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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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Favoriting August 21, 2021: Fill-in for Michael Shelley: Arthur Alexander of Sorrows, & a brief Mick Rain tribute

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
 
In memory of Pezband drummer Mick Rain
pezband  stop! wait a minute   Favoriting 7"  passport  1978      0:02:21 (Pop-up)
pezband  please be somewhere tonight   Favoriting s/t  passport  1977      0:02:45 (Pop-up)
pezband  love goes underground   Favoriting laughing in the dark  passport  1978      0:05:46 (Pop-up)
pezband  waiting in line   Favoriting women & politics ep  pezband  2016      0:09:27 (Pop-up)
 
the poppees  if she cries   Favoriting pop goes the anthology  bomp    Arthur Alexander's band pre-Sorrows    0:16:54 (Pop-up)
sorrows  teenage heartbeak   Favoriting teenage heartbreak  pavillion  1980      0:19:04 (Pop-up)
sorrows  play this song (on the radio)   Favoriting love too late... the real album  big stir    Newly released re-recorded version of Sorrows' second album  *   0:21:28 (Pop-up)
sorrows  love too late   Favoriting love too late... the real album  big stir      *   0:24:02 (Pop-up)
 
arthur alexander  interview with efd part 1   Favoriting       You can get Love Too Late... the real album on Bandcamp    0:30:42 (Pop-up)
the poppees  jealousy   Favoriting 7"  bomp  1978      0:38:38 (Pop-up)
arthur alexander  interview with efd part 2   Favoriting           0:40:57 (Pop-up)
sorrows  bad times, good times   Favoriting bad times, good times  bomp    Remixed/expanded version of Sorrows' debut album, released in 2010    0:51:21 (Pop-up)
arthur alexander  interview with efd part 3   Favoriting           0:53:30 (Pop-up)
sorrows  it's not love anymore   Favoriting love too late  pavillion  1981  A track from the original 1981 album/production, for reference    1:05:37 (Pop-up)
arthur alexander  interview with efd part 4   Favoriting           1:08:49 (Pop-up)
sorrows  christabelle   Favoriting love too late... the real album  big stir      *   1:28:37 (Pop-up)
arthur alexander  interview with efd part 5   Favoriting           1:32:15 (Pop-up)
sorrows  breaking my heart (over you)   Favoriting love too late... the real album  big stir      *   1:40:06 (Pop-up)
 
sorrows  what i used to know   Favoriting love too late... the real album  big stir      *   1:51:32 (Pop-up)
sorrows  tired of waiting for you   Favoriting love too late... the real album  big stir      *   1:55:28 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:02am
Asheville Jon:

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Mister Dobalina:

Oh this is a pleasant surprise! Was going to tune away.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:02am
prof.fuzz:

Oh hey! It's EFD! Good morning!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

* efd time ! *
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Frank In Queens:

Well well well!
  11:03am
morphe':

EFD - THE NEW AM CrossOver AFTERNOON SHOW !!!!
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Eddy in Australia:

Goooood Saturday morning! I’ve been looking forward to this show
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Mister Dobalina:

But definitely not, if EFD is spinnin'...
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spodiodi:

SUMMER OF EFD!
aloha!
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G:

EFD Before Dark
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chresti:

Morning EFD and party!
  11:03am
Paul:

Tom T. Hall died yesterday. RIP. Maybe a tribute song.
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G:

Starting w the 70s...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:04am
Handy Haversack:

efd! All the other letters! What a thrill!

We got all packed up during DDR. Hope we can pick up efd while sitting on the Harlem River Drive for the next three hours ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:04am
Will the Sound Guy:

Good morning efd and all! I'm stoked that you're doing all these fill-ins... Making the airwaves a great place, thanks
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Mister Dobalina:

And EFD is fillin' in for Pseu...whao! I'm penciled in for this coming Thurs...for shoo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:05am
spodiodi:

\\// good morning, chresti! gm, all!
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HyperDose:

Party time!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:08am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...firing on all the PowerPop pistons here...
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DJ Guin:

It's 4:20 somewhere....
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Various Julius:

4:20 in Newfoundland
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HyperDose:

Not here, Guin. Still healing. Take a few pops for me, will ya?
Avatar 11:10am
DJ Guin:

just smoke your medicine, Grandpa and quit yer bell achin'
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:11am
Greg from ZONE 5:

EFD! We have an embarrassment of fill-in riches today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:16am
Asheville Jon:

looking forward to the social media air horn. perhaps at noon? would be a nice, mid-day treat!
  11:17am
P-90:

It’s Evan β€œNumber One Funk Hits” Davies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:17am
Handy Haversack:

I have a radical idea. I'm going to drive all the damn way across Manhattan and take the West Side Highway. Pump up the signal, efd!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:18am
Will the Sound Guy:

Safe travels Handy, may the signal stay strong and true
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

The Poppees were simultaneously ahead and behind the times.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:19am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

A bit like the Flamin'Groovies ?
& featured in Gaylord's Fake Beatle blog :
blog.wfmu.org...
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:22am
Eddy in Australia:

I hear Henri has been upgraded to a hurricane. Stay safe over there
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Mister Dobalina:

Alright, got my coffee, got my english muffin.. now ready for all these great tunes coming up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:23am
Hoboken Jack:

Hey EFD, TOPT, Greg, Handy, West Side Bagpipe, Frank, Spodi, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:24am
Will the Sound Guy:

'enri is a hurricane now, I'll have to check it out
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:25am
Handy Haversack:

Hey, Jack!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:26am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hurricanes in the Northeast - yer new abnormal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:27am
Will the Sound Guy:

Looks like I'm going to get a buck ton of rain tomorrow
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:28am
Asheville Jon:

we got hammered by Fred here earlier this week. lots of damage in the area.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:28am
Frank In Queens:

Hi Jack!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29am
spodiodi:

hey, Jack!
hi, Handy! drive safely
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29am
Will the Sound Guy:

Hopefully the Mt Hope transmitter WMFU, cable lines, and WFMU proper stay afloat
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:30am
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, spodi! It's just achieving escape velocity that's the challenge. Then we see how long we can stick to smaller roads before getting impatient and cutting over to the Thruway.
  11:31am
Mike Sin:

Sounding great here in the "canteen"! Looking forward to the interview with Arthur Alexander.

Quite sorry to hear about Mick Rain -- I did not know until you did the tribute...
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HyperDose:

Safe and happy travels, Handy!
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efd:

hey everyone, thanks for tuning in today! Things were a little too frantic in the first 30 minutes to say hi but it's nice to see you all.
  11:34am
Moe:

Shelly, Rex and Todd... what? They go to the beach together?
  11:35am
P-90:

I like the way he says β€œRock the Boat” and β€œJungle Boogie” with his accent
  11:37am
P-90:

@Moe: how’s you like to be the caterer/bartender for THAT party?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:37am
Hoboken Jack:

I love his voice! Has immediately become my all-time second favorite Arthur Alexander.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:39am
ultradamno:

Evan! Funkies!
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efd:

@Jack it's still early, maybe he can move up another notch!
  11:40am
morphe':

Additional old Background Article info on AA:
https://www.punkglobe.com/arthuralexanderinterview0810.html
  11:41am
Moe:

Just don’t ask me to DJ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:43am
JohnEBGood:

GM Evan and WFMU family. It all comes together when you have a kick ass drummer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:47am
Gaylord Fields:

Hi, efd! I had the distinct pleasure of seeing Sorrows live ca. 1980 when Teenage Heartbreak had just come out. They cooked onstage, and their encore was a note-perfect version of "A Hard Day's Night" that had the entire room dancing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:48am
efd:

Gaylord! I was hoping you'd be listening! That's great that you saw Sorrows back then, sounds like a great show.
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efd:

@JohnEBGood I have to agree!
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Handy Haversack:

OK, we're heading out and hitting the road in a sec here. We'll hope the car antenna is up to the job! Thanks, efd. Interview super interesting so far.

Have good weekends, Funksters.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:49am
prof.fuzz:

Happy trails, Handy!
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efd:

@Handy I'm turning up that special dial here in Studio A.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:50am
Handy Haversack:

Perfect!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:53am
prof.fuzz:

I'm picking up the signal from my backyard in Dallas! Way to go EFD!
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Will the Sound Guy:

This interview is going well, I'm diggin it
  11:54am
P-90:

Coming in loud and clear in Fort Lauderdale !
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efd:

@prof.fuzz haha, nice!
@Will t SG thank you!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:54am
prof.fuzz:

must be the 1500 mile CAT-5 ethernet cable...
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Gaylord Fields:

efd, thanks for having Arthur Alexander on to talk about his fascinating career! You have done this old power popper a real service.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:59am
efd:

@Gaylord I am always here to serve.
  12:00pm
bobobobob frm Plasticland:

the pezband played so many gigs in Milwaukee i thot they were a band from Wisconsin...RIP
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:06pm
prof.fuzz:

this story is both heartbreaking and infuriating...
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efd:

This is a track from the original release of Love Too Late, for reference
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:07pm
efd:

note the keyboards throughout...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Ironic title / lyrics... funny how that happens...
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:08pm
prof.fuzz:

it's like jools holland or paul schafer sitting in with every act on the show...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:16pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

When success isn't success. Fills me with horror - why Ive always been phobic about Professionalism... I mean - what could be worse for a Creative than to be conflicted about / in a struggle for your own Creativity ??
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:17pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Consider that KeithMoon is *characterized* by synching with the Singer & blowing the Song apart from the inside...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I suppose *some* of the ambiguity around the title 'Producer' is there are definitely different things one might be Producing - Product or Art...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:22pm
efd:

@RevRab I think I cut it for time (we talked for about an hour and twenty minutes!) but at one point Arthur said he felt Shel was more of a businessman than a producer, which I think ties in with your last comment.
  12:23pm
Mike Sin:

Well, this is the one LP in my collection that features "castrato"!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:24pm
efd:

@Mike oddly not mentioned in the album credits!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:25pm
ultradamno:

Maybe Shel wanted the Journey/REO audience with that
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:26pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

efd: You left that in - just heard it !
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efd:

haha, I spent a lot of time this week listening to this interview! Lost track of what's in and what's out at this point.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:30pm
Will the Sound Guy:

I'm glad to hear about that law... 35 years is a long time, but it's better than not at all....
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WinksFMU:

Interesting stuff... never knew of this travesty.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:31pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Reading about Monster Movies - & how men in suits & models of whole cities is expensive - but quicker than model animation. & time is money for movies. Broad comparison maybe - but I think much like Producers & Labels getting Session players in to reliably make slick market fodder rapidly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:34pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

(Movie makers borrow money to finance films - & the quicker, the less interest to pay...)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:34pm
efd:

Another facet of the ongoing struggle between art and money.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:36pm
efd:

"I've got two words for you and they're not happy birthday" is one of my favorite phrases, I was so delighted when he said that!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:40pm
Will the Sound Guy:

I'm a fan of getting the artists to have creative control, efff the suits. People would probably like the real versions of many of things. Producers should work in concert with the band, not blow off the artists and produce their own vision. It's horrific what some producers do to stuff. Don't rip the beating heart out, don't crush the soul of a song, don't kill the overall being of the band.
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spodiodi:

great interview
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efd:

thanks spodi!
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spodiodi:

was also delighted when he said that, efd XD
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:42pm
Will the Sound Guy:

I really enjoyed hearing the story as well. Thank you for the interview efd
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efd:

My pleasure, Will! Glad you enjoyed it!
  12:43pm
Mike Sin:

This interview was great! EFD did such a pro job! What I'm hoping for now? EFD's next interview will somehow be Shel Talmy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:44pm
efd:

haha, thanks Mike!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:44pm
ultradamno:

Wasn't Nate going to be sitting in for Rex next?
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WinksFMU:

Shal Talmy - The Pop Music Nuremberg Trial!
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efd:

and folks, Mike Sin is filling in for Nate K who was going to fill in for Rex at the top of the hour so don't go anywhere!
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Will the Sound Guy:

I do like the songs, the new version of the album definitely sounds better to me. I'll have to find it
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:46pm
ultradamno:

It's matryoshka doll of fill-ins
  12:47pm
morphe':

The guy AA sounds like PR or Italian Bklyn but was from Poland ... great info and tunes !!!
  12:48pm
egould310:

Great interview. Great music. Really enjoyed this. Thanks, efd. Listen at you next week.
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HyperDose:

haha that was a nice burn, efd!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:49pm
Asheville Jon:

is there any social media presence for the EFD show?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:50pm
spodiodi:

i'd love to know
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:50pm
Asheville Jon:

i have no idea where to look :(
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Hams:

where's my fill-in?
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Daeve:

Great interview. I'll be spending some quality time with the real album.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:51pm
ultradamno:

And a sound of some sort to indicate the divulging of the whereabouts of such social media place
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:52pm
efd:

yeah, yeah
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:52pm
Chop Scott:

Great show EFD!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:52pm
radioronan:

Had Sorrows on my list for next bandcamp Friday..thanks for the interview, Evan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm
efd:

that social media airhorn is getting a swelled head, I've got to give it a rest and take it down a peg
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:54pm
ultradamno:

The steam whistle is ready and waiting on the bench.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:54pm
McGroovey:

Great interview!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:54pm
Will the Sound Guy:

I just ordered the album on Bandcamp
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:56pm
Asheville Jon:

social media pan flute?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:56pm
Will the Sound Guy:

I should have waited, I wasn't thinking
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:57pm
spodiodi:

could a foghorn fit in the studio?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:57pm
efd:

It's ok Will, Bandcamp needs money too :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:59pm
spodiodi:

thanks, efd. great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:59pm
Will the Sound Guy:

Thank you for the superb fill-in show efd πŸ“£πŸ€˜πŸ“’πŸ”ˆπŸ”ŠπŸ’₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:00pm
prof.fuzz:

great show. great interview. thanks EFD!
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