WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from July 25, 2018

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from July 25, 2018

Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

July 25, 2018: overloaded new bin cart

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
manfred mann's earth band	hollywood town	angel station	warner bros	1979			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
eastern bloc	wait too long "wait too long" by "eastern bloc"	s/t	paradox/passport	1987			0:04:39 (Pop-up)
hot chocolate	brother louie "brother louie" by "hot chocolate"	cicero park (2CD reissue)	7ts/cherry red	2009	orig 1973		0:08:13 (Pop-up)
the clash	complete control "complete control" by "the clash"	7"	cbs	1977			0:13:05 (Pop-up)
date-x	trappuppgång "trappuppgång" by "date-x"	7"	adventure records	1981			0:16:15 (Pop-up)
the speedies	let me take your photo	speedy delivery	radio heartbeat	2007	CD compilation; this song orig 1979		0:19:38 (Pop-up)
dennis diken with bell sound	the sun's gonna shine in the morning	late music	cryptovision	2009			0:22:44 (Pop-up)

hot lunch	haul of meat "haul of meat" by "hot lunch"	7"	who can you trust?			*	0:33:28 (Pop-up)
lysol	teenage trance "teenage trance" by "lysol"	7"	neck chop			*	0:37:12 (Pop-up)
nag	eye level "eye level" by "nag"	split 7" with lip	space taker sounds			*	0:39:34 (Pop-up)
the saucy jacks	mover "mover" by "the saucy jacks"	split 7" with beach day	chocolate covered records			*	0:41:55 (Pop-up)
archie & the bunkers	problem child	archie & the bunkers play the damned 7" ep	in the red			*	0:44:30 (Pop-up)

the orange peels	running away "running away" by "the orange peels"	trespassing	mystery lawn/minty fresh			*	0:49:50 (Pop-up)
tiger! tiger!	broken "broken" by "tiger! tiger!"	backing the wrong horse	chicken ranch		Buffi from the Subsonics/Vendettas etc.	*	0:53:07 (Pop-up)
dentist	oh "oh" by "dentist"	night swimming	cleopatra			*	0:56:09 (Pop-up)
the house of love	shine on "shine on" by "the house of love"	s/t	fontana	1990			0:58:52 (Pop-up)
the paranoid style	absolute cadavers	split 7" with wussy	bar/none			*	1:02:45 (Pop-up)

roseblood	black veil "black veil" by "roseblood"	single	roseblood			*	1:11:50 (Pop-up)
william carlos whitten	mouth of violets	burn my letters	i heart noise			*	1:15:10 (Pop-up)
jenn champion	owner of a lonely heart	single	hardly art			*	1:18:27 (Pop-up)
m-robin scott	smash the mirror "smash the mirror" by "m-robin scott"	famous last words	sire	1982			1:21:59 (Pop-up)
stephen malkmus & the jicks	shiggy	sparkle hard	matador			*	1:25:56 (Pop-up)

the total rejection	party seven "party seven" by "the total rejection"	wrapping yourself in silver won't save you from the blast	raving pop blast			*	1:39:14 (Pop-up)
simply saucer	dance the mutation "dance the mutation" by "simply saucer"	cyborgs revisited	sonic unyon	2003	orig 1975		1:42:49 (Pop-up)
the love-birds	river jordan "river jordan" by "the love-birds"	in the lover's corner	trouble in mind			*	1:47:11 (Pop-up)
king tuff	raindrop blue "raindrop blue" by "king tuff"	the other	sub pop			*	1:50:09 (Pop-up)
johnny clousson	bottom "bottom" by "johnny clousson"	two cents ep	johnny clousson			*	1:54:39 (Pop-up)

vive la void	red rider "red rider" by "vive la void"	s/t	sacred bones			*	2:06:51 (Pop-up)
wax idols	ashes "ashes" by "wax idols"	happy ending	etruscan gold			*	2:12:13 (Pop-up)
spizzenergi	soldier soldier "soldier soldier" by "spizzenergi"	7"	rough trade	1979			2:16:24 (Pop-up)
the fire dept	your touch on me "your touch on me" by "the fire dept"	l'oeuf d'or	m'lady's	2016	reissue, orig 1995		2:20:17 (Pop-up)
the creation factory	shame on you	s/t	loli pop!			*	2:23:50 (Pop-up)

howlin' rain	missouri "missouri" by "howlin' rain"	the alligator bride	silver current			*	2:29:24 (Pop-up)
chris butler	better than i ever was	get it together!	chris butler			*	2:34:06 (Pop-up)
lloyd cole	period piece "period piece" by "lloyd cole"	standards	tapete	2013			2:38:18 (Pop-up)
pale lights	jean, bring the flowers	the stars seemed brighter	calico cat			*	2:41:41 (Pop-up)
smokescreens	the lost song "the lost song" by "smokescreens"	used to yesterday	slumberland			*	2:45:29 (Pop-up)
beach house	black car "black car" by "beach house"	7	sub pop			*	2:49:07 (Pop-up)
ganser	satsuma "satsuma" by "ganser"	odd talk	no trend			*	2:52:59 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	9:09pm steveL: So, how long SHOULD I wait?
	♥ 9:09pm Uncle Michael: Love this even more than Stories' version.
	9:12pm JakeGould: Woo!
	♥ 9:14pm efd: hey everyone! Thanks for tuning in tonight!
	♥ 9:18pm BLCKDGRD: !
	9:18pm Frozen Kid: yea!
	9:23pm gw: Great opening set Evan . My girlfriend from back then is in the Speedies video for photo
	9:28pm !miketp: kicking some tasty ass...
	9:28pm Ethyl Mertz: Evan when 'ya gonna play a song that sounds like either a mashed potato head or a cucumber salad?
	9:30pm yngdave666: That song by Dennis sounded exactly like the Smithereens
	9:34pm Ian: hola efd et al!
	9:35pm Ian: huzzah Hot Lunch!
	♥ 9:36pm Uncle Michael: "spatula of Satan" That's a winner!
	9:36pm Halifax Ed: Hi guys
	♥ 9:36pm medson: Good evening folks
	♥ 9:37pm efd: hey Ian! I think I missed the post by al though....
	9:37pm Halifax Ed: Available at SPATULA CITY
	9:37pm yngdave666: Hey ED, it must be beautiful where you are now. This week in NY sucked weatherwise
	9:39pm Halifax Ed: It's been pretty roasty here with humidity we don't often get. Still not as hot as you guys though. Who needs a lobster?
	♥ 9:40pm efd: Ed, I saw your request on FB - no promises but maybe!
	♥ 9:40pm Uncle Michael: Spatula King, House of Spatulas, Spatula World, and anywhere fine spatulas are sold.
	9:42pm yngdave666: It's been rainYng here on and off all week
	9:42pm Halifax Ed: @efd You sound just like my girlfriend.
	♥ 9:43pm Uncle Michael: de5-engine.flamingtext.com...
	♥ 9:45pm efd: @Halifax Ed there's something I've been meaning to tell you actually...
	♥ 9:45pm Julie M: Go rock dots. SPATÜLA.
	9:47pm Halifax Ed: @efd - well Jesus...the least you can do is play my damn request then. Also, please stop using my toothbrush.
	9:51pm pencil: By Gawd, efd, you play the best music I have ever heard!
	9:53pm Doobois: This is beating back the torrent of rain coming down right now quite nicely. Huzzah!
	9:55pm JakeGould: One day a real rain will come… Oh wait… It’s here! looks outside Same bullshit… Just a lot wetter.
	♥ 9:59pm efd: @pencil thanks for that, much appreciated!
	♥ 10:00pm efd: when I was backannouncing the first set I was going to say that "the sun's gonna shine in the morning" was not meant to be a weather forecast, but then I forgot to say it.
	10:02pm JakeGould: @efd: I appreciate the idea. Holy crap this weather.
	♥ 10:15pm medson: @efd great show so far. I'll need the archive for the rest. Turning in early tonight
	♥ 10:15pm efd: thanks medson! Sleep well.
	♥ 10:26pm joe mulligan: thought this sounded like "pop muzik"!
	♥ 10:27pm efd: nailed it!
	10:29pm Mister Dobalina: Just tuned a bit ago, excellent tunes!
	10:37pm Carmichael: Hi doggies. 106 here in Sacramento. Stay inside until 2:00 AM.
	10:39pm JakeGould: New York, London, Paris, Munich!
	10:40pm jeff from brooklyn: did stereolab just put out new music with a male singer?
	♥ 10:46pm Bootsie: I want to hear more from this band
	♥ 10:46pm Bootsie: Where are they from?
	♥ 10:47pm Tommy in Neversink: Excellent show EFD
	10:47pm Halifax Ed: YES!!
	♥ 10:48pm efd: Simply Saucer were from Toronto I think, but they are long gone. Only active in the mid/late '70s.
	♥ 10:48pm efd: Halifax Ed, fill us in!
	♥ 10:49pm Tommy in Neversink: But the color of my FMU user name is less than excellent
	♥ 10:52pm efd: ooh, looks like I need to change the clicked-link color on my playlists!
	♥ 10:55pm Tommy in Neversink: I feel invisible
	♥ 10:56pm Tommy in Neversink: Which could be advantageous in some situations ..but not this one
	♥ 10:57pm Tommy in Neversink: Seriously .....don't worry about it . I'm just busting ...something
	10:59pm steveL: clue-sone? Poisson Rouge?
	11:18pm Halifax Ed: Simply Saucer were from Hamilton, Ontario which isn't too far from Toronto. They never released a full lp while an active band. The song you played was produced by Daniel Lanoix and his brother. Edgar Breau is the brains behind the operation and he got the band back together for a bit in the mid-2000's.
	11:19pm Ignore Function: I've heard of Simply Saucer playing reunion gigs recently.
	11:19pm Halifax Ed: *** Lanois
	11:25pm Fashion Tashjian: Good morning from a brutal Yerevan. Might get up to 40 Celsius today, but, good thing we have such cool djs on FMU.))) Yeah, I didn't laugh either.
	♥ 11:30pm efd: oof! that's even worse than it is here!
	11:37pm steveL: Chris Butler? Waitresses?
	♥ 11:38pm efd: the very same!
	11:41pm steveL: Neat! Also loving Lloyd Cole. I went out to see him after hearing him on your show. Few years back now.
	♥ 11:43pm efd: yeah, that must have been 4 or 5 years ago! That album came out in 2013, somehow.
	11:45pm Fashion Tashjian: @EFD do you mean the weather or the joke?)))
	♥ 11:45pm efd: now THAT'S funny! :)
	11:58pm high: good stuff this has been
	11:59pm Jersey in PA: long time listener, first time calllller omgosh.
	12:00am jersey in PA: did i win!?

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
manfred mann's earth band	hollywood town	angel station	warner bros	1979			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
eastern bloc	wait too long "wait too long" by "eastern bloc"	s/t	paradox/passport	1987			0:04:39 (Pop-up)
hot chocolate	brother louie "brother louie" by "hot chocolate"	cicero park (2CD reissue)	7ts/cherry red	2009	orig 1973		0:08:13 (Pop-up)
the clash	complete control "complete control" by "the clash"	7"	cbs	1977			0:13:05 (Pop-up)
date-x	trappuppgång "trappuppgång" by "date-x"	7"	adventure records	1981			0:16:15 (Pop-up)
the speedies	let me take your photo	speedy delivery	radio heartbeat	2007	CD compilation; this song orig 1979		0:19:38 (Pop-up)
dennis diken with bell sound	the sun's gonna shine in the morning	late music	cryptovision	2009			0:22:44 (Pop-up)

hot lunch	haul of meat "haul of meat" by "hot lunch"	7"	who can you trust?			*	0:33:28 (Pop-up)
lysol	teenage trance "teenage trance" by "lysol"	7"	neck chop			*	0:37:12 (Pop-up)
nag	eye level "eye level" by "nag"	split 7" with lip	space taker sounds			*	0:39:34 (Pop-up)
the saucy jacks	mover "mover" by "the saucy jacks"	split 7" with beach day	chocolate covered records			*	0:41:55 (Pop-up)
archie & the bunkers	problem child	archie & the bunkers play the damned 7" ep	in the red			*	0:44:30 (Pop-up)

the orange peels	running away "running away" by "the orange peels"	trespassing	mystery lawn/minty fresh			*	0:49:50 (Pop-up)
tiger! tiger!	broken "broken" by "tiger! tiger!"	backing the wrong horse	chicken ranch		Buffi from the Subsonics/Vendettas etc.	*	0:53:07 (Pop-up)
dentist	oh "oh" by "dentist"	night swimming	cleopatra			*	0:56:09 (Pop-up)
the house of love	shine on "shine on" by "the house of love"	s/t	fontana	1990			0:58:52 (Pop-up)
the paranoid style	absolute cadavers	split 7" with wussy	bar/none			*	1:02:45 (Pop-up)

roseblood	black veil "black veil" by "roseblood"	single	roseblood			*	1:11:50 (Pop-up)
william carlos whitten	mouth of violets	burn my letters	i heart noise			*	1:15:10 (Pop-up)
jenn champion	owner of a lonely heart	single	hardly art			*	1:18:27 (Pop-up)
m-robin scott	smash the mirror "smash the mirror" by "m-robin scott"	famous last words	sire	1982			1:21:59 (Pop-up)
stephen malkmus & the jicks	shiggy	sparkle hard	matador			*	1:25:56 (Pop-up)

the total rejection	party seven "party seven" by "the total rejection"	wrapping yourself in silver won't save you from the blast	raving pop blast			*	1:39:14 (Pop-up)
simply saucer	dance the mutation "dance the mutation" by "simply saucer"	cyborgs revisited	sonic unyon	2003	orig 1975		1:42:49 (Pop-up)
the love-birds	river jordan "river jordan" by "the love-birds"	in the lover's corner	trouble in mind			*	1:47:11 (Pop-up)
king tuff	raindrop blue "raindrop blue" by "king tuff"	the other	sub pop			*	1:50:09 (Pop-up)
johnny clousson	bottom "bottom" by "johnny clousson"	two cents ep	johnny clousson			*	1:54:39 (Pop-up)

vive la void	red rider "red rider" by "vive la void"	s/t	sacred bones			*	2:06:51 (Pop-up)
wax idols	ashes "ashes" by "wax idols"	happy ending	etruscan gold			*	2:12:13 (Pop-up)
spizzenergi	soldier soldier "soldier soldier" by "spizzenergi"	7"	rough trade	1979			2:16:24 (Pop-up)
the fire dept	your touch on me "your touch on me" by "the fire dept"	l'oeuf d'or	m'lady's	2016	reissue, orig 1995		2:20:17 (Pop-up)
the creation factory	shame on you	s/t	loli pop!			*	2:23:50 (Pop-up)

howlin' rain	missouri "missouri" by "howlin' rain"	the alligator bride	silver current			*	2:29:24 (Pop-up)
chris butler	better than i ever was	get it together!	chris butler			*	2:34:06 (Pop-up)
lloyd cole	period piece "period piece" by "lloyd cole"	standards	tapete	2013			2:38:18 (Pop-up)
pale lights	jean, bring the flowers	the stars seemed brighter	calico cat			*	2:41:41 (Pop-up)
smokescreens	the lost song "the lost song" by "smokescreens"	used to yesterday	slumberland			*	2:45:29 (Pop-up)
beach house	black car "black car" by "beach house"	7	sub pop			*	2:49:07 (Pop-up)
ganser	satsuma "satsuma" by "ganser"	odd talk	no trend			*	2:52:59 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:09pm steveL: So, how long SHOULD I wait?
	♥ 9:09pm Uncle Michael: Love this even more than Stories' version.
	9:12pm JakeGould: Woo!
	♥ 9:14pm efd: hey everyone! Thanks for tuning in tonight!
	♥ 9:18pm BLCKDGRD: !
	9:18pm Frozen Kid: yea!
	9:23pm gw: Great opening set Evan . My girlfriend from back then is in the Speedies video for photo
	9:28pm !miketp: kicking some tasty ass...
	9:28pm Ethyl Mertz: Evan when 'ya gonna play a song that sounds like either a mashed potato head or a cucumber salad?
	9:30pm yngdave666: That song by Dennis sounded exactly like the Smithereens
	9:34pm Ian: hola efd et al!
	9:35pm Ian: huzzah Hot Lunch!
	♥ 9:36pm Uncle Michael: "spatula of Satan" That's a winner!
	9:36pm Halifax Ed: Hi guys
	♥ 9:36pm medson: Good evening folks
	♥ 9:37pm efd: hey Ian! I think I missed the post by al though....
	9:37pm Halifax Ed: Available at SPATULA CITY
	9:37pm yngdave666: Hey ED, it must be beautiful where you are now. This week in NY sucked weatherwise
	9:39pm Halifax Ed: It's been pretty roasty here with humidity we don't often get. Still not as hot as you guys though. Who needs a lobster?
	♥ 9:40pm efd: Ed, I saw your request on FB - no promises but maybe!
	♥ 9:40pm Uncle Michael: Spatula King, House of Spatulas, Spatula World, and anywhere fine spatulas are sold.
	9:42pm yngdave666: It's been rainYng here on and off all week
	9:42pm Halifax Ed: @efd You sound just like my girlfriend.
	♥ 9:43pm Uncle Michael: de5-engine.flamingtext.com...
	♥ 9:45pm efd: @Halifax Ed there's something I've been meaning to tell you actually...
	♥ 9:45pm Julie M: Go rock dots. SPATÜLA.
	9:47pm Halifax Ed: @efd - well Jesus...the least you can do is play my damn request then. Also, please stop using my toothbrush.
	9:51pm pencil: By Gawd, efd, you play the best music I have ever heard!
	9:53pm Doobois: This is beating back the torrent of rain coming down right now quite nicely. Huzzah!
	9:55pm JakeGould: One day a real rain will come… Oh wait… It’s here! looks outside Same bullshit… Just a lot wetter.
	♥ 9:59pm efd: @pencil thanks for that, much appreciated!
	♥ 10:00pm efd: when I was backannouncing the first set I was going to say that "the sun's gonna shine in the morning" was not meant to be a weather forecast, but then I forgot to say it.
	10:02pm JakeGould: @efd: I appreciate the idea. Holy crap this weather.
	♥ 10:15pm medson: @efd great show so far. I'll need the archive for the rest. Turning in early tonight
	♥ 10:15pm efd: thanks medson! Sleep well.
	♥ 10:26pm joe mulligan: thought this sounded like "pop muzik"!
	♥ 10:27pm efd: nailed it!
	10:29pm Mister Dobalina: Just tuned a bit ago, excellent tunes!
	10:37pm Carmichael: Hi doggies. 106 here in Sacramento. Stay inside until 2:00 AM.
	10:39pm JakeGould: New York, London, Paris, Munich!
	10:40pm jeff from brooklyn: did stereolab just put out new music with a male singer?
	♥ 10:46pm Bootsie: I want to hear more from this band
	♥ 10:46pm Bootsie: Where are they from?
	♥ 10:47pm Tommy in Neversink: Excellent show EFD
	10:47pm Halifax Ed: YES!!
	♥ 10:48pm efd: Simply Saucer were from Toronto I think, but they are long gone. Only active in the mid/late '70s.
	♥ 10:48pm efd: Halifax Ed, fill us in!
	♥ 10:49pm Tommy in Neversink: But the color of my FMU user name is less than excellent
	♥ 10:52pm efd: ooh, looks like I need to change the clicked-link color on my playlists!
	♥ 10:55pm Tommy in Neversink: I feel invisible
	♥ 10:56pm Tommy in Neversink: Which could be advantageous in some situations ..but not this one
	♥ 10:57pm Tommy in Neversink: Seriously .....don't worry about it . I'm just busting ...something
	10:59pm steveL: clue-sone? Poisson Rouge?
	11:18pm Halifax Ed: Simply Saucer were from Hamilton, Ontario which isn't too far from Toronto. They never released a full lp while an active band. The song you played was produced by Daniel Lanoix and his brother. Edgar Breau is the brains behind the operation and he got the band back together for a bit in the mid-2000's.
	11:19pm Ignore Function: I've heard of Simply Saucer playing reunion gigs recently.
	11:19pm Halifax Ed: *** Lanois
	11:25pm Fashion Tashjian: Good morning from a brutal Yerevan. Might get up to 40 Celsius today, but, good thing we have such cool djs on FMU.))) Yeah, I didn't laugh either.
	♥ 11:30pm efd: oof! that's even worse than it is here!
	11:37pm steveL: Chris Butler? Waitresses?
	♥ 11:38pm efd: the very same!
	11:41pm steveL: Neat! Also loving Lloyd Cole. I went out to see him after hearing him on your show. Few years back now.
	♥ 11:43pm efd: yeah, that must have been 4 or 5 years ago! That album came out in 2013, somehow.
	11:45pm Fashion Tashjian: @EFD do you mean the weather or the joke?)))
	♥ 11:45pm efd: now THAT'S funny! :)
	11:58pm high: good stuff this has been
	11:59pm Jersey in PA: long time listener, first time calllller omgosh.
	12:00am jersey in PA: did i win!?

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from July 25, 2018

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