WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from October 28, 2019

Listener comments!
	9:02am Davee: Gooom!
	9:03am Davee: Hi Joe, how are you?
	9:03am Strandlund: Well, Hello Joe!
	9:04am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	9:04am Brendan: Good morning. Good morning v.2.
	9:04am pantz: Sweet fancy Moses! It's Surface Noise time!!!
	👻 9:04am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Made it! G'mornin Joe and all!!
	9:05am melinda: mornin
	9:05am Davee: Great Caesar's ghost
	9:05am Snoochienucci: ma-ma-ma-morning!
	👻 9:05am LastWhiteRhino: Morning Joe, and I'll "say it again"...Morning Joe (II).
	9:07am Brendan: Heavens to Betsy!
	👻 9:07am LastWhiteRhino: Morning Joe '99
	👻 9:08am Brian in UK: Hey Joe and hep cats everywhere.
	9:08am steveo: Hiya Joe, waddya know?
	9:09am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:10am The Oscar: Mornin'! Over/under on "Candle in the Wind?"
	9:10am annie: good morning!
	9:11am Snoochienucci: this is gonna be one fun ride
	9:11am steveo: i'm starting to sense a theme!
	9:11am Emily Waters: I’m so glad to be here hearing this. Monday is my only really free day! Had to skip yoga to hear this live!
	9:11am TheLoneliestMonk: soggy monday, joe mac! how you faring today?
	9:12am steveo: ooh, a threefer
	👻 9:12am LW Rhino: I saw the Ventures years ago at the Dirt Club in Bloomfield NJ. Nokie Edwards and the boys really ripped it up.
	9:13am Krys O.: The Ventures at The Dirt? Wow....
	9:14am Brian C.: Nokie's replacement, Gerry McGee, just died this month :(
	9:14am Brendan: Heavy Metal - Takin’ a Ride ‘19
	9:14am Joe McG: Hey, everybody! Joe McGasko '69 reporting for duty!
	9:15am melinda: I was looking at the '64 version on the playlist and thinking for a minute that the Ventures were way ahead of their time putting out a proto-disco number back then. Im not fully caffeinated yet.
	👻 9:16am LW Rhino: Krys O , where you a Dirt Club regular???
	9:17am Snoochienucci: I could listen to Santo & Johnny all day
	9:17am Strandlund: Off to a great start, as always!!
	9:19am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM i assume you've done an all instrumental 'single file' at some time, right?
	👻 9:20am James in ATL: Good morning Joe! Great concept for a show!
	9:21am Krys O.: @LW Rhino, not a regular. Only went a few times. when I was at Upsala College. I liked the Jetty.
	👻 9:21am Brian in UK: Stand easy Mr DJ..
	9:21am pantz: Time for your medication, everyone. It's time. How are you Mr Cheswick?
	👻 9:21am LW Rhino: Mercy...it's Percy.
	9:21am melinda: @pantz haha
	9:22am Davee: WPAT?
	9:23am yippie: a whole show of jeszcze raz
	9:23am steveo: The discos versions are all the best, amirite?
	9:23am Brendan: Disco was good to everyones career. Even Beethoven.
	9:23am steveo: disco*
	👻 9:24am Brian in UK: This 76 version has lost its dreamy quality in trying to be too hip.
	9:25am yippie: even lil nazx was saved by disco
	👻 9:26am Ken From Hyde Park: Yay, Do or DIY music!
	9:27am Davee: Dis go here and dis go there.
	9:29am Davee: I hope it isn't all disco
	👻 9:30am YETI BOB: Os Mutantes recorded "Baby" twice - does that count?
	9:30am steveo: i wasn't very old in 1975 but i remember that some people were really mad about disco hahaha
	9:31am steveo: maybe disco was Nixon's fault
	👻 9:31am Hughie Considine: Fascinating subject, Joe. But the second version is almost never better, right? (Except, like, Godfather II). I'm sure you'll turn up some worthy follow-ups.
	9:31am steveo: google says 'No results found for "disco was nixon's fault".'
	9:32am melinda: I get A Summer Place confused with Peyton Place.
	9:33am Davee: We can still blame Nixon
	👻 9:33am YETI BOB: @steveo: Disco was popular with minorities and it was gay-friendly. Nixon was an uptight white dude. He would have listened to Pat Boone or something.
	9:34am steveo: @davee ok whew @yeti more properly stated as "disco was a reaction to nixon" i suppose
	9:35am steveo: oh boy does my mom love frankie avalon
	👻 9:35am YETI BOB: Personally, I think knee-jerk hatred of disco is a tired position and needs to be reconsidered.
	9:36am inky bob: Do you know the Lee Hazelwood remake of These Boots are Made for Walking? Easily as good as the original - if not better
	👻 9:36am YETI BOB: A DJ in Chicago hosted "Disco Demolition Night" in 1979 at Wrigley Field - they dynamited a big box of disco records before the game.
	👻 9:37am LW Rhino: This sounds more like the theme to "Love Boat".
	9:37am steveo: @yeti yeah, that's kind of the joke I'm trying to make (but you also have to admit some of these disco remakes are pretty terrible)
	9:37am Joe McG: @Hughie: Yes! In fact, very few remakes have actually been hits, so the whole enterprise seems incredibly misguided.
	9:37am Lunchbox3030: @inky bob i believe lee actually produced the original for nancy sinatra, which is prob why he would then cover it
	👻 9:37am YETI BOB: Looking back at images from that event now, it's not a great look - a bunch of white dudes blowing up records by black and Latin artists ...
	9:37am steveo: (in a wonderful way)
	9:38am inky bob: Hey Yeti Bob - I'm with you on the disco subject -
	9:38am Asheville Jon: suggestion: Ventures: Theme from Hawaii 5-0 Henry Mancini: Theme from Hawaii 5-0 from the "The Cop Show Themes" album
	👻 9:38am YETI BOB: @steveo: I'm probably being oversensitive.
	👻 9:39am YETI BOB: @inky: thanks fellow Bob
	9:39am artbrau: I thought I was hearing Aqua Marina by Barry Gray (from "Stingray") for a second. I guess it ripped off "Venus." or the other way round.
	👻 9:40am YETI BOB: (and, having lived through the era - yes there was plenty of HORRIBLE disco music!. But also plenty of HORRIBLE rock music, and that didn't make me hate rock in general)
	9:40am steveo: @yeti, I think most people around here are happy to find the value in any kind of music (or non-music), even disco :)
	9:41am Krys O.: Oh, thank you for this Ruth Brown!
	👻 9:41am YETI BOB: @steveo: true. i'll get off my damn soapbox now.
	9:41am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe and others!
	9:42am The Oscar: @Bobs Uncle Michael did a whole show about the Disco Sucks rally a few months back. Pretty interesting stuff-- worth a listen.
	9:42am Krys O.: @Yeti Bob: Yes, the anti-disco movement was steeped in bigotry. timeline.com...
	9:43am Brendan: Going the other way chronologically can be interesting. Demos for example.
	9:44am Krys O.: I went to New York, New York disco when I was 15 with my sister and her husband. It was after their wedding. It was quite bizarre, but fun.
	9:46am Phillippe Bastille: Good morning, Morning Joe and folks
	9:47am Joe McG: @Brendan: Future idea!
	👻 9:47am Hughie Considine: Sedaka's back!!
	9:49am Strandlund: This is such a great idea for a show, Mr McGasko...PLEDGE PEOPLE!!!
	9:49am chresti @griffith Park: Morning from LA
	9:49am Krys O.: We sang Sedaka in junior high chorus concerts.
	9:50am chresti @griffith Park: The only disco song I like is Funky Town
	👻 9:51am Brian in UK: Thanks, Elton.
	9:51am steveo: A winner! "Sedaka's slow version peaked at #8 in February 1976 and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart"
	👻 9:51am Hughie Considine: I have to say, that is a worthy remake.
	9:52am Tim 07030: Great show, Joe! I am holding out hope for the weird-ass 1970s version of ‘Great Balls of Fire’!
	9:53am Joe McG: @Tim: AH, forgot about that one! :(
	👻 9:55am Brian in UK: Joe, this is a kind socio-musical reflection on times past.
	9:55am coelacanth∅: 'morning Joe and all
	9:57am Snoochienucci: yes Joe, Yes Joe! sixteen tons is amazing
	9:57am Losermom: This playlist is just like my itunes. Scary. But awesome!!!!
	9:57am Phillippe Bastille: Hey coelacanth, another weekend survived, eh?
	9:58am Davee: Was it remade as 32 tons
	9:58am DroneTree: PLEASE tell me there's a disco version of 16 tons
	9:59am Dominick: perfect sign in song
	9:59am coelacanth∅: by some strange twist, Phillippe! ...howz you?
	9:59am The Oscar: !!!!!!!!!
	9:59am Snoochienucci: this remake is a little strange to say the least...
	10:00am Davee: I'll take the first one.
	10:00am coelacanth∅: (and you could do a whole show of Johnny Cash makes/remakes, if you so desired)
	10:01am artbrau: ugh. Hey, let's do a "rock and roll" version!
	10:01am Tim 07030: Wow, Ernie threw everything in the company store into this remake!
	10:01am Brendan: Songs that should never be re-done or for that matter, played back to back: Im Your Captain/Closer to Home Green Grass and High Tides The Gates of Delirium Whippin Post The End
	10:01am Davee: How about a disco version of this song
	10:02am Hubig Pie: What was he buying in there?
	10:02am Davee: @Brendan - add Stairway to Heaven to that list.
	10:02am Stevel: Ready organ!!!!
	👻 10:03am Brian in UK: The Del Shannon Sound. Where is Lou Christie when we need him.
	10:04am Davee: She ran away because you redid this song
	👻 10:04am Brian in UK: Joe, pretty impressive show of pumpkins but you can never have enough.
	10:05am Joe McG: @Davee: Ha ha ha!
	10:06am Tim 07030: Sing it, Del!
	10:06am steveo: i like this remake, heard the original hundreds of times, might be the first time for the remake ("This version was issued as a single, and reached No. 122 on Billboard's 'Bubbling Under the Hot 100'.")
	👻 10:07am Brian in UK: This is a good case for the abolition of 'bonus' tracks.
	10:07am The Oscar: April Stevens (and Nino Tempo) don't get enough credit for their pleasantly bonkers pop songs.
	10:08am Brendan: @Joe, were most of these singles or album fillers?
	10:08am pantz: ASMR before there was such a thing.
	👻 10:08am LW Rhino: April Stvens...Wow, Wow, Wow!
	10:08am coelacanth∅: chresti @9.50 it's unlikely for me to ever be defending disco! but what about whatever gets you through the night? what about b.t.express, do it till you're satisfied? what about heart of glass?
	10:08am steveo: i got some off the shannon redo, pantz
	10:09am artbrau: holy moly!
	10:10am Joe McG: @Brendan: A mix, but I tried to go for things that were attempts at having another hit with the same tune. The Everlys would be a cherished exception.
	10:10am steveo: lol that car crash effect was a big hit
	👻 10:10am Brian in UK: @artbrau I was thinking the same about Aqua Marina.
	10:10am dotpattern: wa-wa-wawawa?
	10:10am The Oscar: I'm pretty sure the car stopped because it crashed into a wall.
	10:10am listener Rey: is it getting warm in here???
	10:11am Brendan: Thanks . Say this is one horny song!
	10:11am Strandlund: Hubba Hubba...!!
	10:12am Davee: In 5 years he never taught her
	10:12am Krys O.: April without Nino.
	10:12am coelacanth∅: those tigers sound exactly the same to me. ...and i think i might have to do something drastic to shut her up!
	10:14am Phillippe Bastille: @coelacanth survived as well. It was a weekend of doing what my wife told me to do. I'm a good furniture mover apparently
	👻 10:15am Hughie Considine: There's a lot of subtext in Leslie Gore revisiting this song.
	👻 10:16am Brian in UK: '63 seems to be the cutoff for the originals. Just pre-Beatles.
	10:18am steveo: some research indicates that that car crash effect used in the april stevens original was made popular by hanna-barbera www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:18am Hughie Considine: A few months after her appearance on the TAMI Show, Leslie Gore was at Sarah Lawrence, having halted her career for all intents and purposes; her fellow students snubbed her because her kind of pop wasn't bohemian enough. She also dissed the food there, which didn't win her any fans at the school. Kind of sad.
	10:19am Brendan: Wow ...that was a good one.
	10:19am coelacanth∅: Phillippe that doesn't sound bad! ...it's good to be good at something. maybe i should get married so i can find out what i'm good at
	10:21am melinda: There is a good movie called the Secret History of Disco. Interviews and re-enactments, explores theories about disco hate but with humor.
	10:21am thelma blitz: interesting show, Joe!
	10:23am The Oscar: "Mother" by Danzig comes to mind, but something tells me that's not coming up on Surface Noise.
	10:23am melinda: There is a great scene with all the ex-Village People explaining that there was absolutely nothing gay about the band.
	10:24am coelacanth∅: well, Bob Marley and the wailers turned making remakes into international stardom.
	10:25am Brendan: @melinda Disco Demolition Night was an example of that gone very wrong https://youtu.be/gWNh_vdg75s
	10:26am Krys O.: Awright!!
	10:26am The Oscar: Your intro had me psyched up for a disco version of "Monster Mash!"
	10:26am coelacanth∅: Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker etc. recorded those songs tons of times for various labels and often under pseudonyms; but often there wasn't much difference between the versions.
	10:27am Listener Alexandra: Good morning, Joe--it's been fun to hear how this idea of yours is playing out :-)
	10:27am steveo: lol @oscar, same; i don't think i ever knew the title of Frankenstein here (#learning)
	10:28am Joe McG: @coelacanth: Yeah, I'm trying to avoid those kind of "rights" remakes, although I'm glad that the artists were trying to get paid!
	10:29am The Oscar: Didn't Gang of Four remake Entertainment in the mid-00s? Was that some sort of rights thing?
	10:29am Krys O.: I played this Edgar Winter album from my brother's collection when I came home from school.
	10:29am coelacanth∅: (Oscar there's also a good version of mother by X. [the good x, the one from australia])
	10:30am Eric from Lake Hiawatha: Conceptually creative well curated show thanks
	10:30am Joe McG: @Oscar: Yeah. Otherwise it was a pointless thing to do.
	10:30am Hubig Pie: This be the extended version
	10:31am coelacanth∅: and devo remade most of the songs on the stiffs ep for their first album. some versions are better, some aren't as good...or in some ways
	10:32am Krys O.: Cool. Didn't know about this 1983 version.
	10:33am coelacanth∅: this frankie is scary; and sad! did not know this existed and i will erase it from my mind when it ends!
	10:33am The Oscar: I might actually prefer this version, but I'm of the mindset that adding Halloween sound effects is a good way to improve any song.
	10:33am mrmikestandsir: a la Herbie Hancock
	10:34am Joe McG: @coelacanth: Yeah, major label remakes of songs from indie labels are a whole 'nother story. B-52s, R.E.M., Go-Go's, you could do a whole show of those, too.
	10:34am coelacanth∅: the original could not have been improved upon though!
	10:35am coelacanth∅: Joe yeah, the original 45 of rock lobster rules! (which says a lot because the album version is great too!)
	10:35am The Oscar: IIRC the Residents rerecorded a bunch of their songs for a couple of compilations, on the premise that releasing a straight greatest hits comp would be too square.
	10:37am coelacanth∅: okay this part's cool...mixing in what, stravinsky?
	10:37am Listener Alexandra: Keeping my ear out for the Fleshtones ;)
	10:38am Cmurtha: Morning all. What is this banging compressed synth version o Frankenstein because I love it
	10:38am βrian: The last time I left my ear out, it got all wrinkly.
	10:39am Joe McG: @Alex: Ah, I know about that one, but the library has neither "Blast Off!" or the Bachelor Party soundtrack and I forgot to dig for them! :(
	10:39am Davee: MAKE IT STOP!
	10:39am Matt Fiveash: Egga Winna!
	10:39am Listener Alexandra: NOOOOOOOO!!!!
	10:39am The Oscar: Oh man-- speaking of Devo, does "Devo 2.0" count?
	10:39am zephyr: Dear Edgar. You are not Herbie Hancock. This is not "Rockit". Stick to the Scientology operas....
	👻 10:40am tadpoles: The brilliant Sparks recorded a whole album of own remakes calling it "Plagiarism"! Great show Joe!
	10:40am steveo: vocals?! are there vocals on the original Frankenstein?
	10:41am The Oscar: Ahhhh so hard not to bang on my desk!
	10:41am Brendan: Tainted Meat
	10:41am Listener Alexandra: That was one of my best ones...probably better than Wham/George Michael.
	10:41am Krys O.: I heart Soft Cell!
	10:42am Blues Mandinga: Ea!
	10:42am steveo: how can there be so few clickystars on this, Krys?
	10:44am Hubig Pie: I guess the single didnt have the "where did our love go" outro
	10:45am Joe McG: @Hubig Pie: There are two versions, one with and one without.
	10:47am \( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ﾉ\( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ﾉ\( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ﾉ: \( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ﾉ Taint lol
	10:48am Krys O.: There already was a Tainted Dub.
	10:52am Brendan: The extended dance versions segment
	10:57am steveo: Blue Monday, "best selling 12 inch single of all time"
	10:58am Jamie: love Tainted Love, but nothing beats Sex Dwarf for me
	10:58am Hugh: We called this (first version) the Surfer Killer back in the Santa Barbara days.
	10:58am Brendan: It’s Immaterial’s “Ed’s Funky Diner” and subsequent Friday Night/Saturday Morning 12” version are worthy (the latter a beautifully layered song).
	10:58am Jamie: really enjoying these picks
	10:59am Some Guy from Nutley: The Soft Cell and New Order selections aren't so different as to merit inclusion on this otherwise delightful show. Just my two cents.
	11:00am Jamie: hey, I found the hipster
	👻 11:01am Ken From Hyde Park: There is Sonic Youth / Lydia Lunch "Death Valley '69." I assume that is a revision of a previous release?
	11:01am coelacanth∅: when this song came on every week (the first version) was when i stepped outside for air
	11:01am artbrau: Brings to mind the UK and then US versions of West End Girls/Pet Shop Boys. The US release was buffed to have no edge to it. Sad.
	11:01am Asheville Jon: I now Eurodance
	11:01am steveo: i don't mind if you just finish out playing different versions of blue monday (oh look your background is blue)
	11:02am Krys O.: Bedsitter was my jam.
	11:02am Marc Francis: I love Hardfloor. I forgot they did a remix of this!
	11:02am SeanG: DANCE NEW JERSEY DANCE
	11:02am The Oscar: I'm imagining "Blue Monday" as an event that falls every 5-7 years, kind of like leap year.
	11:03am artbrau: Is that "Heart of Glass" under there?
	11:03am coelacanth∅: that whole soft cell album is good. chips on my shoulder; wave goodbye....
	11:05am jinjabredboy: aren't these remixers remixing - rather than performers reviving?
	11:05am Hubig Pie: Maybe the third monday of a calendar month is referred to as "Blue Mondy"
	11:06am Joe McG: Yeah, you're right jinjabred, but I love the year designations and couldn't resist how the song changed with the times.
	11:06am Hubig Pie: Monday
	11:06am Stevel: ALL BLUE MONDAY ALL THE TIME!!
	11:07am Hubig Pie: Besides, Fats Domino was the original
	11:08am Marc Francis: All those Roland 303's. I think Hardfloor used 4 or 5 of them when they made or remixed music. So dirrrrrty.
	11:08am jinjabredboy: that's ok Joe - cleaving to a concept shouldn't get in the way of a great show!
	11:09am coelacanth∅: sorry, obviously a minority here, but this song in 1983 was an early indication of the soulless abyss that rules the commercial music arena today.
	11:10am Stevel: Fish: Interesting point. I like that version above the others, but I see what you mean.
	11:11am coelacanth∅: (...actually it makes sense it was the best selling 12" of all time)
	11:12am coelacanth∅: Thank you Stevel. i'm prepared for an onslaught of hate!
	11:12am Brendan: That one was the Windows Vista of remakes
	11:16am Brendan: Thanks for blowing out the candle
	11:17am David in London: Oh bless you Joe. I think hearing ‘Goodbye England’s rose’ might induce projectile vomiting.
	11:19am The Oscar: I'd actually love to hear "Candle in the Wind" remade in the style of that "16 Tons" earlier.
	11:20am coelacanth∅: i didn't know there's a remake of prettiest star. will check it out
	11:22am Tim 07030: Haha I own this Ryko reissue and have absolutely no recollection of ever hearing this remake.
	👻 11:22am Brian in UK: Did Nellie the Elephant go through phases?
	11:23am Joe McG: @David: Ha ha ha!
	11:23am David in London: @The Oscar, or Blue Monday 95...
	👻 11:23am tim from champaign (now washington): Hi Joe and everybody! Here's a suggestion for next time...Marianne Faithful has three renditions of As Tears Go By.
	👻 11:23am tadpoles: Love Lodger but have never heard this. Funnily enough I'm just reading Dylan Jones' "Oral History" of Bowie so this is great to hear. Cheers.
	11:24am Neil M: I think of Jerry Lee Lewis as the selfie cover king. In part because he was the primary artist on the soundtrack of the Great Balls of Fire movie about his life. But he also went back to the well several other times. And of course, he'd put out live albums when times were lean -- and they often were. (and I happen to think that Great Balls soundtrack has some really good versions!)
	11:24am Joe McG: @tim: I have two of them with me but may not get to them, we'll see! Time is running short.
	11:24am jinjabredboy: I remember when this version debuted - bowie was headlining one night of a benefit for the ICA - david byrne the other - byrne played a full set on his night - bowie came out an performed this one song only...
	11:25am pantz: Pretty sure he played this during Glass Spider tour. I seem to remember it live.
	11:26am Tim 07030: @pantz I think he OPENED with it during Glass Spider tour
	11:26am Krys O.: Such a fun show, Joe!
	11:26am Joe McG: Thanks, Krys, happy to see you here as always!
	11:26am Roberto: Was that the song that's basically "All The Young Dudes" backwards?
	11:27am Reno D: Mr. B. Ferry has been updating some of his 1970s and 1980s work by remaking them in the 2010s to sound like they were recorded in the 1920s.
	11:27am artbrau: Does anyone else hear "glister" instead of "blister?"
	11:28am pantz: @Tim07030 Thx. The memory fades but some things I'll never forget.
	11:28am Marc Francis: I didn't realize that they rerecorded this!
	11:29am Stevel: The Horns of Dilemma!
	11:29am Joe McG: @Reno: Wow, I have to hear those! He's another "show of his own" kind of guy.
	11:29am Tim 07030: @roberto ‘Move On’ is young dudes backwards
	11:29am steveo: bass saxophone, check
	11:30am Hubig Pie: This a Morphine bass sax-a-mo-phone sound
	11:30am coelacanth∅: well -it's not as good, but i appreciate that they did something totally different with it.
	11:30am coelacanth∅: ...(and it ain't bad!)
	11:30am DroneTree: Is that a bass clarinet? Anybody know?
	👻 11:31am tadpoles: #Reno D. You may be thinking of "The Jazz Age" by the Bryan Ferry Orchestra. It's very neat!
	11:31am Roberto: Oh derp. Thanks Tim.
	👻 11:32am tim from champaign (now washington): I happened upon a Brian Ritchie show about 10 years ago. It was really cool. He did Albert Ayler covers.
	11:33am steveo: ah, the proper name is "baritone saxo-mo-phone"
	👻 11:33am Brian in UK: Backing singers and a hook. What more do you need.
	👻 11:34am tim from champaign (now washington): Ohhhhhhhhhhhh
	11:34am coelacanth∅: wow so Neil already had that piano solo mapped out just as the monkees' version ended up with
	11:35am pantz: The "Paul Simon" treatment.
	11:35am Cmurtha: hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
	11:35am Reno D: @Tadpoles: Yep, and 2018's "Bitter-Sweet", wherein he sings (well, sort of), unlike the all-instrumental "The Jazz Age".
	11:35am Cmurtha: OH LORD THE STEEL DRUMS
	11:35am coelacanth∅: what happened
	11:35am Strandlund: Calypso...?
	👻 11:35am Brian in UK: Some of these remakes sound like they are trying to 'make it real'.
	11:36am David in London: Diamond should have complimented the funky calypso arrangement by doing the vocals in a Leonard Cohen style.
	11:36am steveo: i can't believe he stole this from the monkees
	11:36am Brendan: Neil sounds like a lounge singer on the love boat
	11:36am Joe McG: @steveo: Ha ha ha!
	👻 11:37am Brian in UK: Joe, great idea yet again. Got to cut and run. Good week everyone.
	11:37am The Oscar: You're going to end this with Smash Mouth, aren't you?
	👻 11:37am tim from champaign (now washington): Wow, Joe is going deep deep deep!
	11:38am Cmurtha: Girl you'll be a woman soon
	11:38am zephyr: Joe...FYI: With a Twist... is a 1997 album by Todd Rundgren. Asked to produce an album of new versions of his older singles, Rundgren decided to record the songs in Bossa nova style. Continuing the theme, Rundgren toured theaters with a replica of a tiki bar.
	11:38am Joe McG: Neil drove Brian in the UK out the house! :)
	11:38am davefromtoronto: sounds like he's singing from a rocking chair...
	11:38am coelacanth∅: hahaha!
	👻 11:39am YETI BOB: I love this song (I'm a Believer), as performed by the Monkees and Robert Wyatt. But Neil Diamond is ruining it! (Yeah I know he wrote it. But he's ruining his own song).
	11:39am Joe McG: @zephyr: I have it here, but I think I'm going to run out of time!
	11:40am Tim 07030: Neil looks back and imbues the song with the wisdom of his years...
	11:40am steveo: if there's a 4th version I'm going to lunch early ;)
	👻 11:40am YETI BOB: I wish I could stay for the rest of the show but I gotta go join the big protest in front of t**mp tower!
	11:40am Cmurtha: I kinda dig his old man vocals, but them coupled with this rock-a-bye-baby background is too hokey 4 me
	👻 11:41am tim from champaign (now washington): @Yeti Bob - give a little extra hell for me!
	11:41am Strandlund: Today's show is just one of the reasons why Surface Noise is one of my favorite shows on WFMU...
	11:41am Cmurtha: OH BOY A BANGER
	11:41am zephyr: Yeti Bob is my hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	11:41am Krys O.: w00t!
	11:41am Joe McG: @Strandlund: Aw, thanks! @YETI: Go get 'im!
	👻 11:41am tim from champaign (now washington): Oh this is gonna be killer!
	11:42am Strandlund: I'll be there with you in spirit Yeti Bob...Give 'em hell!!
	11:43am Mick: Hells yes Yeti Bob!
	11:43am coelacanth∅: i wont be at the dump tower but i will be carving his face into a pumpkin later
	11:45am Guido from Cologne: The single seems to sound totally diferent to the LP version.
	11:45am coelacanth∅: that piano part kept reminding me of compared to what (Les McCann version)
	11:45am Guido from Cologne: --- the 1966 LP version
	11:45am Joe McG: @Guido: It might be! Or maybe my copy is just incredibly worn. :)
	11:47am coelacanth∅: okay, respectable remake
	11:48am northguineahills: Relevant for Joe McGasko fans going out during halloweeen: boingboing.net...
	11:50am Joe McG: @ngh: I hope to see a lot of these this year!
	11:51am Krys O.: That's a great costume!
	11:52am steveo: '19!
	11:53am listener Rey: This show has been so good. Thanks Joe
	11:54am Tim 07030: Awesome show, Joe!
	11:54am coelacanth∅: nice job George!
	11:54am Cmurtha: thank you or the show Joe!
	👻 11:54am tadpoles: Great finale Joe...certainly rockin' out of a neat show. Thanks.
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks Joe!
	11:55am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	👻 11:55am 12539: Thanks Joe!
	11:55am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everybody! Have a great week! See you next week with live music from SUSS.
	11:55am coelacanth∅: 75 years young, that George McCrae
	11:55am steveo: lots of fun today, Joe; thanks!
	11:56am coelacanth∅: Thanks Joe! Excellent as always!
	11:57am jinjabredboy: thank you joe
	11:58am coelacanth∅: every1's a winner
	👻 11:58am LastWhiteRhino: Enjoyed the show. Bye.
	12:02pm Marc Francis: That was fun! Thanks Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from October 28, 2019

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October 28, 2019: Play It Again, Band

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Sandy Nelson	Teen Beat "Teen Beat" by "Sandy Nelson"	single	Original Sound	1959	MP3			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sandy Nelson	Teen Beat '65 "Teen Beat '65" by "Sandy Nelson"	single	Imperial	1964	45			0:04:24 (Pop-up)
The Ventures	Walk - Don't Run "Walk - Don't Run" by "The Ventures"	single	Dolton	1960	45			0:06:48 (Pop-up)
The Ventures	Walk, Don't Run '64 "Walk, Don't Run '64" by "The Ventures"	Walk, Don't Run Vol. 2	Dolton	1964	LP			0:08:55 (Pop-up)
The Ventures	Walk - Don't Run, '77	single	United Artists	1977	MP3			0:11:17 (Pop-up)
Santo & Johnny	Sleep Walk "Sleep Walk" by "Santo & Johnny"	The Best of Santo & Johnny	Stardust	1997	CD	From 1959		0:13:54 (Pop-up)
Santo & Johnny	Sleep Walk '68 "Sleep Walk '68" by "Santo & Johnny"	Golden Guitars	Imperial	1968	LP			0:16:14 (Pop-up)
Percy Faith & His Orchestra	Theme from "A Summer Place"	single	Columbia	1959	MP3			0:18:41 (Pop-up)
Percy Faith	Summer Place '76 "Summer Place '76" by "Percy Faith"	single	Columbia	1975	MP3			0:21:00 (Pop-up)

Frankie Avalon	Venus "Venus" by "Frankie Avalon"	single	Chancellor	1959	45			0:32:53 (Pop-up)
Frankie Avalon	Venus "Venus" by "Frankie Avalon"	single	De-Lite	1976	MP3			0:34:57 (Pop-up)
Ruth Brown	Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean	Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits and More	Atlantic	1989	CD	From 1953		0:38:24 (Pop-up)
Ruth Brown	Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)	single	Philips	1962	45	"with the Milestone Singers"		0:41:21 (Pop-up)
Neil Sedaka	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits	RCA Victor	1962	LP			0:44:16 (Pop-up)
Neil Sedaka	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	single	The Rocket Record Company	1975	MP3			0:46:30 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	I Wonder If I Care As Much	Greatest Hits	Neon	1988	LP	From 1957		0:49:46 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers	I Wonder If I Care As Much	Roots	Warner Archives	1995	CD	From 1968		0:51:56 (Pop-up)
Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	16 Tons of Boogie: The Best of Tennessee Ernie Ford	Rhino	1990	CD	From 1955		0:55:09 (Pop-up)
Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	single	Capitol	1965	MP3			0:57:40 (Pop-up)
Del Shannon	Runaway "Runaway" by "Del Shannon"	Runaway Hits!	Edsel	1983	LP	From 1961		1:00:07 (Pop-up)
Del Shannon	Runaway '67 "Runaway '67" by "Del Shannon"	The Further Adventures of Charles Westover	BGO	1998	CD	bonus track		1:02:25 (Pop-up)
April Stevens	Teach Me Tiger "Teach Me Tiger" by "April Stevens"	Welcome to the Ultra Lounge	Capitol	1996	CD	From 1960		1:05:49 (Pop-up)
April Stevens	Teach Me Tiger - 1965	single	ATCO	1965	45			1:08:12 (Pop-up)
Lesley Gore	You Don't Own Me "You Don't Own Me" by "Lesley Gore"	single	Mercury	1963	45			1:10:42 (Pop-up)
Lesley Gore	You Don't Own Me "You Don't Own Me" by "Lesley Gore"	Ever Since	Engine Company	2005	MP3	thanks, Sheila B.!		1:13:14 (Pop-up)

The Edgar Winter Group	Frankenstein	They Only Come Out at Night	Epic	1972	LP			1:25:20 (Pop-up)
Edgar Winter	Frankenstein 1984 "Frankenstein 1984" by "Edgar Winter"	12" single	Body Rock	1983	MP3	"Monster Version"		1:29:37 (Pop-up)
Soft Cell	Tainted Love "Tainted Love" by "Soft Cell"	single	Sire	1981	45	Marc Almond live in NYC this Friday!		1:39:19 (Pop-up)
Soft Cell	Tainted Love '91 "Tainted Love '91" by "Soft Cell"	12" single	Mercury	1991	MP3			1:41:57 (Pop-up)
New Order	Blue Monday "Blue Monday" by "New Order"	12" single	Qwest	1983	12"			1:47:52 (Pop-up)
New Order	Blue Monday - 88 "Blue Monday - 88" by "New Order"	(The Best of) New Order	Qwest/Warner Bros.	1990	CD			1:55:09 (Pop-up)
New Order	Blue Monday - 95 "Blue Monday - 95" by "New Order"	12" single	London	1995	MP3	"Hardfloor mix"		1:59:18 (Pop-up)

David Bowie	Look Back in Anger "Look Back in Anger" by "David Bowie"	Lodger	RCA	1979	LP			2:15:15 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	Look Back in Anger "Look Back in Anger" by "David Bowie"	Lodger (Ryko reissue)	Rykodisc	1991	CD	"New version recorded 1988"		2:17:56 (Pop-up)
Violent Femmes	Blister in the Sun	Violent Femmes	Slash	1982	LP			2:24:48 (Pop-up)
Violent Femmes	Blister 2000 "Blister 2000" by "Violent Femmes"	Grosse Pointe Blank: Music from the Film	London	1997	MP3			2:27:16 (Pop-up)
Neil Diamond	I'm a Believer "I'm a Believer" by "Neil Diamond"	Do It!	Bang!	1971	LP	From 1966		2:30:16 (Pop-up)
Neil Diamond	I'm a Believer "I'm a Believer" by "Neil Diamond"	single	Columbia	1979	MP3			2:32:57 (Pop-up)
Neil Diamond	I'm a Believer "I'm a Believer" by "Neil Diamond"	Dreams	Sony Music	2010	CD			2:35:27 (Pop-up)
Ike & Tina Turner	River Deep - Mountain High	single	Philles	1966	45			2:39:47 (Pop-up)
Ike & Tina Turner	River Deep - Mountain High	Get Back	Liberty	1985	LP	From 1974		2:43:24 (Pop-up)
George McCrae	Rock Your Baby "Rock Your Baby" by "George McCrae"	single	T.K.	1974	45			2:47:23 (Pop-up)
George McCrae	Rock Your Baby '19 "Rock Your Baby '19" by "George McCrae"	single	Recover Productions	2019	MP3	yep, people are still doing it!	*	2:50:38 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am Davee: Gooom!
	9:03am Davee: Hi Joe, how are you?
	9:03am Strandlund: Well, Hello Joe!
	9:04am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	9:04am Brendan: Good morning. Good morning v.2.
	9:04am pantz: Sweet fancy Moses! It's Surface Noise time!!!
	👻 9:04am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Made it! G'mornin Joe and all!!
	9:05am melinda: mornin
	9:05am Davee: Great Caesar's ghost
	9:05am Snoochienucci: ma-ma-ma-morning!
	👻 9:05am LastWhiteRhino: Morning Joe, and I'll "say it again"...Morning Joe (II).
	9:07am Brendan: Heavens to Betsy!
	👻 9:07am LastWhiteRhino: Morning Joe '99
	👻 9:08am Brian in UK: Hey Joe and hep cats everywhere.
	9:08am steveo: Hiya Joe, waddya know?
	9:09am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:10am The Oscar: Mornin'! Over/under on "Candle in the Wind?"
	9:10am annie: good morning!
	9:11am Snoochienucci: this is gonna be one fun ride
	9:11am steveo: i'm starting to sense a theme!
	9:11am Emily Waters: I’m so glad to be here hearing this. Monday is my only really free day! Had to skip yoga to hear this live!
	9:11am TheLoneliestMonk: soggy monday, joe mac! how you faring today?
	9:12am steveo: ooh, a threefer
	👻 9:12am LW Rhino: I saw the Ventures years ago at the Dirt Club in Bloomfield NJ. Nokie Edwards and the boys really ripped it up.
	9:13am Krys O.: The Ventures at The Dirt? Wow....
	9:14am Brian C.: Nokie's replacement, Gerry McGee, just died this month :(
	9:14am Brendan: Heavy Metal - Takin’ a Ride ‘19
	9:14am Joe McG: Hey, everybody! Joe McGasko '69 reporting for duty!
	9:15am melinda: I was looking at the '64 version on the playlist and thinking for a minute that the Ventures were way ahead of their time putting out a proto-disco number back then. Im not fully caffeinated yet.
	👻 9:16am LW Rhino: Krys O , where you a Dirt Club regular???
	9:17am Snoochienucci: I could listen to Santo & Johnny all day
	9:17am Strandlund: Off to a great start, as always!!
	9:19am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM i assume you've done an all instrumental 'single file' at some time, right?
	👻 9:20am James in ATL: Good morning Joe! Great concept for a show!
	9:21am Krys O.: @LW Rhino, not a regular. Only went a few times. when I was at Upsala College. I liked the Jetty.
	👻 9:21am Brian in UK: Stand easy Mr DJ..
	9:21am pantz: Time for your medication, everyone. It's time. How are you Mr Cheswick?
	👻 9:21am LW Rhino: Mercy...it's Percy.
	9:21am melinda: @pantz haha
	9:22am Davee: WPAT?
	9:23am yippie: a whole show of jeszcze raz
	9:23am steveo: The discos versions are all the best, amirite?
	9:23am Brendan: Disco was good to everyones career. Even Beethoven.
	9:23am steveo: disco*
	👻 9:24am Brian in UK: This 76 version has lost its dreamy quality in trying to be too hip.
	9:25am yippie: even lil nazx was saved by disco
	👻 9:26am Ken From Hyde Park: Yay, Do or DIY music!
	9:27am Davee: Dis go here and dis go there.
	9:29am Davee: I hope it isn't all disco
	👻 9:30am YETI BOB: Os Mutantes recorded "Baby" twice - does that count?
	9:30am steveo: i wasn't very old in 1975 but i remember that some people were really mad about disco hahaha
	9:31am steveo: maybe disco was Nixon's fault
	👻 9:31am Hughie Considine: Fascinating subject, Joe. But the second version is almost never better, right? (Except, like, Godfather II). I'm sure you'll turn up some worthy follow-ups.
	9:31am steveo: google says 'No results found for "disco was nixon's fault".'
	9:32am melinda: I get A Summer Place confused with Peyton Place.
	9:33am Davee: We can still blame Nixon
	👻 9:33am YETI BOB: @steveo: Disco was popular with minorities and it was gay-friendly. Nixon was an uptight white dude. He would have listened to Pat Boone or something.
	9:34am steveo: @davee ok whew @yeti more properly stated as "disco was a reaction to nixon" i suppose
	9:35am steveo: oh boy does my mom love frankie avalon
	👻 9:35am YETI BOB: Personally, I think knee-jerk hatred of disco is a tired position and needs to be reconsidered.
	9:36am inky bob: Do you know the Lee Hazelwood remake of These Boots are Made for Walking? Easily as good as the original - if not better
	👻 9:36am YETI BOB: A DJ in Chicago hosted "Disco Demolition Night" in 1979 at Wrigley Field - they dynamited a big box of disco records before the game.
	👻 9:37am LW Rhino: This sounds more like the theme to "Love Boat".
	9:37am steveo: @yeti yeah, that's kind of the joke I'm trying to make (but you also have to admit some of these disco remakes are pretty terrible)
	9:37am Joe McG: @Hughie: Yes! In fact, very few remakes have actually been hits, so the whole enterprise seems incredibly misguided.
	9:37am Lunchbox3030: @inky bob i believe lee actually produced the original for nancy sinatra, which is prob why he would then cover it
	👻 9:37am YETI BOB: Looking back at images from that event now, it's not a great look - a bunch of white dudes blowing up records by black and Latin artists ...
	9:37am steveo: (in a wonderful way)
	9:38am inky bob: Hey Yeti Bob - I'm with you on the disco subject -
	9:38am Asheville Jon: suggestion: Ventures: Theme from Hawaii 5-0 Henry Mancini: Theme from Hawaii 5-0 from the "The Cop Show Themes" album
	👻 9:38am YETI BOB: @steveo: I'm probably being oversensitive.
	👻 9:39am YETI BOB: @inky: thanks fellow Bob
	9:39am artbrau: I thought I was hearing Aqua Marina by Barry Gray (from "Stingray") for a second. I guess it ripped off "Venus." or the other way round.
	👻 9:40am YETI BOB: (and, having lived through the era - yes there was plenty of HORRIBLE disco music!. But also plenty of HORRIBLE rock music, and that didn't make me hate rock in general)
	9:40am steveo: @yeti, I think most people around here are happy to find the value in any kind of music (or non-music), even disco :)
	9:41am Krys O.: Oh, thank you for this Ruth Brown!
	👻 9:41am YETI BOB: @steveo: true. i'll get off my damn soapbox now.
	9:41am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe and others!
	9:42am The Oscar: @Bobs Uncle Michael did a whole show about the Disco Sucks rally a few months back. Pretty interesting stuff-- worth a listen.
	9:42am Krys O.: @Yeti Bob: Yes, the anti-disco movement was steeped in bigotry. timeline.com...
	9:43am Brendan: Going the other way chronologically can be interesting. Demos for example.
	9:44am Krys O.: I went to New York, New York disco when I was 15 with my sister and her husband. It was after their wedding. It was quite bizarre, but fun.
	9:46am Phillippe Bastille: Good morning, Morning Joe and folks
	9:47am Joe McG: @Brendan: Future idea!
	👻 9:47am Hughie Considine: Sedaka's back!!
	9:49am Strandlund: This is such a great idea for a show, Mr McGasko...PLEDGE PEOPLE!!!
	9:49am chresti @griffith Park: Morning from LA
	9:49am Krys O.: We sang Sedaka in junior high chorus concerts.
	9:50am chresti @griffith Park: The only disco song I like is Funky Town
	👻 9:51am Brian in UK: Thanks, Elton.
	9:51am steveo: A winner! "Sedaka's slow version peaked at #8 in February 1976 and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart"
	👻 9:51am Hughie Considine: I have to say, that is a worthy remake.
	9:52am Tim 07030: Great show, Joe! I am holding out hope for the weird-ass 1970s version of ‘Great Balls of Fire’!
	9:53am Joe McG: @Tim: AH, forgot about that one! :(
	👻 9:55am Brian in UK: Joe, this is a kind socio-musical reflection on times past.
	9:55am coelacanth∅: 'morning Joe and all
	9:57am Snoochienucci: yes Joe, Yes Joe! sixteen tons is amazing
	9:57am Losermom: This playlist is just like my itunes. Scary. But awesome!!!!
	9:57am Phillippe Bastille: Hey coelacanth, another weekend survived, eh?
	9:58am Davee: Was it remade as 32 tons
	9:58am DroneTree: PLEASE tell me there's a disco version of 16 tons
	9:59am Dominick: perfect sign in song
	9:59am coelacanth∅: by some strange twist, Phillippe! ...howz you?
	9:59am The Oscar: !!!!!!!!!
	9:59am Snoochienucci: this remake is a little strange to say the least...
	10:00am Davee: I'll take the first one.
	10:00am coelacanth∅: (and you could do a whole show of Johnny Cash makes/remakes, if you so desired)
	10:01am artbrau: ugh. Hey, let's do a "rock and roll" version!
	10:01am Tim 07030: Wow, Ernie threw everything in the company store into this remake!
	10:01am Brendan: Songs that should never be re-done or for that matter, played back to back: Im Your Captain/Closer to Home Green Grass and High Tides The Gates of Delirium Whippin Post The End
	10:01am Davee: How about a disco version of this song
	10:02am Hubig Pie: What was he buying in there?
	10:02am Davee: @Brendan - add Stairway to Heaven to that list.
	10:02am Stevel: Ready organ!!!!
	👻 10:03am Brian in UK: The Del Shannon Sound. Where is Lou Christie when we need him.
	10:04am Davee: She ran away because you redid this song
	👻 10:04am Brian in UK: Joe, pretty impressive show of pumpkins but you can never have enough.
	10:05am Joe McG: @Davee: Ha ha ha!
	10:06am Tim 07030: Sing it, Del!
	10:06am steveo: i like this remake, heard the original hundreds of times, might be the first time for the remake ("This version was issued as a single, and reached No. 122 on Billboard's 'Bubbling Under the Hot 100'.")
	👻 10:07am Brian in UK: This is a good case for the abolition of 'bonus' tracks.
	10:07am The Oscar: April Stevens (and Nino Tempo) don't get enough credit for their pleasantly bonkers pop songs.
	10:08am Brendan: @Joe, were most of these singles or album fillers?
	10:08am pantz: ASMR before there was such a thing.
	👻 10:08am LW Rhino: April Stvens...Wow, Wow, Wow!
	10:08am coelacanth∅: chresti @9.50 it's unlikely for me to ever be defending disco! but what about whatever gets you through the night? what about b.t.express, do it till you're satisfied? what about heart of glass?
	10:08am steveo: i got some off the shannon redo, pantz
	10:09am artbrau: holy moly!
	10:10am Joe McG: @Brendan: A mix, but I tried to go for things that were attempts at having another hit with the same tune. The Everlys would be a cherished exception.
	10:10am steveo: lol that car crash effect was a big hit
	👻 10:10am Brian in UK: @artbrau I was thinking the same about Aqua Marina.
	10:10am dotpattern: wa-wa-wawawa?
	10:10am The Oscar: I'm pretty sure the car stopped because it crashed into a wall.
	10:10am listener Rey: is it getting warm in here???
	10:11am Brendan: Thanks . Say this is one horny song!
	10:11am Strandlund: Hubba Hubba...!!
	10:12am Davee: In 5 years he never taught her
	10:12am Krys O.: April without Nino.
	10:12am coelacanth∅: those tigers sound exactly the same to me. ...and i think i might have to do something drastic to shut her up!
	10:14am Phillippe Bastille: @coelacanth survived as well. It was a weekend of doing what my wife told me to do. I'm a good furniture mover apparently
	👻 10:15am Hughie Considine: There's a lot of subtext in Leslie Gore revisiting this song.
	👻 10:16am Brian in UK: '63 seems to be the cutoff for the originals. Just pre-Beatles.
	10:18am steveo: some research indicates that that car crash effect used in the april stevens original was made popular by hanna-barbera www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:18am Hughie Considine: A few months after her appearance on the TAMI Show, Leslie Gore was at Sarah Lawrence, having halted her career for all intents and purposes; her fellow students snubbed her because her kind of pop wasn't bohemian enough. She also dissed the food there, which didn't win her any fans at the school. Kind of sad.
	10:19am Brendan: Wow ...that was a good one.
	10:19am coelacanth∅: Phillippe that doesn't sound bad! ...it's good to be good at something. maybe i should get married so i can find out what i'm good at
	10:21am melinda: There is a good movie called the Secret History of Disco. Interviews and re-enactments, explores theories about disco hate but with humor.
	10:21am thelma blitz: interesting show, Joe!
	10:23am The Oscar: "Mother" by Danzig comes to mind, but something tells me that's not coming up on Surface Noise.
	10:23am melinda: There is a great scene with all the ex-Village People explaining that there was absolutely nothing gay about the band.
	10:24am coelacanth∅: well, Bob Marley and the wailers turned making remakes into international stardom.
	10:25am Brendan: @melinda Disco Demolition Night was an example of that gone very wrong https://youtu.be/gWNh_vdg75s
	10:26am Krys O.: Awright!!
	10:26am The Oscar: Your intro had me psyched up for a disco version of "Monster Mash!"
	10:26am coelacanth∅: Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker etc. recorded those songs tons of times for various labels and often under pseudonyms; but often there wasn't much difference between the versions.
	10:27am Listener Alexandra: Good morning, Joe--it's been fun to hear how this idea of yours is playing out :-)
	10:27am steveo: lol @oscar, same; i don't think i ever knew the title of Frankenstein here (#learning)
	10:28am Joe McG: @coelacanth: Yeah, I'm trying to avoid those kind of "rights" remakes, although I'm glad that the artists were trying to get paid!
	10:29am The Oscar: Didn't Gang of Four remake Entertainment in the mid-00s? Was that some sort of rights thing?
	10:29am Krys O.: I played this Edgar Winter album from my brother's collection when I came home from school.
	10:29am coelacanth∅: (Oscar there's also a good version of mother by X. [the good x, the one from australia])
	10:30am Eric from Lake Hiawatha: Conceptually creative well curated show thanks
	10:30am Joe McG: @Oscar: Yeah. Otherwise it was a pointless thing to do.
	10:30am Hubig Pie: This be the extended version
	10:31am coelacanth∅: and devo remade most of the songs on the stiffs ep for their first album. some versions are better, some aren't as good...or in some ways
	10:32am Krys O.: Cool. Didn't know about this 1983 version.
	10:33am coelacanth∅: this frankie is scary; and sad! did not know this existed and i will erase it from my mind when it ends!
	10:33am The Oscar: I might actually prefer this version, but I'm of the mindset that adding Halloween sound effects is a good way to improve any song.
	10:33am mrmikestandsir: a la Herbie Hancock
	10:34am Joe McG: @coelacanth: Yeah, major label remakes of songs from indie labels are a whole 'nother story. B-52s, R.E.M., Go-Go's, you could do a whole show of those, too.
	10:34am coelacanth∅: the original could not have been improved upon though!
	10:35am coelacanth∅: Joe yeah, the original 45 of rock lobster rules! (which says a lot because the album version is great too!)
	10:35am The Oscar: IIRC the Residents rerecorded a bunch of their songs for a couple of compilations, on the premise that releasing a straight greatest hits comp would be too square.
	10:37am coelacanth∅: okay this part's cool...mixing in what, stravinsky?
	10:37am Listener Alexandra: Keeping my ear out for the Fleshtones ;)
	10:38am Cmurtha: Morning all. What is this banging compressed synth version o Frankenstein because I love it
	10:38am βrian: The last time I left my ear out, it got all wrinkly.
	10:39am Joe McG: @Alex: Ah, I know about that one, but the library has neither "Blast Off!" or the Bachelor Party soundtrack and I forgot to dig for them! :(
	10:39am Davee: MAKE IT STOP!
	10:39am Matt Fiveash: Egga Winna!
	10:39am Listener Alexandra: NOOOOOOOO!!!!
	10:39am The Oscar: Oh man-- speaking of Devo, does "Devo 2.0" count?
	10:39am zephyr: Dear Edgar. You are not Herbie Hancock. This is not "Rockit". Stick to the Scientology operas....
	👻 10:40am tadpoles: The brilliant Sparks recorded a whole album of own remakes calling it "Plagiarism"! Great show Joe!
	10:40am steveo: vocals?! are there vocals on the original Frankenstein?
	10:41am The Oscar: Ahhhh so hard not to bang on my desk!
	10:41am Brendan: Tainted Meat
	10:41am Listener Alexandra: That was one of my best ones...probably better than Wham/George Michael.
	10:41am Krys O.: I heart Soft Cell!
	10:42am Blues Mandinga: Ea!
	10:42am steveo: how can there be so few clickystars on this, Krys?
	10:44am Hubig Pie: I guess the single didnt have the "where did our love go" outro
	10:45am Joe McG: @Hubig Pie: There are two versions, one with and one without.
	10:47am \( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ﾉ\( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ﾉ\( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ﾉ: \( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ﾉ Taint lol
	10:48am Krys O.: There already was a Tainted Dub.
	10:52am Brendan: The extended dance versions segment
	10:57am steveo: Blue Monday, "best selling 12 inch single of all time"
	10:58am Jamie: love Tainted Love, but nothing beats Sex Dwarf for me
	10:58am Hugh: We called this (first version) the Surfer Killer back in the Santa Barbara days.
	10:58am Brendan: It’s Immaterial’s “Ed’s Funky Diner” and subsequent Friday Night/Saturday Morning 12” version are worthy (the latter a beautifully layered song).
	10:58am Jamie: really enjoying these picks
	10:59am Some Guy from Nutley: The Soft Cell and New Order selections aren't so different as to merit inclusion on this otherwise delightful show. Just my two cents.
	11:00am Jamie: hey, I found the hipster
	👻 11:01am Ken From Hyde Park: There is Sonic Youth / Lydia Lunch "Death Valley '69." I assume that is a revision of a previous release?
	11:01am coelacanth∅: when this song came on every week (the first version) was when i stepped outside for air
	11:01am artbrau: Brings to mind the UK and then US versions of West End Girls/Pet Shop Boys. The US release was buffed to have no edge to it. Sad.
	11:01am Asheville Jon: I now Eurodance
	11:01am steveo: i don't mind if you just finish out playing different versions of blue monday (oh look your background is blue)
	11:02am Krys O.: Bedsitter was my jam.
	11:02am Marc Francis: I love Hardfloor. I forgot they did a remix of this!
	11:02am SeanG: DANCE NEW JERSEY DANCE
	11:02am The Oscar: I'm imagining "Blue Monday" as an event that falls every 5-7 years, kind of like leap year.
	11:03am artbrau: Is that "Heart of Glass" under there?
	11:03am coelacanth∅: that whole soft cell album is good. chips on my shoulder; wave goodbye....
	11:05am jinjabredboy: aren't these remixers remixing - rather than performers reviving?
	11:05am Hubig Pie: Maybe the third monday of a calendar month is referred to as "Blue Mondy"
	11:06am Joe McG: Yeah, you're right jinjabred, but I love the year designations and couldn't resist how the song changed with the times.
	11:06am Hubig Pie: Monday
	11:06am Stevel: ALL BLUE MONDAY ALL THE TIME!!
	11:07am Hubig Pie: Besides, Fats Domino was the original
	11:08am Marc Francis: All those Roland 303's. I think Hardfloor used 4 or 5 of them when they made or remixed music. So dirrrrrty.
	11:08am jinjabredboy: that's ok Joe - cleaving to a concept shouldn't get in the way of a great show!
	11:09am coelacanth∅: sorry, obviously a minority here, but this song in 1983 was an early indication of the soulless abyss that rules the commercial music arena today.
	11:10am Stevel: Fish: Interesting point. I like that version above the others, but I see what you mean.
	11:11am coelacanth∅: (...actually it makes sense it was the best selling 12" of all time)
	11:12am coelacanth∅: Thank you Stevel. i'm prepared for an onslaught of hate!
	11:12am Brendan: That one was the Windows Vista of remakes
	11:16am Brendan: Thanks for blowing out the candle
	11:17am David in London: Oh bless you Joe. I think hearing ‘Goodbye England’s rose’ might induce projectile vomiting.
	11:19am The Oscar: I'd actually love to hear "Candle in the Wind" remade in the style of that "16 Tons" earlier.
	11:20am coelacanth∅: i didn't know there's a remake of prettiest star. will check it out
	11:22am Tim 07030: Haha I own this Ryko reissue and have absolutely no recollection of ever hearing this remake.
	👻 11:22am Brian in UK: Did Nellie the Elephant go through phases?
	11:23am Joe McG: @David: Ha ha ha!
	11:23am David in London: @The Oscar, or Blue Monday 95...
	👻 11:23am tim from champaign (now washington): Hi Joe and everybody! Here's a suggestion for next time...Marianne Faithful has three renditions of As Tears Go By.
	👻 11:23am tadpoles: Love Lodger but have never heard this. Funnily enough I'm just reading Dylan Jones' "Oral History" of Bowie so this is great to hear. Cheers.
	11:24am Neil M: I think of Jerry Lee Lewis as the selfie cover king. In part because he was the primary artist on the soundtrack of the Great Balls of Fire movie about his life. But he also went back to the well several other times. And of course, he'd put out live albums when times were lean -- and they often were. (and I happen to think that Great Balls soundtrack has some really good versions!)
	11:24am Joe McG: @tim: I have two of them with me but may not get to them, we'll see! Time is running short.
	11:24am jinjabredboy: I remember when this version debuted - bowie was headlining one night of a benefit for the ICA - david byrne the other - byrne played a full set on his night - bowie came out an performed this one song only...
	11:25am pantz: Pretty sure he played this during Glass Spider tour. I seem to remember it live.
	11:26am Tim 07030: @pantz I think he OPENED with it during Glass Spider tour
	11:26am Krys O.: Such a fun show, Joe!
	11:26am Joe McG: Thanks, Krys, happy to see you here as always!
	11:26am Roberto: Was that the song that's basically "All The Young Dudes" backwards?
	11:27am Reno D: Mr. B. Ferry has been updating some of his 1970s and 1980s work by remaking them in the 2010s to sound like they were recorded in the 1920s.
	11:27am artbrau: Does anyone else hear "glister" instead of "blister?"
	11:28am pantz: @Tim07030 Thx. The memory fades but some things I'll never forget.
	11:28am Marc Francis: I didn't realize that they rerecorded this!
	11:29am Stevel: The Horns of Dilemma!
	11:29am Joe McG: @Reno: Wow, I have to hear those! He's another "show of his own" kind of guy.
	11:29am Tim 07030: @roberto ‘Move On’ is young dudes backwards
	11:29am steveo: bass saxophone, check
	11:30am Hubig Pie: This a Morphine bass sax-a-mo-phone sound
	11:30am coelacanth∅: well -it's not as good, but i appreciate that they did something totally different with it.
	11:30am coelacanth∅: ...(and it ain't bad!)
	11:30am DroneTree: Is that a bass clarinet? Anybody know?
	👻 11:31am tadpoles: #Reno D. You may be thinking of "The Jazz Age" by the Bryan Ferry Orchestra. It's very neat!
	11:31am Roberto: Oh derp. Thanks Tim.
	👻 11:32am tim from champaign (now washington): I happened upon a Brian Ritchie show about 10 years ago. It was really cool. He did Albert Ayler covers.
	11:33am steveo: ah, the proper name is "baritone saxo-mo-phone"
	👻 11:33am Brian in UK: Backing singers and a hook. What more do you need.
	👻 11:34am tim from champaign (now washington): Ohhhhhhhhhhhh
	11:34am coelacanth∅: wow so Neil already had that piano solo mapped out just as the monkees' version ended up with
	11:35am pantz: The "Paul Simon" treatment.
	11:35am Cmurtha: hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
	11:35am Reno D: @Tadpoles: Yep, and 2018's "Bitter-Sweet", wherein he sings (well, sort of), unlike the all-instrumental "The Jazz Age".
	11:35am Cmurtha: OH LORD THE STEEL DRUMS
	11:35am coelacanth∅: what happened
	11:35am Strandlund: Calypso...?
	👻 11:35am Brian in UK: Some of these remakes sound like they are trying to 'make it real'.
	11:36am David in London: Diamond should have complimented the funky calypso arrangement by doing the vocals in a Leonard Cohen style.
	11:36am steveo: i can't believe he stole this from the monkees
	11:36am Brendan: Neil sounds like a lounge singer on the love boat
	11:36am Joe McG: @steveo: Ha ha ha!
	👻 11:37am Brian in UK: Joe, great idea yet again. Got to cut and run. Good week everyone.
	11:37am The Oscar: You're going to end this with Smash Mouth, aren't you?
	👻 11:37am tim from champaign (now washington): Wow, Joe is going deep deep deep!
	11:38am Cmurtha: Girl you'll be a woman soon
	11:38am zephyr: Joe...FYI: With a Twist... is a 1997 album by Todd Rundgren. Asked to produce an album of new versions of his older singles, Rundgren decided to record the songs in Bossa nova style. Continuing the theme, Rundgren toured theaters with a replica of a tiki bar.
	11:38am Joe McG: Neil drove Brian in the UK out the house! :)
	11:38am davefromtoronto: sounds like he's singing from a rocking chair...
	11:38am coelacanth∅: hahaha!
	👻 11:39am YETI BOB: I love this song (I'm a Believer), as performed by the Monkees and Robert Wyatt. But Neil Diamond is ruining it! (Yeah I know he wrote it. But he's ruining his own song).
	11:39am Joe McG: @zephyr: I have it here, but I think I'm going to run out of time!
	11:40am Tim 07030: Neil looks back and imbues the song with the wisdom of his years...
	11:40am steveo: if there's a 4th version I'm going to lunch early ;)
	👻 11:40am YETI BOB: I wish I could stay for the rest of the show but I gotta go join the big protest in front of t**mp tower!
	11:40am Cmurtha: I kinda dig his old man vocals, but them coupled with this rock-a-bye-baby background is too hokey 4 me
	👻 11:41am tim from champaign (now washington): @Yeti Bob - give a little extra hell for me!
	11:41am Strandlund: Today's show is just one of the reasons why Surface Noise is one of my favorite shows on WFMU...
	11:41am Cmurtha: OH BOY A BANGER
	11:41am zephyr: Yeti Bob is my hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	11:41am Krys O.: w00t!
	11:41am Joe McG: @Strandlund: Aw, thanks! @YETI: Go get 'im!
	👻 11:41am tim from champaign (now washington): Oh this is gonna be killer!
	11:42am Strandlund: I'll be there with you in spirit Yeti Bob...Give 'em hell!!
	11:43am Mick: Hells yes Yeti Bob!
	11:43am coelacanth∅: i wont be at the dump tower but i will be carving his face into a pumpkin later
	11:45am Guido from Cologne: The single seems to sound totally diferent to the LP version.
	11:45am coelacanth∅: that piano part kept reminding me of compared to what (Les McCann version)
	11:45am Guido from Cologne: --- the 1966 LP version
	11:45am Joe McG: @Guido: It might be! Or maybe my copy is just incredibly worn. :)
	11:47am coelacanth∅: okay, respectable remake
	11:48am northguineahills: Relevant for Joe McGasko fans going out during halloweeen: boingboing.net...
	11:50am Joe McG: @ngh: I hope to see a lot of these this year!
	11:51am Krys O.: That's a great costume!
	11:52am steveo: '19!
	11:53am listener Rey: This show has been so good. Thanks Joe
	11:54am Tim 07030: Awesome show, Joe!
	11:54am coelacanth∅: nice job George!
	11:54am Cmurtha: thank you or the show Joe!
	👻 11:54am tadpoles: Great finale Joe...certainly rockin' out of a neat show. Thanks.
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks Joe!
	11:55am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	👻 11:55am 12539: Thanks Joe!
	11:55am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everybody! Have a great week! See you next week with live music from SUSS.
	11:55am coelacanth∅: 75 years young, that George McCrae
	11:55am steveo: lots of fun today, Joe; thanks!
	11:56am coelacanth∅: Thanks Joe! Excellent as always!
	11:57am jinjabredboy: thank you joe
	11:58am coelacanth∅: every1's a winner
	👻 11:58am LastWhiteRhino: Enjoyed the show. Bye.
	12:02pm Marc Francis: That was fun! Thanks Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from October 28, 2019

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