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January 25, 2008: SPECIAL: WACK McCARTNEY -- A quizzical journey through highly questionable Solo Beatles filler tracks
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*********FIRST SET IS ALL THE GREAT STUFF!!!!!************
Fri. 1/25/08 8:06pm
From:
pseu and gaylord
Don't worry folks, we're starting with the GREAT STUFF first!
Fri. 1/25/08 8:07pm
From:
zoe
AWESOME
Fri. 1/25/08 8:09pm
From:
Listener Michael W.
Cool, yeah, I was gonna say, so far it's pretty good!
Fri. 1/25/08 8:21pm
From:
Ike H
Yeah, I was also gonna say that. Before I came to this page, I was listening and I thought: Huh? Wasn't all this supposed to be awful? Thanks for the explanation, P&G. Heh.
Would anybody have even known the difference if they'd slapped this stuff together onto one album around '72 and called it the Beatles even though it wasn't? Well, y'know, if you weren't paying really close attention.
Fri. 1/25/08 8:23pm
From:
jackie burkhardt
hiya pseu & gaylord,,,WHUTS SHAKIN?? its a real groooooovy show so far 2nite,,,maybe you guys could please play "MULL OF KYNTIRE" by paul, and "THE NO-NO SONG" by ringo,.,,thanks so much pseu & gaylord,,,,,,ohhhh pseu i resent you mail i sent last week but you never responded,,,see u later,,=) =)
Fri. 1/25/08 8:27pm
From:
Ike H
I keep going back and forth as to whether that's Irwin.
Fri. 1/25/08 8:39pm
From:
Tom (The Bactrian Support Network)
When you listen to "All Things Must Pass" in its entirity you just know that George got the "short end of the stick" with the Beatles ...
Fri. 1/25/08 8:41pm
From:
<-o->
o RINGS o
Fri. 1/25/08 8:42pm
From:
Tom (The Bactrian Support Network)
yes great number Psue "Don't let me wait too long " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fri. 1/25/08 8:45pm
From:
mace
Much love from pHinland to WFMU and all the listeners! I loves you all!
Fri. 1/25/08 8:51pm
From:
5th. beat L
so... once this show is archived I won't need the mop tops on the iTunes, luv.
Fri. 1/25/08 8:51pm
From:
john
I knew Kreen-Akrore was going to show up some time, if only for having a really stupid name and the sound of birds being kicked right at the beginning. As far as poor neurotic George goes, 33 1/3, though, may be the most beatley solo album of any of them, and certainly the most fun! And Crackerbox Palace pretty much sums it all up. Plus George had all those Bonzos playing with him then. Etc etc blah blah blah...rock and/or roll!
Fri. 1/25/08 8:53pm
From:
culprit
I HATE THE BEATLES! I LOVE THIS SHOW!
Fri. 1/25/08 9:00pm
From:
<-o->
the beat(les) go on
turn the beat(les) around
Fri. 1/25/08 9:01pm
From:
<-o->
drink every time Macca Cocker-scrowls
Fri. 1/25/08 9:06pm
From:
<-o->
Al Pacino's sweaty brows
Fri. 1/25/08 9:07pm
From:
<-o->
is this one about Gawd ?
Fri. 1/25/08 9:08pm
From:
5th. beat L
dear one (culprit): even dead Beatles have more talent than you luv.
Fri. 1/25/08 9:19pm
From:
ZippyD
I'm still hear!!!!
What great and informative show. Keep going.
Fri. 1/25/08 9:19pm
From:
<-o->
Denny Laine is in yer ears and in yer eyes
Way beneath the Mr. Blue Suburban Skies
meanwhile back
Fri. 1/25/08 9:20pm
From:
Mickey Mephistopheles
Pseu & Gaylord:
You have successfully explained
"Somebody knocking at the door
Somebody ringing the bell
Somebody knocking at the door
Somebody ringing the bell
Do me a favour
Open the door
And let them in"
Fri. 1/25/08 9:38pm
From:
timotato
Great show! Refreshing.
Fri. 1/25/08 9:39pm
From:
SF Spike
kreen-akore are apparently an idiginous people of Brazil
Fri. 1/25/08 9:40pm
From:
b
err, okra knee
rank roe reek
Fri. 1/25/08 9:42pm
From:
Mike Fun
All this proves the theory that it takes a great songwriter to create a truly terrible song. There are so many examples of this: Burt Bachrach, Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Etc.
Fri. 1/25/08 9:44pm
From:
Mike Fun
Got any of George's electronic Album? It really really belongs in this canon.
Fri. 1/25/08 9:44pm
From:
Spazz
Great show!
Are you gonna end with Free As a Bird?
Fri. 1/25/08 9:50pm
From:
sekaer
awwwww, crippled inside isn't so bad--1/2 ironic, right?
Fri. 1/25/08 9:51pm
From:
<-o->
~ ripple creek ~
Fri. 1/25/08 9:51pm
From:
listener scott
crippled inside?!?!?! what?!?!?!
Fri. 1/25/08 9:52pm
From:
<-o->
### dialing for Dylan ###
Fri. 1/25/08 9:52pm
From:
jd
Eeep. I forgot how long Sue Me Sue You Blues is. Yeesh.
Fri. 1/25/08 9:53pm
From:
<-o->
Pseu's Blues Clues
Fri. 1/25/08 9:55pm
From:
<-o->
Smiley Smile
Talky Talk
Fri. 1/25/08 9:55pm
From:
b
a star wars "tie fighter" is leaving you comments?
Fri. 1/25/08 9:57pm
From:
Wormgod
So "one the the all time best songwriters ever" drops a stinker about smelling feet. Brilliant!
Fri. 1/25/08 9:58pm
From:
Mark
Great show you two. As a Beatles know-nothing who has no desire to expand his knowledge, I must say I'm finding this show extremely informative and entertaining! You should link this playlist to some of the many fab-four Wikipedia pages -- the Beatle-literati fan base would rain down on you both like the END OF TIMES!
Fri. 1/25/08 10:02pm
From:
Mike Fun
that's not just any tie fighter, it's Darth Vader's personal tie fighter
Fri. 1/25/08 10:03pm
From:
<-o->
when the reign comes
reign down on you aural warriors !
Fri. 1/25/08 10:04pm
From:
<-o->
Billy Prest-on nails
Fri. 1/25/08 10:05pm
From:
<-o->
gimme the Beat boy
free yer soul
wanna get down
to yer rock'n'scroll
and smile away
under the boardwalk
boardwalk !
Fri. 1/25/08 10:06pm
From:
Mike Fun
Please tell me you're going to play something from "Electronic Sound"
Fri. 1/25/08 10:07pm
From:
Mike Fun
Godawful album artwork, too
Fri. 1/25/08 10:09pm
From:
monica
hey p & g ~
LOVE this to death! any chance of hearing wings' "rock show" from venus and mars?
xo,
mo
Fri. 1/25/08 10:11pm
From:
Mike Fun
Krishna's only got 2 arms. But they are blue.
Fri. 1/25/08 10:13pm
From:
<-o->
8 blue suede arms to hold you 8
Fri. 1/25/08 10:18pm
From:
Mike Fun
Remember the isolated vocal track of Linda from some live show years back? Almost as hilarious as David Lee Roth on "Running With The Devil"
Fri. 1/25/08 10:18pm
From:
<-0->
sunny side up
easy over easy
Fri. 1/25/08 10:18pm
From:
jd
Mmm, sounds like bacon!
Fri. 1/25/08 10:19pm
From:
<-o->
smells like
victory
Fri. 1/25/08 10:20pm
From:
zoe
well, maybe it's veggie bacon...
Fri. 1/25/08 10:21pm
From:
<-o->
we know that you'll feel better
when you write us a letter
and tell
us
the name
of yer
favorite vegetable
Fri. 1/25/08 10:21pm
From:
jd
it sounds like a song that didn't make it into the Rocky Horror soundtrack
Fri. 1/25/08 10:21pm
From:
<-o->
Tater Totz ! rock out y'all !
Fri. 1/25/08 10:23pm
From:
john
talk about vegetarianism, sounds like a stuck pig. the music sounds damn good though
Fri. 1/25/08 10:25pm
From:
<-o->
Star Wars bedsheets
Fri. 1/25/08 10:26pm
From:
Listener_Paul
The only real problem with this song is that it's a bit on the long side.
Fri. 1/25/08 10:27pm
From:
ross
HEY! just got home, i see you haven't played "Temporary Secretary" yet, and i thought i heard a reference to it a few days ago....
i'm waiting....
Fri. 1/25/08 10:27pm
From:
john
do stuck pigs keep changing the key they squeal in?
Fri. 1/25/08 10:27pm
From:
A Rutle Maniac
Thank you Pseu and Gaylord, Your analysis of this material is like the last, required step down The Long and Winding Road of recovery from my Beatle Mania.
Fri. 1/25/08 10:28pm
From:
<-o->
Uncle Piggly Wiggly
Belafonte's memory
Fri. 1/25/08 10:28pm
From:
timotato
Enough!!!!! You made your point already!
Fri. 1/25/08 10:29pm
From:
<-o->
Live and Let Pigs Fly
Piggy in the Mettle
Fri. 1/25/08 10:29pm
From:
ross
it's just getting good...
Fri. 1/25/08 10:29pm
From:
jd
Ahh!
Fri. 1/25/08 10:29pm
From:
dave
Temporary Secretary PLEASE!!!
Great show!
Fri. 1/25/08 10:30pm
From:
Wormgod
If I was Kyoko and heard Mommy sounding like that, I'd be VEEEERRY worried. BUt then again, the truest art comes from pure unselfconsciousness, no?
Fri. 1/25/08 10:30pm
From:
mikey c
i can hear zappa rolling in his grave now
Fri. 1/25/08 10:30pm
From:
<-o->
Johnny B. Toklas
Fri. 1/25/08 10:30pm
From:
leanmeat
one band that comes to mind that picked up where Plastic Ono Band eft of is Can. Certainly not pointless like some of the other tracks played so far this
Fri. 1/25/08 10:31pm
From:
mikey c
i can hear zappa rolling in his grave now
Fri. 1/25/08 10:31pm
From:
Mike Fun
Anyone seen that recent picture of Sean Lennon? He looks frighteningly like John Ca. 1969
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/01_04/Lennon2501_468x368.jpg
Fri. 1/25/08 10:32pm
From:
ross
again?
Fri. 1/25/08 10:32pm
From:
<-o->
LX Chilton rolling a Doobie
Fri. 1/25/08 10:33pm
From:
<-o->
Clapton Hands Say Wah
Fri. 1/25/08 10:36pm
From:
ross
i hate to love beatle hater lovers...
wait, uuhhh.....
Fri. 1/25/08 10:37pm
From:
g
the beatles could never jam--even back in '67; it's not like they were even good jammers in their heyday
Fri. 1/25/08 10:37pm
From:
<-o->
All You Need Is Move
Fri. 1/25/08 10:37pm
From:
jd
you can't beat a Beatle hater-lover, but you can hate a Beatle beater who love to hate
Fri. 1/25/08 10:38pm
From:
<-o->
wind jammer
Fri. 1/25/08 10:38pm
From:
g
them-us-apuseses
Fri. 1/25/08 10:38pm
From:
<-o->
Beatle wifebeater
Fri. 1/25/08 10:40pm
From:
Mike Fun
Maybe it was fried tofu
Fri. 1/25/08 10:40pm
From:
ross
a fake limb makes a fine Beatle-Beater....
Fri. 1/25/08 10:40pm
From:
<-o->
Patti Boyd on castanets
Barb Bach on cave club
Fri. 1/25/08 10:40pm
From:
Mike Fun
Add Tamari and it tastes like bacon
Fri. 1/25/08 10:42pm
From:
mikey c
i can hear zappa rolling in his grave now
Fri. 1/25/08 10:43pm
From:
g
brandy alexanders . . . that brandy and milk, people . . .
Fri. 1/25/08 10:43pm
From:
ross
again?
Fri. 1/25/08 10:43pm
From:
J
http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/24/imagine-a-flashback/
Fri. 1/25/08 10:44pm
From:
Tom
The perfect Beatle album goes llike this:
5 John Songs
4 Paul Songs
2 George Songs
1 Ringo Song
This means any Beatle solo album has this:
John: 7 fillers
Paul: 8 fillers
George: 10 fillers
Ringo, well let's face it: All RIngo's songs are fillers.
Fri. 1/25/08 10:44pm
From:
ross
oh yeah...here it comes...
i think he heard fad gadget...
Fri. 1/25/08 10:44pm
From:
jd
thank you!
Fri. 1/25/08 10:45pm
From:
Mike Fun
The Fireman stuff is actually kind of ok, as far as McCartney stuff goes
Fri. 1/25/08 10:45pm
From:
Mike Fun
Meaning, he got better at this.
Fri. 1/25/08 10:46pm
From:
<-o->
contemporary secretariat
Fri. 1/25/08 10:47pm
From:
ross
who's anita?
Fri. 1/25/08 10:47pm
From:
b
liverpudlisch amerikanische freundschaft
Fri. 1/25/08 10:48pm
From:
ross
fucking sweet!
Fri. 1/25/08 10:48pm
From:
jd
Bruce Campbell sang that song?
Fri. 1/25/08 10:49pm
From:
<-o->
Anita Lane Anita Pallenberg
"Arrow Right Through Me" = Stevie Wonder rip
Back to the L'eggs
Fri. 1/25/08 10:49pm
From:
emily
pseu, when michael told me that he was downloading paul mccartney tracks for you i replied "temporary secretary" or selections from "memory almost full"...i am so glad it was the FORMER...
Fri. 1/25/08 10:50pm
From:
timotato
I always thought this was the best song on that disc.
Fri. 1/25/08 10:50pm
From:
ross
i though Anita was his temp: "Anita! Anita! Temporary Secretary!"
Fri. 1/25/08 10:50pm
From:
<-o->
give the horn section some
Fri. 1/25/08 10:51pm
From:
<-o->
oh Juanita
Fri. 1/25/08 10:52pm
From:
bob
what ????? no THE GIRL IS MINE ??????
Fri. 1/25/08 10:52pm
From:
ZippyD
Run away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fri. 1/25/08 10:53pm
From:
No More Bong Hits
Proof that cannabis is not neuro-protective:
"Everybody at EMI had become part of the furniture. I'd be a couch; Coldplay are an armchair," Sir Paul said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7143851.stm
Fri. 1/25/08 10:53pm
From:
<-o->
"Beer Jerky" influenced Foreignor
Savoy Brown Truffle
Fri. 1/25/08 10:53pm
From:
timotato
Juanita? That's Little Feat... "Fat Man in the Bathtub" "Juanita, my sweet torpedo."
Fri. 1/25/08 10:54pm
From:
shawn
Temporary Secretary, sure. Bought McCartney II when it came out and loved it's...uh...quirkiness. Hearing it again has taken that innocent feeling away, thank you. But Arrow Through Me?!? What's so bad?? How 'bout the masturbatory Rockestra Theme from Back To The Egg??
This Show is FANTASTIC, btw!!!
Fri. 1/25/08 10:54pm
From:
ross
Junita Hand-Release?
Fri. 1/25/08 10:54pm
From:
monica
"baby's request"!!! blue-eyed paul. gotta think george michael and paul young heard this...
Fri. 1/25/08 10:55pm
From:
<-o->
Rockestra > Olestra
up the Kampuchea !
my Bonita
Fri. 1/25/08 10:56pm
From:
<-o->
"Baltimore Oriole" = Sade minus Sade
Fri. 1/25/08 10:57pm
From:
monica
oh shit "baltimore oriole"!! unbelievable...
Fri. 1/25/08 10:58pm
From:
bob
great show btw.
Fri. 1/25/08 10:59pm
From:
ross
he wrote "something"...frank sinatra's favorite lennon/mccartney song...
Fri. 1/25/08 10:59pm
From:
Mike Fun
So much badness missed by this show. 3 hours just isn't enough. Here's requesting a part 2 and maybe 3. Love th show, hate the music. I
Fri. 1/25/08 11:00pm
From:
john
thanks so much, great critique and insight!
Fri. 1/25/08 11:00pm
From:
shawn
yeah, baby's request is pretty weak.
part 2 and 3 must be done!
Fri. 1/25/08 11:00pm
From:
<-o->
(bad solo) Beatles FOREVERS !!!
Fri. 1/25/08 11:00pm
From:
jd
thanks for the great show.
Fri. 1/25/08 11:01pm
From:
ross
billy preston was my favorite beatle...
Fri. 1/25/08 11:03pm
From:
ZippyD
Great show!!
Please do part2 sometime soon.
Fri. 1/25/08 11:28pm
From:
Warren Camishen
great show - never listened to WFMU before, but saw The Beatles promo and had to listen and I wasn't disappointed.
One big comment:
the female co-host needs to work on her "ya knows" and "ums" - after about the 30th "ya know" and 50th "um" I was about to turn off the station. A good radio DJ should speak somewhat smoothly without "ya knows" and "ums" - mostly because stammering on air is annoying.
thanks and I'll be listening again!
Sat. 1/26/08 1:22am
From:
pseu
Thanks for the tip, Warren and welcome to WFMU -- unscripted, unpaid and often unlistenable. Keep listening, you're bound to come across all sorts of stammering, stuttering yawning gaseous on-air behavior. This ain't no finishing school for DJs -- just ROLL WITH IT!!!
Sat. 1/26/08 1:48am
From:
Warren Camishen
Yeah, I figured you'd might respond along those lines, but I've listened to A LOT of unpaid public and independent radio people (mostly here in LA at KPFK, KXLU, ETC) over many years and I could barely deal with the "ya knows" and "ums" - it's just kind of tacky and numbskullish
Unpaid doesn't exactly mean unskilled - and a clear, concise speaking voice on radio (for good ness sakes!) is not much to ask for.
I guess three thousand WFMU listeners can't be wrong
thanks again and how about next time playing the Beatles solo stuff BACKWARDS? - there still may be some backwardly-masked secret Satanic messages in there somewhere.
Sat. 1/26/08 4:41am
From:
foreign_listener_k
Warren -
nice to see you find that a DJ should have a clear, concise speaking voice on the radio.
But some of us actually prefer a DJ with anything but a clear concise speaking voice - after all, thousands of people already do that, 24 hours a day, a non-stop soundtrack of meaningless blather delivered in a clear, concise speaking voice.
As for anticipating someone answering that your concerns about their lack of, an um, ya know, clear, um, concise, um, speaking style, ya know - who cares?
After all, the person we're listening to is Pseu, not you.
As for 3,000 listeners - well, that plus all the people listening on the planet, including the archives. I have to admit, to my eternal shame, that KPFK and KXLU lack a clear, concise presence in my life - I'm curious, how many people in Germany listen to them? And what it would be worth my time, since likely the DJs all have a clear, concise speaking voice - what a revolting recommendation.
WFMU - where dead air lives.
Sat. 1/26/08 5:08am
From:
J.H. Boo
Shame on you Blue Meanies for including the terrific "Wah Wah." A handful of the others aren't too bad, but "Wah Wah" is objectively great.
Sat. 1/26/08 6:42am
From:
John
Warren--
I'm not sure it's possible to quantify just how much you don't get it (unless this was a stealth commercial for the Connecticut School of Broadcasting). You want smooth and oily, turn the dial to the right.
As far as your examples go, you may have kneecapped your own case. I spend a lot of time in LA, and I love KXLU, but if there's a station that scores higher in giggling sophomores, snippets of the track after the one just played, and the kings and queens of dead air, I've yet to hear it. It's basically a high school station with a transmitter that reaches beyond the woods at the end of soccer field where kids go to get stoned before fifth period.
If listener numbers are the gauge of success, try Party 105. Just out of curiosity, do you use the word "professional" as a descriptive or a compliment?
Sat. 1/26/08 1:20pm
From:
Gaylord Fields
J.H. Boo -- The first set of music is the good set of solo Beatles, played as a contrast to the filler to come and to demonstrate that we're not playa hataz. I know it's not marked as such on the playlist, but we agree that "Wah Wah" is one of George's best.
Sat. 1/26/08 3:21pm
From:
Warren's Busted
Oh Lordy look what happens when you google "Warren Camishen". Someone has been very very busy....
Sun. 1/27/08 12:12am
From:
mike
This is one of the greatest sets I've ever heard on WFMU. Which is saying a lot.
Sun. 1/27/08 11:28am
From:
MikeSin
Best line during the broadcast from Gaylord -- in reference to Denny Laine: "He shaves Paul's sheep!"
Sun. 1/27/08 8:53pm
From:
Kevin K.
WCOZ-FM in Boston used to play a minute or so of "Beef Jerky" when they were short of time before the news. I never knew it was Lennon 'til I bought the album. By the way, I don't even know if WCOZ exists anymore.
Mon. 1/28/08 7:27pm
From:
Jimi
It was just like John Lennon HATED his fans!
Tue. 1/29/08 4:05pm
From:
Keith
Let's not forget all the great Hindu gems from George's "Dark Horse" LP. Now some of those need to be heard!!
Wed. 1/30/08 4:52pm
From:
Cynthia
Oh my...I like Baby's Request! And Back to the Egg has Spin it On! Love that one.
Wanna hear some godawful dreck he intended for the gloved one? I don't recommend you do. But if you simply must... it is 'Girlfriend'. Londontown. Just thinking about it hurts. Thank you both for a great show.. so funny and entertaining! Kudos galore.
Wed. 1/30/08 4:58pm
From:
Cynthia
Hey wait a macca pickin minute! Wasn't that Arrow Thru Me???? Something's rotten in Denmark! I just realized I typed out baby's request but I don't think I heard that.. I can't even remember Baby's Request! I think I heard Arrow Through Me! Maybe listening to too much McCartney has damaged MY brain cells- by association...!? Curious, curious indeedy!
Thu. 1/31/08 7:03am
From:
Listner Robbie
I'll give you "Morse Moose" as a stinker, but I guess my brain must be missing, because I actually like most of those songs you played. Then again, you could have included all of "Ringo The 4th" or "Bad Boy" and had a complete show. Thanks. Please do part two soon.
Thu. 1/31/08 8:26am
From:
magic alex
The bit where the bass comes in towards the end of Smle Away surely exempts it from inclusion in the awful list! It's just so good. Love the show, loved every um and ah and y'know... more por favor
Thu. 1/31/08 8:35am
From:
Walter Brennan
Do the much later/more recent solo Beatle works not really count? Where's the cutoff point I wonder: December 1980, or Anthology 1995 perhaps? Is it mainly in the aftermath decade where the worst offenders of questionable Solo Beatles fillers dwell? All these questions and more...
Thu. 1/31/08 8:38am
From:
Pete Best
Grrrreat show, I never got the cold turkey/beef jerky "joke" until just now.
Tue. 5/20/08 8:44pm
From:
rob
fantastic show, but...let me get this straight: "arrow through me" and "temporary secretary" are supposed to be BAD??? ;)
love the "y'knows," - is "warren camishen" a pseudonym for "casey kasem" -?? take it easy on us, mr showbiz....
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