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Familiar & forgotten gems from 50-plus years of music on the darker side, shoegaze, synthpop, goth, psychedelia, darkwave, with unapologetic detours into 70s pop. In a dark night of the soul, it's always 3 o'clock in the morning.

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Favoriting August 20, 2024: Balancing Act

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images Approx. start time
Tori Amos  Thank You   Favoriting Crucify EP  Atlantic  1992   
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17 Pygmies  Lila Pausa   Favoriting 13 Blackbirds  Trakwerx  2007   
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The Sundays  Gone   Favoriting Summertime (single)  Parlophone  1997   
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Van She  Virgin Suicide   Favoriting V  Modular Recordings  2008   
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Tara Cross  War Never Sleeps   Favoriting 1982-1989  Vinyl on Demand  2011  Selections From Waiting For The War 1983 (Cass, 1983) 
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Subject  Don't Be Blind   Favoriting The Bedroom Tapes (A Compilation Of Minimal Wave From Around The World 1980-1991)  Minimal Wave  2018   
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Broadcast  Arc of a Journey   Favoriting Tender Buttons  Warp Records  2005   
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I Speak Machine  Dirty Soul   Favoriting War  I Speak Machine  2022   
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XTC  Ten Feet Tall   Favoriting Drums and Wires  Virgin  1979   
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Music behind DJ:
The Monkees 

Daydream Believer (backing track)   Favoriting

 

 

 

 

 

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Department S  Monte Carlo or Bust   Favoriting Sub-Stance  LTM  2002  single from 1981 
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Kriistal Ann  Remembrance   Favoriting Delirious Skies  Werkstatt Recordings  2014   
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Shadow Show  Illusions   Favoriting Fantasy Now!  Little Cloud Records  2024   
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Grace Darling  Walls   Favoriting Invisible  Grace Darling  1999  no cover art so instead a photo of actress Grace Darling 
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Plankton Waves  World's End   Favoriting Songs of Endings  Valley of Tears  2013   
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Bjork  Claimstaker   Favoriting Utopia  One Little Indian  2017   
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Ultime Possibilité  Would You Smile   Favoriting Ultime Possibilité  Ultime Possibilité  1986   
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flowerbomb  boys   Favoriting pretty dark  Mutineer Records  2021   
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Espers  The Pearl   Favoriting III  Drag City  2009   
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Music behind DJ:
Bananarama/Foxy Brown 

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múm  Will the Summer Make Good For All Our Sins?   Favoriting Summer Make Good  Fat Cat Records  2004   
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Pink Floyd  Dramatic Theme   Favoriting Soundtrack From The Film "More"  Columbia  1969   
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The Cure  Another Day   Favoriting Three Imaginary Boys  Fiction Records  1979   
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Low  All Night   Favoriting Hey What  Sub Pop  2021   
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Deary  2000 Miles   Favoriting Deary (expanded)  Sonic Cathedral  2023   
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Tremosphere  Shadow Dance   Favoriting Memoirs of a French Garden  Slugg Records  2022   
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Where We Sleep  The Desert   Favoriting Experiments In The Dark  Where We Sleep  2019   
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somesurpises  Sometimes   Favoriting somesurprises  Drawing Room Records  2019   
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Music behind DJ:
Cocteau Twins 

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The Moody Blues  You Can Never Go Home   Favoriting Every Good Boy Deserves Favour  Threshold  1971   
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Korine Conception  This Mess Around   Favoriting Glow In Transparancy Aurora  BFW Recordings  2010   
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Cosmicdust  Without You (2005 version)   Favoriting Snow Noise Assemblage  Cosmicdust  2006   
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Neiti Olga  Kesäkuu   Favoriting Minä, Aina  Luova Records  2020   
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Animal Ghosts  Drift   Favoriting Wake  Animal Ghosts  2021   
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Cocteau Twins  Rilkean Heart   Favoriting Milk & Kisses  Capitol Records  1996   
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Jan Helsing  Ärka Üles   Favoriting Käed  Jan Helsing  2019   
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Oatumn  Breathe   Favoriting Melomania  My Ruin  2022   
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Music behind DJ:
Claude Denjean 

Nights in White Satin   Favoriting

 

 

 

 

 

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Beautiful Pea Green Boat  Mirror of Souls   Favoriting Obsessions  Mr. Slaughterback Records/Third Mine Records  1987   
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Carla Bozulich  Drowned by the Light   Favoriting Boy  Constellation  2014   
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A Sunny Day in Glasgow  Shy   Favoriting Ashes Grammar  Mis Ojos Discos  2009   
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Robyn Hitchcock  Cool Bug Rumble   Favoriting Mossy Liquor  Warner Bros Records  1996   
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Insulin Reaction  Darkzone   Favoriting What's the Point  Bobok Ltd  1988   
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Elton John  Goodbye Yellow Brick Road   Favoriting Goodbye Yellow Brick Road  MCA Records  1973   
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Music behind DJ:
Drama 

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The Sweet  Lady Starlight   Favoriting Desolation Boulevard  Capitol Records  1974   
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Suzi Quatro  Move It   Favoriting Quatro  Bell Records  1974   
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Eno  Burning Airlines Give You So Much More   Favoriting Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)  Island Records  1974   
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Elton John  The Bitch is Back   Favoriting Caribou  MCA Records  1974   
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Queen  Seven Seas Of Rhye   Favoriting Queen II  EMI  1974   
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Mott the Hoople  Roll Away The Stone   Favoriting The Hoople  Columbia  1974   
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Genesis  Lilywhite Lilith   Favoriting The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway  ATCO Records  1974   
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Gil Scott-Heron  Home Is Where the Hatred Is   Favoriting The Revolution Will Not Be Televised  Flying Dutchman  1974   
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Knight Instrumental 

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Minnie Riperton  Take a Little Trip   Favoriting Perfect Angel  Epic  1974   
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Can  Dizzy Dizzy   Favoriting Soon Over Babaluma  United Artists Records  1974   
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David Bowie  Candidate   Favoriting Diamond Dogs  RCA Victor  1974   
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Marc Bolan & T. Rex  Interstellar Soul   Favoriting Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow Or A Creamed Cage In August  EMI  1974   
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Roxy Music  A Really Good Time   Favoriting Country Life  Island Records  1974   
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Jessica Harper  Old Souls   Favoriting Phantom of the Paradise OST  A&M Records  1974   
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Renaissance  I Think of You   Favoriting Turn of the Cards  Sire  1974   
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Cockney Rebel  Sweet Dreams   Favoriting The Psychomodo  EMI  1974   
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Abba  Waterloo   Favoriting Waterloo  Atlantic  1974   
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Music behind DJ:
Syd Barrett 

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Listener comments!

  3:00pm
iko:

Peace and greetings everyone
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Julie:

hiya iko!
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dreamyandseedy:

hi Julie hi all
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Yvang:

Hi Julie and Souls! I enjoyed your Big Planet Dark Night yesterday.
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Julie:

hi dreamy!
  3:02pm
iko:

Sorry I missed your fill in last night, I'll be hitting the archives:)
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Julie:

hi Yvang! Thank you!
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love2laf:

↳ Song: "Thank You" by "Tori Amos"
Oh what a start, fantastic right out of the gate Julie! Hi Julie, birds, iko, dreamyandseedy, Yvang, and all the dark souls to come.
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chris in the redwoods:

hi, Julie and folks!
  3:02pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Song: "Thank You" by "Tori Amos"
Hi Julie, birds, everyone. Love this EP so much!
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Michael 98145:

Hellos, Friends
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Ken From Hyde Park:

<renew tab>
<click "Next playlist">
Here we are! 🦇
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Yvang:

↳ love2laf @3:02
Heya Love2Laf!
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Michael 98145:

( w0w '92 ? )
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bixa (𝘣𝘦𝘦-𝘩𝘢):

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ h e l l o . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁
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egould:

Hey yo, Julie! Hi everyone returning to the colony for the dark night.
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Jeff Moore:

Afternoon, Julie, everyone
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doctorjazz:

Hi, Julie and Streamers!
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Julie:

Hi L2L! hi Chris! Hi Hunter! Hi Michael! Hi Ken! HI Bixa! Hi egould! Hi Jeff! Hi Dr Jazz. Wow I take one phone call and everyone shows up!
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Michael C St Lou:

🌝 many more lurking in the sunshine/moonshine today
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Julie:

hi There Michael C St Lou!
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JReganK:

Hey, Julie!
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Dan S:

Hey Julie, fellow Dark Souls!
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Julie:

hi JRegan! Hi Dan!
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Bas NL:

Hi Julie! Hi all!
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Julie:

Hi Bas!
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "War Never Sleeps" by "Tara Cross"
This track's title is all too true.
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Julie:

how's the volume today? I know I'm always low so I boosted the streaming app a little bit
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egould:

↳ Julie @3:18
Volume is good. Signal clear.
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Michael C St Lou:

↳ Julie @3:18
low side comparatively
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Julie:

I don't wanna mess with it right now but I'll boost it more next week see if I can get closer to everyone else's levels
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Jeff Moore:

↳ Julie @3:23
Ehh, if your levels are consistent through the show it's really no problem to adjust volume once for three or four hours of listening.

What's really the worst is when people crank their levels up into clipping and the whole show's distorted!
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Julie:

↳ Jeff Moore @3:26
yeah that's what I'm trying to avoid. But I think I have room to boost it some.
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Michael 98145:

↳ Julie @3:27
A bit. Otherwise sounding good.
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egould:

Emails sent. The project is proceeding well. I think it's time to go get a cheeseburger and some groceries. Will have you in my ears and in my heart.
I'll have you
  3:34pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Song: "Ten Feet Tall" by "XTC"
I love a lot of XTC, "Oranges and Lemons" is one of my favorite album, but I never really bonded with Andy Partridge either. It's a little too intellectual for me, maybe?
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Dan S:

I have to head out for a bit, but should be back later. At least for the last hour of the show. In any case, thanks for all the music, Julie, and be well, fellow listeners.
  3:41pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Song: "Monte Carlo or Bust" by "Department S"
Ooh their song "Is Vic There?" is one of the great punk singles. I'm sure it's been playing to death on WFMU of course.
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Julie:

↳ egould @3:32
mmm enjoy your burger
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Julie:

↳ Dan S @3:41
see ya later, Dan!
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Sylvia:

Hello Julie and all, sorry I’m jet lagged
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Julie:

hi Sylvia! Bet it's good to be back in your own bed though!
  3:55pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Song: "Claimstaker" by "Bjork"
I love this Bjork album, it's like a return to her Classic Form.
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Michael C St Lou:

↳ Song: "boys" by "flowerbomb"
❤‍🔥
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chris in the redwoods:

did anyone else just hear the doomsday clock get closer to midnight :(
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chris in the redwoods:

this music is all i need right now. thanks, Julie!
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Julie:

thanks Chris!
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egould:

Spooky whispered vocals 👍
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∫ydniuß:

the call of Zabriskie
  4:19pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Song: "Dramatic Theme" by "Pink Floyd"
"More" is a groovy album but the titles make it clear that the Floyd didn't exactly consider it a major project.
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∫ydniuß:

↳ hunterfelt @4:19
that gong was very expensive to get to Pompeii
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Julie:

hi ∫ydniuß!
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∫ydniuß:

↳ Julie @4:22
let the ⭐️ flow Julie
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chris in the redwoods:

my brain may be playing tricks on me but i thought i heard a bit of Roky Erickson guitar influence in this Cure track.
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Julie:

I'm sure a lot of bands were influenced by him
  4:28pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Song: "All Night" by "Low"
The final two Low albums are masterpieces. R.I.P. Mimi Parker
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Julie:

↳ Song: "2000 Miles" by "Deary"
wait..is this a xmas song? OOPS
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Michael C St Lou:

↳ Julie @4:31
like it though
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Julie:

yeah I didn't realize this was the Chrissy Hynde song LOL
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Julie:

explains why it's a bonus track
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

↳ Song: "Shadow Dance" by "Tremosphere"
Tuning in just in time! Thank you, Julie!
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Julie:

hiya SMS!
  4:37pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Julie @4:32
It turns it inside out, it's really great. So maybe it is a summer song now.
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Rich in Washington:

↳ Song: "Shadow Dance" by "Tremosphere"
Digging this!
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

↳ Rich in Washington @4:39
Thank you, Rich!
  4:41pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Song: "Shadow Dance" by "Tremosphere"
This very much sounded like it came from a same place as the Low track.
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Julie:

↳ hunterfelt @4:41
I thought it was a good pairing 🖤
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Michael C St Lou:

😜😋
  4:46pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Julie @4:42
100% Brilliant on your part!
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

↳ hunterfelt @4:41
We absolutely love them but very purposefully did not listen to "Hey What" until we were done with "Memoirs". We were working on the BPX "Forests" album at the time and that kinda of more experimental vibe found its way onto this particular track, I think...
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egould:

Robert Carlyle? Good actor. Fun show.
  4:53pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Summer and Michael and Sylvia @4:51
That is very understandable! I do that with movies. I like to think of it as a Great Minds thing.
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Julie:

↳ hunterfelt @4:46
they should've worked back to back but I guess I thought otherwise sticking that Deary tune in there
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Julie:

↳ egould @4:51
ah he was in trainspotting AND full monty. I couldn't remember the name of the 2nd one
  4:57pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Julie @4:55
They would have worked together back-to-back just fine, but the Deary cover was an amazing bridge between the two. It all came across as a single composition.
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egould:

↳ Song: "Without You (2005 version)" by "Cosmicdust"
The sky; it’s full of shoes.
I gaze.
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Bas NL:

↳ Song: "Without You (2005 version)" by "Cosmicdust"
Wow this!
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chris in the redwoods:

well, shoot, gotta leave sooner than desired today.
thanks for the great sounds, Julie!
take care, everyone!
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Julie:

↳ Bas NL @5:06
japan knows how to shoegaze
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Julie:

aww see ya Chris!
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Bas NL:

↳ Julie @5:07
I'll need to hear more of them! On 'wants' list.
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love2laf:

I too am exiting, but only the accu for cocktail hour, listening till the end. Wonderful selections today Julie, thank you. Cheers all you Dark Souls, keep your eyes on your shoes.
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Julie:

thanks L2L. Cheers!
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TheDerek:

Cleaning/Reorganizing studio. Show has been a great soundtrack for this endeavor
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Julie:

thanks Derek!
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TheDerek:

↳ Julie @5:07
Angels in Heavy Syrup in particular. Love them!
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Julie:

↳ TheDerek @5:17
I love them too but I haven't played them today
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TheDerek:

↳ Julie @5:18
I know, just commenting on Japanese shoegaze
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Julie:

↳ TheDerek @5:19
ohhhh okay!
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Julie:

↳ TheDerek @5:19
didn't realize what that was a reply to !
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TheDerek:

↳ Julie @5:20
😂Commenting by time signature
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TheDerek:

↳ Song: "Breathe" by "Oatumn"
Never heard of these folks, need to investigate further
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Michael C St Lou:

↳ Song: "Breathe" by "Oatumn"
❤‍🔥😜😋💦
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Mxter Baba:

shimmery glimmers in the dark night! hello, Julie and WFMUkins
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Julie:

hi there Mxter Baba!
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Rich in Washington:

↳ Mxter Baba @5:44
It's Mxter Baba! Howdy!
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Rich in Washington @5:46
hey there, regional neighbor!
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Julie:

horny back toad!
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Julie @5:54
howling old owl!
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Rich in Washington:

A pizza joint around where I grew up used to play the Pink Panther theme on the pipe organ while some hapless pizza employee would cavort about in a moth-eaten Pink Panther costume.
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Julie:

↳ Rich in Washington @6:00
that's both funny and weird
  6:06pm
A.J. MACHETE:

©1974
  6:07pm
A.J. MACHETE:

Ooh, he said "Ragina".
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Julie:

isn't that how they say the Canadian city? Regyna?
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egould:

Thank you for an afternoon of wonderful music, Julie.
I gotta' make like a banana, and split.
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Julie:

see ya egould!
  6:11pm
A.J. MACHETE:

↳ Julie @6:08
I didn't even know there was a Canadian city with that name. Are they close enough to border with Intercourse, PA? (joke)
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Song: "Seven Seas Of Rhye" by "Queen"
now you’ve done it! this set was already revving me up, but anything from QII is MY JAM!!!!
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Aitch:

Hey Julie and crew.
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Mxter Baba:

YAHHHHH!!!!! MOTTTTTTT!!!!
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Aitch:

↳ Rich in Washington @6:00
I approve
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Julie:

hiya Aitch!
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Song: "Roll Away The Stone" by "Mott the Hoople"
I love the OGWT video of this
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Dan S:

↳ Mxter Baba @6:16
I like 'em too, though maybe not quite so enthusiastically. :)
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Dan S @6:17
it’s just the whole build up of this set is perfect
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Mxter Baba @6:18
and it was TOTP: duck://player/yKmvTcSzcE8
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Mxter Baba:

1974 FTW
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "Lilywhite Lilith" by "Genesis"
I haven't heard this one, or anything from this album, in many a month. Love it.
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Dan S:

↳ Mxter Baba @6:20
Ah yes, now I see. 50th anniversary. God, that's mind-boggling!
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Mxter Baba:

If I could beam back then to see Queen and Mott The Hoople LIVE!!!!
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A.J. MACHETE:

Wendy's belated b-day present.
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Mxter Baba:

1974 I was in Kindy-garten
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Mxter Baba:

Revolution TikTok
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Dan S:

I think the Rolling Stones "liberated" the word "bitch" in 1971 with a song by that name. I THINK.
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Julie:

↳ Dan S @6:29
did they play it on the radio?
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Julie:

some stations refused to play the elton song en.wikipedia.org...
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Julie:

when PIX in NYC doesn't play it...
  6:33pm
A.J. MACHETE:

↳ Song: "Take a Little Trip" by "Minnie Riperton"
Has anyone heard the version sung by Stevie Wonder? Deluxe version of Perfect Angel.
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Dan S:

↳ Julie @6:30
I think it was played on the radio. A computer query seems to confirm that: en.wikipedia.org...
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Bas NL:

Can!
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Mxter Baba:

That 1974 set got me so excited I finally vacuumed my house just to burn off the energy!
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Julie:

↳ Mxter Baba @6:34
that's awesome!
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Julie:

↳ Song: "Dizzy Dizzy" by "Can"
there is something T-rex-y about this
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TheDerek:

↳ Song: "Dizzy Dizzy" by "Can"
Good one!
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Aitch:

The Sweet Thing Candidate Sweet Think bit of D Dogs some of the best Bowie ever
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Dean:

During the early '70s, "Bitch" appeared on Billboard international charts and US college stations. In '74, Elton John's "The Bitch is Back" appeared on a Broadcasting chart of "top songs in air-play popularity in US radio."
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Julie:

so why did some stations refuse to play it?
  6:42pm
Dean:

Seems that the appearance of "Bitch" in jukeboxes (it was the flipside to "Brown Sugar") put pressure on radio stations to start playing it.
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Dean @6:42
yay jukeboxes!!!!
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Dan S:

↳ Julie @6:42
I'm pretty sure WNEW played it, and probably WPLJ too.
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "A Really Good Time" by "Roxy Music"
One of the racier album covers of the time.
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Julie:

↳ Dan S @6:45
yeah I was just reading about how it was wrapped up in a lot of stores.
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Dan S:

↳ Julie @6:46
That I can believe.
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Dean:

Assuming they did refuse to play it, I'd guess demographics was an important factor. College radio stations were cool with it. Non-US markets were cool with it. Mainstream Americans are hypocritical prudes.

That, and the fact that it was a b-side.
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Julie:

I meant the elton song and I suppose it could be a well-publicized lie
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chinn:

Phantom of the Paradise! Bravo!
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Julie:

↳ chinn @6:50
Hi chinn! LOVE LOVE that movie
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "I Think of You" by "Renaissance"
I loved Renaissance. Still do. Also, back then, I had a crush on Annie Haslam.
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Julie:

she still sounds amazing
  6:51pm
Dean:

Oh, gotcha. I don't find any extensive reporting on the Elton John track. It appears throughout 1974 on charts.
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Dan S:

OMG. Is it Cockney Rebel? Yes!!
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Marshland:

There were no issues with playing The Bitch is Back in the UK at the time.
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Julie:

Uk was cool with most things, all the puritans came here
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Julie:

what 1974 banger am I gonna end with?
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "Sweet Dreams" by "Cockney Rebel"
This group was a favorite of me and a few friends when almost nobody over here had heard of them.
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Julie:

↳ Dan S @6:54
new to me! yesterday!
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Dan S:

Could it be Abba? :)
  6:55pm
Dean:

In fact, in a 1977 interview with Buzz Bennett, he asks rhetorically, "Well, why does Elton John release 'The Bitch Is Back' and it gets played on every station in the country?" This is in response to a question about Johnny Guitar Watson's "Ain't That a Bitch?"
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Dan S:

↳ Julie @6:55
Check out their album "The Human Menagerie" sometime.
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Chuckz:

This was a fun show - adding it to the list, thanks!
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Marshland:

Well the BBC did ban many songs, often incongruously. Sometimes they'd not ban stuff because the bosses didn't realise the slang sexual references...
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Andrew:

I love this song. It's the best Eurovision winner OAT. It doesn't matter that Napoleon didn't surrender at Waterloo.
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Marshland:

en.wikipedia.org...
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Dan S:

Julie, great show, and you've brightened my mood! Thanks ever so much!
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JReganK:

Thanks, Julie!
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Bas NL:

Thanks Julie! Great show!
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Marshland:

Above link is a list of banned songs on the BBC...
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Yvang:

Thanks Julie! I can't believe these songs are 50 years old.
  6:59pm
hunterfelt:

↳ Song: "Lady Starlight" by "The Sweet"
Great show Julie!
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Jeff Moore:

Thanks, Julie!
  6:59pm
Dean:

In July 1977, Paul Anka performed the Elton John tune on Home Box Office.
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Julie:

thanks so much everyone!!
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Julie:

↳ Dean @6:59
hahahaha too funny. I do remember Tina doing it
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