Favoriting The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from December 22, 2009 Favoriting

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Favoriting December 22, 2009: a very efd christmas

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
martin mull  santafly   Favoriting 7"  capricorn  1973  Martin Mull    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
moonlion  the little drummer boy   Favoriting 12"  pickwick  1975      0:02:27 (Pop-up)
elastica  i wanna be a king of orient-aah   Favoriting the radio one sessions  koch  2001  recorded in 1994    0:07:16 (Pop-up)
smithereens  merry christmas baby   Favoriting christmas with the smithereens  koch  2007      0:09:16 (Pop-up)
hentchmen  come on santa   Favoriting 7"  norton  1997      0:11:50 (Pop-up)
plum crazy (w/dave edmunds)  run run rudolph   Favoriting va-christmas at the patti 2x10"  ua  1972      0:13:53 (Pop-up)
canned heat  christmas blues   Favoriting legends of christmas past: a rock and r&b holiday collection  capitol        0:15:58 (Pop-up)
sen. everett mckinley dirksen  the night before christmas   Favoriting at christmas time  capitol  1967      0:18:31 (Pop-up)
 
angel  the christmas song   Favoriting an anthology  island/def jam        0:31:06 (Pop-up)
roy wood & wizzard  rock and roll winter   Favoriting singles  conoisseur        0:34:34 (Pop-up)
the muldoons  it's near the 25th   Favoriting 7"  cass  2005      0:38:47 (Pop-up)
the ravers  (it's gonna be a) punk rock christmas   Favoriting 7"  zombie        0:40:28 (Pop-up)
pointed sticks  power pop santa   Favoriting mp3  no label    http://www.thepointedsticks.com/xmasdownloads.htm    0:44:01 (Pop-up)
              0:47:00 (Pop-up)
funk machine  soul santa   Favoriting va-in the christmas groove  strut      *   0:52:27 (Pop-up)
george conedy  el nino tambor   Favoriting merry soul christmas  kent gospel    hat tip: http://funky16corners.wordpress.com    0:55:46 (Pop-up)
bellrays  christmas train   Favoriting merry christmas from  cheap lullaby  2005      1:00:27 (Pop-up)
big star  jesus christ   Favoriting 7"  aura        1:02:42 (Pop-up)
 
stan freberg & daws butler  christmas dragnet   Favoriting va-dr. demento presents the greatest christmas novelty cd of all time  rhino        1:12:29 (Pop-up)
whirling dervishes  you're a mean one mr grinch   Favoriting grinch cd ep  continuum        1:19:18 (Pop-up)
fleshtones  super rock santa claus   Favoriting stocking stuffer  yep roc  2008      1:21:18 (Pop-up)
dwight twilley  christmas night   Favoriting have a twilley christmas  digital musicworks international  2005      1:23:12 (Pop-up)
tralala  everybody christmastime   Favoriting falala-la-la with tralala  audika  2005      1:27:10 (Pop-up)
 
glam chops  counting down to christmas   Favoriting mp3  no label    downloadable at http://www.reverbnation.com/glamchops    1:36:27 (Pop-up)
gary glitter  another rock n roll christmas   Favoriting ultimate gary glitter  recall        1:40:12 (Pop-up)
team 9  looks like rain, dear   Favoriting va-we wish you a merry christmash  half-inch recordings        1:43:53 (Pop-up)
trolley  holiday/christmas in the marketplace   Favoriting star of wonder cd ep  easter  1997      1:47:13 (Pop-up)
elton john  step into christmas   Favoriting 7"  mca  1973      1:49:55 (Pop-up)
 
hanson  everybody knows the claus   Favoriting snowed in  island/mercury        1:58:51 (Pop-up)
the kinks  father christmas   Favoriting 7"  arista  1977      2:03:19 (Pop-up)
soulful strings  jingle bells   Favoriting the magic of christmas  cadet    hat tip: http://funky16corners.wordpress.com    2:06:59 (Pop-up)
the dumbells  giddy-up   Favoriting 7"  eg  1980      2:10:29 (Pop-up)
the db's  home for the holidays   Favoriting 12"  irs  1987      2:12:36 (Pop-up)
 
chris stamey & cathy harrington  you're what i want for christmas   Favoriting va-christmastime again: the db's and friends  collector's choice        2:20:42 (Pop-up)
the waitresses  christmas wrapping   Favoriting i could rule the world if i could only get the parts ep  polydor  1982      2:24:32 (Pop-up)
the o'jays  christmas ain't christmas new year's ain't new year's without the one you love   Favoriting 7"  philiadelphia international        2:29:37 (Pop-up)
huey "piano" smith & the clowns  silent night   Favoriting 'twas the night before christmas  westside        2:31:45 (Pop-up)
 
dion  santa claus is coming to town   Favoriting rock n roll christmas  the right stuff  1993      2:38:37 (Pop-up)
augie rios  donde esta santa claus   Favoriting va-wcbs-fm ultimate christmas album vol 2  collectables        2:43:21 (Pop-up)
the ergs  we're going to have a devo christmas   Favoriting mp3  no label    download it at http://www.dorkrockcorkrod.com/sounds.html    2:45:42 (Pop-up)
swingin' neckbreakers  santa claus ain't comin' this year   Favoriting 7"  norton  1999      2:48:37 (Pop-up)
jack scott  there's trouble brewin'   Favoriting the way i walk: the original carlton recordings  rollercoaster    via the WFMU Ichiban blog - http://wfmuichiban.blogspot.com/2009/12/black-christmas.html    2:51:43 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  11:07pm
Lang:

I love the snowflake backdrop EFD!!
  11:11pm
Julie T.:

Do you podcast your shows? Most times it's hard for me to listen until it's over.
  11:11pm
Megacosm:

if I didn't know better, I'd say Little Drummer Boy was off of one of those K-Tel Meco records. The Meco Star Wars (And Other Galacitic Funk) album was a smash hit in my house in '77.
  11:14pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

How perfect a Yenta singing about the King of the Orient-aah
  11:14pm
cissy davis:

heeey happy holidays evan,,,i also love the backdrop,,btw did you ever find that linda hughes tune for tonite's show??? peace on earth & joy to the world,,,i hope you get everything you waant and lots more!! HAPPY XMAS =)=)
  11:17pm
Mike Love Not War:

Was that MErry Christmas Baby thing a Brian written tune?
  11:19pm
(mta) Tony:

Definitely Lang, great easy to read holiday color scheme, too. Bravo efd and Merry Christmas to all.
  11:23pm
Dud MIlkington:

Blind Owl!
  11:23pm
toni daytona:

dear evan,
peace,,,love,,joy & happiness
with love
toni daytona
  11:25pm
efd:

hi everybody, merry christmas, happy hanukkah, and happy holidays and winter season in general! Glad you're enjoying the holiday background.

MLNW yes, that was a Beach Boys cover by the Smithereens.
  11:28pm
cissy davis:

evan? did you find the linda hughes tune this week?
  11:37pm
efd:

Julie, I can't podcast my show, but it is archived and if you email me (evan at wfmu dot org) I can tell you how to do kind of a manual-style podcast.

Cissy/Toni/Cheri, no Linda Hughes I'm afraid, but I hope you'll enjoy the show anyway.
  11:37pm
Gabe:

Punky Meadows! Guiffria! Turn that ANGEL logo upside down. It still sez ... ANGEL.
  11:39pm
slugluv1313:

aaaggggghhhhhh ANGEL!!!!!!! (all kidding aside YES i actually OWN this 45 -- pic sleeve and everything, featuring ANGEL in those oh-so-fabulous 1970s white jumpsuits and that extra-long-FEATHERED hair!!!!!!!)
  11:41pm
cissy davis:

god bless brittney murphy may she rest peacefuly,,,evan you know i always enjoy what you play,,,ho ho ho!!!!!!!
  11:41pm
john:

So nice to hear a Roy Wood song at this time of year that isn't I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day!
  11:47pm
efd:

glad you appreciated that, John - i thought it would be nice to change it up a bit.

Although I do love "I Wish It Could Be Christmas..." too.
  11:48pm
Vanda Young:

Baby Jesus will have a mohawk
  11:50pm
geno:

evan,
nice work! show kicks ass! pointed stix & roy wood? awesome.
  11:52pm
toni daytona:

well evan us gals gotta skip out,,,but we'll still listen have a wonderfull holiday,,,g'nite see you soon=)=)
  11:53pm
Danne D:

Merre Christmas and Happy Holidays all you funk fans out there :) Hope the season treats you all well.

That Angel track was interesting as it sounded sorta like some sort of random John Wetton type thing or another.

Accidental poem:
We all know what every lady
Would like to see
Under the tree:
E - F - D!

:D
  11:56pm
Danne D:

why do I have visions of toni and company taking a trip down Evan's chimney on Christmas Eve? :)

As a total aside this set has randomly jarred my memory to remind me of the very first record I technically owned (in the sense that one of my siblings said I could have it) was a Beach Boys 45" that has long since disappeared from my posseession. I don't remember the a-side but I vaguely remember the b-side as being something called "Funky Christmas" - you can pretty much figure out the time frame that THAT record must be from :)
  11:57pm
Danne D:

Midnight Ticket Mirage?!?
  11:57pm
Lang:

You are the funk machine Evan!
  11:57pm
Vanda Young:

I will replay that Angel song from the archive after the traditional Christmas meal... so I can make room for pie.
  11:59pm
Lang:

we have this 45 here at the Key Lang homestead. So great to hear it on the airwaves!!
  11:59pm
slugluv1313:

here's one for ya, Evan! (truthfully one of *my* "holiday favorites" -- even if it IS just so durn *cute*!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wrc6Q7acME
  12:00am
Danne D:

I think my memory has played tricks on me.
It appears the song is "Funky New Year" by the Eagles.

And yep....it was the Eagles.

It was this record:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/please-come-home-for-christmas/id186832642
  12:01am
slugluv1313:

Vanda, that is EXACTLY why that Angel song was CREATED!!!
  12:01am
Danne D:

And to close out this trip down memory lane, apparently the 45 actually charted in 1978. So there you go. Danne D's first technically owned record :)
  12:02am
Amanda:

DD -- Heh. I thought that didn't sound quite right, but I didn't say anything since my personal time frame is that of "Funky, Funky Christmas" by New Kids on the Block.
  12:03am
toni daytona:

evan i just came back to say i want you all to myself,,,bye-bye
  12:06am
Danne D:

Amanda! :) Now it's like Christmas with you here :) I think it was the seeming incongruity in my mind of the band with the two songs - that is they didn't seem terribly Eagles-like to me. Not particulary Beach Boys-like either which is probably why I mixed 'em up. Found a link to it on a rather sketchy looking site with cyrillic letters: http://www.vbox7.com/play:413d2a96
  12:06am
Hermínio:

Evan, this is a brazilian WFMU fan istening to your show from Natal, Brazil
  12:08am
Danne D:

anyhow, Evan actually could start '10 with the 70s with that song.

Feliz Natal - Hermínio!
  12:08am
efd:

Hola, Herminio! Thanks for listening, and for the comment.

I know that Spanish isn't the primary language in Brazil, but hopefully "hola" is close enough. :)
  12:10am
Amanda:

AWRIGHT BIG STAR! Someone had to say it.
  12:12am
Danne D:

btw, EFD, I totally cheated and used babelfish in my greeting to Herminio ;)
  12:12am
Danne D:

so you ready for Santa, Amanda?
I'm probably getting coal :(
  12:18am
toni daytona:

efd--i hate to be selfish but i want YOU under my tree xmas morning.
  12:19am
Danne D:

Wow I haven't heard this in like a million years!
  12:22am
Amanda:

Love to have ya.

Yes, I guess I am ready for Santa! Hard to believe you've been anything but good -- your pledge is all paid up and everything.
  12:22am
Vanda Young:

Augie, my boy...
  12:25am
Sarah:

Stan Freberg! My sister and I used to recite his bits when we were kids.
  12:26am
Danne D:

Whoa! Amanda really must have an in with santa - she even knows my pledge status ;o)
  12:26am
The Maelman:

Surely Thank God It's Not Christmas by SPARKS is in the bullpen?
  12:28am
efd:

but... but... it *IS* Christmas!
  12:31am
Sybil:

Surely, efd, you can hold two mutually contradictory thoughts in your head at the same time.
  12:32am
toni daytona:

efd i'm really loving your show tonite!!!!!!
  12:36am
Jessica:

You're a sweet one, Mister EFD.
Happy sun's return!
  12:43am
Jessica:

This sounds mighty Art Brut-y.
  12:46am
efd:

Indeed! I guess it's hard for anything with his voice to sound otherwise.
  12:50am
rachel jansen:

who can not love efd!?!?!?!?!
  12:50am
?:

Great show EFD! Happy Holidays ... Clay P
  12:52am
Danne D:

I heard scrooge pledged to efd, but then didn't pay, rachel :)
  12:53am
efd:

thank you, mr. pigeon! the next song's for you.
  1:05am
Joshua K:

Oh dear, whats going on... Im hearing such things... I don't know what to say...
  1:05am
Danne D:

lol EFD expands "everyone knows the claus"'s lead as the most played Hanson song on FMU. 5-2 over MMMBop
  1:07am
john:

After Elton and Hanson, virtually nowhere to go but down, so I'll stumble off to bed. Merry happy, everybody!
  1:07am
efd:

MMMBop might as well just pack it in. It'll never catch up.
  1:08am
Zanderoid:

Isn't Tyler Hanson in a band with Bun E. Carlos now?
  1:09am
john:

Well, and this one.
  1:09am
Danne D:

Yay :) Even if this is an x-mas staple it never gets old :)

Well yeah MMMBop won't catch up until the reincarnation of Greasy Kids Stuff ;o)
  1:10am
DanneD:

Correction btw it's 4-2 for the 'claus - still amazed at Kenzo's work that has the live accuplaylist stuff automatically archived like that.
  1:12am
efd:

that's tAylor hanson, and yes he is. We'll be hearing them next week... not that I'm giving anything away.
  1:15am
Joshua K:

Do you think the kids at school made fun of him and called him Taylor HAMson
  1:16am
efd:

only if he'd gone to school in new jersey.
  1:18am
Santeater:

Can Mannheim Steamroller be far behind?
  1:20am
efd:

yes, they can be very very far behind.

they're stuck somewhere with the trans-siberian orchestra, i think. who we also won't be hearing.
  1:21am
Joshua K:

I like the ventures and james brown christmas albums, even though they might get overplayed.
  1:23am
Danne D:

OOF - that Claus(e) pun Evan!
  1:26am
Al Jardine:

I LOVE John Stamos! Thanks!
  1:30am
Danne D:

Believe it or not this is the first time I've heard this song this christmas season :) glad to see it on the list
  1:31am
Sybil:

Speaking of my love for Tin Huey and all that springs forth from its ruins...

Danne, I believe efd usually plays this at this time of year. I'm waiting on one more thing...
  1:33am
efd:

Sybil, is the song you're waiting for performed by someone whose name starts with "D" and ends with "n?" If not, I'm afraid I might have forgotten something...
  1:33am
Danne D:

Sybil's careful listening probably means more presents for her than for Danne this year...
  1:34am
Dee Wassell:

Keep playing the amazing music!! <33 WFMU and Evan Funk Davies. Thanks for the tickets, that made my night!
  1:37am
Sybil:

Uhhhh... not what I had in mind, but I'm thinking of the same D-person you're thinking of, it'll do as well!
  1:38am
efd:

oh wait, I think I know what Sybil's waiting for, and it's not what I was thinking. Actually, I don't think anyone's waiting for the song I was thinking of, but I'll play it anyway.

Then I'll play the song I think Sybil's waiting for.
  1:40am
Sybil:

I actually understood that comment. I think.
  1:40am
Danne D:

I wait with bated breath :)
  1:43am
Danne D:

awww :( I loved Top Cat
  1:44am
Sybil:

Yup, that's the D-man!

Too bad about Top Cat. He was the coolest.
  1:46am
efd:

let's see if i guessed right with the next track, Sybil...
  1:46am
A:

Anyone else getting a weird Dave Thomas vibe from Dion?
  1:48am
Sybil:

Heh, you got it!
  1:49am
Danne D:

OLE!
  1:49am
efd:

:)

where is Augie Rios now, that's the question.
  1:49am
Klaus:

Augie ist wunderbar! Danke Schoen.
  1:51am
dave:

it used to be that christmas started for me the first time i heard "have a holly jolly christmas".

now it's "donde esta santa claus".

wfmu has had a profound, and somewhat ambiguous, effect on on my holiday season is all i'm saying.
  1:53am
Sybil:

Augie Rios had, apparently, another, lesser-known Christmas song:
http://poparchivesblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/augie-rios-ol-fatso-obscure-christmas.html
  1:53am
Sybil:

Sorry, I was too lazy t0o tinyurl that one.
  1:56am
Joshua K:

I would post something from hugeurl.com but I don't want to defile this playlist on such a joyous occasion
  1:57am
efd:

show's almost over, so that url won't matter.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! thanks for listening!
  1:57am
cissy davis:

evan---please deticate this show to the passin of brittney murphy,,thank you evan,,,
  1:59am
Sybil:

Good night and happy happy to all, see you next time for the BEST OF 2009!

Thanks efd for another great year!
  2:01am
Danne D:

Great show EFD!
And again glad tiding to all funk fans! :)
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