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Favoriting April 2, 2014: A trip to 1973 with MICHAEL WALKER, author of What You Want Is In The Limo!

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Welcome to 1973 -- the year the sixties die. O father of the four winds fill our sails... and please blast the patchouli out of the room once and for all while you're at it. And so it is done. Cleansed of the 1960s cultural jetsam, rock and pop are reborn in ravishing new duds: glam, prog, protopunk, metal, you name it -- the gang is suddenly all here, at the top of their game, hurling hits like fastballs.

That's a paragraph from the introduction of What You Want Is In The Limo by Michael Walker. He's my guest on tonight's show, and we'll be discussing the simultaneous '73 tours of Led Zeppelin, The Who and Alice Cooper that were the catalysts for the sea change in rock tours, the rock business and rock stardom. Plus I'll kick off (and wrap up) the show with some of of the other amazing music that was released that year.
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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
slade  get down and get with it   Favoriting sladest  reprise  1973     
roxy music  do the strand   Favoriting for your pleasure  atlantic  1973    0:03:35 (Pop-up)
the isley brothers  that lady (part 1)   Favoriting 7"  t-neck  1973    0:07:22 (Pop-up)
blue öyster cult  teen archer   Favoriting tyranny & mutation  columbia  1973    0:10:34 (Pop-up)
elton john  teacher i need you   Favoriting don't shoot me, i'm only the piano player  mca  1973    0:14:26 (Pop-up)
new york dolls  personality crisis   Favoriting s/t  mercury  1973    0:18:46 (Pop-up)
the stories  brother louie   Favoriting s/t  kama sutra  1973    0:22:14 (Pop-up)
grand funk  we're an american band   Favoriting we're an american band  capitol  1973    0:26:04 (Pop-up)
 
michael walker  interview with efd part 1   Favoriting         0:39:32 (Pop-up)
led zeppelin  dancing days   Favoriting houses of the holy  atlantic  1973    0:50:01 (Pop-up)
alice cooper  billion dollar babies   Favoriting billion dollar babies  warner bros  1973    0:53:39 (Pop-up)
the who  the punk meets the godfather   Favoriting quadrophenia  mca  1973    0:57:21 (Pop-up)
michael walker  interview with efd part 2   Favoriting         1:03:11 (Pop-up)
alice cooper  i love the dead   Favoriting billion dollar babies  warner bros  1973    1:12:54 (Pop-up)
led zeppelin  the song remains the same   Favoriting houses of the holy  atlantic  1973    1:18:15 (Pop-up)
the who  love reign o'er me   Favoriting quadrophenia  mca  1973    1:23:55 (Pop-up)
michael walker  interview with efd part 3   Favoriting         1:29:27 (Pop-up)
the who  5:15   Favoriting quadrophenia  mca  1973    1:41:57 (Pop-up)
led zeppelin  over the hills and far away   Favoriting houses of the holy  atlantic  1973    1:46:29 (Pop-up)
alice cooper  unfinished sweet   Favoriting billion dollar babies  warner bros  1973    1:50:43 (Pop-up)
michael walker  interview with efd part 4   Favoriting         1:56:54 (Pop-up)
led zeppelin  the rain song   Favoriting houses of the holy  atlantic  1973    2:08:54 (Pop-up)
alice cooper  generation landslide   Favoriting billion dollar babies  warner bros  1973    2:16:46 (Pop-up)
the who  i've had enough   Favoriting quadrophenia  mca  1973    2:21:04 (Pop-up)
 
humble pie  drugstore cowboy   Favoriting eat it  a&m  1973    2:32:25 (Pop-up)
aerosmith  mama kin   Favoriting s/t  columbia  1973    2:37:18 (Pop-up)
t. rex  20th century boy   Favoriting va-20th century boy: the ultimate collection  hip-o    only released as a single in 1973, but I won't try to pretend that's what I'm playing  2:41:49 (Pop-up)
thin lizzy  the rocker   Favoriting vagabonds of the western world  decca  1973    2:45:15 (Pop-up)
the sweet  little willy   Favoriting s/t  bell  1973    2:50:17 (Pop-up)
silverhead  hello new york   Favoriting 16 and savaged  mca  1973    2:53:30 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03pm
Whooda:

Great looking show ahead DJ EFD. Whoa! stapping my feet and in my glam shoes.
  9:03pm
P-90:

Good Evening, and Congratulations @ DJ efd!
  9:03pm
neelc23:

Hello, Evan
Avatar 9:03pm
Callieflower:

Hii, folks. Hii, Evan. Hii, folks' pets
  9:04pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

Whotta start!
Avatar 9:05pm
Danne D:

Hi EFD :) Hi Everyone :)
Avatar 9:05pm
Holly in NC:

Hello!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
Stevel:

If I hated Brian Ferry, I'd still love "Do The Strand."

Perfect collision between glam and new wave.

Hey there, Holly!
Avatar 9:06pm
BadGuyZero:

¡Hola!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Stransky.
Avatar 9:06pm
Danne D:

Still extremely slowly trudging through "1973 Nervous Breakdown" another good book on that year :)

Hi Holly :)
Avatar 9:07pm
Loretta:

hi all! I love 1973!!! my avatar this week is TL from 1973 @ Mercer St. Arts Ctr.
Avatar 9:09pm
Danne D:

Surely Evan will play a cut or two off of 1973's Tales From Topographic Oceans tonight ;o)
Avatar 9:09pm
Joe B:

oh yeah! Teaneck in the house!
Avatar 9:09pm
Holly in NC:

1/2 of me is still listening to Gary on the GTDS stream, I hate this new conflict :-(.

Love efd & all funk friends. Hi Stevel & Danne!

Oh, BEYOND love this single
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Stevel:

This show will be so much of what crystallized my musical...uh...well, everything in the rock and popular music category, much less my appreciation of other performing arts.
  9:11pm
JakeGould:

Whoa. This show is going to be a show. Cool!
Avatar 9:11pm
Joe B:

1973 - the year Monster Mash returned to the charts for no apparent reason
  Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
phat:

I've been pretty obsessed with early 70s rock over the past few years. Late 60s and 70s, actually. Something about it...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
efd:

Briefly considered that one, Joe.

Briefly.
Avatar 9:13pm
Danne D:

Supposedly I was telling my sister everything that happened on "Watergate" every day when she came home from school.

I am not kidding.

Though I remember none of that.

That year is pretty much pre-memory, though I do remember I was a big fan of Flip Wilson's show around then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
efd:

Hey, thanks everyone for tuning in and for the early comments - I'm really excited about tonight's show, hope it lives up to my expectations not to mention yours.
Avatar 9:14pm
Holly in NC:

@Danne - Being realistic, 1970-72 Fragile or Closer to the Edge or ST more likely. Most realistically, efd will never play Yes. Unless one of us gets a terminal illness & begs.
Avatar 9:14pm
Joe B:

wasn't a request. just a bizarre occurance!
Avatar 9:14pm
Whooda:

@sevel Yes, exactly the same for me. With hindsight I can see why I was so confused and overwhelmed by the era in musical terms. Who's That Lady is an excellent example of stuffing my brain with new and fantastic sound and genre but not understanding how.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Billion Dollar Babies is the '73 qualifier, but Killer is such a flat out great pop slab.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Stevel:

...and, if anyone would like to know, it was the year after my family relocated, with me heading into 6th grade. I wasn't happy.

A new friend of bad influence (the other kids weren't really that approachable) introduced me to Alice Cooper, via the Billion Dollar Babies collector cards. I had no idea what the fuck it was, but it was FASCINATING!

That was the moment I graduated from top 40 radio to listening to and buying albums. AOR came soon after.
  Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
phat:

Aladdin Sane came out in '73.
Avatar 9:16pm
Danne D:

@EFD and Joe apparently it became of hit again in '73 because it had been banned in '62 in Britain for being too morbid. 1973 it was re-released there and a hit. England is always good for the random charting song now and again :)

@Holly Oh I get that have Tales played on WFMU is a once in a lifetime opportunity (that has already happened for me) - it just happens to be the album they released in '73.
  Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
phat:

Oh yeah, Don't Shoot me...
  9:16pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

I was 12 in '73. Watergate was the go to for current events for social studies @ Judd Jr. High.
Avatar 9:17pm
Joe B:

I'll always remember 1973 as my first experience getting ripped off in music. I mailed away for a record called Golden Hits of 1973. 2 Lp set featuring the top hits of the year ... performed by a group called 'the Sound Effects'
  9:17pm
JakeGould:

And in 1975, Dr. Demento played “Shaving Cream” again. And it was reissued. And thus, a legend was born.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
efd:

I'm the same age as you, LPB. Watergate was everywhere.
  9:17pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

Funny I was thinking about school as this cut began!
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Joe B:

not to mention the really creepy looking Willie Mays baseball card from this year
Avatar 9:18pm
Danne D:

I was 3 when Watergate was on.
I can only surmise that I watched the Electric Company and it was on after and for some oddball reason I had my mom keep it on. I apprarently gave a daily update of the dress the one witness was wearing that day.
  Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
phat:

I gotta make a phone call... man...
Avatar 9:19pm
Whooda:

Haha...The Effects. As you discovered DJ Joe Belock, you weren't the only fish to bite that hook. :)
Avatar 9:19pm
Holly in NC:

1973 = 1st run of Wacky Packages. That is all that matters. Watergate? Whatever. (speaking as my younger self)
  Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
phat:

Holy crap. This is gonna be good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Dominick:

Oh yeah !!!
  9:20pm
JakeGould:

FWIW, I was 5 years old in 1973. And my childhood memories include playing in front of the TV while my dad switched between TV channels… Watergate… Bzzt… Vietnam… Bzzt… Sesame Street.
Avatar 9:20pm
Danne D:

Dickie Goodman's "Energy Crisis" does not qualify ('74) but his "Watergate" does.

Really Wacky Packs go back that long Holly? :)
I think aside from baseball cards the first cards me and friends were Charlie's Angels cards.
Avatar 9:20pm
Loretta:

it wouldn't be '73 without the Dolls
  9:20pm
john:

I was ten in '73. Half my fifth grade class--and probably half of every other one too, at least the boys--owned the single of Monster Mash. There's yer hit. And in retrospect, I'd suggest that the '60s were long dead by then.
  Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
phat:

It kinda was a big ol' FU to the 60s, wasn't it? (I turned 3 in Nov. of '73)
  9:21pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

Thx efd!
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BadGuyZero:

I don't have any memories I can pinpoint as happening in 1973.
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Holly in NC:

@Danne - They do. Trust me on this.
Avatar 9:22pm
Danne D:

In unrelated news my Fantasy Baseball team is 1973 Padres awful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Givin' props for Dark Shadows cards. Trade ya a Julia.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
Fuzzy:

Ah, '73...the beginning and end of my illustrious Little League career -- I was 8-9!
  9:23pm
john:

Oh yeah, '73 was the year of Wacky Packs trading on the bus.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
efd:

@phat the '60s FU will be discussed during the ensuing interview!
  Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
phat:

When I first saw Louis CK's show and heard this as the theme song I figured, this show is gonna be good. I was right.
Avatar 9:24pm
Joe B:

Wacky Packages, wow, I loved them. i will admit to liking the gum as well!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
efd:

also coming up: what I believe will be my first-ever on-air reading (of anything longer that an upcoming show or movie listing)
  9:25pm
bill:

Dyer Maker - wtf did that even mean?
Avatar 9:25pm
Danne D:

Flip Wilson very well might be my first memory. I distinctly remember watching it when it was on and I really can't think of anything else. More likely it's a 1974 memory for me. It's more amazing perhaps in the sense that dad, um, kinda would make us turn off the Jeffersons...

Funny thing is that

Wacky Packs are an underrated cultural phenomenon. Largely because of Garbage Pail Kids (which were essentially Wacky Packs concepts attached to the Cabbage Patch craze)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Fuzzy:

Wacky Packages! Stuck all over the fridge!
  9:26pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

Monster Mash rerelease was on Parrot label if I recall, making Boris
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

I think Bob Ezrin invented 1973.
  Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
phat:

bill: Jamaica
Avatar 9:27pm
Danne D:

Now smelly stickers - those were definitely something that became a sensation a few years later when I was in grammar school. Was a sad day when they made us scrub/wash/scrape all of 'em off of our desks at school :(

WOOHOO! CLAY PIGEON SONG!!!
  9:28pm
neelc23:

Dyer Maker = Jamaica
  9:28pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

And Tom Jones label mates, right?
  9:28pm
bill:

thx phat!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
Dominick:

Todd worked a few good records in '73 didn't he?
Avatar 9:28pm
Whooda:

Cringe inducing memory of Wacky Pack card, "Honda Hooper" massively fat girl on back of a scooter making the front wheel come up. The 'fat girl' in our class was named, you guessed it, Peggy Hooper. As soon as I saw that card I thought how awful this would be for her.
Avatar 9:28pm
Chris M.:

what a great set
  Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
phat:

COME ON DUDES!
  9:29pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

If not Ezrin, then Todd Rundgren.
Avatar 9:29pm
Holly in NC:

Wacky Packs stuck all over my toy chest & & bedroom closet door!! When I went to college I scraped off what I could onto notebook paper & saved... I m pretty sure they made the trip from New England to North Carolina & are in my attic somewhere.
Avatar 9:30pm
Danne D:

Wow Flip Wilson was born in Jersey City. I did not know this.
  Swag For Life Member 9:30pm
phat:

@bill no problem
Avatar 9:31pm
Danne D:

and that's how it goes...
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Holly in NC:

@efd - thanks for the Stories. Do love Hot Chocolate original also. 2 great tastes!
  9:32pm
bill:

Best bed music btw
  Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
phat:

OMG
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

My first concert. 1973. I was 11. Slade. That's right. Slade.
Avatar 9:37pm
V Priceless:

1973 RULES!!
Avatar 9:37pm
V Priceless:

SLADE RULES!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

With Country Joe and the Fish opening?
  Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
phat:

OMG
  Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
phat:

What the hell is going on nowadays?
  9:40pm
bill:

I's telling my kid that back in the 70s indy labels weren't necessary because everything good was on the majors.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41pm
mariano:

Ooh! Berlin Brats "Psychotic" was '73, right? Great garage/protopunk song.
Avatar 9:41pm
V Priceless:

Alice Cooper Group = last nail in the coffin of the flower power era!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Stevel:

Killer AND Billion Dollar Babies came out that year. Strong stuff and yes, probably a album's worth of good. But, I ALWAYS listened to the last track on Killer(Killer) just to hear the scaffolding trip. Soooooo creepy. Never saw him till last summer. (Good show.)
  9:44pm
bill:

Remember Townshend back in mid 60s pushing Jim Marshall to make bigger amps, dammit!
Avatar 9:44pm
V Priceless:

Killer was '71
  9:45pm
JakeGould:

Can you imagine hearing Led Zeppelin on a commercial station for the first time ever?
  9:45pm
bill:

Humble Pie is not forgotten, phone dude!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
efd:

bill, we talk about some of the advances in live sound later in the interview!
  9:46pm
bill:

thx efd!
Avatar 9:47pm
Whooda:

@Jake I can remember hearing a Led Zeppelin song in a Cadillac commercial for the first time!
  9:47pm
JakeGould:

@Whooda, I hate-like that.
Avatar 9:48pm
Whooda:

Yes the irony wasn't lost on me when I watched it.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
Stevel:

V Priceless: Thanks. My memory is currently impaired.

Muscle of Love. Similar reasoning, I suppose. Bought that with my Mom. It was awkward, but she let it ride.
Avatar 9:50pm
V Priceless:

You are welcome, Stevel! Muscle great, too!
  9:51pm
Lonely Planet Boy:

Vince Furnier was a guest star on NBC's Mystery series on Snoop Sisters. They aired "I Love the Dead". Any others from Billion?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
efd:

Wow, hard to believe "I Love The Dead" was on network TV back then!
Avatar 9:54pm
Danne D:

@EFD they could sneak stuff by folks easier probably :)
Heck Sherman Hemsley had them playing Nektar on the Jeffersons
Avatar 9:55pm
Holly in NC:

Had no idea Houses of the Holy came out in 1973, I was still listening to prepube shite at the time. Loved me some Donny Osmond! Although K-Tel comps rocked my world also. And Waylon Jennings. And Gordon Lightfoot. ??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
mariano:

@Whooda: funny how hard rock gets used in commercials now. Everyone now seems to claim they loved the Ramones back in the day, when I remember most people hating them. I knew things were changing for the worse when, around 1990, I heard a muzak version of Don't Fear the Reaper in a supermarket.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Stevel:

Billion Dollar Babies is a near-perfect song, in my book.

VERY satisfying.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Barkevious Shabazz:

Donovan guest spot.
Avatar 9:57pm
V Priceless:

@ Danne D - Hemsley and Nektar - CLASSIC!! Good call!
  9:57pm
bill:

Dennis Dunaway is still out there kicking out th jams in clubs
Avatar 9:58pm
Whooda:

!mariano Hehe Kansas in the supermarket. The Detroit car makers flirted with "evil" rock background music for a while, but I can't remember other examples.
Avatar 9:58pm
V Priceless:

Dunaway's bass-playing mind-blowing!
  9:58pm
JakeGould:

This show tonight. Perfection!
  Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
phat:

Oh. Quadrophenia...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
mariano:

I always thought Quadrophenia was a few years later because of the movie. Now I know!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
Stevel:

Barkevious: AWESOME guest spot!

I would go see DD in a flash. Does he tour?
  Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
phat:

Album changed my world
Avatar 10:00pm
Whooda:

Like it or not Quadrophenia stands alone in its effect.
  10:00pm
bill:

Anybody know what that whole synthesized passage said?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Chop Scott:

I bought Alice Cooper "Billion Dollar Babies" when I was 10 years old--the first LP I remember buying. Blew all of my allowance on my older brother's idea--he bought Zepplin. Played it on my grandparents console hi-fi!
Avatar 10:01pm
V Priceless:

DD plays with Joe and Albert Bouchard in Blue Coupe! Very active in and around NYC-metro area!
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Loretta:

Evan, you've outdone yourself tonight.. fantastic show!
  Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
phat:

@bill mymymymy gggggeneration
  10:02pm
bill:

I love you Pete (lighter)
  10:02pm
bill:

thx phat!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02pm
mariano:

@bill: something else I didn't know, thanks!
Avatar 10:02pm
V Priceless:

This Who record is just freakin' perfect. Pete Townsend, # 50 in RS's top 100 guitarists! Haha!!
Avatar 10:03pm
Whooda:

@Chop Scott some of those consoles had excellent sound with a good needle. My dad sold Magnavox, they kicked ass. Magnavox invented the air suspension speaker cone.
  10:03pm
JakeGould:

My first introduction to Alice Cooper was in 1975 or so. Local pizza place around the corner from me. Had a 45 jukebox with the cover to the “Elected” single dead center in the display.
Avatar 10:03pm
Danne D:

Again all my 1973 is sorta reflective but I will say that the Yessongs live album came out in '73 - I scored a great copy for 5 bucks when I was in high school :)

Glad prog gets it's due in the account of year btw :)
Avatar 10:04pm
Danne D:

"Living for the CIty" - 1973 as well :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
mariano:

Townsend has always considered Q his best work.
Avatar 10:05pm
Whooda:

@Pricelsess I think Townsend lost points in that list because he was a pedophile, but let's not get into that discussion again :)
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V Priceless:

@ Danne D - no shame on the Prog front, bro!
  10:05pm
bill:

Whooda Pete was a victim researching is own abuse
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
Stevel:

There's a lot of The Who in The Clash. (Not just the Guns On The Roof opener.)
Avatar 10:06pm
Danne D:

@V P yeah the '10s have been the decade where prog has been allowed to re-emerge ;)
Avatar 10:07pm
Whooda:

@Bill Yea, that's his story and he's sticking to it. Researching for an new album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07pm
Chop Scott:

@Whooda--yes, those older consoles were tube amp, sounded so fantatsic. A real formative sound memory.
  10:08pm
neelc23:

I Have no reason to doubt him.
  10:08pm
bill:

Why would you not believe him?
Avatar 10:09pm
V Priceless:

sold more records for Warner Brothers than anyone, Alice did!
  10:10pm
bill:

Fuck it. Let's think of the music.
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Danne D:

the scary thing is that 1973 is to the kids of today what 1932 was for folks coming of age in 1973

It's make believe ball room time for us ;o)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
efd:

Yeah, I don't think any of us here is in a position to really know what happened so let's move on from that topic.
Avatar 10:11pm
Whooda:

Townsend wasn't "researching" the images in the local cafe you know.
  10:12pm
bill:

Whood: skip it.
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Peteski:

Alice Cooper was huge. In the 8th Kathleen Storch stitched "ALICE" into the back pocket of her hip huggers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12pm
efd:

nice memory, Peteski!
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Danne D:

Yes and Asia had short names b/c manager Brian Lane believed in short names - they appear larger on the marquee
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V Priceless:

haha @ hip huggers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
mariano:

You know, @Danne, I think about that a lot: the cultural shift between '32 and '74 is so much more extreme than between /74 and now.
  Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
phat:

Zeppelin kept Atlantic Records alive for years, too.
Avatar 10:14pm
Whooda:

V Priceless and I and other were having the discussion of greatest guitarist rankings a while back on another board, sorry to disturb your cocoon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
efd:

Fron the Snoop Sisters to WFMU!
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Chris M.:

man, i am *loving* this show. great job, funk!
Avatar 10:14pm
V Priceless:

Fine show, efd!!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Stevel:

"Cadaver eyes..."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Chop Scott:

Great show EFD!!! Cheers...
  10:15pm
john:

School's Out swept through North Street School the year before (at least the big kids in fifth and sixth grade), opening the door wide for Billion Dollar Babies, which one girl brought to play in art class that spring. All the more exciting because it had been recorded in the house the band was living in only about a mile away from our school.
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patro:

I saw Alice Cooper on this tour, I think, I was 15 or 16 at the time. Flo & Eddie were the opener. Alice got his head cut off for a grand finale.
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efd:

gosh, thanks you guys! I'm enjoying it too!
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mariano:

Is he singing about the Grateful Dead?
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efd:

Oh yeah, john, we didn't really talk about it in the interview but the book spends a LOT of time talking about that house in Connecticut.
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Danne D:

Different Book but to give a little context to 1973 (cherry picking from the back of the book 1973 Nervous Breakdown):
1/1/73 Clemente dies in plane crash
1/22/73 Roe v Wade decision
4/14/73 World Trade Center Dedicated
5/17/13 Senate begins televised Watergate Hearings
8/9/73 Jesus Christ Superstar Released
9/20/73 Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in Battle of Sexes tennis match
11/17/13 Nixon declares "I am not a crook"
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Holly in NC:

@Jake - My 1st exposure to Alice also via jukebox at the foodstand at the local beach, played by local older (30ish?) motorcycle dude who chose to hang out w 10 yr olds. Funny we 10 yr olds didn't find that odd (hey, he gave us quarters for the jukebox!), and luckily he wasn't a pedo, at least not actively.

Sigh, Jukebox at the beach. Beach free, jukebox a quarter. Kids these days will never know. Also Good Humor Cherry Bombes, Bomb Pops, and that thing with the gumball at the bottom.
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V Priceless:

@ John - where was this? Michigan?
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V Priceless:

oh right, The Galesi Mansion!
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Danne D:

Kind of fuck you to All You Need is Love, isn't it?
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Stevel:

God help me, I love the humping parts so.
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Lonely Planet Boy:

efd - not 100% certain of track on Snoop Sis's. Maybe Bittersweet Symphony instead?
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bill:

Alice always belonged on Broadway. Maybe his time has arrived.
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mariano:

Aw yeah! Love Song Remains the Same!
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efd:

He almost appeared on Broadway in 1973, as you'll hear in a bit...
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Danne D:

that's my take on that long part of "I Love the Dead" anyway
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bill:

best LZ song
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mariano:

Alice Cooper talked once in an interview about how Mae West came to one of his shows and totally got it: she said it was pure modern vaudeville.
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Chop Scott:

EFD! This touches the core, I thank you.
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efd:

my pleasure, Scott!
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john:

Greenwich, Connecticut. I've got a story or two about the house, and local high schoolers a few years older than I have more--apparently the guys were mostly well-liked by anyone who knew them around town. Scads of wholly imaginary tales have cropped up over the years, including some that people I know swear are true but which bear no possible relation to objective reality. Factoid: Bette Davis was apparently a near neighbor, in her elderly drunk years. She may have been somewhat less popular.
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phat:

I wonder if you could get away with this kind of big dumb rock ambition anymore?
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ron in S FL:

Great show EFD! How could the critics pan this, compared to what? Definitely their most progressive release.
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BadGuyZero:

If I recall correctly Mott the Hoople was the first rock band to play on Broadway. Queen opened.
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phat:

Soundgarden came close.
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Barkevious Shabazz:

If you have the misfortune to be dragged into the "music has has been liberated/hindered by the internet" argument, a listen to this show on the archive should shorten that conversation.
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Whooda:

@Phat What do you think Lady GaGa is all about?
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mariano:

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward lived in Greenwich too, didn't they?
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Holly in NC:

@Danee - Of your list, the only thing that resonated w. me at the time = Jesus Christ Superstar. Day by day.. oh dear lord... EARWORM

Now, Roe v Wade.
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Alex of Chicago:

The bit of the interview I caught was great. I'll catch the rest in the archives.
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phat:

well...
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efd:

Thanks Ron! We'll be talking some about the critics' reaction in a bit.
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phat:

@efd, that was on the air, yes.
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john:

@mariano: No, they were in Westport. A little more showbizzy, though we had Diana Ross, for our sins.
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ron in S FL:

@BadGuyZero, that was a great show. They were both killer.
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bill:

I remember sitting with friends in a Frankfurt subway station asking passersby for change. A businessman gave us a bill. We bought a bottle of wine and hung out with the drug dealers at Escheneimer park.
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Whooda:

@phat Granted she's not 70's rock but I don't think anyone wants to cover old ground.
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efd:

john, didn't the house burn down a couple of years after the Alice Cooper crew cleared out? I think that's mentioned in the book but I can't remember exactly.
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JakeGould:

@Holly, I have a similar memory. I grew up in Brooklyn 1 block away from the Brighton Beach boardwalk & the sea. Yeah, its as junky & gross, but still magical. Also, 30 year old hanging with 10 year olds… Well, there was this one acid casualty in the neighborhood. Name was Bill. Had to be late 20s. Big Jewfro. Anyway, my mom would make him cheese sandwiches & give him cans of juice. The deal? He stood watch over the neighborhood kids playing & if someone came near us he’s start screaming at them. Fucking magic!
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V Priceless:

@ BadGuy - Yes, I believe you are correct! Mott w/'73-era Queen - wow!
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efd:

@phat, that was just to remind everyone that they're listening to WFMU and not a real radio station.
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Holly in NC:

I got huge hickeys to this song (love reign o'er me) - NOT in 1973! Closer to '83.
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mariano:

@john: Oh yeah, that's right. Westport.
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mariano:

@Holly: Spontaneous hickeys?
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Whooda:

@Holly I guess you told your mom you got your neck too close to the capstan shaft in the cassette player?
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bill:

EFD, like to see you top that WHO finale
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P-90:

@ Holly in NC: "Day by Day" is from Godspell, not Superstar. 1973 was the year the movie version of Superstar was released, not the album, just to clarfy
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jes:

Although I gather I'm about the same age as EFD (and many other commenters here), and I am enjoying the interview segments, the all '73 playlist doesn't invoke pleasant nostalgia for me. Rather, it reminds me of how much I hated bands like this, and how bad the radio of that era was, until punk finally broke through.
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V Priceless:

@ John - yeah, have heard Alice talk about neighboring Bette Davis! Have been fortunate enough to meet all the Coopers (except Glen - RIP) - the sweetest, funniest guys you could ever imagine!
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Whooda:

@Jes It's obvious we had better weed than you did :)
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efd:

hey jes! Totally hear you, and in fact I talk about how this led to the rise of punk a little later on in the interview.
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john:

The house did burn down a few years later, but I'm not sure if they were still renting it or not. I think Alice might have been, but I know they were in California at the time. More to the point, drummer Neal Smith seems to have enjoyed it so much he now sells real estate in Connecticut. And yeah, V, people who ran into the band all said they were very nice guys.
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mariano:

@P-90: The movie of Godspell has some great shots of NYC in the early 70s, and one of the songs concludes with them all dancing on top of one of the Twin Towers, which were still under construction. I love that song "Where Are You Going?".
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Fuzzy:

No weed for me then...Ritalin!
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efd:

in fact, now!
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Holly in NC:

I still love Gregg Bowen TLA. 'nuff said.

And I did convince my Mom that the close to 3rd degree perfectly circular motorcycle muffler burn on the back of my leg was due to sputtering fat from the fryolator at my job. Psych!
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Whooda:

Back stage 'knee pad' That is classic!
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john:

I meant, ran into them here in town. Never heard anything but the nicest things about any of them, then or now.
  10:35pm
jes:

Excellent timing, huh?
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V Priceless:

@ mariano - Godspell is a brilliant body of work musically, IMO.
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phat:

this is a great interview
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efd:

@jes Your $10 is in the mail.
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efd:

Thanks, phat
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mariano:

@V Priceless: yeah, I love it too. I always wanted to hear Elvis Costello cover "Turn Back, O Man." With JC Superstar, I really like the original album, but not the movie so much. Who can beat Ian Gillan's messianic set of pipes?
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Holly in NC:

@P-90 - You are so corrrect. Thank you. But I still have that darn song stuck in my head now!
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Andrew Waterloo:

I still say Led Zeppelin is a right of passage for most 17 year olds.
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Fuzzy:

"Day By Day" is so Second Grade -- I've dug that song for most of my life now!
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Whooda:

Someone on the boards recently mentioned that Keith Moon is responsible for "That will float like a lead zeppelin" when he was approached to be the drummer of the band, if so, even the musicians had doubts about the concept too.
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Andrew Waterloo:

People were still seeing them as the Yardbirds reformed at that point.
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efd:

one final part of the interview to go, fyi
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Danne D:

out of my braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain on the traaaaaaaaain :)
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mariano:

@Fuzzy: Yeah, in 2nd & 3rd grade we sang "Day By Day" and the Carpenters' "Sing a Song."
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efd:

Yeah, I think Moon's comment was more about the thought that there could be a new Yardbirds, not so much related to the music.
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Barkevious Shabazz:

5:15 is a real rip and a tear.
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efd:

one of the best horn parts of any rock song
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phat:

Tightly undone
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mariano:

There's some good Youtube clips of Townsend and other 60s rockers saying that they just don't like Zep, even though they're friends with the guys, since Page and Jones had played session gigs for a lot of those guys.
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V Priceless:

@ phat - you read my mind! Brilliant lyric!
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Whooda:

That makes sense, because they wouldn't find another Clapton, Beck, etc.
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Barkevious Shabazz:

The horns in My Wife are pretty natch too.
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Danne D:

and an underrated piano part, efd :)
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phat:

those lyrics verge on the obscene
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efd:

True enough!
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Andrew Waterloo:

This reminds me of grade 10 guitar.
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phat:

This was a B-side for heavens sake
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Fuzzy:

I will always love you, Karen Eager! No hickies, just a real fun weekend after my piss-poor take on this song back in '88...
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Stevel:

Also strange that these three bands were probably not big fans of each other, but I loved them all, immediately upon introduction. They each had a distinct personality.
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chris_in_space:

@mariano If most of those 60s rockers are like Keef, they put much of the Led Zep waryness on the heavy feet of one John Bonham.
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Whooda:

Try to imagine that guitar work/sound only four or five years earlier. It is the imagination and creativity that counts here. Heart covered LZ but they weren't Lz
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Fuzzy:

Lez Zeppelin do a pretty good job -- I was lucky enough to see them a few years back.
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chris_in_space:

@Fuzzy At O2 Arena?
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phat:

I never noticed the bassline from the ispy theme on there.
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V Priceless:

By the way, I think 'Generation Landslide' has to have some of the greatest lyrics ever written!
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Fuzzy:

@chris: No, Northhampton, MA, 2006.
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Whooda:

DJ Evan Funk Davies I haven't stopped smiling. Most grins per spins tonight.
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phat:

Its a mashup of Bond and I-Spy
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efd:

Alright, happy to hear it!
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mariano:

@chris: yeah, good point, hard to imagine LZ with Moon, though if there is an afterlife it's something I wouldn't mind seeing!
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efd:

You're one set ahead of me, V Priceless!
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Holly in NC:

I am astonished (and happy) that I can still sing along to Houses of the Holy & Quadrophenia in toto.

New project - Alice (currently can only do the 'hits', bad me)

@Fuzzy! I miss Hamp so much!
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V Priceless:

!!
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Stevel:

I learned things from this music. What is the St. Vitus Dance? Not something pleasant! Certainly, Cooper unlocked the door that led to Punk for me.

I always equated Alice Cooper with The Damned, (for obvious reasons,) and the Gothic light did shine.
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V Priceless:

@ Stevel - after a Damned gig, I asked Dave Vanian what his fave Cooper record was...his reply? "Probably something off of 'Killer' "!
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Stevel:

V Priceless: Re. Generation Landslide: Agreed. Tremendous lyrics. Bet Paul Westerberg listened to that song more than once. (That's not an insult.)

RE: Vanium: Neat story. I saw them in 82, Replacements opened. Blew 'em away. Still, I got to see a midwest crowd gob the Damned, which, while gross, was cool,
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Chop Scott:

Bob Ezrin. Brilliant producer.
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V Priceless:

I agree 100% that AC was a gateway drug to punk for me and countless others!
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V Priceless:

Michael Bruce = God
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Fuzzy:

@Holly: Yeah -- western MA is nice; I wanna get back out that way soon. Maybe I'll do some bike camping this summer and head on out.
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phat:

You know who I think is terribly underrated from the time: Mountain.
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phat:

I miss Northampton too!
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Holly in NC:

Tying threads together, saw the Damned @ Pearl Street in Northampton - 1986, I think?
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Fuzzy:

Let's all go bike camping then!
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V Priceless:

Damned - I love those guys - just the best..and still going strong!
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Whooda:

@Fuzzy count me in, I pulled the Trek 720 out today, she carries the luggage front and back, tent and stove already packed. Let's Go!
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Fuzzy:

I'mma invite Leslie West too!
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Holly in NC:

@phat - If I could afford to move back I would in a heartbeat.

And camping, yes. Burlingame in Rhode Island, right outside of Narragansett/Point Judith is a wonderful site. Lobster over the open flame, oh yeah...
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12539:

Great interview, Evan.
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Holly in NC:

5 to 1 babe, 1 in 5, no one here gets out alive...
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phat:

Wow, The Rain Song always makes me shiver.
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mariano:

Great interview, thanks! The live version of Rain Song is great too, from the Song Remains soundtrack.
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Fuzzy:

@Whooda: Awesome! I gotta pump up the tires on my Trek 6500 SLR and get out there. Only a rear rack and pans and a Camelbak here -- I travel light!
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V Priceless:

Great interview - gotta grab that book! Nice work, efd! Thank-you! Time for a little Mellotron action!
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efd:

Thanks you guys! Yeah, I highly recommend the book -- needless to say, I guess.
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Stevel:

Amazing show.

Please, everyone, keep posting, I'm in very familiar territory here. I'm reading everything.
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phat:

yeah, I've considered going back but haven't really figured out how. (also, I'm making a whole wheat pizza right now, not the same thing as Pizza Factory)
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Whooda:

Super Fuzzy! I only started the luggage last year. Upstate NY is a great area to bike / camp. Several long smooth bike trails too.
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phat:

Man, I'm getting antsy for the drums to come in... amazing.
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Fuzzy:

@Whooda: now ya got me thinking! Gotta get me a tent and fart sack pronto!
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phat:

There it is.
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mariano:

Hey, please archive this fast, got a friend on his way over, been through a tough time lately, this would be perfect for him. Got your drums now, @phat!
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Chris M.:

you sold me a book tonight
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P-90:

"fart sack"?
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Holly in NC:

@efd - Houses of the Holy is a great album. Looking forward to No Quarter, yes?

PIZZA FACTORY!!! OMG . Many of my friends worked at PF, including my ex husband, **I still have a Pizza Factory windbreaker ca. late 80s, yes I do**
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Fuzzy:

Sleeping bag
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efd:

WFMU super-volunteer Rebecca is usually pretty quick on turning the archives around (honestly, I don't know when she sleeps) -- should be available no more than an hour after the show is over.
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mariano:

Fart sack? I have a new insult!
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mariano:

Thanks, @efd, didn't mean to sound bossy, it's all enthusiasm!
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efd:

Glad to hear it Chris!
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Cubicle Carl:

Oh man, this Led Zep song was the song that made me realize I was different from the other kids. This song introduced worlds beyond to me. Of course, when I heard the Sex Pistols and the Ramones years later, all that was undone.
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efd:

Understood, Mariano!
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phat:

Best pizza I've ever had. I haven't been back since '86. I need to get back there.
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V Priceless:

Woo-hoo!
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efd:

Holly, I figured "Rain Song" would serve as the representative Long Song from Houses Of The Holy so probably no "No Quarter" I'm afraid.
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Whooda:

Better not invite your sweetheart into the 'fart sack' during the camping though, only wives put up with that.
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Stevel:

"La dit da dit dah!"

First verse is untouchable.
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efd:

Not many songs namechecking Kresge's!
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V Priceless:

go Alice go!!
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P-90:

qu'est-ce que-c'est "fart sack"?
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phat:

These lyrics are fantastic.
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Stevel:

Who wrote this song?
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V Priceless:

or the Colgate Invisible shield!
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Whooda:

I only just now caught the (Dylan?) lyrics sample in this song.
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Fuzzy:

La Fart Sack es una bolsa para dormir.
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V Priceless:

Dylan said Alice is a very underrated lyricist!
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efd:

@Stevel, written by the full band - each member is listed in the credits
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phat:

You, were under the impression that when you working forwards that you end up further onwards..
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Fuzzy:

...y tambien es el nombre de mi banda nueva!
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Stevel:

Interesting. Thanks.
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Risky:

Just watched an Ayn Rand documentary and this track really speaks VOLUMES to me! Thanks EFD.
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Whooda:

@V I guess he WOULD say that if Alice is singing Dylan lyrics. hehe
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phat:

walking
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Holly in NC:

@efd - I guess No Quarter vs Rain Song is like Yankees vs Red Sox. Except not really, as while I prefer NQ I like both ;-)
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Holly in NC:

And for those who care about NCAA basketball - go Wisconsin!!
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phat:

I bought this album in Northampton.
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Whooda:

V you beat me to the clicky-star on this one.
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Chris M.:

for some reason Quadrophenia sounds better when you take it song by song instead of playing the whole way through :)
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phat:

Saw the movie at midnight at the So. Hadley mall. Man...
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Cubicle Carl:

These songs also all sound better on WFMU than they do on a classic rock station.
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Barkevious Shabazz:

As good as Q is, it is bested by By Numbers. But not by much.
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V Priceless:

@ Whoo - I got the whole freakin' show starred, seems!
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Whooda:

@Phat wasn't Sting a perfect cast for his character in the movie?
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herb.nyc:

Imagine if EVERY person who saw those 1973 arena shows formed their own bands!
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Whooda:

I think this is the song where Sting's scooter get's stolen and dumped off the cliff, not sure.
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phat:

@whooda, I agree.
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phat:

yeah, it's the last scene. "Bellboy!"
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neilwarren:

@efd, such an excellent show (as always)!!
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Whooda:

Too much good stuff to be legal. What a great show and sharing.
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Holly in NC:

@phat - did you ever get the silly Pizza Factory dessert pizza with the canned apple pie filling on top?

Also, when my housemate borrowed my winter coat last year (purchased from a Northampton thrift store ~1988, it's a great coat that I have never needed to wear in North Carolina) he found a movie ticket stub from the S. Hadley mall, no lie! Not Quadrophenia though.
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phat:

Holy shit! John Lurie?!
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phat:

@holly I never did try that. I don't even remember it. It sounds horrible! But I'll have to try it if they still have it (if I ever make it back there).
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Stevel:

Holly is correct: On Wisconsin!
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efd:

Yep, John Lurie! Tuesday morning!
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Whooda:

I did get to see Steve Marriott in Sacramento in a small bar in '82. He was everything they said he was, both good and bad.
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Eric:

Thin Lizzy has an incredible catalog of tracks that never made it to classic rock radio
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Fuzzy:

"Are you ready, Steve? Andy? Mick? All right fellas -- LET'S GO!!!"
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phat:

I just read an amazing story about him the other day.
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Whooda:

Recently watched a Youtube documentary on Thin Lizzy, very complete and explanatory.
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phat:

I definitely do not get enough Humble Pie in my life.
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JakeGould:

So is he in LA or NYC? Does he still have that loon ball stalking him? Hope not.
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phat:

Ooh La La came out in '73, too.
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Holly in NC:

@phat - it was horrible, don't try it! We used to get it for free in addition to our regular order as a 'perk' of knowing the drivers. Was OK when one was under 20 and drunk on Black Label beer.
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mariano:

Weird coincidence, but one of the former Lounge Lizards, Michael Blake, lives right across the street from me.
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Holly in NC:

@Eric - SO true.
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V Priceless:

Any chance of a little "Baby's On Fire" for '73's sake? : )
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Holly in NC:

Oh, I miss good Aerosmith.
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efd:

Fuzzy, apparently "Ballroom Blitz" was indeed recorded in 1973, but not released until '74 so I decided not to include it. I do have the first Sweet album here, though...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40pm
Chop Scott:

Seriously KILLER show EFD!
  11:40pm
Joe From Laghman:

Really digging the show today. I read the book the last time I was in the USA, was impressed by it. Its an era we will never see again, and it defined what it meant to be a big time rock star. Where are my bellbottoms?
  11:41pm
JakeGould:

This show was great. Off to slumberville.
  Swag For Life Member 11:42pm
phat:

I'm getting seriously too nostalgic for my own good.
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Danne D:

wow this Terre T intro song was recorded in 1973? ;o)
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:43pm
Stevel:

Hey! Terri T is on. Oh...

Another song I didn't naturally place in this year. Wow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:44pm
Fuzzy:

@efd: s'all good! What an excellent trip down memory lane this show has been! Thanks!
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Holly in NC:

funny - now when I hear this I expect to hear Terre T's show :-)
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V Priceless:

The Mott live record had a huge impact on me in '73, along w/Aladdin Sane, of course!
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Danne D:

I do believe this show has set the record for most Led Zeppelin songs played in one radio programme without the announcer (or a sounder) saying "GET THE LED OUT"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46pm
Fuzzy:

Funny how you didn't play "Midnight At The Oasis" tonight, though! ;-)
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V Priceless:

I stand corrected - I think the Mott live record was released in '74, though I could be wrong! I may be thinking of "Mott" - equally brilliant! Bands cranked out records back then, damn!
  Swag For Life Member 11:47pm
phat:

Oh man. Thin Lizzy.
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efd:

HA HA, Fuzzy! I think that was actually released in '74 though. :)
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Chop Scott:

YES--Thin Lizzy. Massive hugs to you EFD!
  11:47pm
Eric:

wicked!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48pm
Fuzzy:

@efd: Yep, just re-read that Wiki page...you win again!
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Holly in NC:

Little Girl In Bloom?
  11:49pm
john:

Awesome record all the way through, Vagabonds! Maybe my fave of all we've heard tonight. Maybe.
  11:52pm
Eric:

sweet!
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Holly in NC:

super sweet!
  11:53pm
Michael from the Left Coast:

I'm loving this show so much I'll be listening to it again tomorrow from the archive
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Cubicle Carl:

Bell Records!
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Andrew Waterloo:

I still have a hard time with Steven Tyler's voice circa 73.
  Swag For Life Member 11:53pm
phat:

I just wanna go roller skating to J. Giels Band right now.
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V Priceless:

haha
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Holly in NC:

Little Willy is 1972!! It is!
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efd:

Hey, thanks so much again everyone for listening, and thanks to all who commented for your great comments all night. See you next week!
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efd:

But the album is 1973, Holly!
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chris_in_space:

Right on @efd. Another show for the ages.
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V Priceless:

Thank-you, EFD!
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Holly in NC:

Thank you, efd
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mariano:

Thanks, @efd!
  Swag For Life Member 11:57pm
12539:

Thanks, Mr Funk.
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Whooda:

Thanks DJ EFD and thanks to Michael Walker too.
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Danne D:

Thanks for such a wonderful show, Evan :)
Have a great night everyone :)
Bye Holly :)
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