Starting with the 70s -- it could be a classic (or obscure) punk rocker, a forgotten disco diva, a long-unheard hit record, or none of these. What happens next depends on what's in the WFMU new bin and whether I remember my records from home. Tune in and find out! You'll even hear a live band once in a while.
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | Year | New | Approx. start time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| david bowie | star | ziggy stardust | rca | 1972 | ||||
| claudio mingardi | star | va-remember the 80s vol 7 | 1984 | 0:02:13 (Real) | ||||
| all natural lemon & lime flavors | string of stars | s/t | gern blandsten | 2001 | 0:09:08 (Real) | |||
| lighthouse | follow the stars | s/t | rca | 1969 | 0:13:53 (Real) | |||
| solar flares | stargazing | psychedelic tantrum | twist | 1999 | 0:17:05 (Real) | |||
| alternative tv | unlikely star | anthology | 0:20:50 (Real) | |||||
| hear 'n aid | stars | s/t | mercury |
Vocals by Ronnie James Dio, Dave Meniketti (Y&T), Dio again, Rob Halford, Dio yet again (guess who wrote and produced?), the late Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot), Dave Meniketti, (chorus), Eric Bloom, Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt; he also played the part of Duke Fame ["fucking wanker"] in Spinal Tap), Geoff Tate (Queensryche), Don Dokken, Paul Shortino returns, chorus.
Solos! (12 bars each) 1st solo: Craig Goldy/Eddie Ojeda 2nd solo: Vivian Campbell/Brad Gillis 3rd solo: Neal Schon/George Lynch 4th solo: Yngwie Malmsteen/Vivian Campbell 5th solo: George Lynch/Carlos Cavazo 6th solo: Brad Gillis/Craig Goldy/Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser Kevin DuBrow brings the vocals back, followed by Rob Halford and Geoff Tate to wrap it up |
1986 | 0:24:41 (Real) | ||
| turpentine brothers | man with direction | s/t | alien snatch | * | ||||
| snake & jet's amazing bullit band | garbage structure | x ray spirit | crunchy frog | * | 0:41:39 (Real) | |||
| the dutchess & the duke | reservoir park | she's the dutchess, he's the duke | hardly art | * | 0:44:10 (Real) | |||
| the guise | long-haired music | 1966 | 0:47:32 (Real) | |||||
| slicing grandpa | california dreamin' | spirits of doug = W | slf | * | 0:49:45 (Real) | |||
| 0:53:10 (Real) | ||||||||
| wedding present | the thing i like best about him is his girlfriend | el rey | manifesto | * | 0:57:35 (Real) | |||
| starling electric | black ghost / black girl | clouded staircase | bar none | * | 1:02:09 (Real) | |||
| van duren | chemical fire | are you serious? | water | orig 1978 | * | 1:04:15 (Real) | ||
| dwight twilley | twilley don't mind | twilley don't mind | arista | 1977 | 1:08:04 (Real) | |||
| individuals | dancing with my 80 wives (12" version) | fields / aquamarine | bar none | cd reissue - see them at Maxwell's next Tuesday night, the 22nd! | * | 1:18:22 (Real) | ||
| individuals | our world | fields / aquamarine | bar none | * | 1:24:00 (Real) | |||
| f'ke blood | water wings | 7" | italy | * | 1:26:21 (Real) | |||
| charles de goal | exposition | va-des jeunes gens modernes | born bad | french post-punk + cold wave 1978-1983 | * | 1:30:00 (Real) | ||
| the supremes | how long has that evening train been gone | box set | motown | 1:35:01 (Real) | ||||
| steinski | it's a funky thing pt. 1 (special feature mix) | what does it all mean? 1983-2006 retrospective | illegal art | originally part of Nothing To Fear: A Rough Mix.That's Larry Williams and Johnny "Guitar" Watson, if i'm not mistaken | * | 1:38:03 (Real) | ||
| the baseball project | gratitude (for curt flood) | vol 1: frozen ropes and dying quails | yep roc | Catch Steve Wynn on Joe Belock's Three Chord Monte next Thursday July 24th! | * | 1:50:16 (Real) | ||
| plastic stars | shut up | 7" | no front teeth | * | 1:53:53 (Real) | |||
| apache | nazi knife | boom town gems | birdman | * | 1:55:35 (Real) | |||
| the headboys | the shape of things to come | 7" | rso | 1979 | 1:58:00 (Real) | |||
| judas priest | dawn of creation / prophecy | nostradamus | epic | * | 2:01:57 (Real) | |||
| harry harrison | the "in" sound intro | the "in" sound | 1966 | 2:16:53 (Real) | ||||
| harry harrison | army commercial | the "in" sound | 2:17:38 (Real) | |||||
| the happenings | see you in september | the "in" sound | 2:18:48 (Real) | |||||
| harry harrison | interview with the happenings | the "in" sound | 2:20:58 (Real) | |||||
| harry harrison | the "in" sound outro | the "in" sound | 2:21:49 (Real) | |||||
| allen oldies band | dizzy | live and delirious on jersey city's wfmu | freedom | 2006 | 2:22:10 (Real) | |||
| the fallen leaves | all that you choose | it's too late now | UK listeners: see them live in London this Saturday night! Parliament Club at Inn On The Green, Notting Hill | 2:25:01 (Real) | ||||
| los fancy free | beatle suit and purple boots | nevergreens vol 1 | silicon carne | * | 2:27:15 (Real) | |||
| ratas del vaticano | el cholo del salon | mocosos pateticos | delhotel | * | 2:32:16 (Real) | |||
| allez allez | allez allez | best of | n.e.w.s. / eskimo | orig 1982ish | * | 2:39:32 (Real) | ||
| harold melvin & the blue notes | wake up everybody | wake up everybody | philadelphia international | 1975 | 2:45:00 (Real) | |||
| the last shadow puppets | the age of the understatement | the age of the understatement | domino | * | 2:52:42 (Real) | |||
| blank its | windows are dirty | 7" | sweet rot | * | 2:55:25 (Real) | |||
Tue. 7/15/08 11:04pm
From:
Jessica
Starting with the Spiders [from Mars]! Woo!
Tue. 7/15/08 11:04pm
From:
Droll
Bowie -- a fine way to defend your title as soooooo my favorite DJ.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:06pm
From:
john
Evan, just got your premium CD. If stagflation and sky-high gas prices hadn't already been convinced the 70s were back, that totally sealed the deal. Staggeringly good fun, even without Henry Gross (ahem)!
John
Tue. 7/15/08 11:07pm
From:
efd
John, just wait til vol. 2!
Jessica + Droll, glad you enjoyed the Bowie! hopefully this Italo-disco version doesn't ruin it for you mere moments later.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:07pm
From:
john
"hadn't already convinced me," that is...
Tue. 7/15/08 11:11pm
From:
Laurie
Hiiiiii Evan. I got my swag and look forward to listening to your premium! I'm too busy preparing for my trip to Chicago and would be tempted to rip all of my premiums to iTunes, and that's just too time consuming! For now, anyway.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:12pm
From:
efd
Sybil or Joe, are you out there? I can haz all-star game update? Did anyone in Yankee Stadium actually cheer for J.D. Drew?
Tue. 7/15/08 11:12pm
From:
Droll
Is it too much to ask for Stars by Hum, one of my all-time fave shoegazers?
Tue. 7/15/08 11:14pm
From:
Randy in NC
NL 3 - AL 2
Tue. 7/15/08 11:14pm
From:
efd
hmm, that might indeed be too much. I'm also not likely it is that it's in the FMU library.
(thanks, Randy!)
Tue. 7/15/08 11:16pm
From:
Randy in NC
NL went ahead off Papelbon. It was an error,
It's the bottom of the 8th now.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:18pm
From:
Randy in NC
Before the start of the game, the NYY fans were oh so gracious to Francona and co.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:21pm
From:
Randy in NC
3-3 end of the 8th
Tue. 7/15/08 11:21pm
From:
john
As a Mets fan, I can confidently state that Wagner just had a patented big-game moment.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:21pm
From:
efd
yeah, i was at the parade this afternoon for a while and the Sox who rolled by did not get a friendly reception.
Except from me, of course.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:22pm
From:
Jessica
Mm, starry night.
We also got our awesometastic EFD CD today. It was all singing all dancing, as I read through the tracklist, then got to KRISTY AND JIMMY MCNICHOL and had a full-on 4th-grade-nostalgia meltdown.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:24pm
From:
E.L.
I think this is the first time baseball upstaged the Evan "Funk" Davies show for me. I didn't even notice what time it was!
Tue. 7/15/08 11:27pm
From:
efd
completely understandable, E.L.!
glad to hear everyone's getting their premiums!
Tue. 7/15/08 11:28pm
From:
Laurie
This song is epic. We're staaaaaaaaaaaaars.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:28pm
From:
Droll
Star songs covering all 50 years of WFMU! Damn fine set, EFD.
Oh boy -- Hear'n'Aid! I'm glad I wore my brown pants for the show today. Look at that solo lineup!
Tue. 7/15/08 11:28pm
From:
Laurie
Evan "Funk" Davies, you're the staaaaaaaaaaar.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:29pm
From:
E.L.
Even as a Red Sox fan I have to appreciate Mariano Rivera coming onto the field to this Hear 'n Aid track.
Tue. 7/15/08 11:31pm
From:
Tom (The Bactrian Support Network)
This number never it hit me right but listening it to it again over 20 years latter - kinda nice .. all the style guitars and all even though I must say MOST (NOT ALL) heavy Metal Bands kind of after a while by the mid'80's just came "" Out of Ciggarette Machines""" ( like in the same way Disco KILLED the Funk (( Mainstream that is anyway )) but we now have WFMU !!!!! and we are ALL STARS **************
Tue. 7/15/08 11:42pm
From:
Randy in NC
3-3 end of 9th
Tue. 7/15/08 11:52pm
From:
efd
i am really hoping that one of the Red Sox either scores or drives in the winning run
Tue. 7/15/08 11:55pm
From:
E.L.
What if Rivera gets the loss? Does that count as a BoSox victory after all the Papelbon hate?
Tue. 7/15/08 11:55pm
From:
Randy in NC
still tied, middle of the 10th
Tue. 7/15/08 11:57pm
From:
chelsea
weird covers are my fav!
Wed. 7/16/08 12:01am
From:
efd
i think we can have a Red Sox victory of sorts without Mariano being embarassed.
Although if it comes to that, I'll take it.
Wed. 7/16/08 12:02am
From:
efd
hi Toni, didn't mean to ignore you! hope you had a good birthday weekend in Wildwood!
Wed. 7/16/08 12:04am
From:
E.L.
AL leaves three stranded. Ouch.
Wed. 7/16/08 12:17am
From:
john
Great set, bunch of my fave rave new records and then twilley! Perfect end to kind of a suck-ass day which was otherwise going to end with a break-up a few hours ago. Cool beans.
Wed. 7/16/08 12:27am
From:
Randy in NC
top of the 12th still 3 all
Wed. 7/16/08 12:27am
From:
efd
thanks John, glad I was able to provide a slightly less sucky end to your day
Wed. 7/16/08 12:28am
From:
efd
jeez! who's pitching? and who's left in the bullpen??
I'm telling you, Selig's gotta be shitting bricks.
Wed. 7/16/08 12:30am
From:
john
Owe you one, bro. Think it's Soria from KC in his second inning. Selig must be shitting bricks indeed, which only shows there's upside to everything.
Wed. 7/16/08 12:31am
From:
cheri
efd?? have a grooooovy night
Wed. 7/16/08 12:32am
From:
efd
ok, goodnight Toni/Cheri!
Wed. 7/16/08 12:40am
From:
efd
i guess i can forget about the end of the all-star game being on the DVR... i only recorded til midnight
Wed. 7/16/08 12:46am
From:
john
Sure can, we're going to the 13th. Selig's going to activate the Hall of Famers from the parade. Bob Feller's warming in the bullpen.
Wed. 7/16/08 12:47am
From:
E.L.
Don't worry, it'll still be going when you get home.
Wed. 7/16/08 12:52am
From:
john
Great album! Guess you can't play Ted F$$$ing Williams?
Wed. 7/16/08 12:53am
From:
efd
haha, i wish! maybe if i do a web morning show sometime...
Wed. 7/16/08 12:54am
From:
C
Looks like I've missed a great show and game. But just came back from seeing Nomo. I don't know anything about music, but this was just an incredible event. If you get a chance, definitely check them out. It's hard to beat a mean live set of horns!
Wed. 7/16/08 1:05am
From:
Jessica
It's *what* from *who*?
Wed. 7/16/08 1:05am
From:
efd
you heard me!
Wed. 7/16/08 1:08am
From:
efd
you can't deny the awesomeness of a 2CD concept album about Nostradamus.
Just sayin'.
Wed. 7/16/08 1:18am
From:
E.L.
It's still going! I think each team still has a pitcher squirreled away too. EVERYONE is so bored. It's fantastic.
Wed. 7/16/08 1:19am
From:
E.L.
ANOTHER BIG DIPPER SHOW!?
Wed. 7/16/08 1:20am
From:
efd
that's what it says in the Cherry Blossom Clinic blurb! Sept 30 at the Paradise
Wed. 7/16/08 1:21am
From:
efd
Laurie, are you still out there? I was so distracted by the all-star game I forgot to say have a good trip to Chicago!
Wed. 7/16/08 1:23am
From:
C
I never realized how sinister this song is. really threatening
Wed. 7/16/08 1:25am
From:
Droll
EFD, you should do some PSAs recruiting for your army. Kiss had an army. Harry has an Action Army. You could have a Funk Army! Tastemaker Army!
Wed. 7/16/08 1:30am
From:
efd
Droll, you might be onto something there!
(As is C regarding "See You In September" - stalker alert for sure!)
Wed. 7/16/08 1:33am
From:
C
Yeah. It's funny how some songs can become so familiar that you don't even think about them.
By the way, I missed the Bowie stuff, but did you check out the "Golden Years" cover played on Trent's show last night? It was great.
Wed. 7/16/08 1:37am
From:
E.L.
AL WINS! AL WINS!
Wed. 7/16/08 1:37am
From:
Randy in NC
4-3 AL 15 innings!
Wed. 7/16/08 1:38am
From:
C
Loved the Francona reaction face
Wed. 7/16/08 1:39am
From:
Randy in NC
4:50
Wed. 7/16/08 1:39am
From:
E.L.
4 hours 50 minutes
Wed. 7/16/08 1:42am
From:
efd
unbelievable... thanks for the updates, guys!
Wed. 7/16/08 1:55am
From:
E.L.
Catch you later, Evan. Thanks for the all star soundtrack.
Wed. 7/16/08 1:56am
From:
efd
goodnight E.L., and everyone else! thanks for staying up!
Wed. 7/16/08 1:56am
From:
Joe
Well I'll be damned if, in a sleepy little tavern in the heart of North Jersey, a fine young Sox player named J.D. Drew got a standing ovation from some of the most die hard Yanks fans I've ever had the pleasure of drinking with. He's a good kid, he deserves it. 2nd best part of the night was listening to Joe Buck drop subtle hints that the game was going on for way too freaking long.
Hmm, Harry Harrison and Hear 'n Aid. I'm gonna have to check the archives on this one tomorrow.
Or I might just do it right now. I'm crazy like that.
Wed. 7/16/08 1:59am
From:
efd
very nice! i'm sorry i missed the game, but i dont even know if i could have stayed up for the whole thing!
Wed. 7/16/08 10:19am
From:
Jeb
The Lighthouse hit you were probably trying to remember is "One Fine Morning". A great Canadian band of the 70's. One of the members is now an engineer, working here in Ottawa (the nation's capital).
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