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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra  Melancholy Serenade   Favoriting The Best Loved Bands of All Time  Reader's Digest  1997  CD  From 1953    0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Doris Day  Ten Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty-Two Sheep   Favoriting A Day at the Movies  Columbia  1988  CD  From 1950    0:05:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Mavis Rivers  Five O'Clock Whistle   Favoriting Sentimental Journey: Capitol's Great Ladies of Song  Capitol  1992  CD  From 1959    0:09:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Buddy Love (a.k.a. Jerry Lewis)  We've Got a World That Swings   Favoriting No Album  No Label  1963  MP3  From "The Nutty Professor"; with Les Brown and His Band of Renown    0:11:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Ray Anthony and His Orchestra  Kukie Bird   Favoriting Like Wild!  Capitol  1960  LP      0:13:17 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Keely Smith  What Is This Thing Called Love?   Favoriting Swingin' Pretty  EMI  1985  LP  From 1959    0:15:41 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Sammy Davis with Sam Butera & the Witnesses  There Will Never Be Another You   Favoriting When the Feeling Hits You!  Reprise  1965  LP      0:17:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Louis Prima with Sam Butera & the Witnesses  Pennies from Heaven   Favoriting The Call of the Wildest  EMI  1998  CD  From 1958    0:19:30 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bobby Darin  Beautiful Things   Favoriting As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection  Rhino  1995  CD  From 1967    0:21:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra  All My Loving   Favoriting Ellington '66  Reprise  1966  LP      0:24:12 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Alma Cogan  Eight Days a Week   Favoriting Alma Cogan  EMI  1997  CD  From 1967    0:30:04 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
A Flock of Seagulls  Some Dreams   Favoriting single  August Day Recordings  2024  MP3    *   0:44:18 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bryan Ferry  She Belongs to Me   Favoriting Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973–2023  BMG  2024  MP3  new recording  *   0:46:56 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Pulp  Help the Aged   Favoriting This Is Hardcore  Island  1997  CD      0:50:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Maurice and the Clichés  Soft Core   Favoriting C'est la Vie  RMS  1983  LP      0:55:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Kit Sebastian  Bul Bul Bul   Favoriting New Internationale  Brainfeeder  2024  MP3    *   0:58:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Los Bichos  Let Me Cook You   Favoriting Talkie Talkie  City Slang  2024  LP    *   1:01:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)
British Birds  Dull Boy   Favoriting Sucking Funny EP  British Birds  2024  MP3    *   1:05:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Claude Fontaine  Concha del Mar   Favoriting La Mer  Innovative Leisure  2024  MP3    *   1:07:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Chris Cohen  Night and Day   Favoriting Paint a Room  Hardly Art  2024  MP3    *   1:11:08 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Kings of Convenience  Boat Behind   Favoriting Live Acoustic Sessions EP  No Label  2010  MP3  on the radio in Milan    1:14:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Pom Poko  Fumble   Favoriting Champion  Bella Union  2024  MP3    *   1:17:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Gruff Rhys  Bad Friend   Favoriting Sadness Set Me Free  Rough Trade  2024  MP3      1:20:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
The 3 Friends  Jinx   Favoriting single  Lido  1957  45      1:28:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere & The Raiders  Let Me   Favoriting single  CBS  1969  45      1:30:41 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Scott Fagan  Many Sunny Places   Favoriting single  RCA  1976  45      1:32:32 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Sanford Clark  Farm Labor Camp #2   Favoriting single  LHI  1968  45      1:35:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show  Last Morning   Favoriting single  Columbia  1971  45  from "Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?"    1:37:12 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Sharon Ridley  Stay a While with Me   Favoriting single  Sussex  1975  45      1:40:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)
ABC  S.O.S.   Favoriting single  Neutron  1983  45      1:44:04 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Hijack   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1974  45      1:48:47 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Zager & Evans  Yeah 3²   Favoriting single  RCA  1970  45      1:54:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Walter Brennan  A Man Needs to Know   Favoriting single  Kapp  1971  45      1:56:45 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Bad Company  Morning Sun   Favoriting Burnin' Sky  Swan Song  1976  LP      2:13:36 (MP3 | Pop-up)
John Martyn  One Day Without You   Favoriting Sunday's Child  Island  1974  LP      2:17:49 (MP3 | Pop-up)
trust fund  Leaving the Party Early   Favoriting single  Tapete  2024  MP3    *   2:20:16 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Morganmasondowns  Home   Favoriting Morganmasondowns  Roulette  1970  LP      2:23:56 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Linda Christine  Feeling Awful Cold Today   Favoriting Circles End: 18 Dutch Folk-Pop Dreams 1968–1973  Misty Lane  2018  LP  From 1970    2:27:44 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Judy Dyble and Andy Lewis  Northern Sky   Favoriting Green Leaves - Nick Drake Covered  MOJO  2018  CD      2:30:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Françoise Hardy  Bown Bown Bown   Favoriting Midnight Blues - Paris • London • 1968–72  Ace International  2013  CD  From 1972    2:34:46 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Kevin Fowley  Ne pleure pas, Jeanette   Favoriting À Feu Doux  Basin Rock  2024  MP3    *   2:37:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Myriam Gendron  La Jeune Fille en Pleurs   Favoriting Ma Délire: Songs of Love, Lost & Found  Feeding Tube/les albums claus  2021  CD      2:44:25 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Junkboy  Cuckmere River Rises   Favoriting Littoral States  Wayside & Woodland Recordings  2024  MP3      2:49:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Kermit  Rainbow Connection   Favoriting We've Only Just Begun: The Paul Williams Songbook  Ace  2024  CD  From 1979  *   2:53:03 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  Swag For Life Member 9:03am
12539:

Boing!
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Deano de los Muertos:

Morning Joe ☕️
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Cheryl The Nerd:

Greetings fellow yippers...
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HyperDose:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @9:03
indeed a cuppa is warranted!
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listener james from westwood:

Jackie Gleason! To the moon, McGasko!
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Melancholy Serenade" by "Jackie Gleason and His O...
How Sweet It Is!
  9:05am
bradford:

Good morning Joe & fellow Yippers!
  9:05am
Steve from Dunwoody:

Ahhh…. I’m swooning!
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Gregosaurus:

And away we go, Yippers.
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common:

joe. all.
  9:06am
Triple G:

A yip yip and a boing boing to all y’all, hi Joe
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Deano de los Muertos:

↳ HyperDose @9:04
Mug was just topped off at the diner 👍 goin great with this tune
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Handy Haversack:

Joe and the Yipping Crew!
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Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

↳ Cheryl The Nerd @9:03
Good morning, Cheryl!
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Son Of Pantz:

↳ Song: "Melancholy Serenade" by "Jackie Gleason and His O...
This one always reminds me of my grandmother. She would love to watch the Honeymooners with her martini and Pall Malls.
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melinda:

Morning Joe and all
  9:06am
Triple G:

Did the effects pad get handed off like a baton and we’ll get a little "chocolate milkshake" dropped in here and there on the orchestra(s)?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

And Good morning, all. Starting off in classic Surface Noise style here.
  9:07am
traven:

They didn't call Jackie the Great One for nothing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Ken From Hyde Park:

With Art Carney! Yip yip!
  9:07am
Toothgrinder Tom:

Jackie Gleason had an orchestra? Could he read music?
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HyperDose:

↳ Song: "Ten Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty-Two Sheep" b...
that bowl of batter line was 🔥
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
David The Splatter:

Morning, Joe. Morning, yippers!
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chresti:

Morning Joe and yippers!
  9:09am
Rick A:

Good morning Joe and all from Brooklyn, I always appreciate your beginning your show with the swinging standards.
  9:09am
TerrDE:

What was the biggest tip you had ? $100... Well heres $200. Who gave you the hundred ? ... You did, Mr Gleason.
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Strandlund:

Yippie!!
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Handy Haversack:

Gotta walk K8 over the bridge. I'll be back before too long. On the flip side, so to speak.
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

morning, joe, yip yips, etc.
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Woo:

Good morning
  9:10am
TerrDE:

Doris before she was a virgin
  9:11am
Rick A:

↳ Song: "Ten Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty-Two Sheep" b...
This song is from the movie The West Point Story. I wonder how that factors into whatever plot such a movie might have.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
The Oscar:

↳ Song: "Five O'Clock Whistle" by "Mavis Rivers"
Impossible not to think of Red Riding Hood and Bugs Bunny!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Five O'Clock Whistle" by "Mavis Rivers"
"HEYYYYY GRANMAA! I gotta nice bunny rabbit for ya! TO HAVE!"
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V Priceless:

swell kick-off with the Gleason classic, Joe!
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ HyperDose @9:07
I thought the same thing. Damn.
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Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

↳ Song: "Five O'Clock Whistle" by "Mavis Rivers"
Goddamn, this is swinging so hard.
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Handy Haversack @9:09
out for a run. we'll see who flips back first.
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Rabbitsmokinintheferns:

↳ TerrDE @9:10
Good times.
  9:12am
TerrDE:

Hello Joe, Yippies, Yipsters and Yipettes
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HesperusWrecked:

↳ The Oscar @9:11
YES! That immediately popped into my mind. Love that cartoon.
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HyperDose:

↳ Song: "Five O'Clock Whistle" by "Mavis Rivers"
can't use that excuse anymore huh
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
listener james from westwood:

Was it the whistle, or was Dad throwing a wing-ding with a roundheels from the Lockheed steno pool? 23 skidoo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe.
  Swag For Life Member 9:13am
bk845:

↳ Song: "Five O'Clock Whistle" by "Mavis Rivers"
So it just dawned on me that Dad was using this as an excuse for staying out late...Who knew!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Rabbitsmokinintheferns:

↳ Toothgrinder Tom @9:07
Glad to see I'm not the only one who had that thought. Can't know it all.
Polopony!
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Cheryl The Nerd:

↳ HesperusWrecked @9:12
My mom was a HS English teacher. One year she taught a Humanities course. For her classical music section she used the Bugs Bunny cartoons. Taught the music behind them, and a little about each piece/composer.
  9:14am
TerrDE:

What kind of monster has he become ?!!
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Woo:

↳ Song: "We've Got a World That Swings" by "Buddy Love (a....
Got to see Jerry Lewis live in a Chicago suburb in the early 90s. He even juggled. That's entertainment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Marley P. Dogg:

Good morning Joe McG, Handy and Radio and friends!
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Joe McG:

Hi, radio fans! Welcome to the show. Hope your Monday morning is OK so far!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
DjLorraine:

Good morning. My tea with soymilk is no Alaskan Polar bear heater.
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Rabbitsmokinintheferns:

↳ Woo @9:14
Big Jerry Lewis fan as a kid. Mother brought me to a show for a prepubescent birthday gift. I only remember something about handkerchiefs and bras. To young and hickish to even know what blue was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Woo:

↳ Rabbitsmokinintheferns @9:17
I miss the Telethon. You could see some interesting stuff on live TV at 3 AM.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ Good ☽Monday FMUvianz ~
...anybody else reminded of LouReed by the BuddyLove ?...
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Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

Sammy was amazing in The Cannonball Run.
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HesperusWrecked:

↳ Cheryl The Nerd @9:14
Smart woman. I learned an awful lot from cartoons and comic books.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Woo:

↳ HesperusWrecked @9:20
Love the Barber of Seville thanks to Bugs
  9:22am
Rick A:

↳ Chris in Kensington Bklyn @9:20
He was even better in Sweet Charity. I think his scene was one of the most expensive musical numbers in film history up to that point. However, it's a dazzler and Fosse films it with his usual pizzazz!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "Pennies from Heaven" by "Louis Prima with Sam But...
Louis!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

↳ Song: "All My Loving" by "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
This is great. A fascinating era of his career that I feel doesn't always get its due.
  9:31am
WO Town Wick:

↳ Song: "All My Loving" by "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"
Yes, this is great, so lush.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Eight Days a Week" by "Alma Cogan"
First heard the name Alma Cogan in a Monty Python sketch, and I'm sure I'm not alone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Woo:

↳ Song: "Eight Days a Week" by "Alma Cogan"
Alma is having a good time
  9:37am
Yes:

Morning Joe and people of positivity
  9:37am
Bob from Middle TN:

We love Joe McGasko
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

↳ Rick A @9:22
(Takes notes)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
tim:

Hey Joe and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
Handy Haversack:

And back witchas!

Tim!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Deano de los Muertos:

new Flock of Seagulls was not on my Single File bingo card
  9:47am
wenzo:

Waddupdoe Joe
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tim:

Why have so many 80s and 90s bands turned into skinhead bands?!?! ;)
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Boomis:

I copied the Flock of Seagulls haircut in high school back in the day when their famous video was released. Needed half a jar of Dippity-Do or whatever it was called. No regrets!
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Joe McG:

↳ tim @9:47
Ha ha, all he needs is the cat to pet. @Boomis: Amazing!
  9:47am
wenzo:

What was their famous song again? I just know of them from people referencing their hair…
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Song: "Some Dreams" by "A Flock of Seagulls"
By the way, are they the opening band for the upcoming Oasis tour?
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tim:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:43
Hey man! How was the celebration on Saturday?
  9:48am
TerrDE:

And those Hollywood nights in those Hollywood Hills ...
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Boomis:

The song was called "I Ran".
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Bucci:

↳ Song: "Some Dreams" by "A Flock of Seagulls"
the Flock is BACK
  9:49am
Tinley Park Randy:

Wow. 40 plus years later and still stuck on same riff.
  9:49am
Andres:

↳ Song: "Some Dreams" by "A Flock of Seagulls"
Good morning. I was distracted during the mic break but the distinct sound caught my ear. They’ve still got it! And he’s still got the hair! Or maybe wig.
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tim:

↳ Boomis @9:47
My man!
  9:49am
wenzo:

@boomis oh yea I do know that one
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Cheryl The Nerd:

↳ Song: "She Belongs to Me" by "Bryan Ferry"
My favorite Bob Dylan song.

"She never ever stumbles, she's got nowhere to fall
She's nobody's child, the law don't touch her at all"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50am
tim:

↳ Song: "She Belongs to Me" by "Bryan Ferry"
I will argue that there is no bad Bryan Ferry record.
  9:50am
wenzo:

Gets a lot of play on the Entercom 80’s station my old boss used to play at the hardware store
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51am
chresti:

↳ Cheryl The Nerd @9:50
Agree!
  9:51am
TerrDE:

A Flock of Haicuts, lol. They opened for the Go Gos after the Go Goes finished blowing the Police off stage (no pun ). Everyone was thru a Flanger, then the mix was flanged
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51am
tim:

↳ Cheryl The Nerd @9:50
Cheryl! I'm going to see Nick Lowe and Los Straightjackets at the end of October in Chicago! I'm going with WFMU listener Marie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Help the Aged" by "Pulp"
My karaoke jam!

And the ONE song I'd have wished they played on Friday when we saw them. But I cannot complain. What an amazing show.
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Joe McG:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:52
What was the highlight, Handy?
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Listener John from NJ:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:52
Where was Pulp playing?
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Joe McG @9:54
Wow. Honestly, opening with I Spy was such a baller move that I was kind of blown away from the jump! And Common People was as anthemic and cathartic as anything I could imagine. Honestly, it was highlights all night long, and I was *deeply* grateful that we managed to score tickets. I'm still kind of flying from it. And hoarse!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Listener John from NJ @9:54
Kings Theatre, Brooklyn.
  9:56am
lankylad:

I remember watching a morning TV show back in England years ago, and Marianne Faithfull specifically mentioned this song as one she liked. It was in reaction to her being asked a question about her being a sex symbol, and aging
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Help the Aged" by "Pulp"
Great spin, Joe. Thanks for that!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Soft Core" by "Maurice and the Clichés"
And I see what you did there!
  9:57am
sylvia:

I was also at pulp this weekend! such a dream :,)
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

aw dangit handy beat me back
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Cheryl The Nerd:

↳ tim @9:51
Awesome! If you've never seen NL with LS before, you're in for a treat!
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tim:

↳ Cheryl The Nerd @9:58
First time seeing Nick Lowe. I've seen LS once before opening for the band X. It was solid!
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tim:

↳ Song: "Bul Bul Bul" by "Kit Sebastian"
Did Belle get fired?
  10:00am
Scott from Boston:

Tim, i know Nicks sets have been short…though good
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tim:

↳ Song: "Bul Bul Bul" by "Kit Sebastian"
Oh cool! Pop gamelan! It works well.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:56
When I looked around at all the people making their way into the theater, I noticed they all had huge smiles on their faces (including me and my crew.) I says to myself I says "Oh yeah, this is gonna be good."
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Listener John from NJ:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:56
Thanks, Mr. Haversack. And that settles it: If I want to see great shows, I have to move bac k to Jersey or NY soon. I am sure Pulp will not perform in Jacksonville FL!

I've come to realize I might be one of the people this song is about.
But Jarvis might be older than even me . . .
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Cheryl The Nerd:

↳ tim @9:59
You'll have to give us a full report.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @10:00
We saw efd and Spoony before we even made it through the security line! All the stars were out!
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tim:

↳ Scott from Boston @10:00
I can live with that. :)
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Cheryl The Nerd:

↳ Scott from Boston @10:00
Yeah, no filler all killer. They're a well-oiled machine by this point.
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Skip Intro:

↳ Song: "Bul Bul Bul" by "Kit Sebastian"
Pop needs more gamelan
  10:05am
Andres:

↳ Song: "Bul Bul Bul" by "Kit Sebastian"
Kit Sebastian, no? I searched out what I thought was a spin-off. Dug it!
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Joe McG:

↳ Andres @10:05
They've got a lot of damn nerve to be so good-looking!
  10:09am
Andres:

↳ Joe McG @10:07
They are that, indeed.
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Jason from Houston:

Hey there.
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waters7:

:)
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Karl:

↳ Jason from Houston @10:15
The Bob James Machine was getting a lot of action this morning, we were worried about that stretch down South--did it stand the strain?
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Karl:

Also, good morning Joe! Everyone!
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tim:

Hey Jason and Karl!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
tim:

↳ Song: "Let Me" by "Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere & The Ra...
This one's a rocker!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:33am
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "Bad Friend" by "Gruff Rhys"
One of my favorite songs of this year for sure.
  10:34am
johnk77:

nice work selecter
mark lindsay has a very good show
on sirius/xm
  10:35am
Philip:

wild. dig this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
tim:

↳ Song: "Farm Labor Camp #2" by "Sanford Clark"
This makes hump busting work sound quite pleasant.
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sinner:

↳ Song: "Farm Labor Camp #2" by "Sanford Clark"
Oh man.
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Cheryl The Nerd:

↳ Song: "Last Morning" by "Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show"
Dr. Hook! Out of Union City NJ, I recently discovered.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Last Morning" by "Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show"
Sounds like it was sewn from the same cloth as Sylvia's Mother ... Sylvia's Great Aunt?
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Joe McG:

↳ sinner @10:39
At least they got a new bucket.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Many Sunny Places" by "Scott Fagan"
Digression :
Stream of Hawai'ian Music :
www.hawaiianrainbow.com...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a ...
...you could have a Novel that's just 45s strung together...
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Roberto:

RIP Tito.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @10:44
...I guess that's the RawkOpera ideal...
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Triple G:

↳ Song: "S.O.S." by "ABC"
Man, those first few notes had me wondering, "Is this a remix of the Kevin Ayers bed music?"
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Joe McG:

↳ Triple G @10:47
Ha, I hadn't thought of that!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "S.O.S." by "ABC"
Voice a bit Morrissey...y....
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DjLorraine:

↳ Song: "S.O.S." by "ABC"
Reminds me of Tom Dash ;)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @10:48
...I guess that's a mode of BritPop Crooning...
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Joe McG:

↳ DjLorraine @10:49
Funny, Tom Dash and Martin Fry are often mistaken for each other!
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Mike Lupica:

I know I speak for many when I say that Herbie Mann passed up a golden opportunity on his "Push Push" album by NOT calling it "Hot Buttered Mann".
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Karl:

↳ Song: "Hijack" by "Herbie Mann"
Brain churning to remember who sampled/reinterpolated this hook in a hip hop track
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Joe McG:

↳ Mike Lupica @10:52
Wow, hi Mike!
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Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

↳ Song: "Hijack" by "Herbie Mann"
There's some virtuosity on the claves happening here.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Mike Lupica @10:52
...album cover - whole thang...
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Mike Lupica:

↳ Joe McG @10:53
Hello!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Yeah 3²" by "Zager & Evans"
Zager really shines on this one. Or is it Evans?
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Mike Lupica:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @10:54
If ever there was an album that fails to deliver on its potential as a gatefold... Another option coulda been "Mann Candy"
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Joe McG:

↳ Hughie Considine @10:56
Evans wrote it, so I assume it's him!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Joe McG @10:57
Thanks, Joe. I knew there was an answer.
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tim:

↳ Mike Lupica @10:56
Holy crap! That is a missed opportunity. That would have been perfect for the topless flautist.
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Joe McG:

"Sometimes a man must sink terribly low before he discovers how high he can go." Keep that in mind during this show.
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traven:

↳ Song: "A Man Needs to Know" by "Walter Brennan"
Walter Brennan - three time Oscar winner.
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Deano de los Muertos:

The man worthwhile,
Is a man that can smile,
When his shirts are too tight in the seat ⛳️
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Deano de los Muertos:

*shorts
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TerrDE:

Wow it was Grandpa McCoy!
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Artie:

You ever been stung by a dead bee??
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doctorjazz:

Hi all!
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Cheryl The Nerd:

↳ tim @10:59
I wonder if the nudist flutist was also a Buddhist Judas Priest fan...?
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tim:

↳ Cheryl The Nerd @11:03
Hahaha!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Joe McG @11:00
...the FMU credo...
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Hughie Considine:

"Who Is Harry Kellerman..." was the "When the Pawn..." of its day.
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TerrDE:

Dr. Hook opened 3 times before the groups I went for. Great each time. Hilarious w excellent musicianship.
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TerrDE:

Had the Brotherhood guys left the Raiders by then ?
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TerrDE:

Where's Nada Surf based ? They play Rehoboth Beach/Dewey Beach
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tim:

Shemp's great but I'm a Curley fan.
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tim:

Music Trivia night sounds like a blast!
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TerrDE:

At least he wasn't Curly Joe. Why cloning is illegal
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clarke:

someone mention Shemp??
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tim:

↳ Song: "Morning Sun" by "Bad Company"
Yes! Great choice, Joe!
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drr:

"I don't believe I was ever bit by any kind of bee." - LB
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James from bayonne:

This bad company song speaks to me right now (is something I’d never thought I say) but you did it Joe
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PKNY:

↳ Song: "Morning Sun" by "Bad Company"
One of the bad things about classic rock stations is that you never get to hear deep cuts from some bands. Every time I hear something by Free or Bad Company that isn't one of their standards, I really like them. Great track!
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Triple G:

↳ TerrDE @11:11
They formed in New York; lead Matthew Caws lived around a few different places (some Mid-Atlantic, like D.C.)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ PKNY @11:19
Any Commercial format
= short playlist.
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Joe McG:

↳ James from bayonne @11:18
:)
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Picante Mint:

↳ PKNY @11:19
Agreed, I had never heard this before, I love this.
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Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

Heading off to deal with alternate side. Thanks, Joe!
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PKNY:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @11:19
Agreed, an unfortunately reality
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Matt Fiveash:

I looked it up and the playlist data yields 56 entries with artist "Walter Brennan" on WFMU since 2001. Honestly I would have guessed the number to be significantly higher than that and am disappointed in all of us including myself.
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TerrDE:

Surprisingly good for Bad Company. Even Mick Ralphs didn't suck
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TerrDE:

Two a year
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clarke:

↳ Song: "Leaving the Party Early" by "trust fund"
like Schultz, i know NOTHING about this band.
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Joe McG:

↳ Matt Fiveash @11:21
I am hanging my head in shame.
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Karl:

↳ Song: "Hijack" by "Herbie Mann"
It was killing me. I had to look it up. "Watch Out Now" by The Beatnuts lifted the hook from "Hi-Jack."
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Luisa 24:

Home !! This is too beautiful
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Franco Twinkie:

Hi Joe. Beautiful music this morning.
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clarke:

nice set, Joseph Matthew.
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tim:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:29
Hey Franco! Did you catch Phast Phreddie's Drop In on Rock'n'Soul on Saturday?
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Charles in Chicago:

Thinking of Borges' famous classification of animals wiki.c2.com... here's a classification of songs:

1. Songs that sound like Nick Drake
2. Songs by Nick Drake
3. Songs that mention a city
4. Other songs
5. Songs where a father explains life to his son
6. Talking blues
7. Songs that mention a list of cities
8. Songs that get stuck in your head even though you hate them
9. Songs excluded from the present classification
10. Songs that sound like Stereolab
11. Death songs
12. Songs that haven't been written yet
13. Songs that never should have been written.
14. Songs that from a long way off sound like other songs
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Northern Sky" by "Judy Dyble and Andy Lewis"
wow
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PNX:

↳ Song: "Northern Sky" by "Judy Dyble and Andy Lewis"
Perfect!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Northern Sky" by "Judy Dyble and Andy Lewis"
Oh a MOJO Comp.
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ tim @11:31
No! I'll have to go back, which I rarely do. But for Phreddy - YES!
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Kat in the chat:

Northern Sky is lovely
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Bown Bown Bown" by "Françoise Hardy"
Joe, I believe you once played this beauty by a different singer but I can't remember who.
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Luisa 24:

Yes Thank you Joe this entire set is amazing and that is an understatement
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Joe McG:

↳ Charles in Chicago @11:32
Thank you for your important work, Charles! These taxonomies won't form themselves.
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tim:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:34
It'll be worth it! He put together a super fun and unique Drop In.
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βrian:

↳ Charles in Chicago @11:32
I expected to see something about Momma, trains, prison …
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Brian in UK:

↳ Song: "Bown Bown Bown" by "Françoise Hardy"
Is this a tribute to Andy Bown, the Herd's keyboard player?
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Par uBi:

↳ Charles in Chicago @11:32
I love it!
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Joe McG:

↳ Brian in UK @11:39
Definitely. :)
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Brian in UK:

Joe, great show with this Autumnal set.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Bown Bown Bown" by "Françoise Hardy"
How much of a Career did Françoise have even singing en Anglais ? I feel like I would have had a different awareness of her...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Brian in UK @11:41
Always associated Autumn with the FolkRawks. Cause I can.
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Joe McG:

↳ Brian in UK @11:41
Thank you Brian, nice to see you as always.
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tim:

↳ Song: "La Jeune Fille en Pleurs" by "Myriam Gendron"
Yes!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "La Jeune Fille en Pleurs" by "Myriam Gendron"
Totally singular voice. Knew it from the first note.
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clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:47
hey - how was the party??
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Karl:

↳ Song: "La Jeune Fille en Pleurs" by "Myriam Gendron"
I just knew that was Chris Corsano on drums! myriamgendron.bandcamp.com...
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ βrian @11:39
The list could use a little work, that was just off the top of my head. I'll refine it someday.
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Karl:

↳ Charles in Chicago @11:49
You left out:

15. Spice songs (but not Dune songs)
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Joe McG:

↳ Karl @11:48
He's like the Richard Thompson of drummers!
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clarke:

↳ Karl @11:48
good call!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Joe McG @11:50
Wow.
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Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

Hey all. Slow start today. Glad I got to catch the last hour of the set at least.
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Karl:

Apparently I've had multiple brain failures over the last few years, which is why I don't already own this Gendron record. I plan to get right on that.
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clarke:

↳ Joe McG @11:50
wouldn't that be Dave Mattacks? ha ha
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Tim:

I hear Boots of Spanish Leather.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @11:48
Tons of fun!
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12539:

Thanks, Joe.
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clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:52
nice!!
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Karl @11:51
I'm trying to slow down on buying records, but this Myriam Gendron is a real temptation.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Charles in Chicago @11:54
Get them all!
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Karl @11:49
I was trying to keep it to 14, per Borges
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clarke:

↳ Charles in Chicago @11:54
i had to screech to a halt, sadly.
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:54
I just sold off about 200 LPs so now I have some room on my shelves for new stuff.
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Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

↳ Song: "Rainbow Connection" by "Kermit"
Nice....
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Rainbow Connection" by "Kermit"
+ ThuhFrawg +
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "Rainbow Connection" by "Kermit"
Can't believe the show is over already. And thanks for the Kermit. Always welcome. Only Willie can come close to Henson's original.
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tim:

Thanks, Joe!
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morphe':

Thanks Banjo Mc Joey G and all !!!
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Joe McG:

Thanks for joining me today, folks! Hope you have a great week! See some of you on Thursday, maybe!
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Song: "Rainbow Connection" by "Kermit"
I can't imagine being in the studio, singing this song with a put-on frog voice, but still so much heartfelt emotion. Incredible performance.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Song: "Rainbow Connection" by "Kermit"
Jonesey (Jonesey!) played this yesterday.
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Michael C St Lou:

↳ Song: "Rainbow Connection" by "Kermit"
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listener james from westwood:

Aw, this track rules. And I saw the film just down the road a piece as a wee lad, so it's doubly in the feels.
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clarke:

thanks JMMcG
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chresti:

Thanks Joe!
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drr:

↳ Charles in Chicago @11:56
When he gets to "Have you been half asleep, and have you heard voices..."
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listener james from westwood:

↳ Michael C St Lou @11:56
Fitting icon for this track!
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Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸💚💚💚💚💚💚
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Rainbow Connection" by "Kermit"
Did I know it was a PaulWilliams ? ...no. Makes sense tho.
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Sunny:

Sounds like that one High Llamas record
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drr:

↳ Sunny @11:57
very true!
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love2laf:

Thank you Joe, another gentle guide through Monday morning, you deserve a medal <3
Cheers everyone, happy Rainbow Connection.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Charles in Chicago @11:56
For reals. Saint Henson ??
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HyperDose:

↳ Song: "Rainbow Connection" by "Kermit"
amazing!
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Yes:

thanks joe
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Michael C St Lou @11:56
michael c, the images on your listener page are amazing
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PMD:

Thanks for the smile Joe that came to my face when I heard this
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Joe! Great times!
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bradford:

Thanks as always, Joe.
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Cheryl The Nerd:

↳ Song: "Rainbow Connection" by "Kermit"
Can't go wrong with the Muppets!

I love Willie Nelson's cover of this.
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drr:

If I may lighten the mood, another great song from the Muppet Movie is "Never Before", where Frank Oz sings of Miss Piggy's instant-yet-eternal love of Kermit.
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Cheryl The Nerd:

Thanks Joe!
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Micheal:

Many thank yous, Joe!
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βrian:

Irene awaits:
wfmu.org...
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HyperDose:

way to go Joe!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ JoeMcG ~
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