WFMU: Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from January 3, 2020

Listener comments!
	3:00pm ncjay: Welcome back Sheila, and good afternoon to all Friday music lovers!
	♥ 3:00pm listener james from westwood: Good 2020, Sheila and all!!
	3:01pm Rick G: Best wishes to all in the new year. Welcome back Sheila.
	3:01pm P-90: The SECOND decade to contain Boom Boom as an essential ingredient! Rejoice!
	♥ 3:01pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Sheila!
	♥ 3:01pm dreamyandseedy: ready to get giddy!
	3:01pm Lixiviated Life: This opening song: What's it about?
	3:02pm Rob Kopp: Hello Sheila, hello everyone. Best wishes for 2020
	3:02pm John from Florham park: @Djsheliab next week will be my one year anniversary of listening to you,, the show I am talking about was the evil door knob that had you trapped
	3:03pm djsheilab: Happy New Year, you beautiful people!
	3:03pm Carmichael: Heya Sheila. I had butter chicken for dinner last night!
	♥ 3:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: Yay, Happy New Year! Too bad about this Soleimani thing.
	♥ 3:04pm Guido from Cologne: Happy new decade!
	3:04pm chalmers: I won that doorknob!
	3:05pm Dave Spice: Happy New Year, folks. It's Friday's oasis of calm in a crazy world.
	3:05pm djsheilab: The doorknob winner is with us!
	3:05pm P-90: Funny, “Butter Chicken” looks just like a horsie to me...
	3:05pm John from Florham park: @Chalmers what did you do with the door knob
	3:07pm chalmers: I mounted it with a copy of the Declaration of Independence as a shrine to freedom! https://twitter.com/michaleen/status/1139664014005493767
	♥ 3:07pm mariano: Hey, happy New Year Sheila B and everyone! Now I want butter chicken for dinner, but despite the well-earned culinary reputation of New Orleans, it doesn't have much by way of Indian food.
	3:07pm JakeGould: Welcome to 2020 Sheila I say presumptuously!
	3:10pm RomanDogBird: helloo
	3:10pm Oscar Davis: lovely stuff
	♥ 3:10pm steveo: HNY DJSB!
	3:11pm djsheilab: A VERY warm + festive welcome + happy new year to you, ncjay, listener james from westwood, Lixiviated Life, Guido from Cologne, chalmers, dreamyandseedy, P-90, Rob Kopp, Rick G., John from Florham Park, Carmichael, Ken from Hyde Park, Jake Gould, Dave Spice, mariano + Oscar Davis, steveo, + RomanDogBird!
	♥ 3:11pm Ken From Hyde Park: Can't wait for the follow-up tune: Butter Emails!
	3:12pm Rob Kopp: From the powder box, the best comp ever
	♥ 3:13pm Phillippe Bastille: Howdy
	3:15pm djsheilab: I love cozy rain-themed records
	3:15pm lp-cover-lover: Hi Sheila - I LOVE Walking in the Rain!
	3:15pm P-90: Woo- Haven’t heard Love Unlimited in a few years.
	♥ 3:15pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, Sheila! I'm just here to declare that more songs should have had phone calls from Barry White interrupting them.
	3:16pm djsheilab: Hey Phillippe Bastille!
	3:16pm brainiac: Hello, and thanks for calling
	♥ 3:16pm Phillippe Bastille: I just got back from a walk with my wife in which it started raining midway through. Trust me, Love Unlimited waaaay over-romanticized that experience...
	♥ 3:17pm The Oscar: Afternoon! More songs should feature an interlude in which the singer decides to call Barry White on the phone.
	♥ 3:17pm The Oscar: D'oh-- just saw Gaylord's comment!!
	♥ 3:17pm Gaylord Fields: @Phillippe Bastille: You were missing the Barry White (RIP) phone call to make it all work.
	♥ 3:18pm Gaylord Fields: @The Oscar: Great minds...
	3:18pm Neil in Somerset: Great segue into Love Unlimited @DjSheilaB
	3:18pm djsheilab: A most important declaration! Thank you dear Gaylord Fields.
	3:19pm djsheilab: Check out the FABULOUS sleeve of the Sandra De Sa LP.
	♥ 3:19pm Gaylord Fields: I'm very happy to be here, dear Sheila!
	3:20pm djsheilab: Thanks Neil in Somerset!
	3:20pm djsheilab: lp-cover-lover! Of course you do! :)
	3:21pm Peter in SEA: A very international and Sophisticated 2020 has just commenced! Thank you Sheila and FMU!
	♥ 3:22pm Passaic River Blues: Is Sandra Wanda's funkier cousin?
	♥ 3:22pm Walt: @Rob Kppp ... I missed the beginning of the show, what comp exactly are you referring to? My internetting of "powder box" isn't returning anything relevant ...
	♥ 3:24pm Walt: @Rob Kopp
	3:25pm djsheilab: Walt—He's referring to Rhino's girl group box-set that was packaged in powder boxes. It's called One Kiss Can Lead To Another.
	3:26pm djsheilab: Thanks Peter in SEA! Hello Passaic River Blues!
	3:29pm Rob Kopp: @Sorry, Walt, was busy with something else for a minute. The liner notes are by our deejay!
	♥ 3:29pm listener james from westwood: Ooh, good Summer cover!
	♥ 3:29pm Handy Haversack: So excited to be home for this! Missed the first half hour walking the hound, but we're in! As soon as we put some stuff away.
	3:30pm ncjay: half an hour in and I've already bought three songs! amazing, Sheila!
	♥ 3:32pm efd: File me on #teamappalled
	♥ 3:33pm Walt: Thanks @Rob Kopp and @djsheilab - when someone on the board says something's the best, I feel compelled to check it out.
	♥ 3:33pm Passaic River Blues: @ncjay: was one of them that Frankiie track? I was very much into that one.
	♥ 3:33pm GeorgeSimian: Barry Manilow is way better than Kenny G.!
	♥ 3:33pm Phillippe Bastille: I'm with ya EFD. I'll take a pass on Barry...
	♥ 3:34pm mariano: When I was about 7 or 8, I thought "Mandy" was the greatest song ever written (around 1976/77). Didn't Manilow write a lot of classic commercial jingles?
	3:34pm P-90: Rainy vs. giddy. The eternal tug of war.
	3:34pm ncjay: PRB: Yes! and Oohyo and Sandra de Sa (had the short version but that extended workout at the end was SO good)
	3:34pm Rob Kopp: @Walt: you won't be disappointed.
	3:34pm Frank Zaatar: Well, we can thank Chopin for that song.
	3:35pm Monica: Hey there, Mizz Sheila B, welcome back, That Manilow tunes is based on Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C Minor, Opus 28, Number 20:) Still great though!
	3:35pm JakeGould: Thanks Chopin!
	3:35pm sugarwolf: Barry Manilow is fine. He played on Bette Midler’s album where she performs a Brecht/Weill song!
	3:35pm Mega Nugz: Barry White has always been a god, you just have to listen.
	3:36pm John from Florham park: @Walt between the DJs and a lot of people on the chat boards, there are a lot knowledgeable musical oriented people on here
	♥ 3:36pm GeorgeSimian: Yes @mariano Mandy, Lola, jingles, coke commercials. So many hits! Hard to think of the 70s without him.
	♥ 3:37pm Gaylord Fields: Sheila, you can edit my words anytime — in fact, you already have quite expertly in the past!
	3:40pm Dave Spice: Holly Macve is Irish so may not be too pleased with being called British.
	3:40pm djsheilab: Dave Spice—Oops! Thanks for the correction.
	3:43pm Listening Out There: How have I not heard The Chordettes before?
	3:43pm Rob Kopp: So Peanut is a bit like P.P. Arnold, who also record in the UK. BTW: P.P.'s new EP Sings the hits! contains a beautiful cover of Tin soldier. On the Small Faces original she's doing the backing vocals, but onto cover (Top Gear 2-1-1968) she's doing the lead vocals, while the backing vocals are done by Madeline Bell and Dusty Springfield! Check it out here www.youtube.com...
	3:44pm JakeGould: If you mix up Ireland and Britain three times in a row all your iPhone songs become something Bono related.
	♥ 3:44pm mariano: Speaking of Barrys, back when Hurricane Barry loomed (then fizzled) over the New Orleans area, someone came up with this scale of Barryness: flic.kr...
	3:46pm djsheilab: Happy new year, Monica! Barry stealing from the greats. Smart man!
	3:46pm northguineahills: Bridget St John!
	♥ 3:47pm Gaylord Fields: @Rob Kopp: Not exactly: Katie Kissoon (and her brother Mac) is Trinidadian-born but immigrated to the UK as an adolescent.
	3:47pm battleaxe: Happy 2020 one and all and Sheila.
	3:49pm Monica: yo, gaylord! missed you sunday:) greetings and happy 2020 sheila fans. let's all do the charleston, shall we?
	3:49pm djsheilab: efd—Oh boy....passionately anti-Barry Manilow!
	♥ 3:52pm Gaylord Fields: Vo-doh-de-oh-doh to you too, Monica! Sorry I missed your presence on Sunday as well! I hope you left my special sweet treat in the "F" mailbox at the station. ;)
	3:53pm Dave Spice: I always felt Barry Manilow knew exactly how cheesy he was and just played up to it.
	3:53pm Frank Zaatar: Yes, and "You Deserve a Break Today" was based on Karlein Stockhausen's Hymnen.
	3:53pm Frank Zaatar: Oops, sorry! That was "Revolution #9."
	3:54pm Rob Kopp: @Gaylord: thanks for the correction.
	3:55pm P-90: Posting love for the Last Lynx/Reymour combo
	3:57pm djsheilab: Thanks P-90!
	♥ 3:58pm Gaylord Fields: @Rob Kopp: As it says on my card, "Pedantic Deeds Done Dirt Cheap!"
	3:59pm bɿɒiniɒc: Ok, here is the first endurance test of the new year. Not now of course, but after the show see how long you can tolerate this intro that never resolves: youtu.be...
	4:00pm Dave Spice: Is this really the same Marti Caine who's better known in the UK as a 1980's TV comedian (comedienne?)?
	♥ 4:00pm GeorgeSimian: From Wiki.... Bob Dylan stopped Manilow at a party, hugged him and said, "Don't stop what you're doing, man. We're all inspired by you.
	4:01pm djsheilab: Dave Spice—Yup!
	4:01pm djsheilab: GeorgeSimian—That is so good!
	♥ 4:02pm Handy Haversack: Best record sleeve would be the dog on the tiger's lap! But this is very good.
	4:03pm Monica: sheila, pay no mind to @efd's resistance. he had a bad experience with a showgirl. her name was lola.
	4:05pm bɿɒiniɒc: Kenny Goldsmith embraces the hatred
	4:06pm yippie: Carlton once said he liked Barry Manilow and will smith was like he meant to say Barry White
	♥ 4:06pm Walt: Billy Joel would be a strong contender.
	♥ 4:06pm Gaylord Fields: Did you reply to Alan Parsons, "What's wrong with being sexy?"
	4:06pm Rick G: As a bit of a joke we got the Kenny G board game, “Keepin’ it Saxy.” The game is kind of meh but maybe he has a sense of humor about himself?
	♥ 4:06pm Handy Haversack: Sometimes I think Dylan is the most hated dude by WFMUers.
	4:08pm Cool Runnings: Hello Sheila. Barry manilow fan here: :-)
	♥ 4:09pm GeorgeSimian: Yeah, Billy Joel. And U2.
	4:10pm Dave Spice: And the book you're reading is... you're teasing us here.
	4:10pm P-90: Hachiko was the famous Japanese Akita dog who went to the train station every day for nine years to wait for his dear master to return.
	♥ 4:11pm Gaylord Fields: @Rick G: To quote someone also derided in his heyday as a tasteless purveyor of schlock, Liberace said he "laughed all the way to the bank."
	4:11pm djsheilab: P-90—WOW! This makes her and the sleeve even more magical!
	4:12pm Monica: Kenny G appears on Kanye's just-released album "Jesus Is King," which may or not help his cause around these parts:) But yes, he has a good sense of humor about himself.
	4:13pm djsheilab: HA! That is brilliant, Gaylord Fields. Wish I could be that quick + witty in the presence of GREATNESS.
	♥ 4:13pm GeorgeSimian: Liberace had a piano in every room in his mansion.
	♥ 4:15pm Handy Haversack: This sounds so good.
	4:15pm JakeGould: He should have made his mansion a big piano.
	♥ 4:15pm mariano: @Monica: he's not dumb but he can't understand why she walked like a woman but talked like a man.
	♥ 4:17pm mariano: @Handy Haversack: Is Dylan the most hated? Genuinely asking, not challenging. It was Don McLean for a while, or was that more of a personal beef between DM and Andy Breckman?
	4:17pm sugarwolf: @Gaylord: not to out do you in pedantic deeds, but I believe Liberace originally said he cried all the way to the bank
	♥ 4:18pm Gaylord Fields: CATHY SAINT!!! Top 5 all-time '60s GG single, and one of the best one-single artists ever!
	♥ 4:18pm Little Danny: Oh man love the massive sound on this Cathy Saint! Hey SB, hey all
	4:19pm Monica: true dat, @mariano! my former neighbor, lyricist bruce sussman, wrote 206 songs with manilow. like gaylord said, quoting the rapier-witted liberace, he "laughed all the way to the bank."
	4:19pm ncjay: @Gaylord Fields: I just looked in my iTunes and I have one other song by this one by Cathy Saint: the comp Boys Can Be Mean has her doing one called "Mr. Heartbreak"
	♥ 4:19pm GeorgeSimian: Can we just agree that Sheila is killing it? More hits than Manilow!
	4:19pm ncjay: besides this one, that is
	4:20pm P-90: @sugarwolf: yes, Liberace cried all the way to the bank. Kenny G laughed all the way to the bank, on an elevator.
	4:20pm ncjay: oh and it's also on "Go Girls - With the Girls from Red Bird"
	4:20pm bɿɒiniɒc: I get the felling Don Felder takes a lot of flak 'round here
	♥ 4:21pm Handy Haversack: @mariano -- I have only anecdotal evidence, but it seems there's a real hand-rubbing anticipation for the playing of the Dylan death tape! Comments when Joe McG played that set of Dylan covers last week(? -- time is not something I am expert at these days). For me, it would definitely be U2. Thank god for negativland.
	♥ 4:21pm Gaylord Fields: @sugarwolf: I actually sourced the quote before I posted it, and the most credible version had him saying "laughed" — a paraphrase of "cried all the way to the bank," first citation in a 1946 Walter Winchell column.
	4:21pm lp-cover-lover: Big Bad World is great! Thanks Sheila. Enjoying the show!
	♥ 4:22pm Gaylord Fields: @ncjay: Yes, that was the b-side of her one and only single.
	4:22pm EarlyMorningInSeoul: a little late to the show, but Happy New Years!
	4:22pm ncjay: aha! then I stand corrected!
	4:23pm Dave Spice: Woman Smarter - Awesome.
	4:23pm P-90: And wasn’t “Mr. Pedantic Deeds” originally a character in Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers”?
	4:24pm Rob Kopp: @Walt: Cathy Saint is on the powder box as well
	4:24pm William Main: The fact that Bob Dylan complimented Barry Manilow (even if true) only casts doubt on Dylan's own judgment.
	♥ 4:24pm Handy Haversack: @P-90, it was Wilkie Collins.
	4:26pm Monica: Liberace says it on Liberace at the Hollywood Bowl (1955). Think it's on the interstitial track "Sometimes I'm Ashamed to Take the Money."
	4:26pm sugarwolf: @Gaylord: interesting! Well he definitely went to the bank a few times!
	♥ 4:27pm Little Danny: Jazz pianist Jaki Byard claimed Liberace as an inspiration in one of his interviews...
	4:27pm bɿɒiniɒc: Trying to figure who recorded it first, I stumbled across a whole collection of "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" www.amazon.com...
	♥ 4:27pm Gaylord Fields: I come with recepits. Citation for "laughed": Bob Foster's column in San Mateo Times, Nov. 7, 1953: Liberace said, "My manager and I laughed all the way to the bank" (in response to a Chicago critic's attack of the pianist's live performance).
	♥ 4:28pm efd: I had this Sweet Inspirations record when I was a kid, probably around the time it came out. I was supposed to go see them with my family somewhere on the South Shore of Massachusetts (Canton, I think? Doesn't matter) but the show was canceled for some reason and I never saw them. We went and got ice cream instead.
	♥ 4:29pm Gaylord Fields: *receipts
	♥ 4:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Zats, I was hoping to see Gaylord's recipe for butter chicken!
	♥ 4:32pm Gaylord Fields: @sugarwolf: Seems as if Liberace later used the line several times, correcting "laughed" to "cried"— so we're both correct, but 1st citation has "laughed."
	4:34pm ncjay: @djsheilab for a great female calypso artist check out Singing Francine (mostly late 70s and early 80s). Rose is the best though!
	4:35pm Cool Runnings: I first heard Woman Smarter recorded by Harry Belafante when I was a kid. Still love it good to hear it again
	4:36pm djsheilab: Thanks ncjay!
	4:39pm northguineahills: The Lab!
	4:40pm Carmichael: I was wondering when you were going to play some Stereolab, Sheila. They fit your format quite well.
	4:43pm Don F.: Did Calypso Rose perform 'Mass in California?' Mixed it in the '80s.
	4:43pm Jocelyn: Happy Friday Everyone! Happy New Year!
	4:45pm JoeG.: Yeah, they sure do, Carmichael. I still get giddy when I hear Stereolab on any radio station, though particularly this one. Cheers and happy new year to our D.J. and her listeners!
	4:45pm djsheilab: Happy New Year Jocelyn, Don F., + JoeG!
	♥ 4:46pm Handy Haversack: Still flying high from the Stereolab.
	4:48pm djsheilab: More songs should end with a gong!
	4:50pm johnzo: hey people. just tuning in. am I the only one who’s freaking out? please tell me Im not the only one wfmu listeners have to be more woke than the average citizen. feel like this music is helping tho... sorta. thanks SB
	4:51pm Don F.: Happy New Year, Sheila B.!
	4:51pm Jocelyn: Johnzo, you’re not alone
	4:51pm JakeGould: So Liberace laughed, correct?
	4:52pm Dave Spice: @Johnzo... that's why we're all here.
	4:53pm johnzo: ok
	4:53pm P-90: Love for Larhonda!
	4:53pm johnzo: Im glad you’re all freaking out then. it’s appropriate. and thanks for the calming music SB
	4:54pm sugarwolf: @JakeGould: he laughed, he cried, he kept parrots on the lanai
	4:56pm JakeGould: @sugarwolf: “…he kept parrots on the lanai” TMI, lady!
	4:57pm Dave Spice: Brilliant Dusty
	♥ 4:57pm Guido from Cologne: Never heard about her! Just looed her up today.
	4:58pm JakeGould: Sad NYC news connected to Iran but not the big issue but still, this quote from a closing restaurateur, “This might be my only opportunity to go back home to Iran for a month or so, take a very short vacation, and come back.” gothamist.com... Errr… Did anybody tell the guy. ANYWAY POSITIVE THOUGHTS!
	♥ 4:58pm Michael 98145: Thank you for building us an island in this crazy world, DJ Sheila
	4:58pm lily: thanks for the wonderful music! from south korea
	4:59pm P-90: Farewell Allee, your songs will always be with us
	4:59pm sugarwolf: Allee Willis also worked on Just Say Julie, Julie Brown’s MTV show and got to keep everything from the set!
	♥ 5:00pm Phillippe Bastille: Allee looks like she would be right at home sharing a cocktail with John Waters
	5:01pm johnzo: if anyone here prays or would consider doing it for the fuck of it please pray for world peace today. I pray that the Muslims will be the bigger christians and turn the other cheek if not this could be very very very bad.
	5:01pm Dave Spice: One of my fave Dusty Springfield performances, and I don't think she ever did a studio version, was from her BBC TV series of the Bee Gees, To Love Somebody.
	5:02pm Derbs: Pet shop boys- nice Shiela!
	5:02pm Rob Kopp: In 2002 I was London for a week and my bonus daughter Ivanka and I asked in every every record shop if they had I'll be there for you (theme of 'Friends') by The Rembrandts. None of them had. When we came back in The Netherlands Hans (another member of my record club) said: You should have asked before you went. I have 2 copies and 1 is for sale! Aargh. But Ivanka was happy.
	5:02pm johnzo: i am agnostic and dont pray but I will pray for your family in Iran as well SB. much love!!!
	♥ 5:02pm Michael 98145: Love you, Sheila ♥
	♥ 5:03pm listener james from westwood: <3 to Sheila—you were the first person I thought of after this news hit
	♥ 5:03pm Mark Hurst: Sheila, your show is a bright spot in a dark time! Thank you.
	♥ 5:04pm mariano: I love Persian food, not that I've had the full range, but I love chicken fesenjan.
	5:04pm Jocelyn: The burnt rice is my favourite. A friend taught me how to make it years ago.
	♥ 5:06pm mariano: So glad I managed to see Stereolab a few times, they were so good live. Saw them twice at Irving Plaza, really good venue for seeing them.
	5:07pm djsheilab: The Liverbirds New York Times Op-Doc: www.nytimes.com...
	♥ 5:08pm Michael 98145: { now, burnt rice is something =I= could probably make! :) }
	♥ 5:09pm dreamyandseedy: i would love to know about all the young girls who saw the liverbirds and got inspired to make music
	5:09pm sophie: Another wonderful place for Iranian food, though I’d only suggest take-out, is the very small Taste of Persia on 18th street! The food is amazing. Love you Sheila!
	♥ 5:09pm Phillippe Bastille: damn, thought I was hearing Cher...
	♥ 5:09pm Handy Haversack: @mariano, I saw them at Irving Plaza, too ... 2002? 2003?
	5:09pm Rob Kopp: Sheila, did you know that Brian Epstein asked Jenny Steur of Jenny & The Rascals (who had 2 fabulous Dutch singles) if she wanted to come to Liverpool to form a girl group as counterpart of The Beatles? She refused.
	♥ 5:11pm Handy Haversack: This set is cooking it so far. Dang!
	♥ 5:12pm mariano: @Handy: that would be about right! One of them had Super Furry Animals opening.
	♥ 5:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: I had a cooking pot with a layer of burned rice stuck to the bottom. Let it soak with vinegar for a few days to loosen things up.
	5:14pm Rob Kopp: Love this set. So far 3 clicky stars
	5:14pm Dave Spice: Great stuff, ShielaB. If you can rehabilitate Alma Cogan then you're really a master of your art.
	5:15pm Rob Kopp: and no. 4
	5:15pm djsheilab: Thanks Rob Kopp!
	5:15pm djsheilab: And thank you Handy Haversack!
	5:16pm djsheilab: sophie—Yes! A Taste Of Persia is wonderful. And affordable. Thanks!
	♥ 5:17pm Michael 98145: The 1970s brought us so many great reggae artists
	♥ 5:19pm Handy Haversack: I think I would get takeout lunch from Taste of Persia when I worked around Gramercy Park in 2000-2001. Always a line out the door at lunchtime. Pretty sure that was the name.
	5:22pm Rob Kopp: The Lollipops? Wasn't this the same version as the version by Ellie Greenwich on the powder box?
	5:24pm djsheilab: Rob Kopp—Same backing track but different vocalist. That's not Ellie Greenwich singing on the Lollipops version.
	5:25pm Rob Kopp: OK, that explains why it sounded so familiar to me. Have never heard that Lollipops version.
	♥ 5:26pm Handy Haversack: Jasmine Trails apparently will be at the New Colossus Festival in NYC in March! I don't know anything about it ...
	♥ 5:27pm Michael 98145: Jasmine needs a nap :)
	5:27pm djsheilab: Handy Haversack—I was just going to announce news on this new fest!
	♥ 5:28pm Handy Haversack: D'oh -- sorry, SheilaB! I will learn from you!
	5:29pm John from Florham park: Hey fellow boom boom fans if you want to hear news there is radio Australia ,BBC and the CBC they all give you great news without the cable news bullshit
	♥ 5:31pm ParUbi: Hey everyone, late join tonight
	5:31pm Dave Spice: Los Bitchos live session? Yes! Yes! Yes!
	♥ 5:31pm Handy Haversack: I can strongly recommend Weeping Icon, playing the NC Fest. Brooklyn-based sort of melodic power noise rock? Super good. All-woman three piece.
	5:32pm Jocelyn: Grandma needs her own Instagram! She’s absolutely everything!
	5:33pm Jocelyn: And your NYE dress was epic. The way it moved when you were dancing.
	♥ 5:33pm Michael 98145: Wow :) www.instagram.com...
	5:35pm Rob Kopp: I just see that Gloria, the 4th album Gloria of Dutch girl duo Clean Pete (twin sisters) was nr. 6 in the Christmas top 10 of Rolling Stone! Saw them last Sunday.
	5:35pm northguineahills: Hmmm, I have the Burrito Bros. and the Belly version, and didn't realized they were the same song...
	♥ 5:35pm Phillippe Bastille: Never heard this cover. Sweet.
	♥ 5:36pm Michael 98145: Loved this EP
	♥ 5:36pm mariano: @John from Florham park: It's hard to watch American TV news of any political stripe; it's so dumbed down, at the level of a junior-high newspaper. The difference is palpable when you see news from other countries, with real journalists putting tough questions to politicians and holding them to account.
	♥ 5:37pm Michael 98145: We definitely need more independent journalism. And i don't mean blogs.
	5:38pm John from Florham park: @Marino that’s why I don’t watch cable news anymore because of all trump all the time
	5:38pm djsheilab: mariano—I share your disdain for American TV news. It is SHOCKING. My grandma watches CNN day n' night, and it's unbelievable how dumb it's become.
	♥ 5:38pm Phillippe Bastille: Al Jazeera America shutting their doors was a big blow to any sort of world view, IMO
	5:38pm William Main: Mariano: That's why I get most of my news from the BBC and the Economist.
	5:39pm lp-cover-lover: Thanks for a great show! Have a great night Sheila! xo
	♥ 5:39pm ParUbi: This is just beautiful
	♥ 5:39pm Passaic River Blues: Selda is the balm I need.
	5:40pm John from Florham park: @Djsheliab not the CNN of 10 20 years ago
	5:40pm tneeld: On a sort of related note, I decided today that that Altin GÜn album was my favorite of 2019.
	5:41pm Dave Spice: @mariano It's not just American news reporting, the entirety of objective news journalism worldwide is being strangled.
	5:41pm John from Florham park: @maurice main I have the bbc iPlayer and it is great
	5:42pm djsheilab: tneeld—YESSSSS!!!! And finally a reason to care about the Grammys.
	♥ 5:43pm ParUbi: @tneeld Altın Gün is consistently amazing.
	♥ 5:44pm Passaic River Blues: Also certainly my favorite WFMU live set of 2019: www.wfmu.org...
	5:44pm northguineahills: Thought I heard Linda Perhacs….
	5:45pm djsheilab: It's very hard to be an intelligent, open-minded person in this age. But perhaps it has always felt this way throughout history? I realize this all sounds a bit snobby, which I'm ok with :)
	♥ 5:45pm Guido from Cologne: I underestimated the Türkish community in Cologne. The Altin Gün show was sold out early! :-) Good for them, bad for me. I missed the show. :-( "Parallelograms " is an fantastic album.
	♥ 5:46pm Handy Haversack: I get my news from WFMU message boards and my reflections on that news from Salvage (salvage.zone). I am healthier and happier since making this change.
	♥ 5:46pm ParUbi: My Iranian friend is terrified
	5:47pm John from Florham park: @Dj shelia you are spot on about that
	5:47pm tneeld: @Guido definitely don't underestimate the Turkish community in Germany in general! I saw them in Chicago and it was about 1/3 Turkish people gleefully singing along to every single word. I'm moving to either Berlin or Hamburg in May and I can't wait (for so many reasons).
	5:48pm tneeld: @djsheilab - Absolutely! And in the 'World' category, whatever the hell that means at this particular point in time.
	♥ 5:48pm mariano: @everyone - journalism is indeed under assault everywhere. I see it when I go to the UK, Murdoch's been trying to kill grownup journalism there as much as in the US. That's why I get all my news from infowars (jk). I've gravitated towards print/online news over the years, with some radio (love BBC radio). Easier to get perspectives from all over, whether you agree with them or not, and cheaper than paying a cable bill.
	5:48pm John from Florham park: @Parubi your friend is not the only one who who is
	5:48pm Dave Spice: @William Main - the BBC's reliance on the UK government maintaining our license fee as the main source of the broadcaster's funding means you should always think twice about quite how objective the BBC viewpoint actually is.
	5:49pm Dave Spice: ...actually is.
	♥ 5:49pm Guido from Cologne: Georges Delarue!
	5:50pm EarlyMorningInSeoul: @djsheilab: Such a wonderful soundtrack, but such a devastating movie... (the Godard one)
	♥ 5:50pm listener james from westwood: Jeez, I was already in the mood to rewatch Casino; are you reading my mind with this DelaRue?!
	♥ 5:50pm Handy Haversack: That Zehava Ben song was amazing.
	5:52pm djsheilab: EarlyMorningInSeoul—Isn't it just? But so stunning too.
	5:52pm Geoffrey in Ottawa: This has been a great show as always, Sheila. Thank you and Happy New Year.
	5:54pm Bruce Francis Simpson: You're in a Bardot groove! J'Approve!
	5:54pm Rob Kopp: Thanks for today's show, Sheila. Hopefully the situation between USA and Iran doesn't explode.
	5:54pm northguineahills: Cocteau Twins! Thanks sheilab!
	♥ 5:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: Station Manager Ken should apply for a grant to create a WFMU News Division. They could add another story to WFMU Towers. Hope you have a healthy and prosperous 2020, Sheila!
	♥ 5:54pm mariano: Thanks Sheila, amazing first show of 2020! Non-religious prayers for you and your family in Iran, and for this benighted world.
	♥ 5:55pm Handy Haversack: Ahhh, I don't want it to end. What a great show. Thanks, SheilaB! What a song. Peace and solidarity, everyone!
	5:55pm ncjay: another wonderful show, Sheila. Thank you!
	5:56pm William Main: Shelia B. I think you're right. There never was some golden age when everyone was rational and all information readily available and transparent. Are things worse now than they were in 1930 just before WWII? So lets not despair... yet.
	♥ 5:56pm Passaic River Blues: Thank you, Sheila.
	5:57pm Listening Out There: So, recently, Irwin played this version of California Dreaming, with the Mamas and Papas (with Cass Elliot)...backing up Barry McGuire. Talk about, well, unexpected...
	5:57pm P-90: Perfect show to start the Roaring ‘20s. Thanks, DJ Sheila!
	♥ 5:57pm Guido from Cologne: prefer barbara Lewis' version, but anyway ... Reminds me on RCA Dynaflex pressing were pretty good. (Considering some of the 180 gram madness.)
	5:58pm EarlyMorningInSeoul: Thanks for another great show! Let's go 2020!
	5:58pm William Main: Dave Spice: Good point.
	5:58pm ncjay: they were about 75 grams, I think!
	5:59pm Stashu: I LOVE YOU SHEILA
	5:59pm zak: amen sister
	6:00pm Ziggy: What a fantastic show today !!! Dear Shiela
	6:01pm djsheilab: Thanks so much lovely ones! Until next week.....Keep the faith!!!!!Xoxoxo
	♥ 9:16pm Michael 98145: Thank you again, DJ Sheila. Thinking of you and your family ...

Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from January 3, 2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Oohyo	Butter Chicken "Butter Chicken" by "Oohyo"		Mun Hwa In	2019	MY SINGLE OF THE WEEK #1	*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Amelita Galli-Curci	Crepuscule "Crepuscule" by "Amelita Galli-Curci"	Brass Pins & Pearls: International 78s	Canary Records	2014	From 1918		0:06:50 (Pop-up)
Peanut	Thank Goodness For The Rain		Oye	1965			0:10:30 (Pop-up)
Love Unlimited	Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love		Uni	1972			0:12:38 (Pop-up)
Sandra De Sá	Olhos Coloridos "Olhos Coloridos" by "Sandra De Sá"	Sandra De Sá	BMG Brasil	1986			0:18:09 (Pop-up)
Frankiie	Dream Reader "Dream Reader" by "Frankiie"	Forget Your Head	Paper Bag Records	2019		*	0:23:47 (Pop-up)
Donna Summer	Could It Be Magic "Could It Be Magic" by "Donna Summer"	Greatest Hits	Groovy Records	1977	From 1976		0:28:13 (Pop-up)

Holly MacVe	Another Day "Another Day" by "Holly MacVe"		Bella Union	2019		*	0:37:43 (Pop-up)
The Chordettes	Moonlight On the Ganges	Harmony Time Volume II	Columbia	N/A	From 1951		0:40:51 (Pop-up)
Bridget St. John	Back To Stay "Back To Stay" by "Bridget St. John"	Songs For the Gentle Man	Cherry Red	2005	From 1971		0:43:53 (Pop-up)
Last Lynx	Flowers "Flowers" by "Last Lynx"		Last Lynx	2019		*	0:48:42 (Pop-up)
Reymour	Untitled "Untitled" by "Reymour"	Enigme	Kinship	2018			0:52:32 (Pop-up)
Marti Caine	Snowbird City "Snowbird City" by "Marti Caine"	Point Of View	Be With Records	2018	From 1981		0:56:13 (Pop-up)
Hachiku	Shark Attack "Shark Attack" by "Hachiku"		Milk! Records	2019	Winner of today's best record sleeve?	*	0:59:55 (Pop-up)

Sylvie Vartan	Onna No Jikan "Onna No Jikan" by "Sylvie Vartan"		RCA	1971			1:09:53 (Pop-up)
Jessica Pratt	Back, Baby "Back, Baby" by "Jessica Pratt"	On Your Own Love Again	Drag City	2015			1:11:54 (Pop-up)
Cathy Saint	Big Bad World "Big Bad World" by "Cathy Saint"		Daisy	1963			1:16:05 (Pop-up)
Candy & the Kisses	Soldier Baby (Of Mine)		Cameo Parkway	1965			1:18:30 (Pop-up)
Calypso Rose	Woman Smarter "Woman Smarter" by "Calypso Rose"	Far From Home	Because Music	2016			1:21:29 (Pop-up)
Nikki Giovanni	Dreams "Dreams" by "Nikki Giovanni"	Legacies: The Poet Of Nikki Giovanni	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings	2004	From 1976		1:23:27 (Pop-up)
The Sweet Inspirations	Sweet Inspiration		Atlantic	1968			1:24:35 (Pop-up)
Diane Christian	Little Boy "Little Boy" by "Diane Christian"		Bell Records	1965			1:27:07 (Pop-up)

Yosui Inoue	Pi Po Pa "Pi Po Pa" by "Yosui Inoue"	Handsome Boy	For Life Entertainment	2018	From 1980 / Featuring Haruomi Hosono + Miharu Koshi / MY SINGLE OF THE WEEK #2!!		1:34:35 (Pop-up)
Stereolab	Pack Yr Romantic Mind "Pack Yr Romantic Mind" by "Stereolab"	Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements	Elektra	1993			1:37:57 (Pop-up)
Joyce with Nana Vasconcelos & Mauricio Maestro	Jardim dos Deuses	Visions of Dawn	Far Out Recordings	2009	From 1976		1:42:39 (Pop-up)
Larhonda LeGette	Now You Sit Alone	Visible & Invisible Persons Distributed In Space	Numero Group	2019		*	1:48:19 (Pop-up)
Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield	What Have I Done To Deserve This?	Actually	Parlophone	1987	Co-written by the late Allee Willis. Read up on her + all her fabulous songwriting + personality!		1:56:40 (Pop-up)

The Liverbirds	Long Tall Shorty "Long Tall Shorty" by "The Liverbirds"	She Came From Liverpool! Merseyside Girl-Pop 1962-1968	Ace Records	2019	From 1966	*	2:06:08 (Pop-up)
Etta James	Fire "Fire" by "Etta James"	Tell Mama: The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions	Geffen Records	2001	From 1968		2:09:04 (Pop-up)
Alma Cogan	Snakes, Snails, Puppydogs Tails		Columbia	1965			2:11:11 (Pop-up)
Audrey Hall	Show Me, Baby "Show Me, Baby" by "Audrey Hall"	Love Is All I Bring: Reggae Hits & Rarities By The Queens Of Trojan	Sanctuary	2019	From 1970	*	2:13:46 (Pop-up)
The Lollipops	You Don’t Know "You Don’t Know" by "The Lollipops"		SSS International	1969	Written by Ellie Greenwich + Jeff Barry!		2:17:11 (Pop-up)
Brigitte Bardot	Melanie "Melanie" by "Brigitte Bardot"	B.B.	Philips	1964			2:20:00 (Pop-up)
Jasmine Trails	Alive And Well "Alive And Well" by "Jasmine Trails"		Self-released	2019		*	2:22:01 (Pop-up)

Belly	Hot Burrito #1 "Hot Burrito #1" by "Belly"	Gepetto EP	4AD	1993			2:33:38 (Pop-up)
Selda Bagcan	Gesi Baglari "Gesi Baglari" by "Selda Bagcan"	Turkulerimiz 1	Major Muzik Yapim	1995			2:36:38 (Pop-up)
Linda Perhacs	Moons and Cattails "Moons and Cattails" by "Linda Perhacs"	Parallelograms	The Wild Places	2003	From 1970		2:40:54 (Pop-up)
Zehava Ben	Mah Yiyeh "Mah Yiyeh" by "Zehava Ben"		N/A	1994	I can't get enough of this song. So much emotion!		2:45:00 (Pop-up)
George DelaRue	Theme De Camille "Theme De Camille" by "George DelaRue"	Le Mepris OST	Disque Cinemusique	2016	From 1963		2:48:10 (Pop-up)
Cocteau Twins	Know Who You Are At Every Age	Four Calendar Café	Capitol	1993			2:51:27 (Pop-up)
Cass Elliot	Baby I’m Yours "Baby I’m Yours" by "Cass Elliot"	Cass Elliot	RCA	2009	From 1972		2:54:38 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:00pm ncjay: Welcome back Sheila, and good afternoon to all Friday music lovers!
	♥ 3:00pm listener james from westwood: Good 2020, Sheila and all!!
	3:01pm Rick G: Best wishes to all in the new year. Welcome back Sheila.
	3:01pm P-90: The SECOND decade to contain Boom Boom as an essential ingredient! Rejoice!
	♥ 3:01pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Sheila!
	♥ 3:01pm dreamyandseedy: ready to get giddy!
	3:01pm Lixiviated Life: This opening song: What's it about?
	3:02pm Rob Kopp: Hello Sheila, hello everyone. Best wishes for 2020
	3:02pm John from Florham park: @Djsheliab next week will be my one year anniversary of listening to you,, the show I am talking about was the evil door knob that had you trapped
	3:03pm djsheilab: Happy New Year, you beautiful people!
	3:03pm Carmichael: Heya Sheila. I had butter chicken for dinner last night!
	♥ 3:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: Yay, Happy New Year! Too bad about this Soleimani thing.
	♥ 3:04pm Guido from Cologne: Happy new decade!
	3:04pm chalmers: I won that doorknob!
	3:05pm Dave Spice: Happy New Year, folks. It's Friday's oasis of calm in a crazy world.
	3:05pm djsheilab: The doorknob winner is with us!
	3:05pm P-90: Funny, “Butter Chicken” looks just like a horsie to me...
	3:05pm John from Florham park: @Chalmers what did you do with the door knob
	3:07pm chalmers: I mounted it with a copy of the Declaration of Independence as a shrine to freedom! https://twitter.com/michaleen/status/1139664014005493767
	♥ 3:07pm mariano: Hey, happy New Year Sheila B and everyone! Now I want butter chicken for dinner, but despite the well-earned culinary reputation of New Orleans, it doesn't have much by way of Indian food.
	3:07pm JakeGould: Welcome to 2020 Sheila I say presumptuously!
	3:10pm RomanDogBird: helloo
	3:10pm Oscar Davis: lovely stuff
	♥ 3:10pm steveo: HNY DJSB!
	3:11pm djsheilab: A VERY warm + festive welcome + happy new year to you, ncjay, listener james from westwood, Lixiviated Life, Guido from Cologne, chalmers, dreamyandseedy, P-90, Rob Kopp, Rick G., John from Florham Park, Carmichael, Ken from Hyde Park, Jake Gould, Dave Spice, mariano + Oscar Davis, steveo, + RomanDogBird!
	♥ 3:11pm Ken From Hyde Park: Can't wait for the follow-up tune: Butter Emails!
	3:12pm Rob Kopp: From the powder box, the best comp ever
	♥ 3:13pm Phillippe Bastille: Howdy
	3:15pm djsheilab: I love cozy rain-themed records
	3:15pm lp-cover-lover: Hi Sheila - I LOVE Walking in the Rain!
	3:15pm P-90: Woo- Haven’t heard Love Unlimited in a few years.
	♥ 3:15pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, Sheila! I'm just here to declare that more songs should have had phone calls from Barry White interrupting them.
	3:16pm djsheilab: Hey Phillippe Bastille!
	3:16pm brainiac: Hello, and thanks for calling
	♥ 3:16pm Phillippe Bastille: I just got back from a walk with my wife in which it started raining midway through. Trust me, Love Unlimited waaaay over-romanticized that experience...
	♥ 3:17pm The Oscar: Afternoon! More songs should feature an interlude in which the singer decides to call Barry White on the phone.
	♥ 3:17pm The Oscar: D'oh-- just saw Gaylord's comment!!
	♥ 3:17pm Gaylord Fields: @Phillippe Bastille: You were missing the Barry White (RIP) phone call to make it all work.
	♥ 3:18pm Gaylord Fields: @The Oscar: Great minds...
	3:18pm Neil in Somerset: Great segue into Love Unlimited @DjSheilaB
	3:18pm djsheilab: A most important declaration! Thank you dear Gaylord Fields.
	3:19pm djsheilab: Check out the FABULOUS sleeve of the Sandra De Sa LP.
	♥ 3:19pm Gaylord Fields: I'm very happy to be here, dear Sheila!
	3:20pm djsheilab: Thanks Neil in Somerset!
	3:20pm djsheilab: lp-cover-lover! Of course you do! :)
	3:21pm Peter in SEA: A very international and Sophisticated 2020 has just commenced! Thank you Sheila and FMU!
	♥ 3:22pm Passaic River Blues: Is Sandra Wanda's funkier cousin?
	♥ 3:22pm Walt: @Rob Kppp ... I missed the beginning of the show, what comp exactly are you referring to? My internetting of "powder box" isn't returning anything relevant ...
	♥ 3:24pm Walt: @Rob Kopp
	3:25pm djsheilab: Walt—He's referring to Rhino's girl group box-set that was packaged in powder boxes. It's called One Kiss Can Lead To Another.
	3:26pm djsheilab: Thanks Peter in SEA! Hello Passaic River Blues!
	3:29pm Rob Kopp: @Sorry, Walt, was busy with something else for a minute. The liner notes are by our deejay!
	♥ 3:29pm listener james from westwood: Ooh, good Summer cover!
	♥ 3:29pm Handy Haversack: So excited to be home for this! Missed the first half hour walking the hound, but we're in! As soon as we put some stuff away.
	3:30pm ncjay: half an hour in and I've already bought three songs! amazing, Sheila!
	♥ 3:32pm efd: File me on #teamappalled
	♥ 3:33pm Walt: Thanks @Rob Kopp and @djsheilab - when someone on the board says something's the best, I feel compelled to check it out.
	♥ 3:33pm Passaic River Blues: @ncjay: was one of them that Frankiie track? I was very much into that one.
	♥ 3:33pm GeorgeSimian: Barry Manilow is way better than Kenny G.!
	♥ 3:33pm Phillippe Bastille: I'm with ya EFD. I'll take a pass on Barry...
	♥ 3:34pm mariano: When I was about 7 or 8, I thought "Mandy" was the greatest song ever written (around 1976/77). Didn't Manilow write a lot of classic commercial jingles?
	3:34pm P-90: Rainy vs. giddy. The eternal tug of war.
	3:34pm ncjay: PRB: Yes! and Oohyo and Sandra de Sa (had the short version but that extended workout at the end was SO good)
	3:34pm Rob Kopp: @Walt: you won't be disappointed.
	3:34pm Frank Zaatar: Well, we can thank Chopin for that song.
	3:35pm Monica: Hey there, Mizz Sheila B, welcome back, That Manilow tunes is based on Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C Minor, Opus 28, Number 20:) Still great though!
	3:35pm JakeGould: Thanks Chopin!
	3:35pm sugarwolf: Barry Manilow is fine. He played on Bette Midler’s album where she performs a Brecht/Weill song!
	3:35pm Mega Nugz: Barry White has always been a god, you just have to listen.
	3:36pm John from Florham park: @Walt between the DJs and a lot of people on the chat boards, there are a lot knowledgeable musical oriented people on here
	♥ 3:36pm GeorgeSimian: Yes @mariano Mandy, Lola, jingles, coke commercials. So many hits! Hard to think of the 70s without him.
	♥ 3:37pm Gaylord Fields: Sheila, you can edit my words anytime — in fact, you already have quite expertly in the past!
	3:40pm Dave Spice: Holly Macve is Irish so may not be too pleased with being called British.
	3:40pm djsheilab: Dave Spice—Oops! Thanks for the correction.
	3:43pm Listening Out There: How have I not heard The Chordettes before?
	3:43pm Rob Kopp: So Peanut is a bit like P.P. Arnold, who also record in the UK. BTW: P.P.'s new EP Sings the hits! contains a beautiful cover of Tin soldier. On the Small Faces original she's doing the backing vocals, but onto cover (Top Gear 2-1-1968) she's doing the lead vocals, while the backing vocals are done by Madeline Bell and Dusty Springfield! Check it out here www.youtube.com...
	3:44pm JakeGould: If you mix up Ireland and Britain three times in a row all your iPhone songs become something Bono related.
	♥ 3:44pm mariano: Speaking of Barrys, back when Hurricane Barry loomed (then fizzled) over the New Orleans area, someone came up with this scale of Barryness: flic.kr...
	3:46pm djsheilab: Happy new year, Monica! Barry stealing from the greats. Smart man!
	3:46pm northguineahills: Bridget St John!
	♥ 3:47pm Gaylord Fields: @Rob Kopp: Not exactly: Katie Kissoon (and her brother Mac) is Trinidadian-born but immigrated to the UK as an adolescent.
	3:47pm battleaxe: Happy 2020 one and all and Sheila.
	3:49pm Monica: yo, gaylord! missed you sunday:) greetings and happy 2020 sheila fans. let's all do the charleston, shall we?
	3:49pm djsheilab: efd—Oh boy....passionately anti-Barry Manilow!
	♥ 3:52pm Gaylord Fields: Vo-doh-de-oh-doh to you too, Monica! Sorry I missed your presence on Sunday as well! I hope you left my special sweet treat in the "F" mailbox at the station. ;)
	3:53pm Dave Spice: I always felt Barry Manilow knew exactly how cheesy he was and just played up to it.
	3:53pm Frank Zaatar: Yes, and "You Deserve a Break Today" was based on Karlein Stockhausen's Hymnen.
	3:53pm Frank Zaatar: Oops, sorry! That was "Revolution #9."
	3:54pm Rob Kopp: @Gaylord: thanks for the correction.
	3:55pm P-90: Posting love for the Last Lynx/Reymour combo
	3:57pm djsheilab: Thanks P-90!
	♥ 3:58pm Gaylord Fields: @Rob Kopp: As it says on my card, "Pedantic Deeds Done Dirt Cheap!"
	3:59pm bɿɒiniɒc: Ok, here is the first endurance test of the new year. Not now of course, but after the show see how long you can tolerate this intro that never resolves: youtu.be...
	4:00pm Dave Spice: Is this really the same Marti Caine who's better known in the UK as a 1980's TV comedian (comedienne?)?
	♥ 4:00pm GeorgeSimian: From Wiki.... Bob Dylan stopped Manilow at a party, hugged him and said, "Don't stop what you're doing, man. We're all inspired by you.
	4:01pm djsheilab: Dave Spice—Yup!
	4:01pm djsheilab: GeorgeSimian—That is so good!
	♥ 4:02pm Handy Haversack: Best record sleeve would be the dog on the tiger's lap! But this is very good.
	4:03pm Monica: sheila, pay no mind to @efd's resistance. he had a bad experience with a showgirl. her name was lola.
	4:05pm bɿɒiniɒc: Kenny Goldsmith embraces the hatred
	4:06pm yippie: Carlton once said he liked Barry Manilow and will smith was like he meant to say Barry White
	♥ 4:06pm Walt: Billy Joel would be a strong contender.
	♥ 4:06pm Gaylord Fields: Did you reply to Alan Parsons, "What's wrong with being sexy?"
	4:06pm Rick G: As a bit of a joke we got the Kenny G board game, “Keepin’ it Saxy.” The game is kind of meh but maybe he has a sense of humor about himself?
	♥ 4:06pm Handy Haversack: Sometimes I think Dylan is the most hated dude by WFMUers.
	4:08pm Cool Runnings: Hello Sheila. Barry manilow fan here: :-)
	♥ 4:09pm GeorgeSimian: Yeah, Billy Joel. And U2.
	4:10pm Dave Spice: And the book you're reading is... you're teasing us here.
	4:10pm P-90: Hachiko was the famous Japanese Akita dog who went to the train station every day for nine years to wait for his dear master to return.
	♥ 4:11pm Gaylord Fields: @Rick G: To quote someone also derided in his heyday as a tasteless purveyor of schlock, Liberace said he "laughed all the way to the bank."
	4:11pm djsheilab: P-90—WOW! This makes her and the sleeve even more magical!
	4:12pm Monica: Kenny G appears on Kanye's just-released album "Jesus Is King," which may or not help his cause around these parts:) But yes, he has a good sense of humor about himself.
	4:13pm djsheilab: HA! That is brilliant, Gaylord Fields. Wish I could be that quick + witty in the presence of GREATNESS.
	♥ 4:13pm GeorgeSimian: Liberace had a piano in every room in his mansion.
	♥ 4:15pm Handy Haversack: This sounds so good.
	4:15pm JakeGould: He should have made his mansion a big piano.
	♥ 4:15pm mariano: @Monica: he's not dumb but he can't understand why she walked like a woman but talked like a man.
	♥ 4:17pm mariano: @Handy Haversack: Is Dylan the most hated? Genuinely asking, not challenging. It was Don McLean for a while, or was that more of a personal beef between DM and Andy Breckman?
	4:17pm sugarwolf: @Gaylord: not to out do you in pedantic deeds, but I believe Liberace originally said he cried all the way to the bank
	♥ 4:18pm Gaylord Fields: CATHY SAINT!!! Top 5 all-time '60s GG single, and one of the best one-single artists ever!
	♥ 4:18pm Little Danny: Oh man love the massive sound on this Cathy Saint! Hey SB, hey all
	4:19pm Monica: true dat, @mariano! my former neighbor, lyricist bruce sussman, wrote 206 songs with manilow. like gaylord said, quoting the rapier-witted liberace, he "laughed all the way to the bank."
	4:19pm ncjay: @Gaylord Fields: I just looked in my iTunes and I have one other song by this one by Cathy Saint: the comp Boys Can Be Mean has her doing one called "Mr. Heartbreak"
	♥ 4:19pm GeorgeSimian: Can we just agree that Sheila is killing it? More hits than Manilow!
	4:19pm ncjay: besides this one, that is
	4:20pm P-90: @sugarwolf: yes, Liberace cried all the way to the bank. Kenny G laughed all the way to the bank, on an elevator.
	4:20pm ncjay: oh and it's also on "Go Girls - With the Girls from Red Bird"
	4:20pm bɿɒiniɒc: I get the felling Don Felder takes a lot of flak 'round here
	♥ 4:21pm Handy Haversack: @mariano -- I have only anecdotal evidence, but it seems there's a real hand-rubbing anticipation for the playing of the Dylan death tape! Comments when Joe McG played that set of Dylan covers last week(? -- time is not something I am expert at these days). For me, it would definitely be U2. Thank god for negativland.
	♥ 4:21pm Gaylord Fields: @sugarwolf: I actually sourced the quote before I posted it, and the most credible version had him saying "laughed" — a paraphrase of "cried all the way to the bank," first citation in a 1946 Walter Winchell column.
	4:21pm lp-cover-lover: Big Bad World is great! Thanks Sheila. Enjoying the show!
	♥ 4:22pm Gaylord Fields: @ncjay: Yes, that was the b-side of her one and only single.
	4:22pm EarlyMorningInSeoul: a little late to the show, but Happy New Years!
	4:22pm ncjay: aha! then I stand corrected!
	4:23pm Dave Spice: Woman Smarter - Awesome.
	4:23pm P-90: And wasn’t “Mr. Pedantic Deeds” originally a character in Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers”?
	4:24pm Rob Kopp: @Walt: Cathy Saint is on the powder box as well
	4:24pm William Main: The fact that Bob Dylan complimented Barry Manilow (even if true) only casts doubt on Dylan's own judgment.
	♥ 4:24pm Handy Haversack: @P-90, it was Wilkie Collins.
	4:26pm Monica: Liberace says it on Liberace at the Hollywood Bowl (1955). Think it's on the interstitial track "Sometimes I'm Ashamed to Take the Money."
	4:26pm sugarwolf: @Gaylord: interesting! Well he definitely went to the bank a few times!
	♥ 4:27pm Little Danny: Jazz pianist Jaki Byard claimed Liberace as an inspiration in one of his interviews...
	4:27pm bɿɒiniɒc: Trying to figure who recorded it first, I stumbled across a whole collection of "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" www.amazon.com...
	♥ 4:27pm Gaylord Fields: I come with recepits. Citation for "laughed": Bob Foster's column in San Mateo Times, Nov. 7, 1953: Liberace said, "My manager and I laughed all the way to the bank" (in response to a Chicago critic's attack of the pianist's live performance).
	♥ 4:28pm efd: I had this Sweet Inspirations record when I was a kid, probably around the time it came out. I was supposed to go see them with my family somewhere on the South Shore of Massachusetts (Canton, I think? Doesn't matter) but the show was canceled for some reason and I never saw them. We went and got ice cream instead.
	♥ 4:29pm Gaylord Fields: *receipts
	♥ 4:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Zats, I was hoping to see Gaylord's recipe for butter chicken!
	♥ 4:32pm Gaylord Fields: @sugarwolf: Seems as if Liberace later used the line several times, correcting "laughed" to "cried"— so we're both correct, but 1st citation has "laughed."
	4:34pm ncjay: @djsheilab for a great female calypso artist check out Singing Francine (mostly late 70s and early 80s). Rose is the best though!
	4:35pm Cool Runnings: I first heard Woman Smarter recorded by Harry Belafante when I was a kid. Still love it good to hear it again
	4:36pm djsheilab: Thanks ncjay!
	4:39pm northguineahills: The Lab!
	4:40pm Carmichael: I was wondering when you were going to play some Stereolab, Sheila. They fit your format quite well.
	4:43pm Don F.: Did Calypso Rose perform 'Mass in California?' Mixed it in the '80s.
	4:43pm Jocelyn: Happy Friday Everyone! Happy New Year!
	4:45pm JoeG.: Yeah, they sure do, Carmichael. I still get giddy when I hear Stereolab on any radio station, though particularly this one. Cheers and happy new year to our D.J. and her listeners!
	4:45pm djsheilab: Happy New Year Jocelyn, Don F., + JoeG!
	♥ 4:46pm Handy Haversack: Still flying high from the Stereolab.
	4:48pm djsheilab: More songs should end with a gong!
	4:50pm johnzo: hey people. just tuning in. am I the only one who’s freaking out? please tell me Im not the only one wfmu listeners have to be more woke than the average citizen. feel like this music is helping tho... sorta. thanks SB
	4:51pm Don F.: Happy New Year, Sheila B.!
	4:51pm Jocelyn: Johnzo, you’re not alone
	4:51pm JakeGould: So Liberace laughed, correct?
	4:52pm Dave Spice: @Johnzo... that's why we're all here.
	4:53pm johnzo: ok
	4:53pm P-90: Love for Larhonda!
	4:53pm johnzo: Im glad you’re all freaking out then. it’s appropriate. and thanks for the calming music SB
	4:54pm sugarwolf: @JakeGould: he laughed, he cried, he kept parrots on the lanai
	4:56pm JakeGould: @sugarwolf: “…he kept parrots on the lanai” TMI, lady!
	4:57pm Dave Spice: Brilliant Dusty
	♥ 4:57pm Guido from Cologne: Never heard about her! Just looed her up today.
	4:58pm JakeGould: Sad NYC news connected to Iran but not the big issue but still, this quote from a closing restaurateur, “This might be my only opportunity to go back home to Iran for a month or so, take a very short vacation, and come back.” gothamist.com... Errr… Did anybody tell the guy. ANYWAY POSITIVE THOUGHTS!
	♥ 4:58pm Michael 98145: Thank you for building us an island in this crazy world, DJ Sheila
	4:58pm lily: thanks for the wonderful music! from south korea
	4:59pm P-90: Farewell Allee, your songs will always be with us
	4:59pm sugarwolf: Allee Willis also worked on Just Say Julie, Julie Brown’s MTV show and got to keep everything from the set!
	♥ 5:00pm Phillippe Bastille: Allee looks like she would be right at home sharing a cocktail with John Waters
	5:01pm johnzo: if anyone here prays or would consider doing it for the fuck of it please pray for world peace today. I pray that the Muslims will be the bigger christians and turn the other cheek if not this could be very very very bad.
	5:01pm Dave Spice: One of my fave Dusty Springfield performances, and I don't think she ever did a studio version, was from her BBC TV series of the Bee Gees, To Love Somebody.
	5:02pm Derbs: Pet shop boys- nice Shiela!
	5:02pm Rob Kopp: In 2002 I was London for a week and my bonus daughter Ivanka and I asked in every every record shop if they had I'll be there for you (theme of 'Friends') by The Rembrandts. None of them had. When we came back in The Netherlands Hans (another member of my record club) said: You should have asked before you went. I have 2 copies and 1 is for sale! Aargh. But Ivanka was happy.
	5:02pm johnzo: i am agnostic and dont pray but I will pray for your family in Iran as well SB. much love!!!
	♥ 5:02pm Michael 98145: Love you, Sheila ♥
	♥ 5:03pm listener james from westwood: <3 to Sheila—you were the first person I thought of after this news hit
	♥ 5:03pm Mark Hurst: Sheila, your show is a bright spot in a dark time! Thank you.
	♥ 5:04pm mariano: I love Persian food, not that I've had the full range, but I love chicken fesenjan.
	5:04pm Jocelyn: The burnt rice is my favourite. A friend taught me how to make it years ago.
	♥ 5:06pm mariano: So glad I managed to see Stereolab a few times, they were so good live. Saw them twice at Irving Plaza, really good venue for seeing them.
	5:07pm djsheilab: The Liverbirds New York Times Op-Doc: www.nytimes.com...
	♥ 5:08pm Michael 98145: { now, burnt rice is something =I= could probably make! :) }
	♥ 5:09pm dreamyandseedy: i would love to know about all the young girls who saw the liverbirds and got inspired to make music
	5:09pm sophie: Another wonderful place for Iranian food, though I’d only suggest take-out, is the very small Taste of Persia on 18th street! The food is amazing. Love you Sheila!
	♥ 5:09pm Phillippe Bastille: damn, thought I was hearing Cher...
	♥ 5:09pm Handy Haversack: @mariano, I saw them at Irving Plaza, too ... 2002? 2003?
	5:09pm Rob Kopp: Sheila, did you know that Brian Epstein asked Jenny Steur of Jenny & The Rascals (who had 2 fabulous Dutch singles) if she wanted to come to Liverpool to form a girl group as counterpart of The Beatles? She refused.
	♥ 5:11pm Handy Haversack: This set is cooking it so far. Dang!
	♥ 5:12pm mariano: @Handy: that would be about right! One of them had Super Furry Animals opening.
	♥ 5:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: I had a cooking pot with a layer of burned rice stuck to the bottom. Let it soak with vinegar for a few days to loosen things up.
	5:14pm Rob Kopp: Love this set. So far 3 clicky stars
	5:14pm Dave Spice: Great stuff, ShielaB. If you can rehabilitate Alma Cogan then you're really a master of your art.
	5:15pm Rob Kopp: and no. 4
	5:15pm djsheilab: Thanks Rob Kopp!
	5:15pm djsheilab: And thank you Handy Haversack!
	5:16pm djsheilab: sophie—Yes! A Taste Of Persia is wonderful. And affordable. Thanks!
	♥ 5:17pm Michael 98145: The 1970s brought us so many great reggae artists
	♥ 5:19pm Handy Haversack: I think I would get takeout lunch from Taste of Persia when I worked around Gramercy Park in 2000-2001. Always a line out the door at lunchtime. Pretty sure that was the name.
	5:22pm Rob Kopp: The Lollipops? Wasn't this the same version as the version by Ellie Greenwich on the powder box?
	5:24pm djsheilab: Rob Kopp—Same backing track but different vocalist. That's not Ellie Greenwich singing on the Lollipops version.
	5:25pm Rob Kopp: OK, that explains why it sounded so familiar to me. Have never heard that Lollipops version.
	♥ 5:26pm Handy Haversack: Jasmine Trails apparently will be at the New Colossus Festival in NYC in March! I don't know anything about it ...
	♥ 5:27pm Michael 98145: Jasmine needs a nap :)
	5:27pm djsheilab: Handy Haversack—I was just going to announce news on this new fest!
	♥ 5:28pm Handy Haversack: D'oh -- sorry, SheilaB! I will learn from you!
	5:29pm John from Florham park: Hey fellow boom boom fans if you want to hear news there is radio Australia ,BBC and the CBC they all give you great news without the cable news bullshit
	♥ 5:31pm ParUbi: Hey everyone, late join tonight
	5:31pm Dave Spice: Los Bitchos live session? Yes! Yes! Yes!
	♥ 5:31pm Handy Haversack: I can strongly recommend Weeping Icon, playing the NC Fest. Brooklyn-based sort of melodic power noise rock? Super good. All-woman three piece.
	5:32pm Jocelyn: Grandma needs her own Instagram! She’s absolutely everything!
	5:33pm Jocelyn: And your NYE dress was epic. The way it moved when you were dancing.
	♥ 5:33pm Michael 98145: Wow :) www.instagram.com...
	5:35pm Rob Kopp: I just see that Gloria, the 4th album Gloria of Dutch girl duo Clean Pete (twin sisters) was nr. 6 in the Christmas top 10 of Rolling Stone! Saw them last Sunday.
	5:35pm northguineahills: Hmmm, I have the Burrito Bros. and the Belly version, and didn't realized they were the same song...
	♥ 5:35pm Phillippe Bastille: Never heard this cover. Sweet.
	♥ 5:36pm Michael 98145: Loved this EP
	♥ 5:36pm mariano: @John from Florham park: It's hard to watch American TV news of any political stripe; it's so dumbed down, at the level of a junior-high newspaper. The difference is palpable when you see news from other countries, with real journalists putting tough questions to politicians and holding them to account.
	♥ 5:37pm Michael 98145: We definitely need more independent journalism. And i don't mean blogs.
	5:38pm John from Florham park: @Marino that’s why I don’t watch cable news anymore because of all trump all the time
	5:38pm djsheilab: mariano—I share your disdain for American TV news. It is SHOCKING. My grandma watches CNN day n' night, and it's unbelievable how dumb it's become.
	♥ 5:38pm Phillippe Bastille: Al Jazeera America shutting their doors was a big blow to any sort of world view, IMO
	5:38pm William Main: Mariano: That's why I get most of my news from the BBC and the Economist.
	5:39pm lp-cover-lover: Thanks for a great show! Have a great night Sheila! xo
	♥ 5:39pm ParUbi: This is just beautiful
	♥ 5:39pm Passaic River Blues: Selda is the balm I need.
	5:40pm John from Florham park: @Djsheliab not the CNN of 10 20 years ago
	5:40pm tneeld: On a sort of related note, I decided today that that Altin GÜn album was my favorite of 2019.
	5:41pm Dave Spice: @mariano It's not just American news reporting, the entirety of objective news journalism worldwide is being strangled.
	5:41pm John from Florham park: @maurice main I have the bbc iPlayer and it is great
	5:42pm djsheilab: tneeld—YESSSSS!!!! And finally a reason to care about the Grammys.
	♥ 5:43pm ParUbi: @tneeld Altın Gün is consistently amazing.
	♥ 5:44pm Passaic River Blues: Also certainly my favorite WFMU live set of 2019: www.wfmu.org...
	5:44pm northguineahills: Thought I heard Linda Perhacs….
	5:45pm djsheilab: It's very hard to be an intelligent, open-minded person in this age. But perhaps it has always felt this way throughout history? I realize this all sounds a bit snobby, which I'm ok with :)
	♥ 5:45pm Guido from Cologne: I underestimated the Türkish community in Cologne. The Altin Gün show was sold out early! :-) Good for them, bad for me. I missed the show. :-( "Parallelograms " is an fantastic album.
	♥ 5:46pm Handy Haversack: I get my news from WFMU message boards and my reflections on that news from Salvage (salvage.zone). I am healthier and happier since making this change.
	♥ 5:46pm ParUbi: My Iranian friend is terrified
	5:47pm John from Florham park: @Dj shelia you are spot on about that
	5:47pm tneeld: @Guido definitely don't underestimate the Turkish community in Germany in general! I saw them in Chicago and it was about 1/3 Turkish people gleefully singing along to every single word. I'm moving to either Berlin or Hamburg in May and I can't wait (for so many reasons).
	5:48pm tneeld: @djsheilab - Absolutely! And in the 'World' category, whatever the hell that means at this particular point in time.
	♥ 5:48pm mariano: @everyone - journalism is indeed under assault everywhere. I see it when I go to the UK, Murdoch's been trying to kill grownup journalism there as much as in the US. That's why I get all my news from infowars (jk). I've gravitated towards print/online news over the years, with some radio (love BBC radio). Easier to get perspectives from all over, whether you agree with them or not, and cheaper than paying a cable bill.
	5:48pm John from Florham park: @Parubi your friend is not the only one who who is
	5:48pm Dave Spice: @William Main - the BBC's reliance on the UK government maintaining our license fee as the main source of the broadcaster's funding means you should always think twice about quite how objective the BBC viewpoint actually is.
	5:49pm Dave Spice: ...actually is.
	♥ 5:49pm Guido from Cologne: Georges Delarue!
	5:50pm EarlyMorningInSeoul: @djsheilab: Such a wonderful soundtrack, but such a devastating movie... (the Godard one)
	♥ 5:50pm listener james from westwood: Jeez, I was already in the mood to rewatch Casino; are you reading my mind with this DelaRue?!
	♥ 5:50pm Handy Haversack: That Zehava Ben song was amazing.
	5:52pm djsheilab: EarlyMorningInSeoul—Isn't it just? But so stunning too.
	5:52pm Geoffrey in Ottawa: This has been a great show as always, Sheila. Thank you and Happy New Year.
	5:54pm Bruce Francis Simpson: You're in a Bardot groove! J'Approve!
	5:54pm Rob Kopp: Thanks for today's show, Sheila. Hopefully the situation between USA and Iran doesn't explode.
	5:54pm northguineahills: Cocteau Twins! Thanks sheilab!
	♥ 5:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: Station Manager Ken should apply for a grant to create a WFMU News Division. They could add another story to WFMU Towers. Hope you have a healthy and prosperous 2020, Sheila!
	♥ 5:54pm mariano: Thanks Sheila, amazing first show of 2020! Non-religious prayers for you and your family in Iran, and for this benighted world.
	♥ 5:55pm Handy Haversack: Ahhh, I don't want it to end. What a great show. Thanks, SheilaB! What a song. Peace and solidarity, everyone!
	5:55pm ncjay: another wonderful show, Sheila. Thank you!
	5:56pm William Main: Shelia B. I think you're right. There never was some golden age when everyone was rational and all information readily available and transparent. Are things worse now than they were in 1930 just before WWII? So lets not despair... yet.
	♥ 5:56pm Passaic River Blues: Thank you, Sheila.
	5:57pm Listening Out There: So, recently, Irwin played this version of California Dreaming, with the Mamas and Papas (with Cass Elliot)...backing up Barry McGuire. Talk about, well, unexpected...
	5:57pm P-90: Perfect show to start the Roaring ‘20s. Thanks, DJ Sheila!
	♥ 5:57pm Guido from Cologne: prefer barbara Lewis' version, but anyway ... Reminds me on RCA Dynaflex pressing were pretty good. (Considering some of the 180 gram madness.)
	5:58pm EarlyMorningInSeoul: Thanks for another great show! Let's go 2020!
	5:58pm William Main: Dave Spice: Good point.
	5:58pm ncjay: they were about 75 grams, I think!
	5:59pm Stashu: I LOVE YOU SHEILA
	5:59pm zak: amen sister
	6:00pm Ziggy: What a fantastic show today !!! Dear Shiela
	6:01pm djsheilab: Thanks so much lovely ones! Until next week.....Keep the faith!!!!!Xoxoxo
	♥ 9:16pm Michael 98145: Thank you again, DJ Sheila. Thinking of you and your family ...

Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B.: Playlist from January 3, 2020

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