Feelings: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie

Listener comments!

11:28am annie:

i love that this piece is hand-stitched. it's my preferred method of sewng.

11:59am Carmichael:

Oh God, not Morris Albert please ...... :)

12:05pm Charlie:

An old friend of mine, who used to do a drag cabaret act in NYC, once shared the bill with another singer-comedian-drag artist, who did a great song parody of "Feelings" sung as a homeless woman who was looking for her "earrings" that she'd lost.

12:07pm Gaylord Fields:

Chaz — delicious hot, disgusting cold. ;-)

12:09pm Gaylord Fields:

Actually, equally effective both hot and cold, like All Temperature Chaz!

12:09pm Charlie:

All tempa-chaz:)

12:10pm Charlie:

and warm (neither hot nor cold) greetings to annie, Carmichael, Gaylord!

12:10pm Carmichael:

Gaylord, maybe the Bonzos do a version of Feelings?

12:13pm Doug Schulkind:

May I request Morris Boston's "More Than a Feelings"?

12:13pm Charlie:

It's worth watching the Nina Simone live performance of Feelings, all ten minutes of it...

12:13pm Charlie:

Hi Doug!

12:13pm Artie Haywire:

Well that was a strong transition!

12:14pm Gaylord Fields:

@Carmichael: I could only wish.

12:14pm Charlie:

Beasties and Peggy Lee -- Capitol has all the hits!

12:17pm Uncle Michael:

I'm feeling Luckie!

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12:17pm doctorjazz:

Hi all, nice start! Gets me all warm and fuzzy inside!

12:18pm Roberto:

Yass Laura Nyro! Such a powerful and distinctive voice.

12:18pm Charlie:

Well, are you feeling lucky?
Hi Artie, Uncle Michael, Roberto!

12:25pm Uncle Michael:

For some songs, one needs a facial tissue. For Martha Raye songs, one needs a paper towel.

12:26pm Uncle Michael:

Wait, no...she did the denture commercials. I'm stupid.

12:26pm Uncle Michael:

Glue my yap shut with Poligrip.

12:27pm Charlie:

I can play some Nancy Walker if you like, UM:)

12:29pm Uncle Michael:

"Just a Little Joint With a Juke Box" please!

12:29pm Gaylord Fields:

@Uncle Michael: You may want to wipe up that mess you just made with Bounty, the quicker picker-upper.

12:30pm Uncle Michael:

That song was introduced by Nancy on Broadway; later reprised in a revival by a very, very young Liza.

12:35pm Gaylord Fields:

I MET BARRY WOM!!!

12:35pm Uncle Michael:

Barry Wom?

12:35pm Carmichael:

The Rutles! Barry Wom was always my favorite.

12:36pm Charlie:

Yes, Barry! What about Stig, Nasty, and the other one?

12:37pm Carmichael:

Dirk McQuickly.

12:37pm Charlie:

Yes: Ron Nasty, Stig O'Hara, Dirk McQuickly, and Barry Wom

12:37pm Parq:

Here, I was going to post a cheerful reference to Barry Wom, but I see I'm too little too late.

12:38pm Uncle Michael:

Does Chastity Bono sing?

12:38pm Parq:

Far from home and far, far from talented.

12:39pm Parq:

UM, that's Chaz Bono.

12:39pm Uncle Michael:

Nancy...because Charlie is the quicker picker upper.

12:39pm Carmichael:

Barrington Womble. They shortened his name to save time, and his hair to save Brylcreem.

12:40pm Parq:

Charlie posted this entire Nancy Walker album on the blog once and I have treasured it ever since. The definitive performance of "To Keep My Love Alive".

12:43pm Gaylord Fields:

During the time Archaelology was released, I got to be in a room with all the Rutles except Dirk. It was a highlight of my rock journalist career!

So I've interviewed three Rutles and, technically, three Beatles: one question to Paul via email, which he answered on video, as well as phone interviews with Pete and his replacement in the band, Ringo.

12:44pm Carmichael:

Wow, Gaylord! I guess you can die a happy man.

12:45pm Uncle Michael:

I missed interviewing three Spinal Tap drummers...each by a day.

12:45pm Uncle Michael:

Gelbart channeling Joe Meek.

12:48pm Gaylord Fields:

@Carmichael: Indeed.

@Uncle Michael: They are volatile.

12:48pm Parq:

UM, and they all mysteriously died a few days later, right?

12:49pm Charlie:

Gaylord -- that's a lot of Rutles and Beatles:)
UM -- those darn Tap drummers are hard to catch!

12:51pm Leonardo:

I'm looking for a little help here. On the homepage You're the Greatest line up of recently distinguished dead I've got most of them except the woman on the end of the front row next to Abe Vigoda and the ghoulish guy with conductor's baton next to Fidel and nobody in the second row except L. Cohen. Hey man, I gots to know!

12:52pm Uncle Michael:

Not a woman; Alan Vega...and Alan Rickman.

12:52pm Jeff Golick:

So basically, you're Alan-blind.

12:52pm Uncle Michael:

Alans are hard.

12:52pm Parq:

Leonardo, everybody thinks that's a baton, but it's a magic wand from Rickman's role in the Potter franchise.

12:53pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Hi Charlie! I just tuned in and I'm HAPPY to be here. That's my 'feelings' contribution.

12:53pm Jeff Golick:

Those Alans are the hardest, I think.

Hi.

12:53pm Leonardo:

Are you sure that's Alan Vega?

12:54pm Uncle Michael:

Gene Wilder, Sharon Jones...Phife Dawg.

Yes, I'm sure.

12:54pm Jeff Golick:

Here he is in that t-shirt: goo.gl...

12:55pm Charlie:

Greetings (some late): Parq, Leonardo, Wendy, Jeff G!

12:56pm Leonardo:

Oh yeah! Thanks Uncle Michael.

12:56pm Uncle Michael:

My pleasure.

1:00pm Parq:

BTW, when Ken co-hosted Sprtsy Talk on week two of the 'thon, he gave a most interesting alternative-facts version of the line-up (as it stood as of that day).

1:00pm βrian:

The pall of winter still shrouds the isthmus. Good afternoon.

1:01pm Charlie:

hey there, ßrian:)

1:02pm Leonardo:

Oh yes Jeff Golick, that T shirt made me think Alan Vega was a perky Latino gym instructor who had some pop hits that went under my radar and died last year in tabloid murky circumstances I completely missed. Glad that's cleared up.

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1:03pm doctorjazz:

Great version of "What's So Funny..."
(always loved this song...I think Elvis C is touring again this summer, he was great when I saw him 2 summers ago).

1:03pm Jeff Golick:

Never not a good time for Brinsley Schwarz.

1:05pm Roberto:

Starrin' this sucker.

1:08pm Uncle Michael:

Costello's touring Imperial Bedroom (and other stuff). Sadly, a) he's around here on a Tuesday, and b) playing a venue I'd never choose to see him in. This after he's brought "Detour" to town *twice*.

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1:11pm doctorjazz:

Ahhh, Al, what else is there to say...

1:15pm Gaylord Fields:

DOLLY MIXTURE!!!

1:15pm Gaylord Fields:

[swoon]

1:16pm Charlie:

I always swoon at this too -- one of my favorite songs (sigh).

1:17pm Jeff Golick:

Great and new to me. That 80s sound...unmistakable.

1:18pm Gaylord Fields:

"Understanding" is one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands!

1:20pm Gaylord Fields:

Ha-cha-cha-cha-Chaz!

1:25pm Uncle Michael:

Is it unseemly to whinge about not having any work to do at work?

1:26pm Wilson K:

Yes. Yes, and yes. Turning this up to dangerous volumes.

1:27pm Charlie:

UM -- just pretend!
Hi Wilson to the K!

1:27pm annie:

charlie, is this the last show?

1:27pm Uncle Michael:

Pretending is what I do when there *is* work to do.

1:30pm βrian:

Is that what they mean by '"Fake it 'til you make it"?

I've made up projects at work that later turned into major ventures. That's kinda fun.

1:31pm still b/p:

I wonder if any cabbie or company put swell Venetian blinds in the back winda after seeing them in the Marlon-Rod scene. The blinds were an improv element for hiding something or light-blocking or something like that. Ain't a real thing.

1:33pm Charlie:

hiya still b/p ~)

1:34pm Charlie:

annie -- april 20 or 27 -- holding out on deciding. I'll make more of a fuss about it being the last show;)

1:35pm Jeff Golick:

"last show....for the time being," let's say.

1:36pm still b/p:

I gotta leave to do some work shortly. LIfe is hard and the way is long. Glad what I'm missing is not the (opposite of debut) de-BYE!

1:38pm Charlie:

yes, "for the time being"

1:38pm northguineahills:

Is this the Combustible Edison that Scanner (Robin Rinaud) produced?

1:39pm Parq:

UM @ 1:27 -- decades ago, Mrs. Parq and I were out with a colleague of mine and his wife and kid. The girl, 4 yrs old, asked her dad a question and he said "I don't know". She insisted, "Pretend you know, daddy!" I laughed out loud and pointed out that her dad and I did that all day long at work.

1:40pm Charlie:

Hi northguineahills -- yes it is

1:41pm Uncle Michael:

Maybe he was just pretending not to know.

1:42pm Uncle Michael:

I'd pretty much "Keyser Söze" parenthood, if I had to parent.

1:43pm Charlie:

I guess it's good to make up pretend answers for the kiddos as long as they know you're pretending.

1:44pm northguineahills:

Robin Ribaud.

I thought it sounded familar. I don't have access to my recs right now. I bought it back in 98ish just based on Scanner producing it, and my coworker mercilessly made fun of me for buying a Combustible Edison record. No regrets, it's a nice record.

1:46pm βrian:

Charlie, you could do a series of annual "Going off the Radio" shows. As always, this year's final show ever will be the best!

1:47pm Uncle Michael:

Perpetual "Going Out of Business" sale! "Everything MUST GO!"

1:47pm βrian:

Or, "Pretending to go off the radio show," if you wish.

1:48pm Uncle Michael:

Catskills joke: Waiter comes up to a table and asks "is anything ok?"

1:49pm Charlie:

two words; "Farewell tour"

1:49pm Jeff Golick:

That's a good one, @UM.