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Favoriting April 16, 2019: Continental Countdown '68

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Klaus Schwabe, Junges Paar, 1968

Artist Track Album Year Comments Approx. start time
Continental Subway  Intro   Favoriting        

Music behind DJ:
Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers 

Hey, Western Union Man   Favoriting

The Love I've Been Looking For 

1971 

(1968 Billboard #99) Hey, Western Union Man (Jerry Butler) 

 
Johnny Hallyday  Susie Lou   Favoriting   1964  (97) Susie Q (Creedence Clearwater Revival)  0:03:26 (Pop-up)
Bijele Strijele  Rastanak   Favoriting   1962  (95) Sealed with a Kiss (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)  0:05:44 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Santo & Johnny 

Sealed with a Kiss   Favoriting

 

1968 

 

0:11:41 (Pop-up)
Virve Rosti  Nyt aika on   Favoriting Tunnen Sen Täysillä Taas  1992  (94) Think (Aretha Franklin)  0:11:56 (Pop-up)
Giuni Russo  I primi minuti   Favoriting   1975  (93) I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin)  0:14:19 (Pop-up)
Francis Cabrel  Quinn l'esquimau   Favoriting L’in extremis tour  2012  (91) The Mighty Quinn (Manfred Mann)  0:17:31 (Pop-up)
Los Cinco Musicales  Feria de Scarborough   Favoriting Soledad  1969  (89) Scarborough Fair (Simon & Garfunkel)  0:19:53 (Pop-up)
Liliane Saint-Pierre  La Route du Bonheur   Favoriting   1969  (88) Do You Know the Way to San Jose (Dionne Warwick)  0:22:36 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Brass Ring 

Do You Know the Way to San Jose   Favoriting

Only Love 

1968 

 

0:25:12 (Pop-up)
John Mogensen  Kør Langsomt   Favoriting Taurus  1975  (86) Cab Driver (Mills Brothers)  0:32:27 (Pop-up)
Claude François  Pourquoi   Favoriting Claude François  1967  (83) Baby, Now That I've Found You (The Foundations)  0:35:07 (Pop-up)
Marie Rottrová  Tobogán   Favoriting Muž Č.1  1981  (82) You're All I Need to Get By (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell)  0:37:51 (Pop-up)
Tino Casal  Blanca Estancia   Favoriting Neocasal  1981  (81) White Room (Cream)  0:41:19 (Pop-up)
Ivo Heller  Mátoha parohatá   Favoriting   1970  (80) Elenore (The Turtles)  0:46:01 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Santo & Johnny 

Revolution   Favoriting

 

1968 

(78) Revolution (Beatles) 

0:48:19 (Pop-up)
Barış Manço & Kaygısızlar  Karanlıkların İçinde   Favoriting   1968  (77) You Keep Me Hangin' On (Vanilla Fudge)  0:54:09 (Pop-up)
Andy Fisher  Bunte Papageien und ein grünes Krokodil   Favoriting   1968  (76) The Unicorn (The Irish Rovers)  0:57:44 (Pop-up)
Björk Guðmundsdóttir  Álfur Út Úr Hól   Favoriting Björk  1977  (69) The Fool on the Hill (Sérgio Mendes)  1:00:09 (Pop-up)
Graeme Allwright  Sacrée bouteille   Favoriting Le Jour de Clarté  1968  (63) Bottle of Wine (The Fireballs)  1:03:17 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Booker T. & the M.G.'s 

You Keep Me Hanging On   Favoriting

Doin’ Our Thing 

1968 

 

1:05:58 (Pop-up)
Les Baronets  Lady Madonna   Favoriting   1968  (60) Lady Madonna (Beatles)  1:11:04 (Pop-up)
Torfrock  Sommertid Blues   Favoriting Dat Matscht So Schön  1977  (56) Summertime Blues (Blue Cheer)  1:13:03 (Pop-up)
I Camaleonti  Il pittore   Favoriting Io per lei  1968  (55) Pictures of Matchstick Men (Status Quo)  1:15:29 (Pop-up)
The Carnabeats  I Love You (Sukisa Sukisa Sukisa)   Favoriting   1967  (53) I Love You (People!)  1:18:23 (Pop-up)
Vilperin perikunta  Älä tee must faijaa   Favoriting Kersantti Pippuri  1994  (52) Light My Fire (José Feliciano)  1:21:35 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Kim Fowley 

Pictures of Matchstick Men   Favoriting

Born To Be Wild 

1968 

 

1:25:04 (Pop-up)
Maarit  Synnyin saatanan merkit käsissäin   Favoriting Maarit  1973  (50) Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones)  1:31:06 (Pop-up)
Los Posters  1 - 2 - 3 Luz Roja   Favoriting   1968  (48) 1, 2, 3, Red Light (1910 Fruitgum Company)  1:34:22 (Pop-up)
New Joys  Tamburiinin soittaja   Favoriting   1968  (47) Green Tambourine (The Lemon Pipers)  1:36:00 (Pop-up)
Hljómar  Vertu kyrr   Favoriting Hljómar  1968  (46) (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone (Aretha Franklin)  1:38:10 (Pop-up)
Los Sirex  Fuego   Favoriting 1968    (39) Fire (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown)  1:40:21 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Booker T. & the M.G.'s 

(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone   Favoriting

Soul Limbo 

1968 

 

1:42:56 (Pop-up)
I Ribelli  Yummy Yummy Yummy   Favoriting I Ribelli  1968  (38) Yummy Yummy Yummy (Ohio Express)  1:49:00 (Pop-up)
Marie Rottrová & Flamingo  Baby, Vítej k Nám   Favoriting   1970  (37) Hold Me Tight (Johnny Nash)  1:50:58 (Pop-up)
Seija Simola  Rakkauden katse   Favoriting Aranjuez Mon Amour - Näkemiin  1970  (36) The Look of Love (Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66)  1:53:23 (Pop-up)
Udo Lindenberg  Born To Be Wild   Favoriting Udo Lindenberg  1982  (31) Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf)  1:55:39 (Pop-up)
Jaak Joala  Viljakoristajad (Simon Says)   Favoriting   1968  (33) Simon Says (1910 Fruitgum Company)  2:00:00 (Pop-up)
Alexander Vertinsky  Dorogoi dlinnoyu   Favoriting   1926  (30) Those Were the Days (Mary Hopkin)  2:02:18 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Asa-Chang & Junray, Emerson Kitamura 

The Look of Love   Favoriting

Debut 

2018 

 

2:04:55 (Pop-up)
Yerba Mate  Balada de Bonnie and Clyde   Favoriting   1968  (29) The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde (Georgie Fame)  2:13:04 (Pop-up)
Wizex  Nattens sista ängel   Favoriting Nattfjäril  1982  (28) Angel of the Morning (Merrilee Rush)  2:15:39 (Pop-up)
Eva Biharyová  Kolotoč   Favoriting   1969  (27) Love Child (The Supremes)  2:19:20 (Pop-up)
Pave Maijanen  Outo Tapa   Favoriting Maijanen  1998  (26) Spooky (Classics IV)  2:22:00 (Pop-up)
Patrick Zabé  Les Lunettes   Favoriting Zabé en Folie  1979  (25) Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) (John Fred & His Playboy Band)  2:25:37 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Booker T. & the M.G.'s 

La La Means I Love You   Favoriting

Soul Limbo 

 

(23) La-La (Means I Love You) (The Delfonics) 

2:28:03 (Pop-up)
Dexys Midnight Runners  The Horse   Favoriting   1980  (21) The Horse (Cliff Nobles)  2:35:27 (Pop-up)
French Fries  Danse à la Musique   Favoriting   1968  (20) Dance to the Music (Sly & the Family Stone)  2:37:38 (Pop-up)
Rosalba Archilletti  Sole di mezzanotte   Favoriting   1968  (19) Midnight Confessions (The Grass Roots)  2:40:44 (Pop-up)
Stan Plange & Uhuru  Grazing in the Grass   Favoriting Kokohwedee  1979  (18) Grazing in the Grass (Hugh Masekela)  2:43:29 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Roy Ayers 

Stoned Soul Picnic   Favoriting

Stoned Soul Picnic 

1968 

(17) Stoned Soul Picnic (The 5th Dimension) 

2:50:14 (Pop-up)
Roberto Jordan  Muchacha Bonita   Favoriting Hazme Una Señal  1968  (16) Cry Like a Baby (The Box Tops)  2:54:43 (Pop-up)
Frida  Jag är mig själv nu   Favoriting Frida ensam  1975  (15) Young Girl (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap)  2:57:02 (Pop-up)
Brasa Seis  Hello I Love You   Favoriting Som Quente  1968  (14) Hello, I Love You (The Doors)  3:00:00 (Pop-up)
Crni Biseri  Moni, Moni   Favoriting   1968  (13) Mony Mony (Tommy James and the Shondells)  3:01:43 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Armando Peraza 

Mony Mony   Favoriting

Wild Thing 

1969 

 

3:04:37 (Pop-up)
Daimi  Små Grønne Æbler   Favoriting   1969  (12) Little Green Apples (O. C. Smith)  3:09:29 (Pop-up)
Inger Lise Rypdal  Fru Johnsen   Favoriting   1968  (11) Harper Valley PTA (Jeannie C. Riley)  3:13:29 (Pop-up)
Eddy Mitchell  Tighten Up   Favoriting 7 Colts pour Schmoll  1968  (10) Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells)  3:16:39 (Pop-up)
Kirka Ja Sammy  Mrs. Robinson   Favoriting   1970  (9) Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)  3:20:27 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Ennio Morricone 

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Main Title)   Favoriting

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 

1966 

(8) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Hugo Montenegro) 

3:24:10 (Pop-up)
I Trolls  Un ragazzo che ti ama   Favoriting   1969  (7) This Guy's in Love With You (Herb Alpert)  3:29:18 (Pop-up)
Sleepy Sleepers  Keskiyön Aikaan   Favoriting Levyraati  1981  (6) Sunshine of Your Love (Cream)  3:32:40 (Pop-up)
Les Baronets  Amour et liberté   Favoriting   1968  (5) People Got to Be Free (The Rascals)  3:36:40 (Pop-up)
Katja Ebstein  Der Mann am Meer   Favoriting Wir Leben - Wir Lieben  1972  (4) (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)  3:39:38 (Pop-up)
Nana Mouskouri  Tous les arbres sont en fleurs   Favoriting   1968  (3) Honey (Bobby Goldsboro)  3:42:23 (Pop-up)
Visnja Korbar  Ljubav Je Plava   Favoriting   1968  (2) Love is Blue (Paul Mauriat)  3:45:54 (Pop-up)
Assagai  Hey Jude   Favoriting Assagai  1971  (1) Hey Jude (The Beatles)  3:48:54 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Duke Ellington 

Take the "A" Train   Favoriting

 

1941/1962 

 

3:52:38 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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βrian:

Oh, it looks as if those two are having "the talk."
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Michael 98145:

let us proceed !
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Webhamster Henry:

Footloose! Cue Kevin Bacon!
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Sem:

Hello, David, subway denizens, all.
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Yvang:

Hi!
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chresti:

All aboard! Hello!
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Webhamster Henry:

Thanks for this suggested show!
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Listening Out There:

All ears over t'here...
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Michael 98145:

{ regards to our French friends ... }
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βrian:

I can see where Suzy Q would sound like Suzy Cul ...
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Webhamster Henry:

I'm listening for lots of adapted (not translated) lyrics. I'll have to brush up on my Finnish and Czech though.
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Guido from Cologne:

Creedence Clearwater Revival?
Dale Hawkins is the original artist and writer!
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Michael 98145:

@Brian, now i'm imagining this with a dump button ...

:)
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David D:

Greetings βrian, Michael, Henry, Sem, Yvang, Chresti, LOT, Guido!
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Guido from Cologne:

Sealed with a Kiss:
en.wikipedia.org...

Fun covers though!
Hello by the way
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Franco Twinkie:

Damn you, David. How am I suppose to leave the house and get anything done if you're going to play stuff like this? Viva Le Super hits!
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northguineahills:

hellos, straphangers!
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βrian:

Aretha just got a Pulitzer.
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northguineahills:

ahh, cursory search only turns up Finnish pop charts from 1988 onwards, drat...
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spodiodi:

this is great, thank you David D and Webmaster Henry. (hear you, Franco Twinkie)
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David D:

Thanks and sorry, Franco!
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David D:

Hey NGH, Spodiodi!
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fleep:

A little sunshine on a cloudy L.A. day, thank you, David
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David D:

Thanks, Guido!
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David D:

And hello Fleep!
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Webhamster Henry:

I like this Quinn! A little more Quebeqois than usual! Next time: Inuktitut!
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Yvang:

For some reasons Francis Cabrel is the last artist I expected to ever ear on WFMU. Viva Freeform!
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David D:

We need more Cabrel and Inuktitut!
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Yvang:

(He's very famous in France.)
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David D:

βrian (at the top): Yes, they've been having the talk right here in the middle of Leipzig since 1968, in fact.
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Sem:

Heh, David.
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Webhamster Henry:

I sang San Jose with the Loser's Lounge. I was working for Cisco at the time, which is San Jose Based. I was telecommuting, though.
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Michael 98145:

So, the way to San Jose is thru routers ...
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Listening Out There:

What? "Kør Langsomt" isn't sung by Bobby Darin? How can that be?
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David D:

All routes lead to San Jose.
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fred:

Good evening David and straphangers. I'm happy to see I avoided Johnny Hallyday and Claude François
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doctorjazz:

Hi,Riders!
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David D:

Good evening, Fred! I won't tell them you said that...
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David D:

And hello, Doc!
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Franco Twinkie:

Nata!
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βrian:

Esta muy caseosa!
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steveo:

hi David! this is fun!
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David D:

Welcome Steveo!
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Webhamster Henry:

I'm enjoying it!
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Michael 98145:

Yes. Fun, strange show!
:)
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Sem:

Oh, man. I remember this...
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Webhamster Henry:

Oh yeah Unicorns!
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David D:

And parrots and a crocodile...
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steveo:

it's remarkable how many of these I haven't heard the orginals...
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steveo:

i was not born in 1968, so i guess some are just very ephemeral :)
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fred:

"Papagei" happens to be one of the only German words I remember from 2 and a half years of high school German lessons (a textbook somehow used the phrase "Ich bin ein Papagei" regularly)
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fleep:

Thanks for making some us feel ancient, steveo
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Michael 98145:

Oh. My.
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Carmichael:

Heya David and listeners. What have I walked into?!?
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David D:

Fred: I'd love to see that textbook!
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Sem:

Carm, it's 1968 in here, but not quite the way any of us remembers it.
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Carmichael:

Bjork was 11 here.
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steveo:

i was hoping bjork was 12 when she recorded this, but no, 22 or so
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steveo:

@fleep, I feel ancient too if it makes you feel any better ;)
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steveo:

oh yeah, duh, carmichael, i am very bad at subtracting
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David D:

Hey there, Carmichael!
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Yvang:

Graeme is alright (sorry).
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steveo:

i understand french a lot better than icelandic :)
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David D:

Steveo, you are definitely not alone in that regard.
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Yvang:

Icelandic is probably the most secure language for passwords...With Welsh...
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steveo:

do most systems accept ð for passwords?
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Yvang:

ð looks like a bomb...
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steveo:

yes i'd venture that 99.9% of the planet undestands more french than icelandic
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Michael 98145:

runes for security
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steveo:

they also have þorn (thorn)
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steveo:

omg i'm talking too much again
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David D:

ðose are good questions.
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Carmichael:

Does the Carna beats mean "the Meat Beats"?
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David D:

Beats me...
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Sem:

Maybe a play on Carnaby (Street)?
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Franco Twinkie:

Double damn it! I missed the alternate universe Blue Cheer! Thank goodness for der archivenplatz.
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steveo:

Sem, confirmed at www.japrocksampler.com...
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Listening Out There:

Now suffering from the Vilperin Perikunta earworm....
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Sem:

Cool link, thx, steveo.
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Carmichael:

Actually, Eddie Cochran had the original Summertime Blues, as The Zombies did with I Love You.
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fleep:

Carm, it's who charted it in '68, not originators
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Carmichael:

Thanks, I got the rules now.
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David D:

All according to Hoyle.
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David D:

Last earworm wins...
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Jeff Golick:

I can't imagine the amount of research that went into this show! Brilliant.
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David D:

Thanks, Jeff. It is a lot of fun of course!
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Carmichael:

Fuego!
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steveo:

They named the band after a component of eyeglasses: Guillermo [Rodríguez Holgado] worked at his father's glasses factory, where they used a filament called Sírex to adjust the lenses to the frames of the glasses. [wikipedia]
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steveo:

thanks -- got to run! will definitely hit the archive tomorrow, i can't wait to see how this ends!
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David D:

Thanks, Steveo - no spoilers!
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hilmar:

i wish everything could be finnish...cheers...hilmar
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Webhamster Henry:

Those really were the days!
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David D:

Hallo Hilmar! Finnish does have a certain sound to it...
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David D:

Henry: Yes, indeed - the ultimate prequel.
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Michael 98145:

как дела ?
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David D:

xorosho, spasibo!
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Brian in UK:

Hello David & chums.
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David D:

Good evening, Brian!
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Michael 98145:

angel of the morning !
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Sem:

Hello, BiUK. A fine blustery day here, little gardening accomplished.
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Brian in UK:

Sem, same here, grass grows like nosehairs, too quickly.
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Rich in Washington:

Really been enjoying these covers, David D!
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Brian in UK:

Oh and blustery. Storm wfmu.
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Stanley:

Hey hep cats.
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David D:

Thanks Rich!
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David D:

And greetings Stanley!
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Sem:

"Grass Grows like Nosehairs", a hit for the New Crusty Nostrils, as I recall.

Hey, yourself, heppest cat.
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Stanley:

What you want, Brian, is a goat.
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hilmar:

oh ja, lydia lunch hat das doch auch... (1968 war ich noch nicht geboren)....aber auf finnisch natürlich nochmal besser...
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Brian in UK:

David, have to say that 1968 was a transitory (is that a word) year for me.
Started with my first Saturday job and ended with a motorcycle and sidecar.
Oh and Phil Ochs first album.
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David D:

Brian: Sounds like you channeled the energy of the year perfectly.
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Yvang:

Nino Ferrerish Patrick Zabé
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Brian in UK:

Stanley there would be a barren place.
Greatest Of All Time.
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chresti:

I always thought it was Judy in the sky, when I was a kid
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Brian in UK:

I read the NME back then. One singles and one album chart.
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dano59:

Did Juice Newton's hit in 82 inspire a new spate of AotM covers? Inquiring minds wanna know
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chresti:

I do like the instrumentals
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David D:

Hey Dano, I'm sure it did, good call!
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hilmar:

i love dexys...though best were the ultra slow melancholic songs...
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Carmichael:

The Grass Roots!
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Webhamster Henry:

Italian rocks!
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David D:

Hilmar: We should do a Dexy retrospective...
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Webhamster Henry:

it's especially fun to hear roughly contemporary covers of these songs.
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Stanley:

Ah, Brian, the NME. I'll never forget its cartoon strip, "The Lone Groover" by Tony Benyon
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David D:

Yes, it is amazing how fast the covers often followed the originals.
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hilmar:

nice...and interesting...hugh masekela...
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dano59:

Just look at all the covers of "Bang Bang" worldwide in 66... (I edited the song's Wiki pg a few years back)
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Brian in UK:

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Sem:

What fun it's been! Gonna wait to hear the rest of the '68 hits on the archives. Thanks, DD, see you and all next time round the track.
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Brian in UK:

See you Sem.
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David D:

Thanks, Sem, take care!
  5:58pm
dano59:

Love this ... Played it on an all-Italian show on WRFI along w/Alex's I Ribelle and Volare covers ...
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Brian in UK:

These lyrics are right dodgy nowadays.
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Webhamster Henry:

Young Girl has been disco/Abba-ized!
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David D:

Dano: Sounds like a fun show!
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David D:

Yes, I'm glad to leave this one in the hands of Frida.
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hilmar:

frida ensam, gräfin von plauen...
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Martinibomb:

Gawd this show has been superb today.
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Mikula:

David--I love your show today!
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David D:

Thanks, Martinibomb!
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David D:

And thanks, Mikula!
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Brian in UK:

@Martinibomb, in the canyons of your mind?
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Michael 98145:

Big fun. Thanks for all the work.
  6:09pm
Martinibomb:

@Brian certainly the canyons of something hah
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Webhamster Henry:

I think a Bonzo Dog Band foreign language covers show would also be nice.
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hilmar:

next subway ... 100 cover versions of stooges "1969"
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David D:

My pleasure, Michael!
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David D:

Hilmar: How did you know?
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Brian in UK:

At a rough guess, about of one third of this chart made an impact over here.
The Mersey Sound had passed. Albums were cool by now and stood on their own merits.
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Webhamster Henry:

Harper Fjord PTA.
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Brian in UK:

@WH My Pink Half of the Drainpipe (a very English subject) in Albanian maybe.
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David D:

Not enough Albanian today, that is true.
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Brian in UK:

"We were hoping to go to Norway this year. Unfortunately, we could not affjord it".
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Webhamster Henry:

This show lack the usual Hungarian emphasis too! Less of a Prague Spring in Budapest I guess.
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David D:

Thank you fjor-de puns.
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Brian in UK:

They were still under King Zog, I believe.
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fred:

Thanks David, I'm yawning so I'll step out and go to bed now. That was a fun show
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Michael 98145:

sounds like Eddy has downed a few too many Colts
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Brian in UK:

Sounds like a cabaret artiste trying to be hip.
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David D:

Henry: That is true too. But with more Finno to make up for the Ugric, I suppose.
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David D:

Thanks Fred, have a good night!
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fleep:

hoy hoy hoy!
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Listening Out There:

Hoy x 3
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David D:

Sing along here: www.musixmatch.com...
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chresti:

Sleepy Sunshine
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chresti:

Or moaning sunshine
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Michael 98145:

The webbers thinks this translates to Midnight Time ...
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David D:

It's the spooky version
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David D:

Spooky and sleepy
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northguineahills:

ok, alive and awake again...
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David D:

Just in time for the suspenseful finish...
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

I definitely have a soft spot for the Bobby Goldsboro version, but this is pretty great.
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David D:

Hey Hopey, glad you like it!
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Michael 98145:

Love is Blue topped The Dock of the Bay in the charts?!
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chresti:

Oh, is that what the numbers correspond to?
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Webhamster Henry:

Assagai's version is a WFMU favorite!
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Brian in UK:

This song is still haunting us, fifty years on.
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dano59:

Mad magazine ran a topical parody in 68-69: New, new, my heart is new/Straight from a man in Kalamazoo...
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Michael 98145:

BTW, i possess a '68 Mustang sedan awaiting restoration. Someday ...
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Yvang:

I love when I don't immediately recognise the original song.
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dano59:

Sweet Hey Jude! This show is fabuloso!
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Yvang:

Super great show! thanks David!
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Michael 98145:

Yes. It's a good thing this wasn't just a straight cover ..
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chresti:

Fantastic! Thanks David.
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Brian in UK:

Great work, David.
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Webhamster Henry:

It's tough to make such a long show come out so close to the right time!
Thanks for indulging my spontaneous request!
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doctorjazz:

Too busy to post, but loved the show, thanks, David!
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Webhamster Henry:

I used to make Charlie do all my DJ work, now I'm making David do it.
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Michael 98145:

so, WHOA! thanks again, David D ♫
  6:59pm
fleep:

Crazy good!
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Listening Out There:

ThanksBye!
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David D:

Thanks everyone! Have a great week...
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