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Artist Track Album Label Year Approx. start time
The Beach Boys  Slip On Through (vocals only mix)   Favoriting Made in California  Capitol Records  2013  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Murry Wilson  The Warmth of the Sun   Favoriting The Many Moods of Murry Wilson  Capitol   1967  0:08:32 (Pop-up)

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Stairway to Heaven Variations   Favoriting

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Murry Wilson  Italia   Favoriting The Many Moods of Murry Wilson  Capitol   1967  0:27:25 (Pop-up)
The Chantays  Pipeline   Favoriting Pipeline  Tidewalker  1963  0:28:57 (Pop-up)
Nico  Evening of Light   Favoriting The Marble Index  Elektra Entertainment  1969  0:32:03 (Pop-up)
The Residents  Rest Aria   Favoriting Meet the Residents  Cryptic Corporation  1974  0:36:33 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd  Careful With That Axe Eugene   Favoriting Relics  Pink Floyd Music Ltd.  1971  0:41:39 (Pop-up)
Fraction  Dawning Light   Favoriting Moon Blood  Kemado Records  2010  0:48:33 (Pop-up)
Alexander "Skip" Spence  Little Hands   Favoriting Oar  Sony BMG Music  1969  0:53:31 (Pop-up)
Kim Fowley  Inner Space Discovery   Favoriting Outrageous  Zonophone  1968  0:56:34 (Pop-up)
 
Paradox  Lovers You Have Loved   Favoriting Plastic Dreams  Red Square Productions  1981  1:14:27 (Pop-up)
Mimi Ivanova & Start  Charlie Chaplin   Favoriting Mimi Ivanova and Start  Balkanton  1979  1:17:24 (Pop-up)
Olivia Newton-John  Ring of Fire   Favoriting Making a Good Thing Better  MCA Records  1977  1:19:06 (Pop-up)
Sailcat  Motorcycle Mama   Favoriting Motorcycle Mama  MF V  1972  1:23:41 (Pop-up)
Eagles  Journey of the Sorcerer   Favoriting One of These Nights  Elektra/Asylum Records  1975  1:25:20 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  See Emily Play   Favoriting Pinups  RCA Records  1973  1:30:55 (Pop-up)
The Dream Syndicate  Cinnamon Girl   Favoriting Out of the Grey  Atavistic  1986  1:35:53 (Pop-up)
The Damned  Love Song   Favoriting Machine Gun Etiquette  Ace Records  2008  1:38:17 (Pop-up)
Ivor Cutler  A Doughnut In My Hand   Favoriting Privilege  Hoorgi House  2009  1:40:32 (Pop-up)
The Rutles  Cheese and Onions   Favoriting The Rutles  Warner Bros. Records  1978  1:42:36 (Pop-up)
 
Abner Jay  I Wanna Job   Favoriting One Man Band  Subliminal Sounds  2003  1:57:37 (Pop-up)
Abner Jay  I'm So Depressed   Favoriting One Man Band  Subliminal Sounds  2003  1:58:49 (Pop-up)
Van Morrison  Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child   Favoriting Poetic Champions Compose  Exile  1987  2:02:35 (Pop-up)
Quicksilver Messenger Service  Pride of Man   Favoriting Quicksilver Messenger Service  Capitol Records  1968  2:06:57 (Pop-up)
Cockney Rejects  Quiet Storm   Favoriting Quiet Storm  The Cadiz Recording Co.  2013  2:10:59 (Pop-up)
Paul Weller  Wild Wood   Favoriting Modern Classics  Go! Discs  1998  2:16:05 (Pop-up)
Leonard Cohen  Closing Time   Favoriting More Best Of  Columbia Records  1997  2:18:43 (Pop-up)
James Kochalka Superstar  Monkey vs. Robot   Favoriting Monkey Vs. Robot  Tarquin Records  1997  2:23:20 (Pop-up)
The Residents  Satisfaction   Favoriting The Mole Show Live  Ralph Records  1998  2:25:27 (Pop-up)
John Zorn  The James Bond Theme   Favoriting Naked City  Elektra Entertainment  1990  2:28:30 (Pop-up)
 
Gavin Turek  It's the Light   Favoriting Good Look for You - EP  Madame Gold  2017  2:42:43 (Pop-up)
Tune-Yards  Look At Your Hands   Favoriting I can feel you creep into my private life  4AD  2018  2:46:47 (Pop-up)
Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White  Look At What the Light Did Now   Favoriting Gentlewoman, Ruby Man  Glassnote  2017  2:50:01 (Pop-up)
TAEMIN  Heart Stop   Favoriting Move  SM Entertainment  2017  2:53:21 (Pop-up)
BETSY  Lost & Found   Favoriting Lost & Found  Betsy  2016  2:55:43 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
listener james from westwood:

Evening, Bronwyn and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
northguineahills:

We're having the lack of volume problem again...
  7:03pm
JtotheK:

Hi Bronwyn, hi everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
coelacanth∅:

and now, the quietest show on wfmu!
hi Bronwyn! it's barely audible.
Avatar 7:05pm
glenn:

hewwo, bwonwyn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
BronwynB:

im sorry i genuinely dont know what the issue is, the volume is all the way up on both the board and winamp player. let me see if i can get someone in here to take a look
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
northguineahills:

You should be playing Bernhard Gunter and Morton Feldman w/ these volume levels, oh wait, it went up....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
coelacanth∅:

i'm listening on a laptop now and it is not possible to turn it up enough to enjoy it. (both the computer and the player are up all the way)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
listener james from westwood:

It's AOK on my end.
Avatar 7:06pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Maybe I was too loud
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
BronwynB:

im sorry you guys im trying to figure out what the problem is please bear with me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
coelacanth∅:

maybe the eq on the winamp player?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
listener james from westwood:

No worries! Studio C is a cavern of mysteries! Zep is sounding fine over here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
BronwynB:

does this sound better? I'm playing this from a different audio source just to test things
Avatar 7:09pm
glenn:

i'm getting some odd stairway thingy.
Avatar 7:10pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

BronwynB: It sounds the same level as the whole show has
Avatar 7:10pm
geezerette:

I'm hearing an instrumental version of stairway to heaven,
Avatar 7:10pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

What sends it to the stream? Can that thing be raised?
Avatar 7:11pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Maybe I'm wrong and it got louder. Certainly your mic sounds good!
Avatar 7:12pm
geezerette:

chillin' :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
listener james from westwood:

Mic sounds AOK, and I was hearing both tracks fairly well with minimal computer volume on my side.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
coelacanth∅:

i stepped away for a minute but i'm sure it got a bit louder; it's still a lot quieter than the average wfmu show though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
BronwynB:

that's so weird i swear it's turned all the way up
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
coelacanth∅:

it just got a little louder?
it's still quieter than average but it's enough, at least over here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
coelacanth∅:

okay i just compared it to the main fmu and the ichiban and it's comparable now.
Avatar 7:18pm
still b/p:

It's moved up to near normal for me now, too, after the great lowness. Was it a set of tries and twiddles or a specific "aha" adjustment?
Avatar 7:18pm
glenn:

giv'er, b.b.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
northguineahills:

@geezerette 7:10 : crap, not again, stay away from the light, by heaven's holy hells, stay away from the light~!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
northguineahills:

I no longer have my phone at max volume, and it's fine, albeit less then usually (the give the drummer streamer is usually louder then the main stream)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
northguineahills:

ack...! loud voice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
BronwynB:

hello everyone! apologies for the weirdness! thank you for your patience and i hope you still enjoy the show :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
northguineahills:

Is this Cage's 4'33"? oh, there it is! We all still heart you Bronwyn!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
listener james from westwood:

No worries! You're fine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
BronwynB:

thanks guys!!! is the volume better now?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
listener james from westwood:

Could hear it from the kitchen on both the Wilson and this track!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
northguineahills:

The volume is fine at my end.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
steveo:

Just got here. Is this one of those dreams? (I hear it fine and it's surfy goodness.)
Avatar 7:32pm
still b/p:

Mine's OK: with levels for player, computer and separate speakers set where they'd typically be for FMU listening, this show level is still just a dight below standard.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
coelacanth∅:

it's good Bronwyn! i have main volume higher than usual but not that much. Than you for your dedication!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
BronwynB:

Yes!!!!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
BronwynB:

Thanks for following up and for sticking with me :)
Avatar 7:33pm
glenn:

hmmm. chantays good, nico very quiet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
coelacanth∅:

haha! then again...maybe one of your sound sources has a preamp that's lowered? (or maybe the Nico cd is mastered quiet...probably)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
listener james from westwood:

Love Is Only Sleeping is worth the bumps!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
steveo:

Wow coel, your null set character looks huge in this font!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
BronwynB:

thanks james :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
BronwynB:

i turned the preamp all the way up on the winamp player, does that help?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
northguineahills:

That was the first time I've heard that Nico, thanks!

(didn't show up at work until 11, so, I'm still here)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
BronwynB:

glad you liked it ngh :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
coelacanth∅:

steveo really? i wish i could see that. this laptop doesn't show me the font selections. always the same.
  7:53pm
SeanG:

riding high tonight!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
steveo:

@coel photos.app.goo.gl...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
BronwynB:

thanks sean :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
coelacanth∅:

that's how it always is on my computers steve! (except sometimes when someone else has gotten it from a different source it's small)
i need to learn how to do what you just did with a screenshot, since i don't know how to use photobucket and am not sure i want to.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
listener james from westwood:

Last set sounded great; thanks in turn for digging into the weirdness!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
northguineahills:

It's a loud quiet! Thanks Bronwyn, I should leave work. chirrups!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
steveo:

Oh hmm. I'm on my phone so can't that's probably the difference. Android phone, ends up on Google photos by magic.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
steveo:

Sorry Bronwyn. What am i talking about?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
coelacanth∅:

perseverance!
my main volume is 20% higher than usual. that's not bad. Little Danny's show is much louder than others; Evan's (explorers room) mic breaks are much quieter than others. all, including this now within a good range.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
BronwynB:

yay!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
coelacanth∅:

i'm cracking up! if you put a star next to that mic break i'd click it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
BronwynB:

haha yay thanks :D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:15pm
steveo:

I'll have to go back and listen to the a capella thing, you really sold it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:16pm
BronwynB:

thanks :D it's so great!!! another beach boys vocals only i would suggest is sloop john b, specifically for the part right after "sheriff john stone". actual angels
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
steveo:

Lol ok!
Avatar 8:19pm
still b/p:

What are they sayin' 'bout Charlie?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
steveo:

Oh Charlie Chapin! Now I get the horn honks...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
BronwynB:

i literally have no idea hahaha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
coelacanth∅:

i've spent many years being repulsed by the beach boys. 1-2 years ago Explorers room did a beach boys program and i enjoyed it. all little known, not commercial stuff.
then something<2 weeks ago led me to read something about Brian and i decided to listen to the entire beach boys catalog in chronological order, doing my best (which can be pretty good) to imagine what it was like the first time, at the time...which i started to do a week ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25pm
coelacanth∅:

i know it's not a popular opinion. i actually have turned off wfmu many times because of the beach boys.
...i've gotten up to pet sounds and i know the best is yet to come, but i have a new, open appreciation for them; and i've had some surprising revelations.
  8:28pm
rw:

Hello! Driving home from work in slow traffic. LiOS is helping.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
BronwynB:

I'm so glad rw :D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
listener james from westwood:

Just realizing, like, >35 years after the show aired, that this Eagles tune was used as the in-theme for the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" TV show. Have not heard it since the early Reagan era. Wow; thanks for closing this mental loop!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
northguineahills:

@coel: sometime when I was around 23, i had a BB revelation, and Pet Sounds made sense, and the next few albums. I found some polaroids of them in 20/20 I found in a thrift store. My wife framed them and put them on the wall. Her friends would ask me if those were my family. Now the BB are gospel to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
northguineahills:

(my wife is of a darker hue then me, so, the BBs looked more like me)
  8:31pm
SeanG:

deep cut
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
BronwynB:

@coel: That's actually a really similar trajectory to mine. Until about three and a half years ago I only knew them for Surfin USA, Barbara Ann, etc and I thought they were ungodly lame and had no interest in them whatsoever. Then in late 2014 I was doing a project for college where I had written a script about a radio drama recording gone horribly wrong and it was supposed to be a found recording of the producer berating the writer and actors and them all having a huge fight. Doing research I came across the Help Me Rhonda tape with Murry abusing the boys and was fascinated and then decided, what the hell, I'll listen to a BBs tune, and I ended up picking the aforementioned Sloop John B vocals only mix and I was floored. I then did what you're doing and listened to it all in chronological order and they became my favorite band and they still are, to the point that I've seen BW live four times and literally wrote a screenplay about them
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
BronwynB:

you can tell i really care about the BBs because i write wall of texts about them. and 150-page screenplays!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
BronwynB:

@james: that's where I heard it for the first time! I was obsessed with Hitchhiker's as a kid and I loved the tv series and always thought that tune (particularly the arrangement they used in the series) was such a great theme for it. i was really glad it made it into the movie
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
steveo:

Haha, did not realize that was Eagles. Loving this Bowie Floyd.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Seems like this show only comes on once in a blue moon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
coelacanth∅:

that's amazing Bronwyn! i 1/2 expected hate mail just for saying what i said.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
foofs:

There's a compilation called 'Endless Bummer' which acts as a good cure for Beach Boys enthusiasm. Anti-drugs radio jingles, Mike Love studio whining about the 'Surf's Up lyrics, all kinds of crap!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
BronwynB:

@foofs: i love endless bummer. it combines my two favorite things: the beach boys and utter shit
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
northguineahills:

Yeah, same here, Bronwyn, I thought they were just 60s bubble gum, but a friend turned me on to Sunflower, Pet Sounds and Smile, and I was in love w/ them ever since, and even dig their teeny bop crap as well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
coelacanth∅:

well- i always thought i detested mike love's voice, mainly; and i still do! and i don't like him, from what i've read about him (but who knows) but i've also greatly disliked Brian's voice, and now realise how dramatically his singing improved over the first few years. that's one revelation. i really like his singing starting with "today!".
2nd_ Carl was a tremendous Guitarist!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
steveo:

Ok, I'm definitely not going to listen to Sloop John vocals only if it's going to make meme wa to listen to their whole catalog :p
  8:39pm
SeanG:

rip it up!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40pm
steveo:

Wow I'm bad at phone comments. Fun set!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40pm
northguineahills:

Well, Mike Love is an anti-anything (he's a dick to everyone, even to a friend of mine, but he had talent).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41pm
northguineahills:

I'm off on my Damned, 2008, hummm.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41pm
coelacanth∅:

well, i chose to, and i've yet to hear sloop john b vox only...and i'm really looking forward to being home this weekend because "smile" and "sunflower" are coming up
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
listener james from westwood:

Ivor!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
coelacanth∅:

maybe, ngh, but to be honest - so far, i see mike love as expendable! his only instrument was (is?) singing, & i don't like his voice...but yeah it probably was the right voice for most of the surfin' and car songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
BronwynB:

@coel: mike is the worst. he's the least talented one, a huge jerk, and just overall awful and a big part of the reason the BBs are often regarded as lame and not the innovators and geniuses they really were (IMO)

@steveo: it's gonna happen!!! you can't escape now!!!
  8:45pm
nardo:

after the Ivor I was thinking the goons but this will do nicely
  8:45pm
SeanG:

eric idle4ever
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
BronwynB:

@sean: when i was a teen i thought eric was the coolest BB because he had long hair and seemed edgy and wrote songs
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
northguineahills:

True, Coel y Bronwyn, I concur!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
BronwynB:

not bb! python! eric idle was not in the beach boys!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48pm
coelacanth∅:

- and he was friends with George Harrison the coolest and funniest beatle!
  8:48pm
SeanG:

haha! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48pm
Parq:

Hi Bronwyn. I gotta get busy in the kitchen, but happy to join you for the second half. By the way, the guy who played Stig O'Hara in the Rutles *was* in the Beach Boys.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
northguineahills:

Off to see my friend to electronic weirdness. Thanks Bronwyn, keep getting WFMU fill-ins for us!
  8:54pm
SeanG:

@coelacanth isn't george just the bestest?!? all things must pass is my desert island disc
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
listener james from westwood:

Huge luck on getting the call back you're hoping for!
Avatar 8:56pm
still b/p:

I won't trace my BB path...but let's see where this lands: I've never cared for Olivia Newton John's voice and work. Always feels weak and uninteresting. A soft or easy or light voice can be fine, but hers...nuh-uh. Obviously many fans, and people who've disagreed with me, hear something I don't.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
BronwynB:

thanks james :))) if im being totally honest part of the reason i want this particular job is because the most convenient way for me to get to FMU from there would be by ferry and i just really want to sail to fmu with the wind in my buzz cut
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
coelacanth∅:

Sean, as a child i was infatuated with George, then as a rebelious teen my friends and i put John on a pedestal; and maybe he should be, but in the end i still like George the best, and despite his religion, can relate to him the most.
  9:00pm
listener james from westwood:

That sounds like an excellent reason!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
coelacanth∅:

haha it's as good a reason as any...you know it's not *actually* sailing though!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
BronwynB:

well the view would at least be nicer than the path train!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
steveo:

I was born on George's birthday & my 11 year old loves the Hitchhikers Guide books, just like I did when I was a kid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
BronwynB:

@steveo: that's how old i was when i got into them!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
coelacanth∅:

Sean that album is a work of art; one of the first albums i ever bought, as a child ($5.00 new from the record club of america) but i wish there were a stripped-down ("naked") version of it. i'm not into spector's wall of mess production on some of those tracks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
BronwynB:

@still b/p: i don't love olivia either but i'm just endlessly amused by her ring of fire cover :D i also own a pretty sweet record by the 101 strings doing her songs which has a lot of comedic value to it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
steveo:

Greased Lightning was a favorite also when I was a kid. I wonder where that pile of 45s got to....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
BronwynB:

my favorite from grease is still you're the one that i want
Avatar 9:10pm
still b/p:

101 Strings doing ONJ...those elements together could cause some catastrophe on the other side of the world or something...or discomfort in my teeth. Maybe a good gift for someone.

Aw, all the folks who used to take transatlantic passage on the big liners would still say, "I sail tomorrow." Say it, say it, sail, sail.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
coelacanth∅:

steve my younger sister also born on that day (& my friend Karen)
-i was hatched on groundhog day. most years i get blamed for things beyond my control.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
BronwynB:

my 101 strings play olivia record was a gift from my godfather who knows i love things that are utter shit (as mentioned above)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
steveo:

Yeah that is an amazing scene in the movie, too, but it doesn't have the word shit in it like Greased Lightning. Haha. I used to fantasize about getting an inflatable kayak when I worked in Jersey City in the early '00s.
  9:14pm
SeanG:

@coelacanth yep i know what you mean about the wall of sound, can be a bit much. there are some acoustic demos of those songs available. I've been listening to the traveling wilburys lately. jeff lynne and george=pure gold. :-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
steveo:

Cool coel. I don't believe in groundhogs, so you're safe.
Avatar 9:15pm
still b/p:

Just this evening I was adding to a playlist of popular instrumentals from 50s-60s that I'm sure some percentage of listeners would regard as utter shit. But they are utterly right for certain things and from certain angles -- lock, shlock and barrel.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
coelacanth∅:

Sean i like those demos, that i've heard. precious few - unless i'm not looking in the right place.
  9:24pm
listener james from westwood:

Monkey versus Robot!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
coelacanth∅:

greasy kid stuff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
steveo:

Hi Mom!
  9:36pm
Funky16corners:

Hello hello!
Avatar 9:38pm
still b/p:

College music moment: I was playing a cassette of Eno's Discreet Music in a studio painting class and a much older woman -- non-traditional student -- says, "Do you think anyone is really enjoying that?" She then said it was like a funeral dirge. I did shut it off with an over-dramatic harrumph about how we could all listen to Top 40 instead and have a great time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
coelacanth∅:

did you say "potterhouse"? if so that leads to Jim Price.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Parq:

Not to put too fine upon it, the Blues Brothers were all about taking obscure R&B and blues hits and introducing them to white college kids who assumed they were original. Their "Rubber Biscuit" was a huge hit on my college campus, where no one (including me, I'm constrained to admit) had ever heard of the Chips' original.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
BronwynB:

Yeah, on the one hand I really appreciate them shining a light on some little-known old songs, but on the other hand I wish they'd given more credit to the original artists (like Abner). The movie has always struck me as such a joyful celebration of that music though.
Avatar 9:48pm
still b/p:

Between the familiar numbers from earlier days such as Soul Man and the retro character flavor and the presence in the movie of some artists as tribute/nod, I thought it was pretty clear at the time the Brothers were serving covers, even if I didn't know all the songs.
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Parq:

Honestly, if they had been left purely to their own devices, they might have given the originals more props. But that's just the way the music industry was, and is. For that matter, it's just the way white college kids were, and are. Digging the show BB, gotta get back to the kitchen.
  9:50pm
Funky16corners:

Blues Brothers were a gateway, just like the Chesterfield Kings and the Lyres were to the garage punk era.
Avatar 9:53pm
still b/p:

The movie, unfortunately, was one of those that had people feeling compelled to describe and reenact almost every damn scene before I saw it.
  9:54pm
Funky16corners:

It was kind of a mess but the music was great
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BronwynB:

thanks for listening everyone :D
  9:59pm
steveo:

Thanks for the fun, Bronwyn!
  9:59pm
listener james from westwood:

Thanks a ton, Bronwyn!!
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BronwynB:

thank YOU!
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coelacanth∅:

to be accurate, it's not just "white" college kids that tend to think whatever they're hearing now is new. i'm sure it's exactly the same throughout the spectrum of shades and hues of college kids.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
coelacanth∅:

shit it 10! Thanks Bronwyn! take care
Great program!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
BronwynB:

thanks coel :)
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