Favoriting The Funhouse with Harry Parmenter: Playlist from February 26, 2023 Favoriting

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Favoriting February 26, 2023: BHM

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
The Stranglers  The Waltzinblack   Favoriting The Gospel According To The Meninblack  EMI  1981  CD  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Eddi Reader, Mahatolla Queens, Revetti Sakalar  Daphne   Favoriting 1 Giant Leap  Palm Pictures, Ltd.  2001  CD  0:01:29 (Pop-up)
Rufus "Hound Dog" Thomas Jr.  Bear Cat   Favoriting The Best of Sun Records  Not Now Music Ltd.  2007  CD  0:07:55 (Pop-up)
Charles Brown  Joyce's Boogie   Favoriting A Life in the Blues  Rounder  2003  CD  0:10:36 (Pop-up)
Booker T. & The MGs  Scratch My Back   Favoriting Soul Men  Stax  2003  CD  0:12:59 (Pop-up)
Bootsy Collins  Boomerang   Favoriting World Wide Funk  Mascot Music  2017  CD  0:17:11 (Pop-up)
Big Mama Thornton  Ball and Chain   Favoriting The Complete Vanguard Recordings  Vanguard  2000  CD  0:19:11 (Pop-up)
Albert King  That's What The Blues Is All About   Favoriting The Best of Albert King, Vol. 1  Stax  1986  CD  0:23:31 (Pop-up)
Ike & Tina Turner  I Can't Believe What You Say   Favoriting Back in the Day  32 Jazz  1997  CD  0:27:32 (Pop-up)
 
Blind Willie McTell  Talkin' to Your Mama   Favoriting The Devil's Music  Uncut Magazine  2002  CD  0:30:17 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Reed  Close Together   Favoriting The Masters  Eagle Records  1997  CD  0:33:27 (Pop-up)
Tone Loc  Wild Thing   Favoriting Wild Thing  4th & Broadway  1989  CD  0:36:00 (Pop-up)
Ray Charles  It Should've Been Me   Favoriting The Very Best of Ray Charles Vol.II  Rhino  2000  CD  0:40:17 (Pop-up)
The Staples Singers  Respect Yourself   Favoriting The Best of the Staple Singers  Stax/Fantasy  1990  CD  0:42:58 (Pop-up)
Gary Clark, Jr.  Travis County   Favoriting Live  Warner Bros. Records  2014  CD  0:47:52 (Pop-up)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience  Rainy Day, Dream Away   Favoriting Electric Ladyland  MCA  1993  CD  0:51:20 (Pop-up)
 
Louis Armstrong  Hello Dolly   Favoriting Golden Legends  Direct Source Special Products  1999  CD  0:56:08 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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medson:

Hey hey Harry and all.
  9:00pm
rychurd:

alright alright alright!!
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Harry Parmenter:

hey medson and rychurd! well this is a 180 from The Whig Out tonight I must confess
  9:01pm
Androu B.:

Good Evening, Harry! Hello again, MW and Syre Rycharde!
  9:01pm
Brother John:

Brother John here for you Harry
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Soulstealer007:

Hello There
  9:01pm
Brother John:

Lets get down!
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Harry Parmenter:

Hello Androu and Brother John.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Brother John @9:01
just turning the engine over first
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Woo:

Hi to Harry, medson, rychurd, Androu, Brother John, Soutstealer007
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Harry Parmenter:

welcome Woo and Soulstealer. Thx for listening.
  9:03pm
Androu B.:

Hails to Medsy, Bro John, SS007 & Woo!
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Fatherflot:

Hey Harry Phunhausers
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Harry Parmenter:

I felt compelled to do a BHM show. So we'll see how you all like it.
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Harry Parmenter:

Greetings Fatherflot! I have listened to a couple of your archive shows; good stuff. Loved hearing Country Joe !
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:06pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:04
Cool! Glad you dug it
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Harry and all!!!
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Harry Parmenter:

Hi Will!
  9:07pm
Brother John:

Soundtrack to Desmond Pfeiffer soon Harry?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Brother John @9:07
Is there a song called TURN IT OFF!
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Max Danger:

Hi Harry and all! Thanks for the great music!
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Harry Parmenter:

Hey welcome Max. Bubblegum OD and Whig Out great as usual and Rama Lama next up.
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Soulstealer007:

Cool tune
  9:10pm
Androu B.:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @9:06
Hi, Will! How's the lil' princess doing? I understand she'll be having her first birthday pretty soon!
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Max Danger:

Sundays here are pretty darn awesome.
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Bear Cat" by "Rufus "Hound Dog" Thomas Jr."
I'm sure this followed Big Mama, but did it precede Elvis?
  9:11pm
Brother John:

I have seven or eight Charles Brown records
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David Shortell:

↳ Brother John @9:11
Good grief!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ David Shortell @9:11
believe so but unsure
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ David Shortell @9:11
believe so but unsure
  9:12pm
Brother John:

Tell your friends people! This show doesn't get the love it deserves. Most eclectic out there selection you can find!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ Androu B. @9:10
she's good, she turned 1 on Jan 10th
  9:12pm
Brother John:

↳ David Shortell @9:11
Good one!
  9:12pm
Androu B.:

↳ Song: "Joyce's Boogie" by "Charles Brown"
Perhaps I should be the one to ask...
Has he ever performed with Vince Guaraldi?
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Harry Parmenter:

already a year, Will! time does fly.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Androu B. @9:12
Brother John must know
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:15pm
Fatherflot:

Nobody sounds like Steve Cropper
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:15
or BT
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:16pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi medson, rychurd, Androu B, Brother John, Soulstealer007, Woo, F², Max Danger, David Shortell, and anyone lurking around!
  9:16pm
Androu B.:

↳ Brother John @9:12
Next our beloved Julie! Speaking of which...she'll be on right after this show:

https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/125111
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Soulstealer007:

Heya Will, Woo
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:17pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:15
Truth
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MOM WHIG:

HI ALL - LISTENING IN THE BACKGROUND
  9:20pm
Brother John:

↳ Androu B. @9:12
I don't believe so
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:20pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Mom Whig!
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Fatherflot:

↳ MOM WHIG @9:19
Hi Ma.
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Harry Parmenter:

Hi Mom! If anybody out there missed it Mom did a wonderful show on the DropIn yesterday. Check it out if you didn't catch it:

wfmu.org...
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:20
Thanks Harry
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:25pm
medson:

Sounding great Harry.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:25
thx medson. bit of a changeup but why not.
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MOM WHIG:

Hi medson - RW - Androu - Brother J - Woo - F2 - Will - Max - David S - Soulstealer
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Soulstealer007:

Howdy Mom
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:27pm
medson:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:25
Loving it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:27pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:25
yeah, this was really good idea for a show. Thanks.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:27
very glad medson and Fatherflot
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Solid first set!!!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @9:30
hey thx Will. happy you dug it
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Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:28
Who is your avatar picture?
  9:31pm
Scobot:

Embarrassed that I didn’t know the back story re Hound Dog.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:31
Some guy in a purple haze
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:32pm
medson:

What’s making this so sweet. I was cranking up the Victorola today with some Bessie Smith 78’s
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Scobot @9:31
don't be; i didnt either till i looked it up!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:32
oh cool. 78s! wow!!
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Harry Parmenter:

don't know why but i jjust love this Willie tune
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:33pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:31
Looks like a 40s picture
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:33
spindly fingers eh?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:35pm
medson:

Jimmy Reeds wife sung a lot of background on his tunes.
  9:35pm
Androu B.:

Hey, F2! You mentioned on Rychurd's chat board that your bro took you to a South Asian supermarket in Edison. By any chance, was that place called H Mart?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:35
really? what a badass
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:36pm
medson:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:35
Mama Reed uncredited on most
  9:36pm
Brother John:

OK here's one I never thought I'd hear on Harry's show
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:36
interesting. yeah Brother John I hadn't heard it in forever and it just struck me; the comic relief portion of the program
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:37pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Androu B. @9:35
Yup, that was it. You know it?
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Harry Parmenter:

and can never get enough of that VH drum riff
  9:37pm
Brother John:

Is this in your UPN mix tape?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Brother John @9:37
absolutely
  9:38pm
Androu B.:

↳ Fatherflot @9:37
Hell yeah! There's a Sam Ash just two blocks from there!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:38pm
medson:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:37
Jamie’s cryin right?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:38
yes. at first Tone just copped it but he heard from the brothers' attorney, as you can imagine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:39pm
medson:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:38
For sure
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Brother John @9:37
plus I just watched HEAT again and his cameo reminded me of this tune
  9:40pm
Brother John:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:38
Suprised DLR didn't ask for a cameo in the video
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Brother John @9:40
you're right
  9:40pm
Androu B.:

↳ Fatherflot @9:37
Btw, did you know there used to be a Topps Appliance store many years ago where that supermarket is now?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:44pm
medson:

↳ Androu B. @9:40
Those trucks with Topsy haha.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:44pm
Fatherflot:

Pops Staples, Moms Collates. . . .
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Fatherflot @9:44
yeah i know it's been played to death but still great
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:45pm
medson:

↳ Fatherflot @9:44
🤣🤣🤣🤣 perfect
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Fatherflot:

↳ Androu B. @9:40
Did not know that. I don't know Edison at all. I grew up in Hackensack, but haven't lived in NJ for decades.
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Fatherflot:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:45
I could never get tired of anything with Pops on it.
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Harry Parmenter:

agree. cool cat.
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medson:

We called my grandfather pops
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:46
old school
  9:47pm
Androu B.:

↳ medson @9:44
I still have my old Topps card! Kept it in my night drawer al this time!
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medson:

↳ Androu B. @9:47
We found so many defunct Dept Store credit cards when my grandmother passed away. She kept them all.
  9:50pm
Androu B.:

↳ Fatherflot @9:45
Since you mention it, you know that ice rink upriver where the local junior hockey team practices?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:52pm
medson:

You built us a fine show here Harry.
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MOM WHIG:

HARRY - THANKS FOR THE "FUNTIME" TONITE
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:53pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Androu B. @9:50
in Edison?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:53pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you Harry, Great show!!!
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Harry Parmenter:

hey thank you both. Stay tuned all for RAMA LAMA DING DONG! Always sweet stuff to wrap a Sunday night.
  9:54pm
Androu B.:

↳ Fatherflot @9:53
Near your hometown.
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Fatherflot:

↳ Androu B. @9:54
Oh, Hackensack. No I don't know it. How long has it been around?
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Soulstealer007:

Thanks for a great show Harry. Nice seeing you all tonight.
  9:56pm
Brother John:

Reminder Harry, March is Women's history month
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:56pm
Fatherflot:

Yeah Thanks Harry. Good show.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Soulstealer007 @9:55
thx man
  9:57pm
Androu B.:

↳ Fatherflot @9:55
Don't know, but there was an ep of Dennis Leary's series "Rescue Me' that was filmed there. I was an extra on that ep!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Brother John @9:56
of course. but more importantly it's MARATHON MONTH AT WFMU!
  9:58pm
Androu B.:

Thanks, Harry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:58pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Androu B. @9:57
I don't remember that from my childhood. Guys played hockey outside and I think the closest indoor rink was in Totowa in those days.
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Harry Parmenter:

thank you Androu and Fatherflot. appreciate you joining
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "It Should've Been Me" by "Ray Charles"
I never heard this and didn't know it was in the movie "Uncle Buck", which I've never seen.
Another John Candy movie, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" introduced me to Ray's "Mess Around".
  9:59pm
Androu B.:

↳ Fatherflot @9:58
I see. Well, nice chatting with you, F2!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ David Shortell @9:59
no maybe i said it wrong: Tone Loc's tune WT was in Uncle Buck not Ray C
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:00pm
Fatherflot:

↳ Androu B. @9:59
You too. I vouch for H Mart. Has everything for indian cooking and very, very cheap.
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Harry Parmenter:

but i remember the other flick with Mess Around. So great.
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