Special rebroadcast of a Tommy James interview from 2010: Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz

THE STOOGE	THE SONG
LES BAXTER WITH CHIMPANZEE	I DIG
THE ROBIN	I MUST BE DREAMIN'
THE SPINNERS	SURFIN' MONKEY
PINKY AND JIM JENKINS	GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU BABY
THE FLAKES	AMBER JEAN
RAMONES	OH OH I LOVE HER SO
SONIC CHICKEN 4	CRUSHED
JUAN "EL MATEMATICO"	LA HEY DEL HIELO

BOB CENTER	LOST IN THE JUNGLE
PERCY MAYFIELD	LOUISIANA
CHRIS KENNER	YOU CAN'T BEAT UNCLE SAM
JOHNNY CASH	AFTER TAXES
SHEPHERD'S HEARD	I KNOW
LIZ LANDS	ONE MAN'S POISON
THE MIGHTY HANNBAL	I THINK WE'VE MET BEFORE
THE HULLABALOOS	PARTY DOLL
THE CARNABEATS	MONY MONY
RITA CHAO & THE QUESTS	HANKY PANKY

TOM AND THE TORNADOES	LONG PONYTAIL
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	H.I.S. AD
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	CALIFORNIA SUN
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	OUT OF THE BLUE

TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
THE ECHOES	BARBARA ANN
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	HANKY PANKY
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	SAY I AM (WHAT I AM)
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	MIRAGE
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	DO SOMETHING TO ME
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	MONY MONY
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	CRIMSON AND CLOVER
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	LOVED ONE
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES	DRAGGIN' THE LINE
TOMMY JAMES	INTERVIEW
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	SWEET CHERRY WINE

TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	SHE
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	I'M ALIVE
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	ONE TWO THREE AND I FELL
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	GOTTA GET BACK TO YOU
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	MAKIN' GOOD TIME
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	I KNOW WHO I AM
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	LOVE'S CLOSIN' IN ON ME
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	BALL OF FIRE
ALIVE 'N' KICKIN'	TIGHTER, TIGHTER
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	I'LL GO CRAZY
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS	YA YA

Listener comments!

8:48pm Dave the Spazz:

8:49pm Dave the Spazz:

How do you do? Okay, no need to answer that...

8:56pm mndave:

Best to you, Dave, from a fellow Dave!

9:00pm John from Florham park:

Hello fellow spazz listeners

9:00pm Marcel M:

Hey Dave!!! Hope you are doing okay!!!

🙉

9:01pm mrdonutsu:

Hey Scott, I tried to contact both Ken and Michele about software that might help your efforts. Guessing they're too swamped to reply. Should I shoot an email instead?

🙉

9:01pm mrdonutsu:

And howdy Dave!!!!

9:01pm allanToronto:

Chimp-ready

9:02pm P-90:

Lay it on me, Daddio

9:02pm Dave the Spazz:

Thanks to Scott Williams for his tireless diligence and wiping down efforts. We'd be lost without the WFMU Skeleton Crew.

9:02pm Chop Scott:

Escott! Thanks again for holding down the fort so Spazz can deliver the bananas! Cheers Brother!!

9:03pm Parq:

Hello, Scott, Spazz and all those who truly believe.

9:03pm P-90:

Thanks for the wipe job, Scott W

9:04pm Dave Miss:

Scott Williams is the best! Dave n Lolo hope you’re over the monkey pox

9:04pm sufferwords:

hey Dave, heard your mic check yesterday- pulling for ya here in East Hollywood CA

9:04pm Ken From Hyde Park:

I'm picturing a room full of chimpanzees looking at each other and each one has a look on its face of "Where's Dave?"

9:04pm John from Florham park:

@Dave is this live or an archive?

9:05pm Uncle Michael:

Is Bingo heating up chicken soup for you, Dave?

9:06pm Dave the Spazz:

It's a reheated archive from 2010 meticulously selected just for you!

9:07pm P-90:

Perfect choice for a revisit. I’ve actually recommended this show on the archive a number of times to friends over the years, when Tommy James comes up in conversation.

9:07pm John from Florham park:

@Gotcha spazz man

9:07pm Chop Scott:

Hope it's a speedy recovery Dave--take care!

9:08pm Scott Williams:

Happy to wipe it all down for you here, Dave! Glad you're here on the board. Godspeed to recovery!

9:10pm Dave the Spazz:

Thanks for the well wishes, everyone--we'll all get through this mess in one piece. Unwrap each day like a brand new can of Silly String!

9:11pm John from Florham park:

@Dave pulling for ya

9:13pm Folsom:

Unwrap each day like the old school cans of Spam!

9:13pm mariano:

Only virus I have (so far) is the Spazz-20 virus. Hope all's well, Dave, thanks for the show and for hanging out.

9:15pm Dave the Spazz:

Happy to be here. At this point, I'm happy to be anywhere!

9:15pm allanToronto:

Shagg-O-sonic

9:16pm dave wuz here:

sending love and bananas pal

9:18pm Mailman Tom:

Nothing quite like Mexican rock and roll

🙉

9:19pm Hackensack Slim:

Thanks for being here Dave. I've been pushing "Car 54" to wash hands by. Results Mixed.

9:19pm Pedro in Arlington:

Using the show as a soundtrack to the Ken Burns' doc on the Roosevelts airing in PBS. Teddy grooves like a monkey.

9:21pm Dave the Spazz:

@Pedro That's exactly what I had in mind back in 2010

9:22pm garrito-:

el matematico!!!! yikes!!!!

🙉

9:23pm Mark Hurst:

Just joined in! Hi Dave, hi all.

9:24pm Uncle Michael:

I wanted to hear a show from 2030 where you warn us maniacs not to blow it up.

9:25pm Dave the Spazz:

Hi Mark!

9:25pm Lolo in Brooklyn:

Feel better soon, Dave! Thank you for having a show tonight and letting us feel normal again for a moment! Ooo oooo ooo

9:26pm Uncle Michael:

Mark, I was using your show today for sound checking Skype calls.

🙉

9:27pm Mark Hurst:

I've heard that's the primary use of Techtonic.

🙉

9:28pm Mark Hurst:

Still, glad to hear it :)

9:28pm Uncle Michael:

I was glad to hear it!

9:29pm allanToronto:

Chimps are kind of like little men in black.

9:43pm Dave Miss:

Mark Hurst here to get Spazz’ monkeys off monkeybook. Howdy Mark!

🙉

9:44pm Mark Hurst:

Hi Dave Miss!

9:46pm P-90:

OK, for the last time: chimps aren’t on Monkeybook, they’re on Apebook. Dammit.

9:48pm Ken From Hyde Park:

He's talking Record Fair ... hit the dump button, Scott!

9:49pm BH:

EDITOR'S NOTE: Nothing is actually going on this weekend

9:49pm Scott Williams:

@HP Ken, it was nice to pretend for a minute, wasn't it??

9:50pm Carmichael:

Heya Dave and fellow spazzes.

9:50pm Dave the Spazz:

Yeah, ignore the out-of-date ramblings of this ancient DJ

9:51pm allanToronto:

I kinda miss that old peeler bar kind of tassle-twirling drum style

9:53pm allanToronto:

Looking fwd to this interview rebroadcast

9:53pm Tommy in Neversink:

Sorry you couldn't be in the studio but IT'S ONLY A RADIO SHOW FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

9:54pm Ken From Hyde Park:

I take comfort in the belief it'll be back next year, stronger, more successful than ever. Here's some footage from 2010: youtu.be...

9:55pm Carmichael:

When anyone says “sock it to me”, don’t.

9:56pm Dave the Spazz:

10:00pm Lolo in Brooklyn:

The monkeys were just babies back then!

10:01pm Uncle Michael:

Anyone know whatever happened with the Val Kilmer film adaptation of the book?

10:05pm Carmichael:

I saw Tommy James a few years ago. He played everything you’d expect him to and more.

10:05pm Mike & Dusty:

total King Uszniewicz vibes

10:08pm Dave the Spazz:

@Mike & Dusty I was thinking South Bay Surfers, but yeah

10:09pm Uncle Michael:

The way the guitar swings on this record makes it.

10:09pm Carmichael:

His great line, after Crimson and Clover: “We used to do acid, now we do antacid.”

10:09pm Dave the Spazz:

I've seen Tommy James a couple of times. Not only does he put on a terrific show, the hit after hit after hit factor is mind blowing.

10:10pm Carmichael:

Will he explain the origins of this song?

10:10pm Dave the Spazz:

@Carmichael Stay tuned!

10:19pm P-90:

Ahh, the good old days of the music biz

10:31pm Carmichael:

What a hit machine. I saw him play Sugar on Sunday!

10:32pm mariano:

Man, heavenly set of songs.

10:34pm Ojai John:

Saw him recently at the Ventura County Fair. It was better than I expected and quite good. The songs are fun.

10:34pm Jeezy:

Not a fan of the mono versions, eh Dave!? :-()

10:35pm Carmichael:

Oh, I forgot Tighter and Tighter!

10:38pm Jeezy:

Not that I don't love me some extreme stereo rekkids! But it wasn't until I heard Magical Mystery Tour in mono that I was stunned to hear it actually rocks....

10:39pm P-90:

“Get ovah heah wit dat rekerd”

🙉

10:39pm Hackensack Slim:

I miss ? and The M's. Also, this is a Great Interview.

10:39pm Jeezy:

you gimme dat rekkid Baaack

10:45pm P-90:

Mony Mony did have a definite “retro” vibe when it hit in 1968, when most pop was headed in every other direction at once.

11:09pm vertual:

One of my earliest musical memories...hearing all this on dad's new high tech 8 track player in STEREO in around 69-70 when i was 5-6 years old.

11:09pm Glorious Estephonic:

i just got into crystal blue persuasion this past week while watching zodiac -- and so happy to be tuning in now -- feel so connected to the collective unconscious - so grateful for this feeling woahness

11:11pm kym:

Dave, I'm sorry you're under the weather but... hot diggity, am I glad I caught this archive! Incredible interview with Tommy James. Funny how you can love a person's catalogue but forget just how many of their songs give you goosebumps until you hear them all back to back again.

11:12pm kym:

By the way, anyone else get a Sparks vibe off of 'Mirage'?

11:20pm P-90:

Spazztastic interview!

11:22pm Jeezy:

Yup, @kym.... Sparks must love Tommy!

11:27pm Elle Tor's Husband:

Is this a Full Credit show Dave? 'cause I swear to god this is like a Music History course right here. I always learn form the University Of FMU. Big thanks to you Monkey Man!

11:27pm Elle Tor's Husband:

Also "from"

11:28pm Chop Scott:

KILLER show Dave--fantastic!!

11:31pm Dave the Spazz:

Funny thing is that the movie is back on track as of a few weeks ago with Barbara DeFina producing, screenplay by Matthew Stone and Kathleen Marshall directing. Some things are worth the wait!

11:41pm Motobro:

Dave, get well soon and thank you

11:44pm P-90:

I hadn’t heard the movie is back on track. I assume it’ll be better than the Jersey Boys movie...

11:53pm Dave the Spazz:

Thanks everybody for tunin' in. Hopefully if I can slap together a home studio within the next few days I'll be back next week with a new episode.

11:54pm vertual:

Thanks - I needed a feel-good show tonight. This was a great escape

11:55pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, DTS. Hope you feel better soon.

11:55pm lorenzoelsuave:

thanks Dave

11:55pm Chop Scott:

Cheers to Scott Williams holding down the fort!!

11:55pm P-90:

Thanks Dave!

11:55pm mariano:

Thanks Dave, take care everyone!

11:56pm P-90:

Thanks Fortmeister Scott W!

11:57pm mariano:

Yeah thanks Scott!

11:57pm Dave Miss:

Thanks D’spazz! And Scott!

11:57pm P-90:

And don’t forget to wash all your parts for 20 seconds, Bingo!

11:58pm I'm the MonK haha ha OkeY:

hahahaha Ha wheg hwheg

11:59pm chimPanzE:

noW giv me BandanaS

Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz

March 26, 2020