WFMU: Music For a Free World with Dave Sewelson: Playlist from July 1, 2023

Listener comments!
	♥ 1:18pm Dave Sewelson: Welcome to the Free World
	1:19pm Tracie: Hi! This is a test! :-)
	1:52pm Tracie: Welcome friends! Thanks for letting me sit in, Dave!
	♥ 2:01pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Tracie @1:52 Always a pleasure!
	🥁 ♥ 2:03pm Irene Trudel: Hey Dave! I can listen in for a change. But your levels are super low.
	♥ 2:03pm chresti: Hello free woild!
	♥ 2:03pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Irene Trudel @2:03 thanks...how is that?
	2:04pm E.J. McAdams: Hi Dave! Love when you have the poets on! Hi Tracie! Your former Poetry Project student.
	2:04pm Tracie: :-) !!
	🥁 ♥ 2:04pm Irene Trudel: Could be a little hotter, but it's better.
	♥ 2:05pm spodiodi: greetings, Dave and Free Worlders!
	♥ 2:05pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Irene Trudel @2:04 what would i do without you Irene,,
	♥ 2:06pm Dave Sewelson: chresti, spodi...EJ...yeah
	🥁 ♥ 2:07pm Irene Trudel: ↳ Dave Sewelson @2:05 Oh, plenty. You mostly sound pretty good in general, and what you do with your guests is something I could never do as well.
	♥ 2:09pm chresti: ↳ spodiodi @2:05 hi spodi!\\//
	♥ 2:09pm spodiodi: hi chresti!\\//
	♥ 2:10pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Irene Trudel @2:07 🐳
	♥ 2:13pm spodiodi: welcome back, Tracie Morris!
	♥ 2:15pm spodiodi: dig the theme
	2:15pm Tracie: Gracias! :-)
	♥ 2:18pm (Mr) Bill: This recording is painfully beautiful.
	♥ 2:20pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ (Mr) Bill @2:18 yes (Mr) Bill
	2:20pm Tracie: Two great musicians who aren't as appreciated as they should be, imho. Real giants.
	2:21pm Tracie: Lots of great artists coming! Oh and this version of Jolene isn't official but it's extraordinary.
	♥ 2:25pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Jolene (slowed by 25%)" by "Dollly Parton" More plaintive at this speed
	♥ 2:26pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ chresti @2:25 indeed chresti....
	2:28pm Tracie: Yep. You can also see what an exceptional technician Parton is. Soulful and always the right note at the right time. And what writing! One of the best singer songwriters America has produced. As is the great person who follows Parton on the list. Wow. Miss Roberta is the business! Okay. Imma stop! I love all these artists! :-)
	♥ 2:29pm chresti: ↳ Tracie @2:28 Me too!
	♥ 2:40pm Dave Sewelson: Story telling.....
	2:42pm Tracie: I mean...!! ;-)
	2:42pm Tracie: -- Both NS and Brecht/Weill! Geniuses!!
	♥ 2:48pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Darling Nikki" by "Prince" yes! love this song
	2:48pm Gerry from Miami: Nina Simone's take on "Pirate Jenny" is unsurpassed. I grew up on the Judy Collins version, good too, but not nearly as dramatically powerful as Nina's.
	♥ 2:49pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Gerry from Miami @2:48 talk about it Gerry....
	2:51pm Tracie: I think Nina Simone truly loved musical theater but because of the racism of the theater world and her unflinching politics, she never did a mainstream show but still. I've heard a few renditions including from the perspective of an Irish (Irish-American?) maid. Stunning, but NS is well, the one! And of course I eternally adore the elfin giant Prince. The royal bad one as we know from this song! Lordy.
	♥ 2:51pm spodiodi: i forgot what this says backwards
	2:52pm Tracie: Lol. Spodlodi. Some weirdness! #PrinceStayStrange!
	2:53pm Tracie: -- And y'all may have noticed, lots of thumpy great bass lines throughout in honor of just one of the instruments Dave plays so well!
	♥ 2:53pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @2:52 right on, Tracie! thanks for playing it #PrinceStayStrange!
	♥ 2:53pm (Mr) Bill: Nina Simone was fearless in every way, particularly as an artist.
	♥ 2:57pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Tracie @2:53 thumpy old man...
	2:58pm Tracie: ↳ Dave Sewelson @2:57 Lol Dave!
	♥ 2:59pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Dave and Tracie Morris and Freeworldlings
	♥ 3:00pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:59 sealy...whats the story?
	♥ 3:00pm spodiodi: greetings, coelacanthØ!
	♥ 3:00pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Living For The City" by "Steve Wonder" 😺
	♥ 3:01pm spodiodi: ↳ chresti @3:00 i agree 🤩
	♥ 3:03pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Dave Sewelson @3:00 the story's i've heard this song hundreds of times but i still turn it up when it comes on
	♥ 3:04pm coelacanth∅: aloha spodiodi!
	3:04pm Tracie: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:03 It's really hard to listen to, but it's reality as we know...Stevie always tells it like it is.
	♥ 3:05pm coelacanth∅: and i still become outrages a couple minutes into it
	♥ 3:05pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Tracie @3:04 yes
	♥ 3:05pm chresti: ahola coel🚫!
	♥ 3:06pm coelacanth∅: olá chresti!
	♥ 3:09pm coelacanth∅: yeah we don't wanna exercise the demons!
	♥ 3:09pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:09 a demon discount...at the gym
	3:10pm Tracie: We want to exercise, to exorcise the demons! We see you and we defeat you demons!! Lol. PowerToTheGoodPeople!
	♥ 3:10pm spodiodi: ↳ Dave Sewelson @3:09 haha
	♥ 3:10pm chresti: exercise to exorcise!
	♥ 3:12pm coelacanth∅: hey maybe they're workin' out so hard now that they'll die of exhaustion!
	♥ 3:13pm spodiodi: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:12 we can hope
	3:14pm Tracie: Poetry lesson! ;-) ! #MCLyte!
	♥ 3:21pm fred: ↳ Song: "The Message" by "Grandmaster Flash & The Furious ... It was really Melle Mel's thing. Flash wasn't involved much
	♥ 3:23pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ fred @3:21 thanks for the story fred....
	3:23pm Tracie: The playlist notes are just to make the song findable, fyi.
	♥ 3:25pm fred: ↳ Tracie @3:23 Duly noted
	3:25pm Tracie: Oh and of course, some coarse/problematic language on several of these tracks...Shoulda mentioned this at the top. Sorry. you can hear the influence of Stevie's Living for the City at the end of "The Message."
	♥ 3:25pm coelacanth∅: unfortunately (for me) i got to go already, get to the post office before it closes Thanks Dave! Thanks Tracie! later on y'all
	♥ 3:26pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:25 mail us a postcard, sealy....
	3:26pm Tracie: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:25 Thanks for hanging out! You can check the archives, fi you like... ;-)
	3:31pm Tracie: Yes. This is the Michael Jackson! I think he's singing in his natural voice, w/o his legendary falsetto. I got stories about MJ's natural voice but for another time...I mean, he had a voice more like this one when he was a kid! I wish he'd recorded more songs with his adult voice. He's got a great tenor/low-tenor as well as his falsetto.
	♥ 3:31pm fred: ↳ Tracie @3:25 For sure, I was really expecting The Message after hearing Stevie
	3:32pm Tracie: ↳ fred @3:31 Yep. Had to bring that song out from the crates. It really changed the game. The GOAT, for me, will always be Rakim who shifted so much with his internal rhyme and imagery but before him, the Message hipped people to what Hip Hop could do as social messaging.
	♥ 3:34pm fred: Do you know IAM's "Demain c'est loin?" It's been on my mind a lot these days
	♥ 3:36pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Freddie's Dead" by "Fishbone" yes!!!!
	♥ 3:37pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Freddie's Dead" by "Fishbone" <3 <3 <3
	3:38pm Tracie: Hey!!! I see there are some hard core fans here! #FishboneIsRedHot! :-)
	♥ 3:38pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "18th Letter" by "Rakim" best rapper ever
	3:39pm Tracie: ↳ spodiodi @3:38 #UndeniableFacts #KendricksPops ;-)
	♥ 3:43pm fred: I now associate Fishbone with Japanese noise. Because of a friend who's a legendary superfan (he gets mentions in books and on records) and often wears Fishbone gear
	♥ 3:43pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @3:39 indeed, Tracie! #FishboneIsRedHot! and Angelo's solo and solo related stuff... love the brand new step stuff
	3:43pm Tracie: Janet rocking out! :-) At the time this album helped shed her "good girl" image.
	♥ 3:44pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ fred @3:34 The ink flows...
	♥ 3:44pm spodiodi: ↳ fred @3:43 i had 5 or 6 fishbone shirts. it was part of my uniform at one time
	3:45pm Tracie: ↳ spodiodi @3:43 Angelo is really amazing. I was part of a group that published his first poem, way back in the 80s... Fishbone, to borrow from Little Richard's self-description, always imitated never duplicated.
	♥ 3:46pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @3:45 wow, cool, Tracie! i had Fishbone mania, and it's never really gone away
	♥ 3:46pm fred: ↳ Song: "Black Cat" by "Janet Jackson" Speaking of Japanese noise, there's a Merzbow track called Black Cat. It doesn't sound like this at all
	♥ 3:48pm Doug Schulkind: So glad to have you back on the Drummer Stream, Tracie. It is an honor!
	3:50pm Tracie: We work with the mania. We never quite get rid of FB love. re fred: Incredibly, Janet had to fight to get into the RnR Hall of Fame. But you know, folks weren't tolerating that! Janet has an incredible range of styles and is an exceptional all-around performer. #HardWorkPaysOff Thanks Doug! ;-)
	♥ 3:52pm fred: ↳ Tracie @3:50 I often thought her last name brought early access but hard to overcome dismissal as well
	♥ 3:52pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Doug Schulkind @3:48 our annual visit from Tracie is an honor indeed...
	♥ 3:54pm fred: ↳ Dave Sewelson @3:52 While my almost weekly visit to the playlist is best filed in the horror section
	♥ 4:01pm fred: ↳ Song: "Old Town Road" by "Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus" I don't care much about Billy Ray Cyrus, but I appreciate what he did there
	4:03pm Tracie: Some may know the great Olu Dara as the rapper Nas' dad but us OGs see Nas as Olu's baby boy... Speaking of kids, I don't know either Miley or her dad's work per se but the collab with BRC and LNX was excellent. Efficient, good feeling, well=done.
	♥ 4:06pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ fred @3:54 www.wfmu.org...
	♥ 4:24pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Freddie's Dead" by "Curtis Mayfield" ah yes, the original!
	4:27pm Matt from OK: So many old favorites and radio hits from way back. Thanks for the awesome Soundtrack to a Saturday afternoon.
	4:28pm Tracie: ↳ Matt from OK @4:27 I appreciate Dave letting me get into the crates, Matt! :-)
	4:29pm Tracie: So... i actually co-wrote lyrics for this song ages ago. My first songwriting credit! #TracieTriviaFact
	♥ 4:30pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Matt from OK @4:27 Matt....Saturday Afternoons!!!
	4:31pm E.J. McAdams: Such good lyrics! Not surprised!
	4:31pm Tracie: Aw. Thanks EJ! :-)
	♥ 4:31pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @4:29 wow, really cool. thanks for sharing that with use, Tracie!
	♥ 4:32pm spodiodi: us*
	4:32pm Tracie: Well it's not as if it'll ever come up as a Jeopardy! question or anything... lol.
	♥ 4:33pm spodiodi: who else covered this? i'm singing along, and keep hearing a different recording, but can't put my finger on it...
	4:34pm Tracie: Hmm. Not sure if it's ever been covered, but not sure. Maybe something wiht the same name?
	4:34pm DavidJ: Corey Glover was my upstairs neighbor in the 1990s. I remember them practicing “Little Wing” one summer afternoon, it was beautiful…
	♥ 4:35pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ DavidJ @4:34 wow...DavidJ...
	4:37pm Tracie: Oh yeah. Corey has chops!! Truly. Interestingly he started as a musical theater head then ended up in Rock and Roll w Living Colour. He's an excellent singer with great technical ability as well as righteous energy. He's not simply a wailer (nothing wrong with that). I also wish he'd had more acting opportunities but then again there are many actors who wish they were rock stars! ;-)
	♥ 4:38pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @4:34 possibly just a different recording(?) at any rate, great song. great lyrics, despite my memory i found myself singing along :)
	🥁 ♥ 4:39pm northguineahills: was just watching dave in his funky fushia paisley shirt we wore at Vision w/ dick griffin, luke stewart, michael wimberly, and tsecher holmes on june 16.
	4:39pm Tracie: ↳ spodiodi @4:38 :-) !!
	4:40pm Tracie: ↳ northguineahills @4:39 Well now we have to see the shirt at the next gig, Dave! :-)
	♥ 4:40pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ northguineahills @4:39 hope you dug it ngh...Dick made me work
	🥁 ♥ 4:41pm northguineahills: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:40 it was tretastically amazing!
	🥁 ♥ 4:41pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Vision of Love" by "Mariah Carey" memories of 8th grade intensifying!
	4:42pm Tracie: People sleep but Mariah Carey is an exceptional pop song writer as well as having the insane vocal ability.
	🥁 ♥ 4:42pm northguineahills: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:40 (was watching the video this morning)
	🥁 ♥ 4:43pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Never Too Much" by "Luther Vandross" preclickied!
	4:44pm Tracie: LUTHER. PERIOD.
	4:44pm E.J. McAdams: This song was played at every St. Ita junior high school dance in the early 80's. Memories!
	4:46pm Tracie: Lol. EJ. For the first time since I've been hanging out with Dave guest-DJing, I'll have more songs than time! I'll add the list of the few songs we didn't get to play here. I got too into the theme! ;-)
	4:46pm E.J. McAdams: Just need some DeBarge next.
	4:46pm Tracie: We take no requests!!! Lol
	4:47pm E.J. McAdams: Much rather have you lead.
	4:47pm Tracie: People sleep on the genius of doo wop! Had to give a shout out to one of the great songs!
	4:48pm Tracie: Lol. Thanks EJ. I will be playing a bunch more songs for myself after the show is over. I'm sure many of us will! #TheresAlwaysMoreToPlay
	🥁 ♥ 4:48pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "I Only Have Eyes for You" by "The Flamingos" (also obviously pre-clickied)
	🥁 ♥ 4:48pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Never Too Much" by "Luther Vandross" surprised i didn't click vandross w/ dj time traveler, b/c, that's his jam! (it's hard to tell w/ wfmu djs)
	4:49pm Dan: You are killing it, guys! Thanks
	♥ 4:50pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "I Only Have Eyes for You" by "The Flamingos" that repeating organ phrase and piano always get me, a companion piace to 10cc i'm not in love in a way
	🥁 ♥ 4:51pm northguineahills: ↳ Tracie @4:48 please, please come back! (y gracias las disosas por los wfmu archves!)
	4:51pm Tracie: The Flamingoes really are so supple here. That haunting vocal echo gets me, tom tom. Shoot... I still get teary-eyed thinking of the great Jim Croce. Jim Croce!!! Great storyteller.
	4:52pm Tracie: NorthGuineaHills, me and Dave have a yearly thing going! :-)
	♥ 4:52pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Time in a Bottle" by "Jim Croce" that one gets me too
	4:53pm Tracie: Between him and Janis Ian, I'm gonna need a hankie. I mean the feelings they evoke!!
	🥁 ♥ 4:54pm northguineahills: ↳ Tracie @4:52 awesomeness!
	♥ 4:54pm Dave Sewelson: We going to keep going today..overtime...
	🥁 ♥ 4:55pm northguineahills: thanks dave and tracie! here's to next year!
	4:55pm Tracie: Yaaay!! For those who can hang, we got a few more tunes. For those who've got to split, thanks for hanging out! Love the chat! :-)
	♥ 4:57pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @4:55 i'm glued to the radio. enjoying this immensely! not going anywhere
	🥁 ♥ 4:58pm northguineahills: I got to run an errand, will be back quickly! spodiodi, i'm tagging you in to comment for me. saludos!
	4:58pm Tracie: bonus tracks!!
	♥ 4:59pm spodiodi: "f these clowns" indeed :D
	♥ 4:59pm spodiodi: adios, ngh!
	5:00pm Doug Schulkind: How about some Deirdre Wilson Tabac!
	♥ 5:01pm tom tom the pipers son: was joni mitchell's performing absence caused by health problems or a bad audience reaction that happened one time, i forget...
	5:03pm Tracie: Guess who was a huge -- I mean -- huge Joni Mitchell fan (besides everybody)? Well as she tells it, there was this skinny young man who used to come to her concerts with very large eyes and was just enraptured. (paraphrasing). That big-eyed young man was none other than Prince. #GameKnowsGame. #PrinceTenderoni
	♥ 5:05pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Tracie @5:03 oh, did not know, but blue is close to purple...
	♥ 5:09pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @5:03 cool!
	5:10pm Tracie: Known for their great vocals and long-standing marriage, this duo were extraordinary hit-makers for like, everybody. If you don't know, they're worth looking up for their extensive songwriting credits. They were the masters of pop, RnB, lots of genres. Really really great storytellers. I even met Ms. Valerie once! Interviewed her at a college. :-)
	♥ 5:10pm Dave Sewelson: Gina has the day off today....
	5:12pm Tracie: Playing Elton for my brother who introduced me to Elton John when we were little. Not for nothing but I'm absolutely convinced he was influenced by B. Preston (known as the 5th Beatle, performed "Get Back" with them, etc.) Elton goes in here!
	♥ 5:14pm tom tom the pipers son: thx tracie, dave
	5:14pm Dan: Thank you tracie you’re the best
	♥ 5:15pm spodiodi: thank you, Tracie Morris!!! thanks, Dave!
	5:16pm Tracie: You are the best!!! Dave is the best best! This is the first time I've really hung out on the chat board. So glad I did! See y'all next year with a new theme! -- Hugs, Tracie
	♥ 5:18pm Dave Sewelson: THANKS ALL YOU LISTENARS!!!
	5:19pm E.J. McAdams: Thanks Tracie and Dave! What a great show!
	♥ 5:22pm coelacanth∅: hey is this thing on?! ...just got home and it looked like Free world was still on... but...
	♥ 5:22pm Dave Sewelson: we ran over....later....
	♥ 5:23pm coelacanth∅: i just missed an overtime oh well
	♥ 6:36pm The Knave: Hi folks!

Music For a Free World with Dave Sewelson: Playlist from July 1, 2023

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Charles Mingus said jazz was a word invented to separate musicians from their money. Music for a Free World brings us together, drawing listeners to the healing power of smooth free jazz. Each week, surprise guests bring their own sides to spin and their instruments of choice to spontaneously jam.

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July 1, 2023: Tracie Morris is a poet, performance artist, vocalist and writer from Brooklyn New York and Iowa City, IA.

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody "Bohemian Rhapsody" by "Queen"
Herbie Hancock Featuring Tina Turner	Edith and the Kingpin			0:13:23 (Pop-up)
Jill Scott	A Long Walk "A Long Walk" by "Jill Scott"	Who Is Jill Scott?		0:19:56 (Pop-up)
Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright	With You I'm Born Again			0:24:36 (Pop-up)
Dollly Parton	Jolene (slowed by 25%)			0:28:13 (Pop-up)
Robera Flack	Killing Me Softly "Killing Me Softly" by "Robera Flack"			0:32:05 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	I Say a Little Prayer			0:36:34 (Pop-up)
Billy Preston	Round in Circles "Round in Circles" by "Billy Preston"			0:40:05 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone	Pirate Jenny "Pirate Jenny" by "Nina Simone"			0:44:31 (Pop-up)
Helen Reddy	Angie Baby "Angie Baby" by "Helen Reddy"			0:51:06 (Pop-up)
Prince	Darling Nikki "Darling Nikki" by "Prince"			0:54:32 (Pop-up)
Labelle	Man in a Trenchcoat "Man in a Trenchcoat" by "Labelle"			0:58:39 (Pop-up)
Steve Wonder	Living For The City "Living For The City" by "Steve Wonder"			1:06:29 (Pop-up)
Beatles	Tomorrow Never Knows "Tomorrow Never Knows" by "Beatles"			1:13:50 (Pop-up)
Queen Latifah	U.N.I.T.Y. "U.N.I.T.Y." by "Queen Latifah"			1:16:52 (Pop-up)
MC Lyte	Lyte As A Rock "Lyte As A Rock" by "MC Lyte"			1:20:57 (Pop-up)
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - feat Melle Mel + Duke Bootee	The Message			1:25:08 (Pop-up)
Rakim	18th Letter "18th Letter" by "Rakim"			1:32:17 (Pop-up)
Michael Jackson	2000 Watts "2000 Watts" by "Michael Jackson"			1:35:24 (Pop-up)
Diana Ross	Eaten Alive "Eaten Alive" by "Diana Ross"			1:39:43 (Pop-up)
Fishbone	Freddie's Dead "Freddie's Dead" by "Fishbone"			1:43:33 (Pop-up)
Janet Jackson	Black Cat "Black Cat" by "Janet Jackson"			1:47:59 (Pop-up)
Meshell Ndegeocello	If That’s Your Boyfriend			1:52:51 (Pop-up)
Badu	Next Lifetime "Next Lifetime" by "Badu"			1:57:31 (Pop-up)
Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus	Old Town Road			2:03:43 (Pop-up)
Olu Dara	Harlem Country Girl "Harlem Country Girl" by "Olu Dara"			2:06:18 (Pop-up)
Oscar Brown Jr.	Forty Acres and a Mule			2:13:14 (Pop-up)
Earth Wind & Fire	Open Our Eyes "Open Our Eyes" by "Earth Wind & Fire"			2:16:39 (Pop-up)
Gil Scott Heron	The Bottle "The Bottle" by "Gil Scott Heron"			2:21:35 (Pop-up)
Curtis Mayfield	Freddie's Dead "Freddie's Dead" by "Curtis Mayfield"			2:30:37 (Pop-up)
Living Colour	Open Letter to a Landlord			2:35:56 (Pop-up)
Arrested Development	Revolution "Revolution" by "Arrested Development"			2:41:20 (Pop-up)
Mariah Carey	Vision of Love "Vision of Love" by "Mariah Carey"			2:46:09 (Pop-up)
Luther Vandross	Never Too Much "Never Too Much" by "Luther Vandross"			2:49:36 (Pop-up)
The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes for You			2:53:23 (Pop-up)
Jim Croce	Time in a Bottle "Time in a Bottle" by "Jim Croce"			2:56:39 (Pop-up)
Janis Ian	At Seventeen "At Seventeen" by "Janis Ian"			2:59:02 (Pop-up)
Joni Mitchell	Edith and the Kingpin			3:05:22 (Pop-up)
Dolly Parton	Jolene (original) "Jolene (original)" by "Dolly Parton"			3:08:54 (Pop-up)
Ashford and Simpson	Is It Still Good to Ya?			3:11:32 (Pop-up)
Elton John	Bennie and the Jets "Bennie and the Jets" by "Elton John"			3:15:29 (Pop-up)
Fela	Shuffering and Shmiling, Pt. 2			3:20:20 (Pop-up)
morrisharp	Alpha Omega "Alpha Omega" by "morrisharp"		https://morrisharp.bandcamp.com/album/duality	3:25:16 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 1:18pm Dave Sewelson: Welcome to the Free World
	1:19pm Tracie: Hi! This is a test! :-)
	1:52pm Tracie: Welcome friends! Thanks for letting me sit in, Dave!
	♥ 2:01pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Tracie @1:52 Always a pleasure!
	🥁 ♥ 2:03pm Irene Trudel: Hey Dave! I can listen in for a change. But your levels are super low.
	♥ 2:03pm chresti: Hello free woild!
	♥ 2:03pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Irene Trudel @2:03 thanks...how is that?
	2:04pm E.J. McAdams: Hi Dave! Love when you have the poets on! Hi Tracie! Your former Poetry Project student.
	2:04pm Tracie: :-) !!
	🥁 ♥ 2:04pm Irene Trudel: Could be a little hotter, but it's better.
	♥ 2:05pm spodiodi: greetings, Dave and Free Worlders!
	♥ 2:05pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Irene Trudel @2:04 what would i do without you Irene,,
	♥ 2:06pm Dave Sewelson: chresti, spodi...EJ...yeah
	🥁 ♥ 2:07pm Irene Trudel: ↳ Dave Sewelson @2:05 Oh, plenty. You mostly sound pretty good in general, and what you do with your guests is something I could never do as well.
	♥ 2:09pm chresti: ↳ spodiodi @2:05 hi spodi!\\//
	♥ 2:09pm spodiodi: hi chresti!\\//
	♥ 2:10pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Irene Trudel @2:07 🐳
	♥ 2:13pm spodiodi: welcome back, Tracie Morris!
	♥ 2:15pm spodiodi: dig the theme
	2:15pm Tracie: Gracias! :-)
	♥ 2:18pm (Mr) Bill: This recording is painfully beautiful.
	♥ 2:20pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ (Mr) Bill @2:18 yes (Mr) Bill
	2:20pm Tracie: Two great musicians who aren't as appreciated as they should be, imho. Real giants.
	2:21pm Tracie: Lots of great artists coming! Oh and this version of Jolene isn't official but it's extraordinary.
	♥ 2:25pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Jolene (slowed by 25%)" by "Dollly Parton" More plaintive at this speed
	♥ 2:26pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ chresti @2:25 indeed chresti....
	2:28pm Tracie: Yep. You can also see what an exceptional technician Parton is. Soulful and always the right note at the right time. And what writing! One of the best singer songwriters America has produced. As is the great person who follows Parton on the list. Wow. Miss Roberta is the business! Okay. Imma stop! I love all these artists! :-)
	♥ 2:29pm chresti: ↳ Tracie @2:28 Me too!
	♥ 2:40pm Dave Sewelson: Story telling.....
	2:42pm Tracie: I mean...!! ;-)
	2:42pm Tracie: -- Both NS and Brecht/Weill! Geniuses!!
	♥ 2:48pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Darling Nikki" by "Prince" yes! love this song
	2:48pm Gerry from Miami: Nina Simone's take on "Pirate Jenny" is unsurpassed. I grew up on the Judy Collins version, good too, but not nearly as dramatically powerful as Nina's.
	♥ 2:49pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Gerry from Miami @2:48 talk about it Gerry....
	2:51pm Tracie: I think Nina Simone truly loved musical theater but because of the racism of the theater world and her unflinching politics, she never did a mainstream show but still. I've heard a few renditions including from the perspective of an Irish (Irish-American?) maid. Stunning, but NS is well, the one! And of course I eternally adore the elfin giant Prince. The royal bad one as we know from this song! Lordy.
	♥ 2:51pm spodiodi: i forgot what this says backwards
	2:52pm Tracie: Lol. Spodlodi. Some weirdness! #PrinceStayStrange!
	2:53pm Tracie: -- And y'all may have noticed, lots of thumpy great bass lines throughout in honor of just one of the instruments Dave plays so well!
	♥ 2:53pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @2:52 right on, Tracie! thanks for playing it #PrinceStayStrange!
	♥ 2:53pm (Mr) Bill: Nina Simone was fearless in every way, particularly as an artist.
	♥ 2:57pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Tracie @2:53 thumpy old man...
	2:58pm Tracie: ↳ Dave Sewelson @2:57 Lol Dave!
	♥ 2:59pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Dave and Tracie Morris and Freeworldlings
	♥ 3:00pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:59 sealy...whats the story?
	♥ 3:00pm spodiodi: greetings, coelacanthØ!
	♥ 3:00pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Living For The City" by "Steve Wonder" 😺
	♥ 3:01pm spodiodi: ↳ chresti @3:00 i agree 🤩
	♥ 3:03pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Dave Sewelson @3:00 the story's i've heard this song hundreds of times but i still turn it up when it comes on
	♥ 3:04pm coelacanth∅: aloha spodiodi!
	3:04pm Tracie: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:03 It's really hard to listen to, but it's reality as we know...Stevie always tells it like it is.
	♥ 3:05pm coelacanth∅: and i still become outrages a couple minutes into it
	♥ 3:05pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Tracie @3:04 yes
	♥ 3:05pm chresti: ahola coel🚫!
	♥ 3:06pm coelacanth∅: olá chresti!
	♥ 3:09pm coelacanth∅: yeah we don't wanna exercise the demons!
	♥ 3:09pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:09 a demon discount...at the gym
	3:10pm Tracie: We want to exercise, to exorcise the demons! We see you and we defeat you demons!! Lol. PowerToTheGoodPeople!
	♥ 3:10pm spodiodi: ↳ Dave Sewelson @3:09 haha
	♥ 3:10pm chresti: exercise to exorcise!
	♥ 3:12pm coelacanth∅: hey maybe they're workin' out so hard now that they'll die of exhaustion!
	♥ 3:13pm spodiodi: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:12 we can hope
	3:14pm Tracie: Poetry lesson! ;-) ! #MCLyte!
	♥ 3:21pm fred: ↳ Song: "The Message" by "Grandmaster Flash & The Furious ... It was really Melle Mel's thing. Flash wasn't involved much
	♥ 3:23pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ fred @3:21 thanks for the story fred....
	3:23pm Tracie: The playlist notes are just to make the song findable, fyi.
	♥ 3:25pm fred: ↳ Tracie @3:23 Duly noted
	3:25pm Tracie: Oh and of course, some coarse/problematic language on several of these tracks...Shoulda mentioned this at the top. Sorry. you can hear the influence of Stevie's Living for the City at the end of "The Message."
	♥ 3:25pm coelacanth∅: unfortunately (for me) i got to go already, get to the post office before it closes Thanks Dave! Thanks Tracie! later on y'all
	♥ 3:26pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:25 mail us a postcard, sealy....
	3:26pm Tracie: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:25 Thanks for hanging out! You can check the archives, fi you like... ;-)
	3:31pm Tracie: Yes. This is the Michael Jackson! I think he's singing in his natural voice, w/o his legendary falsetto. I got stories about MJ's natural voice but for another time...I mean, he had a voice more like this one when he was a kid! I wish he'd recorded more songs with his adult voice. He's got a great tenor/low-tenor as well as his falsetto.
	♥ 3:31pm fred: ↳ Tracie @3:25 For sure, I was really expecting The Message after hearing Stevie
	3:32pm Tracie: ↳ fred @3:31 Yep. Had to bring that song out from the crates. It really changed the game. The GOAT, for me, will always be Rakim who shifted so much with his internal rhyme and imagery but before him, the Message hipped people to what Hip Hop could do as social messaging.
	♥ 3:34pm fred: Do you know IAM's "Demain c'est loin?" It's been on my mind a lot these days
	♥ 3:36pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Freddie's Dead" by "Fishbone" yes!!!!
	♥ 3:37pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Freddie's Dead" by "Fishbone" <3 <3 <3
	3:38pm Tracie: Hey!!! I see there are some hard core fans here! #FishboneIsRedHot! :-)
	♥ 3:38pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "18th Letter" by "Rakim" best rapper ever
	3:39pm Tracie: ↳ spodiodi @3:38 #UndeniableFacts #KendricksPops ;-)
	♥ 3:43pm fred: I now associate Fishbone with Japanese noise. Because of a friend who's a legendary superfan (he gets mentions in books and on records) and often wears Fishbone gear
	♥ 3:43pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @3:39 indeed, Tracie! #FishboneIsRedHot! and Angelo's solo and solo related stuff... love the brand new step stuff
	3:43pm Tracie: Janet rocking out! :-) At the time this album helped shed her "good girl" image.
	♥ 3:44pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ fred @3:34 The ink flows...
	♥ 3:44pm spodiodi: ↳ fred @3:43 i had 5 or 6 fishbone shirts. it was part of my uniform at one time
	3:45pm Tracie: ↳ spodiodi @3:43 Angelo is really amazing. I was part of a group that published his first poem, way back in the 80s... Fishbone, to borrow from Little Richard's self-description, always imitated never duplicated.
	♥ 3:46pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @3:45 wow, cool, Tracie! i had Fishbone mania, and it's never really gone away
	♥ 3:46pm fred: ↳ Song: "Black Cat" by "Janet Jackson" Speaking of Japanese noise, there's a Merzbow track called Black Cat. It doesn't sound like this at all
	♥ 3:48pm Doug Schulkind: So glad to have you back on the Drummer Stream, Tracie. It is an honor!
	3:50pm Tracie: We work with the mania. We never quite get rid of FB love. re fred: Incredibly, Janet had to fight to get into the RnR Hall of Fame. But you know, folks weren't tolerating that! Janet has an incredible range of styles and is an exceptional all-around performer. #HardWorkPaysOff Thanks Doug! ;-)
	♥ 3:52pm fred: ↳ Tracie @3:50 I often thought her last name brought early access but hard to overcome dismissal as well
	♥ 3:52pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Doug Schulkind @3:48 our annual visit from Tracie is an honor indeed...
	♥ 3:54pm fred: ↳ Dave Sewelson @3:52 While my almost weekly visit to the playlist is best filed in the horror section
	♥ 4:01pm fred: ↳ Song: "Old Town Road" by "Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus" I don't care much about Billy Ray Cyrus, but I appreciate what he did there
	4:03pm Tracie: Some may know the great Olu Dara as the rapper Nas' dad but us OGs see Nas as Olu's baby boy... Speaking of kids, I don't know either Miley or her dad's work per se but the collab with BRC and LNX was excellent. Efficient, good feeling, well=done.
	♥ 4:06pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ fred @3:54 www.wfmu.org...
	♥ 4:24pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Freddie's Dead" by "Curtis Mayfield" ah yes, the original!
	4:27pm Matt from OK: So many old favorites and radio hits from way back. Thanks for the awesome Soundtrack to a Saturday afternoon.
	4:28pm Tracie: ↳ Matt from OK @4:27 I appreciate Dave letting me get into the crates, Matt! :-)
	4:29pm Tracie: So... i actually co-wrote lyrics for this song ages ago. My first songwriting credit! #TracieTriviaFact
	♥ 4:30pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ Matt from OK @4:27 Matt....Saturday Afternoons!!!
	4:31pm E.J. McAdams: Such good lyrics! Not surprised!
	4:31pm Tracie: Aw. Thanks EJ! :-)
	♥ 4:31pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @4:29 wow, really cool. thanks for sharing that with use, Tracie!
	♥ 4:32pm spodiodi: us*
	4:32pm Tracie: Well it's not as if it'll ever come up as a Jeopardy! question or anything... lol.
	♥ 4:33pm spodiodi: who else covered this? i'm singing along, and keep hearing a different recording, but can't put my finger on it...
	4:34pm Tracie: Hmm. Not sure if it's ever been covered, but not sure. Maybe something wiht the same name?
	4:34pm DavidJ: Corey Glover was my upstairs neighbor in the 1990s. I remember them practicing “Little Wing” one summer afternoon, it was beautiful…
	♥ 4:35pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ DavidJ @4:34 wow...DavidJ...
	4:37pm Tracie: Oh yeah. Corey has chops!! Truly. Interestingly he started as a musical theater head then ended up in Rock and Roll w Living Colour. He's an excellent singer with great technical ability as well as righteous energy. He's not simply a wailer (nothing wrong with that). I also wish he'd had more acting opportunities but then again there are many actors who wish they were rock stars! ;-)
	♥ 4:38pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @4:34 possibly just a different recording(?) at any rate, great song. great lyrics, despite my memory i found myself singing along :)
	🥁 ♥ 4:39pm northguineahills: was just watching dave in his funky fushia paisley shirt we wore at Vision w/ dick griffin, luke stewart, michael wimberly, and tsecher holmes on june 16.
	4:39pm Tracie: ↳ spodiodi @4:38 :-) !!
	4:40pm Tracie: ↳ northguineahills @4:39 Well now we have to see the shirt at the next gig, Dave! :-)
	♥ 4:40pm Dave Sewelson: ↳ northguineahills @4:39 hope you dug it ngh...Dick made me work
	🥁 ♥ 4:41pm northguineahills: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:40 it was tretastically amazing!
	🥁 ♥ 4:41pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Vision of Love" by "Mariah Carey" memories of 8th grade intensifying!
	4:42pm Tracie: People sleep but Mariah Carey is an exceptional pop song writer as well as having the insane vocal ability.
	🥁 ♥ 4:42pm northguineahills: ↳ Dave Sewelson @4:40 (was watching the video this morning)
	🥁 ♥ 4:43pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Never Too Much" by "Luther Vandross" preclickied!
	4:44pm Tracie: LUTHER. PERIOD.
	4:44pm E.J. McAdams: This song was played at every St. Ita junior high school dance in the early 80's. Memories!
	4:46pm Tracie: Lol. EJ. For the first time since I've been hanging out with Dave guest-DJing, I'll have more songs than time! I'll add the list of the few songs we didn't get to play here. I got too into the theme! ;-)
	4:46pm E.J. McAdams: Just need some DeBarge next.
	4:46pm Tracie: We take no requests!!! Lol
	4:47pm E.J. McAdams: Much rather have you lead.
	4:47pm Tracie: People sleep on the genius of doo wop! Had to give a shout out to one of the great songs!
	4:48pm Tracie: Lol. Thanks EJ. I will be playing a bunch more songs for myself after the show is over. I'm sure many of us will! #TheresAlwaysMoreToPlay
	🥁 ♥ 4:48pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "I Only Have Eyes for You" by "The Flamingos" (also obviously pre-clickied)
	🥁 ♥ 4:48pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Never Too Much" by "Luther Vandross" surprised i didn't click vandross w/ dj time traveler, b/c, that's his jam! (it's hard to tell w/ wfmu djs)
	4:49pm Dan: You are killing it, guys! Thanks
	♥ 4:50pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "I Only Have Eyes for You" by "The Flamingos" that repeating organ phrase and piano always get me, a companion piace to 10cc i'm not in love in a way
	🥁 ♥ 4:51pm northguineahills: ↳ Tracie @4:48 please, please come back! (y gracias las disosas por los wfmu archves!)
	4:51pm Tracie: The Flamingoes really are so supple here. That haunting vocal echo gets me, tom tom. Shoot... I still get teary-eyed thinking of the great Jim Croce. Jim Croce!!! Great storyteller.
	4:52pm Tracie: NorthGuineaHills, me and Dave have a yearly thing going! :-)
	♥ 4:52pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Time in a Bottle" by "Jim Croce" that one gets me too
	4:53pm Tracie: Between him and Janis Ian, I'm gonna need a hankie. I mean the feelings they evoke!!
	🥁 ♥ 4:54pm northguineahills: ↳ Tracie @4:52 awesomeness!
	♥ 4:54pm Dave Sewelson: We going to keep going today..overtime...
	🥁 ♥ 4:55pm northguineahills: thanks dave and tracie! here's to next year!
	4:55pm Tracie: Yaaay!! For those who can hang, we got a few more tunes. For those who've got to split, thanks for hanging out! Love the chat! :-)
	♥ 4:57pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @4:55 i'm glued to the radio. enjoying this immensely! not going anywhere
	🥁 ♥ 4:58pm northguineahills: I got to run an errand, will be back quickly! spodiodi, i'm tagging you in to comment for me. saludos!
	4:58pm Tracie: bonus tracks!!
	♥ 4:59pm spodiodi: "f these clowns" indeed :D
	♥ 4:59pm spodiodi: adios, ngh!
	5:00pm Doug Schulkind: How about some Deirdre Wilson Tabac!
	♥ 5:01pm tom tom the pipers son: was joni mitchell's performing absence caused by health problems or a bad audience reaction that happened one time, i forget...
	5:03pm Tracie: Guess who was a huge -- I mean -- huge Joni Mitchell fan (besides everybody)? Well as she tells it, there was this skinny young man who used to come to her concerts with very large eyes and was just enraptured. (paraphrasing). That big-eyed young man was none other than Prince. #GameKnowsGame. #PrinceTenderoni
	♥ 5:05pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Tracie @5:03 oh, did not know, but blue is close to purple...
	♥ 5:09pm spodiodi: ↳ Tracie @5:03 cool!
	5:10pm Tracie: Known for their great vocals and long-standing marriage, this duo were extraordinary hit-makers for like, everybody. If you don't know, they're worth looking up for their extensive songwriting credits. They were the masters of pop, RnB, lots of genres. Really really great storytellers. I even met Ms. Valerie once! Interviewed her at a college. :-)
	♥ 5:10pm Dave Sewelson: Gina has the day off today....
	5:12pm Tracie: Playing Elton for my brother who introduced me to Elton John when we were little. Not for nothing but I'm absolutely convinced he was influenced by B. Preston (known as the 5th Beatle, performed "Get Back" with them, etc.) Elton goes in here!
	♥ 5:14pm tom tom the pipers son: thx tracie, dave
	5:14pm Dan: Thank you tracie you’re the best
	♥ 5:15pm spodiodi: thank you, Tracie Morris!!! thanks, Dave!
	5:16pm Tracie: You are the best!!! Dave is the best best! This is the first time I've really hung out on the chat board. So glad I did! See y'all next year with a new theme! -- Hugs, Tracie
	♥ 5:18pm Dave Sewelson: THANKS ALL YOU LISTENARS!!!
	5:19pm E.J. McAdams: Thanks Tracie and Dave! What a great show!
	♥ 5:22pm coelacanth∅: hey is this thing on?! ...just got home and it looked like Free world was still on... but...
	♥ 5:22pm Dave Sewelson: we ran over....later....
	♥ 5:23pm coelacanth∅: i just missed an overtime oh well
	♥ 6:36pm The Knave: Hi folks!

Music For a Free World with Dave Sewelson: Playlist from July 1, 2023

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