WFMU: Imaginary Radio: Playlist from November 19, 2015

Listener comments!
	9:04am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, everyone. Is it my imagination or does "Let It Live" have some parts that are like "Pictures of Matchstick Men" from Staus Quo?
	9:05am PKNY: @Ken - I was thinking the same thing...couldn't put my finger on what/who the vocals reminded me of, and you nailed it.
	9:07am Benny P: Howdy people. Howdy Chris.
	9:08am sphere: dammit, where is my lighter? :) good morning.
	9:08am Pete L: later Status Quo is vastly under-rated, also - great rock and roll
	9:09am ChrisVB: SOMEHOW I'VE LIVED 45 YEARS WITHOUT HEARING THIS qUEEN SONG...EVER.
	9:09am PKNY: I am woefully ignorant of most of Queen's album cuts. From the sound of this, I need to get more familiar, epic stuff!
	9:10am Chris: +1 to the never having heard this Queen number. Gonna have to hunt out this live album i think
	9:11am PKNY: MOTÖRHEAD!
	9:11am Chris M.: good morning everybody!
	9:11am Roberto: Well now I'm awake.
	9:12am Pete L: jeezuz no kiddin I been listening to too much Hawkwind
	9:13am Howard F: Good morning.
	9:14am Sue P.: @ Pete L - no such thing as too much Hawkwind.
	9:17am Pete L: I realized that when I was previewing my comment
	9:21am Pete L: definitely such thing as too little Motorhead. GREAT rock show today Chris M
	9:23am Marcel M: Morning
	9:24am Chris M.: thanx Pete L
	9:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: got here just in time to raise my sword on the side of NEVER too much Hawkwind. ....i have spoken.
	9:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: Ditto Motörhead. But HW comes first in Rev-Town.
	9:26am Chris M.: what about Sam Gopal?
	9:28am Marcel M: Knew it must've been Bill but kind of a different style than I've heard from him in a duo setting. Cool.
	9:30am sphere: Man, I didn't know "And I Love Her" could sound so depressing.
	9:30am Rev. Turnip Druid: Heard about Sam G for ages but never came across the material...
	9:30am northguineahills: @Sphere: I was thinking the same thing.
	9:33am Chris M.: @Rev. Turnip Druid: they played live on my show a while back. check the archives!
	9:34am Howard F: wow, this sounds fantastic. never heard this track, and i've been listening to loaded for years.
	9:36am the Canterbury wood-elf: Wow, that wasn't The Slits?
	9:37am Rev. Turnip Druid: YAY. Thanks CM. Will consider streaming that archive while streaming live (don't want to miss anything further) -- will that lead to schizophrenia? Or a peptic ulcer? Eye floaties?
	9:44am Rev. Turnip Druid: digging this.
	9:46am northguineahills: Is that a Hardanger fiddle I hear?
	10:02am Cheri Pi: Wttsuhh?
	10:03am bobdoesthings: good morning dearest christopher m and all listeners wherever you may be. peace and blessing
	10:06am bobdoesthings: buju will be freed 2019.
	10:07am Greg from ZONE 5: Rude boy from Zone 5 SEEN!
	10:19am sphere: "Rich Girl" has cellphone rings embedded in it and they are driving me nuts.
	10:19am Chris M.: man this is a weird show
	10:20am bobdoesthings: not to be confused with the Hall and Oats number
	10:22am bobdoesthings: @chris m - got any The Bug queued up?
	10:23am Chris M.: @bobdoesthings: as much as i love the bug wouldn't quite fit right now
	10:25am bobdoesthings: all good my man
	10:25am Ken From Hyde Park: I wonder if the Breckmans sing "Rich Girl" before or after "Tradition" at their Thanksgiving feast?
	10:30am SeanG: ya got my booty shaking
	10:32am northguineahills: Man, loving this set, rarely hear late 80s-early 90s ragga.
	10:34am Rev. Turnip Druid: Death to meetings! Back! Pi! NGH! SG! KfHP! CM!
	10:36am Cecile: this stuff is improved by playing Drew Droge's Chloe Sevigny impression videos over it.
	10:37am Whosondephone: I do prefer the original champion.
	10:39am bobdoesthings: @whosondephone - chris m played a different remix awhile back.. I think "soul edit remix" or something.. that one is my favorite "champion"
	10:41am Whosondephone: Thanks for the heads up.
	10:43am Blinda: My Monday mornings miss Imaginary Radio, but now my radio thursdays are PERFECT. Like thursday night teevee when I was a kid.
	10:44am bobdoesthings: @whosondephone - found when chris played the version im talking about: wfmu.org...
	10:44am northguineahills: noveau jungle (well, the original jungle was in the 90s)
	10:45am Ike: Oh snap, the new workplace even has good wifi in the men's room. Here I am, everybody. Har har.
	10:45am Rev. Turnip Druid: Blinda: true enough. Thursday in the current schedule is bloody perfect, says I.
	10:47am Cecile: so you have a new job, Ike? Is it going well?
	10:48am Blinda: Oh shit it's like I'm back in the Wetlands on jungle night
	10:50am Ike: Yeah, it's lovely. Much much bigger than previous employers. I won't say which company but you'd recognize the name. It's bit of a commute on various trains, but the perks, like healthy snacks, make it worthwhile.
	10:52am Cecile: modeselecktor! Yay!
	10:52am Marie: Hey, luvving this song! And, quel image! Saw PIL last night--they were fantastic.
	10:52am Cecile: I am glad to hear that Ike. Change can be good.
	10:54am Blinda: What other perks have they Ike? I work for a small company and am considering jumping ship for bigger...I like anti corporate environments but larger companies tend to have better benefits...
	10:54am Cecile: marie, great to hear that.
	10:56am northguineahills: Yeah, this Modeslektor is dope....
	11:00am Cecile: where to get started with modeselektor?
	11:04am Chris M.: @Cecile: you just got started!
	11:04am Ike: I'll have to get back to you on that @Blinda... content management calls....
	11:07am Cecile: I mean, I'd like to purchase an album or compact disc or MP3 with songs in a large quantity.
	11:07am Cecile: It's nice to hear Kelis on a weird song, even if she's kind of muted.
	11:12am Marie: Hi Cecile, I am guessing that you have seen PIL. Did you see them "back in the day"?
	11:13am Blinda: Am I alone in thinking this is a dumb song, and never needs to be covered by anyone? It's OK if I am, I'm just wondering.
	11:14am Cecile: no, never did, I'm sorry to day. Closest thing was seeing the Golden Palominos - some of those guys were in PIL Mark 2 I like this song, but I'm on the fence about this cover.
	11:15am Marie: Yeah, I could see why a band would want to cover it--talking about the darkness within and all, but I know I have a high bar for covers.
	11:15am Marie: Am I alone in thinking the Rolling Stones are overrated?
	11:17am northguineahills: I don't think I appreciated the Stones until I was in my mid 20s. Overrated, yeah, but I still dig quite a bit of their stuff.
	11:18am Blinda: @ Marie, I don't think so. But maybe when a band lasts so long they eventually have to disappoint you a bit.
	11:18am Rich in Washington: Am I alone in thinking that vocal fry thing female singers have been doing since the late 90s needs to stop?
	11:19am Cecile: NECKS! yeah, a little is good, but too much is tiring.
	11:19am Blinda: @ Rich in Washington: if you are a middle aged man, you are definitely not alone in thinking that.
	11:20am Sue P.: @Marie - I think the Beatles are overrated.
	11:21am Sue P.: (taking cover now)
	11:21am Marie: @NGH--yeah that is about where I stand. And, I must admit, I'm not sure I have given their early albums full listens. They have really fit into the marketing of a "real" "rock and roll" band.
	11:22am Marie: @ Sue P-- I have thought the same thing at times; right now I don't :>)
	11:23am Blinda: I think the Who are overrated. I loved them so much when I was 12.
	11:24am Cecile: I think it all started with Toni Braxton, and "unbreak my heart". Usually people would only throw a little bit in there in RnB songs, for a change up or contrast. But she sang it at the lowest range of her voice, which to me sounded kind of good. And I guess it sounded even better to everyone else. It's the case where a vocal mannerism turned into a whole widespread tic. I love the Stones, but not everything they do. Still, Beggars Banquet is dang near perfect in my book.
	11:24am Cecile: I meant to say "sang the whole song"
	11:25am Cecile: and I never quite got the Who. I do really like "Odds and Sods" for some reason though.
	11:25am sphere: I'm good with the Stones for the most part, but I only like pre-Tommy Who and the psychedelic Beatles.
	11:26am Sue P.: This "overrated" discussion could easily descend into petty arguments and ridiculous music geekery, so I'm gonna forego further comment. (The Who are one of my all-time faves.)
	11:26am Cecile: Sue P, it look me a long time to re-appreciate the Beatles. I'm no die-hard fan, but Rubber Soul and Revolver are still pretty spotless in my book.
	11:27am Cecile: I think I had issues because our radio stations would play their worst songs over and over. And I cleaned out chicken fryers to "Magical Mystery Tour" for a summer.
	11:27am Sue P.: absolutely, i think the Beatles are a really, really good band. even with that, they are overrated becuz ppl see them as the "ultimate" or something. so...yeah, that's all i'm saying.
	11:28am Chris M.: i hate the beatles.
	11:29am Sue P.: love you to death, Chris M.
	11:30am Marie: Hey, have the Stones done any Pepsi commercials yet? Who sponsors their "tours"?
	11:31am Ken From Hyde Park: One of my dormmates in college played the Beatles album with "Number 9" all the time. I didn't understand the attraction.
	11:31am northguineahills: There are maybe 3 or 4 Who songs I like, but I never understood the hoopla. Thanks Chris, gotta hop and skip out of here.
	11:33am Rev. Turnip Druid: Somehow managed to reach my late 40s without knowing jack about stones or who. I was introduced to underground weird stuff way too young, & bypassed a lot of that RAWK history.
	11:38am Dean: I have the misfortune of not having died before I got old, and I grew up not getting The Who. Beginning just a handful of years ago I get them. Not sure why. The Beatles have a ton of baggage, for sure. But I think if we could strip it all away, we would be left with a truly sui generis phenomenon. Not "ultimate" in the sense of "best," but quite special. They were in the right place at the right time and they ran with it in ways nobody could have predicted. When I listen to, say, recitals by Nikhil Banerjee, I realize that we have The Beatles to thank for helping to import classical Indian music to our Western pop sensibilities. It's pretty remarkable.
	11:38am Marie: The Beatles White Album often wins over Beatle naysayers...
	11:39am Mike East: I agree Beatles and Stones are overrated for the reasons Sue P mentioned. I love them both, but its only rock n roll. Still I try not to let other peoples overly high regard affect my enjoyment of them or anyone else for that matter.
	11:39am Cecile: Sounds like Neurosedax
	11:40am Blinda: My old bf and I used to talk about the difference in musical taste between folks who went through a "classic rock" phase and those who didn't. Surprisingly telling in some ways.
	11:40am tonyb: i can hear chris gritting his teeth up here on the 3rd floor
	11:44am Dean: I want to ask, "Overrated as compared to what?" In his autobiography, Bill Bruford writes about his self-doubts as a musician. He views every day of his 40 years as a drummer as part of a process of development and refinement. But then he looks at the current lot of young drummers, whom he regards as having surpassed him technically in seemingly no time at all. In this respect, is he overrated? Took him decades to do what a new kid can crank out in a year or so? Is there more to it?
	11:49am Marie: In my opinion, if you like pop, the Beatles are undeniably great.
	11:51am Cecile: I think one of the Circle Jerks put it best in American Hardcore - "Fleetwood Mac were a great band, but there were other great bands beside them. But the radio stations only played them. So we got sick of it."
	11:52am Ice in Brooklyn: Thanks for the last coupla hours. Def helped my day go by.
	11:52am Sue P.: @Mike East, thank you. I think we are on the same wavelength.
	11:52am Dean: ...which tells me FM is overrated.
	11:53am JakeGould: @SueP.: For a second I thought you were doing a fill in!
	11:53am SeanG: thank you Chris M. for kicking ass every week
	11:53am Chris M.: thank you!
	11:54am Ken From Hyde Park: From the land of "If it's free, take two," I'm now standing in line out the door for complimentary lunch at my workplace. I may hit up the other cafeteria later if I don't fill up here.
	11:54am Dean: No question, though: Shinichi Mori is overrated, too.
	11:55am Sue P.: Chris M., though, is underrated. For sure.
	11:55am Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Chris!
	11:55am Rev. Turnip Druid: !
	11:55am Dean: Amen.
	11:57am Dean: The fuck?!
	11:57am Cecile: hahahhaha
	11:59am Chris M.: thanks!
	11:59am Ken From Hyde Park: Maybe frozen carrots would go over better.
	12:01pm Whosondephone: That was a weird show.

Imaginary Radio: Playlist from November 19, 2015

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November 19, 2015

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Artist	Track	Album	Year	Approx. start time
Fuzz	Let It Live "Let It Live" by "Fuzz"	II	2015	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Queen	White Queen (As It Began) "White Queen (As It Began)" by "Queen"	A Night At The Odeon	2015	0:04:44 (Pop-up)
Motörhead	The Hammer "The Hammer" by "Motörhead"	No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith	1981	0:10:05 (Pop-up)
Extreme Noise Terror	No One Is Innocent	Extreme Noise Terror	2015	0:13:05 (Pop-up)
Obnox	Cynthia Piper At The Gates Of Dawn	Boogalou Reed	2015	0:16:38 (Pop-up)
Fleabite	Seconds "Seconds" by "Fleabite"	TTYL	2014	0:19:14 (Pop-up)
Melkbelly	Bathroom At The Beach "Bathroom At The Beach" by "Melkbelly"	Bathroom At The Beach	2015	0:20:40 (Pop-up)
Circus Devils	Cold Joker "Cold Joker" by "Circus Devils"	Stomping Grounds	2015	0:22:54 (Pop-up)
Bill Orcutt & Jacob Felix Heule	About The Author	Colonial Donuts	2015	0:25:02 (Pop-up)
Kurt Cobain	And I Love Her "And I Love Her" by "Kurt Cobain"	Montage of Heck - The Home Recordings	2015	0:27:35 (Pop-up)
The Velvet Underground	Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall (Demo Remix)	Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition	2015	0:29:36 (Pop-up)
Tesco Bombers	Break The Ice At Parties	[Cease & Desist] DIY (Cult Classics from the Post-Punk Era 1978-82)	2015	0:33:46 (Pop-up)
Snakefinger	Picnic In The Jungle "Picnic In The Jungle" by "Snakefinger"	Live In Melbourne 1981	2015	0:35:37 (Pop-up)
Volcano The Bear	The Following Him	Commencing	2015	0:39:20 (Pop-up)
E. A. Sellin	Tysslingevalsen; Hopparvalsen			0:44:31 (Pop-up)
Bixiga 70	Machado "Machado" by "Bixiga 70"	III	2015	0:47:28 (Pop-up)

Yellowman & Fathead	Come When I Call You	Bad Boy Skanking	1982	1:01:11 (Pop-up)
Buju Banton	Love Me Brownin' "Love Me Brownin'" by "Buju Banton"	Mr. Mention	1992	1:04:30 (Pop-up)
John Steele	Selassie On His White Horse	Reggae Anthology: King Jammy's Roots, Reality and Sleng Teng	2015	1:08:08 (Pop-up)
Asher D & Daddy Freddy	Ragamuffin Hip Hop	Ragamuffin Hip Hop	1988	1:11:13 (Pop-up)
Louchie Lou & Michie One	Rich Girl (Hip Hop Mix)			1:15:22 (Pop-up)
Ari-Up	Me Done "Me Done" by "Ari-Up"	Dread More Dan Dead	2005	1:18:54 (Pop-up)
Roundhead	High Grade A Do It (Remix)			1:22:07 (Pop-up)
Capleton	Alms House (Ragga Hip-Hop Remix)	Alms House	1993	1:26:00 (Pop-up)
Cutty Ranks	A Who Seh Me Dun (Dynamik Duo Remix)	Six Million Ways To Die	1996	1:29:32 (Pop-up)
Buju Banton	Champion (Remix) "Champion (Remix)" by "Buju Banton"			1:33:20 (Pop-up)
6Blocc	Arriginal "Arriginal" by "6Blocc"	Full Ah Kulture EP	2015	1:37:25 (Pop-up)
Sister Nancy	A What A Bam Bam (RCola Remix)	A What A Bam Bam	2007	1:42:37 (Pop-up)
Modeselektor feat. Paul St. Hilaire	Trees	Trees / 50 Trees	2015	1:49:29 (Pop-up)

Roots Manuva	Don't Breathe Out "Don't Breathe Out" by "Roots Manuva"	Bleeds	2015	2:02:43 (Pop-up)
Breach Feat. Kelis	The Key (Vocal)		2015	2:05:45 (Pop-up)
Black Moth Super Rainbow	Since You've Seen Her	SeeFu Lilac	2016	2:08:30 (Pop-up)
Ciara	Paint It, Black "Paint It, Black" by "Ciara"		2015	2:10:31 (Pop-up)
The Necks	Vertigo (Excerpt) "Vertigo (Excerpt)" by "The Necks"	Vertigo	2015	2:14:18 (Pop-up)
The Body & Krieg	The Final Nail "The Final Nail" by "The Body & Krieg"	The Body & Krieg	2015	2:29:26 (Pop-up)
The Osedax	Son Of The Sea "Son Of The Sea" by "The Osedax"	Titans Lament	2015	2:35:12 (Pop-up)
Dragged Into Sunlight and Gnaw Their Tongues	Alchemy In The Subyear	N.V.	2015	2:45:42 (Pop-up)
Shinichi Mori	Fuyu No Riviera "Fuyu No Riviera" by "Shinichi Mori"			2:52:21 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:04am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, everyone. Is it my imagination or does "Let It Live" have some parts that are like "Pictures of Matchstick Men" from Staus Quo?
	9:05am PKNY: @Ken - I was thinking the same thing...couldn't put my finger on what/who the vocals reminded me of, and you nailed it.
	9:07am Benny P: Howdy people. Howdy Chris.
	9:08am sphere: dammit, where is my lighter? :) good morning.
	9:08am Pete L: later Status Quo is vastly under-rated, also - great rock and roll
	9:09am ChrisVB: SOMEHOW I'VE LIVED 45 YEARS WITHOUT HEARING THIS qUEEN SONG...EVER.
	9:09am PKNY: I am woefully ignorant of most of Queen's album cuts. From the sound of this, I need to get more familiar, epic stuff!
	9:10am Chris: +1 to the never having heard this Queen number. Gonna have to hunt out this live album i think
	9:11am PKNY: MOTÖRHEAD!
	9:11am Chris M.: good morning everybody!
	9:11am Roberto: Well now I'm awake.
	9:12am Pete L: jeezuz no kiddin I been listening to too much Hawkwind
	9:13am Howard F: Good morning.
	9:14am Sue P.: @ Pete L - no such thing as too much Hawkwind.
	9:17am Pete L: I realized that when I was previewing my comment
	9:21am Pete L: definitely such thing as too little Motorhead. GREAT rock show today Chris M
	9:23am Marcel M: Morning
	9:24am Chris M.: thanx Pete L
	9:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: got here just in time to raise my sword on the side of NEVER too much Hawkwind. ....i have spoken.
	9:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: Ditto Motörhead. But HW comes first in Rev-Town.
	9:26am Chris M.: what about Sam Gopal?
	9:28am Marcel M: Knew it must've been Bill but kind of a different style than I've heard from him in a duo setting. Cool.
	9:30am sphere: Man, I didn't know "And I Love Her" could sound so depressing.
	9:30am Rev. Turnip Druid: Heard about Sam G for ages but never came across the material...
	9:30am northguineahills: @Sphere: I was thinking the same thing.
	9:33am Chris M.: @Rev. Turnip Druid: they played live on my show a while back. check the archives!
	9:34am Howard F: wow, this sounds fantastic. never heard this track, and i've been listening to loaded for years.
	9:36am the Canterbury wood-elf: Wow, that wasn't The Slits?
	9:37am Rev. Turnip Druid: YAY. Thanks CM. Will consider streaming that archive while streaming live (don't want to miss anything further) -- will that lead to schizophrenia? Or a peptic ulcer? Eye floaties?
	9:44am Rev. Turnip Druid: digging this.
	9:46am northguineahills: Is that a Hardanger fiddle I hear?
	10:02am Cheri Pi: Wttsuhh?
	10:03am bobdoesthings: good morning dearest christopher m and all listeners wherever you may be. peace and blessing
	10:06am bobdoesthings: buju will be freed 2019.
	10:07am Greg from ZONE 5: Rude boy from Zone 5 SEEN!
	10:19am sphere: "Rich Girl" has cellphone rings embedded in it and they are driving me nuts.
	10:19am Chris M.: man this is a weird show
	10:20am bobdoesthings: not to be confused with the Hall and Oats number
	10:22am bobdoesthings: @chris m - got any The Bug queued up?
	10:23am Chris M.: @bobdoesthings: as much as i love the bug wouldn't quite fit right now
	10:25am bobdoesthings: all good my man
	10:25am Ken From Hyde Park: I wonder if the Breckmans sing "Rich Girl" before or after "Tradition" at their Thanksgiving feast?
	10:30am SeanG: ya got my booty shaking
	10:32am northguineahills: Man, loving this set, rarely hear late 80s-early 90s ragga.
	10:34am Rev. Turnip Druid: Death to meetings! Back! Pi! NGH! SG! KfHP! CM!
	10:36am Cecile: this stuff is improved by playing Drew Droge's Chloe Sevigny impression videos over it.
	10:37am Whosondephone: I do prefer the original champion.
	10:39am bobdoesthings: @whosondephone - chris m played a different remix awhile back.. I think "soul edit remix" or something.. that one is my favorite "champion"
	10:41am Whosondephone: Thanks for the heads up.
	10:43am Blinda: My Monday mornings miss Imaginary Radio, but now my radio thursdays are PERFECT. Like thursday night teevee when I was a kid.
	10:44am bobdoesthings: @whosondephone - found when chris played the version im talking about: wfmu.org...
	10:44am northguineahills: noveau jungle (well, the original jungle was in the 90s)
	10:45am Ike: Oh snap, the new workplace even has good wifi in the men's room. Here I am, everybody. Har har.
	10:45am Rev. Turnip Druid: Blinda: true enough. Thursday in the current schedule is bloody perfect, says I.
	10:47am Cecile: so you have a new job, Ike? Is it going well?
	10:48am Blinda: Oh shit it's like I'm back in the Wetlands on jungle night
	10:50am Ike: Yeah, it's lovely. Much much bigger than previous employers. I won't say which company but you'd recognize the name. It's bit of a commute on various trains, but the perks, like healthy snacks, make it worthwhile.
	10:52am Cecile: modeselecktor! Yay!
	10:52am Marie: Hey, luvving this song! And, quel image! Saw PIL last night--they were fantastic.
	10:52am Cecile: I am glad to hear that Ike. Change can be good.
	10:54am Blinda: What other perks have they Ike? I work for a small company and am considering jumping ship for bigger...I like anti corporate environments but larger companies tend to have better benefits...
	10:54am Cecile: marie, great to hear that.
	10:56am northguineahills: Yeah, this Modeslektor is dope....
	11:00am Cecile: where to get started with modeselektor?
	11:04am Chris M.: @Cecile: you just got started!
	11:04am Ike: I'll have to get back to you on that @Blinda... content management calls....
	11:07am Cecile: I mean, I'd like to purchase an album or compact disc or MP3 with songs in a large quantity.
	11:07am Cecile: It's nice to hear Kelis on a weird song, even if she's kind of muted.
	11:12am Marie: Hi Cecile, I am guessing that you have seen PIL. Did you see them "back in the day"?
	11:13am Blinda: Am I alone in thinking this is a dumb song, and never needs to be covered by anyone? It's OK if I am, I'm just wondering.
	11:14am Cecile: no, never did, I'm sorry to day. Closest thing was seeing the Golden Palominos - some of those guys were in PIL Mark 2 I like this song, but I'm on the fence about this cover.
	11:15am Marie: Yeah, I could see why a band would want to cover it--talking about the darkness within and all, but I know I have a high bar for covers.
	11:15am Marie: Am I alone in thinking the Rolling Stones are overrated?
	11:17am northguineahills: I don't think I appreciated the Stones until I was in my mid 20s. Overrated, yeah, but I still dig quite a bit of their stuff.
	11:18am Blinda: @ Marie, I don't think so. But maybe when a band lasts so long they eventually have to disappoint you a bit.
	11:18am Rich in Washington: Am I alone in thinking that vocal fry thing female singers have been doing since the late 90s needs to stop?
	11:19am Cecile: NECKS! yeah, a little is good, but too much is tiring.
	11:19am Blinda: @ Rich in Washington: if you are a middle aged man, you are definitely not alone in thinking that.
	11:20am Sue P.: @Marie - I think the Beatles are overrated.
	11:21am Sue P.: (taking cover now)
	11:21am Marie: @NGH--yeah that is about where I stand. And, I must admit, I'm not sure I have given their early albums full listens. They have really fit into the marketing of a "real" "rock and roll" band.
	11:22am Marie: @ Sue P-- I have thought the same thing at times; right now I don't :>)
	11:23am Blinda: I think the Who are overrated. I loved them so much when I was 12.
	11:24am Cecile: I think it all started with Toni Braxton, and "unbreak my heart". Usually people would only throw a little bit in there in RnB songs, for a change up or contrast. But she sang it at the lowest range of her voice, which to me sounded kind of good. And I guess it sounded even better to everyone else. It's the case where a vocal mannerism turned into a whole widespread tic. I love the Stones, but not everything they do. Still, Beggars Banquet is dang near perfect in my book.
	11:24am Cecile: I meant to say "sang the whole song"
	11:25am Cecile: and I never quite got the Who. I do really like "Odds and Sods" for some reason though.
	11:25am sphere: I'm good with the Stones for the most part, but I only like pre-Tommy Who and the psychedelic Beatles.
	11:26am Sue P.: This "overrated" discussion could easily descend into petty arguments and ridiculous music geekery, so I'm gonna forego further comment. (The Who are one of my all-time faves.)
	11:26am Cecile: Sue P, it look me a long time to re-appreciate the Beatles. I'm no die-hard fan, but Rubber Soul and Revolver are still pretty spotless in my book.
	11:27am Cecile: I think I had issues because our radio stations would play their worst songs over and over. And I cleaned out chicken fryers to "Magical Mystery Tour" for a summer.
	11:27am Sue P.: absolutely, i think the Beatles are a really, really good band. even with that, they are overrated becuz ppl see them as the "ultimate" or something. so...yeah, that's all i'm saying.
	11:28am Chris M.: i hate the beatles.
	11:29am Sue P.: love you to death, Chris M.
	11:30am Marie: Hey, have the Stones done any Pepsi commercials yet? Who sponsors their "tours"?
	11:31am Ken From Hyde Park: One of my dormmates in college played the Beatles album with "Number 9" all the time. I didn't understand the attraction.
	11:31am northguineahills: There are maybe 3 or 4 Who songs I like, but I never understood the hoopla. Thanks Chris, gotta hop and skip out of here.
	11:33am Rev. Turnip Druid: Somehow managed to reach my late 40s without knowing jack about stones or who. I was introduced to underground weird stuff way too young, & bypassed a lot of that RAWK history.
	11:38am Dean: I have the misfortune of not having died before I got old, and I grew up not getting The Who. Beginning just a handful of years ago I get them. Not sure why. The Beatles have a ton of baggage, for sure. But I think if we could strip it all away, we would be left with a truly sui generis phenomenon. Not "ultimate" in the sense of "best," but quite special. They were in the right place at the right time and they ran with it in ways nobody could have predicted. When I listen to, say, recitals by Nikhil Banerjee, I realize that we have The Beatles to thank for helping to import classical Indian music to our Western pop sensibilities. It's pretty remarkable.
	11:38am Marie: The Beatles White Album often wins over Beatle naysayers...
	11:39am Mike East: I agree Beatles and Stones are overrated for the reasons Sue P mentioned. I love them both, but its only rock n roll. Still I try not to let other peoples overly high regard affect my enjoyment of them or anyone else for that matter.
	11:39am Cecile: Sounds like Neurosedax
	11:40am Blinda: My old bf and I used to talk about the difference in musical taste between folks who went through a "classic rock" phase and those who didn't. Surprisingly telling in some ways.
	11:40am tonyb: i can hear chris gritting his teeth up here on the 3rd floor
	11:44am Dean: I want to ask, "Overrated as compared to what?" In his autobiography, Bill Bruford writes about his self-doubts as a musician. He views every day of his 40 years as a drummer as part of a process of development and refinement. But then he looks at the current lot of young drummers, whom he regards as having surpassed him technically in seemingly no time at all. In this respect, is he overrated? Took him decades to do what a new kid can crank out in a year or so? Is there more to it?
	11:49am Marie: In my opinion, if you like pop, the Beatles are undeniably great.
	11:51am Cecile: I think one of the Circle Jerks put it best in American Hardcore - "Fleetwood Mac were a great band, but there were other great bands beside them. But the radio stations only played them. So we got sick of it."
	11:52am Ice in Brooklyn: Thanks for the last coupla hours. Def helped my day go by.
	11:52am Sue P.: @Mike East, thank you. I think we are on the same wavelength.
	11:52am Dean: ...which tells me FM is overrated.
	11:53am JakeGould: @SueP.: For a second I thought you were doing a fill in!
	11:53am SeanG: thank you Chris M. for kicking ass every week
	11:53am Chris M.: thank you!
	11:54am Ken From Hyde Park: From the land of "If it's free, take two," I'm now standing in line out the door for complimentary lunch at my workplace. I may hit up the other cafeteria later if I don't fill up here.
	11:54am Dean: No question, though: Shinichi Mori is overrated, too.
	11:55am Sue P.: Chris M., though, is underrated. For sure.
	11:55am Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Chris!
	11:55am Rev. Turnip Druid: !
	11:55am Dean: Amen.
	11:57am Dean: The fuck?!
	11:57am Cecile: hahahhaha
	11:59am Chris M.: thanks!
	11:59am Ken From Hyde Park: Maybe frozen carrots would go over better.
	12:01pm Whosondephone: That was a weird show.

Imaginary Radio: Playlist from November 19, 2015

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