WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from April 15, 2021

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:00pm Rick from SC: Hey all
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Rick!
	3:01pm TDK60: Hi DJ Larry.
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: TDK60!
	🥁 ♥ 3:04pm Jeff Ash: Greetings from Green Bay! Sad fact: I came to know "Taxman" from George Harrison's best-of comp in the mid-70s. I was late to the party on "Revolver," believe it or not.
	3:04pm SquigY0: Larry! The best thing to EVER happen on tax day!
	3:04pm CalZone!: I smell a theme a brewin! ;)
	3:04pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Hi... ready for another lesson :)
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Jeff! SquiggY0! Cal! Vincent!
	3:05pm SquigY0: I'll be over in this elevator paying my taxes if you need me
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - I remember that album!
	♥ 3:06pm Brian in UK: Hey Larry, just been reading this book, here is an audible link to some spoken word samples. There are SO many Beatle books, this is an interesting take. Amazing how much they are still in our consciousness even today. They only recorded for less than eight years. www.bbc.co.uk...
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	♥ 3:07pm listener Rey: Hi Larry and everyone. Mailed off my taxes to IRS yesterday. no refund this year : (
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: They made an awful lot of progress in 8 years!
	3:07pm Moog1 Radio: Ahh Ahh Mr Johnson!
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Hey Rey!
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Kurt!
	♥ 3:08pm Yvang: Hi Larry! Great topic!
	♥ 3:08pm Funky16Corners: Yvang!
	3:08pm SquigY0: so sorry Rey! We got super screwed on our 2019 taxes. Definitely worked out better this year even though we pretty much did nothing different :D
	3:09pm Erica: Hi everyone. This is the perfect song for Tax day today.
	♥ 3:09pm Yvang: I have an adress for the taxman : wherever Jeff Bezos lives.
	3:09pm Moog1 Radio: oops
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: THAT FILE WAS MISLABELED! I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: That's from my 45, too. WTF?!?
	3:10pm CalZone!: Woopsie! Even LG is human!
	♥ 3:10pm Yvang: The Beatles influenced themselves!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: I think I found the correct one. We'll try again in a few.
	🥁 ♥ 3:11pm dutchtheo: Hey Larry, and taxpayers!
	3:11pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Well at least you didn't forget to mute te window with YouTube playing, like I did on Tuesday... D'OH!
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: Hey Larry and all!
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: Candy-O!
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: I'm so glad tax day was extended again this year! I needed it! haha!
	3:13pm Moog1 Radio: Looks like Jr Parker does 3 Beatles trax on that record
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: I cannot find the proper Junior Parker file. Sorry. Plenty of oter groovy things coming, though...
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: Hey Theo!
	3:16pm Moog1 Radio: Howard played it on Turntable earlier in anticipation
	3:18pm Moog1 Radio: George Harrision performed his song live in Japan around 1990 and used the ahh ahh Mr Reagan and ahh ahh Mr Bush lyric
	♥ 3:21pm Funky16Corners: I read that he had done that over the years.
	3:22pm David Shortell: When "Revolver" came out, Ray Davies critiqued it in a British newspaper. He compared "Taxman" to the theme from the contemporary "Batman" TV series.
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Hey David! I have seen that comparison as well.
	3:24pm SquigY0: nanananana TAXMAN!
	3:24pm CalZone!: Moog1, who is this 'Howard' you speak of? Sounds like some kinda square!
	♥ 3:24pm Funky16Corners: Bob Newhart's next door neighbor.
	3:25pm Moog1 Radio: Cal! Hopefully you didnt let in any turntable bots
	3:26pm rw: Hey!!!
	♥ 3:27pm spodiodi: greetings, Larry Grogan and Witnesses! been enjoying the show from the shower... (thanks for the inspiration, Little Danny)
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: Hey rw! Spodiodi!
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: Dig this DOUBLE - Beatle-ization!
	3:31pm CalZone!: Yes to the SCORE! Forgot about this one!
	3:31pm Tamar: This is SO much fun. Thanks, Larry!
	♥ 3:31pm Funky16Corners: Hi Tamar!
	♥ 3:32pm Brian in UK: Larry, guess there could be a whole week at least 24/7 of Beatles cover/style music. And then some.
	♥ 3:32pm Candy-O'67: Never heard this Score. Diggin' it!
	♥ 3:33pm Brian in UK: Well the Stones were on Decca!
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: TOITLES!
	3:33pm CalZone!: BUT YOU CAN TRYYYYYYY!
	3:33pm Erica: It's that Turtles song again.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I still want to do a Beatles-soundalike show, less specific than this one
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: Hey Erica!
	3:35pm Erica: I've been here Larry. But thanks anyway for the greeting.
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: This one written by the Bee Gees!
	♥ 3:35pm Brian in UK: Were the Beatles copied most before Sgt Pepper. It was fairly straight forward beat music up till Rubber Soul.
	♥ 3:36pm spodiodi: kinda sounds like 'em
	♥ 3:36pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - They were copies all the way through. I have tons of stuff that imitates their beat era as well as on through the psychedelic stuff
	♥ 3:37pm Brian in UK: As Paul died in 1966. I wonder what will happen when his lookalike passes on.
	♥ 3:38pm Brian in UK: Some folks copies Revolution no.9. Who knows why.
	3:38pm Erica: You believe the Paul is dead thing Brian?
	♥ 3:39pm Brian in UK: Erica, ofcourse NOT. But there was so much crap flying around, conspiracy theories abounded.
	3:40pm David Shortell: During the pledge drive, I selected Gaylord's DJ premium: a multinational anthology of Beatles-knockoffs.
	3:40pm CalZone!: in Brazil, they'll tax your beach!
	3:40pm SquigY0: Speaking of, have the pledge drive prizes been mailed out?
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: In the cases of Gil and Veloso, tax you right into exile...
	3:41pm Vincent The Soul Chef: <3
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: @SquiggY0 - I have no idea, but it seems a bit soon
	3:41pm Erica: I'll say Brian. I don't believe that either.
	3:41pm SquigY0: thumbs up first time I've ever participated so I didn't know how it usually works. I'll remain patient!
	♥ 3:42pm listener Rey: the whole Paul Is Dead thing woulda been huge if they had the internet.
	♥ 3:42pm spodiodi: 108 covers of I Am The Walrus according to this website secondhandsongs.com... wow
	3:42pm Moog1 Radio: STIG HAS BEEN DEAD FOR AGES, HONESTLY
	3:42pm SquigY0: I believe Jim Carey did one of them :D
	♥ 3:42pm Funky16Corners: @SquiggY0 - Especially since the station is still short staffed due to the pandemic
	♥ 3:42pm Brian in UK: If you believe the election was rigged then Paul wearing no shoes on Abbey Road is but a small step, so to speak!!!
	3:43pm SquigY0: Would've loved to hear Alex Jones' take on the fake Paul. Probably involved gay frogs :D
	3:44pm Listening Out There: If you ask me, Blue Things and Blue Cheer should each have done versions of "Am I Blue?"...
	♥ 3:44pm spodiodi: squigyo @324: lol... btw, nice pooch pic :) this has been on my mind since revrabbit posted a verion of this a couple of days ago external-content.duckduckgo.com...
	3:44pm Listening Out There: ...and maybe they did?....
	3:44pm Erica: Moog1 Radio You mean Sting of the Police or the Stuff from Top Gear UK? Lol
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: I don't want to hear Alex Jones take on ANYTHING
	3:45pm SquigY0: YES spodiodi!! I do actually have a blueberry muffin. Standby i'll change my pic
	♥ 3:45pm spodiodi: Blue Things reminds me of Last Train to Clarksville as much as Taxman
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: I guess LSD had made its way to Hays. KS by 1966
	3:47pm Moog1 Radio: Stig O'Hara called "the quiet one", he was the thinnest of all the Rutles. He never said anything publicly. Even as the "quiet one," he'd not said a word since 1966.
	3:47pm Erica: Moog1 Radio You mean Sting of the Police or the Stig from Top Gear UK? Lol. Sorry. Typo
	3:47pm SquigY0: Blueberry muffin...with teeth!
	♥ 3:48pm Brian in UK: Was Blueberry Muffin the followup to Cheese & Onions?
	3:48pm Erica: Oh the guy from the Rutles.
	3:49pm SquigY0: Yes. Prequel to Apple Streudal
	3:49pm Moog1 Radio: Well he is wearing no trousers on the cover of Shabby Road
	♥ 3:49pm Brian in UK: The Rutles. A legend in their own lunchtime.
	♥ 3:49pm Alex In Illinois: I Had this record, that I got from a box of Honeycomb cereal.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: Hey Alex!
	♥ 3:50pm Brian in UK: Larry, great crate digging for this show.
	♥ 3:51pm Alex In Illinois: It was a cardboard record, that was part of the box, that you had to cut out with scissors. I think there is a web page here on the WFMU site showing records that came from cereal boxes
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - Thanks!
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: @Alex - I remember those!
	♥ 3:52pm spodiodi: looks deliciously cute, SquigY0 XD
	♥ 3:52pm Alex In Illinois: I happen to have the same first and last name as that conspiracy theorist that was mentioned earlier. I am actually years older than he is, so I had that name first.
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: I have to thank Cal Zone, Moog 1 and some folks not on the chat for helping in the search for some of these songs. There were a bunch I had on hand that I had to be reminded of.
	♥ 3:53pm Alex In Illinois: I am 5 years older than he is.
	♥ 3:54pm spodiodi: Alex, i'm glad you outlived him
	♥ 3:56pm listener Rey: Man, EVERYBODY copped that riff!
	♥ 3:56pm spodiodi: srsly
	♥ 3:56pm Brian in UK: I was amazed how popular Peter Noone was in the US, probably bigger than here. Was it his looks?
	♥ 3:57pm Funky16Corners: As I was discussing with my wife while watching Hermans Hermits on Ed Sullivan, Peter Noone was custom made for teenage girls
	♥ 3:58pm Brian in UK: Freddy Garrity was no Peter Noone!!
	♥ 3:59pm Funky16Corners: Him I don't understand at all.
	♥ 4:01pm Brian in UK: This must be very early Sire.
	4:01pm CalZone!: My jam!
	♥ 4:01pm Funky16Corners: Yes! Thanks Cal!
	4:01pm Moog1 Radio: Was it confirmed that this is Vinnie Bell?
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I have some Sire singles from this period
	4:02pm Erica: I went through a Herman's Hermits phase in 2009, after discovering their old movies, which was around the time Michael Jackson died. Bad timing I know.
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: @Kurt - I do not know
	♥ 4:02pm Brian in UK: To quote Woody Allen, 'at least it is with someone you love'.
	♥ 4:03pm Funky16Corners: First Sire releases in 1968: www.discogs.com...
	4:03pm Erica: I knew about their music before that though.
	♥ 4:04pm Funky16Corners: There's a bunch of great Hermans Hermits tunes, esp later on
	♥ 4:04pm Brian in UK: Being a Byrds fan from the start, I never liked Bob Johnson production on this album.
	♥ 4:04pm Funky16Corners: This is my fave Byrds album.
	4:05pm Moog1 Radio: according to garagehangover.com Vinnie Bell was used as a session guy for that Ox Bow song
	♥ 4:05pm Funky16Corners: Mainly due to Clarence White
	♥ 4:06pm Brian in UK: Larry, I am still so sad about Clarence's early departure. Same time as GP. This was the best Byrds to see live.
	4:13pm David Shortell: I've never heard much praise for post-Sweethearts Byrds. I'll have to check out Clarence White and Gene Parson's pre-Byrds group Nashville West.
	♥ 4:15pm spodiodi: Weird Al <3
	♥ 4:15pm Funky16Corners: Clarence White was, excuse the phrasing, a goddamned genius
	4:15pm Erica: Nice to hear Weird Al on here.
	♥ 4:16pm Funky16Corners: I like Weird Al!
	♥ 4:16pm Hopey Sockmonkey: Hi Larry and All! Wow, somehow I've never heard this Weird Al before.
	♥ 4:17pm spodiodi: oh heck yes!!! The Jam!
	♥ 4:17pm Hopey Sockmonkey: Oh good, got here just in time for The Jam.
	♥ 4:17pm Funky16Corners: Hey Hopey!
	♥ 4:17pm Funky16Corners: Could not do this theme without the Jam!
	♥ 4:17pm spodiodi: hi Hopey Sock Monkey!
	♥ 4:17pm spodiodi: this is my fave The Jam song
	♥ 4:18pm Funky16Corners: Mine, too. I'm not a huge Jam fan, which sets me apart from most of my friends.
	♥ 4:18pm spodiodi: oh man, this hits me hard with the nostalgia... college gf put this on a mix tape for me
	♥ 4:18pm Hopey Sockmonkey: hey, spodiodi! Yeah, this is one of my favorite Jam albums.
	♥ 4:18pm Brian in UK: You will not find a better moustache than Gene Parsons.
	4:19pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I desperately need that album, and All Mod Cons
	♥ 4:19pm Hopey Sockmonkey: The single version of Start! doesn't have the horns on it if I recall correctly. . .
	♥ 4:19pm spodiodi: Brian in UK, i think you're right
	♥ 4:20pm Mike Sin: If McGuinn discarded the name "Byrds" after "Sweetheart of the Rodeo," and dubbed the band with a new name, the band would be hailed as exceptional. Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde, Ballad of Easy Rider, and Untitled all have transcendent moments. If you listen without tying them to anything previous, they'd be right up there in the same sentence as the Burrito Bros.
	♥ 4:20pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike!
	♥ 4:21pm Mike Sin: Am I the only one here taking advantage of the May 17 tax deadline extension? ;)
	♥ 4:22pm Brian in UK: Mike Sin, agree as previously commented, a wonderful live band, and no Crosby ego!!!
	4:22pm David Shortell: I never saw the Bangles. I did see Annette Zilinskas' subsequent band Blood On the Saddle play in the Scott Hall lecture hall at Rutgers!
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - You are not the only one.
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: I love the early Bangles stuff.
	4:23pm SquigY0: Nope, I like to rip off that band-aid ASAP :P
	4:24pm Erica: I take it this is the 80s portion of the show.
	♥ 4:25pm Funky16Corners: This record reminds me that it has been at least 38 years since I first saw the Smithereens
	♥ 4:26pm doctorjazz: Been listening, enjoying the show, tiki busy to post!
	♥ 4:26pm Funky16Corners: And probably 35 years since I first met Mike Sin!
	♥ 4:26pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 4:28pm Mike Sin: When I first met Larry, he was "incognito."
	4:28pm David Shortell: Of course you noted the similarity of the drumming on this Smithereens song to that of "Tomorrow Never Knows"!
	♥ 4:28pm Funky16Corners: Yes, indeed!
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Back in the olden days...
	4:33pm Vincent The Soul Chef: WHOA! Bauhaus??? Again, you surprise me Larry!
	♥ 4:33pm spodiodi: ^
	♥ 4:34pm Funky16Corners: I'm full of surprises (among other things)
	4:35pm Vincent The Soul Chef: That's why you're my hero...
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: Oh pshaw...
	4:37pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I REALLY need to get some Ride albums, stat!
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, I love this stuff
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: Kind of like a more coherent Flying Saucer Attack
	4:37pm rw: F16C, you’re a maniac.
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: I AM OUT OF CONTROL!!
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: Alert the authorities!
	♥ 4:39pm Irene Trudel: I've ben listening and lurking while I work. What a great concept for a show! Rockin' out!!!
	4:39pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Shoegaze glory right there...
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Irene!
	4:40pm rw: Mike Sin, I will also be taking advantage of the extension!
	♥ 4:41pm Mike Sin: This Ride album and "Going Blank Again" will make your shoes gaze back at you.
	♥ 4:41pm spodiodi: that was choice
	♥ 4:42pm Funky16Corners: I saw Beck on this tour, with Yo La Tengo at Roseland. Amazing show.
	♥ 4:45pm Funky16Corners: Wait for the break on this song.
	♥ 4:46pm Brian in UK: Ah makes me think of Jason Falkner.
	4:51pm SquigY0: thanks for another great trip Larry!
	♥ 4:51pm Doug Schulkind: Just working and lurking, but not twerking, Larry!
	♥ 4:52pm Mike Sin: Great show Larry! I'll be wearing my euphoric trapdoor shoes next week.
	♥ 4:54pm Brian in UK: Thanks, Larry.
	♥ 4:54pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry! great show! time to go play some Pac Man 🍓🍒🍌🍩 cheerio, all
	4:54pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Yep, another winner sir. Big points for the Bauhaus track :)
	🥁 ♥ 4:55pm Jeff Ash: I dug! Thanks!
	🥁 ♥ 4:56pm dutchtheo: Thanks, Larry!
	4:56pm Erica: Grandpa Larry wants to tell us a story lol.
	♥ 4:56pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	♥ 4:56pm Irene Trudel: Great show today! This'll be one to put on repeat. Congrats on the 2nd shot and catch you next week!
	♥ 4:56pm Brian in UK: No.2 shot, sounds painfull!
	♥ 4:56pm Funky16Corners: Thank You all!
	♥ 4:57pm Candy-O'67: Thanks, Larry! It was a fun day!
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Irene!
	4:57pm CalZone!: File your taxes, Larry! Don't be a scofflaw!
	♥ 4:57pm Hopey Sockmonkey: What a great show! I'll definitely be checking out the first hour on the archives.
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Candy-O!
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Cal! Taxes are in motion!
	4:57pm Erica: Great show today Larry.
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Erica!
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thank you Hopey!
	♥ 4:58pm Yvang: Thanks for the ride (and the rest), Larry!
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thank you Jeff, Vincent, Mike and everyone else that scrolled by!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from April 15, 2021

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April 15, 2021: Testify! - Taxman Day! The Beatles Song, Its Wide Ranging Influence and Impact!

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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)
The Beatles	Taxman "Taxman" by "The Beatles"	Revolver	Capitol	1966	LP	0:01:29 (Pop-up)
Don Randi	Taxman "Taxman" by "Don Randi"	Revolver Jazz	Reprise	1966	LP	0:04:03 (Pop-up)
Music Machine	Taxman "Taxman" by "Music Machine"	Turn On the Music Machine	Original Sound	1966	LP	0:05:54 (Pop-up)
Junior Parker	Taxman "Taxman" by "Junior Parker"	45RPM Single	Capitol	1970	45	0:08:27 (Pop-up)
Organissimo	Taxman "Taxman" by "Organissimo"	B3Tles: A Soulful Tribute to the Fab Four	Big O	2017	CD	0:08:56 (Pop-up)
Loose Ends	Taxman "Taxman" by "Loose Ends"	45RPM Single	Decca	1966	45	0:14:03 (Pop-up)

Bee Gees	In My Own Time "In My Own Time" by "Bee Gees"	Bee Gees 1st	Atco	1967	LP	0:20:36 (Pop-up)
Monkees	You Told Me "You Told Me" by "Monkees"	Headquarters	Colgems	1967	LP	0:22:46 (Pop-up)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I'll Search the Sky	Ricochet	Liberty	1967	LP	0:25:05 (Pop-up)
Redcoats	Man "Man" by "Redcoats"	Meet the Redcoats!	Dionysus	1966	LP	0:27:19 (Pop-up)
Score	Please Please Me "Please Please Me" by "Score"	45RPM Single	Decca	1966	45	0:29:37 (Pop-up)
Turtles	Outside Chance "Outside Chance" by "Turtles"	45RPM Single	White Whale	1966	45	0:32:14 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Burns	Exit Stage Right "Exit Stage Right" by "Ronnie Burns"	45RPM Single	Spin	1967	45	0:34:14 (Pop-up)
Gilberto Gil	Coragem Pra Suportar	Gilberto Gil	Philips	1968	LP	0:36:38 (Pop-up)
Os Mutantes	Bat Macumba "Bat Macumba" by "Os Mutantes"	Os Mutantes	Philips	1968	LP	0:39:34 (Pop-up)
Blue Things	One Hour Cleaners "One Hour Cleaners" by "Blue Things"	45RPM Single	RCA	1966	45	0:42:37 (Pop-up)
Christie Laume	Rouge Rouge "Rouge Rouge" by "Christie Laume"	45RPM Single	Pathe	1967	45	0:45:17 (Pop-up)
Archies	You Know I Love You "You Know I Love You" by "Archies"	Jingle Jangle	Kirshner	1969	LP	0:47:34 (Pop-up)
Gary Walker and the Rain	Magazine Woman	Album #1	Philips	1968	LP	0:49:47 (Pop-up)
Herman's Hermits	Mr Moonshine "Mr Moonshine" by "Herman's Hermits"	Blaze	MGM	1967	LP	0:54:40 (Pop-up)
Deviants	Fire In the City "Fire In the City" by "Deviants"	Disposable	Sire	1968	LP	0:57:05 (Pop-up)
Ox Bow Incident	You Can't Make Love My Yourself	45RPM Single	Smash	1969	45	1:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Byrds	Bad Night At the Whiskey	Dr Byrds and Mr Hyde	Columbia	1969	LP	1:02:35 (Pop-up)

Weird Al Yankovic	Pac Man "Pac Man" by "Weird Al Yankovic"	Squeeze Box	Legacy	2017	Boxed set	1:13:50 (Pop-up)
The Jam	Start "Start" by "The Jam"	Sound Affects	Polydor	1980	LP	1:16:12 (Pop-up)
The Bangles	I'm In Line "I'm In Line" by "The Bangles"	The Bangles	IRS	1982	EP	1:18:41 (Pop-up)
Smithereens	Beauty and Sadness "Beauty and Sadness" by "Smithereens"	Beauty and Sadness	Little Ricky	1983	EP	1:21:38 (Pop-up)
The Vipers	Nothing's From Today "Nothing's From Today" by "The Vipers"	Outta the Nest	Jem/PVC	1984	LP	1:24:54 (Pop-up)
Stairs	Woman Gone and Say Goodbye	Mexican R&B	Go Discs	1992	CD	1:27:22 (Pop-up)
Bauhaus	Too Much 21st Century "Too Much 21st Century" by "Bauhaus"	Go Away White	Cooking Vinyl	2008	CD	1:30:35 (Pop-up)
Ride	Seagull "Seagull" by "Ride"	Nowhere	Creation	1990	CD	1:34:26 (Pop-up)
Beck	The New Pollution "The New Pollution" by "Beck"	Odelay	DGC	1996	CD	1:40:32 (Pop-up)
Brendan Benson	I'm Blessed "I'm Blessed" by "Brendan Benson"	One Mississippi	Virgin	1996	CD	1:44:13 (Pop-up)
Mal Thursday Quintet	I Gotta Be Me	If 6 Was 5	Chunk Archives	2021	MP3	1:46:57 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	1:57:09 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:00pm Rick from SC: Hey all
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Rick!
	3:01pm TDK60: Hi DJ Larry.
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: TDK60!
	🥁 ♥ 3:04pm Jeff Ash: Greetings from Green Bay! Sad fact: I came to know "Taxman" from George Harrison's best-of comp in the mid-70s. I was late to the party on "Revolver," believe it or not.
	3:04pm SquigY0: Larry! The best thing to EVER happen on tax day!
	3:04pm CalZone!: I smell a theme a brewin! ;)
	3:04pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Hi... ready for another lesson :)
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Jeff! SquiggY0! Cal! Vincent!
	3:05pm SquigY0: I'll be over in this elevator paying my taxes if you need me
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - I remember that album!
	♥ 3:06pm Brian in UK: Hey Larry, just been reading this book, here is an audible link to some spoken word samples. There are SO many Beatle books, this is an interesting take. Amazing how much they are still in our consciousness even today. They only recorded for less than eight years. www.bbc.co.uk...
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	♥ 3:07pm listener Rey: Hi Larry and everyone. Mailed off my taxes to IRS yesterday. no refund this year : (
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: They made an awful lot of progress in 8 years!
	3:07pm Moog1 Radio: Ahh Ahh Mr Johnson!
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Hey Rey!
	♥ 3:07pm Funky16Corners: Kurt!
	♥ 3:08pm Yvang: Hi Larry! Great topic!
	♥ 3:08pm Funky16Corners: Yvang!
	3:08pm SquigY0: so sorry Rey! We got super screwed on our 2019 taxes. Definitely worked out better this year even though we pretty much did nothing different :D
	3:09pm Erica: Hi everyone. This is the perfect song for Tax day today.
	♥ 3:09pm Yvang: I have an adress for the taxman : wherever Jeff Bezos lives.
	3:09pm Moog1 Radio: oops
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: THAT FILE WAS MISLABELED! I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: That's from my 45, too. WTF?!?
	3:10pm CalZone!: Woopsie! Even LG is human!
	♥ 3:10pm Yvang: The Beatles influenced themselves!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: I think I found the correct one. We'll try again in a few.
	🥁 ♥ 3:11pm dutchtheo: Hey Larry, and taxpayers!
	3:11pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Well at least you didn't forget to mute te window with YouTube playing, like I did on Tuesday... D'OH!
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: Hey Larry and all!
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: Candy-O!
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: I'm so glad tax day was extended again this year! I needed it! haha!
	3:13pm Moog1 Radio: Looks like Jr Parker does 3 Beatles trax on that record
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: I cannot find the proper Junior Parker file. Sorry. Plenty of oter groovy things coming, though...
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: Hey Theo!
	3:16pm Moog1 Radio: Howard played it on Turntable earlier in anticipation
	3:18pm Moog1 Radio: George Harrision performed his song live in Japan around 1990 and used the ahh ahh Mr Reagan and ahh ahh Mr Bush lyric
	♥ 3:21pm Funky16Corners: I read that he had done that over the years.
	3:22pm David Shortell: When "Revolver" came out, Ray Davies critiqued it in a British newspaper. He compared "Taxman" to the theme from the contemporary "Batman" TV series.
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: Hey David! I have seen that comparison as well.
	3:24pm SquigY0: nanananana TAXMAN!
	3:24pm CalZone!: Moog1, who is this 'Howard' you speak of? Sounds like some kinda square!
	♥ 3:24pm Funky16Corners: Bob Newhart's next door neighbor.
	3:25pm Moog1 Radio: Cal! Hopefully you didnt let in any turntable bots
	3:26pm rw: Hey!!!
	♥ 3:27pm spodiodi: greetings, Larry Grogan and Witnesses! been enjoying the show from the shower... (thanks for the inspiration, Little Danny)
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: Hey rw! Spodiodi!
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: Dig this DOUBLE - Beatle-ization!
	3:31pm CalZone!: Yes to the SCORE! Forgot about this one!
	3:31pm Tamar: This is SO much fun. Thanks, Larry!
	♥ 3:31pm Funky16Corners: Hi Tamar!
	♥ 3:32pm Brian in UK: Larry, guess there could be a whole week at least 24/7 of Beatles cover/style music. And then some.
	♥ 3:32pm Candy-O'67: Never heard this Score. Diggin' it!
	♥ 3:33pm Brian in UK: Well the Stones were on Decca!
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: TOITLES!
	3:33pm CalZone!: BUT YOU CAN TRYYYYYYY!
	3:33pm Erica: It's that Turtles song again.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I still want to do a Beatles-soundalike show, less specific than this one
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: Hey Erica!
	3:35pm Erica: I've been here Larry. But thanks anyway for the greeting.
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: This one written by the Bee Gees!
	♥ 3:35pm Brian in UK: Were the Beatles copied most before Sgt Pepper. It was fairly straight forward beat music up till Rubber Soul.
	♥ 3:36pm spodiodi: kinda sounds like 'em
	♥ 3:36pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - They were copies all the way through. I have tons of stuff that imitates their beat era as well as on through the psychedelic stuff
	♥ 3:37pm Brian in UK: As Paul died in 1966. I wonder what will happen when his lookalike passes on.
	♥ 3:38pm Brian in UK: Some folks copies Revolution no.9. Who knows why.
	3:38pm Erica: You believe the Paul is dead thing Brian?
	♥ 3:39pm Brian in UK: Erica, ofcourse NOT. But there was so much crap flying around, conspiracy theories abounded.
	3:40pm David Shortell: During the pledge drive, I selected Gaylord's DJ premium: a multinational anthology of Beatles-knockoffs.
	3:40pm CalZone!: in Brazil, they'll tax your beach!
	3:40pm SquigY0: Speaking of, have the pledge drive prizes been mailed out?
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: In the cases of Gil and Veloso, tax you right into exile...
	3:41pm Vincent The Soul Chef: <3
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: @SquiggY0 - I have no idea, but it seems a bit soon
	3:41pm Erica: I'll say Brian. I don't believe that either.
	3:41pm SquigY0: thumbs up first time I've ever participated so I didn't know how it usually works. I'll remain patient!
	♥ 3:42pm listener Rey: the whole Paul Is Dead thing woulda been huge if they had the internet.
	♥ 3:42pm spodiodi: 108 covers of I Am The Walrus according to this website secondhandsongs.com... wow
	3:42pm Moog1 Radio: STIG HAS BEEN DEAD FOR AGES, HONESTLY
	3:42pm SquigY0: I believe Jim Carey did one of them :D
	♥ 3:42pm Funky16Corners: @SquiggY0 - Especially since the station is still short staffed due to the pandemic
	♥ 3:42pm Brian in UK: If you believe the election was rigged then Paul wearing no shoes on Abbey Road is but a small step, so to speak!!!
	3:43pm SquigY0: Would've loved to hear Alex Jones' take on the fake Paul. Probably involved gay frogs :D
	3:44pm Listening Out There: If you ask me, Blue Things and Blue Cheer should each have done versions of "Am I Blue?"...
	♥ 3:44pm spodiodi: squigyo @324: lol... btw, nice pooch pic :) this has been on my mind since revrabbit posted a verion of this a couple of days ago external-content.duckduckgo.com...
	3:44pm Listening Out There: ...and maybe they did?....
	3:44pm Erica: Moog1 Radio You mean Sting of the Police or the Stuff from Top Gear UK? Lol
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: I don't want to hear Alex Jones take on ANYTHING
	3:45pm SquigY0: YES spodiodi!! I do actually have a blueberry muffin. Standby i'll change my pic
	♥ 3:45pm spodiodi: Blue Things reminds me of Last Train to Clarksville as much as Taxman
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: I guess LSD had made its way to Hays. KS by 1966
	3:47pm Moog1 Radio: Stig O'Hara called "the quiet one", he was the thinnest of all the Rutles. He never said anything publicly. Even as the "quiet one," he'd not said a word since 1966.
	3:47pm Erica: Moog1 Radio You mean Sting of the Police or the Stig from Top Gear UK? Lol. Sorry. Typo
	3:47pm SquigY0: Blueberry muffin...with teeth!
	♥ 3:48pm Brian in UK: Was Blueberry Muffin the followup to Cheese & Onions?
	3:48pm Erica: Oh the guy from the Rutles.
	3:49pm SquigY0: Yes. Prequel to Apple Streudal
	3:49pm Moog1 Radio: Well he is wearing no trousers on the cover of Shabby Road
	♥ 3:49pm Brian in UK: The Rutles. A legend in their own lunchtime.
	♥ 3:49pm Alex In Illinois: I Had this record, that I got from a box of Honeycomb cereal.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: Hey Alex!
	♥ 3:50pm Brian in UK: Larry, great crate digging for this show.
	♥ 3:51pm Alex In Illinois: It was a cardboard record, that was part of the box, that you had to cut out with scissors. I think there is a web page here on the WFMU site showing records that came from cereal boxes
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - Thanks!
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: @Alex - I remember those!
	♥ 3:52pm spodiodi: looks deliciously cute, SquigY0 XD
	♥ 3:52pm Alex In Illinois: I happen to have the same first and last name as that conspiracy theorist that was mentioned earlier. I am actually years older than he is, so I had that name first.
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: I have to thank Cal Zone, Moog 1 and some folks not on the chat for helping in the search for some of these songs. There were a bunch I had on hand that I had to be reminded of.
	♥ 3:53pm Alex In Illinois: I am 5 years older than he is.
	♥ 3:54pm spodiodi: Alex, i'm glad you outlived him
	♥ 3:56pm listener Rey: Man, EVERYBODY copped that riff!
	♥ 3:56pm spodiodi: srsly
	♥ 3:56pm Brian in UK: I was amazed how popular Peter Noone was in the US, probably bigger than here. Was it his looks?
	♥ 3:57pm Funky16Corners: As I was discussing with my wife while watching Hermans Hermits on Ed Sullivan, Peter Noone was custom made for teenage girls
	♥ 3:58pm Brian in UK: Freddy Garrity was no Peter Noone!!
	♥ 3:59pm Funky16Corners: Him I don't understand at all.
	♥ 4:01pm Brian in UK: This must be very early Sire.
	4:01pm CalZone!: My jam!
	♥ 4:01pm Funky16Corners: Yes! Thanks Cal!
	4:01pm Moog1 Radio: Was it confirmed that this is Vinnie Bell?
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I have some Sire singles from this period
	4:02pm Erica: I went through a Herman's Hermits phase in 2009, after discovering their old movies, which was around the time Michael Jackson died. Bad timing I know.
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: @Kurt - I do not know
	♥ 4:02pm Brian in UK: To quote Woody Allen, 'at least it is with someone you love'.
	♥ 4:03pm Funky16Corners: First Sire releases in 1968: www.discogs.com...
	4:03pm Erica: I knew about their music before that though.
	♥ 4:04pm Funky16Corners: There's a bunch of great Hermans Hermits tunes, esp later on
	♥ 4:04pm Brian in UK: Being a Byrds fan from the start, I never liked Bob Johnson production on this album.
	♥ 4:04pm Funky16Corners: This is my fave Byrds album.
	4:05pm Moog1 Radio: according to garagehangover.com Vinnie Bell was used as a session guy for that Ox Bow song
	♥ 4:05pm Funky16Corners: Mainly due to Clarence White
	♥ 4:06pm Brian in UK: Larry, I am still so sad about Clarence's early departure. Same time as GP. This was the best Byrds to see live.
	4:13pm David Shortell: I've never heard much praise for post-Sweethearts Byrds. I'll have to check out Clarence White and Gene Parson's pre-Byrds group Nashville West.
	♥ 4:15pm spodiodi: Weird Al <3
	♥ 4:15pm Funky16Corners: Clarence White was, excuse the phrasing, a goddamned genius
	4:15pm Erica: Nice to hear Weird Al on here.
	♥ 4:16pm Funky16Corners: I like Weird Al!
	♥ 4:16pm Hopey Sockmonkey: Hi Larry and All! Wow, somehow I've never heard this Weird Al before.
	♥ 4:17pm spodiodi: oh heck yes!!! The Jam!
	♥ 4:17pm Hopey Sockmonkey: Oh good, got here just in time for The Jam.
	♥ 4:17pm Funky16Corners: Hey Hopey!
	♥ 4:17pm Funky16Corners: Could not do this theme without the Jam!
	♥ 4:17pm spodiodi: hi Hopey Sock Monkey!
	♥ 4:17pm spodiodi: this is my fave The Jam song
	♥ 4:18pm Funky16Corners: Mine, too. I'm not a huge Jam fan, which sets me apart from most of my friends.
	♥ 4:18pm spodiodi: oh man, this hits me hard with the nostalgia... college gf put this on a mix tape for me
	♥ 4:18pm Hopey Sockmonkey: hey, spodiodi! Yeah, this is one of my favorite Jam albums.
	♥ 4:18pm Brian in UK: You will not find a better moustache than Gene Parsons.
	4:19pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I desperately need that album, and All Mod Cons
	♥ 4:19pm Hopey Sockmonkey: The single version of Start! doesn't have the horns on it if I recall correctly. . .
	♥ 4:19pm spodiodi: Brian in UK, i think you're right
	♥ 4:20pm Mike Sin: If McGuinn discarded the name "Byrds" after "Sweetheart of the Rodeo," and dubbed the band with a new name, the band would be hailed as exceptional. Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde, Ballad of Easy Rider, and Untitled all have transcendent moments. If you listen without tying them to anything previous, they'd be right up there in the same sentence as the Burrito Bros.
	♥ 4:20pm Funky16Corners: Hey Mike!
	♥ 4:21pm Mike Sin: Am I the only one here taking advantage of the May 17 tax deadline extension? ;)
	♥ 4:22pm Brian in UK: Mike Sin, agree as previously commented, a wonderful live band, and no Crosby ego!!!
	4:22pm David Shortell: I never saw the Bangles. I did see Annette Zilinskas' subsequent band Blood On the Saddle play in the Scott Hall lecture hall at Rutgers!
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - You are not the only one.
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: I love the early Bangles stuff.
	4:23pm SquigY0: Nope, I like to rip off that band-aid ASAP :P
	4:24pm Erica: I take it this is the 80s portion of the show.
	♥ 4:25pm Funky16Corners: This record reminds me that it has been at least 38 years since I first saw the Smithereens
	♥ 4:26pm doctorjazz: Been listening, enjoying the show, tiki busy to post!
	♥ 4:26pm Funky16Corners: And probably 35 years since I first met Mike Sin!
	♥ 4:26pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 4:28pm Mike Sin: When I first met Larry, he was "incognito."
	4:28pm David Shortell: Of course you noted the similarity of the drumming on this Smithereens song to that of "Tomorrow Never Knows"!
	♥ 4:28pm Funky16Corners: Yes, indeed!
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Back in the olden days...
	4:33pm Vincent The Soul Chef: WHOA! Bauhaus??? Again, you surprise me Larry!
	♥ 4:33pm spodiodi: ^
	♥ 4:34pm Funky16Corners: I'm full of surprises (among other things)
	4:35pm Vincent The Soul Chef: That's why you're my hero...
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: Oh pshaw...
	4:37pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I REALLY need to get some Ride albums, stat!
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, I love this stuff
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: Kind of like a more coherent Flying Saucer Attack
	4:37pm rw: F16C, you’re a maniac.
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: I AM OUT OF CONTROL!!
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: Alert the authorities!
	♥ 4:39pm Irene Trudel: I've ben listening and lurking while I work. What a great concept for a show! Rockin' out!!!
	4:39pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Shoegaze glory right there...
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Irene!
	4:40pm rw: Mike Sin, I will also be taking advantage of the extension!
	♥ 4:41pm Mike Sin: This Ride album and "Going Blank Again" will make your shoes gaze back at you.
	♥ 4:41pm spodiodi: that was choice
	♥ 4:42pm Funky16Corners: I saw Beck on this tour, with Yo La Tengo at Roseland. Amazing show.
	♥ 4:45pm Funky16Corners: Wait for the break on this song.
	♥ 4:46pm Brian in UK: Ah makes me think of Jason Falkner.
	4:51pm SquigY0: thanks for another great trip Larry!
	♥ 4:51pm Doug Schulkind: Just working and lurking, but not twerking, Larry!
	♥ 4:52pm Mike Sin: Great show Larry! I'll be wearing my euphoric trapdoor shoes next week.
	♥ 4:54pm Brian in UK: Thanks, Larry.
	♥ 4:54pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry! great show! time to go play some Pac Man 🍓🍒🍌🍩 cheerio, all
	4:54pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Yep, another winner sir. Big points for the Bauhaus track :)
	🥁 ♥ 4:55pm Jeff Ash: I dug! Thanks!
	🥁 ♥ 4:56pm dutchtheo: Thanks, Larry!
	4:56pm Erica: Grandpa Larry wants to tell us a story lol.
	♥ 4:56pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	♥ 4:56pm Irene Trudel: Great show today! This'll be one to put on repeat. Congrats on the 2nd shot and catch you next week!
	♥ 4:56pm Brian in UK: No.2 shot, sounds painfull!
	♥ 4:56pm Funky16Corners: Thank You all!
	♥ 4:57pm Candy-O'67: Thanks, Larry! It was a fun day!
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Irene!
	4:57pm CalZone!: File your taxes, Larry! Don't be a scofflaw!
	♥ 4:57pm Hopey Sockmonkey: What a great show! I'll definitely be checking out the first hour on the archives.
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Candy-O!
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Cal! Taxes are in motion!
	4:57pm Erica: Great show today Larry.
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Erica!
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thank you Hopey!
	♥ 4:58pm Yvang: Thanks for the ride (and the rest), Larry!
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thank you Jeff, Vincent, Mike and everyone else that scrolled by!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from April 15, 2021

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