The Evan "Funk" Davies Show:
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from March 1, 2023
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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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March 1, 2023: A chat with WFMU fan (and Depeche Mode frontman) DAVE GAHAN! Plus ZAINE GRIFF talks about The Helden Project, an early '80s collaboration with Hans Zimmer and Warren Cann that he's just re-recorded.
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Images | New | Approx. start time | ||
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| the max demian band |
havin' such a good day
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to the max | rca | 1979 | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |||||
| turquoise days |
grey skies
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va-bob stanley & pete wiggs present the tears of technology | ace | 2020 | orig 1984 | 0:03:38 (Pop-up) | ||||
| praxis |
1984
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s/t 12" ep | celluloid | 1984 | 0:07:45 (Pop-up) | |||||
| ultravox |
i can't stay long
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systems of romance | island | 1978 | 0:12:12 (Pop-up) | |||||
| data |
talk
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7" | original records | 1981 | 0:16:14 (Pop-up) | |||||
| roxy music |
ain't that so
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manifesto | atco | 1979 | 0:19:43 (Pop-up) | |||||
| eyelids |
enjoy the silence
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single | jealous butcher | 2021 | bandcamp | 0:24:56 (Pop-up) | ||||
| the body electric |
dash 172
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va-playground noises 2: 13 lost gems from the crypt 1980-1989 | geheimnis | 2022 | this song orig 1982 | 0:40:06 (Pop-up) | ||||
| en attendant ana |
principia
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principia | trouble in mind |
US tour in May/June bandcamp |
* | 0:43:38 (Pop-up) | ||||
| children maybe later |
my favorite painter
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what a flash kick! | slothmate | bandcamp | * | 0:46:52 (Pop-up) | ||||
| special interest |
midnight legend
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endure | rough trade | bandcamp | * | 0:49:43 (Pop-up) | ||||
| deux |
let's go
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let's go ep | minimal synth |
reissue, orig 1991 bandcamp |
* | 0:53:11 (Pop-up) | ||||
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A conversation with WFMU fan Dave Gahan |
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| depeche mode |
ghosts again
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memento mori | columbia | Album out March 24 | * | 1:02:19 (Pop-up) | ||||
| dave gahan |
chats with efd, part 1
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1:05:51 (Pop-up) | |||||||
| depeche mode |
just can't get enough
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catching up with | sire | 1:15:36 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| depeche mode |
route 66 (beatmasters mix)
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12" | mute | 1987 | 1:19:08 (Pop-up) | |||||
| dave gahan |
chats with efd, part 2
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1:25:24 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
| depeche mode |
i feel you
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songs of faith and devotion | sire | 1993 | 1:34:04 (Pop-up) | |||||
| depeche mode |
dreaming of me
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catching up with | sire | 1:38:21 (Pop-up) | ||||||
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A conversation with Zaine Griff |
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| zaine griff |
young and scientific
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the helden project // spies | sony japan | * | 1:46:06 (Pop-up) | |||||
| zaine griff |
tonight
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7" | automatic | 1980 | 1:50:18 (Pop-up) | |||||
| zaine griff |
chats with efd, part 1
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1:52:27 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
| zaine griff |
ashes and diamonds
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ashes and diamonds | warner bros. | 1980 | 2:04:52 (Pop-up) | |||||
| zaine griff |
flowers (with Kate Bush)
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figvres | polydor | 1982 | 2:09:06 (Pop-up) | |||||
| zaine griff |
chats with efd, part 2
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2:13:18 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
| zaine griff |
on the borderline
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the helden project // spies | sony japan | * | 2:25:16 (Pop-up) | |||||
| zaine griff |
stranded (with Debbi Doss)
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the helden project // spies | 2:30:04 (Pop-up) | |||||||
| zaine griff |
chats with efd, part 3
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2:36:44 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
| zaine griff |
2529
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the helden project // spies | sony japan | * | 2:48:53 (Pop-up) | |||||
| screemer |
interplanetary twist
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va-boobs: the junkshop glam discotheque | rpm | One of Zaine's early bands! This song originally from 1976 | 2:53:00 (Pop-up) | |||||
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Listener comments!
Magenta:
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Carmichael:
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Cooh John:
McGroovey:
Danny in Poughkeepsie:
StuartR:
Mister Dobalina:
Carmichael:
Gurldoggie:
efd:
Andrew in Toronto:
Alan in Marblehead:
nycmusicnerd:
You can't change the world
But you can change the facts
When you change the facts
You change points of view
When you change points of view
You may change a vote
When you change a vote
You may change the world
prof.fuzz:
prof.fuzz:
yay bandcamp friday!!!
prof.fuzz:
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
B R M:
Marie:
Hoboken Jack:
Marie:
B R M:
Chris:
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Hoboken Jack:
Magenta:
Handy Haversack:
Jack McGuire:
Krys O.:
B R M:
Band: Icehouse
Song: Icehouse
Album: Icehouse
which I have been alternating with Ultravox.
B R M:
Krys O.:
prof.fuzz:
Magenta:
efd:
Hoboken Jack:
John in Bklyn:
B R M:
Hoboken Jack:
B R M:
Talk Talk
Talk Talk
Talk Talk
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Andrew in Toronto:
Carmichael:
B R M:
vinylmonkee:
Hughie Considine:
love2laf:
Magenta:
Glistener MW:
Magenta:
prof.fuzz:
rich the greeb:
B R M:
sydnius:
Handy Haversack:
www.wfmu.org...
www.wfmu.org...
Glistener MW:
Hughie Considine:
Hughie Considine:
Glistener MW:
nycmusicnerd:
Hughie Considine:
B R M:
Band Name
Song Name
Album Name (with, crucially, the eponymous song on the same eponymous album)
nycmusicnerd:
Magenta:
olivia:
Hoboken Jack:
Hughie Considine:
Bonnie Prince Jamie:
nycmusicnerd:
efd:
Mister Dobalina:
Hughie Considine:
Chris:
Andrew in Toronto:
sydnius:
Hughie Considine:
Triple G in NYC:
Hoboken Jack:
efd:
Hughie Considine:
Jack McGuire:
John in Bklyn:
efd:
prof.fuzz:
love2laf:
Jack McGuire:
northguineahills:
eileen_tooth:
eileen_tooth:
Hughie Considine:
nycmusicnerd:
bill hanke:
northguineahills:
sydnius:
Sera from Rockaway:
John in Bklyn:
MM looked like hippie Ramones.
efd:
Cooh John:
Sylvia:
Magenta:
Magenta:
efd:
Handy Haversack:
Magenta:
Sylvia:
nycmusicnerd:
Andres:
Meesalikeu:
Cooh John:
nycmusicnerd:
Karl Ward:
Magenta:
efd:
Yuri G:
sydnius:
Sylvia:
eileen_tooth:
Hopey Sockmonkey:
Krys O.:
Bill K:
Doug in MP:
rich the greeb:
efd:
rf:
nycmusicnerd:
Triple G in NYC:
eileen_tooth:
dave wuz here:
Magenta:
Doug in MP:
Sylvia:
joe mulligan:
eileen_tooth:
Handy Haversack:
Dave:
eileen_tooth:
Alvy Singer:
eileen_tooth:
efd:
joe mulligan:
eileen_tooth:
Sylvia:
Glistener MW:
Alan in Marblehead:
efd:
Krys O.:
Sylvia:
Handy Haversack:
Alvy Singer:
DjLorraine:
rich the greeb:
Glistener MW:
Dave:
trailrunnah:
Sylvia:
Sera from Rockaway:
Magenta:
Hughie Considine:
Sylvia:
rich the greeb:
Sera from Rockaway:
efd:
Sylvia:
rich the greeb:
Karl Ward:
Matt:
B R M:
Sera from Rockaway:
Krys O.:
Krys O.:
trailrunnah:
Andrea C:
Sylvia:
DjLorraine:
Karl Ward:
Hopey Sockmonkey:
Andres:
Baja Joe:
DjLorraine:
Magenta:
lpfnrobin:
DouglasInDallas:
katharsis:
B R M:
Former Depeche Mode keyboard player, JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH composer, and Yazoo/Erasure founder Vince Clark sold his Park Slope Brownstone a few years back... lots of legends in NYC!
www.brooklynvegan.com...
Jack McGuire:
vinylmonkee:
Magenta:
tim from washington:
Jack McGuire:
Karl Ward:
DjLorraine:
efd:
Alan in Marblehead:
trailrunnah:
efd:
Jack McGuire:
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Matt:
JetBoy of Astoria:
misch:
sydnius:
Jack McGuire:
DouglasInDallas:
tim from washington:
efd:
Andres:
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Matt:
Magenta:
B R M:
lpfnrobin:
Krys O.:
www.instagram.com...
efd:
Andres:
Domenica:
ZOCO aka Phin The Hyooman:
Gurldoggie:
Barefoot Jimmy G:
Magenta:
DouglasInDallas:
Hopey Sockmonkey:
Alvy Singer:
Ray Parada:
Krys O.:
Bill K:
efd:
Krys O.:
Domenica:
Domenica:
Sera from Rockaway:
Marie:
DjLorraine:
Bill K:
efd:
Bill K:
Domenica:
Sera from Rockaway:
tim from washington:
DouglasInDallas:
DouglasInDallas:
Krys O.:
evancuts:
sydnius:
Bill K:
Sera from Rockaway:
Matt:
Hopey Sockmonkey:
Jack McGuire:
efd:
Marie:
Sera from Rockaway:
scribble:
My pre-marathon giddiness is in the stratosphere. So cool.
efd:
Alan in Marblehead:
Rayski_LaRue:
lpfnrobin:
Magenta:
DjLorraine:
Alvy Singer:
Sylvia:
I wish I could go see them on tour again, but prices are too high (and covid, also)
B R M:
tim from washington:
Midge:
Doris from Droitwich:
evancuts:
Krys O.:
Monica:
tim from washington:
JetBoy of Astoria:
eileen_tooth:
Doug in MP:
Julie M:
It was a very good job, efd!
love2laf:
Doug in MP:
Handy Haversack:
Danny in Poughkeepsie:
DjLorraine:
Doug in MP:
Magenta:
Doug in MP:
DouglasInDallas:
DjLorraine:
JetBoy of Astoria:
Handy Haversack:
Patrick S.:
Dave Gahan:
DouglasInDallas:
Handy Haversack:
Many thanks for your time and the great conversation!
Magenta:
Doug in MP:
tim from washington:
efd:
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
captain beef fart:
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
Doug in MP:
efd:
Glistener MW:
Huge Rat:
DouglasInDallas:
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
Dave Gahan:
Handy Haversack:
efd:
Glistener MW:
kmbrly:
Robm:
tim from washington:
Magenta:
Magenta:
efd:
kmbrly:
Andres:
efd:
Robm:
Yuri G:
rf:
efd:
Me, every time: Yes please!
Julie M:
JetBoy of Astoria:
Alvy Singer:
evancuts:
love2laf:
efd:
efd:
katharsis:
Alan in Marblehead:
Carmichael:
efd:
Jack McGuire:
efd:
Jack McGuire:
efd:
Jack McGuire:
efd:
Alan in Marblehead:
DouglasInDallas:
efd:
hendrix wolfbat:
DouglasInDallas:
efd:
hendrix wolfbat:
Monica:
Carmichael:
Ken From Hyde Park:
efd:
Alan in Marblehead:
efd:
nycmusicnerd:
love2laf:
Carmichael:
efd:
joe mulligan:
Handy Haversack:
Ken From Hyde Park:
Alvy Singer:
Magenta:
Hopey Sockmonkey:
morphe':
nycmusicnerd:
Handy Haversack: