Favoriting JA In The AM with John Allen: Playlist from December 20, 2019 Favoriting

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"I listened yesterday. It's no reflection on you but I could'nt see where you were going or what you were going for. This early seventies thing did'nt get noticed the first time and you talk about friends of like Dealney and Bonnie who had records out like we're supposed to remember who they are. Then you play this long winded free jazz stuff that really grates on my nerves. And that noise without a beat and sounds like someones being pinched. Then you play a reggae song, I think you called it Dub, to what, be cool? You seem to really fetishize the whole folk thing too which is obnoxious to us who don't even care. I liked it when you played that punk song though. I like Joe Belock a lot." (Visit homepage.)

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Favoriting December 20, 2019

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Artist Track Approx. start time
everly brothers  christmas eve can kill you   Favoriting 0:00:00 (Pop-up)
marc mcguire  the most wonderful time of year   Favoriting 0:03:12 (Pop-up)
fahey  silent night   Favoriting 0:06:21 (Pop-up)
shawn hansen  mystery carol   Favoriting 0:07:52 (Pop-up)
gen ken  music to trim your tree by   Favoriting 0:12:06 (Pop-up)
pharoah sanders  prince of peace   Favoriting 0:20:22 (Pop-up)
paul bley trio  santa claus is coming to town   Favoriting 0:28:39 (Pop-up)
jazz  xmas   Favoriting 0:31:48 (Pop-up)
jonathan kane  little drummer boy   Favoriting 0:34:39 (Pop-up)
tom recchion  a christmas filled with tears   Favoriting 0:41:49 (Pop-up)
joseph byrd  silent night   Favoriting 0:44:54 (Pop-up)
hauskaa joulua  valkea joulu   Favoriting 0:48:55 (Pop-up)
cabaret voltaire  invocation   Favoriting 0:53:18 (Pop-up)
legendary pink dots  pagan place   Favoriting 0:59:14 (Pop-up)
xmal deustchland  xmas in australia   Favoriting 1:10:16 (Pop-up)
rlw  XMAS   Favoriting 1:12:40 (Pop-up)
skinny puppy  dead of winter   Favoriting 1:15:22 (Pop-up)
suicide  hey lord   Favoriting 1:22:47 (Pop-up)
throbbing gristleish  little drummer boy   Favoriting 1:26:35 (Pop-up)
phil collins  little drummer boy   Favoriting 1:29:36 (Pop-up)
christian marclay  sounds of christmas   Favoriting 1:29:51 (Pop-up)
purple mountains  snow is falling in manhattan   Favoriting 1:37:25 (Pop-up)
Shawn hansen  drumming carol   Favoriting 1:42:42 (Pop-up)
bryan ferry/roxy music  giddy up (sleighride)   Favoriting 1:46:43 (Pop-up)
ryuichi sakamoto  merry christmas mr lawrence   Favoriting 1:49:28 (Pop-up)
can  silent night   Favoriting 1:53:52 (Pop-up)
fripp  silent night   Favoriting 1:57:02 (Pop-up)
jefferson starship  miracles   Favoriting 1:59:39 (Pop-up)
velvet underground  xmas   Favoriting 2:06:19 (Pop-up)
lou reed  white christmas   Favoriting 2:07:45 (Pop-up)
durutti column  one christmas for your thoughs   Favoriting 2:09:49 (Pop-up)
durutti column  snowflakes   Favoriting 2:14:13 (Pop-up)
the fall  we wish you a protein xmas   Favoriting 2:17:38 (Pop-up)
sonic youth  santa doesnt cop out on dope   Favoriting 2:21:26 (Pop-up)
bill orcutt  white christmas   Favoriting 2:24:27 (Pop-up)
yoko  listen the snow is falling   Favoriting 2:27:16 (Pop-up)
music minus mccartney  wonderful christmastime   Favoriting 2:30:29 (Pop-up)
sparks  christmas without a prayer   Favoriting 2:33:47 (Pop-up)
art bears  the winter wheel   Favoriting 2:37:03 (Pop-up)
anthony pasquarosa  frosty the snowman   Favoriting 2:40:00 (Pop-up)
alexander zlatkovski  silent night   Favoriting 2:43:06 (Pop-up)
mars williams presnts an ayler xmas  oh tannenbaum / spirits/ 12 days   Favoriting 2:46:03 (Pop-up)
anonymous ambient artist  auld lang synes   Favoriting 2:55:33 (Pop-up)
people like us mix  christmas tate modern   Favoriting 2:55:58 (Pop-up)
sun ra  happy new year to you   Favoriting 3:00:02 (Pop-up)
people like us mix  christmas at the tate modern   Favoriting 3:02:04 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
briania:

Nice touch to open with actual Everlys today. Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Strandlund:

The great John Allen in the AM...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Krys O.:

Greetings!
  9:09am
Listener Robert:

Is this a deliberate mash-up via separate left and right channels?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
steveo:

hello. my deepest regret is that i am late. nice stereo separation on this one.
  9:10am
Mike from Chatham:

Where can I find that most wonderful time of the year? Thanks!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:16am
karlward:

I feel like I am listening to the entire FM spectrum simultaneously
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
jmr3:

the (WFMU's) Kenny G Christmas Album
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
The Oscar:

Okay, NOW I'm in the spirit. Were those kids from the Least-Wanted Song?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Passaic River Blues:

Leon Thomas is Chrimbus.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Ken From Hyde Park:

I hope nut-heads aren't giving Pharoah Sanders grief for not living in a pyramid. (I assume he actually does not live in a pyramid, does he?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
steveo:

if this is a christmas song, it's definitely the best one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
steveo:

ok sleigh bells, what was i thinking, if?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Jay Goges:

I am enjoying all of this Johnny A :-)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Jazzaclaus!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
Owen in Indiana:

OK, _now we're talking_.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51am
Ike:

Ew! Barf. John Allen, get outta here, you dirty Christmas whore! And wash that Santa beard.
Avatar 9:54am
John Allen:

seasons greetings everyone, and what Ike said
  9:59am
Brandon McInnis:

This song is great! Cabaret!
Avatar 10:12am
slugluv1313:

greetings, JA and everyone!
this opening set is *just* what the proverbial doctor ordered to kill off the over-dose Christmas blues -- esp. the Pharoah Sanders piece -- THANK-YOU!
  10:17am
MUWFinMA:

Have a Merry Skinny Puppy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Ike:

Now this is more like it, you ignorant elf slut!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Ike:

(I've decided to lean in to my natural grinch-itude.)
  10:26am
Mike Wolf:

beautiful music for difficult christmases
  10:33am
ghostofchristmaspast:

we will talk about this later.
Avatar 10:39am
John Allen:

hah. YOU"RE FINISHED!
  Swag For Life Member 10:41am
disantlor:

man, stuck repeating "salts the stoop and scoops the cat in" in my head, good one
Avatar 10:41am
John Allen:

poets
  10:43am
Hawkeye:

This is a raw and beautiful listen. Miss you David
  10:43am
prudy:

you are missed David....
Avatar 10:47am
Hubig Pie:

Yay, double dip sleigh ride
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54am
TomDash:

Hey John - Just getting back from walking my dog in the brisk, bright chilly day. Earbuds were in and what a soundtrack!Thanks for getting me in the Christmas Spirit! And now this theme song...gets me every time...Beat Takeshi!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56am
PNX:

This show is always a treat, but I'm feeling especially spoiled today.
  10:57am
Joshie in Oley, PA:

Yeah. Good Christmas show today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am
tim from champaign (now washington):

Hi JA and everybody! JA - do you have the Jefferson Starship "Christmas Miracles" record with you?
  10:58am
Dayffid:

Anyone interested in seeing yo la tengo this Monday? I have 2 extra tickets
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00am
mariano:

Awww, Miracles!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Matt Warwick:

My favorite xmas song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:01am
tim from champaign (now washington):

Yes!!!! It's a Christmas miracle!
Avatar 11:01am
John Allen:

happy whatever Tim!
  11:01am
Dave from Brooklyn:

Hey Dr Allen. God how I miss Marty and Paul.
Thanks.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 11:02am
karlward:

Who was it who said on this accuplaylist that when Marty claimed "Miracles" only took 45 minutes to write, this was impossible because the song is much longer than that?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am
mariano:

Good one, @karlward!
Avatar 11:03am
slugluv1313:

aghhhhhhh "Miracles"! one of the *cheeziest* songs EVER! but, i gotta admit, STILL a guilty pleasure, 40+ years later :)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 11:03am
karlward:

mariano: No, I didn't originate that, I'm asking who it was. I think it was a regular here who said that.
  11:03am
Listener Bop Monroe:

saw them do this at central park, cut school, great day, outlaws opened...
  11:05am
Listener Bop Monroe:

scott muni, alison steele....
Avatar 11:07am
slugluv1313:

@ Listener Bop Monroe -- yup! high school art class too :)
@ karlward -- differing accounts, from the wiki page: en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08am
mariano:

@slugluv: I know what you mean - it's such a perfect snapshot of a the 60s becoming the 70s, and I can't stop listening to it once it starts playing. It's a great groove, the main part, and I like how the main part is also the chorus.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08am
tim from champaign (now washington):

Is this from the Velvet's acetate found at a garage sale about a decade ago?
  11:09am
Dave from Brooklyn:

What would Really shock me would be if any FMU DJ played ANY TRACK from:
1Blows Against theEmpire
2 Sunfighter
3 Dragonfly
4 Baron Von Tollbooth.
  11:10am
Listener Bop Monroe:

gonna hijack
hijack the starship!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am
steveo:

ugh how did i miss fripp & can?
  11:15am
Listener Bop Monroe:

that wasn't REALLY nico was it...?

this is nice.
Avatar 11:16am
slugluv1313:

@ mariano -- right?! and as much as i hated high school, being a teenager in suburban NJ, etc. -- songs/moments like this made it possible to kinda disappear into one's own little world (we brought in records to play during art class; "Red Octopus" was a favorite, and at home i had the radio on in my room pretty much all the time)
Avatar 11:17am
slugluv1313:

this Durutti Column "Snowflakes" is so very very pretty!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:17am
steveo:

mandl tweeting about how much he enjoyed hearing mircacles
Avatar 11:20am
Hubig Pie:

Nobody brings the yuletide mood like Mark E. Smith
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22am
tim from champaign (now washington):

I think New Face In Hell is a better Fall xmas song.
Avatar 11:24am
Mister Dobalina:

Ending the show on a BANG!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31am
TomDash:

finally...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32am
tim from champaign (now washington):

There's a lot of haters of this McCartney xmas song. I think it's great. It's no Run Run Rudolph but it better than a lot of other xmas songs.
  11:41am
Listener Bop Monroe:

riu chiu
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am
TomDash:

ahhh...sounded like Ayler. Nice! This is JAZZ, right?
  11:50am
Listener Bop Monroe:

omg this is the f'g BEST!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54am
tim from champaign (now washington):

Thanks for the show, JA!
  11:56am
Karen Eliot:

Is that fire crackle? Poor frosty!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
dale:

nothing like christmas on the ponderosa!
  11:57am
Karen Eliot:

have a jazzy holiday!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
tim from champaign (now washington):

@Karen - I was thinking the same thing!
  11:58am
Karen Eliot:

Melty
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59am
ParUbi:

That just goes to show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
tim from champaign (now washington):

I bet Bryce is late because he's out doing some last minute xmas shopping for his fellow DJs.
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