WFMU: Music For a Free World with Dave Sewelson: Playlist from July 20, 2024

Listener comments!
	2:06pm Dave Sewelson: Welcome to the Free World
	2:06pm mackeral: hey folks!
	2:08pm mackeral: nice touch with the delay, Dave
	2:11pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ mackeral @2:08 thanks, mackerel....
	2:18pm tracie: test!
	2:20pm mackeral: ↳ tracie @2:18 loud and clear!
	2:24pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @2:20 gracias!;-)
	2:25pm Dean: Shoot, I missed the Pharrell Williams, a guilty pleasure.
	2:26pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Dean @2:25 awwwww Dean
	2:29pm Eugene Bentley: Enjoying this. I'm a holdover from Bob Brainen's program. I really like this New Birth track with its James Brown references.
	2:29pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Eugene Bentley @2:29 thanks for hanging out Eugene....
	2:30pm mackeral: ↳ Song: "I Can Understand it" by "New Birth" yeah this is so good
	2:35pm tracie: ↳ Eugene Bentley @2:29 James Brown's influence really is incalculable. When I was "digging in the crates" I was astounded by how many references there are to him. He also prompted the careers of Prince and Michael Jackson. Fela and JB influenced each other as contemporaries as is very apparent! ;-) Thanks for hanging out Eugene! ;-)
	2:35pm tracie: ↳ Dean @2:25 lol! We played the live track which is really pretty great!
	2:36pm Eugene Bentley: ↳ tracie @2:35 Even Led Zeppelin.' The Crunge'
	2:40pm Dean: I'm not aware of a live track. I'll have to explore. I am aware of a 24-hour version, though.
	2:41pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @2:30 Actually a Bobby Womack cover! I didn't know that until I looked it up for the show...
	2:44pm Mia: Tracie, I have been digging this a lot but Eric B. & Rakim? I'm in heaven!
	2:44pm tracie: Another influence of James Brown!
	2:45pm Dean: I have no Eric B & Rakim, but earlier this week I was in a good record store in Monterey with copies of Don't Sweat the Technique, and I almost went for it.
	2:45pm tracie: ↳ Mia @2:44 Well... I consider Rakim on par with JB in terms of Hip Hop lyricism. Rakim is the Foundation, the Giant of the genre.
	2:46pm Mia: @tracie hard agree! 💥The R, baby 💥
	2:47pm tracie: ↳ Mia @2:46 18th letter!!
	2:50pm Dean: You're out-WFMU'g WFMU with this Journey, Ms. Morris.
	2:52pm tracie: ↳ Dean @2:50 I mean... Steve Perry!!!! ;-)
	2:53pm Dean: I'm a fan of pre-Perry Journey, to be sure. But I was selling records, hand over fist, in the days of Journey's reign. It comes with baggage.
	2:53pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @2:45 that's a great record
	2:54pm Dean: Wish I'd known pre-Monterey, mackeral!
	2:55pm tracie: ↳ Dean @2:53 interesting! I only know of Journey w SP. It was the first songs of theirs i came across on MTV (old school)!
	2:58pm Dean: Early Journey checked two boxes for me: a Santana connection, and a slight skew toward progressive rock.
	2:59pm tracie: ↳ Dean @2:58 Imma look into it! Thx.
	3:03pm tom tom the pipers son: greetings alll...
	3:03pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Dave and Tracie and Free worldlings
	3:06pm Dean: And now I'm gonna have to get out the old Journey LPs for a spin. Getting a taste, too, for Bobby Brown's "Every Little Step" and Don Byron's "Schizo Man" on Nu Blaxploitation, one of Biz Markie's finest appearances.
	3:07pm tracie: I think I've played Prince's "Baby I'm A Star" every year I've been on the show! He always pops up. #PrinceAlwaysKing <3
	🥁 3:07pm WR: Joining in the jam slam.
	3:07pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:03 hey hey tom....
	3:08pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:03 sealy...welcome....
	3:08pm doctorjazz: Just back from hair/beard trim, (started getting into Dave territory), hi Free Worlders!
	3:12pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ doctorjazz @3:08 be careful doc....the do nothing technique for beards is my specialty...
	3:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tracie @3:07 for a long time, i thought prince's first album was dirty mind and i love dirty mind, song and album...but actual first album has some great stuff, some wild guitar...
	3:13pm tracie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:12 He was good at so many things that it's hard to recall that he was a truly masterful guitarist.
	3:17pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tracie @3:13 yes, it's a little like eddie van halen ...RIP ...but kiss my ass
	🥁 3:18pm WR: ↳ tracie @3:07 Looking back, seems this time of summer is when you are on the show, think this is your 4th guest spot. And you have played that track before. Always welcome.
	3:19pm doctorjazz: Missed some great music, sad!
	3:21pm Dave Sewelson: I will be taking my summer vacation after today's show...back at the end of September....thanks to all for your ears....
	3:21pm tracie: ↳ WR @3:18 I mean when is it not a good time to play Prince? He's on permanent loop in my mind...And Dave always reminds me that it's fine to play previous tunes from the crates since you know, it's about 12 months from the last time! lol. Many are my go to summer jams! ;-)
	3:22pm tracie: ↳ WR @3:18 oh and thanks for the kind words, WR.
	3:25pm Mia: @tracie I jumped up and had to dance it out to "Baby I'm A Star". An irresistible track.
	3:27pm tracie: ↳ Mia @3:25 Glad you enjoy it Mia! It's a jam!
	3:28pm Dean: Heh. Now you're out-WFMU'g your former out-WFMU'g WFMU self!
	3:28pm tom tom the pipers son: a significant writing "voice". masha gessen, has en op ed in times on gop convention. have not read, but seen them on democracy now a few times...and based on that can recommend
	3:28pm tracie: We're in a bit of a chill mode in the middle of the set here but keep your dancing shoes nearby! ;-)
	3:29pm tracie: ↳ Dean @3:28 lol. Steve Perry again! Well I've never played him or Melissa Etheridge before. What extraordinary vocalists!
	3:30pm doctorjazz: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:28 Haven't read it yet, do like her writing.
	3:30pm tracie: Having so much fun online w you guys! I'm not on social media so this is the only time I post comments to people. It's fun with you guys!
	3:31pm mackeral: you put together a good playlist, Tracie!
	3:31pm doctorjazz: Someone somewhere called Steve Perry the greatest singer ever (lots of competition for that spot though...)
	3:32pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ doctorjazz @3:30 i'm looking foward to it...surprised to see them in times...maybe they'll shake things up...
	3:32pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @3:31 aww. thank you mackerel!
	🥁 3:32pm fred: ↳ tracie @3:28 You play Willie, then ask me to remember where I left my dancing shoes? Difficulty level way up
	3:33pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "What the World Needs Now" by "Dionne Warwick" now we're talkin'! i've Loved Dionne since i was little; i don't think my parents ever knew i liked non rock music
	3:33pm tracie: His voice is gorgeous and there's room in our ears for lots of folks! ;-)
	3:34pm Dean: I get a kick out of Doja Cat's latest(?) hit, which features a loop of Dionne's "Walk On By," over which Doja does her thing.
	3:34pm tracie: ↳ fred @3:32 Another great, ethical and mesmerizing singer, Mr. Nelson.
	3:34pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ doctorjazz @3:31 robert fripp said daryl hall was the best singer he'd heard circa 70's -80's
	3:35pm tracie: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:33 hooray!
	3:35pm mackeral: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:34 dude does have chops
	3:36pm tracie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:28 We're in very intense times...definitely affected my choices for the playlist today...
	3:36pm Dean: My short list of "greatest singers ever" has to include Conchita Supervia. She might even top the list of "greatest singers' names ever."
	🥁 3:37pm fred: ↳ tracie @3:34 Great, ethical and mesmerizing? What about some Nina Simone?
	3:37pm tracie: ↳ Dean @3:36 maybe there should be a sub-thread here of favorite singers!
	3:38pm Dean: Or greatest sewing machines ever? Singer!
	3:39pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ mackeral @3:35 i respect r. fripp's ear....
	3:40pm tracie: ↳ fred @3:37 Trust me, my list of people I want on the show is much, much, much longer than who I put on... I time it in advance for Dave so I can't take requests! But! It does inspire other tunes I should've added even as I'm listening to it! lol. NS will be on the rotation next year if I'm invited back! ;-) I may have had her on one of the playlists in years 2 or 3 I have to check...
	3:40pm tracie: ↳ Dean @3:38 lol. I'm a poet and I do love a pun!
	3:40pm mackeral: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:39 i wish I could remember the song, but I was singing a Daryl Hall song at the sink a while back and thought, how on earth does he do that?
	3:41pm tom tom the pipers son: i'm pretty sure i don't know my favorite singer
	🥁 3:42pm fred: ↳ tracie @3:40 I know, it was not really a request, but her name came to my mind reading that
	3:42pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ mackeral @3:40 for non singers it is a mysterious thing to locate the voice's source in the body
	3:45pm tracie: ↳ fred @3:42 Good taste! Another underrated musician. She was a superlative pianist and brilliant lyricist, Ms. Simone.
	3:45pm Dean: There are days I think Chaka Khan is my favorite singer. Aretha. Fritz Wunderlich. Cecilia Bartoli. Nina.
	3:45pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tracie @3:40 if you like puns you should check into the comments/playlist more often...re: a few nights ago there was three hours of collabrative limerick making
	3:46pm tracie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:45 uh oh... ;-)
	3:46pm tom tom the pipers son: collaborative
	3:48pm Dean: Believe it or not, some days are Art Garfunkel days, Barbra Streisand days, too. And on at least a couple days these past few weeks my favorite singer was Blind Marky Felchtone. (mackeral will vouch for me.)
	3:48pm Dean: RIP, Ms. Reagon.
	3:50pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @3:48 yep, some days nothing else will do
	3:50pm tracie: ↳ Dean @3:48 Indeed. Her innovation in music can't be overstated. What a brave, genius, righteous, soulful person. Great organizer too. I was so moved by her work. She has earned her rest.
	3:50pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @3:48 reminds me perhaps my favorite singer in blind uncle gaspard
	3:51pm Dean: On another channel, mackeral reminds me that last Saturday's Bob Brainen show featuring Jo Stafford added still another greatest to the list.
	3:52pm mackeral: I'll lift up Roy Orbison here too, lots of fun to sing that guy's songs. Oh yeah, Jo Stafford. And thanks to the good vibes here, I'm gonna pull out that old Shania Twain record...
	3:52pm Dean: Don't know Gaspard, tttps. Records on Yazoo and Mississippi...good pedigree.
	3:52pm doctorjazz: Don't forget Satch...
	3:52pm mackeral: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:50 rings a bell, will investigate
	3:52pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @3:52 couple songs on youtube
	3:53pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @3:52 Pretty much created modern singing
	3:54pm Dean: I commented elsewhere to this effect: My kids turned me onto Stephen Sanchez, a young pop vocalist, whose album I really enjoy. I suggested to my daughter that she should check out Orbison's "Crying," which seems an obvious influence on Sanchez. She did, and she loves it. I gave Shania Twain short shrift. My brother loved her, even met her at a concert.
	3:54pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ mackeral @3:52 orbison is practically operatic
	3:56pm Dean: Even Irwin Chusid played Sanchez. There's a salutary turn by younger artists to a retro style that really tries to tap what made the older great singers so great. Some of it's production quality, but also sheer crooning.
	3:56pm tracie: I love everyone's singer comments! ;-)
	3:57pm Dean: I'd love to hear a collaboration of McFerrin and Theo Bleckmann, still another "greatest."
	3:57pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @3:54 wow! okay, gonna check out Sanchez
	3:58pm Dean: Try his "Evangeline" and "Until I Found You." Technical glitch, Dave? Don't worry...
	4:00pm drumbone: Have fun, Dave!!
	4:01pm Dean: This is pushing the envelope (a figure of speech that is losing its force these days), but I honest to gosh love Cardi B's vocalizing.
	4:02pm tracie: ↳ Dean @4:01 Wow Dean! No shame in jumping outside the box! ;-) Now you're going to make me check out her singing!
	4:04pm Dean: It's 90% attitude, but she delivers. She's smart, cocky, filthy, no-nonsense, all in ways that the OGs wish they could imitate.
	4:04pm mackeral: ↳ Song: "Dancin’ in the Street" by "Martha Reeves and the ... ah yeah
	4:05pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @4:04 ;-)
	4:05pm Dean: Yeah, this is what I mean by production independent of the singing. With great singing, the track pulls together.
	4:06pm tom tom the pipers son: btw dean ...blind uncle gaspard is not a virtuoso singer....
	4:08pm Dean: I get it, tttps. I mean, I love Cedell Davis' singing and guitar playing. Neither are virtuosic in the ordinary sense.
	4:09pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @4:08 yes, of course figured you would, just thought i'd mention it
	4:11pm mackeral: speaking of not-virtuosic, but perfect: Gram Parsons + Emmylou Harris. My 7 year old loves to sing along to New Soft Shoe
	4:11pm mackeral: ↳ Song: "Believe" by "Cher" this song played from every shop and cafe in Bulgaria when I lived there, somehow perfect
	4:12pm Dave Sewelson: I am a virtuono singer....
	4:13pm Dean: My favorite Auto-Tune track is still Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce," which I hear as "Boardwalk Through the Alps."
	4:13pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:12 ha!
	🥁 4:14pm fred: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:12 With or without autotune? (re: Cher)
	4:15pm Dean: Had a feeling we'd be in for Donna and Georgio.
	4:15pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ fred @4:14 youtu.be...
	4:16pm tracie: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:12 lol Dave!
	4:16pm tracie: ↳ Dean @4:13 Great song!! Lol re: "bad lipreading"
	4:17pm Dean: Rather, Giorgio.
	4:17pm tracie: ↳ Dean @4:15 her haunting glissandoes...
	4:20pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @4:17 and then there's Love to Love You Baby, so good
	4:21pm tom tom the pipers son: ok all, gotta split...nice chat, thanks dave and tracie
	4:23pm tracie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:21 thanks, Tom Tom! :-)
	4:23pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:21 Thanks for stopping by tom tom....
	4:23pm Dean: I'd heard of Moroder through a solo album on a subsidiary of (what became?) Casablanca, Einzelganger. Goofy pop techno stuff. But his work with Casablanca and Donna Summer really brought out the best in them.
	4:24pm Dave Sewelson: stick around the stream for more groovy sounds. www.wfmu.org...
	4:25pm tracie: This moment of hardcore brought to you by... the Brains!!! ;-)
	4:25pm Mia: Bad Brains!
	4:27pm mackeral: ↳ Song: "Rock for Light" by "Bad Brains" caught them in Atlanta back in the day, super good
	4:28pm Dean: RIP (now for several years), Omar Higgins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbYkz5CBMas
	4:28pm tracie: ↳ Mia @4:25 BRAINS!!!
	4:28pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @4:27 YEAH.
	4:29pm Dean: One of my one-night-stand insta-bands, '80s, did a live mash-up of "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Inna-gadda-da-vida." "Another One Bites the Da-vida"
	4:31pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Dean @4:29 was in documentated Dean?
	4:31pm Dean: Fortunately, there's very little documentation of those operations.
	4:35pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @4:29 that would have been something to see
	4:37pm Dean: A fun time, mackeral.
	4:38pm tracie: Sometimes you have to make it plain, yes Ms. Reagon.
	4:41pm spodiodi: greetings, Dave, Tracie Morris and all! killer set list (again) :) going to have to listen from the archive
	4:41pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ spodiodi @4:41 thanks spodi...
	4:41pm tracie: ↳ spodiodi @4:41 Thank you, spodiodi. My most eclectic yet! Thanks for hanging out! ;-)
	🥁 4:45pm WR: ↳ Song: "What Is This Thing Called Love" by "Sarah Vaughan" Grand slamming in this set. Have been doing errands, sweating to the classics you've been streaming to us, Tracie. Very much appreciate the life soundtrack. Look forward to your next visit.
	4:46pm tracie: Thank you so much, WR! ;-)
	🥁 4:47pm WR: Dave, thank you for doing what you do. See you on the radio in September and who knows where when in the streets.
	4:47pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ WR @4:47 Thanks WR....
	🥁 4:49pm WR: And thanks for the remembrance of Ms Reagon. Great are the gifts that she gave us.
	4:49pm mackeral: we used to have a daily Stevie Wonder practice, when I was in my 20s. need to revive that
	4:51pm Dean: Performing or listening to? I had the good fortune of attending a Return to Forever show at LA's Music Center. Mid-show, he appeared as a guest artist. Blown away.
	4:52pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @4:51 just listening
	4:52pm Kim Sorise: Hey Dave and all! Love Master Blaster and anything Stevie!
	4:53pm Dean: Lotsa territory to cover.
	4:53pm tracie: WHAT?????? OMG!
	4:53pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Kim Sorise @4:52 Thanks Kim!!!
	4:54pm Dave Sewelson: Stick around for Kim on the air today after us...don't miss a beat...here is Kim's playlist.. www.wfmu.org...
	4:54pm tracie: I wrote a whole long poem about the ubiquity of Stevie Wonder's work for any situation...
	4:55pm Kim Sorise: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:54 Thanks so much!
	4:57pm mackeral: ↳ tracie @4:54 let's hear it
	4:57pm tracie: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:54 Imma listen in for a minute! :-)
	4:58pm Dean: Thanks, all, for the musical afternoon.
	4:58pm Mia: Thanks so much for a killer playlist!
	4:58pm tracie: thx mia! ;-)
	4:58pm spodiodi: thank you, Tracie and Dave!
	4:58pm Kim Sorise: Right on, Dave! Thanks Tracie!
	4:59pm tracie: thx spodi and everyone! ;-) !!
	4:59pm Dave Sewelson: thanks all you listenears..
	4:59pm tracie: LATER GATORS! THANKS DAVEY DAVE!!
	🥁 4:59pm WR: ↳ Song: "Cloud Nine" by "The Temptations" by the way, first time I've listened to this Temps tune in 50 years or so. Lyrics more complex than I remembered. Again, many thanks. Let there be love.
	5:06pm coelacanth∅: Thanks tracie! Thanks Dave enjoy your time away!

Music For a Free World with Dave Sewelson: Playlist from July 20, 2024

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Artist	Track	Approx. start time
McFadden and Whitehead	Ain’t No Stopping Us Now
The Impressions	We’re a Winner "We’re a Winner" by "The Impressions"	0:10:26 (Pop-up)
Pharrell Williams	Happy "Happy" by "Pharrell Williams"	0:13:01 (Pop-up)
Fela Kuti	O.D.O.O. "O.D.O.O." by "Fela Kuti"	0:16:37 (Pop-up)
New Birth	I Can Understand it "I Can Understand it" by "New Birth"	0:23:28 (Pop-up)
James Brown	I Feel Good "I Feel Good" by "James Brown"	0:29:45 (Pop-up)
EW&F	Let’s Groove Tonight "Let’s Groove Tonight" by "EW&F"	0:32:42 (Pop-up)
Guy	Groove Me "Groove Me" by "Guy"	0:38:31 (Pop-up)
Eric B and Rakim	I Know You Got Soul	0:42:43 (Pop-up)
Queen	We Will Rock You "We Will Rock You" by "Queen"	0:47:17 (Pop-up)
Journey	Don't Stop Believin' "Don't Stop Believin'" by "Journey"	0:49:23 (Pop-up)
House of Pain	Jump Around "Jump Around" by "House of Pain"	0:53:37 (Pop-up)
Heavy D	We Got Our Own Thang "We Got Our Own Thang" by "Heavy D"	0:57:05 (Pop-up)
Fishbone	Everyday Sunshine "Everyday Sunshine" by "Fishbone"	1:01:04 (Pop-up)
Prince	Baby I’m a Star "Baby I’m a Star" by "Prince"	1:01:25 (Pop-up)
Melissa Etheridge	I’m the Only One	1:10:17 (Pop-up)
Shania Twain	Still the One "Still the One" by "Shania Twain"	1:15:16 (Pop-up)
Billy Preston/Syreeta Wright	With You I’m Born Again	1:18:48 (Pop-up)
Willie Nelson	I Wrote This Song For You	1:22:21 (Pop-up)
Steve Perry	No Erasin’ "No Erasin’" by "Steve Perry"	1:26:21 (Pop-up)
Dionne Warwick	What the World Needs Now	1:30:18 (Pop-up)
Lauryn Hill and Tanya Blount	His Eye is On the Sparrow	1:33:33 (Pop-up)
Jill Scott	A Long Walk "A Long Walk" by "Jill Scott"	1:38:00 (Pop-up)
Chaka Khan	Through the Fire "Through the Fire" by "Chaka Khan"	1:42:49 (Pop-up)
Sweet Honey In The Rock	Eyes on the Prize	1:47:35 (Pop-up)
The Temptations	Cloud Nine "Cloud Nine" by "The Temptations"	1:51:44 (Pop-up)
Bobby McFerrin	Don’t Worry, Be Happy	1:54:39 (Pop-up)
Selena	Bidi Bidi Bom Bom "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" by "Selena"	1:59:52 (Pop-up)
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas	Dancin’ in the Street	2:03:14 (Pop-up)
Sylvester	Can’t Stop Dancin’ "Can’t Stop Dancin’" by "Sylvester"	2:09:43 (Pop-up)
Cher	Believe "Believe" by "Cher"	2:10:13 (Pop-up)
Donna Summer	I Feel Love "I Feel Love" by "Donna Summer"	2:14:24 (Pop-up)
Prince	Private Joy "Private Joy" by "Prince"	2:20:12 (Pop-up)
Bad Brains	Rock for Light "Rock for Light" by "Bad Brains"	2:24:27 (Pop-up)
Queen	Another One Bites the Dust "Another One Bites the Dust" by "Queen"	2:26:06 (Pop-up)
Mary J. Blige	No More Drama "No More Drama" by "Mary J. Blige"	2:29:41 (Pop-up)
Mahalia Jackson	Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho	2:34:58 (Pop-up)
Sweet Honey In The Rock	I’m Gon’ Stand	2:37:04 (Pop-up)
Sarah Vaughan	What Is This Thing Called Love	2:38:43 (Pop-up)
Mildred Bailey	I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm	2:40:51 (Pop-up)
Toro Y Moi	Freelance "Freelance" by "Toro Y Moi"	2:43:40 (Pop-up)
Stevie Wonder	You Are The Sunshine of My Life	2:47:31 (Pop-up)
Stevie Wonder	Master Blaster "Master Blaster" by "Stevie Wonder"	2:50:27 (Pop-up)
Bob Marley	Could You Be Loved? "Could You Be Loved?" by "Bob Marley"	2:55:31 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	2:06pm Dave Sewelson: Welcome to the Free World
	2:06pm mackeral: hey folks!
	2:08pm mackeral: nice touch with the delay, Dave
	2:11pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ mackeral @2:08 thanks, mackerel....
	2:18pm tracie: test!
	2:20pm mackeral: ↳ tracie @2:18 loud and clear!
	2:24pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @2:20 gracias!;-)
	2:25pm Dean: Shoot, I missed the Pharrell Williams, a guilty pleasure.
	2:26pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Dean @2:25 awwwww Dean
	2:29pm Eugene Bentley: Enjoying this. I'm a holdover from Bob Brainen's program. I really like this New Birth track with its James Brown references.
	2:29pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Eugene Bentley @2:29 thanks for hanging out Eugene....
	2:30pm mackeral: ↳ Song: "I Can Understand it" by "New Birth" yeah this is so good
	2:35pm tracie: ↳ Eugene Bentley @2:29 James Brown's influence really is incalculable. When I was "digging in the crates" I was astounded by how many references there are to him. He also prompted the careers of Prince and Michael Jackson. Fela and JB influenced each other as contemporaries as is very apparent! ;-) Thanks for hanging out Eugene! ;-)
	2:35pm tracie: ↳ Dean @2:25 lol! We played the live track which is really pretty great!
	2:36pm Eugene Bentley: ↳ tracie @2:35 Even Led Zeppelin.' The Crunge'
	2:40pm Dean: I'm not aware of a live track. I'll have to explore. I am aware of a 24-hour version, though.
	2:41pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @2:30 Actually a Bobby Womack cover! I didn't know that until I looked it up for the show...
	2:44pm Mia: Tracie, I have been digging this a lot but Eric B. & Rakim? I'm in heaven!
	2:44pm tracie: Another influence of James Brown!
	2:45pm Dean: I have no Eric B & Rakim, but earlier this week I was in a good record store in Monterey with copies of Don't Sweat the Technique, and I almost went for it.
	2:45pm tracie: ↳ Mia @2:44 Well... I consider Rakim on par with JB in terms of Hip Hop lyricism. Rakim is the Foundation, the Giant of the genre.
	2:46pm Mia: @tracie hard agree! 💥The R, baby 💥
	2:47pm tracie: ↳ Mia @2:46 18th letter!!
	2:50pm Dean: You're out-WFMU'g WFMU with this Journey, Ms. Morris.
	2:52pm tracie: ↳ Dean @2:50 I mean... Steve Perry!!!! ;-)
	2:53pm Dean: I'm a fan of pre-Perry Journey, to be sure. But I was selling records, hand over fist, in the days of Journey's reign. It comes with baggage.
	2:53pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @2:45 that's a great record
	2:54pm Dean: Wish I'd known pre-Monterey, mackeral!
	2:55pm tracie: ↳ Dean @2:53 interesting! I only know of Journey w SP. It was the first songs of theirs i came across on MTV (old school)!
	2:58pm Dean: Early Journey checked two boxes for me: a Santana connection, and a slight skew toward progressive rock.
	2:59pm tracie: ↳ Dean @2:58 Imma look into it! Thx.
	3:03pm tom tom the pipers son: greetings alll...
	3:03pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Dave and Tracie and Free worldlings
	3:06pm Dean: And now I'm gonna have to get out the old Journey LPs for a spin. Getting a taste, too, for Bobby Brown's "Every Little Step" and Don Byron's "Schizo Man" on Nu Blaxploitation, one of Biz Markie's finest appearances.
	3:07pm tracie: I think I've played Prince's "Baby I'm A Star" every year I've been on the show! He always pops up. #PrinceAlwaysKing <3
	🥁 3:07pm WR: Joining in the jam slam.
	3:07pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:03 hey hey tom....
	3:08pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:03 sealy...welcome....
	3:08pm doctorjazz: Just back from hair/beard trim, (started getting into Dave territory), hi Free Worlders!
	3:12pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ doctorjazz @3:08 be careful doc....the do nothing technique for beards is my specialty...
	3:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tracie @3:07 for a long time, i thought prince's first album was dirty mind and i love dirty mind, song and album...but actual first album has some great stuff, some wild guitar...
	3:13pm tracie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:12 He was good at so many things that it's hard to recall that he was a truly masterful guitarist.
	3:17pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tracie @3:13 yes, it's a little like eddie van halen ...RIP ...but kiss my ass
	🥁 3:18pm WR: ↳ tracie @3:07 Looking back, seems this time of summer is when you are on the show, think this is your 4th guest spot. And you have played that track before. Always welcome.
	3:19pm doctorjazz: Missed some great music, sad!
	3:21pm Dave Sewelson: I will be taking my summer vacation after today's show...back at the end of September....thanks to all for your ears....
	3:21pm tracie: ↳ WR @3:18 I mean when is it not a good time to play Prince? He's on permanent loop in my mind...And Dave always reminds me that it's fine to play previous tunes from the crates since you know, it's about 12 months from the last time! lol. Many are my go to summer jams! ;-)
	3:22pm tracie: ↳ WR @3:18 oh and thanks for the kind words, WR.
	3:25pm Mia: @tracie I jumped up and had to dance it out to "Baby I'm A Star". An irresistible track.
	3:27pm tracie: ↳ Mia @3:25 Glad you enjoy it Mia! It's a jam!
	3:28pm Dean: Heh. Now you're out-WFMU'g your former out-WFMU'g WFMU self!
	3:28pm tom tom the pipers son: a significant writing "voice". masha gessen, has en op ed in times on gop convention. have not read, but seen them on democracy now a few times...and based on that can recommend
	3:28pm tracie: We're in a bit of a chill mode in the middle of the set here but keep your dancing shoes nearby! ;-)
	3:29pm tracie: ↳ Dean @3:28 lol. Steve Perry again! Well I've never played him or Melissa Etheridge before. What extraordinary vocalists!
	3:30pm doctorjazz: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:28 Haven't read it yet, do like her writing.
	3:30pm tracie: Having so much fun online w you guys! I'm not on social media so this is the only time I post comments to people. It's fun with you guys!
	3:31pm mackeral: you put together a good playlist, Tracie!
	3:31pm doctorjazz: Someone somewhere called Steve Perry the greatest singer ever (lots of competition for that spot though...)
	3:32pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ doctorjazz @3:30 i'm looking foward to it...surprised to see them in times...maybe they'll shake things up...
	3:32pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @3:31 aww. thank you mackerel!
	🥁 3:32pm fred: ↳ tracie @3:28 You play Willie, then ask me to remember where I left my dancing shoes? Difficulty level way up
	3:33pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "What the World Needs Now" by "Dionne Warwick" now we're talkin'! i've Loved Dionne since i was little; i don't think my parents ever knew i liked non rock music
	3:33pm tracie: His voice is gorgeous and there's room in our ears for lots of folks! ;-)
	3:34pm Dean: I get a kick out of Doja Cat's latest(?) hit, which features a loop of Dionne's "Walk On By," over which Doja does her thing.
	3:34pm tracie: ↳ fred @3:32 Another great, ethical and mesmerizing singer, Mr. Nelson.
	3:34pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ doctorjazz @3:31 robert fripp said daryl hall was the best singer he'd heard circa 70's -80's
	3:35pm tracie: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:33 hooray!
	3:35pm mackeral: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:34 dude does have chops
	3:36pm tracie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:28 We're in very intense times...definitely affected my choices for the playlist today...
	3:36pm Dean: My short list of "greatest singers ever" has to include Conchita Supervia. She might even top the list of "greatest singers' names ever."
	🥁 3:37pm fred: ↳ tracie @3:34 Great, ethical and mesmerizing? What about some Nina Simone?
	3:37pm tracie: ↳ Dean @3:36 maybe there should be a sub-thread here of favorite singers!
	3:38pm Dean: Or greatest sewing machines ever? Singer!
	3:39pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ mackeral @3:35 i respect r. fripp's ear....
	3:40pm tracie: ↳ fred @3:37 Trust me, my list of people I want on the show is much, much, much longer than who I put on... I time it in advance for Dave so I can't take requests! But! It does inspire other tunes I should've added even as I'm listening to it! lol. NS will be on the rotation next year if I'm invited back! ;-) I may have had her on one of the playlists in years 2 or 3 I have to check...
	3:40pm tracie: ↳ Dean @3:38 lol. I'm a poet and I do love a pun!
	3:40pm mackeral: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:39 i wish I could remember the song, but I was singing a Daryl Hall song at the sink a while back and thought, how on earth does he do that?
	3:41pm tom tom the pipers son: i'm pretty sure i don't know my favorite singer
	🥁 3:42pm fred: ↳ tracie @3:40 I know, it was not really a request, but her name came to my mind reading that
	3:42pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ mackeral @3:40 for non singers it is a mysterious thing to locate the voice's source in the body
	3:45pm tracie: ↳ fred @3:42 Good taste! Another underrated musician. She was a superlative pianist and brilliant lyricist, Ms. Simone.
	3:45pm Dean: There are days I think Chaka Khan is my favorite singer. Aretha. Fritz Wunderlich. Cecilia Bartoli. Nina.
	3:45pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tracie @3:40 if you like puns you should check into the comments/playlist more often...re: a few nights ago there was three hours of collabrative limerick making
	3:46pm tracie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:45 uh oh... ;-)
	3:46pm tom tom the pipers son: collaborative
	3:48pm Dean: Believe it or not, some days are Art Garfunkel days, Barbra Streisand days, too. And on at least a couple days these past few weeks my favorite singer was Blind Marky Felchtone. (mackeral will vouch for me.)
	3:48pm Dean: RIP, Ms. Reagon.
	3:50pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @3:48 yep, some days nothing else will do
	3:50pm tracie: ↳ Dean @3:48 Indeed. Her innovation in music can't be overstated. What a brave, genius, righteous, soulful person. Great organizer too. I was so moved by her work. She has earned her rest.
	3:50pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @3:48 reminds me perhaps my favorite singer in blind uncle gaspard
	3:51pm Dean: On another channel, mackeral reminds me that last Saturday's Bob Brainen show featuring Jo Stafford added still another greatest to the list.
	3:52pm mackeral: I'll lift up Roy Orbison here too, lots of fun to sing that guy's songs. Oh yeah, Jo Stafford. And thanks to the good vibes here, I'm gonna pull out that old Shania Twain record...
	3:52pm Dean: Don't know Gaspard, tttps. Records on Yazoo and Mississippi...good pedigree.
	3:52pm doctorjazz: Don't forget Satch...
	3:52pm mackeral: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:50 rings a bell, will investigate
	3:52pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @3:52 couple songs on youtube
	3:53pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @3:52 Pretty much created modern singing
	3:54pm Dean: I commented elsewhere to this effect: My kids turned me onto Stephen Sanchez, a young pop vocalist, whose album I really enjoy. I suggested to my daughter that she should check out Orbison's "Crying," which seems an obvious influence on Sanchez. She did, and she loves it. I gave Shania Twain short shrift. My brother loved her, even met her at a concert.
	3:54pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ mackeral @3:52 orbison is practically operatic
	3:56pm Dean: Even Irwin Chusid played Sanchez. There's a salutary turn by younger artists to a retro style that really tries to tap what made the older great singers so great. Some of it's production quality, but also sheer crooning.
	3:56pm tracie: I love everyone's singer comments! ;-)
	3:57pm Dean: I'd love to hear a collaboration of McFerrin and Theo Bleckmann, still another "greatest."
	3:57pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @3:54 wow! okay, gonna check out Sanchez
	3:58pm Dean: Try his "Evangeline" and "Until I Found You." Technical glitch, Dave? Don't worry...
	4:00pm drumbone: Have fun, Dave!!
	4:01pm Dean: This is pushing the envelope (a figure of speech that is losing its force these days), but I honest to gosh love Cardi B's vocalizing.
	4:02pm tracie: ↳ Dean @4:01 Wow Dean! No shame in jumping outside the box! ;-) Now you're going to make me check out her singing!
	4:04pm Dean: It's 90% attitude, but she delivers. She's smart, cocky, filthy, no-nonsense, all in ways that the OGs wish they could imitate.
	4:04pm mackeral: ↳ Song: "Dancin’ in the Street" by "Martha Reeves and the ... ah yeah
	4:05pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @4:04 ;-)
	4:05pm Dean: Yeah, this is what I mean by production independent of the singing. With great singing, the track pulls together.
	4:06pm tom tom the pipers son: btw dean ...blind uncle gaspard is not a virtuoso singer....
	4:08pm Dean: I get it, tttps. I mean, I love Cedell Davis' singing and guitar playing. Neither are virtuosic in the ordinary sense.
	4:09pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @4:08 yes, of course figured you would, just thought i'd mention it
	4:11pm mackeral: speaking of not-virtuosic, but perfect: Gram Parsons + Emmylou Harris. My 7 year old loves to sing along to New Soft Shoe
	4:11pm mackeral: ↳ Song: "Believe" by "Cher" this song played from every shop and cafe in Bulgaria when I lived there, somehow perfect
	4:12pm Dave Sewelson: I am a virtuono singer....
	4:13pm Dean: My favorite Auto-Tune track is still Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce," which I hear as "Boardwalk Through the Alps."
	4:13pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:12 ha!
	🥁 4:14pm fred: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:12 With or without autotune? (re: Cher)
	4:15pm Dean: Had a feeling we'd be in for Donna and Georgio.
	4:15pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ fred @4:14 youtu.be...
	4:16pm tracie: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:12 lol Dave!
	4:16pm tracie: ↳ Dean @4:13 Great song!! Lol re: "bad lipreading"
	4:17pm Dean: Rather, Giorgio.
	4:17pm tracie: ↳ Dean @4:15 her haunting glissandoes...
	4:20pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @4:17 and then there's Love to Love You Baby, so good
	4:21pm tom tom the pipers son: ok all, gotta split...nice chat, thanks dave and tracie
	4:23pm tracie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:21 thanks, Tom Tom! :-)
	4:23pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:21 Thanks for stopping by tom tom....
	4:23pm Dean: I'd heard of Moroder through a solo album on a subsidiary of (what became?) Casablanca, Einzelganger. Goofy pop techno stuff. But his work with Casablanca and Donna Summer really brought out the best in them.
	4:24pm Dave Sewelson: stick around the stream for more groovy sounds. www.wfmu.org...
	4:25pm tracie: This moment of hardcore brought to you by... the Brains!!! ;-)
	4:25pm Mia: Bad Brains!
	4:27pm mackeral: ↳ Song: "Rock for Light" by "Bad Brains" caught them in Atlanta back in the day, super good
	4:28pm Dean: RIP (now for several years), Omar Higgins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbYkz5CBMas
	4:28pm tracie: ↳ Mia @4:25 BRAINS!!!
	4:28pm tracie: ↳ mackeral @4:27 YEAH.
	4:29pm Dean: One of my one-night-stand insta-bands, '80s, did a live mash-up of "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Inna-gadda-da-vida." "Another One Bites the Da-vida"
	4:31pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Dean @4:29 was in documentated Dean?
	4:31pm Dean: Fortunately, there's very little documentation of those operations.
	4:35pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @4:29 that would have been something to see
	4:37pm Dean: A fun time, mackeral.
	4:38pm tracie: Sometimes you have to make it plain, yes Ms. Reagon.
	4:41pm spodiodi: greetings, Dave, Tracie Morris and all! killer set list (again) :) going to have to listen from the archive
	4:41pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ spodiodi @4:41 thanks spodi...
	4:41pm tracie: ↳ spodiodi @4:41 Thank you, spodiodi. My most eclectic yet! Thanks for hanging out! ;-)
	🥁 4:45pm WR: ↳ Song: "What Is This Thing Called Love" by "Sarah Vaughan" Grand slamming in this set. Have been doing errands, sweating to the classics you've been streaming to us, Tracie. Very much appreciate the life soundtrack. Look forward to your next visit.
	4:46pm tracie: Thank you so much, WR! ;-)
	🥁 4:47pm WR: Dave, thank you for doing what you do. See you on the radio in September and who knows where when in the streets.
	4:47pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ WR @4:47 Thanks WR....
	🥁 4:49pm WR: And thanks for the remembrance of Ms Reagon. Great are the gifts that she gave us.
	4:49pm mackeral: we used to have a daily Stevie Wonder practice, when I was in my 20s. need to revive that
	4:51pm Dean: Performing or listening to? I had the good fortune of attending a Return to Forever show at LA's Music Center. Mid-show, he appeared as a guest artist. Blown away.
	4:52pm mackeral: ↳ Dean @4:51 just listening
	4:52pm Kim Sorise: Hey Dave and all! Love Master Blaster and anything Stevie!
	4:53pm Dean: Lotsa territory to cover.
	4:53pm tracie: WHAT?????? OMG!
	4:53pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Kim Sorise @4:52 Thanks Kim!!!
	4:54pm Dave Sewelson: Stick around for Kim on the air today after us...don't miss a beat...here is Kim's playlist.. www.wfmu.org...
	4:54pm tracie: I wrote a whole long poem about the ubiquity of Stevie Wonder's work for any situation...
	4:55pm Kim Sorise: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:54 Thanks so much!
	4:57pm mackeral: ↳ tracie @4:54 let's hear it
	4:57pm tracie: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:54 Imma listen in for a minute! :-)
	4:58pm Dean: Thanks, all, for the musical afternoon.
	4:58pm Mia: Thanks so much for a killer playlist!
	4:58pm tracie: thx mia! ;-)
	4:58pm spodiodi: thank you, Tracie and Dave!
	4:58pm Kim Sorise: Right on, Dave! Thanks Tracie!
	4:59pm tracie: thx spodi and everyone! ;-) !!
	4:59pm Dave Sewelson: thanks all you listenears..
	4:59pm tracie: LATER GATORS! THANKS DAVEY DAVE!!
	🥁 4:59pm WR: ↳ Song: "Cloud Nine" by "The Temptations" by the way, first time I've listened to this Temps tune in 50 years or so. Lyrics more complex than I remembered. Again, many thanks. Let there be love.
	5:06pm coelacanth∅: Thanks tracie! Thanks Dave enjoy your time away!

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