Favoriting New York Underground with Ray Boogie: Playlist from December 25, 2020 Favoriting

NY-bred, Jamaican-born Ray Boogie takes you on a trip back to the days of The Gallery, Paradise Garage, Danceteria, Mudd Club, and The Loft. You’ll hear some pre-disco and underground-inspired grooves ranging from funk, reggae, post-punk, new wave and more. Fasten your seat belts, we’re headed to deep New York Underground!!!

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Favoriting December 25, 2020

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Artist Track Label Year Format Approx. start time
Madonna  Holiday   Favoriting Sire Records  1983  12"  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ciccone Youth  Into The Groovey   Favoriting Blast First  1986  12"  0:06:07 (Pop-up)
M+M  Song In My Head (Dance Mix)   Favoriting Current/RCA Records  1985  12"  0:10:28 (Pop-up)
Biz Markie  This Is Something For The Radio   Favoriting Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.  1988  12"  0:18:23 (Pop-up)
Cameo  I Just Want To Be   Favoriting Chocolate City  1979  12"  0:23:26 (Pop-up)
Five Special  Why Leave Us Alone (12" Long Version)   Favoriting Elektra Records  1979  12"  0:29:39 (Pop-up)
War  Me And Baby Brother   Favoriting MCA Records  1972  12"  0:40:32 (Pop-up)
Killing Joke  Change   Favoriting Malicious Damage/EG Records  1980  12"  0:43:48 (Pop-up)
Torch Song  Don't Look Now   Favoriting I.R.S. Records  1984  12"  0:47:41 (Pop-up)
John Gibbs & The U.S. Steel Orchestra  Trinidad   Favoriting Jumbo Caribbean Disco  1978  12"  0:56:25 (Pop-up)
A Flock of Seagulls  Telecommunication   Favoriting Jive Records  1981  12"  1:01:28 (Pop-up)
Eurythmics  Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)-Extended Version   Favoriting RCA Records  1987  12"  1:03:55 (Pop-up)
Simple Minds  Changeling   Favoriting Arista Records  1980  12"  1:10:15 (Pop-up)
New Order  Subculture (Remix)   Favoriting Qwest / Warner Bros.  1985  12"  1:14:18 (Pop-up)
The Puppets  Way Of Life (Dance Mix)   Favoriting Quality Records  1983  12"  1:21:44 (Pop-up)
Visage  Mind Of A Toy (Dance Mix)   Favoriting Polydor (UK)  1981  12"  1:29:07 (Pop-up)
Lene Lovich  New Toy (Extended Version)   Favoriting Stiff Records  1981  12"   
Stanton Miranda  Wheel Over Indian Trails   Favoriting Factory Benelux  1984  12"  1:34:12 (Pop-up)
Wailing Souls  Jah Give Us Life (Don't Feel No Way) 12" Mix   Favoriting Greensleeves Records  1978  12"  1:44:57 (Pop-up)
Ranking Toyan  Spar Wid Me (Long Version)   Favoriting Jah Guidance  1982  12"  1:51:53 (Pop-up)
Dillinger  Ragnampiza   Favoriting Mango Records  1977  12"  2:00:14 (Pop-up)
Desmond Dekker And The Aces  Israelites   Favoriting Mooncrest Records  1965  12"  2:04:34 (Pop-up)
Siouxsie & The Banshees  Israel   Favoriting Polydor Records  1980  12"  2:07:09 (Pop-up)
The Cure  Just One Kiss (Long Version)   Favoriting Fiction Records  1982  12"  2:11:52 (Pop-up)
Quando Quango  Love Tempo (Mix)   Favoriting Factory Records America  1983  12"  2:20:00 (Pop-up)
Longsy D  This Is Ska (The Authentic Style)   Favoriting Big One Records  1989  12"  2:27:31 (Pop-up)
Real Life  Send Me An Angel (Original Version)   Favoriting Curb Records  1984  12"  2:32:26 (Pop-up)
Voggue  Dancin' The Night Away   Favoriting Atlantic Records  1981  12"  2:39:13 (Pop-up)
Quincy Jones feat. Patti Austin  Razzamatazz   Favoriting A&M Records  1981  12"  2:46:37 (Pop-up)
Brian Brain  Funky Zoo   Favoriting Secret Records  1982  12"  2:51:18 (Pop-up)
Basement 5  Last White Christmas   Favoriting Island Records  1980  12"  2:57:48 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  8:32pm
paparay:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS UNDERGROUNDERS!!!
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luka:

merry boogiemas, paparay!!
  9:01pm
paparay:

Whoa!!! I'm sounding a little low.
  9:02pm
tracy in LA:

dancin xmas away....
  9:02pm
paparay:

@luka: Happy Holidays!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:03pm
luka:

comin in hot with Madge. love it.
  9:03pm
paparay:

@tracy in LA: Welcome!!!! Happy Holidays!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:04pm
loveless:

I rejoin civilization. My power has been restored after being out since 3am. It's a Christmas miracle. Happy Holidays everyone!
  9:06pm
paparay:

@loveless: YAY!!! Miracles happen at Christmas, glad to have you aboard.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:07pm
luka:

oh shi—
  9:09pm
paparay:

NO CORNY TUNES TONIGHT!!!!
  9:10pm
tracy in LA:

happy xmas to you
  9:10pm
paparay:

****STRICTLY VINYL TONIGHT!!!!****
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:14pm
DjLorraine:

Loveless glad your power was restored.
  9:14pm
paparay:

DID EVERYONE GET GIFTS FROM SANTA? WHO'S BEEN NAUGHTY?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:17pm
loveless:

@DjLorraine Thanks. There were massive outages throughout the county because of the storm last night. Really 2020? The new year will be shiny & bright!
  9:25pm
paparay:

TAKING IT BACK TO 1979 Y'ALLLL!!!!
  9:44pm
Santa Babe:

Go Bret !!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:49pm
chresti:

Hi paparay! Constance and Leland, on Sheena's are listening to your show in their car.
  9:50pm
paparay:

@chresti: Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy & Happy Holidays!
Avatar 9:51pm
Constance De Witt:

Loving the Torch Song, Ray Boogie. Coincidence?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:51pm
Mr. Pumpy:

Happy day, Ray! This is the funky stuff, right here. Hello and happy Christmas all denizens of the underground.
  9:52pm
paparay:

@Constance De Witt: Glad to know someone out there is listening and knows what's being played!
  9:52pm
paparay:

@Mr. Pumpy: Happy Holidays. Thanks for riding New York Underground!!!
  9:52pm
Santa Babe:

bye buzz
  9:53pm
tracy in LA:

@paparay. if no presents equates to naughty, then naughty i am
  9:54pm
tracy in LA:

but...i consider this show a gift...so there's that
  9:54pm
paparay:

@tracy in LA: I'm sure there's gifts on the way. USPS experiencing major delays!
  9:57pm
paparay:

@tracy in LA: Miracles do happen on Christmas Day.
  9:59pm
tracy in LA:

and i live in the "Miracle Mile" neighborhood...so maybe. luv those steel drums
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:59pm
chresti:

Happy Holidays!
  10:08pm
annette:

@tracy. stay naughty. stopped doing christmas presents 20 years ago. freinds family agreed. give to charities instead. naughty is nice.
Avatar 10:10pm
JayD:

Killing it!!! Thank you for the music, DJ!
Avatar 10:11pm
RobinSays:

Great show. My late Dad loved steel drums and I love that Flock of Seagulls song.
  10:11pm
NikiA:

exposing my entire Christmas dinner table to WFMU all night because I'm the host and I can
  10:12pm
ignatatus666:

91.9 fm
Is still down
  10:12pm
paparay:

@JayD:Thanks!!! We do it like this every Friday!
  10:14pm
paparay:

@RobinSays: Thanks for tuning in. Glad to hear your late Dad enjoyed the drums of steel. A Flock Of Seagulls was my first ever concert.
  10:15pm
hifivicky:

hey can you tell me what DJ was on immediately after todd-o-phonacally-todd this morning?
Avatar 10:19pm
RobinSays:

I interviewed Peter Hook for Paper. He was a bit gruff but he offered me some of the potato chips he was eating.
  10:22pm
paparay:

@RobinSays: Ran into him and wife on Bleecker Street. He was extremely pleasant & friendly. Waited to get New Order members to sign stuff. Stephen & Gillian were absolute turds.
  10:22pm
tracy in LA:

new order....taking me back
  10:28pm
tracy in LA:

@annette. im with you on this..... i made sack lunchs and brought them around to people on the street today...we had a blast coloring the bags... much more fun this way
Avatar 10:28pm
RobinSays:

I loved Danceteria:I went there when I was a teenager. Especially the video lounge (music videos were my fave thing) and the rooftop.
  10:29pm
paparay:

YES I HAD DINNER WITH ARTHUR BAKER AND HIS EX. HE WAS VERY COOL.
  10:33pm
Carmichael:

@hifivicky, it was John Allen.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:33pm
Scott Williams:

@hifivicky that was John Allen, every Friday at 9am
  10:34pm
Carmichael:

Heya Scott!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:34pm
Scott Williams:

Hiya Carm!
Avatar 10:36pm
RobinSays:

Hi Scott!
Doing a great job as usual.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:37pm
Scott Williams:

Hi RobinSays! Danke.
  10:38pm
paparay:

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, CLUB KID MICHAEL ALIG PASSED AWAY. DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE. HE WAS MORE 90'S BUT A PART OF NEW YORK UNDERGROUND NIGHTLIFE.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:41pm
loveless:

RIP Angel Melendez
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42pm
Jason from Houston:

꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡
  10:42pm
paparay:

@loveless: I remember Angel. Met him at Pyramid a few times. Was really into punk. A tragedy indeed.
  10:43pm
paparay:

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THIS VIDEO FROM U68???
  10:47pm
Carmichael:

Would you mind turning off your caps lock, para?
  10:47pm
Carmichael:

*papa
  10:48pm
paparay:

@Carmichael: Is it too loud?
  10:48pm
Agent Peter:

altho' you can't spell paparay without "para"
Avatar 10:50pm
RobinSays:

I totally remember that video from U68! Summer of 1985 I watched U68 allday...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:51pm
DjLorraine:

The sound is always great
Avatar 10:51pm
Johnny Too Bad:

Late to the comments, AGREED Paparay, the Eurythmics Beethoven still fresh today, one of their most underrated songs.
  10:53pm
Carmichael:

Thanks, paparay. I get yelled at all day around here ... :)
  10:54pm
paparay:

@Johnny Too Bad: I think that whole album and video was misunderstood by certain members of the public. I think it might have been a concept album. Many didn't get it. Such a great song. Video was out there!
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:00pm
Jinx:

dub was chill.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:05pm
chresti:

Carmichael, you get yelled at?
  11:06pm
Carmichael:

Oh cmon chresti .. :)
  11:06pm
Carmichael:

Happy wife, happy life.
Avatar 11:07pm
RobinSays:

Dekker's "Israelites" was used to great effect in Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy.
  11:07pm
Carmichael:

I saw Richard Thompson play this.
  11:07pm
paparay:

Has anyone seen THE STORY OF TROJAN RECORDS documentary on Amazon Prime?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:08pm
chresti:

Ah, true dat, Carmichael, I'll have to remind Franco.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:08pm
Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:10pm
Jason from Houston:

Great song...
  11:10pm
paparay:

@Jason from Houston: How are you doing? How was your holiday?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:10pm
chresti:

No, I would like to see that, paparay.
  11:12pm
Carmichael:

I’ll remind him fir you, chresti.
  11:12pm
paparay:

@chresti: Worth a look! Growing up in Jamaica some Trojan Records albums made it back to Jamaica. We had a Nicky Thomas & The Upsetter LPs. All that music from the 60's we heard a lot in the 70's.
  11:12pm
Carmichael:

Thanks for the heads up, paparay. Will watch ASAP.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:17pm
eastvanhalen:

I listened to The Walk EP non-stop when I was 17. This whole set has been fantastic, thank you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:18pm
Jason from Houston:

Doing okay. Listening by a fire outside. 60F. Haha...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:23pm
chresti:

I bought my first Trojan compilation in London, 1980. It had on it "Queen of the World" by Claudette Miller and Lloyd Campbell (as Lloyd and Claudette)
  11:23pm
paparay:

@eastvanhalen: Thank you. Glad you're tuning in.
  11:25pm
paparay:

@Jason from Houston: Warm fire sounds good! Enjoy and be safe.
Avatar 11:25pm
Frank77:

Happy Holidays to all and Paparay I’m just tuning in. It sounding good over here..🥂
  11:26pm
paparay:

@Frank77: Welcome. Still have some gems for your ears left.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:33pm
chresti:

^I've bought many more after that. And what a place to grow up, paparay!
  11:35pm
paparay:

@chresti: Sadly, we left all the records back in Jamaica. I moved here in 1979.
  11:38pm
NikiA:

Ok my guests are gone and I'm alone again - with my 🌿pipe and my cocktail of course. cheers one and all, you lovely midnight children. 🥂✌️
  11:42pm
paparay:

@NiKiA: More room for you on the dancefloor. Enjoy and cheers to you too! Happy Holidays!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:42pm
chresti:

Cheers NikiA , although it's 8:41 here in SoCal
  11:46pm
Dot:

Great show, happy holidays everyone!🎄☃️🥂
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:47pm
Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:47pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Ray. See you in 2021! Thanks, Scott. See you in places.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:49pm
Jason from Houston:

Got some competition... Someone is blasting Bobby Bland on the other side of the bayou. Haha...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:51pm
radioronan:

Thanks DJ Ray Boogie for keeping us movin' through the holidays ..thanks skeletons..
Avatar 11:53pm
SunjahAquarian:

this what I wish the Chili Peps sounded like
  11:54pm
paparay:

***THANKS TO ALL WHO TUNED IN. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!***
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58pm
Jason from Houston:

Love y’all. Stay safe and sweet, buddies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:00am
chresti:

Thanks paparay! Happy jollydays!
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