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Favoriting April 17, 2011: A Little Rain Never Hurt No One

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Trussel  Love Injection   Favoriting Journey into Paradise: The Larry Levan Story  Rhino  2006  CD  From 1979    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Lucy Hawkins  Gotta Get Outta Here   Favoriting Disco Discharge: Disco Ladies  Harmless/Demon  2007  CD  From 1978    0:09:53 (Pop-up)
Compay Quinto  El Diablo   Favoriting ¡Gózalo! Bugalú Tropical Vol. 4  VampiSoul  2011  CD  From 1965  *   0:15:33 (Pop-up)
Robert Moore  Everything's Gonna Be Alright   Favoriting Good Things - The Story Of Saadia Records  Jazzman  2010  CD  circa 1972  *   0:18:36 (Pop-up)
Tonetta  Mmm Mama!   Favoriting   Black Tent  2011  45    *   0:21:06 (Pop-up)
Doug Hream Blunt  Gentle Persuasion   Favoriting Gentle Persuasion  No Label  2011  LP  From 2000  *   0:24:25 (Pop-up)
Gary Wilson  Secret Girl   Favoriting Electric Endicott  Western Vinyl  2011  CD    *   0:30:59 (Pop-up)
The Four Mints  In a Rut   Favoriting Gently Down Your Stream  Numero Group  2007  CD  From 1973    0:35:15 (Pop-up)
 
Earth Girl Helen Brown  I Wanna Do It   Favoriting 100 Records Volume 2  Turn Up  2011  45  a.k.a. Sonny Smith  *   0:43:32 (Pop-up)
In Good Company  Harmony's Double   Favoriting David's Town  FU Discs  2011  LP  a.k.a. A.C. Newman with Fucked Up  *   0:45:36 (Pop-up)
The Sorrows  Armchair King   Favoriting Take a Heart  Sequel  2000  CD  circa 1968 or so    0:49:18 (Pop-up)
Emmanuelle Seigner  Dingue   Favoriting Le Pop 6 - Les Chansons De La Nouvelle Scene Francaise  Le Pop Musik  2011  CD    *   0:52:01 (Pop-up)
The Partridge Family  Love Is All That I Ever Needed   Favoriting Sound Magazine  Buddha/BMG  2000  CD  From 1971    0:54:40 (Pop-up)
Ivo's Group  That Shocking Shaking Day   Favoriting Those Shocking Shaking Days: Indonesia Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk 1970-1978  Now-Again  2011  CD    *   0:57:41 (Pop-up)
The Matadors  It's All Over Now Baby Blue   Favoriting Get Down from the Tree!  Munster  2011  CD  From 1968  *   1:00:57 (Pop-up)
Van Morrison  It's Not Easy Being Green   Favoriting   No Label  1973  MP3  Singing "Sesame Street" hits live at the Troubadour, Los Angeles    1:05:27 (Pop-up)
Vic Godard & the Subway Sect  Stool Pigeon   Favoriting What's the Matter Boy?  Polygram  2000  CD  From 1980    1:10:54 (Pop-up)
Non Compos Mentis  Ultimate Orgasm   Favoriting   VVV  1980  MP3      1:13:36 (Pop-up)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids  Going Going Gone   Favoriting Destiny Street  Red Star  1991  CD  From 1982    1:16:52 (Pop-up)
Tommy Keene  Kill Your Sons   Favoriting Songs from the Film  Geffen  1998  CD  From 1986    1:19:38 (Pop-up)
The Velvet Underground  Oh! Sweet Nuthin'   Favoriting Loaded  Rhino  1997  CD  From 1970    1:24:39 (Pop-up)
 
The Electric Junkyard  Oliver   Favoriting   RCA  1969  45      1:37:37 (Pop-up)
Donald Austin  Can't Stand the Strain   Favoriting   Eastbound  1973  45      1:40:08 (Pop-up)
Maxine Brown  We'll Cry Together   Favoriting   Cur  1969  45      1:43:06 (Pop-up)
Susan Jacks  Tall Dark Stranger   Favoriting   Compleat  1984  45      1:47:21 (Pop-up)
The Sloppy Joes  The Girl with the Light in Her Eyes   Favoriting   Diesel Only  1991  45  Featuring WFMU's Michael "Shelly" (he gained an "e" along the way, just like Dionne Warwicke!)    1:49:47 (Pop-up)
Emitt Rhodes  With My Face on the Floor   Favoriting   RCA  1970  45      1:51:28 (Pop-up)
Shocking Blue  Never Marry a Railroad Man   Favoriting   Colossus  1970  45      1:54:30 (Pop-up)
"Weird Al" Yankovic  Another One Rides the Bus   Favoriting   T.K.  1981  45      1:57:12 (Pop-up)
 
The Blue Nile  A Walk Across the Rooftops   Favoriting A Walk Across the Rooftops  Linn/Virgin  1988  CD  From 1983    2:12:54 (Pop-up)
Tindersticks  Cherry Blossoms   Favoriting Tindersticks  This Way Up/London  1995  CD  the second one    2:16:45 (Pop-up)
Tim Hardin  Question of Birth   Favoriting   Columbia  1969  45  Dedicated to Adler and family    2:21:32 (Pop-up)
Amor de Dias  Harvest Time   Favoriting Street of the Love of Days  Merge  2011  CD    *   2:24:34 (Pop-up)
Withered Hand  Religious Songs   Favoriting Good News  Absolutely Kosher  2011  CD    *   2:29:00 (Pop-up)
Mogwai  Hasenheide   Favoriting   Sub Pop  2011  45    *   2:33:20 (Pop-up)
Fire Engines  Discord   Favoriting Hungry Beat  Acute  2007  CD  From 1981    2:36:25 (Pop-up)
Mother and the Addicts  Oh Yeah...You Look Quite Nice   Favoriting CHEM087CD  Chemikal Underground  2006  CD      2:43:14 (Pop-up)
Sons and Daughters  Rama Lama   Favoriting The Repulsion Box  Domino  2005  CD      2:46:44 (Pop-up)
Tom Waits  A Little Rain   Favoriting Bone Machine  Island  1992  CD      2:51:52 (Pop-up)
 
The Four Vagabonds  Hit the Road to Dreamland   Favoriting Complete Recorded Works (1941-1951) Vol. 2  Document  1999  CD      2:58:36 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  12:08am
Matt from Springfield:

Joe, Mr. "Soul Injection"! Here from the beginning tonight!
First time I heard of Trussel--does that refer to the band, or the guy singing? Any clue on original year?
  12:09am
kczmrk:

damn, maestro from what was the skit at the very beginning? It remembered me instantly some distant times.
  12:11am
Chop Scott:

JOE!
Your opener theme is burned into a strange loop in my head, often find myself muttering Raadiooo Radio.
  12:12am
Joe McG:

Hey, everybody! Nice to see you all. The aliens are the Yip Yips from Sesame St., kczmrk. Trussel is a studio outfit from 1979, Matt. Hey Chop Scott!
  12:13am
Matt from Springfield:

Raaa diii o!
Radio!
Indeed Scott, WFMU is REAL radio! I've always loved Joe's theme for that reason. Plus it's classic Sesame Street! And silly! And features (probable) Joe Raposo-written music fragments.
  12:14am
Matt from Springfield:

Thanks Joe!
  12:16am
Mariano:

Hi Joe! Good to hear you!
  12:16am
Matt from Springfield:

In tribute to outgoing "Office" boss "Michael Scott"--my VERY first YouTube click also involved Cookie Monster! (Singing 1987's "Healthy Food", not "Chocolate Rain" as Michael claimed. Life then imitated art, as someone inevitably made an actual Cookie Monster-Chocolate Rain mashup after that!)
  12:17am
Joe McG:

Hey, Mariano! What goes on?
  12:18am
kczmrk:

Thank you kindly Joe! I'm so happy-nostalgic right now.
  12:19am
Mariano:

Not much! Doing research on antique silver hallmarks for a design project... love El Diablo! Great guitar line.
  12:20am
Julieta:

I thought that the yip yip's sounds where from some duck's minds or monkeys . what ever I'm creazy tonight Hi ALL!
  12:21am
Matt from Springfield:

Welcome back Julieta! I think Joe has another devoted fan!
  12:23am
Joe McG:

Welcome, Julieta!
  12:24am
Julieta:

Yes , Keeps me sorprised - All need ., un fortunatly I'm not so funky tonight but I 'll stay tuned
  12:26am
Matt from Springfield:

The most contagious item in the FMU New Bin, Doug Hream Blunt!
  12:27am
Joe McG:

Any song with the words "your butt is the dice" in it is going to be played on this show eventually.
  12:28am
Julieta:

jajajajajajajajajajaj
  12:29am
Mike Sin:

Blackout! Listening on battery power!
  12:29am
Mike Sin:

Blackout! Listening on battery power!
  12:29am
Matt from Springfield:

Heavy Breathers, Movers and Shakers!
If this was originally from 2000, I really wish this (and other original ecletic music) was on the airwaves then--terrestrial radio in DC is a wasteland, and that was all I knew. Fortunately the Internet has since freed me!
  12:30am
Joe McG:

Blackout, Mike? Really? What's going on?
  12:31am
Leonard Cohen:

All men will be nomads then,
Until Surface Noise shall free them...
  12:31am
Julieta:

LISTENERS OUT OF CONTROL
  12:32am
Joe McG:

I think Doug Bream Blunt sounds like you, Leonard, during his disco phase.
  12:32am
Matt from Springfield:

There was some pretty intense rain and nearby storms down in Virginia this afternoon. And TORNADOES not far away! North Carolina got those bad! I'm guessing you are in a flood/power outage zone for the near future there.
  12:34am
Joe McG:

Ack, I hope we don't get a tornado. I don't like red shoes.
  12:36am
Matt from Springfield:

And Station Manager Ken might be commanding the Flying Monkeys when you get to Oz!
  12:37am
Joe McG:

I love the flying monkeys.
  12:40am
Matt from Springfield:

My Mom is STILL scared of them, from being terrified all those years ago. She was astonished some adults reported being traumatized by the Wicked Witch melting--No, that was the best part for my Mom! "That was the only good solution to get rid of someone that evil!"
  12:46am
Julie:

Joe, don't kid, we know you want an excuse to put those red sparkly things on your feet
  12:46am
Julie:

I think we ARE the flying monkeys
  12:47am
Joe McG:

I wouldn't mind dropping a house on some people, that's for sure.
  12:49am
Matt from Springfield:

"Helllllo there!" Julie!

That's an intriguing thought, kind of like the Allegory of the Cave, all of us flying around, obeying orders of a Wicked Witch we don't even know.
  12:49am
Julie:

Hellllllllo Matt!
  12:50am
Jesus from California:

Says Hello
  12:51am
Joe McG:

Hey, Jesus!
  12:55am
Matt from Springfield:

It's worth mentioning The Sorrows were apparently with Piccadilly Records, a division of PYE Records! Pye produced such a slick mid-60s British rock sound.
  12:57am
Joe McG:

The Sorrows made a lot of great records, Matt. In my 'umble opinion. Very Well Made, I agree!
  12:58am
Scott:

P Family rule! Sound Magazine is an fuckin great record!
  12:59am
Matt from Springfield:

@Julie: I'm wicked excited about Kristeen Young! I'm going to try to catch that live!
  12:59am
Joe McG:

Top to bottom, Scott, I agree completely!
  1:00am
Julie:

@Matt you can imagine how excited *I* am. I'll get the date on that this week. Her new EP is on ITunes now.
  1:06am
Julie:

How do I know this old Indonesian song?
  1:08am
Matt from Springfield:

I HAVE the non-live version of this, on the (still out of print?) "Hard Nose The Highway" LP.

And guess what? Joe Raposo again! Probably his best known composition.
  1:11am
Matt from Springfield:

This live version has a better arrangement than that album, in my 'umble opinion. Brass here, better guitar and piano, and audience enthusiasm.
  1:12am
Joe McG:

He also did "Sing (Sing a Song)" live around this time.
  1:27am
Matt from Springfield:

Oh! Sweet VU!
Thanks!
  1:33am
kczmrk:

sweet nothing, what a passages!
  1:34am
kczmrk:

Check it, check it!
  1:37am
Mariano:

Pronounced "dang"
  1:45am
Nelson:

thanks for the Funkadelic cover? Slowly I began to recognize the tune. Then, started to think it's a cover.....
  1:46am
kczmrk:

I'm crying.
  1:48am
Matt from Springfield:

The sky has cried us a river, indeed.
  1:48am
Joe McG:

I love that record, kczmrk.
  1:49am
Joe McG:

Oh, yes, Nelson, that is a Funkadelic cover. I forget where it comes from, but I like this version.
  1:59am
Matt from Springfield:

Weird Al! Sometimes you just throw a silly one on us Joe!
  2:00am
Joe McG:

Yeah, I feel kinda sick about this one.
  2:01am
kczmrk:

I'm loving it too, on sundays especially. And this one is hole lot better than original by YouKnowWho
  2:10am
coalhard:

new video out with weird al --about facebook--weird ending though
  2:10am
Matt from Springfield:

Yes! Well before "Come Together" anyway, he had some very interesting and intriguing covers!
  2:11am
Matt from Springfield:

Hi coalhard! What's the video called?

I'm excited about Brute Force as well! New life for his songs after 4 decades.
  2:14am
12539:

Perfect time and perfect weather for the Blue Nile.
  2:17am
Matt from Springfield:

Is this orchestral arrangement typical of Blue Nile, or not?

The sound kind of reminds me of a Church song "Youth Worshipper"--it has an 80s alternative feel consistent with the rest of the band's work, but with powerful orchestral overdubs giving it a haunting quality.
  2:18am
coalhard:

not sure of title of weird al video-saw on myvidster.com
  2:21am
Joe McG:

Yeah, Matt, they sometimes used orchestration and sometimes got very simple; each album is a little different.
  2:22am
Matt from Springfield:

I never heard of Tindersticks before! This is beautiful! You have a knack with playing to the weather, Joe. Just like the winter songs set from December!
  2:23am
Joe McG:

Tindersticks is great post-midnight music, Matt. Highly recommend the first two or three.
  2:25am
Matt from Springfield:

Although Blue Nile sounded cool, remember to bring in more of their stuff.

@CH: The problem is I'm searching for Weird Al's Facebook video, and I'm finding people posting Weird Al videos ON their FB pages. Just like when I tried to find an Altered Images song "Happy Birthday"--hard to find an OTHER Happy Birthday song!
  2:27am
Matt from Springfield:

RIP Tim Hardin. Another beautiful soul.

If Julie's still on, I need to email you specifically which Cocteau Twins songs I was going to rec. Joe made me think of that, because I love some of their stuff for rainy day music.
  2:29am
coalhard:

same thing as going back and and watching your grandfather shave---you'll just get shaving cream smeared on your face--called the grandfather paradox
  2:30am
Matt from Springfield:

LOL!
  2:36am
Matt from Springfield:

Mogwai, did Brian influence you to play that? He's played Mogwai semi-frequently on his show.
  2:39am
Joe McG:

Has he? I didn't realize. There's a lot of new Mogwai around lately--a new studio LP, a new 45, and a live album--so you may be hearing them a lot lately!
  2:54am
Brian in UK:

Am I too late?
  2:57am
Matt from Springfield:

@Brian: Not too late, for the remainder of the program!
  2:58am
Brian in UK:

Phew
  2:58am
Matt from Springfield:

Great rain music set Joe! Stay safe!

And thanks for checking in Brian! We always like that, even if it's just a single shout-out!
  2:58am
Marmalade Kitty:

Great show! Kevin Ayers deja vu!
  3:00am
Joe McG:

Thanks for listening everybody! See you in a couple of weeks! Tune in for Mike Sin next week....
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