WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 7, 2019

Listener comments!
	9:01am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	9:03am Dances with Moomins: Hello Mr. McG! Greetings from darkest Finland !
	9:03am TDK60: Hello.
	👻 9:04am Brian in UK: Hey Joie. Rain stopped play; digging in the garden, so digging the music instead!
	9:04am duke: Hiya Joe and listeners
	9:05am Krys O.: Hello, Joe!
	9:05am pantz: How nice. G'morn McGasbros and McGaskettes.
	9:07am TheLoneliestMonk: hey there JoeMac: thanks for spending another monday AM with us
	9:08am Lixiviated Life: play that fun key muzik
	9:09am The Oscar: Dragons! A friend of mine just hipped me to this the other day. Kinda mindblowing.
	9:09am Cheri Pi: Good morning Joe and your cosmic listeners
	9:09am dale: when was this actually recorded? dragons info but no recording date. www.bbc.co.uk...
	9:11am Joe McG: Good morning, Cheri, and Monk, and Krys, and duke, and Brian, and Oscar, and Moomins, and Aaron, and TDK and pantz and LixLife. @dale: About 1970.
	9:11am dale: oh, it says '37 years ago.' and that review was 12 years ago!
	👻 9:11am Ken From Hyde Park: Happy Monday, Joe and January Jokers!
	9:12am steveo: hey everybody
	9:12am pantz: I know Free Design did a lot of hippie Up With People stuff but were they Jesus freaks too? I have flashbacks to Sunday school when I was a kid.
	9:13am dale: 1970 is almost 50 years ago - ain't that a kick in the groin!
	9:14am TheLoneliestMonk: @Dale yes, esp. for ppl who are 50!
	9:15am dale: mike curb congregation was on glen campbell goodtime hour i watched on pluto tv app. they sang jesus is just alright but a couple of the ladies were dressed for dancing in a cage above the dance floor.
	9:16am duke: Someone was just talking to me about the Swingle Singers on Sunday. I hadn't thought about them in years.
	9:16am Roberto: I had a cassette of this Handel harpsichord suite that I listened to a lot in college.
	👻 9:17am Brian in UK: @dale what's the betting they stole 'Jesus....' from The Byrds 'Byrdmaniax'.
	9:18am Dances with Moomins: @ Dale: drop kick in the bread basket! Iw as 16 in 1970 and sometimes listening to WFMU from Uppsala College ( East Orange days ) on the transistor radio! Yikes and a half!
	9:18am TheLoneliestMonk: now if you told me when i got up this morning i was gonna be hearing Ursula K. Le Guin chanting, i woulda taken that bet
	9:19am melinda: Nice Swingle Singers. Before the playlist update I thought it was Free Design and the Quail Song was the Swingles, which was blowing my mind.
	9:19am TDK60: Ursula K.L. has got to be one of my fave writers, now climbing the WFMU Charts..who'd-a thought?
	👻 9:21am queems: LOVE THIS
	9:22am pantz: Feel like we should wheel out the Wicker Man about now, yeah?
	9:23am Brendan: Good morning Joe. That last song sounded like some kind of wonderful Vulcan love incantation .
	9:24am The Oscar: When I was a kid, my family's cats were Ursula (named by my mom after Ursula K. LeGuin) and Smokey Joe (named by my dad after the Coasters song). We also had Mel, but I think my parents just thought that was a funny name for a cat.
	9:26am Krys O.: The Lathe of Heaven is one of my favorite books. Le Guin was brilliant. Gone almost a year now.
	9:28am Sem: Good morning, Joe, McGaskoes, those who feel for Stephen Sills, those who love Tony O, and all.
	9:28am The Oscar: I had been working in a record store for years before I realized Dawn was the group's name. I always thought one of the girls was named Dawn, and the other one didn't warrant a credit for some reason.
	9:30am steveo: thought for sure some daryl dragon was next ...
	9:30am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM you're here, but are you PRESENT?
	9:31am steveo: but don't worry i have nick the bard's tribute on my todo list (wfmu.org... )
	9:34am bore: I've heard it pronounced "erving" international...
	9:34am MUWFinMA: speculative fiction ;)
	9:34am melinda: @Oscar I thought the same thing
	9:34am steveo: oh! missed that! thanks!
	9:36am cb: recently decided it was “revenge” based on an interview and on their website url being igetrvng
	9:36am Colleen: Mac Davis show
	9:36am TDK60: ..that LeGuin/Barton music is from '85, Always Coming Home is the book. en.wikipedia.org...
	9:36am The Oscar: I could never figure out why someone with the birth name DARYL DRAGON would perform under a nickname.
	9:37am TheLoneliestMonk: believe it or not, tony orlando was a really good guest on gilbert gottfried's podcast
	9:38am TDK60: ..Oscar: I heard that Yo La Tengo wanted to save Tony Orlando's house.
	9:39am TDK60: I mean Loneliest Monk! ha~
	9:40am Brendan: Can HeeHaw be on that channel?
	👻 9:40am karlward: TDK60: Let's Save Alex Chilton's House.
	9:41am dale: here's some season one goodtime hour. be prepared for john byner and tim conway with your john hartford. www.shoutfactorytv.com...
	9:42am TheLoneliestMonk: @TDK never heard that one. i thought he split his time between FLA & vegas. you talkin' bout his family home in joisey?
	9:42am Mungerphut: Gerat set!
	9:45am judy from croton: Trying to finish this wedding quilt. They got married in August. But Joe, this music is taking all my concentration, it’s so great.
	9:46am KP in DC: Hello Joe from besieged DC
	9:46am judy from croton: I’m blowing a McGasket! Oh that doesn’t sound right.
	9:47am pantz: Whoa! Love this Sugarcoat.
	9:47am JakeGould: Hey Joe! @TheLoneliestMonk: “believe it or not, tony orlando was a really good guest on gilbert gottfried's podcast” Why is it shocking? Tony Orlando is great artist. And Gilbert Gottfried is great as well.
	9:47am Roberto: LOLZ, Judy!
	9:47am Joe McG: @judy: Ha ha ha!
	9:48am fleep: Wet greetings from Los Angeles
	9:49am JakeGould: @fleep: May your Monday be moist.
	9:49am coelacanth∅: Good Morning Joe and All
	9:49am Roberto: I just got back from LA, Fleep. It was raining hard Saturday night but sunny when we left yesterday. Is it raining again?
	9:51am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG well, for someone who isn't conventionally thought of as "cool" i guess. GGACP - OG!
	9:53am fleep: Roberto: Yes, much lighter thoough.
	9:55am Roberto: Yeah we got lucky with the weather. We were there for two weeks with almost no rain at all.
	9:55am Colleen: Digging this
	9:55am Joe McG: Hey fleep, Roberto, coelacanth, Jake, KP, Munger, everybody! Hope your morning is alright so far....
	9:56am TDK60: Loneliest Monk: I suppose Tony's NJ home...the song is from YLT's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out.
	9:56am Dominick: Hiya hiya hiya
	9:59am JakeGould: TheLoneliestMonk: Well, to be fair WFMU is the kind of place where “The Hudson Brothers” would be put on a higher pedestal than Tony Orlando… Unless Tony Orlando suddenly had a Numero group comp out. Which is all to say I like ”Tony Orlando and Dawn” and don’t suffer contrarian hipster nonsense.
	10:03am dale: 'let's go to the mall' by robin sparkles on how i met your mother was a great song.
	10:03am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG so odd you should mention the hudson brothers, Mark Hudson was another great sleeper guest on 'Amazing Colossal'
	10:03am The Oscar: Loving this one!
	10:03am Sem: I have no problem getting dwen with this tune, it's the getting back up again that is problematic.
	10:05am TDK60: ..a quick glance at YLT's lyrics reveal an imaginary rivalry event with Frankie Valli. [?]
	10:05am Roberto: Sem, how does one get dwen? Sounds funk-ay.
	10:05am JakeGould: @TheLoneliestMonk: Well, I think “The Hudson Brothers” have less charisma than a Sid and Marty Krofft character. So hey!
	10:05am Brendan: This Salt and Pepper is pushing it Joe. Its pushing it real good.
	10:06am judy from croton: Haha@Sem.
	10:06am Colleen: This show is always fun!...Thanks Joe!
	10:07am Brendan: Wonder if they minded Salt-n- Pepa stealing their name.
	10:07am PKNY: Discogs says that this Jaye P. came out in 1976, sounds super yacht-y, she was a soft rock pioneer as well as one helluva Gong Show judge!
	10:07am Joe McG: @Brendan: A little salt and pepper to spice up your morning! @Colleen: Glad you're along for the fun!
	10:10am dale: jaye p also gave felix unger's happy and peppy and bursting with joy that sexy soft side.
	10:10am maestroso: Worked along side Jaye P. in Atlantic City back in the late '80s. She was doing jazz standards and comedy and was very good at both. Plus she was super nice.
	10:10am Joe McG: @PKNY: She was always the saltiest one on the Gong Show panel.
	10:11am TheLoneliestMonk: damn TDK, you're getting deep into the YLT folklore today!
	10:11am Joe McG: @maestroso: Tell us more!
	10:13am TDK60: I suppose YLT is into Jersey music history..it is possible.
	10:14am Kudubundu: "Unusual Sounds" was an instant purchase for me! Great anthology. Another good show Joe. Hi from the UK.
	10:14am PKNY: Speaking of being ahead of their time, the Main Ingredient foresaw Facetime and sexting back in '73! www.discogs.com...
	10:16am maestroso: Her dressing room was right next to ours; we would chat after our shows. Very personable and funny.
	10:17am Henry in Hopatcong: Love this version of Lay Lady Lay
	10:18am Joe McG: @PKNY: If I were 14, the inside of the gatefold would be hanging on my bedroom wall.
	10:18am coelacanth∅: the morning's getting better Joe
	10:19am The Oscar: She can't stay, she has WORK to do!
	10:19am βrian: It's a sopping, dreary day on the isthmus. One should stay beneath the covers and listen to The Isley Brothers.
	10:21am PKNY: @Joe - I actually have this record, but couldn't remember what the inside gatefold looked like, Discogs to the rescue again! Cuba Gooding Sr. was trying to keep up with the Ohio Players as far as freakiness.
	10:21am Joe McG: @Oscar: Ha ha ha! @Brian: Excellent idea!
	10:22am βrian: I sure hope she persists!
	👻 10:24am tadpoles: Have to admit....this is a very neat version of "Lay Lady Lay".
	10:25am Davee: Stay already!!!
	10:26am Brendan: That version almost reached Freebird length
	10:27am βrian: Does Bob Dylan set off the goat alarm for that song, or no?
	10:29am duke: Jaye P. Morgan got fired from the Gong Show for flashing
	10:29am coelacanth∅: TDK with no clue at all i always imagined "let's save tony orlando's house" was about a fire, and in hollywood! i never listened to the lyrics, obviously.
	10:30am coelacanth∅: (and this knowing ylt was from nj)
	10:32am dale: here she is in all her glory. www.bing.com...
	10:34am Davee: WOW, talk about shifting gears . . . .
	10:35am coelacanth∅: hmm, if i hit that link will bing, which it took me months to completely eliminate, start trying to rape my laptop again?
	10:35am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe!
	10:36am Joe McG: Hey Guido, happy new year!
	10:37am dale: i dunno. i like it better than google. just jaye p. showing her bazooms as they say in 70s game show speak.
	10:37am JakeGould: “Let’s Save Tony Orlando's House” is a Simpson’s reference. It was a telethon in the Simpsons world. James McNew of YLT likes to name tracks in progress with wacky nonsense and then usually the names changed when finalized. This song name just went as-is to the LP.
	10:37am GeorgeSimian: Who's the brother? Anybody know?
	10:38am Guido from Cologne: happy new year Joe!
	10:38am TheLoneliestMonk: this is certainly reminiscent of the blockheads
	10:38am Roberto: Thanks for the vocabulary builder of the day, Joe! www.merriam-webster.com...
	👻 10:39am Brian in UK: Too right!!!
	10:39am coelacanth∅: yes, quite Duryish
	10:39am TDK60: coelacanth: Let's Save Tony Orlando's House does appear to be about a fire. Was it Hollywood? Real or fantasy? I know little about Tony O.
	10:39am Joe McG: @George: Her's the story: driver67.com...
	10:40am GeorgeSimian: Got this from youtube... The 'band' were Brian Travolta on vocals, Brian Sinatra, lead vocals, Brian Brando, drums, Brian Stewart, spiritual guidance, vocal and all instruments, Brian Costello, vibes. Produced by Brian Spector, managed by Brian Arden
	👻 10:40am tadpoles: #BrianUK.. shout out to Brians everywhere!
	10:41am βrian: More français !
	10:41am Ike: Hi Joe! Good to see you recently.
	10:42am Sem: Got the word from Jed Clampett, myself: "Granny's fixin' to fry up a passel of grits and crawdads."
	10:42am sugarwolf: Sylvie!
	👻 10:42am Brian in UK: @tadpoles Got used to it after all these years. I am not the messiah.....
	10:42am David in London: That was some serious Brian shaving cream. Hats off.
	10:42am GeorgeSimian: Thanks, Joe! Great story!
	10:43am Davee: Sit Lady Sit!
	10:43am coelacanth∅: dale i despise google as a company, and chrome pulls the same shit as bing did -after years of barely ever using it, opening on startup now. i use duckduckgo usually, but it's poor in comparison for image searches.
	10:44am TDK60: Oh geez, Jake above finalizes it: Simpsons reference by YLT bassist.
	10:44am fleep: Bueno!
	10:45am Colleen: Had the rare English version on 45
	10:45am CeeDubbles: Saturday flashback - nice pull!
	10:45am Joe McG: @Colleen: Ha ha!
	10:46am Listener Alexandra: Good morning, Joe--and good afterlife, Captain.
	10:46am coelacanth∅: rest in peace, cap'n.
	10:47am βrian: Yo soy, dijo el tofu.
	👻 10:47am Hughie Considine: Notice how the "Sedaka's back" shout-out remains in English? I think it was contractual.
	10:47am dale: now he's with cap'n hook, cap'n pike, and cap'n crunch.
	10:47am TDK60: ..and, "they" should save Ursula K. LeGuin's house; her books too.
	10:47am steveo: the whole thing in spanish is great but i still wish she had said "forever" in english there at the end :)
	10:48am coelacanth∅: and cap'n morgan's very much alive
	10:51am steveo: just learned: "Dragon and Tennille acknowledged [Neil] Sedaka's authorship—as well as his mid-1970s comeback—by working the phrase "Sedaka is back" into the song's fadeout"
	👻 10:51am Brian in UK: I used to save Green Shield Stamps. The local shop where you could cash them in for items was called the Redemption Centre. Always made me chuckle.
	10:51am SeanG: MEKONS!!
	10:52am Andy the painter: mekons! hell yeah! on tour in US in july, apparently. hey joe! thanks!
	👻 10:52am Hughie Considine: Captains were really big in the 70s: Grand Funk’s “I’m Your Captain,” the Doobie Bros’ “The Captain and Me,” and Elton John’s Captain Fantastic, not to mention the toast of 1975, the Captain and Tennille, and Billy Joel’s “Captain Jack.” Perhaps the curdled end of the ’60s reaped the need for a steady, manly guide at the helm: a captain, if you will.
	10:53am randyfrommichigan: @hughie very interesting, never thought about how big Captains were in the 70's
	10:53am GeorgeSimian: They all got rich and bought boats.
	10:53am RodneyWelch: A Mekons classic! Thank you!
	10:53am TDK60: Mekons, I'm turning sympathetic. // Captain Curdled- (folks, I get to save that for my next band's name...)
	10:54am dale: Yeah! DUDE!!!
	10:54am steveo: looking forward to the bassoon solo
	👻 10:54am karlward: Thanks for that Mekons track. I was just reading about them yesterday and thinking I should dig into their catalog a bit more.
	10:54am SSS: Green Stamps!! Crap I'm old....Thanks...
	10:56am dale: s&h greenstamps - my mom filled a book and i think they went out of business before she could cash them in.
	10:56am David in London: Like this really understated cover of Layla...
	10:56am robin: wow! epic! and unshazamable!!!
	10:56am dale: french horn makes everything more epic.
	10:56am coelacanth∅: heaven & hell is one of their best albums (in my opinion)
	10:56am βrian: I think "captain" was on the wane, actually: books.google.com...
	10:57am SSS: @Dale - Bastards!!
	10:57am steveo: O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
	10:57am βrian: @dale: épique, you mean?
	10:58am randyfrommichigan: @brian interesting
	10:58am TheLoneliestMonk: @Dale i'm sure The Ox would agree...
	11:00am coelacanth∅: my mom collected plaid stamps. we got lots of stuff from those! each of the kids got something (i got an organ. not a brain; i'm still waiting on that. a musical instrument.) and the family got a waffle iron, a card table, ...i don't remember what else.
	11:00am coelacanth∅: Joe is that the same 7"?
	👻 11:01am Brian in UK: Joe - Single File started and finished on time. Is this a record?
	11:03am coelacanth∅: different conductors, i wonder why.
	11:03am dale: rita coolidge would have had the prettiest hair in 70s music if crystal gayle hadn't come along.
	11:03am kevlicki: Happy New Year Joe and all. Surprised to see TDK60 on the comments during a sunny day
	11:03am TDK60: A few Mekons live in the US; how'd they get in?
	👻 11:04am Brian in UK: @TDK60 they flew over the wall.
	11:05am TDK60: hola Kevlicki: a sunny friggin' too-cold day. Pay bills day, ughh; then laundry =fun!
	11:09am Listening Out There: Listening to SN live for a change, not from the archives. Will wonders ever cease...
	11:09am Evan Cutler: Kelly Tripucka. Basketball legend. Pronounced Tri-pew-ka (not Tri-poo-ka)
	11:10am Joe McG: Thanks, Evan! I know as much about basketball as I know about golf. Zilch.
	11:10am djsheilab: WOW! Dig this funky "Love Potion" update!
	11:10am Guido from Cologne: Leiber & Stoller composition. Was The Clovers' version the original? Very much love the Coasters' version.
	11:10am ?: CASH - One piece at a time
	11:11am Evan Cutler: Tra-pew-ka (the pew is pronounced like the PEW charitable trust). I'm no basketball fan either but I live in Montclair and he's as big a local legend as it gets.
	11:11am Guido from Cologne: Sounds like Dr. John had arranged it.
	11:11am TDK60: wow, ..an '82 Coasters..
	11:11am The Oscar: I always confuse the plots of "Love Potion #9" and "Fortune Teller."
	11:11am TDK60: oh '68.
	11:12am ?: Slick Rick?
	11:12am Joe McG: Sheila B.! :)
	11:13am coelacanth∅: i'm glad, in the end, that the coasters declined this song at first; maybe we wouldn't have gotten the funky later version if they'd done it in '59, or whenever.
	11:13am TDK60: Deep, man.
	11:14am Brendan: That lyricist was being koi
	11:15am GeorgeSimian: Nobody wants fortunes told anymore
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: What I would give for a runcible spoon.
	11:16am steveo: iirc it's just another word for spork
	👻 11:16am tim from champaign: Hello Joe and fellow Surfacers!
	11:17am TDK60: John Jacob Niles is/was wild!
	👻 11:17am chresti: Good morning.
	11:17am Guido from Cologne: Never heard of The Deep Six. Great track!
	11:18am The Oscar: One morning in college I was listening to John Jacob Niles when my roommate walked in: "Hey, you know what's really great for a hangover?" "No, what?" "NOT THIS."
	11:18am Jeff Moore: I like that Coasters version of "Love Potion..."! It's definitely funner than the bog-standard Searchers version I went with in my "Behind the Whipped Cream" set a few weeks ago – but I guess it wouldn't have fit with the conceit of the set, because it didn't predate the Herb Alpert rendition.
	👻 11:19am Brian in UK: 'Zoologic miscegeny achieved in mouse frog nuptuals, relatives approve.' Harry Smith from Anthology of America Folk Music.
	👻 11:20am tim from champaign: I'm bummed I missed the Ursala K Le Guin earlier. I read the book in 2018 in which the music is a companion to. It was a favorite read of mine last year.
	11:21am coelacanth∅: i know the searchers had some moments, but i generally think of them as a cleaned-up for the white charts cover band
	11:22am JakeGould: @JeffMoore: R.I.P. Ted Leonard. Good dog here. Good dog up in heaven or wherever good dogs go
	👻 11:23am Brian in UK: @coelacanth∅ it could be argued that they started the jingle jangle. Pre-McGuinn.
	11:23am Joe McG: Things about to get nasty!
	11:23am coelacanth∅: oh no Ted Leonard?
	11:23am TDK60: Tim; a few DJs at WFMU have been playing cuts from the LeGuin/Barton re-release. wfmu.org...
	11:24am coelacanth∅: 2 years straight i tried to "adopt" Ted Leonard but someone beat me to it. -rest in peace.
	👻 11:27am Brian in UK: Martin Simpson does a lovely version of Matty Groves under its other name of Little Musgrave.
	11:27am Jeff Moore: Thanks, guys. There's a big void where Ted should be.
	11:28am TDK60: diggin' the folkseeness
	👻 11:29am tadpoles: In case I can't get back to typing....thanks for a great show today Joe. Cheers.
	11:29am Joe McG: @TDK60: This used to be the band The Eighteenth Day of May, one of the best bands to pull off the Fairport thing in later years.
	11:29am Joe McG: Many thanks, tadpoles!
	11:30am Henry in Hopatcong: Joe McG, check out Ween's Cold Blows the Wind. It's their version of an old English folk song called, The Unquiet Grave. A great story song.
	11:30am βrian: Music for Fairports next?
	11:30am TDK60: ..was gonna say, long live the F.C. sound! (And Mekons did a track of Trimdon G.E.)
	11:31am Joe McG: @Brian: Great comp title no one has thought of till now!
	11:34am coelacanth∅: Brian in uk (@11.23) i'll explore further. i do remember reading something about that. ...but then, i'm not a big fan of the byrds' Dylan covers either (with at least 2 exceptions!)
	11:35am coelacanth∅: i guess Anne Briggs never did a version of Matty Groves?
	11:36am KP in DC: The Explosion is well named, Kind Sir
	11:36am TDK60: folkin' loud.. love it.
	11:36am Morris from dd: nice, Trimdon.... bought their record just yesterday. good stuff, as is The Left Outsides
	11:37am βrian: As alway, it amazes me how much this guy sounds like Richard Thompson.
	11:37am TDK60: Thompson is scheduled to appear at Fairport's annual fair this year.
	👻 11:38am Brian in UK: The Byrds and Love were my portals into American music. I have ridden a Vincent Black Lightning. Once. If fate could break my stride. Great line.
	11:38am steveo: when i saw thompson live a few months ago he said thaht he guessed that most of the audience members had forgotten about fairport :(
	11:38am Jeff Moore: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning is one of the greatest songs in the history of ever.
	11:39am TheLoneliestMonk: @Brian really? HST said it was a real crotch rocket!
	👻 11:39am Brian in UK: Matty Groves has never done a version of Anne Briggs.
	11:40am David Colangelo: Well played....love this song...
	11:40am coelacanth∅: i'll run 'im through if he does!
	11:41am Andy the painter: i don’t like motorcycles, but i love this song.
	👻 11:41am Brian in UK: 60 in first 100 in second with the right gearing. Speedo, six inches across so you could take in how fast it was going.
	11:41am sydnius: Joe now ya made me go an cry.
	11:42am Johnzon: mornin' noisies!
	11:42am TheLoneliestMonk: aw, i miss laura on the weekends!
	11:42am prudy: great cover. Laura Cantrell is fabulous!
	11:42am glenn: 1952 v.b.l. is a great song, but i think richard's defining acoustic moment is the sun never shines on the poor.
	11:43am coelacanth∅: but a "crotchrocket" is named so partly by the posture of the rider.
	11:43am Joe McG: This is such a sweet version of this song, although I adore the original, too.
	11:43am TheLoneliestMonk: @Brian gotdamn, that sounds like a wild ride!
	11:43am Listener Alexandra: I miss Radio Thrift Shop :-(
	11:43am coelacanth∅: -this from another great album
	11:44am Cooh John: I have seen RT perform several times. Great song. Great story.
	11:46am coelacanth∅: ...some bikes are comfortable at 90 some are scary at 70 (mph) i wouldn't mind testing that on a vincent. probably scary.
	👻 11:46am Brian in UK: You have to slip the clutch to get a good drive away. It was modern for its day. Apart from maybe the brakes. Now a Brough Superior was something. So, I believe.
	11:47am JakeGould: If there is one Price album one should own, it’s ‘“Reggatta de Blanc”
	11:47am judy from croton: Having tough times this year and they don’t seem to be letting up. Grim Reaper is working overtime. But music like this helps me cry. So, thanks Joe.
	11:48am GeorgeSimian: My daughter heard "Don't Stand So Close To Me" a few months ago and thought it was the dumbest song she ever heard.
	11:48am βrian: I've done 55 on a bike — a real bike with panniers front and rear. Once was enough.
	11:48am coelacanth∅: Brian, i'm cautious with clutches now! (you can guess why)
	11:48am TheLoneliestMonk: i used to screw around on my friend's KH2 750 back in the day, had to be careful hitting the throttle too hard, it was a real wheelie monger!
	11:49am GeorgeSimian: Sting's father was a milkman.
	11:49am TDK60: Sorry to hear Judy. // I'll always defend The Byrds! They opened so many possibilities and the music is gorgeous.
	11:49am TheLoneliestMonk: i've never heard of this 'police' band. are they new?
	11:50am GeorgeSimian: So the bottle metaphor makes sense, if you think about it.
	11:50am Ike: IMHO "Outlandos d'Amour" is a stronger album overall. "Reggatta" is their second one. It's also good but has more filler than the first one.
	11:50am Sem: Hunter Thompson used to troll the Hell's Angels he rode w/ by claiming to have a Vincent Black Shadow; they called bullshit on him \0/ Lovely tax work listening, Joe. Thanks and see you next time.
	11:51am prudy: another great cover!
	11:51am TheLoneliestMonk: @CC by reputation, all the vincents are s'posedly very unforgiving, not a rookie bike
	11:51am The Butterman: Ohhhh I just got in the car in the middle of Laura's version and I couldn't place it for a few moments. I love when that happens. I've loved that song for so long and to hear such a lovely voice singing it just tickles me! Go Laura! I too miss her show terribly
	11:52am dale: tearing bobby goldsboro a new one here.
	11:52am randyfrommichigan: my favorite Millie Jackson album cover: https://goo.gl/images/F5k7Ba
	11:53am coelacanth∅: TDK i do like much of the byrds, for the record! they had a mostly good 5-6 album run at first (imo) my faves are around the 3rd to the 5th albums. heavier Crosby influence.
	11:53am Brendan: Thanks Joe . Millie’s always warm on a chilly day.
	11:53am judy from croton: Maybe that’s what fmu knows. Music’s the skeleton key. Unlocks it all.
	11:53am RodneyWelch: The Divine Millie Jackson. This is from Caught Up, one of the great unheralded R&B classics of the 1970s.
	11:53am glenn: millie's a firecracker.
	11:53am Henry in Hopatcong: Great show today Joe! Diggin Story Corner!
	11:54am David in London: Randy, ha ha, that’s a rare one for sure.
	11:54am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! See you next week for a VERY SPECIAL SHOW.
	11:55am βrian: Thanks for the pleasant peregrination, Joe.
	11:55am coelacanth∅: "reggatta" has some great songs, and some abominable crap! (a la Stewart Copeland)
	11:55am randyfrommichigan: @David yeah that's some shaving cream :)
	11:56am TheLoneliestMonk: have a good week, JoeMac, be well!
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: Thanks Joe, where did those three hours go. Have a good week everyone.
	11:56am steveo: thanks joe!
	11:57am randyfrommichigan: Great show Joe!
	11:58am coelacanth∅: Great show Joe! Thank you.
	11:58am TDK60: Thanks DJ JM!
	11:59am efd: Edward Lear is correct!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 7, 2019

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Vytas Brenner	La Sabana "La Sabana" by "Vytas Brenner"	Venezuela 70 Volume 2	Soul Jazz	2018	CD	From 1973	*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Dragons	Cosmosis "Cosmosis" by "The Dragons"	BFI	Ninja Tune	2007	CD	From 1970; R.I.P. The Captain		0:06:13 (Pop-up)
Free Design	Tomorrow Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life	Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love	Light in the Attic	2004	CD	From 1970		0:09:06 (Pop-up)
The Swingle Singers	Air (from The Harpsichord Suite in E Major)	Bachanalia	Philips	1972	LP	From 1964		0:14:27 (Pop-up)
Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton	The Quail Song	Music and Poetry of the Kesh	RVNG Intl.	2018	CD	From 1982	*	0:16:45 (Pop-up)
Moon Express	Awake and Love "Awake and Love" by "Moon Express"	Prophetic Spirit	Modern Harmonic	2018	CD	From 1968	*	0:18:26 (Pop-up)
Frank Gem and Unknown Artists	Old Devil Moon	Percussion with Harmonica Featuring Frank Gem	Hurrah	1960?	LP			0:22:00 (Pop-up)
Dawn	Love the One You're With "Love the One You're With" by "Dawn"	Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando	Bell	1971	LP			0:25:16 (Pop-up)

Me and The Bees	25, 32, 45, 69 "25, 32, 45, 69" by "Me and The Bees"	Menos Mal	La Castanya	2018	LP		*	0:38:21 (Pop-up)
The Deafening Colors	Saracen Revisited	Run Pass Option	Deafening Colors	2019	MP3		*	0:39:57 (Pop-up)
Graham Brice	I'm Alright with That	Graham Brice's Flowering Future	Kazoo!	2018	CD		*	0:42:06 (Pop-up)
Sugarcoat	Giving Up "Giving Up" by "Sugarcoat"	Crush	C+P Numavi	2018	MP3			0:45:08 (Pop-up)
David Javelosa & Baby Buddha	What's Going On	Everyone Is My Age	Dark Entries	2018	LP	From 1984	*	0:48:06 (Pop-up)
Hailu Mergia	Yegle Nesh "Yegle Nesh" by "Hailu Mergia"	Bitteschön, Philophon! Vol. 1	Philophon	2018	CD		*	0:51:36 (Pop-up)
The Brothers	You're My First, My Last, My Everything / Fire	Disco Soul	RCA	1975	LP			0:54:24 (Pop-up)
Salt & Pepper Featuring Greg Palmer	Meet Me at the Mall	It's About Time...	Seasoned	1978	LP			1:01:22 (Pop-up)
Jaye P. Morgan	Let's Get Together	Jaye P. Morgan	We Want Sounds	2018	CD	From 1976	*	1:05:03 (Pop-up)
L. Hurdle/K. Poppy/M. Bell	You've Got What It Takes	Unusual Sounds	Anthology Recordings	2018	LP		*	1:08:30 (Pop-up)
The Main Ingredient	Work to Do "Work to Do" by "The Main Ingredient"	Aphrodisiac	RCA	1973	LP			1:12:00 (Pop-up)
The Isley Brothers	Lay Lady Lay "Lay Lady Lay" by "The Isley Brothers"	The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983)	Legacy	2015	CD	From "Givin' It Back," 1971		1:15:43 (Pop-up)

Single File: a passel of 45s in a row "Single File: a passel of 45s in a row"
Johnny Paycheck	The Old Year Is Gone	single	Little Darlin'	1968	45			1:33:14 (Pop-up)
The Brians	My Brother's Famous "My Brother's Famous" by "The Brians"	single	Din Disc	1979	45	Thanks to Listener Tom!		1:35:22 (Pop-up)
Sylvie Vartan	Irrésistiblement "Irrésistiblement" by "Sylvie Vartan"	single	RCA Victor	1968	45			1:39:02 (Pop-up)
Marie and Rex	I Can't Sit Down "I Can't Sit Down" by "Marie and Rex"	single	Carlton	1959	45			1:41:51 (Pop-up)
The Captain and Tennille	Por Amor Viviremos	single	A&M	1975	45			1:43:58 (Pop-up)
J. R. Bailey	Too Far Gone to Turn Around	single	Toy	1972	45			1:47:37 (Pop-up)
The Mekons	Hello Cruel World "Hello Cruel World" by "The Mekons"	single	Sin	1986	45			1:50:12 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Charles with the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Choir	Layla (Part I)	single	20th Century	1975	45			1:53:21 (Pop-up)
Wil Malone with the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Choir	Layla (Part II)	single	20th Century	1975	45			1:57:03 (Pop-up)

Story Corner: Songs that tell stories (an occasional feature of the program)
The Coasters	Love Potion #9 "Love Potion #9" by "The Coasters"	Young Blood	Atlantic Deluxe	1982	LP	From 1968		2:09:12 (Pop-up)
The Deep Six	What Would You Wish from the Golden Fish?	The Deep Six	Liberty	1966	LP			2:11:28 (Pop-up)
Donovan	The Owl and The Pussycat "The Owl and The Pussycat" by "Donovan"	HMS Donovan	BGO	1997	CD	From 1971; Thanks, Jim Price!		2:14:24 (Pop-up)
John Jacob Niles	Frog Went A-Courtin'	I Wonder As I Wander - Love Songs and Carols	Tradition	1958	LP			2:16:25 (Pop-up)
Joan Baez	Matty Groves "Matty Groves" by "Joan Baez"	Joan Baez in Concert	Vanguard	1962	LP			2:19:08 (Pop-up)
Trimdon Grange Explosion	The Bonnie Banks of Fordie	Trimdon Grange Explosion	Cardinal Fuzz/Feeding Tube	2018	LP		*	2:25:44 (Pop-up)
Richard Thompson	1952 Vincent Black Lightning	Rumor and Sigh	Capitol	1991	CD			2:36:13 (Pop-up)
Laura Cantrell	Love Vigilantes "Love Vigilantes" by "Laura Cantrell"	Trains and Boats and Planes EP	Diesel Only	2008	CD			2:41:06 (Pop-up)
The Police	Message in a Bottle "Message in a Bottle" by "The Police"	Reggatta de Blanc	A&M	1979	10"			2:45:04 (Pop-up)
Millie Jackson	Summer (The First Time)	Caught Up	Spring	1974	LP			2:50:19 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:01am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	9:03am Dances with Moomins: Hello Mr. McG! Greetings from darkest Finland !
	9:03am TDK60: Hello.
	👻 9:04am Brian in UK: Hey Joie. Rain stopped play; digging in the garden, so digging the music instead!
	9:04am duke: Hiya Joe and listeners
	9:05am Krys O.: Hello, Joe!
	9:05am pantz: How nice. G'morn McGasbros and McGaskettes.
	9:07am TheLoneliestMonk: hey there JoeMac: thanks for spending another monday AM with us
	9:08am Lixiviated Life: play that fun key muzik
	9:09am The Oscar: Dragons! A friend of mine just hipped me to this the other day. Kinda mindblowing.
	9:09am Cheri Pi: Good morning Joe and your cosmic listeners
	9:09am dale: when was this actually recorded? dragons info but no recording date. www.bbc.co.uk...
	9:11am Joe McG: Good morning, Cheri, and Monk, and Krys, and duke, and Brian, and Oscar, and Moomins, and Aaron, and TDK and pantz and LixLife. @dale: About 1970.
	9:11am dale: oh, it says '37 years ago.' and that review was 12 years ago!
	👻 9:11am Ken From Hyde Park: Happy Monday, Joe and January Jokers!
	9:12am steveo: hey everybody
	9:12am pantz: I know Free Design did a lot of hippie Up With People stuff but were they Jesus freaks too? I have flashbacks to Sunday school when I was a kid.
	9:13am dale: 1970 is almost 50 years ago - ain't that a kick in the groin!
	9:14am TheLoneliestMonk: @Dale yes, esp. for ppl who are 50!
	9:15am dale: mike curb congregation was on glen campbell goodtime hour i watched on pluto tv app. they sang jesus is just alright but a couple of the ladies were dressed for dancing in a cage above the dance floor.
	9:16am duke: Someone was just talking to me about the Swingle Singers on Sunday. I hadn't thought about them in years.
	9:16am Roberto: I had a cassette of this Handel harpsichord suite that I listened to a lot in college.
	👻 9:17am Brian in UK: @dale what's the betting they stole 'Jesus....' from The Byrds 'Byrdmaniax'.
	9:18am Dances with Moomins: @ Dale: drop kick in the bread basket! Iw as 16 in 1970 and sometimes listening to WFMU from Uppsala College ( East Orange days ) on the transistor radio! Yikes and a half!
	9:18am TheLoneliestMonk: now if you told me when i got up this morning i was gonna be hearing Ursula K. Le Guin chanting, i woulda taken that bet
	9:19am melinda: Nice Swingle Singers. Before the playlist update I thought it was Free Design and the Quail Song was the Swingles, which was blowing my mind.
	9:19am TDK60: Ursula K.L. has got to be one of my fave writers, now climbing the WFMU Charts..who'd-a thought?
	👻 9:21am queems: LOVE THIS
	9:22am pantz: Feel like we should wheel out the Wicker Man about now, yeah?
	9:23am Brendan: Good morning Joe. That last song sounded like some kind of wonderful Vulcan love incantation .
	9:24am The Oscar: When I was a kid, my family's cats were Ursula (named by my mom after Ursula K. LeGuin) and Smokey Joe (named by my dad after the Coasters song). We also had Mel, but I think my parents just thought that was a funny name for a cat.
	9:26am Krys O.: The Lathe of Heaven is one of my favorite books. Le Guin was brilliant. Gone almost a year now.
	9:28am Sem: Good morning, Joe, McGaskoes, those who feel for Stephen Sills, those who love Tony O, and all.
	9:28am The Oscar: I had been working in a record store for years before I realized Dawn was the group's name. I always thought one of the girls was named Dawn, and the other one didn't warrant a credit for some reason.
	9:30am steveo: thought for sure some daryl dragon was next ...
	9:30am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM you're here, but are you PRESENT?
	9:31am steveo: but don't worry i have nick the bard's tribute on my todo list (wfmu.org... )
	9:34am bore: I've heard it pronounced "erving" international...
	9:34am MUWFinMA: speculative fiction ;)
	9:34am melinda: @Oscar I thought the same thing
	9:34am steveo: oh! missed that! thanks!
	9:36am cb: recently decided it was “revenge” based on an interview and on their website url being igetrvng
	9:36am Colleen: Mac Davis show
	9:36am TDK60: ..that LeGuin/Barton music is from '85, Always Coming Home is the book. en.wikipedia.org...
	9:36am The Oscar: I could never figure out why someone with the birth name DARYL DRAGON would perform under a nickname.
	9:37am TheLoneliestMonk: believe it or not, tony orlando was a really good guest on gilbert gottfried's podcast
	9:38am TDK60: ..Oscar: I heard that Yo La Tengo wanted to save Tony Orlando's house.
	9:39am TDK60: I mean Loneliest Monk! ha~
	9:40am Brendan: Can HeeHaw be on that channel?
	👻 9:40am karlward: TDK60: Let's Save Alex Chilton's House.
	9:41am dale: here's some season one goodtime hour. be prepared for john byner and tim conway with your john hartford. www.shoutfactorytv.com...
	9:42am TheLoneliestMonk: @TDK never heard that one. i thought he split his time between FLA & vegas. you talkin' bout his family home in joisey?
	9:42am Mungerphut: Gerat set!
	9:45am judy from croton: Trying to finish this wedding quilt. They got married in August. But Joe, this music is taking all my concentration, it’s so great.
	9:46am KP in DC: Hello Joe from besieged DC
	9:46am judy from croton: I’m blowing a McGasket! Oh that doesn’t sound right.
	9:47am pantz: Whoa! Love this Sugarcoat.
	9:47am JakeGould: Hey Joe! @TheLoneliestMonk: “believe it or not, tony orlando was a really good guest on gilbert gottfried's podcast” Why is it shocking? Tony Orlando is great artist. And Gilbert Gottfried is great as well.
	9:47am Roberto: LOLZ, Judy!
	9:47am Joe McG: @judy: Ha ha ha!
	9:48am fleep: Wet greetings from Los Angeles
	9:49am JakeGould: @fleep: May your Monday be moist.
	9:49am coelacanth∅: Good Morning Joe and All
	9:49am Roberto: I just got back from LA, Fleep. It was raining hard Saturday night but sunny when we left yesterday. Is it raining again?
	9:51am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG well, for someone who isn't conventionally thought of as "cool" i guess. GGACP - OG!
	9:53am fleep: Roberto: Yes, much lighter thoough.
	9:55am Roberto: Yeah we got lucky with the weather. We were there for two weeks with almost no rain at all.
	9:55am Colleen: Digging this
	9:55am Joe McG: Hey fleep, Roberto, coelacanth, Jake, KP, Munger, everybody! Hope your morning is alright so far....
	9:56am TDK60: Loneliest Monk: I suppose Tony's NJ home...the song is from YLT's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out.
	9:56am Dominick: Hiya hiya hiya
	9:59am JakeGould: TheLoneliestMonk: Well, to be fair WFMU is the kind of place where “The Hudson Brothers” would be put on a higher pedestal than Tony Orlando… Unless Tony Orlando suddenly had a Numero group comp out. Which is all to say I like ”Tony Orlando and Dawn” and don’t suffer contrarian hipster nonsense.
	10:03am dale: 'let's go to the mall' by robin sparkles on how i met your mother was a great song.
	10:03am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG so odd you should mention the hudson brothers, Mark Hudson was another great sleeper guest on 'Amazing Colossal'
	10:03am The Oscar: Loving this one!
	10:03am Sem: I have no problem getting dwen with this tune, it's the getting back up again that is problematic.
	10:05am TDK60: ..a quick glance at YLT's lyrics reveal an imaginary rivalry event with Frankie Valli. [?]
	10:05am Roberto: Sem, how does one get dwen? Sounds funk-ay.
	10:05am JakeGould: @TheLoneliestMonk: Well, I think “The Hudson Brothers” have less charisma than a Sid and Marty Krofft character. So hey!
	10:05am Brendan: This Salt and Pepper is pushing it Joe. Its pushing it real good.
	10:06am judy from croton: Haha@Sem.
	10:06am Colleen: This show is always fun!...Thanks Joe!
	10:07am Brendan: Wonder if they minded Salt-n- Pepa stealing their name.
	10:07am PKNY: Discogs says that this Jaye P. came out in 1976, sounds super yacht-y, she was a soft rock pioneer as well as one helluva Gong Show judge!
	10:07am Joe McG: @Brendan: A little salt and pepper to spice up your morning! @Colleen: Glad you're along for the fun!
	10:10am dale: jaye p also gave felix unger's happy and peppy and bursting with joy that sexy soft side.
	10:10am maestroso: Worked along side Jaye P. in Atlantic City back in the late '80s. She was doing jazz standards and comedy and was very good at both. Plus she was super nice.
	10:10am Joe McG: @PKNY: She was always the saltiest one on the Gong Show panel.
	10:11am TheLoneliestMonk: damn TDK, you're getting deep into the YLT folklore today!
	10:11am Joe McG: @maestroso: Tell us more!
	10:13am TDK60: I suppose YLT is into Jersey music history..it is possible.
	10:14am Kudubundu: "Unusual Sounds" was an instant purchase for me! Great anthology. Another good show Joe. Hi from the UK.
	10:14am PKNY: Speaking of being ahead of their time, the Main Ingredient foresaw Facetime and sexting back in '73! www.discogs.com...
	10:16am maestroso: Her dressing room was right next to ours; we would chat after our shows. Very personable and funny.
	10:17am Henry in Hopatcong: Love this version of Lay Lady Lay
	10:18am Joe McG: @PKNY: If I were 14, the inside of the gatefold would be hanging on my bedroom wall.
	10:18am coelacanth∅: the morning's getting better Joe
	10:19am The Oscar: She can't stay, she has WORK to do!
	10:19am βrian: It's a sopping, dreary day on the isthmus. One should stay beneath the covers and listen to The Isley Brothers.
	10:21am PKNY: @Joe - I actually have this record, but couldn't remember what the inside gatefold looked like, Discogs to the rescue again! Cuba Gooding Sr. was trying to keep up with the Ohio Players as far as freakiness.
	10:21am Joe McG: @Oscar: Ha ha ha! @Brian: Excellent idea!
	10:22am βrian: I sure hope she persists!
	👻 10:24am tadpoles: Have to admit....this is a very neat version of "Lay Lady Lay".
	10:25am Davee: Stay already!!!
	10:26am Brendan: That version almost reached Freebird length
	10:27am βrian: Does Bob Dylan set off the goat alarm for that song, or no?
	10:29am duke: Jaye P. Morgan got fired from the Gong Show for flashing
	10:29am coelacanth∅: TDK with no clue at all i always imagined "let's save tony orlando's house" was about a fire, and in hollywood! i never listened to the lyrics, obviously.
	10:30am coelacanth∅: (and this knowing ylt was from nj)
	10:32am dale: here she is in all her glory. www.bing.com...
	10:34am Davee: WOW, talk about shifting gears . . . .
	10:35am coelacanth∅: hmm, if i hit that link will bing, which it took me months to completely eliminate, start trying to rape my laptop again?
	10:35am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe!
	10:36am Joe McG: Hey Guido, happy new year!
	10:37am dale: i dunno. i like it better than google. just jaye p. showing her bazooms as they say in 70s game show speak.
	10:37am JakeGould: “Let’s Save Tony Orlando's House” is a Simpson’s reference. It was a telethon in the Simpsons world. James McNew of YLT likes to name tracks in progress with wacky nonsense and then usually the names changed when finalized. This song name just went as-is to the LP.
	10:37am GeorgeSimian: Who's the brother? Anybody know?
	10:38am Guido from Cologne: happy new year Joe!
	10:38am TheLoneliestMonk: this is certainly reminiscent of the blockheads
	10:38am Roberto: Thanks for the vocabulary builder of the day, Joe! www.merriam-webster.com...
	👻 10:39am Brian in UK: Too right!!!
	10:39am coelacanth∅: yes, quite Duryish
	10:39am TDK60: coelacanth: Let's Save Tony Orlando's House does appear to be about a fire. Was it Hollywood? Real or fantasy? I know little about Tony O.
	10:39am Joe McG: @George: Her's the story: driver67.com...
	10:40am GeorgeSimian: Got this from youtube... The 'band' were Brian Travolta on vocals, Brian Sinatra, lead vocals, Brian Brando, drums, Brian Stewart, spiritual guidance, vocal and all instruments, Brian Costello, vibes. Produced by Brian Spector, managed by Brian Arden
	👻 10:40am tadpoles: #BrianUK.. shout out to Brians everywhere!
	10:41am βrian: More français !
	10:41am Ike: Hi Joe! Good to see you recently.
	10:42am Sem: Got the word from Jed Clampett, myself: "Granny's fixin' to fry up a passel of grits and crawdads."
	10:42am sugarwolf: Sylvie!
	👻 10:42am Brian in UK: @tadpoles Got used to it after all these years. I am not the messiah.....
	10:42am David in London: That was some serious Brian shaving cream. Hats off.
	10:42am GeorgeSimian: Thanks, Joe! Great story!
	10:43am Davee: Sit Lady Sit!
	10:43am coelacanth∅: dale i despise google as a company, and chrome pulls the same shit as bing did -after years of barely ever using it, opening on startup now. i use duckduckgo usually, but it's poor in comparison for image searches.
	10:44am TDK60: Oh geez, Jake above finalizes it: Simpsons reference by YLT bassist.
	10:44am fleep: Bueno!
	10:45am Colleen: Had the rare English version on 45
	10:45am CeeDubbles: Saturday flashback - nice pull!
	10:45am Joe McG: @Colleen: Ha ha!
	10:46am Listener Alexandra: Good morning, Joe--and good afterlife, Captain.
	10:46am coelacanth∅: rest in peace, cap'n.
	10:47am βrian: Yo soy, dijo el tofu.
	👻 10:47am Hughie Considine: Notice how the "Sedaka's back" shout-out remains in English? I think it was contractual.
	10:47am dale: now he's with cap'n hook, cap'n pike, and cap'n crunch.
	10:47am TDK60: ..and, "they" should save Ursula K. LeGuin's house; her books too.
	10:47am steveo: the whole thing in spanish is great but i still wish she had said "forever" in english there at the end :)
	10:48am coelacanth∅: and cap'n morgan's very much alive
	10:51am steveo: just learned: "Dragon and Tennille acknowledged [Neil] Sedaka's authorship—as well as his mid-1970s comeback—by working the phrase "Sedaka is back" into the song's fadeout"
	👻 10:51am Brian in UK: I used to save Green Shield Stamps. The local shop where you could cash them in for items was called the Redemption Centre. Always made me chuckle.
	10:51am SeanG: MEKONS!!
	10:52am Andy the painter: mekons! hell yeah! on tour in US in july, apparently. hey joe! thanks!
	👻 10:52am Hughie Considine: Captains were really big in the 70s: Grand Funk’s “I’m Your Captain,” the Doobie Bros’ “The Captain and Me,” and Elton John’s Captain Fantastic, not to mention the toast of 1975, the Captain and Tennille, and Billy Joel’s “Captain Jack.” Perhaps the curdled end of the ’60s reaped the need for a steady, manly guide at the helm: a captain, if you will.
	10:53am randyfrommichigan: @hughie very interesting, never thought about how big Captains were in the 70's
	10:53am GeorgeSimian: They all got rich and bought boats.
	10:53am RodneyWelch: A Mekons classic! Thank you!
	10:53am TDK60: Mekons, I'm turning sympathetic. // Captain Curdled- (folks, I get to save that for my next band's name...)
	10:54am dale: Yeah! DUDE!!!
	10:54am steveo: looking forward to the bassoon solo
	👻 10:54am karlward: Thanks for that Mekons track. I was just reading about them yesterday and thinking I should dig into their catalog a bit more.
	10:54am SSS: Green Stamps!! Crap I'm old....Thanks...
	10:56am dale: s&h greenstamps - my mom filled a book and i think they went out of business before she could cash them in.
	10:56am David in London: Like this really understated cover of Layla...
	10:56am robin: wow! epic! and unshazamable!!!
	10:56am dale: french horn makes everything more epic.
	10:56am coelacanth∅: heaven & hell is one of their best albums (in my opinion)
	10:56am βrian: I think "captain" was on the wane, actually: books.google.com...
	10:57am SSS: @Dale - Bastards!!
	10:57am steveo: O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
	10:57am βrian: @dale: épique, you mean?
	10:58am randyfrommichigan: @brian interesting
	10:58am TheLoneliestMonk: @Dale i'm sure The Ox would agree...
	11:00am coelacanth∅: my mom collected plaid stamps. we got lots of stuff from those! each of the kids got something (i got an organ. not a brain; i'm still waiting on that. a musical instrument.) and the family got a waffle iron, a card table, ...i don't remember what else.
	11:00am coelacanth∅: Joe is that the same 7"?
	👻 11:01am Brian in UK: Joe - Single File started and finished on time. Is this a record?
	11:03am coelacanth∅: different conductors, i wonder why.
	11:03am dale: rita coolidge would have had the prettiest hair in 70s music if crystal gayle hadn't come along.
	11:03am kevlicki: Happy New Year Joe and all. Surprised to see TDK60 on the comments during a sunny day
	11:03am TDK60: A few Mekons live in the US; how'd they get in?
	👻 11:04am Brian in UK: @TDK60 they flew over the wall.
	11:05am TDK60: hola Kevlicki: a sunny friggin' too-cold day. Pay bills day, ughh; then laundry =fun!
	11:09am Listening Out There: Listening to SN live for a change, not from the archives. Will wonders ever cease...
	11:09am Evan Cutler: Kelly Tripucka. Basketball legend. Pronounced Tri-pew-ka (not Tri-poo-ka)
	11:10am Joe McG: Thanks, Evan! I know as much about basketball as I know about golf. Zilch.
	11:10am djsheilab: WOW! Dig this funky "Love Potion" update!
	11:10am Guido from Cologne: Leiber & Stoller composition. Was The Clovers' version the original? Very much love the Coasters' version.
	11:10am ?: CASH - One piece at a time
	11:11am Evan Cutler: Tra-pew-ka (the pew is pronounced like the PEW charitable trust). I'm no basketball fan either but I live in Montclair and he's as big a local legend as it gets.
	11:11am Guido from Cologne: Sounds like Dr. John had arranged it.
	11:11am TDK60: wow, ..an '82 Coasters..
	11:11am The Oscar: I always confuse the plots of "Love Potion #9" and "Fortune Teller."
	11:11am TDK60: oh '68.
	11:12am ?: Slick Rick?
	11:12am Joe McG: Sheila B.! :)
	11:13am coelacanth∅: i'm glad, in the end, that the coasters declined this song at first; maybe we wouldn't have gotten the funky later version if they'd done it in '59, or whenever.
	11:13am TDK60: Deep, man.
	11:14am Brendan: That lyricist was being koi
	11:15am GeorgeSimian: Nobody wants fortunes told anymore
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: What I would give for a runcible spoon.
	11:16am steveo: iirc it's just another word for spork
	👻 11:16am tim from champaign: Hello Joe and fellow Surfacers!
	11:17am TDK60: John Jacob Niles is/was wild!
	👻 11:17am chresti: Good morning.
	11:17am Guido from Cologne: Never heard of The Deep Six. Great track!
	11:18am The Oscar: One morning in college I was listening to John Jacob Niles when my roommate walked in: "Hey, you know what's really great for a hangover?" "No, what?" "NOT THIS."
	11:18am Jeff Moore: I like that Coasters version of "Love Potion..."! It's definitely funner than the bog-standard Searchers version I went with in my "Behind the Whipped Cream" set a few weeks ago – but I guess it wouldn't have fit with the conceit of the set, because it didn't predate the Herb Alpert rendition.
	👻 11:19am Brian in UK: 'Zoologic miscegeny achieved in mouse frog nuptuals, relatives approve.' Harry Smith from Anthology of America Folk Music.
	👻 11:20am tim from champaign: I'm bummed I missed the Ursala K Le Guin earlier. I read the book in 2018 in which the music is a companion to. It was a favorite read of mine last year.
	11:21am coelacanth∅: i know the searchers had some moments, but i generally think of them as a cleaned-up for the white charts cover band
	11:22am JakeGould: @JeffMoore: R.I.P. Ted Leonard. Good dog here. Good dog up in heaven or wherever good dogs go
	👻 11:23am Brian in UK: @coelacanth∅ it could be argued that they started the jingle jangle. Pre-McGuinn.
	11:23am Joe McG: Things about to get nasty!
	11:23am coelacanth∅: oh no Ted Leonard?
	11:23am TDK60: Tim; a few DJs at WFMU have been playing cuts from the LeGuin/Barton re-release. wfmu.org...
	11:24am coelacanth∅: 2 years straight i tried to "adopt" Ted Leonard but someone beat me to it. -rest in peace.
	👻 11:27am Brian in UK: Martin Simpson does a lovely version of Matty Groves under its other name of Little Musgrave.
	11:27am Jeff Moore: Thanks, guys. There's a big void where Ted should be.
	11:28am TDK60: diggin' the folkseeness
	👻 11:29am tadpoles: In case I can't get back to typing....thanks for a great show today Joe. Cheers.
	11:29am Joe McG: @TDK60: This used to be the band The Eighteenth Day of May, one of the best bands to pull off the Fairport thing in later years.
	11:29am Joe McG: Many thanks, tadpoles!
	11:30am Henry in Hopatcong: Joe McG, check out Ween's Cold Blows the Wind. It's their version of an old English folk song called, The Unquiet Grave. A great story song.
	11:30am βrian: Music for Fairports next?
	11:30am TDK60: ..was gonna say, long live the F.C. sound! (And Mekons did a track of Trimdon G.E.)
	11:31am Joe McG: @Brian: Great comp title no one has thought of till now!
	11:34am coelacanth∅: Brian in uk (@11.23) i'll explore further. i do remember reading something about that. ...but then, i'm not a big fan of the byrds' Dylan covers either (with at least 2 exceptions!)
	11:35am coelacanth∅: i guess Anne Briggs never did a version of Matty Groves?
	11:36am KP in DC: The Explosion is well named, Kind Sir
	11:36am TDK60: folkin' loud.. love it.
	11:36am Morris from dd: nice, Trimdon.... bought their record just yesterday. good stuff, as is The Left Outsides
	11:37am βrian: As alway, it amazes me how much this guy sounds like Richard Thompson.
	11:37am TDK60: Thompson is scheduled to appear at Fairport's annual fair this year.
	👻 11:38am Brian in UK: The Byrds and Love were my portals into American music. I have ridden a Vincent Black Lightning. Once. If fate could break my stride. Great line.
	11:38am steveo: when i saw thompson live a few months ago he said thaht he guessed that most of the audience members had forgotten about fairport :(
	11:38am Jeff Moore: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning is one of the greatest songs in the history of ever.
	11:39am TheLoneliestMonk: @Brian really? HST said it was a real crotch rocket!
	👻 11:39am Brian in UK: Matty Groves has never done a version of Anne Briggs.
	11:40am David Colangelo: Well played....love this song...
	11:40am coelacanth∅: i'll run 'im through if he does!
	11:41am Andy the painter: i don’t like motorcycles, but i love this song.
	👻 11:41am Brian in UK: 60 in first 100 in second with the right gearing. Speedo, six inches across so you could take in how fast it was going.
	11:41am sydnius: Joe now ya made me go an cry.
	11:42am Johnzon: mornin' noisies!
	11:42am TheLoneliestMonk: aw, i miss laura on the weekends!
	11:42am prudy: great cover. Laura Cantrell is fabulous!
	11:42am glenn: 1952 v.b.l. is a great song, but i think richard's defining acoustic moment is the sun never shines on the poor.
	11:43am coelacanth∅: but a "crotchrocket" is named so partly by the posture of the rider.
	11:43am Joe McG: This is such a sweet version of this song, although I adore the original, too.
	11:43am TheLoneliestMonk: @Brian gotdamn, that sounds like a wild ride!
	11:43am Listener Alexandra: I miss Radio Thrift Shop :-(
	11:43am coelacanth∅: -this from another great album
	11:44am Cooh John: I have seen RT perform several times. Great song. Great story.
	11:46am coelacanth∅: ...some bikes are comfortable at 90 some are scary at 70 (mph) i wouldn't mind testing that on a vincent. probably scary.
	👻 11:46am Brian in UK: You have to slip the clutch to get a good drive away. It was modern for its day. Apart from maybe the brakes. Now a Brough Superior was something. So, I believe.
	11:47am JakeGould: If there is one Price album one should own, it’s ‘“Reggatta de Blanc”
	11:47am judy from croton: Having tough times this year and they don’t seem to be letting up. Grim Reaper is working overtime. But music like this helps me cry. So, thanks Joe.
	11:48am GeorgeSimian: My daughter heard "Don't Stand So Close To Me" a few months ago and thought it was the dumbest song she ever heard.
	11:48am βrian: I've done 55 on a bike — a real bike with panniers front and rear. Once was enough.
	11:48am coelacanth∅: Brian, i'm cautious with clutches now! (you can guess why)
	11:48am TheLoneliestMonk: i used to screw around on my friend's KH2 750 back in the day, had to be careful hitting the throttle too hard, it was a real wheelie monger!
	11:49am GeorgeSimian: Sting's father was a milkman.
	11:49am TDK60: Sorry to hear Judy. // I'll always defend The Byrds! They opened so many possibilities and the music is gorgeous.
	11:49am TheLoneliestMonk: i've never heard of this 'police' band. are they new?
	11:50am GeorgeSimian: So the bottle metaphor makes sense, if you think about it.
	11:50am Ike: IMHO "Outlandos d'Amour" is a stronger album overall. "Reggatta" is their second one. It's also good but has more filler than the first one.
	11:50am Sem: Hunter Thompson used to troll the Hell's Angels he rode w/ by claiming to have a Vincent Black Shadow; they called bullshit on him \0/ Lovely tax work listening, Joe. Thanks and see you next time.
	11:51am prudy: another great cover!
	11:51am TheLoneliestMonk: @CC by reputation, all the vincents are s'posedly very unforgiving, not a rookie bike
	11:51am The Butterman: Ohhhh I just got in the car in the middle of Laura's version and I couldn't place it for a few moments. I love when that happens. I've loved that song for so long and to hear such a lovely voice singing it just tickles me! Go Laura! I too miss her show terribly
	11:52am dale: tearing bobby goldsboro a new one here.
	11:52am randyfrommichigan: my favorite Millie Jackson album cover: https://goo.gl/images/F5k7Ba
	11:53am coelacanth∅: TDK i do like much of the byrds, for the record! they had a mostly good 5-6 album run at first (imo) my faves are around the 3rd to the 5th albums. heavier Crosby influence.
	11:53am Brendan: Thanks Joe . Millie’s always warm on a chilly day.
	11:53am judy from croton: Maybe that’s what fmu knows. Music’s the skeleton key. Unlocks it all.
	11:53am RodneyWelch: The Divine Millie Jackson. This is from Caught Up, one of the great unheralded R&B classics of the 1970s.
	11:53am glenn: millie's a firecracker.
	11:53am Henry in Hopatcong: Great show today Joe! Diggin Story Corner!
	11:54am David in London: Randy, ha ha, that’s a rare one for sure.
	11:54am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! See you next week for a VERY SPECIAL SHOW.
	11:55am βrian: Thanks for the pleasant peregrination, Joe.
	11:55am coelacanth∅: "reggatta" has some great songs, and some abominable crap! (a la Stewart Copeland)
	11:55am randyfrommichigan: @David yeah that's some shaving cream :)
	11:56am TheLoneliestMonk: have a good week, JoeMac, be well!
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: Thanks Joe, where did those three hours go. Have a good week everyone.
	11:56am steveo: thanks joe!
	11:57am randyfrommichigan: Great show Joe!
	11:58am coelacanth∅: Great show Joe! Thank you.
	11:58am TDK60: Thanks DJ JM!
	11:59am efd: Edward Lear is correct!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 7, 2019

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