WFMU: Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from December 30, 2016

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:03pm Michael 98145: 1-800-BoomBoom !
	♥ 3:03pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Sheila!
	♥ 3:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: Let's end 2016, Boom Boom style!
	3:05pm Rob Kopp: Hello everyone
	♥ 3:05pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Sheila and fellow boomers!
	3:05pm P-9O: Merry Umpteenth Day of Christmas, Sheila! Hope your holidays have been happy days!
	3:05pm jerry h.: Hi to all !
	3:05pm djsheilab: Hello you wonderful people! Last boom boom of 2016!
	3:06pm Rob Kopp: and next week the first one of 2017
	3:07pm JakeGould: Hey!
	3:07pm lpcoverlover: Hi Sheila! Rock us out of 2016. Harlem Shuffle? xo
	3:08pm JtotheK: Hi SheilaB, hi boom-boomers!
	3:08pm Cooh John: hello djsheilab and fellow sophisticates. I am with KFHP. One boom to get us out of 2016 and one boom to get in 2017.
	3:10pm P-9O: Emotions: GREAT track
	♥ 3:12pm Michael 98145: ( 心 )
	3:14pm Rob Kopp: Favorite singer of my boss
	3:14pm JakeGould: Oh man, I love talking horns!
	3:14pm Rob Kopp: and she's only 32!
	3:15pm djsheilab: That Etta James record is so sassy! Wish there were more "conversations with instruments" records.
	3:16pm JakeGould: That would be an interesting late night talk show, “Conversations with Instruments.”’
	3:18pm Mike tp: Listening happily to booming selections.
	♥ 3:21pm Ken From Hyde Park: I wonder if Geowulf had a site on Geocities?
	3:22pm Cooh John: @JakeGould: my gateway record for talking horns was "Tubby the Tuba".
	♥ 3:24pm listener james from westwood: Clever, clever with the Blossom....
	♥ 3:25pm amylea: I JUST heard this song for the first time last night!!
	♥ 3:26pm Michael 98145: i just heard this song for the first time right now
	3:27pm Matt in Hillsborough: and his associates
	♥ 3:28pm Michael 98145: ( "dacoits" )
	3:31pm P-90: you do sound like yourself, mostly
	3:32pm JakeGould: Pretty amazing how selfless he was in donating time and money to charity. www.npr.org...
	3:32pm Rob Kopp: Mickey & Sylvia: Dearest. Sylvia sings "Now tell 'em what I said Mickey" and Mickey Baker answers with his guitar and you just hear "I love you"
	3:32pm slowbear: These tweets are making me tear up. What a great guy
	3:34pm slowbear: Hell yeah this song rules
	3:35pm Cliff in Prague: Sheila, thank you for playing George Michael <3
	♥ 3:36pm Michael 98145: * this is the year of the guilty man *
	3:36pm slowbear: George Michael made ballads that don't suck
	3:37pm slowbear: This sounds like Who's gonna drive you home
	♥ 3:37pm listener james from westwood: Taking the show mobile in the car, but wanted to thank you for the wonderful music all this year! Happy New Year, Sheila and all!
	3:39pm djsheilab: @slowbear Agree about those ballads. Always so sincere + powerful.
	3:43pm slowbear: This sounds like American jpop
	3:43pm Joe R.: That chorus from Girls Aloud sounds like it was nicked from Abba (that's a compliment)
	3:45pm JakeGould: Digging deep into the 1980s with this Kim Wilde!
	♥ 3:45pm JtotheK: Kim Wilde -- excellent!
	♥ 3:47pm Guido from Cologne: is there a female performance in Vanilla Fudge-tempo somewhere? just asking ...
	3:48pm northguineahills: Thanks for the George Michael and Kim Wilde!
	3:49pm slowbear: Yeah this sounds like anime
	3:52pm djsheilab: @slowbear I am guilty of loving extreme pop.
	♥ 3:52pm dale: three thumbs up for this smiths!
	3:53pm JakeGould: This week feels very 1980s so these tracks make sense.
	♥ 3:53pm Michael 98145: ( Happy Birthday, Patti Smith, Bo Diddley & Tracey Ullman :)
	3:53pm djsheilab: Thanks for all the sweet comments folks! Glad to see I'm in the company of others who appreciate the excellence of George Michael + Kim Wilde.
	♥ 3:54pm Michael 98145: ooh, Janis!
	♥ 3:59pm Whosondephone: she's great holy s***.
	♥ 4:01pm ChrisB.: OMG! I love this! Megumi has my heart!
	4:01pm JakeGould: Janis Ian was on my mind since she came up in recent days to defend Steve Martin’s tweet regarding Carrie Fisher. Her reaction was top notch. Good person! And a dork who shares cut animal videos on social media as well.
	♥ 4:02pm patrick321: Hey Sheila B! I was listening in car but I had to park and sign in to say thx: Praying for Time what a beautiful song.
	4:03pm deep surface: i LOVE cut animal videos @jakegould
	4:06pm Brian in New Orleans: Great Janice Ian track....i never noticed before but she uses the term "dull surprise"....just like the band Cream did from around that time....
	♥ 4:08pm Guido from Cologne: Way better than the original!
	4:08pm JakeGould: @DeepSurface: Shaduppayouface!
	♥ 4:09pm ChrisB.: Cambodian Ska?
	♥ 4:09pm Michael 98145: oh, my. this is vietnam war era ...
	4:12pm JtotheK: Brenda - very nice!
	4:13pm jerry h.: I must share my thoughts with those who seem to be sympathetic to my beliefs. I subscribe to the NYTimes. I have for quite some time. I can no longer read or look at page1 or even the entire first section. Way too depressing. I do not have my head in the sand ,either. I recently saw a photo of a polar bear from the arctic circle who has now had to come to populated areas of Alaska and forage for food on the outskirts of town! His(or hers) source of food has also struggled or moved on as well. I will never forgat that photo taken maybe 50 to 100 ft. away but it was looking at the camera! At us! We can now look forward to an administration who deny the effects of global warming so things will get even worse. O woe is Me! and us!
	4:15pm jerry h.: Sorry to be a bummer.
	4:17pm djsheilab: @jerry h. No need to apologize. Many of us feel the same. It's very grim at the moment :(
	4:19pm djsheilab: I find joy in completely inane things like segueing from an extreme 80s J-pop record into the very classy Jane Weaver and discovering they're in the same key :)
	4:21pm ncjay: I'm convinced that segue was bred in a lab, @djsheilab. It was almost TOO perfect, and messed with my mind....
	4:22pm jerry h.: Thankfully, not all is depressing. We must find joy and pleasure wherever and whenever we can. Now more than ever. One of those joys is Sophisticated Boom Boom with the incomparable djsheilab! ! :^)
	4:23pm The Contessa: Hello Sheila! Sorry we're late. Hello everyone.
	4:26pm JakeGould: Winter is kinda depressing at this specific time of year, so there’s that too.
	♥ 4:26pm Michael 98145: i repeat: this year would have been SO much worse without WFMU
	♥ 4:27pm dale: i had to google that jane weaver - npr called it a "kraut-pop opera of sorts"
	4:28pm Adrian in London: Good evening Sheila, good evening all, Johnny Two-Desserts here. (Just been out for a VERY good meal)
	♥ 4:28pm dale: do you like ute lemper, sheliab?
	♥ 4:29pm Michael 98145: ( i see there is a hell circle for Virtuous Pagans :)
	4:34pm Kevin: Careful what you wish for Shelia B. Mike Pence is the scariest guy in the room.
	♥ 4:34pm Michael 98145: ( @dale, we were fortunate enough to see Ute at the Kennedy Center )
	♥ 4:35pm SSS: I agree. Look how close together his eyes are. Praetor eyes.
	4:36pm djsheilab: @Kevin UGH. I always forget that he's next in line if Trump spontaneously combusts.
	4:37pm JakeGould: Mike Pence is scary but competent which is scary. He’s normal politician scary. Donald Trump is an idiot who has validated base-level hate and prejudice. And that—to me—is a whole new level of crazy.
	♥ 4:37pm common: happy friday sheila and all!
	4:38pm JakeGould: @djsheilab: Funny you mentioned spontaneous combustion. Remember in the 1980s and 1970s when there were all of these reports of people just bursting into nothing all over the place? Why did that stop happening?
	♥ 4:38pm SSS: Hey, I'll say it. If they both stroked out I would consider it proof of the existence of God.
	♥ 4:40pm common: agreed, sss
	♥ 4:41pm Michael 98145: @ JakeG, and that was before everyone was vaping !
	4:42pm JakeGould: @Michael98145: And before hoverboards as well.
	♥ 4:42pm JtotheK: bettye lavette 'what condition my condition is in' is terrific - i've yet to actually find that 45. the sharon jones arrangement of 'what condition' is very similar - also a great 45!
	4:43pm jerry h.: Nothing against the New York Times. Sometimes I look at all this horrible stuff going on and think "thank you nyt for bringing this to most people's attention". So that would be a positive spin, right? Just hope the right people see it. Times has great Arts sections and I enjoy their tv listings as well!
	♥ 4:43pm JtotheK: and that Dee Dee was new to me, enjoyed it!
	4:46pm jerry h.: Will write only re: music now.
	4:47pm Adrian in London: NYT has Calvin and Hobbes so at least there's ONE good thing in each edition. But I wish it'd kept the overseas edition's name as the International Herald Tribune.
	♥ 4:47pm ChrisB.: Sheila B., is this really you?
	4:49pm djsheilab: @ChrisB That's a peculiar question! Yes, t'is me.
	4:50pm ashley morey: Happy new year! Thanks for all the groovy tunes. Luv, ash + justin
	4:50pm Ken: Hi Sheila and everybody! Enjoying the show from the middle of a deadly traffic jam in Pennsylvania. Music is helping.
	4:59pm jerry h.: Great Nancy Wilson song!
	5:06pm JakeGould: Jesus, Sheila… Today’s show is soooo 1980s… Not complaining!
	5:06pm Cliff in Prague: Foreigner, whoa
	5:06pm Adrian in London: My late grandmother, and I can't remember why, had a framed signed Engelbert Humperdinck photo that took pride of place in her kitchen. Big darts fan, Engelbert...
	♥ 5:06pm ChrisB.: @Shelia B: Haha! That was not clear. I implied you were Lue Renney, as she is as exuberant as yourself!
	5:07pm KP: Happy Boom Boom Year, Sheila and everyone!
	5:07pm djsheilab: @ChrisB You compared me to Lue Renney! That is a compliment of the highest order. Thank you!
	5:07pm JakeGould: FWIW, that sleeve design for “The Power of Love” is so beige/brown… Like you can buy candles and smudge sticks right near where that is sold.
	5:08pm Cliff in Prague: Let's hear some Journey and Supertramp after this
	5:08pm JakeGould: No “Supertramp” please… Now THAT would be too depressing.
	5:08pm djsheilab: @Cliff In Prague They're all on this box set! It's ridiculous!
	5:10pm Cliff in Prague: Sheila - AWESOME.
	5:12pm Rob Kopp: I prefer the powder box on Rhino with girl groups with your liner notes
	5:13pm djsheilab: @Rob Kopp :)
	5:14pm jiepar: psychedelic baby
	5:14pm jerry h.: were the Three Degrees On Sanford and Son?
	♥ 5:22pm Fud: That Three Degrees tune is one of my favorite of all time!
	♥ 5:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks to the WFMU app, I can gather my weekend provisions as I boom-boom up and down the aisles of Price Chomper all sophisticated-like!
	5:25pm dave c: have been in love with this shura record for a while great to hear it on the show Sheila
	5:25pm jiepar: never enough Olivia Newton John in my life
	5:26pm djsheilab: @Dave C. It's the perfect pop song for 2016.
	5:35pm Cecile: cool!
	♥ 5:35pm Michael 98145: .. we'll miss you next week
	♥ 5:35pm Ken From Hyde Park: I just had an idea for those virtual reality goggle thingies in the TV commercials - the virtual drunk app. But then I thought, "What's the point?"
	5:35pm Cecile: I will try to catch that. I miss Billy.
	5:36pm Cecile: he wrote it about his partner who had passed away.
	5:37pm djsheilab: @Cecile Oh....that breaks my heart.
	5:39pm Cecile: mine too.
	5:41pm Cecile: bet it changes the meaning a little for you?
	5:42pm djsheilab: @cecile completely.
	5:42pm Cecile: YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS this is my jam.
	5:44pm Cecile: the lyrics are tough here, too. Like an episode of Snapped ready to happen.
	5:45pm JtotheK: @Cecile -- seconded, this Wham is quite popular in the JtotheK household!
	5:47pm drewo: Thanks Sheila for the GM. The TOTP video of Wham! doing 'Young Guns' is a real treat. They are lip synching of course, but it's the dancing that makes it fab.
	5:47pm Cecile: I don't know Michael's catalog that well. But the songs I know I love. Except for "Wake Me Up". That's just a wee bit dopey for me.
	5:49pm Cecile: hahaha, great answer song.
	♥ 5:50pm Michael 98145: thank you for a wonderful year of music, DJ Sheila. you know we only wish you all the best.
	5:53pm Tommy Jack Haynes: Another great show....thanks!
	♥ 5:53pm Ken From Hyde Park: Have a wonderful, safe new year, Sheila. See you in a couple weeks.
	5:54pm JakeGould: Happy New Year, Shiela! Also, Happy New Year everyone else!
	♥ 5:54pm chris: echoing the thanks and all the good wishes, djsheilab!
	5:55pm Cliff in Prague: Thank you Sheila, and Happy New Year to everyone, may it be a heckuva a lot better than this one!!
	5:55pm east hollywood: Ive looked forward to your show every Friday. Thanks for bringing so much joy and sometimes a bit of gentle and delicious darkness. Love your sincere radio essay/rants on-air. You are one of my favorite radio personalities. Looking forward to hearing you in 2017
	5:55pm JtotheK: Great show, thanks sheilaB! Cheers everyone.
	♥ 5:56pm Michael 98145: you will reach the Newer Year before us, Cliff. tell us about the future :)
	5:56pm P-9O: My beyond-abundant gratitude for such a opulent year of Boom Boom, my Darling Sheila B! Happy New Year!
	5:57pm jerry h.: A Happy and Healthy New Year one and all! Thank you. Thanx for a great 2016 djsheilab! Always a joy!
	5:57pm JakeGould: And this song always reminds me of “Pennies from Heaven.” What a great, dark film that is.
	♥ 5:57pm Michael 98145: what JakeG said
	5:57pm P-9O: ...and Happy New Year, Boomsters world-wide!
	5:57pm Listener Robert: I don't think I ever heard this version with his explanation on it.
	5:58pm Adrian in London: Here's to a great 2017 Sheila, let's hope the boom booms are not of the nuclear kind...! Love to all, and thanks for a lovely show.
	5:58pm The Contessa: Thanks Sheila! See you next year. Happy new year @Ken From Hyde Park and everyone!
	5:59pm Cecile: everyone have a happy, safe new year!
	♥ 6:00pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good luck in 2017, London pals!
	♥ 6:00pm Michael 98145: Ciao, Bella
	6:01pm djsheilab: Thanks for listening everyone! Have a fantastic NYE + cheers! See you in the new year!
	7:54am rené ferri: it is a surprise to see Brazilian Silvinha on playlist!
	10:36am SeanG: that "I need a connection" song is great!
	4:09pm harold fridkis: i love your show,sheila b. it's entertaining!

Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from December 30, 2016

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December 30, 2016: The Fairest Of All Seasons

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Miynt	After the Gold Rush "After the Gold Rush" by "Miynt"	EP No.1	B3SCI Records	2016		*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Emotions	Blind Alley "Blind Alley" by "The Emotions"		Volt	1972	Thank you listener JtotheK!		0:05:57 (Pop-up)
The Andrew Sisters	Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann	The Ultimate Andrew Sisters	EMI Records	2003	From 1958		0:09:06 (Pop-up)
Etta James	The Pick-Up "The Pick-Up" by "Etta James"		Modern	1957			0:11:00 (Pop-up)
Silvinha	Minha Primeira Desilusao	A Explosao Da Jovem Guarda	EMI	1981	From 1967		0:13:06 (Pop-up)
Geowulf	Don't Talk About You "Don't Talk About You" by "Geowulf"		37 Adventures	2016		*	0:16:21 (Pop-up)
Dusty Springfield	Guess Who? "Guess Who?" by "Dusty Springfield"	Dusty	Philips	1964			0:19:47 (Pop-up)
Blossom Dearie	Dusty Springfield "Dusty Springfield" by "Blossom Dearie"	Whisper For You	Verve Music Group	1997	From 1970		0:22:11 (Pop-up)

George Michael	Praying For Time "Praying For Time" by "George Michael"	Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1	Sony Music	1990	For Talia + Raimi! RIP George!		0:32:40 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	You Baby "You Baby" by "The Ronettes"	Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica	Philles	1963			0:36:42 (Pop-up)
Girls Aloud	The Promise "The Promise" by "Girls Aloud"		Fascination	2007			0:39:16 (Pop-up)
Kim Wilde	Keep Me Hanging On "Keep Me Hanging On" by "Kim Wilde"	Another Step	MCA	1986			0:43:30 (Pop-up)
Strange Hellos	We Are Trouble "We Are Trouble" by "Strange Hellos"		Brilliance Records	2016		*	0:47:13 (Pop-up)
The Smiths	Half A Person "Half A Person" by "The Smiths"	Louder Than Bombs	Sire	1987			0:49:29 (Pop-up)
Janis Ian	At Seventeen "At Seventeen" by "Janis Ian"	Between the Lines	Sony	1975			0:53:39 (Pop-up)
Megumi Hara	Namida No Memory "Namida No Memory" by "Megumi Hara"		Trio	1981			0:57:35 (Pop-up)

Ros Sereysothea	Cry Loving Me "Cry Loving Me" by "Ros Sereysothea"	Cambodia Rocks Volume 1	Khmer Rocks	2003	From 1972		1:07:39 (Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway	Reconsider (Before You Break My Heart)		Soul	2014	Unreleased at the time / recorded in 1966		1:10:07 (Pop-up)
Seiko Matsuda	Aoi Sangoshou "Aoi Sangoshou" by "Seiko Matsuda"		CBS/ Sony	1980			1:13:44 (Pop-up)
Jane Weaver	I Need A Connection "I Need A Connection" by "Jane Weaver"		Finders Keepers	2015			1:18:16 (Pop-up)
Ela Orleans	Sunlit Hill "Sunlit Hill" by "Ela Orleans"	Circles of Upper and Lower Hell	Night School	2016		*	1:24:35 (Pop-up)

Bettye Lavette	Talking Old Soldiers	The Scene of the Crime	Anti	2007	My Single of the Week!		1:34:21 (Pop-up)
Dee Dee Warwick	It's Not Fair "It's Not Fair" by "Dee Dee Warwick"		Mercury	1969	written by the great Thom Bell + Kenny Gamble		1:38:08 (Pop-up)
Beyonce	XO "XO" by "Beyonce"	Beyoncé	Columbia	2013			1:41:17 (Pop-up)
Lue Renney	Your Wiggle and Your Giggle		Bethelehem	1964			1:43:54 (Pop-up)
Ike & Tina Turner	Finger Poppin’		Warner Bros.	1966			1:46:13 (Pop-up)
Melike Demirag	Hadi Canim Sende "Hadi Canim Sende" by "Melike Demirag"		Odeon Muzik Yapimcilik	2014	From 1975		1:49:58 (Pop-up)
Adrienne Posta	Backstreet Girl "Backstreet Girl" by "Adrienne Posta"		Decca	1965	Written by Jackie De Shannon + Sharon Sheeley		1:51:44 (Pop-up)
Oxford Drama	Coney Island "Coney Island" by "Oxford Drama"		ART2 Music	2016		*	1:54:31 (Pop-up)
Nancy Wilson	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails Pt. 1	Capitol	1996	From 1963		1:56:52 (Pop-up)

Foreigner	Waiting For A Girl Like You	The Power Of Love	Time Life	2003	From 1981. Thank you Alex!		2:04:28 (Pop-up)
Smashing Pumpkins	Daydream "Daydream" by "Smashing Pumpkins"	Gish	Caroline	1991			2:08:40 (Pop-up)
The Three Degrees	Collage "Collage" by "The Three Degrees"		Roulette	1970	Best psychedelic soul record of all time!!!!!		2:10:26 (Pop-up)
Judy Ongg	Namida No Dress "Namida No Dress" by "Judy Ongg"		Columbia	1970			2:13:20 (Pop-up)
The Chamanas	Pueblito "Pueblito" by "The Chamanas"	Once Once	Nacional	2016		*	2:16:08 (Pop-up)
Shura	What's It Gonna Be? "What's It Gonna Be?" by "Shura"	Nothing's Real	Polydor	2016	This is on many 'Best of 2016' lists.	*	2:19:33 (Pop-up)
Olivia Newton John	Love Song "Love Song" by "Olivia Newton John"		Polydor	1971	written by Lesley Duncan		2:22:44 (Pop-up)
Carla Thomas	I'm For You "I'm For You" by "Carla Thomas"		Atlantic	1965			2:26:29 (Pop-up)

George Michael	Jesus To A Child "Jesus To A Child" by "George Michael"	Older	Sony	1996			2:35:32 (Pop-up)
Wham	Everything She Wants "Everything She Wants" by "Wham"	Make It Big	Sony	1984			2:41:31 (Pop-up)
Andrea Carroll	She Gets Everything She Wants		United Artists	1966			2:47:22 (Pop-up)
The Yearning	When I Lost You "When I Lost You" by "The Yearning"	Evening Souvenirs	Elefant	2016		*	2:49:57 (Pop-up)
Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees	Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep	The Very Best of Rudy Vallée	Goldenlane	2009	From 1932		2:52:45 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:03pm Michael 98145: 1-800-BoomBoom !
	♥ 3:03pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Sheila!
	♥ 3:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: Let's end 2016, Boom Boom style!
	3:05pm Rob Kopp: Hello everyone
	♥ 3:05pm listener james from westwood: Afternoon, Sheila and fellow boomers!
	3:05pm P-9O: Merry Umpteenth Day of Christmas, Sheila! Hope your holidays have been happy days!
	3:05pm jerry h.: Hi to all !
	3:05pm djsheilab: Hello you wonderful people! Last boom boom of 2016!
	3:06pm Rob Kopp: and next week the first one of 2017
	3:07pm JakeGould: Hey!
	3:07pm lpcoverlover: Hi Sheila! Rock us out of 2016. Harlem Shuffle? xo
	3:08pm JtotheK: Hi SheilaB, hi boom-boomers!
	3:08pm Cooh John: hello djsheilab and fellow sophisticates. I am with KFHP. One boom to get us out of 2016 and one boom to get in 2017.
	3:10pm P-9O: Emotions: GREAT track
	♥ 3:12pm Michael 98145: ( 心 )
	3:14pm Rob Kopp: Favorite singer of my boss
	3:14pm JakeGould: Oh man, I love talking horns!
	3:14pm Rob Kopp: and she's only 32!
	3:15pm djsheilab: That Etta James record is so sassy! Wish there were more "conversations with instruments" records.
	3:16pm JakeGould: That would be an interesting late night talk show, “Conversations with Instruments.”’
	3:18pm Mike tp: Listening happily to booming selections.
	♥ 3:21pm Ken From Hyde Park: I wonder if Geowulf had a site on Geocities?
	3:22pm Cooh John: @JakeGould: my gateway record for talking horns was "Tubby the Tuba".
	♥ 3:24pm listener james from westwood: Clever, clever with the Blossom....
	♥ 3:25pm amylea: I JUST heard this song for the first time last night!!
	♥ 3:26pm Michael 98145: i just heard this song for the first time right now
	3:27pm Matt in Hillsborough: and his associates
	♥ 3:28pm Michael 98145: ( "dacoits" )
	3:31pm P-90: you do sound like yourself, mostly
	3:32pm JakeGould: Pretty amazing how selfless he was in donating time and money to charity. www.npr.org...
	3:32pm Rob Kopp: Mickey & Sylvia: Dearest. Sylvia sings "Now tell 'em what I said Mickey" and Mickey Baker answers with his guitar and you just hear "I love you"
	3:32pm slowbear: These tweets are making me tear up. What a great guy
	3:34pm slowbear: Hell yeah this song rules
	3:35pm Cliff in Prague: Sheila, thank you for playing George Michael <3
	♥ 3:36pm Michael 98145: * this is the year of the guilty man *
	3:36pm slowbear: George Michael made ballads that don't suck
	3:37pm slowbear: This sounds like Who's gonna drive you home
	♥ 3:37pm listener james from westwood: Taking the show mobile in the car, but wanted to thank you for the wonderful music all this year! Happy New Year, Sheila and all!
	3:39pm djsheilab: @slowbear Agree about those ballads. Always so sincere + powerful.
	3:43pm slowbear: This sounds like American jpop
	3:43pm Joe R.: That chorus from Girls Aloud sounds like it was nicked from Abba (that's a compliment)
	3:45pm JakeGould: Digging deep into the 1980s with this Kim Wilde!
	♥ 3:45pm JtotheK: Kim Wilde -- excellent!
	♥ 3:47pm Guido from Cologne: is there a female performance in Vanilla Fudge-tempo somewhere? just asking ...
	3:48pm northguineahills: Thanks for the George Michael and Kim Wilde!
	3:49pm slowbear: Yeah this sounds like anime
	3:52pm djsheilab: @slowbear I am guilty of loving extreme pop.
	♥ 3:52pm dale: three thumbs up for this smiths!
	3:53pm JakeGould: This week feels very 1980s so these tracks make sense.
	♥ 3:53pm Michael 98145: ( Happy Birthday, Patti Smith, Bo Diddley & Tracey Ullman :)
	3:53pm djsheilab: Thanks for all the sweet comments folks! Glad to see I'm in the company of others who appreciate the excellence of George Michael + Kim Wilde.
	♥ 3:54pm Michael 98145: ooh, Janis!
	♥ 3:59pm Whosondephone: she's great holy s***.
	♥ 4:01pm ChrisB.: OMG! I love this! Megumi has my heart!
	4:01pm JakeGould: Janis Ian was on my mind since she came up in recent days to defend Steve Martin’s tweet regarding Carrie Fisher. Her reaction was top notch. Good person! And a dork who shares cut animal videos on social media as well.
	♥ 4:02pm patrick321: Hey Sheila B! I was listening in car but I had to park and sign in to say thx: Praying for Time what a beautiful song.
	4:03pm deep surface: i LOVE cut animal videos @jakegould
	4:06pm Brian in New Orleans: Great Janice Ian track....i never noticed before but she uses the term "dull surprise"....just like the band Cream did from around that time....
	♥ 4:08pm Guido from Cologne: Way better than the original!
	4:08pm JakeGould: @DeepSurface: Shaduppayouface!
	♥ 4:09pm ChrisB.: Cambodian Ska?
	♥ 4:09pm Michael 98145: oh, my. this is vietnam war era ...
	4:12pm JtotheK: Brenda - very nice!
	4:13pm jerry h.: I must share my thoughts with those who seem to be sympathetic to my beliefs. I subscribe to the NYTimes. I have for quite some time. I can no longer read or look at page1 or even the entire first section. Way too depressing. I do not have my head in the sand ,either. I recently saw a photo of a polar bear from the arctic circle who has now had to come to populated areas of Alaska and forage for food on the outskirts of town! His(or hers) source of food has also struggled or moved on as well. I will never forgat that photo taken maybe 50 to 100 ft. away but it was looking at the camera! At us! We can now look forward to an administration who deny the effects of global warming so things will get even worse. O woe is Me! and us!
	4:15pm jerry h.: Sorry to be a bummer.
	4:17pm djsheilab: @jerry h. No need to apologize. Many of us feel the same. It's very grim at the moment :(
	4:19pm djsheilab: I find joy in completely inane things like segueing from an extreme 80s J-pop record into the very classy Jane Weaver and discovering they're in the same key :)
	4:21pm ncjay: I'm convinced that segue was bred in a lab, @djsheilab. It was almost TOO perfect, and messed with my mind....
	4:22pm jerry h.: Thankfully, not all is depressing. We must find joy and pleasure wherever and whenever we can. Now more than ever. One of those joys is Sophisticated Boom Boom with the incomparable djsheilab! ! :^)
	4:23pm The Contessa: Hello Sheila! Sorry we're late. Hello everyone.
	4:26pm JakeGould: Winter is kinda depressing at this specific time of year, so there’s that too.
	♥ 4:26pm Michael 98145: i repeat: this year would have been SO much worse without WFMU
	♥ 4:27pm dale: i had to google that jane weaver - npr called it a "kraut-pop opera of sorts"
	4:28pm Adrian in London: Good evening Sheila, good evening all, Johnny Two-Desserts here. (Just been out for a VERY good meal)
	♥ 4:28pm dale: do you like ute lemper, sheliab?
	♥ 4:29pm Michael 98145: ( i see there is a hell circle for Virtuous Pagans :)
	4:34pm Kevin: Careful what you wish for Shelia B. Mike Pence is the scariest guy in the room.
	♥ 4:34pm Michael 98145: ( @dale, we were fortunate enough to see Ute at the Kennedy Center )
	♥ 4:35pm SSS: I agree. Look how close together his eyes are. Praetor eyes.
	4:36pm djsheilab: @Kevin UGH. I always forget that he's next in line if Trump spontaneously combusts.
	4:37pm JakeGould: Mike Pence is scary but competent which is scary. He’s normal politician scary. Donald Trump is an idiot who has validated base-level hate and prejudice. And that—to me—is a whole new level of crazy.
	♥ 4:37pm common: happy friday sheila and all!
	4:38pm JakeGould: @djsheilab: Funny you mentioned spontaneous combustion. Remember in the 1980s and 1970s when there were all of these reports of people just bursting into nothing all over the place? Why did that stop happening?
	♥ 4:38pm SSS: Hey, I'll say it. If they both stroked out I would consider it proof of the existence of God.
	♥ 4:40pm common: agreed, sss
	♥ 4:41pm Michael 98145: @ JakeG, and that was before everyone was vaping !
	4:42pm JakeGould: @Michael98145: And before hoverboards as well.
	♥ 4:42pm JtotheK: bettye lavette 'what condition my condition is in' is terrific - i've yet to actually find that 45. the sharon jones arrangement of 'what condition' is very similar - also a great 45!
	4:43pm jerry h.: Nothing against the New York Times. Sometimes I look at all this horrible stuff going on and think "thank you nyt for bringing this to most people's attention". So that would be a positive spin, right? Just hope the right people see it. Times has great Arts sections and I enjoy their tv listings as well!
	♥ 4:43pm JtotheK: and that Dee Dee was new to me, enjoyed it!
	4:46pm jerry h.: Will write only re: music now.
	4:47pm Adrian in London: NYT has Calvin and Hobbes so at least there's ONE good thing in each edition. But I wish it'd kept the overseas edition's name as the International Herald Tribune.
	♥ 4:47pm ChrisB.: Sheila B., is this really you?
	4:49pm djsheilab: @ChrisB That's a peculiar question! Yes, t'is me.
	4:50pm ashley morey: Happy new year! Thanks for all the groovy tunes. Luv, ash + justin
	4:50pm Ken: Hi Sheila and everybody! Enjoying the show from the middle of a deadly traffic jam in Pennsylvania. Music is helping.
	4:59pm jerry h.: Great Nancy Wilson song!
	5:06pm JakeGould: Jesus, Sheila… Today’s show is soooo 1980s… Not complaining!
	5:06pm Cliff in Prague: Foreigner, whoa
	5:06pm Adrian in London: My late grandmother, and I can't remember why, had a framed signed Engelbert Humperdinck photo that took pride of place in her kitchen. Big darts fan, Engelbert...
	♥ 5:06pm ChrisB.: @Shelia B: Haha! That was not clear. I implied you were Lue Renney, as she is as exuberant as yourself!
	5:07pm KP: Happy Boom Boom Year, Sheila and everyone!
	5:07pm djsheilab: @ChrisB You compared me to Lue Renney! That is a compliment of the highest order. Thank you!
	5:07pm JakeGould: FWIW, that sleeve design for “The Power of Love” is so beige/brown… Like you can buy candles and smudge sticks right near where that is sold.
	5:08pm Cliff in Prague: Let's hear some Journey and Supertramp after this
	5:08pm JakeGould: No “Supertramp” please… Now THAT would be too depressing.
	5:08pm djsheilab: @Cliff In Prague They're all on this box set! It's ridiculous!
	5:10pm Cliff in Prague: Sheila - AWESOME.
	5:12pm Rob Kopp: I prefer the powder box on Rhino with girl groups with your liner notes
	5:13pm djsheilab: @Rob Kopp :)
	5:14pm jiepar: psychedelic baby
	5:14pm jerry h.: were the Three Degrees On Sanford and Son?
	♥ 5:22pm Fud: That Three Degrees tune is one of my favorite of all time!
	♥ 5:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks to the WFMU app, I can gather my weekend provisions as I boom-boom up and down the aisles of Price Chomper all sophisticated-like!
	5:25pm dave c: have been in love with this shura record for a while great to hear it on the show Sheila
	5:25pm jiepar: never enough Olivia Newton John in my life
	5:26pm djsheilab: @Dave C. It's the perfect pop song for 2016.
	5:35pm Cecile: cool!
	♥ 5:35pm Michael 98145: .. we'll miss you next week
	♥ 5:35pm Ken From Hyde Park: I just had an idea for those virtual reality goggle thingies in the TV commercials - the virtual drunk app. But then I thought, "What's the point?"
	5:35pm Cecile: I will try to catch that. I miss Billy.
	5:36pm Cecile: he wrote it about his partner who had passed away.
	5:37pm djsheilab: @Cecile Oh....that breaks my heart.
	5:39pm Cecile: mine too.
	5:41pm Cecile: bet it changes the meaning a little for you?
	5:42pm djsheilab: @cecile completely.
	5:42pm Cecile: YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS this is my jam.
	5:44pm Cecile: the lyrics are tough here, too. Like an episode of Snapped ready to happen.
	5:45pm JtotheK: @Cecile -- seconded, this Wham is quite popular in the JtotheK household!
	5:47pm drewo: Thanks Sheila for the GM. The TOTP video of Wham! doing 'Young Guns' is a real treat. They are lip synching of course, but it's the dancing that makes it fab.
	5:47pm Cecile: I don't know Michael's catalog that well. But the songs I know I love. Except for "Wake Me Up". That's just a wee bit dopey for me.
	5:49pm Cecile: hahaha, great answer song.
	♥ 5:50pm Michael 98145: thank you for a wonderful year of music, DJ Sheila. you know we only wish you all the best.
	5:53pm Tommy Jack Haynes: Another great show....thanks!
	♥ 5:53pm Ken From Hyde Park: Have a wonderful, safe new year, Sheila. See you in a couple weeks.
	5:54pm JakeGould: Happy New Year, Shiela! Also, Happy New Year everyone else!
	♥ 5:54pm chris: echoing the thanks and all the good wishes, djsheilab!
	5:55pm Cliff in Prague: Thank you Sheila, and Happy New Year to everyone, may it be a heckuva a lot better than this one!!
	5:55pm east hollywood: Ive looked forward to your show every Friday. Thanks for bringing so much joy and sometimes a bit of gentle and delicious darkness. Love your sincere radio essay/rants on-air. You are one of my favorite radio personalities. Looking forward to hearing you in 2017
	5:55pm JtotheK: Great show, thanks sheilaB! Cheers everyone.
	♥ 5:56pm Michael 98145: you will reach the Newer Year before us, Cliff. tell us about the future :)
	5:56pm P-9O: My beyond-abundant gratitude for such a opulent year of Boom Boom, my Darling Sheila B! Happy New Year!
	5:57pm jerry h.: A Happy and Healthy New Year one and all! Thank you. Thanx for a great 2016 djsheilab! Always a joy!
	5:57pm JakeGould: And this song always reminds me of “Pennies from Heaven.” What a great, dark film that is.
	♥ 5:57pm Michael 98145: what JakeG said
	5:57pm P-9O: ...and Happy New Year, Boomsters world-wide!
	5:57pm Listener Robert: I don't think I ever heard this version with his explanation on it.
	5:58pm Adrian in London: Here's to a great 2017 Sheila, let's hope the boom booms are not of the nuclear kind...! Love to all, and thanks for a lovely show.
	5:58pm The Contessa: Thanks Sheila! See you next year. Happy new year @Ken From Hyde Park and everyone!
	5:59pm Cecile: everyone have a happy, safe new year!
	♥ 6:00pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good luck in 2017, London pals!
	♥ 6:00pm Michael 98145: Ciao, Bella
	6:01pm djsheilab: Thanks for listening everyone! Have a fantastic NYE + cheers! See you in the new year!
	7:54am rené ferri: it is a surprise to see Brazilian Silvinha on playlist!
	10:36am SeanG: that "I need a connection" song is great!
	4:09pm harold fridkis: i love your show,sheila b. it's entertaining!

Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from December 30, 2016

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