe: Hello all...so looking forward! Bring it on Joe!
	👻 9:17am Ken From Hyde Park: @DCE - Weird is the first letter of WFMU. So, par for the course.
	9:19am fleep: Greetings, Joe, from where you was, to where you is.
	9:21am Joe McG: Thanks, Claw! Welcome, jlowe! Hey there, fleep, here I be. Ken, DCE, Cheri, doctorjazz, P-90, Marcel, Parq, Sugarwolf--all my radio pals!
	👻 9:23am doctorjazz: Got my lava lamp burning!
	9:23am Claw!: Ooh, this is purty...
	9:23am doncaballero: Ohhhh yeah!! This is the jam I needed! Sitar, Strings, & Smoooooth 60s jams. Thanks Joe!
	9:24am V Priceless: Hey Joe! Me likey!
	9:26am Falcoa: Roy Budd is out of sight man!
	9:27am d¢ pät: President.
	9:29am DJ Stashu: Be still my heart, Komeda.
	9:29am DJ Stashu: Very nice film too.
	9:29am Joe McG: Hi, Stashu! I so agree!
	👻 9:32am doctorjazz: Who has these albums??? This is great! And ridiculous!
	9:32am fleep: In my beautiful, lethargic balloon...
	9:32am highlowe: what is going on? love this! on the up and up!
	9:32am Parq: Wow, great instro version of this 60s EZ Listening classic.
	9:33am V Priceless: great stuff, JM!
	👻 9:34am doctorjazz: Love the "free jazz" hint out of Up Up and Away, like they're smirking and saying, this isn't what we REALLY do!
	9:34am Joe McG: Hey, VP, hope you're feeling well this morning! Hi to doncab and dcpat, too.
	9:35am Polyus: Greetings Joe. Lovely day out here in the territories.
	9:35am Parq: And Ribot to follow! Way-digging it.
	9:38am Cooh John: The Golden Age of Muzak. Reminds me of my favorite elevator. Keep them coming.
	9:38am Joe McG: Hey, Polyus! Avoid territorial pissings!
	9:39am Devon E. Levins: he's live scoring Chaplin's The Kid tonight at Symphony Space
	9:39am Joe McG: @Devon: Great info, thanks Devon!
	9:40am Greg from Bloomfield: Welcome back, Joe!
	9:41am Joe McG: Thanks, Greg, happy to be here! I missed it!
	9:42am Marcel M: I'm getting my van inspected and playing Surface Noise in the garage AIAIAIAIAIAI!!!!
	9:43am jlowe: dancing...
	9:44am Parq: Joe, this is one of your best opening sets, and that's setting the bar pretty high.
	9:45am bobdoesthings: good morning.
	9:45am Joe McG: @Marcel: Does your van have a picture of a sunset and a bikini-clad beach girl on the side?
	9:45am Joe McG: Why, thank you, Parq!
	9:46am Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Joe, McGaskoids, McGaskettes.
	9:46am Parq: Hah! Joe, my bro-in-law had one of those vans when he started dating my sister. Needless to say, our dad wasn't amused.
	👻 9:46am Ken From Hyde Park: Did you visit any record stores on your trip, Joe? You went out to California, right?
	9:47am Joe McG: Hey, Sem! @Ken: Yeah, of course, I can't help myself, like an addict. Bought many 45s that you will hear on the show! Among other things....
	👻 9:48am doctorjazz: Great set, Joe, like having a mini vacation.
	9:50am d¢ pät: Echoing what ^^^they said, this is really hitting the spot.
	9:50am Marcel M: @Joe: no, but it does have a bunch of WFMU stickers!
	9:51am bobdoesthings: @marcel - how many wfmu stickers you up to on the van?
	9:53am βrian: Good day, Sir Face Noise.
	9:55am Marcel M: @Bob: 4, but that number will rise once my swag arrives!!
	9:57am βrian: Mike boom aesthetics, no less.
	👻 9:57am Ken From Hyde Park: That's not Ken's nose microphone, is it? Eww!
	9:58am d¢ pät: ha, check this out, bowl made out of plastic army guys: www.boredpanda.com...
	10:02am Brendan: Congrats on the new mic boom, Joe. You're coming through Crystal Clear. On the downside, you will no longer be able to communicate with dogs or babies without tilting your head while talking.
	10:03am βrian: Joe likes the mic that goes "boom."
	10:04am sphere: hey folks
	10:05am Joe McG: @marcel: Good show, sir! Hey, Brendan! I'll be talking over that later, can't wait. Hey, Brian! Hey, sphere!
	10:05am Marcel M: I believe Tigre and Bunny would pronounce it "moic" that goes "bwoom."
	10:06am sphere: hello mr. McG. :)
	10:07am Mister Dobalina: Awesome track! Thanks for playing it, never heard before.
	10:08am d¢ pät: Great tune.
	10:08am Joe McG: You bet, Monsieur Dobalina!
	10:09am Cecile: hola! This was such a great era of Sherwood. I need some happee in my life. This is the last day of the worst month I've had in about 5 yrs.
	10:11am Cecile: wow, this is the first track I've ever liked by these guys.
	10:12am jlowe: mmmmmmmm...lost weekend...thanks for the introduction
	10:12am Joe McG: @Cecile: Sorry to hear about your bad month! May is coming and May it bring better days!
	10:14am Cecile: Thank you, Joe! My friend is taking me to see drag queen Bianca Del Rio and her "Rolodex of Hate" show on Sunday. I think that will help.
	10:14am steve: hey folks. Erase Errata, there's a name i haven't heard in a while.
	10:14am d¢ pät: oh man, Erase Errata were great.
	10:14am d¢ pät: as were Au Pairs
	10:15am Turnstone: The Au Pairs !!!! One of my favourites from that era.
	10:16am highlowe: oh Cecile..I hear you...I'm calling April the new "March" .I hope May is amazing for you! My April ended with a a car accident! Joe is giving us the love!
	10:18am Joe McG: Hey Steve and Turnstone! @lowe: Bummer about that car accident, hope you weren't hurt at all!
	10:19am bobdoesthings: What's next, Saboten?
	10:19am Mister Dobalina: Reminds me of Kleenex a bit!
	10:19am Marcel M: Reception in Brooklyn is so funny… I'll be stopped at a red light and it'll cut out and then I'll literally inch forward a foot and it'll come in crystal clear
	10:20am Joe McG: @Dobalina: You said it! @bobdoes: Not a bad idea! I love Saboten!
	10:20am Greg from Bloomfield: @Marcel: Happens all the time. I'm in constant danger of love-tapping the car in front of me so I can get radio reception...
	10:22am Marcel M: @Greg: Hehe same! Its a labor of love :-)
	10:22am Polyus: Hey Cecile, are you a fan of the May Day Parade?
	10:22am d¢ pät: I could go for "OH. Sie sind so hubsch!"
	10:23am Cecile: Poly, I have never attended one. I should one of these years.
	10:24am Cecile: highlowe, I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah, this has been a horrible April.
	10:24am Joe McG: @Greg: I love the idea of "love tapping" another car! I think I'll go raise my insurance and have some fun.
	10:27am highlowe: @Greg: love tapping...: )
	10:28am bobdoesthings: I just imagined an impossible scenario of love tapping a car to try to get wfmu in better...an outraged driver gets out and marches over to your car.. you just point to the radio dial and his anger instantly dissipates into wfmu love and the two of you giggle with wfmu delight and all is forgiven.
	10:28am Will: Lord, take a look at this hard working playlist.
	10:28am Joe McG: @bobdoesthings: Bob, you are a romantic at heart.
	10:29am Marcel M: @Joe: You don't have love tap insurance?!?! @Bob: Remember when we tried to love tap a certain friend back in the day and it was more like a love slam? He was not amused!
	10:30am Polyus: @Cecile, I always have fun. It's kind of silly and earnest, but it's the one day where everyone is happy and nice to each other. Plus a friend of mine on the route has a big party every year, so we can watch from his front yard with drinks in hand. Supposed to rain Sunday, though.
	10:31am bobdoesthings: @marcel... Was it Jack? I sorta remember..
	10:31am steve: wow, Deerhoof has certainly borrowed some style from that band
	10:31am Marcel M: @Bob: hehe yes it was. We dinged the back of his car a little.
	10:31am sugarwolf: There are certain lights on my drive to work where the reception gets bad. In some spots I get the Christian music station playing :(
	10:35am d¢ pät: Derby Day is more fun. Because everyone is drunk on bourbon.
	10:35am Polyus: Wow, haven't heard this Icicle Works song since it was new.
	10:42am highlowe: @sugarwolf It happens to me all the time with Christian radio intertwining and messing with the airwaves. The guy who ran a red light and hit me told me he would pray for me...I'm fine btw...nothing a chiropractor won't cure...but i'm gonna pray that the dude stops running red lights : )
	10:42am Patrick: "The Gaz" is a translation of the name of the Czech band Plyn, who, because they were banned by the government, changed their name to Dybbuk in 1983. Dybbuk eventually morphed into Zuby Nehty (featuring the same four core members), and played at WFMU in 2010.
	10:43am Cooh John: David Allan Coe. Woo woo
	10:45am Greg from Bloomfield: You got a Hoboken Baby? Good luck with that...
	10:45am Brendan: Ive got a clunker. Last time i got rear ended i got out and laughed at the latest addition to my rear bumper and waved to the young guy behind me. Made his day. Need some Wfmu bumper stickers to complete the look
	👻 10:46am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Good trip?
	10:46am highlowe: @joe : )
	10:46am Joe McG: @Patrick: Excellent, thanks for the info. @Greg: Need some scratch nowadays for one of those! @Brian: Yes, it was fine. I got more sunshine than I ever needed!
	10:48am PKNY: Was Roger Waters listening to this Eddie and the Hot Rods track when writing "Comfortably Numb"?
	10:49am Joe McG: @PKNY: Ha!
	10:50am Jeezy: What's best Icicle Works album to start with? Allmusic claims it's the eponymous debut but that's not on Spotify, sadly.
	10:50am sugarwolf: @highlowe I always notice the drivers with the Ten Commandment decals never using their turn signals
	10:51am Bronwyn Bishop: Damn, missed cousin Richard...
	10:51am Joe McG: @Jeezy: The one that "Evangeline" is from is called "If You something Your Enemy, Sing His Song." It's a bit bombastic, but pretty good for that style.
	10:52am Polyus: If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song
	10:53am Joe McG: Thanks, Polyus, I couldn't remember. I'll blame it on jet lag.
	10:53am d¢ pät: That Candi Staton tune sounded like it was from another planet. Very cool.
	10:54am Cooh John: Single file straight to the heart
	10:54am d¢ pät: Sorry that was the Duplicates I was talking bout^^
	10:54am Jeezy: Thanks boys! I shall start with that one then.
	10:56am Joe McG: @dcpat: I thought that part of it might be backwards, but I just gave it a spin on the backwards turntable and apparently it's not.
	10:58am Bronwyn Bishop: Mary Hopkin, a wonderful Welsh lady!
	11:00am Joe McG: Hi, Bronwyn! Isn't she lovely and talented?
	👻 11:00am Brian in UK: Mary Hopkin was married to Tony Visconti?
	11:00am Bronwyn Bishop: Yes! Hi Joe!
	11:01am Mike East: my daughter just learned rock, paper, scissors. She always throws rock, though, so she's pretty easy to beat.
	👻 11:01am Ken From Hyde Park: Lovely little story of a woman who enjoys making quilts - at age 106 - www.inforum.com...
	11:01am Jeezy: I bought the Mary Hopkin LP at one of those old Paperback Exchanges that used to be in the city in the 80's.It was sealed and like $6. I even got a sealed Wonderwall Music there for like $8!!! I couldn't believe it.
	11:01am bobdoesthings: @mike .. throw a scissor every once and awhile then!
	11:02am Mike Sin: Pretty good version of "Streets of London" on the flip of this 45. It could have all been different for Mary Hopkin if she split the UK in 1972, headed for California, left Apple, and got signed to Asylum records!
	👻 11:02am Brian in UK: I have never married Tony Visconti, we are just good friends.
	11:02am Bronwyn Bishop: What's this bed music??? Pretty
	👻 11:03am Brian in UK: @Bronwyn it is Kevin Ayres, I believe.
	11:04am Brendan: Water paper and clay beat john cougar mentralcramps paper and fire anyday
	11:04am Bronwyn Bishop: Thanks Brian!
	11:04am Sem Chumbo: I think Visconti would be an excellent last name for getting primo tables at good restaurants, I think, and film festival judging gigs.
	11:06am Polyus: Better than meeting Large Marge on the road.
	11:08am Bronwyn Bishop: Being seen very briefly in the trailer for Sex and Broadcasting is the greatest accomplishment of my life.
	11:09am Bronwyn Bishop: Oh and I wish I could volunteer but I'm stuck doing finals :( good luck guys!
	11:11am bobdoesthings: OH NOOOO...
	11:11am Bronwyn Bishop: Classic rock! It's classic and it rocks!
	11:11am bobdoesthings: OHH ohh... oh okay.. I'm IN!
	11:11am OTB: NOW you're talkin'!
	11:12am Joe McG: Nice screen time, Bronwyn! :)
	11:14am PKNY: Please tell me that Minnie lays down a rap on this. And this might be the first time in years that I haven't changed the station when I've heard this song!
	11:14am PKNY: Oops, that should be Millie! She'd tear me a new one for a mistake like that!
	👻 11:15am doctorjazz: Cool cover!
	11:15am Bronwyn Bishop: Thanks Joe! I can be seen eating Indian food on the third floor for three seconds! I'll admit I shrieked when I saw it!
	11:15am Joe McG: @PKNY: She plays it pretty straight on this one. Big respect to Bad Co.
	11:15am highlowe: Millie! !!!! @joe, there is usually one and sometimes >1 songs u play that make me stop in my tracks! this is the one today!
	11:17am BarbR: Joe, this is brilliant!
	11:17am Wilson K: "I don't want to make love to anybody else but you. *This evening." —Maggie May
	👻 11:17am doctorjazz: This set is killer so far
	11:17am Velvet Frog: I think Millie Jackson might want to look up Randy Brown. They seem to have a similar agenda.
	11:18am Joe McG: @Velvet Frog: Ha! @Barb and highlowe: Glad you're digging this "Soul Classic Rock" idear!
	11:19am Parq: This would be a good set for that over-the-top bombastic cover of "Eleanor Rigby" by that Brit prog band.
	11:19am Wilson K: I mean Millie Jackson. Millie into Maggie. Durrrrrrrrrrr
	11:19am d¢ pät: did a reggae group ever cover Maggie May? Seems like it might work..
	11:21am Joe McG: Why you wanna do it, Maggie May?
	11:21am PKNY: @Joe - not that the Bad Co. original is bad, but growing up in the mid-Hudson Valley, WPDH burned me out on it by 1983.
	11:21am probablyjohn: I fucking love Maggie May. There. I said it.
	👻 11:22am doctorjazz: There's a great Reggae Cover of "Baltimore", which is neither here nor there, but you reminded me of it...
	11:23am Bronwyn Bishop: I love Take Me To The Pilot!!!!!! And this is a great cover
	11:23am Bronwyn Bishop: I love the entire self-titled Elton John album, so there.
	👻 11:23am doctorjazz: OK, work can wait...
	11:23am Cecile: Latimore had a great 2nd career as a blues singer on Malaco
	11:24am BarbR: Getting no work done. No regrets!
	11:24am Cecile: I judge no one on their musical taste, unless they deliberately inflict it on my as a form of punishment.
	11:25am herb.nyc: elton! i grew up on elton, and years later, my brother and i split up our record collection, 1977 ish. i said to him "give me all the elton johns and you can have the rest". i still think i got the better of the deal. oh, first record i ever bought was "goodbye yellow brick road" at alexander's of kings plaza mall, bklyn, $5.99.
	11:26am Cecile: wow great soul rock covers here Joe
	11:26am SeanG: this is mahvelous!
	👻 11:26am doctorjazz: Joe, you're killing me.
	11:26am PKNY: @Joe - I got the idea for next year's marathon premium for you: "Making the Songs You're Sick Of Brand New Again!"
	11:27am Bronwyn Bishop: All my Elton records come from the Salvation Army in Quakertown PA. Which is the best way to buy them I think.
	👻 11:27am doctorjazz: Though, I think covering Van is Soul covering Soul, bit of cheating...
	11:27am highlowe: @joe the listener slayer!
	11:28am Joe McG: @PKNY: Ha!
	11:29am common: joe, all! happy thursday...i wish
	11:30am Cecile: GLADYS
	11:30am V Priceless: yo common! Bowie hangover? ; )
	11:31am Cecile: I still like her version of Grapevine better than Marvin's. Even though Marvin's is amazing.
	11:31am BarbR: Gladys!! You are taking me back to growing up in Detroit in the 70's!
	11:31am Jackie Blue: Loving all the covers!
	11:32am Cecile: make that the whole state of Michigan, and I am down with that statement BarbR.
	11:33am Cecile: Oooh, for a twist, Bob Seger did a killer version of Ike and Tina's Nutbush City Limits.
	11:33am Bronwyn Bishop: I <3 Gladys
	11:34am frenchee: I like your alt-universes, Joe.
	11:34am BarbR: I second the Seger, Cecile!
	11:34am Joe McG: @frenchee: :)
	11:34am Sem Chumbo: New McGasko theme song: Soul Man :=D
	11:34am Cecile: someone, and not Rick Rubin or the Anti- label needs to get her doing a new record. Maybe Mark Ronson.
	11:35am Rev. Turnip Druid: never Rick Rubin. also: 'mornin, troops.
	11:36am Cecile: Her autobiography broke my heart with its meanness, but I still love Betty LaVette's singing - she does a great Heart of Gold
	11:37am totallybiased: Spanky Wilson has some great covers as you prob know.
	11:37am Joe McG: @Cecile: We may hear from Bettye at some point...
	11:37am MD: Cool version! Thanks Joe!
	11:37am Ralphine: Merry Clayton reminds me that I've been meaning to rewatch the movie 20 Feet from Stardom.
	11:38am Cecile: Betty made the Who cry. That's something.
	11:38am frenchee: @Cecile, that is really saying something.
	11:39am Cecile: SWAMP DOGG!
	11:39am V Priceless: Sweet Bam Alahomie!
	11:40am Cecile: this is the best version ever. period.
	11:40am MD: is it CSA Day???
	11:40am Cooh John: Nice pairing of Sweet Home Alabama and Southern Man
	11:41am d¢ pät: Didn't know there was a best version, huh.
	11:41am Cecile: crop share association?
	11:41am PKNY: Swamp Dogg - stealing "Sweet Home Alabama" away from Kid Rock and cleaning it up. Now you need to find a soul cover of "Werewolves of London" to finish the job.
	11:42am Ralphine: MD, if you mean Confederate Memorial Day, that was a few days ago.
	11:42am Cecile: SHA is great the first 10 ten times you hear it. Then you never need to hear it again. I have heard it 1990 more times than I need. But the Dogg is making it fresh.
	11:42am d¢ pät: PKNY-just what I was thinking. I was in a group once that did the mashup.
	11:42am Cecile: does someone do a soul cover of Randy Newman's My Old Kentucky Home?
	11:43am Daniel: Powerful set. Seems nearly to say something pivotal about the songs being covered. Something that could make domesticated animals spontaneously dance in the streets.
	11:43am PKNY: CSA = Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). We just got our first veggie basket from ours this week.
	👻 11:43am Brian in UK: Wonder what Smashy & Nicey would make of this. Ask BTO.
	11:44am Cecile: hahahhah, PKNY. great minds.
	11:45am PKNY: Oh shit, I heard this version of "Down By the River" from Oliver Wang's blog years ago, you can front on steel drum bands that bring the funk.
	11:45am Wilson K: How are they gonna handle the 16-bar one note solo?!?! THE SUSPENSE
	11:45am Joe McG: @Cecile: One doesn't come to mind, but if you find one, let me know! Several soul artists did "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield," though (Lou Rawls, Nolan Porter, etc.).
	11:45am Cecile: I think top 40 radio is more culturally/racially integrated than it's been in a long time. However, it's not at all diverse in terms of styles. That's the difference between now and the 60s.
	11:45am totallybiased: Spanky Wilson's "Sunshine Of Your Love" & "Light My Fire" are about as Soul/Classic Rock as you can get. Great versions both
	👻 11:46am doctorjazz: Saw Neil on the Bruce Springsteen tribute, man, he still remembers how to rock
	11:46am highlowe: swaying to the murder ballad!
	11:47am frenchee: I just startled my cubemates by LOLing to the "Down by the River" cover....and general Neily goodness
	11:47am Cecile: another thing is the seriousness these artists are approaching these covers. Yeah, it might not be their idea, but by God, they're gonna sing it like they wrote it.
	11:48am highlowe: steel drum???? Contact high....
	11:48am PKNY: I gotta add the Dutch Rhythm record to my 'look for' list, nothing but great cover songs listed, and what outfits! www.discogs.com...
	11:48am Cecile: I think pisstake punk covers were necessary back in the day, but now there are just too many "stunt covers" for my liking.
	11:48am Cecile: I love steel drum and these guys are amazing.
	11:49am ChrisB.: This set would make a great compilation disc. Hear that go-getting indie labels?
	11:49am Cecile: I remember this song! I hate this song, but he makes it good.
	11:50am bobdoesthings: damnnn loving some of these covers.. esp. this syl johnson.. killing it.
	11:50am sphere: If you have a chance to hear Junior Parker's "Tomorrow Never Knows," do it. That cover is amazing.
	11:50am Cecile: this organ player is EVERYTHING.
	11:51am BarbR: Organ solo! Giving me chills!
	11:51am PKNY: @sphere - Junior's version of "Taxman" on the same record is super ill as well.
	11:51am totallybiased: ChrisB. The licensing would be a complete nightmare. Dozens of publishers for huge tunes. Mad $$$ for publishing. The ONLY way you could pull it off is an MFN step-deal and that even would be tough with so many a-list writers.
	11:52am Daniel: re: the organ player: +1.
	11:52am Cecile: maybe it could be a charity project with royalties going to a good cause.
	11:52am Brendan: Thanks for a great show Joe
	11:52am sphere: thanks PKNY :)
	11:53am totallybiased: Cecile. Yes, that's another route. Still have to track down all the writers, their shares, their approvals, their publishers or administrators, negotiate, mechanical licenses, etc.
	👻 11:53am Brian in UK: Any of these covers come out before the originals?
	11:54am highlowe: Thank you Joe!!!...@Cecile hope you feel better! See u all next week : )
	11:54am Joe McG: @Brian: I don't think so, but I might be wrong!
	11:55am Cecile: true, biased. And I'm not the one to do it. But the one who perseveres will have done some great work.
	11:55am PKNY: It's Blowfly's sane and much-less-profane alter-ego!
	11:55am bobdoesthings: thanks joe!!
	11:55am Cecile: thanks, highlowe!
	11:55am slugluv1313: SO loving this soulful set! i think i like these versions better than the original "classic rock" versions :) surely someone else has already mentioned it -- how about Charles Bradley's amazing version of "Changes"? chills
	11:55am Sem Chumbo: Eight stars in a row, feel like a cartoon character just hit on the head, the stars going round and round. Thanks, Joe. See ya later.
	11:55am Cecile: slug, I was going to say that, but then again Fabio might just play it. He plays it a lot.
	11:56am Polyus: Can't believe this is Blowfly himself.
	👻 11:56am doctorjazz: Great show, now on to the Stream...
	11:56am V Priceless: thanks for a fun show, Joe! You da man!
	11:57am PKNY: @slugluv1313 - cosign, Charles' version of "Changes" is the best cover I've heard in recent years.
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: Nice one Joe, back refreshed and keeping everyone on their toes.
	11:57am Joe McG: Hope you guys had fun, I could do this all day! Maybe I'll do a special show or premium some day. Anyway, thanks for listening and commenting and I'll catch you next week...in MAY!
	11:57am Greg from Bloomfield: Above and beyond today, Joe—thanks much!
	11:58am PKNY: I mentioned Oliver Wang earlier, he had put out a few volumes of fully-licensed soul cover comps. Here's a link to one: www.amazon.com...
	11:58am bobdoesthings: from "I can't hide" to "I get high" ... nice..
	11:58am Wilson K: Oh man... Al Greene slays this. Familiar with this version and I've always thought it killed the original.
	11:58am Cecile: thanks, Joe. this show was a good tonic for the troops.
	11:58am BarbR: Thanks Joe!! Loved it!
	11:59am Cecile: thanks, PKNY
	11:59am Wilson K: Well he was obviously high. On Al's Green.
	11:59am PKNY: Oops, I think that volume actually has some originals, the second one was covers, though: www.amazon.com...
	11:59am Claw!: Thanks, Joe! Great to have you back. :)
	12:00pm SeanG: thanks Joe
	7:31pm Pete from Boston (and NJ): Ben E. King's last living play on WFMU?
	11:17am John W.: A sitar version of "Never My Love"! Joe McGasko rules!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from April 30, 2015

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