Favoriting The Funhouse with Harry Parmenter: Playlist from March 3, 2024 Favoriting

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A weekly hour of unpredictable rockin' fun featuring unheard music with occasional history, commentary and anecdotes from host Harry Parmenter. THE FUNHOUSE offers the listener a brief respite from the onslaught of daily existence.

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Favoriting March 3, 2024: THE SOUND OF OUR TOWN

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
The Stranglers  The Waltz   Favoriting The Gospel According To The Meninblack  EMI  1981  LP  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Del Fuegos  Sound of Our Town   Favoriting The Best of the Del Fuegos  Amazon Music  2001  CD  0:01:02 (Pop-up)
 
The Standells  Dirty Water   Favoriting TheStandells - Live on Tour! 1966  Sundazed  2015  CD  0:04:20 (Pop-up)
J. Geils Band  Hard Drivin' Man   Favoriting Full House - Live  ATCO  1972  LP  0:07:20 (Pop-up)
Aerosmith  Kings and Queens   Favoriting Classics Live  Sony Music Entertainment  1986  CD  0:11:22 (Pop-up)
Nervous Eaters  Fish   Favoriting Eaterville Vol. 2  Penniman Records  2021  CD  0:16:15 (Pop-up)
The Cars  Somethin' Else   Favoriting Live at the Agora, Cleveland OH 1978  Amazon Music  1978    0:18:36 (Pop-up)
Real Kids  Rawhide   Favoriting Live at the Rat!  Amazon Music  1977    0:20:57 (Pop-up)
Blondie  Bang A Gong (Get It On)   Favoriting Parallel Lines (Reissue)  Chrysalis Records  2001  CD  0:24:33 (Pop-up)
Mission Of Burma  Panic is No Option   Favoriting 30 Days, 30 Songs [Live]  Amazon Music      0:29:56 (Pop-up)
Til Tuesday  Voices Carry   Favoriting Live at The Ritz  YouTube.com  1986    0:33:44 (Pop-up)
Pixies  U Mass   Favoriting Live From Brixton Academy, London  Amazon Music  2004    0:37:48 (Pop-up)
Mink DeVille  Cadillac Walk   Favoriting Live at the Paradise    1977    0:41:04 (Pop-up)
AC/DC  Gone Shootin'   Favoriting First Time in Boston    1978  CD  0:45:56 (Pop-up)
 
The Gentle Rain  Plastic Man   Favoriting Moody  Sunbeam Records  1973  LP  0:55:33 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Bluesman:

Do it, Harry!
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Harry Parmenter:

on it Bluesman!
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Tom P:

Hi Harry and Everyone! Fun House - excellent way to wrap up the weekend
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Harry Parmenter:

Hey Tom how goes it thx for joining
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medson:

Hey Harry and all.
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Jessie:

Evening Harry. Marathon eve.
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sdoorly:

Long-time listener -- first-time chatter
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Asheville Jon:

Hello folks
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Harry Parmenter:

medson! Jessie! welcome. yes M Eve last show of the night before i think.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Harry and all!!!
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Harry Parmenter:

A Jon! mr. d! welcome.
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Fuzzy:

Good evening Harry and discerning listeners! Boss-town, babies!
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Jessie:

↳ Song: "Dirty Water" by "The Standells"
Holy heck does this sound good!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fuzzy @9:04
alright Fuzzy! i think my record just skipped a beat! alright vinyl
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Jessie @9:05
yes it does eh. that groove
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sdoorly:

Always discover some great new music on The Funhouse
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Motobro:

↳ Song: "Dirty Water" by "The Standells"
Ellow HP.
Always loved this Standells classick.
Not that I’m a Boston fan cause I ain’t.
Avatar 🥃 ♥ 9:07pm
Harry Parmenter:

↳ sdoorly @9:06
hey thx! saw your photo credit: cool.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Motobro @9:06
the band, the town, the city or all three?!
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Fuzzy:

↳ Motobro @9:06
Not just anyone can be a Boston fan -- it's more than a feeling.
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Bluesman:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:01
i would say that a J. Geils FULL HOUSE trach is in order!
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Motobro:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:07
The teams, just the teams.
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medson:

Sweet opening set. Rockin.
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Motobro:

↳ Motobro @9:08
Been there once. It was ok.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Motobro @9:08
capiche
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Bluesman @9:07
ALWAYS timely!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:08
alright thx medson.
  9:11pm
rychurd:

alright! made the transition!
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Fatherflot:

Hey Harry
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Motobro:

↳ Song: "Hard Drivin' Man" by "J. Geils Band"
Who wrote Hard Drivin Man; it is a GREAT tune.?
Avatar 🥃 ♥ 9:12pm
Harry Parmenter:

rychurd! Fatherflot! The crowd thickens. thx for joining.
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sdoorly:

One of my fave Aerosmith songs
Avatar 🥃 ♥ 9:13pm
Harry Parmenter:

↳ Motobro @9:12
Wolf & Geils. Did not know that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13pm
Fuzzy:

I'll change my avatar in honor of this show.
Avatar ♥ 9:13pm
Bluesman:

For my 12 year old babysitting money, the DRAW THE LINE rekkid friggin' ruled. Still does!!!!
Avatar ♥ 9:14pm
Bluesman:

↳ Fuzzy @9:13
Good idea!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fuzzy @9:13
that's BIG!
Avatar 🥃 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:14pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:13
Peter Wolf's college roommate was David Lynch
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Motobro:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:13
Surprised… I figured it pre-dated them.
NOT surprised they wrote it. Those fellas gots some musical talent.
  9:14pm
wow wow:

Aerosmith fuck yeah
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Motobro @9:14
yeah shit i thought it'd be jr wells or somethin
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Fuzzy:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:14
Hell yeah! A great show! Rich Gilbert is a guitar god!
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Fatherflot:

You gonna sneak some Scruffy The Cat in tonight?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fuzzy @9:15
HSR! Zulus! Saw the former bunch of times. He was and is great
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Motobro:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:12
Yeah, some good ears and spinning talent joining you in the room.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Motobro @9:16
creme de la creme awesome
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Fuzzy:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:15
Yes, it's all great stuff -- I saw the last HSR reunion too! Fantastic!
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Bluesman1966:

The time our cat ATE the cassette cover to Draw the Line.
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Fatherflot:

↳ Song: "Fish" by "Nervous Eaters"
great
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Fuzzy:

↳ Bluesman1966 @9:18
Checkmate!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Bluesman1966 @9:18
brilliant
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Jessie:

↳ Song: "Somethin' Else" by "The Cars"
Elliot Easton on vocals.😳
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Motobro:

↳ Song: "Rawhide" by "Real Kids"
WOW !!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Jessie @9:20
oh yes! you're right! i was thinking ben orr but def not his voice. he didn't sing...any? on record that is, at least the early ones.
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Fuzzy:

↳ Song: "Rawhide" by "Real Kids"
I miss The Rat.
Avatar 🥃 ♥ 9:22pm
Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fuzzy @9:21
yeah, a dump but our dump
  9:24pm
Teddy K:

Hey Harry. Sorry I'm late. Had to drive a young female staffer home and got into a little accident.
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Motobro:

↳ Song: "Rawhide" by "Real Kids"
This is bad ass. Respect for the Real Kids’ version.
  9:25pm
Teddy K:

But digging the Boston tunes!
  9:25pm
Teddy K:

If anyone asks, I was at home listening to your show!
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Motobro:

↳ Song: "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" by "Blondie"
Dammmmm…
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Teddy K @9:25
go get some dry clothes on then
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Motobro @9:25
yeah good stuff
  9:26pm
Prowler:

Had no idea Blondie did 'Bang...' Sounds great.
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Motobro:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:22
WAIT !!!!????
You’re from Boston ???!!!!
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Fatherflot:

↳ Motobro @9:26
I thought New York. . . .
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Jessie:

Feels like Saturday night with all these great songs Harry.
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Motobro:

↳ Motobro @9:26
I’m sending Bill Kelly to kick your ass. LOL
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Motobro:

↳ Fatherflot @9:26
I thought some place in Cali…
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Fatherflot:

↳ Jessie @9:26
Hi Jessie. Yeah, fighting off the Sunday Scaries for another hour
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Motobro:

↳ Jessie @9:26
It really does.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:26
yeah not bad. when you're not used to doing three encores! pretty sure i was there.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Motobro @9:26
partly. you?
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Jessie:

↳ Fatherflot @9:27
Hey Ff. Just trying to forget it is Monday eve.🙄🙄
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Jessie @9:28
remember the words of HDM...Every day is Saturday! Er...
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Motobro:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:28
Boonton
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Prowler:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:28
I saw them in the summer of 78 just before Parallel Lines was released. Don't remember of they played this.
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Jessie:

↳ Song: "Panic is No Option" by "Mission Of Burma"
Saw these guys twice and boy were they amazing.
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Fatherflot:

↳ Song: "Panic is No Option" by "Mission Of Burma"
I still have my LP copy of Vs. on Ace of Hearts. "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate" still takes my head off. . . .
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Jessie @9:30
yeah they left an impression you didn't forget
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Fatherflot:

Voices Harry
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Harry Parmenter:

Much better show name than THE FUNHOUSE! Changing immediately.
  9:36pm
Teddy K:

Taking my nephew out tonight, got any suggestions?
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Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:35
You'll need Ken's approval
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:37
you're right; too much effort.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Teddy K @9:36
i sense a rhetorical question TK
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Tom P:

Rockin' Stuff!
  9:41pm
Prowler:

Hey Harry,
Great theme tonight! Gotta fly. See you next week.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Prowler @9:41
alright Prowler over and out thx
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Aitch:

Working lurking, enjoying the sounds
Avatar 🥃 ♥ 9:49pm
Harry Parmenter:

↳ Aitch @9:47
alright Aitch. appreciate it. glad you like em
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Harry Parmenter:

uh oh...radio silence...well, i was just kinda running down the songs...! oy apologies folks
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Fuzzy:

Ben Orr
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Harry Parmenter:

oh there we are. ignore that
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sdoorly:

Great show
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medson:

Thanks Harry. Happy marathon
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fuzzy @9:53
right. although Jessie said above Elliot E singing which I didn't know.
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Fatherflot:

Great trip down memory lane. Never lived in Boston, but had a lot of friends going to college there and spent quite a few wild weekends there in the 80s
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ sdoorly @9:53
thx sean! thx for joining.
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Fuzzy:

Thank you Harry for a great rocking show!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:53
yes bring on the FMU MARATHON starts tomorrow. Go to WFMU.ORG for all the information. Appreciate you listening in tonight. Good week all
Avatar 🥃 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:55pm
Tom P:

Great stuff HP Thanks!
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Motobro:

Thank you Hp.
good night all.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:54
as they said in Spinal Tap, "not a college town."
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fuzzy @9:54
thx Fuzzy! and Tom! Motobro! appreciate it everyone.
  9:55pm
Teddy K:

ooh digging this final tune!
Avatar 🥃 ♥ 9:56pm
Harry Parmenter:

↳ Teddy K @9:55
yeah it's cool innit?!
  9:57pm
Bluesman:

This was a fun hour!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

thank you Harry!!!
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