WFMU: Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from December 23, 2016

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:03pm Michael 98145: Santa, bring us Sheila B
	3:03pm Rob Kopp: Good afternoon / evening fellow listeners
	3:04pm Cooh John: We meet again, djsheilab and boom boomers!
	3:05pm Rob Kopp: and of course hello to you as well Sheila
	3:05pm hsss: snowman song :(
	♥ 3:05pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Sheila and all!
	3:05pm Ramblin' Ray: Greetings all
	♥ 3:06pm Michael 98145: ( i suspect most of us in the US of A never saw the original of "The Snowman" ... )
	3:06pm Cooh John: All I want for Christmas is sophisticated boom boom.
	3:06pm Cecile: do you have "Mary Don't You Wait" by the Swan Silvertones?
	♥ 3:07pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Sheila!
	3:07pm djsheilab: Afternoon friends n' listeners! The Snowman song was for all those listening in the UK + for anyone familiar with the film. It's such a heartbreaker.
	3:08pm Cecile: Sorry, Mary Don't You Weep! my brain is slow.
	♥ 3:11pm doctorjazz: Hi all!
	3:12pm JakeGould: Hey! Thanks to Governor Cuomo insisting the MTA get WiFi by the end of the year, I can write this comment while stuck in a subway train.
	♥ 3:12pm Michael 98145: * The song is based on a Ukrainian folk chant called "Shchedryk". *
	♥ 3:14pm Michael 98145: ( if i may be crass for a moment, this is SO much better than those crappy xmas channels :)
	3:17pm JakeGould: And the music helps too!
	♥ 3:18pm listener james from westwood: Agreed, Michael. This Honey & the Bees track is worth a thousand Burl Ives–burped "Holly Jolly Christmas"es.
	3:18pm JtotheK: Honey and the Bees, yeahhhhh!!!! Hi SheilaB, hi boom boomers. Seasonal Greeting to you all.
	3:20pm The Contessa: Hello Sheila! Hello everyone! Sorry we're late but glad we got here in time for Tracey!
	♥ 3:21pm Michael 98145: BB !!
	♥ 3:25pm Guido from Cologne: CT !!!
	3:28pm Cecile: He also produced Paul Revere and the Raiders
	3:28pm Adrian in London: Checking in late because I've been removing The Contessa's shoes for her, to save her the indignity of having to stoop... evening Sheila, evening all, from beautiful Girona, Catalonia
	3:30pm Cecile: Deadpool would be a great Christmas movie
	3:30pm The Contessa: May I just tell my Marvin Gaye story again, please? My friend met him in Kentucky Fried Chicken in Notting Hill in London and he gave her his phone number. She didn't ring him!!! Strange girl…
	♥ 3:32pm Michael 98145: ooh, we loved Girona !!
	3:33pm Parq: Aw gee, I missed "Gee". Gonna have to play my own copy of Soul Christmas tonight. Not that I wasn't going to anyway.
	♥ 3:34pm Adrian in London: @Michael 98145 How do you know Girona? Any tips, apart from eating all the food in all the restaurants?
	3:34pm karmester: so. you grew up in scarsdale?? ;-) you can convert to Judaism anytime Sheila. ;-)
	♥ 3:34pm listener james from westwood: This Sharon track is great! Beats the schmaltz out of that SNL guy's Hanukkah song.
	3:35pm northguineahills: Now, this is holiday album I can get behind!
	♥ 3:36pm Michael 98145: we visited Catalonia several years ago. i'm sure we don't remember specifics. yes, just eat and drink and enjoy. and try to visit Cadaqués. good for you!
	♥ 3:37pm Adrian in London: @Michael 98145 The Dali museum? Yes, we may well do that. Been here less than 24 hours and already met one pro cyclist.
	3:37pm JakeGould: @djsheilab: Awesome memory! The fact that WFMU has somehow attracted a whole bunch of people who have complex and oddball relationships to Judaism is great.
	♥ 3:38pm Michael 98145: yes, Dali haunts the area. See Port Lligat.
	3:39pm JakeGould: Also if you went to Hebrew school, wore a Yarmulke and was raised in the NYC suburbs you’re an honorary Jew in my book.
	♥ 3:40pm Michael 98145: beautiful : en.wikipedia.org...
	3:40pm djsheilab: Hurray! @JakeGould
	3:41pm hsss: listening in from Catalunya also ;)
	3:43pm JakeGould: Are there any modern Santa songs that maybe have some modern surveillance twist on them like, “Santa is a Spook for the NSA?”
	3:46pm JakeGould: Or how about “Santa is Sliding into My DMs.”
	3:46pm Cecile: you could write one Jake, and be set for life if it's good.
	♥ 3:46pm Michael 98145: @JakeG, plenty of cartoons : uwnthesis.files.wordpress.com...
	3:47pm Rob Kopp: Love Dali. Saw a big exhibition in Rotterdam in the early 70's. Another "modern" painter I like is Hundertwasser. When you're in Vienna to watch the famous Hundertwasser house, don't forget to go to the Hundertwasser museum nearby as well. Beautiful paintings. One of the things he created as well was a flag for Israel AND Palestina
	3:48pm Cecile: oh! Bret McKenzie (under the name Blazer Force) wrote one called Electronic Santa. www.youtube.com...
	♥ 3:50pm Adrian in London: Ah, Juniore?!?! Juniore are one of the best things you've introduced me to Sheila, I'm like a ten-year-old going doolally about Adam Ant when it come to them. Love the b-side of this, their Mariah cover, too.
	3:53pm djsheilab: @Adrian in London So glad to hear it! Their record came out on Burger over here, but nothing really happened. They are one of the best new bands me thinks.
	♥ 3:55pm Michael 98145: "All God's children need traveling shoes"
	♥ 3:56pm Michael 98145: woo !
	3:57pm JakeGould: Oh damn, this is one of the nastiest songs I have heard… Period…
	3:57pm Cecile: ohhhhhh kayyyyyy
	♥ 3:58pm Adrian in London: @Sheila Their album comes out next year, I was reading on their Twitter yesterday.
	♥ 3:59pm chris: woooo! sounds like a great gift!
	♥ 4:00pm Michael 98145: inspired!
	4:04pm JakeGould: You know what’s a Christmas movie people don’t talk about “3 Days of the Condor.” All of that crap happens during the holidays.
	♥ 4:05pm Adrian in London: YES!!! Fanny and Alexander is THE Christmas film. The vomiting witches!! The terrifying priest!! GOD, that priest is the most terrifying character in film!
	♥ 4:05pm Summer and Michael: We watch "Fanny and Alexander" on Christmas, too! Sending love to you, dear Sheila!
	4:07pm ilovenon: Topper. B
	4:07pm Parq: Well, F&A and Die Hard are great movies, but Christmas movies should be warm and sentimental. That's why my choice is Edward Scissorhands.
	4:08pm Cecile: here is the one calypso/soca song.
	♥ 4:08pm Adrian in London: Kieslowski's Dekalog is a fun Christmas outing too, probably because I first saw it at Christmas on BBC2 a million years ago. Also, The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant and David Niven is a lovely Christmas film. I think it's on Mubi at the moment, the UK one at least.
	♥ 4:08pm Guido from Cologne: Famous cover artwork, Kay Martin: img.discogs.com...
	4:09pm ilovenon: should say Topper 1937 B
	4:09pm Cecile: I watch Mark Morris's ballet "The Hard Nut" every Christmas. It's done in a 60s style with lots of gender bending and amazing Charles Burns sets. Full 90's Mark Morris narrates it. He looks like Kenny G.
	4:10pm Cecile: Topper is fantastic.
	4:10pm mark: oh no, doctor jazz ?
	♥ 4:10pm Mike Sin: I've always loved that Lord Nelson track!
	4:11pm Cecile: The Bishop's Wife is much better than the remake. The other actors are fine, but Whitney Houston is only good when she's mad.
	4:13pm Rob Kopp: Another one who's singing about Joey Ramone. Amy Rigby's single Dancing with Joey Ramone is high on my waitlist (have her album Little fugitive)
	4:13pm nachurall: Thank you Sheila b for being a beacon of light in what has been a turd
	4:14pm djsheilab: A friend also insisted I watch Topper, so Topper is it! Thanks all.
	♥ 4:16pm doctorjazz: Love this version of Dedicated to the One I Love
	4:17pm JakeGould: “Fanny and Alexander” is set in Uppsala, Sweden… And WFMU began it’s life at Upsala College in East Orange, NJ. Makes you think.
	4:18pm Joe G.: As rare as delicious fruitcake, our d.j. finds a way to spin really decent holiday tunes from an ordinarily pedestrian effort by most others on the radio dial. Thank you and happy holidays, Sheila, and to all listeners.
	♥ 4:20pm maestroso: Alphaville! Volume up!!
	4:21pm The Contessa: Thanks @Cecile, We'll watch the Mark Morris
	♥ 4:22pm listener james from westwood: Hells yes to Alphaville!
	4:22pm Cecile: I think you will not be disappointed.
	4:23pm Cecile: Waitresses = Tin Huey with a female vocalist and a lot less weird. But still good.
	4:24pm JakeGould: @Cecile: That is quite a WFMU listener comment right there!
	4:25pm steve: i think this is the only good Christmas song i've ever heard played at the supermarket
	4:25pm Peter in Seattle: God Yul und Fröhliche Weihnachten Sheila! Can't wait for that Badalamenti!
	♥ 4:26pm Lizardner Dave: Where is the think piece talking about how this song is bad because the female protagonist needs a guy to be happy? There's gotta be one somewhere.
	4:27pm Parq: Smiling just at the thought of my first Christmas in New York with a real tree, dollar-store ornaments, and a copy of "Ze Christmas".
	4:27pm Cecile: I think because Patty Donahue is singing it, it takes the ook out of it.
	4:27pm JakeGould: Pretty good interview with Chris Butler on how “Christmas Wrapping” basically broke up “The Waitresses.” But it’s also a really good history of how the band came together. Fave part? How he found Patty Donahue, “Undeterred, he walked into a bar one afternoon and stood on a chair to ask if anyone was up for doing something different. The voice that piped up belonged to Patty Donahue, a 22-year-old waitress working her way through college.” www.nme.com...
	4:28pm Cecile: Parq, that song was the soundtrack to my first Christmas as a married lady.
	4:29pm JakeGould: @LizardnerDave: That interview has this quote that kinda addresses what you are saying maybe, “I noticed there were two or three stereotypes of women in music: the hard-rock babe, the sensitive folkie and maybe the black diva. I thought, ‘Where’s the normal working woman? Where’s the female Bruce Springsteen? It seemed pretty natural to build an honest personality that reflected what was going on around me.”
	4:31pm Cecile: I thought this track was originally credited to the Crusaders?
	4:32pm djsheilab: @Cecile It's a different version.
	4:33pm Cecile: got it
	♥ 4:34pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello there, all you wonderful people!
	♥ 4:34pm Adrian in London: I listened to nigh on 37 – 37!! – James Brown Christmas songs today. I felt about 0.005% more Christmassy at the end of all that…
	4:34pm Cecile: I thought she did the vocals on the original?
	4:34pm Listener Robert: That last piece is one I really got to like under unusual circumstances when I had to listen to it a lot. We had a snowstorm on a Fri. (maybe Thurs.) in Nov., and left work at UMDNJ Newark at noon. when they told us to close. What was usually less than an hour drive to home in the Bronx turned into 6 hrs. during which I nearly ran out of gas twice. I think I had WLIR on because whoever was on your station then on Fri. afternoons I didn't like much. When I got home, I mired my car in a snow bank for the weekend. Anyway, they had this song in heavy rotation, don't remember how many times I heard it during that drive. I came to love it for its incongruousness, its cleverness, fitting to a march/disco beat a funny story told funnily with all sorts of little tricks in the lyrics to match the beat. I never knew its right name until I saw it on your playlist now, and the rapping-wrapping ("Christmas Wrapping") pun makes it even funnier. A grand achievement in music composition & prod'n.
	4:34pm JakeGould: @Ken: Oh… It’s you…
	4:36pm Derek: Megadeth, lol- just what I was thinking of!
	4:38pm JakeGould: Ringo Starr? Hubba! Hubba!
	4:39pm Linda Lee: back in 64 i wanted Ringo too! he was my fave. the most childlike, i guess. i was 4.
	♥ 4:39pm listener james from westwood: If "All Roads Lead to Girl Pop" doesn't go on the short list of 2017 Sophisticated Boom-Boom Marathon CD titles, well, I don't know what's happened to this planet.
	♥ 4:39pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jake. How'd the subway ride go? No hobo head butts today, I trust.
	♥ 4:40pm Adrian in London: @ Ken @Jake I liked Hobo Head Butts' first album…
	4:40pm Linda Lee: why isn't Christine singing 'i wanna hold his ring' ??it rhymes!
	4:41pm Linda Lee: 'his thing' would work too.
	♥ 4:41pm listener james from westwood: Just noticing the shout out to WLIR earlier and raising a glass. Loved WDRE/WLIR back in the day.
	4:41pm JtotheK: excellent single of the week!
	4:41pm Cecile: This song needs to be chopped and screwed.
	4:42pm fredr: Great stuff today, thanks Sheila! Merry Christmas!
	4:42pm Listener Robert: Sorry, it was actually usu. a 1:15 or 1:30 drive, Newark to Bronx, so it took only 4 times as long. But it was the 1st time I heard that tune...and the 2nd...& the 3rd....
	4:42pm Linda Lee: the Duke Spirit is everything, really.
	♥ 4:42pm Guido from Cologne: Awe! Duke Spirit!
	♥ 4:46pm Guido from Cologne: this is a charity download single if i get it right: thedukespirit.com
	4:47pm djsheilab: @Guido from Cologne Will mention that on air! Good cause.
	4:50pm JakeGould: @KenFromHydePark: No new incidents hobos head-butting me. But in the lovely spirit of the season, a mom and child accidentally ran into one nasty neighborhood bum who scream, “What where the fuck you are walking!?!?!?” then sees the kid and says loudly, “Oh… Be nice to your parents!” He was wearing a Santa cap so it was charming.
	4:50pm Joe McG: Hi, Sheila! Definitely hitting you up for Japanese Christmas songs for next year's mix. Have a happy holiday! :)
	4:52pm Linda Lee: your show is absolutely essential for the good life, SheilaB! please don't leave the country any time soon. we need you! :-)
	♥ 4:54pm Adrian in London: @Jake You got headbutted by a hobo?
	4:54pm djsheilab: Awww....what a lovely thing to say. Thanks @Linda Lee!
	4:55pm Linda Lee: my pleasure dear! :-)
	4:55pm djsheilab: @Joe McG I actually burned you a copy of the Japanese Xmas CD last year when you asked me, but forgot to give it to you. Oops!
	4:56pm jerry h.: Hi Ho-Ho-ho @djsheilab and fellow boom-boomers! Happy Holidays to one and all! T.G.I.F.F.! Finally Friday!
	4:57pm JakeGould: @AdrianinLondon: Yes I did. You know Ken Burns or something and want I should tell my story that way?
	♥ 4:57pm Michael 98145: LL is absolutely correct.
	4:57pm Linda Lee: Bille recorded 'Them There Eyes' a number of times. this version is sublime.
	4:57pm JtotheK: Beggin', nice one!
	4:57pm Joe McG: @sb: Never too late! I'll "beg" it from you soon!
	♥ 4:59pm Michael 98145: From the Interweb: ""Them There Eyes" is a jazz song written by Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber and William Tracey. It was published in 1930. One of the early recorded versions was performed by Louis Armstrong in 1931. It was made famous by Billie Holiday, who recorded her version in 1939 on Vocalion Records."
	4:59pm jerry h.: Missed Tanita Tikaram! and other Holiday grooves!
	5:00pm Linda Lee: Michael ~ that was the first version. her voice on that is young. this one is much later.
	5:00pm Bob: Yes. Agree.
	5:01pm JtotheK: I have yet to find the "beggin'" by Timebox 45, though.
	♥ 5:01pm Michael 98145: I never tire of listening to Billie Holiday.
	5:02pm Rob Kopp: Varetta Dillard's cover of Them there eyes is superb
	5:02pm Linda Lee: one artist we love all our lives. :-)
	♥ 5:03pm Michael 98145: amen
	♥ 5:04pm common: happy friday all!
	5:05pm jerry h.: @djsheilab Are Peggy Lee,Ella or Lou Rawls on your playlist this year?
	5:05pm Cecile: That Beggin almost did the Four Tops better than the Four Tops
	5:06pm djsheilab: Bill Adler's xmas mix article! www.nytimes.com...
	♥ 5:08pm Michael 98145: Ooh, the Sharon Jones song is on Adler's list ....
	5:08pm Derek: The source of the Set the World Afire / Megadeth comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfjLC5Wo-Us
	5:08pm JakeGould: Another Christmas song idea, "Santa Was Head Butted by a Hobo (While Walking Home with Pizza)"
	5:11pm Cecile: Jake, you gotta start writing those songs.
	5:12pm Linda Lee: @JakeGould ~ to the tune of 'Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer' ?
	♥ 5:13pm Adrian in London: Loving the Catalunya sounds right now… (The wine is so cheap compared with London. I mean EVERYTHING is cheap compared with London, but that's a given…)
	♥ 5:14pm Adrian in London: Think there's a record shop here called Moby Disk, which is quite promising…
	5:14pm Bob: Thanks for the NY Times link! I do a mix every three years or so, can never find enough goodies to do them annually. My favourite find this year - The Friendly Beasts by Burl Ives...definitely melancholy.
	5:15pm Listener Robert: Oh, "Soc Molt Poca Cosa"? I heard it as "Suit of Coca-Cola".
	5:16pm Linda Lee: everything about this Anchorsong side is lovely~ & the cover photo is just fantastic.
	♥ 5:16pm Michael 98145: @Adrian, we loved Spain and Portugal. great people, wine less expensive than water. what's not to love?
	5:17pm Dano59: Salome (I've always wanted to date a Salome) sounds a lot like Eartha!!
	5:17pm Linda Lee: i have a recurring fantasy about visiting Portugal in order to disappear.
	5:19pm Linda Lee: the US is so ugly right now. blecch.
	♥ 5:19pm Ken From Hyde Park: I visited Barcelona years ago and made a side trip to the Salvador Dali museum in Figueres. Highly enjoyable.
	5:22pm Rob Kopp: I think Led Zeppelin must have heard this song when they made Stairway to heaven.
	♥ 5:22pm Michael 98145: I could see living in Madrid for a while ...
	♥ 5:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: Make America Beautiful Again! That's my slogan for 2017.
	5:22pm Linda Lee: 'Song of Winter' guitar line is right from Clapton's 'Let It Rain', isn't it? luscious song ....
	5:23pm Dano59: Linda, I'm gonna stand and fight. Like the nice guy I am. ooh I love this one ...
	♥ 5:23pm Michael 98145: ( that Hardy track was beautiful )
	5:23pm jerry h.: By the by, has anyone heard Bill Haley and His Comets' version of "Jingle Bell Rock"? Definitive version.
	5:23pm Linda Lee: @Dano59 ~ no choice, is there.
	5:24pm Linda Lee: at least there isn't for most of us.
	♥ 5:26pm Michael 98145: you are exceeding expectations again, DJ Sheila :)
	♥ 5:27pm Guido from Cologne: i first thought this was Danish ... hahaha Säntä Kläüs ... hahaha
	5:27pm jerry h.: Great Show djsheilab!!
	♥ 5:27pm Adrian in London: I know any of you may have seen this but here's Björk, age 11, on Icelandic TV, reading a Christmas story www.openculture.com...
	♥ 5:27pm eyenoise: Best wishes to you this holiday season, DJ Shiela B! Sophisticated Boom Boom has been a total joy of 2016!
	5:28pm Linda Lee: this is exactly why i've been inspired in the past to propose. who couldn't love this woman ever after? :-D
	♥ 5:30pm Michael 98145: Turkey Claus : www.nytimes.com...
	♥ 5:30pm Ken From Hyde Park: News reports of Carrie Fisher suffering a heart attack this afternoon. Hope she pulls through and comes out of it OK.
	5:31pm Rob Kopp: @Sheila: Do you know the '65-song Nina-Kocka-Nina by American band The Dinks? They're making up some kind of language that sounds very Japanese. www.youtube.com...
	5:31pm Cecile: me, too!
	♥ 5:32pm Michael 98145: IMHO, the Verve remixes were fun
	5:32pm Dano59: I came in late, will go back and listen to the whole thing tomorrow night. After MY (second) Christmas show... ..
	♥ 5:33pm Guido from Cologne: when spacemen came travelling ...
	5:33pm Marc Francis: I love this song. I am driving home for Christmas tomorrow morning!
	5:34pm Bob: Josephine is a Balearic classic! You're not alone Sheila!!
	♥ 5:35pm Dominick: Better late than never
	♥ 5:35pm Adrian in London: "Driving… in my car" Ha ha! Marvellous
	5:35pm David Ho Ho Ho: Bing translator sez that means Soc Molt Poca Cosa You Are Very Little Thing Cheers
	5:35pm Linda Lee: love this slow hustle beat.
	♥ 5:36pm Adrian in London: And there's no 'freeway' to Middlesbrough, Chris…
	5:36pm Bob: That middle eight is really quite unsettling.
	5:36pm jerry h.: @Micheal98145 Merry mixmas?
	5:36pm Rob Kopp: Since about 15 years we have a Top 2000 in The Netherlands (starts on 1st Christmas Day and ends on the 31st of december) with the 2000 favorite songs of the Dutch! Not my choice. 2000 Chris Rea's
	5:37pm Linda Lee: wow. the top 2000! love it!
	5:37pm Rob Kopp: You will hate it
	5:37pm Linda Lee: really?? :-D
	5:37pm steve: omg top 2000
	5:38pm Dano59: and I'd be OK with 3 Days of the Condor as a holiday tradition... right after Mixed Nuts. for balance...
	5:38pm Rob Kopp: here's that list: www.nporadio2.nl...
	♥ 5:38pm Michael 98145: nice segue
	5:40pm Linda Lee: thank you for the list. hardly anything not from the US or UK! surprising. or not ..?
	5:41pm Linda Lee: very commercial!
	5:41pm JakeGould: ¿Coming esta Santa?
	5:41pm JakeGould: ¿Donde esta Santa?
	♥ 5:41pm Michael 98145: ( guess i had forgotten we were already involved with the Vietnam War in early 1960) ( cripes )
	♥ 5:42pm Guido from Cologne: fab!
	5:43pm Rob Kopp: indeed very commercial. But millions out of the 16 we have voted! I have to admit I voted as well. My no 1: Shangri-La by The Kinks.
	5:44pm Linda Lee: Rob, you were given a list to vote on?
	5:45pm Linda Lee: Kinks always fantastic.
	5:45pm Rob Kopp: Yes. You could choose 15 songs from that list and add 10 others yourself (I think)
	5:46pm nick26: Hey Sheila! Merry Christmas! Your show today has been a great mood lightener and Season's seasoning. You mentioned Spirited Away- my fave is Princess Mononoke- more textured story. Most of the rest are great, too. Have a good one.
	5:46pm Cecile: OH NO.
	5:46pm Rob Kopp: Lovely cover
	5:47pm Linda Lee: that's a lot of votes!
	5:47pm Linda Lee: .. for not a lot of choices.
	♥ 5:47pm listener james from westwood: Dig this Sebadoh cover!
	♥ 5:48pm Ken From Hyde Park: Quiz Time: Is Foreigner in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame or not?
	5:48pm Linda Lee: Ken, yes, they are.
	5:48pm Dano59: that's some kinda rhetorical Q, ainnit? Oh no say it ain't so Linda.
	5:49pm Linda Lee: just guessing.
	5:50pm Linda Lee: going against my intuition.
	5:50pm Dano59: it's all been downhill since Boston got in (kidding - no relevance there at all, so I try not to care)
	♥ 5:50pm Guido from Cologne: Marvelous!
	5:51pm jerry h.: Love The late Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings album cover. Very Retro Ray Conniff or Mitch Miller! Wasn't listening when it was being played.
	5:51pm Dano59: although recognition for some who never made much money is an occasional good thing the HoF does... rarely.
	5:52pm Cecile: they are not in the rock and roll hall of fame
	5:52pm Rob Kopp: Until next week. And in the meantime I will NOT be listening to that top 2000! I think none of the songs Sheila played are in it (maybe except Chris Rea)
	5:52pm Linda Lee: such a great tune by the young Donald Trump!
	5:52pm Linda Lee: good to see you Rob!
	5:53pm JakeGould: I want nuttin for Christmas as well.
	♥ 5:53pm Dominick: HA!
	♥ 5:53pm Michael 98145: @LL, haha :)
	♥ 5:55pm listener james from westwood: Surfin' into the Sabbath with Sheila!
	5:55pm JtotheK: Thanks Sheila, enjoyed the show!
	♥ 5:55pm Tome: love that record cover too !!!
	5:56pm JakeGould: Thanks Sheila!
	♥ 5:56pm chris: merry christmas and happy hanukkah, sheilab and all!
	5:56pm Rob Kopp: I thought Troy Hess was the young Donald Trump! (Please don't go topless, mother). The answer song by the Budget girls is also great (I like to go topless, sunny)
	5:57pm jerry h.: Thank You so very much djsheilab !! Hope your holidays are happy and peaceful!! Ditto everyone as well! Fantastic show!!
	♥ 5:57pm Michael 98145: thank you again, wonderful DJ Sheila
	5:57pm Linda Lee: Rob ~ he always was an opportunist ...
	5:58pm The Contessa: Thank you, Sheila. Have fun everyone!
	♥ 5:58pm Guido from Cologne: perfect last hour!
	5:58pm Linda Lee: Judy. oh my heart.
	♥ 5:59pm Adrian in London: Thanks! Merry Christmas to everyone, and Happy Hannukah to Sheila!! xx
	♥ 5:59pm listener james from westwood: Sheila, be well. You are one of the good ones.
	5:59pm Rob Kopp: Happy days everyone
	5:59pm Slick Goldtooth: Keep on rockin' in the nearly free world
	6:00pm Linda Lee: Happy Holidays Sheila!
	♥ 6:00pm Ken From Hyde Park: Yowzie...show's over already? Best Christmas ever, Sheila. You deserve great things. Merry Christmas, The Contessa & Adrian in London!
	6:00pm The Contessa: @Ken, have a good time
	6:00pm Linda Lee: Happy Holidays everyone!
	6:01pm djsheilab: Thanks everyone! Have a wonderful holiday! Sending you off with love Xoxoxo

Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from December 23, 2016

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Howard Blake / William Chen	Walking In the Air	Howard Blake: Lifecycle	ABC Classics	2003	For those who love the Snowman!		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Staple Singers	The Virgin Mary Had One Son	The Song Is Always There: Joe McGasko's Christmas Mix 2015	N/A	N/A	From 1962		0:05:05 (Pop-up)
Lois Lane	Winds of Heaven "Winds of Heaven" by "Lois Lane"		Mercury	1969			0:08:00 (Pop-up)
The Bird & The Bee	Carol of the Bells	Carol of the Bells	Blue Note	2007			0:10:38 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye	Purple Snowflakes "Purple Snowflakes" by "Marvin Gaye"	The Ultimate Motown Christmas Collection	Motown	2009	Unreleased at the time / better known as "Pretty Little Baby" from 1965		0:12:58 (Pop-up)
Honey & the Bees	Jing Jing A Ling		Chess	1969			0:15:22 (Pop-up)
Tracey Ullman	Move Over Darling "Move Over Darling" by "Tracey Ullman"	You Broke My Heart In 17 Places	Stiff	1983			0:17:45 (Pop-up)
Brigitte Bardot	La Madrague "La Madrague" by "Brigitte Bardot"		Philips	1963			0:20:22 (Pop-up)
Carla Thomas	Gee Whiz, It's Christmas	Soul Christmas	Rhino	2010	From 1963		0:22:56 (Pop-up)

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	8 Days (of Hannukah)	It's a Holiday Soul Party	Daptone	2015			0:33:02 (Pop-up)
Puffy	12-gatsu "12-gatsu" by "Puffy"	Spike	Epic Records	2000			0:35:57 (Pop-up)
Debbie & The Darnels	Santa, Teach Me To Dance		Vernon	1962			0:40:48 (Pop-up)
The Cookies	Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)		Dimension	1963			0:42:13 (Pop-up)
She & Him	Must Be Santa "Must Be Santa" by "She & Him"	Christmas Party	Columbia	2016		*	0:44:50 (Pop-up)
Juniore	De Saison "De Saison" by "Juniore"		Snowflake Christmas Singles Club	2015			0:47:46 (Pop-up)
Tanita Tikaram	Twist In My Sobriety	Ancient	Warner Music	1988			0:50:57 (Pop-up)
Kay Martin	I Know What You Want For Christmas (But I Don't Know How To Wrap It)	Sexcapades: Songs for Love, Lust and Depravity	Universal	2011	From 1962		0:55:31 (Pop-up)

Lord Nelson	A Party For Santa Claus	A Caribbean Christmas Party	Archive Of Contemporary Music	1992	From 1962		1:07:17 (Pop-up)
Electrocute	A Christmas Wish "A Christmas Wish" by "Electrocute"		Gummizelle	2016	The great pop queen Coco Morier!	*	1:09:30 (Pop-up)
The Ink Spots	I Don’t Want to Set the World On Fire	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Ink Spots	MCA	1999	From 1941		1:12:40 (Pop-up)
The Shirelles	Dedicated To the One I Love		Scepter	1958	My copy of this has been beaten to a pulp, so a clean CD version here for ya.		1:16:02 (Pop-up)
Alphaville	Big In Japan "Big In Japan" by "Alphaville"	Forever Young	WEA	1984			1:17:39 (Pop-up)
The Waitresses	Christmas Wrapping	Zetrospective	Island Records	1999	From 1981		1:21:38 (Pop-up)
Randy Crawford	Street Life "Street Life" by "Randy Crawford"	Jackie Brown Soundtrack	A Band Part	1997	From 1979		1:26:37 (Pop-up)
Midori Tashiro	Jingle Bells "Jingle Bells" by "Midori Tashiro"	Japanese Pop Christmas in Dreamy 60s	Teichiku	2000	From 1961		1:30:06 (Pop-up)

Christine Hunter	Santa Bring Me Ringo		Roulette	1964	co-written, produced, and arranged by Angelo Badalamenti!!! WHAT?!! / My Single of the Week!		1:38:43 (Pop-up)
The Duke Spirit	Melt By the Morning		Duke Spirit	2016		*	1:41:06 (Pop-up)
Sammy Davis Jr.	Bee Bum "Bee Bum" by "Sammy Davis Jr."	Saint Etienne Presents Songs For A Central Park Picnic	Cherry Red	2013			1:44:20 (Pop-up)
The Lollipops	Mister Santa "Mister Santa" by "The Lollipops"		Columbia	1959			1:46:30 (Pop-up)
Judy and Mary	Christmas "Christmas" by "Judy and Mary"	Orange Sunshine	Epic	1994			1:48:55 (Pop-up)
Billie Holiday	Them There Eyes "Them There Eyes" by "Billie Holiday"	Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits	Decca Jazz	1995	From 1949 (I think)		1:53:46 (Pop-up)
The 4 Seasons	Beggin' "Beggin'" by "The 4 Seasons"		Philips	1967	Can a song get any better?!!		1:56:09 (Pop-up)

Louis Armstrong & the Commanders	‘Zat You, Santa Claus? (The Heavy Remix)	Verve Remixed Christmas	Verve	2005	Original from 1953		2:07:10 (Pop-up)
Ernestine Eady	The Change "The Change" by "Ernestine Eady"		Scepter	1965			2:08:53 (Pop-up)
Salome	Soc Molt Poca Cosa "Soc Molt Poca Cosa" by "Salome"	Pop A La Catalana 3 - Jazz, Bossa, & Groovy Sounds From Catalunya (1963-1969)	Picap	2014	From 1968		2:11:00 (Pop-up)
Anchorsong	Butterflies "Butterflies" by "Anchorsong"	Ceremonial	Tru Thoughts Recordings	2016		*	2:13:24 (Pop-up)
Francoise Hardy	Song of Winter "Song of Winter" by "Francoise Hardy"	Midnight Blues: Paris/London 1968-72	Ace Records	2013	From 1969		2:18:56 (Pop-up)
The Orchids	Christmas Is The Time To Be With Your Baby		Columbia	1964			2:21:38 (Pop-up)
Linda Yamamoto	Santa Ga Machi Ni Yatte Kuru	Linda Yamamoto, Minoruphone Years	Tokuma	2003			2:24:34 (Pop-up)
Ron Winters	Snow Girl "Snow Girl" by "Ron Winters"	Smash Boom Bang! The Songs and Productions of Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer	Ace Records	2012	From 1963		2:26:44 (Pop-up)

Chris Rea	Driving Home For Christmas		Magnet	1986	The beigest record on earth!		2:33:45 (Pop-up)
Toni Wine	My Boyfriend’s Coming Home For Christmas		Colpix	1963			2:37:04 (Pop-up)
Toni Stante	Donde Esta Santa Claus? (Where Is Santa Claus?)		Parkway	1967			2:40:26 (Pop-up)
My Bubba	Champagne Drops "Champagne Drops" by "My Bubba"		Cash Only LLC	2016		*	2:42:18 (Pop-up)
Sebadoh	Cold As Ice "Cold As Ice" by "Sebadoh"	XFM Live Sessions	N/A	2000			2:45:31 (Pop-up)
Robin Ward	Winter's Here "Winter's Here" by "Robin Ward"		Dot	1963			2:48:01 (Pop-up)
Barry Gordon with Art Mooney & His Orchestra	Nuttin’ For Christmas		N/A	N/A	From 1955 / Too much!		2:50:34 (Pop-up)
Meshugga Beach party	Hava Nagila "Hava Nagila" by "Meshugga Beach party"	Hot Rod Hanukkah	Halakahiki	2011			2:52:49 (Pop-up)
Jessie Mae Hemphill	Lord, Help the Poor and Needy	Shake It Baby	Hightone	2003	Thanks Mike S.!		2:55:26 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:03pm Michael 98145: Santa, bring us Sheila B
	3:03pm Rob Kopp: Good afternoon / evening fellow listeners
	3:04pm Cooh John: We meet again, djsheilab and boom boomers!
	3:05pm Rob Kopp: and of course hello to you as well Sheila
	3:05pm hsss: snowman song :(
	♥ 3:05pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Sheila and all!
	3:05pm Ramblin' Ray: Greetings all
	♥ 3:06pm Michael 98145: ( i suspect most of us in the US of A never saw the original of "The Snowman" ... )
	3:06pm Cooh John: All I want for Christmas is sophisticated boom boom.
	3:06pm Cecile: do you have "Mary Don't You Wait" by the Swan Silvertones?
	♥ 3:07pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Sheila!
	3:07pm djsheilab: Afternoon friends n' listeners! The Snowman song was for all those listening in the UK + for anyone familiar with the film. It's such a heartbreaker.
	3:08pm Cecile: Sorry, Mary Don't You Weep! my brain is slow.
	♥ 3:11pm doctorjazz: Hi all!
	3:12pm JakeGould: Hey! Thanks to Governor Cuomo insisting the MTA get WiFi by the end of the year, I can write this comment while stuck in a subway train.
	♥ 3:12pm Michael 98145: * The song is based on a Ukrainian folk chant called "Shchedryk". *
	♥ 3:14pm Michael 98145: ( if i may be crass for a moment, this is SO much better than those crappy xmas channels :)
	3:17pm JakeGould: And the music helps too!
	♥ 3:18pm listener james from westwood: Agreed, Michael. This Honey & the Bees track is worth a thousand Burl Ives–burped "Holly Jolly Christmas"es.
	3:18pm JtotheK: Honey and the Bees, yeahhhhh!!!! Hi SheilaB, hi boom boomers. Seasonal Greeting to you all.
	3:20pm The Contessa: Hello Sheila! Hello everyone! Sorry we're late but glad we got here in time for Tracey!
	♥ 3:21pm Michael 98145: BB !!
	♥ 3:25pm Guido from Cologne: CT !!!
	3:28pm Cecile: He also produced Paul Revere and the Raiders
	3:28pm Adrian in London: Checking in late because I've been removing The Contessa's shoes for her, to save her the indignity of having to stoop... evening Sheila, evening all, from beautiful Girona, Catalonia
	3:30pm Cecile: Deadpool would be a great Christmas movie
	3:30pm The Contessa: May I just tell my Marvin Gaye story again, please? My friend met him in Kentucky Fried Chicken in Notting Hill in London and he gave her his phone number. She didn't ring him!!! Strange girl…
	♥ 3:32pm Michael 98145: ooh, we loved Girona !!
	3:33pm Parq: Aw gee, I missed "Gee". Gonna have to play my own copy of Soul Christmas tonight. Not that I wasn't going to anyway.
	♥ 3:34pm Adrian in London: @Michael 98145 How do you know Girona? Any tips, apart from eating all the food in all the restaurants?
	3:34pm karmester: so. you grew up in scarsdale?? ;-) you can convert to Judaism anytime Sheila. ;-)
	♥ 3:34pm listener james from westwood: This Sharon track is great! Beats the schmaltz out of that SNL guy's Hanukkah song.
	3:35pm northguineahills: Now, this is holiday album I can get behind!
	♥ 3:36pm Michael 98145: we visited Catalonia several years ago. i'm sure we don't remember specifics. yes, just eat and drink and enjoy. and try to visit Cadaqués. good for you!
	♥ 3:37pm Adrian in London: @Michael 98145 The Dali museum? Yes, we may well do that. Been here less than 24 hours and already met one pro cyclist.
	3:37pm JakeGould: @djsheilab: Awesome memory! The fact that WFMU has somehow attracted a whole bunch of people who have complex and oddball relationships to Judaism is great.
	♥ 3:38pm Michael 98145: yes, Dali haunts the area. See Port Lligat.
	3:39pm JakeGould: Also if you went to Hebrew school, wore a Yarmulke and was raised in the NYC suburbs you’re an honorary Jew in my book.
	♥ 3:40pm Michael 98145: beautiful : en.wikipedia.org...
	3:40pm djsheilab: Hurray! @JakeGould
	3:41pm hsss: listening in from Catalunya also ;)
	3:43pm JakeGould: Are there any modern Santa songs that maybe have some modern surveillance twist on them like, “Santa is a Spook for the NSA?”
	3:46pm JakeGould: Or how about “Santa is Sliding into My DMs.”
	3:46pm Cecile: you could write one Jake, and be set for life if it's good.
	♥ 3:46pm Michael 98145: @JakeG, plenty of cartoons : uwnthesis.files.wordpress.com...
	3:47pm Rob Kopp: Love Dali. Saw a big exhibition in Rotterdam in the early 70's. Another "modern" painter I like is Hundertwasser. When you're in Vienna to watch the famous Hundertwasser house, don't forget to go to the Hundertwasser museum nearby as well. Beautiful paintings. One of the things he created as well was a flag for Israel AND Palestina
	3:48pm Cecile: oh! Bret McKenzie (under the name Blazer Force) wrote one called Electronic Santa. www.youtube.com...
	♥ 3:50pm Adrian in London: Ah, Juniore?!?! Juniore are one of the best things you've introduced me to Sheila, I'm like a ten-year-old going doolally about Adam Ant when it come to them. Love the b-side of this, their Mariah cover, too.
	3:53pm djsheilab: @Adrian in London So glad to hear it! Their record came out on Burger over here, but nothing really happened. They are one of the best new bands me thinks.
	♥ 3:55pm Michael 98145: "All God's children need traveling shoes"
	♥ 3:56pm Michael 98145: woo !
	3:57pm JakeGould: Oh damn, this is one of the nastiest songs I have heard… Period…
	3:57pm Cecile: ohhhhhh kayyyyyy
	♥ 3:58pm Adrian in London: @Sheila Their album comes out next year, I was reading on their Twitter yesterday.
	♥ 3:59pm chris: woooo! sounds like a great gift!
	♥ 4:00pm Michael 98145: inspired!
	4:04pm JakeGould: You know what’s a Christmas movie people don’t talk about “3 Days of the Condor.” All of that crap happens during the holidays.
	♥ 4:05pm Adrian in London: YES!!! Fanny and Alexander is THE Christmas film. The vomiting witches!! The terrifying priest!! GOD, that priest is the most terrifying character in film!
	♥ 4:05pm Summer and Michael: We watch "Fanny and Alexander" on Christmas, too! Sending love to you, dear Sheila!
	4:07pm ilovenon: Topper. B
	4:07pm Parq: Well, F&A and Die Hard are great movies, but Christmas movies should be warm and sentimental. That's why my choice is Edward Scissorhands.
	4:08pm Cecile: here is the one calypso/soca song.
	♥ 4:08pm Adrian in London: Kieslowski's Dekalog is a fun Christmas outing too, probably because I first saw it at Christmas on BBC2 a million years ago. Also, The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant and David Niven is a lovely Christmas film. I think it's on Mubi at the moment, the UK one at least.
	♥ 4:08pm Guido from Cologne: Famous cover artwork, Kay Martin: img.discogs.com...
	4:09pm ilovenon: should say Topper 1937 B
	4:09pm Cecile: I watch Mark Morris's ballet "The Hard Nut" every Christmas. It's done in a 60s style with lots of gender bending and amazing Charles Burns sets. Full 90's Mark Morris narrates it. He looks like Kenny G.
	4:10pm Cecile: Topper is fantastic.
	4:10pm mark: oh no, doctor jazz ?
	♥ 4:10pm Mike Sin: I've always loved that Lord Nelson track!
	4:11pm Cecile: The Bishop's Wife is much better than the remake. The other actors are fine, but Whitney Houston is only good when she's mad.
	4:13pm Rob Kopp: Another one who's singing about Joey Ramone. Amy Rigby's single Dancing with Joey Ramone is high on my waitlist (have her album Little fugitive)
	4:13pm nachurall: Thank you Sheila b for being a beacon of light in what has been a turd
	4:14pm djsheilab: A friend also insisted I watch Topper, so Topper is it! Thanks all.
	♥ 4:16pm doctorjazz: Love this version of Dedicated to the One I Love
	4:17pm JakeGould: “Fanny and Alexander” is set in Uppsala, Sweden… And WFMU began it’s life at Upsala College in East Orange, NJ. Makes you think.
	4:18pm Joe G.: As rare as delicious fruitcake, our d.j. finds a way to spin really decent holiday tunes from an ordinarily pedestrian effort by most others on the radio dial. Thank you and happy holidays, Sheila, and to all listeners.
	♥ 4:20pm maestroso: Alphaville! Volume up!!
	4:21pm The Contessa: Thanks @Cecile, We'll watch the Mark Morris
	♥ 4:22pm listener james from westwood: Hells yes to Alphaville!
	4:22pm Cecile: I think you will not be disappointed.
	4:23pm Cecile: Waitresses = Tin Huey with a female vocalist and a lot less weird. But still good.
	4:24pm JakeGould: @Cecile: That is quite a WFMU listener comment right there!
	4:25pm steve: i think this is the only good Christmas song i've ever heard played at the supermarket
	4:25pm Peter in Seattle: God Yul und Fröhliche Weihnachten Sheila! Can't wait for that Badalamenti!
	♥ 4:26pm Lizardner Dave: Where is the think piece talking about how this song is bad because the female protagonist needs a guy to be happy? There's gotta be one somewhere.
	4:27pm Parq: Smiling just at the thought of my first Christmas in New York with a real tree, dollar-store ornaments, and a copy of "Ze Christmas".
	4:27pm Cecile: I think because Patty Donahue is singing it, it takes the ook out of it.
	4:27pm JakeGould: Pretty good interview with Chris Butler on how “Christmas Wrapping” basically broke up “The Waitresses.” But it’s also a really good history of how the band came together. Fave part? How he found Patty Donahue, “Undeterred, he walked into a bar one afternoon and stood on a chair to ask if anyone was up for doing something different. The voice that piped up belonged to Patty Donahue, a 22-year-old waitress working her way through college.” www.nme.com...
	4:28pm Cecile: Parq, that song was the soundtrack to my first Christmas as a married lady.
	4:29pm JakeGould: @LizardnerDave: That interview has this quote that kinda addresses what you are saying maybe, “I noticed there were two or three stereotypes of women in music: the hard-rock babe, the sensitive folkie and maybe the black diva. I thought, ‘Where’s the normal working woman? Where’s the female Bruce Springsteen? It seemed pretty natural to build an honest personality that reflected what was going on around me.”
	4:31pm Cecile: I thought this track was originally credited to the Crusaders?
	4:32pm djsheilab: @Cecile It's a different version.
	4:33pm Cecile: got it
	♥ 4:34pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello there, all you wonderful people!
	♥ 4:34pm Adrian in London: I listened to nigh on 37 – 37!! – James Brown Christmas songs today. I felt about 0.005% more Christmassy at the end of all that…
	4:34pm Cecile: I thought she did the vocals on the original?
	4:34pm Listener Robert: That last piece is one I really got to like under unusual circumstances when I had to listen to it a lot. We had a snowstorm on a Fri. (maybe Thurs.) in Nov., and left work at UMDNJ Newark at noon. when they told us to close. What was usually less than an hour drive to home in the Bronx turned into 6 hrs. during which I nearly ran out of gas twice. I think I had WLIR on because whoever was on your station then on Fri. afternoons I didn't like much. When I got home, I mired my car in a snow bank for the weekend. Anyway, they had this song in heavy rotation, don't remember how many times I heard it during that drive. I came to love it for its incongruousness, its cleverness, fitting to a march/disco beat a funny story told funnily with all sorts of little tricks in the lyrics to match the beat. I never knew its right name until I saw it on your playlist now, and the rapping-wrapping ("Christmas Wrapping") pun makes it even funnier. A grand achievement in music composition & prod'n.
	4:34pm JakeGould: @Ken: Oh… It’s you…
	4:36pm Derek: Megadeth, lol- just what I was thinking of!
	4:38pm JakeGould: Ringo Starr? Hubba! Hubba!
	4:39pm Linda Lee: back in 64 i wanted Ringo too! he was my fave. the most childlike, i guess. i was 4.
	♥ 4:39pm listener james from westwood: If "All Roads Lead to Girl Pop" doesn't go on the short list of 2017 Sophisticated Boom-Boom Marathon CD titles, well, I don't know what's happened to this planet.
	♥ 4:39pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jake. How'd the subway ride go? No hobo head butts today, I trust.
	♥ 4:40pm Adrian in London: @ Ken @Jake I liked Hobo Head Butts' first album…
	4:40pm Linda Lee: why isn't Christine singing 'i wanna hold his ring' ??it rhymes!
	4:41pm Linda Lee: 'his thing' would work too.
	♥ 4:41pm listener james from westwood: Just noticing the shout out to WLIR earlier and raising a glass. Loved WDRE/WLIR back in the day.
	4:41pm JtotheK: excellent single of the week!
	4:41pm Cecile: This song needs to be chopped and screwed.
	4:42pm fredr: Great stuff today, thanks Sheila! Merry Christmas!
	4:42pm Listener Robert: Sorry, it was actually usu. a 1:15 or 1:30 drive, Newark to Bronx, so it took only 4 times as long. But it was the 1st time I heard that tune...and the 2nd...& the 3rd....
	4:42pm Linda Lee: the Duke Spirit is everything, really.
	♥ 4:42pm Guido from Cologne: Awe! Duke Spirit!
	♥ 4:46pm Guido from Cologne: this is a charity download single if i get it right: thedukespirit.com
	4:47pm djsheilab: @Guido from Cologne Will mention that on air! Good cause.
	4:50pm JakeGould: @KenFromHydePark: No new incidents hobos head-butting me. But in the lovely spirit of the season, a mom and child accidentally ran into one nasty neighborhood bum who scream, “What where the fuck you are walking!?!?!?” then sees the kid and says loudly, “Oh… Be nice to your parents!” He was wearing a Santa cap so it was charming.
	4:50pm Joe McG: Hi, Sheila! Definitely hitting you up for Japanese Christmas songs for next year's mix. Have a happy holiday! :)
	4:52pm Linda Lee: your show is absolutely essential for the good life, SheilaB! please don't leave the country any time soon. we need you! :-)
	♥ 4:54pm Adrian in London: @Jake You got headbutted by a hobo?
	4:54pm djsheilab: Awww....what a lovely thing to say. Thanks @Linda Lee!
	4:55pm Linda Lee: my pleasure dear! :-)
	4:55pm djsheilab: @Joe McG I actually burned you a copy of the Japanese Xmas CD last year when you asked me, but forgot to give it to you. Oops!
	4:56pm jerry h.: Hi Ho-Ho-ho @djsheilab and fellow boom-boomers! Happy Holidays to one and all! T.G.I.F.F.! Finally Friday!
	4:57pm JakeGould: @AdrianinLondon: Yes I did. You know Ken Burns or something and want I should tell my story that way?
	♥ 4:57pm Michael 98145: LL is absolutely correct.
	4:57pm Linda Lee: Bille recorded 'Them There Eyes' a number of times. this version is sublime.
	4:57pm JtotheK: Beggin', nice one!
	4:57pm Joe McG: @sb: Never too late! I'll "beg" it from you soon!
	♥ 4:59pm Michael 98145: From the Interweb: ""Them There Eyes" is a jazz song written by Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber and William Tracey. It was published in 1930. One of the early recorded versions was performed by Louis Armstrong in 1931. It was made famous by Billie Holiday, who recorded her version in 1939 on Vocalion Records."
	4:59pm jerry h.: Missed Tanita Tikaram! and other Holiday grooves!
	5:00pm Linda Lee: Michael ~ that was the first version. her voice on that is young. this one is much later.
	5:00pm Bob: Yes. Agree.
	5:01pm JtotheK: I have yet to find the "beggin'" by Timebox 45, though.
	♥ 5:01pm Michael 98145: I never tire of listening to Billie Holiday.
	5:02pm Rob Kopp: Varetta Dillard's cover of Them there eyes is superb
	5:02pm Linda Lee: one artist we love all our lives. :-)
	♥ 5:03pm Michael 98145: amen
	♥ 5:04pm common: happy friday all!
	5:05pm jerry h.: @djsheilab Are Peggy Lee,Ella or Lou Rawls on your playlist this year?
	5:05pm Cecile: That Beggin almost did the Four Tops better than the Four Tops
	5:06pm djsheilab: Bill Adler's xmas mix article! www.nytimes.com...
	♥ 5:08pm Michael 98145: Ooh, the Sharon Jones song is on Adler's list ....
	5:08pm Derek: The source of the Set the World Afire / Megadeth comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfjLC5Wo-Us
	5:08pm JakeGould: Another Christmas song idea, "Santa Was Head Butted by a Hobo (While Walking Home with Pizza)"
	5:11pm Cecile: Jake, you gotta start writing those songs.
	5:12pm Linda Lee: @JakeGould ~ to the tune of 'Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer' ?
	♥ 5:13pm Adrian in London: Loving the Catalunya sounds right now… (The wine is so cheap compared with London. I mean EVERYTHING is cheap compared with London, but that's a given…)
	♥ 5:14pm Adrian in London: Think there's a record shop here called Moby Disk, which is quite promising…
	5:14pm Bob: Thanks for the NY Times link! I do a mix every three years or so, can never find enough goodies to do them annually. My favourite find this year - The Friendly Beasts by Burl Ives...definitely melancholy.
	5:15pm Listener Robert: Oh, "Soc Molt Poca Cosa"? I heard it as "Suit of Coca-Cola".
	5:16pm Linda Lee: everything about this Anchorsong side is lovely~ & the cover photo is just fantastic.
	♥ 5:16pm Michael 98145: @Adrian, we loved Spain and Portugal. great people, wine less expensive than water. what's not to love?
	5:17pm Dano59: Salome (I've always wanted to date a Salome) sounds a lot like Eartha!!
	5:17pm Linda Lee: i have a recurring fantasy about visiting Portugal in order to disappear.
	5:19pm Linda Lee: the US is so ugly right now. blecch.
	♥ 5:19pm Ken From Hyde Park: I visited Barcelona years ago and made a side trip to the Salvador Dali museum in Figueres. Highly enjoyable.
	5:22pm Rob Kopp: I think Led Zeppelin must have heard this song when they made Stairway to heaven.
	♥ 5:22pm Michael 98145: I could see living in Madrid for a while ...
	♥ 5:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: Make America Beautiful Again! That's my slogan for 2017.
	5:22pm Linda Lee: 'Song of Winter' guitar line is right from Clapton's 'Let It Rain', isn't it? luscious song ....
	5:23pm Dano59: Linda, I'm gonna stand and fight. Like the nice guy I am. ooh I love this one ...
	♥ 5:23pm Michael 98145: ( that Hardy track was beautiful )
	5:23pm jerry h.: By the by, has anyone heard Bill Haley and His Comets' version of "Jingle Bell Rock"? Definitive version.
	5:23pm Linda Lee: @Dano59 ~ no choice, is there.
	5:24pm Linda Lee: at least there isn't for most of us.
	♥ 5:26pm Michael 98145: you are exceeding expectations again, DJ Sheila :)
	♥ 5:27pm Guido from Cologne: i first thought this was Danish ... hahaha Säntä Kläüs ... hahaha
	5:27pm jerry h.: Great Show djsheilab!!
	♥ 5:27pm Adrian in London: I know any of you may have seen this but here's Björk, age 11, on Icelandic TV, reading a Christmas story www.openculture.com...
	♥ 5:27pm eyenoise: Best wishes to you this holiday season, DJ Shiela B! Sophisticated Boom Boom has been a total joy of 2016!
	5:28pm Linda Lee: this is exactly why i've been inspired in the past to propose. who couldn't love this woman ever after? :-D
	♥ 5:30pm Michael 98145: Turkey Claus : www.nytimes.com...
	♥ 5:30pm Ken From Hyde Park: News reports of Carrie Fisher suffering a heart attack this afternoon. Hope she pulls through and comes out of it OK.
	5:31pm Rob Kopp: @Sheila: Do you know the '65-song Nina-Kocka-Nina by American band The Dinks? They're making up some kind of language that sounds very Japanese. www.youtube.com...
	5:31pm Cecile: me, too!
	♥ 5:32pm Michael 98145: IMHO, the Verve remixes were fun
	5:32pm Dano59: I came in late, will go back and listen to the whole thing tomorrow night. After MY (second) Christmas show... ..
	♥ 5:33pm Guido from Cologne: when spacemen came travelling ...
	5:33pm Marc Francis: I love this song. I am driving home for Christmas tomorrow morning!
	5:34pm Bob: Josephine is a Balearic classic! You're not alone Sheila!!
	♥ 5:35pm Dominick: Better late than never
	♥ 5:35pm Adrian in London: "Driving… in my car" Ha ha! Marvellous
	5:35pm David Ho Ho Ho: Bing translator sez that means Soc Molt Poca Cosa You Are Very Little Thing Cheers
	5:35pm Linda Lee: love this slow hustle beat.
	♥ 5:36pm Adrian in London: And there's no 'freeway' to Middlesbrough, Chris…
	5:36pm Bob: That middle eight is really quite unsettling.
	5:36pm jerry h.: @Micheal98145 Merry mixmas?
	5:36pm Rob Kopp: Since about 15 years we have a Top 2000 in The Netherlands (starts on 1st Christmas Day and ends on the 31st of december) with the 2000 favorite songs of the Dutch! Not my choice. 2000 Chris Rea's
	5:37pm Linda Lee: wow. the top 2000! love it!
	5:37pm Rob Kopp: You will hate it
	5:37pm Linda Lee: really?? :-D
	5:37pm steve: omg top 2000
	5:38pm Dano59: and I'd be OK with 3 Days of the Condor as a holiday tradition... right after Mixed Nuts. for balance...
	5:38pm Rob Kopp: here's that list: www.nporadio2.nl...
	♥ 5:38pm Michael 98145: nice segue
	5:40pm Linda Lee: thank you for the list. hardly anything not from the US or UK! surprising. or not ..?
	5:41pm Linda Lee: very commercial!
	5:41pm JakeGould: ¿Coming esta Santa?
	5:41pm JakeGould: ¿Donde esta Santa?
	♥ 5:41pm Michael 98145: ( guess i had forgotten we were already involved with the Vietnam War in early 1960) ( cripes )
	♥ 5:42pm Guido from Cologne: fab!
	5:43pm Rob Kopp: indeed very commercial. But millions out of the 16 we have voted! I have to admit I voted as well. My no 1: Shangri-La by The Kinks.
	5:44pm Linda Lee: Rob, you were given a list to vote on?
	5:45pm Linda Lee: Kinks always fantastic.
	5:45pm Rob Kopp: Yes. You could choose 15 songs from that list and add 10 others yourself (I think)
	5:46pm nick26: Hey Sheila! Merry Christmas! Your show today has been a great mood lightener and Season's seasoning. You mentioned Spirited Away- my fave is Princess Mononoke- more textured story. Most of the rest are great, too. Have a good one.
	5:46pm Cecile: OH NO.
	5:46pm Rob Kopp: Lovely cover
	5:47pm Linda Lee: that's a lot of votes!
	5:47pm Linda Lee: .. for not a lot of choices.
	♥ 5:47pm listener james from westwood: Dig this Sebadoh cover!
	♥ 5:48pm Ken From Hyde Park: Quiz Time: Is Foreigner in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame or not?
	5:48pm Linda Lee: Ken, yes, they are.
	5:48pm Dano59: that's some kinda rhetorical Q, ainnit? Oh no say it ain't so Linda.
	5:49pm Linda Lee: just guessing.
	5:50pm Linda Lee: going against my intuition.
	5:50pm Dano59: it's all been downhill since Boston got in (kidding - no relevance there at all, so I try not to care)
	♥ 5:50pm Guido from Cologne: Marvelous!
	5:51pm jerry h.: Love The late Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings album cover. Very Retro Ray Conniff or Mitch Miller! Wasn't listening when it was being played.
	5:51pm Dano59: although recognition for some who never made much money is an occasional good thing the HoF does... rarely.
	5:52pm Cecile: they are not in the rock and roll hall of fame
	5:52pm Rob Kopp: Until next week. And in the meantime I will NOT be listening to that top 2000! I think none of the songs Sheila played are in it (maybe except Chris Rea)
	5:52pm Linda Lee: such a great tune by the young Donald Trump!
	5:52pm Linda Lee: good to see you Rob!
	5:53pm JakeGould: I want nuttin for Christmas as well.
	♥ 5:53pm Dominick: HA!
	♥ 5:53pm Michael 98145: @LL, haha :)
	♥ 5:55pm listener james from westwood: Surfin' into the Sabbath with Sheila!
	5:55pm JtotheK: Thanks Sheila, enjoyed the show!
	♥ 5:55pm Tome: love that record cover too !!!
	5:56pm JakeGould: Thanks Sheila!
	♥ 5:56pm chris: merry christmas and happy hanukkah, sheilab and all!
	5:56pm Rob Kopp: I thought Troy Hess was the young Donald Trump! (Please don't go topless, mother). The answer song by the Budget girls is also great (I like to go topless, sunny)
	5:57pm jerry h.: Thank You so very much djsheilab !! Hope your holidays are happy and peaceful!! Ditto everyone as well! Fantastic show!!
	♥ 5:57pm Michael 98145: thank you again, wonderful DJ Sheila
	5:57pm Linda Lee: Rob ~ he always was an opportunist ...
	5:58pm The Contessa: Thank you, Sheila. Have fun everyone!
	♥ 5:58pm Guido from Cologne: perfect last hour!
	5:58pm Linda Lee: Judy. oh my heart.
	♥ 5:59pm Adrian in London: Thanks! Merry Christmas to everyone, and Happy Hannukah to Sheila!! xx
	♥ 5:59pm listener james from westwood: Sheila, be well. You are one of the good ones.
	5:59pm Rob Kopp: Happy days everyone
	5:59pm Slick Goldtooth: Keep on rockin' in the nearly free world
	6:00pm Linda Lee: Happy Holidays Sheila!
	♥ 6:00pm Ken From Hyde Park: Yowzie...show's over already? Best Christmas ever, Sheila. You deserve great things. Merry Christmas, The Contessa & Adrian in London!
	6:00pm The Contessa: @Ken, have a good time
	6:00pm Linda Lee: Happy Holidays everyone!
	6:01pm djsheilab: Thanks everyone! Have a wonderful holiday! Sending you off with love Xoxoxo

Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from December 23, 2016

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