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| Artist | Song | Album | Approx. start time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Tillman | I Love You So Much It Hurts Me | 0:00:00 (Real) | ||
| Kenny Rogers & The First Edition | Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town | 0:02:43 (Real) | ||
| David Allen Coe | Revenge | 0:06:06 (Real) | ||
| The Crystals | He Hit Me | 0:09:47 (Real) | ||
| Little Eva | Please Hurt Me | 0:12:19 (Real) | ||
| Velvet Underground | Venus In Furs | 0:14:59 (Real) | ||
| Radiohead | Creep | 0:20:07 (Real) | ||
| Roxy Music | In Every Dreamhome A Heartache | Viva! | 0:24:20 (Real) | |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | I Put A Spell On You | 0:32:27 (Real) | ||
| JImmy Cross | I Want My Baby Back | 0:34:41 (Real) | ||
| The Shangri-Las | Past, Present and Future | 0:37:56 (Real) | ||
| Mary from the Shangri-Las | A Good Taste Tip | 0:40:54 (Real) | ||
| Linda Laurie | Ambrose Part 5 | 0:41:33 (Real) | ||
| Gary Wilson | 6.4=Make Out | You Think You Really Know Me | 0:48:06 (Real) | |
| Wild Man Fisher | Circle | An EVening With Wild Man Fisher | 0:52:49 (Real) | |
| John Cale | Heartbreak Hotel | 0:55:48 (Real) | ||
| Ute Lemper & Neil Hannon | Tango Ballad | Punishing Kiss | 0:58:26 (Real) | |
| Somebody Walker | Playin' the Game | The Naked Carmen | 1:03:20 (Real) | |
| Tom Jones | Delilah | 1:06:52 (Real) | ||
| Harry Dean Stanton | I Knew These People | Paris, Texas | 1:10:19 (Real) | |
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Music behind DJ: Neu |
Fur Immer | 1:18:34 (Real) | ||
| Johnny Cash | Delia's Gone | American Recordings | 1:23:00 (Real) | |
| June Carter | The Heel | Keep On The Sunny Side | 1:25:04 (Real) | |
| Walter Brennan | Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town | 1:28:20 (Real) | ||
| Eddie Noack | Psycho | Wavy Gravy | 1:30:27 (Real) | |
| Eddie Noack | Dolores | God Less America | 1:33:52 (Real) | |
| Porter Wagoner | The Cold Hard Facts of Life | The Rubber Room | 1:37:01 (Real) | |
| Jessica Kane | I'm So Hungry | Sixes and Sevens | 1:40:09 (Real) | |
| Ernest Ashworth | The DJ Cried | 1:42:04 (Real) | ||
| Wanda Jackson | Funnel of Love | 1:44:55 (Real) | ||
| Sparkle Moore | Skull and Crossbones | 1:47:01 (Real) | ||
| JJ Barnes | Chains of Love | 1:49:30 (Real) | ||
| Berry Street Station | I Dont Care No More | 28 Vintage Love Songs From Mister Finewine's Cellar - 2006 Marathon Premium | 1:51:36 (Real) | |
| Swamp Dogg and Esther Philips | The Love We Got Aint Worth Two Dead Flies | Im Not Selling Out, I'm Buying In! | 1:54:47 (Real) | |
|
Music behind DJ: Neu and Tortura |
1:59:51 (Real) | |||
| Jimmy | Spin The Bottle | 2:04:51 (Real) | ||
| Paul Frees and the Plastic People | The Look Of Love (Boris Karloff) | 2:08:10 (Real) | ||
| Eartha Kitt | Where Is My Man? | 2:11:11 (Real) | ||
| Various | Feelin' Bitchy medley | Monica's Feelin' Bitchy | 2:17:25 (Real) | |
| tATu | How Soon Is Now Stretch | 2:21:14 (Real) | ||
| People Like Us & Wobbly | Naked Little Girl | 2:27:05 (Real) | ||
| Alice Cooper | I Love The Dead | Billion Dollar Babies | 2:32:14 (Real) | |
| The Stooges | I Wanna Be Your Dog | The Stooges (Reissue) | 2:37:31 (Real) | |
| Blondie versis Mister Trick | Goodboys (ultra blonde Stooges mix) | 2:39:50 (Real) | ||
| Malepartus II | Theyre Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha | Napolean Complex | 2:44:05 (Real) | |
| Sonic Youth | Shoot | Dirty | 2:46:07 (Real) | |
| Jerry Reed | Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town | 2:57:26 (Real) | ||
| The Beatles | Run For Your Life | 3:02:01 (Real) | ||
| R Stevie Moore | I Wanna Hit You | Greatest Hits | 3:04:32 (Real) | |
| Sweat Talley | Looking For A Virgin | 3:06:06 (Real) | ||
Listener comments!
Wed. 2/14/07 12:35pm
From:
Natasha
best playlist ever!! ending with 'Run For Your Life' was pure genius!!
Thanks for making my morning!
Wed. 2/14/07 12:37pm
From:
Sloane
Hmmmm... maybe I'm just a bit down today, but "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" is quite a sad song for the treatment it seems to get from Walter Brennan & Jerry Reed; those versions seem to insult someone or something; they're too poppy or smiley or something. I blame the RIAA or its predecessors.
That new version I've heard lately does it justice; that guy sounds frustrated & confused, just like the guy who came back broken from the war.
Wed. 2/14/07 1:21pm
From:
zoe
hey ken, that was the song i was thinking of. too bad i don't really like neil hannon.
Wed. 2/14/07 2:11pm
From:
Ken
yeah., I'm not crazy about the Jerry Reed version of "Ruby." But I love anything with Walter Brennan or a Walter Brennan imitator.
If anybody feels so inclined, I'd love to know what the body count is for today's show! (The total deaths in all the songs.)
-ken
Wed. 2/14/07 4:28pm
From:
Travis
Check out Richard Cheese's sleezy lounge version of Creep. He says "friggin'" instead of "fuckin'", so you wouldn't even have to edit it.
Wed. 2/14/07 5:42pm
From:
fatty jubbo
that Linda Laurie song is pretty damn amazing.
Wed. 2/14/07 9:39pm
From:
listener jeff
way to go ken - david allen coe!
Wed. 2/14/07 9:55pm
From:
Ken
How I wish I could've played David Allen Coe's incest song ("Fuck You Again," I think it's called) - truly one of the most disturbing songs I've ever heard.
Thu. 2/15/07 2:13pm
From:
paul
great show, Ken. was hoping for ? and the Mysterions, though.
Thu. 2/15/07 6:31pm
From:
amber from MO
Ahhh, domestic violence...Antony & the Johnsons' "Fists of Love" would've fit in well here. Also, kudos for the Shangri-Las! "I used to say...a tisket...a tasket...a green and yellow basket..."
--a
Thu. 2/15/07 6:35pm
From:
davereeves
that show rules
Fri. 2/16/07 10:46pm
From:
bwalker
the ambrose song is amazing.. keeping the .. screams? (he beating her on the subway platform? the broadway 6 platform.. the one with the "no exit" ahead sign) in the background for the break was almost too much to bear.. or were those love sounds?
Sat. 2/17/07 12:40pm
From:
Ken
The sound effects at the end of the Ambrose track were actually from the S&M sound effects collection "Tortura," which I used throughout the show as part of my talkover bed. The Ambrose track actually ends with Linda Laurie saying "Ambrose?"
-ken
Mon. 2/26/07 9:40pm
From:
Paul Elliott
What's with the censoring of Creep??
Tue. 2/27/07 1:17am
From:
Paul
Sorry I meant 'fucking' censoring creep!
Tue. 2/27/07 10:12am
From:
Ken
Paul - I don't know about the country you're in, but here in the USA, the government recently passed a law saying that the word "Fuck" is illegal on radio and TV, and any station that plays it could be fined as high as $325,000 per "fuck." So that magnificent version of "Creep" could generate a fine as high as $975,000 US dollars. I'll put you down for half of it. Unfortunately, WFMU can't afford the other half.
-ken
Sat. 11/24/07 6:39pm
From:
SWEAT TALLEY
I'M AMAZED ANYONE DARES TO PLAY THAT SONG
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