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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.
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June 29, 2022: MITCHELL COHEN interview. But first, an opening set of non-male voices.
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joan armatrading |
show some emotion
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show some emotion | a&m | 1977 | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |||||
lene lovich |
say when
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12" | stiff/epic | 1979 | 0:03:24 (Pop-up) | |||||
le tigre |
yr critique
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from the desk of mr. lady | mr. lady | 0:06:43 (Pop-up) | ||||||
bush tetras |
too many creeps
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rhythm and paranoia: the best of | wharf cat | 0:08:55 (Pop-up) | ||||||
wimps |
garbage people
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garbage people | kill rock stars | 2018 | 0:12:37 (Pop-up) | |||||
luscious jackson |
citysong (ny state of the world)
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cd single | grand royal/capitol | 1994 | 0:15:01 (Pop-up) | |||||
ann peebles |
i'm gonna tear your playhouse down
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va-i'm a good woman 2 | harmless | 0:18:55 (Pop-up) | ||||||
worriers |
relentless noise
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you or someone you know | 6131 | 2020 | 0:21:24 (Pop-up) | |||||
girlschool |
screaming blue murder
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screaming blue murder | mercury | 1982 | 0:26:41 (Pop-up) | |||||
l7 |
shove
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smell the magic | sub pop | 1990 | 0:28:07 (Pop-up) | |||||
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brownsville station |
let your yeah be yeah
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7" | big tree | 1973 | distributed by Bell Records | 0:39:28 (Pop-up) | ||||
suzi quatro |
can the can
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single | bell records | 1973 | 0:42:27 (Pop-up) | |||||
gene page |
close encounters of the third kind
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single | arista | 1977 | 0:45:57 (Pop-up) | |||||
tycoon |
out in the cold
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s/t | arista | 1978 | 0:50:33 (Pop-up) | |||||
dwight twilley band |
looking for the magic
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twilley don't mind | arista | 1977 | 0:53:16 (Pop-up) | |||||
mitchell cohen |
chats with efd, part 1
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Get the book from Trouser Press Books or at Amazon | 0:56:26 (Pop-up) | |||||||
the box tops |
cry like a baby
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7" | mala | 1968 | a Bell Records subsidiary, along with the Amy label | 1:09:35 (Pop-up) | ||||
ronny & the daytonas |
g.t.o.
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mala | 1964 | 1:12:08 (Pop-up) | ||||||
mitch ryder & the detroit wheels |
jenny take a ride!
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single | new voice | 1965 | One of Bob Crewe's labels, distributed by Bell | 1:15:03 (Pop-up) | ||||
betty harris |
ride your pony
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single | sansu | 1968 | label founded by Alan Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn, distributed by Bell | 1:17:59 (Pop-up) | ||||
the sweet |
little willy
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s/t | bell | 1973 | 1:20:56 (Pop-up) | |||||
mitchell cohen |
chats with efd, part 2
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1:24:03 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
barry manilow |
oh my lady
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manilow | bell/arista | 1973 | 1:32:56 (Pop-up) | |||||
bay city rollers |
saturday night
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7" | arista | 1975 | 1:36:23 (Pop-up) | |||||
the alpha band |
adrenalin
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spark in the dark | arista | 1977 | 1:39:16 (Pop-up) | |||||
patti smith |
free money
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horses | arista | 1975 | 1:42:14 (Pop-up) | |||||
gil scott-heron, brian jackson and the midnight band |
winter in america
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the first minute of a new day | arista | 1975 | 1:45:57 (Pop-up) | |||||
mitchell cohen |
chats with efd, part 3
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1:52:00 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
the kinks |
sleepwalker
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sleepwalker | arista | 1977 | 2:01:33 (Pop-up) | |||||
general johnson |
don't walk away
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7" | arista | 1976 | 2:05:08 (Pop-up) | |||||
gilda radner, chevy chase, garrett morris |
emily litella/news for the hard of hearing
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nbc's saturday night live | arista | 1976 | 2:08:41 (Pop-up) | |||||
lou reed |
shooting star
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street hassle | arista | 1978 | 2:10:29 (Pop-up) | |||||
nick lowe's last chicken in the shop |
i knew the bride
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va-stiffs live | stiff/arista | 1978 | 2:14:28 (Pop-up) | |||||
raydio |
is this a love thing
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7" | arista | 1978 | 2:16:54 (Pop-up) | |||||
mitchell cohen |
chats with efd, part 4
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Reminder: you can order Mitchell's book from the publisher, Trouser Press Books, or on Amazon. | 2:20:31 (Pop-up) | |||||||
graham parker |
mercury poisoning
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7" | arista | 1979 | 2:31:23 (Pop-up) | |||||
alan parsons |
i wouldn't want to be like you
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7" | arista | 1977 | 2:35:08 (Pop-up) | |||||
quazar |
funk with a big foot
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s/t | arista | 1978 | 2:37:36 (Pop-up) | |||||
the grateful dead |
shakedown street
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shakedown street | arista | 1978 | 2:43:46 (Pop-up) | |||||
haircut 100 |
boy meets girl
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2:54:25 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
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Listener comments!
the bunk:
Will the Sound Guy:
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
YETI BOB:
Mike From Brooklyn:
I'll be listening but won't be able to comment much.
Krys O.:
PuraVida:
pgalub:
Figgsrock:
Andres:
love2laf:
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):
Krys O.:
tim from washington:
PuraVida:
Roberto:
Kat in Chicago:
Lixiviated Life:
Go ahead, we're listening.
prof.fuzz:
mike! tim!
Yvang:
Rich in Washington:
efd:
Yvang:
prof.fuzz:
efd:
Rich in Washington:
My teenage New Wave crush progression went something like Lene Lovich>Nina Hagen>Lydia Lunch
prof.fuzz:
tim from washington:
HyperDose:
Will the Sound Guy:
Rich in Washington:
prof.fuzz:
Lixiviated Life:
I just want to say that you're playing all my favorites so far.
Sincerely,
Lix
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
Lixiviated Life:
It's nice to know.
Thank you garbage people,
I like you too.
tim from washington:
prof.fuzz:
prof.fuzz:
adampsyche:
tim from washington:
Kat in Chicago:
Jason from Houston:
courtneynoir:
Hoboken Jack:
Artie:
prof.fuzz:
persimmon:
slugluv1313:
totally digging!!!
gotta be heading out shortly, but will be lurking/listening 😺😺
Jason from Houston:
Figgsrock:
Figgsrock:
prof.fuzz:
slugluv1313:
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
Will the Sound Guy:
Hoboken Jack:
efd:
mndave:
mrdonutsu:
efd:
tim from washington:
Figgsrock:
prof.fuzz:
efd:
Figgsrock:
Jeff formerly from Rahway:
Kat in Chicago:
tim from washington:
Jessie:
tim from washington:
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):
Rich in Washington:
prof.fuzz:
SWK:
prof.fuzz:
slugluv1313:
McGroovey:
I liked L7 ok, but they weren't who I was there to see... My cousin was friends with one of them, but my cousin wasn't there... Yeah, more and more, the nineties are too remote to remember.
McGroovey:
slugluv1313:
JetBoy of Brooklyn:
slugluv1313:
Kat in Chicago:
tim from washington:
admiral crisp:
tim from washington:
Hoboken Jack:
Mister Dobalina:
slugluv1313:
HyperDose:
MitchellC:
efd:
Mike J:
Jessie:
MitchellC:
listener 126464:
Marie:
listener 126464:
SWK:
tim from washington:
efd:
MelaniR:
MitchellC:
tim from washington:
Hey MitchellC! Thanks for answering my Crazy Elephant question. Right from the source!
efd:
MelaniR:
MitchellC:
tim from washington:
MelaniR:
full metal monkey:
prof.fuzz:
slugluv1313:
full metal monkey:
prof.fuzz:
tim from washington:
Jessie:
efd:
listener 126464:
slugluv1313:
karlward:
full metal monkey:
MitchellC:
slugluv1313:
MelaniR:
slim:
MitchellC:
prof.fuzz:
Jessie:
Carmichael:
mrdonutsu:
tim from washington:
mrdonutsu:
MitchellC:
Hoboken Jack:
efd:
karlward:
mrdonutsu:
Sweet Corn Lizzie:
full metal monkey:
MelaniR:
Lawrence:
Marie:
tim from washington:
full metal monkey:
efd:
slugluv1313:
Hopalong Lightnin':
morphe':
Do not tell Willy he has a wee Willy !!!
Hurts the psyche and the performance ..
MelaniR:
efd:
efd:
MelaniR:
slugluv1313:
Figgsrock:
tim from washington:
efd - Just consider it Freeform radio at it's finest.
Joe R.:
efd:
SWK:
Hopalong Lightnin':
morphe':
dumbass fist fight (1979?) with some dumb ass aggressive guys
from some suburban nightmare...
How does one spell mullet??
Jessie:
greg g:
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
MelaniR:
the bunk:
egould:
morphe':
for later ..
Je N'e Regret Rien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsz7IuZ3paM
greg g:
MelaniR:
slugluv1313:
disco_nap_:
herb.nyc:
Stevel:
the bunk:
MitchellC:
efd:
slugluv1313:
(and two artists who were musical guests on the original SNL -- which i highly doubt would happen nowadays)
Ciggy:
If Clay could play his flute like that
efd:
Carmichael:
slugluv1313:
slugluv1313:
Stevel:
slug: Would it have blown GSH's mind to do a billionaires in space update? Glad he missed that one.
MelaniR:
disco_nap_:
efd:
efd:
tim from washington:
MelaniR:
slugluv1313:
Wild Neil||Peace All:
tim from washington:
Carmichael:
tim from washington:
MelaniR:
Carmichael:
morphe':
other restaurant =
Odessa
or
7th/2nd ave was Kiev..
Figgsrock:
MitchellC:
Jessie:
MelaniR:
karlward:
tim from washington:
MitchellC:
MelaniR:
slugluv1313:
another Savior from my teenage years. . . and to this very day
prof.fuzz:
morphe':
Thanks efd and all .... !!!!!!!!!!!
listening with kitchen fingers !!!!!
slugluv1313:
listener 126464:
McGroovey:
Stevel:
slugluv1313:
when were you at Rutgers? (or Cook? Livingston?)
Figgsrock:
efd:
SWK:
Carmichael:
efd:
steveo:
MelaniR:
efd:
listener 126464:
prof.fuzz:
MelaniR:
Jessie:
efd:
MelaniR:
tim from washington:
Figgsrock:
prof.fuzz:
MitchellC:
slugluv1313:
efd:
listener 126464:
drr:
tim from washington:
love2laf:
efd:
Figgsrock:
efd:
Carmichael:
efd:
tim from washington:
yerfriendpaul:
greg g:
Carmichael:
drr:
slugluv1313:
was at Douglass Fall '77 to Spring '81
the older i get, the more i wonder how many FMUers i have crossed paths with over the years 😺😺
PuraVida:
efd:
Carmichael:
drr:
Mike Sin:
slugluv1313:
tim from washington:
MelaniR:
SteveS:
PuraVida:
www.discogs.com...
efd:
Carmichael:
PuraVida:
efd:
The Butterman:
PuraVida:
Steve from Dunwoody:
karlward:
Figgsrock:
queems:
listener 126464:
PuraVida:
PuraVida:
bradford:
steveo:
MelaniR:
Figgsrock:
radioronan:
yerfriendpaul:
steveo:
abbazabba:
Corey:
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Figgsrock:
karlward:
bradford:
MelaniR:
nardo:
Carmichael:
MelaniR:
Will the Sound Guy:
dvs:
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Will the Sound Guy:
Kamp Climax:
Carmichael:
steveo:
vinylmonkee:
tim from washington:
karlward:
MelaniR:
Danny in Poughkeepsie:
Will the Sound Guy:
morphe':
Patrick S.:
drr:
listener 126464:
slugluv1313:
for real, i feel like my batteries are recharged -- & ready to face the insanity that is happening
Revolution Rabbit Nov63: