Bohemian Rhapsody: Ken's show

Listener comments!

♥ 6:31am Station Mgr Ken:

Morning everybody! Get me your pre-show requests now - make me run around the record library please.

♥ 7:08am maestroso:

G'morning Ken! Do you have anything by Zabadak (the band, not the song) or Yoko Ueno? Or if not, any J-pop, really...

7:30am fඏfඏ (:

Good morning Ken, maestroso!

I'm getting ready for the show and hopefully not in a non-listening way! Currently my status is 'gif-watcher' as I'm desperately trying to fix my laptop's audio (its power cable had a nasty short circuit). Other than that, it's a great day!

7:44am fඏfඏ (:

Messer fur Frau Muller - Intime Service Cosmique
The Sound of Urchin - Jack and Diane pt. 2
Dick El Demasiado - Mickey Mouse se Venga de su Creador
RIAA - Baba's Tusk
Liz Phair - Death Shark

8:33am Robert:

On Aerial View, Chris T played a little Charles Manson, seeing as Chris said Manson's music was awful and his guest charitably called it mediocre. But the bit played didn't sound bad to me--certainly not bad enough, say, to have qualified for Irwin's Atrocious Music. So do you have recorded evidence that Manson's music was really bad?

♥ 8:35am Ken:

Manson has good music AND bad music.

8:36am Okasa:

A very good morning, Master Ken. And a good morning to all the ladies and gents joining you today.

8:36am Robert:

Then again, it may be that I tend to find rock & roll to be (with a few outliers) all pretty run of the mill.

8:46am Robert:

AFAICT, rock & roll started out as dance music that was a slight refinement of cha-cha. Instead of 1,2,1,2,3, it's 1,2,..,2,3 -- the 1st beat of the 2nd bar is suppressed, but you can dance to it the same. But then after a while they called contemporary stuff rock & roll even if it was 4:4 or more commonly the 2:4 like march or disco music.

♥ 8:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Twist & Shout' is a Latin beat - that sort of thing...Hearty White was just talking about stuff coming out his head - are we on a Reanimator kick @ FMU?...

8:52am Dr. Goot:

www.youtube.com...

♥ 8:54am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- was Joe Turner cha-cha though?
- Manson Family by Glass w/ Iggy - ?! For real? HolyCrow!...

♥ 8:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...jump blues & salsa - gimme a pigfoot & a side of guacamole...

♥ 9:00am Asheville Jon:

please play any one of the multitude of Corn Weenie Variations. it's a corn weenie kinda day here

9:02am fred von helsing:

Inflatable Boy Clams - Skeleton

9:02am Robert:

Leave off the 2nd T for misspelling.

♥ 9:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Jellyroll Morton always maintained that the 'Latin Tinge' was essential to real Jazz (as born in N'Orleans) - Jazz, R&B, Rockarolla all being branches on a tree...he also insisted he invented the alphabet & could shoot sillystring from his head if riled...

9:04am w41:

Good morning! Robert Fripp has announced that KC are coming back! This calls for a celebration!

9:04am glenn:

how about wayne newton's awesome cover of purple haze?

♥ 9:04am common:

jellyroll did invent the alphabet.

9:06am scentymint endstinks:

Had always heard the rumours of the Rhapshody tapes had nearly been worn through from infinite retracking. Am glad to hear some of the results of Queen's experiments with the tapes. Excellent.

♥ 9:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...friend bought tickets to 'Queen Extravaganza' tribute thing - not *my* idea - & I can report that surprisingly it was not a complete waste of time for free; used some imagery from Metropolis - which gave me insight into Ken using Rotwang for Tar...oh yars...

♥ 9:06am Vivian:

Neil Young and Booker T - T Bone! Did anyone watch the Farm Aid webcast where Neil replies to a drunk heckler?

9:07am Stranger from the future:

You can never tell on a remix if the cd skips until several hrs in

♥ 9:07am common:

yea. this is great to hear. always thought he was saying mrs. miller...hmmm.

9:07am Michael:

off to a flying start ken!

9:08am Stranger from the future:

Great solo .. Last few notes are amazing

9:08am KOTJ:

@Von Hel...good request.

♥ 9:09am Asheville Jon:

kinda thinking that Queen is quite possibly the most overrated band ever. that is, of course after the Beatless. i mean no band in history or the future will ever be as completely overrated as the Beatles. can't believe the world fell for their schlock. then again, people like The Eagles too. i can't stand them.

9:11am KOTJ:

Hi Ken! Last week I saw your cameos in the doc Radio Unnameable about Bob Fass and WBAI. How I didn't know about WBAI and Bob is an affront to the community radio Gods.

9:12am Stranger from the future:

Interesting correlation... This remake is about quantum physics and queens guitarist Brian May is an astrophysicist

9:12am egal:

All bands become over-rated when they become popular.

9:13am glenn:

brian may also built his guitar, so he gets mega props for that.

9:13am scentymint endstinks:

They become vertical! vertical! verticalllllll! Ha, ha that's great!

♥ 9:13am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Queen Rawked (if they wanted - check 1st coupla albums nobody plays...) - knew their freakin' way around a recording studio - wrote some good songs - then wrote a lot of really stoo-ped shite songs - which is usually what happens after an act seriously Charts...

9:14am Stranger from the future:

String cheese. > string theory

9:15am Robert:

I second Asheville Jon about the Beatles. For years friends & acquaintances thought I was nuts to think the Beatles overrated, until another friend explained that it was political.

♥ 9:15am Asheville Jon:

IT MATTERS TO ME! i fly a lot of kites!

9:16am fred von helsing:

Queen became overrated when they started making shit. The first few albums were pretty good. By the time they got to Bohemian Rhapsody it was like: WTF?!

9:16am Robert:

As a child hearing the Beatles I thought, what distinguishes them? They sounded just like plenty of others, yet the girls were swooning. I think they were plants.

9:16am Jeezy:

Drat. A work call interrupted. I wonder what I missed...

♥ 9:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Bob Dylan says we should put up statues of The Beatles. Bob Dylan might know something.
...Theory of String coming outta heads...The Best Rated will *always* be 'Overrated' because it makes *everyone else* Underrated...

9:17am berlusconi's nose:

Another typical beginning to a typical Wfmu day...

9:17am Robert:

But after they hit it big, the Beatles got away from the very pedestrian stuff they hit it big with, and then were really interesting for a while. And then they went back to boring.

♥ 9:18am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The Beatles were just one band of four human beings who produced for seven years & 13 short (60s-length) albums.

9:19am Cheri Pi:

tHIS MAKES ME WANT TO HEAR THE OFFICE SUPPLY VERSION.

♥ 9:19am Nardo:

... uncle.

♥ 9:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& they were Geniuses, & the Biggest Thing Ever no matter what any of us say or don't say.

9:20am Roberto:

Coincidentally, I was up at 2:30 (EDT) this morning reading all about Queen's history and discography.

9:20am Robert:

The stuff that made them big to start with emphasized the most boring part, the beat, which was why they were called Beatles, and even most of that was 4:4. That's why their drummer was so important. Blah.

♥ 9:21am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Ringo *is* underrated. ...though you do wish for a little extra drumroll here or there...

9:21am Robert:

And then they used their randomly-generated success to indulge their creativity, which was that brief fun middle period. And then I guess they just burned out & got boring again, like most bands would if they stayed together too long.

♥ 9:21am Vivian:

I can't take it anymore!!!! On to NPR unless Ken stops playing Queen!

9:22am fred von helsing:

Ringo puts on a good one. I assume he's running a halfway house road show for people fresh outa rehab.

9:22am Stranger from the future:

Google arrested drunk guy sings bohemian rhapsody

9:22am egal:

NPR is interviewing Brian May.

♥ 9:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- I Disagree: 'She Loves You' you might think the dumbest I Love You You Love Me Pop - but it's stuffed fulla brilliant crap in well less than three minutes (as you had to then)...

9:24am Robert:

Yeah, Ringo was--still is--great. But the only reason they put him to use was simply that he could be routine & boring when they needed him to be.

♥ 9:24am Vivian:

@egal-NOOOOOOOOOO!

9:25am egal:

Vivian :) just joking. They're interviewing Geddy Lee.

9:25am m:

This is too much for me. I'm gonna go listen to some smooth jazz on the weather channel.

9:25am fred von helsing:

so ringo made paul look less animatronic ?

♥ 9:25am Caryn:

I recommend the video for this. All performed live inside a small sedan.

9:26am glenn:

i think macca is a dick. i also think he's the greatest rock and roll bass player there is or was.

♥ 9:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- fred - that stuff is important in bands!
...Ken: We'll stop talking about the Beatles if you stop playing Bohemain Crapsody - ?! ...Okay I'm liking the accordian riffs...

9:27am Sam:

That accordeon is so sultry and comforting.

♥ 9:28am common:

ah...what's next?

♥ 9:28am Ken From Hyde Park:

Yay! Polka party!

9:28am trish:

Just watched part of a documentary about Queen and Mercury this week. http://www.youtu.be/DxbV3xEypw0

Notable quotes: "You fucking wankers!" And "Fuck you, it's none of your business."

♥ 9:29am Caryn:

Both gifs are from industrial films, the first 1957's "The Relaxed Wife" advertising the transquilizer Atarax, the second 1956's "Aluminum on the March" about aluminium (surprise surprise).

♥ 9:29am Asheville Jon:

i dunno, this show is rapidly spiraling into becoming Ken's worst show ever. makes me want to peel all the WFMU stickers off my cars

♥ 9:30am Vivian:

Well, I do love me some Rush, though I heard Geddy Lee is an a**hole to interview. Robert Klein said Lee was the worst guest to appear on his show. Asheville Jon, I agree!

9:30am KevinfromBayRidge:

This may be or not be overrated...but it's certainly getting dissected here!

9:30am scentymint endstinks:

The Beatles were a once-in-a-lifetime televised train wreck between culture (race (black rhythms), communistic fear, sexuality, revolution, anti-war, etc) recording experiments, unlikely instrument combination, unlikely alliance of genius personalities, LSD, music sampling (world music), religion / black religion confluences. The Beatles were locked into a commercial dance between themselves, Beach Boys and the Stones: all trying to one-up each other with historical effect. But it all would have gone unnoticed if they wore buzz haircuts. :)

9:31am Stranger from the future:

Yay... Drunk guy guy !

9:31am Dr. Goot:

I find this quite post-post-modern...

♥ 9:31am fred:

Is there a version by Eläkeläiset?

♥ 9:31am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Dude knows the song cold - props.

9:31am thedunkel:

great set this am Ken - the drunk guy is the best! You should get Andy drunk and make him sing this song on SSD

9:32am fred von helsing:

Aliens have destroyed entire planets for smaller transgressions than today's show

9:32am fred von helsing:

I checked for Eläkeläiset - could not find anything

♥ 9:32am Asheville Jon:

this show is making the baby in Rocky's arm cry!!(click on my avatar)

9:32am berlusconi's nose:

It's too early for this

9:32am Jeezy:

@ Asheville Jon... "Spiraling"? I'd contend it plunged directly to the earth. But isn't that sometimes the point?

9:32am KevinfromBayRidge:

Ya gatta love it!

9:33am Sam:

I don't think is anywhere close to Ken's worst ever. This is Ken at his finest.

9:33am Jeezy:

I sometimes wish Ken had never been born at all.

9:33am fඏfඏ (:

m, Asheville Jon,

What are you guys talking about? This is the best Ken's show I have ever non-listened to.

♥ 9:33am amanda c:

this is the best song you've played all morning.

9:33am jan:

Ken, you will need to atone all over for this set.

9:33am Fern:

Kenny G? Is that you?

9:34am Stranger from the future:

U can hear police radio. Guy is behind glass in back of cruiser. Props to most excellent production by arresting officer

♥ 9:34am Asheville Jon:

Jeezy, i usually try to give Ken a good half hour for setting the path to some diving inspirational morning setlist. this morning's adventure has gone nowhere but down the crapper.

9:34am scentymint endstinks:

I'm waiting for the single gunshot followed by silence

♥ 9:34am Asheville Jon:

dicing should be divine.

9:34am Uke Goldberg:

This show: Low hanging fruit. Way too easy.

♥ 9:35am common:

hee...wow...

9:35am other eddie:

best argument ever for prohibition

♥ 9:35am Vivian:

Drunk guy's version is supremely better than Queen.

9:35am diabetic dan:

I'm trying to listen through the new App but the connection keeps dropping every five minutes

9:35am Jeezy:

Hahahahaha... love how the Cops interject right before the finale. Genius!

♥ 9:35am Caryn:

My fave part of the quantum physics version of BoRhap is how they replaced "carry on, carry on" with "baryons, tachyons". I also recommend the video if for nothing else, than for the sight of a headbanging Einstein sock puppet.

9:35am KevinfromBayRidge:

What would Kenny G do?

9:36am Uke Goldberg:

New app??

9:36am Stranger from the future:

I guess the Mounties always get their man

♥ 9:36am tim from champaign:

How did the arrested drunk guy remember all that? I can't even remember my phone number sober.

♥ 9:37am ChrisB.:

We've passed the 30 minute mark. Uncle, Ken. Uncle.

♥ 9:37am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Punk in the 70s - sooo waiting to happen...

9:37am Guerin:

Thank you Ken, for the best morning of my life!

9:38am scentymint endstinks:

@Asheville It could be worse, it could be that grating Celtic stuff WNCW plays on Sunday (are you in NC ?)

9:38am Dave B:

Morning! Happy to see that GIF made it to the top of the playlist!

♥ 9:39am Nardo:

You have the right to remain to remain silent or sing show tunes - Carmen Miranda Law

9:39am Cheri Pi:

tearing up a little.

9:39am Roberto:

Pay no mind to the haters, Ken. I'd follow you down any insane path.

9:40am diabetic dan:

I like the revamped app for iPhone 5 and iOS 7 but the stream keeps dropping. Need a an update

9:40am Lewis:

@Nardo - Well Played!

9:40am Davee:

Dave reporting for duty!

9:40am Stranger from the future:

http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/2013/01/10/drunkest-rendition-of-queens-bohemian-rhapsody-from-a-man-using-public-transportation-ever/

♥ 9:41am common:

I agree roberto!

9:41am northguineahills:

I might get some glass shards along the way as well as some burns, but I'll see where this path goes....

♥ 9:41am Caryn:

Darn, have to leave work now to start the commute home. Will return after I go get food!

9:41am glenn:

lately the mounties couldn't find their asses with a map and a flashlight.

9:41am Dave B:

Sounds like a Commodore 64 floppy drive (model 1541)

Those were very musical beasts!

9:41am northguineahills:

@KevinfromBayRidge, I was thinking the same thing.....

9:42am '74 Nova Dave:

How about Stairway To Heaven next?

9:42am bobdoesthings:

Oh man.. just got in.. I missed out on a whole lotta rhapsody

9:42am Jim Devoid:

I am so about BD594 right about now, seriously.

9:43am trish:

Arrested Drunk Guy is running for mayor in his small Alberta town, apparently.

9:43am scentymint endstinks:

Just to verify about the gunshot followed by silence comment, I was talking about drunk guy.

9:43am stvn:

if that was not the eno, when are you playing the eno?

9:44am thedunkel:

ken got the best covers - cause there is always the fruit on the ground tinyurl.com...

♥ 9:44am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...anyone didn't know this song is actually about Freddie's family fleeing Zanzibar in a Terrorist Coup/Revolution ?...I think...

9:45am Dan B From Upstate:

I have a request. Could you play "Bohemian Rhapsody?" I don't care which version you play. Thanks.

♥ 9:46am common:

is that right, revrabbit? and HA! dan b!

9:47am Sam:

Be thankful it's not Hotel California

9:47am Guerin:

The Chelsea (Michigan) High School marching band plays this song. It was introduced by the announcer as the greatest rock song of all time. I didn't know that. Is it true?

♥ 9:48am SeanG:

FUCK YEAH. TURN IT UP.

9:48am Davee:

I like this version!

9:49am duke:

Are you taking requests? How about Bohemian Rhapsody?

♥ 9:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Helmut's guilty. I can tell just by looking @ him. Why yes, I would love jury duty...

9:50am Guerin:

Yes Helmut broke the yogurt maker.

9:50am Davee:

My son likes this song; maybe if I play him this show from the archives tomorrow he will change his mind!

♥ 9:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Tesla Fingers!

9:50am fred von helsing:

these are all vastly superior to the original. kudos!

♥ 9:50am Asheville Jon:

i really wish i'd never turned this show on at all. y'all have a good morning, i gotta turn this crap off and find something better to listen to.
WORST SHOW EVER KEN!!!

9:50am Jim Devoid:

Bad News! Very Metal.

9:51am Davee:

How does tesla fingers use the urinal?

9:51am KevinfromBayRidge:

Poppa Ken's got a brand new gig!

9:51am Dr. Goot:

Heh heh "yogurt maker"...

9:51am scentymint endstinks:

What did Mr. Klankscein put in that yogurt anyway? That's what I don't want to know.

9:51am Jeezy:

OK, it's been an amusing lark and such but I'm sure we all agree it's time for action...? I'm in Brooklyn. I can be at the studio in 30 minutes or so. Ken ain't exactly Arnold Shwarzenegger. I'll need 2-3 able bodied men. We'll storm the front doors and bum rush the studio with hot oil and stun guns.
WHO'S WITH ME?!?!?!

♥ 9:51am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Very Bad News.
Is there no Khlam version - ?!?

9:52am scentymint endstinks:

@Davee Asbestos condom I presume.

9:52am Sam:

Khlam's recording one right now, hopefully it will be ready before the end of the show.

9:53am Dr. Goot:

Coming up on a full hour Ken. Can you go the distance?!?

9:53am Davee:

Didn't Michael Jackson do a cover of this song?

9:53am Guerin:

Very sorry I mentioned the marching band . . .

♥ 9:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...imagine how long Ken's been plotting this & giggling to himself...

♥ 9:53am MD:

Did I miss James T. Kirk's version!?!?!?!

9:53am Davee:

You should be!!!

9:54am Sam:

There must be a Japanese schoolgirl choir version of this somewhere.

♥ 9:54am Stevel:

Taunting Ken has never been a good idea.

Oh, THANKS MD! Thanks a lot!

9:54am paulWCBN:

i love this show. thank you so much ken!

9:54am fred von helsing:

maybe a harp version to ease the suffering ?

9:54am Davee:

I want to hear Andy sing this song. Hey this is a good idea for 7 second delay!

9:54am scentymint endstinks:

WHO'S WITH ME?!?!? I'm three hours away, do you think he's got that much Rhapsody material left?

9:54am Stranger from the future:

Let's go out there in the 2nd half and kick some butt

9:54am egal:

This has been the greatest hour of radio in the history of WFMU.

9:54am Jim Devoid:

Just relax, people. Let it all soak in. I won't hurt, really.

9:55am Uke Goldberg:

Thank god he didn't play the numerous uke versions.

9:56am Davee:

What are those things? Chickens, hot dogs??!!!?

9:56am Dan B From Upstate:

Go Mary Wing style and play it backwards on the trick turntable.

9:56am Jeezy:

Hmmm... I suppose someone COULD challenge him to do an entire Rhapsody show...

9:56am doca:

I only hope this finishes with Khlam's version

9:57am Davee:

Ken is evil!

9:57am glenn:

fuck a duck. if you don't like the show, just go away and keep the stupid commentary to yourself.

♥ 9:57am common:

does anyone remember - probably about 8 years ago - kenny g's show about "pete and repeat"? 3 hrs of it. amazing.

9:57am Jim Devoid:

3 hours, do it!!!

9:57am Sam:

I can not stop laughing my ass off. This show kicks ASSSS!

9:57am Stranger from the future:

Ohhhh no no no you can't have just one

9:58am Davee:

I liked the fart show - I can't remember who did it though.

♥ 9:58am MD:

James T. Kirk!!!

9:58am Roger:

What's this version?

♥ 9:58am James in ATL:

sign

9:58am Davee:

Didn't Rod Stewart do a version of this song?

9:59am thedunkel:

oh no we want our full 3 hours of Ken's Bohemian Rhapsody Jam…the muppets cover this Bohemian Rhapsody too…

♥ 9:59am MD:

Cpt. Kirk rocks it!!!

9:59am Hackensack Slim:

Ken, Will you keep it down. I'm trying to make it look like I'm working here.

9:59am paulWCBN:

3 hours. just do it. it has to be done. get it over with.

9:59am Stranger from the future:

The sign will be be what it be.. This shall come to pass

♥ 9:59am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

KirrrrK VS. the Mighty Khlam !

9:59am doca:

i would like 3 hours of bohemia rhapsody, actually.

♥ 10:00am Whosondephone:

I could do 3 hours of Bohemian Rhapsody.

10:00am Uke Goldberg:

Sign said Long-haired freaky people need not apply.

♥ 10:00am MD:

Rev...YESSSS Khlam vs Kirk !!!! Yes yes yes!!!

10:01am Stranger from the future:

Yes

10:01am Sam:

This show is like the time when Sideshow Bob stepped on a rake 12 times in a row, and it got funnier with each one.

10:01am KevinfromBayRidge:

Need a consult with the Godzilla girls!

♥ 10:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I am larfing.
...However, I have also finally stopped ☆ing tracks.

- Altogether - a productive morning...

10:02am Dave B:

Does Dokaka do a version of BH? - that'd be awesome

10:02am Davee:

I keep pushing this button but nothing happens!

10:02am Okasa:

It's all the fault of that damned 'matress'.

10:03am KevinfromBayRidge:

I think this means THREE fucking hours. YAAAAY!!!

10:03am Dr. Goot:

Go Ken Go!!!

10:03am Uke Goldberg:

Okay, turning down volume and checking the playlist for a change of theme. Enjoying the GIFs

10:03am maja:

that's enough now

10:04am still b/p:

Let's make it a partner dance...DJ and listener united in persistence.

We'll do the full lyrics like the counting game...any commenter adding one line at a time without a repeat/duplication or sequence error, which would require a restart or end the game.
Ready...?

Is this the real life

10:04am Davee:

Mama, just killed a show . . . .

10:04am KevinfromBayRidge:

Flee to NPR, those of faint heart!

10:04am Elisa (no longer) in Italy:

Hi Ken, this is funny. Hi WFMU listeners.

10:04am fred von helsing:

OK here's a harp version and God bless'er for it www.youtube.com...

♥ 10:05am Ken From Hyde Park:

Oh, good. The bagpipes are playing.

10:05am Dr. Goot:

www.youtube.com...

♥ 10:05am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...*oh man* - only 1/3rd of the way thru...this is *not* gonna get better
...it *will* be Epic, however...

10:05am Seanbelly:

I didn't know Weasel Walter was so Rhapsodic.

10:05am greyhoos:

The exercise wouldn't be complete without playing Sickboy's "Bohemian Crapsody." After that, you can call it a day.

10:05am stvn:

for the love of god let him go!

10:06am Davee:

I have to pee!

♥ 10:07am MD:

I GOT THIS IN MY HEAD ALL DAY NOW!!!
thanks ken!

10:07am Okasa:

Who could possibly put a stop to this? Everyone at the station is scared of him. Can someone call Hank or Andy?

10:07am Dan B From Upstate:

Oh. Charlie Brown's parents.

♥ 10:07am Andrew Waterloo:

Well, if there's no Japanese schoolgirl version, at least there's a sad trombone version.

10:08am Davee:

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality.

Open your eyes,
Look up to the skies and see,
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me.

Mama, just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away.

Mama, ooh,
Didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.

Too late, my time has come,
Sent shivers down my spine,
Body's aching all the time.
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.

Mama, ooh (any way the wind blows),
I don't wanna die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Galileo) Galileo.
(Galileo) Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico.

I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me.
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go.
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.
(Let me go) Will not let you go.
(Let me go) Will not let you go.
(Never, never, never let me go) Ah.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
(Oh, mama mia, mama mia) Mama mia, let me go.
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.

(Oh, yeah, oh yeah)

Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me.

Any way the wind blows.

10:08am Dave B:

Charlie Brown's Teacher!

10:08am Jeezy:

Hmmm... I wonder what's on Z100 right now... New York's Hit Music Station!

10:08am paulWCBN:

yes i definitely second Sickboy's "Bohemian Crapsody"

10:08am Stranger from the future:

Music depreciation class

♥ 10:08am Andrew Waterloo:

Only David Hasselhoff and his robot car and put a stop to this.

♥ 10:09am common:

so, what does bismillah mean? guess i can look it up.

10:09am jan:

so Ken, can you give us an ETA when regularly scheduled Ken show returns to the airways. That way we can tune back in without missing the Ken we know and love?

10:09am Laura L:

It's Ken's Bohemian Filibusteraphsody!

10:10am duke:

Keep pushing that erase button. Maybe it will erase Boho Rhapsody

10:10am thedunkel:

facts for your coffee Bismillah (Arabic: بسم الله ‎) is an Arabic phrase meaning in the name of God.

10:10am dc pat:

hi. what did I miss?

10:10am Elisa (no longer) in Italy:

Did I miss something...did Ken lose it? Is it because of Bohemian Rhapsody?

10:10am Jeezy:

I told you @Okasa... Give me MEN! I can be at the studio in 30 min with burning oil and stun guns...

10:11am Uke Goldberg:

Yeah, he is going to keep playing B.R. until we defund Obama Care.

10:11am dc pat:

oh. not much I guess.

10:11am Jeff:

I had no idea there were so many.

So... many...

10:12am glenn:

thanks, thedunkel. i always wondered.

10:12am Davee:

They should do this to the prisioners at GYTMO

10:12am still b/p:

I know a woman who can play just about any song by making the squeaky farty noise with hand-squeezing. Might have to record this with her.

10:12am Stranger from the future:

This is possibly the greatest day of our lives

♥ 10:13am Stevel:

Kiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!

♥ 10:13am MD:

Thank You Ken...

10:13am Uke Goldberg:

The DO this to the GYTMO prisoners.

10:13am scentymint endstinks:

That is so touching *wiping away tears*

10:13am Sam:

Sweeeeet

10:13am slater:

holy shatner

10:13am Okasa:

@Jeezy - I'm too far away to aid, but I'm with you in spirit brother! Liberate WFMU from this Kenunist oppression!

♥ 10:13am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

en.wikipedia.org...

10:14am don from newton:

ken, are you alright; you seem a little on edge today. is there another dead animal caught in the wall.

♥ 10:14am common:

bless you ken, for the shatner! and thank you the dunkel!

10:14am Davee:

I love it - this William Shatner stuff is awesome!
Reminds me of Mrs. Miller!

♥ 10:14am G:

Shatner laughs his ass off after he finishes these takes.

♥ 10:14am Ken:

Who's up for calling in and singing it live with a KARAOKE TRACK? You have to know the lyrics or be able to make up a facsimile thereof, and you will have to listen to the karaoke track over the telephone.

♥ 10:15am Ken From Hyde Park:

K-Tel ... sounds like a challenge.

10:15am Mark S:

Here's a better link perhaps:

en.wikipedia.org...

10:15am Davee:

@ Ken - I posted the lyrics on the board!

10:15am doca:

My God, this is EPIC!!!

10:16am dc pat:

just read it off Davee's post above.

10:16am Uke Goldberg:

Go for it. I'm not listening.

10:16am Elisa In Italy:

Geez Ken why did you have to make it political. Poor Freddie he is rolling in his grave...his music is being used as a political manipulation tool. I don't want to have an aversion against BR. Forget it no one can stop Ken now...he is fixed. Ken's Klockwork Orange.

10:16am glenn:

hey, i bought mrs. miller's greatest hits at a yard sale the other day. mint condition, 2 canadian dollars.

10:16am Sam:

God, I would do it if I wasn't at work. Maybe if I go outside...

♥ 10:16am MD:

DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE!!!!

10:16am Dave B:

How about the Prince Poppycock version?

www.youtube.com...

10:16am groucho:

Why can't I turn this off? I hate Bohemian Rhapsody. But this has been hilarious. I was even singing along in the shower. I hate you Ken.

10:16am thedunkel:

kirk sounds like the arrested drunk guy with a better microphone and a backing band

10:16am m:

I'd nominate The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald as a difficult-to-strip-to song.

♥ 10:17am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

MUPPETTTSS !!!

10:17am dc pat:

Bill's is definitely better than Queen's

♥ 10:17am ChrisB.:

Mama Mia, indeed. Duane's not going to be late today, is he?

10:17am dc pat:

the idea of that lady stripping to Tie A Yellow Ribbon is cracking me up

10:18am Jeezy:

Yes... there's something odd happening here... I am see-sawing between suicidal thoughts and pure elation!

10:18am dinatekno:

OH MAN!! This is fantastic!!! The Shatner version is superb!! Made my commute an absolute dream!!!!

10:19am Michael:

Tease!

10:19am Dave B:

That K-Tel disc is CLASSIC.

Today's show might be a second choice in difficult to strip to

10:19am Jeezy:

Oh lord... I'd give anything to watch her strip to Dylan's "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll."

10:19am Hugh:

More like Bohemian Crapsody, AMIRITE?

♥ 10:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hiya G ! Where ya been ? So this is what it takes to draw you out...

10:20am Uke Goldberg:

By just reading the playlist with the sound off gives you all the concept without the pain.

♥ 10:20am Caryn:

Dammit, I just missed Shatner! I didn't miss the Japanese cover, did I?

10:20am Elisa (no longer) in Italy:

You can always move to Italy. There is Berlusconi care...he is privatizing the universal health care system.

♥ 10:21am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Hattie Carroll - lists the tragedies - one by one - hubba hubbba!...

10:21am Dave B:

Is there a version of BH by Wing?

10:21am still b/p:

Too bad Andy Williams passed away a year ago before he completed his version.

10:21am fred von helsing:

WOW

10:21am dc pat:

@Elisa: How's that idea going over with your average Italian?

10:22am some other guy:

aw shucks, I see I missed a BD594 performance.

10:22am fඏfඏ (:

To whoever is not liking the show: could you please give me your soundcard ? I'll give you mine. C'mon, nothing really matters!

♥ 10:22am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...something's missing...ethyl alchyhol - yeah - *that's* it...

10:22am groucho:

I wish I was dead

10:22am scentymint endstinks:

I have developed a headache from laughing so hard compounded by a BR pounding in my left temple (headphones are broken on right side)

♥ 10:23am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...well - not for DrunkGuy, obiviously...

10:23am Sam:

You are dead, aren't you?

10:24am fred von helsing:

the Kenth Circle of Hell

♥ 10:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...it's just a boiler & a rat in the walls, Ken...come'over here...be ohhhhhkay...

10:24am groucho:

Te worst ing about this is knowing I could turn it off anytime, but if I keep it on then I'm a legend and can survive anything

10:24am Elisa (no longer) in Italy:

With the high taxes and and health care becoming expensive it's slowly getting to the point where it's not affordable anymore...not for a poor person like myself at least. I'm out of there. I moved back to the US for Obamacare. :) Just kidding. I'm checking out of the Ken Torture show. Cheers Ken! Cheers everyone!

10:25am paulWCBN:

hhahahahaha i remember this cover. i think Sickboy sampled this too at some point.

10:25am groucho:

ONE TIME!
TWO TIMES!
oh, is this not the Fugees?

10:26am Annie:

3 hours! 3 hours! 3 hours!

10:26am Annie:

3 hours! 3 hours! 3 hours!

10:26am still b/p:

That cowgirl (putting a gun against our heads, pulling the trigger -- now we're dead) is from Gun Crazy...sez I as long as Caryn's away for the moment.

♥ 10:27am Caryn:

Okay, the "erase" button gif is from "The Anderson Tapes", and the lady with the gun is Peggy Cummins from 1950's "Gun Crazy", famous for its' one-shot improvised heist scene.

10:27am m:

My reaction to this show: i.imgur.com...

10:27am Jeff:

I think this is somehow really similar to those "seminars" where they make you stay in your seat and not go pee.

By noon we'll all have joined a cult and agreed to send it lots of money.

Waittaminute....

10:28am '74 Nova Dave:

Let's get torches and pitchforks, and head to Jersey City

♥ 10:28am G:

@RR63 -- I was in Virginia for three weeks with relatives of a friend. I volunteered to drive the friend to VA and back for a quick 2 day visit to sick elderly dad to save $900 airfare, but when we got there it was clear he was going. It took him 2-1/2 weeks to die, though. So I spent my time working online in hospital lounges, nursing home lobbies, and homes of relatives of the dad. Good thing I can work from anywhere. Not much fun time available, though, what with 22 mile local-road drives twice a day to and from hospital and hospice...

10:28am Sam:

Is there a Chet Baker version? Or Ella Fitzgerald?

10:29am Uke Goldberg:

I'll turn up the volume for a steal drum version.

10:29am Stranger from the future:

Your sign ... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yWdjp89pjI8

10:29am Sam:

Frank Sinatra?

♥ 10:29am MD:

wHY do we all put up with this???
"Cause we phink Ken's Freaky but we like him a lot!!!"

♥ 10:29am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

www.freddiemercury.com...

10:30am Dr. Goot:

Welcome to the halfway point...

10:30am fred von helsing:

hey those damned hearts have gone away. 'bout time :)

10:30am slater:

bismillah!

♥ 10:30am Ken From Hyde Park:

Yay...more material for Keili's "Ken Pronouncing Things" segment each week.

♥ 10:31am MD:

" This Miller" ???

10:31am paulWCBN:

en.wikipedia.org... huh, so it took until 1987 before people first started covering this song.

10:31am fඏfඏ (:

This is the first time I'm a non-listener of the show and feel kind of special knowing I know all of the songs that are being played.

10:31am still b/p:

Louis Prima and Keely Smith?

10:31am greyhoos:

I always thought this song way better in the original German.

♥ 10:32am MD:

The Ventures version....!!!!!!!

♥ 10:32am SeanG:

@dr.goot --i still remember that image of a young farrokh bulsara!

♥ 10:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

G: All the best to you. Missed ya!

10:32am paulWCBN:

i guess the singer from third eye blind produced that version by the braids. huh. thanks, wikipedia!

10:32am Leonardo:

It's like being on the run from the CIA and holing yourself up in a foreign embassy and the army sets up loudspeakers outside and play, I don't know, something like this maybe.

10:32am Davee:

Too bad this song was after Mrs. Miller's time . . . she would have done a bang up job on it.

10:32am fred von helsing:

steel drum hell yeah !

10:32am bobdoesthings:

Is it really possible to fill 3 hours with BR? ... Also.. I think I'm losing it.

10:32am Mark S:

from the wikipedia page:

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

10:33am Sam:

The crazy part is WFMU has to pay $10,000 in royalties every time they play this song.

10:33am dc pat:

Bismillah (Arabic: بسم الله ‎) is an Arabic phrase meaning in the name of God. It may be used as follows:

10:33am Roberto:

My cat is now seriously freaking out. Apparently he's more sensitive to musical inanity than I.

10:34am adam_nspy:

You've heightened my depression. But I'm sticking it out.

10:34am some other guy:

I'm pretty sure it's "tryst villa".

♥ 10:35am common:

mrs. miller...where are ye?

10:35am Dr. Goot:

Hah SeanG - blogfiles.wfmu.org...

♥ 10:35am G:

Did I miss this tuning in late? It was going the rounds a few days ago...

io9.com...

10:35am dc pat:

this. is. fantastic. Best one by far.

10:35am KOTJ:

And the winner is..... SLIDE WHISTLES and a shaky pup!

10:35am Uke Goldberg:

Nice doggie GIF

10:35am fred von helsing:

it's Fred F singing Oh Wilma!

♥ 10:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Louis Prima & Keely - B.R. - wow...
- can we not ☆ the actual studio outakes? I actually wanna ☆ those...

♥ 10:35am common:

shakey pup!!!

10:36am Okasa:

Does anyone else taste copper?

10:36am paulWCBN:

i usually hate covers and i usually hate overplayed classic rock, but i will always have a soft spot for queen and this song, so i could seriously listen to this all day. again, thank you so much ken!!!

10:37am trish:

Hey Ken, how about a gif clip from the Queen video(s) MTV censored ?

♥ 10:37am MD:

KEN...this show has become a mONSTER.....!!!!
DON'T STOP!!!!

"A hUNDDRED dOLLARS MAKES THE TALKING FAST!!!"

10:37am dc pat:

KEN. Star for Joe Penna keeps disappearing..

10:38am Sam:

Imagine a world where this was the only song!

10:38am m:

Here's a list of covers: www.secondhandsongs.com... . I wouldn't mind hearing the Richard Cheese version.

10:38am scentymint endstinks:

We should start a survivors group while we're all here online

10:39am glenn:

breakfast!! life.nationalpost.com...

10:39am prokop:

I want this whole show to be played at my funeral!

10:39am DANIMAL:

KLEPTONES HIPOPERA

♥ 10:39am SeanG:

@dr.goot---yeah that's it! Ken, post Dr.Goot's image

♥ 10:40am MD:

I am going to have to go to a 12 step just to get all of this out of my head....
"God help me acccept..."

10:40am trish:

eg. I want to break free: http://youtu.be/0RdYOyE517I

10:40am timurf:

just tuning in, did i miss anything?

10:40am Sam:

Thank god for wednesdays

♥ 10:41am Caryn:

I'm loving this show. And Underwater Theme Park and Ken's show (I think) have both played a Japanese cover of BoRhap, so I expect to hear that.

Incidentally, my favourite Queen story (apart from the wild parties) was the time when they were just starting out, not even signed yet, when the cops raided their apartment. The guys offered the cops tea and managed to feed the cops pot brownies to go with the tea.

10:41am Michael:

At this point, Ken should just go for the full monty of 3 hours. I know CCC does Nothing Matters

♥ 10:41am MD:

" The Courage to change the things...."

♥ 10:41am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

www.mercury-and-queen.com...

♥ 10:42am G:

@RR63 10:32 -- I missed FMU and all my normal activities too -- Trying to get caught back up now that I'm home, but it can be hard listening to archives here when there are always live shows you also want not to miss....

♥ 10:42am MD:

"And the wisdom....!!!!"

10:42am Dr. Goot:

Holy cow SeanG, that was THREE years ago! - wfmu.org...

10:42am paulWCBN:

oh right Evolution Control Committee did a song that stretches out and loops the "nothing really matters" part, play that!

10:43am Stranger from the future:

It's queentember

♥ 10:43am Caryn:

The cocktail shaker dog is from one of MGM's All Barkie Dogville Comedies.

10:43am egal:

This is history making radio

♥ 10:43am SeanG:

yeah, Insane!

♥ 10:44am Whosondephone:

YOU CAN'T DO THIS OVER A CELL PHONE!

10:44am Mark S:

10:44am Michael:

right Evolution Control Committee - that's what I was thinking of.

10:44am Jeezy:

Wow. These hapless boobs have bested a legion of professionals!

10:44am scentymint endstinks:

Damnit, who put LSD in my coffee pot! Damnit!

♥ 10:45am Ken From Hyde Park:

Maybe a train wreck, but at least it's not a car wreck.

10:45am dc pat:

sounds good/bad anyway...

10:45am Sam:

No no no this is all wrong!

♥ 10:45am MD:

egal....This is the FMU we all love!!!!!

10:45am some other guy:

There are definitely some words that are in that song coming out of their mouths.

♥ 10:45am Andrew Waterloo:

this is what happens when you let aunt May's dog mix the martinis

♥ 10:46am common:

hee!

10:46am cthulhu:

greatest song ever......i think.

10:46am Sam:

Andy was right about your listeners

♥ 10:46am BDR:

Make this show your 2014 Premium and I'll mouse for you during Marathon.

10:46am trish:

er, I want to break free http://youtu.be/o-Zo4AVL7AE (currently prefaced with a women-doing-the-laundry-ad -- gaag)

♥ 10:46am MD:

This is so GREAT!!!!!

♥ 10:47am Whosondephone:

THIS IS GREAT THOUGH!

♥ 10:47am G:

more like an untrained wreck

10:48am slater:

the weed is so much stronger now

10:48am Dr. Goot:

Let's call it "Poetic License"...

♥ 10:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...deffo not drunk enurff for this...

♥ 10:48am Caryn:

Hey, this is still preferable to the Glee version.

♥ 10:49am G:

even back in the 70s, i thought it was obvious that this song was making fun of prog rock. obvious insight, i guess...

10:49am jan:

Ken, Thinking of other subjects. Beginning tonight I can watch the entire
Breaking Bad series from the beginning as you exhorted me to do at the begiinning of the final season. I have been watching it without knowing the back story, and will soon know all there is to know.

♥ 10:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

YAY !
(...it's over...)

♥ 10:49am MD:

WEED...????
mOLLY???

10:49am r i s k y:

RHAPSODY!!!!!!

10:49am Dave B:

I wonder if they're using one of the new Texting Stops....

www.wbng.com...

10:49am ?:

"Helmut Klankshein: Denies Breaking the Yogurt Maker" - wasn't that a B. Kliban cartoon?~

10:49am dc pat:

way more than one millisecond.

10:49am thedunkel:

Hobbit Bohemian Rhapsody www.youtube.com...

10:49am Mark S:

yeah 91.1

10:50am Robert:

I'm sure there's a vocoder version Ken hasn't played yet.

10:50am fඏfඏ (:

Hello everyone.

Could somebody call me an audio engineer? Because I'm in trouble. Audio is working, really, really bad and everything is mute. I need you to call me an audio engineer, or failing that my mummy. I really want my mummy because I'm not being dramatic, but I think I might be deaf.

Is that clear, mummy or audio engineer?

♥ 10:50am G:

what's a few milliseconds between friends.

10:50am northguineahills:

So, this is still going on? Did some work stuff for 75 minutes, and the theme has yet to abate....

♥ 10:51am G:

ok, a few tens of thousands of milliseconds.

♥ 10:51am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Just play it Backwards.

♥ 10:52am Caryn:

That's it, had to favourite this episode. I see I was the third person to do so.

10:52am Robert:

There's a Weird Al version, but I don't recommend it without the video (re: "Lost").

10:53am Paul H:

Very reminiscent of "Radio Minus One" days. Remember Otis from Kearny Ken?

10:53am KevinfromBayRidge:

@NGH, Did you expect something this wonderfully horrorific to GO AWAY on OUR FMU!!!

♥ 10:54am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

MUPPETTS beetchiz !

10:55am greyhoos:

TOO EARLY IN THE DAY FOR THE SICKBOY VERSION, I RECKON.

♥ 10:56am Ken From Hyde Park:

Did the singing astronaut make a version of this?

♥ 10:56am Caryn:

Mayhaps Ken is saving the Muppet version for the grand finale?

♥ 10:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...this Shimabukuro *is* sorta virtuosic. Utterly unnecessary, but virtuosic.

10:56am Stranger from the future:

Maui wowee!

10:57am Sam:

Caryn, we can only hope so.

10:57am Jeezy:

Does anyone know what coffee/water measurements I need for one of those french press pots...

♥ 10:57am G:

I never knew Segovia covered BR

♥ 10:58am MD:

ROCK!!!!

♥ 10:58am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- on a uke.

10:58am northguineahills:

Duane should start his set w/ a Bohemian Rhapsody cover.....

10:58am Robert:

Years from now, people will probably misremember this as Kenny G's doing.

10:59am Stranger from the future:

Props to jake for making a fisher price guitar sing

10:59am Uke Goldberg:

We used to have a public access TV show called Midnight Ukulele Disco (on at 9pm). Jason shot that now famous youtube clip of J.S. doing While My Guitar Gently Weeps. which J.S. acknowledges made his career. So you can blame Jason of Sonic Uke.

♥ 10:59am Whosondephone:

Yes Yes Yes

10:59am Stranger from the future:

Sing

♥ 11:00am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- ah - sweet like the Harpo segment of thu moovie...

♥ 11:00am davex:

Just joining in now - I take it there is a vague theme to this show?

11:00am scentymint endstinks:

@ Jeezy. Try one level tablespoon to one cup cold water and press overnight, warm in the morning. If your willing to risk the caffeine crush with Ken's show, use boiling water and apply to brain immediatly.

♥ 11:00am G:

He just sang "Paul is dead"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:00am paulWCBN:

oh yes!!! now we can hear all the hidden messages. so awesome. love it.

11:01am Stranger from the future:

Paul is dead? Wtf?!

♥ 11:02am MD:

if you listen close....you can hear...."I killed captain Kirk!!!
I am very tall!!!!"

♥ 11:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Beazulboob indeed...

11:02am thedunkel:

when its backwards it's Khlamish tinyurl.com...

11:02am glenn:

hmmm. does miley cyrus do b.r.?

11:02am Seanbelly:

its fun to smoke marijuana

♥ 11:02am G:

Yeah, in a few years Paul will be the only one who isnt dead

11:02am Sam:

This is a weeding out show. Most of those who couldn't take it have already switched to NPR. The fan base has been distilled to a purer essence.

♥ 11:03am G:

This song has so many short distinctive section it's very easy to follow backwards :p

11:03am bngolde:

Voila, here I am!!

11:03am Uke Goldberg:

WFMU: a cesspool of inbreeding.

11:04am greyhoos:

I think as a kid I might've misheard that one lyric as: "Running in fright from my own cup of tea."

♥ 11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Try this Ken:
Ydoshpar Naimehob

11:04am glenn:

or they've gone to the archives to listen to scharpling.

11:04am Seanbelly:

It's an endurance contest at this point, hold your breath for one more hour

♥ 11:04am MD:

G...This is why Ringo must kill Paul...

♥ 11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- oh [holds nose] - Neeeeewwwwuq !

11:04am Stranger from the future:

Ken I like where your going with this.... Anyway where are we going? In this vain, could we please also hear bohemian rap underwater...

11:05am dc pat:

"Nothing really splatters...like grease...."

11:05am Jeezy:

@ scentymint... Ummm... I just want a cup of coffee, dude. My baby mama left this kooky contraption here and it's all I got, except for that fancy espresso shooter from Brooklyn Kitchen. Stupid Williamsburg... why can't I just have a normal coffee maker?!

♥ 11:06am Andrew Waterloo:

Or their listening to Ted Cruz read the version of Green Eggs and Ham where Sam I Am relents and everybody eats ice cream instead.

♥ 11:06am davex:

Ah, didn't expect the fiddling.

11:06am Seanbelly:

www.youtube.com...

11:06am Sam:

Finally, a beat you can strip to!

11:07am slater:

does Nimoy do Bo Rhap?

11:07am bngolde:

or Ken, Ken how about Bohemian Rhapsody in a centrifuge!!

♥ 11:07am Caryn:

Too bad the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doesn't do Bohemian Rhapsody. Hell, they do Hawkwind and The Clash, but they don't do this?

♥ 11:08am Rich in Washington:

Rolf, Rolf, Rolf...
Gives 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down. Sport" a whole new meaning...

11:08am Jeezy:

3 words Ken:
RHYTHMS DEL MUNDO!

11:09am Uke Goldberg:

Didn't they arrest Rolf on pedifilia charges?

♥ 11:09am Caryn:

Too bad Rolf has turned out to be a pedo... oh well.

11:09am fඏfඏ (:

I think it's two words:
'Bohemian Rhapsody'

11:10am Carmichael:

Tie me rhapsody down, sport.
Tie me rhapsody down.

11:10am scentymint endstinks:

Jeezy. Place the tablespoon of fresh grounds and to each cup of boiling water and press grounds loosely (just submerged) let set for about 20 minutes (if possible) then press all the way down, pour and enjoy. Or pull that two year old jar of the freeze dried instant stuff from the back of the cabinet. Those Frenchies had plenty of time to kill while waiting for their cheese to age.

♥ 11:10am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...a ped...uh...maybe no ☆...

11:11am Jeezy:

YAAAAYYY!!!! Oh, Ken you LISTENED!

11:12am Jeezy:

Thanks scentymint... I'm on it...

♥ 11:12am G:

no tuvan throatsinging version? i feel cheated. or maybe i am speaking too soon.

11:12am bngolde:

Harlem Gospel Choir singing BO. RAP. while whirling around in centrifuge. Connect the outcome of that to an oscilloscope and we are smooooooth sailing!

♥ 11:13am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- has Manson not done this- ? I smell money...a sequel to the Producers!! I'm a very rich film producer - an' I neeed a luhbotomy - ARRRR...

♥ 11:13am davex:

G: You may be throatspeaking too soon.

11:13am Sam:

Those tuvan throatsingers use jew's harps too, don't they?

♥ 11:14am MD:

Dios Mio!!!!

11:14am northguineahills:

Dig Rhythms del Mundo for some reason

♥ 11:14am Caryn:

I love that someone titled a gif of Rob Zombie snapping his fingers as "hippie snap".

11:15am bngolde:

WOW, G, that would be amazing! Hearing that live is incredible enough but to hear Mister Ken make that happen would be a wonder!!

♥ 11:15am MD:

Ken...you have changed my life...THANK YOU!!!!
can i call you "The Master" now???

11:16am MAC:

Play our Hoon n Mouf version from a few years ago!

11:16am bngolde:

Mon Dieu!!!

11:16am Sam:

It's pretty brutal with no harmony

11:16am slater:

muppets?

11:17am Stranger from the future:

Foreign language Version ? Please?Chinese?

11:18am fඏfඏ (:

Just 40 minutes to go!!!

♥ 11:18am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...wait - what if I Survive this - & just end up feeling all used & empty anyhow...

- GOJIRA !!...Nevermind...all good...

11:18am Jeff:

I think I actually liked that Augusto Enriquez / Rhythms del Mundo version... but I cant be sure, it might just be the hallucinations talking.

11:19am doca:

Unfortunately, I won't be able to hear the rest of the show.. But thanks for reminding me what's freeform radio and how it oughta be, Ken and fellow listeners

11:20am dc pat:

great. Now I'm going to be singing Tie a Yellow Ribbon all day! Thanks KEN.

11:20am some other guy:

did we already do a queen shreds version?

♥ 11:20am G:

Rhapsody in Bo

11:22am Carmichael:

Has Dokaka done a version?

♥ 11:22am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

HaHa Jeff! I saw that too! Wooo-loopy circles...your face is a rainbow...

11:22am scentymint endstinks:

@MD: I think Ken is Master of Evil. He has the black power of hypnoses through the media of Bohemian Rhapsody via the ether. By the way, pass the ether over this way.

11:22am northguineahills:

I thought this about using "The March of the Black Queen" by Sarah Sefati and Farhad Arkani as an allegory for Freddie's own life failings and trauma.

11:23am some other guy:

Heh, "rock steady freddy black messiah dub"

11:23am w41:

This is giving me brain hemorrhage.

11:24am Penfold:

spare me MY life from this monstrosity!

♥ 11:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

oooh - it's gettin' good...

11:24am fred von helsing:

not bad. not bad at all.

11:25am Carmichael:

How about Bill Murray's Nick the Lounge Singer version?

11:25am bngolde:

Hallucinations induced by Ken's undoubted mastery?!! Somehow we are ALL nearly halfway through the program!!

♥ 11:25am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- hey! Mr. 'Station Manager' ! Can we ☆ this or what - ?!?!

♥ 11:25am Caryn:

Hmm, if that Godzilla gif is a subtle hint that next week will be 3 hours of covers of BOC's "Godzilla", I'll... well, actually, I'd still tune in.

♥ 11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

GOJIRA ! Spare him this life as the King of Monstrosity...

11:27am fred von helsing:

@caryn heck yeah

11:27am glenn:

so what exactly inspired this lunacy?

11:28am bngolde:

The Ricky Martin version, Mister Station Manager!!!

♥ 11:29am Caryn:

Am I the only one whose playlist hasn't been updating for a while now?

11:29am Carmichael:

If Tiny Tim had lived, this would have been his next challenge. He had already mastered Stairway to Heaven.

11:30am still b/p:

Where does the comment count stand? Gettin' near the record?

11:30am fඏfඏ (:

Ricky Martin made a version?! Living la vida bohemia?!

11:30am Marmalade Kitty:

This is one trippy set/show even!

♥ 11:30am MD:

Ken...the show is making me remember the Glen Jones show where he stayed awake for 4 daze to break the record...

11:30am Carmichael:

Mine hasn't either, Caryn. I think Ken beat the servant boy too hard, and has to change it himself.

11:31am KP:

He puts the god in Godzilla.

♥ 11:31am G:

the comment record is north of 500, 3-4 per minute. this is above average for sure, but not a record i suspect

♥ 11:31am Ken From Hyde Park:

I think Station Manager Ken just lined up 45 minutes of BR and left the building.

11:32am bngolde:

No doubt about that. He is taking none of my requests!!

♥ 11:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- last 1/2-hour - & I *Still* Love The Beatles.

11:32am still b/p:

Or he has suffered total emotional collapsody.

11:32am thedunkel:

no ken you can't play another Queen song - it must be BR for another half hour tinyurl.com...

11:32am KP:

Poor unjustly accused Helmut. i think i need this.

11:33am Okasa:

@glenn - Ken likes the funny pun on the first image "Nothing Really Matress". So this whole dumb mess stems from the jolly jokester that thought up that dumb pun in the first place.

11:33am Dr. Goot:

11:33am paulWCBN:

FRIED CHICKEN

11:33am Sam:

That's whatcha get for trusting the internet

11:34am northguineahills:

gonzo!??

11:34am Dan B From Upstate:

Bok Bok!!

11:34am trish:

I wish I'd been at one of the Queen concerts in South America in 1981. Or maybe Budapest, 1990.

(yes, wrong show and a few weeks lagged.)

♥ 11:34am Ken From Hyde Park:

The old "bait and switch" again, eh?

11:34am slater:

my 2-year-old thanks you

♥ 11:34am G:

the internet is a sneaky little liar

11:35am Carmichael:

Is that Animal I hear on the drums?

11:35am stvn:

The payoff!

11:35am Jeezy:

Nooooooooo! You can do it, Ken!!!!

11:35am bngolde:

MORE! MORE!!!

♥ 11:35am Caryn:

Yay! Animal!

♥ 11:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

AHHHNIMAHHHHLLLLL

11:35am Dr. Goot:

c'mon less than 25 mins to go...

11:35am KP:

I am liking this right here.

♥ 11:35am davex:

The Muppets make it all worthwhile.

11:35am Ben:

David Garland did a sweet 2 hour Spinning on Air a few years ago with just covers of the Hawaiian War Chant

11:35am Stranger from the future:

Don't do it ken ...be strong

11:36am KP:

Yay, Caryn!

11:36am mto:

PERSIST!!! SOOO NEARLY THERE!!!! GOOD GUYS FINISH LAST!!!

11:36am The Guz' Slim Pickins:

This is awesome, I cant believe i've listened to all of these. but this is getting a little ridiculous lol. just like when you played Leslie Gore's "its my party" way back when Ken.

♥ 11:36am amanda c:

i can't believe i'm still listening to this

11:36am Dan B From Upstate:

Mac's version is good.

11:36am Seanbelly:

I THOUGHT I COULD DO IT, i'm losing hope

♥ 11:36am Caryn:

See, sometimes these endurance tests can come back to bite you in the keister, Ken.

Of course, I could listen to this for at least a few hours more, so...

♥ 11:36am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

MuppetstInteruptus !!

11:36am KP:

Haaaaaaaaa!

11:36am Parq:

Delighted to hear Mac's version.

♥ 11:36am Andrew Waterloo:

The Muppets version is probably the worst of the batch.

11:37am Listening Out There:

Is this Mac?

11:37am adam_nspy:

Duane -- please keep it going!

♥ 11:37am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hoof & Muppetts

11:37am KP:

We need names.

11:37am Carmichael:

"WFMU, all Bohemian, all the time!!!"

11:37am Dr. Goot:

can you play the original slowed down a bit?

11:38am Carmichael:

And yo know Weird Al did a version, right?

11:38am fඏfඏ (:

adam_nspy,

What about till 7SD?!

11:38am scentymint endstinks:

Reminds me of the famous radio event when the DJ played only Louie, Louie covers for 24 non-stop hours with never repeating a song.

11:39am bngolde:

when did he play, "it's my party?"
I want to turn to that later!

11:39am paulWCBN:

the weird al polka version is great, but ken hates weird al, so don't expect him to play that.

11:39am Okasa:

Speaking of Muppets and Mah-na-mah-na, on Kevin Smith's podcast last week, he said the song was composed for a Swedish Porno, and they played the original version.

♥ 11:39am Ken From Hyde Park:

The NSA is going to think you're up to something.

11:39am paulWCBN:

he played it's my party on WCBN! i think back when reagan was elected.

♥ 11:40am G:

only 21 minutes to go, you weakeners

i already have someone in south korea who is demanding this link after the archive is up

11:40am Carmichael:

If there is a God, he will not allow this show to be archived.

11:40am thedunkel:

every dj today should play BR! at least 5 times during their sets

♥ 11:41am G:

@Ken HP -- Bohemain Numbers Station?

♥ 11:41am Still listening:

Rhapsodic is what it is. But maybe that's the 'ludes talking

♥ 11:41am G:

ken snuck a pledge pitch in there

11:42am Uke Goldberg:

www.beercollections.com...

♥ 11:42am davex:

That's it: Keep playing it until someone pledges.

11:43am trish:

We're into the Bo He-Man versions, now.

11:43am KP:

Thank goodness that was the only time that song was played on the station.

11:43am Listening Out There:

I'm pledgin'. Oh, and drinking the Ted Cruz Koolaid whilst doing so...

11:43am Dan B From Upstate:

I'm not sure if the perfect ending to the show would be "The Only Song" or another version of "Bohemian Rhapsondy."

11:43am bngolde:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven...

11:43am Carmichael:

This makes me look forward to the Dylan Christmas songs.

11:44am scentymint endstinks:

That's it: Keep playing it until someone pledges.

Quick! Where's my checkbook!?

11:45am adam_nspy:

@fඏfඏ (:
let's start the chant.

More Queen
More Queen
More Queen
More Queen
More Queen
More Queen
More Queen

11:45am Marmalade Kitty:

One vision was only bed music, thankfully! I'm enjoying B/R too much!

11:45am bngolde:

Give us this day our daily bread.

11:45am jan:

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Bert van den Brink - on the mighty Wurlitzer-
sounds great!

♥ 11:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Bismallah' an obvious NSA trigger...

- broke till tomorrow pals - love to be the hero here but...

11:45am Carmichael:

I am holding up my lighter app.

♥ 11:45am maestroso:

Everything sounds better on pipe organ.

11:45am Dr. Goot:

Great idea Dan B From Upstate - "The Only Song" would be a fitting finale indeed!

11:46am northguineahills:

Now, I can't listen to anything else.....

11:46am r i s k y:

BOHEMIAN!!!

11:46am Robert:

Okasa, more has been inspired by less. By my analysis, the TV serial "Lost" was Damon Lindelof's way of telling Alan Moore that Damon realized that "Watchmen" was based on A.C. Doyle's "The Lost Special". That story was in turn apparently inspired by rail Engine 115's having fallen into a sinkhole in Lindal, England, on Sept. 22, 1892.

♥ 11:47am Still digging it, but not like this kid::

recordsetter.com...

11:47am quinn:

Don't let it end!!! I could listen to this all day long.

11:47am Carmichael:

Is there a barking dogs version????

11:47am Salat:

First time listener and longtime caller...

Got home from work and now just spacing out to this genius on the radio...

you should've let the Muppets play on...

11:48am thedunkel:

you didnt crash the computer - Ted Cruz's Evilness did

11:48am bngolde:

How could you?!!!

11:48am Listening Out There:

Cars crash. Software degrades gracefully.

11:48am KP:

Get a Mac!

11:48am scentymint endstinks:

NSA just couldn't take the show any longer Ken.

11:48am bngolde:

WAH!!!!!!

♥ 11:48am common:

you've done it now, ken!

11:48am Laura L:

Ken's computer has defunded ObamaCare!

11:48am Marmalade Kitty:

ohnoooooooooo!

11:48am ?:

maybe the computer got sick of hearing bohemiam CRAPsody

11:48am Adam:

Can you play Weasel Walter's deranged version of "bohemian rhapsody" from the "Dynamite with a laserbeam" GSL comp :D ?

♥ 11:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Ken has to sing it...he *has* to...yup...

11:49am KOTJ:

THE MACHINES ARE REVOLTING!!!

♥ 11:49am Vivian:

You know what would make this worse? Elton John.

11:49am still b/p:

"You have displac'd the mirth, broke the good meeting, with most admir'd disorder."

♥ 11:49am Andrew Waterloo:

Is there Kids Bop version?

♥ 11:49am common:

THIS is the best part of the show!

11:49am adam_nspy:

@ Adam - already played!

11:49am r i s k y:

AHHHHH MAAA MAAAA!!!!

11:49am Dan B From Upstate:

Scientists will study this show hundreds of years in the future.

11:49am Carmichael:

@Vivian: worse yet, Paul Rodgers.

11:50am KP:

Vivian!

♥ 11:50am Ken From Hyde Park:

Can you do forty versions of "La Bamba" next week?

11:50am aaron:

Both the best and worst show I've heard in a while

11:50am maja:

agree wit rev rabbit

11:50am northguineahills:

Adam, he already played Weasel Walter's version!

11:50am Marmalade Kitty:

It's only a bad trip, dude...

11:50am northguineahills:

Sing Ken, Sing!

11:50am Salat:

Boy can't wait to hear this show from the beginning...

11:50am Dave B:

I am glad this is still going on. Driving my office mates crazy!

11:51am KP:

I think i am hearing this without benefit of radio or internet.

11:51am Okasa:

Why does the porridge bird lay its eggs in the air? Read me, Dr. Memory!

♥ 11:51am G:

BR contains snips of every possible song type. There is really no need ever to listen to any other song.

♥ 11:51am Caryn:

Oh look, Jekyll & Hyde hands are back!

11:51am Robert:

Remember to swallow the Percocet, Ken, not the hair gel.

11:52am Dave B:

@Ken - here's an apropos GIF:

31.media.tumblr.com...

11:52am Carmichael:

Is there a version by the 1-8-7-7-Kars-for-Kids people?

♥ 11:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...could it be the end of an error...

11:52am KP:

HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do, Ken.

11:53am KOTJ:

This is the karaoke version we deserve

11:53am Adam:

My bad! Wasn't on the playlist!

♥ 11:53am G:

@Carm: The original countryish version, or the even more grating rock version?

♥ 11:54am Ken From Hyde Park:

Where's the Kidz Bop version?

11:54am Adam:

Duh didn't scroll up :/

11:54am Carmichael:

Ted Cruz, yield the floor to Ken Freedman from the great state of New Jersey.

11:54am stvn:

all versions together!

11:54am slater:

we are now on a boat with a goat

♥ 11:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- so - can we ☆ this or freakin' what? What kinda ship yoo runnin' here Freeedmahn...

♥ 11:55am MD:

Hitler's son reading a bedtime story...how nice!!

11:55am KP:

I'm glad you agree with me slater.

11:56am bobdoesthings:

I can't believe I'm still here.

11:56am thedunkel:

@MD - best comment on Ted Evil Cruz ever!

11:56am Marmalade Kitty:

Any way the wind blows...

11:56am Uke Goldberg:

What do you like, Ted?

11:56am steve:

i bet Duane has the Arthur Russell Bohemian Rhapsody white label

11:56am Carmichael:

I feel compelled to stick this out for the last 4 minutes.

11:57am KP:

i dunno.

♥ 11:58am Andrew Waterloo:

We should get a Tshirt for this.

11:58am scentymint endstinks:

Like a losing gambler, sure that the next version is going to be the big winner, just can't get up and walk away.

♥ 11:58am MD:

I do not like the American people to be healthy...it makes them less likely to join the Army...and I caint use them to fight my dirty little wars!!!!

11:58am Uke Goldberg:

Green Eggs and Ham is a parable for homosexuality.

11:58am Seanbelly:

Ouch

11:58am KP:

Thank you, Ken!

♥ 11:58am G:

Could you would you sing like Freddy Prince?
Even if the goddam lyrics make no sense?

11:58am bngolde:

Thank you, Ken!!

11:59am thedunkel:

You and Andy should go wait for cronuts!

11:59am Stranger from the future:

Thant YOU ken

11:59am Carmichael:

I will be listening to sports talk radio for a few days, just to clear the synapses.

♥ 11:59am amanda c:

wait, they're gonna be at short hills this afternoon?! i was gonna stop by there on my lunch break!

♥ 11:59am MD:

THANKS KEN...GREAT RADIO!!!!

11:59am bngolde:

You know why they have blue hair, right?

11:59am fred von helsing:

epic !

♥ 11:59am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

MuppettsInterruptus!! Bastard! Bastard! Godzilla will get you...

11:59am glenn:

ted cruz is a moron, and i'm glad he no longer lives in canada.

♥ 11:59am Caryn:

Next week, Godzilla!

11:59am Dan B From Upstate:

That was an adventure.

11:59am hugo:

Whoohoo! great.

11:59am Lewis:

that was amazing....

12:00pm paulWCBN:

THANK YOU KEN!!!!!!!!

12:00pm stvn:

God damn you Ken.

♥ 12:00pm Ken From Hyde Park:

...and there's your hump day hour.

12:01pm Michael:

Thanks Ken - it was a fun ride!

♥ 12:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

❦ Bravisimo.

12:02pm conrad:

Wot?! No Mr Fab mashup "Caspar The Friendly Queen"?!

12:04pm Jeezy:

I don't like... Music.... anymore.

12:07pm conrad:

...or Evolution Control Commitee's "Nothing Really Matters." Looks like you need to do a sequel, Ken!