WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 23, 2021

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. Lots of Mike Nesmith to remember.
	🥁 ♥ 3:01pm Jeff Ash: Season's greetings from Wisconsin!
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	3:01pm Erica: YES! Merry Monkeemas to you all Testifiers! I'm ready for the Mike Nesmith tribute and 30 minute Xmas show.
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Jeff! Erica!
	♥ 3:02pm Phillippe: Howdy. Always one of my favorite songs!
	♥ 3:02pm Michael 98145: Linda was so danged cute.
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Philippe! Michael!
	♥ 3:04pm Michael 98145: Guess i never realized Mike N wrote that.
	♥ 3:04pm Phillippe: Different Drum would've made more sense if Nesmith was a drummer. But that's really nitpicking
	3:05pm Erica: I can hear Mike's voice in this song.
	♥ 3:05pm Phillippe: Agreed Erica
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: @Michael - Mike was getting some fat royalty checks from the Stone Poney's recordings!
	♥ 3:06pm alanr: Glad you're doing this, as his Monkees fame may have made him known, but not in the way that represents his best talents.
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Hi Alan!
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: The flipside of this 45 is a version of the Beatles 'Rain'
	3:08pm Erica: True alanr. But people wouldn't have discovered Mike's music if the Monkees didn't make him known.
	3:08pm Erica: Or his best talents.
	♥ 3:08pm Phillippe: I agree Alan. I was always a big fan of his, but really did not know the extent of his influence on the country rock scene
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: I think by the end of the second set you'll see that the Monkees did indeed provide a window into Nesmith's talents. A very interesting and diverse collection of songs.
	♥ 3:11pm Phillippe: Sadly, I gotta run, but will be listening intermittently from the road and definitely on the archive. Have a Merry Christmas everyone! And thank you so much for your fine programs this year, Larry!
	♥ 3:11pm alanr: It's a complex matter, but, yes, it did put him on the map, instead of a smaller career whose music gained fame from others who performed his songs like Linda. So, i'll rollback my comment a bit....just a bit.
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: Merry Christmas Phillippe! You're quite welcome!
	3:15pm Erica: December is truly the month of the Monkees. With the passing of Mike Nesmith and the fact that Dec. 30 is the birthday of the late Nesmith and Davy Jones, it's been nothing but Monkees for me.
	3:16pm Erica: Late Nesmith and late Davy Jones that is.
	♥ 3:20pm Funky16Corners: I was discussing Davy with some friends this weekend, mainly about how underestimated he is.
	3:20pm Erica: I believe the Monkees' version of Mary Mary came out a year before Paul Butterfield Blues Band version, or around the same time Larry.
	♥ 3:21pm Brian in UK: In this country it was one of the first fanzines, Zigzag, that promoted his and John Stewart's talents. Saw them both at Zigzag's fifth anniversary concert in 1974. Nesmith & Red Rhodes. Great.
	♥ 3:22pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - From the Wiki - "Mary, Mary" is a song written by Michael Nesmith and first recorded by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band for their 1966 album, East-West. Nesmith's band, the Monkees, later recorded it for More of the Monkees (1967).
	3:23pm Erica: You better edit the tracklisting then Larry.
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Nesmith gets a lot of credit for country rock (some of it deserved) but the origins were much more complicated. This show I did a while back puts it in context: wfmu.org...
	3:25pm Erica: You wrote the Paul Butterfield Blues Band album East West as 1967, not 66.
	♥ 3:25pm Funky16Corners: I just fixed it
	3:26pm Erica: Okay thanks Larry.
	♥ 3:26pm Funky16Corners: No probs. Thanks for catching it.
	♥ 3:29pm Brian in UK: This is a little Beatlesesque (if there is such a word)
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: It is indeed. I think I included it in my Revolver show.
	♥ 3:31pm Funky16Corners: No, it was the Taxman show! wfmu.org...
	3:32pm Erica: I honestly prefer the TV version of You Just May Be The One for the vocals but the Headquarters version is great too.
	♥ 3:33pm Woo: You don't hear Band 6 on the radio often. Or Zilch. Thank you.
	♥ 3:33pm doctorjazz: Always liked You Just May Be The One, nice writing, rhythm shifts (took me forever to understand the 1st 3 words, All Men Must...) Hi Larry and all!
	3:34pm Erica: Zilch, zilch, zilch, head, head, head.
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc! Woo!
	3:37pm Erica: Another edit to be done Larry.
	♥ 3:37pm Funky16Corners: Do tell...
	3:38pm Erica: I got NO TIME!
	♥ 3:39pm Brian in UK: At least we will not hear Randy Scouse Git. A line borrowed from Till Death Us Do Part comedy series over here, became Archie Bunker over there.
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: Saving that for when Micky passes
	3:40pm Erica: Let's hope that's not for a while Larry.
	♥ 3:41pm Brian in UK: Is that your slipper in the back room?
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: Yes.
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - Wha??
	♥ 3:43pm Brian in UK: The intro was like Spanky & Our Gangs's Like to Get to Know You. Excuse me.
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: Yes!
	♥ 3:43pm Mike Sin: It's funny how my memory works with all of these Monkees tracks -- As soon as the track starts, the TV show episode featuring the song starts flashing in my head.
	3:44pm Erica: Me too Mike (Sin).
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike! I know what you mean.
	3:45pm Erica: For some reason "Don't Call on Me", The Girl I Knew Somewhere" and Mike Nesmith's solo hit "Joanne" make me cry.
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: Pretty songs
	3:46pm Erica: Very pretty Larry. I can't help but choke up.
	♥ 3:48pm Woo: Picked up Birds Bees at a garage sale a few months ago and realized I was pretty unfamiliar with that album. I like it much.
	♥ 3:48pm Mike Sin: Does anyone here have LPs in their collection on the Colgems label that aren't Monkees LPs? I don't, but I think the only other one I've seen out in the "wild" was the "Lewis & Clark Expedition" LP.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: @Woo - There's a lot of great stuff on those later albums
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Only Lewis and Clark
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: I've seen this one a bunch of times. My suspicion is that it's terrible. www.discogs.com...
	🥁 ♥ 3:51pm dutchtheo: Hey, Larry and Monkee folk!
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: Hey Theo!
	♥ 3:54pm Funky16Corners: The Fountain of Youth 45s on Colgems are good.
	♥ 3:59pm Mike Sin: I just checked Discogs to see that Rich Little was a Colgems artist (!) -- I'm guessing that single sold twice the amount of "I'm a Believer"... maybe not.
	♥ 3:59pm Funky16Corners: But not as much as his Ronald Reagan Rap...
	♥ 4:00pm Woo: this is the song with a note saying when the recording skips, it's not your record player. Do not be alarmed
	♥ 4:00pm Funky16Corners: It looks like that Colgems 45 is a Senator Bobby rip-off
	♥ 4:01pm Funky16Corners: @Woo - I never caught that!
	♥ 4:02pm coelacanth∅: hey Larry & all
	4:02pm Erica: I always thought that was an actual vinyl rip of the song. Didn't know Magnolia Sims was intended to sound like a scratchy record that skipped.
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey C!
	♥ 4:05pm Mike Sin: On the back of "The Birds, The Bees..." LP cover is the note to the listeners about the "vintage" sound Magnolia Simms
	♥ 4:07pm coelacanth∅: i still wonder...i guess the monkeys, or Nesmith, took the cue from the beatles (when i'm 64) did an excellent job with as style/shtick that more often than not is total crap, then Macca did honey pie in response? ...but i don't ever want to hear that again! whereas i could stand magnolia simms several more times!
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: Everyone was messing around with that sound, megaphone vocals, tack piano, banjos, on and on etc. Not much of it holds up well
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: Speak of the devil...
	♥ 4:11pm coelacanth∅: haha, yeah i cringe for most of it! but i loved honey pie as a child. one of my 10 least favorite beatles songs now, i guess. ...and when my friend George played me the birds, the bees & the monkees the first time i was bowled over by magnolia
	4:15pm Erica: Mike sings a psychedelic version of Listen to the Band in the special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, which I've seen once online and thought that version was trippy and scary.
	4:26pm Erica: Jingle Bells.
	♥ 4:28pm Funky16Corners: Do you know if there was ever a legit home video release of 33 1/3?
	4:29pm Erica: I believe Rhino released it a couple of times according to Wikipedia.
	♥ 4:29pm Mike Sin: ... and then Stan Freberg intersected with Nez and the Monkees about 15 years later!
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - I forgot about that!
	4:30pm still b/p: Some of the scallion, etc. dialogue was like Bob and Ray throttled up a touch.
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: Hey sbp!
	4:30pm Erica: This IS truly Monkeemas lol.
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: This is a reminder that Friday had a partner before Harry Morgan
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: I love Daws Butler on this
	4:32pm Erica: "Oh my darlin' whats-her-name?"
	4:32pm still b/p: That Daws voice instantly familiar from the heavy list of cartoon roles and presence.
	♥ 4:33pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, TONS of Hanna Barbera stuff
	4:35pm Erica: Christmas Spirit, aka the Turtles.
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: More than that! Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman of The Turtles; Gram Parsons and Gene Parsons of the Byrds; Linda Ronstadt; Modern Folk Quartet alumni Cyrus Faryar and Henry Diltz; and gospel singer Bessie Griffin.
	♥ 4:36pm coelacanth∅: i saw Santa Claus today, on his way to the dive bar. people don't know it but Santa's not his real name. it's James.
	4:36pm Erica: Wow. I guess they had the idea a multiple singers in a Christmas record before Band Aid did it the 80s to help those in Africa.
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: That list doesn't include Chip Douglas, who sings lead on the flipside (often thought - mistakenly - to be Gram Parsons)
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: BTW This is Michael McKean, David Lander and Harry Shearer
	4:38pm Erica: Harry Shearer? Of the Simpsons?
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: Yup!
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: Credibility Gap have several albums. This is a one-off 45.
	4:39pm Erica: Getting back on the subject of the Monkees, they released (I think) is a cover of Christmas Is My Time of Year on a 7" record which Chip Douglas produced.
	4:40pm Erica: (I think is). Sorry. Typo.
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: I think it's just Micky, Davy and Peter: www.discogs.com...
	4:41pm Erica: It IS Larry. Mike didn't take part in that. That's why it's credited to We Three Monkees.
	♥ 4:41pm Funky16Corners: Ahh!
	♥ 4:43pm Doug Schulkind: Merryhappy hannukahchristmaskwanzaa, Larry and everyone!
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	4:44pm Erica: You mean Merry Chrishannukahmas Doug?
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: Make sure to stay tuned for Kip and his 5-hour extravaganza!! wfmu.org...
	4:45pm David Shortell: When I met Harry Shearer at the Jewish Community Center in Deal back in 2006, I mentioned my copy of the Credibility Gap's "Woodshtick" album. He said, "Oh, so you're the one who bought it!"
	♥ 4:46pm Mike Sin: I don't think I've said "Merry Christmas" at all this season... I've replaced it with "Healthy Christmas"
	♥ 4:46pm Funky16Corners: Hey David! I have it too!
	♥ 4:46pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Good idea!
	♥ 4:46pm Doug Schulkind: @Erica That's exactly what I meant.
	♥ 4:47pm Funky16Corners: This is my fave of the many version of this songs Charles Brown recorded
	4:48pm Erica: @Doug it's a reference to Chalkzone, a cartoon I watched as a kid. kisscenter.net...
	4:49pm still b/p: I don't know if anyone in recent years tried to call out the surviving members of the Lampoon crew for some of the depraved and offensive magazine material that through today's lens could make eyebrows jump, jaws drop and excoriations go a'ragin'. Even with the "satire" context...some of it was vile, no holds barred, in sexual matters, racial matters.
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: A friend recently gave me a ton of old Lampoons (mostly late 70s, early 80s). Lots of stuff that wouldn't pass muster today
	4:55pm David Shortell: Do you have Stan Freberg’s 1958 Dickensian advertising satire "Green Chri$tma$", Funky?
	4:55pm Gerry from Miami: The once-and-famous Willard Waterman as the Great Gildersleeve. When I was a kid, my local TV station in Miami used to broadcast old episodes on Sunday mornings, right after a religious program, "Lamp Unto My Feet."
	♥ 4:55pm StringOFperils: Nat Lamp really wasn't worth the paper it was printed on , once it ceased being offensive, transgressive, and wrong. That was its core purpose.
	♥ 4:56pm Funky16Corners: Hey Gerry! Waterman was the replacement Gildersleeve. Hal Peary was the OG.
	4:56pm David Shortell: We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It's run by a big eastern syndicate, you know.
	🥁 ♥ 4:57pm Jeff Ash: Thanks, Larry! Happy holidays to all!
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks to you all for joining me!
	4:58pm Erica: Great show Larry. Merry Christmas, Happy holidays to you all!
	4:59pm Erica: And save the Texas Prairie Chicken. (RIP Nez)
	♥ 4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Erica!
	♥ 4:59pm StringOFperils: Thank you. Happy Holidays, Larry G!
	5:00pm Erica: Happy Holidays!
	♥ 5:00pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Larry! have a great holiday!
	5:00pm Dr. Mindburger: Holiday marathon version!!!
	5:01pm Gerry from Miami: @Funky16Corners. Didn't know that! Thanks for the info! Merry Christmas!
	♥ 5:01pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Everyone!
	♥ 5:02pm WR: Thank you Larry!
	♥ 5:03pm Brian in UK: Thanks Larry for your hard work this year. It is appreciated. Safe Christmas & onward.
	5:09pm Funky16corners: Thanks WR, Brian!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 23, 2021

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December 23, 2021: Testify! - Remembering Mike Nesmith b/w 2nd Annual 30 Minute Christmas Special!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Stone Poneys	Different Drum "Different Drum" by "Stone Poneys"	45RPM Single	Capitol	1967	45	0:01:21 (Pop-up)
Stone Poneys	Some of Shelley's Blues	Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends Vol 3	Capitol	1968	LP	0:03:57 (Pop-up)
Mary McCaslin and the Old Boys From Back Home	This All Happened Once Before	45RPM Single	Capitol	1967	45	0:06:03 (Pop-up)
Hubert Laws	Listen to the Band "Listen to the Band" by "Hubert Laws"	Crying Song	CTI	1968	LP	0:08:25 (Pop-up)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Mary Mary	East West	Elektra	1966	LP	0:12:05 (Pop-up)

Monkees	Papa Gene's Blues "Papa Gene's Blues" by "Monkees"	The Monkees	Colgems	1966	LP	0:20:00 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Sweet Young Thing "Sweet Young Thing" by "Monkees"	The Monkees	Colgems	1966	LP	0:24:07 (Pop-up)
Monkees	The KInd of Girl I Could Love	More of the Monkees	Colgems	1967	LP	0:24:08 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Mary Mary "Mary Mary" by "Monkees"	More of the Monkees	Colgems	1967	LP	0:25:21 (Pop-up)
Monkees	You Told Me "You Told Me" by "Monkees"	Headquarters	Colgems	1967	LP	0:27:38 (Pop-up)
Monkees	You Just May Be The One "You Just May Be The One" by "Monkees"	Headquarters	Colgems	1967	LP	0:29:56 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Band 6 "Band 6" by "Monkees"	Headquarters	Colgems	1967	LP	0:31:52 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Zilch "Zilch" by "Monkees"	Headquarters	Colgems	1967	LP	0:32:33 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Sunny Girlfriend "Sunny Girlfriend" by "Monkees"	Headquarters	Colgems	1967	LP	0:33:37 (Pop-up)
Monkees	No Time "No Time" by "Monkees"	Headquarters	Colgems	1967	LP	0:38:58 (Pop-up)
Monkees	The Girl I Knew Somewhere	45RPM Single	Colgems	1967	45	0:36:07 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Daily Nightly "Daily Nightly" by "Monkees"	Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd.	Colgems	1967	LP	0:37:57 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Don't Call On Me "Don't Call On Me" by "Monkees"	Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd.	Colgems	1967	LP	0:40:44 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Circle Sky "Circle Sky" by "Monkees"	Head	Colgems	1968	LP	0:43:30 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Auntie's Municipal Court "Auntie's Municipal Court" by "Monkees"	The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees	Colgems	1968	LP	0:46:00 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Tapioca Tundra "Tapioca Tundra" by "Monkees"	The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees	Colgems	1968	LP	0:49:56 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Writing Wrongs "Writing Wrongs" by "Monkees"	The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees	Colgems	1968	LP	0:53:00 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Magnolia Sims "Magnolia Sims" by "Monkees"	The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees	Colgems	1968	LP	0:58:05 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Don't Wait For Me "Don't Wait For Me" by "Monkees"	Instant Replay	Colgems	1969	LP	1:01:47 (Pop-up)
Monkees	While I Cry "While I Cry" by "Monkees"	Instant Replay	Colgems	1969	LP	1:04:20 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Good Clean Fun "Good Clean Fun" by "Monkees"	The Monkees Present	Colgems	1969	LP	1:07:19 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Never Tell a Woman Yes "Never Tell a Woman Yes" by "Monkees"	The Monkees Present	Colgems	1969	LP	1:09:42 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Listen to the Band "Listen to the Band" by "Monkees"	The Monkees Present	Colgems	1969	LP	1:13:12 (Pop-up)

Testify! 2nd Annual 30 Minute Christmas Special!
Stan Freberg	Christmas Dragnet "Christmas Dragnet" by "Stan Freberg"	78 single	Capitol	1953	78	1:26:46 (Pop-up)
Christmas Spirit	Christmas Is My Time of Year	45RPM Single	White Whale	1968	45	1:33:30 (Pop-up)
Credibility Gap	Something For Mary	Something For Mary	Warner Brothers	1973	45	1:36:45 (Pop-up)
James Brown	Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto	45RPM Single	King	1968	45	1:41:19 (Pop-up)
National Lampoon	Jesus Writes Thank You Notes	National Lampoon Radio Hour	Bootleg	1973	MP3	1:44:15 (Pop-up)
Charles Brown	Merry Christmas Baby	45RPM Single	Jewel	1970	45	1:46:17 (Pop-up)
Hal Peary	The Great Gildersleeve Reads the Night Before Christmas	The Great Gildersleeve	NBC	1942	MP3	1:49:54 (Pop-up)
Linus Van Pelt	The Meaning of Christmas	Charlie Brown Christmas	Warner Brothers	1965	MP3	1:55:06 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	1:59:11 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. Lots of Mike Nesmith to remember.
	🥁 ♥ 3:01pm Jeff Ash: Season's greetings from Wisconsin!
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	3:01pm Erica: YES! Merry Monkeemas to you all Testifiers! I'm ready for the Mike Nesmith tribute and 30 minute Xmas show.
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Jeff! Erica!
	♥ 3:02pm Phillippe: Howdy. Always one of my favorite songs!
	♥ 3:02pm Michael 98145: Linda was so danged cute.
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Philippe! Michael!
	♥ 3:04pm Michael 98145: Guess i never realized Mike N wrote that.
	♥ 3:04pm Phillippe: Different Drum would've made more sense if Nesmith was a drummer. But that's really nitpicking
	3:05pm Erica: I can hear Mike's voice in this song.
	♥ 3:05pm Phillippe: Agreed Erica
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: @Michael - Mike was getting some fat royalty checks from the Stone Poney's recordings!
	♥ 3:06pm alanr: Glad you're doing this, as his Monkees fame may have made him known, but not in the way that represents his best talents.
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Hi Alan!
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: The flipside of this 45 is a version of the Beatles 'Rain'
	3:08pm Erica: True alanr. But people wouldn't have discovered Mike's music if the Monkees didn't make him known.
	3:08pm Erica: Or his best talents.
	♥ 3:08pm Phillippe: I agree Alan. I was always a big fan of his, but really did not know the extent of his influence on the country rock scene
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: I think by the end of the second set you'll see that the Monkees did indeed provide a window into Nesmith's talents. A very interesting and diverse collection of songs.
	♥ 3:11pm Phillippe: Sadly, I gotta run, but will be listening intermittently from the road and definitely on the archive. Have a Merry Christmas everyone! And thank you so much for your fine programs this year, Larry!
	♥ 3:11pm alanr: It's a complex matter, but, yes, it did put him on the map, instead of a smaller career whose music gained fame from others who performed his songs like Linda. So, i'll rollback my comment a bit....just a bit.
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: Merry Christmas Phillippe! You're quite welcome!
	3:15pm Erica: December is truly the month of the Monkees. With the passing of Mike Nesmith and the fact that Dec. 30 is the birthday of the late Nesmith and Davy Jones, it's been nothing but Monkees for me.
	3:16pm Erica: Late Nesmith and late Davy Jones that is.
	♥ 3:20pm Funky16Corners: I was discussing Davy with some friends this weekend, mainly about how underestimated he is.
	3:20pm Erica: I believe the Monkees' version of Mary Mary came out a year before Paul Butterfield Blues Band version, or around the same time Larry.
	♥ 3:21pm Brian in UK: In this country it was one of the first fanzines, Zigzag, that promoted his and John Stewart's talents. Saw them both at Zigzag's fifth anniversary concert in 1974. Nesmith & Red Rhodes. Great.
	♥ 3:22pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - From the Wiki - "Mary, Mary" is a song written by Michael Nesmith and first recorded by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band for their 1966 album, East-West. Nesmith's band, the Monkees, later recorded it for More of the Monkees (1967).
	3:23pm Erica: You better edit the tracklisting then Larry.
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Nesmith gets a lot of credit for country rock (some of it deserved) but the origins were much more complicated. This show I did a while back puts it in context: wfmu.org...
	3:25pm Erica: You wrote the Paul Butterfield Blues Band album East West as 1967, not 66.
	♥ 3:25pm Funky16Corners: I just fixed it
	3:26pm Erica: Okay thanks Larry.
	♥ 3:26pm Funky16Corners: No probs. Thanks for catching it.
	♥ 3:29pm Brian in UK: This is a little Beatlesesque (if there is such a word)
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: It is indeed. I think I included it in my Revolver show.
	♥ 3:31pm Funky16Corners: No, it was the Taxman show! wfmu.org...
	3:32pm Erica: I honestly prefer the TV version of You Just May Be The One for the vocals but the Headquarters version is great too.
	♥ 3:33pm Woo: You don't hear Band 6 on the radio often. Or Zilch. Thank you.
	♥ 3:33pm doctorjazz: Always liked You Just May Be The One, nice writing, rhythm shifts (took me forever to understand the 1st 3 words, All Men Must...) Hi Larry and all!
	3:34pm Erica: Zilch, zilch, zilch, head, head, head.
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc! Woo!
	3:37pm Erica: Another edit to be done Larry.
	♥ 3:37pm Funky16Corners: Do tell...
	3:38pm Erica: I got NO TIME!
	♥ 3:39pm Brian in UK: At least we will not hear Randy Scouse Git. A line borrowed from Till Death Us Do Part comedy series over here, became Archie Bunker over there.
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: Saving that for when Micky passes
	3:40pm Erica: Let's hope that's not for a while Larry.
	♥ 3:41pm Brian in UK: Is that your slipper in the back room?
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: Yes.
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - Wha??
	♥ 3:43pm Brian in UK: The intro was like Spanky & Our Gangs's Like to Get to Know You. Excuse me.
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: Yes!
	♥ 3:43pm Mike Sin: It's funny how my memory works with all of these Monkees tracks -- As soon as the track starts, the TV show episode featuring the song starts flashing in my head.
	3:44pm Erica: Me too Mike (Sin).
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike! I know what you mean.
	3:45pm Erica: For some reason "Don't Call on Me", The Girl I Knew Somewhere" and Mike Nesmith's solo hit "Joanne" make me cry.
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: Pretty songs
	3:46pm Erica: Very pretty Larry. I can't help but choke up.
	♥ 3:48pm Woo: Picked up Birds Bees at a garage sale a few months ago and realized I was pretty unfamiliar with that album. I like it much.
	♥ 3:48pm Mike Sin: Does anyone here have LPs in their collection on the Colgems label that aren't Monkees LPs? I don't, but I think the only other one I've seen out in the "wild" was the "Lewis & Clark Expedition" LP.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: @Woo - There's a lot of great stuff on those later albums
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Only Lewis and Clark
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: I've seen this one a bunch of times. My suspicion is that it's terrible. www.discogs.com...
	🥁 ♥ 3:51pm dutchtheo: Hey, Larry and Monkee folk!
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: Hey Theo!
	♥ 3:54pm Funky16Corners: The Fountain of Youth 45s on Colgems are good.
	♥ 3:59pm Mike Sin: I just checked Discogs to see that Rich Little was a Colgems artist (!) -- I'm guessing that single sold twice the amount of "I'm a Believer"... maybe not.
	♥ 3:59pm Funky16Corners: But not as much as his Ronald Reagan Rap...
	♥ 4:00pm Woo: this is the song with a note saying when the recording skips, it's not your record player. Do not be alarmed
	♥ 4:00pm Funky16Corners: It looks like that Colgems 45 is a Senator Bobby rip-off
	♥ 4:01pm Funky16Corners: @Woo - I never caught that!
	♥ 4:02pm coelacanth∅: hey Larry & all
	4:02pm Erica: I always thought that was an actual vinyl rip of the song. Didn't know Magnolia Sims was intended to sound like a scratchy record that skipped.
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey C!
	♥ 4:05pm Mike Sin: On the back of "The Birds, The Bees..." LP cover is the note to the listeners about the "vintage" sound Magnolia Simms
	♥ 4:07pm coelacanth∅: i still wonder...i guess the monkeys, or Nesmith, took the cue from the beatles (when i'm 64) did an excellent job with as style/shtick that more often than not is total crap, then Macca did honey pie in response? ...but i don't ever want to hear that again! whereas i could stand magnolia simms several more times!
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: Everyone was messing around with that sound, megaphone vocals, tack piano, banjos, on and on etc. Not much of it holds up well
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: Speak of the devil...
	♥ 4:11pm coelacanth∅: haha, yeah i cringe for most of it! but i loved honey pie as a child. one of my 10 least favorite beatles songs now, i guess. ...and when my friend George played me the birds, the bees & the monkees the first time i was bowled over by magnolia
	4:15pm Erica: Mike sings a psychedelic version of Listen to the Band in the special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, which I've seen once online and thought that version was trippy and scary.
	4:26pm Erica: Jingle Bells.
	♥ 4:28pm Funky16Corners: Do you know if there was ever a legit home video release of 33 1/3?
	4:29pm Erica: I believe Rhino released it a couple of times according to Wikipedia.
	♥ 4:29pm Mike Sin: ... and then Stan Freberg intersected with Nez and the Monkees about 15 years later!
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - I forgot about that!
	4:30pm still b/p: Some of the scallion, etc. dialogue was like Bob and Ray throttled up a touch.
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: Hey sbp!
	4:30pm Erica: This IS truly Monkeemas lol.
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: This is a reminder that Friday had a partner before Harry Morgan
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: I love Daws Butler on this
	4:32pm Erica: "Oh my darlin' whats-her-name?"
	4:32pm still b/p: That Daws voice instantly familiar from the heavy list of cartoon roles and presence.
	♥ 4:33pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, TONS of Hanna Barbera stuff
	4:35pm Erica: Christmas Spirit, aka the Turtles.
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: More than that! Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman of The Turtles; Gram Parsons and Gene Parsons of the Byrds; Linda Ronstadt; Modern Folk Quartet alumni Cyrus Faryar and Henry Diltz; and gospel singer Bessie Griffin.
	♥ 4:36pm coelacanth∅: i saw Santa Claus today, on his way to the dive bar. people don't know it but Santa's not his real name. it's James.
	4:36pm Erica: Wow. I guess they had the idea a multiple singers in a Christmas record before Band Aid did it the 80s to help those in Africa.
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: That list doesn't include Chip Douglas, who sings lead on the flipside (often thought - mistakenly - to be Gram Parsons)
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: BTW This is Michael McKean, David Lander and Harry Shearer
	4:38pm Erica: Harry Shearer? Of the Simpsons?
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: Yup!
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: Credibility Gap have several albums. This is a one-off 45.
	4:39pm Erica: Getting back on the subject of the Monkees, they released (I think) is a cover of Christmas Is My Time of Year on a 7" record which Chip Douglas produced.
	4:40pm Erica: (I think is). Sorry. Typo.
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: I think it's just Micky, Davy and Peter: www.discogs.com...
	4:41pm Erica: It IS Larry. Mike didn't take part in that. That's why it's credited to We Three Monkees.
	♥ 4:41pm Funky16Corners: Ahh!
	♥ 4:43pm Doug Schulkind: Merryhappy hannukahchristmaskwanzaa, Larry and everyone!
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	4:44pm Erica: You mean Merry Chrishannukahmas Doug?
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: Make sure to stay tuned for Kip and his 5-hour extravaganza!! wfmu.org...
	4:45pm David Shortell: When I met Harry Shearer at the Jewish Community Center in Deal back in 2006, I mentioned my copy of the Credibility Gap's "Woodshtick" album. He said, "Oh, so you're the one who bought it!"
	♥ 4:46pm Mike Sin: I don't think I've said "Merry Christmas" at all this season... I've replaced it with "Healthy Christmas"
	♥ 4:46pm Funky16Corners: Hey David! I have it too!
	♥ 4:46pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Good idea!
	♥ 4:46pm Doug Schulkind: @Erica That's exactly what I meant.
	♥ 4:47pm Funky16Corners: This is my fave of the many version of this songs Charles Brown recorded
	4:48pm Erica: @Doug it's a reference to Chalkzone, a cartoon I watched as a kid. kisscenter.net...
	4:49pm still b/p: I don't know if anyone in recent years tried to call out the surviving members of the Lampoon crew for some of the depraved and offensive magazine material that through today's lens could make eyebrows jump, jaws drop and excoriations go a'ragin'. Even with the "satire" context...some of it was vile, no holds barred, in sexual matters, racial matters.
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: A friend recently gave me a ton of old Lampoons (mostly late 70s, early 80s). Lots of stuff that wouldn't pass muster today
	4:55pm David Shortell: Do you have Stan Freberg’s 1958 Dickensian advertising satire "Green Chri$tma$", Funky?
	4:55pm Gerry from Miami: The once-and-famous Willard Waterman as the Great Gildersleeve. When I was a kid, my local TV station in Miami used to broadcast old episodes on Sunday mornings, right after a religious program, "Lamp Unto My Feet."
	♥ 4:55pm StringOFperils: Nat Lamp really wasn't worth the paper it was printed on , once it ceased being offensive, transgressive, and wrong. That was its core purpose.
	♥ 4:56pm Funky16Corners: Hey Gerry! Waterman was the replacement Gildersleeve. Hal Peary was the OG.
	4:56pm David Shortell: We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It's run by a big eastern syndicate, you know.
	🥁 ♥ 4:57pm Jeff Ash: Thanks, Larry! Happy holidays to all!
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks to you all for joining me!
	4:58pm Erica: Great show Larry. Merry Christmas, Happy holidays to you all!
	4:59pm Erica: And save the Texas Prairie Chicken. (RIP Nez)
	♥ 4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Erica!
	♥ 4:59pm StringOFperils: Thank you. Happy Holidays, Larry G!
	5:00pm Erica: Happy Holidays!
	♥ 5:00pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Larry! have a great holiday!
	5:00pm Dr. Mindburger: Holiday marathon version!!!
	5:01pm Gerry from Miami: @Funky16Corners. Didn't know that! Thanks for the info! Merry Christmas!
	♥ 5:01pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Everyone!
	♥ 5:02pm WR: Thank you Larry!
	♥ 5:03pm Brian in UK: Thanks Larry for your hard work this year. It is appreciated. Safe Christmas & onward.
	5:09pm Funky16corners: Thanks WR, Brian!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 23, 2021

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