WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from January 8, 2020

Listener comments!
	9:01pm Fragonard: Do they keep a transcript of these chatter things?
	9:01pm Fragonard: Happy birthday, DB
	♥ 9:03pm efd: nope
	9:04pm Fragonard: Too bad...sometimes there is good banter
	9:04pm Fragonard: (...for us banter-nerds...)
	♥ 9:05pm efd: I mean, they're saved at the bottom of the playlists. They're just not archived off separately
	9:05pm Fragonard: Looking forward to the next Pop Rocks too!
	9:08pm CC: I think I must be getting drunk!!!
	9:08pm JakeGould: Woo!
	9:09pm sufferwords: respect due- respect given
	9:10pm Fragonard: V-2...i mean “me too”
	♥ 9:11pm Figgsrock: The Jeopardy GOAT episode ends and then EFD opens with a Bowie set? What an excellent way to spend a Wednesday night coughing repeatedly in my apartment!
	9:11pm David Colangelo: Oh, oh , oh, oh, wow....Bow man
	♥ 9:11pm Ken From Hyde Park: Forever our Star Man. ❤️ I'll always remember listening to Therese's show when the news came out.
	♥ 9:13pm Figgsrock: Hey EFD, would you mind if I posted a link to the Bowie tribute I'm part of Friday in Brooklyn?
	9:13pm Fragonard: That was a sad day. I cried all night
	♥ 9:13pm efd: @Figgsrock not at all! Thoughtful of you to ask first.
	♥ 9:16pm Figgsrock: Thanks @EFD. It's called Loving the Alien and it's Friday at Littlefield starting at 10:30. 4 plus hours of Bowie music spun by me with visuals from Music Video Time Machine. And here's the link for info: www.littlefieldnyc.com...
	9:19pm Fragonard: Whoever played tambourine on “Width of a Circle” (live version) was brilliant (...not kidding)
	♥ 9:19pm Mr. Pumpy: Hello Evan...Hello all. Loving this 70's Bowie attack! Lodger is my favorite album of his. Great way to drive home after a long day. Now...home and continuing the ride.
	9:19pm Fragonard: (OK, i’m a nerd...)
	9:21pm David Colangelo: Wouldn’t it be hip....DB and Elvis do birthday duet....like with Bingo....love to hear El doing “Panic in Detroit “....
	9:23pm JK: @Ken, me too, and I think also Mary Wing's show @Fragonard, yes, I cried too. Still feel sad when I think about him. Happy birthday DB (RIP).
	♥ 9:25pm Alex of Chicago: trying to do a release and yet there's all this awesome bowie going on in the background
	♥ 9:26pm efd: ha, messing up releases is my specialty
	9:26pm Laura in Peekskill: Great to hear some of Bowie's less often heard songs!
	9:27pm Laura in Peekskill: The day he died I said so long to my youth.
	9:29pm Fragonard: Awwww
	♥ 9:32pm Aitch: Nice Bowie picks. Saw him start a show in 1983 with Look Back in Anger in front of about 30,000 people in Sydney, blew my mind at the time.
	♥ 9:33pm Aitch: Modern Nature sounding very good indeed.
	9:35pm Fragonard: Really good mix!
	♥ 9:36pm Mr. Pumpy: Modern Nature...great ride! Digging me some saxamaphone!!!
	9:36pm Manolo: I'm having the best day of my life!
	9:38pm Fragonard: Did Bowie & Dylan ever collaborate? Oh, maybe it was called Don’t Look Back in Anger?
	9:39pm JK: Like this Modern Nature set. Somewhat of a Spiritualized type of sound.
	9:40pm JK: Ha Fragonard...Bowie did "Song For Bob Dylan" on Hunky Dory.
	9:41pm Fragonard: Oh right!
	♥ 9:41pm Aitch: Don’t Look Back in Anger is a dreadful Oasis track
	9:41pm Fragonard: Eeew sorry folks
	9:42pm Steve: Hey EFD, is it possible to ask Jack Cooper what happened to Ultimate Painting and will they record again ?
	9:44pm Hams: jeff tobias, hello! daily groceries!
	9:46pm JakeGould: Very cool stuff!
	9:48pm P-90: Nice set! Guitar tone is beautiful despite that teensy bit of noise...
	9:49pm jr: Guitar buzzing isn’t really audible over the air, FWIW. Sounds great!
	♥ 9:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good news: Store-bought eggnog is half price Bad news: Expiration date is 1/8/2020
	9:52pm P-90: Then drink up, Ken!
	♥ 9:55pm efd: @Steve we're looking forward, not looking back :)
	9:58pm slocker: No paparazzi there tonight?
	♥ 9:59pm efd: there is one actually! I'm too busy watching and posting the songs to post another pic!
	10:01pm slocker: Oh duh, social media air horn.
	♥ 10:02pm Mr. Pumpy: @Ken...I'd rink that until Valentine's Day!
	♥ 10:09pm Mr. Pumpy: I'm fixing to buy the colored vinyl of the latest Modern Nature album. I'm loving this.
	10:15pm JK: Love the sax on this one.
	10:16pm Mike Wolf: I think this band might be v good?
	♥ 10:17pm Mr. Pumpy: @JK...me too. Great feel on this horn playing.
	♥ 10:18pm efd: @Mike I think you're onto something there
	10:20pm jt: OMG This is amazing THE Jack Cooper.. so glad I tuned in (a bit late) and cool to discover Modern Nature. WOW this is a true gift. Thank You Thank You Thank You.
	10:22pm Mike Wolf: i loathe people who compare bands to other bands but, early Speed the Plough with a motorik nerve
	♥ 10:22pm Mr. Pumpy: Mike...don't be self-loathing.
	10:24pm Mike Wolf: what kind of monster claims to like music but demeans bands two at a time, anyway, “supernature” is particularly so
	10:25pm jt: Hey I am a monster !
	10:25pm Mike Wolf: and sort of a group drone sensibility all very favorable traits
	10:25pm P-90: clap clap clap
	♥ 10:35pm efd: I'm so psyched they wanted to do "Supernature" too!
	10:37pm P-90: Thanks, everyone. Nice performance, interview, and (as always) engineering.
	♥ 10:40pm efd: thanks P-90!
	♥ 10:56pm Mr. Pumpy: @Mike...this motrik is like a bit of Lay LLamas having sex with Remember Remember while Sula Bassana takes pictures and hums favorites from Cluster and Ash Ra Tempel.
	11:03pm Tim Haley: hi!
	11:07pm Dave Miss: Good set EFD!
	♥ 11:09pm mariano: Hey efd, everyone.
	♥ 11:12pm efd: hey mariano! Thank Dave! hi Tim!
	♥ 11:19pm Hoboken Jack: Hello efd and all! Thank you for keeping me company as I drive home from New Brunswick.
	♥ 11:20pm efd: Hi Jack! Drive safely and stay warm!
	11:25pm GListener MW: !! NEW Waterboys?!? keen
	11:26pm GListener MW: I never thought i'd hear the Waterboys sticking around long enough to make Twitter references
	♥ 11:28pm Mr. Pumpy: Hola, mariano!
	♥ 11:28pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wow, they sound great! I hope the fires are out by the time the go to Australia. www.mikescottwaterboys.com
	11:32pm GListener MW: i don't know Plates Of Cake but love this track!!
	♥ 11:32pm Aitch: Byron Bay in April more likely to be wet than burning.
	11:44pm Roberto: Aw snot, I missed the Bowie trib. Quick, to the archives!
	♥ 11:53pm efd: archives should be up within an hour or so, thanks as always to tireless volunteer Rebecca!
	11:54pm Roberto: You rule, Rebecca!
	10:21am harrumph: birthday wishes for a dead guy?

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from January 8, 2020

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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.

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January 8, 2020: MODERN NATURE live set!

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(* = new)

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Birthday wishes "Birthday wishes"
david bowie	somebody up there likes me	young americans	rca	1975			0:00:28 (Pop-up)
david bowie	can't explain "can't explain" by "david bowie"	pin ups	rca	1973			0:06:02 (Pop-up)
david bowie	v-2 schneider "v-2 schneider" by "david bowie"	heroes	rca	1977			0:08:13 (Pop-up)
david bowie	stay "stay" by "david bowie"	station to station	rca	1976			0:11:17 (Pop-up)
david bowie	look back in anger "look back in anger" by "david bowie"	lodger	rca	1979			0:17:21 (Pop-up)
david bowie	what in the world "what in the world" by "david bowie"	low	rca	1977			0:20:21 (Pop-up)
david bowie	drive-in saturday "drive-in saturday" by "david bowie"	aladdin sane	rca	1973			0:22:37 (Pop-up)

MODERN NATURE live set engineered by Mike Sin Jack Cooper - guitar/vocals Jeff Tobias - sax/vocals Marcus Hamblett - keys Jim Wallis - drums On tour starting tomorrow night in Washington DC! New album How To Live out now on Bella Union! And get the Nature EP too while you're at it!
modern nature	bloom "bloom" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					0:30:35 (Pop-up)
modern nature	footsteps "footsteps" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					0:31:43 (Pop-up)
modern nature	turbulence "turbulence" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					0:36:01 (Pop-up)
modern nature	criminals "criminals" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					0:40:09 (Pop-up)
modern nature	seance "seance" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					0:44:42 (Pop-up)
modern nature	seance (take 2) "seance (take 2)" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					0:47:17 (Pop-up)

modern nature	nightmares "nightmares" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					0:54:01 (Pop-up)
modern nature	peradam "peradam" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					0:57:34 (Pop-up)
modern nature	oracle "oracle" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					1:02:12 (Pop-up)
modern nature	nature "nature" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					1:04:49 (Pop-up)
modern nature	devotee "devotee" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					1:08:59 (Pop-up)
modern nature	chat with efd "chat with efd" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					1:17:08 (Pop-up)
modern nature	supernature "supernature" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					1:17:21 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: modern nature	chat with efd "chat with efd" by "modern nature"	live on wfmu					1:34:27 (Pop-up)

the cosmonauts	crystal "crystal" by "the cosmonauts"	star 69	burger			*	1:34:56 (Pop-up)
the ocean blue	love doesn't make it easy on us	kings and queens / knaves and thieves	korda			*	1:40:08 (Pop-up)
motrik	moving destination "moving destination" by "motrik"	safety copy	jealous butcher	2017			1:44:03 (Pop-up)
gary numan & tubeway army	are 'friends' electric? (early version 2)	replicas - the first recordings	beggars banquet			*	1:53:03 (Pop-up)
ice cream	banana split "banana split" by "ice cream"	fed up	ice cream			*	1:58:19 (Pop-up)

eyelids	the minutes "the minutes" by "eyelids"	the accidental falls	jealous butcher			*	2:06:29 (Pop-up)
trolley	i'll never tell "i'll never tell" by "trolley"	the carnival of grey and white	easter			*	2:08:28 (Pop-up)
the briefs	kids laugh at you "kids laugh at you" by "the briefs"	platinum rats	burger			*	2:11:43 (Pop-up)
lenny kaye and the fleshtones	lost on xandu	7"	yep roc			*	2:14:04 (Pop-up)
the revillos	call me the cat "call me the cat" by "the revillos"	from the freezer	snatzo/damged goods		previously unreleased tracks from 1979-1984	*	2:17:13 (Pop-up)

the waterboys	where the action is	where the action is	cooking vinyl			*	2:24:30 (Pop-up)
plates of cake	how did you cross that river	decline and fall	western revisions			*	2:28:00 (Pop-up)
the minus 5	beacon from rko "beacon from rko" by "the minus 5"	stroke manor	yep roc			*	2:32:06 (Pop-up)
joolz jones & the jukes	baby please don't go	joolz juke	donovan discs		A tribute to Brian Jones by his grandson, with MC Donovan Leitch & Richard Barone on guitar	*	2:35:11 (Pop-up)
neal francis	how have i lived "how have i lived" by "neal francis"	changes	karma chief			*	2:37:38 (Pop-up)

the fallen leaves	green eyes f.c.	maximum minimum	parliament			*	2:47:50 (Pop-up)
imperial teen	don't wanna let you go	now we are timeless	merge	2019		*	2:50:34 (Pop-up)
the prams	modern men "modern men" by "the prams"	va-dreams to fill the vacuum: the sound of sheffield 1977-1988	cherry red			*	2:54:55 (Pop-up)
	a song						2:56:33 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:01pm Fragonard: Do they keep a transcript of these chatter things?
	9:01pm Fragonard: Happy birthday, DB
	♥ 9:03pm efd: nope
	9:04pm Fragonard: Too bad...sometimes there is good banter
	9:04pm Fragonard: (...for us banter-nerds...)
	♥ 9:05pm efd: I mean, they're saved at the bottom of the playlists. They're just not archived off separately
	9:05pm Fragonard: Looking forward to the next Pop Rocks too!
	9:08pm CC: I think I must be getting drunk!!!
	9:08pm JakeGould: Woo!
	9:09pm sufferwords: respect due- respect given
	9:10pm Fragonard: V-2...i mean “me too”
	♥ 9:11pm Figgsrock: The Jeopardy GOAT episode ends and then EFD opens with a Bowie set? What an excellent way to spend a Wednesday night coughing repeatedly in my apartment!
	9:11pm David Colangelo: Oh, oh , oh, oh, wow....Bow man
	♥ 9:11pm Ken From Hyde Park: Forever our Star Man. ❤️ I'll always remember listening to Therese's show when the news came out.
	♥ 9:13pm Figgsrock: Hey EFD, would you mind if I posted a link to the Bowie tribute I'm part of Friday in Brooklyn?
	9:13pm Fragonard: That was a sad day. I cried all night
	♥ 9:13pm efd: @Figgsrock not at all! Thoughtful of you to ask first.
	♥ 9:16pm Figgsrock: Thanks @EFD. It's called Loving the Alien and it's Friday at Littlefield starting at 10:30. 4 plus hours of Bowie music spun by me with visuals from Music Video Time Machine. And here's the link for info: www.littlefieldnyc.com...
	9:19pm Fragonard: Whoever played tambourine on “Width of a Circle” (live version) was brilliant (...not kidding)
	♥ 9:19pm Mr. Pumpy: Hello Evan...Hello all. Loving this 70's Bowie attack! Lodger is my favorite album of his. Great way to drive home after a long day. Now...home and continuing the ride.
	9:19pm Fragonard: (OK, i’m a nerd...)
	9:21pm David Colangelo: Wouldn’t it be hip....DB and Elvis do birthday duet....like with Bingo....love to hear El doing “Panic in Detroit “....
	9:23pm JK: @Ken, me too, and I think also Mary Wing's show @Fragonard, yes, I cried too. Still feel sad when I think about him. Happy birthday DB (RIP).
	♥ 9:25pm Alex of Chicago: trying to do a release and yet there's all this awesome bowie going on in the background
	♥ 9:26pm efd: ha, messing up releases is my specialty
	9:26pm Laura in Peekskill: Great to hear some of Bowie's less often heard songs!
	9:27pm Laura in Peekskill: The day he died I said so long to my youth.
	9:29pm Fragonard: Awwww
	♥ 9:32pm Aitch: Nice Bowie picks. Saw him start a show in 1983 with Look Back in Anger in front of about 30,000 people in Sydney, blew my mind at the time.
	♥ 9:33pm Aitch: Modern Nature sounding very good indeed.
	9:35pm Fragonard: Really good mix!
	♥ 9:36pm Mr. Pumpy: Modern Nature...great ride! Digging me some saxamaphone!!!
	9:36pm Manolo: I'm having the best day of my life!
	9:38pm Fragonard: Did Bowie & Dylan ever collaborate? Oh, maybe it was called Don’t Look Back in Anger?
	9:39pm JK: Like this Modern Nature set. Somewhat of a Spiritualized type of sound.
	9:40pm JK: Ha Fragonard...Bowie did "Song For Bob Dylan" on Hunky Dory.
	9:41pm Fragonard: Oh right!
	♥ 9:41pm Aitch: Don’t Look Back in Anger is a dreadful Oasis track
	9:41pm Fragonard: Eeew sorry folks
	9:42pm Steve: Hey EFD, is it possible to ask Jack Cooper what happened to Ultimate Painting and will they record again ?
	9:44pm Hams: jeff tobias, hello! daily groceries!
	9:46pm JakeGould: Very cool stuff!
	9:48pm P-90: Nice set! Guitar tone is beautiful despite that teensy bit of noise...
	9:49pm jr: Guitar buzzing isn’t really audible over the air, FWIW. Sounds great!
	♥ 9:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good news: Store-bought eggnog is half price Bad news: Expiration date is 1/8/2020
	9:52pm P-90: Then drink up, Ken!
	♥ 9:55pm efd: @Steve we're looking forward, not looking back :)
	9:58pm slocker: No paparazzi there tonight?
	♥ 9:59pm efd: there is one actually! I'm too busy watching and posting the songs to post another pic!
	10:01pm slocker: Oh duh, social media air horn.
	♥ 10:02pm Mr. Pumpy: @Ken...I'd rink that until Valentine's Day!
	♥ 10:09pm Mr. Pumpy: I'm fixing to buy the colored vinyl of the latest Modern Nature album. I'm loving this.
	10:15pm JK: Love the sax on this one.
	10:16pm Mike Wolf: I think this band might be v good?
	♥ 10:17pm Mr. Pumpy: @JK...me too. Great feel on this horn playing.
	♥ 10:18pm efd: @Mike I think you're onto something there
	10:20pm jt: OMG This is amazing THE Jack Cooper.. so glad I tuned in (a bit late) and cool to discover Modern Nature. WOW this is a true gift. Thank You Thank You Thank You.
	10:22pm Mike Wolf: i loathe people who compare bands to other bands but, early Speed the Plough with a motorik nerve
	♥ 10:22pm Mr. Pumpy: Mike...don't be self-loathing.
	10:24pm Mike Wolf: what kind of monster claims to like music but demeans bands two at a time, anyway, “supernature” is particularly so
	10:25pm jt: Hey I am a monster !
	10:25pm Mike Wolf: and sort of a group drone sensibility all very favorable traits
	10:25pm P-90: clap clap clap
	♥ 10:35pm efd: I'm so psyched they wanted to do "Supernature" too!
	10:37pm P-90: Thanks, everyone. Nice performance, interview, and (as always) engineering.
	♥ 10:40pm efd: thanks P-90!
	♥ 10:56pm Mr. Pumpy: @Mike...this motrik is like a bit of Lay LLamas having sex with Remember Remember while Sula Bassana takes pictures and hums favorites from Cluster and Ash Ra Tempel.
	11:03pm Tim Haley: hi!
	11:07pm Dave Miss: Good set EFD!
	♥ 11:09pm mariano: Hey efd, everyone.
	♥ 11:12pm efd: hey mariano! Thank Dave! hi Tim!
	♥ 11:19pm Hoboken Jack: Hello efd and all! Thank you for keeping me company as I drive home from New Brunswick.
	♥ 11:20pm efd: Hi Jack! Drive safely and stay warm!
	11:25pm GListener MW: !! NEW Waterboys?!? keen
	11:26pm GListener MW: I never thought i'd hear the Waterboys sticking around long enough to make Twitter references
	♥ 11:28pm Mr. Pumpy: Hola, mariano!
	♥ 11:28pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wow, they sound great! I hope the fires are out by the time the go to Australia. www.mikescottwaterboys.com
	11:32pm GListener MW: i don't know Plates Of Cake but love this track!!
	♥ 11:32pm Aitch: Byron Bay in April more likely to be wet than burning.
	11:44pm Roberto: Aw snot, I missed the Bowie trib. Quick, to the archives!
	♥ 11:53pm efd: archives should be up within an hour or so, thanks as always to tireless volunteer Rebecca!
	11:54pm Roberto: You rule, Rebecca!
	10:21am harrumph: birthday wishes for a dead guy?

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from January 8, 2020

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