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Jeevas, The  Ghost (Cowboys In The Movies) aka The Bike That I Ride   Favoriting
Bats, The  You Will Now Won't You   Favoriting
Ronnie Dawson  Fire, Fire, Fire (demo)   Favoriting
Fats Domino  I'm Going To Cross That River   Favoriting
Los Amaya  Caramelos   Favoriting
Peter And The Penguins  Here I Go Again   Favoriting
Scotch, The  Non Piangero Per Te   Favoriting
James Hand  What Little I Got Left   Favoriting
Laura Lee  It Ain't What You Do (But How You Do It)   Favoriting
Fountains of Wayne  I Got A Flair   Favoriting
Black Devils, The  Cherry Stone   Favoriting
Tibby Edwards  Shift Gears   Favoriting
Little Richard  All Around the World   Favoriting
Nina Simone  Marriage Is For Old Folks   Favoriting
Gary Valentine  Tomorrow Belongs To You   Favoriting
Cat Stevens  Baby Get Your Head Screwed On   Favoriting
Sandy Posey  I Take It Back   Favoriting
Something Real  Yes I Do   Favoriting
Kurt Baker  Hangin On The Telephone   Favoriting
Choice  make Up Your Mind   Favoriting
Nikki Lane w/ Dan Auerbach  Love's On Fire   Favoriting
Barbara Lynn  Only You Know How To Love Me   Favoriting
Mighty Sparrow  Russian Satellite   Favoriting
John Cale  Hello There   Favoriting
Terry Reid  It's Gonna Be Morning   Favoriting
Jim Ford  Linda Comes Running   Favoriting
Rev. Carlton Coleman  Rockgospletime Pt. 2   Favoriting
Paul Collins Beat  Rock And Roll Girl   Favoriting
Susanne Smith  St. Marks And Third   Favoriting
Jimmy Skinner  One Dead Man Ago   Favoriting
Bobby Bland  Care For Me   Favoriting
Radio Days  Never Gonna Make It   Favoriting
Hollies, The  King Midas in Reverse   Favoriting
Melvin Morris  Spending Nights In Nashville   Favoriting
Memphis Black  Gimme A Little Sign   Favoriting
Bill Donati  Never Like This   Favoriting
Los Angeles Negros  El Rey y Yo   Favoriting
Wilson Pickett  We Got To Have Love   Favoriting
Monkees, The  We're In Our Own World   Favoriting
Incredible Casuals, The  On The Beach   Favoriting
Jeevas, The  Ghost (Cowboys In The Movies) aka The Bike That I Ride   Favoriting
A MINUTE WITH  SCOTT SCHINDER   Favoriting
Wipper Brothers, The  AMAGRAM!   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE to hear "How Music Taste Evolved"


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CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell ina BBC interview with some woman with a lot of plastic surgery

CLICK HERE for info on the new lp from The Explorers Club

CLICK HERE to see some paintings by Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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CLICK HERE for The Hollies Family Tree

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

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CLICK HERE to see Michael Shelley get interviewed on a NJ public access TV show "Destination Montclair"

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE to see a BBC Allen Toussaint Documentary

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Esquerita

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE for the Glyn Johns interview in Tape Op!

CLICK HERE for Bruce Swedien: Recording Michael Jackson!

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for "Cassette Revolution: Why 1980s Tape Tech Is Still Making Noise in Our Digital World"

CLICK HERE for a new Q&A with Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read about "The Endless Fall of Suge Knight" (yikes!)

CLICK HERE for Barack Obama on WTF

CLICK HERE for info on the new, all instrumental, Michael Shelley album

CLICK HERE for a video of David Myhr's cover of Oh Susie, featured on "Even More Super Hits of the Seventies"

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

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CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a film excerpt "Session Men - Memphis"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE if you want see a lady call for President Obama's execution. My mind keeps returning to his video and what it means about how screwed up our county is.

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE for the website of the guy who shot Bigfoot

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

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CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete gargbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

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CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for STAX at The White House

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

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CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for info on Fake Amps!

CLICK HERE for a PDF of who plays what on Everly Brothers recordings.

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

I love THESE Beach Boy videos!

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version.


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Listener comments!

Avatar 11:02am
Miss Mailas:

Good morning, friends!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Listener Baby:

Baby says I, ARRRG!
  11:07am
Listener mikewood:

The Bats are great!!! I hadn't heard that b-side -- love it
Avatar 11:08am
Michael Shelley:

ARRRG - you ok?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:10am
Listener Baby:

I'm a pirate. ARRRG.
Avatar 11:11am
Juke Joint Jonny:

Newt?
  11:14am
Ted in Toronto:

Ronnie Hawkins died? That would be national news here. Also, that sure didn't sound like The Hawk (Love your show.)
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:16am
Listener Baby:

Ronnie Dawson. It's early
Avatar 11:17am
Michael Shelley:

I have Ron-lexia
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:20am
Listener Baby:

Very common in great men.
  11:25am
Bill in W.O.:

I've seen FoW 4 times, this is the only song they've always played, rightly so.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:28am
Listener Baby:

FOW, Amazing back catalog. Time will be good to them. They made great music, and a lot of it.
Avatar 11:30am
Juke Joint Jonny:

Love this. Black Devils are Danish, yes?
Avatar 11:33am
Michael Shelley:

as a pastry
  11:33am
SeanG:

Nawlins!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:33am
Listener Baby:

Baby. Sturgill is on the current Austin City Lim streaming anytime. Worth watching, for sure.
Avatar 11:35am
Michael Shelley:

post the link
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:36am
Listener Baby:

Good thinking.
www.pbs.org...
  11:37am
djsheilab:

This Nina Simone track! Too cute. Oh how I love this show. Morning everyone!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:43am
Listener Baby:

Spoonfull
  11:43am
lloyd michigan:

Ramones. Mainly because their songs are short.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:44am
Listener Baby:

Searchers
  11:44am
Will:

For me, Cheap Trick's greatest hits would be the album called IN COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Frank Above:

I could probably condense the first four (non-Budokan) Cheap Trick albums and make a one CD "Best Of", and then another for all the rest of their material.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Listener Baby:

10cc
  11:45am
tomas:

i dont know man, the first 3 cheap trick records are pretty solid.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Frank Above:

Then again, "At Budokan" is probably the best introduction to Cheap Trick you could possibly get!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:46am
Listener Baby:

Mamas Papas, Fifth Dimention
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:47am
Listener Baby:

Here's a good one. Bangles!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:47am
Frank Above:

My wife said The Dictators would be a good one to make a one CD "intro". Also, The Association.
  11:48am
lloyd michigan:

Rockpile. But that's been done already.
Avatar 11:49am
TravisLove:

I think you could put all of Heart's best stuff on one CD as well as The Manhattan Transfer. Who else? Hmm.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:49am
Listener Baby:

Sly Stone
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:49am
Listener Baby:

Jeff Airplane
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:50am
Listener Baby:

Bread
  11:50am
lloyd michigan:

One Direction. :)
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:50am
Frank Above:

Jefferson Airplane is a good one, Baby.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:51am
Frank Above:

Maybe Booker T. and The M.G.'s?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:52am
Listener Baby:

That's a tough one Frank. I've got a late sixties MG's record that is just amazing, and no one has ever heard it. One and half Cds, maybe?
Avatar 11:52am
Lemmy Skynyrd:

Beefheart on a double CD, Zappa on a 10-disc box...
  11:52am
lloyd michigan:

Madness. (maybe)
  11:53am
Bill in W.O.:

Plimsouls, merge PLUS with EVERYWHERE at once and some of the live stuff, gold. Plus, something would be in print. Can't imagine what made me think of Peter Case?
  11:53am
djsheilab:

The rare occasion where I like the male vocal cover version over the female-fronted original. Killer!
  11:54am
JOFF:

The Replacements.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:55am
Listener Baby:

I though Plimsouls too, Bill. Joff, WINNER!! REPLACMENTS!!!
  11:55am
tomas:

blasphemy! the first cheap trick record is THE record.
Avatar 11:56am
Juke Joint Jonny:

Redd Kross. And I loooooove them.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Listener Baby:

I say this very carefully, because I know I'm wrong. Love?
  12:00pm
lloyd michigan:

Liverpool Scene
Avatar 12:00pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

I don't think you're wrong, Baby
  12:01pm
Eddy in Australia:

I just got home - what was the question/topic?
Avatar 12:03pm
Michael Shelley:

name a band you love whose "best of" could fit on one cd
  12:04pm
mike s.:

Badfinger. Even their compilations have filler on them.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Frank Above:

I think MAYBE you could condense Let It Be, Tim, and Pleased To Meet Me onto an 80 minute disc, but it would be cutting it very close. Of course, that discounts what came before and after their prime.
  12:05pm
lloyd michigan:

Don't Tell a Soul
  12:06pm
Steve C:

Honestly I think MOST acts can be summed up in 80 minutes. It's harder to think of ones that would take more than one disc. NRBQ and Beach boys, I agree. Also Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Monkees, maybe XTC
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Listener Baby:

@Frank, Hmm. You are right. They had a lot chaff on those records though.
  12:07pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Michael: Thanks. I'll nominate the Australian band You Am I.
  12:07pm
JOFF:

OH , of course 80 mins of John Cale!!! Perfect!
  12:08pm
lloyd michigan:

Steve C. You gotta add the Who to that list.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Listener Baby:

Speaking of down there, Split Enz
  12:09pm
Steve C:

I can get all the Who I need one disc.
  12:10pm
Eddy in Australia:

The Jam.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
Frank Above:

@Baby, you're right. I just did mine and I came in at about 70 minutes.
  12:12pm
lloyd michigan:

Buzzcocks, CCR, Velvet Underground, Doors, Prince & the Revolution, Supremes
  12:12pm
johnk77:

mighty sparrow is very cool,
onstage and off
after more than 60 years performing
he has more than 80 minutes of
hits and must-haves
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
Listener Baby:

@Frank. it's a close call, but their best would be right up there. When are bad, I really dislike that band.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
Frank Above:

@Eddy As a huge You Am I fan, I think I'd find that very difficult. But, The Jam is probably doable.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
Listener Baby:

Rod Stewart
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Frank Above:

@Lloyd Blasphemy!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
Frank Above:

@lloyd Sorry, that was meant for Steve C regarding The Who
  12:14pm
lloyd michigan:

Why Frank?
  12:15pm
lloyd michigan:

Agreed
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
Frank Above:

@Lloyd I was considering The Doors, but I'm thinking tracks like The End and When The Musics Over skew things because of their length.
  12:16pm
lloyd michigan:

Would like to hear MS's reaction to these lists.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
Frank Above:

The Low Doses are on the bill tonight too. Anyone going to see The Muffs should get there in time to catch The Low Doses too.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
Listener Baby:

Turtles.
  12:17pm
lloyd michigan:

Good point, Frank.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
Frank Above:

Ah! Thanks for that Michael. Cream would be a great band that could fit onto one CD.
  12:19pm
Steve C:

Sorry Frank but for me The Who peaked with Sell Out.
  12:19pm
lloyd michigan:

And Blind Faith. :)
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
Listener Baby:

Agree Frank! Baby, this guitar player in The Beat was just about the best I saw during those great LA scene days. He tore it up!!
  12:20pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Frank: Wow, a fellow YAI fan, color me impressed! I was thinking of an intro CD for newbies, not deep cuts or anything.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Frank Above:

@Eddy Yeah, but still :) So what do you think of the new YAI?
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totallybiased:

NYC has become SO nauseating.
  12:22pm
Hatch:

Dude, Michael, "Teenage Riot" cmon.
  12:22pm
Bill in W.O.:

Nah, Eddy, appreciated the YAI nod...but just one disc?
Avatar 12:23pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Totally with you Michael. Pop beats art-noise
  12:23pm
lloyd michigan:

I feel the same way about Radiohead. Give me Taylor.
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djsheilab:

I think SY's "Dirty Boots" would be up your street. But I agree, POP all the way!
Avatar 12:24pm
Mailman Tom:

Went to see Sonic Youth play on two occasions. Some of the worst music I've ever heard in my life. I'll go with Taylor.
  12:24pm
lloyd michigan:

This has to be a Plantation Records song.
  12:25pm
Bill in W.O.:

Saying something is overrated is often as much a sign of ignorance than not, but even after really trying to I never got Sonic Youth and came to look askance at folks who did. Number 1 hits FTW, Michael.
  12:26pm
JOFF:

That was an Amazing record - like Harper Valley PTA but set in New York!
  12:27pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Frank: Album not great, live shows still killer. Saw Tim's latest side project tonight (a bit dull, but he gets to be a guitar hero for an hour), supported by Davey's new band (fantastic, and he does a great cover of Nick Lowe's "Heart of the City").
Avatar 12:28pm
Melissa Jean:

ahhhhh BBB - thankya!
  12:29pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Bill: Typical YAI obsessive! Just imagine 75 minutes of their very best ...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:30pm
Frank Above:

@Eddy I have to agree somewhat, but I've only given it one spin. Despite all the hype over being recorded here in Brooklyn at Daptone, I didn't think the songs nor the recordings were particularly great. But, again, it's only one listen. Could be a grower. The s/t from 2010 was just that. It sure ain't no Hourly Daily, or even Convicts for that matter, but I still like it. Also very jealous that you Aussies have such easy access to all Tim's doings!
Avatar 12:31pm
Marc Francis:

Hey Melissa Jean!
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Power Papi:

What about Sonic Youth's cover of "Superstar"?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

SonicYouth weren't about catchy tunes aimed @ a Chart - or even primarily songs, it's kinda true. (They'd get a lot of appreciation in Comment for other Programs here, I suspect.) Perhaps also they were just that unfashionable amount of time ago - not the trend now & not long enuff ago for the nostalgic...I admit I got a strong anti-populist streak - & I don't wanna know what Taylor Swift's songs are (I don't have kids either to force expose me to the Top40 or Pop of now)...
  12:33pm
SeanG:

Schizophrenia is great SY song with a killer opening RIFF!
  12:34pm
SeanG:

and also SUGAR KANE
Avatar 12:35pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Teenage Riot...So yeah - I guess I got the reverse opinion & I'm suspect of people who talk about stuff like Swift as 'serious' or worthy...
  12:35pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Frank: That said, I'd rather be in NY and get to see Tim solo and/or YAI at the Mercury, on top of everything else on offer (The Muffs, tonight!).
Avatar 12:35pm
Marc Francis:

#1
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Frank Above:

@Eddy Fair point. Tim's solo shows at Mercury Lounge are particularly great. Unfortunately, they don't happen often enough
Avatar 12:36pm
Michael Shelley:

HATCH - one thing that sticks with me about that song is that the point of view of the lead vocals have a bit of "can't be bothered to get excited about my own song" and when I hear that, it is hard for ME to get excited - similarly: there's barely a melody - like trying too hard is uncool
  12:37pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Frank: Agreed on the albums. Convicts underrated.
@everyone else except Bill: Sorry for hijacking the comments with all the You Am I talk!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
Gaylord Fields:

Memphis Black: Not from Memphis, not Black. Discuss.
  12:39pm
SeanG:

you bring the summer
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Michael Shelley:

Doing the opposite of what's popular does not equal reinventing the wheel
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djsheilab:

It's a shame Taylor Swift's voice has so little to offer because some of her songs have got some outstanding melodies.
Avatar 12:40pm
djsheilab:

@Gaylord!! Happy to see you here. I played the McKinleys "Give Him My Love" in your honor yesterday.
Avatar 12:41pm
Lemmy Skynyrd:

ok, one CD... Motörhead... The Cramps... Run-DMC... Dean Martin... Buck Owens...
Avatar 12:43pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I question myself for loving what's clearly Pop from another era - but presuming the Contemp Pop is phony. It's the same Medium - & the same lousy Business it ever was. Altho' - Music contains infinite detail & coded signals about sounds, era, intention, styles...
  12:43pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Frank: Yeah, cos he stays sober(ish) to meet his daughter after the show and we get better banter and music!
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Frank Above:

@Eddy The banter alone is worth the price of admission.
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Listener Baby:

Baby. What or who is YAI?
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Gaylord Fields:

@djsheilab: I love the McKinleys and wish I was around to listen yesterday. Thank you, as always!
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djsheilab:

@Listener Baby I don't know who YAI is either. Anyone?
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Bill in W.O.:

You Am I
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herb.nyc:

Yay, nyc AND nauseating! Yes AND no.
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Eddy in Australia:

@Baby/Sheila: You Am I - Australian band with fervent following in America. Have toured with The Posies and Sloan, which might kinda give you a general idea of their music.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...SonicYouth was into Madonna & Karen Carpenter - likely as not they'd take the TaylorSwift side of the argument!...
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SeanG:

I hope Joey Spampinato is feeling better!
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Listener Baby:

Thanks!
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Lemmy Skynyrd:

little known fact: Taylor Swift is Thurston Moore and Lydia Lunch's love child...
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SeanG:

half japanese
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Right: More to the point - who *doesn't* fit into 80Minutes w/ out violence to the oeuvre...
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djsheilab:

I miss phony phone calls!
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djsheilab:

Thank you for a wonderful show, Michael.
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