WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from April 29, 2015

Listener comments!
	9:03pm V Priceless: Hey Evan! Woo!
	9:04pm Figgsrock: I just have to get this off my chest--"Baby Can Dance" is my favorite Tin Machine song.
	9:07pm mike east: Bowie wowie!
	9:08pm V Priceless: Ha! Good one, Figgs!
	9:09pm JakeGould: Wowie Bowie.
	9:09pm Loretta: hey Evan!!! thanks for playing Mick Ronson ~ so hot!
	9:16pm V Priceless: efd: got anything from the Ziggy Stardust Omnichord album by The Techno Cowboy? Fascinating, fun stuff, however cheese-filled.
	9:17pm efd: Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in tonight! Actual David Bowie coming up soon!
	9:17pm JD: JB is da shit
	9:18pm fleep: Get down, humans!
	9:19pm Lonely Planet Boy: i was checking out the bowiesongs site for the first time this afternoon, what a treasure trove!
	9:19pm Figgsrock: How did Bowie or Carlos Alomar not sue James Brown over this song? I know Alomar was in Brown's band at one point, but it's kind of ridiculous.
	9:23pm redkayak: Evening all!
	9:25pm common: philly yea! and hello all my daily dose of fuckin' bowie
	9:27pm V Priceless: Hey comm! It's Bowie again! Really miss Ronson.
	9:33pm V Priceless: He did mime for The Strawbs 'Poor Jimmy Wilson', which I believe was on British TV.
	9:34pm common: vp! always! aven't you got an ome to go to?
	9:36pm jmd: even a little banter with the gnome built in to the song. This is great.
	9:37pm ?: o i know this song
	9:40pm jon: evening efd and funkites!
	9:41pm wolfg: is this the album with 'gravedigger"?
	9:43pm V Priceless: @wolfg: yes
	9:47pm Cooh John: Ground control to Evan "Funk" Davies 'Bowie'; nice audio oddity that is out of this world.
	9:47pm wolfg: he was underground then
	9:48pm wolfg: now, he is like curating prestigious sound art festivals
	9:48pm JakeGould: Ugh. That early dorkwad Bowie.
	9:49pm common: love the man who sold the world. artwork and muzics!
	9:50pm V Priceless: Yep, comm!
	9:51pm Peteski: And Bowie was back at home with his skiffle and his gnomes, never got enough of that Dance Hall stuff
	9:53pm V Priceless: Visconti and Woodmansey touring the UK doing all of 'TMWSTW' now!
	9:53pm JakeGould: Screw the laughing gnome.
	9:55pm V Priceless: Memory of A Free Festival!
	9:56pm JakeGould: But like this show!
	9:57pm redkayak: I'm with @Jake on that - gnomes give me the creeps....
	9:57pm wolfg: very nice song
	9:59pm glenn: even the coco crisp garden gnome?
	9:59pm V Priceless: Oh. This is great...
	10:00pm Alex of Chicago: Sorry I'm late.
	10:01pm JakeGould: Screw the gnome songs of the world.
	10:01pm nixxon: this is making me re-live my middle school years. After I heard and loved some Bowie then bought a bunch of the early stuff and was like... whoah, this is weird
	10:02pm Peteski: letter to hermione = tangerine + a day in the life ?
	10:02pm wolfg: it's beautiful though, timeless, if it touches you
	10:02pm Alex of Chicago: Not a Bowie expert, but I've had a long love affair with Louie, Louie Go Home.
	10:03pm wolfg: it is really about beauty
	10:04pm wolfg: Bowie is about beauty, I think, not so much about rebellion
	10:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Love is All You Need!...Kick Out the Jams! ...I want to Live!...I want to Liiive!!...
	10:05pm Philthy woman: Thanks for this focus on Fuckin Bowie and some of the more obscue songs I grew up with in my room with full focus on -with no idea, at the time that they were (relativley) obscure.
	10:05pm Philthy woman: kick out the jams
	10:06pm coelacanth: Aloha Evan and Funkies.
	10:07pm V Priceless: Woo!
	10:07pm nixxon: Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud must be played...
	10:08pm Philthy woman: inherited record collection lost in the physical world- still living in my brain -coming back like basement mold - I remeber- i want to live
	10:09pm V Priceless: Hey Philthy and Fish!
	10:09pm Philthy woman: !
	10:10pm Philthy woman: HELLO VP! Happy Fuckin Bowie eve to you!
	10:10pm Holly in NC: (slinking into back row) - sorry I'm late! Hi everyone!
	10:11pm coelacanth: Hey V!
	10:12pm JakeGould: @Holly: You are lucky to come in now. You didn’t hear that stupid gnome song.
	10:12pm V Priceless: I feel ancient.
	10:13pm coelacanth: i was turned on very young to Aladdin Sane & the double live album... very helpful to have older siblings.
	10:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Savior Machine' - 'Sell Me a Coat' - 'Silly Boy Blue' - I love the early stuff...
	10:13pm V Priceless: She Shook Me Cold! Do it!
	10:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: (Not far behind Holly.) How are things going tonight?
	10:13pm wolfg: I always loved space oddity
	10:14pm Fuzzy: Jessica Lange - Life On Mars!
	10:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - brilliant brilliant writer, let's face it.
	10:16pm V Priceless: Live album due in June!
	10:17pm coelacanth: i may choose The Man Who Sold The World,if i HAD to pick an album.
	10:19pm Holly in NC: @Jake - I've heard the gnome song, and loved it when I was young ;-) And @V - I feel ancienter, I think. I still think of the rykodisc reissues as new releases!
	10:19pm JakeGould: Phew! Back to the Bowie we know and love.
	10:19pm Philthy woman: Astonishing to me that Laughing Nome was a 2 yr vocal process- always thought that as a quick one off weird wanna -gimmick, that re-illuminates Bowie in some obscurious realm for me. wha
	10:20pm Stevel: What a performer. Rarely dull.
	10:21pm common: i saw that snl in the 70s so confused and amazed as a young 'n so good
	10:21pm Stevel: He really uses the male backups, and WOW, Klaus Nomi!
	10:22pm marc: Kurt Cobain: That was a David Bowie song
	10:22pm common: and klaus was the fuckin' best!!!
	10:23pm coelacanth: by the time i got that album with the gnomes,i was beyond thinking it was cute or clever. i MAY have listened to that album twice.
	10:24pm V Priceless: Fab show, efd! Pure gold!
	10:26pm P-90: "Boys Keep Swinging" was another unforgettable Bowie SNL performance. He also blew me away on Letterman when he did "Dead Man Walking" as an acoustic guitar duet with Reeves Gabrels.
	10:31pm Alex of Chicago: Ah, yis.
	10:31pm V Priceless: Bewlay Brothers! 'I was stone and he was wax, so he could scream and still relax'. F'in brilliant.
	10:32pm V Priceless: Got Bolder?
	10:32pm coelacanth: yeh this whole album!
	10:33pm Carmichael: Sorry I'm late, Evan. I have no excuse for my behavior, and I only hope I can learn from this unfortunate experience.
	10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: What does your guest think of 'Velvet Goldmine'?
	10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (the movie)
	10:35pm efd: I will ask!
	10:36pm coelacanth: well,this song isn't on my Ziggy album.
	10:36pm coelacanth: oh. never mind.
	10:45pm V Priceless: He still wears the Ziggy boots
	10:45pm Dano59: I was/still am a big fan of the Locust St. blog, glad to hear Chris and that he is still writing... I may have missed coverage of Bowie's early years, but still rapt over Please, Mr. Gravedigger.
	10:45pm Listener John from NJ: Great show! (And I never knew that Lulu had covered "The man who sold the world." She covered everything, I think!)
	10:45pm V Priceless: Yes! Freakin' Bolder, baby!
	10:46pm coelacanth: Bowie readily admits it was all about marketing...which i respect. ...and he was a marketing genius.
	10:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ziggy: the songs, the ideas, the band, the playing, the production, the performances.
	10:47pm Carmichael: Last night my iPod gave a few Lower Third songs. Nice to hear Bowie very early on.
	10:48pm Listener John from NJ: Ya know, my mom was NEVER a fan of the "Young Americans" album. I don't know if she knew other Bowie LPs -- probably not -- but I know for sure she didn't not like that one . . .
	10:48pm coelacanth: Ahhhh!!
	10:49pm Stevel: Oh, honey, watch that man...
	10:49pm glenn: young americans isn't that great a record.
	10:50pm coelacanth: by the time i was 9,i had stolen this album from my sister!
	10:50pm V Priceless: Long live 1973!
	10:51pm Listener John from NJ: @glenn: Maybe that's why my mom didn't like it so much. (I read some critic who said it was a "f-ed up record from a f-ed up rock star.)
	10:51pm V Priceless: Way to go, Fish!
	10:51pm coelacanth: glenn i agree; but "fame" is excellent.
	10:52pm Carmichael: 1 demerit for Glenn.
	10:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @VP: yeah - w/ Dolls, Raw Power, Alice, T.Rex, Who's Next (a little earlier) - almost Quadrophenia...
	10:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - Quad '73 in fact...
	10:53pm glenn: fame is really the only good track on it.
	10:54pm coelacanth: Ha! Jagger deserved it!
	10:54pm Carmichael: Glenn, you're about to become a member of the Breakfast Club.
	10:55pm V Priceless: 'Young Americans' still the only Bowie record I don't own, sad to say. I just didn't get it at the time.
	10:56pm glenn: haha. will molly ringwald go to the prom with me?
	10:56pm V Priceless: Indeed, Rev!
	10:56pm JakeGould: Bongwater, “David Bowie Wants Ideas” www.youtube.com...
	10:57pm V Priceless: Shout-out to the great Mike Garson!
	10:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Time - In Quaaludes and red wine Demanding Billy Dolls And other friends of mine Take your time The sniper in the brain, regurgitating drain Incestuous and vain
	10:58pm glenn: heroes is my fave.
	10:58pm Carmichael: You're stuck with Emilio Estevez, Glenn.
	10:59pm Carmichael: The Thin White Duke era ...
	11:00pm V Priceless: 'We'll build a glass asylum, with just a hint of mayhem"
	11:00pm glenn: jeeeez. what has emilio been doing lately, anyway?
	11:01pm coelacanth: RR! i wish he still had that in 'im!
	11:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - of course - he got down to 90 lbs. - says he doesn't remember whole years...
	11:03pm JakeGould: Pseu Braun said me saying “No problemo!” at the end of a call with here yesterday on her fill-in for Chris T made me sound like Emilio Estevez. I’m cool with that.
	11:04pm coelacanth: the Heroes trilogy is excellent. after that it's all downhill.
	11:05pm V Priceless: Early 'Scream Like A Baby' draft!
	11:05pm coelacanth: actually i take that back! Lodger had some abominations on it!
	11:08pm V Priceless: IMO Tin Machine saved Bowie's career from going under. 'Never Let Me Down' is probably his least- inspired work, to put it kindly.
	11:11pm nixxon: Let's Dance was a masterful, calculated, money-maker. Also a really great pop record, imho
	11:11pm Pete from Boston (and NJ): I loved Tin Machine. I still pull it out. One of the select few album-band-song same-name combos.
	11:12pm Carmichael: I watched a Jeff Beck concert on YouTube, and Bowie was in the audience applauding wildly.
	11:16pm glenn: he was probably applauding tal.
	11:17pm jay: I'm sure I read somewhere (probably Rolling Stone) about Bowie recording the two Springsteen songs during the Sigma Sound sessions in Philadelphia.
	11:18pm Carmichael: No, it was a tribute to Les Paul. Totally different band. Although I applaud Tal all the time.
	11:18pm coelacanth: i've never heard tin machine. i suppose i should,considering what i just read about it. i stopped paying attention a few albums before that.
	11:19pm glenn: yeah, that's imelda may's band.
	11:21pm V Priceless: Fish: you should check out Tin Machine. Great band. Great songs. Check out the live footage on the yootube!
	11:22pm JakeGould: I remember buying “Never Let Me Down” brand new in 1987. What a waste of $7.99 retail.
	11:23pm coelacanth: V -All-righty then!
	11:26pm Carmichael: And the colored girls go ...
	11:27pm V Priceless: @ Fish: two excellent live gigs: one from Japan, the other from The Docks, Hamburg. Plus live for TV outside of LAX and, if you can find it, the Arsenio Hall show performance is outta this world!
	11:30pm greyhoos: Agreed with coelacanth. After recently revisiting Bowie's discog after a near 25-yr lapse, the "Berlin years" albums held up for me. Except for "Lodger," which was a weak, weak whatevs LP. (The cover was the most remarkable thing about it, IMO.) So I end up defaulting to better material on "Station to Station" instead.
	11:33pm Peteski: Low still sounds like the future.
	11:34pm Carmichael: The 2 SNL performances were stellar.
	11:34pm V Priceless: Good point, Peteski.
	11:39pm coelacanth: Thanks V. when i'm back in my own cave i'll do the research so i can hear it loud,out loud. (saturday) -anyway,i'm supposed to be working here!
	11:45pm V Priceless: Thanks Evan and Chris! Fab show! Can't wait for part 2! Cheers!
	11:46pm Stevel: Such a great show Will be revisiting this on the archives, to be sure. I love most Bowie. I love the live version of "Stay" (CD bonus) more than most things.
	11:48pm Jeezy: I'm sorry but the whole Lets Dance era is a-friggin-mazing.
	11:50pm efd: When Chris comes back after the next book comes out you'll get your Let's Dance and Tin Machine fixes! :) And Berlin era, of course.
	11:50pm JakeGould: “Lets Dance” was out of character, but much better than anything he did past that.
	11:50pm Stevel: I am also a sucker for self-referential stuff. I usually dance alone (not a sad thing) when I listen to this album.
	11:51pm Stevel: Tin Machine was sharp.
	11:54pm Stevel: ...but Station to Station is astounding.
	11:54pm coelacanth: i'm digging all these one-artist-dedicated shows lately!
	11:55pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for the fun, EFD and Chris.
	11:55pm Carmichael: Was Tin Machine with the Sales brothers?
	11:56pm efd: Thanks for tuning in everybody! Check out more about the book here: bowiesongs.wordpress.com...
	11:57pm V Priceless: Yes Carm!
	11:58pm coelacanth: Thanks Evan and Chris ciao primates.
	11:58pm lambchops: Golden Years is superb pop. Station to Station is a complete mess.
	11:58pm V Priceless: I just saw a YouTube vid of Mary Poppins footage set to The Jean Genie. Worth a look. Pretty funny!
	12:00am JakeGould: Barry Moppins?

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from April 29, 2015

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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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April 29, 2015: CHRIS O'LEARY, author of Rebel Rebel, live in studio!

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In 2009 Chris O'Leary started a blog discussing every David Bowie song, in chronological order. The first post was about Bowie's first single: "Liza Jane," by Davie Jones and the King Bees, which was released in June of 1964. That's also the starting point for Rebel Rebel, O'Leary's new book that is essentially a full-length revision of the blog entries covering the period from that 1964 debut through the release of Station To Station. In addition to singles and album tracks the book includes live performances, session outtakes and unreleased demos -- who recorded them, who played on and produced them, and when they were played live or broadcast on TV or radio. O'Leary joins Evan "Funk" Davies in the WFMU studios tonight to listen to and discuss some of the more obscure songs discussed in the book - and a few of the songs we all know and love as well. This show is a must for David Bowie fans!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
mick ronson	white light/white heat	play don't worry	rca	1976		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
lulu	the man who sold the world "the man who sold the world" by "lulu"	from crayons to perfume: the best of lulu	rhino			0:03:51 (Pop-up)
ohio players	here today and gone tomorrow	love rollercoaster \| anthology	goldenlane			0:07:36 (Pop-up)
kraftwerk	antenna "antenna" by "kraftwerk"	radio-activity	astralwerks			0:11:02 (Pop-up)
james brown	hot (i need to be loved, loved, loved)	star time	polydor			0:14:36 (Pop-up)
	a song					0:19:58 (Pop-up)
david bowie	the laughing gnome "the laughing gnome" by "david bowie"	the deram anthology 1966-1968				0:33:56 (Pop-up)
dee dee giroud	pancho "pancho" by "dee dee giroud"				english-language lyrics by David Bowie	0:36:33 (Pop-up)
david bowie	we are the hungry people	the deram anthology 1966-1968				0:39:03 (Pop-up)
david bowie	c'est la vie "c'est la vie" by "david bowie"					0:41:33 (Pop-up)

david bowie	letter to hermione "letter to hermione" by "david bowie"	space oddity				0:55:32 (Pop-up)
david bowie	cygnet committee "cygnet committee" by "david bowie"	space oddity				0:58:02 (Pop-up)

david bowie	the man who sold the world (from Saturday Night Live)					1:18:21 (Pop-up)
david bowie	black country rock "black country rock" by "david bowie"	the man who sold the world				1:21:07 (Pop-up)

david bowie	queen bitch "queen bitch" by "david bowie"	hunky dory				1:30:02 (Pop-up)
david bowie	velvet goldmine "velvet goldmine" by "david bowie"	ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars			bonus track from CD reissue	1:33:08 (Pop-up)

david bowie	hang on to yourself "hang on to yourself" by "david bowie"	ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars				1:44:49 (Pop-up)
david bowie	watch that man "watch that man" by "david bowie"	aladdin sane				1:47:00 (Pop-up)

david bowie	1984 "1984" by "david bowie"	diamond dogs				2:00:32 (Pop-up)
the astronettes	i am a laser "i am a laser" by "the astronettes"				written by David Bowie. Group included Ava Cherry, Bowie's girlfriend at the time, and Geoffrey MacCormack aka Warren Peace; both sang backup on several Bowie albums.	2:03:33 (Pop-up)
david bowie	it's hard to be a saint in the city	sound + vision			Bruce Springsteen cover	2:07:37 (Pop-up)

david bowie	fascination "fascination" by "david bowie"	young americans				2:22:24 (Pop-up)
david bowie	win "win" by "david bowie"	young americans				2:27:41 (Pop-up)

david bowie	station to station "station to station" by "david bowie"	station to station				2:43:46 (Pop-up)
david bowie	golden years "golden years" by "david bowie"	station to station				2:54:45 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:03pm V Priceless: Hey Evan! Woo!
	9:04pm Figgsrock: I just have to get this off my chest--"Baby Can Dance" is my favorite Tin Machine song.
	9:07pm mike east: Bowie wowie!
	9:08pm V Priceless: Ha! Good one, Figgs!
	9:09pm JakeGould: Wowie Bowie.
	9:09pm Loretta: hey Evan!!! thanks for playing Mick Ronson ~ so hot!
	9:16pm V Priceless: efd: got anything from the Ziggy Stardust Omnichord album by The Techno Cowboy? Fascinating, fun stuff, however cheese-filled.
	9:17pm efd: Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in tonight! Actual David Bowie coming up soon!
	9:17pm JD: JB is da shit
	9:18pm fleep: Get down, humans!
	9:19pm Lonely Planet Boy: i was checking out the bowiesongs site for the first time this afternoon, what a treasure trove!
	9:19pm Figgsrock: How did Bowie or Carlos Alomar not sue James Brown over this song? I know Alomar was in Brown's band at one point, but it's kind of ridiculous.
	9:23pm redkayak: Evening all!
	9:25pm common: philly yea! and hello all my daily dose of fuckin' bowie
	9:27pm V Priceless: Hey comm! It's Bowie again! Really miss Ronson.
	9:33pm V Priceless: He did mime for The Strawbs 'Poor Jimmy Wilson', which I believe was on British TV.
	9:34pm common: vp! always! aven't you got an ome to go to?
	9:36pm jmd: even a little banter with the gnome built in to the song. This is great.
	9:37pm ?: o i know this song
	9:40pm jon: evening efd and funkites!
	9:41pm wolfg: is this the album with 'gravedigger"?
	9:43pm V Priceless: @wolfg: yes
	9:47pm Cooh John: Ground control to Evan "Funk" Davies 'Bowie'; nice audio oddity that is out of this world.
	9:47pm wolfg: he was underground then
	9:48pm wolfg: now, he is like curating prestigious sound art festivals
	9:48pm JakeGould: Ugh. That early dorkwad Bowie.
	9:49pm common: love the man who sold the world. artwork and muzics!
	9:50pm V Priceless: Yep, comm!
	9:51pm Peteski: And Bowie was back at home with his skiffle and his gnomes, never got enough of that Dance Hall stuff
	9:53pm V Priceless: Visconti and Woodmansey touring the UK doing all of 'TMWSTW' now!
	9:53pm JakeGould: Screw the laughing gnome.
	9:55pm V Priceless: Memory of A Free Festival!
	9:56pm JakeGould: But like this show!
	9:57pm redkayak: I'm with @Jake on that - gnomes give me the creeps....
	9:57pm wolfg: very nice song
	9:59pm glenn: even the coco crisp garden gnome?
	9:59pm V Priceless: Oh. This is great...
	10:00pm Alex of Chicago: Sorry I'm late.
	10:01pm JakeGould: Screw the gnome songs of the world.
	10:01pm nixxon: this is making me re-live my middle school years. After I heard and loved some Bowie then bought a bunch of the early stuff and was like... whoah, this is weird
	10:02pm Peteski: letter to hermione = tangerine + a day in the life ?
	10:02pm wolfg: it's beautiful though, timeless, if it touches you
	10:02pm Alex of Chicago: Not a Bowie expert, but I've had a long love affair with Louie, Louie Go Home.
	10:03pm wolfg: it is really about beauty
	10:04pm wolfg: Bowie is about beauty, I think, not so much about rebellion
	10:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Love is All You Need!...Kick Out the Jams! ...I want to Live!...I want to Liiive!!...
	10:05pm Philthy woman: Thanks for this focus on Fuckin Bowie and some of the more obscue songs I grew up with in my room with full focus on -with no idea, at the time that they were (relativley) obscure.
	10:05pm Philthy woman: kick out the jams
	10:06pm coelacanth: Aloha Evan and Funkies.
	10:07pm V Priceless: Woo!
	10:07pm nixxon: Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud must be played...
	10:08pm Philthy woman: inherited record collection lost in the physical world- still living in my brain -coming back like basement mold - I remeber- i want to live
	10:09pm V Priceless: Hey Philthy and Fish!
	10:09pm Philthy woman: !
	10:10pm Philthy woman: HELLO VP! Happy Fuckin Bowie eve to you!
	10:10pm Holly in NC: (slinking into back row) - sorry I'm late! Hi everyone!
	10:11pm coelacanth: Hey V!
	10:12pm JakeGould: @Holly: You are lucky to come in now. You didn’t hear that stupid gnome song.
	10:12pm V Priceless: I feel ancient.
	10:13pm coelacanth: i was turned on very young to Aladdin Sane & the double live album... very helpful to have older siblings.
	10:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Savior Machine' - 'Sell Me a Coat' - 'Silly Boy Blue' - I love the early stuff...
	10:13pm V Priceless: She Shook Me Cold! Do it!
	10:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: (Not far behind Holly.) How are things going tonight?
	10:13pm wolfg: I always loved space oddity
	10:14pm Fuzzy: Jessica Lange - Life On Mars!
	10:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - brilliant brilliant writer, let's face it.
	10:16pm V Priceless: Live album due in June!
	10:17pm coelacanth: i may choose The Man Who Sold The World,if i HAD to pick an album.
	10:19pm Holly in NC: @Jake - I've heard the gnome song, and loved it when I was young ;-) And @V - I feel ancienter, I think. I still think of the rykodisc reissues as new releases!
	10:19pm JakeGould: Phew! Back to the Bowie we know and love.
	10:19pm Philthy woman: Astonishing to me that Laughing Nome was a 2 yr vocal process- always thought that as a quick one off weird wanna -gimmick, that re-illuminates Bowie in some obscurious realm for me. wha
	10:20pm Stevel: What a performer. Rarely dull.
	10:21pm common: i saw that snl in the 70s so confused and amazed as a young 'n so good
	10:21pm Stevel: He really uses the male backups, and WOW, Klaus Nomi!
	10:22pm marc: Kurt Cobain: That was a David Bowie song
	10:22pm common: and klaus was the fuckin' best!!!
	10:23pm coelacanth: by the time i got that album with the gnomes,i was beyond thinking it was cute or clever. i MAY have listened to that album twice.
	10:24pm V Priceless: Fab show, efd! Pure gold!
	10:26pm P-90: "Boys Keep Swinging" was another unforgettable Bowie SNL performance. He also blew me away on Letterman when he did "Dead Man Walking" as an acoustic guitar duet with Reeves Gabrels.
	10:31pm Alex of Chicago: Ah, yis.
	10:31pm V Priceless: Bewlay Brothers! 'I was stone and he was wax, so he could scream and still relax'. F'in brilliant.
	10:32pm V Priceless: Got Bolder?
	10:32pm coelacanth: yeh this whole album!
	10:33pm Carmichael: Sorry I'm late, Evan. I have no excuse for my behavior, and I only hope I can learn from this unfortunate experience.
	10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: What does your guest think of 'Velvet Goldmine'?
	10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (the movie)
	10:35pm efd: I will ask!
	10:36pm coelacanth: well,this song isn't on my Ziggy album.
	10:36pm coelacanth: oh. never mind.
	10:45pm V Priceless: He still wears the Ziggy boots
	10:45pm Dano59: I was/still am a big fan of the Locust St. blog, glad to hear Chris and that he is still writing... I may have missed coverage of Bowie's early years, but still rapt over Please, Mr. Gravedigger.
	10:45pm Listener John from NJ: Great show! (And I never knew that Lulu had covered "The man who sold the world." She covered everything, I think!)
	10:45pm V Priceless: Yes! Freakin' Bolder, baby!
	10:46pm coelacanth: Bowie readily admits it was all about marketing...which i respect. ...and he was a marketing genius.
	10:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ziggy: the songs, the ideas, the band, the playing, the production, the performances.
	10:47pm Carmichael: Last night my iPod gave a few Lower Third songs. Nice to hear Bowie very early on.
	10:48pm Listener John from NJ: Ya know, my mom was NEVER a fan of the "Young Americans" album. I don't know if she knew other Bowie LPs -- probably not -- but I know for sure she didn't not like that one . . .
	10:48pm coelacanth: Ahhhh!!
	10:49pm Stevel: Oh, honey, watch that man...
	10:49pm glenn: young americans isn't that great a record.
	10:50pm coelacanth: by the time i was 9,i had stolen this album from my sister!
	10:50pm V Priceless: Long live 1973!
	10:51pm Listener John from NJ: @glenn: Maybe that's why my mom didn't like it so much. (I read some critic who said it was a "f-ed up record from a f-ed up rock star.)
	10:51pm V Priceless: Way to go, Fish!
	10:51pm coelacanth: glenn i agree; but "fame" is excellent.
	10:52pm Carmichael: 1 demerit for Glenn.
	10:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @VP: yeah - w/ Dolls, Raw Power, Alice, T.Rex, Who's Next (a little earlier) - almost Quadrophenia...
	10:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - Quad '73 in fact...
	10:53pm glenn: fame is really the only good track on it.
	10:54pm coelacanth: Ha! Jagger deserved it!
	10:54pm Carmichael: Glenn, you're about to become a member of the Breakfast Club.
	10:55pm V Priceless: 'Young Americans' still the only Bowie record I don't own, sad to say. I just didn't get it at the time.
	10:56pm glenn: haha. will molly ringwald go to the prom with me?
	10:56pm V Priceless: Indeed, Rev!
	10:56pm JakeGould: Bongwater, “David Bowie Wants Ideas” www.youtube.com...
	10:57pm V Priceless: Shout-out to the great Mike Garson!
	10:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Time - In Quaaludes and red wine Demanding Billy Dolls And other friends of mine Take your time The sniper in the brain, regurgitating drain Incestuous and vain
	10:58pm glenn: heroes is my fave.
	10:58pm Carmichael: You're stuck with Emilio Estevez, Glenn.
	10:59pm Carmichael: The Thin White Duke era ...
	11:00pm V Priceless: 'We'll build a glass asylum, with just a hint of mayhem"
	11:00pm glenn: jeeeez. what has emilio been doing lately, anyway?
	11:01pm coelacanth: RR! i wish he still had that in 'im!
	11:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - of course - he got down to 90 lbs. - says he doesn't remember whole years...
	11:03pm JakeGould: Pseu Braun said me saying “No problemo!” at the end of a call with here yesterday on her fill-in for Chris T made me sound like Emilio Estevez. I’m cool with that.
	11:04pm coelacanth: the Heroes trilogy is excellent. after that it's all downhill.
	11:05pm V Priceless: Early 'Scream Like A Baby' draft!
	11:05pm coelacanth: actually i take that back! Lodger had some abominations on it!
	11:08pm V Priceless: IMO Tin Machine saved Bowie's career from going under. 'Never Let Me Down' is probably his least- inspired work, to put it kindly.
	11:11pm nixxon: Let's Dance was a masterful, calculated, money-maker. Also a really great pop record, imho
	11:11pm Pete from Boston (and NJ): I loved Tin Machine. I still pull it out. One of the select few album-band-song same-name combos.
	11:12pm Carmichael: I watched a Jeff Beck concert on YouTube, and Bowie was in the audience applauding wildly.
	11:16pm glenn: he was probably applauding tal.
	11:17pm jay: I'm sure I read somewhere (probably Rolling Stone) about Bowie recording the two Springsteen songs during the Sigma Sound sessions in Philadelphia.
	11:18pm Carmichael: No, it was a tribute to Les Paul. Totally different band. Although I applaud Tal all the time.
	11:18pm coelacanth: i've never heard tin machine. i suppose i should,considering what i just read about it. i stopped paying attention a few albums before that.
	11:19pm glenn: yeah, that's imelda may's band.
	11:21pm V Priceless: Fish: you should check out Tin Machine. Great band. Great songs. Check out the live footage on the yootube!
	11:22pm JakeGould: I remember buying “Never Let Me Down” brand new in 1987. What a waste of $7.99 retail.
	11:23pm coelacanth: V -All-righty then!
	11:26pm Carmichael: And the colored girls go ...
	11:27pm V Priceless: @ Fish: two excellent live gigs: one from Japan, the other from The Docks, Hamburg. Plus live for TV outside of LAX and, if you can find it, the Arsenio Hall show performance is outta this world!
	11:30pm greyhoos: Agreed with coelacanth. After recently revisiting Bowie's discog after a near 25-yr lapse, the "Berlin years" albums held up for me. Except for "Lodger," which was a weak, weak whatevs LP. (The cover was the most remarkable thing about it, IMO.) So I end up defaulting to better material on "Station to Station" instead.
	11:33pm Peteski: Low still sounds like the future.
	11:34pm Carmichael: The 2 SNL performances were stellar.
	11:34pm V Priceless: Good point, Peteski.
	11:39pm coelacanth: Thanks V. when i'm back in my own cave i'll do the research so i can hear it loud,out loud. (saturday) -anyway,i'm supposed to be working here!
	11:45pm V Priceless: Thanks Evan and Chris! Fab show! Can't wait for part 2! Cheers!
	11:46pm Stevel: Such a great show Will be revisiting this on the archives, to be sure. I love most Bowie. I love the live version of "Stay" (CD bonus) more than most things.
	11:48pm Jeezy: I'm sorry but the whole Lets Dance era is a-friggin-mazing.
	11:50pm efd: When Chris comes back after the next book comes out you'll get your Let's Dance and Tin Machine fixes! :) And Berlin era, of course.
	11:50pm JakeGould: “Lets Dance” was out of character, but much better than anything he did past that.
	11:50pm Stevel: I am also a sucker for self-referential stuff. I usually dance alone (not a sad thing) when I listen to this album.
	11:51pm Stevel: Tin Machine was sharp.
	11:54pm Stevel: ...but Station to Station is astounding.
	11:54pm coelacanth: i'm digging all these one-artist-dedicated shows lately!
	11:55pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for the fun, EFD and Chris.
	11:55pm Carmichael: Was Tin Machine with the Sales brothers?
	11:56pm efd: Thanks for tuning in everybody! Check out more about the book here: bowiesongs.wordpress.com...
	11:57pm V Priceless: Yes Carm!
	11:58pm coelacanth: Thanks Evan and Chris ciao primates.
	11:58pm lambchops: Golden Years is superb pop. Station to Station is a complete mess.
	11:58pm V Priceless: I just saw a YouTube vid of Mary Poppins footage set to The Jean Genie. Worth a look. Pretty funny!
	12:00am JakeGould: Barry Moppins?

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from April 29, 2015

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