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Weird and wonderful sounds from outsider to weird covers and occasionally painful stuff from the Golden Age Of Stupidity.

Monday 4 - 5pm (EDT) | On WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room
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Favoriting April 20, 2020: SHY #74 - Tom Lehrer Oddities and etc.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments
Me  Stop Hitting Yourself Intro   Favoriting Sheena's Jungle Room  Sheena's Jungle Room Records  Now  Vinyl   
Flatt & Scruggs  Orange Blossom Special   Favoriting The World Of Flatt And Scruggs  Columbia  1972  LP   
The Spotnicks  Orange Blossom Special   Favoriting The Spotnicks  Polydor  1963  LP   
Shel Silverstein  Father of a Boy Named Sue   Favoriting Songs And Stories  Parachute Records, Inc.  1978  LP   
Joni Credit  A Girl Named Harry   Favoriting   Happy Tiger Era  1969  45   
Maddox Bros. And Rose  Love Is Strange   Favoriting Maddox Bros. And Rose  Columbia  1985  LP   
Lobos Al Escape  Los Orientales De Paramonga   Favoriting Cumbias Chichadélicas - Peruvian Psychedelic Chicha  Pharaway Sounds  2015  2LP   
Los Mirlos  Cumbia De Los Pajaritos   Favoriting Cumbias Chichadélicas - Peruvian Psychedelic Chicha  Pharaway Sounds  2015  2LP   
Cuco Sanchez  La Cucaracha   Favoriting ¡Viva México!  K-Tel  1979  LP   

Music behind DJ:
Benito Martinez 
La Cárcel De Cananea   Favoriting
La Revolución Y Sus Cantares Vol.I 
CBS Harmony 
 
LP 
 
Tom Lehrer  OU Song   Favoriting          
Tom Lehrer  The Dodge Rebellion   Favoriting         1967 Dodge Commercial 
Tom Lehrer  Selling Out   Favoriting The Remains Of Tom Lehrer  Rhino  2000  CD box set   
Tom Lehrer  The Subway Song   Favoriting   Unreleased      Live on WTBS radio in 1965. 
Two Ton Baker  I Like Stinky Cheese   Favoriting   Mercury  1949  78   
The Jarmels  A Little Bit Of Soap   Favoriting   Laurie  1961  45   
The Ventures  Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H*)   Favoriting The Ventures  KRB Music Companies  1999  CD   
Pizzicato One  Suicide Is Painless   Favoriting One And Ten Very Sad Songs  Readymade Entertainment, Tokyo, Universal Music  2011  CD   
The Beleivers  Soul Raga Cookin'   Favoriting   Capitol  1969  45   
Balsara & His Singing Sitars  Strangers In the Night   Favoriting Balsara & His Singing Sitars  Odeon  1968  LP   
Teddy and Darrel  Strangers In the Night   Favoriting These Are the Hits, You Silly Savage  Mira  1966  LP   
Petra Haden  I Can See For Miles   Favoriting Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out  Bar/None Records  2005  CD   
Hazel O'Connor  Decadent Days   Favoriting See The Writing On The Wall  Line Records  1994  CD   

Music behind DJ:
Alan Hawkshaw 
Exhilaration   Favoriting
Sounds Of The Times 
KPM Music  
1974 
LP 
 
             


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Listener comments!

Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:00pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hellooooo! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm
StringOFperils:

Ouch. Ow.
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'm in the front room with snacks and drinks and I am ready for some Tom Lehrer! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm
Tome:

eh up ,,!<>!
oh ouch yes !<>!
Avatar 7:02pm
Linda Lee:

up up & away!
Avatar 7:03pm
Linda Lee:

personally i don't mind hearing what i've heard before, if it's good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:03pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Hey there!
Avatar 7:03pm
spacebrother:

The Lehrer is near the middle of the show.
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:04pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

You could seriously play an entire show of Tom Lehrer and I would the happiest person in the universe :-)
Although Flatt & Scruggs is also good for me too :-)
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:05pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hang on. I need to find my socks. It's suddenly gotten rather cold in the living room.
Avatar 7:05pm
spacebrother:

Hey Pillippe, Linda, SOP!
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:07pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Tom Lehrer AND Shel Silverstein in the same show?
You have NO IDEA how happy this is making me :-)
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:09pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

"I Got Stoned And I Missed It" is one of my favourite songs of all time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:09pm
StringIOFperils:

Shel. That melted my brain.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:09pm
Power Papi:

Wow, child abuse, homophobia and incest...all in one song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:10pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

That's Uncle Shelby!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:12pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

And who is THIS?!?!? wow
Avatar 7:13pm
Mr Fab:

ppl who only know Shel Silverstein for his kiddie stuff will be quite shocked by his outrageous comedy songs (many of which are in the Sheena stream, natch!)
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:14pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

And that the songs he wrote for Dr Hook were all very tongue in cheek ;-)
Avatar 7:18pm
spacebrother:

I just heard of this album and love the music.
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:18pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

This is really great! :-)
Avatar 7:19pm
Linda Lee:

it is.
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Linda Lee:

Chichadelicas!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:20pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

Just the other day i was recollecting how Uncle Shelby's ABZ book was in the kids' section, when i was a kid. Nowadays the cover says "ADULTS ONLY!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:20pm
StringOFperils:

The good ol' K-Tel label
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:20pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

IT's 420 on the west coast!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:21pm
StringOFperils:

This is an excellent 420 choice !
Avatar 7:21pm
Linda Lee:

420 on 420!
Avatar 7:21pm
spacebrother:

I didn't realize that until now! Synchronicity!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:21pm
Power Papi:

I'm gonna have a gummi
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:22pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Spooky! ;-)
Avatar 7:23pm
Linda Lee:

so it's called a roach!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:23pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

Power Papi: let's celebrate! yay!
i have a chocolate covered goji berry edible that ought to do the trick. <3
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:25pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

<3 Happiness <3
Avatar 7:28pm
Mr Fab:

Thought I knew all the Tom Lehrer there was. Where'd these come from?
Avatar 7:29pm
spacebrother:

I found the commercial on YouTube.
Avatar 7:34pm
spacebrother:

This isn't Lehrer, but the guy sounds just like him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:35pm
StringOFperils:

Great record. Extra-aged
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:36pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Covered by Showaddywaddy in the 70s! :-)
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:38pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

THIS IS FABULOUS!!!!! :-D
Avatar 7:40pm
spacebrother:

Nice bass line.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:40pm
StringOFperils:

Auuugh. It's hurting me now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:41pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

oooh, vocal version!
Avatar 7:42pm
tw2sheds:

Lehrer must have been the entertainment at a Dodge sales convention or something. Followed by the selling out song.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:43pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

they're dripping with irony here
Avatar 7:44pm
spacebrother:

@ tw2sheds - I like to think he wrote the sell out song in response to doing the commercial.
  7:44pm
Martinibomb:

Hello SpaceBrother!
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:44pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

My nickname at University was Hawkeye. :-)
Avatar 7:45pm
spacebrother:

Hey there MB!!
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:45pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Joe South! :-)
Avatar 7:45pm
tw2sheds:

High standards are nice but so is eating.....many truths in the sellout song
Avatar 7:46pm
spacebrother:

Maybe it was in response to criticism.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:51pm
Asheville Jon:

this Teddy and Darrel is fantastic!
Avatar 7:51pm
spacebrother:

@ AJ - The whole record is amazing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:52pm
Asheville Jon:

i see there are many songs on youtube, i'll have to check them out. thanks!
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:52pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiles and miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiles and miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiles :-) <3
  7:53pm
Martinibomb:

Ah you played that Pizzicato One - Suicide is painless that cover is pretty darn good
Avatar 7:54pm
spacebrother:

@ MB - Didn't you play P1 the other day?
Avatar 7:55pm
Mr Fab:

kinda low bit rate, but, here's the mp3s, you silly savages, courtesy of Ken:
blog.wfmu.org...
  7:55pm
Martinibomb:

I did play one from that same release yup
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:56pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Haven't heard this in ages!!! Fabulous! :-)
Avatar 7:57pm
spacebrother:

@ MB - THAT's where I got the idea, Thank you.
Avatar 7:58pm
spacebrother:

@ GG - Yeah, I was looking for something the other day and ran across the Hazel O'Connor.
Avatar 7:58pm
Mr Fab:

New Wave! Dang, this is cool. C'mon, Valley Girls, let's go shopping at the Galleria, in your leg warmers and neon-colored clothes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:58pm
StringOFperils:

Great to hear this Hazel O
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
Aitch:

Haven't heard Hazel O'Conner since high school?
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Excellent show!!! Thank you so much for this :-)
Avatar 8:00pm
Linda Lee:

haven't been chatting, but i've been listening. lovely show Greg. thank you!
Avatar 📖 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:02pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

You'll never stop me from playing sitar songs! Never!! Bwah ha ha! lol ;-)
Avatar 8:03pm
spacebrother:

Thanks to all for listening! I hope you enjoyed. Especially you lurkers.
Avatar 8:03pm
Mr Fab:

luved it, thx SB!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:04pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

thanks!
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