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Favoriting May 14, 2016: She Brings The Summer

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Monkees, The  You Bring The Summer   Favoriting
Dion  My Girl The Month Of May   Favoriting
Sheb Wooley  Indian Maiden   Favoriting
Vibrations, The  End Up Crying   Favoriting
Nat King Cole  When My Sugar Walks Down the Street   Favoriting
Kingbees, The  Sweet Sweet Girl To Me   Favoriting
Fireballs, The  She Belongs to Me   Favoriting
Eydie Gormé  Don't Try To Fight It, Baby   Favoriting
Hank Williams  Fly Trouble   Favoriting
Wilson Pickett  Barefootin'   Favoriting
Fountains of Wayne  Yolanda Hayes   Favoriting
Utopia  Second Nature   Favoriting
Todd Rundgren  I Saw The Light   Favoriting
Utopia  I Just Want To Touch You   Favoriting
Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts  Reap What You Sow   Favoriting
Tex Williams  One Eyed Sam   Favoriting
Kent Meade  He's A Bad One   Favoriting
Explorers Club, The  California's Callin' Ya   Favoriting
Ray Stevens  Make A Few Memories   Favoriting
Freddie Weller  Down In The Boondocks   Favoriting
David Ruffin  I Want You Back   Favoriting
Bangles  Tell Me   Favoriting
Dave Berry  Castin' My Spell   Favoriting
Bill Carlisle  A Mouse Been Messing Around   Favoriting
Esther WIlliams  It's OK   Favoriting
Jo Basile & Bossa Tres  Voce E Eu   Favoriting
Beastie Boys  Sabotage   Favoriting
Richie Allen and the Pacific Surfers  Surfers Delight   Favoriting
Bakersfield Breakers, The  BB Breakdown   Favoriting
Willie Clayton  That Wall   Favoriting
Muffs, The  Become Undone   Favoriting
Voxmen, The  That Won't Change My Mind   Favoriting
James Hand  Don't Want Me Too   Favoriting
Bad & Good Boys  We Got Soul   Favoriting
Yolks, The  Don't Cry Anymore   Favoriting
Bintangs  Ridin' On The L & N   Favoriting
Cactus Blossoms, The  If I Can't Win   Favoriting
Detroit Cobras  Heartbeat   Favoriting
Buzzcocks  Harmony In My Head   Favoriting
Fedora Guy  Puts The Fedora Haters In Their Place!   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell ina BBC interview with some woman with a lot of plastic surgery

CLICK HERE for info on the new lp from The Explorers Club

CLICK HERE to see some paintings by Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE for a FREE download of Money Mark's "Mark's Keyboard Repair"

CLICK HERE for The Hollies Family Tree

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE for a free download of The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE to see Michael Shelley get interviewed on a NJ public access TV show "Destination Montclair"

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE to see a BBC Allen Toussaint Documentary

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Esquerita

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

CLICK HERE for the Glyn Johns interview in Tape Op!

CLICK HERE for Bruce Swedien: Recording Michael Jackson!

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for "Cassette Revolution: Why 1980s Tape Tech Is Still Making Noise in Our Digital World"

CLICK HERE for a new Q&A with Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read about "The Endless Fall of Suge Knight" (yikes!)

CLICK HERE for Barack Obama on WTF

CLICK HERE for info on the new, all instrumental, Michael Shelley album

CLICK HERE for a video of David Myhr's cover of Oh Susie, featured on "Even More Super Hits of the Seventies"

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

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

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

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

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 a short film of two craftsmen at work

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 read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

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

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 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 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 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 for a grammar test

CLICK HERE for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

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, 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 for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

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

CLICK HERE for info on Fake Amps!

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

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 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

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 #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:02am
Listener Baby:

Y>B>A>B
Doog gninrom!
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Michael Shelley:

Feeling backwards today?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Listener Baby:

SEY
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BEAVO:

Way to early for pow pow pow.
  11:07am
Eddy in Australia:

Michael, Michael, Michael.
Baby, Baby, Baby!
Pow! Pow! Pow!
Junebug!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:08am
Listener Baby:

EPUJ!! olleH
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djsheilab:

The classiest show in town! And the best pick-me-up. Thanks Michael + good morning all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18am
Fuzzy:

Not "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" by The Wonder Who?
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Marc Francis:

You might just be right, Michael.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...by 'Blonde On Blonde' - Bob would go to Nashville anyhow...Who's ever heard of The Fireballs?! I loves the FMUs...
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djsheilab:

Written by the late, great Gerry Goffin!
  11:23am
JOE In Kabul:

Totally digging this program!
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Michael Shelley:

yeah - Goffin/Keller - who was Keller?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:23am
Listener Baby:

Jerry Lee?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Fireballs wigkey : en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:23am
Listener Baby:

You know, The Keller?
Avatar 11:24am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...(facepalm)...
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djsheilab:

Boys can't be bothered with music--it's a girl thing these days...hehe!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:33am
Listener Baby:

It's Juniper's world, we just live in it. xoxo
  11:34am
George in WO:

We love the Juniper interviews!
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marc15:

When I was pretending to be straight I dated a girl named Yolanda
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Superb Owl:

Of course we like this version of Rundgren
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Todd-o-phonic:

Jerry Keller...of "Here Comes Summer" fame etc..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42am
Faye:

one of my favorite songs of all time!!!
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Michael Shelley:

me too!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:43am
ChrisB.:

Warning: Clicking the stats link will keep you awake at night for many moons.
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Todd-o-phonic:

Mark James also cut a great version of "Suspicious Minds": www.youtube.com...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:51am
ChrisB.:

Tex really getting the brass treatment here.
  11:51am
P-90:

Just to clarify a small point: the "ooga-chakas" were not part of the original lyrics of "Hooked on a Feeling" and are not on the original1968 BJ Thomas #1 hit recording. The band Blue Swede added those as a gimmick to their (far inferior) 1974 cover version.
Avatar 11:54am
Michael Shelley:

Actually - Blue Swede was copying (former guest) Jonathan King's cover
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Mark in Toronto:

Michael, for Number 1 Hits, I recommend all Charlie Rich tracks on Epic
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Michael Shelley:

Mark - I'm into it
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:56am
Gaylord Fields:

Somehow the Explorers Club have outdone themselves with this song. It's truly worthy of their role models.
  12:06pm
P-90:

Of course I stand corrected, Jonathan King added the "ooga-chakas" first. Should probably keep my comments to myself; just for some stubbornly capricious personal reason I think folks should know they weren't part of Mark James's original idea...
Avatar 12:08pm
Michael Shelley:

p-90: always chime in!
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Mark in Toronto:

Shave and a haircut, two bits
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marc15:

I'm partial to "Run Run Run" by the Emperor's Club
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Superb Owl:

Talkin about songs everyone knows. There are certain phrases that you can not start a sentence with, without the other person completing it with a song. As proof I offer up: "It's not unusual ... ".
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Michael Shelley:

Mark - Run Run Run (Explorers Club) is one of the greatest records EVER made
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Michael Shelley:

EVER
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marc15:

I agree Michael
  12:18pm
P-90:

One if the happiest additions I ever made to my Facebook News Feed was following Deke Dickerson. Recommend giving it a try.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hey, it's that "Sabotage" song! Neat! The video is funny.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
Goyim in the AM:

Sometimes even number one hits are Number One Hits.
  12:22pm
Eddy in Australia:

Wait, yours is a home where the *parents* like the Beastie Boys and the kids don't?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
myron feld:

Sabotage = least good Beastie Boys song ever give. Gotta side with Juniper on this one. But with you 287% on Explorers Club's Run Run Run.
Avatar 12:24pm
Superb Owl:

But try this out, if you start a sentence with "Hello, it's me .." how would people musically complete it today? Juniper can tell everyone.
  12:25pm
Hot Bar:

SABOTAGE!!!!
Avatar 12:26pm
Michael Shelley:

Myron - Beastie Boys are the first ladies of Vegas
  12:26pm
Mark Rosen:

Great to hear Dion's original "My Girl the Month Of May." I first heard this song sung by Richard Thompson as part of The Bunch. Took me a long time to track down Dion's version.
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Superb Owl/Crum Beagle:

Considering how Michael's show typically ends, it seems like BBoys cookyp*ss would be their #1 song, lol.
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Melissa Jean:

good afternoon!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:31pm
drr:

Once found a two foot pile of ruined Air Supply (mostly) LPs on Grand Street in Brooklyn. In the middle of this pile of garbage was an unplayed red vinyl copy of "Blonder and Blonder."
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:34pm
Listener Baby:

Yay!! I have a really cool, Live at VOTM version of this. Who loves you, Mike?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Beasties are my age - Old.
Periodic stream dropouts since last night.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
Fuzzy:

I tawt I heard a J. Geils riff!
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

YYYYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!
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purpleknif:

Signed in special to say how much I love the Dad/daughter shows.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Turning Point' album was acoustic when everyone was going Heavy - & it's good Songs, yerknow...Mayall w/ Clapton album is undeniable - but wrong crowd right here so nevermind...
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Michael Shelley:

RR - tell me a #! hit song & I'll check it out
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Room to Move' is ketchy for a Blues riffy thing.
  12:51pm
Beatoff Poets:

Amazing people!
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Mailman Tom:

She has a terrific voice !
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Marc Francis:

The Cactus Blossoms filmed some scenes for the new season of Twin Peaks!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...neat-o...; try doing a Buddy tune - it's like Zen watercolor - you tend to go right thru the paper @ the wrong time - he's so damn Perfect awlready...
  12:53pm
Eddy in Australia:

Will Juniper live intro Scott Schinder today?
Avatar 12:53pm
Michael Shelley:

NO scott today - he's busy
  12:54pm
Eddy in Australia:

Also: Nick Lowe, crazy?!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:55pm
Listener Baby:

Ask Jupe to do a Scott impression to close the show.
Be sure she starts with Umm, err, emm.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:58pm
myron feld:

i like a fedora!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hating On Fedoras
  12:58pm
Eddy in Australia:

Great show, Michael and Juniper. I'm off to bed (3am here) ...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thx Juniper !
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djsheilab:

Thanks for such a FAB show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:59pm
Santos L. Halper:

Great show you two, thanks!
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