Not a problem Cecile. I hope you had a great anniversary. Did you see Unsung last night?
12:07pm
Duane:
OMG! How funny. That was from me. not from yourself C:)
12:07pm
Cecile:
I did! It was wonderful.
Sly is unsung. So unsung. Most young ones just see him as a crazy guy now, but he actually seems pretty sane...
12:08pm
Cecile:
I figured. lol
12:08pm
Duane:
Yeah, he's a true OG. He seems extremely rooted
12:10pm
Cecile:
I was talking to my husband, and I can intellectually appreciate the genius of people who have been called geniuses of soul: Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Prince. But Sly is the one who really speaks to me at a gut level.
12:10pm
G:
What they do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12:11pm
Daryl Rundgren:
Sly and Marvin
12:11pm
Cecile:
Yeah, Daryl. That's it. Clinton is up there. but those two...
12:12pm
Cecile:
I want Tom Moulton to be my spirit animal.
12:12pm
BSI:
Wait a cotton-pickin' minute, Cecile: you were in upper Michigan same time as us, and now you've stolen our anniversary as well!?!? THIS WILL NOT STAND!
12:12pm
Duane:
Sly, just may be my favorite soul lyricist of all time. Over Smokey & Stevie even. I concur Cecile
12:13pm
Cecile:
Really? June 13! LOL! I will bet that I had my anniversary longer 'n' yours...
12:13pm
Gladys:
Don't forget Aretha.
12:13pm
Cecile:
and those arrangements. Even on those pre-Sly collections. Ahead of their time.
12:14pm
Cecile:
Poor Clive Davis looked like he just wanted to break down and cry during the whole thing. He loves Sly, you can tell.
12:14pm
BSI:
Ah, no. OK, the conspiracy theory fails this time. June 26/yesterday was no.13... whew..
12:15pm
Cecile:
And I never thought I would use the words "poor Clive Davis" in a sentence.
12:17pm
Duane:
LOL Cecile. He hasn't been 'Poor Clive Davis" since Sputnik
12:17pm
Cecile:
ah. But...mine was 31 this year. oooo eeee oooo.
12:17pm
fred:
@Cecile: I don't even really like soul. But I do like Sly. It's just great songwriting, it's above genre. I guess you know you have a french sounding name? Are you french-canadian?
12:17pm
G:
Poor Richie Davis!
12:18pm
Cecile:
but he was so sad, Duane. Losing Whitney may have broken a few cracks in that facade.
My husband is, and I think I have a little from my grandpa. I was named after two Dionne Quint dolls.
12:18pm
Jeremy Shatan:
Howdy, all. Can't wait to watch the Sly thing, though some of will be painful, I'm sure. I often call him "The Forgotten Genius" because the common view of his music is so myopic and ignorant of the depth & breadth of his career.
12:19pm
Cecile:
Fred, that's exactly it.
12:19pm
Cecile:
Jeremy, it is well done. And he seems to be hanging in there in his way.
12:19pm
Time/Life:
So many young gifted soul artists who departed too soon. Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway. Tammi Terrell, Minnie Ripperton. What might they have gone on to do?
12:22pm
fred:
@Cecile: which one is the second doll?
12:22pm
Cecile:
Marie
12:23pm
dc pat:
Was Tom Waits on this episode?
12:24pm
Lamenter:
This SCTV stuff reminds me of how much I miss John Candy. He and Chris Farley. Great fat-guy comics who were so much more than that. RIP
12:28pm
andymorphic:
when i was a bike courier i hit john candy while i was riding on the sidewalk
12:29pm
Ghost of John Candy:
So we meet again.
12:31pm
Yvonne Szymczak:
This "Arizona" song by Chomp is so happy!
12:31pm
fred:
One thing that drives me crazy: I've heard many people say it would have been better for Sly to die young. That makes my blood boil. I realize it's a common feeling, but it's just dead wrong.
12:32pm
Yvonne Szymczak:
Can you play thing song 50 more times? Maybe I can do that by myself.
12:33pm
Yvonne Szymczak:
Oops I meant THIS* not THING*
12:35pm
Mark Lindsay:
Arizona ... take off your rainbow shades!
12:36pm
Cecile:
fred, I know.
12:39pm
Mike East:
@fred - yes, that's a terrible thing to say. The grammy performance a few years ago was not great, but that's not Sly's fault. He was on stage with a bunch of douchebags and his equipment was malfunctioning. Even still - I was really excited to see him.
12:43pm
Cecile:
me too Mike East.
12:44pm
Mike East:
only reason to watch the grammys that year or any other as far as I'm concerned.
12:45pm
Phillip in San Antonio:
So the Boston Globe reported that Lady Gaga's new perfume has blood and semen in it? That source came from Naturalnews.com.
12:46pm
βrian:
Nice music to code by. Thanks, Duane.
12:48pm
Stacee Jaxx:
Sly kind of has that George Jones attendance record at his shows.
12:48pm
fred:
@Mike East and Cecile: Even if he had lost it all musically, he could retire, or become irrelevant. Do we need blood? I don't see what that would add to his music. And by "we" I mean the music nerds.
12:49pm
Miami Bob Perry:
Thanks Duane for that live 3 degrees. Have to pick it up today. Mo soul than i can control...
12:50pm
Cecile:
I just ordered it myself, Miami Bob.
Fred, you're preaching to the converted. I'd rather an artist be old, wrinkly and irrelevant than dead before their time.
12:50pm
Izzy:
Let's talk about Axl Rose. You start.
12:51pm
duke:
Emperors - thanks for this one Duane.
12:51pm
Miami Bob Perry:
@Cecile: Funky minds think alike..
12:52pm
G:
I'm straddlin' the fence on that one.
12:52pm
Cecile:
the reviews on Amazon are hilarious. Two people were at the actual conference and freaking out intheir reviews. One is all "this doesn't sound like the record."
12:53pm
Cecile:
So 2 5 star reviews, and 1 1 star review. Sounds about right for things I like.
12:54pm
Miami Bob Perry:
True dat. It sond better!!
12:54pm
Cecile:
Uh, Axl. Well, he can be funny sometimes.
12:54pm
Cecile:
YES.
12:55pm
Duane:
That live shit's a revelation. Don't beleive em y'all!
12:55pm
fred:
@cecile: I knew that as soon as I posted it. But I still feel better having said it. It really drives me nuts
12:55pm
Phann:
Terrence Trent D'Arby is another under-achiever who seems to have (so far, anyway) fallen far short of his original potential.
12:56pm
Cecile:
I wish Terrence would come back. But that first record has great stuff on it.
12:56pm
Jeremy Shatan:
Yeah, but TTD's hype was so big no one could live up to it. He was a minor talent at best.
12:57pm
Jeremy Shatan:
Almost no one talks about Sly's vocals. Brilliant singer.
12:57pm
Banks:
D'Arby had incredible pipes, though. Not minor league pipes.
12:57pm
Cecile:
hell, some nimrod on Allmusic said something like "the greatest tragedy in 70s soul was that Curtis Mayfield never made a record as great at Superfly again."
REALLY?
That's the greatest tragedy?!?!?!?!
12:58pm
dc pat:
I'm walking around the house to the beat of this tune...
12:58pm
Cecile:
he was a great singer. The songs were derivative, but had a real spark to them.
12:58pm
Banks:
The tragedy was that lighting rig that fell on him, and Teddy Pendergrass' car wreck.
12:59pm
Cecile:
Not Donny Hathaway jumping off a ledge, or Billy Stewart getting killed in a car crash or Tami Terrell passing away?
That's right, banks!
12:59pm
fred:
I haven't heard about him (Terrence Trent D'Arby) in years if not decades. His first record aged pretty well
1:02pm
Banks:
So, how does Prince figure into all of this? He seems to be an amalgamation of all the above. Yet, like Bowie, at some point he stopped being a vanguard. Or maybe the media just creates the story arc. Who knows. Great show Duane!
1:03pm
Cecile:
I just put him in the group of people who get the official mainstream mantle of genius in soul/r&b music.
1:04pm
Greg from Bloomfield:
First time hearing your show—it shan't be my last!
1:04pm
fred:
@Cecile: so many tragedies, so many voices snuffed out, but so many new ones coming out even now
1:05pm
Banks:
As long as the muse exists, greatness will occur.
1:06pm
Cecile:
exactly. but for someone to pinpoint a debatable artistic disappointment as a tragedy, jeez.
1:08pm
Banks:
As far as Curtis, if he never wrote anything but Move On Up who could complain?
1:09pm
fred:
@Banks: Prince has done genius stuff, and some crappy stuff too. I got really tired of his act a looong time ago, but a friend was part of his online community -- which he backstabbed -- so I got to hear a lot. He's a really great musician, if anything too shrewd a businessman.
1:09pm
Cecile:
Exactly, banks. And he did loads of great stuff after that.
Duane, you and Clay might want to consider doing a fundraiser of floaty Cali pop from the 60s. He digs up some gems, too.
1:10pm
Cecile:
I think you guys would be hilarious together.
1:12pm
Banks:
Curtis did an impressive take on "We've Only Just Begun" which was quite a brave thing to do in the 70's. I really feel he was one of the greatest ever. Just that prisitine falsetto alone, and those slinky Fender Thinline Tele guitar passages. Damn.
1:13pm
Cecile:
this sounds like a great Big Star outtake.
1:14pm
northguineahills:
I like the direction the set is going....
1:14pm
Duane:
Clay and I discussed that briefly at hoof n mouth. The mic breaks would be pretty amazing:)
1:15pm
fred:
@Cecile: Bernanke would be hilarious paired with Clay
1:15pm
Jeremy Shatan:
Got To Find A Way is at least as good as Superfly & CURTIS was a landmark album. Like Isaac Hayes, can't trust the critics when it comes to Mayfield.
1:15pm
robyn:
some twang on duane. who woulda thunk it! hi everybody.
1:17pm
Cecile:
I think so, duane. both of you are magpies of 70s and 80s shiny pop things.
Ha, fred.
1:17pm
Duane:
Robyn: You never know with me:) Hello Robyn *smiles*
1:18pm
Curulewski Remembered:
Friday, June 29, 2012
DUNDALK, MD - DENNIS DEYOUNG: THE MUSIC OF STYX
1:18pm
still b/p:
As my soul awakening continues...Went to a DJ Jonathan Toubin Soul Clap event the other night. (His accident and recovery, which I hadn't known about, pretty amazing.) Great music. Did not dance, regrettably. Age range of females was from 21 to about-to-be 22 tomorrow. Music already vintage when they were born.
1:18pm
Bizarro Cecile:
Me am there!
1:19pm
fred:
@Duane: make it happen! This would be an amazing show, and yes, leave ample room for extended mic breaks
1:20pm
Cecile:
I am findind my 15 year old grand-niece is nuts over everything 50s/60s/70s.
1:21pm
northguineahills:
Holy crap, that was Steve Martin!
1:22pm
Duane:
northguineahills: Not THAT Steve Martin unfortunately:)
1:24pm
Cecile:
holy crap, down the hall it smells like someone is having a bonfire of Mrs. Dash and cabbage cores doused in gasoline.
1:24pm
banks:
Must run. Enjoyed the dialogue. Love to all and keep up the good work, Duane.
1:24pm
robyn:
i like this pooka. although looking up the band has introduced me to a world of irish faeries i'm not sure i understand. interesting though...
1:25pm
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:
What about fairies? Hmm?
1:26pm
Cecile:
later, banks!
1:28pm
Wilson:
"..and how are you, Mr. Wilson?" How are you, Mr. Wilson? Who in the encyclopedia wants to know?
1:30pm
Cecile:
Ruby? was that the record?
1:32pm
fred:
Cecile, I am in favor of any scheme or plan, no matter how devious, that would bring Clay on the air more often, but doubly so with a co-host.
1:33pm
Duane:
Pooka's first album was s/t i believe
1:33pm
Kurt V:
Chillin to the tunes trying to park. Thanks for the good vibrations :-)
1:34pm
Cecile:
oh, Pooka. I thought you were talking about Sharkboy. I don't even know why I know that fact about them. The husker du board in my brain...
1:36pm
Duane:
Sharkboy! Sorry Cecile. The first album was called "Matinee" just googled it. Great stuff!
1:37pm
Cecile:
I just remember this very striking photo of SB in Alternative Press from a milllion years ago.
1:40pm
Duane:
Cecile: Yeah the lead singer was like a beautiiful 6 foot tall brunette. Really great live performer. Saw them at CMJ back in '94
1:41pm
Cecile:
yeah, they talked about that a lot in the blurb. A lot.
1:44pm
Cecile:
wow, this is hilarious.
who was behind this?
1:44pm
Duane:
Cecile: HAHAHA! Sounds very Alt. Press.
1:45pm
Duane:
Mr Master or Ultimate Warlord? They're both amazingly hilarious
1:45pm
Cecile:
Either and both.
1:46pm
Cecile:
man, I like Justice, but if they were this funny I would be an insane fan.
1:46pm
Duane:
Warlord:French candadien
Mr. Master: Italo
1:47pm
Cecile:
hahahahahahaha
hotbeds of excellent trasho-disco
1:49pm
Caryn:
Yay, crashed flash is back again and I can hear Duane!
1:50pm
Duane:
Hello Caryn! Glad to have you:)
1:52pm
steve:
is there any explanation for the italo space cheese that came from canada in the 80s?
1:53pm
Duane:
steve: Uhh..They're french AND Canadian!!
1:53pm
steve:
dam... good answer!
1:54pm
Cecile:
At least they didn't bring forth the nightmrae that is Prozzak. That's all Anglo-Canada's fault.
2:00pm
Cecile:
well, off to a meeting.
later.
hello x-cops!
2:04pm
Cecile:
wrong day!
2:06pm
Eli & Goaty:
Duane rules! Wasn't Blacula already on a budget?
2:07pm
Eli & Goaty:
Ultimate Warrior was so awesome
2:08pm
tim from champaign:
Who was the WCW disco wrestler in the late 90s? All I seem to remember is Dusty Rhodes calling him Disco Duck.
2:10pm
Eli & Goaty:
woah. this sounds amazing.
2:11pm
Duane:
Eli: Bear in Heaven. Check em out Live if you can. They're great!!
2:13pm
Cecile:
this is like someone taking the most fluffy slick elements of pop culture and making something really beautiful and heartfelt
2:14pm
paula pc:
go vangelis go
2:19pm
Eli & Goaty:
Duane: I had their first release, but that song sounded like a big leap forward for them
2:23pm
Faye:
Oh my I love this
2:24pm
Cecile:
OH, man, great cover.
2:25pm
Jeremy Shatan:
Yes, well done. It's almost a cover of Radiohead covering Neil.
2:26pm
Denise in DC:
Just tuning in. What Sly thing should I be tracking down and watching?
2:27pm
Cecile:
Unsung on TV1. You can also watch it at their website or on YouTube.
2:27pm
Cecile:
Denise, Sly's on camera for about 1/4 of the show. It's amazing.
2:32pm
robyn:
eli, bear in heaven are awesome live. but super loud!
2:32pm
steve:
who ever is engineering this session should also get serious props. this sounds like a mastered studio album.
2:33pm
Vanessa:
I listened and I loved :)
2:33pm
Vanessa:
I listened and I loved :)
2:33pm
Cecile:
scott! great job.
We need a big long set soon.
2:33pm
Vanessa:
I listened and I loved :)
2:34pm
Scott W:
thank YOU duane, great & fun set!
2:35pm
listener scott:
I like the ethereal vocals plus the good songs; usually you get one or the other. Now a fan.
2:35pm
don:
thanks for the heads up on unsung duane and cecile.. looking forward to catching up on them. just watched the sylvers while eating lunch. hey, was noah plotkin drumming for ex cops?
2:37pm
Cecile:
the sylvers one is amazing. I hope it leads to a big reissue of their old stuff.
2:39pm
Ex Cops:
Thank you for listening everybody. It was fun & thank you WFMU for having us.
2:40pm
paula pc:
MARK WIRTZ!!! Thanks for all the psychpop today!!!!
2:40pm
Buck and Roy:
ya'll come back real soon, ya hear?
2:40pm
Cecile:
my head is swimming from all the new stuff...
2:42pm
Caryn:
I'm tempted to type "Encore!" but I don't think it would have much effect...
2:42pm
Denise in DC:
Thanks for the info, all.
2:46pm
Cecile:
WOW. Now I'm chasing down old Billy Paul stuff.
2:47pm
Tim Serpas:
I was hoping for the X-Cops. :( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Cops
2:48pm
Duane:
"Go East" is a huge Trouble track. She loves it and plays it a bunch. I don't think she knows about this live version though:)
2:52pm
esha:
backed on the super engineering job by scott.
2:53pm
johnnykevlar:
UK or US psych pop?
2:53pm
Cecile:
what the hell is this? This is like extra psycho Todd Rundgren...
2:53pm
Duane:
Jkevlar: Which band?
2:55pm
johnnykevlar:
I'm asking which do you prefer
2:56pm
Duane:
Cecile: Plush..guy from Chicago. YOu'd LOVE his stuff
2:56pm
Denise in DC:
Is this a karaoke track for When Will I See You Again?
2:56pm
Wall Clock:
When will I see you again? Ken's answer is hopefully next week at high noon sharp.
2:56pm
Cecile:
I bet. where can I find it? Isn't that flydaddy label long out of business?
2:56pm
Duane:
johnnykevlar: Oh God!! I guess I love Us Psych pop that's trying to sound like Uk Psych the best:)
2:58pm
steve:
Duane, when's your Walter Gibbons show happening? I wanna mark my calendar.
2:59pm
efd:
"You might be the Three Degrees, but you made my temperature go up a hundred degrees!" -- Fred Sanford (paraphrased)
11:52pm
esha:
yo duane, will the ex cops session be available for download? i want i want
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Listener comments!
Cecile:
Thanks for the Jerry Butler a few weeks back.
Cecile:
Duane:
Cecile:
Sly is unsung. So unsung. Most young ones just see him as a crazy guy now, but he actually seems pretty sane...
Cecile:
Duane:
Cecile:
G:
Daryl Rundgren:
Cecile:
Cecile:
BSI:
Duane:
Cecile:
Gladys:
Cecile:
Cecile:
BSI:
Cecile:
Duane:
Cecile:
fred:
G:
Cecile:
My husband is, and I think I have a little from my grandpa. I was named after two Dionne Quint dolls.
Jeremy Shatan:
Cecile:
Cecile:
Time/Life:
fred:
Cecile:
dc pat:
Lamenter:
andymorphic:
Ghost of John Candy:
Yvonne Szymczak:
fred:
Yvonne Szymczak:
Yvonne Szymczak:
Mark Lindsay:
Cecile:
Mike East:
Cecile:
Mike East:
Phillip in San Antonio:
βrian:
Stacee Jaxx:
fred:
Miami Bob Perry:
Cecile:
Fred, you're preaching to the converted. I'd rather an artist be old, wrinkly and irrelevant than dead before their time.
Izzy:
duke:
Miami Bob Perry:
G:
Cecile:
Cecile:
Miami Bob Perry:
Cecile:
Cecile:
Duane:
fred:
Phann:
Cecile:
Jeremy Shatan:
Jeremy Shatan:
Banks:
Cecile:
REALLY?
That's the greatest tragedy?!?!?!?!
dc pat:
Cecile:
Banks:
Cecile:
That's right, banks!
fred:
Banks:
Cecile:
Greg from Bloomfield:
fred:
Banks:
Cecile:
Banks:
fred:
Cecile:
Duane, you and Clay might want to consider doing a fundraiser of floaty Cali pop from the 60s. He digs up some gems, too.
Cecile:
Banks:
Cecile:
northguineahills:
Duane:
fred:
Jeremy Shatan:
robyn:
Cecile:
Ha, fred.
Duane:
Curulewski Remembered:
DUNDALK, MD - DENNIS DEYOUNG: THE MUSIC OF STYX
still b/p:
Bizarro Cecile:
fred:
Cecile:
northguineahills:
Duane:
Cecile:
banks:
robyn:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:
Cecile:
Wilson:
Cecile:
fred:
Duane:
Kurt V:
Cecile:
Duane:
Cecile:
Duane:
Cecile:
Cecile:
who was behind this?
Duane:
Duane:
Cecile:
Cecile:
Duane:
Mr. Master: Italo
Cecile:
hotbeds of excellent trasho-disco
Caryn:
Duane:
steve:
Duane:
steve:
Cecile:
Cecile:
later.
hello x-cops!
Cecile:
Eli & Goaty:
Eli & Goaty:
tim from champaign:
Eli & Goaty:
Duane:
Cecile:
paula pc:
Eli & Goaty:
Faye:
Cecile:
Jeremy Shatan:
Denise in DC:
Cecile:
Cecile:
robyn:
steve:
Vanessa:
Vanessa:
Cecile:
We need a big long set soon.
Vanessa:
Scott W:
listener scott:
don:
Cecile:
Ex Cops:
paula pc:
Buck and Roy:
Cecile:
Caryn:
Denise in DC:
Cecile:
Tim Serpas:
Duane:
esha:
johnnykevlar:
Cecile:
Duane:
johnnykevlar:
Duane:
Denise in DC:
Wall Clock:
Cecile:
Duane:
steve:
efd:
esha: