Juliana Hatfield interview!: Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

Listener comments!

12:02pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Yo Joe!

12:03pm tadpoles:

The Rise & Fall of Flingel Bunt... now there's a title!

12:04pm Carmichael:

Heya Joe and rekkid luvahs.

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12:04pm Hoboken Jack:

Snow Belock! Best part of Yankees game being postponed is I get to hear the show. Hi Greg and all!

12:05pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Afternoon, Jack!

12:05pm Bluesman:

Listening with one working ear today. Please play only MONO recordings. Your cooperation is appreciated.

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12:06pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi there, Jack. How are things in Snowboken today?

12:09pm Rob (Jerzcity):

hey yall

12:10pm Joe B:

Greetings all, thanks for tuning in!

12:11pm KP in DC:

Hello from here, Joe

12:11pm Cooh John:

Starting the week with JoeB.

12:12pm Tome:

yea !!! Happy long weekend , this is the monday afternoon I like always !

12:12pm BronwynB:

hey joe and everyone!

12:13pm Joe B:

Juliana Hatfield interview coming up at 1 pm

12:14pm SeanG:

looking forward to the show Joe!

12:16pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Yo Rob & Bronwyn & Ken (and everyone else!)

12:17pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

Hi Joe!!

12:18pm BronwynB:

hey greg :)

12:25pm Cheri Pi:

Oh heya JB!

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12:26pm Hoboken Jack:

Hey Bronwyn! Hey Ken! Streets a little messy but not too bad.

12:30pm BronwynB:

hi jack :)

12:37pm joe:

'ello folks

12:44pm joe:

I don't think I have ever heard this. I love that guitar back there.

12:46pm Julie:

This was the first version of Jolene I ever heard. One of many covers I heard Olivia do first. (Gimme Some Lovin' anybody?)

12:49pm joe:

I bet you I have heard a lot more ONJ then I am aware of. I would venture to guess that if you were to sit me down and play me a good selection of her singles I would many times go ...oh yeah that's Olivia Newton John I didn't know that. :)

12:49pm Cheri Pi:

My mom raised us on ONJ

12:50pm Julie:

my first records were Olivia records, given to me by my sister who decided they were "too country" for her (If Not For You and Have You Never Been Mellow.)

12:50pm joe:

Oh I was always infatuated with her music as a very young child but I never ventured from what was the singles at that time (didn't know how to )

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12:53pm Ken From Hyde Park:

For some reason, hearing "Have You Never Been Mellow" reminds me of high school times when I was nervous about finishing a term paper. Also, any Olivia Neutron-John coming up?

12:53pm fred:

I'm a huge Juliana Hatfield fan, but know next to nothing about Olivia Newton-John. Basically only what I heard on Julie's show

12:53pm Stuart Troutman:

enough with this ONJ crud....these records were bad enough to begin with....this isn't amusing.

12:55pm SeanG:

this sounds great!

12:55pm dale:

LOVE that onj gets the reassessment treatment. i'm sure most millenials have no clue who she is. as long as we don't hear 'let's get physical' i'm happy to hear her stuff again.

12:55pm Joe B:

Fred, Julie is the expert! I am a ONJ poser, I only know the hits

12:56pm dale:

julie - slide guitar on 'if not for you' is great.

12:57pm Joe B:

agree Dale - her version is based on the George Harrison one hence the slide

12:57pm dale:

....but olivia was 'country' the same way marie osmond was - not very.

12:57pm Julie:

Stuart's reaction is what I brace for when I play Livvy but luckily folks are used to by now (from me anyway!)

12:57pm joe:

Oliva Newton John poser. That's great. Somebody make Joe a shirt that says that "I'm an Olivia Newton John poser"

12:57pm Julie:

@JoeB Hadn't ever heard the Bruce Welch before though, so nice job digging!

12:58pm Joe B:

wow, a ONJ angle you hadn't covered!

12:58pm Julie:

@dale and it didn't make sense considering she was a big Rondstadt fan who kinda veered that direction too. Maybe she was embarrassed, it wasn't cool to like Olivia.

12:59pm Joe B:

Julie, that's the same misguided school of thought I grew up with like 'the monkees suck because they don't write their own songs bla blah blah' . easy to ignore!

12:59pm dale:

we had the 45 of 'paper roses' on the console.

12:59pm joe:

The effects of country on music in the 70's could probably make for some great stories once one started digging I'm sure it was a very intresting time for that.

1:00pm Stuart Troutman:

there IS no 'cool' at work here....bad music is simply bad

1:01pm Julie:

and then there were the folks who were appalled at this English/Aussie gal trying to sing country.

1:02pm complainy:

I Love this fucking song. MAGIC !

1:02pm dale:

keith urban has spent more on hair care products than olivia ever did

1:03pm fred:

@Julie: Fred Von Helsing would usually call her Olivia Neutron Bomb when you played her

1:04pm dale:

now i wanna hear john denver with olivia on backup - fly away.

1:04pm Julie:

and then of course Olivia and Cliff go back to the mid 60s.

1:05pm Julie:

$500 plus on discogs for that single! I don't have it either!

1:05pm joe:

I jsut got multiple copies of the Magic single when I was gifted with the remains an old DJ's 45 collection

1:05pm Julie:

oooh joe, nice!

1:07pm joe:

Yeah Julie let me see what I have and I'll reach out to you. I don't need to keep multiple copies.

1:09pm Julie:

By the way, American Laundromat got all the Juliana goodies out early, mine came last week!

1:12pm fred:

Juliana Hatfield also did a great Neil Young cover (only love can break your heart)

1:12pm Joe B:

damn that was the song i was trying to think of! not after the gold rush. d-oh!

1:14pm glenn:

there is a band called olivia neutron bomb. they're from trawna.

1:16pm Julie:

there is also the japanese group Olivia New Ton John that does a great version of Cherry Bomb

1:17pm Julie:

This is a favorite of mine too (and a karaoke go-to)

1:17pm fred:

I'm so happy to learn that Juliana Hatfield knows about WFMU

1:17pm SeanG:

Juliana playing in Somerville this Friday!

1:18pm Joe B:

have you performed it at sid golds'?

1:18pm Julie:

@sean I think it is her ONLY Olivia show

1:18pm SeanG:

WOW! still tickets left too

1:19pm Joe B:

i'd be road tripping if yo la tengo wasn't playign that same night in brooklyn

1:19pm Peter in tappan:

This is wonderful

1:19pm saintMichael:

this is great. I'm now a fan of Juliana H

1:19pm Julie:

@JoeB No! All they have there is Physical, Magic and Xanadu. Sometimes I can talk the pianist into playing Hopelessly Devoted though.

1:20pm FletcherNYC:

Is that a Mellotron?

1:20pm Paul D:

Happy Monday!

1:20pm fred:

I like the video for this song: www.youtube.com...

1:21pm Julie:

She really nailed that one.

1:21pm Joe B:

Fletcher, i ask her later - it's a different keyboard but it has a mellotron setting she used

1:22pm Julie:

the commercial is wonderful www.youtube.com...

1:23pm dale:

does juliana sing 'sam?'

1:24pm Julie:

Sam is on don't stop, it was a HUGE hit. She also put out two records that year, 1976, which was kind of overkill.

1:25pm Joe B:

sam is not on the album

1:28pm The Oscar:

Afternoon all! I've said this around here before, but Juliana used to come into the record store I worked at in Cambridge to sell vinyl. I still have her old Charles Manson record.

1:29pm Michael 98145:

This is fun. My interests never included ONJ. So, thanks, Joe B and JH. ♬

1:29pm Joe B:

wish she was on live now, I'd ask her about which records she got rid of there!

1:30pm Julie:

She needs to come to Monty Hall and play Olivia songs.

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1:31pm James in ATL:

Terrific show. Really enjoying the interview. Thanks Joe!

1:31pm The Oscar:

Some really great stuff, actually-- a lot of rare '90s vinyl. And a bunch of Lemonheads, which we all found somewhat amusing.

1:33pm Julie:

the Barry Gibb duet, the John Denver duet

1:33pm dale:

here's a beautiful czech version of please mr. please

www.youtube.com...

1:34pm The Oscar:

Also everything I've heard from this record is really great. I may need to pick it up.

1:36pm fred:

American Laundromat site: www.alr-music.com...

1:37pm dale:

oh man, the video for this french version of please mr please is priceless.

www.youtube.com...

1:38pm fred:

A new Juliana Hatfield record in the works? That's wonderful

1:39pm dale:

spanish version of pmp is good too.

www.youtube.com...

1:42pm Julie:

there's also great Juliana vinyl re-releases on gorgeous vinyl from American Laundromat

1:43pm Julie:

Thanks, Joe, that was wonderful! (and thanks to Juliana as well, and Olivia for always)

1:43pm fred:

@Julie: Yeah, the Hey Babe re-release

1:43pm northguineahills:

Thanks Joe and Juliana, that was an awesome treat!

1:44pm northguineahills:

I hadn't heard of American Laundromat Recs until Julie informed us about record a few weeks back.

1:44pm Michael 98145:

body talk! static1.squarespace.com...

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1:46pm Hoboken Jack:

I enjoyed that interview a lot, thank you, Joe!

1:46pm northguineahills:

(one of these years I'll master English as my first language [no wonder I suck at my other languages])

1:46pm fred:

@NGH: looks like a small outfit, I got a personal note when I ordered Pussicat from them

1:47pm Michael 98145:

@dale, that FR video is fou!

1:47pm dale:

spanish version of pmp is good too.

www.youtube.com...

1:48pm dale:

michael - yes, they pulled out all stops on the video effects

1:49pm fred:

I got a chance to meet her during the Minor Alps tour. Disaster

1:50pm Joe B:

what happened Fred?

1:51pm joe:

great job Joe

1:51pm fred:

@Joe: nothing. I'm very shy, so I just froze

1:53pm northguineahills:

Blake Babies, covering Fleetwood? Yes, please!

1:53pm Joe B:

oh, well at least nothing bad happened! better than my usual move of saying something stupid!

1:54pm Julie:

Nerdy kid I was, I didn't know ELO until Xanadu came out. I think I spent years ignoring everything on Side B except Xanadu. Now I know how great all their songs for that movie were.

1:55pm Joe B:

Julie, do you know the story of this song? I wonder if they intended this version to be used, or if it was a demo they made for her to have as a guide?

1:55pm fred:

I guess it could have been worse, but her music has meant so much to me, I wish I could have told her that at least

1:55pm GH:

Ah, I'd recognize that crappy Jeff Lynne-produced '80s drum sound anywhere ...

1:56pm Joe B:

the jeff lynne vocal almost sounds later. wonder if it is a re recording after the fact

1:56pm Joe B:

hopefully you'll get another shot fred!

1:57pm doctorjazz:

Great Dylan cover!

1:59pm fred:

I hope I'll get to see her live again, that's the main thing

2:00pm Julie:

Nope, sorry, don't know the story behind the demo. If Not For You is such a strange song. A Dylan composition. A lot of her covers released on the early UK albums didn't make it on to the American releases. What is Life, Bread's If. When I found those as a teen in England it was the best moment ever.

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2:01pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Hoping that Olivia Newton-John will be free of cancer. Would like to have her around a while longer.

2:01pm dale:

she did what is life? TO THE YOUTUBE!!

2:04pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

Hey, who knew? I kinda like ONJ?!

2:05pm Dave in Vermont on the phone:

Going to see YLT tonight!!

2:05pm Michael 98145:

Art ! www.etsy.com...

2:05pm queems:

brooklyn steel has no chairs

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2:05pm Hoboken Jack:

Jeff Lynne redid "Xanadu" for an ELO box set in 2000.

2:06pm joe:

10 & 11th in Chapel Hill NC

2:07pm Joe B:

ah thanks jack. i knew it sounded relatively recent

2:08pm Mike Sin:

I enjoyed that Julianna Hatfield/Olivia Newton John sement. And even more geek info -- Extending the Harrison/Newton-John connection... I think her single after "If Not For You" was a cover of Harrison's "What is Life"... which did chart.

2:12pm Mike Steele:

Yeeahh!! Joe Belock!

2:14pm Julie:

@MikeSin Did it chart in the US? It wasn't on any of her US albums though it looks like the single did come out in the US in 72. It was on the Olivia album in the UK and internationally, which has the same cover as the If Not For You album but includes a lot more songs.

2:16pm SeanG:

sounding great!

2:21pm Mike Sin:

@Juli -- will check later, but I know my LP contains both What is Life and Behind that Locked Door, and it could very well be the West German import or something like that.

2:23pm Julie:

@MikeS looks like it made #34, but it wasn't on the American albums.

2:25pm thedunkel:

!GBV!

2:28pm fred:

It's so great to hear this show. I usually can't because I'm at work, but this is a holiday over here in France

2:30pm Andy the painter:

i recently had a dream in which i was recruited against my will to be the drummer for guided by voices, because no one else was willing to work with robert pollard anymore. (i’m not a drummer, and i was somehow unable to make sounds in the dream)
the gig was in a church basement, and bob was much older, overweight, and lying on a table, very drunk.
the gig did not go well.

2:31pm thedunkel:

be at Healy's Joe!

2:32pm Julie:

wow the record fair is so soon

2:33pm northguineahills:

Thanks Joe for the Juliana interview, I'm off to lunch!

2:35pm Michael 98145:

Long Neck site : longnecklass.bandcamp.com...

2:36pm Henry:

sparky lyles!

2:36pm flashbazbo:

Why does this yankees monologue have a boston accent?

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2:38pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Willie Tyler and Lester!

2:38pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

"Ed Figueroa & all the other Yank greats . . ."

2:39pm dave wuz here:

billy martin- ain't heard that name in a minute

2:40pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

Why do I get the feeling the Fowls are about to break into DeNiro's baseball speech from THE UNTOUCHABLES? "Tradition . . . enthusiasm . . ."

2:41pm Joe B:

he could barely spit tradition out of his mouth. those darn big words ...

2:46pm SeanG:

good stuff

2:48pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

It's chradisshin, Yank chradisshin!!

2:52pm Michael 98145:

thanks again, Joe B ★

2:57pm Bill in W.O.:

Fun show today, Joe. Thanks.

3:00pm fred:

Thanks Joe

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
The Shadows	The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt	Shadows Are Go!	Scamp	1964/1996	never knew how connected they were to Olivia Newton-John!	0:00:00 Pop-up)
We The People	My Brother, The Man	Too Much Noise	Sundazed	1966/2008	florida garage legends	0:02:27 Pop-up)
Roky Erickson And The Explosives	Wake Up To Rock And Roll	Halloween: Live 1979-1981	Steady Boy	1979/2007		0:05:13 Pop-up)
Wings	Spin It On	Back To The Egg	Capitol	1979/1989		0:08:10 Pop-up)
The Electric Mess	The Beast Is You	The Beast Is You	Soundflat	2018		0:11:09 Pop-up)
The Molting Vultures	The Trough	Crowd Surfing With the Molting Vultures	Off The Hip	2017		0:13:36 Pop-up)

The Knights Of The New Crusade	He Has Risen	My God Is Alive! Sorry About Yours!	Gabriel's Trumpet	2004		0:24:12 Pop-up)
Bobkat '65	I Don't Care	This Lonely Road	Get Hip	2017		0:26:32 Pop-up)
Suspect Parts	Change Your Mind	s/t	Oops Baby	2017		0:28:48 Pop-up)
Shannon & The Clams	I Leave Again	Onion	Easy Eye Sound	2018		0:31:30 Pop-up)
Phil Seymour	Baby It's You	Prince of Power Pop	Ace	1980/2017		0:34:54 Pop-up)

Olivia Newton-John	Till You Say You'll Be Mine	various - The Girls Scene	Decca	1966/1999	her first single	0:40:27 Pop-up)
Olivia Newton-John	Jolene	Come On Over	MCA	1976		0:42:34 Pop-up)
Bruce Welch	Please Mister Please	single	EMI UK	1975	Shadows co-founder. This is the original, with Olivia on backing vocals	0:46:09 Pop-up)
Juliana Hatfield	Have You Never Been Mellow	Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John	American Laundromat	2018	Juliana coming up here on the show at 1 pm!	0:48:54 Pop-up)
Juliana Hatfield	Totally Hot	Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John	American Laundromat	2018		0:52:31 Pop-up)
Olivia Newton-John	Magic	7"	MCA	1980		0:56:43 Pop-up)

Talkin' Olivia Newton-John with Juliana Hatfield!
Juliana Hatfield	interview				new album out April 13!	1:04:39 Pop-up)
Juliana Hatfield	A Little More Love	Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John	American Laundromat	2018		1:15:42 Pop-up)
Juliana Hatfield	interview					1:19:41 Pop-up)
Juliana Hatfield	Hopelessly Devoted to You	Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John	American Laundromat	2018		1:27:42 Pop-up)
Juliana Hatfield	interview					1:30:14 Pop-up)
Juliana Hatfield	Physical	Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John	American Laundromat	2018		1:41:55 Pop-up)
Juliana Hatfield	You're Breaking My Heart	Pussycat	American Laundromat	2017		1:45:26 Pop-up)
Blake Babies	Walk a Thin Line	Epilogue EP	Ye Olde Records	2002	fleetwood mac cover	1:48:58 Pop-up)
Electric Light Orchestra	Xanadu	Flashback	Legacy	2000	re-recorded version for 3-CD best-of	1:52:16 Pop-up)
Olivia Newton-John	If Not For You	If Not For You	Uni	1971	Olivia's US breakthrough	1:55:42 Pop-up)

Yo La Tengo	For You Too	There's A Riot Going On	Matador	2018	on tour now! see youse in brooklyn friday night	2:06:24 Pop-up)
Real Estate	Stained Glass	In Mind	Domino	2017	coming to jersey city in june! white eagle hall	2:09:45 Pop-up)
Hurry	Every Little Thought	Every Little Thought	Lame-O	2018	playing live at the WFMU record fair april 28!	2:13:26 Pop-up)
Wreckless Eric	Wow & Flutter	Construction Time & Demolition	Southern Domestic Recordings	2018	playing at the WFMU record fair april 28!	2:18:35 Pop-up)
Guided by Voices	Liars' Box	Space Gun	Guided By Voices, Inc.	2018	coming to jersey city april 18 at white eagle hall!	2:22:37 Pop-up)
Long Neck	Hive Collapse	Will This Do?	Tiny Engines	2018		2:25:03 Pop-up)

The Fowls	The Yanks Are Back	7"	Rotten Rat	1976		2:33:52 Pop-up)
Skip Stewart	Sweet Little Rock and Roller	various - The Jewel/Paula Rock Story	Airline	1965/2015		2:35:25 Pop-up)
The Warlocks	Beware	various - Back From the Grave 9	Crypt	1966/2014		2:36:59 Pop-up)
Los Huracanes	Aun	various - Algo Salvaje: Untamed Beat and Garage Nuggets from Spain Vol. 1	Munster	2014		2:40:15 Pop-up)
Jake La Botz	Feel No Pain	Sunnyside	Hi-Style	2017	on tour with jd mcpherson	2:42:23 Pop-up)
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages	Adorable	Soul Flowers Of Titan	Bloodshot	2018		2:45:34 Pop-up)

Sloan	Spin Our Wheels	12		2018		2:51:37 Pop-up)
The Prefab Messiahs	Sometimes Sunnydaze	Psychsploitation ... Today	Lolipop!/Burger	2018		2:55:05 Pop-up)

April 2, 2018

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