WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 14, 2016

Listener comments!
	9:06pm Uncle Michael: wie gehts?
	9:07pm Mike tp: Sound good!
	9:07pm JakeGould: Going deep on the Spandau Ballet.
	9:08pm Mike tp: Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
	9:08pm efd: greetings gentlemen! @Uncle Michael, no habla sie Deutsch!
	9:11pm Gaylord Fields: @efd @Uncle Michael: I can facilitate translation between the two of you. I speak jive.
	9:11pm Uncle Michael: Sorry, I'm busy changing into my Spandau Ballet concert wardrobe.
	9:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sprachen TZAG.
	9:13pm Stevel: Pretty sure my Spandau has seen its last ballet.
	9:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: Greetings, efd and funksters. It'll be freezing real good soon.
	9:13pm Uncle Michael: Eventually the spandex blows aut.
	9:14pm YesthatMattHall: I never realized how much Spandau Ballet sounds like the middle ground between Talking Heads and Wall of Voodoo.
	9:15pm Gaylord Fields: @Uncle Michael: That's right! You're a member of "True Gold," Shawnee County's second most popular Spandau Ballet tribute band?
	9:15pm quietlyartistic: First time listeners out here in Tucson, AZ. LOVING THIS!!!
	9:16pm V Priceless: abowie! Evenin' efd and all!
	9:17pm YesthatMattHall: Howdy Tucson! I wrote a novel about you once.
	9:17pm efd: Welcome, quietlyartistic! Happy to have you here, glad you're enjoying the show so far. Plenty of time for things to head south, though.
	9:17pm efd: and welcome all other listeners, commenters, and lurkers as well!
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: SECOND MOST?! Et tu, Gaylord?
	9:20pm Uncle Michael: I it just me, or is "Heathen" getting belated love?
	9:22pm YesthatMattHall: Always loved Heathen. Just now it really connected in my mind with Blackstar.
	9:24pm efd: I know I for one am guilty of evaluating pretty much all post-'82ish Bowie releases through the prism of what came before, and not really giving his '90s/00s outpuch of a chance. Revisiting has been enlightening.
	9:24pm V Priceless: 'Heathan' is a fab record from start to finish, in my humble. Hard to believe it's 14 years old already.
	9:25pm Uncle Michael: Me too, to a T, EFD.
	9:26pm Uncle Michael: Should I go see Gladys Knight? Does she still bring the goods?
	9:26pm Gaylord Fields: @Uncle Michael: That means you never actually saw Tecumseh's "Journeys to Diamond"! Okay, so their lead singer is only 5'3" and is Vietnamese, but he sounds exactly like Tony Hadley!
	9:27pm V Priceless: 'hours...' Is very cool too. Strong writing in the classic 'vintage' DB style
	9:28pm Uncle Michael: Screw it. I'm starting a Dead or Alive cover band.
	9:28pm Gaylord Fields: Hope you have a good (or maybe not so good) plastic surgeon on call.
	9:30pm Uncle Michael: I'm just going to tease my hair and call it good.
	9:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: "I speak jive." Great moments in movie history. youtu.be...
	9:37pm Figgsrock: EFD--I just watched that Spandau doc on Saturday after putting it in my queue on your recommendation. Really great. Btw, what's a good place to start if I only know their two Top 40 hits?
	9:38pm greyhoos: Overlooked Bowie moments in movie (non)history... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5aifxF4kTc
	9:38pm Uncle Michael: You get music...and you get Gaylord and me doing comment improv comedy. What's not to love?
	9:40pm efd: @Figgsrock, I love their first full-length, Journeys To Glody.
	9:42pm YesthatMattHall: Personally I think all those old professionals are very much worth seeing. Remember whatever Oscars it was where Shirley Bassey ripped "Goldfinger" into shreds and left it shivering in the corner? They know how to do that.
	9:43pm Figgsrock: @EFD cool, I shall check it out tomorrow!
	9:44pm Folsom: I'm liking this Market East song, heard it on Pat Byrne's show.
	9:52pm Gaylord Fields: @Uncle Michael: The Aristocrats!
	9:53pm Loretta: Evan, thanks so much for playing 'teenage lust & the lustettes'...... can't wait to hear it again ~ will catch it tomorrow. also, I'm enjoying hearing Bowie just about every week... can't get enough of him.
	9:55pm sugarwolf: Darn it, I missed my favorite Spandau Ballet song!!
	9:55pm Uncle Michael: You gotta commit to the bit, Gaylord.
	9:58pm Domenica: "Look who's back in town again..." I assume they are referring to the BOYS (who are back in town).
	10:00pm efd: hey sugarwolf! I think that one's my favorite too. It'll be waiting in the archive! @Loretta always good to see you here - my pleasure to play both of those artists you mentioned. :)
	10:03pm Figgsrock: EFD hitting the post with the legal ID. How radio of you!
	10:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: They say nobody loves a tourist - but I love the Tourists...
	10:05pm efd: @Figgsrock ha, thanks for noticing!
	10:05pm sugarwolf: Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet on WFMU in the same month, December isn't a complete horror!!
	10:09pm Figgsrock: @EFD I so loved hitting posts with the legal ID back in the day.
	10:14pm Uncle Michael: A-RIS-ta says they love it, but the kids can't dance...to IT.
	10:18pm Domenica: Yeah, The Tuns song is definitely about the titular Boys.
	10:19pm Scraps: I loved the Tourists single "In My Mind (There's Sorrow)" Though I someone wondered where else but my mind. So I sometimes sang In My Craw There's Sorrow. Etc.
	10:21pm efd: I don't know that one, Scraps - will have to check it out. (and hello!)
	10:25pm melinda: hi folks
	10:28pm Uncle Michael: Rose of England was such a great and underrated album.
	10:30pm melinda: I like the Rose of England, new to me.
	10:31pm Scraps: @efd it's on Reality Effect (which I don't have)
	10:32pm Domenica: Hi Melinda!
	10:33pm efd: @Scraps oh duh, well that will make it easy for me! :)
	10:35pm melinda: hi Domenica!
	10:40pm johnk77: great show efd the rose of england sounded great rip bobby irwin of the cowboy outfit he passed away in 2015 great live drummer and a great human being to have a drink or two with;<
	10:41pm Domenica: That I'm A Freak, Baby comp looks SO GOOD. Are the tracks largely solidly good? I know psych is a tricky genre. So much of it is mediocre in my experience.
	10:43pm Uncle Michael: 'night all...great stuff tonight, EFD
	10:46pm efd: @Domenica I haven't listened to all of it yet, but it looks pretty solid.
	10:47pm Stevel: Dark Blue sounds better every time I hear them.
	10:49pm brendanswfmuaccount: Ha, I was thinking "this sounds like the dude from Clockcleaner" and then looked it up. I'll have to check this out. Good stuff.
	10:51pm northguineahills: The seams, not to be confused w/ seam.
	10:59pm hendrix wolfbat: Hey Evan! Happiest holidays to you! Is Jack Collins guest Djing with you tonight? Just tuned in..
	11:01pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: The immediacy of this show makes me feel as if I am listening in the next room.
	11:01pm efd: @hendrix Jack (Cooper, not Collins) was going to be here, but he ran into scheduling issues so sadly he had to cancel.
	11:03pm hendrix wolfbat: Aw well you're always smashing EFD
	11:06pm Ignore Function: Great show!
	11:07pm hendrix wolfbat: Love ultimate painting..hope alls well with Jack Cooper wherever he is
	11:10pm Scraps: One Night was a 11-track LP in Europe. Far as I can tell, no US release.
	11:14pm efd: good to know, thanks Scraps
	11:15pm efd: 11 tracks on this LP as well so presumably the same ones
	11:16pm Scraps: discogs says 1987, RYM has 1989, and now the reissue apparently says 1988. Well!
	11:18pm efd: well to be honest I made up 1988 based on the note in the reissue that it was recorded in Nov-Dec 1987, but maybe it was in the can for a year
	11:18pm northguineahills: Thanks for the groovy tunes as always, efd!
	11:19pm efd: happy to provide them, ngh!
	11:19pm chris_in_space: Came in late tonight. This set is cooookin'! Good to be here, @efd and Funkamaniacs.
	11:20pm Scraps: usually RYM is slightly better at getting the dates right than Discogs.
	11:23pm Scraps: I remember very very early MTV video for the Members song "Working Girl" that I liked, but Members songs on compilations are always earlier, more punky songs
	11:26pm Scraps: oh i like this is the ice age.
	11:26pm chris_in_space: Martha and the Muffins! NIICE. This was one of the first records I ever bought.What a moody record.
	11:29pm Scraps: I like all four albums, up to Danseparc. yeah, moody new wave
	11:30pm chris_in_space: @Scraps dry as Toronto in 1981
	11:42pm herb.nyc: I knew about the non-appearance of Ultimate Painting via the social media site "fake news efd". Word was that their Bowery Ballroom show was vg, ditto EZTV.
	11:50pm efd: @herb, you are on top of the news and ahead of the times.

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 14, 2016

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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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December 14, 2016

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
thelma houston	any way you like it	any way you like it	tamla	1976			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
spandau ballet	the freeze "the freeze" by "spandau ballet"	journeys to glory	chrysalis	1981			0:06:08 (Pop-up)
25th of may	it's alright "it's alright" by "25th of may"	lenin & mccarthy	arista	1992			0:11:08 (Pop-up)
david bowie	slow burn "slow burn" by "david bowie"	heathen	iso/columbia	2002			0:14:39 (Pop-up)
teenage lust & the lustettes	teenage lust	unreleased		1973			0:19:03 (Pop-up)
hollywood killers	the tramp "the tramp" by "hollywood killers"	7"			orig 1978, new reissue	*	0:24:15 (Pop-up)

cozy	denim child "denim child" by "cozy"	7"	surfin'ki		just in time for 2016 Best Of consideration!	*	0:36:00 (Pop-up)
the meltaways	home "home" by "the meltaways"	friends first 7" ep	what's for breakfast			*	0:40:36 (Pop-up)
market east	orange & me "orange & me" by "market east"	7"	la-ti-da			*	0:42:11 (Pop-up)
the ace	man out of time "man out of time" by "the ace"	7"	crocodile			*	0:45:17 (Pop-up)
patsy's rats	burnin' honey "burnin' honey" by "patsy's rats"	7"	dig!			*	0:47:29 (Pop-up)

tuns	look who's back in town "look who's back in town" by "tuns"	s/t	royal mountain			*	0:53:25 (Pop-up)
the modern airline	bus trapped underground	7"	alien orb			*	0:56:39 (Pop-up)
the tourists	it doesn't have to be this way	reality effect	arista	1980			1:00:11 (Pop-up)
powell	her face "her face" by "powell"	sport	xl			*	1:03:32 (Pop-up)
midnight mines	artificial light "artificial light" by "midnight mines"	if you can't find a partner use a wooden chair	mystery plane			*	1:06:40 (Pop-up)

the limiñanas	malamore "malamore" by "the limiñanas"	malamore	hozac			*	1:16:31 (Pop-up)
the limiñanas	el sordo/dahlia rouge	malamore	hozac			*	1:20:32 (Pop-up)
nick lowe & his cowboy outfit	the rose of england	the rose of england	columbia	1985			1:25:40 (Pop-up)
jack rivera	you got to lose me "you got to lose me" by "jack rivera"	cd single	brooklyn ave			*	1:28:42 (Pop-up)
samuel prody	mr make believe "mr make believe" by "samuel prody"	va-i'm a freak, baby...: a journey throuhg the british heavy psych and hard rock underground scene 1968-72	grapefruit			*	1:32:03 (Pop-up)

dark blue	i never wanted to hurt you	start of the world	12xu			*	1:44:21 (Pop-up)
the seams	adhd "adhd" by "the seams"	meet the seams	hand drawn dracula			*	1:48:53 (Pop-up)
paul collins beat	why? "why?" by "paul collins beat"	one night	frodis		new reissue, orig 1988	*	1:51:34 (Pop-up)
the guess who	share the land "share the land" by "the guess who"	share the land	rca	1970			1:55:26 (Pop-up)
family scraps	mistakes "mistakes" by "family scraps"	digital single	too pure			*	1:59:34 (Pop-up)

the intended	huguenot "huguenot" by "the intended"	time will tell	in the red			*	2:09:27 (Pop-up)
the members	sound of the suburbs "sound of the suburbs" by "the members"	at the chelsea nightclub	virgin	1979			2:13:22 (Pop-up)
commiserations	disincentive "disincentive" by "commiserations"	why must I live, why should I live	self-released			*	2:17:13 (Pop-up)
eyelids	no jigsaw "no jigsaw" by "eyelids"	7"	jealous butcher/schizophonic			*	2:19:47 (Pop-up)
martha & the muffins	this is the ice age	this is the ice age	dindisc	1981			2:22:49 (Pop-up)
brix & the extricated	faced with time	s/t ep	blang		Brix Smith of the Fall/Adult Net, plus other ex-Fall mbrs	*	2:29:51 (Pop-up)

ultimate painting	monday morning, somewhere central	dusk	trouble in mind			*	2:39:28 (Pop-up)
factory floor	25 25 "25 25" by "factory floor"	s/t	dfa			*	2:42:06 (Pop-up)
heksagons	let them eat cake "let them eat cake" by "heksagons"	episodes	self-released		Bobby Bloomfield from Does It Offend You Yeah. Available at heksagons.com	*	2:47:23 (Pop-up)
the 5 stairsteps	dear prudence "dear prudence" by "the 5 stairsteps"	va-let it be: black america sings lennon, mccartney & harrison	ace		orig 1970	*	2:51:05 (Pop-up)
the escorts	i'm so glad i found you	all we need is another chance	alithia	1973	recorded live at Rahway State Prison		2:54:33 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:06pm Uncle Michael: wie gehts?
	9:07pm Mike tp: Sound good!
	9:07pm JakeGould: Going deep on the Spandau Ballet.
	9:08pm Mike tp: Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
	9:08pm efd: greetings gentlemen! @Uncle Michael, no habla sie Deutsch!
	9:11pm Gaylord Fields: @efd @Uncle Michael: I can facilitate translation between the two of you. I speak jive.
	9:11pm Uncle Michael: Sorry, I'm busy changing into my Spandau Ballet concert wardrobe.
	9:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sprachen TZAG.
	9:13pm Stevel: Pretty sure my Spandau has seen its last ballet.
	9:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: Greetings, efd and funksters. It'll be freezing real good soon.
	9:13pm Uncle Michael: Eventually the spandex blows aut.
	9:14pm YesthatMattHall: I never realized how much Spandau Ballet sounds like the middle ground between Talking Heads and Wall of Voodoo.
	9:15pm Gaylord Fields: @Uncle Michael: That's right! You're a member of "True Gold," Shawnee County's second most popular Spandau Ballet tribute band?
	9:15pm quietlyartistic: First time listeners out here in Tucson, AZ. LOVING THIS!!!
	9:16pm V Priceless: abowie! Evenin' efd and all!
	9:17pm YesthatMattHall: Howdy Tucson! I wrote a novel about you once.
	9:17pm efd: Welcome, quietlyartistic! Happy to have you here, glad you're enjoying the show so far. Plenty of time for things to head south, though.
	9:17pm efd: and welcome all other listeners, commenters, and lurkers as well!
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: SECOND MOST?! Et tu, Gaylord?
	9:20pm Uncle Michael: I it just me, or is "Heathen" getting belated love?
	9:22pm YesthatMattHall: Always loved Heathen. Just now it really connected in my mind with Blackstar.
	9:24pm efd: I know I for one am guilty of evaluating pretty much all post-'82ish Bowie releases through the prism of what came before, and not really giving his '90s/00s outpuch of a chance. Revisiting has been enlightening.
	9:24pm V Priceless: 'Heathan' is a fab record from start to finish, in my humble. Hard to believe it's 14 years old already.
	9:25pm Uncle Michael: Me too, to a T, EFD.
	9:26pm Uncle Michael: Should I go see Gladys Knight? Does she still bring the goods?
	9:26pm Gaylord Fields: @Uncle Michael: That means you never actually saw Tecumseh's "Journeys to Diamond"! Okay, so their lead singer is only 5'3" and is Vietnamese, but he sounds exactly like Tony Hadley!
	9:27pm V Priceless: 'hours...' Is very cool too. Strong writing in the classic 'vintage' DB style
	9:28pm Uncle Michael: Screw it. I'm starting a Dead or Alive cover band.
	9:28pm Gaylord Fields: Hope you have a good (or maybe not so good) plastic surgeon on call.
	9:30pm Uncle Michael: I'm just going to tease my hair and call it good.
	9:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: "I speak jive." Great moments in movie history. youtu.be...
	9:37pm Figgsrock: EFD--I just watched that Spandau doc on Saturday after putting it in my queue on your recommendation. Really great. Btw, what's a good place to start if I only know their two Top 40 hits?
	9:38pm greyhoos: Overlooked Bowie moments in movie (non)history... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5aifxF4kTc
	9:38pm Uncle Michael: You get music...and you get Gaylord and me doing comment improv comedy. What's not to love?
	9:40pm efd: @Figgsrock, I love their first full-length, Journeys To Glody.
	9:42pm YesthatMattHall: Personally I think all those old professionals are very much worth seeing. Remember whatever Oscars it was where Shirley Bassey ripped "Goldfinger" into shreds and left it shivering in the corner? They know how to do that.
	9:43pm Figgsrock: @EFD cool, I shall check it out tomorrow!
	9:44pm Folsom: I'm liking this Market East song, heard it on Pat Byrne's show.
	9:52pm Gaylord Fields: @Uncle Michael: The Aristocrats!
	9:53pm Loretta: Evan, thanks so much for playing 'teenage lust & the lustettes'...... can't wait to hear it again ~ will catch it tomorrow. also, I'm enjoying hearing Bowie just about every week... can't get enough of him.
	9:55pm sugarwolf: Darn it, I missed my favorite Spandau Ballet song!!
	9:55pm Uncle Michael: You gotta commit to the bit, Gaylord.
	9:58pm Domenica: "Look who's back in town again..." I assume they are referring to the BOYS (who are back in town).
	10:00pm efd: hey sugarwolf! I think that one's my favorite too. It'll be waiting in the archive! @Loretta always good to see you here - my pleasure to play both of those artists you mentioned. :)
	10:03pm Figgsrock: EFD hitting the post with the legal ID. How radio of you!
	10:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: They say nobody loves a tourist - but I love the Tourists...
	10:05pm efd: @Figgsrock ha, thanks for noticing!
	10:05pm sugarwolf: Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet on WFMU in the same month, December isn't a complete horror!!
	10:09pm Figgsrock: @EFD I so loved hitting posts with the legal ID back in the day.
	10:14pm Uncle Michael: A-RIS-ta says they love it, but the kids can't dance...to IT.
	10:18pm Domenica: Yeah, The Tuns song is definitely about the titular Boys.
	10:19pm Scraps: I loved the Tourists single "In My Mind (There's Sorrow)" Though I someone wondered where else but my mind. So I sometimes sang In My Craw There's Sorrow. Etc.
	10:21pm efd: I don't know that one, Scraps - will have to check it out. (and hello!)
	10:25pm melinda: hi folks
	10:28pm Uncle Michael: Rose of England was such a great and underrated album.
	10:30pm melinda: I like the Rose of England, new to me.
	10:31pm Scraps: @efd it's on Reality Effect (which I don't have)
	10:32pm Domenica: Hi Melinda!
	10:33pm efd: @Scraps oh duh, well that will make it easy for me! :)
	10:35pm melinda: hi Domenica!
	10:40pm johnk77: great show efd the rose of england sounded great rip bobby irwin of the cowboy outfit he passed away in 2015 great live drummer and a great human being to have a drink or two with;<
	10:41pm Domenica: That I'm A Freak, Baby comp looks SO GOOD. Are the tracks largely solidly good? I know psych is a tricky genre. So much of it is mediocre in my experience.
	10:43pm Uncle Michael: 'night all...great stuff tonight, EFD
	10:46pm efd: @Domenica I haven't listened to all of it yet, but it looks pretty solid.
	10:47pm Stevel: Dark Blue sounds better every time I hear them.
	10:49pm brendanswfmuaccount: Ha, I was thinking "this sounds like the dude from Clockcleaner" and then looked it up. I'll have to check this out. Good stuff.
	10:51pm northguineahills: The seams, not to be confused w/ seam.
	10:59pm hendrix wolfbat: Hey Evan! Happiest holidays to you! Is Jack Collins guest Djing with you tonight? Just tuned in..
	11:01pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: The immediacy of this show makes me feel as if I am listening in the next room.
	11:01pm efd: @hendrix Jack (Cooper, not Collins) was going to be here, but he ran into scheduling issues so sadly he had to cancel.
	11:03pm hendrix wolfbat: Aw well you're always smashing EFD
	11:06pm Ignore Function: Great show!
	11:07pm hendrix wolfbat: Love ultimate painting..hope alls well with Jack Cooper wherever he is
	11:10pm Scraps: One Night was a 11-track LP in Europe. Far as I can tell, no US release.
	11:14pm efd: good to know, thanks Scraps
	11:15pm efd: 11 tracks on this LP as well so presumably the same ones
	11:16pm Scraps: discogs says 1987, RYM has 1989, and now the reissue apparently says 1988. Well!
	11:18pm efd: well to be honest I made up 1988 based on the note in the reissue that it was recorded in Nov-Dec 1987, but maybe it was in the can for a year
	11:18pm northguineahills: Thanks for the groovy tunes as always, efd!
	11:19pm efd: happy to provide them, ngh!
	11:19pm chris_in_space: Came in late tonight. This set is cooookin'! Good to be here, @efd and Funkamaniacs.
	11:20pm Scraps: usually RYM is slightly better at getting the dates right than Discogs.
	11:23pm Scraps: I remember very very early MTV video for the Members song "Working Girl" that I liked, but Members songs on compilations are always earlier, more punky songs
	11:26pm Scraps: oh i like this is the ice age.
	11:26pm chris_in_space: Martha and the Muffins! NIICE. This was one of the first records I ever bought.What a moody record.
	11:29pm Scraps: I like all four albums, up to Danseparc. yeah, moody new wave
	11:30pm chris_in_space: @Scraps dry as Toronto in 1981
	11:42pm herb.nyc: I knew about the non-appearance of Ultimate Painting via the social media site "fake news efd". Word was that their Bowery Ballroom show was vg, ditto EZTV.
	11:50pm efd: @herb, you are on top of the news and ahead of the times.

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 14, 2016

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