WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 27, 2018

Listener comments!
	9:02am annie: good morning joe and noisy ones!
	9:02am fred: Good morning Joe and Yipsters
	9:03am queems: hey joe mcg & all!
	9:03am Krys O.: Hello, Joe!
	9:03am Rocky Horror: Good morning Joe, annie, fred, and noisy ones
	9:04am Stashu and SWIVS: Wow the start of your show is a wonderful interpretation of what radio is. It's really perfect.
	9:04am fred: Lady Day, what a voice...
	9:04am Cheri Pi: Good morning Joe and company
	9:06am Rocky Horror: Love the Sesame Street aliens
	9:06am TheLoneliestMonk: damn joe, hadda check to make sure this wasn't 'BGO
	9:06am Sem: Hello and good morning, Joe, greets, McGaskoes, and all. Tired sled dogs delivered swag this AM, there is joy in Mudville. Thx, JMcG.
	9:07am MD: GOOD MORNING ALL! HEY JOE...WHAT CHA KNOW???
	9:07am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM if you're gonna play old, lady blues singers...any bessie smith?
	9:08am MD: Billie!
	9:10am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Wow, the ENTIRE SHOW Joe? It's been awhile!
	9:10am fred: Miles' version isn't the best track on that album, but it's not bad either
	9:10am Rover James: This is great! Just last Friday my co-worker and I had a big discussion about favorite versions of this tune. I'm all Zombies, he's all Fantasia from American Idol
	9:11am northguineahills: Someone should make a techno remix of of martians static beat.....
	9:12am MD: GIRL POWER!!!
	👻 9:12am tadpoles: Jerry Kruger...never heard of her but she has a beautiful voice.
	9:12am MD: I MEAN WOMEN!!!
	9:12am Joe McG: Strap yourselves in, we're just getting started!
	👻 9:13am Hughie Considine: What @tadpoles said. Loved her brief interpolation of the Andrews Sisters' "Hold Tight."
	👻 9:13am YETI BOB: LUVIT
	9:13am MD: $100 MAKES THE TALKING GO FAST...!
	9:14am GListener MW: loving this string of Summertime!!!
	9:14am The Oscar: Mornin' folks! Anyone catch what time of year it is?
	9:14am pantz: Good morning, McGark-bros and McGask-ettes
	9:17am Miles: darn it. missed the summertime block
	👻 9:18am YETI BOB: yo miles, summertime ain't over yet
	9:18am GListener MW: eagerly awaiting the Fun Boy Three version which is surely forthcoming... right?
	9:20am Joe McG: @GLMW: It's in my cart!
	9:21am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe!
	9:21am Sem: Summertime in Black Rock City. Watching live stream of sunrise over the playa while listening to a classic Joe theme show:-D
	9:23am GListener MW: Awesome, Joe!! =D
	9:23am TDK60: Hello, it is indeed still summertime; just back from Merrie Olde England, to the Manhattan swelter.
	9:23am Sem: www.youtube.com...
	9:24am GListener MW: are these arranged in chronological order? color me doubly-impressed if so
	👻 9:26am YETI BOB: the orchestration on this charlie parker version is fantastic. i guess i was all wrong about charlie parker with strings. got to go back and listen to more of that.
	9:27am TheLoneliestMonk: if youse are diggin' the old stufff, 'KCR is doing an all day tribute to bird & prez
	9:28am melinda: mornin folks
	9:28am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM didn't papa ken torture us with an entire show of journey covers?
	9:28am TDK60: The obsession with this song is alright by me.
	👻 9:28am Jude in JC: Hi Joe, so great... particularly enjoy hearing the 78s.
	9:29am hey joe whaddaya know?: nice harp at end of that Bird with Strings
	9:30am miles: I imagine you'll include the Zombies version- it's world class
	👻 9:30am Webhamster Henry: This is not a little like Mary Wing's often undercounted "Three Of A Kind" set on her Give The Drummer Stream show "100% Whatever".
	9:30am TDK60: A jazzy-rock version is by Ten Years After off their 2nd (live) LP 'Undead' - '68.
	9:31am TheLoneliestMonk: at the height of his fame, artie shaw scored rita hayworth...woohoo!
	9:31am fred: @TheLoneliestMonk: I'm glad I missed that one. The Bohemian Rhapsody show was bad enough. That's the difference between Joe and Ken: one plays good versions of a good song, the other takes a bad song and somehow makes it worse. Why do I remember the latter better?
	9:32am TheLoneliestMonk: @Fred BwaHa! the SOB was proud of himself too! have to admit, it was pretty much perfect in its awfulness!
	9:32am queems: 2 crosby 2 furious
	9:32am listener Rey: With strings was a thing. I also like Clifford Brown and Ben Webster’s
	9:33am GListener MW: Do you have The Residents' arrangement of Summertime from their "George & James" album?
	👻 9:33am YETI BOB: The harmonies and chord changes are just perfect.
	👻 9:34am YETI BOB: seriously, Gershwin wrote some of the best songs ever, you can't get around that fact
	9:34am northguineahills: I was surprised when I asked for my grandparents' records, there were a lot of Sidney Bechet 78s and LPs. Never expected that. Never expected that.
	9:34am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM WHAT, no will smith today?
	👻 9:35am YETI BOB: I am particularly looking forward to hearing John Fahey's semi-bummer instrumental version. He somehow makes it sound even more minor (diminshed?)
	9:35am ellliot: Summertime was very modern - compare to the pablum that was coming out in terms of pop song at the time. Gershwin was no doubt influenced by Stravinsky and Antheil along with Ellington and the NY jazz scene
	9:35am listener Rey: Bob Crosby was what Lester Young used to called a corny, non-swinging musician trying to play jazz
	9:35am northguineahills: TheLoneliestMonk: ha!
	👻 9:36am YETI BOB: Also just read over at Wikipedia that George Gershwin perhaps borrowed some elements from a Ukrainian lullaby
	👻 9:36am YETI BOB: (that he might have heard in NYC)
	9:36am northguineahills: what Yeti BOB said....
	9:37am Sem: researched is a more forgiving way of putting it, YB.
	9:37am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Once on Car Talk (Click and Clack, the Tappett Brothers) one of the guys ( I will say Joe) broke into this song. It would be cool if you could find that and play it! Not the whole song of course....
	9:37am Joe McG: @YETI: You can definitely hear the Old World in there.
	9:37am Marc Francis: Wow. The original is dark AF.
	9:37am fred: @ngh: are you getting better?
	9:37am TheLoneliestMonk: did you ever hear stravinsky's 'jazz suite'?...it doesn't exactly swing
	9:38am TDK60: Great to hear the source.
	9:39am judy from croton: How can it be that we can listen to one song forever? It’s got bones. It’s infinitely interesting, and welcomes interpretation. Hey, ain’t I smart?
	9:40am queems: this gal is a little much for me
	👻 9:40am Hughie Considine: Old world, yes, but Iggy Pop interpolates "Summertime" in "Girls" and he's a pretty modern guy.
	9:42am fred: I once took a date to see a Porgy and Bess performance. Unusual for me, I spend more time in small venues than at opera houses
	9:42am annie: see, and i thought i'd be able to go one summer NOT hearing this song. i guess the overkill is fine... ok, joe, carry on. :)
	9:44am TDK60: Miles. // Judy's right, the song's interesting enough on its own for many covers to please us.
	9:44am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac - do you own that lady day master take box? is it worth the outlay of $? sometimes those "re-mastered" box sets are painfully disappointing!...
	9:45am northguineahills: Was it Doug who did a whole 3 hours of Caravan?
	👻 9:45am tadpoles: From Miles to Martin...brilliant Joe.
	9:46am The Oscar: Whenever people ask me my dream job, I say "Birdcall Imitator for Martin Denny's Band."
	👻 9:46am Ken From Hyde Park: Hey, I sense a theme here. Something between spring and fall. Possibly the opposite of winter. What could it possibly be?
	9:46am annie: this is why i leave the DJ-ing to the professionals
	9:46am Joe McG: @TLM: I don't, but the version here at the station sounds great.
	9:47am northguineahills: Martin Denny, pre-clickied!
	9:47am Davee: Hi Joe
	9:48am Asheville Jon: another fine rendition of Summertime by Joe Livoti and Bob Ralston. vid quality is awful on this one, but it's the spirit that counts! www.youtube.com...
	9:48am Asheville Jon: oooh, this one is much better! www.youtube.com...
	9:49am fred: Prayer is my fave on that Miles recording @TheLoneliestMonk: I have a box set called "complete recordings on Verve 45-59" that holds amazing gems
	9:50am βrian: Oh, so looking forward to cooler weather. Good morning.
	9:50am TheLoneliestMonk: @fred sounds good. any previously unreleased stuff? small combo stuff w/Prez?
	9:51am queems: damnit i walked away and missed martin denny
	9:51am fred: Feeling good? That would be a good candidate for a "joy in repetition" installment someday
	9:52am annie: ok, gotta book... i WILL catch the archive; it takes real talent to pull these off. thanks joe!
	9:52am TheLoneliestMonk: the last boxed set that made me deliriously happy was the stones mono box. unbelievably well done...kudos to jaggawitz!
	9:53am David Redbranch: What a great show- so many great versions! My favorite has always been Big Brother and the Holding Company’s version. Janis at her best, and the best dueling guitar solos ever.
	9:53am JakeGould: Good morning Joe!
	9:53am Jersey Cowboy: wait - I am starting to see a theme...
	9:54am JakeGould: gasp A THEME SHOW!!! cheers cheers cheers cheers cheers cheers
	9:54am Hi from Holland: Abbie Mitchell + GG is my favorite so far...
	9:54am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @The LonliestMonk-I heard the mono mixes of some earlier songs were far superior to the less thought-through stereo mixes. Thoughts? Is there a mono mix to Dark Side of the Moon? Probably not!
	9:54am Marc Francis: Can't wait to hear the Scarlett Johansson version....
	9:56am TheLoneliestMonk: @WN yeah, there was an immediacy/energy to them too. it was as if the stones were suddenly your favorite garage band. had to buy that damn thing as an import to get the real goods! a mono 'dark side'? Ha! dunno how parsons or waters would feel about that?
	9:57am Davee: Didn't Uncle Floyd do a version?
	9:57am βrian: Well, this is quite the estival festival!
	9:58am queems: i love the zombies so much
	9:58am Miles: I imagined correctly
	👻 9:58am YETI BOB: @βrian good one!
	9:59am TDK60: That Ricky Nelson version was odd- the bass line to Blues Magoo's We Ain't Got Nothing Yet.
	9:59am TheLoneliestMonk: wes! www.youtube.com...
	10:00am suzyhotrod: hey Joe! Is this your sunny day summer show you've been waiting to unveil? Lovin it!
	10:00am Chi Bill: Loving this. J Joplin version would be ok, too.
	10:00am Mick: If any song can stand up to this treatment, this is on the shortest of short lists.
	10:00am mdashkin: As soon as I heard the Summertime theme of this show, I thought of The Zombies' cover. One of the best.
	👻 10:00am tadpoles: #TDK60...I thought the same thing...and it looks like it pre-dates it.
	10:01am TDK60: Zombies: maybe the best rock version?
	👻 10:01am Hughie Considine: @Mick, I fully concur. I mean, you can only hear so many takes of "Peanut Vendor." Or "Paradise By the Dashboard Light."
	10:02am lane: Mornin' everyone. Enjoying this theme as i sit here at w0rk, yearning for the breeze~~
	10:03am Marc Francis: This version has a nice Twin Peaks feel to it...
	10:03am prudy: lovin this Walker bros version
	10:04am Rocky Horror: I wonder if there is a vaporwave version of Sommertime
	10:04am Rocky Horror: Summertime ^
	10:04am Mick: @Hughie Ha! Loved going back to the source with Abbie Mitchell and Gershwin himself
	10:05am aaaHaaa: Thanks, Joe! I'm loving this show!
	10:06am βrian: If I can't be in Northern Michigan, I can live without summer.
	10:06am GListener MW: @RockyHorror -- there is! - https://youtu.be/Tbn-GbD1ZEQ
	10:06am Andrea: Yes
	10:07am Neil in Somerset: Good work so far joe. Looking forward to my favourite version. Billy Stewart.
	10:07am The Oscar: Ha-- I was thinking that Nelson riff sounded like "Let's Lynch the Landlord" by Dead Kennedys!
	👻 10:07am Hughie Considine: @mick indeed. Joe's taking us to school today.
	10:08am miles: I'm gonna follow up on this Blues maggoos Rick connection
	10:10am Passaic River Blues: Billy Stewart's other hit, "I Do Love You", is also pretty amazing.
	10:10am Krys O.: THE BEST VERSION!
	10:10am Mike tp: love that trill
	👻 10:10am Hughie Considine: This is insanely good.
	10:11am MD: this guy is hip!!
	👻 10:11am Webhamster Henry: This version was unavoidable in the 60s!
	10:11am emily: Hey Joe, great show. I've been late to your show--though-I'm making up on lost time listening to your archives. Thanks!
	10:12am slugluv1313: Good Morning, Joe and everyone! LOVE that Walker Brothers version -- so intense! and yes -- Janis' take on "Summertime" -- STILL gives me goosebumps
	10:12am MD: The Original "Hip-Bone?"
	10:12am Marc Francis: Damn!
	10:12am The Oscar: This is INTENSE.
	10:12am Marc Francis: ^^^exactly^^
	10:12am TDK60: Maybe an Echoplex tape delay on the mic.
	10:13am David Redbranch: I stand corrected. THIS is the best version ever.
	👻 10:13am tadpoles: At this point in the Eleanor Rigby show the song was driving me crazy....not so with Summertime.
	10:13am pantz: When is the DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince version?
	10:13am Neil in Somerset: Whoa. This is mad. I love it!
	10:13am David Redbranch: Listening with sight delay from two streaming sources= AMAZING!
	10:14am PKNY: I can cross "listen to Billy Stewart's Summertime on acid" off the bucket list, because I know now what that'd be like.
	👻 10:14am YETI BOB: @pants: gotta wait until 1997 for that
	10:14am PKNY: @David Redbranch - you are truly next-level!
	10:14am MD: GOD BLESS TAPE DISTORTION!!!
	10:14am Marc Francis: We have a winner.
	10:14am Passaic River Blues: Damn.
	10:14am TheLoneliestMonk: the Blues Magoos: bronx boys doing freakout rock. my friend claims they were a great live band
	10:15am slugluv1313: WOW
	10:15am Neil in Somerset: Billy does a great ol man river too. And of course,Sitting in the park.
	10:16am MD: Muy Bien!!!
	10:16am Brendan: Hi Joe Don’t know if its in your bag (pun notwithstanding) but Doc Watson does a nice rendition.
	10:17am TheLoneliestMonk: www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:17am YETI BOB: @pantz: sorry i misspelled your name, here's an extra 'z' for you: z
	10:17am northguineahills: hora de verano en espanol!
	10:18am TheLoneliestMonk: www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:20am YETI BOB: George Gershwin, 1935: "Porgy and Bess is a folk tale. Its people naturally would sing folk music. When I first began work in the music I decided against the use of original folk material because I wanted the music to be all of one piece. Therefore I wrote my own spirituals and folksongs."
	👻 10:20am Hughie Considine: @TheLoneliestMonk: Jimi Hendrix sang the praises of the Blues Magoos. Not as silly as their name seems to imply!
	10:20am Jersey Cowboy: nice change of pace...
	10:22am TheLoneliestMonk: @HC i think they did a reunion tour of sorts about 8 yrs ago
	10:22am pantz: Not too many z's, @YETI, I may go to sleep. It is Monday, after all.
	10:23am JakeGould: My Zzz’s on Mondays are off-kilter.
	10:32am Brendan: DuBose wrote most of it and George did the guitar overdubs incl. the solo and did the mixing.
	10:33am Brendan: Not sure who did the cowbell
	10:33am Joe McG: @Brendan: His brother Ira.
	10:35am Listener Alexandra: Okay, I am seriously living for this show today. Best one since your Eleanor Rigby extravaganza!
	10:36am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Joe-I would imagine it would take many weeks or months to put a show like this together Joe; would you mind telling us how long it took to prep this show?
	10:36am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac - big ups on da thumb!
	10:37am Brendan: @Joe - of course. Hey i tuned in late- did anyone do a reggae version? Interesting to imagine the tune in different styles . Polka anyone?
	10:38am JakeGould: I think about 4-5 interns were hospitalized in the making of this playlist.
	👻 10:38am Webhamster Henry: "Summertime" is full of minor sixths that are mostly being ignored in these versions. #pedantic.
	10:38am fred: Polka would be great
	👻 10:39am tadpoles: For Aldous Huxley fans....Soma time and the living is easy.
	10:39am βrian: Ooh, was there a klezmer version?
	10:39am Joe McG: @fred: I wish I had one!
	10:40am mjgoins: This is great
	👻 10:40am YETI BOB: @webmaster henry: as much as i enjoy some of these later versions, i was feeling like something is absent that was there in the 30's versions. i think it's that minor sixth you referred to.
	10:40am Neil in Somerset: This is amazing!
	👻 10:42am Webhamster Henry: This is happy major version!
	10:46am JakeGould: Please, no klezmer version. Polka? Sounds good!
	10:47am Rocky Horror: Did the tape get stretched on this one?
	10:47am mjgoins: "Many versions of a classic song" is absolutely one of the best things you only get from freeform radio.
	10:49am Rocky Horror: @mjgoins: Even when Howard Hessman was a DJ at KMPX
	10:49am JakeGould: Sissel Kyrkjebø does good singing.
	10:49am slugluv1313: theremin version?
	10:51am Brendan: Puckering up
	10:53am Dave from Brooklyn: Wow! Such a magnificent song played so many beautiful ways! Thanks!
	10:53am βrian: If you'd played them at 33, it would take the full time slot, Joe.
	10:55am frenchee: Hi Joe, god bless you for the "VIE-counts"
	10:56am GListener MW: this was amazing, Joe -- thank you!
	10:57am GListener MW: OH it's continuing!!! =D I thought you were wrapping up the theme
	👻 10:58am Webhamster Henry: Someone ate the brown acid, clearly.
	10:58am Will: Last night, the DJ on WMBR Cambridge played versions of "Last Train to Clarksville" for two hours. Not sure why.
	10:59am Listener Alexandra: Joe, where on earth do you find this stuff? This is awesome!
	10:59am Rocky Horror: Will: Is WMBR a Freeform station?
	11:00am TDK60: These guys were having fun.
	11:01am JakeGould: @Will: WHY NOT!?!!
	11:01am fred: @Webhamster Henry: My post last week was very late, so maybe you didn't see it, I think I can put you in touch with the guy who did FactorSynth, if you're interested
	👻 11:06am Ken From Hyde Park: Did Sneaker Pimps impart any of this song for their "6 Underground" song?
	11:06am northguineahills: Never heard the Free Design version!
	11:09am Mike Sin: Well, i thinks it's great that i get to sit in the park with the sun beaming down on me as you play "Summertime"!
	11:10am northguineahills: Remember when Ken did 3 hours of Bohemian Rhapsody?
	11:11am Will: @Rocky: Yes. Has some terrific shows. @Jake: I have to agree!
	11:12am fred: @ngh: I do, unfortunately. Though the drunk guy in a cop car made it all worthwhile
	👻 11:13am Webhamster Henry: @fred I sent you a contact request. I'm also (still) available at jhhl@wfmu.org @ngh KBC of Bitslap also did at least one Bohemian Rhapsody show.
	11:13am northguineahills: Fahey!
	👻 11:13am YETI BOB: yes!
	11:13am Joe McG: Thanks to everyone who is sticking with me today! I'm loving it myself!
	11:14am Davee: I'm stuck!
	👻 11:14am Webhamster Henry: Fortunately, it's a song you can listen to without fatigue!
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: Hey Jow.
	11:16am Mick: Gotta say Nick Drake sounded surprisingly not laid-back on that to me.
	11:17am Dean: In fact, "Summertime" is one of my least favorite songs (right down there with "My Favorite Things"), but total immersion has a kind of inoculation effect, and every once in a while (this Fahey, for example) the interpretation gets something about it just right.
	11:17am TDK60: its the memorable melody, minor blues melody-riff, primal American...yeh
	👻 11:18am Ken From Hyde Park: I suspect that the hidden motive here is that you'll only need to send a single royalty check today instead of dozens.
	11:19am Joe McG: @Ken: Ha ha ha!
	11:20am dug: bohemian?? not sure i could handle that for 3 hrs. was it cool?
	11:21am βrian: Joe's evil twin will next do successive covers of I Dig Rock & Roll Music.
	11:21am fred: @Ken: Is is reporting time already? If so, nice move, Joe
	👻 11:22am YETI BOB: dug: i guess it depends on what you mean by "cool". (but, no).
	11:22am Barney Grubbs: any albert ayler coming in the near future?
	11:23am Joe McG: @Barney: I got him with me! We'll see.
	11:23am Dean: I'm sure that one source of the turn-off for me was a c.1990 test recording from an audiophile magazine that included the vocalist spouse of one of the regular equipment reviewers singing the tune a cappella. It was dreadful.
	11:23am dug: haha. reminds me after waynes world came out and my mom got the sheet music for her piano. her practicing probably made ken's 3 hrs look easy
	11:23am Dean: (Though I'd love to hear it again on today's show.)
	11:24am slugluv1313: omg theremin AND saw!!! THANK-YOU JOE!!!
	11:26am The Oscar: Had to get up for a minute, but glad I didn't miss Clara!
	11:26am mdashkin: Sounds like summertime in a spaceship drifting beyond the solar system...
	11:27am TDK60: Clara R. : classic far-outness from "back in the day"
	11:27am fred: @dug: here's where you can test your faith: wfmu.org...
	11:27am Krys O.: This Kingsley is a close second to Billy Stewart's version, IMO.
	👻 11:29am officina: Digging today's theme show, Joe. Always loved this song, and the Zombies/Blunstone version is sublime.
	👻 11:29am YETI BOB: OMG, "Switched-on Gershwin"... I guess it had to exist but I never knew .... thanks Joe for turning us all on to so many new things this morning
	11:31am northguineahills: I have switched on Gershwin...
	11:31am melinda: Kingsley version was rad
	👻 11:31am YETI BOB: (Gershon Kingsley wrote "Popcorn"!)
	11:32am Joe McG: @oficina: Once in a while I have to do one of these!
	👻 11:32am Brian in UK: Joe, it looks like our Summertime is disappearing fast and a temperature drop.
	11:32am northguineahills: Santo & Johnny, pre-clickied!
	11:33am The Oscar: Over-under on the Residents in the last half hour?
	11:35am Dean: Totally forgot that Residents track! Those American Composer Series records are gems.
	11:38am northguineahills: Summertime here doesn't end until after Halloween....
	11:38am Andy (DC): Reminds me of Irwin's "Everlasting Love" show. But this is taking it to new levels.
	11:38am Todd76Pct: Big fan of The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra modernistic vocal harmonies version of Summertime. Enjoying the show today, Joe!
	11:39am brycepunk1: Been digging the show today. Interesting idea.
	11:39am TheLoneliestMonk: i often think that Kenzo sees his on air shifts as much performance art as he does a musical interlude
	11:39am fred: @dug: spoiler alert: the highlight is the drunken arrested guy
	11:40am Jersey Cowboy: good ole shimmy disc
	11:41am TDK60: would like more theme shows - an album, a group, scene, et..
	11:41am fred: @TheLoneliestMonk: I one saw Kenzo live, and that was an unforgettable experience. You should try to see him live
	11:42am Davee: it is unbelievable to think that you can fill an entire 3 hour show with the song "Summertime"...wow
	11:42am GListener MW: WOW, thank you for The Residents' version! -- I haven't heard this in ages
	11:42am The Oscar: THERE we go!
	11:42am Joe McG: @Davee: I have so many of these I could fill 10 hours!
	11:46am GListener MW: I loved these two "American Composers Series" LPs the Residents put out; I wish they stuck with the project beyond those first two releases
	11:46am TDK60: I wanna go to a notary public to assert I was never bored today.
	👻 11:48am tadpoles: Thanks for the great adventure Joe.....all so varied yet linked. Looking forward to Part II. Cheers.
	11:49am Rocky Horror: A disco verson of sumer time by MFSB
	11:49am Joe McG: @tadpoles: Glad you enjoyed! Did I mention that I'm taking over Joe Belock's show to continue? (Just kidding!)
	👻 11:50am Ken From Hyde Park: Anyone else in the mood for (a lot of) "Bye, Bye, Blackbird"? www.wfmu.org...
	11:50am Rocky Horror: MFSB did a song for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
	11:50am partyfinger: This song is catchy, It just might become a classic!
	👻 11:51am YETI BOB: Rocky Horror: And the "Soul Train" theme!
	11:51am The Oscar: I kinda wish this was a fill-in for Garbage Time-- three hours of "Summertime," with a brief interlude for "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)."
	11:52am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: well, thanks for sparing us the horror of janis joplin!
	11:52am Passaic River Blues: @The Oscar: hahaha That would be perfect.
	11:52am Sem: Obrigado, Joe, for 3 hours of Summertime preserved in the amber of the FMU archives. See you and all later.
	11:53am slugluv1313: awww man -- AL GREEN! incredible -- never heard this before . . . DAMN!!!
	11:53am Rocky Horror: Yes YETI BOB: the did do The Sound Of Philidelphia (The Soul Train Theme)
	11:53am PKNY: @The Oscar - Garbage time, and the livin' is easy/Felder's strummin, and takin' a ride
	👻 11:53am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:53am Mick: my god. it's full of stars.
	11:53am fred: @The Oscar: no thanks man, now Matt will be planning a three hour show of Heavy Metal covers (even if he has to record these himself)
	11:54am PKNY: I vote for "Heavy Metal" through Billy Stewart's echo machine.
	11:55am The Oscar: @PKNY Yesssssss!
	11:55am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everyone! See you on Labor Day! Enjoy the rest of your summer....
	👻 11:55am YETI BOB: after listening to this song 45 times now, I have another idea about what makes it so great. there are a lot of rests (pauses) in the song. lots of space, lots of "air"
	11:55am fred: I'd probably like it if Matt does all covers
	👻 11:56am YETI BOB: thanks Joe, great show!
	11:56am blee: @PKNY I second that vote for "Heavy Metal" through Billy Stewart's echo machine.
	11:56am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: seee youuuu in septemmmmber!
	11:56am Jersey Cowboy: thanks Joe - enjoyed it
	11:57am northguineahills: Awesome, Joe!
	11:58am fred: Thanks Joe, great show today. It takes a great DJ to pull off this show
	11:58am Santos L Halper: Thanks Joe, loved it all!
	11:58am JakeGould: Thanks for the summertime, Joe!
	11:58am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe, for an enjoyable show!
	11:58am blee: Thanks for making the sun shine on this Monday morning, Joe.
	11:59am Brendan: Thanks Joe I’m wearing white pants today in honor of this show. Are you working next Monday?
	12:00pm slugluv1313: thank-you so much, Joe, for SUMMERTIME -- fantastic!
	12:02pm Marc Francis: Thanks Joe! That was fucking FUN.

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 27, 2018

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August 27, 2018: Joy in Repetition #4: Summertime

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Billie Holiday	Summertime "Summertime" by "Billie Holiday"	Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles	Columbia Legacy	2007	CD	From 1936		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra	Summertime	78	Decca	1938	78	his band's theme song		0:04:49 (Pop-up)
Jerry Kruger and Her Orchestra	Summertime	78	Vocalion	1939	MP3			0:07:55 (Pop-up)
Sidney Bechet	Summertime "Summertime" by "Sidney Bechet"	78	Blue Note	1939	MP3	guitar: Teddy Bunn		0:11:22 (Pop-up)
Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee	Summertime	No Album	No Label	1948	MP3	Philco radio show, 2/11/48		0:15:04 (Pop-up)
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	Summertime	The Very Best of Artie Shaw	RCA/BMG	2001	CD	From 1945		0:17:35 (Pop-up)
Charlie Parker	Summertime "Summertime" by "Charlie Parker"	By George* and Ira	Verve	1998	CD	From 1949		0:22:31 (Pop-up)

Abbie Mitchell with George Gershwin	Summertime	No Album	No Label	1935	MP3	the composer!		0:34:45 (Pop-up)
Anne Brown	Summertime "Summertime" by "Anne Brown"	Decca Presents Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess	Decca	1940	78	one of the first "cast albums"		0:38:17 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis	Summertime "Summertime" by "Miles Davis"	The Original Mono Recordings	Columbia Legacy	2013	CD	From 1958		0:41:11 (Pop-up)
Martin Denny	Summertime "Summertime" by "Martin Denny"	Hypnotique	Rev-Ola	2005	CD	From 1959		0:43:50 (Pop-up)
Hal Mooney and His Orchestra	Summertime	Flutes and Percussion	Time	1960	LP			0:46:41 (Pop-up)
Julie London	Summertime "Summertime" by "Julie London"	Feeling Good	Liberty/EMI	2004	CD	From 1965		0:48:45 (Pop-up)
Gene Vincent	Summertime "Summertime" by "Gene Vincent"	Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles	Real Gone Music Company	2012	CD	From 1958		0:51:47 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson	Summertime "Summertime" by "Rick Nelson"	Album Seven by Rick	Imperial	1962	LP			0:54:34 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Summertime "Summertime" by "The Zombies"	Zombie Heaven	Big Beat	1997	CD	From 1965		0:56:44 (Pop-up)
The Walker Brothers	Summertime "Summertime" by "The Walker Brothers"	Portrait	Philips	1966	LP			0:58:56 (Pop-up)

Billy Stewart	Summertime "Summertime" by "Billy Stewart"	No Album	No Label	1967	MP3	live at the Nixon Theater, Philadelphia		1:09:20 (Pop-up)
Tony Ronald	Summertime "Summertime" by "Tony Ronald"	Sensacional Soul: 37 Groovy Spanish Soul & Funk Stompers from 1966-1976	Vampisoul	2006	CD			1:13:16 (Pop-up)
Booker T & the MG's	Summertime "Summertime" by "Booker T & the MG's"	The Best of Booker T & the MG's	Atlantic	1984	LP	From 1968		1:15:47 (Pop-up)
Gatemouth Brown	Summertime "Summertime" by "Gatemouth Brown"	Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 5	Norton	2016	LP	From 1964		1:20:23 (Pop-up)
The Afro Blues Quintet Plus One	Summertime	Introducing the Afro Blues Quintet Plus One	Mira	1965	LP			1:22:54 (Pop-up)
Monty & the Cyclones	Summertime "Summertime" by "Monty & the Cyclones"	Coxsone's Music: The First Recordings of Sir Coxsone, The Downbeat 1960-63	Soul Jazz	2015	CD	From 1961		1:25:13 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of "Summertime"s in a row on 45 rpm
Bill Hemmans and Clay's Composite	Summertime, Pt. 1	single	SSS International	1970	45			1:32:03 (Pop-up)
Wes Montgomery Quartet	Summertime	single	Pacific Jazz	1959	45			1:35:05 (Pop-up)
The Bittersweets	Summertime "Summertime" by "The Bittersweets"	single	Tema	1965	45	Thanks to Sheila B. for the loan!		1:37:21 (Pop-up)
Will Sanders and the Duprees	Summertime	single	Regatta	1961	45			1:39:52 (Pop-up)
The Viscounts	Summertime "Summertime" by "The Viscounts"	single	Madison	1960	45			1:42:04 (Pop-up)
Sissel Kyrkjebø	Summertime "Summertime" by "Sissel Kyrkjebø"	single	Medley	1987	45			1:44:36 (Pop-up)
Bill Hemmans and Clay's Composite	Summertime, Pt. 2	single	SSS International	1970	45			1:47:48 (Pop-up)

Toy Factory	Summertime "Summertime" by "Toy Factory"	Toy Factory	Avco/Embassy	1970	MP3			1:57:07 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo	Summertime "Summertime" by "Gabor Szabo"	Jazz Raga	Impulse!	1966	LP			2:00:33 (Pop-up)
The Free Design	Summertime "Summertime" by "The Free Design"	Heaven/Earth	Light in the Attic	2003	CD	From 1969		2:03:01 (Pop-up)
The Swingle Singers	Summertime "Summertime" by "The Swingle Singers"	American Look	Philips	1971	MP3			2:06:40 (Pop-up)
Nick Drake	Summertime "Summertime" by "Nick Drake"	No Album	No Label	1967	MP3	home recording		2:10:10 (Pop-up)
John Fahey	Summertime "Summertime" by "John Fahey"	+	Revenant	2003	CD			2:11:55 (Pop-up)
Willie Nelson and Leon Russell	Summertime	One for the Road	Columbia Legacy	2008	CD	From 1979		2:17:20 (Pop-up)
Jim Turner	Summertime "Summertime" by "Jim Turner"	The Well-Tempered Saw	Owl	1971	LP			2:19:45 (Pop-up)
Clara Rockmore	Summertime "Summertime" by "Clara Rockmore"	The Lost Theremin Album	Bridge	2013	CD	From 1975		2:22:35 (Pop-up)
Gershon Kingsley	Summertime "Summertime" by "Gershon Kingsley"	Alive & Well & Underground	Avco/Embassy	1970	LP			2:25:25 (Pop-up)
Santo & Johnny	Summertime "Summertime" by "Santo & Johnny"	The Best of Santo & Johnny	Stardust	1997	CD	From 1959		2:28:44 (Pop-up)
Friends of Dean Martinez	Summertime	A Place in the Sun	Knitting Factory	2000	CD			2:30:47 (Pop-up)
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water	Intro/Summertime	Porgy	Shimmy Disc	1991	LP			2:36:42 (Pop-up)
The Residents	Summertime "Summertime" by "The Residents"	George & James: American Composer Series - Volume 1	East Side Digital	2000	CD	From 1984		2:40:50 (Pop-up)
MFSB	Summertime "Summertime" by "MFSB"	Summertime	Philadelphia International	1976	LP			2:44:47 (Pop-up)
Al Green	Summertime "Summertime" by "Al Green"	Green Is Blues	London	1972	LP	From 1969		2:49:36 (Pop-up)
Impala	Summertime "Summertime" by "Impala"	In the Late Hours	Electraphonic	2018	CD	people are still recording it!	*	2:52:36 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am annie: good morning joe and noisy ones!
	9:02am fred: Good morning Joe and Yipsters
	9:03am queems: hey joe mcg & all!
	9:03am Krys O.: Hello, Joe!
	9:03am Rocky Horror: Good morning Joe, annie, fred, and noisy ones
	9:04am Stashu and SWIVS: Wow the start of your show is a wonderful interpretation of what radio is. It's really perfect.
	9:04am fred: Lady Day, what a voice...
	9:04am Cheri Pi: Good morning Joe and company
	9:06am Rocky Horror: Love the Sesame Street aliens
	9:06am TheLoneliestMonk: damn joe, hadda check to make sure this wasn't 'BGO
	9:06am Sem: Hello and good morning, Joe, greets, McGaskoes, and all. Tired sled dogs delivered swag this AM, there is joy in Mudville. Thx, JMcG.
	9:07am MD: GOOD MORNING ALL! HEY JOE...WHAT CHA KNOW???
	9:07am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM if you're gonna play old, lady blues singers...any bessie smith?
	9:08am MD: Billie!
	9:10am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Wow, the ENTIRE SHOW Joe? It's been awhile!
	9:10am fred: Miles' version isn't the best track on that album, but it's not bad either
	9:10am Rover James: This is great! Just last Friday my co-worker and I had a big discussion about favorite versions of this tune. I'm all Zombies, he's all Fantasia from American Idol
	9:11am northguineahills: Someone should make a techno remix of of martians static beat.....
	9:12am MD: GIRL POWER!!!
	👻 9:12am tadpoles: Jerry Kruger...never heard of her but she has a beautiful voice.
	9:12am MD: I MEAN WOMEN!!!
	9:12am Joe McG: Strap yourselves in, we're just getting started!
	👻 9:13am Hughie Considine: What @tadpoles said. Loved her brief interpolation of the Andrews Sisters' "Hold Tight."
	👻 9:13am YETI BOB: LUVIT
	9:13am MD: $100 MAKES THE TALKING GO FAST...!
	9:14am GListener MW: loving this string of Summertime!!!
	9:14am The Oscar: Mornin' folks! Anyone catch what time of year it is?
	9:14am pantz: Good morning, McGark-bros and McGask-ettes
	9:17am Miles: darn it. missed the summertime block
	👻 9:18am YETI BOB: yo miles, summertime ain't over yet
	9:18am GListener MW: eagerly awaiting the Fun Boy Three version which is surely forthcoming... right?
	9:20am Joe McG: @GLMW: It's in my cart!
	9:21am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe!
	9:21am Sem: Summertime in Black Rock City. Watching live stream of sunrise over the playa while listening to a classic Joe theme show:-D
	9:23am GListener MW: Awesome, Joe!! =D
	9:23am TDK60: Hello, it is indeed still summertime; just back from Merrie Olde England, to the Manhattan swelter.
	9:23am Sem: www.youtube.com...
	9:24am GListener MW: are these arranged in chronological order? color me doubly-impressed if so
	👻 9:26am YETI BOB: the orchestration on this charlie parker version is fantastic. i guess i was all wrong about charlie parker with strings. got to go back and listen to more of that.
	9:27am TheLoneliestMonk: if youse are diggin' the old stufff, 'KCR is doing an all day tribute to bird & prez
	9:28am melinda: mornin folks
	9:28am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM didn't papa ken torture us with an entire show of journey covers?
	9:28am TDK60: The obsession with this song is alright by me.
	👻 9:28am Jude in JC: Hi Joe, so great... particularly enjoy hearing the 78s.
	9:29am hey joe whaddaya know?: nice harp at end of that Bird with Strings
	9:30am miles: I imagine you'll include the Zombies version- it's world class
	👻 9:30am Webhamster Henry: This is not a little like Mary Wing's often undercounted "Three Of A Kind" set on her Give The Drummer Stream show "100% Whatever".
	9:30am TDK60: A jazzy-rock version is by Ten Years After off their 2nd (live) LP 'Undead' - '68.
	9:31am TheLoneliestMonk: at the height of his fame, artie shaw scored rita hayworth...woohoo!
	9:31am fred: @TheLoneliestMonk: I'm glad I missed that one. The Bohemian Rhapsody show was bad enough. That's the difference between Joe and Ken: one plays good versions of a good song, the other takes a bad song and somehow makes it worse. Why do I remember the latter better?
	9:32am TheLoneliestMonk: @Fred BwaHa! the SOB was proud of himself too! have to admit, it was pretty much perfect in its awfulness!
	9:32am queems: 2 crosby 2 furious
	9:32am listener Rey: With strings was a thing. I also like Clifford Brown and Ben Webster’s
	9:33am GListener MW: Do you have The Residents' arrangement of Summertime from their "George & James" album?
	👻 9:33am YETI BOB: The harmonies and chord changes are just perfect.
	👻 9:34am YETI BOB: seriously, Gershwin wrote some of the best songs ever, you can't get around that fact
	9:34am northguineahills: I was surprised when I asked for my grandparents' records, there were a lot of Sidney Bechet 78s and LPs. Never expected that. Never expected that.
	9:34am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM WHAT, no will smith today?
	👻 9:35am YETI BOB: I am particularly looking forward to hearing John Fahey's semi-bummer instrumental version. He somehow makes it sound even more minor (diminshed?)
	9:35am ellliot: Summertime was very modern - compare to the pablum that was coming out in terms of pop song at the time. Gershwin was no doubt influenced by Stravinsky and Antheil along with Ellington and the NY jazz scene
	9:35am listener Rey: Bob Crosby was what Lester Young used to called a corny, non-swinging musician trying to play jazz
	9:35am northguineahills: TheLoneliestMonk: ha!
	👻 9:36am YETI BOB: Also just read over at Wikipedia that George Gershwin perhaps borrowed some elements from a Ukrainian lullaby
	👻 9:36am YETI BOB: (that he might have heard in NYC)
	9:36am northguineahills: what Yeti BOB said....
	9:37am Sem: researched is a more forgiving way of putting it, YB.
	9:37am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Once on Car Talk (Click and Clack, the Tappett Brothers) one of the guys ( I will say Joe) broke into this song. It would be cool if you could find that and play it! Not the whole song of course....
	9:37am Joe McG: @YETI: You can definitely hear the Old World in there.
	9:37am Marc Francis: Wow. The original is dark AF.
	9:37am fred: @ngh: are you getting better?
	9:37am TheLoneliestMonk: did you ever hear stravinsky's 'jazz suite'?...it doesn't exactly swing
	9:38am TDK60: Great to hear the source.
	9:39am judy from croton: How can it be that we can listen to one song forever? It’s got bones. It’s infinitely interesting, and welcomes interpretation. Hey, ain’t I smart?
	9:40am queems: this gal is a little much for me
	👻 9:40am Hughie Considine: Old world, yes, but Iggy Pop interpolates "Summertime" in "Girls" and he's a pretty modern guy.
	9:42am fred: I once took a date to see a Porgy and Bess performance. Unusual for me, I spend more time in small venues than at opera houses
	9:42am annie: see, and i thought i'd be able to go one summer NOT hearing this song. i guess the overkill is fine... ok, joe, carry on. :)
	9:44am TDK60: Miles. // Judy's right, the song's interesting enough on its own for many covers to please us.
	9:44am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac - do you own that lady day master take box? is it worth the outlay of $? sometimes those "re-mastered" box sets are painfully disappointing!...
	9:45am northguineahills: Was it Doug who did a whole 3 hours of Caravan?
	👻 9:45am tadpoles: From Miles to Martin...brilliant Joe.
	9:46am The Oscar: Whenever people ask me my dream job, I say "Birdcall Imitator for Martin Denny's Band."
	👻 9:46am Ken From Hyde Park: Hey, I sense a theme here. Something between spring and fall. Possibly the opposite of winter. What could it possibly be?
	9:46am annie: this is why i leave the DJ-ing to the professionals
	9:46am Joe McG: @TLM: I don't, but the version here at the station sounds great.
	9:47am northguineahills: Martin Denny, pre-clickied!
	9:47am Davee: Hi Joe
	9:48am Asheville Jon: another fine rendition of Summertime by Joe Livoti and Bob Ralston. vid quality is awful on this one, but it's the spirit that counts! www.youtube.com...
	9:48am Asheville Jon: oooh, this one is much better! www.youtube.com...
	9:49am fred: Prayer is my fave on that Miles recording @TheLoneliestMonk: I have a box set called "complete recordings on Verve 45-59" that holds amazing gems
	9:50am βrian: Oh, so looking forward to cooler weather. Good morning.
	9:50am TheLoneliestMonk: @fred sounds good. any previously unreleased stuff? small combo stuff w/Prez?
	9:51am queems: damnit i walked away and missed martin denny
	9:51am fred: Feeling good? That would be a good candidate for a "joy in repetition" installment someday
	9:52am annie: ok, gotta book... i WILL catch the archive; it takes real talent to pull these off. thanks joe!
	9:52am TheLoneliestMonk: the last boxed set that made me deliriously happy was the stones mono box. unbelievably well done...kudos to jaggawitz!
	9:53am David Redbranch: What a great show- so many great versions! My favorite has always been Big Brother and the Holding Company’s version. Janis at her best, and the best dueling guitar solos ever.
	9:53am JakeGould: Good morning Joe!
	9:53am Jersey Cowboy: wait - I am starting to see a theme...
	9:54am JakeGould: gasp A THEME SHOW!!! cheers cheers cheers cheers cheers cheers
	9:54am Hi from Holland: Abbie Mitchell + GG is my favorite so far...
	9:54am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @The LonliestMonk-I heard the mono mixes of some earlier songs were far superior to the less thought-through stereo mixes. Thoughts? Is there a mono mix to Dark Side of the Moon? Probably not!
	9:54am Marc Francis: Can't wait to hear the Scarlett Johansson version....
	9:56am TheLoneliestMonk: @WN yeah, there was an immediacy/energy to them too. it was as if the stones were suddenly your favorite garage band. had to buy that damn thing as an import to get the real goods! a mono 'dark side'? Ha! dunno how parsons or waters would feel about that?
	9:57am Davee: Didn't Uncle Floyd do a version?
	9:57am βrian: Well, this is quite the estival festival!
	9:58am queems: i love the zombies so much
	9:58am Miles: I imagined correctly
	👻 9:58am YETI BOB: @βrian good one!
	9:59am TDK60: That Ricky Nelson version was odd- the bass line to Blues Magoo's We Ain't Got Nothing Yet.
	9:59am TheLoneliestMonk: wes! www.youtube.com...
	10:00am suzyhotrod: hey Joe! Is this your sunny day summer show you've been waiting to unveil? Lovin it!
	10:00am Chi Bill: Loving this. J Joplin version would be ok, too.
	10:00am Mick: If any song can stand up to this treatment, this is on the shortest of short lists.
	10:00am mdashkin: As soon as I heard the Summertime theme of this show, I thought of The Zombies' cover. One of the best.
	👻 10:00am tadpoles: #TDK60...I thought the same thing...and it looks like it pre-dates it.
	10:01am TDK60: Zombies: maybe the best rock version?
	👻 10:01am Hughie Considine: @Mick, I fully concur. I mean, you can only hear so many takes of "Peanut Vendor." Or "Paradise By the Dashboard Light."
	10:02am lane: Mornin' everyone. Enjoying this theme as i sit here at w0rk, yearning for the breeze~~
	10:03am Marc Francis: This version has a nice Twin Peaks feel to it...
	10:03am prudy: lovin this Walker bros version
	10:04am Rocky Horror: I wonder if there is a vaporwave version of Sommertime
	10:04am Rocky Horror: Summertime ^
	10:04am Mick: @Hughie Ha! Loved going back to the source with Abbie Mitchell and Gershwin himself
	10:05am aaaHaaa: Thanks, Joe! I'm loving this show!
	10:06am βrian: If I can't be in Northern Michigan, I can live without summer.
	10:06am GListener MW: @RockyHorror -- there is! - https://youtu.be/Tbn-GbD1ZEQ
	10:06am Andrea: Yes
	10:07am Neil in Somerset: Good work so far joe. Looking forward to my favourite version. Billy Stewart.
	10:07am The Oscar: Ha-- I was thinking that Nelson riff sounded like "Let's Lynch the Landlord" by Dead Kennedys!
	👻 10:07am Hughie Considine: @mick indeed. Joe's taking us to school today.
	10:08am miles: I'm gonna follow up on this Blues maggoos Rick connection
	10:10am Passaic River Blues: Billy Stewart's other hit, "I Do Love You", is also pretty amazing.
	10:10am Krys O.: THE BEST VERSION!
	10:10am Mike tp: love that trill
	👻 10:10am Hughie Considine: This is insanely good.
	10:11am MD: this guy is hip!!
	👻 10:11am Webhamster Henry: This version was unavoidable in the 60s!
	10:11am emily: Hey Joe, great show. I've been late to your show--though-I'm making up on lost time listening to your archives. Thanks!
	10:12am slugluv1313: Good Morning, Joe and everyone! LOVE that Walker Brothers version -- so intense! and yes -- Janis' take on "Summertime" -- STILL gives me goosebumps
	10:12am MD: The Original "Hip-Bone?"
	10:12am Marc Francis: Damn!
	10:12am The Oscar: This is INTENSE.
	10:12am Marc Francis: ^^^exactly^^
	10:12am TDK60: Maybe an Echoplex tape delay on the mic.
	10:13am David Redbranch: I stand corrected. THIS is the best version ever.
	👻 10:13am tadpoles: At this point in the Eleanor Rigby show the song was driving me crazy....not so with Summertime.
	10:13am pantz: When is the DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince version?
	10:13am Neil in Somerset: Whoa. This is mad. I love it!
	10:13am David Redbranch: Listening with sight delay from two streaming sources= AMAZING!
	10:14am PKNY: I can cross "listen to Billy Stewart's Summertime on acid" off the bucket list, because I know now what that'd be like.
	👻 10:14am YETI BOB: @pants: gotta wait until 1997 for that
	10:14am PKNY: @David Redbranch - you are truly next-level!
	10:14am MD: GOD BLESS TAPE DISTORTION!!!
	10:14am Marc Francis: We have a winner.
	10:14am Passaic River Blues: Damn.
	10:14am TheLoneliestMonk: the Blues Magoos: bronx boys doing freakout rock. my friend claims they were a great live band
	10:15am slugluv1313: WOW
	10:15am Neil in Somerset: Billy does a great ol man river too. And of course,Sitting in the park.
	10:16am MD: Muy Bien!!!
	10:16am Brendan: Hi Joe Don’t know if its in your bag (pun notwithstanding) but Doc Watson does a nice rendition.
	10:17am TheLoneliestMonk: www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:17am YETI BOB: @pantz: sorry i misspelled your name, here's an extra 'z' for you: z
	10:17am northguineahills: hora de verano en espanol!
	10:18am TheLoneliestMonk: www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:20am YETI BOB: George Gershwin, 1935: "Porgy and Bess is a folk tale. Its people naturally would sing folk music. When I first began work in the music I decided against the use of original folk material because I wanted the music to be all of one piece. Therefore I wrote my own spirituals and folksongs."
	👻 10:20am Hughie Considine: @TheLoneliestMonk: Jimi Hendrix sang the praises of the Blues Magoos. Not as silly as their name seems to imply!
	10:20am Jersey Cowboy: nice change of pace...
	10:22am TheLoneliestMonk: @HC i think they did a reunion tour of sorts about 8 yrs ago
	10:22am pantz: Not too many z's, @YETI, I may go to sleep. It is Monday, after all.
	10:23am JakeGould: My Zzz’s on Mondays are off-kilter.
	10:32am Brendan: DuBose wrote most of it and George did the guitar overdubs incl. the solo and did the mixing.
	10:33am Brendan: Not sure who did the cowbell
	10:33am Joe McG: @Brendan: His brother Ira.
	10:35am Listener Alexandra: Okay, I am seriously living for this show today. Best one since your Eleanor Rigby extravaganza!
	10:36am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Joe-I would imagine it would take many weeks or months to put a show like this together Joe; would you mind telling us how long it took to prep this show?
	10:36am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac - big ups on da thumb!
	10:37am Brendan: @Joe - of course. Hey i tuned in late- did anyone do a reggae version? Interesting to imagine the tune in different styles . Polka anyone?
	10:38am JakeGould: I think about 4-5 interns were hospitalized in the making of this playlist.
	👻 10:38am Webhamster Henry: "Summertime" is full of minor sixths that are mostly being ignored in these versions. #pedantic.
	10:38am fred: Polka would be great
	👻 10:39am tadpoles: For Aldous Huxley fans....Soma time and the living is easy.
	10:39am βrian: Ooh, was there a klezmer version?
	10:39am Joe McG: @fred: I wish I had one!
	10:40am mjgoins: This is great
	👻 10:40am YETI BOB: @webmaster henry: as much as i enjoy some of these later versions, i was feeling like something is absent that was there in the 30's versions. i think it's that minor sixth you referred to.
	10:40am Neil in Somerset: This is amazing!
	👻 10:42am Webhamster Henry: This is happy major version!
	10:46am JakeGould: Please, no klezmer version. Polka? Sounds good!
	10:47am Rocky Horror: Did the tape get stretched on this one?
	10:47am mjgoins: "Many versions of a classic song" is absolutely one of the best things you only get from freeform radio.
	10:49am Rocky Horror: @mjgoins: Even when Howard Hessman was a DJ at KMPX
	10:49am JakeGould: Sissel Kyrkjebø does good singing.
	10:49am slugluv1313: theremin version?
	10:51am Brendan: Puckering up
	10:53am Dave from Brooklyn: Wow! Such a magnificent song played so many beautiful ways! Thanks!
	10:53am βrian: If you'd played them at 33, it would take the full time slot, Joe.
	10:55am frenchee: Hi Joe, god bless you for the "VIE-counts"
	10:56am GListener MW: this was amazing, Joe -- thank you!
	10:57am GListener MW: OH it's continuing!!! =D I thought you were wrapping up the theme
	👻 10:58am Webhamster Henry: Someone ate the brown acid, clearly.
	10:58am Will: Last night, the DJ on WMBR Cambridge played versions of "Last Train to Clarksville" for two hours. Not sure why.
	10:59am Listener Alexandra: Joe, where on earth do you find this stuff? This is awesome!
	10:59am Rocky Horror: Will: Is WMBR a Freeform station?
	11:00am TDK60: These guys were having fun.
	11:01am JakeGould: @Will: WHY NOT!?!!
	11:01am fred: @Webhamster Henry: My post last week was very late, so maybe you didn't see it, I think I can put you in touch with the guy who did FactorSynth, if you're interested
	👻 11:06am Ken From Hyde Park: Did Sneaker Pimps impart any of this song for their "6 Underground" song?
	11:06am northguineahills: Never heard the Free Design version!
	11:09am Mike Sin: Well, i thinks it's great that i get to sit in the park with the sun beaming down on me as you play "Summertime"!
	11:10am northguineahills: Remember when Ken did 3 hours of Bohemian Rhapsody?
	11:11am Will: @Rocky: Yes. Has some terrific shows. @Jake: I have to agree!
	11:12am fred: @ngh: I do, unfortunately. Though the drunk guy in a cop car made it all worthwhile
	👻 11:13am Webhamster Henry: @fred I sent you a contact request. I'm also (still) available at jhhl@wfmu.org @ngh KBC of Bitslap also did at least one Bohemian Rhapsody show.
	11:13am northguineahills: Fahey!
	👻 11:13am YETI BOB: yes!
	11:13am Joe McG: Thanks to everyone who is sticking with me today! I'm loving it myself!
	11:14am Davee: I'm stuck!
	👻 11:14am Webhamster Henry: Fortunately, it's a song you can listen to without fatigue!
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: Hey Jow.
	11:16am Mick: Gotta say Nick Drake sounded surprisingly not laid-back on that to me.
	11:17am Dean: In fact, "Summertime" is one of my least favorite songs (right down there with "My Favorite Things"), but total immersion has a kind of inoculation effect, and every once in a while (this Fahey, for example) the interpretation gets something about it just right.
	11:17am TDK60: its the memorable melody, minor blues melody-riff, primal American...yeh
	👻 11:18am Ken From Hyde Park: I suspect that the hidden motive here is that you'll only need to send a single royalty check today instead of dozens.
	11:19am Joe McG: @Ken: Ha ha ha!
	11:20am dug: bohemian?? not sure i could handle that for 3 hrs. was it cool?
	11:21am βrian: Joe's evil twin will next do successive covers of I Dig Rock & Roll Music.
	11:21am fred: @Ken: Is is reporting time already? If so, nice move, Joe
	👻 11:22am YETI BOB: dug: i guess it depends on what you mean by "cool". (but, no).
	11:22am Barney Grubbs: any albert ayler coming in the near future?
	11:23am Joe McG: @Barney: I got him with me! We'll see.
	11:23am Dean: I'm sure that one source of the turn-off for me was a c.1990 test recording from an audiophile magazine that included the vocalist spouse of one of the regular equipment reviewers singing the tune a cappella. It was dreadful.
	11:23am dug: haha. reminds me after waynes world came out and my mom got the sheet music for her piano. her practicing probably made ken's 3 hrs look easy
	11:23am Dean: (Though I'd love to hear it again on today's show.)
	11:24am slugluv1313: omg theremin AND saw!!! THANK-YOU JOE!!!
	11:26am The Oscar: Had to get up for a minute, but glad I didn't miss Clara!
	11:26am mdashkin: Sounds like summertime in a spaceship drifting beyond the solar system...
	11:27am TDK60: Clara R. : classic far-outness from "back in the day"
	11:27am fred: @dug: here's where you can test your faith: wfmu.org...
	11:27am Krys O.: This Kingsley is a close second to Billy Stewart's version, IMO.
	👻 11:29am officina: Digging today's theme show, Joe. Always loved this song, and the Zombies/Blunstone version is sublime.
	👻 11:29am YETI BOB: OMG, "Switched-on Gershwin"... I guess it had to exist but I never knew .... thanks Joe for turning us all on to so many new things this morning
	11:31am northguineahills: I have switched on Gershwin...
	11:31am melinda: Kingsley version was rad
	👻 11:31am YETI BOB: (Gershon Kingsley wrote "Popcorn"!)
	11:32am Joe McG: @oficina: Once in a while I have to do one of these!
	👻 11:32am Brian in UK: Joe, it looks like our Summertime is disappearing fast and a temperature drop.
	11:32am northguineahills: Santo & Johnny, pre-clickied!
	11:33am The Oscar: Over-under on the Residents in the last half hour?
	11:35am Dean: Totally forgot that Residents track! Those American Composer Series records are gems.
	11:38am northguineahills: Summertime here doesn't end until after Halloween....
	11:38am Andy (DC): Reminds me of Irwin's "Everlasting Love" show. But this is taking it to new levels.
	11:38am Todd76Pct: Big fan of The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra modernistic vocal harmonies version of Summertime. Enjoying the show today, Joe!
	11:39am brycepunk1: Been digging the show today. Interesting idea.
	11:39am TheLoneliestMonk: i often think that Kenzo sees his on air shifts as much performance art as he does a musical interlude
	11:39am fred: @dug: spoiler alert: the highlight is the drunken arrested guy
	11:40am Jersey Cowboy: good ole shimmy disc
	11:41am TDK60: would like more theme shows - an album, a group, scene, et..
	11:41am fred: @TheLoneliestMonk: I one saw Kenzo live, and that was an unforgettable experience. You should try to see him live
	11:42am Davee: it is unbelievable to think that you can fill an entire 3 hour show with the song "Summertime"...wow
	11:42am GListener MW: WOW, thank you for The Residents' version! -- I haven't heard this in ages
	11:42am The Oscar: THERE we go!
	11:42am Joe McG: @Davee: I have so many of these I could fill 10 hours!
	11:46am GListener MW: I loved these two "American Composers Series" LPs the Residents put out; I wish they stuck with the project beyond those first two releases
	11:46am TDK60: I wanna go to a notary public to assert I was never bored today.
	👻 11:48am tadpoles: Thanks for the great adventure Joe.....all so varied yet linked. Looking forward to Part II. Cheers.
	11:49am Rocky Horror: A disco verson of sumer time by MFSB
	11:49am Joe McG: @tadpoles: Glad you enjoyed! Did I mention that I'm taking over Joe Belock's show to continue? (Just kidding!)
	👻 11:50am Ken From Hyde Park: Anyone else in the mood for (a lot of) "Bye, Bye, Blackbird"? www.wfmu.org...
	11:50am Rocky Horror: MFSB did a song for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
	11:50am partyfinger: This song is catchy, It just might become a classic!
	👻 11:51am YETI BOB: Rocky Horror: And the "Soul Train" theme!
	11:51am The Oscar: I kinda wish this was a fill-in for Garbage Time-- three hours of "Summertime," with a brief interlude for "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)."
	11:52am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: well, thanks for sparing us the horror of janis joplin!
	11:52am Passaic River Blues: @The Oscar: hahaha That would be perfect.
	11:52am Sem: Obrigado, Joe, for 3 hours of Summertime preserved in the amber of the FMU archives. See you and all later.
	11:53am slugluv1313: awww man -- AL GREEN! incredible -- never heard this before . . . DAMN!!!
	11:53am Rocky Horror: Yes YETI BOB: the did do The Sound Of Philidelphia (The Soul Train Theme)
	11:53am PKNY: @The Oscar - Garbage time, and the livin' is easy/Felder's strummin, and takin' a ride
	👻 11:53am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:53am Mick: my god. it's full of stars.
	11:53am fred: @The Oscar: no thanks man, now Matt will be planning a three hour show of Heavy Metal covers (even if he has to record these himself)
	11:54am PKNY: I vote for "Heavy Metal" through Billy Stewart's echo machine.
	11:55am The Oscar: @PKNY Yesssssss!
	11:55am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everyone! See you on Labor Day! Enjoy the rest of your summer....
	👻 11:55am YETI BOB: after listening to this song 45 times now, I have another idea about what makes it so great. there are a lot of rests (pauses) in the song. lots of space, lots of "air"
	11:55am fred: I'd probably like it if Matt does all covers
	👻 11:56am YETI BOB: thanks Joe, great show!
	11:56am blee: @PKNY I second that vote for "Heavy Metal" through Billy Stewart's echo machine.
	11:56am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: seee youuuu in septemmmmber!
	11:56am Jersey Cowboy: thanks Joe - enjoyed it
	11:57am northguineahills: Awesome, Joe!
	11:58am fred: Thanks Joe, great show today. It takes a great DJ to pull off this show
	11:58am Santos L Halper: Thanks Joe, loved it all!
	11:58am JakeGould: Thanks for the summertime, Joe!
	11:58am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe, for an enjoyable show!
	11:58am blee: Thanks for making the sun shine on this Monday morning, Joe.
	11:59am Brendan: Thanks Joe I’m wearing white pants today in honor of this show. Are you working next Monday?
	12:00pm slugluv1313: thank-you so much, Joe, for SUMMERTIME -- fantastic!
	12:02pm Marc Francis: Thanks Joe! That was fucking FUN.

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 27, 2018

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