WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from October 23, 2011

Listener comments!
	12:25am Lisa in Tampa: Love you, Joe, and WFMU, and Bill Withers!
	12:27am Joe McG: Thanks, Lisa in Tampa! What a nice way to start off my comments board tonight.
	12:35am Lisa in Tampa: I hope your other listeners are able to cough it up for you. The $$, I mean.
	12:41am Julie: Battery of songland? Did it always say that?
	12:42am Joe McG: @Lisa: I wouldn't mind! I'm supposed to get to 100 percent by the end of this month and I only have this week and next week to do it. Up to 75% would be cool.
	12:43am david: nice sounds, mr. mcg.
	12:44am Julie: Sitting on a red hot stove would hurt like hell. what are these people thinking?
	12:46am Joe McG: @Julie: Yeah, it's been the battery of songland for a while! Nice Kinks special the other night, BTW. @David: Thanks, man!
	12:47am Julie: Thank you! it was so much fun, and really hard to whittle down to three hours. I could do a month of shows on them.
	12:52am Joe McG: Yeah, they've got so much great stuff. You really covered a lot of bases.
	12:59am david: whoa, the bass modulated 1/2 step up for part of "Mary Anne"
	1:01am Joe McG: And the drums fell apart near the end!
	1:13am Matt from Springfield: Hey there Joe! What's all this about sittin' on a red hot stove? :)
	1:15am Joe McG: It seems to be the "hot" topic tonight!
	1:16am Matt from Springfield: Also, didn't realize Norman Whitfield wrote the "Car Wash" soundtrack. Did he write all the songs?
	1:20am Joe McG: @Matt: Yeah, he wrote the whole thing. Well, except for the Richard Pryor dialogue.
	1:21am Matt from Springfield: Well, obviously THAT part was Paul Mooney ;)
	1:24am Joe McG: Obviously, ha ha!
	1:27am david: brilliant stuff- that patio set almost approached post-punk at the end there.
	1:29am Joe B: Just tuned in but I keep hearing strange abstract Athens Georgia undertones in several songs. Anyone know that the dB's are touring and their new song at thedbs.com ?
	1:33am Joe McG: Cool! I saw Evan posted that on the ol' FB.
	1:36am Matt from Springfield: Gotta admit...that was the coolest thing I ever heard by the Greg Kihn Band!
	1:36am Matt from Springfield: Awwww, what was wrong with that 33??! :D
	1:38am Joe McG: Ha ha, Matt, I knew you'd want me to stick with it. But it's the Undertones! It's got to be fast.
	1:38am david: +1 MFS - now I want it at 33 in addition to 45 :)
	1:39am Joe McG: OK, I promise I'll play it at 33 after the set! I'm a people pleaser.
	1:39am Matt from Springfield: It's OK Joe, I'll hold you to it on account of "Single File" -- things should be either 45 or 7" there. But david has a point 'bout playing it later! :)
	1:40am Matt from Springfield: And "Town Called Malice"! Love The Jam, but have I talked before about them lifting the keyboard and rhythm from The Rascals "Good Lovin"?
	1:41am Matt from Springfield: And if you're still there Julie, The Jam even played something that sounded JUST LIKE "David Watts"!! :)
	1:41am Joe McG: @Matt: Yes, "Town Called Malice" is a clear Motown lift from "You Can't Hurry Love." With bedsit lyrics.
	1:43am Matt from Springfield: Wow, you're right about "You Can't Hurry Love"--have to make an instro version later and compare them. Clarence does a great scream there!
	1:45am 12539: What about those of us who want to hear the Undertones at 78?
	1:46am Joe McG: OK, 12539: Ask and ye shall receive...
	1:51am Matt from Springfield: Nice reggae. "The bed's too big" and "the frying pan's too wide"...
	1:52am Joe McG: I think it's interesting to hear a real reggae singer do the Police's "white reggae."
	1:53am Matt from Springfield: Yeah! Disco novelty! I always think of Zappa's "Dancin' Fool" on that subject. Or, Kermit the Frog's "Disco Frog"...Cookie Monster's "Me Left Me Cookie At The Disco"...
	1:54am Joe McG: I have that Zappa 45! Didn't think of it. Maybe a future set!
	1:56am Matt from Springfield: Promising! Try to mix it in with real disco, just like now!
	1:57am Joe McG: Steve Dahl deserves it! This is a great record!
	2:06am Matt from Springfield: Thank yous much, Joe! That intro, makes you think this IS the proper speed!
	2:06am Brian in UK: Mornin' Joe & everyone. If your're playing the Undertones it takes a positve touch!!
	2:06am Joe McG: @Brian: Well done! :)
	2:08am Colm: Hey Joe, Mickey Bradley (the Undertones) has a punk rock show on radio Ulster you should check it out
	2:08am 12539: "But it's the Undertones! It's got to be fast."
	2:09am Mary Wing: Now play it BACKWARDS!
	2:09am Matt from Springfield: Crazy! Like when I've doubled the speed on something twice! :D Thanks for the suggestion david!
	2:12am Joe McG: Linger Lumps! Linger Lumps!
	2:12am Matt from Springfield: Thanks for that idea Mary! Introducing the world to classic three-chord Danish punk! "Lenge Raumst! Lenge Raumst!"
	2:15am Julie: @Matt I've played the Jam's David Watts :)
	2:19am Julie: Singles!
	2:21am Matt from Springfield: @Julie Oh, I know! I likewise enjoyed your Kinksfest! Actually The Jam version was a nice tribute to the orig--I brought that up because we were talking about The Jam ripping off 60s songs for "Town Called Malice".
	2:21am Julie: you have a Tyrannosaurus Rex 45?? I'm so jealous.
	2:22am Julie: it is very true to the original
	2:26am Brian in UK: Listening to Bert & watching the Malaysian bike GP. Lazy start to the day. Drinking tea.
	2:30am Matt from Springfield: @Brian: What a nice, lazy, UK start to a Sunday! What blend of tea?
	2:32am Brian in UK: Ceylon. Good 'n strong.
	2:35am Matt from Springfield: Lovely! (inhales imaginary, steaming whiff of a hot cuppa Ceylon)
	2:39am Brian in UK: They serve it with warm milk over in Sri Lanka. Could take to be there now, Matt.
	2:42am Brian in UK: Willy O Winsbury?
	2:42am Matt from Springfield: Don't have bags of Ceylon with me--when it gets cold out I'll have to order some that way at a cafe, get transported to Sri Lanka. I enjoyed fruit flavored and very green teas last year in Thailand--that and mangosteen fruit is a quick simple way of transporting me back there.
	2:46am Brian in UK: The only down side is the milk tastes like powdered not fresh, no surprise really.
	2:46am Matt from Springfield: Gorgeous "No Love Is Sorrow"!
	2:48am Matt from Springfield: I've noticed that milk (and coffee) is often powdered in the more touristy spots of South Asia. I suppose the working classes also drink them like that at home.
	2:52am Brian in UK: Have you seen the state of the cows over there?
	2:56am Matt from Springfield: True, Brian, true. The largest they have are water buffalo, and they work them very hard!
	2:58am Matt from Springfield: Awesome Single File! And nice Bert tribute! Thanks Joe and good night! Brian! Julie! Anyone else listening!
	2:58am Brian in UK: Byeeee
	2:59am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everyone!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from October 23, 2011

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October 23, 2011: One for Bert

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Rose Royce	Sunrise "Sunrise" by "Rose Royce"	Car Wash Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	MCA	1976	LP	Music composed by Norman Whitfield		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bill Withers	Naked and Warm (Heaven! Oh! Heaven!)	Naked and Warm	Reel Music/Sony	2010	CD	From 1976		0:12:45 (Pop-up)
Stevie Wonder	I Love Every Little Thing About You	Music of My Mind	Tamla	1972	LP			0:18:22 (Pop-up)
Syreeta	I Love Every Little Thing About You	Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story 1971-1973	Light in the Attic	2011	CD	From 1973		0:22:03 (Pop-up)
The Three Degrees	There's So Much Love All Around Me	Mama's Got a Bag of Her Own	Stateside/EMI	2006	CD	From 1971		0:27:01 (Pop-up)

Kool and Together	Sittin' on a Red Hot Stove	Kool and Together	Heavy Light	2011	CD	From 1973	*	0:34:38 (Pop-up)
Mike and the Censations	Split Personality	Don't Sell Your Soul	Ubiquity	2011	CD	From 1969	*	0:39:08 (Pop-up)
Joe Bataan	Subway Joe "Subway Joe" by "Joe Bataan"	Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of Latin New York	Strut	2011	CD		*	0:41:21 (Pop-up)
Red Saunders with Dolores Hawkins and the Hambone Kids	Hambone	The Roots of Hip Hop	Harte Recordings	2008	CD	From 1952		0:44:08 (Pop-up)
Chris Darlin	A Casual Look "A Casual Look" by "Chris Darlin"	The Doré Story: Postcards From Los Angeles 1958-1964	Ace	2011	CD	From 1960	*	0:46:48 (Pop-up)
Question Mark	Mary Anne "Mary Anne" by "Question Mark"	Be Nice to the People	Normal	2011	CD	From 1974	*	0:49:26 (Pop-up)
Avery Sunshine	I Got Sunshine "I Got Sunshine" by "Avery Sunshine"	Norman Jay Presents Good Times 30	Strut	2011	CD		*	0:52:11 (Pop-up)

The Allies	Disposed Dictator "Disposed Dictator" by "The Allies"	East Bay Punks - From the Streets of Berkeley - The Saucers & The Allies	Rave Up Records	2011	LP	From 1981	*	1:06:42 (Pop-up)
The Disco Zombies	Mary Millington	Drums Over London	Acute	2011	LP	From 1980; download it from the Free Music Archive	*	1:09:03 (Pop-up)
The Embarrassment	Patio Set "Patio Set" by "The Embarrassment"		Big Time	1980	MP3	Download it from the Free Music Archive		1:13:32 (Pop-up)
Fetchin Bones	So Brilliant "So Brilliant" by "Fetchin Bones"	Cabin Flounder	DB Recs	1985	LP			1:16:20 (Pop-up)
The Lighthouse Keepers	Seven Years	Ode to Nothing: The Best of the Lighthouse Keepers	Feel Presents Pty	2011	CD	From 1985	*	1:19:24 (Pop-up)

The Greg Kihn Band	Roadrunner "Roadrunner" by "The Greg Kihn Band"		Beserkley	1976	45			1:26:40 (Pop-up)
The Undertones	Smarter Than U "Smarter Than U" by "The Undertones"		Sire	1979	45			1:29:13 (Pop-up)
The Jam	Town Called Malice "Town Called Malice" by "The Jam"		Polydor	1982	45			1:31:14 (Pop-up)
Clarence Reid	I'm Gonna Tear You a New Heart		Alston	1969	45			1:34:08 (Pop-up)
Tyrannosaurus Rex	Is It Love "Is It Love" by "Tyrannosaurus Rex"		Blue Thumb	1970	45			1:36:59 (Pop-up)
The Cryan' Shames	Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones		Columbia	1968	45			1:39:32 (Pop-up)
Sheila Hylton	The Bed's Too Big Without You		Mango	1980	45			1:41:50 (Pop-up)
Steve Dahl and Teenage Radiation	Do You Think I'm Disco?		Ovation	1979	45			1:45:36 (Pop-up)
Vicki Sue Robinson	Turn the Beat Around		RCA	1976	45			1:49:08 (Pop-up)

The Undertones	Smarter Than U "Smarter Than U" by "The Undertones"		Sire	1979	45	at 33 r.p.m. by popular demand		2:00:03 (Pop-up)
The Undertones	Smarter Than U "Smarter Than U" by "The Undertones"		Sire	1979	45	at 78 r.p.m. by even more popular demand		2:02:16 (Pop-up)
The Undertones	Smarter Than U "Smarter Than U" by "The Undertones"		Sire	1979	45	backwards! because no one demanded it		2:05:16 (Pop-up)

The Pentangle	Poison "Poison" by "The Pentangle"	The Time Has Come 1967-1973	Castle	2007	CD	From 1968		2:16:24 (Pop-up)
Bert Jansch	Wish My Baby Was Here	Nicola	Sanctuary/Castle	2002	CD	From 1967		2:18:36 (Pop-up)
The Pentangle	In Time "In Time" by "The Pentangle"	Sweet Child	Reprise	1968	LP			2:19:55 (Pop-up)
Bert Jansch	Tree Song "Tree Song" by "Bert Jansch"	Birthday Blues	Sanctuary/Castle	2001	CD	From 1969		2:25:02 (Pop-up)
Bert Jansch	One for Jo "One for Jo" by "Bert Jansch"	Santa Barbara Honeymoon	Drag City	2009	CD	bonus live track circa 1975		2:27:34 (Pop-up)
The Pentangle	I Saw an Angel "I Saw an Angel" by "The Pentangle"		Reprise	1969	45			2:30:59 (Pop-up)
Bert Jansch	Sylvie "Sylvie" by "Bert Jansch"	Rosemary Lane	Sanctuary/Castle	2001	CD	From 1971		2:35:07 (Pop-up)
The Pentangle	No Love Is Sorrow "No Love Is Sorrow" by "The Pentangle"	Solomon's Seal	Reprise	1972	LP			2:38:14 (Pop-up)
The Pentangle	When I Get Home "When I Get Home" by "The Pentangle"	Reflection	Reprise	1971	LP			2:41:02 (Pop-up)
Bert Jansch and John Renbourn	The Time Has Come	Bert and John	Sanctuary/Castle	2001	CD	From 1966		2:45:57 (Pop-up)

Luiz Eça & Astor Silva e Seu Conjunto	Adios	Sergio Mendes: Dance Moderno	él/Cherry Red	2011	CD	From 1961	*	2:52:51 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:25am Lisa in Tampa: Love you, Joe, and WFMU, and Bill Withers!
	12:27am Joe McG: Thanks, Lisa in Tampa! What a nice way to start off my comments board tonight.
	12:35am Lisa in Tampa: I hope your other listeners are able to cough it up for you. The $$, I mean.
	12:41am Julie: Battery of songland? Did it always say that?
	12:42am Joe McG: @Lisa: I wouldn't mind! I'm supposed to get to 100 percent by the end of this month and I only have this week and next week to do it. Up to 75% would be cool.
	12:43am david: nice sounds, mr. mcg.
	12:44am Julie: Sitting on a red hot stove would hurt like hell. what are these people thinking?
	12:46am Joe McG: @Julie: Yeah, it's been the battery of songland for a while! Nice Kinks special the other night, BTW. @David: Thanks, man!
	12:47am Julie: Thank you! it was so much fun, and really hard to whittle down to three hours. I could do a month of shows on them.
	12:52am Joe McG: Yeah, they've got so much great stuff. You really covered a lot of bases.
	12:59am david: whoa, the bass modulated 1/2 step up for part of "Mary Anne"
	1:01am Joe McG: And the drums fell apart near the end!
	1:13am Matt from Springfield: Hey there Joe! What's all this about sittin' on a red hot stove? :)
	1:15am Joe McG: It seems to be the "hot" topic tonight!
	1:16am Matt from Springfield: Also, didn't realize Norman Whitfield wrote the "Car Wash" soundtrack. Did he write all the songs?
	1:20am Joe McG: @Matt: Yeah, he wrote the whole thing. Well, except for the Richard Pryor dialogue.
	1:21am Matt from Springfield: Well, obviously THAT part was Paul Mooney ;)
	1:24am Joe McG: Obviously, ha ha!
	1:27am david: brilliant stuff- that patio set almost approached post-punk at the end there.
	1:29am Joe B: Just tuned in but I keep hearing strange abstract Athens Georgia undertones in several songs. Anyone know that the dB's are touring and their new song at thedbs.com ?
	1:33am Joe McG: Cool! I saw Evan posted that on the ol' FB.
	1:36am Matt from Springfield: Gotta admit...that was the coolest thing I ever heard by the Greg Kihn Band!
	1:36am Matt from Springfield: Awwww, what was wrong with that 33??! :D
	1:38am Joe McG: Ha ha, Matt, I knew you'd want me to stick with it. But it's the Undertones! It's got to be fast.
	1:38am david: +1 MFS - now I want it at 33 in addition to 45 :)
	1:39am Joe McG: OK, I promise I'll play it at 33 after the set! I'm a people pleaser.
	1:39am Matt from Springfield: It's OK Joe, I'll hold you to it on account of "Single File" -- things should be either 45 or 7" there. But david has a point 'bout playing it later! :)
	1:40am Matt from Springfield: And "Town Called Malice"! Love The Jam, but have I talked before about them lifting the keyboard and rhythm from The Rascals "Good Lovin"?
	1:41am Matt from Springfield: And if you're still there Julie, The Jam even played something that sounded JUST LIKE "David Watts"!! :)
	1:41am Joe McG: @Matt: Yes, "Town Called Malice" is a clear Motown lift from "You Can't Hurry Love." With bedsit lyrics.
	1:43am Matt from Springfield: Wow, you're right about "You Can't Hurry Love"--have to make an instro version later and compare them. Clarence does a great scream there!
	1:45am 12539: What about those of us who want to hear the Undertones at 78?
	1:46am Joe McG: OK, 12539: Ask and ye shall receive...
	1:51am Matt from Springfield: Nice reggae. "The bed's too big" and "the frying pan's too wide"...
	1:52am Joe McG: I think it's interesting to hear a real reggae singer do the Police's "white reggae."
	1:53am Matt from Springfield: Yeah! Disco novelty! I always think of Zappa's "Dancin' Fool" on that subject. Or, Kermit the Frog's "Disco Frog"...Cookie Monster's "Me Left Me Cookie At The Disco"...
	1:54am Joe McG: I have that Zappa 45! Didn't think of it. Maybe a future set!
	1:56am Matt from Springfield: Promising! Try to mix it in with real disco, just like now!
	1:57am Joe McG: Steve Dahl deserves it! This is a great record!
	2:06am Matt from Springfield: Thank yous much, Joe! That intro, makes you think this IS the proper speed!
	2:06am Brian in UK: Mornin' Joe & everyone. If your're playing the Undertones it takes a positve touch!!
	2:06am Joe McG: @Brian: Well done! :)
	2:08am Colm: Hey Joe, Mickey Bradley (the Undertones) has a punk rock show on radio Ulster you should check it out
	2:08am 12539: "But it's the Undertones! It's got to be fast."
	2:09am Mary Wing: Now play it BACKWARDS!
	2:09am Matt from Springfield: Crazy! Like when I've doubled the speed on something twice! :D Thanks for the suggestion david!
	2:12am Joe McG: Linger Lumps! Linger Lumps!
	2:12am Matt from Springfield: Thanks for that idea Mary! Introducing the world to classic three-chord Danish punk! "Lenge Raumst! Lenge Raumst!"
	2:15am Julie: @Matt I've played the Jam's David Watts :)
	2:19am Julie: Singles!
	2:21am Matt from Springfield: @Julie Oh, I know! I likewise enjoyed your Kinksfest! Actually The Jam version was a nice tribute to the orig--I brought that up because we were talking about The Jam ripping off 60s songs for "Town Called Malice".
	2:21am Julie: you have a Tyrannosaurus Rex 45?? I'm so jealous.
	2:22am Julie: it is very true to the original
	2:26am Brian in UK: Listening to Bert & watching the Malaysian bike GP. Lazy start to the day. Drinking tea.
	2:30am Matt from Springfield: @Brian: What a nice, lazy, UK start to a Sunday! What blend of tea?
	2:32am Brian in UK: Ceylon. Good 'n strong.
	2:35am Matt from Springfield: Lovely! (inhales imaginary, steaming whiff of a hot cuppa Ceylon)
	2:39am Brian in UK: They serve it with warm milk over in Sri Lanka. Could take to be there now, Matt.
	2:42am Brian in UK: Willy O Winsbury?
	2:42am Matt from Springfield: Don't have bags of Ceylon with me--when it gets cold out I'll have to order some that way at a cafe, get transported to Sri Lanka. I enjoyed fruit flavored and very green teas last year in Thailand--that and mangosteen fruit is a quick simple way of transporting me back there.
	2:46am Brian in UK: The only down side is the milk tastes like powdered not fresh, no surprise really.
	2:46am Matt from Springfield: Gorgeous "No Love Is Sorrow"!
	2:48am Matt from Springfield: I've noticed that milk (and coffee) is often powdered in the more touristy spots of South Asia. I suppose the working classes also drink them like that at home.
	2:52am Brian in UK: Have you seen the state of the cows over there?
	2:56am Matt from Springfield: True, Brian, true. The largest they have are water buffalo, and they work them very hard!
	2:58am Matt from Springfield: Awesome Single File! And nice Bert tribute! Thanks Joe and good night! Brian! Julie! Anyone else listening!
	2:58am Brian in UK: Byeeee
	2:59am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everyone!

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