WFMU: Irene Trudel: Playlist from October 25, 2016

Listener comments!
	9:04pm geezerette: Just a perfect love song. :)
	9:07pm P-90: This one's recognizable from the first few seconds. Hi Irene and Friends
	9:14pm geezerette: Evening Irene & music lovers!
	♥ 9:16pm Irene Trudel: Hi geezerette & P-90! Tonight, all singles 'cause it's Singles Going Steady Week here at WFMU. It's a fun diversion to keep us remembering our roots. And we're hoping it'll spur some of you to pledge your support to WFMU's Silent Fundraiser. Click on the dog & cow at the top of the page to help us out.
	♥ 9:31pm Mike East: A guy showed up for a Jimmy Heath rehearsal last week...he didn't get the memo that they moved the rehearsal to a different studio. I felt bad.
	9:38pm Linda Lee: good evening Irene & listeners! always appreciate hearing Space Oddity on vinyl, the way i heard it originally.
	9:40pm Linda Lee: hard to imagine how amazing & intriguing it was, seeing that album cover for the first time.
	9:47pm P-90: Bowie and Conkite, together again for the first time. You heard it here, Kids. Pledge a few bucks to make sure you hear more.
	♥ 9:49pm Irene Trudel: Linda, I still have the original picture sleeve 45 that I bought back in the day. You can tell by the scratchiness of the playback. Always loved Space Oddity-- one of the most original-sounding tunes of its time.
	♥ 10:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thank You Mr. Bowie for visiting our insane planet. Originality...His Producer Tony Visconti thot it too obvious a cop on the Apollo project - derivative of Lennon & stuff! So Gus Dudgeon did it - & of course Visconti flipped... ...Was not quite five when we landed on the Moon. Such awe & optimism - leaving the planet! Sold on Spacey stuff for life...Soon enuff, they're playing golf up there...& only now talk of maybe going to Mars - about 1,000 times further than the Moon... Many hold that only chauvinism keeps Joni from being recognized as often as the Dylans & such as a Greatest Writer...
	♥ 10:10pm common: love the background muzak reminds me of an icecream truck in south philly
	10:15pm herb.nyc: Hi. I got my Walter Cronkite fix at "tower" at film forum today; there's footage of him at end. SEE this documentary (oh wait, it leaves ff today. Never mind).---- I mailed my Silent Check on Saturday. & included a 1% boost, as a principled statement.
	10:17pm KP: Good evening, Irene.
	10:19pm P-90: WES!
	10:19pm Van in DC: wow, 1.5 hours of internet problems Again.
	10:20pm Van in DC: hi
	♥ 10:22pm coelacanth: greetings Irene and all
	♥ 10:23pm common: greetings coelacanth
	♥ 10:24pm coelacanth: common!
	♥ 10:26pm Tome: ahhh ,, ,, record listening party ! .
	10:26pm Roberto: Synchronicity! "America" made me think of "Tangled Up in Blue!"
	10:27pm geezerette: The generation born in the early to late 40s were extraordinary. So much brilliance.
	♥ 10:27pm Michael 98145: i love these SGS events ...
	10:28pm geezerette: pretty incredible! :)
	♥ 10:29pm Irene Trudel: Hi Rev. Rabbit, Herb, KP, coelacanth Tome, Roberto, Van, Michael, et al. Sorry if you've had connection problems, Van. I have a KaTe 7' to play in a little while.
	♥ 10:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: HizBobness's 2nd major peak - the painful Watergate~Divorce era...
	♥ 10:30pm coelacanth: RR @10:06 i agree with those that contend that about Joni. if we're just talking about lyrics, she may not be on Dylan's level (pre-"desire" dylan, that is), but certainly up there with Cohen and Lennon and Buckley -etc.
	♥ 10:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Nobody is on Bob's level...@ his best. Tho' Cohen is close - more consistent if far far less prolific. An interesting contrast. But even he felt Dylan's heavy influence. Hard to imagine a world w/out say 'Both Sides Now'...
	10:32pm KP: Appears the donation mechanism has gone askew, Irene. I promise I will deliver, via computer, ferry or light rail, whatever it takes!
	♥ 10:33pm coelacanth: (...actually i said pre-desire, but really he was only sometimes shining by blood on the tracks. i think john wesley harding was his last lyrically brilliant album.)
	♥ 10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Deffo - he says himself: 'I can do many things - I can't do that now.'
	♥ 10:35pm Irene Trudel: Aw, jeez KP. We've been having more than our share of problems with our new fundraising software. Thanks for your patience. If anyone feels moved to donate, you could email me, irene@wfmu.org, and I'll pass it alone to those who need to know.
	10:36pm geezerette: Hi guys. It's a miracle Dylan is still here!
	♥ 10:37pm coelacanth: yeah... the thing about Leonard Cohen, for me, is by his third or forth album he was getting pretty cheezy in the music/arrangement dept. -i really can't listen to much of that, even though i know there are lyrical treats to behold.
	♥ 10:41pm Michael 98145: my much-better half insist i read the Cohen interview in the New Yorker.
	10:42pm Van in DC: yay KaTe
	10:42pm Van in DC: (cooking dinner...)
	♥ 10:46pm coelacanth: i def want to read that interview Michael. i have immense respect for him, despite my reservations about his music! (after his first few albums, which i cherish)
	♥ 10:46pm common: thank you!
	♥ 10:47pm Michael 98145: XTC !
	10:49pm mark r: XTC are still one of my favorite bands.
	♥ 10:50pm Michael 98145: Great show, DJ Irene. Thank you.
	♥ 10:50pm coelacanth: okay, i was already having flashbacks with xtc....
	♥ 10:51pm coelacanth: (hmm - excellent inadvertent pun in there)
	10:51pm Joe stalvey: Totally imposs to not love this song.
	♥ 10:52pm Michael 98145: heh
	10:58pm Linda Lee: my god ~ i loved the cleaners from venus back then.
	♥ 10:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: SGS always makes me reflect...I don't remember ever buying a 45 new!
	♥ 11:01pm Michael 98145: SGS always inspires me to "revisit" my boxes of singles
	11:02pm Linda Lee: first record i ever called my own was a 45. i wanna hold your hand. played it incessantly on a tiny portable plastic record player. age 4. thank you so much for sharing the vinyl goodness Irene!
	11:02pm Linda Lee: yes, it was new. ;-)
	11:03pm KP: Hey!
	11:03pm Van in DC: :)
	♥ 11:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Majestic KP.
	♥ 11:05pm Irene Trudel: Beautiful rendition, KP!
	11:08pm KP: Thanks! Oh yeah, that's a single.
	11:08pm Marie: Great show Irene. Thanks!
	11:09pm mark r: Oh my goodness, Translator--I met those fellows when they played in East Lansing when I was in college. They were from S.F. and didn't know anybody so I brought them to a party, I think they had a pretty good time.
	♥ 11:10pm Michael 98145: i think my first single was "To Know Him Is to Love Him" ... show's how old i am.
	11:10pm Linda Lee: that's a pretty one.
	11:11pm mark r: The Indians are winning 3-0 in the 8th inning.
	11:11pm Van in DC: CLE 3-0
	11:12pm herb.nyc: I read JDoe bk; super!
	11:12pm Van in DC: 2 outs
	11:12pm Van in DC: uh, for CHI
	11:13pm Van in DC: Archives will surely save me tomorrow :)
	11:14pm Linda Lee: oh Irene! touched by John Doe! be still my heart. Lol
	♥ 11:14pm coelacanth: mine was "yesterday" b/w "act naturally". 10¢ at my friend's garage sale. i was so disappointed! i was in love with "meet the beatles" and yesterday was too slow & act naturally was too absolutely ridiculous.
	11:14pm Van in DC: YES!!!
	11:15pm Linda Lee: how old was the record, coelacanth?
	11:18pm Van in DC: Peter!!!!
	11:18pm Van in DC: AND KATE!!!
	11:18pm P-90: wow, great Kate live track
	♥ 11:19pm coelacanth: Linda, i guess a couple of years. definitely an original pressing. - 'ruined it playing it at 78 & 16 & 33 rpm; and backward, & propelled by fingers! i was determined to get my money's worth of entertainment out of it!
	♥ 11:21pm coelacanth: (it looked like this: d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net... )
	♥ 11:21pm Michael 98145: i confess to being a Lovehound
	11:21pm P-90: Gabriel with Kate Bush on backing vocal on the chorus, amirite?
	11:22pm Van in DC: yep
	♥ 11:22pm coelacanth: i fell in Love the day my friend brought "hounds of love" over.
	♥ 11:23pm common: fuckin bowie!
	11:23pm Van in DC: ......so, I tried a donation with PayPal Irene and got an Internal Server error. Are you seeing anything on your end?
	♥ 11:24pm coelacanth: -what common said.
	11:25pm Linda Lee: yes! my beatles single looked like that too. loved watching the spiral turn. glad you had fun with yours. that's what they're for! :-)
	11:25pm Van in DC: 1985 I discovered KaTe. 9 years after her Tour of Life. I waited for the next tour. And waited. And waited. And waited. Oooooh, about THIRTY ONE YEARS. I was lucky SO LUCKY to get one single ticket for one of her residency shows in 2014 in London. OMG it was like a religious experience to see her live. Finally!!
	11:25pm Van in DC: Sandy?
	11:26pm Linda Lee: no, it's someone else.
	11:27pm Linda Lee: they had only this hit song, iirc.
	11:27pm Van in DC: I mean 6 years after her original tour. Not 9.
	♥ 11:28pm coelacanth: Chris M through some people off when he put white bird on after an intense (probably metal-ish) batch of songs, once.
	11:28pm Van in DC: Best $3500 I've ever spent for a single concert. KaTe. I would have paid triple that.
	11:29pm Van in DC: (that was for the ticket, airplane, hotel, week in London...)
	11:30pm Linda Lee: when this song came out, you it was possible to lose a phone number.
	11:31pm Linda Lee: shit. :-D
	11:31pm KP: A bit of a coincidence Irene. A little byrdy told me "White Bird" was the first song King Penguin performed publicly. That's when they earned their wings!
	11:32pm Van in DC: But who are they? To me, the woman sounded amazingly like one Sandy Denny... or was that just me?
	11:33pm Linda Lee: who was It's A Beautiful Day? i don't know!
	11:33pm Linda Lee: yes she did.
	11:34pm Van in DC: Love Haydn. Big fan of classical music here :)
	11:34pm mark r: The woman who sang "White Bird" with It's a Beautiful Day was named Pattie Santos.
	11:34pm Linda Lee: her name was Pattie Santos. en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 11:35pm coelacanth: Linda @11:25, i sure did. we had weird old children's records, one which was Danny Kaye, which i hated. i soon learned that if i place the beatles 45 strategically on top of the Danny Kaye record i could make Mr. Kaye repeat certain lines indefinitely. (ie: "if ants were called elephants & elephants ants, i'd be able to squash...and squash...and squash..."
	11:36pm Linda Lee: you're someone after my own heart for sure. i'm all for the vinyl experiments & doing things you're not supposed to :-D
	11:36pm Van in DC: The extended James & the Cold Gun is AMAZING. I had that EP once.
	11:36pm Van in DC: Thanks mark r
	11:37pm Van in DC: and Linda
	♥ 11:37pm coelacanth: i leaned of "it's a beautiful day" via this excellent comp: thumbs1.picclick.com...
	11:38pm mark r: Sorry Cubs fans--it's now 6-0. But I have a feeling this is going to be a 7-game series, so don't give up hope yet.
	11:39pm mark r: I think I remember that comp, Coel--a very eclectic gathering, indeed.
	♥ 11:39pm coelacanth: i don't care what George song. i know i Love it.
	♥ 11:40pm Ken From Hyde Park: White Bird escaped the clutches of Joe McGasko and his Elektra round-up of the last couple weeks.
	11:40pm Van in DC: So I just verified my login with PayPal. Plenty of $$$. Did anything come through the pledge?
	11:41pm mark r: "Isn't It A Pity" is one of the best songs he ever did, though.
	♥ 11:41pm coelacanth: mark, it sure was. my older brother had it. i grew to like the entire thing.
	11:42pm Van in DC: on a related note, White Eagle was one of the greatest Tangerine Dream albums ever. Along with "Exit".
	11:43pm P-90: Always thought of this as George's "Hey Jude" , it just builds and builds into this crescendo of extended choruses. Or the album track does, this may be a "single edit" for 45. Oh yeah, and Slowhand...
	♥ 11:43pm coelacanth: haha! that^ was regarding the compilation! but it could almost apply to "isn't it a pity" too!
	♥ 11:44pm Michael 98145: thank you again, DJ Irene
	11:44pm Van in DC: I wonder if any FMU DJ other than a certain someone has a single from either Toyah or Nina Hagen? :D
	11:45pm Van in DC: ooooh, how about David Sylvian or Japan? Even better, Kitaro. Wow. Those just do not exist.
	♥ 11:46pm coelacanth: i don't think Clapton's on this track, RR.
	11:46pm mark r: Let's not forget Mr. Spector's contribution. I guess I never realized this was a single. Kind of a weird choice for a single, yeah?
	11:46pm Van in DC: Was there ever even a Pink Floyd 45?
	♥ 11:47pm coelacanth: (i only hear one electric git, and that's definitely George)
	11:47pm mark r: This is still such a lovely song...
	11:47pm mark r: Why do so many people seem to hate Dino Valenti, I've always wondered.
	11:48pm Van in DC: classic, always loved this
	11:48pm Van in DC: what year was this Irene? 1969? 1972?
	♥ 11:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @Van: Floyd was known for their early singles in the Syd era - 'Arnold Layne', 'See Emily Play'...
	♥ 11:49pm coelacanth: i should listen to this several times/week.
	11:49pm mark r: I thought the Airplane did a nice version of this, too--Signe Anderson had a magnificent voice.
	11:49pm Van in DC: oh wow, i had no idea, thanks RRN63
	11:50pm mark r: wikipedia says 1969, Van...
	11:51pm Linda Lee: what Nirvana song starts off with a reference to this song? anyone?
	11:51pm Van in DC: Oooh, nailed it :) Thanks
	♥ 11:51pm coelacanth: 'floyd had singles all along. 2-3 from wish you were here; 1 from meddle; at least 2 from dark side; 1 from animals...and then several from that abomination, the wall.
	11:52pm Van in DC: PENTANGLE!!!!
	11:52pm mark r: "Territorial Pissings," Linda.
	11:52pm Van in DC: Honestly never knew the Floyd had a single at all. Had all the albums though :)
	11:52pm Linda Lee: thank you Mark!
	11:53pm Linda Lee: .. wonderful Pentangle ..
	11:54pm mark r: Irene, I don't get to hear your show as much as I used to when you were on in the afternoons, but I'm on the West Coast tonight, and you still do one of my all-time favorite shows, you just have lovely, lovely taste in music. And then you whip out the ELP, you devil, you!
	11:54pm Van in DC: ... Bert.... missed. Didn't he pass about a year ago?
	11:55pm mark r: I think it was even more recently than that, Van--maybe within the last 6 months?
	11:55pm mark r: Oh god what the hell do I know--I just looked it up, it was 2011!
	11:55pm Tommy Jack Haynes: This song "Get Together" really represents the ideals of the hippy moment more than any other I can think of . I really thought we we're headed toward a brighter future back then. But now we are more divided than ever and people believe the most fantastic nonsense
	11:56pm Van in DC: Oh wow. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Wiki says this: 5 October 2011 (aged 67)
	11:56pm Tommy Jack Haynes: Anyway..great show Irene
	♥ 11:56pm coelacanth: well pink floyd probably wanted the songs to be heard in the context of the albums; but the companies are always gonna try to capitalise on it.
	11:56pm Linda Lee: i remember the song was everywhere, Tommy. it made sense.
	11:57pm P-90: Thank you for a another lovely evening, Irene! Have a singularly nice Halloweek...
	11:57pm mark r: There were a lot of weird John Birchers back then, too, Tommy. It just seems like there are more of them now because instead of standing on a street corner handing out leaflets, they're on the internet. They're still a crackpot minority. There are more cool people around now than ever, rest assured.
	11:57pm Linda Lee: prince. of course.
	11:57pm Van in DC: So many thanks Irene!! Awesome show as always. Please let me know tomorrow if my Paypal attempts failed, I will make up for it. No idea what might be going on there!! I blame it on Kenzo. lol. Oh man, this is AWESOME to close!!!! The PURPLE ONE!!!
	11:58pm Linda Lee: still blows my mind that he left us that way.
	11:58pm tmoyo: Just tuned in 30 minutes ago... what an awesome set.. I have to go back to the archive!!
	♥ 11:58pm coelacanth: huh, and i just listened to elp "trilogy" earlier, for the first time in maybe a decade?
	11:58pm mark r: The best ending to a show ever!
	♥ 11:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Gosh, really building up to a fine last set. Thanks for the tunes and enjoy the week, Irene.
	♥ 11:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: SGS - what fun.
	11:59pm Van in DC: Fun fact: KaTe and the Purple One have a song together.
	♥ 11:59pm Irene Trudel: Hey everybody! This went so fast. Thanks for joining me during Singles Going Steady Week. I've not been commenting a lot but appreciate you all. Catch you next week!
	12:00am mark r: They do? What was that, Van?
	12:00am Van in DC: Another fun fact: Prince asked Stevie Nicks to record a song together, she didn't have the time, and the result was THIS SONG. She was amazed and so grateful.
	12:00am Linda Lee: why should I love you. ~
	♥ 12:01am coelacanth: Thanks - Great show Irene! tchau camaradas
	12:01am Van in DC: Why Should I love you, yes
	12:01am Nic LeBard: Much like Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Prince is still dead ...
	12:01am Linda Lee: available through the magic of YouTube
	12:02am Van in DC: Many thanks again Irene!!!!
	12:02am Tommy Jack Haynes: Mark....yea but weren't they on the fringe ..now about a third to half the nation is totally nuts . I attributed a lot of it to cable TV and the internet. The news networks were moe of less honest before ...oh well good night !
	♥ 4:52pm Sean in Bristol UK: I am fast running out of superlatives but again a show of epic proportions
	♥ 5:02pm Irene Trudel: Thanks Sean (and everybody)!
	10:16am Van in DC: Looping back for parts missed (like the first hour or so!)
	3:53pm Van in DC: One little mistake that Walter Cronkite made in that commentary was about man setting foot "on another planet" for the first time. Oops. ;)

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October 25, 2016: Silently Fundraising during Singles Going Steady Week!

Silently Fundraising with Singles Going Steady Week!

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Artist	Track	Label	Format	Approx. start time
Lou Reed	Perfect Day "Perfect Day" by "Lou Reed"	RCA	45	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jack Niczsche Orchestra	Theme from "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest"	Fantasy	45	0:03:56 (Pop-up)
Carla Dal Forno	Fast Moving Cars "Fast Moving Cars" by "Carla Dal Forno"	Blackest Ever Black	45	0:06:09 (Pop-up)
The Smithereens	Blood and Roses "Blood and Roses" by "The Smithereens"	Enigma	Single	0:09:39 (Pop-up)
Cannonball Adderley Sextet	Gemini	Riverside	45	0:13:32 (Pop-up)
The Bats	Calm Before the Storm "Calm Before the Storm" by "The Bats"	Flying Nun	45	0:21:52 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Boston Symphony Orchestra: Haydn	Toy Symphony	RCA Victor	45	0:25:20 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	Space Oddity "Space Oddity" by "David Bowie"	RCA	45	0:35:45 (Pop-up)
CBS News/Walter Cronkite	Man On the Moon pt.1	CBS	7"	0:40:34 (Pop-up)
Calvin Don't Jump!	Solamente La Luna Este Noche		7"	0:49:03 (Pop-up)
Piers Faccini	You Never Left "You Never Left" by "Piers Faccini"	Beating Drum	45	0:53:29 (Pop-up)
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going "Urge for Going" by "Joni Mitchell"	Asylum	45	0:58:06 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Boston Symphony Orchestra: Haydn	Toy Symphony	RCA Victor	7"	1:03:13 (Pop-up)
Laura Nyro	Eli's Comin' "Eli's Comin'" by "Laura Nyro"	Columbia	45	1:10:28 (Pop-up)
Wes Montgomery	A Day In the Life "A Day In the Life" by "Wes Montgomery"	A&M	45	1:14:07 (Pop-up)
Simon & Garfunkel	America "America" by "Simon & Garfunkel"	Columbia	45	1:19:24 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan	Tangled Up in Blue "Tangled Up in Blue" by "Bob Dylan"	Columbia	45	1:22:18 (Pop-up)
Richie Havens	Wish I Was a Younger Man	Stormy Forest	45	1:28:10 (Pop-up)
Flora Purim	Andei (I Walked) "Andei (I Walked)" by "Flora Purim"	Milestone Records	45	1:31:35 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Boston Symphony Orchestra: Haydn	Toy Symphony	RCA Victor	45	1:35:08 (Pop-up)
XTC	Senses Working Overtime "Senses Working Overtime" by "XTC"	Geffen	45	1:42:50 (Pop-up)
Translator	Everywhere That I'm Not	Columbia	45	1:50:04 (Pop-up)
Cul de Sac	Milk Devil "Milk Devil" by "Cul de Sac"		45	1:50:57 (Pop-up)
Cleaners from Venus	Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me	Ammunition	45	1:54:30 (Pop-up)
King Penguin	She Don't Care About Time	Crustacean Records	45	1:57:22 (Pop-up)
Glen Campbell	Record Collector's Dream	Capitol	45	2:01:28 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Boston Symphony Orchestra: Haydn	Toy Symphony	RCA Victor	45	2:04:11 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Kate Bush	Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake (live)	EMI	7"	2:12:09 (Pop-up)
Peter Gabriel	Games Without Frontiers	Mercury	45	2:15:49 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	TVC15 "TVC15" by "David Bowie"	RCA	45	2:19:27 (Pop-up)
It's a Beautiful Day	White Bird "White Bird" by "It's a Beautiful Day"	Elektra	45	2:23:18 (Pop-up)
Steely Dan	Rikki Don't Lose That Number	ABC Records	45	2:26:22 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Boston Symphony Orchestra: Haydn	Toy Symphony	RCA Victor	45	2:30:16 (Pop-up)
George Harrison	Isn't It a Pity "Isn't It a Pity" by "George Harrison"	Apple	45	2:37:33 (Pop-up)
The Youngbloods	Get Together "Get Together" by "The Youngbloods"	RCA	45	2:44:29 (Pop-up)
The Pentangle	Mirage "Mirage" by "The Pentangle"	Big T	45	2:49:04 (Pop-up)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind, I'll Be Your Valentine	Manticore	45	2:51:07 (Pop-up)
Prince and the Revolution	Purple Rain	Warner Bros.	45	2:58:55 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Boston Symphony Orchestra: Haydn	Toy Symphony	RCA	45	2:59:01 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:04pm geezerette: Just a perfect love song. :)
	9:07pm P-90: This one's recognizable from the first few seconds. Hi Irene and Friends
	9:14pm geezerette: Evening Irene & music lovers!
	♥ 9:16pm Irene Trudel: Hi geezerette & P-90! Tonight, all singles 'cause it's Singles Going Steady Week here at WFMU. It's a fun diversion to keep us remembering our roots. And we're hoping it'll spur some of you to pledge your support to WFMU's Silent Fundraiser. Click on the dog & cow at the top of the page to help us out.
	♥ 9:31pm Mike East: A guy showed up for a Jimmy Heath rehearsal last week...he didn't get the memo that they moved the rehearsal to a different studio. I felt bad.
	9:38pm Linda Lee: good evening Irene & listeners! always appreciate hearing Space Oddity on vinyl, the way i heard it originally.
	9:40pm Linda Lee: hard to imagine how amazing & intriguing it was, seeing that album cover for the first time.
	9:47pm P-90: Bowie and Conkite, together again for the first time. You heard it here, Kids. Pledge a few bucks to make sure you hear more.
	♥ 9:49pm Irene Trudel: Linda, I still have the original picture sleeve 45 that I bought back in the day. You can tell by the scratchiness of the playback. Always loved Space Oddity-- one of the most original-sounding tunes of its time.
	♥ 10:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thank You Mr. Bowie for visiting our insane planet. Originality...His Producer Tony Visconti thot it too obvious a cop on the Apollo project - derivative of Lennon & stuff! So Gus Dudgeon did it - & of course Visconti flipped... ...Was not quite five when we landed on the Moon. Such awe & optimism - leaving the planet! Sold on Spacey stuff for life...Soon enuff, they're playing golf up there...& only now talk of maybe going to Mars - about 1,000 times further than the Moon... Many hold that only chauvinism keeps Joni from being recognized as often as the Dylans & such as a Greatest Writer...
	♥ 10:10pm common: love the background muzak reminds me of an icecream truck in south philly
	10:15pm herb.nyc: Hi. I got my Walter Cronkite fix at "tower" at film forum today; there's footage of him at end. SEE this documentary (oh wait, it leaves ff today. Never mind).---- I mailed my Silent Check on Saturday. & included a 1% boost, as a principled statement.
	10:17pm KP: Good evening, Irene.
	10:19pm P-90: WES!
	10:19pm Van in DC: wow, 1.5 hours of internet problems Again.
	10:20pm Van in DC: hi
	♥ 10:22pm coelacanth: greetings Irene and all
	♥ 10:23pm common: greetings coelacanth
	♥ 10:24pm coelacanth: common!
	♥ 10:26pm Tome: ahhh ,, ,, record listening party ! .
	10:26pm Roberto: Synchronicity! "America" made me think of "Tangled Up in Blue!"
	10:27pm geezerette: The generation born in the early to late 40s were extraordinary. So much brilliance.
	♥ 10:27pm Michael 98145: i love these SGS events ...
	10:28pm geezerette: pretty incredible! :)
	♥ 10:29pm Irene Trudel: Hi Rev. Rabbit, Herb, KP, coelacanth Tome, Roberto, Van, Michael, et al. Sorry if you've had connection problems, Van. I have a KaTe 7' to play in a little while.
	♥ 10:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: HizBobness's 2nd major peak - the painful Watergate~Divorce era...
	♥ 10:30pm coelacanth: RR @10:06 i agree with those that contend that about Joni. if we're just talking about lyrics, she may not be on Dylan's level (pre-"desire" dylan, that is), but certainly up there with Cohen and Lennon and Buckley -etc.
	♥ 10:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Nobody is on Bob's level...@ his best. Tho' Cohen is close - more consistent if far far less prolific. An interesting contrast. But even he felt Dylan's heavy influence. Hard to imagine a world w/out say 'Both Sides Now'...
	10:32pm KP: Appears the donation mechanism has gone askew, Irene. I promise I will deliver, via computer, ferry or light rail, whatever it takes!
	♥ 10:33pm coelacanth: (...actually i said pre-desire, but really he was only sometimes shining by blood on the tracks. i think john wesley harding was his last lyrically brilliant album.)
	♥ 10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Deffo - he says himself: 'I can do many things - I can't do that now.'
	♥ 10:35pm Irene Trudel: Aw, jeez KP. We've been having more than our share of problems with our new fundraising software. Thanks for your patience. If anyone feels moved to donate, you could email me, irene@wfmu.org, and I'll pass it alone to those who need to know.
	10:36pm geezerette: Hi guys. It's a miracle Dylan is still here!
	♥ 10:37pm coelacanth: yeah... the thing about Leonard Cohen, for me, is by his third or forth album he was getting pretty cheezy in the music/arrangement dept. -i really can't listen to much of that, even though i know there are lyrical treats to behold.
	♥ 10:41pm Michael 98145: my much-better half insist i read the Cohen interview in the New Yorker.
	10:42pm Van in DC: yay KaTe
	10:42pm Van in DC: (cooking dinner...)
	♥ 10:46pm coelacanth: i def want to read that interview Michael. i have immense respect for him, despite my reservations about his music! (after his first few albums, which i cherish)
	♥ 10:46pm common: thank you!
	♥ 10:47pm Michael 98145: XTC !
	10:49pm mark r: XTC are still one of my favorite bands.
	♥ 10:50pm Michael 98145: Great show, DJ Irene. Thank you.
	♥ 10:50pm coelacanth: okay, i was already having flashbacks with xtc....
	♥ 10:51pm coelacanth: (hmm - excellent inadvertent pun in there)
	10:51pm Joe stalvey: Totally imposs to not love this song.
	♥ 10:52pm Michael 98145: heh
	10:58pm Linda Lee: my god ~ i loved the cleaners from venus back then.
	♥ 10:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: SGS always makes me reflect...I don't remember ever buying a 45 new!
	♥ 11:01pm Michael 98145: SGS always inspires me to "revisit" my boxes of singles
	11:02pm Linda Lee: first record i ever called my own was a 45. i wanna hold your hand. played it incessantly on a tiny portable plastic record player. age 4. thank you so much for sharing the vinyl goodness Irene!
	11:02pm Linda Lee: yes, it was new. ;-)
	11:03pm KP: Hey!
	11:03pm Van in DC: :)
	♥ 11:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Majestic KP.
	♥ 11:05pm Irene Trudel: Beautiful rendition, KP!
	11:08pm KP: Thanks! Oh yeah, that's a single.
	11:08pm Marie: Great show Irene. Thanks!
	11:09pm mark r: Oh my goodness, Translator--I met those fellows when they played in East Lansing when I was in college. They were from S.F. and didn't know anybody so I brought them to a party, I think they had a pretty good time.
	♥ 11:10pm Michael 98145: i think my first single was "To Know Him Is to Love Him" ... show's how old i am.
	11:10pm Linda Lee: that's a pretty one.
	11:11pm mark r: The Indians are winning 3-0 in the 8th inning.
	11:11pm Van in DC: CLE 3-0
	11:12pm herb.nyc: I read JDoe bk; super!
	11:12pm Van in DC: 2 outs
	11:12pm Van in DC: uh, for CHI
	11:13pm Van in DC: Archives will surely save me tomorrow :)
	11:14pm Linda Lee: oh Irene! touched by John Doe! be still my heart. Lol
	♥ 11:14pm coelacanth: mine was "yesterday" b/w "act naturally". 10¢ at my friend's garage sale. i was so disappointed! i was in love with "meet the beatles" and yesterday was too slow & act naturally was too absolutely ridiculous.
	11:14pm Van in DC: YES!!!
	11:15pm Linda Lee: how old was the record, coelacanth?
	11:18pm Van in DC: Peter!!!!
	11:18pm Van in DC: AND KATE!!!
	11:18pm P-90: wow, great Kate live track
	♥ 11:19pm coelacanth: Linda, i guess a couple of years. definitely an original pressing. - 'ruined it playing it at 78 & 16 & 33 rpm; and backward, & propelled by fingers! i was determined to get my money's worth of entertainment out of it!
	♥ 11:21pm coelacanth: (it looked like this: d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net... )
	♥ 11:21pm Michael 98145: i confess to being a Lovehound
	11:21pm P-90: Gabriel with Kate Bush on backing vocal on the chorus, amirite?
	11:22pm Van in DC: yep
	♥ 11:22pm coelacanth: i fell in Love the day my friend brought "hounds of love" over.
	♥ 11:23pm common: fuckin bowie!
	11:23pm Van in DC: ......so, I tried a donation with PayPal Irene and got an Internal Server error. Are you seeing anything on your end?
	♥ 11:24pm coelacanth: -what common said.
	11:25pm Linda Lee: yes! my beatles single looked like that too. loved watching the spiral turn. glad you had fun with yours. that's what they're for! :-)
	11:25pm Van in DC: 1985 I discovered KaTe. 9 years after her Tour of Life. I waited for the next tour. And waited. And waited. And waited. Oooooh, about THIRTY ONE YEARS. I was lucky SO LUCKY to get one single ticket for one of her residency shows in 2014 in London. OMG it was like a religious experience to see her live. Finally!!
	11:25pm Van in DC: Sandy?
	11:26pm Linda Lee: no, it's someone else.
	11:27pm Linda Lee: they had only this hit song, iirc.
	11:27pm Van in DC: I mean 6 years after her original tour. Not 9.
	♥ 11:28pm coelacanth: Chris M through some people off when he put white bird on after an intense (probably metal-ish) batch of songs, once.
	11:28pm Van in DC: Best $3500 I've ever spent for a single concert. KaTe. I would have paid triple that.
	11:29pm Van in DC: (that was for the ticket, airplane, hotel, week in London...)
	11:30pm Linda Lee: when this song came out, you it was possible to lose a phone number.
	11:31pm Linda Lee: shit. :-D
	11:31pm KP: A bit of a coincidence Irene. A little byrdy told me "White Bird" was the first song King Penguin performed publicly. That's when they earned their wings!
	11:32pm Van in DC: But who are they? To me, the woman sounded amazingly like one Sandy Denny... or was that just me?
	11:33pm Linda Lee: who was It's A Beautiful Day? i don't know!
	11:33pm Linda Lee: yes she did.
	11:34pm Van in DC: Love Haydn. Big fan of classical music here :)
	11:34pm mark r: The woman who sang "White Bird" with It's a Beautiful Day was named Pattie Santos.
	11:34pm Linda Lee: her name was Pattie Santos. en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 11:35pm coelacanth: Linda @11:25, i sure did. we had weird old children's records, one which was Danny Kaye, which i hated. i soon learned that if i place the beatles 45 strategically on top of the Danny Kaye record i could make Mr. Kaye repeat certain lines indefinitely. (ie: "if ants were called elephants & elephants ants, i'd be able to squash...and squash...and squash..."
	11:36pm Linda Lee: you're someone after my own heart for sure. i'm all for the vinyl experiments & doing things you're not supposed to :-D
	11:36pm Van in DC: The extended James & the Cold Gun is AMAZING. I had that EP once.
	11:36pm Van in DC: Thanks mark r
	11:37pm Van in DC: and Linda
	♥ 11:37pm coelacanth: i leaned of "it's a beautiful day" via this excellent comp: thumbs1.picclick.com...
	11:38pm mark r: Sorry Cubs fans--it's now 6-0. But I have a feeling this is going to be a 7-game series, so don't give up hope yet.
	11:39pm mark r: I think I remember that comp, Coel--a very eclectic gathering, indeed.
	♥ 11:39pm coelacanth: i don't care what George song. i know i Love it.
	♥ 11:40pm Ken From Hyde Park: White Bird escaped the clutches of Joe McGasko and his Elektra round-up of the last couple weeks.
	11:40pm Van in DC: So I just verified my login with PayPal. Plenty of $$$. Did anything come through the pledge?
	11:41pm mark r: "Isn't It A Pity" is one of the best songs he ever did, though.
	♥ 11:41pm coelacanth: mark, it sure was. my older brother had it. i grew to like the entire thing.
	11:42pm Van in DC: on a related note, White Eagle was one of the greatest Tangerine Dream albums ever. Along with "Exit".
	11:43pm P-90: Always thought of this as George's "Hey Jude" , it just builds and builds into this crescendo of extended choruses. Or the album track does, this may be a "single edit" for 45. Oh yeah, and Slowhand...
	♥ 11:43pm coelacanth: haha! that^ was regarding the compilation! but it could almost apply to "isn't it a pity" too!
	♥ 11:44pm Michael 98145: thank you again, DJ Irene
	11:44pm Van in DC: I wonder if any FMU DJ other than a certain someone has a single from either Toyah or Nina Hagen? :D
	11:45pm Van in DC: ooooh, how about David Sylvian or Japan? Even better, Kitaro. Wow. Those just do not exist.
	♥ 11:46pm coelacanth: i don't think Clapton's on this track, RR.
	11:46pm mark r: Let's not forget Mr. Spector's contribution. I guess I never realized this was a single. Kind of a weird choice for a single, yeah?
	11:46pm Van in DC: Was there ever even a Pink Floyd 45?
	♥ 11:47pm coelacanth: (i only hear one electric git, and that's definitely George)
	11:47pm mark r: This is still such a lovely song...
	11:47pm mark r: Why do so many people seem to hate Dino Valenti, I've always wondered.
	11:48pm Van in DC: classic, always loved this
	11:48pm Van in DC: what year was this Irene? 1969? 1972?
	♥ 11:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @Van: Floyd was known for their early singles in the Syd era - 'Arnold Layne', 'See Emily Play'...
	♥ 11:49pm coelacanth: i should listen to this several times/week.
	11:49pm mark r: I thought the Airplane did a nice version of this, too--Signe Anderson had a magnificent voice.
	11:49pm Van in DC: oh wow, i had no idea, thanks RRN63
	11:50pm mark r: wikipedia says 1969, Van...
	11:51pm Linda Lee: what Nirvana song starts off with a reference to this song? anyone?
	11:51pm Van in DC: Oooh, nailed it :) Thanks
	♥ 11:51pm coelacanth: 'floyd had singles all along. 2-3 from wish you were here; 1 from meddle; at least 2 from dark side; 1 from animals...and then several from that abomination, the wall.
	11:52pm Van in DC: PENTANGLE!!!!
	11:52pm mark r: "Territorial Pissings," Linda.
	11:52pm Van in DC: Honestly never knew the Floyd had a single at all. Had all the albums though :)
	11:52pm Linda Lee: thank you Mark!
	11:53pm Linda Lee: .. wonderful Pentangle ..
	11:54pm mark r: Irene, I don't get to hear your show as much as I used to when you were on in the afternoons, but I'm on the West Coast tonight, and you still do one of my all-time favorite shows, you just have lovely, lovely taste in music. And then you whip out the ELP, you devil, you!
	11:54pm Van in DC: ... Bert.... missed. Didn't he pass about a year ago?
	11:55pm mark r: I think it was even more recently than that, Van--maybe within the last 6 months?
	11:55pm mark r: Oh god what the hell do I know--I just looked it up, it was 2011!
	11:55pm Tommy Jack Haynes: This song "Get Together" really represents the ideals of the hippy moment more than any other I can think of . I really thought we we're headed toward a brighter future back then. But now we are more divided than ever and people believe the most fantastic nonsense
	11:56pm Van in DC: Oh wow. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Wiki says this: 5 October 2011 (aged 67)
	11:56pm Tommy Jack Haynes: Anyway..great show Irene
	♥ 11:56pm coelacanth: well pink floyd probably wanted the songs to be heard in the context of the albums; but the companies are always gonna try to capitalise on it.
	11:56pm Linda Lee: i remember the song was everywhere, Tommy. it made sense.
	11:57pm P-90: Thank you for a another lovely evening, Irene! Have a singularly nice Halloweek...
	11:57pm mark r: There were a lot of weird John Birchers back then, too, Tommy. It just seems like there are more of them now because instead of standing on a street corner handing out leaflets, they're on the internet. They're still a crackpot minority. There are more cool people around now than ever, rest assured.
	11:57pm Linda Lee: prince. of course.
	11:57pm Van in DC: So many thanks Irene!! Awesome show as always. Please let me know tomorrow if my Paypal attempts failed, I will make up for it. No idea what might be going on there!! I blame it on Kenzo. lol. Oh man, this is AWESOME to close!!!! The PURPLE ONE!!!
	11:58pm Linda Lee: still blows my mind that he left us that way.
	11:58pm tmoyo: Just tuned in 30 minutes ago... what an awesome set.. I have to go back to the archive!!
	♥ 11:58pm coelacanth: huh, and i just listened to elp "trilogy" earlier, for the first time in maybe a decade?
	11:58pm mark r: The best ending to a show ever!
	♥ 11:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Gosh, really building up to a fine last set. Thanks for the tunes and enjoy the week, Irene.
	♥ 11:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: SGS - what fun.
	11:59pm Van in DC: Fun fact: KaTe and the Purple One have a song together.
	♥ 11:59pm Irene Trudel: Hey everybody! This went so fast. Thanks for joining me during Singles Going Steady Week. I've not been commenting a lot but appreciate you all. Catch you next week!
	12:00am mark r: They do? What was that, Van?
	12:00am Van in DC: Another fun fact: Prince asked Stevie Nicks to record a song together, she didn't have the time, and the result was THIS SONG. She was amazed and so grateful.
	12:00am Linda Lee: why should I love you. ~
	♥ 12:01am coelacanth: Thanks - Great show Irene! tchau camaradas
	12:01am Van in DC: Why Should I love you, yes
	12:01am Nic LeBard: Much like Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Prince is still dead ...
	12:01am Linda Lee: available through the magic of YouTube
	12:02am Van in DC: Many thanks again Irene!!!!
	12:02am Tommy Jack Haynes: Mark....yea but weren't they on the fringe ..now about a third to half the nation is totally nuts . I attributed a lot of it to cable TV and the internet. The news networks were moe of less honest before ...oh well good night !
	♥ 4:52pm Sean in Bristol UK: I am fast running out of superlatives but again a show of epic proportions
	♥ 5:02pm Irene Trudel: Thanks Sean (and everybody)!
	10:16am Van in DC: Looping back for parts missed (like the first hour or so!)
	3:53pm Van in DC: One little mistake that Walter Cronkite made in that commentary was about man setting foot "on another planet" for the first time. Oops. ;)

Irene Trudel: Playlist from October 25, 2016

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