WFMU: Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from September 19, 2023

Listener comments!
	12:54pm Mr Fab: ¡Buenos dias, senorita Mei! Mi mucho gusto cumbia.
	1:03pm Krys O.: (WAVES HELLO FROM UNDER PILE OF WORK)
	1:10pm Miss Mei: LA PITUCAAAAAAAAAA exito mas popular de Abelardo Gutierrez (TONGO)
	1:11pm Miss Mei: Embarrassing confession time: I actually like his rendition of Justin Bieber's "Baby", a song I have hated since it came out.
	1:18pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:11 Not surprising - he's making me like "Let It Be" right now.
	1:19pm Miss Mei: Leydi Bi > Let It Be
	1:19pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:18 I really want to like Let It Be, but it's a Beatles song I always skip over.
	1:20pm Miss Mei: It's a great, iconic song, but it doesn't do it for me like their more psych stuff
	1:20pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:19 picking words of wisdom
	1:22pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:20 That is what he called "Tonglish". He would sing in English but pronounce most of the words as if they were Spanish be cause he couldn't actually speak the language. In the music videos, the lyrics would be written phonetically and it would result in funny Spanish gibberish. example: "Pumped Up Kicks" became "Pam-par-aqui"
	1:28pm Miss Mei: A brief note about Abelardo Gutierrez "TONGO" He started out singing Chicha, a traditional genre of Peruvian music. In the 2010s, he released a version of his song "La Pituca" sung in english and it became popular. He began covering songs in other languages and each one would have a break at the end where the song turns into a cumbia. We will hear Tongo's earlier works later in the show. An incredibly famous and beloved Peruvian artist, he sadly passed away in March.
	1:35pm Miss Mei: More on TONGO: People were divided over his new direction in music, saying it was just a joke, stupid and not as good as his traditional works. But the fact was, is that he was performing his traditional tunes all the time, and wrote those in his later years too. Me? I love both the silly and traditional.
	1:36pm Miss Mei: You are listening to another hit, "Sufre Peruano Sufre" (Suffer Peruvian, Suffer)
	1:41pm Mr Fab: I love chicha and cumbia but nothing wrong with silly. Silly can be just what the world needs sometimes.
	1:44pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:41 I highly suggest looking into his music videos. The people who edited them did some absolutely crazy stuff, such as Togo playing guitar in a volcano.
	1:46pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:44 Ha! Are there downloads available anywhere, in mp3 (or other formats)?
	1:46pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:46 I can send you some. I have lots.
	1:47pm Miss Mei: Tongo's wife Gladys takes the lead on this song "Tu Ausencia". Gladys had her own group, but recently she has taken the reins of The Imagination Group and now they go by "Gladys y su Grupo Imaginacion"
	2:00pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "El Chico De La Tele (LP)" by "Tongo y su Grupo Im... Navidad en Septiembre?
	2:02pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @2:00 it IS now winter in the Southern Hemisphere!
	2:02pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:46 Preparing you a MEGA link now. Stay tuned.
	2:17pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Tongo el Grande" by "Tongo y su Grupo Imaginación" This is Tongo's first LP. Before this he did vocals on a couple singles with groups such as Kiwi Show.
	2:19pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @2:17 he's kept a remarkably consistent sound throughout his career. Like that stinging lead guitar.
	2:29pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:19 For sure. I really love all the reverb/echo these old Peruvian records have. Psych cumbia is real!
	2:44pm MHLee: Hi Miss Mei, glad to see a fellow Tongo enjoyer
	2:46pm MHLee: I feel like we'd vibe very well in person, lol. Reverb is great on this
	2:49pm Miss Mei: ↳ MHLee @2:46 Another group from this period full of synth and reverb called Grupo Halley will eventually be covered on the show.
	2:51pm MHLee: I've explored African pysch and am familiar with aguaturbia but not as much with latin american stuff as I should
	2:52pm Miss Mei: ↳ MHLee @2:51 It can be tricky since it seems Latin American music is not properly archived. There are tons of recordings released on major labels such as Universal Mexico that are lost/scarce, as well as TV programs.
	2:54pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "I Was Made For Loving You" by "Tongo" This Kiss cover was the last recording/music video Tongo released.
	2:54pm MHLee: ↳ Miss Mei @2:52 Speedo finds amazing stuff that's not on discogs
	2:54pm Mr Fab: I have both excellent volumes of "Roots of Chicha." But presumably there's a lot more out there?
	2:57pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "I Was Made For Loving You" by "Tongo" This is the recording that prompted me to do something I never thought I would in a million years: A Kiss cover.
	2:57pm MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @2:54 I know there's supposed to be an acid archives type guide to foreign pysch but I don't remember the title
	2:57pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:54 I should DL those comps.
	2:58pm Miss Mei: Thanks everyone for joining the show! I hope you've enjoyed a taste of one of my many musical muses.
	2:59pm MHLee: Thanks Miss Mei, always a pleasure
	3:03pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @2:57 LOL! Muchas gracias to Miss Mei and Tongo.

Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from September 19, 2023

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September 19, 2023: TE CANTA TONGO, Y SU GRUPOAMIGO...I-MA-GI-NA-CION!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Tongo y su Grupo Imaginación	El Chico De La Tele (LP)	El Chico De La Tele	Mambu Records	2013	CD
Tongo y su Grupo Imaginación	Tongo el Grande	Tongo el Grande	Discos Horóscopo	1983	LP	1:15:24 (Pop-up)
Tongo	I Was Made For Loving You "I Was Made For Loving You" by "Tongo"	Youtube Upload		2022		1:53:24 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:54pm Mr Fab: ¡Buenos dias, senorita Mei! Mi mucho gusto cumbia.
	1:03pm Krys O.: (WAVES HELLO FROM UNDER PILE OF WORK)
	1:10pm Miss Mei: LA PITUCAAAAAAAAAA exito mas popular de Abelardo Gutierrez (TONGO)
	1:11pm Miss Mei: Embarrassing confession time: I actually like his rendition of Justin Bieber's "Baby", a song I have hated since it came out.
	1:18pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:11 Not surprising - he's making me like "Let It Be" right now.
	1:19pm Miss Mei: Leydi Bi > Let It Be
	1:19pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:18 I really want to like Let It Be, but it's a Beatles song I always skip over.
	1:20pm Miss Mei: It's a great, iconic song, but it doesn't do it for me like their more psych stuff
	1:20pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:19 picking words of wisdom
	1:22pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:20 That is what he called "Tonglish". He would sing in English but pronounce most of the words as if they were Spanish be cause he couldn't actually speak the language. In the music videos, the lyrics would be written phonetically and it would result in funny Spanish gibberish. example: "Pumped Up Kicks" became "Pam-par-aqui"
	1:28pm Miss Mei: A brief note about Abelardo Gutierrez "TONGO" He started out singing Chicha, a traditional genre of Peruvian music. In the 2010s, he released a version of his song "La Pituca" sung in english and it became popular. He began covering songs in other languages and each one would have a break at the end where the song turns into a cumbia. We will hear Tongo's earlier works later in the show. An incredibly famous and beloved Peruvian artist, he sadly passed away in March.
	1:35pm Miss Mei: More on TONGO: People were divided over his new direction in music, saying it was just a joke, stupid and not as good as his traditional works. But the fact was, is that he was performing his traditional tunes all the time, and wrote those in his later years too. Me? I love both the silly and traditional.
	1:36pm Miss Mei: You are listening to another hit, "Sufre Peruano Sufre" (Suffer Peruvian, Suffer)
	1:41pm Mr Fab: I love chicha and cumbia but nothing wrong with silly. Silly can be just what the world needs sometimes.
	1:44pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:41 I highly suggest looking into his music videos. The people who edited them did some absolutely crazy stuff, such as Togo playing guitar in a volcano.
	1:46pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:44 Ha! Are there downloads available anywhere, in mp3 (or other formats)?
	1:46pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:46 I can send you some. I have lots.
	1:47pm Miss Mei: Tongo's wife Gladys takes the lead on this song "Tu Ausencia". Gladys had her own group, but recently she has taken the reins of The Imagination Group and now they go by "Gladys y su Grupo Imaginacion"
	2:00pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "El Chico De La Tele (LP)" by "Tongo y su Grupo Im... Navidad en Septiembre?
	2:02pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @2:00 it IS now winter in the Southern Hemisphere!
	2:02pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:46 Preparing you a MEGA link now. Stay tuned.
	2:17pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "Tongo el Grande" by "Tongo y su Grupo Imaginación" This is Tongo's first LP. Before this he did vocals on a couple singles with groups such as Kiwi Show.
	2:19pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @2:17 he's kept a remarkably consistent sound throughout his career. Like that stinging lead guitar.
	2:29pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:19 For sure. I really love all the reverb/echo these old Peruvian records have. Psych cumbia is real!
	2:44pm MHLee: Hi Miss Mei, glad to see a fellow Tongo enjoyer
	2:46pm MHLee: I feel like we'd vibe very well in person, lol. Reverb is great on this
	2:49pm Miss Mei: ↳ MHLee @2:46 Another group from this period full of synth and reverb called Grupo Halley will eventually be covered on the show.
	2:51pm MHLee: I've explored African pysch and am familiar with aguaturbia but not as much with latin american stuff as I should
	2:52pm Miss Mei: ↳ MHLee @2:51 It can be tricky since it seems Latin American music is not properly archived. There are tons of recordings released on major labels such as Universal Mexico that are lost/scarce, as well as TV programs.
	2:54pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "I Was Made For Loving You" by "Tongo" This Kiss cover was the last recording/music video Tongo released.
	2:54pm MHLee: ↳ Miss Mei @2:52 Speedo finds amazing stuff that's not on discogs
	2:54pm Mr Fab: I have both excellent volumes of "Roots of Chicha." But presumably there's a lot more out there?
	2:57pm Miss Mei: ↳ Song: "I Was Made For Loving You" by "Tongo" This is the recording that prompted me to do something I never thought I would in a million years: A Kiss cover.
	2:57pm MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @2:54 I know there's supposed to be an acid archives type guide to foreign pysch but I don't remember the title
	2:57pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @2:54 I should DL those comps.
	2:58pm Miss Mei: Thanks everyone for joining the show! I hope you've enjoyed a taste of one of my many musical muses.
	2:59pm MHLee: Thanks Miss Mei, always a pleasure
	3:03pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @2:57 LOL! Muchas gracias to Miss Mei and Tongo.

Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from September 19, 2023

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