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

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Favoriting February 23, 2018: Show #239: SPECIAL (hits in other tongues): Stick it in your ear.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Approx. start time
Uncle Michael  Hinky Dinky Time Open   Favoriting       0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Monkees  Tema Di Monkees   Favoriting prev. unr.  n/a   1967  0:04:08 (Pop-up)
Lulu  Boom Bang-A-Bang (Englands Eurovisionsbeitrag 1969 deutsch gesungen)   Favoriting single (b/w Come September)  Columbia   1969  0:05:12 (Pop-up)
Millie  My Boy Lollipop   Favoriting single (b/w Oh Henry)  Fontana   1964  0:07:30 (Pop-up)
Sue Thompson  Blonder Tiger (Paper Tiger)   Favoriting single (b/w Mama, Don't Cry At My Wedding)  CBS   1965  0:09:21 (Pop-up)
Dion  Donna The Prima Donna   Favoriting single (b/w You're Mine)  CBS   1963  0:11:38 (Pop-up)
Keith West & Mark Wirtz  Shy Boy   Favoriting single (b-side to Engel Fallen Nicht Vom Himmel)  Columbia   1968  0:14:13 (Pop-up)
Bad Religion  Punk Rock Song   Favoriting Punk Rock Song (EP)  Dragnet   1996  0:16:45 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra 

Somewhere My Love   Favoriting

Steel Vibrations 

Calypan  

1973 

0:19:07 (Pop-up)
Everly Brothers  So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)   Favoriting unk.  Warner Bros.  1960  0:24:00 (Pop-up)
Gene Pitney  Bleibe Bei Mir (Town Without Pity)   Favoriting single (b/w Air Mail Special Delivery)  United Artists   1964  0:26:27 (Pop-up)
Leroy Van Dyke  Geh Nicht Vorbei (Walk On By)   Favoriting single (b/w Nur Einmal)  Mercury   1962  0:29:12 (Pop-up)
Frank Ified  I Remember You   Favoriting single (b/w I Listen To My Heart)  Columbia   1962  0:31:27 (Pop-up)
Peter, Paul & Mary  Puff ( Puff, The Magic Dragon )   Favoriting unk.  Warner Bros.   1963  0:33:32 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash  Wer Kennt Den Weg (I Walk The Line)   Favoriting single (b-side to In Virginia)  CBS   1965  0:37:05 (Pop-up)
Mary Hopkin  Quelli Erano Giorni (Those Were The Days)   Favoriting single (b/w Turn Turn Turn)  Apple   1968  0:39:02 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra 

Oye - Come Va   Favoriting

Steel Vibrations 

Calypan  

1973 

0:44:06 (Pop-up)
Paul Hardcastle  19 (German Version) (7" Mix)   Favoriting single (b/w Eat Your Heart Out)  Chrysalis   1985  0:48:37 (Pop-up)
Nazareth  Morgentau   Favoriting singe-sided promo  Vertigo   1981  0:54:31 (Pop-up)
Sparks  Madonna   Favoriting Interior Design (CD Bonus Track)  Fine Art   1988  0:58:22 (Pop-up)
Peter Gabriel  Spiel Ohne Grenzen (Games Without Frontiers)   Favoriting single (b/w Jetzt Kommt Die Flut (Here Comes The Flood))  Charisma   1980  1:02:55 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra 

Love Story   Favoriting

Steel Vibrations 

Calypan  

1973 

1:06:56 (Pop-up)
Mocedades  Touch The Wind (Eres Tu)   Favoriting single (b-side to Eres Tu (Touch The Wind))  Tara   1973  1:11:08 (Pop-up)
Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anna-frid  Waterloo (German Version)   Favoriting single (b/w Watch Out)  Polydor   1974  1:14:19 (Pop-up)
Zager & Evans  Nell'anno 2033   Favoriting single (b/w Donna)  unk.   1969  1:16:54 (Pop-up)
The Bonzo Dog Band  Mr. Apollo   Favoriting single (b/w Ready-Mades)  Liberty   1969  1:20:09 (Pop-up)
Peter Schilling  Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)   Favoriting single (b-side to Major Tom (Coming Home))  WEA   1983  1:24:13 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Geh' Raus   Favoriting prev. unr.  n/a   1969  1:28:08 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra 

Delilah   Favoriting

Steel Vibrations 

Calypan  

1973 

1:30:19 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys  Ganz Allein   Favoriting prev. unr.  Capitol   1963  1:35:26 (Pop-up)
Bobby Vinton  Io Sono Solo (Mister Lonely)   Favoriting prev. unr.  n/a   1962  1:37:34 (Pop-up)
Connie Francis  Atashi No (Where The Boys Are)   Favoriting single (b/w Swanee)  MGM   1961  1:40:05 (Pop-up)
The Temptations  Mein Girl (My Girl)   Favoriting single (b/w Blue Bird)  CBS   1964  1:42:58 (Pop-up)
Petula Clark  Dans Le Temps (Downtown)   Favoriting single (b/w Puisque Tu Pars)  Vogue   1965  1:45:40 (Pop-up)
Nat King Cole  Perfidia   Favoriting prev. unr.  Capitol   unk.  1:48:40 (Pop-up)
Robyn Hitchcock  Alright Yeah (German Version)   Favoriting single (b/w All God's Creatures)  Eva-Tone   1997  1:50:54 (Pop-up)
Neil Sedaka  Oh Carol (הו קארול)   Favoriting single (b/w You Mean Everything To Me (למה שוב אינך עמי))  RCA Victor   1965  1:53:42 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra 

Hava Nagila   Favoriting

Steel Vibrations 

Calypan  

1973 

1:55:58 (Pop-up)
Terry Jacks  In Den Gärten Der Zeit (Seasons In The Sun)   Favoriting single (b/w Put The Bone In)  Bell   1974  2:01:10 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Darren  Der Zirkus Hat Ein Ende   Favoriting single (b/w Her Royal Majesty)  Colpix   1962  2:04:30 (Pop-up)
Toni Basil  Mickey (Spanish Version)   Favoriting single (b/w Thief On The Loose)  Chrysalis   1982  2:06:46 (Pop-up)
Sandie Shaw  Wiedehopf Im Mai (Puppet On A String)   Favoriting single (b/w Was Kann Ich Dafür)  Pye   1967  2:10:18 (Pop-up)
Peggy March  I Will Follow Him = アイ・ウィル・フォロー・ヒム   Favoriting single (b/w Sam Cooke-Another Saturday Night = こんどの土曜に恋人を)  Victor   1963  2:12:35 (Pop-up)
Tommy James & The Shondells  Crimson And Clover   Favoriting unk.  unk.   1968  2:14:59 (Pop-up)
Chubby Checker  Der Twist Beginnt   Favoriting Twistin' Round The World  Parkway   1962  2:17:57 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra 

In The Mood   Favoriting

Steel Vibrations 

Calypan  

1973 

2:20:12 (Pop-up)
Georgie Fame  Yeah, Yeh, Yeh   Favoriting single (b/w Humpty Dumpty)  Columbia   1965  2:24:16 (Pop-up)
The Young Rascals  Groovin'   Favoriting single (b/w Groovin' (Spanish Version))  Atlantic   1967  2:26:55 (Pop-up)
The Hollies  Regardez Par Des Fenetres (French Version Of Look Through Any Window)   Favoriting Look Through Any Window (EP)  Odeon   1966  2:29:20 (Pop-up)
The Searchers  Wenn Ich Dich Seh   Favoriting single (b-side to Verzeih' My Love)  Vogue Schallplatten   1965  2:31:30 (Pop-up)
The Happenings  See You In September   Favoriting single (b/w He Thinks He's A Hero)  B.T. Puppy   1966  2:33:49 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye  Wie Schön Das Ist (How Sweet It Is)   Favoriting single (b-side to Sympatica)  CBS   1964  2:36:16 (Pop-up)
The Supremes  Baby, Baby, Wo Ist Unsere Liebe (Where Did Our Love Go)   Favoriting single (b-side to Moonlight And Kisses)  CBS   1965  2:39:06 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra 

Time Is Tight   Favoriting

Steel Vibrations 

Calypan  

1973 

2:41:29 (Pop-up)
Four Tops  Piangono Gli Uomini   Favoriting single (b/w Bernadette)  Tamla Motown   1967  2:44:13 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Ruffin  Se Decidi Cosi   Favoriting single (b/w I've Passed This Way Before)  Tamla Motown   1966  2:46:50 (Pop-up)
Dionne Warwick  Geh Vorbei (Walk On By)   Favoriting single (b/w Ich Warte Jeden Tag (You'll Never Go To Heaven))  Vogue Schallplatten   1965  2:49:34 (Pop-up)
Lesley Gore  Goodbye, Tony (You Don't Own Me)   Favoriting single (b/w Musikant (Time To Go))  Mercury   1964  2:52:15 (Pop-up)
Dusty Springfield  Auf Dich Nur Wart' Ich Immerzu (I Only Want To Be With You)   Favoriting single (b-side to Warten Und Hoffen (Wishin' And Hopin')) Philips 1964  Philips   1964  2:54:33 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Helden   Favoriting single (b/w V-2 Schneider)  RCA Victor   1977  2:57:05 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Fleetwood Mac 

Albatross   Favoriting

single (b/w Jigsaw Puzzle Blues) 

Blue Horizon  

1968 

3:00:38 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Stanley:

I fell asleep over there and I've woken up over here.
Oh well. Uncle, is that you?
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listener james from westwood:

Good day, UM and all! Translator fish in place!
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doctorjazz:

Hi UM and Dinksters!
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annie:

i barely escaped the swirling rainbow ball of death..
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Roberto:

Muncle Ichael!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
listener james from westwood:

hearing loud and clear!
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Lewis:

loud and clear
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Jeff Golick:

Hear ya.
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βrian:

Good afternoon, fair Psoralea esculentae.
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Listener Bob in PGH:

I can hear you!
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Roberto:

Yo ass be heard.
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KimSorise:

Hallo - loud & clear
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still b/p:

Oh, yeah, hearing.
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βrian:

That's one promiscuous melody.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Dominick:

Salutations all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Rich in Washington:

Hey! That's my Washington! Never mind that they say town.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Stanley:

Hold on, haven't we heard this one before?
Avatar 🛒 12:04pm
βrian:

Hey, I live in a capital city.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Webhamster Henry:

Suspiciously sounding like Fresno.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Rich in Washington:

We call our whole state a town. And steamed hams are hamburgers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Sem:

Hiya, UM, and the hinkiest dinkiest around, including from my home town, Washington, Washington, and all around.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Webhamster Henry:

I live in New York's original capital .. for a few months until the British burned it down.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
northguineahills:

Let me know when you get Lewisburg, WV (relevant to my interests).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Dominick:

molto bene
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thatpatsmith:

Halloooo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Listener Bob in PGH:

I stuck a monkee fish in my ear!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Webhamster Henry:

UM: if you get around to redoing your theme song, you need to add the Italian Monkees theme.
Avatar 12:07pm
still b/p:

I’m gonna need chaining and drugging to not think about alternative lyrics to that hometown song.... but I’m thrilled I was awake and free for THAT followup! Hey, hey!
Avatar 12:08pm
mauri:

Im using fishsticks
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Jeff Golick:

Am I drunk?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Uncle Michael:

Hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Stanley:

Not yet, Jeff but keep going
  12:10pm
Rich in NC:

Good afternoon all, what's up Uncle Michael
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still b/p:

UM does the UN!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
northguineahills:

Are you trying to lure Ken in here, UM?
  12:12pm
Dean:

“Some people may not know that Rod Stewart played the harmonica on that song [Lollipop] and he got it right on the first take; although he was just starting out like me, I knew he was going to be a big success."--Millie Small
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:12pm
Uncle Michael:

Some one distract Ken!
Avatar 🛒 12:15pm
βrian:

Donna The Prima Donna uses belladonna.
  12:15pm
Rich in NC:

Can someone tell me how Dion does this, Is it phonetic
Avatar 12:16pm
still b/p:

Johnny Cash walked the translation line sometimes, yeah? ...yeah?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
Uncle Michael:

"DiMucci"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
Lane Gray:

Hey y'all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
northguineahills:

@still b/p: well, Johnny did release, "Wer kennt den Weg".
  12:21pm
Dean:

Steel Vibrations? Was that the group that did "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
coelacanth∅:

good morning Uncle M and Dinklettes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
Webhamster Henry:

Any French Hinque-Dinque?
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
listener Rey:

Hanging around after Doug's show and I am so glad I did!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
Uncle Michael:

un petite chanson
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Uncle Michael:

Rey!
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Lane Gray:

Is this Italian, or Spanish? I'm thinking Italian
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28pm
Uncle Michael:

Italiano
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βrian:

Boy, sure sounds German to me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
Webhamster Henry:

This Bleibe bei Mir is not too bad!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:30pm
Uncle Michael:

Lane was asking about the Everlys, I believe.
  12:30pm
asheville jon:

Bon jour uncle michael!
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annie:

hehe, i thought that said bleiber beeber
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:31pm
Uncle Michael:

Jon!
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annie:

UM!!!!
  12:31pm
Dean:

Got any Russian translations?
  12:32pm
Dean:

If so, how did you get them?
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northguineahills:

It's always weird when foreign song title translations don't translate at all. I guess it's suppose to approximate the cultural feel of the original song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
Uncle Michael:

No Dean.
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northguineahills:

If you wait until Kurt gets on woofmoo, we'll get czech, stashu brings us the polska.
  12:34pm
still b/p:

This is the guy you want for your team in an escape or espionage plan in Germany.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:35pm
Uncle Michael:

Frank is getting shot at the fence.
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Rich in Washington:

this reminds me of visiting April Winchell's blog and grabbing all her German cover MP3s, in all their early 2000s low bitrate glory.
Although, her collection didn't have any of THESE.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:37pm
northguineahills:

ok, this might be my favorite Puff version, and I'm not even a duetschophile (well, not as much as Ken).
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coelacanth∅:

(it might not go according to plan when the us government doses their own soldiers with puff, the magic dragon...just to see what would happen.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
northguineahills:

Ok, UM is reading b/p and my minds.... (well, we did spell it out).
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βrian:

Couldn't they at least make it rhyme with "line?"
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listener Rey:

its der Mann in Schwarz
  12:39pm
Dean:

Nein.
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coelacanth∅:

the germans are advanced in poetry. it doesn't have to rhyme.
  12:40pm
still b/p:

This might be where I heard it before in the first place. So I had das hunch.
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βrian:

Schwein.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:41pm
coelacanth∅:

because you're swine, i walk the line
  12:42pm
Dean:

All poetry rhymes. It just takes some poems a longer time to get there. Take Wm. Carlos Wm.'s "The Red Wheelbarrow": "depends" rhymes with "chickens," sorta.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:42pm
northguineahills:

@coel: The Germans are advanced in grammar. Never again. (although by the time I finished the series Babylon Berlin, I almost didn't need subtitles).
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βrian:

Fred Flinstone: "Ich habe ..."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
coelacanth∅:

there's a Weird Al song in there somewhere
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βrian:

I never read subtleties.
  12:45pm
Marie:

Man, this song (english version) was such an ear/brain work for me when I was kid--yikes. I'm sure I sustained some damage from it
  12:45pm
Dean:

Why this sudden craving for macaroni?
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still b/p:

Except for talkover music, is this the all-Axis show?
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βrian:

I always crave Marconi when I listen to the radio.
  12:47pm
Dean:

Loved his bakery.
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βrian:

He owned a bakery?
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northguineahills:

@still b/p: iie, iie nihon-go.
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Asheville Jon:

thanks UM, i feel famous now (other than the dave hill show)
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Webhamster Henry:

Are you going to play an English translation of "Sukiyaki"? #equaltime
  12:51pm
Dean:

PFM
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Uncle Michael:

Henry, Kyu Sakimoto never recorded it in English. His plane crashed first.
  12:52pm
davefromtoronto:

das beatles got on the bandwagon too -

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-beatles-only-german-recordings-4075314
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βrian:

Ah, proglodytes!
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northguineahills:

Hmmm, 19, the age of the Parkland shooter.... (sorry for the debbie downer)
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Rich in Washington:

This is amazing, UM!
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holland oats:

what you'd call a hard right from the dead's version
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Rich in Washington:

I was flabbergasted to hear the Beatles German version of I Want To Hold Your Hand in a Goodwill store one day. They have their own piped in radio station. Someone got creative that day.
The weird thing was, no one seemed to notice in that packed store.
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annie:

hey rich in washington: is the st vincent depaul still around?
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still b/p:

Nazireth... hey, I wanna tell ya.
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Rich in Washington:

annie: I see there are a few in my town, but I don't think the ones immediately near me have thrift stores. I can't recall if I've ever been to one.
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Rich in Washington:

as much as I despise their politics, our local Salvation Army used to be my go to place for thrift store records. I've found some incredible stuff there over the years, for the more realistic price of 50¢. I once found a large collection of KPM library records there. I couldn't believe.
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βrian:

There are two Saint Vinnie's in our town. We make regular use of them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:07pm
Rich in Washington:

I think most larger organization's thrift outlets now sell their more valuable records through their online stores. That and the youngsters have gotten into digging for 'vinyls'.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:07pm
Mark Hurst:

Have to admit, never knew PG recorded a German version of this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:08pm
Rich in Washington:

He did an entire (maybe more) album in German. The En Deutsches Album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Rich in Washington:

80s nostalgia ain't what it used be.
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Mark Hurst:

I should have known about that! Thanks.
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βrian:

Now we're into 90s neuralgia.
  1:10pm
Dean:

'80s nostalgia is still a thing. Was in a burger joint for lunch yesterday. Every tune over the PA was '80s pop: Tears for Fears, A-ha, etc.
  1:13pm
Bill Mac:

Ah, daytime and daylight.... eres tu, UM?
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annie:

i'd eat there just for the music, dean
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Uncle Michael:

Mark, PG did a significant portion of his solo catalog in German.
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Roberto:

Let me guess: this set will be songs originally recorded in non-English languages recorded in English?
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Roberto:

Nope never mind.
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Mark Hurst:

Thanks, U.M.
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Asheville Jon:

this is just another super example of why ABBA is the greatest supergroup of all time
Avatar 1:17pm
annie:

totally agree A Jon
  1:17pm
Dean:

Everybody heard Swedish Hitz Gone Metal's covers of ABBA tunes?
  1:17pm
Dean:

*Goes Metal
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:19pm
Rich in Washington:

Mark Hurst: It just reminded me that I have never gotten around to buying it. Was für ein dummer arshe ich bin.
  1:19pm
Dean:

A taste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5K0L1ohUBk
  1:19pm
asheville jon:

We need a show of covers done in Latin
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 1:20pm
Asheville Jon:

hey annie. enjoying this nice weather?
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Uncle Michael:

As Gregorian chants.
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βrian:

Oh, what? I missed abba while I was away. How shall I carry on?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:20pm
northguineahills:

Mit mehr weiblichen Deutsche, lockt UM definitiv Ken

(I'm clueless w/ german grammar)
  1:21pm
Dean:

Bowie did an Italian Space Oddity, sì?
Avatar 1:22pm
annie:

to be honest jon, it's a little unsettling. ray's weather says the last time we had record temps on this date was 1939..earth changes are odd phenoms..
Avatar 1:23pm
still b/p:

Other than music and old phones...what does 90s nostalgia look like? Is it a false impression that the pace and type of change seen thru 50s-60s-70s-80s was more pronounced in styles and visual & popular culture than in more recent decades? Is that a brand of geezer talk?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
Sem:

Lovin' the Dog Band in the Year of the Bonzo Dog.
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The Oscar:

I was in a covers band with some friends one summer between college, and this is the one weirdo pick I successfully lobbied for. We played it for a confused crowd in our small town common.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
Uncle Michael:

I made an error.
Avatar 1:24pm
Roberto:

This is kind of like the Rutles do Bowie.
  1:24pm
Dean:

'90s nostalgia: Alta Vista.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm
Sem:

Is that Viv being odd in German?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:25pm
gloomsday:

hi hi everyone!
  1:25pm
Dean:

Gopher, WAIS, Veronica...
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joe:

My copy of this single skips in the last 20 seconds kills me all the time.
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northguineahills:

For all of your 80s nostalgic Deutchophiles, the German series Deutschland '83 is fun! "Major Tom" is the theme song.
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Roberto:

Schpeaking of '80s noschtalgia...
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northguineahills:

Scheiße, maybe I am a deutschophile, I might need some counseling.... (and some spelling lessons).
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joe:

@northquineahills looks interesting. Do you know where we could watch?
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βrian:

@Dean: Did you ever use Dialog? Via the command line?
  1:29pm
davefromtoronto:

you can flip this concept and play der kommissar by after the fire
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Rich in Washington:

This song is so much more sinister en Deutsche.
  1:30pm
Dean:

@βrian: Daily in the '80s. And the binders. Loved it. Nothing beats command line.
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βrian:

Far out. One could really rack up a bill, no?
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Rich in Washington:

@ngh: me as well. although somewhat reservedly these days, for some reason. :(
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northguineahills:

@joe: I believe it's still on Hulu and Amazon. The second season is called Deutschland 86, and Deutschland 89 is coming soon.
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Dean:

I don't recall Dialog being that bad. Lexis, on the other hand, was brutal at the time.
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still b/p:

Or roll with the stabbings...as the lyrical case may be.
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Dean:

Italian?! They were Catalan!
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βrian:

Wasn't Andre Serrano a big winner with Uro-vision?
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Mark Hurst:

Shucks thanks. And yes, I will keep an eye out if they ever invent this "Google" thing you speak of.
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Dean:

You should play D.A.F.'s "Voulez vous couchez avec moi."
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Mark Hurst:

(Amazing show today. btw. Have already sent the show-page link to a good friend in Germany)
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Asheville Jon:

is station dictator Ken listening to this show?
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Listener Bob in PGH:

Is this "In My Zimmer?"
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northguineahills:

@Ashville Jon: I already commented, "Mit mehr weiblichen Deutsche, lockt UM definitiv Ken", above.
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Uncle Michael:

Bobby didn't record this in Polish? Sad.
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks, Mark.
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Asheville Jon:

sorry there north, just checking as i can while i'm werking, and i nicht sprechen deutsche
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βrian:

Is Sheila B in the house?
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Uncle Michael:

Japanese; check. Disco; check.
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Dean:

Czech?
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northguineahills:

Well, I spoke too soon about the lack of nihon-go.
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joe:

My niece asked for a copy of the My Girl single. Hearing this the wheels are turning.
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βrian:

Mais enfin !
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βrian:

Mujer!
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annie:

my then-ten-yr old son announcd that PClark was a genius
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Sem:

*swooning*
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βrian:

Oh, Nat lays on the Scoville units, does he not?
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Rich in Washington:

Pet Clark's German version of Downtown was one of the first songs I ever downloaded off of Napster, if memory serves. Took me half the day.
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Roberto:

That's your '90s nostalgia right there: half-day downloads.
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Sem:

Indeed, he was the King.
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still b/p:

Even those who think Nat betrayed his hipper and deeper capabilities had to get a soft warm little tear at hearing that.
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annie:

well, i'll be moving that ol' curser up the page to clicky-star this episode.. yes i will
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks, annie.
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doctorjazz:

Show's been a BLAST!
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annie:

my pleasure Unka
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Rich in Washington:

Oh my god! This is fantastic!
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annie:

"Dans le temps"- my high school french says that should translate literally to "In the Times". correct me if i'm wrong, please.
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joe:

Ima scared
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Asheville Jon:

:( i gotta go pick the kids up at school.
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Rich in Washington:

WOW!
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Asheville Jon:

just don't play 99 Luftballons while i am gone, ok?
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joe:

Wait is that really the flip side?
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Uncle Michael:

I won't, Jon. I promise.
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Uncle Michael:

Yes, I think I've played the flip before.
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The Oscar:

If you haven't, I highly recommend looking up a translation of Brel's original lyrics for "Seasons in the Sun." DECIDEDLY different from the English version.
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still b/p:

Now this...this needs its own kind of star or ribbon as a standout in the day’s category/cabinet of curiosities.
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Uncle Michael:

A little different. He's a bit more explicitly forgiving his woman and his pal for hooking up...on his deathbed.
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northguineahills:

The one problem w/ the contemporary hegemony of the English language, is that we don't get these awesome foreign language pop songs (then again, most contemporary top 40 pop is rubbish).
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northguineahills:

Crap, I forgot to take lunch, I should leave in a bit.
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Rich in Washington:

Wait! They hook up on his deathbed? Creepy!
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Uncle Michael:

I didn't say that right.
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David D:

Just tuning in now!
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joe:

@northguineahills I think part of that is also the existance of more home grown pop music business in many countries.
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Jeff Golick:

Will that Hitchcock number be the most recent exemplar of...this...this show?
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Rich in Washington:

I don't know much about Brel's songwriting.
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Uncle Michael:

Not sure, Jeff. Maybe so...
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northguineahills:

@joe: there's a lot of good 'indie' pop music. Much of the home-grown pop music still is almost always in English, which is disappointing to me. I need more Babel on my aural space.

I've never heard Toni Basil en espanol!
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Stanley:

Ich bin zuruck von dem pub
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annie:

i just totally LOVED this tune.. totally, man
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northguineahills:

me gusta!
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still b/p:

Spoke of the Brel “Seasons” just a few weeks ago in comments after I’d learned of it and had to share my... surprise.
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annie:

i just am not able to pull myself away from this.... not able to really turn it up, the neighbor guy already thinks i'm the noisiest thing on the planet.
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David D:

These are all so great!
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Sem:

This show is one for the ages, UM. A compendium of Pop arcana, so to say.
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks, David.
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still b/p:

Needed more Kodo drum.
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Uncle Michael:

And more loincloth.
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annie:

yeah, i was thinking how much i love this station and the people who are drawn to it. i always feel like i belong here...
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Stanley:

Uncle, have you got Lena Zavaroni's 'Ma, he's making eyes at me' (Japanese version)?
It's a contender.
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Uncle Michael:

Thank you Sem.
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annie:

UM, i hope you brought your special duds to wear for the hoofnmouth
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The Oscar:

Oh, weird-- I don't think I've ever heard that intro not followed by the Residents!
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Rich in Washington:

OMG! UM! What a revelation this track is! I had no idea that the opening couple of seconds of The Resident's Third Reich and Roll was from an actual record! I thought they did that!
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Uncle Michael:

Stanley, alas...

Of course, Annie.

Hah!, Oscar.
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Rich in Washington:

Me too, Oscar. Absolutely gobsmacked. That record just really changed my life forever.
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Rich in Washington:

for better or for worse.
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davefromtoronto:

super fun show!
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The Oscar:

@Rich Same! I think I knew that was an actual CC sample, but I don't think I've ever heard it in the wild.
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annie:

...and we still have half an hour left!
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Stanley:

I'm going to have to get hold of this Steel Vibrations album
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holland oats:

5 Easy Pieces too i do b'lieve
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listener Rey:

Yeah yeah! I like it!
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Rich in Washington:

Toni Basil's career is amazing. I generally loathe it when people say 'one hit wonder' about anybody. Mickey was sort of a lark. She was nearly 40 when that record came out. Her laserdisc and album from that era was actually pretty cool. She's still at it in her 70s.
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still b/p:

Whatever happens in final stretch, you already have the gold in this event that brings nations together.
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The Oscar:

I spent the better part of a year thinking Toni Basil was dead. I'm not positive, but I think it's because she shared her scene in Easy Rider with Karen Black, who did pass.
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annie:

has anyone ever created a "Pledge of Allegience" to the State of FMU......i'll get right on that.
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joe:

There is a great video of her a few years ago hanging out at a dance class doing things in her 70's that many would be able to do in their teens.
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annie:

was toni basil one of the hitchhikers?
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Uncle Michael:

She and Karen trip with the boys in the cemetary in New Orleans...
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doctorjazz:

Love this song, in any version I hear, and I say Yeah Yeah!
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The Oscar:

Karen Black may actually have Toni beat for weird careers-- she played a major role in several of the most important films of the '70s, yet she'll be forever remembered for fighting with the killer doll in Trilogy of Terror.
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annie:

i IMdB-ed her, she had quite the career!! another actor to binge watch
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Sem:

Karen's starring role in The Pyx was a quasi-Trilogy of Terror, Exorcist turn. Canadian made, in' 73.
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Uncle Michael:

I'm thinking this marching noise played well in Germany.
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Sem:

Eine höchste Liebe!
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still b/p:

Google “The Defenestration of Prague.”
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Uncle Michael:

Oh, I'm aware.
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listener Rey:

The way they phonetically sing in italian sounds oddly japanese
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Uncle Michael:

It really does.
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still b/p:

The anticipation of who-knows-what might come next here is half... or some percentage... of the fun.
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David D:

Donna Summer could really speak and sing decent German.
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annie:

great song to go out on!!!
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Uncle Michael:

but...I'm not.
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doctorjazz:

Thanks for a great show, UM! See ya next week.
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Webhamster Henry:

This Dusty is good - I want to hear the flip side!
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks Doc...still not done...
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annie:

i stand corrected.. :)
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doctorjazz:

I see...can't wait to hear Lesley and Dusty!
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Brian in UK:

Auf wiedersehen, onkel.
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Rich in Washington:

Thanks for a wonderful show, UM!
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Sem:

Thanks so much, UM. Clicky starred the whole show. See you and all next time!
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gloomsday:

wonderful!! thank you, UM :)
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks everyone...tune in next week for Bill Mac!
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Stanley:

Guten nacht alle
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listener Rey:

The English version of Heroes has been so overplayed that I like the German one better
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Jeff Golick:

Wunderbar, @UM!
  3:00pm
davefromtoronto:

i think he rips this version better than the other one...
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listener Rey:

Wunderbar!
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Uncle Michael:

Someone adopt me in 2018!
  3:01pm
davefromtoronto:

that would be a guilty pleasure.
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annie:

can i use my SFL pledge, it hasn't gone to anything yet? and, the most important question, will you still love me in the morning?
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still b/p:

As joyful a playlist as one could ever hope for. Big appreciation for Michael the Unc-angel.
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Stanley:

I'll want to approve your new adopter first, Uncle.
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Stanley:

annie - you sure can use your SFL pledge
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doctorjazz:

Great track to end on (it is the end, no?). Thank god, can't set at this radio forever, man!
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