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Favoriting October 24, 2013: Singles Breaking Off Their Engagement

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Artist Track Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
Adriano Celentano  Prisencolinensinainciusol   Favoriting Columbia  1973  45  CHEL-entano. Sorry for the mispronuncationing.  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Giorgio  Full Stop   Favoriting London  1966  45  Easier for an American to say in Italian.  0:04:43 (Pop-up)
The Roman Rebellion  Every Groovy Day   Favoriting RCA-Victor  1968  45  Thursday is the groovy day.  0:07:20 (Pop-up)
The Mekons  Work All Week   Favoriting Virgin  1979  45  Only a couple more days to go.  0:10:39 (Pop-up)
Earthquake  Hit the Floor   Favoriting Beserkley  1976  45  As in dancing.  0:13:11 (Pop-up)
The Menagerie  Good Morning 6.5   Favoriting RCA  1971  45  As in earthquakes.  0:16:14 (Pop-up)
Charlotte Austin and Bill Cunningham  Nobody Taught Me   Favoriting Mattel  1961  45  with the Daniel Darby Orchestra  0:18:37 (Pop-up)
Freddie May  Let's All Get Naked and Jump in a Pile   Favoriting RCA  1971  45  Naturally.  0:21:56 (Pop-up)
Big Al Jano and Secret Lover  The Condom Man   Favoriting Hottrax  1987  45  PSA.  0:24:50 (Pop-up)
Wayne King and HIs Orchestra  Our Dream Waltz   Favoriting RCA-Victor  1955  45  Featuring Galen Drake  0:27:02 (Pop-up)
 
Alice Cooper  Teenage Lament '74   Favoriting Warner Bros.  1974  45  Lipstick stains, blond hair....  0:36:14 (Pop-up)
Laurie and the Sighs  Touch Me   Favoriting Atlantic  1980  45  Original version by Fancy. Don't know if it was ever touched.  0:39:01 (Pop-up)
Diesel  Sausolito Summernight   Favoriting Regency  1981  45  Obligatory car song.  0:42:27 (Pop-up)
Vernon Burch  Sammy Jo Anne - One Half Woman, One Half Man   Favoriting Chocolate City  1979  45  Obligatory song about sexual identity and/or gender confusion.  0:45:08 (Pop-up)
Witch Queen  Bang a Gong   Favoriting Roadshow  1979  45  Disco gong.  0:48:45 (Pop-up)
Gloria Jones  Get It On   Favoriting EMI  1976  45  Married a tyrannosaurus.  0:52:14 (Pop-up)
Kellee Patterson  If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It   Favoriting Shady Brook  1977  45  In any kind of weather  0:55:17 (Pop-up)
Shuggie Otis  Ice Cold Daydream   Favoriting Epic  1972  45  B-side of "Strawberry Letter #23," the most played song on WFMU during Singles Going Steady week  0:59:19 (Pop-up)
Ike Turner  Right On   Favoriting United Artists  1972  45  Things go better with it.  1:01:40 (Pop-up)
The Electric Junkyard  Oliver   Favoriting RCA  1969  45  I don't think I want any more, sir.  1:05:03 (Pop-up)
The Crystal Junkyard  Fire on My Street   Favoriting TRX  1969  45  And a tiger in his tank.  1:07:47 (Pop-up)
The Neighborhoods  No Place Like Home   Favoriting Ace of Hearts  1980  45  It's just a phase he's going through.  1:09:31 (Pop-up)
The Sloopy Joes  The Girl with the LIght in Her Eyes   Favoriting Diesel Only  1991  45  featuring Michael Shelley, of course!  1:12:10 (Pop-up)
Sound of My Own Voice  Where's Tommy?   Favoriting Noiseville  1990  7"  Sue P on bass!  1:13:32 (Pop-up)
 
Inner Circle  Colt 45   Favoriting Top Ranking  1978  45  Where's Billy D.?  1:22:48 (Pop-up)
Ernie Smith  Pitta Patta   Favoriting Steady  1972  45  Don't forget to roll up your car windows.  1:25:40 (Pop-up)
Porter Wagoner  Sorrow Overtakes the Wine   Favoriting RCA-Victor  1969  45  And the wine overtakes the porter.  1:29:48 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson  Judy   Favoriting Beatlefest '82  1982  45  She's tall. She has glasses. She had $500.  1:36:41 (Pop-up)
Bristol Boxkite  Colors of Love   Favoriting World Pacific  1968  45  Blue, green, red...uh, what rhymes with orange?  1:39:33 (Pop-up)
The Giant Jellybean Copout  Awake in a Dream   Favoriting Poppy  1968  45  Asleep in reality.  1:42:05 (Pop-up)
The Family Tree  She Had to Fly   Favoriting RCA  1968  45  Somebody had to.  1:44:49 (Pop-up)
The Eclectic Mouse  Where Do the Hounds Go   Favoriting Capitol  1969  45  I don't know, and this song isn't going to tell you.  1:46:35 (Pop-up)
The Savage Rose  Long Before I Was Born   Favoriting Polydor  1968  45  I rode a mountain back then.  1:49:16 (Pop-up)
Aphrodite's Child  Don't Try to Catch a River   Favoriting Mercury  1968  45  How about a trout?  1:52:32 (Pop-up)
Golding Institute  Kimpo International Airport, Seoul, Korea   Favoriting Planet Pimp  1998  7"  Timely selection.  1:56:15 (Pop-up)
 
Green on Red  Time Ain't Nothing   Favoriting Mercury  1985  45  When you're young at heart.  2:06:39 (Pop-up)
The Boxtops  Sugar Creek Woman   Favoriting Hi  1972  45  Don't go to the sour creek, whatever you do.  2:10:00 (Pop-up)
John Phillips  Mississippi   Favoriting Dunhill-abc  1970  45  Two Ls, 4 Ss, a shitload of Is.  2:12:24 (Pop-up)
Jeannie C. Riley  Oh, Singer   Favoriting Plantation  1971  45  Oh, Jeannie C.  2:15:29 (Pop-up)
Jesse, Wolff, and Whings  Don't Cry Your Life Away   Favoriting Shelter  1972  45  How about just a little bit of it?  2:19:14 (Pop-up)
Sly Boots  Missionary Ridge   Favoriting Faithful Virtue  1971  45  Has nothing to do with sexual identity and/or gender confusion.  2:21:57 (Pop-up)
Fancy  All My Best (Sweet Mary)   Favoriting Poison Ring  1971  45  Dedicated to Butch.  2:24:51 (Pop-up)
Tindersticks  My Autumn's Done Come   Favoriting Beggars Banquet  2003  45  Lee Hazlewood cover about death.  2:28:54 (Pop-up)
Weekend  A View from Her Room   Favoriting Rough Trade  1982  45  Falling leaves, people in scarves, a wistful squirrel.  2:32:31 (Pop-up)
The In-Keepers  The Cobweb Threads of Autumn   Favoriting RCA  1969  45  Meet the Spider of Doom.  2:36:22 (Pop-up)
 
Roxy Music  Oh Yeah (On the Radio)   Favoriting Polydor  1980  45  smooth cue, too! oh yeah  2:43:37 (Pop-up)
Mike Oldfield  On Horseback   Favoriting Virgin  1975  45  great big beastie  2:47:04 (Pop-up)
Robert Wyatt  Yesterday Man   Favoriting Virgin  1977  45  That's me.  2:50:26 (Pop-up)
Jona Lewie  God Bless Whoever Made You   Favoriting Stiff-Epic  1979  45  I don't know who it was, but thanks, friend.  2:53:33 (Pop-up)
The Monochrome Set  Goodbye Joe   Favoriting Dindisc  1980  45  That's my cue!  2:56:32 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03am
Cheri Pi:

'Ello!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
12539:

Single File is early for once.
  9:03am
Christopher in Chinatown:

Prisencolineninainciusol?? you're already hitting it out of the park!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
DCE:

did you copy and paste that title?? nobody should have to type that.
Avatar 9:05am
duke:

I'm going to rename my cat Prisencolinensinainciusol
  9:05am
Christopher in Chinatown:

reviewing now, it appears I should have copied and pasted ;)
Avatar 9:06am
Joe McG:

@12539: Single File, finally on-time! @DCE: Most definitely!
  9:06am
Andrew:

hi joe & cheri & 12539 & christopher & duke & DCE ^_^

i was about to go but then heard this wonderful song ^_^
how do you pronounce it? hehe
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
common:

ello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
DCE:

God I love when he says "STOP"
Avatar 9:11am
Joe McG:

Hey, common, cheri, and Andrew and duke and Christopher in Chinatown!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Scott McDowell:

Mekons! Just made my day.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:12am
SeanG:

MEKONS!
Avatar 9:15am
Joe McG:

Scott McD! SeanG! The work week is nearly over, hooray!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
MD:

Good Morning...on this fine fall day!
"All is quiet on the Eastern Front!"
  9:18am
Andrew:

this Earthquake song sounds familiar, was it used in a movie or something?
Avatar 9:20am
Joe McG:

@Andrew: Hmm, I'm not sure! If you find out, let me know! Welcome, MD!
Avatar 9:23am
duke:

I never thought Barbie and Ken sounded like this.
Avatar 9:24am
Parq:

Mm-hmm. Barbie and Ken as Steve and Edie.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:24am
12539:

Things sure changed a lot between '61 and '71.
Avatar 9:24am
duke:

Barbie and Ken should have sung Let's All Get Naked and Jump in a Pile
  9:25am
Andrew:

haha
well a good song to leave on, bed time for me
bye all ^_^
Avatar 9:28am
Parq:

Duke, something like this?
www.nuffy.net...
Avatar 9:29am
duke:

@Parq that's what I had in mind.
  9:37am
Alice:

!!!
Avatar 9:39am
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Hello.
Peace be witchu.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:40am
tim from champaign:

Hey Joe and McGaskoewits.

One of my favorite Coop songs.
Avatar 9:41am
doca:

Hi, Joe and listeners
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
listener james from westwood:

heya joe! starring the heck out of this diesel cut!
Avatar 9:44am
Joe McG:

Hey, Rev, doca and tim and Parq!
  9:46am
Brendan:

This thing is poppin
Avatar 9:54am
Fernando:

3h Single File? That's all I need on a thursday morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
common:

that little keyboard sound seems to be getting behind a bit on gloria's version. hee.
Avatar 9:56am
Joe McG:

Hey Fernando! Single File is a long line this morning. A lot of 45s are getting in line as I write.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Greg from Bloomfield:

Whoa! De La sampled this on "Rap de Rap Show"...
Avatar 9:58am
Parq:

Aw, I was hoping you'd play selections from CD box sets at 10:30.
  10:00am
trish:

Fitting stereo on this one.
Avatar 10:00am
Joe McG:

@Parq: You're a genius! Hey, trish!
Avatar 10:00am
still b/p:

If "If it don't fit, don't force it, "are the first words heard when my player opens, am I cosmically/legally obligated to make that the principle of the day?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
DCE:

funkay
Avatar 10:02am
Joe McG:

@still b/p: Cosmically, at least.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:04am
tim from champaign:

Ike likes snow but not cold weather? I do not understand what he's talking about it. Can I get some help here?
Avatar 10:07am
still b/p:

Eva Gabor gettin' widdit now.
Avatar 10:07am
Joe McG:

@tim: He seems to like soft drinks, too.
  10:08am
Brendan:

: This is a test of the Emergency Funk Alert, emergency alert system. This is only a test. In the event of an actual Funk emergency, you would be given brief details and directions to 'get down with it'.Thank you for participating in the Emergency Funk Notification System.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
common:

@Joe and Tim: HA! Hee!
  10:10am
trish:

@Tim Cold weather is better with snow because it insulates like a blanket. Reflects great light, too.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Brian in UK:

Hello Joe and folks.
Avatar 10:17am
Joe McG:

Hey, Brian! How's things in the UK today?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:17am
efd:

Hi Joe, looking forward to LP File coming up at 10:30.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Brian in UK:

Sunshine city
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
12539:

I heard there would be nothing but 12" singles at 10:34.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
12539:

You know, the big records with little holes.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
tim from champaign:

I posed this question to Duane yesterday but I'm curious as to what you all think too: What criteria do you use for picking up a 7"/45 when you are unfamiliar with it aka taking a gamble on it?

I usually go by price ($2 or less) and ridiculousness/awesomeness of the cover artwork, band name and/or song titles.
Avatar 10:19am
Jay/London:

hi from sunny London Town
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Brian in UK:

Cassette cuarter hour
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Ken From Hyde Park:

"The B List" - A string of B-side 45 singles.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Brian in UK:

Hey Jay, waiting for the electrician?

@tim price.
Avatar 10:23am
Jay/London:

no washing machine all done Brian no to clean up the mess
Avatar 10:24am
Joe McG:

@Ken: Not a bad idea, but I play so many Bs the way it is. Like this one!
Avatar 10:27am
Joe McG:

BTW, if any of you missed Evan's show last night, check it out. A wowzer!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:28am
tim from champaign:

Ernie Smith - country reggae?
  10:31am
Brendan:

Sounds like mr Neil diamond went to Kingston
  10:37am
...:

If you need a bathroom break, you can put on side 1 of Rush hemispheres...meets the 1 side 1 song criteria
Avatar 10:38am
Joe McG:

Ha! I'm a little worried about the bathroom thing. I'm trying not to drink water...
Avatar 10:38am
SueAdynamo:

HAHA i thought at first it was an insulting song! Much more earnest at this speed.
Avatar 10:38am
fearson:

i hear Michael Gira of Swans will write you a personalized song if you pay $500 for their new album
  10:39am
dorfus:

I remember that song ... Went straight to the top with a a bullet
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:40am
tim from champaign:

I wonder if Harry was imbibing in some of Ike's soft drinks when he recorded Judy.
Avatar 10:43am
Cecile:

morning all!
Avatar 10:43am
Joe McG:

Damn Harry and his 33 speed!
Avatar 10:44am
Cecile:

I would give him $500 to write a song called "I haven't been interesting since my first album."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
common:

beachboysie.
Avatar 10:45am
Cecile:

Or, "that album? The Seer? It was MEANT to be hilarious."
Avatar 10:48am
Magda:

Good Morning Everyone.
Avatar 10:50am
Joe McG:

Hey, Magda!
Avatar 10:51am
Magda:

Hey Joe!!! Thanks for the coww punk CD.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:51am
tim from champaign:

Nice avatar, Magda!

Here's my favorite Rodney joke: "My sex life is so bad that I went to an orgy and ate grapes."
Avatar 10:52am
Joe McG:

@Magda: Glad you liked that one!
Avatar 10:58am
slater:

kamsahamnida
  11:04am
dc waters:

Joe's new fave book: "50 Yards to the 3rd Floor" by Willy Makeit, (illustrated by Betty Wont).
Avatar 11:05am
Magda:

Thanks Tim. I admire Capt. Lou as well.
Avatar 11:10am
Chris M.:

Joe: i didn't hear you wash your hands, bro.
Avatar 11:11am
Joe McG:

Mission accomplished! Come on down to the studio, I want to shake hands.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:12am
Brian in UK:

Anyone understand the expression 'Still waters run deep' if they are still how come they are running?
Avatar 11:15am
Joe McG:

My still waters were overflowing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16am
MattBelow:

Joe Osborne strikes again!
Avatar 11:19am
Jay/London:

Still waters run deep is a proverb of Latin origin now commonly taken to mean that a placid exterior hides a passionate or subtle nature. Formerly it also carried the warning that silent people are dangerous, as in Caesar's summing up of Cassius in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar I.2.195-6:
Avatar 11:20am
Joe McG:

Thanks to Matt and Chris for pledging. Everyone else can, too! www.wfmu.org...
  11:25am
trish:

It's not about fjord geology?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:26am
Brian in UK:

Thanks Jay. Guess the run is as in Silent Running. Your cannot Judge a book by the cover.
Avatar 11:26am
Joe McG:

@trish: ha ha! Just like Ike was singing about Coca-Cola.
Avatar 11:27am
Jay/London:

yes thats right brain nothing to do with real water
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29am
Mike East:

That Barbie and Ken song from earlier was actually a pretty good song, aside from the blatant sexism.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29am
Mike East:

and I don't know Fancy, but I like this song.
  11:30am
trish:

A brain sub-divided and cut up into individual parts. What brain side is that?
Avatar 11:31am
Joe McG:

@Mike East: They later recorded "Touch Me," which we heard by someone else earlier.
Avatar 11:32am
Jay/London:

should have said Brian trish
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35am
Mike East:

interesting...I'll have to go back to archives, I was on the bus at that time. Great show!
  11:37am
dorfus:

Ba ba buh buh bouncy tune
  11:38am
dorfus:

Do be doo !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38am
MattBelow:

Follow the Sunshine
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:38am
Brian in UK:

I like the upgrade!
  11:39am
dorfus:

There's that beach boys organ
  11:40am
trish:

@Jah/London Ha, oh.
Different page in my misunderstanding. Similar, maybe, in the literal to literary.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40am
MattBelow:

During the Ahh part it almost goes to evil psych but resolves to sunshine!
  11:42am
dc waters:

They really liked their strings in those arrangements just singled out.
  11:43am
dorfus:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6xiL3Kse0Sk
  11:43am
dc waters:

A little bit of string goes a long way -- like limiting to a g-string.
  11:45am
dorfus:

Cobwebs song reminded me of free design song
  11:45am
FRED:

Awesome show Joe. Thanks a mil!
Avatar 11:47am
ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

I just watched the movie Flashbacks of a Fool and I've been thinking about Roxy Music all week. Thanks for playing!
Avatar 11:47am
Joe McG:

Thanks, FRED! Having fun, as ever.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:47am
common:

yes. good stuff today, joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48am
DCE:

ooh, Mike Oldfield!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:49am
common:

mmm. beer and cheese.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:49am
Andrew Waterloo:

wo, thought this was Tull
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:49am
brian:

To Hergest Ridge you must come
Avatar 11:50am
glenn:

i thought it was amazing blondel for a second.
  11:50am
SLHalper:

Woo-hoo! Roxy and Mike O!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:51am
Brian in UK:

Nice one Joe.
Avatar 11:52am
Jay/London:

yes trish misspeelings are ....
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:53am
Brian in UK:

Confess I really like Chris Andrews original.
Avatar 11:56am
Joe McG:

@Brian: I wish I had that 45!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:56am
12539:

Great show, Joe. You should do something like this more often.
  11:57am
dorfus:

For creationists wouldn't this song title translate to God bless God
Avatar 11:58am
Joe McG:

Thanks, 12539! I'll think about it. Have a great week everybody!
Avatar 11:58am
Cecile:

it could be blessing her parents.
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Jay/London:

i second 12539 :)
  12:00pm
trish:

Pleasure to listen along, Joe. Thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
DCE:

thx Joe!
  12:01pm
dorfus:

Furthermore if the songwriter is referencing God from the perspective of a 'believer' why would identity of 'whoever made you' remain unknown? All very confusing . I'm going to drink
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