WFMU: Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from December 13, 2019

Listener comments!
	2:56pm P-90: “By the way, can you play Jingle Bells? You know, deck them halls and all that jazz? No, no. You don't get it at all. I mean ‘Jingle Bells.’ You know, Santa Claus and ho-ho-ho, and mistletoe and presents to pretty girls...and the occasional man...” — DJ Lucy Van P, “A Charlie Boom Christmas”
	2:59pm ncjay: Hello Sheila and all Friday afternoon music lovers!
	♥ 3:00pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Sheila and all!!
	♥ 3:00pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Sheila!
	3:01pm battleaxe: Hello Sheila and Co.
	♥ 3:01pm Handy Haversack: Super excited to be working from home so I can hear the whole show this week instead of the last 15 mins.!
	♥ 3:02pm Yes: hello!
	♥ 3:02pm Kevin-san: I'm at home too, been looking forward to 3 PM all day!
	♥ 3:02pm ParUbi: Build a Gingerbread House!
	3:03pm Jocelyn: Happy Friday Everyone!
	3:04pm northguineahills: wow, on Italians do it better, very poppy for the label! digdug!
	3:05pm Dave Spice: Hi from the UK. 8 p.m. here and. great time to chill out and listen to the show.
	♥ 3:06pm Guido from Cologne: Molly Burch currently enjoys some considerable airplay on Cologne radio staion WDR (it's the official North Rhine Westphalia station) with the song "To The Boy".
	3:07pm Will: Dave, I imagine that you could probably do with cheering up after the last few weeks
	3:07pm chalmers: Is the “Italians Do It Better” label a roundabout tribute to the death of Danny Aiello today and his role in the “Papa Don’t Preach” video where Madonna wore that t-shirt?
	3:07pm northguineahills: @Guido: Welle Deutsch Radio?(WDR)
	3:09pm northguineahills: Hmmmm…., don't know chalmerrs, I just know Dj Shakey introduced me to those peeps a while back, I never asked.
	♥ 3:09pm loveless: Hello everyone. The songs are soothing for this dreary rainy afternoon.
	3:12pm northguineahills: It's dreary and rainy down south here, too....
	♥ 3:12pm Guido from Cologne: This is so great!
	3:14pm djsheilab: Oh man....I was so psyched to segue into the next song I had planned and I ruined it. DOH! Hello everyone!
	3:15pm leshwatt: Sounds good. Cheers from Ohio.
	♥ 3:16pm Handy Haversack: We'd never have known if you hadn't told us. Sounds great.
	3:16pm Jett: I loved Minnie Riperton so much, she was a great talent. Thanks for playing. You never fail me, SheilaB
	3:17pm northguineahills: @djdheila:"ha-ha"nelson.jpg s/ still a good cut, nice!
	3:17pm djsheilab: At least it's slightly in keeping with the vibe :)
	3:20pm leshwatt: Love Dengue Fever
	3:22pm djsheilab: And a warm welcome to you, P-90, battleaxe, listener james from westwood, ncjay, Guido from Cologne, Handy Haversack, Yes, Kevins-san, ParUbi, Jocelyn, northguineahills, Will, Dave Spice, chalmers, leshwatt, loveless + Jett!
	3:22pm mr_mike: sick. I love dengue fever. I wish I could find more of that sound.
	3:23pm djsheilab: mr_mike: Me too. I'm always on the lookout. Such a killer sound.
	♥ 3:24pm The Oscar: Afternoon-- this Breakaways is wild!
	♥ 3:25pm Ken From Hyde Park: Sheila B. and SBB, the antidote for any Friday the Thirteenth woes that may befall you!
	♥ 3:25pm Listener Howard & the Cats: Ohmygod, that Breakaways song! Thank you, Sheila!
	♥ 3:26pm JtotheK: nice three degrees track! hi sheilaB, hi boom boomers.
	3:26pm Dave Spice: I can never hear Dengue Fever without thinking about the fate of all the artists on the original Cambodian Rocks compilation.
	3:26pm sugarwolf: Hello
	♥ 3:26pm briania: So many good early Three Degrees songs!
	3:26pm Dave Spice: Will, indeed I do - but the music helps.
	♥ 3:27pm Passaic River Blues: Kate from 79.5 played a killer Three Degrees track on Trouble's show yesterday. Also, I too loved that Breakaways' track!
	3:28pm djsheilab: Ooooh nice to see all the love for the Breakaways track! One of the great British female psych 45s.
	3:28pm yes: :)
	3:29pm djsheilab: Hey sugarwolf, briania, Passaic River Blues, JtotheK, The Oscar, Ken from Hyde Park, + Listener Howard & the Cats!
	3:32pm battleaxe: This show is paying HUGE dividends...again...thanxz Sheila!
	3:33pm djsheilab: Thanks for saying that, battleaxe!
	♥ 3:35pm Passaic River Blues: If anyone hasn't already, check out Sheila's newsletter from today to see a picture of a very young Sheila with Kurt Cobain. It's pretty awesome.
	♥ 3:39pm Guido from Cologne: "Collage" exactly was e the song played by Kate frm 79.5 yesterday on Trouble's show.
	♥ 3:40pm Handy Haversack: Is there a URL for signing up for the newsletter? The hyperlink on the Playlists page is a mail-to link.
	♥ 3:41pm Ken From Hyde Park: From the "View this email in your browser" - mailchi.mp...
	♥ 3:42pm Mark Hurst: What a great idea, the Friendly Spider Program.
	3:42pm JakeGould: Woo! Hey Sheila!
	♥ 3:43pm Ken From Hyde Park: Ack! Mark Hurst is surveilling us!
	3:43pm djsheilab: Hey Mark Hurst! It was truly unbelievable. I wish they had this program worldwide but I think it's only available at the London Zoo at the moment.
	♥ 3:44pm The Oscar: When I was a kid I had a book called "The Unhuggables" that was designed to show kids that scary/gross animals weren't bad. That and growing up in a house full of holes in the woods made me pretty okay with bugs and vermin.
	♥ 3:44pm chris: hi, Sheila and folks. this Junglepussy is dope and now on the list. ticks, on the other hand, are the loud abusive upstairs neighbor of the arachnid world. grrr.
	♥ 3:44pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, KenfHP! BTW: Big spider fan here. A series of orb spiders make their nests behind our apt. I love watching them work. We partner in anti-mosquito initiatives.
	3:44pm Carmichael: Heya Sheila and Boomers. Finally sat down, read the comments and playlist and I'm ready to put my ears on.
	3:46pm Roman Dog Bird: hi Sheila, I don't think I've killed a spider since you talked about overcoming your fears
	♥ 3:46pm Yami: What a great playlist to frantically try to finish my final exams to :')
	3:47pm northguineahills: I liked early St Vincent, but she's become to pop polished for me lately, but this remix is tre nice....
	3:48pm northguineahills: errr… too pop polished....
	3:49pm northguineahills: Buena suerte, Yami!
	3:49pm djsheilab: Good luck Yami!
	3:50pm djsheilab: Roman Dog Bird—This is most welcome news!
	♥ 3:50pm Ken From Hyde Park: @Yami - A C A B B C A True True False Helena and the square root of 5.
	3:50pm djsheilab: Hey Carmichael, chris, + Jake Gould!
	3:53pm yes: This is nice
	3:55pm Jett: @djsheilab, You're so Mmmm! <3
	3:56pm northguineahills: @Ken: You forgot the smallest weird number (70).
	3:56pm P-90: Diana Dors: the “English Marilyn Monroe “
	♥ 3:58pm Handy Haversack: What a far out recording!
	♥ 3:58pm Passaic River Blues: I could listen to this Aizita 150 times in a row.
	3:59pm northguineahills: @Roman Dog Bird: I don't think I've killed a spider unless it was venomous indoors. (the big ones I put in a plastic ware container and put outside, and in florida, we have giant ones...)
	♥ 4:01pm Guido from Cologne: This is old MPS Label stuff incredible!
	♥ 4:01pm Yami: thanks guys!
	♥ 4:01pm Guido from Cologne: ... and tough Cleo ... great!
	4:02pm Jett: I seem to remember Third Wave as a Filipino girl group produced by George Duke during the late sixties, Does my memory serve correctly?
	4:03pm Dave Spice: Love the Cleo take on the Jacques Dutronc song, Et moi, et moi, et moi.
	♥ 4:03pm Passaic River Blues: @Jett: you are 100% correct. Not only Filipino-American but five sisters to boot.
	4:04pm northguineahills: Good news for American Samoans, federal judge finally rules that those born in American Samoa are conferred US citizenship, the only American territory where the 14th Amendment didn't hold (while it always did in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
	4:06pm Jocelyn: Jayne’s pink palace was epic.
	4:06pm Roman Dog Bird: @ngh, it's only become a conscious thing to me lately, really. certain bugs and insects and whatnot are more common than spiders and I'm always letting them back out. (trying to convince my parents to so the same) but then when the ants start to show up around summer, well...
	♥ 4:07pm mariano: Ooooh I was trying to type in "Jayne Mansfield" before you said it!
	♥ 4:07pm Passaic River Blues: @NGH: damn, I didn't even realize that was the case. I thought all citizens of U.S. territories were conferred U.S. citizenship (Puerto Rico since WWI and the others by the 60s). That's extremely good if overdue news.
	4:07pm Jocelyn: I love Diana, her records were hard for me to track down in good condition.
	♥ 4:08pm Asheville Jon: Boris the spider ~ the who
	♥ 4:08pm Handy Haversack: Spider ... men?
	4:08pm yes: Boris the spiderrr
	4:08pm Miles: Superhumanoids! Black Widow
	4:08pm ncjay: No Doubt "Spiderwebs"!
	4:09pm Andy M.: TMBG - "Spider"
	4:09pm ZeeBee: So happy to be driving art on the clock two hours away this afternoon with a sophisticated boom boom soundtrack!!!! Hey Sheila and friends!!
	4:09pm northguineahills: @SheilB:TMBG -"Spider (male vocals, but it'd short). RDB: I only kill pests like ants and roaches....
	4:09pm ilovenon: Tarantula- Dead Can Dance
	4:09pm Jett: Makes it a lot more difficult if it can only be female artists songs about spiders. You may not be able to cover the whole show.
	4:09pm P-90: For starters- Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford
	4:10pm djsheilab: Male spiders are welcome!
	4:10pm sugarwolf: Diana Dors son recently died. It’s quite sad. He had a history of alcoholism and apparently relapsed after witnessing the Grenfell Fire!
	♥ 4:10pm The Oscar: Not female-fronted, but "Serpents and Spiders" by Jimmy Friis and the Valiants is amazing!
	♥ 4:11pm Michael 98145: Muy Friday, Friends.
	4:11pm mikez: Tarantula by the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, female vocal by Kembra Pfahler. on the Home of The Brave release which I beleive was digital only, Great Track!
	4:11pm ncjay: Carlene Carter has one called "Spider Lace" - I don't remember that though
	4:11pm P-90: Then: The Spider and the Fly by the R. Stones?
	4:12pm Jett: Brian Eno - The Spider and I
	♥ 4:12pm Mick: Yppah - Spider Hands; Dead Can Dance has Spider's Stratagem; I suppose Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars counts if you squint at it
	4:12pm ncjay: Joydrop "Spider"
	4:13pm ncjay: Shonen Knife has a "Spider" too
	4:13pm Jonny Wulf: Big Fat Spider - Heinz and the Wild Boys (featuring a young Ritchie Blackmore!)
	4:13pm djsheilab: Thank you for all these suggestions! Please keep 'em coming!
	4:13pm P-90: Also I think Loretta Lynn covered Stafford’s Spiders and Snakes
	4:13pm ncjay: Slant 6 "Insider Spider", Veruca Salt "Spiderman 79"
	♥ 4:14pm Handy Haversack: The Cure: "Lullaby"?
	4:14pm ncjay: of course there's Holly Knight's early 80s group Spider!
	♥ 4:14pm The Oscar: Also Zacherley has both "Spider and the Fly" and "Spider Man" (which appears to have nothing to do with Peter Parker)
	4:14pm ncjay: heh. Big Youth "Spider Man Meet Hulk". I know that one very well
	4:14pm P-90: Spider Web by Joan Osborn
	4:14pm Jett: Uriah Heep - Spider Woman
	4:15pm ncjay: OK, my iTunes label is tapped out with that one
	4:16pm P-90: (Also male)Jon Anderson from Yes has a solo song called Spider
	4:16pm ncjay: whoops. Carly Simon recorded "Itsy Bitsy Spider"
	♥ 4:16pm mariano: Something from the "Kiss of the Spider Woman" soundtrack?
	4:16pm Jett: Lita Ford - Little Black Spider Lita Ford - Die For Me Only Black Widow
	4:17pm Oboe3411: Spiderwebs by no doubt
	4:17pm djsheilab: I'm sure there are a ton of metal songs with spider in the title. And black widow of course!
	4:17pm P-90: Good job on the Lita Ford tracks! Hard to think of too many female-fronted examples...
	♥ 4:17pm Michael 98145: I believe the Mighty Sparrow had a Spider tune ...
	4:17pm Dave Spice: The Billie Eilish, you should see me in a crown, video has spiders. Would that qualify?
	4:17pm Jett: Townes Van Zandt - The Spider Song
	4:18pm Oboe3411: Sexy Ida by Tina Turner. She's a black widow spider!
	4:19pm yes: Wilco - spiders
	♥ 4:20pm briania: No vocals, but the ultimate spider record has got to be Tarantula b/w Black Widow by the Tarantulas.
	♥ 4:20pm Handy Haversack: This song is great. Definitely only about the upright bass!
	4:21pm northguineahills: @yes: That's a damn good one, yes, Americana meets Neu!
	♥ 4:21pm Michael 98145: :)
	4:21pm P-90: Spider Webs by No Doubt?
	♥ 4:22pm The Oscar: Has no one mentioned the Who yet? Also "Black Widow Spider Woman" by Jack Hammer and the Pacers (I have a LOT of Halloween comps that can be plumbed!)
	4:22pm djsheilab: Maybe I will be able to put together a three-hour spider special after all! Thanks to all your excellent tips.
	4:22pm P-90: More Metal: Along Comes a Spider by Dio
	4:22pm northguineahills: My friend's British hiphop/improv/ classical label is called basshed. It's icon is a cartoon head w/ a double bass for a head....
	♥ 4:22pm Michael 98145: ooh, Natalia
	4:23pm Jett: Roger Whittaker - Nasty Spider
	4:24pm Carmichael: Little Richard does a version of Itsy Bitsy Spider on a kids' collection. I think DJ Jazzy Jeff accompanies him.
	♥ 4:24pm Asheville Jon: Spider and the Fly ~ Rolling Stones
	♥ 4:24pm The Oscar: Oh, and "Black Widow" by Alice Cooper (with the intro by Vincent Price!)
	♥ 4:25pm mariano: Ballad of Spider John by Jimmy Buffett, Spiders by Ozzy.
	4:26pm Carmichael: What a tangled web we weave.
	4:26pm queems: damn we’re already out here covering tame impala songs
	♥ 4:27pm mariano: @Carmichael: reminds me of one of my favorite lines, from The Lion in Winter. Anthony Hopkins tells Kathryn Hepburn "We could tangle spiders in the webs you weave."
	♥ 4:29pm Ken From Hyde Park: Double Dip Recess Amanda probably has a whole catalog of spider songs ready for her show.
	♥ 4:29pm Mick: Mission of Burma - Spider's Web
	♥ 4:29pm Asheville Jon: Spider Song from the Hobbit soundtrack
	♥ 4:30pm Asheville Jon: Old Fat Spider
	4:30pm northguineahills: There's got to be songs about Arachne. In Greek mythology, she challenged Athena to a weaving contest (she was a masterful weaver), and for her hubris, she was turned into a spider. Hence the Greek name for a spider.
	4:30pm Dave Spice: SheilaB - more of your fabulous segues that should never work... but they do.
	4:30pm Carmichael: @mariano, as you probably know it's from a Bill Shakespeare play. I can call him Bill ...
	♥ 4:31pm Handy Haversack: Anything by Spider Stacy! "Repeal of the Licensing Laws"? "Shanne Bradley"? "Tuesday Morning"?
	4:31pm northguineahills: Gotta love the Lafourcade album for the title alone....
	♥ 4:32pm Ken From Hyde Park: The theme from Spiderman or Homer Simpson's variation featuring Spiderpig.
	4:32pm Itzall ClearD'me Nåu: "Anti" may be my favorite of her records and they are all pretty great. Hi SheilaB!
	♥ 4:33pm Handy Haversack: Was thinking "Spider Pig" -- also one of the few examples that extols the virtue of the spider instead of using it as a metaphor for manipulation or appetite. There should be more songs about how great spiders are.
	4:33pm Jett: I'll never walk away from you, unless you no longer want me around. <3
	♥ 4:34pm JtotheK: song -- Buster Benton 'Spider In My Stew' on Jewel artist -- The Webs 'It's So Hard to Break A Habit' on Popside
	♥ 4:34pm Michael 98145: Ah, yes, to quote Will ... My brain, more busy than the labouring spider, Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies
	♥ 4:34pm Guido from Cologne: Guess it#s a Neumann
	4:34pm chalmers: Any tarantella would qualify.
	♥ 4:35pm Guido from Cologne: High end mike can be a drag if used for interviewing seniors.
	♥ 4:35pm mariano: @Carmichael: I thought it was Walter Scott... because I can't stop, won't stop being a pedant!
	♥ 4:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Anyone yet mention the Charlotte Web song by Debbie Reynolds when the spider dies? Amanda played it on DoubleDipRecess & I got verklempts....
	4:35pm Jocelyn: Hoping we get that Roaring experience.
	♥ 4:36pm mariano: Zappa's "Spider of Destiny"
	♥ 4:36pm Asheville Jon: The Magic Spider by Nekrogoblikon
	4:37pm @charliespademan: "Claudine's back in jail again" is about Spyder.
	♥ 4:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ramones version of Spiderman.
	♥ 4:37pm Guido from Cologne: I connot recomment enough her early four albums.
	4:38pm Lupek: Not sung by a female but about a female....The Vapors - Spiders
	♥ 4:38pm Ken From Hyde Park: Watch the Scorpion vs. Centipede video before and after the spider songs and compare anxiety levels.
	♥ 4:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Oh Lady spidersongs.
	♥ 4:41pm Guido from Cologne: You should play "42nd St. Psycho Blues" from the album "The Secret Life Of J. Eddy Fink" to illustrate the quote from the book.
	♥ 4:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wow. Some say Hendrix's manager Mike Jeffries had him knapped & rescued to mess with him.
	♥ 4:41pm Theolonius: <3
	4:42pm Dave Spice: Such a John Peel moment there.
	♥ 4:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Janis Ian writes SciFi & posts Godzilla Haikus. Way kewl.
	♥ 4:42pm Michael 98145: Ah. This. ♥
	♥ 4:43pm Handy Haversack: Damn. This one has edges.
	4:43pm Jett: I've always loved Janis Ian's Society's Child, another song with the same subject is Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers - Does Your Mama Know About Me. That group featured Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong.
	♥ 4:43pm Passaic River Blues: @RRN63: is that true about the Godzilla haikus? Because, if so, that makes my heart soar.
	4:44pm P-90: Boomers will also remember that Janis Ian was musical guest on the very first ever Saturday Night Live. Her performances on that show are worth checking out, they were shot in a more intimate way than they do it now on SNL, on a big stage with the big band behind the artist. She introduced her song “At Seventeen” which later became a huge hit. She was 24.
	♥ 4:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: www.janisian.com...
	♥ 4:46pm Passaic River Blues: @RRN63: holy shit. AMAZING.
	♥ 4:46pm Michael 98145: thank you! @RRN63
	♥ 4:49pm Bend Sinister: Spyder Turner - Stand By Me
	♥ 4:50pm mariano: No, I thought you said "I'm alright Spider"...
	♥ 4:50pm Guido from Cologne: coincidently Janis Ian right now on FB: If you're going to come on my page and argue that Greta Thunberg is "only sixteen" and a "tool of the left" and should "stay home and have a childhood", best to keep in mind that I wrote "Society's Child" at 14, recorded it at fifteen, and had a national hit record with it at 16. Which, at 16, left me called "nigger lover", had people spitting at me in the street, trying to trip me as I walked on stage, sending me death threats, and in general exposed to much of the worst humanity had to offer. I was no "tool of the left". I was a songwriter talking about what I saw as wrong in the world. I was doing my job as an artist. She is doing her job as a citizen.
	♥ 4:50pm Yes: really liked that phoebe tom waits song
	4:50pm Jett: it's songs about Spiders not artists with Spider in their name!
	4:51pm Dave Spice: I'm a big fan of French pop but this is new to me... and I love it
	4:51pm djsheilab: WOAH. Thanks for sharing, Guido from Cologne. What a woman!
	4:51pm William Main: Thanks so much for playing Ace of Cups, an unjustly neglected band. They do a great version of Afro Blue.
	♥ 4:52pm mariano: Testify, sister Janis!
	4:52pm djsheilab: William Main—Their version of "Afro Blue" was on my list as well. Will def play it in the future.
	4:52pm Dave Spice: @Yes, totally agree with you.
	♥ 4:53pm Theolonius: Long Live WFMU, Sheila B & the Boom Boomers!!
	♥ 4:53pm Guido from Cologne: Make the USA great again! It's not a country! it's a band! :-D One of the best albums ever!
	4:54pm spodiodi: thanks for that Janis Ian post, Guido!
	♥ 4:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (This from Pooh.)
	4:55pm djsheilab: Theolonius! Happy to see you here!
	4:55pm spodiodi: and thanks for the music, DJ Sheila B
	♥ 4:55pm Passaic River Blues: It is impossible to over-praise The United States of America LP.
	4:57pm P-90: I also recommend following Janis Ian on Twitter...
	4:58pm djsheilab: P-90—I'm on it! Thanks for the rec!
	♥ 5:01pm Guido from Cologne: Interesting, I thought Evelyn King was 80ies soul revival. But she'd been on the map earlier.
	5:02pm Eric from Lake Hiawatha: Thanks for the Champagne
	♥ 5:02pm Bend Sinister: Ken Nordine - A Good Year For Spiders Dooley Sisters - Spider in the Web Mighty Sparrow - Spider Bone - Eight Legged Enemy and lots of versions of "The Spider and the Fly"
	♥ 5:03pm frozen_peas: soldier boy!
	5:04pm northguineahills: what sheilab said about what guido said...
	♥ 5:04pm mariano: Ratt was my very first bit-name show, back in '85 or '86! An up-and-coming Bon Jovi were the openers.
	♥ 5:05pm mariano: *...big name show
	5:05pm P-90: “Re-formed Metal bands”, not to be confused with “reformed Metal bands”
	5:05pm BH: only notable thing about Ratt I can recall at the moment is that their band manager was Milton Berle's nephew, so they got Milton Berle in their videos in the 1980s
	5:06pm spodiodi: i remember uncle milty in round and round, i think
	♥ 5:07pm JohnEBGood: Hi Sheila, Just logged in on line 20 minutes ago. Love the playlist and it's diversity. Peace and Love to you, my hometown JC , my FMU family and all. Rock on!!
	5:08pm spodiodi: yeah, had to check... forgot about the drag. bless.
	5:08pm BH: gotta figure people in Ocean County are used to the concept of potential flooding by now
	5:08pm Jett: Lots of other great Janis Ian titles during her Verve/Folkways period. I like a lot of her stuff including her more commercial times on Columbia records.
	5:09pm Colin: Love photo and story on email of you with Kurt Cobain...Nice!
	5:11pm Dave Spice: This has the Steel Pulse/Matumbi/Aswad unmistakeably JA/British reggae sound.
	5:12pm djsheilab: Thanks Colin!
	5:12pm djsheilab: mariano—JEALOUS!!! With Bon Jovi as opener. Man!
	♥ 5:14pm tim from champaign (now washington): Big thumbs up on the Single and Release of the Week, Sheila!
	♥ 5:14pm queems: this is a cute song
	♥ 5:15pm JohnEBGood: Uncle Miltie's was an amusement park at Bergen Point in Bayonne. Wow! A Hudson County legend of it's own.
	5:15pm P-90: If anyone wants to download the free NBC app, you can watch the first episode of SNL from October 1975, with several breathtaking performances by Janis Ian, in very impressive high-def quality.
	♥ 5:16pm mariano: @P-90: That's right - she and Billy Preston were both on that show iirc. Back when they had 2 musical guests, along with a weekly short film from James Brooks.
	♥ 5:18pm mariano: @djsheilab: Jealous? I'd trade my Ratt/Bon Jovi concert for a picture with Cobain any day!
	5:18pm Monica: Yo, Ms. B! two spider recordings that I can co-sign on: - Lena Horne "Fly" from Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1981, Qwest) - this song is actually "The Spider and The Fly" - Myra Taylor and Jimmy Keith's Orchestra - The Spider and The Fly (1946, Mercury) Enjoying today's lovely vibes:)
	5:19pm P-90: *Albert Brooks. And there were longer musical performances and they staged them more like performances in a small club.
	5:20pm chalmers: A personal favorite Simpsons joke is where the beauty pageant contestants gleefully sing, “I learned the truth at 17 that love was meant for beauty queens!”
	5:21pm Rick G: Happy Friday everyone. Late to the show again but enjoying the final 45.
	5:21pm djsheilab: Thanks for your spider tips, Monica!
	♥ 5:22pm mariano: Albert Brooks, of course! Duh. Yeah, I love those early SNL musical performances. Patti Smith blew the roof off the place. So many good ones: Some Girls-era Stones, Paul Simon and George Harrison doing a duet medley of Here Comes the Sun and Homeward Bound, so many others.
	♥ 5:22pm tim from champaign (now washington): The music is very pleasant on my ears but it is NOT helping me stay motivated at work ;).
	5:23pm Jocelyn: Happy Friday Rick G!
	5:25pm Rick G: Thanks Jocelyn! Have a great weekend.
	5:25pm Jett: I have that first SNL on DVD that everyone has been talking about. Those early SNLs were great.
	5:27pm djsheilab: Hey Rick G., queems, chalmers, and all those just joining on this rainy Friday the 13th!
	5:28pm ncjay: Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (+ band) covered Teddy Pendergrass's "Love TKO" and Devo's "Come Back Jonee" on one ancient SNL - I have the audio squirreled away, but never looked for the video. It has to be out there somewhere
	5:28pm ncjay: and, thanks for this Chaka, Sheila. Haven't heard it in ages
	♥ 5:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It's a dessert topping & a floor wax! However quality or relevance have varied - props to SNL for going Live every week for ages. ' The only Reality show on TV '...
	5:32pm spodiodi: New Shimmer!
	5:35pm BH: I hate when something is labelled a flash flood when it's not really a flash flood
	5:37pm Rob Kopp: Hello Sheila, hello listeners. Just came from a diner with the girls and the parents of Shirley. We went to the 'singletjesavond' again (the singles evening, a restaurant where they play 45's during diner). Will listen to the archives tomorrow.
	5:38pm djsheilab: Hey Rob Kopp + RRNov63!
	5:39pm Jett: I remember "Thunder In The Afternoon" by Mac Davis, I think he wrote it. Nice version by Bobbie Gentry.
	5:42pm mikez: love this! Bobbie Gentry!
	5:43pm djsheilab: mikez—Isn't it astounding?!!
	5:47pm Rob Kopp: Gloria, the Christmas album of Clean Pete, a Dutch duo that consists of the girls/twins Loes and Renee Wijnhoven, had a rave review in my newspaper De Volkskrant today (*****). Their song Lieve Kerstman is a cover of Santa baby by Eartha Kitt.
	5:48pm djsheilab: Rob Kopp—I'm intrigued!
	♥ 5:51pm Guido from Cologne: Seen Carla Dal Forno supported by Sneaks. Unfortunately I'm too much a fan of Sneaks. this track catching me up now.
	♥ 5:52pm Handy Haversack: Quick note -- friend came over so we're chit-chatting, but still listening, and the show is killer, Sheila B! Thanks!
	5:53pm djsheilab: Thanks Handy Haversack!
	5:53pm BigCat: The world is A MUCH BETTER PLACE with Sheila B. Praise B! Yours, —The Big Cat
	5:54pm djsheilab: Awwww...thanks BigCat!
	5:54pm Dave Spice: Killer show tonight. It's chill out, it's eclectic, it's always surprising. And, between the show and the message board, I always leave with a list full of stuff to check out and explore in greater depth. Thanks SheilaB and everyone on the board for the links, connections and comments.
	5:55pm Dave Spice: everyone on the board for the links, connections and comments.
	5:56pm Rob Kopp: Clean Pete sings in Dutch, but I like the band a lot. So far they had 4 albums. www.youtube.com... (one of the presents they ask is a Telecaster, 'het liefst in geel' = preferably in yellow). One of the girls is playing guitar, the other violin.
	5:57pm Jett: There's a Bobbie Gentry track that I'm a huge fan of called "The Girl From Cincinnati" Highly recommended, check it out Sheila, Thanks for great music!
	♥ 5:57pm mariano: Thanks Sheila, nice chatting with everyone!
	♥ 5:58pm Passaic River Blues: Thank you, Sheila!
	5:59pm Rob Kopp: Bye everyone.
	5:59pm spodiodi: thanks djsheilab!
	6:02pm P-90: Thanks so much, DJ Sheila!
	6:03pm djsheilab: Thanks gang! Please come back for next week's holiday special with my guest Molly Burch. Xoxox
	3:35pm DouglasInDallas: Great show! Seek out a Sweetwater track called "Crystal Spider". Most psychedelic female song ever...and then there are the spider noises....

Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from December 13, 2019

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Female-fronted pop from the past, present, and future; from all over the globe. And the occasional man.

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December 13, 2019: Winter Always Finds Me

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
The Chromatics	Sound Of Silence "Sound Of Silence" by "The Chromatics"	Closer To Grey	Italians Do It Better	2019		*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Minnie Riperton	Minnie’s Lament	Adventures In Paradise	Capitol Records	1975			0:05:31 (Pop-up)
Quarteto Em Cy	Incelensa "Incelensa" by "Quarteto Em Cy"	Quarteto Em Cy	EMI Records Brasil	1972			0:09:29 (Pop-up)
The Chromatics	You're No Good "You're No Good" by "The Chromatics"	Closer To Grey	italians Do It Better	2019	ARGGHHHH!!! I did not intend to play this song, but oh well!!	*	0:14:10 (Pop-up)
Dengue Fever	Sleepwalking Through the Mekong	Escape From the Dragon House	M80 Music	2015			0:19:12 (Pop-up)
The Breakaways	Sacred Love "Sacred Love" by "The Breakaways"		CBS	1967			0:21:49 (Pop-up)
The Three Degrees	You're the Fool		Roulette	1970			0:24:57 (Pop-up)
Diana Ross	It’s My House "It’s My House" by "Diana Ross"	The Boss	Motown	1999	From 1979		0:27:34 (Pop-up)
Buffalo Daughter	Oui Oui "Oui Oui" by "Buffalo Daughter"	Konjac-Tion	Buffalo Ranch	2014			0:31:58 (Pop-up)

Junglepussy	Spiders "Spiders" by "Junglepussy"		Junglepussy	2019		*	0:42:44 (Pop-up)
St. Vincent	Slow Disco – EOD Remix		Loma Vista Recordings	2019		*	0:44:55 (Pop-up)
Ace Of Cups	Music "Music" by "Ace Of Cups"	It’s Bad For You But Buy It	Ace Records	2011			0:47:31 (Pop-up)
Annie Hart	Phoenicia No Coffee "Phoenicia No Coffee" by "Annie Hart"	A Softer Offering	Annie Hart	2019		*	0:50:06 (Pop-up)
Diana Dors	I Feel So Mmm…. "I Feel So Mmm…." by "Diana Dors"	The Fabulous Mae West & Other Wonderful Girls	Sepia Records	2006	From 1953		0:53:48 (Pop-up)
Aizita	Faz De Conta "Faz De Conta" by "Aizita"	Nicole Conte Presents Viagem 3	Far Out Recordings	2011	From 1964		0:56:33 (Pop-up)
Third Wave	Love Train "Love Train" by "Third Wave"	Gilles Peterson – Magic Peterson Sunshine	Edel Germany GmbH	2016	From 1971		0:58:38 (Pop-up)
Cleo	Et Moi, Et Toi, Et Soie "Et Moi, Et Toi, Et Soie" by "Cleo"		Disques Vogue	1966			1:01:08 (Pop-up)

The Seshen	Dive "Dive" by "The Seshen"	Cyan	Tru Thoughts	2019		*	1:09:42 (Pop-up)
Cat’s Eyes	Girl in the Room "Girl in the Room" by "Cat’s Eyes"	Treasure House	Cat's Eyes	2016			1:13:05 (Pop-up)
Helen Merrill	Quiet Nights "Quiet Nights" by "Helen Merrill"	The Artistry Of Helen Merrill	Mainstream	1964			1:16:07 (Pop-up)
Lili Verona	Big Instrument "Big Instrument" by "Lili Verona"	London Is the Place For Me 6: Mento, Calypso, Jazz, and Highlife from Young Black London	Honest Jon’s Records	2013	The most fabulous ode to the upright bass!... or not ;)		1:19:00 (Pop-up)
Natalia Lafourcade	Humanidad (feat. Los Macorinos)	Musas (Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de Los Macorinos) Vol. 2	Sony Music Mexico	2018			1:21:56 (Pop-up)
Rihanna	Same Ol’ Mistakes "Same Ol’ Mistakes" by "Rihanna"	ANTI	Roc Nation Records	2016			1:26:15 (Pop-up)

Janis Ian	Society's Child "Society's Child" by "Janis Ian"	Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story	Ace Records		From 1965		1:41:51 (Pop-up)
Phoebe Bridgers	Georgia Lee "Georgia Lee" by "Phoebe Bridgers"	Come On Up To the House: Women Sing Waits	Dualtone Music Group	2019		*	1:44:57 (Pop-up)
Penelope	Nous Sommes Comme Nous Sommes		Disques Vogue	1970			1:48:25 (Pop-up)
The United States of America	Cloud Song	The United States of America	Sundazed	2004	From 1967		1:53:10 (Pop-up)
Charlotte Gainsbourg	Rest "Rest" by "Charlotte Gainsbourg"	Rest	Because Music	2017			1:55:01 (Pop-up)
Evelyn “Champagne” King	I Think My Heart Is Telling	Music Box	RCA Records	2014	From 1979		1:58:32 (Pop-up)

Louisa Mark	Keep It Like It Is "Keep It Like It Is" by "Louisa Mark"	Love Is All I Bring: Reggae Hits & Rarities By The Queens Of Trojan	Sanctuary	2019	From 1977 / MY SINGLE OF THE WEEK! And while we're at it, let's give this RELEASE OF THE WEEK as well!	*	2:10:03 (Pop-up)
Molly Burch	Holiday Dreaming "Holiday Dreaming" by "Molly Burch"	The Molly Burch Christmas Album	Captured Tracks	2019	Live on Sophisticated Boom Boom next Friday 12/20!	*	2:12:03 (Pop-up)
Eiichi Ohtaki	Ame No Wednesday "Ame No Wednesday" by "Eiichi Ohtaki"	A Long Vacation	Niagara	2001	From 1981		2:15:20 (Pop-up)
Lin Pesto	Bir Düşün "Bir Düşün" by "Lin Pesto"		Tamar Records	2017			2:19:51 (Pop-up)
Reparata & the Delrons	Weather Forecast		Stateside / EMI	1967			2:23:09 (Pop-up)
Chaka Khan	Clouds "Clouds" by "Chaka Khan"	Naughty	Warner Bros.	1980			2:25:40 (Pop-up)
Big Mama Thornton	Wade In the Water	This Ain’t No Mountain Music	Arhoolie Productions	2014	From 1968		2:29:38 (Pop-up)

Bobbie Gentry	Thunder In the Afternoon	Ode To Billie Joe	Curb Records	1992	Recorded in 1976 / unreleased until 1992		2:38:16 (Pop-up)
El Perro Del Mar	Dog "Dog" by "El Perro Del Mar"	Tim Peaks: Songs For A Late-Night Diner	Ace Records	2019	From 2006	*	2:42:24 (Pop-up)
Men I Trust	Air "Air" by "Men I Trust"	Oncle Jazz	Independent	2019		*	2:45:13 (Pop-up)
Carla Dal Forno	Lay Me Down "Lay Me Down" by "Carla Dal Forno"	Top Of the Pops	Not On Label	2018			2:48:57 (Pop-up)
Zephyr	High Flying Bird "High Flying Bird" by "Zephyr"	Sunset Ride	Warner Bros.	1972			2:52:57 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	2:56pm P-90: “By the way, can you play Jingle Bells? You know, deck them halls and all that jazz? No, no. You don't get it at all. I mean ‘Jingle Bells.’ You know, Santa Claus and ho-ho-ho, and mistletoe and presents to pretty girls...and the occasional man...” — DJ Lucy Van P, “A Charlie Boom Christmas”
	2:59pm ncjay: Hello Sheila and all Friday afternoon music lovers!
	♥ 3:00pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Sheila and all!!
	♥ 3:00pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Sheila!
	3:01pm battleaxe: Hello Sheila and Co.
	♥ 3:01pm Handy Haversack: Super excited to be working from home so I can hear the whole show this week instead of the last 15 mins.!
	♥ 3:02pm Yes: hello!
	♥ 3:02pm Kevin-san: I'm at home too, been looking forward to 3 PM all day!
	♥ 3:02pm ParUbi: Build a Gingerbread House!
	3:03pm Jocelyn: Happy Friday Everyone!
	3:04pm northguineahills: wow, on Italians do it better, very poppy for the label! digdug!
	3:05pm Dave Spice: Hi from the UK. 8 p.m. here and. great time to chill out and listen to the show.
	♥ 3:06pm Guido from Cologne: Molly Burch currently enjoys some considerable airplay on Cologne radio staion WDR (it's the official North Rhine Westphalia station) with the song "To The Boy".
	3:07pm Will: Dave, I imagine that you could probably do with cheering up after the last few weeks
	3:07pm chalmers: Is the “Italians Do It Better” label a roundabout tribute to the death of Danny Aiello today and his role in the “Papa Don’t Preach” video where Madonna wore that t-shirt?
	3:07pm northguineahills: @Guido: Welle Deutsch Radio?(WDR)
	3:09pm northguineahills: Hmmmm…., don't know chalmerrs, I just know Dj Shakey introduced me to those peeps a while back, I never asked.
	♥ 3:09pm loveless: Hello everyone. The songs are soothing for this dreary rainy afternoon.
	3:12pm northguineahills: It's dreary and rainy down south here, too....
	♥ 3:12pm Guido from Cologne: This is so great!
	3:14pm djsheilab: Oh man....I was so psyched to segue into the next song I had planned and I ruined it. DOH! Hello everyone!
	3:15pm leshwatt: Sounds good. Cheers from Ohio.
	♥ 3:16pm Handy Haversack: We'd never have known if you hadn't told us. Sounds great.
	3:16pm Jett: I loved Minnie Riperton so much, she was a great talent. Thanks for playing. You never fail me, SheilaB
	3:17pm northguineahills: @djdheila:"ha-ha"nelson.jpg s/ still a good cut, nice!
	3:17pm djsheilab: At least it's slightly in keeping with the vibe :)
	3:20pm leshwatt: Love Dengue Fever
	3:22pm djsheilab: And a warm welcome to you, P-90, battleaxe, listener james from westwood, ncjay, Guido from Cologne, Handy Haversack, Yes, Kevins-san, ParUbi, Jocelyn, northguineahills, Will, Dave Spice, chalmers, leshwatt, loveless + Jett!
	3:22pm mr_mike: sick. I love dengue fever. I wish I could find more of that sound.
	3:23pm djsheilab: mr_mike: Me too. I'm always on the lookout. Such a killer sound.
	♥ 3:24pm The Oscar: Afternoon-- this Breakaways is wild!
	♥ 3:25pm Ken From Hyde Park: Sheila B. and SBB, the antidote for any Friday the Thirteenth woes that may befall you!
	♥ 3:25pm Listener Howard & the Cats: Ohmygod, that Breakaways song! Thank you, Sheila!
	♥ 3:26pm JtotheK: nice three degrees track! hi sheilaB, hi boom boomers.
	3:26pm Dave Spice: I can never hear Dengue Fever without thinking about the fate of all the artists on the original Cambodian Rocks compilation.
	3:26pm sugarwolf: Hello
	♥ 3:26pm briania: So many good early Three Degrees songs!
	3:26pm Dave Spice: Will, indeed I do - but the music helps.
	♥ 3:27pm Passaic River Blues: Kate from 79.5 played a killer Three Degrees track on Trouble's show yesterday. Also, I too loved that Breakaways' track!
	3:28pm djsheilab: Ooooh nice to see all the love for the Breakaways track! One of the great British female psych 45s.
	3:28pm yes: :)
	3:29pm djsheilab: Hey sugarwolf, briania, Passaic River Blues, JtotheK, The Oscar, Ken from Hyde Park, + Listener Howard & the Cats!
	3:32pm battleaxe: This show is paying HUGE dividends...again...thanxz Sheila!
	3:33pm djsheilab: Thanks for saying that, battleaxe!
	♥ 3:35pm Passaic River Blues: If anyone hasn't already, check out Sheila's newsletter from today to see a picture of a very young Sheila with Kurt Cobain. It's pretty awesome.
	♥ 3:39pm Guido from Cologne: "Collage" exactly was e the song played by Kate frm 79.5 yesterday on Trouble's show.
	♥ 3:40pm Handy Haversack: Is there a URL for signing up for the newsletter? The hyperlink on the Playlists page is a mail-to link.
	♥ 3:41pm Ken From Hyde Park: From the "View this email in your browser" - mailchi.mp...
	♥ 3:42pm Mark Hurst: What a great idea, the Friendly Spider Program.
	3:42pm JakeGould: Woo! Hey Sheila!
	♥ 3:43pm Ken From Hyde Park: Ack! Mark Hurst is surveilling us!
	3:43pm djsheilab: Hey Mark Hurst! It was truly unbelievable. I wish they had this program worldwide but I think it's only available at the London Zoo at the moment.
	♥ 3:44pm The Oscar: When I was a kid I had a book called "The Unhuggables" that was designed to show kids that scary/gross animals weren't bad. That and growing up in a house full of holes in the woods made me pretty okay with bugs and vermin.
	♥ 3:44pm chris: hi, Sheila and folks. this Junglepussy is dope and now on the list. ticks, on the other hand, are the loud abusive upstairs neighbor of the arachnid world. grrr.
	♥ 3:44pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, KenfHP! BTW: Big spider fan here. A series of orb spiders make their nests behind our apt. I love watching them work. We partner in anti-mosquito initiatives.
	3:44pm Carmichael: Heya Sheila and Boomers. Finally sat down, read the comments and playlist and I'm ready to put my ears on.
	3:46pm Roman Dog Bird: hi Sheila, I don't think I've killed a spider since you talked about overcoming your fears
	♥ 3:46pm Yami: What a great playlist to frantically try to finish my final exams to :')
	3:47pm northguineahills: I liked early St Vincent, but she's become to pop polished for me lately, but this remix is tre nice....
	3:48pm northguineahills: errr… too pop polished....
	3:49pm northguineahills: Buena suerte, Yami!
	3:49pm djsheilab: Good luck Yami!
	3:50pm djsheilab: Roman Dog Bird—This is most welcome news!
	♥ 3:50pm Ken From Hyde Park: @Yami - A C A B B C A True True False Helena and the square root of 5.
	3:50pm djsheilab: Hey Carmichael, chris, + Jake Gould!
	3:53pm yes: This is nice
	3:55pm Jett: @djsheilab, You're so Mmmm! <3
	3:56pm northguineahills: @Ken: You forgot the smallest weird number (70).
	3:56pm P-90: Diana Dors: the “English Marilyn Monroe “
	♥ 3:58pm Handy Haversack: What a far out recording!
	♥ 3:58pm Passaic River Blues: I could listen to this Aizita 150 times in a row.
	3:59pm northguineahills: @Roman Dog Bird: I don't think I've killed a spider unless it was venomous indoors. (the big ones I put in a plastic ware container and put outside, and in florida, we have giant ones...)
	♥ 4:01pm Guido from Cologne: This is old MPS Label stuff incredible!
	♥ 4:01pm Yami: thanks guys!
	♥ 4:01pm Guido from Cologne: ... and tough Cleo ... great!
	4:02pm Jett: I seem to remember Third Wave as a Filipino girl group produced by George Duke during the late sixties, Does my memory serve correctly?
	4:03pm Dave Spice: Love the Cleo take on the Jacques Dutronc song, Et moi, et moi, et moi.
	♥ 4:03pm Passaic River Blues: @Jett: you are 100% correct. Not only Filipino-American but five sisters to boot.
	4:04pm northguineahills: Good news for American Samoans, federal judge finally rules that those born in American Samoa are conferred US citizenship, the only American territory where the 14th Amendment didn't hold (while it always did in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
	4:06pm Jocelyn: Jayne’s pink palace was epic.
	4:06pm Roman Dog Bird: @ngh, it's only become a conscious thing to me lately, really. certain bugs and insects and whatnot are more common than spiders and I'm always letting them back out. (trying to convince my parents to so the same) but then when the ants start to show up around summer, well...
	♥ 4:07pm mariano: Ooooh I was trying to type in "Jayne Mansfield" before you said it!
	♥ 4:07pm Passaic River Blues: @NGH: damn, I didn't even realize that was the case. I thought all citizens of U.S. territories were conferred U.S. citizenship (Puerto Rico since WWI and the others by the 60s). That's extremely good if overdue news.
	4:07pm Jocelyn: I love Diana, her records were hard for me to track down in good condition.
	♥ 4:08pm Asheville Jon: Boris the spider ~ the who
	♥ 4:08pm Handy Haversack: Spider ... men?
	4:08pm yes: Boris the spiderrr
	4:08pm Miles: Superhumanoids! Black Widow
	4:08pm ncjay: No Doubt "Spiderwebs"!
	4:09pm Andy M.: TMBG - "Spider"
	4:09pm ZeeBee: So happy to be driving art on the clock two hours away this afternoon with a sophisticated boom boom soundtrack!!!! Hey Sheila and friends!!
	4:09pm northguineahills: @SheilB:TMBG -"Spider (male vocals, but it'd short). RDB: I only kill pests like ants and roaches....
	4:09pm ilovenon: Tarantula- Dead Can Dance
	4:09pm Jett: Makes it a lot more difficult if it can only be female artists songs about spiders. You may not be able to cover the whole show.
	4:09pm P-90: For starters- Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford
	4:10pm djsheilab: Male spiders are welcome!
	4:10pm sugarwolf: Diana Dors son recently died. It’s quite sad. He had a history of alcoholism and apparently relapsed after witnessing the Grenfell Fire!
	♥ 4:10pm The Oscar: Not female-fronted, but "Serpents and Spiders" by Jimmy Friis and the Valiants is amazing!
	♥ 4:11pm Michael 98145: Muy Friday, Friends.
	4:11pm mikez: Tarantula by the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, female vocal by Kembra Pfahler. on the Home of The Brave release which I beleive was digital only, Great Track!
	4:11pm ncjay: Carlene Carter has one called "Spider Lace" - I don't remember that though
	4:11pm P-90: Then: The Spider and the Fly by the R. Stones?
	4:12pm Jett: Brian Eno - The Spider and I
	♥ 4:12pm Mick: Yppah - Spider Hands; Dead Can Dance has Spider's Stratagem; I suppose Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars counts if you squint at it
	4:12pm ncjay: Joydrop "Spider"
	4:13pm ncjay: Shonen Knife has a "Spider" too
	4:13pm Jonny Wulf: Big Fat Spider - Heinz and the Wild Boys (featuring a young Ritchie Blackmore!)
	4:13pm djsheilab: Thank you for all these suggestions! Please keep 'em coming!
	4:13pm P-90: Also I think Loretta Lynn covered Stafford’s Spiders and Snakes
	4:13pm ncjay: Slant 6 "Insider Spider", Veruca Salt "Spiderman 79"
	♥ 4:14pm Handy Haversack: The Cure: "Lullaby"?
	4:14pm ncjay: of course there's Holly Knight's early 80s group Spider!
	♥ 4:14pm The Oscar: Also Zacherley has both "Spider and the Fly" and "Spider Man" (which appears to have nothing to do with Peter Parker)
	4:14pm ncjay: heh. Big Youth "Spider Man Meet Hulk". I know that one very well
	4:14pm P-90: Spider Web by Joan Osborn
	4:14pm Jett: Uriah Heep - Spider Woman
	4:15pm ncjay: OK, my iTunes label is tapped out with that one
	4:16pm P-90: (Also male)Jon Anderson from Yes has a solo song called Spider
	4:16pm ncjay: whoops. Carly Simon recorded "Itsy Bitsy Spider"
	♥ 4:16pm mariano: Something from the "Kiss of the Spider Woman" soundtrack?
	4:16pm Jett: Lita Ford - Little Black Spider Lita Ford - Die For Me Only Black Widow
	4:17pm Oboe3411: Spiderwebs by no doubt
	4:17pm djsheilab: I'm sure there are a ton of metal songs with spider in the title. And black widow of course!
	4:17pm P-90: Good job on the Lita Ford tracks! Hard to think of too many female-fronted examples...
	♥ 4:17pm Michael 98145: I believe the Mighty Sparrow had a Spider tune ...
	4:17pm Dave Spice: The Billie Eilish, you should see me in a crown, video has spiders. Would that qualify?
	4:17pm Jett: Townes Van Zandt - The Spider Song
	4:18pm Oboe3411: Sexy Ida by Tina Turner. She's a black widow spider!
	4:19pm yes: Wilco - spiders
	♥ 4:20pm briania: No vocals, but the ultimate spider record has got to be Tarantula b/w Black Widow by the Tarantulas.
	♥ 4:20pm Handy Haversack: This song is great. Definitely only about the upright bass!
	4:21pm northguineahills: @yes: That's a damn good one, yes, Americana meets Neu!
	♥ 4:21pm Michael 98145: :)
	4:21pm P-90: Spider Webs by No Doubt?
	♥ 4:22pm The Oscar: Has no one mentioned the Who yet? Also "Black Widow Spider Woman" by Jack Hammer and the Pacers (I have a LOT of Halloween comps that can be plumbed!)
	4:22pm djsheilab: Maybe I will be able to put together a three-hour spider special after all! Thanks to all your excellent tips.
	4:22pm P-90: More Metal: Along Comes a Spider by Dio
	4:22pm northguineahills: My friend's British hiphop/improv/ classical label is called basshed. It's icon is a cartoon head w/ a double bass for a head....
	♥ 4:22pm Michael 98145: ooh, Natalia
	4:23pm Jett: Roger Whittaker - Nasty Spider
	4:24pm Carmichael: Little Richard does a version of Itsy Bitsy Spider on a kids' collection. I think DJ Jazzy Jeff accompanies him.
	♥ 4:24pm Asheville Jon: Spider and the Fly ~ Rolling Stones
	♥ 4:24pm The Oscar: Oh, and "Black Widow" by Alice Cooper (with the intro by Vincent Price!)
	♥ 4:25pm mariano: Ballad of Spider John by Jimmy Buffett, Spiders by Ozzy.
	4:26pm Carmichael: What a tangled web we weave.
	4:26pm queems: damn we’re already out here covering tame impala songs
	♥ 4:27pm mariano: @Carmichael: reminds me of one of my favorite lines, from The Lion in Winter. Anthony Hopkins tells Kathryn Hepburn "We could tangle spiders in the webs you weave."
	♥ 4:29pm Ken From Hyde Park: Double Dip Recess Amanda probably has a whole catalog of spider songs ready for her show.
	♥ 4:29pm Mick: Mission of Burma - Spider's Web
	♥ 4:29pm Asheville Jon: Spider Song from the Hobbit soundtrack
	♥ 4:30pm Asheville Jon: Old Fat Spider
	4:30pm northguineahills: There's got to be songs about Arachne. In Greek mythology, she challenged Athena to a weaving contest (she was a masterful weaver), and for her hubris, she was turned into a spider. Hence the Greek name for a spider.
	4:30pm Dave Spice: SheilaB - more of your fabulous segues that should never work... but they do.
	4:30pm Carmichael: @mariano, as you probably know it's from a Bill Shakespeare play. I can call him Bill ...
	♥ 4:31pm Handy Haversack: Anything by Spider Stacy! "Repeal of the Licensing Laws"? "Shanne Bradley"? "Tuesday Morning"?
	4:31pm northguineahills: Gotta love the Lafourcade album for the title alone....
	♥ 4:32pm Ken From Hyde Park: The theme from Spiderman or Homer Simpson's variation featuring Spiderpig.
	4:32pm Itzall ClearD'me Nåu: "Anti" may be my favorite of her records and they are all pretty great. Hi SheilaB!
	♥ 4:33pm Handy Haversack: Was thinking "Spider Pig" -- also one of the few examples that extols the virtue of the spider instead of using it as a metaphor for manipulation or appetite. There should be more songs about how great spiders are.
	4:33pm Jett: I'll never walk away from you, unless you no longer want me around. <3
	♥ 4:34pm JtotheK: song -- Buster Benton 'Spider In My Stew' on Jewel artist -- The Webs 'It's So Hard to Break A Habit' on Popside
	♥ 4:34pm Michael 98145: Ah, yes, to quote Will ... My brain, more busy than the labouring spider, Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies
	♥ 4:34pm Guido from Cologne: Guess it#s a Neumann
	4:34pm chalmers: Any tarantella would qualify.
	♥ 4:35pm Guido from Cologne: High end mike can be a drag if used for interviewing seniors.
	♥ 4:35pm mariano: @Carmichael: I thought it was Walter Scott... because I can't stop, won't stop being a pedant!
	♥ 4:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Anyone yet mention the Charlotte Web song by Debbie Reynolds when the spider dies? Amanda played it on DoubleDipRecess & I got verklempts....
	4:35pm Jocelyn: Hoping we get that Roaring experience.
	♥ 4:36pm mariano: Zappa's "Spider of Destiny"
	♥ 4:36pm Asheville Jon: The Magic Spider by Nekrogoblikon
	4:37pm @charliespademan: "Claudine's back in jail again" is about Spyder.
	♥ 4:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ramones version of Spiderman.
	♥ 4:37pm Guido from Cologne: I connot recomment enough her early four albums.
	4:38pm Lupek: Not sung by a female but about a female....The Vapors - Spiders
	♥ 4:38pm Ken From Hyde Park: Watch the Scorpion vs. Centipede video before and after the spider songs and compare anxiety levels.
	♥ 4:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Oh Lady spidersongs.
	♥ 4:41pm Guido from Cologne: You should play "42nd St. Psycho Blues" from the album "The Secret Life Of J. Eddy Fink" to illustrate the quote from the book.
	♥ 4:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wow. Some say Hendrix's manager Mike Jeffries had him knapped & rescued to mess with him.
	♥ 4:41pm Theolonius: <3
	4:42pm Dave Spice: Such a John Peel moment there.
	♥ 4:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Janis Ian writes SciFi & posts Godzilla Haikus. Way kewl.
	♥ 4:42pm Michael 98145: Ah. This. ♥
	♥ 4:43pm Handy Haversack: Damn. This one has edges.
	4:43pm Jett: I've always loved Janis Ian's Society's Child, another song with the same subject is Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers - Does Your Mama Know About Me. That group featured Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong.
	♥ 4:43pm Passaic River Blues: @RRN63: is that true about the Godzilla haikus? Because, if so, that makes my heart soar.
	4:44pm P-90: Boomers will also remember that Janis Ian was musical guest on the very first ever Saturday Night Live. Her performances on that show are worth checking out, they were shot in a more intimate way than they do it now on SNL, on a big stage with the big band behind the artist. She introduced her song “At Seventeen” which later became a huge hit. She was 24.
	♥ 4:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: www.janisian.com...
	♥ 4:46pm Passaic River Blues: @RRN63: holy shit. AMAZING.
	♥ 4:46pm Michael 98145: thank you! @RRN63
	♥ 4:49pm Bend Sinister: Spyder Turner - Stand By Me
	♥ 4:50pm mariano: No, I thought you said "I'm alright Spider"...
	♥ 4:50pm Guido from Cologne: coincidently Janis Ian right now on FB: If you're going to come on my page and argue that Greta Thunberg is "only sixteen" and a "tool of the left" and should "stay home and have a childhood", best to keep in mind that I wrote "Society's Child" at 14, recorded it at fifteen, and had a national hit record with it at 16. Which, at 16, left me called "nigger lover", had people spitting at me in the street, trying to trip me as I walked on stage, sending me death threats, and in general exposed to much of the worst humanity had to offer. I was no "tool of the left". I was a songwriter talking about what I saw as wrong in the world. I was doing my job as an artist. She is doing her job as a citizen.
	♥ 4:50pm Yes: really liked that phoebe tom waits song
	4:50pm Jett: it's songs about Spiders not artists with Spider in their name!
	4:51pm Dave Spice: I'm a big fan of French pop but this is new to me... and I love it
	4:51pm djsheilab: WOAH. Thanks for sharing, Guido from Cologne. What a woman!
	4:51pm William Main: Thanks so much for playing Ace of Cups, an unjustly neglected band. They do a great version of Afro Blue.
	♥ 4:52pm mariano: Testify, sister Janis!
	4:52pm djsheilab: William Main—Their version of "Afro Blue" was on my list as well. Will def play it in the future.
	4:52pm Dave Spice: @Yes, totally agree with you.
	♥ 4:53pm Theolonius: Long Live WFMU, Sheila B & the Boom Boomers!!
	♥ 4:53pm Guido from Cologne: Make the USA great again! It's not a country! it's a band! :-D One of the best albums ever!
	4:54pm spodiodi: thanks for that Janis Ian post, Guido!
	♥ 4:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (This from Pooh.)
	4:55pm djsheilab: Theolonius! Happy to see you here!
	4:55pm spodiodi: and thanks for the music, DJ Sheila B
	♥ 4:55pm Passaic River Blues: It is impossible to over-praise The United States of America LP.
	4:57pm P-90: I also recommend following Janis Ian on Twitter...
	4:58pm djsheilab: P-90—I'm on it! Thanks for the rec!
	♥ 5:01pm Guido from Cologne: Interesting, I thought Evelyn King was 80ies soul revival. But she'd been on the map earlier.
	5:02pm Eric from Lake Hiawatha: Thanks for the Champagne
	♥ 5:02pm Bend Sinister: Ken Nordine - A Good Year For Spiders Dooley Sisters - Spider in the Web Mighty Sparrow - Spider Bone - Eight Legged Enemy and lots of versions of "The Spider and the Fly"
	♥ 5:03pm frozen_peas: soldier boy!
	5:04pm northguineahills: what sheilab said about what guido said...
	♥ 5:04pm mariano: Ratt was my very first bit-name show, back in '85 or '86! An up-and-coming Bon Jovi were the openers.
	♥ 5:05pm mariano: *...big name show
	5:05pm P-90: “Re-formed Metal bands”, not to be confused with “reformed Metal bands”
	5:05pm BH: only notable thing about Ratt I can recall at the moment is that their band manager was Milton Berle's nephew, so they got Milton Berle in their videos in the 1980s
	5:06pm spodiodi: i remember uncle milty in round and round, i think
	♥ 5:07pm JohnEBGood: Hi Sheila, Just logged in on line 20 minutes ago. Love the playlist and it's diversity. Peace and Love to you, my hometown JC , my FMU family and all. Rock on!!
	5:08pm spodiodi: yeah, had to check... forgot about the drag. bless.
	5:08pm BH: gotta figure people in Ocean County are used to the concept of potential flooding by now
	5:08pm Jett: Lots of other great Janis Ian titles during her Verve/Folkways period. I like a lot of her stuff including her more commercial times on Columbia records.
	5:09pm Colin: Love photo and story on email of you with Kurt Cobain...Nice!
	5:11pm Dave Spice: This has the Steel Pulse/Matumbi/Aswad unmistakeably JA/British reggae sound.
	5:12pm djsheilab: Thanks Colin!
	5:12pm djsheilab: mariano—JEALOUS!!! With Bon Jovi as opener. Man!
	♥ 5:14pm tim from champaign (now washington): Big thumbs up on the Single and Release of the Week, Sheila!
	♥ 5:14pm queems: this is a cute song
	♥ 5:15pm JohnEBGood: Uncle Miltie's was an amusement park at Bergen Point in Bayonne. Wow! A Hudson County legend of it's own.
	5:15pm P-90: If anyone wants to download the free NBC app, you can watch the first episode of SNL from October 1975, with several breathtaking performances by Janis Ian, in very impressive high-def quality.
	♥ 5:16pm mariano: @P-90: That's right - she and Billy Preston were both on that show iirc. Back when they had 2 musical guests, along with a weekly short film from James Brooks.
	♥ 5:18pm mariano: @djsheilab: Jealous? I'd trade my Ratt/Bon Jovi concert for a picture with Cobain any day!
	5:18pm Monica: Yo, Ms. B! two spider recordings that I can co-sign on: - Lena Horne "Fly" from Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1981, Qwest) - this song is actually "The Spider and The Fly" - Myra Taylor and Jimmy Keith's Orchestra - The Spider and The Fly (1946, Mercury) Enjoying today's lovely vibes:)
	5:19pm P-90: *Albert Brooks. And there were longer musical performances and they staged them more like performances in a small club.
	5:20pm chalmers: A personal favorite Simpsons joke is where the beauty pageant contestants gleefully sing, “I learned the truth at 17 that love was meant for beauty queens!”
	5:21pm Rick G: Happy Friday everyone. Late to the show again but enjoying the final 45.
	5:21pm djsheilab: Thanks for your spider tips, Monica!
	♥ 5:22pm mariano: Albert Brooks, of course! Duh. Yeah, I love those early SNL musical performances. Patti Smith blew the roof off the place. So many good ones: Some Girls-era Stones, Paul Simon and George Harrison doing a duet medley of Here Comes the Sun and Homeward Bound, so many others.
	♥ 5:22pm tim from champaign (now washington): The music is very pleasant on my ears but it is NOT helping me stay motivated at work ;).
	5:23pm Jocelyn: Happy Friday Rick G!
	5:25pm Rick G: Thanks Jocelyn! Have a great weekend.
	5:25pm Jett: I have that first SNL on DVD that everyone has been talking about. Those early SNLs were great.
	5:27pm djsheilab: Hey Rick G., queems, chalmers, and all those just joining on this rainy Friday the 13th!
	5:28pm ncjay: Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (+ band) covered Teddy Pendergrass's "Love TKO" and Devo's "Come Back Jonee" on one ancient SNL - I have the audio squirreled away, but never looked for the video. It has to be out there somewhere
	5:28pm ncjay: and, thanks for this Chaka, Sheila. Haven't heard it in ages
	♥ 5:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It's a dessert topping & a floor wax! However quality or relevance have varied - props to SNL for going Live every week for ages. ' The only Reality show on TV '...
	5:32pm spodiodi: New Shimmer!
	5:35pm BH: I hate when something is labelled a flash flood when it's not really a flash flood
	5:37pm Rob Kopp: Hello Sheila, hello listeners. Just came from a diner with the girls and the parents of Shirley. We went to the 'singletjesavond' again (the singles evening, a restaurant where they play 45's during diner). Will listen to the archives tomorrow.
	5:38pm djsheilab: Hey Rob Kopp + RRNov63!
	5:39pm Jett: I remember "Thunder In The Afternoon" by Mac Davis, I think he wrote it. Nice version by Bobbie Gentry.
	5:42pm mikez: love this! Bobbie Gentry!
	5:43pm djsheilab: mikez—Isn't it astounding?!!
	5:47pm Rob Kopp: Gloria, the Christmas album of Clean Pete, a Dutch duo that consists of the girls/twins Loes and Renee Wijnhoven, had a rave review in my newspaper De Volkskrant today (*****). Their song Lieve Kerstman is a cover of Santa baby by Eartha Kitt.
	5:48pm djsheilab: Rob Kopp—I'm intrigued!
	♥ 5:51pm Guido from Cologne: Seen Carla Dal Forno supported by Sneaks. Unfortunately I'm too much a fan of Sneaks. this track catching me up now.
	♥ 5:52pm Handy Haversack: Quick note -- friend came over so we're chit-chatting, but still listening, and the show is killer, Sheila B! Thanks!
	5:53pm djsheilab: Thanks Handy Haversack!
	5:53pm BigCat: The world is A MUCH BETTER PLACE with Sheila B. Praise B! Yours, —The Big Cat
	5:54pm djsheilab: Awwww...thanks BigCat!
	5:54pm Dave Spice: Killer show tonight. It's chill out, it's eclectic, it's always surprising. And, between the show and the message board, I always leave with a list full of stuff to check out and explore in greater depth. Thanks SheilaB and everyone on the board for the links, connections and comments.
	5:55pm Dave Spice: everyone on the board for the links, connections and comments.
	5:56pm Rob Kopp: Clean Pete sings in Dutch, but I like the band a lot. So far they had 4 albums. www.youtube.com... (one of the presents they ask is a Telecaster, 'het liefst in geel' = preferably in yellow). One of the girls is playing guitar, the other violin.
	5:57pm Jett: There's a Bobbie Gentry track that I'm a huge fan of called "The Girl From Cincinnati" Highly recommended, check it out Sheila, Thanks for great music!
	♥ 5:57pm mariano: Thanks Sheila, nice chatting with everyone!
	♥ 5:58pm Passaic River Blues: Thank you, Sheila!
	5:59pm Rob Kopp: Bye everyone.
	5:59pm spodiodi: thanks djsheilab!
	6:02pm P-90: Thanks so much, DJ Sheila!
	6:03pm djsheilab: Thanks gang! Please come back for next week's holiday special with my guest Molly Burch. Xoxox
	3:35pm DouglasInDallas: Great show! Seek out a Sweetwater track called "Crystal Spider". Most psychedelic female song ever...and then there are the spider noises....

Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from December 13, 2019

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