WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 31, 2020

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm coelacanth∅: Bam! Right On!
	♥ 3:01pm doctorjazz: Happy New Year!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: C! What it be?
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc! Happy New Year!
	♥ 3:02pm coelacanth∅: greetings
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Prepare for mellowness, in many forms.
	3:03pm northguineahills: Still have this LP (from my father, one of the few he had).
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey NGH!
	3:03pm heinseng: play "suavecito" and the day will be complete
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: heinseng!
	♥ 3:04pm Sem: Hello, Larry, Larry listeners.
	3:04pm Erica: Happy New Year's Eve everyone!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Sem! Erica!
	3:06pm northguineahills: After seeing midnight cowboy in 1996, I spent a year looking for the sntrk. Glad I found it!
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Some cool, non-Nilsson stuff on it
	3:09pm northguineahills: The Groop (on the sndrk), is where Stereolab got their alias from. (Elephant's Memory is pretty groovy too!)
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: I did not know that!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: We lost Emitt Rhodes this July...
	3:11pm Erica: We lost a lot of people this year, many to Covid-19
	♥ 3:13pm Funky16Corners: Yes, indeed.
	♥ 3:13pm Paul from Toronto: Happy 200, Larry!
	3:13pm northguineahills: I can't keep track of how many musicians we lost this year. It makes 2016 seem like a pittance....
	♥ 3:13pm Funky16Corners: Hey Paul!
	♥ 3:14pm Paul from Toronto: Happy NYE
	3:15pm CalZone!: Clear the mind, and let's blow away this awful year. Excelsior, you fatheads!
	3:15pm Erica: 2016 was the year of too many deaths in general. 2020 was the year of Covid-19 deaths. That's the difference ngh.
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: Cal!
	♥ 3:16pm Funky16Corners: We understand, Erica. We're just here to relate about music. I never stop thinking about Covid and all the people we've lost needlessly.
	♥ 3:16pm coelacanth∅: actually i don't think we've lost nearly as many famous musicians this year as every year from 2015-2019. this year's been a little better in that regard, despite the otherwise horrible year.
	♥ 3:17pm coelacanth∅: (2015 and 16 being the worst)
	3:17pm Erica: 2015, for me was a boring year coel. Not much happened.
	3:18pm northguineahills: True, Erica. 2016 is a place marker for me in my brain.
	♥ 3:18pm coelacanth∅: sorry to hear that Erica. it was terrible for me. countless musician deaths.
	3:18pm Erica: 2012 AND 2016 for me ngh.
	3:20pm Irene: Amen, Larry! Happy New Year and may you and yours have a better 2021.
	3:20pm northguineahills: ugggh, tourists are overwhelming Orlando (I'm at a hotel), maybe 85% wear masks. Universal has hit capacity w/in 10 minutes the last few days. At least I don't have to worry about traffic anymore).
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Hi Irene!
	♥ 3:24pm Funky16Corners: I took my sons to Gamestop yesterday and there's a Chuck E Cheese next door, which I was shocked to see was open.
	♥ 3:25pm Paul from Toronto: Up here things are only open for take out/delivery.
	♥ 3:26pm Funky16Corners: We drove around last night looking at Christmas lights and saw a shocking amount of indoor dining going on. and I'm not sure it's legal right now
	♥ 3:26pm Paul from Toronto: Music-related, I was late signing on today as I was wracking my brain over Uncle Michael's Listener All-Request Show tomorrow.
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: I didn't realize that was tomorrow. I have to get my request in!
	♥ 3:28pm Paul from Toronto: I picked Cornershop last year, it's are to find something he hasn't heard of.
	♥ 3:28pm Paul from Toronto: "It's hard" that should read
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, Uncle Michael has world-encompassing ears!
	3:28pm northguineahills: The Zombies remind me of the summer 2000.............
	3:29pm Mark R: I always wondered why they misspelled "Odyssey," then I read that the artist misspelled it and the artwork had already gone to the printer, so oh well...
	♥ 3:29pm Funky16Corners: What happened then?
	♥ 3:29pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mark! I was wondering about that very thing this morning.
	♥ 3:29pm Paul from Toronto: "Odessey and Oracle" is a banging album. No filler.
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: A brilliant piece of work, and sadly hit after they dissolved
	3:30pm Mark R: I agree, Paul, I've only recently picked up on it.
	3:32pm Mark R: So by 1971, Capitol had dropped The Beach Boys and they'd signed to a label called "Brother"? Or is Brother a reissue label?
	3:32pm northguineahills: (had a summer fling w/ a woman right when my roommate got the Zombies boxset and let me borrow it)
	♥ 3:32pm Funky16Corners: Brother was their custom label, within Capitol (at least at first)
	3:33pm Mark R: Ah I see!
	3:33pm northguineahills: My Surf's Up is on Brother.....
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 3:34pm coelacanth∅: i don't try to stump Uncle Michael - especially as he specifically says that's not the point! but i do try to pick something i think needs more attention than wfmu has given it. this year i decided it had to be something not available in the archives. (but that doesn't mean it's that obscure)
	♥ 3:34pm doctorjazz: Great Little Feet time/album!
	♥ 3:34pm doctorjazz: *tune/album
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - I love this song
	3:34pm Jeff B Cali: Little Feat yaaaass
	3:34pm Mark R: I wouldn't be hip to Little Feat until The Last Record Album (which was admittedly late to the party)
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: Jeff B Cali!
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: Nilsson double-dip!
	🥁 ♥ 3:36pm Jeff Ash: Late to the party, but New Year's greetings to all from Wisconsin!
	♥ 3:36pm Funky16Corners: Another song that occasionally give me the weepys...
	♥ 3:36pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: Written about Caroline Munro...
	3:40pm Jeff B Cali: Super lovely song
	3:40pm northguineahills: Love this album! @coel: I'm impressed when any wfmu dj of any genre stumps me, as I've spent my whole life since adolescence studying music.
	3:41pm northguineahills: I seeing repeating themes going on....
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: Have you ever been stumped here NGH?
	3:45pm Erica: I just realized something. It's been over a year since Larry switched from the 10 pm Wednesday slot.
	3:45pm Erica: Well over a year since his last Wednesday show anyway.
	♥ 3:46pm Funky16Corners: I can't remember when I made the switch!
	3:46pm Erica: I believe it was the 2nd of January of this year.
	♥ 3:47pm Funky16Corners: Well, all kinds of anniversaries happening!
	3:48pm Erica: Christmas Day 2019 was I believe your last Wednesday night show Larry. Funny how I remember things like that.
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: I'm glad you remembered. I'm terrible with things like that.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: I was just looking through that Brother Records discography, one of the few non-Beach Boys records was by The Flame, featuring Rikki Fataar, later of the Rutles!
	3:49pm Erica: You can always check the archives to be sure Larry.
	♥ 3:50pm Brian in UK: Helo Larry & witnesses. Joni?
	♥ 3:50pm Funky16Corners: Brian! Joni cover
	3:52pm Erica: Albert Hammond!
	♥ 3:52pm Sem: Lovin' the spins. Larry. Drifting along...
	♥ 3:52pm WR: @Erica, l looked in the archive and your memory is correct about when the program shifted from Wed. night to Thursday afternoon. Hi all. back to lurking while working.
	♥ 3:52pm Little Danny: Hey Larry, hey y'all
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: I like Phil's version better. Arranged by Warren Zevon, produced by Duane Eddy!
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: Hey WR! Thanks Sem!
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: Danny!
	3:53pm Erica: The Air That I Breathe was covered by Olivia Newton-John and the Hollies had a hit with it. But it was originally by Albert Hammond.
	3:53pm northguineahills: I need to get my eyes checked, Larry, I read it as 'A Bon Jovi Cover'.
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: Yes, Hammond wrote it. I find his version strangely off-putting
	3:53pm Erica: Haha ngh!
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: @NGH - I hope not!
	♥ 3:55pm Little Danny: That Phil Everly was new to me and great. Reminded me a bit of the Bee Gees, circa 1970
	3:55pm Jeff B Cali: Circling back- Ricky Fataar, also currently for years Bonnie Raitt’s drummer
	♥ 3:56pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - Isn't that great?
	♥ 3:56pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - I didn't know that!
	♥ 4:00pm coelacanth∅: the air that i breathe is probably my favorite hollies song (it's a hollies song!) and one of my favorite songs in general. top 100 easily. for me it's no surprise that Everly's doesn't come close. (for me)
	♥ 4:01pm Funky16Corners: He did it before the Hollies. Orig by Albert Hammond.
	4:02pm KevinfromBayRidge: Hey all. Nice way to get my head cleaned, Larry. Happy End of @020!
	4:02pm ellliot: Very nostalgic set my friend. Taking me back to 70’s Montclair and NY
	4:02pm KevinfromBayRidge: 2020
	♥ 4:03pm coelacanth∅: oh maybe so Larry, but the hollies' is "the definitive"!
	♥ 4:06pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, Larry! Bread is the bee's pajamas, and I will fight your beloved wife in the forum of her choosing. I guess that's my way of saying Happy New Year! :)
	♥ 4:08pm Brian in UK: Thank you Rev. Grogan for letting me visit your church weekly.
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: Gaylord! Kevin!elliot!
	♥ 4:09pm Brian in UK: Lawks, did PBS release singles.
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - Thanks for coming, and empty church is just another building.
	♥ 4:10pm WR: Pearls Before Swine! Love this!
	♥ 4:10pm Funky16Corners: Yes! I have this on an ESP white-label promo 45!
	♥ 4:10pm Funky16Corners: I did a tribute show to Tom Rapp back when he passed away.
	♥ 4:10pm WR: you have an ESP 45? Cool, never have seen one.
	♥ 4:11pm coelacanth∅: well, Larry i'll listen to Phil Everly's version again. i was in the next room. but it sounded similar, but mellower than the hollies' version; and part of what i love about the hollies' version is that it takes off a bit. - and the harmonies. ...and of course there's the nostalgia factor. i loved it as a child.
	♥ 4:11pm Paul from Toronto: The thing I love about WFMU (and Funky 16 Corners) is hearing something you've never heard before and it becoming a favourite.
	♥ 4:11pm Funky16Corners: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 4:12pm Funky16Corners: @Paul - That's the raison d'etre hereabouts!
	♥ 4:12pm Paul from Toronto: For year's I have tuned in wanting to be stumped.
	4:12pm Erica: Gotta admit that Pearls Before Swine song was pretty relaxing.
	♥ 4:12pm coelacanth∅: great kaleidoscope song!
	♥ 4:14pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: US and UK Kaleidoscope are both great!
	♥ 4:15pm Funky16Corners: @Gaylord - Yes! I will recommend both bands highly!
	♥ 4:15pm dutchtheo: Hey Larry, happy new year's eve, all, 75 minutes left here
	♥ 4:15pm coelacanth∅: is being stumped hearing something you've never heard? if so i don't believe for a second that there's anyone here that can listen to any typical 24-hour period of wfmu and not be stumped several times.
	♥ 4:15pm Funky16Corners: Theo! Happy New Year!
	♥ 4:16pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord Yes!
	♥ 4:16pm Funky16Corners: @C - I would assume so. There are so many heavy music heads at WFMU I can't imagine that they aren't stumping each other all the time.
	♥ 4:17pm coelacanth∅: ...and i credit either you or Bob Irwin or both for turning me onto the other one
	4:17pm Mark R: It's mostly one big stump for me, Coel
	♥ 4:17pm dutchtheo: best wishes!, make that 104 minutes left
	♥ 4:17pm coelacanth∅: Mark haha!
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: Man, if I could play guitar like this I'd never do anything else...
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: Or, at all. I can't play the guitar...
	♥ 4:19pm Paul from Toronto: I remember listening to Hova's show back in July 30, 2001, Joe Strummer was guest DJ and he played Cornershop's "6 a.m. Jullander Shere", I so loved it I added it to my collection and was able to stump Uncle Michael with it last year.
	♥ 4:19pm Brian in UK: coelacanth∅ so true, thought I had a decent knowledge until listening to this station. Quite happy to be surprised bit like bringing up children!
	♥ 4:20pm Funky16Corners: I have played Cornershop on occasion.
	♥ 4:21pm Paul from Toronto: I know. I love it, thanks to Mr. Strummer
	♥ 4:22pm coelacanth∅: oh man... this is the song i play for people who claim a distaste for Neil Young. incredible song
	♥ 4:22pm Paul from Toronto: Neil! A local boy.
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Gloria Jones, Sherlie Matthews and Merry Clayton on vocals. The second half of this song has an almost soulful groove to it.
	4:23pm KevinfromBayRidge: Still my favorite NY album. First was best!
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: Gospel, too...
	♥ 4:24pm Funky16Corners: Jumped right out of the Buffalo Springfield into the fire!
	♥ 4:24pm coelacanth∅: i think i was listening to that Joe Strummer segment. was it greasy kid stuff?
	4:25pm Mark R: Merry, so named (spelled) because she was born on Christmas (I assume that's the reason, anyway.)
	♥ 4:25pm Paul from Toronto: No, Hit Parade. www.wfmu.org...
	♥ 4:25pm coelacanth∅: ...(although maybe not, because if i had been i would've taped it)
	♥ 4:26pm Paul from Toronto: I was a huge fan of that show
	4:28pm Mark R: Nice to hear one of Spirit's deep cuts (although the hits ain't too bad, either!). My older brother had this first album, I used to hear it through the wall of his bedroom all the time.
	♥ 4:28pm Funky16Corners: This is such an amazing album.
	♥ 4:29pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Paul. i remember the show being mentioned but i don't think i ever listened to it. must've been a morning show, is my guess
	♥ 4:29pm Brian in UK: Spirit of '76 is a good one. (for a double!)
	4:31pm KevinfromBayRidge: One of my Tchotchkes from the following marathon was a vial of Strummer's unfinished beer from that session.
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: Are we all in a chill place right now?
	4:31pm Mark R: Oh boy do I love "Expecting to Fly"! It kind of over-reaches, but I don't care. Jack Nietzche at his best.
	♥ 4:32pm Paul from Toronto: @KevinfromBayRidge, !!!. The March 9, 2002 pledge drive
	♥ 4:32pm Funky16Corners: Nitzsche had his hands on 'The Old Laughing Lady', too
	♥ 4:32pm Funky16Corners: He knew how to orchestrate!
	4:33pm Mark R: Did he? He said some really nasty things about Neil after touring with him--really critical of his musicianship. Not sure where all the bitterness came from.
	4:34pm Mark R: Now I see what's happening. You dropped acid about 30 minutes ago.
	♥ 4:34pm Funky16Corners: I think he was one of those guys who was frustrated that he made his biggest mark in support of other people
	♥ 4:34pm Funky16Corners: Not anymore, but memories.....
	4:35pm Mark R: Well, this set seems to support my thesis, the walls dripping increasingly as we go along.
	♥ 4:36pm Brian in UK: Larry thing is we are still talking about Jack N. No better complement.
	♥ 4:37pm coelacanth∅: haha yes! i remember that unfinished beer prize! i remember telling my girlfriend at the time about it and she hesitated, i guess to evaluate our relationship, then just said "that's weird."
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: I just looked it up, he passed away 20 years ago!?!
	♥ 4:39pm doctorjazz: Desmond! Perfect for this tune!
	4:40pm Erica: Who Larry?
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: This is a nice album, all S&G tunes
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Jack Nitzsche
	4:41pm Erica: Oh okay.
	♥ 4:42pm Paul from Toronto: @KevinfromBayRidge @coelacanth∅ I always wondered who won it.
	4:44pm Mark R: See, from Shawn Phillips on, you're trying to bring us all in for a gentle landing.
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: Very perceptive Mark!
	4:47pm KevinfromBayRidge: @Coel, Funny, I guess...Luckily, my GF at the time, laughed it off. She later become my wife and house FMU "tolerator", bless her soul! @Paul, Me thinks that there were quite a few vials derived from that very seminal bottle.
	♥ 4:50pm Brian in UK: Love Makes Sweet Music by Soft Machine shoulda been a hit.
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: Agreed. That first album is great.
	♥ 4:51pm Little Danny: What a great choice for an Association song. Love them.
	♥ 4:52pm Funky16Corners: Pure bliss!
	♥ 4:52pm coelacanth∅: Kevin "you got a keeper"!
	♥ 4:53pm Little Danny: Thanks, and thanks Larry!
	4:53pm KevinfromBayRidge: I know!
	♥ 4:53pm Sem: Listening from the kitchen: cooking there matches the cooking here. Thanks, Larry. Best in the coming year to you, and all.
	♥ 4:54pm Brian in UK: Larry, delightful as ever. Happy New Year everyone.
	4:54pm KevinfromBayRidge: Wunnerful shew. Funky!
	♥ 4:56pm Little Danny: It was on Rubble vol. 4, the very first volume I bought!
	♥ 4:56pm dutchtheo: Thanks Larry! Happy New Year!
	♥ 4:57pm Brian in UK: Little Danny, you paid with your own money?
	♥ 4:57pm Little Danny: @Brian: yes, the way one does!
	♥ 4:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Larry! Happy new year! take care y'all
	♥ 4:59pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Larry, great year all! (Missed that Dead single, sad...)
	♥ 5:00pm doctorjazz: Desmond called his tone "dry martini", if I remember correctly.
	♥ 5:00pm Little Danny: I go back and forth on "Some Velvet Morning" vs. "Expecting to Fly" as the greatest '60s pop weirdo hit
	♥ 5:01pm Paul from Toronto: Thanks, as always, Larry. Happy New Year! All the best, everyone!
	5:02pm Erica: Happy New Year Larry! Let's hope 2021 is a better year for all of us.
	♥ 5:02pm Funky16Corners: Happy New Year all! Thanks for listening!
	♥ 5:02pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - Good two to choose between!
	♥ 5:04pm WR: Happy New Year Larry. That last set hit me with all the feels, so many faves from my wayward youth. Happy New Year to all Drummer Streamers!
	♥ 5:04pm Funky16Corners: Happy New Year WR! Glad you dug it!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 31, 2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Tommy James and the Shondells	Crystal Blue Persuasion	45RPM Single	Roulette	1969	45	0:01:26 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson	Everybody's Talkin'	45RPM Single	RCA	1969	45	0:05:26 (Pop-up)
Emitt Rhodes	Golden Child of God "Golden Child of God" by "Emitt Rhodes"	Mirror	ABC/Dunhill	1971	LP	0:08:15 (Pop-up)
Strawberry Alarm Clock	Pretty Song From Psych Out	45RPM Single	Uni	1968	45	0:10:57 (Pop-up)
Faces	Ooh La La "Ooh La La" by "Faces"	Ooh La La	Warner Brothers	1973	LP	0:14:11 (Pop-up)

Bread	It Don't Matter To Me (45 Mix)	45RPM Single	Elektra	1970	45	0:22:35 (Pop-up)
Phyllis Brown	Another Time "Another Time" by "Phyllis Brown"	Phyllis Brown	Barnaby	1971	LP	0:25:18 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Beechwood Park "Beechwood Park" by "The Zombies"	Odessey and Oracle	Date	1968	LP	0:27:58 (Pop-up)
Beach Boys	Til I Die "Til I Die" by "Beach Boys"	Surf's Up	Brother	1971	LP	0:30:39 (Pop-up)
Little Feat	Trouble "Trouble" by "Little Feat"	Sailin' Shoes	Warner Brothers	1972	LP	0:33:10 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson	Think About Your Troubles	The Point OST	RCA	1970	LP	0:35:19 (Pop-up)
Colin Blunstone	Caroline Goodbye "Caroline Goodbye" by "Colin Blunstone"	45RPM Single	Epic	1971	45	0:38:07 (Pop-up)
The Who	Rael "Rael" by "The Who"	Sell Out	Decca	1967	LP	0:40:54 (Pop-up)
Gloria Loring	Song To a Seagull "Song To a Seagull" by "Gloria Loring"	Sing a Song For the Mountain	Evolution	1970	LP	0:46:35 (Pop-up)
Phil Everly	The Air That I Breathe	45RPM Single	RCA	1973	45	0:50:38 (Pop-up)
Keef James	Somewhere "Somewhere" by "Keef James"	One Tree Or Another	Rare Earth	1972	LP	0:54:18 (Pop-up)
Fleetwood Mac	My Dream "My Dream" by "Fleetwood Mac"	Then Play On	Reprise	1969	LP	0:59:46 (Pop-up)

Pearls Before Swine	I Saw the World	45RPM Single	ESP-Disk	1968	45	1:08:50 (Pop-up)
Kaleidoscope	Keep Your Mind Open "Keep Your Mind Open" by "Kaleidoscope"	Side Trips	Epic	1967	LP	1:12:11 (Pop-up)
The Fox	Butterfly "Butterfly" by "The Fox"	For Fox Sake	Crewe	1969	LP	1:14:19 (Pop-up)
John Fahey	John Henry Variations "John Henry Variations" by "John Fahey"	Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes	Takoma	1963	LP	1:17:38 (Pop-up)
Neil Young	The Old Laughing Lady "The Old Laughing Lady" by "Neil Young"	Neil Young	Reprise	1968	LP	1:21:03 (Pop-up)
Spirit	The Girl In Your Eye "The Girl In Your Eye" by "Spirit"	Spirit	Ode	1968	LP	1:26:39 (Pop-up)
Buffalo Springfield	Expecting To Fly	Again	Atco	1967	LP	1:30:03 (Pop-up)
Grateful Dead	Dark Star (45) "Dark Star (45)" by "Grateful Dead"	45RPM Single	Warner Brothers	1968	45	1:33:26 (Pop-up)
Shawn Phillips	Prelude to a Leaving	Spaced	A&M	1977	LP	1:36:08 (Pop-up)
Paul Desmond	So Long Frank Lloyd Wright	Bridge Over Troubled Water	A&M	1970	LP	1:38:42 (Pop-up)
Lovin' Spoonful	Coconut Grove "Coconut Grove" by "Lovin' Spoonful"	Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful	Kama Sutra	1966	LP	1:42:18 (Pop-up)
Soft Machine	A Certain Kind "A Certain Kind" by "Soft Machine"	Soft Machine	Probe	1968	LP	1:44:42 (Pop-up)
Philamore Lincoln	The North Wind Blew South	The North Wind Blew South	Epic	1970	LP	1:47:30 (Pop-up)
Association	Birthday Morning "Birthday Morning" by "Association"	Birthday	Warner Brothers	1968	LP	1:50:55 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	2:01:53 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm coelacanth∅: Bam! Right On!
	♥ 3:01pm doctorjazz: Happy New Year!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: C! What it be?
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc! Happy New Year!
	♥ 3:02pm coelacanth∅: greetings
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Prepare for mellowness, in many forms.
	3:03pm northguineahills: Still have this LP (from my father, one of the few he had).
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey NGH!
	3:03pm heinseng: play "suavecito" and the day will be complete
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: heinseng!
	♥ 3:04pm Sem: Hello, Larry, Larry listeners.
	3:04pm Erica: Happy New Year's Eve everyone!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Sem! Erica!
	3:06pm northguineahills: After seeing midnight cowboy in 1996, I spent a year looking for the sntrk. Glad I found it!
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Some cool, non-Nilsson stuff on it
	3:09pm northguineahills: The Groop (on the sndrk), is where Stereolab got their alias from. (Elephant's Memory is pretty groovy too!)
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: I did not know that!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: We lost Emitt Rhodes this July...
	3:11pm Erica: We lost a lot of people this year, many to Covid-19
	♥ 3:13pm Funky16Corners: Yes, indeed.
	♥ 3:13pm Paul from Toronto: Happy 200, Larry!
	3:13pm northguineahills: I can't keep track of how many musicians we lost this year. It makes 2016 seem like a pittance....
	♥ 3:13pm Funky16Corners: Hey Paul!
	♥ 3:14pm Paul from Toronto: Happy NYE
	3:15pm CalZone!: Clear the mind, and let's blow away this awful year. Excelsior, you fatheads!
	3:15pm Erica: 2016 was the year of too many deaths in general. 2020 was the year of Covid-19 deaths. That's the difference ngh.
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: Cal!
	♥ 3:16pm Funky16Corners: We understand, Erica. We're just here to relate about music. I never stop thinking about Covid and all the people we've lost needlessly.
	♥ 3:16pm coelacanth∅: actually i don't think we've lost nearly as many famous musicians this year as every year from 2015-2019. this year's been a little better in that regard, despite the otherwise horrible year.
	♥ 3:17pm coelacanth∅: (2015 and 16 being the worst)
	3:17pm Erica: 2015, for me was a boring year coel. Not much happened.
	3:18pm northguineahills: True, Erica. 2016 is a place marker for me in my brain.
	♥ 3:18pm coelacanth∅: sorry to hear that Erica. it was terrible for me. countless musician deaths.
	3:18pm Erica: 2012 AND 2016 for me ngh.
	3:20pm Irene: Amen, Larry! Happy New Year and may you and yours have a better 2021.
	3:20pm northguineahills: ugggh, tourists are overwhelming Orlando (I'm at a hotel), maybe 85% wear masks. Universal has hit capacity w/in 10 minutes the last few days. At least I don't have to worry about traffic anymore).
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Hi Irene!
	♥ 3:24pm Funky16Corners: I took my sons to Gamestop yesterday and there's a Chuck E Cheese next door, which I was shocked to see was open.
	♥ 3:25pm Paul from Toronto: Up here things are only open for take out/delivery.
	♥ 3:26pm Funky16Corners: We drove around last night looking at Christmas lights and saw a shocking amount of indoor dining going on. and I'm not sure it's legal right now
	♥ 3:26pm Paul from Toronto: Music-related, I was late signing on today as I was wracking my brain over Uncle Michael's Listener All-Request Show tomorrow.
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: I didn't realize that was tomorrow. I have to get my request in!
	♥ 3:28pm Paul from Toronto: I picked Cornershop last year, it's are to find something he hasn't heard of.
	♥ 3:28pm Paul from Toronto: "It's hard" that should read
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, Uncle Michael has world-encompassing ears!
	3:28pm northguineahills: The Zombies remind me of the summer 2000.............
	3:29pm Mark R: I always wondered why they misspelled "Odyssey," then I read that the artist misspelled it and the artwork had already gone to the printer, so oh well...
	♥ 3:29pm Funky16Corners: What happened then?
	♥ 3:29pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mark! I was wondering about that very thing this morning.
	♥ 3:29pm Paul from Toronto: "Odessey and Oracle" is a banging album. No filler.
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: A brilliant piece of work, and sadly hit after they dissolved
	3:30pm Mark R: I agree, Paul, I've only recently picked up on it.
	3:32pm Mark R: So by 1971, Capitol had dropped The Beach Boys and they'd signed to a label called "Brother"? Or is Brother a reissue label?
	3:32pm northguineahills: (had a summer fling w/ a woman right when my roommate got the Zombies boxset and let me borrow it)
	♥ 3:32pm Funky16Corners: Brother was their custom label, within Capitol (at least at first)
	3:33pm Mark R: Ah I see!
	3:33pm northguineahills: My Surf's Up is on Brother.....
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 3:34pm coelacanth∅: i don't try to stump Uncle Michael - especially as he specifically says that's not the point! but i do try to pick something i think needs more attention than wfmu has given it. this year i decided it had to be something not available in the archives. (but that doesn't mean it's that obscure)
	♥ 3:34pm doctorjazz: Great Little Feet time/album!
	♥ 3:34pm doctorjazz: *tune/album
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - I love this song
	3:34pm Jeff B Cali: Little Feat yaaaass
	3:34pm Mark R: I wouldn't be hip to Little Feat until The Last Record Album (which was admittedly late to the party)
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: Jeff B Cali!
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: Nilsson double-dip!
	🥁 ♥ 3:36pm Jeff Ash: Late to the party, but New Year's greetings to all from Wisconsin!
	♥ 3:36pm Funky16Corners: Another song that occasionally give me the weepys...
	♥ 3:36pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: Written about Caroline Munro...
	3:40pm Jeff B Cali: Super lovely song
	3:40pm northguineahills: Love this album! @coel: I'm impressed when any wfmu dj of any genre stumps me, as I've spent my whole life since adolescence studying music.
	3:41pm northguineahills: I seeing repeating themes going on....
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: Have you ever been stumped here NGH?
	3:45pm Erica: I just realized something. It's been over a year since Larry switched from the 10 pm Wednesday slot.
	3:45pm Erica: Well over a year since his last Wednesday show anyway.
	♥ 3:46pm Funky16Corners: I can't remember when I made the switch!
	3:46pm Erica: I believe it was the 2nd of January of this year.
	♥ 3:47pm Funky16Corners: Well, all kinds of anniversaries happening!
	3:48pm Erica: Christmas Day 2019 was I believe your last Wednesday night show Larry. Funny how I remember things like that.
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: I'm glad you remembered. I'm terrible with things like that.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: I was just looking through that Brother Records discography, one of the few non-Beach Boys records was by The Flame, featuring Rikki Fataar, later of the Rutles!
	3:49pm Erica: You can always check the archives to be sure Larry.
	♥ 3:50pm Brian in UK: Helo Larry & witnesses. Joni?
	♥ 3:50pm Funky16Corners: Brian! Joni cover
	3:52pm Erica: Albert Hammond!
	♥ 3:52pm Sem: Lovin' the spins. Larry. Drifting along...
	♥ 3:52pm WR: @Erica, l looked in the archive and your memory is correct about when the program shifted from Wed. night to Thursday afternoon. Hi all. back to lurking while working.
	♥ 3:52pm Little Danny: Hey Larry, hey y'all
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: I like Phil's version better. Arranged by Warren Zevon, produced by Duane Eddy!
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: Hey WR! Thanks Sem!
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: Danny!
	3:53pm Erica: The Air That I Breathe was covered by Olivia Newton-John and the Hollies had a hit with it. But it was originally by Albert Hammond.
	3:53pm northguineahills: I need to get my eyes checked, Larry, I read it as 'A Bon Jovi Cover'.
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: Yes, Hammond wrote it. I find his version strangely off-putting
	3:53pm Erica: Haha ngh!
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: @NGH - I hope not!
	♥ 3:55pm Little Danny: That Phil Everly was new to me and great. Reminded me a bit of the Bee Gees, circa 1970
	3:55pm Jeff B Cali: Circling back- Ricky Fataar, also currently for years Bonnie Raitt’s drummer
	♥ 3:56pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - Isn't that great?
	♥ 3:56pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - I didn't know that!
	♥ 4:00pm coelacanth∅: the air that i breathe is probably my favorite hollies song (it's a hollies song!) and one of my favorite songs in general. top 100 easily. for me it's no surprise that Everly's doesn't come close. (for me)
	♥ 4:01pm Funky16Corners: He did it before the Hollies. Orig by Albert Hammond.
	4:02pm KevinfromBayRidge: Hey all. Nice way to get my head cleaned, Larry. Happy End of @020!
	4:02pm ellliot: Very nostalgic set my friend. Taking me back to 70’s Montclair and NY
	4:02pm KevinfromBayRidge: 2020
	♥ 4:03pm coelacanth∅: oh maybe so Larry, but the hollies' is "the definitive"!
	♥ 4:06pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, Larry! Bread is the bee's pajamas, and I will fight your beloved wife in the forum of her choosing. I guess that's my way of saying Happy New Year! :)
	♥ 4:08pm Brian in UK: Thank you Rev. Grogan for letting me visit your church weekly.
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: Gaylord! Kevin!elliot!
	♥ 4:09pm Brian in UK: Lawks, did PBS release singles.
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - Thanks for coming, and empty church is just another building.
	♥ 4:10pm WR: Pearls Before Swine! Love this!
	♥ 4:10pm Funky16Corners: Yes! I have this on an ESP white-label promo 45!
	♥ 4:10pm Funky16Corners: I did a tribute show to Tom Rapp back when he passed away.
	♥ 4:10pm WR: you have an ESP 45? Cool, never have seen one.
	♥ 4:11pm coelacanth∅: well, Larry i'll listen to Phil Everly's version again. i was in the next room. but it sounded similar, but mellower than the hollies' version; and part of what i love about the hollies' version is that it takes off a bit. - and the harmonies. ...and of course there's the nostalgia factor. i loved it as a child.
	♥ 4:11pm Paul from Toronto: The thing I love about WFMU (and Funky 16 Corners) is hearing something you've never heard before and it becoming a favourite.
	♥ 4:11pm Funky16Corners: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 4:12pm Funky16Corners: @Paul - That's the raison d'etre hereabouts!
	♥ 4:12pm Paul from Toronto: For year's I have tuned in wanting to be stumped.
	4:12pm Erica: Gotta admit that Pearls Before Swine song was pretty relaxing.
	♥ 4:12pm coelacanth∅: great kaleidoscope song!
	♥ 4:14pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: US and UK Kaleidoscope are both great!
	♥ 4:15pm Funky16Corners: @Gaylord - Yes! I will recommend both bands highly!
	♥ 4:15pm dutchtheo: Hey Larry, happy new year's eve, all, 75 minutes left here
	♥ 4:15pm coelacanth∅: is being stumped hearing something you've never heard? if so i don't believe for a second that there's anyone here that can listen to any typical 24-hour period of wfmu and not be stumped several times.
	♥ 4:15pm Funky16Corners: Theo! Happy New Year!
	♥ 4:16pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord Yes!
	♥ 4:16pm Funky16Corners: @C - I would assume so. There are so many heavy music heads at WFMU I can't imagine that they aren't stumping each other all the time.
	♥ 4:17pm coelacanth∅: ...and i credit either you or Bob Irwin or both for turning me onto the other one
	4:17pm Mark R: It's mostly one big stump for me, Coel
	♥ 4:17pm dutchtheo: best wishes!, make that 104 minutes left
	♥ 4:17pm coelacanth∅: Mark haha!
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: Man, if I could play guitar like this I'd never do anything else...
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: Or, at all. I can't play the guitar...
	♥ 4:19pm Paul from Toronto: I remember listening to Hova's show back in July 30, 2001, Joe Strummer was guest DJ and he played Cornershop's "6 a.m. Jullander Shere", I so loved it I added it to my collection and was able to stump Uncle Michael with it last year.
	♥ 4:19pm Brian in UK: coelacanth∅ so true, thought I had a decent knowledge until listening to this station. Quite happy to be surprised bit like bringing up children!
	♥ 4:20pm Funky16Corners: I have played Cornershop on occasion.
	♥ 4:21pm Paul from Toronto: I know. I love it, thanks to Mr. Strummer
	♥ 4:22pm coelacanth∅: oh man... this is the song i play for people who claim a distaste for Neil Young. incredible song
	♥ 4:22pm Paul from Toronto: Neil! A local boy.
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Gloria Jones, Sherlie Matthews and Merry Clayton on vocals. The second half of this song has an almost soulful groove to it.
	4:23pm KevinfromBayRidge: Still my favorite NY album. First was best!
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: Gospel, too...
	♥ 4:24pm Funky16Corners: Jumped right out of the Buffalo Springfield into the fire!
	♥ 4:24pm coelacanth∅: i think i was listening to that Joe Strummer segment. was it greasy kid stuff?
	4:25pm Mark R: Merry, so named (spelled) because she was born on Christmas (I assume that's the reason, anyway.)
	♥ 4:25pm Paul from Toronto: No, Hit Parade. www.wfmu.org...
	♥ 4:25pm coelacanth∅: ...(although maybe not, because if i had been i would've taped it)
	♥ 4:26pm Paul from Toronto: I was a huge fan of that show
	4:28pm Mark R: Nice to hear one of Spirit's deep cuts (although the hits ain't too bad, either!). My older brother had this first album, I used to hear it through the wall of his bedroom all the time.
	♥ 4:28pm Funky16Corners: This is such an amazing album.
	♥ 4:29pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Paul. i remember the show being mentioned but i don't think i ever listened to it. must've been a morning show, is my guess
	♥ 4:29pm Brian in UK: Spirit of '76 is a good one. (for a double!)
	4:31pm KevinfromBayRidge: One of my Tchotchkes from the following marathon was a vial of Strummer's unfinished beer from that session.
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: Are we all in a chill place right now?
	4:31pm Mark R: Oh boy do I love "Expecting to Fly"! It kind of over-reaches, but I don't care. Jack Nietzche at his best.
	♥ 4:32pm Paul from Toronto: @KevinfromBayRidge, !!!. The March 9, 2002 pledge drive
	♥ 4:32pm Funky16Corners: Nitzsche had his hands on 'The Old Laughing Lady', too
	♥ 4:32pm Funky16Corners: He knew how to orchestrate!
	4:33pm Mark R: Did he? He said some really nasty things about Neil after touring with him--really critical of his musicianship. Not sure where all the bitterness came from.
	4:34pm Mark R: Now I see what's happening. You dropped acid about 30 minutes ago.
	♥ 4:34pm Funky16Corners: I think he was one of those guys who was frustrated that he made his biggest mark in support of other people
	♥ 4:34pm Funky16Corners: Not anymore, but memories.....
	4:35pm Mark R: Well, this set seems to support my thesis, the walls dripping increasingly as we go along.
	♥ 4:36pm Brian in UK: Larry thing is we are still talking about Jack N. No better complement.
	♥ 4:37pm coelacanth∅: haha yes! i remember that unfinished beer prize! i remember telling my girlfriend at the time about it and she hesitated, i guess to evaluate our relationship, then just said "that's weird."
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: I just looked it up, he passed away 20 years ago!?!
	♥ 4:39pm doctorjazz: Desmond! Perfect for this tune!
	4:40pm Erica: Who Larry?
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: This is a nice album, all S&G tunes
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Jack Nitzsche
	4:41pm Erica: Oh okay.
	♥ 4:42pm Paul from Toronto: @KevinfromBayRidge @coelacanth∅ I always wondered who won it.
	4:44pm Mark R: See, from Shawn Phillips on, you're trying to bring us all in for a gentle landing.
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: Very perceptive Mark!
	4:47pm KevinfromBayRidge: @Coel, Funny, I guess...Luckily, my GF at the time, laughed it off. She later become my wife and house FMU "tolerator", bless her soul! @Paul, Me thinks that there were quite a few vials derived from that very seminal bottle.
	♥ 4:50pm Brian in UK: Love Makes Sweet Music by Soft Machine shoulda been a hit.
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: Agreed. That first album is great.
	♥ 4:51pm Little Danny: What a great choice for an Association song. Love them.
	♥ 4:52pm Funky16Corners: Pure bliss!
	♥ 4:52pm coelacanth∅: Kevin "you got a keeper"!
	♥ 4:53pm Little Danny: Thanks, and thanks Larry!
	4:53pm KevinfromBayRidge: I know!
	♥ 4:53pm Sem: Listening from the kitchen: cooking there matches the cooking here. Thanks, Larry. Best in the coming year to you, and all.
	♥ 4:54pm Brian in UK: Larry, delightful as ever. Happy New Year everyone.
	4:54pm KevinfromBayRidge: Wunnerful shew. Funky!
	♥ 4:56pm Little Danny: It was on Rubble vol. 4, the very first volume I bought!
	♥ 4:56pm dutchtheo: Thanks Larry! Happy New Year!
	♥ 4:57pm Brian in UK: Little Danny, you paid with your own money?
	♥ 4:57pm Little Danny: @Brian: yes, the way one does!
	♥ 4:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Larry! Happy new year! take care y'all
	♥ 4:59pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Larry, great year all! (Missed that Dead single, sad...)
	♥ 5:00pm doctorjazz: Desmond called his tone "dry martini", if I remember correctly.
	♥ 5:00pm Little Danny: I go back and forth on "Some Velvet Morning" vs. "Expecting to Fly" as the greatest '60s pop weirdo hit
	♥ 5:01pm Paul from Toronto: Thanks, as always, Larry. Happy New Year! All the best, everyone!
	5:02pm Erica: Happy New Year Larry! Let's hope 2021 is a better year for all of us.
	♥ 5:02pm Funky16Corners: Happy New Year all! Thanks for listening!
	♥ 5:02pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - Good two to choose between!
	♥ 5:04pm WR: Happy New Year Larry. That last set hit me with all the feels, so many faves from my wayward youth. Happy New Year to all Drummer Streamers!
	♥ 5:04pm Funky16Corners: Happy New Year WR! Glad you dug it!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 31, 2020

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