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Favoriting December 19, 2010: FREEFORM: It's Now Winter's Day

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments
Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer  Baby It's Cold Outside   Favoriting Moonlight in Vermont  ASV/Living Era  2000  CD  From 1949 
Julie London  Warm December   Favoriting Calendar Girl  EMI  1997  CD  From 1956 
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra  Snowfall   Favoriting Best of the Big Bands Series  Columbia  1990  CD  From 1941 
Dave Harris and the Powerhouse Five  Siberian Sleighride   Favoriting Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals  Basta  2008  CD  From 1958 
Ass Ponys  Last Night It Snowed   Favoriting Lohio  Checkered Past  2001  CD   
The Gurus  Blue Snow Night   Favoriting The Gurus Are Hear!  Sundazed  2003  CD  From 1966 
The Six Parts Seven  Cold Things Never Catch Fire   Favoriting Things Shaped in Passing  Suicide Squeeze  2002  CD   
Jonathan Richman  Winters Get Hard in New England   Favoriting   No Label  1972  MP3  ..and in New Jersey, too. 
 
Magna Carta  Winter Song   Favoriting Seasons  ABC-Dunhill  1970  LP   
Vashti  Winter Is Blue   Favoriting Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind  DiChristina  2007  CD  From 1966 
Claudine Longet  Snow   Favoriting Hello Hello: The Best of Claudine Longet  Rev-Ola  2005  CD  From 1967 
Wendy and Bonnie  The Winter Is Cold   Favoriting Genesis  Sundazed  2001  CD  From 1969 
Broadcast  Winter Now   Favoriting Ha Ha Sound  Warp  2003  CD   
Fairground Attraction  Winter Rose   Favoriting The Very Best of Fairground Attraction  BMG  1996  CD  From 1990 
Jan and Lorraine  Snow Roses   Favoriting Gypsy People  Fallout  2006  CD  From 1969 
 
Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys  At the First Fall of Snow   Favoriting The Unreleased Recordings  Time-Life  2009  CD  From 1951 
Dyon Parker  Footprints in the Snow   Favoriting Footprints In The Snow: An Anthology of the British Singer-Songwriter Genre 1965-1974  Castle Music  2004  CD  From 1968 
Sachiko Kanenobu  Running Away on a Road of Snow   Favoriting Misora  Chapter Music  2006  CD  From 1972 
Yo La Tengo  Winter A-Go-Go   Favoriting Summer Sun  Matador  2003  CD   
Haircut One Hundred  Snow Girl   Favoriting Pelican West  Arista  1982  LP   
John Cale  Ski Patrol   Favoriting The Island Years  Island  1996  CD  From 1975 
The Rolling Stones  Winter   Favoriting Goat's Head Soup  Rolling Stones  2002  CD  From 1973 
 
Tommy Roe  It's Now Winter's Day   Favoriting   abc  1967  45   
Lonnie Mack  Snow on the Mountain   Favoriting   Fraternity  1967  45   
The Angels  Snowflakes and Teardrops   Favoriting   Smash  1964  45   
DEVO  Snowball (Remix)   Favoriting   Warner Brothers  1980  45   
The Skids  Woman in Winter   Favoriting   Virgin  1980  45  Label says "Women in Winter"; guess you can take your pick! 
The Tremeloes  Suddenly Winter   Favoriting   Epic  1967  45   
Elton John and Kiki Dee  Snow Queen   Favoriting   Rocket Record Company  1976  45   
Yoko Ono  Walking on Thin Ice   Favoriting   Geffen  1981  45   
 
Lindisfarne  Winter Song   Favoriting Nicely Out of Tune  Charisma  1995  CD  From 1970 
Comus  Winter Is a Coloured Bird   Favoriting Song To Comus: The Complete Collection  Castle Music  2005  CD  From 1971 
Scott Walker  Winter Night   Favoriting Scott 3  Phonogram  1992  CD  From 1969 
Nico  Frozen Warnings   Favoriting The Marble Index  Elektra  1991  CD  From 1969 
George Stavis  Winter Doldrums   Favoriting Labyrinths  Vanguard  1969  MP3   
John Hartford  Landscape Grown Cold   Favoriting The Love Album  RCA Victor  1968  LP   
Kings of Convenience  Surprise Ice   Favoriting Riot on an Empty Street  Astralwerks  2004  CD   
The Verlaines  Moonlight on Snow   Favoriting Ready to Fly  Slash  1991  CD   
Chimera  Sad Song for Winter   Favoriting Chimera  No Label  1969  MP3   
Fotheringay  Winter Winds   Favoriting Fotheringay  Hannibal  1991  CD  From 1970 


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Listener comments!

  12:06am
Matt from Springfield:

Good evenin' Joe! It's been cold outside in the DC area as well! Is there still snow up there in Jersey?
  12:07am
(¸.•´ (¸.•[]`•.¸.•´¯`•:

"...Cold Outside" is def. the most overplyed song on FMU every winter. a bit smug too. :P
  12:08am
Joe McG:

Hey Matt! Hey whatever you are.
  12:10am
Matt from Springfield:

As you (above) once said you pronounce your listener name "roughly like an Amanda screech", would [screech] or [Amanda screech] be adequate shorthand? Or are you "the Listener formerly known as.." something?
  12:10am
Chop Scott:

Brrrr! Julie London is warming...
  12:11am
Matt from Springfield:

Maybe "@ (," ?
I've never posted a reply to you on Irwin's show, so I'm at a loss for a standard!
  12:12am
Joe McG:

Hey, Chop Scott! Good to "see" you.
  12:13am
Matt from Springfield:

@Dave Harris: How 'bout "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry CANNABIS"? Oooh yeah!

Gosh, it seems I'm filling in for coalhard until he stops by!
  12:14am
Joe McG:

Ha ha!
  12:17am
dave:

holy crap! ass ponys! i haven't heard them in a dog's age. thanks!

also (a bit late): is there any other song as profoundly creepy as "baby it's cold outside"?
  12:18am
Joe McG:

Yeah, that one that Maurice Chevalier sings about thank heaven for little girls.
  12:19am
Kenzo:

Oh, Joe, how tacky, I sent you a huge work-related message right as your show was starting!
  12:19am
MD:

THE SOLSTICE IS SOON UPON US...
  12:20am
Joe McG:

Precisely, MD, precisely! Thank you.
  12:21am
(¸.•´ (¸.•[]`•.¸.•´¯`•:

an Amanda screech? Somebody else suggestd that, but not a bad approximation. Maybe more like the sound of a snake swallowing a sack of marbles and some porcupine quills, but it's all good. // Liking the 6P7.
  12:21am
MD:

Just keepin" it real...
  12:22am
Joe McG:

S'okay, Kenzo, I'm not reading my e-mail during my show. Never do!
  12:22am
will:

Oh wow, the Gurus. I wanted them to be Clear Light and I wanted Clear Light to be the Doors. I owned this very Gurus single with its marvy picture sleeve, and now I am old. Hurray!
  12:23am
dave:

i'm not sure if "thank heaven for little girls" is MORE creepy than "baby it's cold outside". the former has a smug terror to it, but the latter has more of a sense of impending horror. six of one, i guess.
  12:24am
MD:

Hey Will...nice one!!!! I got ya!!!
  12:26am
(¸.•´ (¸.•[]`•.¸.•´¯`•:

IMO "Little Girls" is way creepier, "...Cold Outside" is just smug in a "we're so gonna have (very traditional 50s style) sex and we'd like to tell everybody about it" kinda way, not so creepy really, more obnoxious.
  12:26am
Matt from Springfield:

Jonathan Richman! Great set, including 6P7.

Creepiest songs? Are we talking only the creepiest WINTER songs, or creepiest in GENERAL?
  12:28am
dave:

i'd say "cold outside" ranks up there among the creepiest in general. there's a threatening undercurrent in that song. what DID he put in her drink?
  12:28am
MD:

KID LOVIN' PRIEST CREEPY???
  12:30am
(¸.•[]`•.¸.•´¯`•:

Good point Dave, I hadn't thought of that.
  12:33am
dave:

sorry about the vitriol. the song just scares me.
  12:35am
Joe McG:

No worries! DJs play a lot of songs I don't like, too.
  12:35am
MD:

I HEARD IT!!! THE SURFACE NOISE...
  12:36am
Joe McG:

Can't have Surface Noise without the real article.
  12:36am
Matt from Springfield:

Go winter folk!
Got any Vashti Bunyan handy? "Winter is Blue", "Girl's Song in Winter", "If in Winter", "The Coldest Night of the Year" (with Twice As Much, kind of like Baby It's Cold Outside!)
  12:37am
MD:

Gottcha!!!
  12:38am
Joe McG:

Hey, Matt, I think I can oblige! Hold tight for it.
  12:39am
dave:

the replacements have some nice winter tunes too: "skyway" and "buck hill" spring to mind.
  12:39am
Matt from Springfield:

Thanks Joe! You're the best!
  12:40am
MD:

Hey I'm so glad I put FMU on and then the headphones on and did the dishes and did not watch SNL...THANK YOU JOE...ET AL...!!!
  12:40am
fleep:

These people need a steak dinner.
  12:41am
Joe McG:

Oh, Fleep, much more twee folk to come. Better get a cow.
  12:41am
Matt from Springfield:

OMG YES!
How canst I ever repay thou?!
  12:42am
Joe McG:

Money is good.
  12:43am
Joe McG:

Just kidding, we don't accept payola at WFMU.
  12:43am
Matt from Springfield:

What a coincidence...my bill for the Lift-Off pledge just arrived a couple days ago! You got lucky with that, Mister...

And for purists, I should have said "thee". Kind of rusty with informal English, haven't spoken it in over 400 years...
  12:45am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Matt, that's the kind of payola that we CAN use. Mucho appreciado!
  12:45am
MD:

Sometimes Vegetables make great music...I'm a big RAMONES fan!!!!!
  12:46am
Harry:

Mrs. Andy Williams! Awesome.
  12:46am
Joe McG:

Ha ha! Vegetables clearly have a short shelf life.
  12:50am
Joe McG:

Didn't Andy Williams used to do an annual Xmas TV show featuring Claudine? My one concession to Xmas programming, I guess....
  12:51am
fleep:

What causes the wimpage in winter songs? Do they put something in the cocoa?
  12:52am
Harry:

no concession, just cool
  12:53am
Matt from Springfield:

@fleep: "Wimpage"? What are you looking for in winter music, Fear's "F_ Christmas"? Oh, Spinal Tap did "Christmas With The Devil", that's a good one actually.
  12:54am
Joe McG:

Well, there's this guy in a red suit, a bunch of cute reindeer, kinda hard to be hard. You could always get out the Yobs LP, fleep.
  12:57am
fleep:

@Matt, @Joe: There's nothing wimpy about "The Messiah." Geez. It's these ethereal chicks who could use a little rum in the eggnog, just sayin.
  12:57am
Harry:

Speaking of Santa, I recently heard that he was released from rehab for morphine addiction. Something to do with Bela Lugosi.
  12:59am
will:

Wow, this show is rising above. Wendy and Bonnie + Jan and Lorraine in the same set, complete with their winter songs. If I may weigh in on the creepiest song sure to put a damper on anyone's Xmas celebration: Momus, :Murderers, the Hope of Women."
  1:05am
MD:

ANY "FALLIN ON THE ICE" SFX???
  1:07am
Matt from Springfield:

Wow, don't usually listen to Dave the S, but that sounds like a good show to start. Maybe he'll play some of Slade's numerous Xmas songs!
  1:08am
Joe McG:

Hm, I'm not sure he'll go the Slade route, but expect some Hasil Adkins and Sonics, at the very least!
  1:08am
Joe McG:

Damn, MD, no ice on this CD!
  1:09am
MD:

YES I REMEMBER JOHN SCHNAUL!!! CHOP ME DOWN AND COUNT MY RINGS!!!!
  1:10am
Joe McG:

Seriously! Just thinking about it, I'm greying at the temples.
  1:11am
Julie:

Hank! It's Hank. The good Hank! Hi Joe!
  1:11am
Matt from Springfield:

Wooooo! For Hank Sr., I'd hold a Christmas candle if I could instead of just a lighter aloft!
  1:11am
Julie:

Oh and you played Fairground Attraction too..:)
  1:12am
Joe McG:

Hey, Julie! What's up?
  1:12am
MD:

THANK HANK!!!!!!!
  1:12am
Matt from Springfield:

Hi Julie! Everyone must be in tonight enjoying the coziness, welcome to this already-packed party!
  1:14am
Julie:

Hi Matt! My life is a party, Joe, I'm drinking a cider...woohoo...;lampshade on head will be next
  1:15am
Joe McG:

Again, Julie? Fifth time this week.
  1:16am
Julie:

What can I say, Joe? I'm a creature of habit. Really LAME habits.
  1:16am
Harry:

Don't put too much nutmeg in that cider!
  1:17am
MD:

HEY WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE ONLINE MEETIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  1:17am
Matt from Springfield:

I've got Spanish champagne in my glass and Chinese food in the fridge! For now at least, life is sufficient and happy :)
  1:17am
Julie:

it has a woodchuck on the label. It's cute. Yes, I like beverages with pictures of small woodland creatures.
  1:18am
Julie:

How IS Spanish champagne? I have Hearst champagne in my fridge, haven't tried it
  1:18am
Harry:

Ever Had Skunk Ale?
  1:19am
Julie:

Is it made OF skunks BY skunks or FOR skunks?
  1:20am
Harry:

Skunks and elves make it
  1:20am
Matt from Springfield:

@Julie: Ever have Freixenet? That's a well known Cava, but there are many others. This is a rosé Cava--if you like your bubbly BRUT then España is very great.
  1:20am
fleep:

that this nation, of the skunks, by the stunks, and for the skunks, shall not perish from the earth
  1:20am
Matt from Springfield:

@fleep: Though it will smell like they have...
  1:22am
Julie:

Joe, are you gonna be on Christmas night?
  1:22am
Matt from Springfield:

Whoa, other songs by Nick Heyward and Haircut 100! (excepting Love+1)
  1:22am
Julie:

Haircut 100 wow
  1:23am
Joe McG:

Yes, I will be on Xmas night, but probably not playing Xmas music. Too late.
  1:24am
Julie:

I think Justin Hayward could beat up Nick Heyward
  1:24am
Julie:

ah good I can enjoy you during my christmas drunk
  1:25am
MD:

YEAH!!! REGALE CALE!!!
  1:27am
Matt from Springfield:

@Julie: Wow, The Moody Blues singer! I'm ashamed I didn't know his name till you mentioned it!

Speaking of J. Cale, has any DJ done a All-Cale show, from "Venus in Furs" to Nick Drake's "Fly" to Patti Smith's "My Generation" to his Welsh material? He may be one of the most diverse composers of rock history.
  1:29am
Joe McG:

Shall I take it on before he croaks, Matt?
  1:29am
MD:

The Stones love the Snow!!!
  1:29am
Julie:

cool idea Matt. Yes, Justin.. I only play MB's nearly every week. I picked up a solo LP by him, haven't listened to it yet
  1:30am
Matt from Springfield:

@Julie: And I love ya for it!
@Joe: Try it before he croaks, tributes are so TACKY, lol!
  1:31am
Julie:

yes do it before he dies!
  1:32am
Julie:

Oh WOW the moodies have an xmas album..I didn't know
  1:33am
Julie:

Winter winds? Sandy Denny did a great song called Winter Winds
  1:35am
MD:

Joe's show is the real SNL...!!! ANOTHER GREAT FMU SHOW DISCOVERED!!! BEEN LISTENING SINCE 1985...SO IT ONLY TOOK ME 25 YEARS!!! "COUNT THE RINGS!"
  1:36am
Julie:

Joe McGasko is Mr. Saturday Night
  1:36am
Joe McG:

Maybe some Sandy later, Julie, I actually did pull the Fotheringay album...
  1:36am
Matt from Springfield:

I LOVED Sachiko, the Japanese Joni. Don't forget to play her in the other seasons too!

YLT is great during the main Marathon, truly Monarchs Among Musicians. They played my "Midnight Confessions" request! As best they could anyway!
  1:37am
Julie:

I agree Sachiko was terrific
  1:42am
Julie:

I think the Fotheringay album is my favorite of her stuff
  1:46am
MD:

WE ARE MEN...
  1:46am
Matt from Springfield:

Devo's cool, but this remix is really sharp! Who remixed it?
  1:47am
Joe McG:

A dude named Ian Taylor. Any info?
  1:52am
Julie:

are any of these 12" 45rpm or do you stick to the 7"?
  1:53am
Matt from Springfield:

Can't find a personal page for Ian, but YT has a lot of vids to his remixes. And a page has a link to his remix of Toni Basil's "Do You Wanna Dance".
  1:53am
Joe McG:

No, they're all 7-inchers. I guess 12 inchers that play at 45 would be kosher, but I can't get them on my thumb.
  1:54am
Julie:

Is this the B side of Don't go breakin'? I had that 45.
  1:55am
Joe McG:

Indeed it is!
  1:57am
Matt from Springfield:

This is a great B-side, certainly deserves more play than it's gotten. But you can prob. guess what a "Snow Queen" in L.A. is--nothing to do with winter!

Btw, don't click on that Toni Basil remix link in Google search, the site looks malware-ish.
  1:57am
(mta) Tony:

I'd like to have some of whatever Julie's drinking.
Joe, you're not to open your gift until Christmas. I presume you received it today.
  1:58am
Julie:

Trying to remember..it's a black label, isn't it?
  1:59am
Julie:

Judie Tzuke was on Rocket as well, would've been nice to hear Elton and her together
  2:01am
Matt from Springfield:

Hey (mta) Tony! Does this have anything to do with last week's discussion?

@Joe: This song always gets creepy, you should have played it last week on the anniversary of Lennon's death. He apparently had cassette tracks of this song in his pockets when he was killed.
  2:01am
Julie:

Aren't most Yoko songs creepy?
  2:03am
Harry:

Don't worry ,kyoko mummy's only looking for a hand in the snow
  2:04am
Matt from Springfield:

Hmm, I'd say all Yoko songs are deep, from within the soul, either sad or creepy or tripped-out, but those that involved John or the POB seem more creepy than her merely "artsy" solo pieces. Plus this song has a specific connection to death here.
  2:04am
MD:

YOKO YOKO YOKO...
  2:04am
(mta) Tony:

Hi Matt, yes, thank you for remembering, it IS regarding last week's discussion. I appreciate your shout out. Happy Holidaze, everyone!
  2:05am
Julie:

Joe you make me wish it was snowing again
  2:06am
Julie:

Hi Mary!!
  2:06am
Kevin Ayers:

Hello Joe,

I'm glad to hear my song as your background again.

Nice show,
Wish you the best. Merry Christmas.

Kevin Ayers.
  2:07am
Julie:

I got the music in me!
  2:07am
Matt from Springfield:

Mary Wing! I used to listen to your show before Irwin's, glad to have ya back!
  2:10am
(mta) Tony:

The 7.5 minute version of "...Thin Ice" cost me over one hundred dollars on the CD, "Disco Not Disco." That's the mix that might've been in Lennon's pocket!
  2:10am
MD:

COULD WE ALL MAKE IT TO SALSBURY PLAIN BY TUESDAY MORNING...???
  2:11am
Julie:

Wow Mary!
  2:11am
Julie:

Mary Wingmas!!
  2:12am
(mta) Tony:

Wow, Kevin Ayers! This is my chance to thank you personally for "Town Feeling." I love that tune, but of course there are others I like, too. I've got a few of your albums. It's a pleasure to thank you, personally. Happy Holidaze to you, too.
  2:16am
MD:

OFF TO BED...HAPPY IN THE HEAD...THANK YOU JOE...THANK YOU GANG...A HAPPY WINTER TO US ALL "EACH AND EVERYONE!"
REMEMBER...IT'S BECAUSE OF THE RAIN...AND THE SNOW!!!
  2:16am
Julie:

His voice reminds me a little of Elton
  2:17am
Matt from Springfield:

This Lindisfarne seems to have influenced some modern indie singer-songwriters.
  2:19am
Joe McG:

Thanks, MD, sweet dreams!
  2:28am
Matt from Springfield:

<holds Christmas candle aloft>
  2:29am
Matt from Springfield:

Nico!
  2:29am
Harry:

ditto
  2:30am
Julie:

Nico Marble Index, the first goth album :)
  2:40am
Matt from Springfield:

Never heard of George Stavis, but if it's Vanguard, you know it's good :)
  2:41am
Joe McG:

George kicks ass on that banjer.
  2:44am
Harry:

Wow what a beautiful John Hartford song!
  2:45am
Julie:

ooooh I like this Kings of Convenience. Makes me think of Donovan
  2:45am
Joe McG:

Also beautifully covered by Maffitt/Davies, Harry. Reissued this year on Rev-Ola, one of my faves of the year.
  2:47am
Harry:

Definitely going to check it out, thanks, Joe
  2:47am
Brian in UK:

Hello Joe, Greetings from a very white Britain. You're really on a UK tip today!
  2:48am
Joe McG:

Hey, Brian! Yes, I really am, actually. I think Brits make better winter music than Americans. We're all fun fun fun in the sun over here.
  2:48am
Julie:

these winter themed songs are so wonderfully dark.
  2:49am
Matt from Springfield:

A lot of AMAZING winter folk tonight, Brian!
  2:50am
Brian in UK:

Just collected a Beagle puppy for my wife's Christmas present?
  2:51am
Joe McG:

That's the sweetest thing I've heard all year.
  2:51am
Julie:

I am not fun fun fun in the sun. I wear a heavy black sweater and sit in the dark.
  2:52am
Harry:

then you, too, Julie, are wonderfully dark
  2:52am
Brian in UK:

Sad to hear about The Captain.
  2:52am
Joe McG:

With Nico!
  2:53am
Joe McG:

@Brian: He's been ill for so long that I'm sort of surprised it didn't happen earlier, but it's sad. He left behind some beautiful art and unique music.
  2:53am
Julie:

Yep. I wait for a truly hot summer day to go out bike riding in my heavy black woolens.
  2:55am
Brian in UK:

I've just got a new bike but it's too slippy to ride it just now!
  2:55am
Julie:

Yay! Yay! I love this. I used to play it on guitar.
  2:55am
Julie:

Thank you, joe!
  2:56am
Julie:

Bike-riding on ice..an extreme sport
  2:56am
Brian in UK:

Ah Sandy
  2:56am
Joe McG:

No prob! Good request. Everybody had good requests tonight!
  2:56am
Matt from Springfield:

There's your Sandy!
Wow, you have great taste (and skill) for guitaring!
  2:57am
Julie:

Well, I did back then anyway.
  2:57am
Harry:

Thanks for the fabulous playlist tonight, Joe
  2:58am
Brian in UK:

@ Matt I remember buying the first Lindisfarne album. Oooh what a givaway!
  2:58am
Julie:

Great show Joe! Don't want it to stop!
  2:59am
Matt from Springfield:

@Brian: Truly a great export from the UK! The Strawbs, Fotheringay, a lot of really great folk from that period I like.

You had a perfect playlist for this weather Joe! Thanks for taking requests and have a good night!
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