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Turning over the toy box and jamming together the gloriously mismatched musical Lincoln Logs, Legos and Tinker Toys from Tin Pan Alley pluggers, pickled egg tavern weepers, lockstep soul ensembles, skinny-tie power poppers, Eurotrash ravers, moontanned art school rockers, drunken soccer anthems and anything else that seems like a good idea at the time. There are no guilty pleasures.

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Favoriting May 8, 2015: SPECIAL: Hinky Dinky Time is TWO! Have a Nice Day (tribute).

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Artist Track Album Approx. start time
Uncle Michael  Hinky Dinky Time Open   Favoriting   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Flying Machine  Smile a Little Smile for Me   Favoriting single (b/w Maybe We've Been Loving Too Long) (Congress - 1969)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 1 (Rhino))
 
0:03:05 (Pop-up)
Vanity Fare  Hitchin' a Ride   Favoriting single (b/w Man Child) (Page One - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 2 (Rhino))
 
0:06:01 (Pop-up)
Edison Lighthouse  Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)   Favoriting single (b/w Every Lonely Day) (Bell - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 2 (Rhino))
 
0:08:59 (Pop-up)
George Baker Selection  Little Green Bag   Favoriting single (b/w Pretty Little Dreamer) (Colossus - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 2 (Rhino))
 
0:11:41 (Pop-up)
Bobby Bloom  Montego Bay   Favoriting single (b/w Try A Little Harder) (L&R/MGM - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 3 (Rhino))
 
0:14:56 (Pop-up)
Hotlegs  Neanderthal Man   Favoriting single (b/w You Didn't Like It, Because You Didn't Think Of It) (Capitol - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 3 (Rhino))
 
0:17:50 (Pop-up)
Punch  Fallin' Lady   Favoriting single (b/w Travelin' Boy) (A&M - 1971)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 3 (Rhino))
 
0:21:59 (Pop-up)
 
Wadsworth Mansion  Sweet Mary   Favoriting single (b/w What's On Tonight) (Sussex - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 4 (Rhino))
 
0:33:03 (Pop-up)
The Glass Bottle  I Ain't Got Time Anymore   Favoriting single (b/w The First Time) (Avco - 1971)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 4 (Rhino))
 
0:35:38 (Pop-up)
Mark Lindsay  Silver Bird   Favoriting single (b/w So Hard To Leave You) (Columbia - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 4 (Rhino))
 
0:37:55 (Pop-up)
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds  Don't Pull Your Love   Favoriting single (b/w Funk-in-Wagnal) (Dunhill - 1971)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 5 (Rhino))
 
0:40:51 (Pop-up)
John Kongos  He's Gonna Step on You Again   Favoriting single (b/w Sometimes It's Not Enough) (Elektra - 1971)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 6 (Rhino))
 
0:43:24 (Pop-up)
Brewer & Shipley  Tarkio Road   Favoriting single (b/w Seems Like A Long Time) (Kama Sutra - 1971)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 6 (Rhino))
 
0:47:42 (Pop-up)
Five Man Electrical Band  Absolutely Right   Favoriting single (b/w (You And I) Butterfly) (Lionel - 1971)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 6 (Rhino))
 
0:50:49 (Pop-up)
Crabby Appleton  Go Back   Favoriting single (b/w Try) (Elektra - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 6 (Rhino))
 
0:53:06 (Pop-up)
 
      0:56:11 (Pop-up)
The Stampeders  Sweet City Woman   Favoriting single (b/w Gator Road) (Bell - 1971)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 6 (Rhino))
 
1:02:36 (Pop-up)
Gilbert O'Sullivan  Alone Again (Naturally)   Favoriting single (b/w Save It) (MAM - 1972)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 8 (Rhino))
 
1:05:55 (Pop-up)
Sailcat  Motorcycle Mama   Favoriting single (b/w Rainbow Road) (Elektra - 1972)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 8 (Rhino))
 
1:09:31 (Pop-up)
The Edgar Winter Group  Frankenstein   Favoriting single (b/w Undercover Man) (Epic - 1973)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 9 (Rhino))
 
1:11:33 (Pop-up)
Rick Springfield  Speak to the Sky   Favoriting single (b/w Why?) (Capitol - 1972)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 9 (Rhino))
 
1:14:55 (Pop-up)
Looking Glass  Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)   Favoriting single (b/w One By One) (Epic - 1972)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 9 (Rhino))
 
1:17:33 (Pop-up)
 
Stealers Wheel  Stuck in the Middle With You   Favoriting single (b/w José) (A&M - 1973)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 10 (Rhino))
 
1:26:16 (Pop-up)
Skylark  Wildflower   Favoriting single (b/w The Writing's On The Wall) (Capitol - 1973)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 10 (Rhino))
 
1:29:39 (Pop-up)
Albert Hammond  The Free Electric Band   Favoriting single (b/w You Taught Me To Sing The Blues) (Mums - 1973)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 11 (Rhino))
 
1:33:41 (Pop-up)
B.W. Stevenson  My Maria   Favoriting single (b/w August Evening Lady) (RCA Victor - 1973)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 11 (Rhino))
 
1:37:05 (Pop-up)
Redbone  Come and Get Your Love   Favoriting single (b/w Day To Day Life) (Epic - 1973)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 12 (Rhino))
 
1:39:31 (Pop-up)
Rick Derringer  Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo   Favoriting single (b/w Time Warp (Instrumental)) (Blue Sky - 1974)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 12 (Rhino))
 
1:42:58 (Pop-up)
 
Reunion  Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)   Favoriting single (b/w Are You Ready To Believe) (RCA Victor - 1974)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 13 (Rhino))
 
1:52:08 (Pop-up)
Sugarloaf (Sugarloaf / Jerry Corbetta)  Don't Call Us, We'll Call You   Favoriting single (b/w Texas Two-Lane) (Claridge - 1974)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 14 (Rhino))
 
1:55:34 (Pop-up)
Pilot  Magic   Favoriting single (b/w Just Let Me Be) (EMI - 1974)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 14 (Rhino))
 
1:58:48 (Pop-up)
Dwight Twilley Band  I'm on Fire   Favoriting single (b/w Did You See What Happened?) (Shelter - 1975)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 15 (Rhino))
 
2:01:49 (Pop-up)
The Blues Image  Ride Captain Ride   Favoriting single (b/w Pay My Dues) (Atco - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 16 (Rhino))
 
2:04:59 (Pop-up)
 
Tin Tin  Toast and Marmalade for Tea   Favoriting single (b/w Manhattan Woman) (Atco - 1970)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 16 (Rhino))
 
2:15:33 (Pop-up)
King Harvest  Dancing in the Moonlight   Favoriting single (b/w Marty And The Captain) (Perception - 1972)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 17 (Rhino))
 
2:17:47 (Pop-up)
Mike Post  The Rockford Files   Favoriting single (b/w Dixie Lullabye) (MGM - 1975)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 17 (Rhino))
 
2:20:34 (Pop-up)
Cymarron  Rings   Favoriting single (b/w Like Children) (Entrance - 1971)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 17 (Rhino))
 
2:23:44 (Pop-up)
The Bellamy Brothers  Let Your Love Flow   Favoriting single (b/w Inside Of My Guitar) (Warner Bros./Curb - 1976)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 18 (Rhino))
 
2:26:08 (Pop-up)
Alan O'Day  Undercover Angel   Favoriting single (b/w Just You) (Pacific - 1977)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 19 (Rhino))
 
2:29:14 (Pop-up)
Climax Blues Band  Couldn't Get It Right   Favoriting single (b/w Sav'ry Gravy) (Sire - 1977)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 19 (Rhino))
 
2:32:35 (Pop-up)
 
David Dundas  Jeans On   Favoriting single (b/w Sleepy Serena) (Chrysalis - 1976)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 19 (Rhino))
 
2:40:06 (Pop-up)
Ram Jam  Black Betty   Favoriting single (b/w I Should Have Known) (Epic - 1977)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 21 (Rhino))
 
2:42:33 (Pop-up)
Sniff 'n' the Tears  Driver's Seat   Favoriting single (b/w Slide Away) (Atlantic - 1978)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 22 (Rhino))
 
2:44:59 (Pop-up)
Ian Gomm  Hold On   Favoriting single (b/w Another Year) (Stiff/Epic - 1979)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 22 (Rhino))
 
2:48:57 (Pop-up)
Hot Chocolate  Every 1's a Winner   Favoriting single (b/w Power Of Love) (Infinity - 1978)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 22 (Rhino))
 
2:51:47 (Pop-up)
 
Sweet  Fox on the Run   Favoriting single (b/w Burn On The Flame) (Capitol - 1975)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 23 (Rhino))
 
2:59:01 (Pop-up)
Paul Nicholas  Heaven on the 7th Floor   Favoriting single (b/w Do You Want My Love) (RSO - 1977)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 24 (Rhino))
 
3:02:21 (Pop-up)
Ian Matthews  Shake It   Favoriting single (b/w Stealin' Home) (Mushroom - 1978)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 25 (Rhino))
 
3:05:03 (Pop-up)
Ace Frehley  New York Groove   Favoriting single (b/w Snow Blind) (Casablanca - 1978)
(From: Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 25 (Rhino))
 
3:08:07 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42am
Mike East:

Happy Birthday Hinky Dinky Time!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 11:43am
Parq:

Aw man, congrats. Been great having this show to send me into the weekend for the past two years.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 11:52am
Jeff Golick:

Happy bird day, UM!
Avatar 11:53am
Spaniel:

oh, man this is awkward, showed up early to the party. congrats and thanks for letting me in UM! can't wait!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:00pm
listener james from westwood:

Feliz cumpleaños, UM! I'll just find a space for this homemade tortellini salad on the food table...
Avatar 12:01pm
ndbob:

Happy bday HDT!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
Webhamster Henry:

Sparkly! Will there be an anniversary sale in the Hinky Dinky record aisle?
Avatar 🛒 12:02pm
βrian:

Bonne anniversaire, Sparkle Pants.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
listener jeff:

It's Friday so maybe I'll Dos two!
Avatar 12:03pm
V Priceless:

Yay! Congrats, Uncle Michael!
Avatar 12:03pm
Evan in NC:

Happy Birthday, UM!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Doug Schulkind:

Happy birthday TWO you, Hinky Dinky Time!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Parq:

"I'm a human birthday party. I'm the cake, I'm the candles, I'm the funny hats ... "
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Lizardner Dave:

ecx.images-amazon.com...
Avatar 12:05pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...if it's two, is the program gonna start running where it's mom can't keep up & shouting 'mine!' & 'no!'...cause that might be fun...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Uncle Michael:

Welcome, everyone. Start working on your tummy aches.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Mike East:

never knew this was the Flying Machine...Jonesy doesn't make playlists
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Happy anniversary!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Uncle Michael:

Thanks, SCL!
Avatar 12:09pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- slighty dif. version of 'Smile...' than I have on Pye Psych (& Other Colours) CD...& now you know...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Stevel:

Are those little shot glasses filled with pills? Awwwww, you remembered.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
Uncle Michael:

There's probably a reason for that, Rev!

Yes, Steve. Go easy.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
doctorjazz:

Happy Birthday...feel my blood sugar starting to rise...
Avatar 12:12pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...A Thousand Hinky Pieces Stevel...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
Mike East:

also didn't know Edison Lighthouse...for the same reason
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
doctorjazz:

Too young??
Avatar 12:14pm
chromaphone:

I had a serious binge on these Cds like 10 years ago.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
efd:

Congrats on 2 years, Uncle Michael! Thank you for celebrating with a show just for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
pacific standard simon:

The soundtrack of my puberty.
Avatar 12:16pm
still b/p:

This is where the cake don't ache and there's no sting in the frosting...just a buzz.

That Tarantino...he made me link Little Green Bag to his movie forever now.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
Gary:

Hola
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
northguineahills:

Anyone else having problems w/ the stream?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
Uncle Michael:

I won't let Quentin spoil it for me.

We're gonna play pin the stream on the DJ.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
Uncle Michael:

Anyone having troubles?
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
efd:

listening via the WFMU app on iPad and the stream is solid.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
tikk:

Entering the Terrible Twos in style. Happy Birthday HDT!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
listener james from westwood:

With the stream? No. In life? Yeah, but the show's helping.
Avatar 12:21pm
V Priceless:

great proto-10cc nuttiness!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Uncle Michael:

I'm happy my friends came to my party!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Uncle Michael:

7.5cc
Avatar 12:22pm
V Priceless:

ha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
pacific standard simon:

Proud to say that I knew you when.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
northguineahills:

all non-WFMU streams work fine for me, just the WFMU ones are not working.
  12:22pm
67tele:

wonderful show!! takes this guess-i-must-be-gettin-old man back to my 70's radio childhood. I can just taste the cyclamates in them Fizzies...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28pm
pacific standard simon:

Kites are fucked.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
Webhamster Henry:

Keep shopping at Hinky Dinky to those 70s Super Hits : hinkydinky.net...
  12:29pm
Dean:

Hrmmm. I remember "Candy Man" playing all the time in LA. "Fallin' Lady," not so much.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:30pm
doctorjazz:

WFMU stream coming through (with the pop up, the only thing that sneaks through my office firewalls)
Avatar 🛒 12:31pm
βrian:

Wichita Lineman?
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
listener james from westwood:

He drives the main road.
Avatar 12:33pm
chromaphone:

The songs on this series are often trimmed I've noticed. Beware, no drum solo in Edgar Winter's Frankenstien!
  12:33pm
67tele:

that Falling Lady kinda reminds me of My Midnight Confession... I wonder if they have that Sutherland Bros. & Quiver song ('i dont really love ya but ya got me anyway' or whatever it was called) in there?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:35pm
pacific standard simon:

Los Angeles was weird, because there was more than one strong AM top-40 station. KHJ was the leader, but KRLA was popular too. Some songs you would only hear on one or the other, not both.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:35pm
efd:

After that build-up I was expecting "Popcorn." :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
Uncle Michael:

It would take nine shows to play them all...so you're all going to experience a few disappointments!
  12:39pm
67tele:

wow i didnt know meat loaf sang for these guys...
Avatar 12:39pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Would you say these are between Bubblegum & A.M. Gold? - all early so far (~1970) - & I'm honestly surprised how good they all are - just well-done PopRock (cherry-picked of course)...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:40pm
Webhamster Henry:

Oh Jeez, there are 25 volumes of these? It'll take a decade to hear them all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:40pm
Uncle Michael:

I'd say that's a fair description.
Avatar 12:41pm
Roberto:

Hmm this is somebody's bed music...can't place it at the moment.
  12:41pm
67tele:

good way to spend a decade tho...
Avatar 12:41pm
Roberto:

Mary Wing maybe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:41pm
Webhamster Henry:

I already spent that decade!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:41pm
pacific standard simon:

And KHJ had an unpleasant habit of inserting a whispered voice-over a couple of times in a new song when they had a pre-release copy that no one else had: "K-H-J exclusive..." They did that with "The Long And Winding Road", IIRC.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:42pm
Webhamster Henry:

... which is not to denigrate this excellent, educational show.
Avatar 12:42pm
buck turgidson:

ham, joe, frank, reynolds!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
pacific standard simon:

Imagine how filthy this song would sound if a woman sang it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
Uncle Michael:

Joe Frank is one guy!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
listener james from westwood:

@Roberto: It's sampled in Tamar of Are We There Yet's bed music?
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:44pm
listener james from westwood:

And it is excellent in its original context!
Avatar 12:44pm
buck turgidson:

never knew that!
Avatar 12:44pm
Roberto:

Maybe, although now that I think of it, Mary Wing definitely uses the intro as talkover music sometimes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Uncle Michael:

Dave Dee was one guy too.
Avatar 12:46pm
still b/p:

Bits of Mark's number sounded too close to "Arizona," and his whole team should've been scolded. But scolds are set aside and purchases are tax-free and Happy Hour prices apply all day everywhere for the birthday today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
northguineahills:

I gave up and am now streaming from my phone. Sounds fine now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Uncle Michael:

This show might go long today.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:47pm
Alex In Illinois:

@Pacific Standard Simon: I remember some radio stations in St. Louis doing that whisper voice-over thing over the beginnings of many songs too.
Avatar 12:50pm
buck turgidson:

was just about to request One Toke Over the Line
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
Jeff Golick:

You're clear up to Monday at noon, UM. Let it roll!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:51pm
Uncle Michael:

Thanks, Jeff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:51pm
pacific standard simon:

Alex, there was a chain of top-40 stations across the country, the Drake stations, which KHJ was a part of. They often shared station theme music too. KFRC in San Francisco was another.
  12:54pm
Dean:

Don't tell me. Five Man Electrical Band was one guy?
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:54pm
Jeff Golick:

...now with extra Crabbiness.
Avatar 12:54pm
glenn:

cancon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:55pm
Uncle Michael:

Did you guess the next track, Jeff??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:56pm
Uncle Michael:

Oh, I entered it early!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57pm
pacific standard simon:

And more than once!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:58pm
Alex In Illinois:

@Pacific Standard Simon: That sounds right. That way they could subject people to the same type of annoyance are a large scale.
  1:02pm
Dean:

Gus Dudgeon also produced "Cordon Bleu" by Solution, a Dutch jazz/prog/pop instrumental outfit. The LP appeared on Elton John's Rocket Records.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:02pm
Alex In Illinois:

Signs was Crabby Appleton? I thought it was Paper Lace. Wait! I think have had this same exact exchange before. I don't know why I incorrectly recall it as being by Paper Lace all the time. Did Paper Lace do a version?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
pacific standard simon:

@Uncle Michael - You should mess with us by substituting a cover version from one of Michael Shelley's marathon premiums for an original song, without telling us.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:04pm
pacific standard simon:

@Alex - "Signs" was by Five Man Electrical Band.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:04pm
Jeff Golick:

I will be singing this to myself for the next fifteen months.
Avatar 1:05pm
glenn:

turning it up to 12.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
Parq:

The banjo on this Stampeders always gets me. Also, any song that praises the city is good with me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
Uncle Michael:

Did I fail to actually *say* Five man Electrrical band? Damn.
Avatar 1:06pm
glenn:

if you play "oh, what a feeling" by crowbar, i'll be your happiest listener.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:06pm
efd:

more CanCon!
Avatar 1:07pm
chromaphone:

Macaroons, sweet indeed.
  1:07pm
Dean:

This Stampeders guitar recalls (for me) Norman Greenbaum's pop-psych "Spirit in the Sky."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:07pm
pacific standard simon:

@Parq - No, he's singing about a woman from Sweet City, NV -- a ghost town.

NOT
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:08pm
Jeff Golick:

Is Amanda's show ending?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:08pm
Doug Schulkind:

Is this the guy who ripped off Biz Markie?
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:08pm
Alex In Illinois:

Uncle Michael: Maybe not. I was having an IM conversation with a colleague at the same time, so I might have missed it.
  1:08pm
Dean:

Now there's a theme for a playlist: suicide songs! Add Barclay James Harvest's "Suicide," which ends with the sound of the drop as heard by the victim.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Uncle Michael:

NEVER!
  1:09pm
Dean:

[comments board hiccup]
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Rich in Washington:

I have been getting so damn sentimental about this type of 70s hit song lately.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Uncle Michael:

I did a suicide set in the last couple of months.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:10pm
Rich in Washington:

Grooveshark's demise killed my epic 70s playlist. I shoulda backed it up or something.
  1:10pm
Dean:

Really? Damn, I missed it.
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Rich in Washington:

UM: I gotta hear that!
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still b/p:

Alex, I'm surprised the cross-confusion is with Paper Lace. Don't know if I'm alone here, but for me their big hits earn the same description as the Grinch: stink, stank, stunk -- for inclusion in a Have a Cringey Day collection.
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Doug Schulkind:

That suicide set just killed, Uncle Michael!
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listener james from westwood:

It's to FMU's credit that it's filled in my Gilbert O'Sullivan gaps quite ably.
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chromaphone:

Please don't play Seasons in the Sun though :)
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Dean:

Speak for yourself, Doug.
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Unclear on the concept:

Isn't that Gil O'Sullivan song a little depressing?
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Uncle Michael:

A bit.
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Rich in Washington:

@chromaphone: Terry Jacks' Seasons in the Sun was definitely on my list.
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Rich in Washington:

I think I may have grown up in the most depressing songwriter era ever.
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chromaphone:

@Rich - I loved that song so much when I was a kid but had no idea what it was about. Frankenstein! One of my fav songs ever! But no drum solo...
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chromaphone:

Or at least not all of the drum solo.
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Dean:

@Rich: You grew up in the 17th century?
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Uncle Michael:

The more you know...

en.wikipedia.org...
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pacific standard simon:

I always liked the way the Bonzo's "Rawlinson End" ended with the sound of a guillotine blade dropping, and a head falling in a basket. When I was setting up my first computer, I sampled that sound and assigned it to the "close window" event. The wife got sick of it before I did.
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Rich in Washington:

@Dean: YES! Nothing but WHALING SONGS!
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Dean:

And klag-lieder.
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ndbob:

The early to mid 70s were in some ways my least favorite era - but there were still plenty of good songs
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listener jeff:

Grand Funk was an American Band in the 1970's: "You kids don't know Grand Funk? The wild shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The competent drumwork of Don Brewer? Oh, man!"
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Holly in NC:

Poppy Family. I think that's all I need to say! :-)
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Jeff Golick:

RIFFFFF-AGE!
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Parq:

Was it Charlie (he of BDN) or Mike Lupica who did a vocal version of Frankenstein during a 'thon finale years back?
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ndbob:

Indeed Holly!
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listener james from westwood:

LOL, @listener jeff. "The stage was now set for the Alan Parsons Project, which I believe was a hovercraft of some kind."
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I had *no idea* 'Seasons In the Sun' adapted Jaques Brel...
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still b/p:

A 70s goose yesterday: walked into a small regional-chain department store downtown, sort of a Ben Franklin, updated five-and-dime place, and Highway Star was playing in there.
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pacific standard simon:

Chirpy-Chirpy-Cheep-Cheep
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- damn but Rick Springfield go back.
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Jeff Golick:

Aw yeah.
Any Boz Scaggs this show?
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efd:

@Parq, that was Charlie with the vocal "Frankenstein."
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Uncle Michael:

No Boz
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Dean:

I'm struck by the ubiquity of brass in pop tunes from this era. I heard these songs at the time, but I never *heard* the brass.
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Dean:

Shoot, there was a trombone at the end of the Sailcat tune about Harley Davidsons!
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Parq:

Brandy is a big Jonesie fave too. The horns that come in in the middle of the verse about her lost love always kill me.
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Lizardner Dave:

I was just thinking "I hope he plays Brandy". Weird.
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Jeff Golick:

That guy who married the sea instead of Brandy: maybe not so bright?
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pacific standard simon:

That "ubiquity of brass" is precisely what drove me away from top-40 radio.
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Dean:

But she kept bringing whiskey and wine to the sailors calling for brandy!
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still b/p:

Speaking of Boz, my prospective Dirty Lowdown done in an Irish-lilted rendition wasn't my final choice in recent silly video that had several unlikely tunes done that way. Maybe someday.
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Stevel:

Speaking of a song changed forever by QT.
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ndbob:

@Um Yep - tho far less then they used to
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Rich in Washington:

Is this a different version of this Steeler's Wheel song? Sounds like it, or different mix.
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chromaphone:

He just rhymed "all" with "all".
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Uncle Michael:

It's entirely possible that this is or isn't the single mix and your oldies station has favored the other one since the CD era release.
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Alex In Illinois:

still b/p: It is not as if I owned any of the records enough to know them that well. I was a pre-teen at the time. At one point, there were multiple hits by Paper Lace. It was as if it was the most common band name for DJs to pronounce and repeat and promote at the time. I have heard the song "Signs" many times and used to sing a long with it, but this is the first time I remember ever hearing the name "Five Man Electrical Band". I must have gotten some other group mixed up with Crabby Appleton. When the 1970's came to an end, I was forgetting all of that music.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I observed when efd & Clay did A.M. Gold - I get noticeably less Nostalgic as the 70s get later...
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Rich in Washington:

I will always think of that poor cop and his sliced off ear whenever I hear Stuck In The Middle With You.
Thanks, Quentin.
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Stevel:

From this era, listening to KIMN Denver, in the car with my mom. The DJ pre-announced Tommy James's Crystal Blue Persuasion by saying "Here's a song about a guy named Persuasion and a girl named Crystal!" No eye contact was recorded between Mom and myself.
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Uncle Michael:

My waning nostalgia for later '70s radio hits is probably a reflection of my growing away from radio then.
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Rich in Washington:

It took me forever, but I finally tracked down Werewolf by Five Man Electrical Band. I didn't know who had done it but remember it vividly from my childhood.
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Rich in Washington:

It's waning wax. I've been buying loads and loads of 70s 45s. I think I am stocking up for when I am the only DJ in the nursing home I will eventually end up in...
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Uncle Michael:

Pretty good blue-eyed soul. Philly-style.
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Stevel:

Donny Gerrard, singing for Skylark, sings backups for Mavis Staples. Saw them last summer. He's still got the pipes.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...well - efd picks it up w/ what I was hearing on WBCN & such as we go thru Punk & into NewWave & stuff...
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Uncle Michael:

Wow, Steve!
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Uncle Michael:

The next song is the trigger for this whole celebration. I'll 'splain at the break.
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coelacanth:

Howdy Uncle Michael and HDinksters.
most likely hate some,and love some of this!
...i came during frankenstein,though,and it's 4-2 on the + side now!
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chromaphone:

For some reason pop hits from '74 really hit the spot for me. I was 4 so maybe things started to really stick to my brain at that point. One of my favs is When Will I See You Again but don't think it is on these comps.
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Dean:

1974: Raspberries' "Overnight Sensation." 'nuff said.
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Uncle Michael:

It's on Rhino's sister series, Chromaphone.
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Some of these are godawful but I have to admit I love a lot of them. I'd forgotten "Free Electric Band" and "My Maria", love both. Thanks.
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Uncle Michael:

GODAWFUL?!

Why, I never...
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

My husband did a 70s special on KFJC a long time ago, called "The 70s - What the Hell Happened?" He and his partner were clowning around talking over the songs and a listener called in to tell them to shut up because he was taping.
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chromaphone:

Thanks UM. I eventually found it on a 1974 comp at the supermarket a while back! Come and Get Your Love is also on it :)
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coelacanth:

re: "stuck in the middle",i think the single was only slightly shorter than the album,if at all- but there are VERY short (to the point of pointless to listen to- just over 2 minutes) versions on compilations.
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thedunkel:

great set today!
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Rich in Washington:

Wow! I probably haven't heard this one in 40 years...
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Alex In Illinois:

I remember we kids puting all kinds of different words to this song to make fun of each other! "What's the matter with your . . . ". But we never got to the chorus.
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Uncle Michael:

thanks thedunkel
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Dean:

I have a vague recollection of hearing Redbone (well, lip-synched) on the Real Don Steele Show on TV.
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pacific standard simon:

I know you have some history with "Come and Get Your Love", but it's definitely one I would class as GODAWFUL.
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Uncle Michael:

I have Come and Get Your Love Stockholm Syndrome.
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pacific standard simon:

"Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo", on the other hand, makes it all worthwhile.
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chromaphone:

The electric sitar is what gets me.
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Rich in Washington:

I know when I'm doing a 70s set right when you see this weird expression that's a mix of horror and delight on people's faces. Like 'oh god! This song!' but they seem to overall enjoy hearing it.
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coelacanth:

it was fairly shameful when Redbone appeared on tv to do that song.
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Alex In Illinois:

Redbone! I was waiting to see the Artist name and title for the "what's the matter" song, as we used to call it. I don't think we kids ever actually knew what the words to the chorus (and title of the song) were. Imagine it blasting distorted from an AM transistor radio.
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Webhamster Henry:

WFMU website regulars may recall the Worst Song Contest: 1974 got its own category: wfmu.org...
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Velvet Frog:

Holy smokes, this set makes me feel like I'm rolling around in the way back of a VW mini bus heading off to go camping with my family for the weekend. I love it!
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Rich in Washington:

Right on, Uncle Michael. Nostalgia is all about the Stockholm Syndrome.
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efd:

If I ever give my show a proper name "Did Somebody Say Keep On Rockin'?" is a leading contender.
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chromaphone:

Well look who got worst of '74! haha WH
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- some I had an ambivalent relation w/ even @ the time - like - that's hokey, but catchy, yeah; kind of taken for granted
...but a few of these have been so overplayed & embraced by MOR people that I cannot ☆ them
- generally tho' I'm impressed by the craft & pleasure of a much-maligned & so somewhat forgotten era & genre...(after all ! - Lenny Kaye said his two models/inspirations for 'Nuggets' were Harry Smith's collections of Americana - & K-Tel commercial compilations...)
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Dean:

God, I miss the Stockholm Syndrome.
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chromaphone:

Wow that worst of 74 list has some gems in it actually. funny
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chromaphone:

Tell the story again Unkie!
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pacific standard simon:

Imagine what a supergroup could have been formed by Rick Derringer and Alex Chilton.
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coelacanth:

after not listening to american/english music for a few decades,when i opened up to it again i also reaquainted myself with all the 60s-70s songs from my childhood. some of them,like "come & get your love",i liked-& like,at least a little; even though i didn't like it back then.
...i guess it's just nostalgia.
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Alex In Illinois:

Oh come one, what's is the story of the Redbone song? Or also known as the "what's the matter" or the "byawm, byawm-byawm" song.
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Webhamster Henry:

@chromophone I think Irwin gave me the candidates; I wrote the polling software, did some of the copy, and drew that Mr. Yuck logo. I suppose we could extend it to the 21st century...
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melinda:

I like the instrumental Free Design in the background!
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V Priceless:

hey Fish!
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Sean B.:

@UM Happy Birthday!. Brings me back to WRKO-AM in it's heyday!...;Nothing wrong with that!.
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coelacanth:

Ahoy V!
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pacific standard simon:

Tracy Ullman did a great cover of this.
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Mike East:

so did Toddophonic Todd.
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Dean:

Ian Dury has a tune like this, kinda proto-rap.
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V Priceless:

I like this! Where else are you gonna hear someone mention Mott The Hoople & Bowie? Woo!
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Alex In Illinois:

MY dad told me that the guy who wrote this song lived below him in college. I used to be able to sing along with it. Well, some of it. The at school, we used to argue about the chorus. One girl insisted that it was: ". . . but the radio TOLD me", and I would be shouting: "no, it's ROLLED me"!
.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Well - didn't HipHop start w/ Prince Buster in Brooklyn in '72 ??
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Uncle Michael:

He lived above Joey Levine?
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still b/p:

Some TV ad that has a track sounding like End of The World As We Know It, close enough to be either bought or ripped off, and I wondered about an infringement defense that would bring up Life Is A Rock, and We Didn't Start the Fire and I've Been Everywhere.
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pacific standard simon:

Life is a rook, but the rodeo roped me. THAT'S how it goes.
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Rich in Washington:

another song I probably haven't heard in 40 years. Sugarloaf. I had no idea who was responsible for this song stuck in my head...
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Alex In Illinois:

This Sugerloaf song! I first heard a lot on radio stations on a trip to Florida. When I got back to St. Louis, it was like a week before it was played and it was hardly played on St. Louis radio at all.
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Velvet Frog:

Is it just me or does this Sugarloaf have a Jack White feel to it?
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coelacanth:

hey V, just last night you said you'd prefer sugarloaf to meatloaf!
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Dean:

Levine didn't write the song. He rapped it.
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Dean:

Still got my Pilot albums!
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Rich in Washington:

@still b/p: I have heard that when ad people approach the artists, they'll sort of subtly blackmail them by intimating that if they can't buy the song for a reasonable amount, they'll have someone do a song that sounds like it.
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chromaphone:

This is a great one.
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βrian:

"Its my d_?" What?
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V Priceless:

there you go, Fish! Cosmic cooperation from the electric airwaves!
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Stevel:

All of these songs are in deep mental muscle memory. So much radio absorbed. Started a paper route in '73, took a transistor radio along every day. Beat the hell out of it.
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Uncle Michael:

Levine is one of three credited authors of LIARBTRRM
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Stevel:

It took longer to construct that acronym than to type it out.
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Uncle Michael:

that's the truth
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Alex In Illinois:

Uncle Michael: I guess he did. Let me check and see where Joey Levin went to college. IF it is wrong, then my dad was wrong.
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V Priceless:

that "never believe" vocal always reminds me of Ozzy!
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still b/p:

I'm sure there are production music shops with the unofficial slogan,"Close enough for cash-in recognition -- careful enough to dodge court!"
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pacific standard simon:

If you're on fire, drop on a radio and let it roll you.
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pacific standard simon:

@still b/p - Tom Waits won a lot of money from companies that thought they could get away with that.
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Uncle Michael:

There's a method to this chronological madness.
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doctorjazz:

Ride, Michael, Ride!
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chromaphone:

Love the Rhodes piano on pop stuff.
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Dean:

Twilley, amazing. Heard him in a small club near Knott's Berry Farm. His gf at the time was one of the Cowsills.

Copyright for LIARBTRRM is (or was) held by Norman Dolph (words) & Paul DiFranco (music). No credit to Levine.
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still b/p:

Someone in this region used something so unsubtly close to Big in Japan that I thought Waits shoulda brought the copyright hammer down.
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Alex In Illinois:

It was not Joey Levine that my dad lived above. It was the guy who wrote the words: Norman Dolph.
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pacific standard simon:

I paid full price in '76.
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Alex In Illinois:

I checked the bios on Wikipedia, and Joey Levine was born 10 years after my dad, but Norman Dolph was at the same university for undergrad as my dad, was born only 2 years later.
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Alex In Illinois:

I meant he was only 2 years younger.
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Uncle Michael:

Joey has a writing credit here:

www.45cat.com...
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ndbob:

I was never clear on whether or not "Ride Captain Ride" was about the Pueblo incident
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doctorjazz:

This is Ride Captain Ride with a Samba beat.
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Dean:

Curious. FWIW, here's the Catalog of Copyright Entries for the second half of 1974: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015085477704;view=1up;seq=739 See p. 4315, entry EU523182.
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still b/p:

Dancing in the Moonlight and Brandy -- whenever they come up in casual conversation, several incorrect names of the period are tossed around before the guessers only rarely arrive at the name of who recorded them.
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Alex In Illinois:

For most of these tracks today, they sound better than I remembered. For many of them, I don't recall them being so well-arranged. There are a few I don't think I ever heard before.
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Dean:

I just now see that the entry refers to "Pt. 2" following the parenthetical in the song title. Maybe that explains the discrepancy.
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Evan in NC:

I love how many genres are represented in this theme song
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βrian:

Yes, but I detect no vibra-slap …. yet.
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chromaphone:

ONe of the best tv themes ever.
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Uncle Michael:

How did Post forget the vibra-slap?
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still b/p:

Grand Funk's I'm Your Captain gets tied to the Pueblo story, too, but apparently it's more generally about Vietnam and the vets.
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Lizardner Dave:

"Late at night, we're in a video-game dream
There is no lover in this numbered scene
We summon every childhood ghost we've seen
Then suddenly we hear that Mike Post Theme"
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Uncle Michael:

What is that, Dave?
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Dean:

Leo Kottke does a great version of "Rings."
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Monica:

happy born day, hinky dinky time! you have now entered the terrible twos!
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melinda:

Damn, left the room and missed Rockford Files.
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Uncle Michael:

Thank you Monica. I plan to make the next year a living hell for Doug.
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pacific standard simon:

@ndbob - I always thought that "Ride Captain Ride" might have been inspired by the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island. The timing's about right.
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Lizardner Dave:

Mike Post Theme by the Who from Endless Wire. Not one of their better songs but it pops into my head every time I hear a Mike Post song.
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Alex In Illinois:

I actually remember learning line dances with a record player playing a well-worn record of Let Your Love Flow.
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Alex In Illinois:

My younger sister over-played her record of Undercover Angel so much that I took it away from her and hid it for a day or two.
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ndbob:

@Simon reading about it now - seems it refers to 73 keys on the keyboard
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Mike East:

could I just get one more little sliver of cake, please?
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Uncle Michael:

I saved you a corner piece, Mike.
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Evan in NC:

I think I remember feathering my hair to this one.
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pacific standard simon:

Short keyboard!
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βrian:

"Wafer thin …"
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

☆ episode
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Uncle Michael:

You folks are great.
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Mike East:

@UM - sweet! that's the best piece!
@Brian - ha!
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Holly in NC:

4 cheers for Couldn't Get it Right!
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still b/p:

Need music AND sound effect of sparkler hissensputter under DJ speaking.
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listener james from westwood:

Bad BBQ gives me country sharts.
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pacific standard simon:

Sorry, Michael -- Alan O'Day died May 17, 2013. Brain cancer.
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pacific standard simon:

I think his own song got stuck in his head and caused it.
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Dean:

Sorry, stuck on LIARBTRRM. Turns out it was previously registered as "I Think I'll Write a Blues" in 1972! Credit to Dolph & DiFranco. See p. 2200, entry EU427525: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015085477688;view=1up;seq=488
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Rich in Washington:

this show is also reminding me of Negativland/Over The Edge Dick Vaughn's Moribund Music of the 70s.
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Uncle Michael:

Black Betty...a Kasenetz & Katz production. What?
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Uncle Michael:

Is that a good thing?
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Alex In Illinois:

How many other Leadbelly songs got this treatment?
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pacific standard simon:

It's true, Rich! I haven't heard any of those in a decade or two.
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Webhamster Henry:

Think of all these songs that Weird Al didn't get around to making parodies of.
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Uncle Michael:

I think they all should.
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Evan in NC:

Is that Al Stewart?
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Rich in Washington:

It's a good thing, UM. The execution of the Negativland radio show was done in the 1980s, and made to make KPFA listeners think that their favorite hippy dippy community radio station had been taken over by a big company and turned into an all-70s format radio station
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V Priceless:

Uncle M - Hall of Fame show! Right up there alongside last year's July 4th weekend Loss Leaders marathon! Thanks!
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Rich in Washington:

I think 70s music was really considered insidious and odious at that time but now it's aged like fine wine, or in most cases, cheese.
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Stevel:

Yup. Classic show. Lives up to the anniversary billing.
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chromaphone:

Where is the chorus on this one?...
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Uncle Michael:

Awesome, Rich.

Thank you, V. But that was July 18th. ;)

Going long today!
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listener james from westwood:

Was just thinking earlier this week of "Driver's Seat" but couldn't place the name, so this is a VERY timely cut (and clicky star).
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Rich in Washington:

Yes, this show is indeed amazing, UM! I am sending it to friends.
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chromaphone:

I have a 2 friends who are into 70s music and have no recollection of this song and I am just shocked. Bass reminds me of P McCartney.
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Holly in NC:

5 cheers for Driver's Seat!
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Rich in Washington:

I always thought that that Sniff 'n' the Tears song had the most unfortunate artist name/song title juxtapositions ever but maybe it says more about my brain than anything else.
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Evan in NC:

Thanks, UM. This was a lot of fun!
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pacific standard simon:

I got'cher sax break hangin', buddy.
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V Priceless:

Senior moment, UM! : )
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still b/p:

The particular sticky-notes of memory are...particular: I always recall a guy being excited about Black Betty when it had just come out, a guy who had an orange Camaro, a car he wanted to be regarded as hotter than it really was.
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doctorjazz:

Matt Fiveash played this yesterday, can't play it too often!
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Stevel:

Rich: Guilty here, as well.
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efd:

have to admit I was hoping for some Hot Chocolate action, despite having played this song myself on Wednesday! As docgtorjazz says, you can't play it too often.
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Great show! Was running and listening during the first set. I noticed that my sneakers were sticky. When I looked at their soles I saw a lotta bubblegum. Since then things have heated up but stayed sweet!
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Rich in Washington:

Keep going, UM!
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still b/p:

The convention floor erupts: "Four more songs! Four more songs!!"
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KevinfromBayRidge:

@EFD, yeah been hearing that great one a lot lately.
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βrian:

So you're implying cause and effect, UM?
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doctorjazz:

How much do you charge an hour, UM?
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Evan in NC:

i knew something was missing
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Dean:

@KevinfromBayRidge wins the pun contest.
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pacific standard simon:

Love singing harmony with this song.
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Alex In Illinois:

Fox on the Run!
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chromaphone:

OMG it's the Rockford Files synth!
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Uncle Michael:

pop disco
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Alex In Illinois:

Was Paul Nicholas in the movie Tommy?
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Mike East:

wait are we going another hour? I'm gonna need a cuppa coffee, or atleast more fruit punch.
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Uncle Michael:

No, Sgt. Peppers!
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still b/p:

Fox on the Run reminds me of the AM radio in mom's car which I used daily, an orange Maverick with the sport trim package, which I never regarded as hot, and I never wanted anyone else to assume I regarded it as hot when I was driving it.
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Alex In Illinois:

Didn't he play the role of Cousin. Kevin?
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Uncle Michael:

We're going out with a bang. I promise.
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Uncle Michael:

Did he? Hmm.
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ndbob:

excellent show UM!
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pacific standard simon:

All you archive listeners... see ya, suckers!
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listener james from westwood:

@Alex: Yes indeed he did. Bit of a departure from the foregoing tune.
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doctorjazz:

Another hour! In a New Jersey Groove.
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Alex In Illinois:

He did. I just checked. For some. reason it always struck me as strange.
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks for sticking it out my friends.
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Uncle Michael:

See you all at the next meeting?
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Mike East:

I'm going to keep a tally of how much overlap there is between today's show and Glen Jones on Sunday.
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Santos L Halper:

Hinky Birthday Time UM! Been enjoying where i could, will have to dip into the archive for a few unfamiliar nuggets. Thanks for two great years!
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Roberto:

Extra UM! A fine birthday gift indeed.
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Love the HD Time Extended Play. Happy #2. Thanks for Every show!
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Webhamster Henry:

Hinky Dinky Overtime!
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thatpatsmith:

good fun. thank you
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listener james from westwood:

Smashing Seventies survey, UM! Many thanks and HBD HDT!
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Lizardner Dave:

Great show, and yeah, some of it is Jones-esque but that's a good thing.
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Alex In Illinois:

But I think Uncle Michael was also right about him being in Sgt. Peppers
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Dean:

I remember that Terrence Boylan album. Why does the make me think of Jackson Browne?
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Mike East:

exactly Lizardner Dave.
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks all! Till next time...
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Joel:

Belated Happy Birthday to Uncle Michael/Hinky Dinky Time..
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Pedro G.:

Can't stop listening to this on the archive. Happy 2 HDT and Uncle Mike.
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A&P:

Very belated enjoyed this '70's visit - queens central library had "Have a Nice Day" CDs
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