Favoriting LoriHajiTura with DJ GeorgyGirl: Playlist from June 22, 2020 Favoriting

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Favoriting June 22, 2020: LoriHajiTura #052 - Hansi!


We're going happy for Hansi on today's LoriHajiTura with DJ GeorgyGirl! It's the Last word in feel-good music and I'll Last for a whole two hours of orchestrated goodness! Featuring ... James Last! Fabulous.

5 pm to 7 pm EST/10 pm to midnight GMT

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James Last  Hair   Favoriting 0:00:00 (Pop-up)
 
James Last  Tico Tico   Favoriting 0:07:09 (Pop-up)
James Last  Heart Of Gold   Favoriting 0:10:39 (Pop-up)
James Last  My Love   Favoriting 0:13:35 (Pop-up)
James Last  Granada   Favoriting 0:15:56 (Pop-up)
 
James Last  Bist Du's, Lachendes Gluck, Nechledil, Ich Hol Dir Vom Himmel Das Blau   Favoriting 0:21:48 (Pop-up)
James Last  Can You Feel It?   Favoriting 0:25:20 (Pop-up)
James Last  Copacabana   Favoriting 0:31:10 (Pop-up)
James Last  Joy To The World   Favoriting 0:36:10 (Pop-up)
 
James Last  Knock Three Times   Favoriting 0:41:21 (Pop-up)
James Last  Puppet On A String, Una Festa Sui Prati, Komm Allein   Favoriting 0:44:26 (Pop-up)
James Last  Cracklin' Rosie, Rose Garden, Shaft   Favoriting 0:48:59 (Pop-up)
James Last  One For You, One For Me   Favoriting 0:57:10 (Pop-up)
 
James Last  Carrie-Anne, Windy, Little Bit O' Soul   Favoriting 0:59:06 (Pop-up)
James Last  Rasputin   Favoriting 1:03:57 (Pop-up)
James Last  Se A Cabo   Favoriting 1:06:42 (Pop-up)
James Last  Star Wars   Favoriting 1:10:45 (Pop-up)
 
James Last  Fanfare For The Common Man, Can't Stop The Music, Eldorado, Xanadu   Favoriting 1:16:31 (Pop-up)
James Last  U-Humbah   Favoriting 1:22:52 (Pop-up)
James Last  The 'In' Crowd   Favoriting 1:25:43 (Pop-up)
James Last  Soley Soley, Is This The Way To Amarillo?   Favoriting 1:29:57 (Pop-up)
 
James Last  Without You   Favoriting 1:35:51 (Pop-up)
James Last  Everybody's Everything   Favoriting 1:38:47 (Pop-up)
James Last  Gimme Some Lovin', Everything Works If You Let It   Favoriting 1:42:44 (Pop-up)
James Last  Ai No Corrida   Favoriting 1:49:05 (Pop-up)
 
James Last  Let The Sunshine In   Favoriting 1:56:57 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'll be with you all in about 20 minutes - and then we can get the party started! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Here we go! :-)
  5:00pm
Martinibomb:

Hellllloooooo Lori Haji Tura tiiiiime!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hello there MB! :-D
Avatar 5:01pm
Linda Lee:

hello Turettes!!! Happy LoriHajiTura!
  5:01pm
Martinibomb:

check the slack channel gg. I posted the zine there with some stuff I stole from your blog
Avatar 5:01pm
Linda Lee:

beautiful opener.. wow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hello hello Linda Lee! :-D
  5:01pm
Martinibomb:

aaaah james last sooooo goood
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:02pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MB - literally just saw it as I was setting up :-) Excellent work! <3
Avatar 5:02pm
Linda Lee:

how are you love?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:02pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - I am fine and dandy and a lot less sweaty than I was on Saturday ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:02pm
Rich in Washington:

Hair we are!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:03pm
solo mon:

Late but not Last!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:03pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hello Rich! :-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:03pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi there solo mon! :-D
Avatar 5:03pm
Linda Lee:

good! guess i'm the sweaty one today. i'm on my 3rd dry t shirt. we're at about 90F today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:03pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - OOFF!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
solo mon:

Hey GG, MB, Linda Lee and Rich!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
Rich in Washington:

Oh damn, LL! It's supposed to get real hot up here tomorrow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Rich and @Linda Lee - did you have fun on Saturday? :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
Rich in Washington:

Hi solo mon!
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Linda Lee:

it's been a bit sudden for sure.
Saturday was fabulous fun. your set delighted me totally.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:05pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - I hope you had a good old dance as well! :-) Thank you for being there <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:06pm
solo mon:

I caught the tail end of your set on sat! Was awesome xoxo
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Linda Lee:

oh i did! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:06pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - Oh! Thank you, lovely :-) <3
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Linda Lee:

wow ~ more James Last than anyone else? fantastic.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:07pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - I cannot resist his albums :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:07pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

This show ... is making me ridiculously happy :-D lol
Avatar 5:08pm
Linda Lee:

this is gonna be just marvelous. absolute genius.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
Rich in Washington:

I am a sucker for Tico Tico. Another oft-covered song that's worthy of an all version show.
Avatar 5:08pm
Cp304:

Good afternoon all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I feel like a Cinzano and some canapes ;-)
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Linda Lee:

couldn't wait til Christmas, so call it the Summer Solstice Special :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
Rich in Washington:

Us too, GeorgyGirl! Just what I needed today!
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Bri The Beatnik:

Just what I needed to pick me up!
  5:08pm
Martinibomb:

is this gonna be an entire James Last show... ooooh
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Rich - I do believe you just set yourself a challenge there, sir! ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
Rich in Washington:

Hi Cp304!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
solo mon:

Martinibomb is Last to know.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MB - James Last from start to finish :-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hello Bri!!! Thank you for coming on Saturday! :-)
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Cp304:

I love this sound.. makes me think about when I should have been born
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - a Solstice party! I like it :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:10pm
Rich in Washington:

I think someone already compiled an insane Tico Tico list on the old WFMU blog but I am sure there are at least 100 more versions since then.
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Cp304:

Eyyo rich
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Linda Lee:

when was most of his work recorded? 70s?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:10pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hello Cp304! :-D
  5:10pm
Martinibomb:

1st to know and the last to know. That's why marijuana is bad children.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:10pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Rich - you should totally do it! :-)
  5:10pm
matty dread:

Matty Dread present and correct
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:10pm
solo mon:

There are like one million versions I would assume
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Cp304:

Cheers gg
Avatar 5:11pm
Linda Lee:

Matty! fun hearing you on Saturday! really enjoyed it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - he started just after the war in big bands and was going until he passed in the early 200s :-)
  5:11pm
Martinibomb:

I think someone parked a stolen truck in front of our house.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Matty!!! Hello, lovely! :-) x
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Linda Lee:

wow..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

200s??? LOL! 2000s.
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Linda Lee:

my god listen to this..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:11pm
solo mon:

Square soul
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Linda Lee:

didn't even notice that missing 0. :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12pm
Rich in Washington:

I just recently became aware that the weird faces on the cover of Nurse With Wound's Dark Fat is that of James Last.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

You genuinely cannot be sad or anxious or angry listening to James Last. Proper balm. :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12pm
solo mon:

Rich oh what? That’s crazy.
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Cp304:

If it was 70s Linda, then I should have said I wish I was older back then
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Rich - really??? I didn't know that!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:13pm
solo mon:

Martinibomb elaborate please...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:14pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MB - a stolen truck? Mystery abounds!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:14pm
solo mon:

Was he herb alperting or was herb alpert James lasting?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:15pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - hmmm .... James Last did cover every genre that was going so I think he was covering the sound of Herb :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:15pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - and now I am going to use both herb alberting and james lasting as verbs in every day conversation ;-)
Avatar 5:16pm
Linda Lee:

as a teenager in the 70s i can pretty safely say i wouldn't have gone for it. we did into the lounge/exotica/easy listening groove in the mid 80s though ~ lots of thrift shop treasure hunting then.
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Linda Lee:

we did get.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:17pm
solo mon:

Lol
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Linda Lee:

it was the covers that sucked us in!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - same. This was the sound of every family party but I was far too sniffy then. I properly got into him probably late 80s/early 90s and then the floodgates opened ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:17pm
solo mon:

This music makes me want to speed shop at K Mart.
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Linda Lee:

we had to mature a bit. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - Yes!! And then go for smart cocktails :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:18pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I really want to have a cheesy 70s themed party now. Proper Abigail's Party stuff :-)
  5:18pm
matty dread:

Love it :-) all x
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Linda Lee:

this is a fantastic record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:19pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@matty dread - still completely in love with your fabulous sets :-) x
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zivilars:

hello everybody – wow, a James Last show! Great! Listening from Hamburg, Germany, Hansi's home town ... :)
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zivilars:

great theme, DJ GG!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:19pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - I am going full jaunty today ;-)
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Linda Lee:

a 70s theme is so easy, love. just stick with the color scheme & the music ~ instant 70s. :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:19pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - hello!!! How perfect!! :-D
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solo mon:

me and my bored acid head friends started listening to the easy listening station when we came down. There was an amazing station called “sunny 910” and they would play this stuff. We just kind of all got hooked on the groovy music.
  5:20pm
matty dread:

Angela likes Demis Roussos, Tony likes Demis Roussos
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@matty dread - do you think he's sexy, Ange?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - that actually sounds perfect :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:21pm
solo mon:

Matty lolll ANge
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Linda Lee:

hi zivilars! just in time to help us find out James was German!
  5:21pm
matty dread:

I don't know him, I'm afraid. - You'll like him, he's lovely.
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Linda Lee:

he & my grandfather shared a first name! very nice.
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zivilars:

@Linda Lee: Hi! Guess you already knew this ... :)
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Linda Lee:

i did not :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:22pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

It took me a while to type this playlist entry ;-)
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solo mon:

“I’ve got very beautiful lips!”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:23pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Would you try something for me, Ange? Would you?
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zivilars:

I probably searched through millions of James Last "Nonstop Dancing" LP copies on flea makets in 1-german-mark-carboard-boxes ... :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:23pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'm trying to get a copy of Abigail's Party for Modernists ;-)
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zivilars:

It must be an amazing high number how much he sold of these
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:24pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - and there are a million ;-)
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Linda Lee:

no doubt. :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:24pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I've got about 50 or so, and I'm still on the hunt for more! :-)
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Linda Lee:

honest, the music just aims to please!! much to be said for that. no demands. just wants to be liked.
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zivilars:

DJ GG: You can never have enough! "Voodoo Party" is my favorite James Last record, although not a really typical one for him, I guess
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:25pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - fab, isn't it? :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - got some of that today! An excellent record! :-)
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Linda Lee:

it is. just what we would've rejected in the 70s! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:26pm
solo mon:

so. Square.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:26pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I do still kick myself that I missed seeing him in Brighton. I need a time machine.
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Linda Lee:

when you're in the process of shaving your skull & trying on dog collars, ... no, not quite the feel we're after. :-)
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zivilars:

When Hansi was in talk shows, he was always mumbling so terribly that you almost needed subtitles :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:27pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - or being a little hippie ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:27pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - really? Was that shyness do you think?
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Linda Lee:

yes. being a little hippie too. :-) ~ let's get that time machine started. we'll see James & we'll see Fanny too. i missed them in LA by minutes..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:27pm
solo mon:

The beat is so metronome perfect.
  5:27pm
matty dread:

Incense burning and lava lamp is on
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:27pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - it's a deal! :-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:28pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - I mean ... genius level :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@matty dread - I do love your lava lamp :-)
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zivilars:

DJ GG: I don't really know ... Maybe it only was the late Hansi and got his mouth more open when he was younger :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:28pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Your aunt's on her third sherry now and is up on the dancefloor with the next door neighbour! ;-)
Avatar 5:29pm
Linda Lee:

i'm trying to place that bass line. it was used in a massive hit by.. Olivia Newton John? it's right there at the tip of my mind..
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notsoKWYET:

Hello all
  5:29pm
matty dread:

GG Lol x
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - Physical?
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solo mon:

I can dream about you Linda Lee
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@notsoKWYET!!! Hello!! :-)
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Linda Lee:

not sure if it was hers. was it Captain & Tennille? Love Will Keep Us Together? to James' credit, i can't remember!
  5:30pm
matty dread:

Hi Mr NotsoKWYET
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:30pm
solo mon:

notso- caught a bit of your set on sat! Great job!
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notsoKWYET:

Not sure how long I'm here.. hopefully a while!
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notsoKWYET:

hey Matty Dread
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:31pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I also covet notsoKWYET's amazing spinning lamp ;-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@notsoKWYET - stay! Have a sherry and a dance! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:32pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Oh! Here comes the chair bop!
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notsoKWYET:

Thank you @solomon.... @GG it's not my lamp... even though it's my signature piece in the set lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:33pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@notsoKWYET - aha! You distract Sam then and I'll nick it ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:33pm
solo mon:

It’s funny to hear even more easy listening versions of songs that are already easy listening.
Avatar 5:33pm
Linda Lee:

at the Copa.. Copacabana. the hottest sport north of Havana! my first night club experience ever: the Copa. my father used it as an office, so Mom & Dad checked me with the coats.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:33pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - it's like, how smooth can you go? :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:34pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - ah yes! I shall dedicate this to you then :-)
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solo mon:

Like, let’s tone down copacabana a little guys.
  5:34pm
matty dread:

Piña Colada's for everyone
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Linda Lee:

thank you love! :-D :-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:34pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - chiiiiiiiiiiil out. Relax. Tone it down ;-) lol
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zivilars:

Happy Sound™ by James Last – you just got to love it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:35pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@matty dread - now THAT I could go for! :-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:35pm
solo mon:

I brought some cocktail weenies wrapped in canned pineapples. I got the recipe off the can.
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Linda Lee:

has anyone seen the way club goers at the Copa dressed in the early 60s? there are videos. *to* * the* *nines*!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:35pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

All the ads today are from the wonderful Popshopping album - as heard here on LHT some months ago :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:35pm
solo mon:

It’s ok if you don’t try them, they aren’t very good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:36pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - that's class, that is :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:36pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - I do miss seeing that, I have to admit.
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zivilars:

The Popshopping album is awesome!!
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zivilars:

Is it the yellow covered one with the German songs for Moulinex, Hansa Pils etc.??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:37pm
solo mon:

Oh zivilars, yes! Love that one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:37pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - here you go :-)
www.wfmu.org...
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zivilars:

some nice commercial tunes on it by Christian Bruhn!
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Linda Lee:

clubbing *was* our 20s in new york, darlin. i feel lucky! i know you were too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:37pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - I *love* Christian Bruhn!
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zivilars:

yeah, exactly! this is the one!
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Bri The Beatnik:

Glad to be there Saturday! Sorry for not being so responsive, I’m at my grandma’s
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:37pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - I do miss a good rave!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Bri - hugs to your grandma! :-)
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zivilars:

Christian Bruhn is a legend – he wrote SO many huge German schlager
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Bri The Beatnik:

New York in the’70s was where it was at Linda!
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solo mon:

Hey Bri!
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Aitch:

This all frightens me.
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zivilars:

and the Captain Future title song, with his wife singing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:38pm
Otis Fodder:

Just dropping into the 'well kept secret' of a 'non-stop dancing' 'voodoo party'... 'with compliments'.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - I'm planning a Schlager show for LHT soon :-)
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Linda Lee:

it really was amazing fun ~ especially if you were downtown.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:39pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Aitch! Don't be frightened ... be mellow ;-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hello Otis! :-D
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zivilars:

@DJ GG: That would be awesome, if you need obscure/rare suggestions for a Schlager show, let me know!
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solo mon:

Otiiiiiiisssssss
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Linda Lee:

hi Otis! :-)
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Bri The Beatnik:

@GG Grandma says “Thank you!”
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solo mon:

I love Schlager!
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Bri The Beatnik:

Otis! :)
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Linda Lee:

is she OK, Bri?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:40pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - Ooo! Yes, please! Message me via my profile, lovely and we can have a chat :-)
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Mr Fab:

This show has been mading me absurdly happy. is there anyone doing this kinda thing today? Or are today's hits so awful and tedious that even Maestro Last would be stumped to make them as fun and silly as all this?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:40pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - glad I'm making you happy!!! Yay!! :-)
  5:41pm
Martinibomb:

A++
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Bri The Beatnik:

@Linda Yeah, she’s fine, she just needs help taking her vitamins (she doesn’t remember to take them) and my Dad makes her dinner.
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zivilars:

@DJ GG: I'll do!
  5:41pm
Martinibomb:

TEA!!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - I do believe that James Last could make *anything* sound brilliant :-)
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notsoKWYET:

I wish I enjoyed things as much as GG enjoys sipping her tea.... always an enthusiastic sipper
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Linda Lee:

@Bri ~ very glad she's well. is she listening?
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Otis Fodder:

GG - You've been on in the backdrop while I melt inside this old copacabana (apartment).

Hallo all!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - you can't beat a good cuppa ;-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Otis - yay!! :-D
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zivilars:

I missed "Heart Of Gold", just searched for it on YouTube and discovered that this is REALLY a James Last version of the Neil Young song ... Crazy.
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zivilars:

didn't expect it, I am honest
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solo mon:

Can’t let a song go by without mentioning how square it sounds :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:43pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - I think he literally would and did cover everything :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - square ...... but happy! ;-)
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solo mon:

That cover of heart of gold was amazing
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Otis Fodder:

James Last's versions of Crazy Horses and The Immigrant songs in medleys are favs. Next to Voodoo Party and Well Kept Secret (the 2 I keep on the record shelf).
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Cp304:

I thought a cricket hitched a ride for a second out that right speaker
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Linda Lee:

i take a secret thrill in the fact that he had females singing to 'the ladies' & so on. just lovely.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - sadly, I'm not including Silver Machine this week, but I plan to soon :-)
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solo mon:

It’s not a diss really, it’s like it’s own talent. I’m obsessed w Lawrence well show for the same qualities.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - Lawrence Welk occupies this warm nostalgia space for me :-)
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notsoKWYET:

awww DJ HONEY
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Linda Lee:

kids, you ain't seen nothin til you've seen 'one toke over the line' performed on the Lawrence Welk show.
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solo mon:

OTIS! I haven’t heard crazy horses but it is my favorite karaoke song ?!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@notsoKWYET - the one and only legend! :-)
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Cp304:

Clap clap clap clap
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Martinibomb:

BRING BACK LAWRENCE WELK!!! BBLW
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notsoKWYET:

@Otis Fodder... how bad is it in MTL? Toronto is pretty shitttte
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solo mon:

Linda Lee I have!! It’s a great performance!
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zivilars:

This is made for us Germans ... We would start clapping one nanosecond after the music starts
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

What's happening in Toronto??
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zivilars:

on the wrong beats, of course
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Mailman Tom:

I love listening to James Last's "Giant Man"!
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solo mon:

BBLW!
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Linda Lee:

isn't it delicious? :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - I remember my first ever outdoor festival in Bonn and the clapping was fierce! :-)
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Martinibomb:

I have friend who continuously write his local pbs station about why they should bring back lawrence welk - he sends me these long letters he write them veyr funny stuff
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notsoKWYET:

It's HOT AF here
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi mailman Tom! :-)
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solo mon:

Linda Lee it’s stunning. There’s a lot of great Lawrence Welk content. They knew how to put on a SHOW!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@NSK - Oh!! I think we're supposed to be getting a heatwave here this weekend. I am not looking forward to that ...
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Cp304:

Their not tearing down the Dudley duright statue up there are they?
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Linda Lee:

hmmm.. i can clap just behind the beat very easily. probably 'cause i'm only 2nd generation American.
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notsoKWYET:

I forgot to turn on the AC last night.. and at like 3 am it was 34C in my bedroom
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

:awrence Welk reminds me of being a very small child and watching from my room down the corridor :-)
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solo mon:

Yeah they played Lawrence every Saturday night on PBS for a lifetime, I was sad they got rid of it too.
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zivilars:

@DJ GG: A few days ago I saw a performance of Cat Stevens on YouTube playing "The Wind" on a big saturday night show – and even with THIS SONG, everybody started clapping! Can you imagine that? Man, that was terrible ...
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Mailman Tom:

I'm looking forward to a long, hot summer here in Connecticut!
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Cp304:

Agree Fab
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Linda Lee:

@solo mon ~ they really did. my German grandmother adored it.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@NSK - Bloody Hell!!!! That sounds horrendous!
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Rich in Washington:

When I would go for long visits to my grandparents at the coast, it seemed like the only time their TV was on was for Lawrence Welk and the MacNeil Lehrer News Hour.
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solo mon:

Yeah it’s getting hot here too.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Lawrence Welk, Hee Haw, and the nature programme ... I've forgotten the name now ...
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notsoKWYET:

Although I will admit, Toronto is one of the coolest places (by a few degrees) compared to the rest of southern ontario.
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Linda Lee:

my grandparents raised me more or less, so i saw *lots* of Granny television.
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solo mon:

I love seeing the exact same footage of old people dancing shown over and over again as if we didn’t notice!!
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Otis Fodder:

@notsoKWYET - Hot as hell in a 100+ year old apartment with windows open, fans blasting and a busy street outside the office with a bus and trash track and the sorts running all day. Hello city. Kitties on the hardwood finding shade with 4 bowls of water now scattered around the pad opposed to the regular 2.
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zivilars:

Neil Diamond & James Last = definitely a great combination!
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Linda Lee:

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

What was the name of that nature programme?? Mutual of Omaha had something to do with it ...
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notsoKWYET:

@Otis Fodder --- i feel for you buddy... I've felt those Montreal heat waves before...
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Linda Lee:

dingdingding!!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - YES!!!! Thank you!! :-)
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solo mon:

marlin perkins
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Otis Fodder:

Making mad iced coffee and multiple water jugs alternate. Frozen berries help toooooo!
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solo mon:

Oh a medley
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Mr Fab:

i used to VHS Lawrence Welk reruns in the '90s. The guy who could play xylophone whilst tap-dancing actually wrote a book of memoirs that's been in my Amazon cart for ages.
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notsoKWYET:

has anyone watched the Laurel Canyon doc? not the shitttte Jakob Dylan one... the two part series on Crave (? ... not sure if that's just canadian)
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Linda Lee:

i seem to remember something called Daktari as well.. having to do with the African continent. think it was drama, though.
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zivilars:

If this was really recorded live, I would have loved to be there
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hibiscus tea is really good for hot weather - the astringency in it cools you down :-) An Egyptian friend taught me that :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@NSK - I was going to .... until I read how many people aren't in it :-(
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Linda Lee:

@zivilars ~ can you imagine? so much fun.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - can you imagine?? Fun :-)
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Linda Lee:

oh my. Shaft??
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - BOOM! Mind meld ;-)
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Rich in Washington:

They say that James Last is a baaaad muthaahh..
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Cp304:

This song has it all
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Rich - LOL!
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Linda Lee:

we're quite tight today GG :-D
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zivilars:

@Linda Lee and DJ GG: same thought here! Such a James Last concert surely was the most fun evening you can have!
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Rich in Washington:

halt die Klappe!
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Mr Fab:

@Rich - hush your mouth!

i understand you not playing Last's version of "Silver Machine," as great as it is - proly every FMU dj has played it at some point.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - ;-)
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Rich in Washington:

Ich spreche nur von James Last!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - I don;t have a decent copy :-(
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solo mon:

Oh Lalala la bionda
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Linda Lee:

.. especially with a little buzz on. as i like most cultural outings.
:-)
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Rich in Washington:

I have that record. I believe it's Non-Stop Dancing '73. It's a thing of beauty!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

This song reminds me of a school field trip where we all got lost in the forest and survived on crisps until a park ranger found us. :-)
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matty dread:

GG Lol Haaa Haaa
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

(the song was playing in the bus on the way home)
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Linda Lee:

wow!! did you really? why this one?
i keep flashing on scenes from Paul Morrissey films ..
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solo mon:

This is a rare James last where his cover is funkier than the original.
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matty dread:

Brilliant
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Linda Lee:

ah!
'one for you, one for me'. Joe Dallesandro in bed with his wife & his wife's lover..
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

We used to go out on trips in this old school mini-van and we were allowed to wear non-uniform! Heady times!!
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Rich in Washington:

do you go all Lord of the Flies?
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Linda Lee:

oooh!!! that is heady stuff..
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solo mon:

Sylvia Miles
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Martinibomb:

Didn't Oliver Onions cover that or something? I feel like they used that in a Spencer/Hill film
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Rich - sadly, no. lol. Mainly ate crisps and got slightly tearful ;-)
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Mr Fab:

I had some great schlager that i digitized for my old blog. Those files have gone missing, alas, unless any old Music For Maniacs readers have the files, purty pleeze? Otherwise I'll have to go to the bother of digitizing 'em again. But some really spectacular covers of stuff like "Blowin in the Wind," "La Bomba" that hilariously decimate the originals. More recently I found a schlager album with a version of "C'est Plain Pour Moi"!
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Linda Lee:

Sylvia Miles was an absolute goddess. :-)
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matty dread:

School teacher in his Double Denim and white trainers @Georgy
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - I am salivating at the thought of a Schlager Ca Plain .. :-)
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solo mon:

Linda I agree! ;-)
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zivilars:

Mr. Fab: We maybe already talked about it, just having a deja-vu – do you mean the German "Ca plane pour moi" version by Benny – "Bin wieder frei"?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@matty - pretty much ;-)
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Otis Fodder:

Hard drive crash with no backup in 2010, lost everything. I back up as my first religion now... but I did have almost everything you posted on MFM fab. Sigh.
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zivilars:

it's a nice one, he also had another hit: "Skateboard - uh ah ah - City Surfing - ah ah!" :)
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solo mon:

Looking up Benny right now.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Otis and @Mr fab - I am now paranoid about backing up. I have two external hard drives for security. Couldn't bear to lose stuff again!
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Linda Lee:

oh wow..
here's the Hollies tune supposedly inspired by Miss Faithfull.
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Cp304:

@ Fab I’ll check, I tried to archive all at your place but I was late for the train..
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Bri The Beatnik:

@Linda No, she’s watching a hallmark movie and is concerned about her broken chair
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Mr Fab:

@zivilars:oh right, i think we did discuss this. no, this was a French-language one. but i did track down that German version you mentioned before, danke!
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Otis Fodder:

Isn't Ca Plane already Schlager, ha. Maybe a beer garden version however, that would do it. I'll upvote we give it to Heino or The Polka King, Jan Lewan.
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zivilars:

@solo mon: www.youtube.com...
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Linda Lee:

oh no. what's wrong with her chair?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Blimey! The comments are whizzing through today! :-)
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Linda Lee:

we're deeply inspired, GG :-)
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Cp304:

Yes Otis and GG.. I buy new external every year just to back up the last one, my daw projects hate me
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - that's what I like to see :-)
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solo mon:

Thanks! Gonna listen after the show
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Bri The Beatnik:

@Linda It kept going backwards when she didn’t even push the button. My dad tried to fix it but it’s no good
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Otis Fodder:

GG - Here too. I was backing up but not my media drive sadly. Now all drives use backblaze as my cloud and I have a 4TB that backs up my main 3 drives. One thing I did after losing 100,000 or whatever files, is I am super selective now of what I save. Odds are I'll never listen to it all anyhow or play it.
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zivilars:

@Mr Fab: yeah – and now that you mentioned it, I also remember again that you were already talking about the French version the first time :)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Otis - it's just too heartbreaking otherwise ...
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Otis Fodder:

So smart Cp304. I am so on it with backing up now after a clicking drive and freezing to taking it in to someone did not help. I bought a bottle of rum I remember and said what the hell, goodbye files. Hello vinyl as always!
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Linda Lee:

shoot. a lounger? that's not safe, is it. is the controller in a place where the button's pushed accidentally?
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Cp304:

Yeah Otis, very sad
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Someone recently asked me why I have so many records ... <insert puzzled face>
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Mr Fab:

See, i don't even think of this as squares-ville, cuz it's so nutty that's it's gone all the 'round back to coolsville.
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Otis Fodder:

I think I missed all the Mutant Sounds and Eczehvia Fields blog stuff the most.
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Linda Lee:

did they ask why you keep food in the flat too?
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notsoKWYET:

Ummmm hell ya
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - it achieves its own level of cool :-)
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solo mon:

I sold most of my records last year to finance my film. I kick myself every other day about something or other.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - you do have to wonder, don't you? lol
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - Film? Ooo!!
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Bri The Beatnik:

What kind of film are you making Solo Mon?
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Linda Lee:

who said, 'if you have to ask, you'll never know' ..?
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Otis Fodder:

@solo - I have sold vinyl to release an album once before and unloaded huge amounts to move to a new city to free myself. Sometimes get a regret, but I did buy back all my OG Funkadelic records over the past decade, that took some time to find the bargins.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - I literally said "You know I'm a DJ, right?" lol
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Mr Fab:

ha, this Russian history lesson set to schlager music. It's Info-tainment!
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Linda Lee:

hahaha!!! derp!
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Otis Fodder:

+ Good on you Solo. Sell that stuff to get other stuff (in this case your film) and buy back something if it really pulls on the heart strings.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

The famous Voodoo Party album! :-D
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zivilars:

I almost always regretted selling vinyl, so I decided to just learn from my mistakes and keep everything :)
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Linda Lee:

wow.. se a cabo! Santana!
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zivilars:

Voodoo Party!
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Linda Lee:

i must say, this is mighty white Santana. :-D
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solo mon:

It’s a short experimental film called “dazzle ships” I’m calling the genre an absurdist drama. Almost finished with the edit!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

If you only ever get one James Last album, make it Voodoo Party :-)
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zivilars:

@solo: Let us know when it is finished, would like to see it
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Mr Fab:

Oh yeah. Speaking of mu old blog, when Last died, I posted the entirety of "Voodoo Party."
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zivilars:

@DJ GG: YES!
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Otis Fodder:

...and after Well Kept Secret. ;)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - I salute you, sir! :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Ok ... the next track is magnificent. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Speaking of the next track, I have a file to send you, solo mon :-)
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zivilars:

Otis: I need to check the "Well Kept Secret" album out – have to admit that I don't know it, but your excellent choice of your other favourite Last work tells me that this should be good
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Otis Fodder:

I gotta link it, because up until 10 years ago I never had this one and it's so good and still a buck, www.discogs.com...
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solo mon:

Whoooooah
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Linda Lee:

oh wow..
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solo mon:

Moulinex!!!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

THIS!!!!
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Otis Fodder:

Now there's a pop shoppers hit!
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Mr Fab:

Was planning on hosting a Sheena's night at a cultural festival that got cancelled, but if we do it again, screening solo mon's film would be cool. (Anyone else out there got any vids you made stashed away?)
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zivilars:

@Otis: Thanks for the link
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Rich in Washington:

Oh no! He DIDN'T!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - excellent idea!!!!
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Linda Lee:

wow! those strings! marvelous!
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zivilars:

Seriously, is there ANYTHING James Last didn't do a Happy Sound version of? Haha ...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - I might have a project I did with Caroline Munro ;-)
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Otis Fodder:

Anytime zivilars. I'm learning about new stuff daily. My palee Adam turned me on to Well Kept Secret a decade back and I was like whaaaa, it's 'almost' Voodoo Party. But nothing is Voodoo, ha.
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Linda Lee:

please tip me on 'popshoppers'.. ? what is it?
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Rich in Washington:

This is so close to Meco's version that I'm having Star Wars Holiday Special flashbacks!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Isn't this FABULOUS? :-)
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Cp304:

No kiddin zivilars
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Linda Lee:

very disco diva!!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - Popshopping is a two disc collection of German ads. You remember the show I did a while ago? :-)
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Otis Fodder:

Oh LL... Popshopping compilations. GG did a show on them, played a bunch o cuts.
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solo mon:

Linda Lee it’s a compilation from early 2000 on cripples dick commercial songs from Germany.
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zivilars:

@Linda Lee: It's a compilation of 70s commercial songs from Germany and it is really awesome!
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Linda Lee:

i'm not sure i heard that show! i'll have to find it.
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zivilars:

not to compare with today's commercial tunes, those really were written (and sometimes performed) by great German schlager icons
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Otis Fodder:

We are all so hip (to be square). LL, now you are too! Seriously, the popshopping comps, both are solid, not a bad cut imho.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - you and Photocopy Cha Cha changed your profile names during the show :-)
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solo mon:

Haha zivilars we posted same thing at same time
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Linda Lee:

thanks Otis! and 'schlager' is ..?
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zivilars:

@solo mon: two souls, one thought :)
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Linda Lee:

wow. my memory is really shite. haha!!
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Otis Fodder:

schlager is a good friend that will always comfort you with song.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Ah ... kitsch n sync. Happy times :-)
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solo mon:

Schlager is the only way German people have fun.
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Linda Lee:

ah! sure!
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solo mon:

Just kidding.
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Rich in Washington:

I like to think that Mr. Giant Man and god in Gary S. Paxton's The Big A (etc) are one and the same.
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zivilars:

@solo mon: Haha, not true ... We are also happy when we are perfectly on time at a meeting.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@solo mon - I found a copy of an old kitsch n sync for you because you asked about disco the other day. So I have that to send to you :-)
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Otis Fodder:

I love how Fabio's show has been using Mr Giant Man for what, like 2 decades now. That good.
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solo mon:

Lol zivilars
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Linda Lee:

i *cannot* find a photo of the album online! but pink & silver is *so* late 60s..
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solo mon:

Yes gg u know I love dat disco.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - it is truly one of the greatest album covers :-)
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Rich in Washington:

Did anyone catch the Uncle Michael show where he played nearly every WFMU DJ's theme song? It was pretty surreal.
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Otis Fodder:

Gotta go finish up work here so I can reward myself with food. I am my own pav's dog. Still listening, take care all.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - img.discogs.com...
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zivilars:

bye otis!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Huge hugs Otis! :-)
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solo mon:

Xo Otis
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - the picture doesn't do it justice. It is bright pink and bright silver :-)
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Otis Fodder:

Come visit me tomorrow from 11-3pm, I'm making pie and drinks. Sorry Solo, no aspic this week, but I have a lot more coming sooon!
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Otis Fodder:

xo and hugs all around you lovely pals.
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Linda Lee:

oh wow. love those poster graphics. mylar does have to be experienced in person, too..
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'm going to have to dig my copy of A Go Go out and video it in the sunlight :-)
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Linda Lee:

fabulous!!! please do!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

One for Otis and Don-O here ;-)
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zivilars:

Man, I really need to buy a Best Of Nonstop Dancing
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Otis Fodder:

Yes, just jumping back to say ELO & ONJ! Okay, bye!
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Otis Fodder:

Ha, and there I am after ELO... you know me well Georgy. Awwww. xo
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Otis - yep :-) x
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

All you need for a party: a lava lamp, a punch bowl, and about four James Last albums. :-)
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Linda Lee:

GG's best guest promo. :-)
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Mr Fab:

I think I dumped pretty much the entirety of the Popshoppoing album into the Sheena stream.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Otis' ident makes me so happy :-)
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Linda Lee:

me too. :-)
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notsoKWYET:

hey team --- I am out of here... sorryi could only catch an hour but thoroughly enjoyed it
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zivilars:

there also was another album after Popshopping with a nice concept: invented "old" commercial songs in the same style for fake products
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Linda Lee:

check out this lovely arrangement. just superb!
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zivilars:

not as good as the originals though
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@NSK - Thank you!!! xx
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Linda Lee:

oh wowwwww.. one of my lifetime fave tunes!!! this is gorgeous!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - what was that one called? :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - :-) x
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zivilars:

@DJ GG: I have to look that up, don't know from my head, sorry! If I find it, I let you know!
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Linda Lee:

literally fell in love with this one when it came out. never stopped loving it. Ramsey Lewis Trio!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - yes, please! Thank you :-)
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zivilars:

have the vinyl somewhere in my collection
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Mr Fab:

Too bad no vox on this one. Would love to have heard Last's singers goin "If it's square, we're not there."
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

All the clips of James Last in full swing looks like they're all having a marvellous time :-)
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Linda Lee:

i'm so happy my family let me live with a radio in my kiddie bedroom ~ & so glad commercial radio in the 1960s was so diverse!
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zivilars:

@DJ GG: It's this one: www.discogs.com...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - I was glued to my transistor radio :-)
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zivilars:

you can listen to the whole thing on YouTube: www.youtube.com...
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Linda Lee:

yes!!! we knew where it was at GG. :-) when i took those mile-long walks along the bay shore in summer, my little transistor aways came along. didn't miss a thing!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@zivilars - I've bookmarked that! Thank you :-)
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zivilars:

It's a nice idea, the products are all invented :)
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Linda Lee:

oh wow. thanks zivilars! fabulous!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - Bank Holiday Monday in August 1980 with my transistor radio ear jack jammed into my ear, listening to The Police in concert and pretending my family were escaped lunatics harassing me ;-)
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zivilars:

@Linda Lee: you're welcome!
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Linda Lee:

hahaha!! :-) those little plastic earbuds were a gift..
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Linda Lee:

funny that there was always just one. i guess that was for mono. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - like a half Walkman ;-)
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Linda Lee:

.. so we took right to the walkman as soon as it came out!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - I was glued to that as well! ;-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Ken Lee!
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Linda Lee:

oh god. first walkman, 84 or so: The Queen Is Dead on continual play.. along with Full Up, the Studio One comp :-)
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Linda Lee:

now i see it must've been 86, for the Smiths.
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Linda Lee:

there's a film idea: the story of the James Last singers on tour. has anyone done it?
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Mr Fab:

We really need a modern-day James Last-type bandleader to make stuff like Coldplay fun. imagine medleys of jayZ/U2/Billie Ilish in an upbeat handclapping style.
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matty dread:

Peter Cook: "James Last's Britain" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSfeC9lxu44
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Linda Lee:

thank you Matty! :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - I would LOVE that
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you so much, matty! :-)
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solo mon:

“Make stuff like Coldplay fun” LOL
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solo mon:

Ah I love Peter Cook.
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Linda Lee:

whose song is this? i hear the song in my head, but i can't recall the name!
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Rich in Washington:

Oh yeah, matty!
That clip's hilarious! I am pretty sure I played it on my Last tribute show when he passed away.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - not sure!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Rich - snappy wardrobe! ;-)
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Rich in Washington:

James Last passed away the same day as Ornette Coleman, if memory serves.
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Linda Lee:

a one hitter maybe.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Rich - wow! I didn't know Ornette Coleman lived that long to be honest!
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Cp304:

I remember having written 3 3 3 3 3 1 atop my music sheets clipped to my trombone in jr high for this song..
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Rich in Washington:

I'm looking at my show transciption. They actually died a few days apart, but Ornette died the night of my show, hours before.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Cp304 - boom boom boom boom boom BOOM! :-)
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Cp304:

Lol yes, then just fake the rest with the slide
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I should be tired because it's nearly midnight here but this music's got me all enervated ;-)
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spacebrother:

@ GG - Hopefully you can stay awake for my show! Just got home.
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Cp304:

I hear ya GG, I don’t even remember the drive home from work tonight
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

By the way, if you like this (or any of my other shows) do tell all your friends and share! :-)
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Linda Lee:

just tune into some Lawrence Welk after the show, GG.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Greg!! I'll be there! :-)
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Linda Lee:

*only* if you need to sleep! :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Two more tracks and then it's all over to Greg's!
www.wfmu.org...
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spacebrother:

Yay!
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Rich in Washington:

hey, spacebrother!
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Cp304:

GG, I’m in West Virginia.. my friends think something is wrong with me for listening to this
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - No! Sleep is for wusses! ;-)
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Rich in Washington:

I just realized last night that I am up to do a KBOO show tonight. Yikes!
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Linda Lee:

all right then! :-D
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Cp304 - silly them, eh? ;-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Rich - Coffee! Stat! :-)
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Linda Lee:

only the coolest cats & kittens dig James Last. no help for the rest.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I have had such a good time doing this for you all :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I suspect you've all had a jolly good time too :-)
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matty dread:

it was nice to be here and listen GG ..
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Linda Lee:

it's been absolutely wonderful, GG :-)
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zivilars:

This was (and still is for 10 minutes) great as always, DJ GG – thanks for the show!
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Cp304:

It’s been real fun GG, thanks. Will wear out the archive, then probably archive the archive
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I will be back on Wednesday for a Biba-filled Modernists, and then ... it's the Flange request show on Friday which you do not want to miss! It's going to be fabulous :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you :-) <3
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Linda Lee:

ah! the request show! :-) have you got the requests you need?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Next week's LoriHajiTura is Cal Tjader and Kai Winding - relaxed and luscious :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - oh yes! :-)
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spacebrother:

Consistent quality and fun are LHT trademarks!
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zivilars:

looking forward to next week's show
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Linda Lee:

telling you truly, i needed to hide from the world today & this show made it happen. :-) thank you dear Lady!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you, Greg! :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Linda Lee - <3 x
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Linda Lee:

i really maxxed out this week! :-) recharge time. xxx <3
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I am on a happy little high now :-)
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Linda Lee:

same here love. still hiding out as the sun goes down.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hansi, wherever you are, this show was for you xx
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Linda Lee:

thank you Hansi! :-)
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spacebrother:

First three songs today are spillover from last week. Misirlou misery.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Greg - loved the Misirlou show :-)
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Linda Lee:

Misirlou! that was fun.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you all so much for listening! Huge hugs to all of you, my lovely Turists! <3 xx
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Rich in Washington:

It was Misirlicious!
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matty dread:

<3
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Linda Lee:

xxx thanks so much for what you do, GG. <3
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Rich in Washington:

Thanks, GeorgyGirl! I was Non-Stop Dancing in my chair the whole time!
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spacebrother:

Thank you, GG. Your joy and care always shine through.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

This has genuinely been a blast :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
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Linda Lee:

my saving grace! :-)
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Mr Fab:

Is this really the last of the Last? Oh well , good things are not meant to Last, are they.
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Linda Lee:

he who loves Last, lasts.
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