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Favoriting March 7, 2015: Let The Good Times Roll!

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Artist Track
JD McPherson  Let The Good Times Roll   Favoriting
Bobby Sherman  Well All Right   Favoriting
Steve Earle  You Know The Rest   Favoriting
Art Neville  That Rock And Roll Beat   Favoriting
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  Decon Jones   Favoriting
Bucky  Hi Fido   Favoriting
Manfred Mann  My Name Is Jack   Favoriting
Marty Stuart  Hollywood Boogie   Favoriting
Otis Redding  Chain Gang   Favoriting
Amy Winehouse & Mark Ronson  Valarie   Favoriting
Tony Alamo  The Robot Walk   Favoriting
Sturgill Simpson  Life of Sin   Favoriting
Willie Tomlin  Check Me Baby   Favoriting
Helio Mendes & Trio Vagalume  Mas Que Nada   Favoriting
Mitch Easter  Fox On The Run (from Even More Super Hits of the 70s)   Favoriting
Blond  Six White Horses   Favoriting
Jennie C. Riley  Generation Gap   Favoriting
PP Arnold  If You See What I Mean   Favoriting
Jackie Mittoo  Some Kind Of Memphis   Favoriting
Philistines Jr., The  The Logical Song (from Even More Super Hits of the 70s)   Favoriting
Love  Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale   Favoriting
Red Foley & Ernest Tubb  Tennessee Border   Favoriting
Bobby Byrd  Signed, Sealed, Delivered   Favoriting
Gary Calamar  Giddy   Favoriting
Kinks, The  This Is Where I Belong   Favoriting
Roy Clark  Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young   Favoriting
Linda Jones  Last Minute Miracle   Favoriting
Nat King Cole  Too Little, Too Late   Favoriting
Fountains Of Wayne  Red Dragon Tattoo   Favoriting
Bread  Let Your Love Go   Favoriting
Wynn Stewart (not Johnny Paychek at all!)  I'm Gonna Kill You   Favoriting
Roy C  Open Letter To The President   Favoriting
Marshall Crenshaw  I Just Want to Celebrate (from Even More hits of the 70s)   Favoriting
Tinted Windows  Messing With My Head   Favoriting
Cheap Trick  Lookout   Favoriting
Tripwires, The  Get Young   Favoriting
Muffs, The  Cheesy   Favoriting
Tim Moore  Rock and Roll Love Letter   Favoriting
A MINUTE WITH  SCOTT SCHINDER   Favoriting
nutty lady  Illegal Photographers   Favoriting
Dan Deacon  Driinking Out of Cups   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE for Video Premiere: The Philistines Jr. - The "Logical Song" (from Even More Super Hits of the Seventies)

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "Neil Young's PonoPlayer: The Emperor Has No Clothes"

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for a cool archive of old magazines

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE for a Muppets/Biz Markie laugh

CLICK HERE to see some interesting uncut footage of Paul McCartney shot by Albert Maysles

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Francis Macdonald's excellent blog post about Kim Fowley

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for "Metal Album Covers Redesigned"

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HERE for my new year wished to you

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Big Al Anderson get interviewed on TV

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE to watch Mad Magazine's never aired 1974 tv special

CLICK HERE for a tricky but worth it recipe for Flaky Buttery Crescent Rolls, which were my favorite thing I made for Thanksgiving

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE for a behind the scenes piece about Linda Ronstadt's "You’re No Good"

CLICK HERE for a behind the scenes piece about T. Rex’s ‘Get It On

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE 23 Telltale Signs You Live In A Hipster Neighbourhood (sic)

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for info on the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park

CLICK HERE for another piece about how the streaming music business model is doomed for eternity to be a disaster for musicians

CLICK HERE for forty photos of The Brown Sisters

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to watch a great piece on The Ramones!

CLICK HERE for Phil Baugh's "Country Guitar"

CLICK HERE to watch Lou Reed act like a total a-hole

CLICK HERE to watch the BBC Documentary "Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours"

CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE to hear The Odd Couple sing

CLICK HERE for the N.Y. Times story about the Brazilian bus magnate who’s buying up all the world’s vinyl records

CLICK HERE for a piece from a guy who played in a prison band with drummer Jim Gordon

CLICK HERE for a piece on the dynamic between Lennon & McCartney

CLICK HERE for a documentary about record collectors

CLICK HERE for a piece on The Angelettes

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for a a piece by bass player Ernie Brooks remembering his days in Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for "The Jarmels" "A Little Bit of Soap" - don't think this is the original lead singer - but he does a great job

CLICK HERE for the Abbey Road crossing cam

CLICK HERE to find out if we need to be touching

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to watch the famously hard to find MC5 documentary

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for Paul Lukas' excellent piece about cultural criticism

CLICK HERE to read "A Portrait of the Worst Guy Ever"

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a film excerpt "Session Men - Memphis"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Roz Chast's piece “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?”

CLICK HERE for a brief history of the baritone guitar"

CLICK HERE for "The Making of 96 Tears"

CLICK HERE for a Rolling Stone piece about The Jerky Boys

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Dues" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE if you want see a lady call for President Obama's execution. My mind keeps returning to his video and what it means about how screwed up our county is.

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE for my July 2007 interview with Mighty Hannibal

CLICK HERE for the website of the guy who shot Bigfoot

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for a weird Tonight Show episode where Jerry Lewis fills in for Johnny, with guest Bob Hope

CLICK HERE for the Jim Keltner Discography

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE Rolling Stone's 500 Worst Reviews of All Time, according to Schmidtt

CLICK HERE for the 1966 Esquire Magazine piece "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold"

CLICK HERE for a dumbly titled, but interesting piece on Tom Wilson

CLICK HERE to find out about folks buying old lps in the USA to sell in Europe

CLICK HERE for a grammar test

CLICK HERE for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

CLICK HERE to see Jerry Lewis and Al Goldstein show of gadgets in 1976 on "A.M. New York"

CLICK HERE for Nick Lowe's odd appearance on the Adam Carolla show.

CLICK HERE for a $400+ out of print book about Pub Rock that Nick Lowe recommends - OR - buy it HERE for for £20 (about $30), including postage, on Will Birch's website

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete gargbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE for a new interactive video from Bob Dylan

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for STAX at The White House

CLICK HERE to read the list of the best selling vinyl records of the last 20 years

CLICK HERE for photos of Nashville session cello player Byron Bach's ledger from Paul Lukas' excellent Permanent Record web site

CLICK HERE if you're a BEATLE fan!

CLICK HERE for ROCKPILE live

CLICK HERE for The Turtles "Happy Together" (vocals only)

CLICK HERE to read the story behind Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” bass line

CLICK HERE I think this hurts ants, but it looks cool - I want one

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for some videos from the BUCKY album 'Women, Ladies and Girls (Sing the Bucky Songbook).' (I especially like THIS ONE! {due to the great acting})

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE for a 1958 film "The Capitol Tower"

CLICK HERE to find out Popular Science is shutting off their comments

CLICK HERE for " The Weirdest Photos Of Mike Love You Can Find "

CLICK HERE for some Steve Allen bashing

CLICK HERE for Liverpool Scene's "Batpoem Live!

CLICK HERE for a "Step Inside Legendary New Jersey Radio Station WFMU!

CLICK HERE to watch The Beach Boys pretend to record "Good Vibrations"

CLICK HERE to watch the full "Beach Boys Live in Concert 50th Anniversary"

CLICK HERE for some live Magic and CLICK HERE for the proper chords.

CLICK HERE for Nick Martellaro version of Los Shakers' Always You

CLICK HERE for info on Fake Amps!

CLICK HERE to hear Gene Simmons say that Ace Frehley is a drugged racist with low self esteem who did nothing

CLICK HERE for a PDF of who plays what on Everly Brothers recordings.

CLICK HERE for How we made "You Really Got Me"!

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

I love THESE Beach Boy videos!

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for info on an amazing new drug: Unpretentiousil!

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret"

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version.


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06am
Sem Chumbo:

Laissez les bons temps rouler: make it so, please, MS!
Avatar 11:07am
Juke Joint Jonny:

But I like baloney…
Avatar 11:14am
Michael Shelley:

I haven't had baloney in 40 years - w/mayo on Wonder bread
Avatar 11:18am
Juke Joint Jonny:

I admit, it's just memories of baloney for me too.
  11:20am
SeanG:

uh oh--that song is stuck in my head now
Avatar 11:22am
Michael Shelley:

I warned you
Avatar 11:23am
glenn:

ewww. mayo.
  11:25am
Marc:

A couple of WFMU DJs played "Both Sides Now" by the late great Leonard Nimoy. It's definitely a Number One Hit
Avatar 11:26am
Baby:

baby!!
Avatar 11:29am
Michael Shelley:

Baby!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32am
Stevel:

Happy Saturday to all. Working and hanging out alone at home with WFMU providing the soundtrack. Sounds like paradise to me.
Avatar 11:32am
Michael Shelley:

Reminds me - NEXT Saturday - if you live in California - DEKE DICKERSON at www.vinesonthemarycrest.com
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:33am
Dano59:

Re Amy - yes, Michael. Lioness-Hidden Treasures, compiled by Mark Ronson. CD and 2-LP. It's really glorious.
Avatar 11:35am
Michael Shelley:

Thanks - will get on it!
Avatar 11:37am
glenn:

who played guitar on the sturgill simpson track?
Avatar 11:39am
Juke Joint Jonny:

Mas Que Nada! Número um!
Avatar 11:39am
Michael Shelley:

99% sure its the guy in his band = lp recorded live in the studio
Avatar 11:41am
Baby:

Holy crap... Is that next Saturday??? Yikes.
Avatar 11:42am
glenn:

laur jomets, according to wikipedia.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:42am
Frank Above:

Again with the baloney!
Avatar 11:44am
Michael Shelley:

On of the BEST guitarists I have EVER seen play live - blew my mind
Avatar 11:44am
glenn:

clicky star for mitch.
Avatar 11:46am
Jimmy Wipper:

Blonde!!!
  11:47am
Brendan:

Reminds me of ELO never seen nothing like you
Avatar 11:48am
glenn:

i love how the classic rock lovers sneer at country music, and at the same time fail to grasp that pretty much country guitarists could wipe the floor with their rock gods.
Avatar 11:49am
glenn:

oops. pretty much ALL country guitarists.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Andrew Waterloo:

I always amused that classic rock fans will brag about listening to a rock band with a jazz drummer, but will then remind you that jazz is terrible.
Avatar 12:00pm
Michael Shelley:

true, but in my experience Jazz fans are the most dismissive of other genres
Avatar 12:05pm
Jimmy Wipper:

Maybe it's sacrilege, but my favorite version of this is by Tennessee Ernie Ford.
Avatar 12:06pm
Michael Shelley:

no bad versions
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Stevel:

Loved The Logical Song. Very true to the lyrics. (I like the original OK, but I've probably heard it enough.)
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Frank Above:

Great bass playing on the Bobby Byrd track!
Avatar 12:08pm
Jimmy Wipper:

I agree--no bad versions!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
Sem Chumbo:

Nice Mariachi band horns woven in there. Sweet.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
Frank Above:

KINKS!
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Michael Shelley:

Frank- on fire!
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totallybiased:

I license tunes to Gary. Nice spin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:12pm
Andrew Waterloo:

I feel the same about Logical Song. I heard it for the first time in a really long time about a year ago and really enjoyed it for the first time.
Avatar 12:13pm
Roberto:

I recall Hova played this Kinks about a week after 09/11/01. Perfect sentiment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
Tim 07030:

Where I belong today is where I am: in my apartment avoiding Hoboken St. Patrick's Day.
Avatar 12:14pm
Michael Shelley:

please explain: www.rawstory.com...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
Frank Above:

Gotta stay warm this winter somehow Michael!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
Tim 07030:

@Roberto, it was also the last song Yo La Tengo ever played at Maxwell's. Not as heavy of course, but equally perfect
Avatar 12:17pm
Roberto:

It's a bloody good song no matter what the circumstances!
Avatar 12:18pm
herb.nyc:

(1) me and roomie played that Supertramp record a lot in the college dorm. and i always laugh when Tom Scharpling mocks the band. (2) i learned of love via the Luxury Condos record (3) i have the first 2 Superhits & love them; dumb me cant recall if John Denver is covered. probably no; je t'aime John. oh, i no see pbs docu on him, yest. (4) wait, i meant i learned of Love via the Luxury record. big difference! (5) sorry to ramble. me love the show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Andrew Waterloo:

@Michael, sometimes a little knowledge is a very dangerous thing.
Avatar 12:21pm
Michael Shelley:

Info on all 3 Superhits at www.wfmu.org...
John Denver = yes
Avatar 12:22pm
glenn:

a little learning is a dangerous thing, actually.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
Arne:

bombastic show today. love it! over and out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
Parq:

"Red Dragon Tattoo" seemed a little slower in tempo and a little less intensely performed than I remember it. I thought maybe it was a demo take, but I guess it's just my faulty memory.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Uncle Michael:

May I just rest here a moment while the rollercoaster I've been riding pauses at the platform.
Avatar 12:27pm
glenn:

this...... doesn't sound like wynne stewart at all.
Avatar 12:28pm
DeemerDave:

Let Your Love Go wasn't a hit? I heard that song a million times during my youth.
  12:28pm
Joe:

One of the stranger entries in the love-as-disease / death-as-a-cure country motif. Totally great.
Avatar 12:29pm
Michael Shelley:

All the songs I play are the same genre - the #1 hit genre
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Michael Shelley:

DDave - it reached #28 - Bread had 12 top 40 songs AMAZING
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
drr:

Roy C! Mr Infidelity, Georgia.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
Uncle Michael:

Rare Earth was absolutely my tea-bag.
Avatar 12:35pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Marshall Crenshaw FTW. No surprise there.
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DeemerDave:

Must have reached #4 in Boston. Thanks Mike.
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glenn:

lapsang souchong?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:35pm
Parq:

Rare Earth holds a special place in my heart. My first New York major-label show (my second anywhere) was Sly, and Rare Earth was the opening act (the second-billed actually; the opener was some doll doing a pre-Chris Rita Coolidge impression).
Avatar 12:36pm
glenn:

huh. how'd that happen?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Parq:

Kris, sorry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Dano59:

Johnny Paycheck has a killing song too .. pardon me-i've got someone to kill (rec'd to me by Johnny Dowd)
Avatar 12:36pm
herb.nyc:

john denver = yes? thanks for "just not saying no"
Avatar 12:37pm
Baby:

baby... You are on fire!!
Avatar 12:39pm
glimbit:

Dang: "The Philistines J..." This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Evergreen Social Media Associates.
Avatar 12:40pm
Michael Shelley:

productforums.google.com...
Avatar 12:43pm
glenn:

i've got someone to kill is on the anti death penalty compilation, the name of which escapes me.
  12:45pm
mike east:

Digging the sounds michael. Looking forward to shots part iii
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Dano59:

That whole Hot Stampers business is ridiculous. it has as much to do with P.T. Barnum's theory on the 60-per-hour rate of suckers' births as the bored obsessions of investment bankers with little or no tastes in music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:47pm
Dano59:

Cheezy!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48pm
Dano59:

Glenn - The Executioners' Last Songs? that might be J. Dowd or (usual suspect) Jon Langford...
Avatar 12:48pm
DeemerDave:

Kim Shattuck and the Cheeseburgurlars!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:52pm
Tim 07030:

Lonesome Bob sings "Pardon Me" on the Executioner's Last Songs record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:55pm
drr:

What's up with Scott Schinder's Kickstarter?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57pm
drr:

This sounds like Amanda, the Power Child.
Avatar 12:59pm
DeemerDave:

Sad, Why end the show on such a downer Michael?
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