WFMU: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from May 1, 2021

Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from May 1, 2021

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A virtual supermarket sweep of recorded history, with an emphasis on processed cheese.

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May 1, 2021: Why not follow curiosities?

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
June Christy & the Stan Kenton Orchestra	This Is My Theme	June Christy & the Stan Kenton Orchestra	Collector's Choice Music						0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Viking Band	Phom Rak Khoon Tching Tching	Thai Beat a Go-Go	Subliminal Sounds						0:03:13 (Pop-up)
Yma Sumac	Bo Mambo "Bo Mambo" by "Yma Sumac"	Mambo!	The Right Stuff						0:06:11 (Pop-up)
Liza Minnelli	I Want You Now "I Want You Now" by "Liza Minnelli"	Results	Epic						0:09:35 (Pop-up)
Nancy Sinatra	Day Tripper "Day Tripper" by "Nancy Sinatra"	Boots	Reprise						0:14:21 (Pop-up)
Noonday Underground	Follow the Light	On a Quiet Night	Hands Full						0:17:11 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Tipsy	Bunny Kick "Bunny Kick" by "Tipsy"	Uh-oh!	Asphodel						0:20:22 (Pop-up)
Linda Smith	Wandering You Know "Wandering You Know" by "Linda Smith"	Till Another Time: 1988-1996	Captured Tracks						0:24:25 (Pop-up)
The Majestic Arrows	If I Had a Little Love (rehearsal)	Eccentric Soul: the Bandit Label (various artists)	Numero Group						0:27:20 (Pop-up)
Dennis Brown	If I Follow My Heart	If I Follow My Heart	Studio One						0:29:17 (Pop-up)
The Manhattans	Follow Your Heart "Follow Your Heart" by "The Manhattans"	7-inch single (orig); Doing Their Best Things (comp.)	Carnival; UpFront Records						0:32:45 (Pop-up)
Dim Dim	Love Serenade "Love Serenade" by "Dim Dim"	Ananas	Audio Dregs						0:36:01 (Pop-up)
Doris Day	Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps	Latin for Lovers	Columbia						0:38:44 (Pop-up)
Jane Birkin	Comment te dire adieu	Versions Jane	Philips						0:41:20 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Las Comadrejas	Oaxacatelas "Oaxacatelas" by "Las Comadrejas"	We are Ugly, But We Have the Music	Comad						0:44:03 (Pop-up)
Ornette Coleman and Prime Time	Bourgeois Boogie	Virgin Beauty	Portrait						0:48:17 (Pop-up)
Klezmer Conservatory Band	Old World Beat	Old World Beat	Rounder						0:53:10 (Pop-up)
Julie Budd	Black Is Black "Black Is Black" by "Julie Budd"	Child of Plenty	MGM						0:55:47 (Pop-up)
unknown	Anywhere on Earth "Anywhere on Earth" by "unknown"	Bob & Ray: WOR-AM 1975							0:58:30 (Pop-up)
Folklor Folk Orchestra	Leutarsko Horo	Moldavian Folk Music (various artists)	Sounds of the World						1:01:44 (Pop-up)
Shocking Blue	I'll Follow the Sun	3rd Album	Pink Elephant						1:03:34 (Pop-up)
Nouvelle Vague	I Melt With You "I Melt With You" by "Nouvelle Vague"	Nouvelle Vague	Peace Frog						1:06:05 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Shudder to Think	pH Balanced "pH Balanced" by "Shudder to Think"	High Art (soundtrack)	Velvel						1:09:53 (Pop-up)
Fantastic Plastic Machine	Pura Saudade (Optiganally Mix)	Fantastic Plastic Machine	Bungalow; Emperor Norton						1:13:59 (Pop-up)
Friends of Dean Martinez	I Wish You Love	The Shadow of Your Smile	Sub Pop						1:18:20 (Pop-up)
Last Town Chorus	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me	live on WFMU, on Irene Trudel's show, February 24, 2003							1:20:58 (Pop-up)
Robyn Hitchcock	Sayonara Judge "Sayonara Judge" by "Robyn Hitchcock"	Robyn Hitchcock	Yep Roc						1:24:44 (Pop-up)
Gladys Knight & The Pips	The Way We Were/Try to Remember	7-inch single (originally)	Buddah						1:30:50 (Pop-up)
Gilda Radner	Lisa Loopner Piano Recital	Live from New York	Warner Bros.						1:31:37 (Pop-up)
Brenda Lee	The Crying Game "The Crying Game" by "Brenda Lee"	7-inch single	Decca						1:38:28 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Floyd Cramer	Last Dance "Last Dance" by "Floyd Cramer"	45 played at 33							1:40:58 (Pop-up)
Arlo Parks	Eugene "Eugene" by "Arlo Parks"	Collapsed in Sunbeams	Transgressive						1:45:05 (Pop-up)
Satanicpornocultshop	Next Year's Snow	Arkhaiomelisidonophunikheratos	Some Bizarre						1:48:53 (Pop-up)
Pram	The Mermaid's Hotel "The Mermaid's Hotel" by "Pram"	The Museum of Imaginary Animals	Merge						1:53:30 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Beecher	Sax Fifth Avenue "Sax Fifth Avenue" by "Johnny Beecher"	45 played at 33	Warner Bros.						1:57:25 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	8:47am People Like Us: yay
	♥ 3:01pm Charlie: whee!
	6:55pm HyperDose: Salutations Charlie & welcome back! First time listener of the show here. :)
	♥ 7:01pm doctorjazz: Hi Charlie-I've got nothing to do now (not really...)
	♥ 7:03pm WR: Because, that's why!
	♥ 7:03pm Scott67: G'day Charlie & Slackers! 😎🤙🌏☀️
	7:03pm Andres: Hey, Charlie! I’m busy making dinner but my ears are here!
	♥ 7:04pm Charlie: Well, hi, HyperDose, and welcome. And hello to doctorjazz, WR, Scott67, and Andres!
	♥ 7:05pm coelacanth∅: hey Charlie and busybodies
	♥ 7:05pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: Greetings!
	♥ 7:07pm Charlie: yo, coelacanth, and Ace!
	7:07pm wendy del formaggio: Hi Charlie! I’m busy doing nothing while the oven finishes cooking my dinner.
	♥ 7:07pm Charlie: Wendy! Wendy! Wendy!
	7:08pm headcleaner: yet another rekkurd I own that sounds so much better played on the radio (when you least expect it)
	♥ 7:08pm Scott67: 9am Sunday morning here, so perfect show for me.👣 😎🤙
	7:08pm wendy del formaggio: Oscar, Oscar, Oscar Oh wait. Wrong show.
	♥ 7:10pm Charlie: haha wendy
	♥ 7:11pm Charlie: headcleaner - radio contextualizes for the better sometimes
	♥ 7:11pm Charlie: Good morning to you then, Scott:)
	7:12pm The Knave: Thanks for filling in for me brother... Sounding great!!
	♥ 7:12pm Charlie: Happy to be here!
	7:14pm Michael: Charlie! Liza with a Z?
	♥ 7:14pm Charlie: And good morning to you too, Knave:)
	♥ 7:16pm Charlie: Yes! That would make me, er, Charlie with a "rl" and you Michael with a "ch"!
	♥ 7:18pm Charlie: Is this Nancy track cheesy or what?!
	♥ 7:19pm Wendy del Formaggio: Charlie, nah, it's Gouda.
	♥ 7:22pm Charlie: heh heh
	♥ 7:27pm Jeff Golick: Wassup, Charlie! Great to hear you!
	7:28pm Andres: I was here by chance last time. Loved it! Fully intentional this time. Loving it! It pays to check the schedule.
	♥ 7:33pm Charlie: Hey, Jeff! Andres -- thanks for joining with intention:)
	7:36pm northguineahills: Charkie! Since my sleeping schedule is appoaching somewhere near normal, will be doing an evening walkabout, instead of 1am
	♥ 7:36pm Wendy del Formaggio: Wow, I've never heard this Manhattans single, and I'm loving everything about it already.
	♥ 7:37pm Charlie: enjoy your walkabout, northguineahills
	♥ 7:38pm Charlie: Wendy - great, right? And they're from Jersey City!
	♥ 7:39pm Wendy del Formaggio: Charlie, indeed! Maybe they called themselves that because "We Can See Manhattan From Our House" was too long to fit on a 7" record. haha.
	♥ 7:40pm Charlie: haha!
	7:42pm Michael: The Journal Squares does not have the same cachet Wendy.
	♥ 7:43pm Charlie: True, Michael, true...
	♥ 7:43pm Wendy del Formaggio: Michael, true. But, that's a pretty good band name in its own right. I wonder if anyone has ever used it.
	7:43pm Sally: Quel voice!
	7:44pm northguineahills: quizas!
	♥ 7:44pm Charlie: Sally - yeah, Dottie could really sing:)
	7:47pm Doug Schulkind: Bon soir, Monsieur Charlie!
	7:49pm Allan: Enjoying your show live for the first time in a while, Charlie, from here in California. Best wishes to you.
	♥ 7:52pm Charlie: Doug, thanks for checking in:) Allan -- great to see you "live"!
	7:52pm headcleaner: If you must know, Charlie - it was my cheatin' heart that led me here. Once I skipped out on RobW long enough to hear the end of Lady C.... and then once you came in with June Christy... well that's how cheatin' starts, right? (So sorry, Rob)
	♥ 7:53pm WR: headcleaner, variety is the spice, etc.
	♥ 7:53pm doctorjazz: Ornette!
	♥ 7:53pm Charlie: Well, headcleaner, you never said it would be an exclusive relationship;)
	8:01pm Andres: Great song! Great version!
	♥ 8:01pm doctorjazz: Come over to the Drummer side, Headcleaner!
	8:07pm northguineahills: Shocking Blue, not to be w/ a certain song called Computer Blue.
	8:10pm northguineahills: I got here by falling through the 6th wall (this is a hexagon, right?)
	8:11pm Andres: This Nouvelle Vague is maybe better than the original. Heresy, I know.
	♥ 8:12pm doctorjazz: Do like this cover!
	8:12pm northguineahills: what Andres said....
	♥ 8:14pm schmutz: howdy (: great to hear ya Charlie!
	♥ 8:15pm WR: +1 like doctorjazz said
	8:15pm northguineahills: Wait, that was on Peace Frog recs????!!! (I only know them from their hardcore British house /techno/and trance records.
	8:17pm Andres: Fantastic and plastic!
	♥ 8:19pm Charlie: That Nouvelle Vague album has many great covers (it's all covers of early 80s song like that)
	♥ 8:20pm Charlie: ngh -- i guess they were branching out?
	♥ 8:23pm doctorjazz: Interesting Sub Pop release.
	♥ 8:24pm Wendy del Formaggio: Oh! I had no idea Friends of Dean Martinez covered such an old standard. Now I gotta check out that album. I only know "Atardecer." Thanks, Charlie!
	♥ 8:24pm doctorjazz: Speaking of branching out...
	8:24pm Julie 🖤: oh this is nice
	8:25pm Andres: This is also lovely. You’ve been hoarding all the sweet covers!
	♥ 8:26pm Charlie: Hi Julie:) Yes, this is so gorgeous
	8:28pm Michael: She does a real nice cover of Modern Love.
	♥ 8:29pm Charlie: Michael--yes, I love that one too!
	8:30pm DL in LA: Yay, it’s Busy Doing Nothing! Sounding great.
	♥ 8:30pm Charlie: btw they never officially released that cover of Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, but it was posted on their (now defunct) website, and on various blogs. I added a link to a site where it can be downloaded, on the playlist.
	♥ 8:31pm Charlie: Hi, DL in LA, thanks!
	8:34pm Julie 🖤: omg Lisa lupner
	♥ 8:42pm doctorjazz: Great set! (Love this BrendaLee)!
	8:43pm Andres: This original is better. Sorry, George.
	8:44pm Julie: I remember watching that special when it was newish it was so great..oh Gilda
	♥ 8:47pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Charlie! catching the tail of the show.
	♥ 8:49pm Charlie: Hi Henry -- catching a nothing by the tail:)
	♥ 8:53pm Charlie: This is a cover of a song by Vashti Bunyan called Glow Worms
	8:55pm Andres: Thank you, Charlie!! Absolutely wonderful show tonight. I like forward to the next!
	♥ 8:56pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Charlie, great show as usual! Hope too catch you next time!
	♥ 8:57pm Charlie: Thanks Andres, and thanks everyone for hanging out on Saturday night (or morning, as the case may be)!
	8:59pm Michael: Thank you much Charlie. Always a pleasure!
	♥ 8:59pm Charlie: Thanks Michael, and doctorjazz. See you next time:)
	♥ 8:59pm Wendy del Formaggio: Thank you, Charlie! <3
	♥ 9:01pm Scott67: Thanks Charlie! ✌😎🌏🌞
	♥ 9:02pm Webhamster Henry: I'll catch the archive!
	♥ 9:02pm schmutz: thanks Charlie!! look forward to next time!
	♥ 9:04pm WR: 9PM already? Thank you Charlie! Laters all y'all.
	♥ 9:09pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Charlie! - 'till then...

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