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Favoriting May 25, 2017: 1977

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Artist Track Album Year Approx. start time
Didier Bocquet  Eclipse   Favoriting Eclipse  1977  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Neuköln   Favoriting Heroes  1977  0:06:45 (Pop-up)
Kraftwerk  Schaufensterpuppen   Favoriting Trans Europa Express  1977  0:11:08 (Pop-up)
The Stranglers  Sometimes   Favoriting Rattus Norvegicus  1977  0:17:20 (Pop-up)
John Cale  Memphis   Favoriting Animal Justice  1977  0:22:11 (Pop-up)
The Runaways  Queens Of Noise   Favoriting Queens Of Noise  1977  0:25:32 (Pop-up)
The Sex Pistols  Seventeen   Favoriting Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols  1977  0:28:55 (Pop-up)
The Damned  Stab Your Back   Favoriting Damned Damned Damned  1977  0:30:49 (Pop-up)
Viletones  Screamin Fist   Favoriting Screamin Fist  1977  0:31:51 (Pop-up)
Eater  Outside View   Favoriting 'Outside View' b/w 'You'  1977  0:33:46 (Pop-up)
Ramones  Swallow My Pride   Favoriting Leave Home  1977  0:35:48 (Pop-up)
The Wasps  Teenage Treats   Favoriting Teenage Treats / She Made Magic  1977  0:37:52 (Pop-up)
The Vibrators  Into The Future...   Favoriting Pure Mania  1977  0:40:53 (Pop-up)
The Adverts  Quickstep   Favoriting One Chord Wonders / Quick Step  1977  0:43:12 (Pop-up)
The Germs  Forming   Favoriting Forming  1977  0:46:25 (Pop-up)
The Slits  Love And Romance   Favoriting 05/13/1977, Dingwalls, Camden Town, London  1977  0:47:59 (Pop-up)
Vertical Slit  In-No-Sense 1x2   Favoriting Slit And Pre-Slit  1977  0:50:22 (Pop-up)
Wire  Fragile   Favoriting Pink Flag  1977  0:52:39 (Pop-up)
Motörhead  Motorhead   Favoriting Motörhead  1977  0:53:58 (Pop-up)
 
Id  Sunrise (A New Day)   Favoriting Where Are We Going  1977  1:02:45 (Pop-up)
Bachdenkel  The Whole World (Looking Over My Shoulder)   Favoriting Stalingrad  1977  1:07:00 (Pop-up)
Plat Du Jour  Autoroute   Favoriting Plat Du Jour  1977  1:10:30 (Pop-up)
Piramis  Szabadnak Születtem   Favoriting Piramis  1977  1:16:57 (Pop-up)
Queen  All Dead, All Dead   Favoriting News Of The World  1977  1:21:12 (Pop-up)
John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman  Seven Scenes From The Painting "Exhuming The First American Mastodon" By C.W. Peale   Favoriting Kew. Rhone.  1977  1:24:18 (Pop-up)
Gong  IAO Chant & Master Builder   Favoriting Gong Est Mort  1977  1:27:56 (Pop-up)
Hawkwind  Fable Of A Failed Race   Favoriting Quark, Strangeness And Charm  1977  1:34:21 (Pop-up)
Radka Toneff  The Butterfly   Favoriting Winter Poem  1977  1:37:24 (Pop-up)
Samira Taoufik  Ghannou Ya Hbab   Favoriting Samira Taoufik  1977  1:38:37 (Pop-up)
Popol Vuh  Blätter Aus Dem Buch Der Kühnheit   Favoriting Coeur De Verre  1977  1:42:53 (Pop-up)
Full Moon  Why Not   Favoriting Moon Fools  1977  1:47:07 (Pop-up)
Snakegrinder  Better Late Than Frozen   Favoriting ...And The Shredded Field Mice  1977  1:48:54 (Pop-up)
Unknown  Hymn Of Fretilin - Eh! Foho Ramelau   Favoriting Hymns And Songs Of The Revolution Of Maubere People  1977  1:53:28 (Pop-up)
 
Television  See No Evil   Favoriting Marquee Moon  1977  2:02:51 (Pop-up)
Thin Lizzy  Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight)   Favoriting Bad Reputation  1977  2:06:40 (Pop-up)
Grinder Switch  This Road   Favoriting Redwing  1977  2:09:58 (Pop-up)
Neil Young  Hold Back The Tears   Favoriting American Stars 'N Bars  1977  2:14:07 (Pop-up)
Lee Hazlewood  Back On The Street Again   Favoriting Back On The Street Again  1977  2:18:18 (Pop-up)
Leonard Cohen  True Love Leaves No Traces   Favoriting Death Of A Ladies' Man  1977  2:21:48 (Pop-up)
Serge Gainsbourg  Angostura   Favoriting Bande Originale Du Film "Goodbye Emmanuelle"  1977  2:26:02 (Pop-up)
Suicide  Rocket USA   Favoriting Suicide  1977  2:29:15 (Pop-up)
The Sweet  Fever Of Love   Favoriting Off The Record  1977  2:33:28 (Pop-up)
AC/DC  Go Down   Favoriting Let There Be Rock  1977  2:37:27 (Pop-up)
Cheap Trick  Downed   Favoriting In Color  1977  2:42:52 (Pop-up)
Dickie Landry  Alto Flute Quad Delay   Favoriting Fifteen Saxophones  1977  2:47:00 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  12:08pm
Threemoons:

Oh yeah. Berlin era Bowie. Love it.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

may i say hello now.
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Jeff:

I will say it as well. Hello, Chris and all.
  12:12pm
Threemoons:

KRAFTWERK. YOU'RE KILLING ME!!!
  12:13pm
zopa:

gluten tag
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Perfect. I'm about halfway through that Electri_City book on the Dusseldorf scene; this era of kraftwerk has been a steady background brain thing.
  12:13pm
Listener142985:

Dim mind sensing a theme here... those cars and clothes all look circa 1977.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Kris Kraft!
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steveo:

The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13–14, 1977.
Avatar 12:15pm
V Priceless:

hey Chris M. and team
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Polyus:

Was this the same year as the sanitation workers strike?
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steveo:

In 1977 I was 7 years old, and what I remember most was that Fly Like an Eagle would come on the radio at the same time every night after dinner. This was a few months before my parents got divorced (tore apart our happy home in (not) Memphis, Tennessee). This week I was reading the lyrics to Fly Like and Eagle and it was making me sick to my stomach.
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Polyus:

oops, I was not even close on that one.
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Jeff:

@zopa: because it won't be gluten-frei tag until tomorrow?
  12:29pm
zopa:

@jeff. hee hee her. well done! sehr gut!
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coelacanth∅:

greetings Chris and figments

love that picture esp the cars at the (very) tail end of when cars had some character
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:30pm
steveo:

Tick tock tick; doo doo doo doo.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

My mom was pregnant with me when she took my brothers to see Star Wars, so technically I saw it in the theater.
Avatar 12:31pm
V Priceless:

Yeah baby!! Damned!
  12:35pm
oks:

1977!!! the Best!!
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Rich in Washington:

I forgot what a great album Leave Home is.
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themutante:

Loose lips sink ships, do you hear that Donny-boy? Take heid, ya mad walloper!
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ron in S FL:

I love this Teenage Treats.
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frozen_peas:

this set has me swooning.
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Chris from DC:

Yes!
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Cheri Pi:

She sounds 14!
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Cheri Pi:

I still have my Eater t-shirt from the 80's
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

in 1977 I was notably shorter.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Man, ya talk about yer flawless albums. Holy smokes.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

th'MOTOR.
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Chris from DC:

Oh hell yes!
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Jim Devoid:

'HEAD!
  12:55pm
oks:

YES!!!!!
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Cheri Pi:

¨
  12:55pm
Chapelhillian:

How about either of the first Ultravox (John Foxx version) records both released in 1977?
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PKNY:

Real talk: this set is SLAYING!
  12:56pm
zopa:

in 1977 i was preparing to fall in love with nicolette larsen
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Consider this episode clicky-starred.
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mrdonutsu:

You can get a lot done in five days...
  12:58pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

YES 1977 YES

also hi Chris and everyone
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

"...aint felt this good for an hour" remains one of the better lyrics in rock 'n roll history. I have spoken.
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mrdonutsu:

Bought my first "real" album in 77 - Kiss Alive II
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MenfussMike:

KISS ALIVE II was my first record ever mrdonutsu. Spring 78
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MenfussMike:

well, first rock n roll record. i had a six million dollar man record before that
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MD:

Nice Photo! I think I see my '73 Gran Torino in the background!!!!
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Chris from DC:

Saw my first show that year, Queen and Thin Lizzy.
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V Priceless:

@ Chris from DC: I saw that tour! Woo!
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Chris from DC:

I have flashbulb memories of it.
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Summer and Michael:

What a great idea for a show today, Chris! Loving it!
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coelacanth∅:

my first big concert was 1977. grateful dead. my friends who brought me to it were fairly confused when within a few months i was neck deep in the clash, ramones, blondie, talking heads and Elvis Costello.
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dale:

was that czech? that was cool.
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Chris from DC:

Speaking of Queen. Cool.
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23 Wolves:

Of course you're not dead and gone...77 rules, Queen rules! Awesome show.
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

Ah, fuck. I missed the whole punk set. Play it again?
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dale:

i don't like queen because all i ever heard by them were the same singles over and over. this is wonderful.

1977 i got my drivers license and my 74 hornet hatchback to go cruising in.
  1:30pm
zopa:

Gong! Wheeeeeee...
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dale:

popul vuh's soundtrack to herzog's heart of glass came out in 77. just sayin'
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coelacanth∅:

dale, i despise the queen that most ("mainstream") people like; but you might want to check out the sheer heart attack album.
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coelacanth∅:

...and this is Excellent, but i think heavily derived from a hawkwind song.
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V Priceless:

@ Chris M: anything from The Jam's "This Is The Modern World" in the mix? Or perhaps Peter Gabriel's "Modern Love"? Fabulous show, btw!

what fish said. hey fish!
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V Priceless:

(about S.H.A.)
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

back in time for th'WIND. All is good.
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dale:

ilivia newton john's 'sam' came out in 77 as well. i'm giving all good options here.
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coelacanth∅:

howdy VP!
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Rich in Washington:

Foolishly, for the most part, my knowledge of Hawkwind begins and ends with Lemmy's tenure. I should check out more of their post-Lemmy stuff.
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coelacanth∅:

some of the pre-Lemmy hawkwind is fantastic.
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Rich in Washington:

Although, I do enjoy P.X.R.5, which had the best Roxy Music sounding song that Roxy Music never did, the track Highrise.
  1:40pm
rw:

1977!! I was 15 yrs. old (the same age my son is now) and listening to a lot of this stuff. I think I bought that Hawkwind LP that year. Still sounding good. Thanks Chris M.!
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Rich in Washington:

I need to give the earlier albums another go. I just remember them being a bit too psychedelic for my taste at the time.
  1:43pm
rw:

Oh, and coincidentally my 15 yr. old son is now listening to the Germs daily. Loud too.
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dale:

77 - the great 8 track vs cassette debate. fm converters for the car. ten cent chicken wings and 50 cent drafts.
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dale:

YES!!!!!!!!
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tmoyo:

77, what a great year! I was a clueless 7 year old in Fort Lee NJ. So much going on across the river, no radio in the house...darn darn darn
  1:46pm
DaveinPA:

Listening to the show today on my 1977 silver face Pioneer receiver... albeit through the magic of internet radio...
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Mark the Sardine:

Great set!
  1:51pm
rw:

DaveinPA, that's cool. I've still got my receiver from around that time. I need to get it working again. Why is everything shiny black now? Silver was so much nicer!
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Rich in Washington:

I was a clueless ten year old who just got gobsmacked by Star Wars. My music obsession was a few years away.
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coelacanth∅:

sometime prior to 1977 i asked for a cassette deck for xmas to begin building a component system. instead my parents gave me an integrated piece of crap with no cassette and an 8-track.
this was in fact an inadvertent blessing because it was an 8-track RECORDER - so i quickly learned how to use this in unconventional ways, which i still use today.
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TDK60:

'77 was great; it woke up those of us a bit older to new sounds. The previous few years had been a big yawn.
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Polyus:

I would have been 9-10 years as well. Lived in a small town but loved big city album rock stations even at that age. Was not quite ready for punk at that point, though. Felt kind of freaked out when they first played the Sex Pistols.
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Polyus:

I also thought the teenagers in my neighborhood were the coolest people in the world, and wished I could be that age.
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j-biz:

In 1977, I was nine years away from existence.
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Michael 98145:

it will be great to have this show in the archive -
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Probably my favorite Aerosmith song.
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Chris from DC:

Jeez what a year.
  2:04pm
Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

I was born one year later!
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coelacanth∅:

i think oreosmith stole this song.
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V Priceless:

Joe Jackson did a recent cover of this!
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dale:

taking my leave of the board but continuing to listen - thanks chris m!
  2:09pm
Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life" was the #1 hit song on the date of my conception (which I estimate to be around Halloween)
  2:09pm
sufferwords:

sounds like you x-ray spexed into my record collection today - comforting on this gloomy L.A. morn - thanks too much
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Sue P.:

No matter how shit my mood Thin Lizzy always makes me feel a bit better.
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Chris from DC:

Yay
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Cecile:

Got Chic? Or the Brothers Johnson?
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Chris from DC:

Hey is that freedom rock? Well turn it up!
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coelacanth∅:

- probably not the track i'd have chosen from stars n bars! but great track nonetheless.
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

Love Lee Hazlewood..
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coelacanth∅:

some douche at our school newspaper gave stars n bars a scathing review ...some shit about Neil being "too wasted" to make a good album.
  2:21pm
McGreivey:

Grinder Switch? I haven't heard that since I was 15.
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MD:

THE LIFE OF A COUNTRY MUSICIAN!!
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Rich in Washington:

@coelacanth∅: my first stereo was the exact same scenario. I had few records by the time I had inherited my older sister's stereo (a cheap ass Radio Shack Clarinette model). I found I could record over her old 8-tracks with what few records I had acquired, later experiments with a broken electric guitar and bass.
  2:29pm
Mark Williams:

In 1977 my mother sent me on a 6-week vacation with my German uncle's family, which took us to beaches in Southern France, Spain and Portugal, all out of a big tent. On that trip I bought my first 45, which was the Portuguese pressing of the Space 45 "Magic Fly." It got warped from the sunlight, but it still plays. https://www.discogs.com/Space-Magic-Fly/master/30512
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đ¢ ÞäŦ:

I love Suicide
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coelacanth∅:

haha Rich it was fun, right! -plugging the guitar directly into the mic jacks created the most disgusting distortion! -and the first time a tape got eaten i took it apart and marveled at the mechanism! i realised the possibilities and started sacrificing tapes i never listened to for shorter loops and backwards noise!
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coelacanth∅:

sweet's a little queenie.
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Cecile:

Yes! AC/DC.

I think Sweet beat them to recording first but Queen had their own spin. I'm sure there was a lot of back and forth going on.
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Polyus:

Heh, not Bon's finest moment as a lyricist, but still a total jam.
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Chris from DC:

Clicky episode.
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mrdonutsu:

Oh man, I would have gone with Overdose, but never going to complain about anything on Let There Be Rock!
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mrdonutsu:

(Let There Be Rock itself being (as they say in French) Hors Categorie...
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Chris from DC:

For that matter "Hell Ain't A Bad Place to Be", but it's all good.
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coelacanth∅:

yeah Cecile, i was wondering. i don't know sweet's history.
  2:41pm
DaveinPA:

Just a side note - there was a Southern rock band 'Grinderswitch' (alt. spelling 'Grinder Switch', and a 'Garland Jeffreys and Grinder's Switch', not to be too confusing...
  2:42pm
miles:

penis
  2:44pm
Listener142985:

Tip of the hat to Chris M., radio artist.
  2:44pm
DaveinPA:

...and a head by miles (bahdum tiss)
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Cecile:

They both explored layed vocals and guitars, but Sweet started as a Chinn/Chapman bubblegum band, while Queen were pretty autonomous. But Sweet were super-talented, and when they ditched Chinnichap, they made some good albums and had hits.
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Cecile:

While they didn't have a Brian May, they were excellent musicians, and could completely reproduce the high harmonies live.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Agreed, Cecile, but if you meant anonymous instead of autonomous, we can chalk it up to autocorrect. I also agree that this has been a dynamite program today.
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Cecile. i'll explore.
- i do remember that when "Love is like oxygen" came out, i was like "this is the group that did "little willy"?!
i got the oxygen 45 but somehow have overlooked really digging in. (i guess i didn't have much faith at the time because i only bought 45s when i didn't expect much of the album)
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coelacanth∅:

queen was pretty autonomous.
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Rich in Washington:

Jesus, I'd researched the looping music thing pretty thoroughly (I thought). How come I have never heard of this piece?
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Cecile:

autonomous. Queen had much more artistic control through their career than Sweet did. I don't think Sweet ever could quite ditch the bubblegum label in a lot of circles, though they tried. Whatever crap people would talk about Queen, it wouldn't be because they were puppets of producers, or bubblegum. It wasn't fair to Sweet, but that's how it went.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Oh, OK. Thanks for clearing that up. I see now.
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WO Town Wick:

Incredible show today, Chris M. Really dug it.
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coelacanth∅:

...when i heard "fight from the inside" on news of the world i imagined i understood why my favorite band was release such drivel now. it helped me to keep respecting them, but i never liked them again!
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Rich in Washington:

This is a great show. What an amazing year for music. Nice pickin', Chris!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks, Chris! Great stuff.
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northguineahills:

That was a great Dickie Landry track.
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Michael 98145:

great, great; thank you DJ Chris M
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Chris!
Most Excellent!
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tidaleneigjen:

Wow! I don't think I've ever heard the mellotron sounding thing in the bumper music before. Sounds cool.
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