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Female-fronted pop from the past, present, and future; from all over the globe. And the occasional man.

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Favoriting June 23, 2015: Low Grades and High Fever / Melancholia in Music: Songs That Realllllllly Hurt (Part One)

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images
Brigitte Bardot  Le Soleil   Favoriting   Disc AZ  1966   
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Pixies  Ana   Favoriting Bossanova  4AD  1990     
The Poppy Family featuring Susan Jacks  Beyond the Clouds   Favoriting Which Way You Goin’ Billy?  London  1969     
Asha Puthli  Space Walk   Favoriting The Devil Is Loose  CBS  1976     
Henry Mancini  Hub Caps and Tail Lights   Favoriting Breakfast At Tiffany’s  RCA Victor  1962     
Warlock  I Rule The Ruins   Favoriting Triumph & Agony  Phonogram  1987   
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Kerri Downs  The Last Night in My Daddy's Arms   Favoriting   United Artists  1966     
Unicorn  Subarashii Hibi   Favoriting   SME Records  1993     
Dorothy Berry  Cryin' On My Pillow   Favoriting   Challenge  1963     
Helen Shapiro  Easy Come Easy Go   Favoriting Helen’s Sixteen  Columbia  1963   
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Uffie  First Love   Favoriting First Love/ Brand New Car  Ed Banger  2007     
Andee Silver  L'amore Dice Ciao   Favoriting   Joker  1968     
Dinah Washington  Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby?   Favoriting The Swingin’ Miss “D”  EmArcy  1957     
Little Frankie  Make-A-Love   Favoriting   Columbia  1965     
 
Silencio  Waiting   Favoriting She’s Bad  Self-Released  2015     
Rickie Lee Jones  Easy Money   Favoriting Rickie Lee Jones  Warner Bros  1970     
Christine Kittrell  Sittin' and Drinking   Favoriting   Veejay  1971     
Little Eva  Dynamite   Favoriting   BGP  2015     
Rainbow Sisters  Kanashiki Weather Girl   Favoriting   Polydor  1984     
Robin Ward  In His Car   Favoriting   Dot   1964     
Patty and the Emblems  You Took Advantage of a Good Thing   Favoriting   Herald  1964     
 
Emel Mathlouthi  Kelmti Horra (My Word Is Free)   Favoriting Kelmti Horra  World Village  2012     
Claudine Longet  Run Wild Run Free   Favoriting Run Wild, Run Free  A&M  1970     
Trixie Smith  My Daddy Rocks Me   Favoriting   Decca  1938     
Margo White  Don't Mess with My Man   Favoriting   Jin  1962     
Colette & the Bandits  A Ladies' Man   Favoriting   Stateside  1965     
Miki Hirayama  Itsuka Dokoka De   Favoriting   Columbia  1972     
Kim Wilde  View From a Bridge   Favoriting   RAK  1981     
Afghan Whigs  Miles Iz Ded   Favoriting Congregation  Sub Pop  1992     
 
Kenickie  Rama Lama Lama   Favoriting Catsuit City  Slampt  1998     
Linda Laine and the Sinners  Low Grades and High Fever   Favoriting   Columbia  1964     
Nancy Sit  Hanky Panky   Favoriting You Can’t Do That A Go Go  Po-Lo Records  1966   
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Helen Grayco  Lilly's Lament   Favoriting   Vik  1956     
Connie Francis  Bossa Nova Hand Dance (Deixa Isso Pra La)   Favoriting   MGM  1965     
 
Melancholia In Music: Songs That Reallllllly Hurt
Romy Schneider & Michel Piccoli  La Chanson d'Hélène   Favoriting Les Choses De La Vie  Philips  1970  From listener Adrian in London   
Townes Van Zandt  Waitin' Around To Die   Favoriting For The Sake Of The Song    1968  From Matt Warwick of Garbage Time   
Bessie Banks  Go Now   Favoriting   Tiger  1964     
Roger Miller  I'll Pick Up My Heart and Go Home   Favoriting The Third Time Round  Smash  1965  From Mr. FineWine of Downtown Soulville   
Eels  The Longing   Favoriting Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire  E Works/ Vagrant  2009  From listener EVDWEE   
Cesaria Evora  Sodade   Favoriting Miss Perfumado  RCA  2002  From Rob Weisberg of Transpacific Sound Paradise   
Sebadoh  Think (Let Tomorrow Bee)   Favoriting Bubble and Scrape  Domino  1993     
Percy Mayfield  The Voice Within   Favoriting Memory Pain  Specialty  1992  From Matt Fiveash   
 
Skeeter Davis  The End of the World   Favoriting The End of the World  RCA Victor  1963  From Irwin Chusid   
Julee Cruise  The World Spins   Favoriting Floating into the Night  Warner Bros.  1989     
Art Garfunkel  Bright Eyes   Favoriting Scissors Cut  Columbia  1981  From Meghan McKee of Underwater Theme Park   
Sylvie Simmons  Who Knows Where Time Goes   Favoriting Sylvie  Light in the Attic  2014  From John Allen   
Cat Power  Names   Favoriting You Are Free  Matador  2003  From Jonathan Herweg of Blurred and Obscured   
Frank Sinatra  All Alone   Favoriting All Alone  Warner Bros.  1999  From Joe McGasko of Surface Noise   
Jody Miller  How Do You Say Goodbye   Favoriting   Capitol  1967     
The Cryin' Shames  Please Stay   Favoriting Merseybeat: The Story of the 60s Liverpool Sound  Sanctuary  2006     
Ennio Morricone  Lontano   Favoriting Film Music, Vol. 2  Virgin  1988     


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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:06am
pierre:

Bonjour Sheila B
  6:06am
P-90:

Bonjour, Mme. Sheila Le B
Avatar 6:07am
Malcolm:

good morning all
Avatar 6:07am
djsheilab:

Bonjour! We're all French this morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:09am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Ah, yes. Time again for my weekly dose of sophistimacation!
Avatar 6:10am
mmoore:

oi oi my dear! XO M
Avatar 6:12am
pierre:

can we be a little american or anything else too?
Just saying cause being french isn't going to be super exotic for me :)
Avatar 6:13am
djsheilab:

Hehe...I like that Ken! @mmoore you're up early! Folks, this is the gal who suggested I try my hand at radio.
Avatar 6:14am
djsheilab:

@pierre These days it appears we can be whatever we like!
  6:16am
Cooh John:

Good morning djsheilab and all sophisticates.
Avatar 6:16am
pierre:

good, then i'll try and be italian today, ecco
Avatar 6:17am
mmoore:

@djsheilab early rise for studio work. have fun today. XO M
  6:17am
P-90:

@mmoore: See what happens when you make suggestions? What hast thou wrought? Mon dieu!
Avatar 6:19am
mmoore:

@P-90 joy. pure joy.
Avatar 6:27am
djsheilab:

Please daddy! I love you daddy!
Avatar 6:28am
mmoore:

so creepy. the begging in the end lol
Avatar 6:30am
djsheilab:

@mmoore I think producers/ writers liked to take the piss with female singers back in the day. The Crystals "Let's Dance (the Screw). And He Hit Me (and it felt like a kiss). UGH.
Avatar 6:34am
mmoore:

@djjsheilab Ya that sounds about right. Christ Kerri. I wonder what she was thinking.
Avatar 6:41am
ausmanx:

Carole King said later she was ashamed to have written "And He Hit Me" (esp after she suffered domestic violence herself). but the line was originally from "Carousel". the best song i've ever heard on the subject is Billy Bragg's "Levi Stubbs Tears", i reckon
Avatar 6:41am
pierre:

Grazzie Sheila !
  6:42am
KP:

Hola, SheilaB
Avatar 6:45am
djsheilab:

For @pierro the Italian! Hello @kp! @ausmanx Didn't know Carole King regretted "He Hit Me." Makes sense. I don't know "Carousel." Who did it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48am
Parq:

Loved that Dinah. She was *so* one of a kind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48am
Adrian in London:

Just arrived: better late than never. Hello from London! We're ready to get sad here!
Avatar 6:52am
ausmanx:

"Carousel" the 40s musical... and of course the great Adam Curtis used the title of the song for one of his great films (about American popular culture), and then Spiritualised gave a great retort with "She Kissed Me (It Felt Like a Hit)".
Avatar 7:00am
djsheilab:

@adrian in London Morning! Sadness arrives at 8am. @ausmaux, well there's one to add to the list. Thank you. Adam Curtis....one of my heroes.
Avatar 7:03am
djsheilab:

@parq Dinah was certainly a saucy one.
Avatar 7:04am
djsheilab:

I'm so much more comfortable transitioning between records. mp3s are so awkward.
  7:06am
sugarwolf:

Good morning!
Avatar 7:10am
djsheilab:

@sugarwolf Mornin'!
  7:12am
Will:

Tuesday mornings have become quite a joyous thing at my computer here in Pawtucket. Burt Ward + Robin = Robin Ward?
Avatar 7:26am
djsheilab:

Glad to hear it @Will
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35am
Adrian in London:

Loved this Claudine track
Avatar 7:38am
djsheilab:

@adrian in London Isn't it dreamy? Originally an instrumental by David Whitaker.
  7:48am
Bob:

That is the best Afghan Whigs song! The only one I like. Was it a CD single bonus track? Looking forward to sad song hour...
Avatar 7:51am
Todd-o-phonic:

No station plays Linda Laine and The Sinners more than WFMU...remember that at marathon time listeners!
Avatar 7:55am
djsheilab:

@todd-o-phonic todd! They made the giddiest of records. I wonder if they're aware of their massive airplay at FMU?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55am
Adrian in London:

@djsheilab I'm busy looking at Discogs right now…
  7:59am
P-90:

This whole show is "the giddiest"! Or maybe the "Gidget-est." or maybe both...
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Adrian in London:

Sorry to say it's not, just a bit cloudy. But it is pretty nippy out, if that helps ;-)
  8:01am
Bklyn kid:

I wish you didn't say that had it on making lunch for kids.
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Adrian in London:

SOB!!!!!
  8:02am
KP:

I mean, Bon jour
  8:02am
KP:

Right now I am so sad
  8:03am
Bob:

Ohhhhhh. This one kills me.
  8:07am
KP:

There goes my theory this would be about love songs
  8:07am
tino:

townes always seemed more hopeless than sad
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12am
Adrian in London:

Just remembered, has anyone seen the Guy Maddin film The Saddest Music in the World? Isabella Rossellini plays a brewing heiress with a glass leg full of beer who organises a competition for musicians worldwide to come and sing the saddest song in the world. It's marvellous, silly and beautiful.
  8:12am
P-90:

Townes has that Country thing-- there's just a tiny bit of his sense of humor that always shows and deflates the "fucking depressing" quality.
Avatar 8:13am
djsheilab:

@tino the feeling of hopelessness is sad, no? Melancholy, devastation, the blues, hopelessness, it's all included here.
  8:14am
tino:

I used to play wild horses on the juke box to make the entire bar sad.
  8:14am
P-90:

Roger Miller, on the other hand, famous for the humor in his songs, but he could find the genuine note of melancholy in anything. Was he a Scorpio I wonder?
  8:16am
tino:

true..hopelesslessness is the saddest of all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17am
Parq:

The barefoot diva! Another female singer whose voice, when first heard, gave me one of the most memorable "wow, who's that!" moments of my music-listening life. Sodade is an incredibly gorgeous recording.
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@Adrian: "The Saddest Music In The World" is a wonderful film. @Tino...sorry, but I can top "Wild Horses"...I once played 'Holocaust" by Big Star at The Beachcomber in Seaside Heights, NJ. Joe Belock is my witness! When I looked for it the next summer I found out they removed it....
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djsheilab:

@parq I had never heard it until Rob Weisberg suggested it for this show. What a heartbreaking beauty!
  8:19am
Bob:

Townes's Second Lovers Song is very tender, very melancholy, certainly not hopeless.
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vietnam_veterinarian:

You can just play all of Bubble and Scrape please
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djsheilab:

I shall watch "The Saddest Music In The World" before getting my next melancholy set together.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23am
Parq:

@Todd: "Joe Belok is my witness" is my new stock phrase for emphasizing that I'm telling the truth. ""C'mon, Parq, really?" Joe Belok is my witness!
  8:26am
tino:

dylan just added willie's 'sad songs and waltzes' to his set list.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29am
Guido from Cologne:

... huauauaaaaaahhh ... I'm soooo säääääd .... sniff ... sniff ... sniff
  8:30am
P-90:

'Gloomy Sunday" (2003) is a very good movie built around the history of the song of the same name, from 1933, also known as "the Hungarian suicide song."
Avatar 8:30am
pierre:

wow, this one really is hurting, and beautiful
  8:30am
KP:

When I went to the Grand Old Opry (the new one) Skeeter was sort of in the house band. She of course did this
  8:31am
LandOfJƏrƏmy:

love this song
  8:31am
P-90:

Good call on the Skeeter Davis classic! Very high beautiful/sad ratio. Let Joe Belock be my witness.
Avatar 8:36am
djsheilab:

P-90 One of the DJs recommended "Gloomy Sunday." I shall put it on next week's playlist.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37am
AndrewC.:

Try Jackson C. Frank - Child Fixin' To Die. More than just a breakup song. :(
  8:37am
Danimal:

twin peaks music?
  8:38am
KP:

There is a fictional film "Gloomy Sunday," which is about song of same name. It is supposed to be historically proven as the saddest song of all time and the movie makes that case.
Avatar 8:38am
KRYPT:

Hi, I think the most melancholy song in the world is "For all we know" by Dick Hyman and Mary Mayo, beautiful chills.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39am
AndrewC.:

Also - for eighties radio one listeners: Nino Rota's Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet... en.wikipedia.org...
  8:40am
P-90:

There's a whole trove of lore regarding how many actual suicides have been reported to be associated with "Gloomy Sunday." Overstated, of course, but I think at one time the total was said to be over 150 in Europe. You just gotta love anything known as "the Hungarian suicide song." At least I gotta.
Avatar 8:40am
djsheilab:

Ooooh more recommendations!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42am
AndrewC.:

Anything from Codeine's record Frigid Stars.
  8:46am
tino:

jandek-.
'I'll sit alone and think a lot about you'
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50am
Adrian in London:

Sheesh, hope Trouble's got a bunch of upbeat hippity-hoppity tracks lined up for us today…
  8:50am
Sean:

Killer set!
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KRYPT:

Having said that "Telephone" by Erykah Badu makes me well up every time, have to pretend I have something in my eye.
  8:52am
cglenn:

Joe Cocker's version of the song ' guilty' by Randy Newman
  8:53am
tino:

thanks for the catharsis!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:53am
HarktheUmpire:

I recommend Daniel Johnston's Some Things Last a Long Time. Of course he wrote plenty of beautiful sad songs, but that one really gets me every time.
  8:54am
blee:

Heavy set, I love a good sad song.
  8:55am
Bob:

The Cryin' Shames? Stop it!!
  8:59am
KP:

Thank you!
Avatar 9:01am
djsheilab:

Thank you all! See you next week for more joy!
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