WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from May 19, 2013

Listener comments!
	12:09am amEdeo: Let's get tattoos when you're done with your show tonight Joe!!!!
	12:09am Droll: I shouldn't be getting this much mileage from this avatar.
	12:10am G: If only I could turn back time...
	12:11am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...make yourself @ home - pull up a Cher...
	12:12am G: Mama told me not to come. Fuck her!
	12:13am Joe McG: Ungh, Oww. Hi, everybody. amEdeo, I hesitate to ask what kind of tattoo you want to get. G: I don't care what mama don't allow, gonna play my disco anyhow.
	12:15am Droll: Joe, Dancypantz show? I vote for CHIC!
	12:16am Chop Scott: JOE! Always listening on this end--Cheers!!!
	12:20am fleep: By "box" they mean Girl Scout Cookies. I believe. Good evening, Joe!
	12:20am Holly in NC: Fox with the box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (er, not being self-referential)
	12:21am Joe McG: @Droll: Unbelievably, we only have ONE Chic album in the library and it's one of the later ones, ick. Hey, Chop Scott, fleep, Holly, and all of you foxes with boxes.
	12:22am Droll: Fox With the Box: 4.bp.blogspot.com...
	12:22am amEdeo: I want to get a Blade Runner inspired tattoo, but you can get whatever you want for yours!
	👻 12:24am 12539: "...a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir!"
	12:24am Joe McG: @Droll: Ha ha, that's exactly what Timmy was singing about!
	12:26am Holly in NC: Joe, last segue may be best ever. Fox box, sox...
	12:27am Joe McG: @Holly and 12539: Yes, a very Seussian segue!
	12:29am fleep: I'm uncomfortable with these questions.
	12:29am Droll: Have you ever made love on a Koch?! Like Ed? This song is gross.
	12:29am Holly in NC: Joe, you are feeling your oats tonight! Frisky dj
	12:31am Joe McG: @fleep and Droll and Holly: As CC might say, heh heh heh!
	12:31am Lonely Planet Boy: Whuuut??
	12:32am joe: 'Ello folks
	12:35am joe: Ok very weird just obtained a 45 of Cher Take Me Home a couple of hours ago
	12:35am Holly in NC: Earlier today I was listening to Ike & Tina doing a super raunchy version of their cover of "I've Been Loving You Long" (Carnegie Hall 1971) WAY more raunchy than the Altamont version www.youtube.com...
	12:43am Droll: CC keeps it fresh... or at least royalty free.
	12:46am Joe McG: @Holly: Oh, man, I have that record. Tina does things with a microphone that even makes grown men embarrassed.
	12:46am Joe McG: Hey, Joe! Cher in the air!
	12:48am Holly in NC: @Droll - do you think Greg & Cher were inspired by the Buckingham Nicks lp cover?
	12:48am Joe McG: @Droll: Nothing wrong with doing some recycling. CC was ahead of the curve.
	12:51am Holly in NC: Oh, I love this Dwight Sykes lp! PPU has been killing it w weird 80s bedroom funk reissues
	12:51am Droll: Holly, I think Greg & Cher were coked out of their minds and don't remember a thing. JMcG, Jazzers were notorious for re-releasing the same song under a new name. Looks like "Strokin'" is 5-6 years of refinement on that riff.
	12:52am _crazyandy_______________________________: Did Clarence Carter say "cell phone" on that last song?
	12:55am Joe McG: @Droll: Totally a case of refinement! @crazyandy: I'm certain of it!
	1:03am Lonely Planet Boy: Love the electric piano on Bauer's "Mastermind".
	1:06am Joe McG: @LPB: That's my favorite track on that CD. I think it may find a new home soon, though, since there aren't enough other friends on there to keep me company.
	1:06am Joe McG: BTW, anyone know Finnish?
	1:07am G: Vanhassa Talossa = old house
	1:08am Matt from Springfield: Brasilian Synthwave! Hi Joe and Surface Noisers!
	1:12am Joe McG: Thanks, G! Hey, Matt! Getting noisier by the minute!
	1:12am Holly in NC: Hi Matt!
	1:12am G: "I'm in Love with the 80s"
	1:13am Matt from Springfield: Hi Holly! Now ist za time on Surface Noise vere vwe DANSE!! Noise artificiel!
	1:14am Lonely Planet Boy: Mr. Partirdge makes my head want to move in all directions :)
	1:20am Holly in NC: Yay X Ray Pop!
	1:21am Matt from Springfield: WHOA. Giorgio Moroder?! This is heavy heavy HEAVY for '71! The visionary indeed!
	1:22am fleep: Synthesizer stings just overwhelming.
	1:29am Matt from Springfield: Pretty great song synopses! The Pre-Revolutionary Iranian Pop album seemed to have great synopses as well (all those songs were much sadder though. On par with US country of that day!)
	1:31am Matt from Springfield: "Volume 1" -- a wonderful sound to all FMU DJs ears! :)
	1:35am fleep: And away we go
	1:37am Matt from Springfield: All right fleep! You even put aside your legendary dolphin avatar to honor Single File!! That's devotion, man! :) A bunch of 45s in a row, you know, so awaaaaaaay we go!
	1:40am Joe McG: @fleep: Thank you for the changing of the avatar!
	1:41am Joe McG: BTW, does anyone know of any other hit songs that never change from one chord?
	1:42am Droll: Kiss, by Prince.
	1:44am Matt from Springfield: Santo & Johnny, like those guys.
	1:44am Joe McG: @Droll: That's a good one. It has that little James Brown break in the middle, though, I think. Doesn't it?
	1:45am Matt from Springfield: Harpsi-Boogie, agree on both halves of that title! This is an art form due for revival.
	1:46am Stevel: Only song I can think of is Meantime, by Helmet. Not exactly a hit song, and not sure it doesn't move off of the one chord. Harpsi-Boogie is the next Macarana.
	1:47am Droll: JMcG, It may have a transitional, but I think of it as a single-chord song. Damn close if it isn't, great song anyhow, and Tom Jones does a smokin' cover.
	1:48am Matt from Springfield: @Stevel: Complete with 12", dance and dub remix versions! ;)
	1:48am fleep: Droll the one with Art of Noise, yes
	1:49am Joe McG: @Droll: Agree! @Stevel: Helmet! I think they should reunite and cover "Harpsi-Boogie."
	1:49am Emile: Great show!
	1:50am Joe McG: @Emile: Thanks! I met my WFMU Fall quotient, anyway.
	1:50am Matt from Springfield: Is this one of the Hollands or Dozier singing themselves? They left Motown for the Invictus label, writing for Freda Payne and others.
	1:52am Joe McG: @Matt: Yep, this is thems.
	1:52am Officer Pupp: Isn't Tomorrow Never Knows just one chord?
	1:53am Joe McG: I'm pretty sure it is, OP!
	1:53am Droll: Is the label for this gun song ERA or NRA?
	1:54am Droll: TNK - 1 chord for sure! Great call!
	1:54am Matt from Springfield: That's true Officer, they said it's all in C, all was played on guitar on the demo tape. Though ultimately that has many sounds piled on top of the underlying tambura.
	1:54am Stevel: Droll: Its just kinky enough to be NRA. (Slapping leather, and all.)
	1:54am Matt from Springfield: ERA, for Equal Rights to Arms!
	1:55am Joe McG: @Stevel: I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that. I was afraid I was a pervert.
	1:55am Emile: Great to hear it Joe. Keep er rolling!
	1:55am fleep: Slap Leather could be another Clarence Carter song.
	1:57am Joe McG: @fleep: Ha! BTW, this Vivian Reed song is the best song on tonight's show.
	2:01am Joe McG: This Free single sounds rawer and snappier than what I usually hear on Classic Rock radio. Does anyone know if they re-recorded this later on? This version sounds different.
	2:01am Matt from Springfield: @Joe: I starred it, anyway! :) All - Free - Now!
	2:02am BriJet: ahoy hoy!
	2:02am Joe McG: It's got a super bad edit in it, too!
	2:02am Lonely Planet Boy: This is one of my favorite songs on which to drum.
	2:02am Matt from Springfield: I was wondering about the differences in production myself, the 45, as opposed to the album and CD might have a diff mix. But 45s generally sound rawer and snappier to me in general.
	2:03am KP: Hi, Joe.
	2:03am Joe McG: Hey, BriJet! Hey, KP!
	2:04am Fuzzy: This is definitely different...came in to see if it was a demo or outtake or sumpin...
	2:06am Matt from Springfield: Ahoy ahoy Brijet, hi KP, hey Fuzzy!
	2:07am Matt from Springfield: 10 records in a half-hour, now those are all proper 3-minute-or-less singles!
	2:07am harveyjohn: It's the "single."
	2:10am Fuzzy: Howdy Matt! And Wikipedia has a good blurb about the different mixes of "All Right Now"...
	2:12am KP: Very Byrdsy those Tourists.
	2:12am Matt from Springfield: Ah, thanks Fuzzy! Glad for the good reportage on different "All Right Now" mixes.
	2:13am Matt from Springfield: Round up the Usual Problems..
	2:14am Stevel: Throbbing pop FTW!
	2:17am Matt from Springfield: Alan O'Day, ha ha. Sounds like he needs you to come redeem him! ;)
	2:18am Joe McG: @Matt: No, I don't need to. He was a very successful guy!
	2:20am Matt from Springfield: Sounds like you just did though! At least this song :) A nice type of 10cc/Pilot/Paul Williams early 70s pop.
	2:20am Joe B: Hi Joe, Hey KP! Hi everyone! This is a cool song, don't know thos Alan LP. Just know his hit and the hits he wrote for others. The flip of Undercover Angel, a song called Just You, is a pretty solid tune also.
	2:20am Emile: THIS is the best tune you played,,,
	2:21am Matt from Springfield: Hi Joe B! Thanks for the rec.
	2:22am Stevel: Man. Obviously I'm not the only one who didn't go to sleep when it was sensible.
	2:24am Joe McG: @Stevel: Ha ha ha! "Skinny Girls" is the worst song I will play tonight.
	2:25am Stevel: Skinny Girls/Make you fee gigantic! An ode to anorexia.
	2:26am Joe McG: That song seems super obnoxious, but he's like Randy Newman in that he's always planting kickers in his songs. The kicker in that one is "skinny girls always say goodbye." In other words, they leave the dope!
	2:26am harveyjohn: I like this
	2:27am Joe B: Wow, Any Road could be a Big Star outtake in the Don't Lie To Me vein
	2:28am KP: This is gooder
	2:29am Matt from Springfield: Yeah! "Any Road" is a shouldbe classic! And Do The 45! That's a seal of endorsement!
	2:29am Stevel: I mean, these tunes are no "Rock n' Roll Heaven," but they'll do in a pinch.
	2:29am Lonely Planet Boy: Joe, i had no idea O'day was so good. Thanks for this set. Only knew Undercover Angel. thx!
	2:34am PC: Not sure if you're aware that "Skinny Girls" was a big hit on Dr. Demento's radio show around the time it came out... :)
	2:35am Joe McG: @LPB: No problem! Sorry I couldn't do him more justice, but I didn't have enough time to pull something better together, alas! @PC: It SOUNDS like a song you would hear on Dr. Demento!
	2:36am KP: Rock, rock, rock.
	2:36am harveyjohn: Is this the LP?
	2:37am Holly in NC: Raging river of fear, wherw have you been all my life?
	2:38am Joe McG: @harvey john: No, no 3-D, unfortunately!
	2:40am PC: Yeah...Dr. D played it quite often. But it never occurred to me at the time to connect it with the same guy who did "Undercover Angel." Two different universes, kinda; mainstream AM radio and Dr. Demento novelty tune.
	2:40am Matt from Springfield: Wooo! Great Emily!
	2:43am harveyjohn: I think I saw a copy, the LP, at a record faire once. Kind'a 3D picture on the cover. Guy in space...or maybe in a...space suit or sumtin'?
	2:44am Joe McG: @hj: Yeah, he's kind of a romantic poet captain floating in space. Major 3D collector's action on that one. I saw it once for a decent price but didn't buy 'cause it had a scratch on a track. Probably should've bought it.
	2:45am KP: Who is Emily. That was kind of outstanding
	2:47am Joe McG: @KP: Emily was a 16 year old girl who went to Paris, wrote a bunch of songs, recorded them with a French psych band called Dynastie Crisis, and then came home when it did nothing.
	2:48am KP: It did something for me! v. cool
	2:48am Joe McG: @KP: It's a very cool album. I want it for meself.
	2:49am harveyjohn: I once bought a "questionable" redish vinyl copy of "NAZZ,NAZZ. last track on side two... (some maniac with a dremel...). The rest plays nice!
	2:54am Matt from Springfield: Aww, Joe do we have to go home (to bed)? Well it's that time of night again...thank you so much for another classic show! Have a good night/morning/day, everyone!
	2:55am Joe McG: Thanks, Matt! I hope you all have a great week! Thanks all for listening. See you next week. Don't forget to tune in for Primavera Festival broadcast next Saturday, which I totally forgot to talk about.
	2:56am harveyjohn: NICE
	2:56am Matt from Springfield: Oh YAY!!! Toots doing "Take Me Home Country Roads"!! Fantastic note to end on! And the Primavera always rocks!!
	👻 2:56am 12539: Thanks Joe.
	2:57am fleep: Thanks, Joe!
	2:58am Lonely Planet Boy: great show, Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from May 19, 2013

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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May 19, 2013: Ten Dozen Plushies

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Cher	Take Me Home "Take Me Home" by "Cher"	Casablanca Dance Classics	Casablanca	1985	LP	From 1979		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
K.C. and the Sunshine Band	Do You Wanna Go Party	Do You Wanna Go Party	TK	1979	LP			0:09:18 (Pop-up)
Timmy Thomas	Fox with the Box "Fox with the Box" by "Timmy Thomas"	Why Can't We Love Together: The Best of the TK Years 1972-81	West Side	1998	CD	From 1979		0:16:37 (Pop-up)
Linda Clifford and Curtis Mayfield	Rock You to Your Socks	The Right Combination	Curtom/RSO	1980	LP			0:20:23 (Pop-up)
Clarence Carter	Strokin' "Strokin'" by "Clarence Carter"	The Best of Clarence Carter: The Dr.'s Greatest Prescriptions	Koch	2001	CD	From 1986		0:24:57 (Pop-up)
Swamp Dogg	I Couldn't Pay for What I Got Last Night	Gag a Maggott	Alive Natural Sound	2013	CD	From 1973	*	0:29:36 (Pop-up)

Clarence Carter	Love Building "Love Building" by "Clarence Carter"	Let's Burn	Venture	1980	LP			0:40:21 (Pop-up)
Dwight Sykes	Where Ever You Are "Where Ever You Are" by "Dwight Sykes"	Songs Volume 1	PPU	2013	CD	From the 80s sometime	*	0:45:27 (Pop-up)
The Vulcans	Cosmic Bust "Cosmic Bust" by "The Vulcans"	Pure Trouble: Trouble's 2013 Marathon Premium	WFMU	2013	CD-R	From 1972	*	0:49:57 (Pop-up)
Bunk Dogger	Red Alert "Red Alert" by "Bunk Dogger"	Bubblepop - 20 UK Pop Oddities	RPM	2005	CD	From 1974		0:52:40 (Pop-up)
Amazorblades	Common Truth "Common Truth" by "Amazorblades"	The Chiswick Story	Ace	2013	CD	From 1977	*	0:55:14 (Pop-up)
The Monochrome Set	I Can't Control My Feet	Platinum Coils	Disquo Bleu	2012	CD			0:56:48 (Pop-up)
Bauer	Masterminds "Masterminds" by "Bauer"	Can't Stop Singing	Wabana Ore Limited	2000	CD			0:59:28 (Pop-up)
Belaboris	Yö vanhassa talossa "Yö vanhassa talossa" by "Belaboris"	Once Upon a Time....	Dark Entries	2013	LP	From 1984	*	1:02:50 (Pop-up)
Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons	In Bars	Screams to God	Dark Entries	2013	LP	unreleased 1980	*	1:07:19 (Pop-up)
Mr. Partridge	Steam Fist Futurist	Take Away/The Lure of Salvage	Virgin	1980	LP			1:09:31 (Pop-up)
Man or Astro-Man?	Defcon 5 "Defcon 5" by "Man or Astro-Man?"	Defcon 5...4...3...2...1	Communicating Vessels	2013	CD		*	1:13:09 (Pop-up)
X Ray Pop	Nous Sommes "Nous Sommes" by "X Ray Pop"	Pirate! (The Black K7) - The Dark Side of the X	Cache Cache	2013	CD	From 1985	*	1:15:03 (Pop-up)
Giorgio	So Young "So Young" by "Giorgio"	Schlagermoroder Volume 1 1966-1975	Repetoire	2013	CD	From 1970	*	1:17:12 (Pop-up)
Olympic	Bláznivej Kiki (Crazy Kiki)	Everybody!	Munster	2013	CD	From 1971	*	1:20:09 (Pop-up)

Single File: A bunch of 45s in a row, you know
The Tourists	Blind Among the Flowers		LOGO	1979	45			1:33:14 (Pop-up)
John Paul Young	My Name Is Jack "My Name Is Jack" by "John Paul Young"		Albert Productions	1976	45			1:36:26 (Pop-up)
Santo & Johnny	Road Block "Road Block" by "Santo & Johnny"		Canadian American	1964	45			1:39:49 (Pop-up)
Bill Snyder	Harpsi-Boogie "Harpsi-Boogie" by "Bill Snyder"		Decca	1952	45			1:41:21 (Pop-up)
The Fall	Rollin' Dany "Rollin' Dany" by "The Fall"		Beggars Banquet	1985	45			1:43:28 (Pop-up)
Holland-Dozier	Don't Leave Me "Don't Leave Me" by "Holland-Dozier"		Invictus	1972	45			1:45:50 (Pop-up)
Chuck Nelson	Slap Leather (The Song of the Gun)		ERA	1955	45	With Buddy Bregman's Orchestra and Chorus		1:49:36 (Pop-up)
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels	I Had It Made		New Voice	1966	45			1:51:51 (Pop-up)
Vivian Reed	Yours Until Tomorrow "Yours Until Tomorrow" by "Vivian Reed"		Epic	1968	45			1:54:27 (Pop-up)
Free	All Right Now "All Right Now" by "Free"		A&M	1970	45			1:57:36 (Pop-up)

Alan O'Day	Caress Me Pretty Music	Caress Me Pretty Music	Viva	1973	LP	R.I.P.		2:15:54 (Pop-up)
Alan O'Day	Skinny Girls "Skinny Girls" by "Alan O'Day"	Oh Johnny!	Pacific Arts	1979	LP			2:18:46 (Pop-up)
Alan O'Day	Somewhere She Is Sleeping	Do the 45: Songs from the Single File: Joe McGasko's 2010 WFMU Marathon Premium	WFMU	2010	CD-R	From 1973		2:21:30 (Pop-up)
Alan O'Day	Any Road "Any Road" by "Alan O'Day"	Caress Me Pretty Music	Viva	1973	LP			2:24:23 (Pop-up)

Captain Beyond	Raging River of Fear	Captain Beyond	Capricorn/Polygram	1997	CD	From 1972; new old live album on the way soon		2:32:24 (Pop-up)
Emily	Confession "Confession" by "Emily"	Emily	RPM	2013	CD	From 1972	*	2:35:31 (Pop-up)
Cravo and Canela	Amor Em Jacumã "Amor Em Jacumã" by "Cravo and Canela"	Preço De Cada Um	Mr Bongo	2011	CD	From 1977 (name of the group is "Clove and Cinnamon")		2:38:17 (Pop-up)
Tom Zé	Glória "Glória" by "Tom Zé"	Grande Liquidação	Mr Bongo	2011	CD	From 1968; first solo album		2:40:38 (Pop-up)
Marcos Valle	O Beato "O Beato" by "Marcos Valle"	Vento Sul	Light in the Attic	2013	CD	Bonus track, 1972	*	2:44:17 (Pop-up)
Bob Brookmeyer	A Felicidade "A Felicidade" by "Bob Brookmeyer"	The Hits of João Gilberto	Él	2013	CD	From 1962	*	2:46:23 (Pop-up)
Annette Hanshaw	Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home?	Art Deco: Sophisticated Ladies	Columbia Legacy	1993	CD	From 1929		2:50:33 (Pop-up)
Toots and the Maytals	Take Me Home Country Roads	Funky Kingston/In the Dark	Island	2003	CD	From 1973		2:52:30 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:09am amEdeo: Let's get tattoos when you're done with your show tonight Joe!!!!
	12:09am Droll: I shouldn't be getting this much mileage from this avatar.
	12:10am G: If only I could turn back time...
	12:11am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...make yourself @ home - pull up a Cher...
	12:12am G: Mama told me not to come. Fuck her!
	12:13am Joe McG: Ungh, Oww. Hi, everybody. amEdeo, I hesitate to ask what kind of tattoo you want to get. G: I don't care what mama don't allow, gonna play my disco anyhow.
	12:15am Droll: Joe, Dancypantz show? I vote for CHIC!
	12:16am Chop Scott: JOE! Always listening on this end--Cheers!!!
	12:20am fleep: By "box" they mean Girl Scout Cookies. I believe. Good evening, Joe!
	12:20am Holly in NC: Fox with the box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (er, not being self-referential)
	12:21am Joe McG: @Droll: Unbelievably, we only have ONE Chic album in the library and it's one of the later ones, ick. Hey, Chop Scott, fleep, Holly, and all of you foxes with boxes.
	12:22am Droll: Fox With the Box: 4.bp.blogspot.com...
	12:22am amEdeo: I want to get a Blade Runner inspired tattoo, but you can get whatever you want for yours!
	👻 12:24am 12539: "...a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir!"
	12:24am Joe McG: @Droll: Ha ha, that's exactly what Timmy was singing about!
	12:26am Holly in NC: Joe, last segue may be best ever. Fox box, sox...
	12:27am Joe McG: @Holly and 12539: Yes, a very Seussian segue!
	12:29am fleep: I'm uncomfortable with these questions.
	12:29am Droll: Have you ever made love on a Koch?! Like Ed? This song is gross.
	12:29am Holly in NC: Joe, you are feeling your oats tonight! Frisky dj
	12:31am Joe McG: @fleep and Droll and Holly: As CC might say, heh heh heh!
	12:31am Lonely Planet Boy: Whuuut??
	12:32am joe: 'Ello folks
	12:35am joe: Ok very weird just obtained a 45 of Cher Take Me Home a couple of hours ago
	12:35am Holly in NC: Earlier today I was listening to Ike & Tina doing a super raunchy version of their cover of "I've Been Loving You Long" (Carnegie Hall 1971) WAY more raunchy than the Altamont version www.youtube.com...
	12:43am Droll: CC keeps it fresh... or at least royalty free.
	12:46am Joe McG: @Holly: Oh, man, I have that record. Tina does things with a microphone that even makes grown men embarrassed.
	12:46am Joe McG: Hey, Joe! Cher in the air!
	12:48am Holly in NC: @Droll - do you think Greg & Cher were inspired by the Buckingham Nicks lp cover?
	12:48am Joe McG: @Droll: Nothing wrong with doing some recycling. CC was ahead of the curve.
	12:51am Holly in NC: Oh, I love this Dwight Sykes lp! PPU has been killing it w weird 80s bedroom funk reissues
	12:51am Droll: Holly, I think Greg & Cher were coked out of their minds and don't remember a thing. JMcG, Jazzers were notorious for re-releasing the same song under a new name. Looks like "Strokin'" is 5-6 years of refinement on that riff.
	12:52am _crazyandy_______________________________: Did Clarence Carter say "cell phone" on that last song?
	12:55am Joe McG: @Droll: Totally a case of refinement! @crazyandy: I'm certain of it!
	1:03am Lonely Planet Boy: Love the electric piano on Bauer's "Mastermind".
	1:06am Joe McG: @LPB: That's my favorite track on that CD. I think it may find a new home soon, though, since there aren't enough other friends on there to keep me company.
	1:06am Joe McG: BTW, anyone know Finnish?
	1:07am G: Vanhassa Talossa = old house
	1:08am Matt from Springfield: Brasilian Synthwave! Hi Joe and Surface Noisers!
	1:12am Joe McG: Thanks, G! Hey, Matt! Getting noisier by the minute!
	1:12am Holly in NC: Hi Matt!
	1:12am G: "I'm in Love with the 80s"
	1:13am Matt from Springfield: Hi Holly! Now ist za time on Surface Noise vere vwe DANSE!! Noise artificiel!
	1:14am Lonely Planet Boy: Mr. Partirdge makes my head want to move in all directions :)
	1:20am Holly in NC: Yay X Ray Pop!
	1:21am Matt from Springfield: WHOA. Giorgio Moroder?! This is heavy heavy HEAVY for '71! The visionary indeed!
	1:22am fleep: Synthesizer stings just overwhelming.
	1:29am Matt from Springfield: Pretty great song synopses! The Pre-Revolutionary Iranian Pop album seemed to have great synopses as well (all those songs were much sadder though. On par with US country of that day!)
	1:31am Matt from Springfield: "Volume 1" -- a wonderful sound to all FMU DJs ears! :)
	1:35am fleep: And away we go
	1:37am Matt from Springfield: All right fleep! You even put aside your legendary dolphin avatar to honor Single File!! That's devotion, man! :) A bunch of 45s in a row, you know, so awaaaaaaay we go!
	1:40am Joe McG: @fleep: Thank you for the changing of the avatar!
	1:41am Joe McG: BTW, does anyone know of any other hit songs that never change from one chord?
	1:42am Droll: Kiss, by Prince.
	1:44am Matt from Springfield: Santo & Johnny, like those guys.
	1:44am Joe McG: @Droll: That's a good one. It has that little James Brown break in the middle, though, I think. Doesn't it?
	1:45am Matt from Springfield: Harpsi-Boogie, agree on both halves of that title! This is an art form due for revival.
	1:46am Stevel: Only song I can think of is Meantime, by Helmet. Not exactly a hit song, and not sure it doesn't move off of the one chord. Harpsi-Boogie is the next Macarana.
	1:47am Droll: JMcG, It may have a transitional, but I think of it as a single-chord song. Damn close if it isn't, great song anyhow, and Tom Jones does a smokin' cover.
	1:48am Matt from Springfield: @Stevel: Complete with 12", dance and dub remix versions! ;)
	1:48am fleep: Droll the one with Art of Noise, yes
	1:49am Joe McG: @Droll: Agree! @Stevel: Helmet! I think they should reunite and cover "Harpsi-Boogie."
	1:49am Emile: Great show!
	1:50am Joe McG: @Emile: Thanks! I met my WFMU Fall quotient, anyway.
	1:50am Matt from Springfield: Is this one of the Hollands or Dozier singing themselves? They left Motown for the Invictus label, writing for Freda Payne and others.
	1:52am Joe McG: @Matt: Yep, this is thems.
	1:52am Officer Pupp: Isn't Tomorrow Never Knows just one chord?
	1:53am Joe McG: I'm pretty sure it is, OP!
	1:53am Droll: Is the label for this gun song ERA or NRA?
	1:54am Droll: TNK - 1 chord for sure! Great call!
	1:54am Matt from Springfield: That's true Officer, they said it's all in C, all was played on guitar on the demo tape. Though ultimately that has many sounds piled on top of the underlying tambura.
	1:54am Stevel: Droll: Its just kinky enough to be NRA. (Slapping leather, and all.)
	1:54am Matt from Springfield: ERA, for Equal Rights to Arms!
	1:55am Joe McG: @Stevel: I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that. I was afraid I was a pervert.
	1:55am Emile: Great to hear it Joe. Keep er rolling!
	1:55am fleep: Slap Leather could be another Clarence Carter song.
	1:57am Joe McG: @fleep: Ha! BTW, this Vivian Reed song is the best song on tonight's show.
	2:01am Joe McG: This Free single sounds rawer and snappier than what I usually hear on Classic Rock radio. Does anyone know if they re-recorded this later on? This version sounds different.
	2:01am Matt from Springfield: @Joe: I starred it, anyway! :) All - Free - Now!
	2:02am BriJet: ahoy hoy!
	2:02am Joe McG: It's got a super bad edit in it, too!
	2:02am Lonely Planet Boy: This is one of my favorite songs on which to drum.
	2:02am Matt from Springfield: I was wondering about the differences in production myself, the 45, as opposed to the album and CD might have a diff mix. But 45s generally sound rawer and snappier to me in general.
	2:03am KP: Hi, Joe.
	2:03am Joe McG: Hey, BriJet! Hey, KP!
	2:04am Fuzzy: This is definitely different...came in to see if it was a demo or outtake or sumpin...
	2:06am Matt from Springfield: Ahoy ahoy Brijet, hi KP, hey Fuzzy!
	2:07am Matt from Springfield: 10 records in a half-hour, now those are all proper 3-minute-or-less singles!
	2:07am harveyjohn: It's the "single."
	2:10am Fuzzy: Howdy Matt! And Wikipedia has a good blurb about the different mixes of "All Right Now"...
	2:12am KP: Very Byrdsy those Tourists.
	2:12am Matt from Springfield: Ah, thanks Fuzzy! Glad for the good reportage on different "All Right Now" mixes.
	2:13am Matt from Springfield: Round up the Usual Problems..
	2:14am Stevel: Throbbing pop FTW!
	2:17am Matt from Springfield: Alan O'Day, ha ha. Sounds like he needs you to come redeem him! ;)
	2:18am Joe McG: @Matt: No, I don't need to. He was a very successful guy!
	2:20am Matt from Springfield: Sounds like you just did though! At least this song :) A nice type of 10cc/Pilot/Paul Williams early 70s pop.
	2:20am Joe B: Hi Joe, Hey KP! Hi everyone! This is a cool song, don't know thos Alan LP. Just know his hit and the hits he wrote for others. The flip of Undercover Angel, a song called Just You, is a pretty solid tune also.
	2:20am Emile: THIS is the best tune you played,,,
	2:21am Matt from Springfield: Hi Joe B! Thanks for the rec.
	2:22am Stevel: Man. Obviously I'm not the only one who didn't go to sleep when it was sensible.
	2:24am Joe McG: @Stevel: Ha ha ha! "Skinny Girls" is the worst song I will play tonight.
	2:25am Stevel: Skinny Girls/Make you fee gigantic! An ode to anorexia.
	2:26am Joe McG: That song seems super obnoxious, but he's like Randy Newman in that he's always planting kickers in his songs. The kicker in that one is "skinny girls always say goodbye." In other words, they leave the dope!
	2:26am harveyjohn: I like this
	2:27am Joe B: Wow, Any Road could be a Big Star outtake in the Don't Lie To Me vein
	2:28am KP: This is gooder
	2:29am Matt from Springfield: Yeah! "Any Road" is a shouldbe classic! And Do The 45! That's a seal of endorsement!
	2:29am Stevel: I mean, these tunes are no "Rock n' Roll Heaven," but they'll do in a pinch.
	2:29am Lonely Planet Boy: Joe, i had no idea O'day was so good. Thanks for this set. Only knew Undercover Angel. thx!
	2:34am PC: Not sure if you're aware that "Skinny Girls" was a big hit on Dr. Demento's radio show around the time it came out... :)
	2:35am Joe McG: @LPB: No problem! Sorry I couldn't do him more justice, but I didn't have enough time to pull something better together, alas! @PC: It SOUNDS like a song you would hear on Dr. Demento!
	2:36am KP: Rock, rock, rock.
	2:36am harveyjohn: Is this the LP?
	2:37am Holly in NC: Raging river of fear, wherw have you been all my life?
	2:38am Joe McG: @harvey john: No, no 3-D, unfortunately!
	2:40am PC: Yeah...Dr. D played it quite often. But it never occurred to me at the time to connect it with the same guy who did "Undercover Angel." Two different universes, kinda; mainstream AM radio and Dr. Demento novelty tune.
	2:40am Matt from Springfield: Wooo! Great Emily!
	2:43am harveyjohn: I think I saw a copy, the LP, at a record faire once. Kind'a 3D picture on the cover. Guy in space...or maybe in a...space suit or sumtin'?
	2:44am Joe McG: @hj: Yeah, he's kind of a romantic poet captain floating in space. Major 3D collector's action on that one. I saw it once for a decent price but didn't buy 'cause it had a scratch on a track. Probably should've bought it.
	2:45am KP: Who is Emily. That was kind of outstanding
	2:47am Joe McG: @KP: Emily was a 16 year old girl who went to Paris, wrote a bunch of songs, recorded them with a French psych band called Dynastie Crisis, and then came home when it did nothing.
	2:48am KP: It did something for me! v. cool
	2:48am Joe McG: @KP: It's a very cool album. I want it for meself.
	2:49am harveyjohn: I once bought a "questionable" redish vinyl copy of "NAZZ,NAZZ. last track on side two... (some maniac with a dremel...). The rest plays nice!
	2:54am Matt from Springfield: Aww, Joe do we have to go home (to bed)? Well it's that time of night again...thank you so much for another classic show! Have a good night/morning/day, everyone!
	2:55am Joe McG: Thanks, Matt! I hope you all have a great week! Thanks all for listening. See you next week. Don't forget to tune in for Primavera Festival broadcast next Saturday, which I totally forgot to talk about.
	2:56am harveyjohn: NICE
	2:56am Matt from Springfield: Oh YAY!!! Toots doing "Take Me Home Country Roads"!! Fantastic note to end on! And the Primavera always rocks!!
	👻 2:56am 12539: Thanks Joe.
	2:57am fleep: Thanks, Joe!
	2:58am Lonely Planet Boy: great show, Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from May 19, 2013

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