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Bubblegum OD is Rock’n’Soul’s radio show devoted to cartoon rock, pop pablum, and sundry other candy-coated musical guilty pleasures. Many of these songs were penned by the Brill Building's best and brightest and contain provocative double-entendre lyrics. Sometimes a Mars bar isn’t just a Mars bar...

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Favoriting October 4, 2020: A Spoonful of Sugar Sugar

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Artist Track Label Comments Approx. start time
Cattanooga Cats  Cattanooga Cats Theme   Favoriting Forward    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Dante  Don't Stand Up in a Canoe   Favoriting     0:01:50 (Pop-up)
Ron Dante  Nice City View   Favoriting     0:04:19 (Pop-up)
The Archies  Sunshine   Favoriting     0:07:54 (Pop-up)
The Archies  Feelin So Good (SKOOBY DOO)   Favoriting     0:10:43 (Pop-up)
The Archies  Upside Down-Inside Out   Favoriting     0:13:09 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Archies 
Sugar Sugar   Favoriting
 
Ron Dante interview 
0:16:07 (Pop-up)
The Archies  Oh Sweet Suzie   Favoriting     0:18:01 (Pop-up)
The Cufflinks  Tracy   Favoriting     0:20:19 (Pop-up)
The Chan Clan  Number One Son   Favoriting   Ron Dante (sang and wrote song)  0:22:32 (Pop-up)
The Chan Clan  I've Got the Goods on You   Favoriting     0:24:48 (Pop-up)
The Webspinners  Theme From Spider-Man   Favoriting   Ron Dante  0:27:15 (Pop-up)
The California Gold Rush  Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep   Favoriting   Ron Dante  0:29:10 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Pickwick Children's Chorus 
Sugar Sugar   Favoriting
 
 
0:31:28 (Pop-up)
Pearly Gate  Daisey   Favoriting   Ron Dante  0:34:59 (Pop-up)
The Two Dollar Question  Aunt Matilda's Double Yummy Blow Your Mind Out Brownies   Favoriting   Ron Dante  0:37:14 (Pop-up)
Ron Dante  Don't Let Love Pass You By   Favoriting     0:39:04 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Dante  Janie Janie   Favoriting     0:41:14 (Pop-up)
Ron Dante  Let Me Bring You Up   Favoriting     0:43:52 (Pop-up)
Ronnie & the Dirt Riders  Yellow Van   Favoriting   Ron Dante  0:46:56 (Pop-up)
Starbird  Umbrella Man   Favoriting   Ron Dante  0:50:07 (Pop-up)
Ron Dante  Sweepstakes   Favoriting     0:52:14 (Pop-up)
Plant Life  Flower Girl   Favoriting   Ron Dante  0:54:35 (Pop-up)
The Archies  Tang Commercial   Favoriting     0:56:26 (Pop-up)
The Renaissance  Mary Jane (Get Off The Devil's Merry-Go-Round)   Favoriting   Ron Dante  0:57:03 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Becky Ebenkamp:

Hello, Mrs. Jones! How's your Bert's lumbago?
  6:54pm
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he mustn't grumble. just drink the horse liniment
  6:55pm
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why is the chat demanding that i do complicated math problems? I CANNOT MATH
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Because you are not registered ; )
Avatar 6:56pm
neko:

oh i see why. the complicated maths are because i am a fucking idiot & didn't sign in
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Even I have to do math when I don't sign in. And that ain't happening'! It only asks for name, password and capchca
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Yay!
Avatar 🍭 6:58pm
CAD:

Hey peeps -- happy gum-day to you.
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neko:

i hate those captchas. "click traffic lights" MAKE ME, ESA
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hey, CAD!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Did you watch the Herb Alpert doc?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I am going to watch it again tonight. I loved it so much. And then I got the best dessert ever...
Avatar 🍭 7:00pm
CAD:

Not yet -- was it good? He's one swinging, handsome dude.
Avatar 7:00pm
neko:

howdy CAD!!! becky, i just posted art @ FB page for the chat. cobbled together at the last minute, so apologies
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

He's MY president.
Avatar 7:00pm
neko:

herb AND dessert???? delightful
Avatar 🍭 7:01pm
CAD:

hola neko! good day to you...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

The news that came in right after.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Ronnie Dante!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I'm not sure if Ron is joining us today.
Avatar 🍭 7:03pm
CAD:

This is from the spatially challenged breed of songs like No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car...
Avatar 7:03pm
Corey Light:

Checkin in for some chewy cuts!
  7:04pm
Jarema Mykietyn:

Good evening, Becky! Cool starting song!!!
  7:04pm
Domenic:

Hey Yo....
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neko:

hey, corey!
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neko:

howdy peoples!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Corey! Hi, Jarema! Hi, Domenic!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

And Neko, THANK YOU!
  7:06pm
DA The DJ:

Hi Becky!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Dave! Woo hoo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Candy-O'67:

Hey Becky! Tuning in! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Jarema is my next guest! Maybe in two weeks. I interviewed him about his group The Yellow Brick Road. Candy! Hi!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

No announcing on this show (just interviewing) so you'll need to look on the playlist for songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

And I am hoping for some audience participation in a little while: When the Spider-Man song comes on, am I hearing the lyric right?! Am I crazy?
Avatar 🍭 7:11pm
CAD:

super-great Archies toon on now -- great one Becky!
Avatar 7:12pm
neko:

is it the spiderman/shaft one?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

We talked about that "digging' Mama Cass" line in the chat with Ron. It is everyone's fave.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Yes, Neko
Avatar 7:13pm
SaraPancakes:

Yay! Been really into the Archies lately!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

This one is for Kelly, who did the bubblegum boy art!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Yay! Sara!
Avatar 🍭 7:13pm
CAD:

The Webspinners. I think the whole album is good -- pretty mature, too, compared to other bgum.
Avatar 7:13pm
neko:

okay will give honest input as to what it sounds like. btw your playlist makes me feel like i'm a preteen again
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Woo:

Everything is Archie. Everything. Hot Dog too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Woo Woo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I cn make a case for that, Woo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

a sex machine with all the chicks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

he makes all the little girls cry
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I was just completing the couplet there. The one sounds like Badfinger when it starts out. A cross bt Badfinger and Oh, Susannah
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Woo:

Is it true that Sugar Sugar was offered first to The Monkees and Nesmith said no? (Sorry if this has already been covered.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Richard.Whig:

Cool archies track!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

This song is for Joe! Tracy by the Cufflinks!
Avatar 🍭 7:21pm
CAD:

Never heard about the Monkees turning down Sugar Sugar... cool...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Richard! I can't remember if SS was offered to the Monkees
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Was Andy Kim hanging around that early?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

He would have tho.
Avatar 🍭 7:24pm
CAD:

Great Chan Clan song -- wow! Ron's voice is always to perfect..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
Woo:

It seems unlikely that The Monkees would do Sugar Sugar by 1969. Anyway, it all worked out beautifully.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

The Groovie Goolies LP was rereleased
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Here we go!
  7:27pm
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Woo... pretty sure "Sugar Sugar" was offered to The Monkees two years earlier, in early 1967 if not '66
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Gaylord Fields:

Hi, Becky! And yeah, I heard "sex machine"!
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neko:

i can attest to the "sex machine" part
Avatar 7:28pm
neko:

"that ain't web, lucille"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

WTF? My quote was a little off but... "One lady sex machine" right?
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CAD:

there's a lot of 'sex'-ing happening here -- my delicate ears...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
Gaylord Fields:

Maybe it was supposed to be "insects machine" — even though spiders are arachnids. :)
  7:29pm
Domenic:

Hi Gaylord... from Dom
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Gaylord Fields:

Hi there, Dom!
  7:29pm
Domenic:

Hi Neko... from Dom
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neko:

hi gaylord! nope it said "sex machine" because he's, well, a sex machine but with spiders or something
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Ha! This is how we really know he's a great singer. He makes CCCC sound amazing.
  7:29pm
Ron Dante:

Hi Becky
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Yay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Your ears must be burning!
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neko:

it is a miracle of alchemy, becky. hi dom! hi ron!
  7:30pm
Domenic:

Wowee!!
  7:30pm
Ron Dante:

Hi Everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Ron, I played Sweet Suzie. I think that's one one the CD, right? Did I play a demo?
  7:32pm
Jarema Mykietyn:

Hey, Ron! "Rumblin'" here!
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CAD:

Hiya, Ron! Thanks for being here!
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Gaylord Fields:

Hiya, Neko! Maybe it's the German "Sechs-Maschine" because he likes six machines. And by "like" I mean sexually, of course.
  7:33pm
Ron Dante:

I think you played the demo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
Candy-O'67:

HI, Ron! Lovin' the interview! :)
Avatar 7:33pm
neko:

ja, das mensch-machine
  7:33pm
Ron Dante:

Thanks Candy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

This is another of my favorites. I have a lot of these 45s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
Gaylord Fields:

Small leap from web-slinging to Kraftwerking.
  7:35pm
Ron Dante:

What's this song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Daisey
Avatar 🍭 7:36pm
CAD:

Not sure, was Pearly Gate on the Pineywood label that Ellie Greenwich did stuff for?
Avatar 7:36pm
neko:

i think it's an idea whose time has come: SPIDERMENSCH. or maybe he does vaporwave. idk, it's still simmering
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Is that what you are hearing?
  7:36pm
Ron Dante:

Almost forgot that one. Thanks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Ha ha! It's a good one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Gaylord Fields:

@neko: Let me know when it's ready for the general market. It's got potential.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
izzy:

Just under the wire...hi all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Izzy! Hooray!
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neko:

not until we replace the plaster busts that got broken during the last tour
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

This is another one of my favorite 45s
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
izzy:

Love this! Finally got the 45!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
Richard.Whig:

I love these deep dive shows! And your interviews are always really interesting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
izzy:

Ron--What influenced that "eastern" guitar lick?
Avatar 🍭 7:42pm
CAD:

This is a great 45! Good 'un, Becky! And Ron!
  7:42pm
Ron Dante:

It just came out during the session. We liked t he minor chord sound so it became part of the record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
izzy:

Yardbirds? "Paint it Black"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Thank you so much for letting me do such a lengthy interview, Ron.
  7:43pm
Ron Dante:

My pleasure Becky. Loved doing it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I had to cut out a lot of gushing ; )
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Thank you, Richard!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
izzy:

I like the mallet percussion on this one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Janie Janie reminds me of belly dancing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
izzy:

Maybe "Stop Stop Stop" was an inspiration.
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neko:

yes! belly dancing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Don Bolles turned me on to Ronnie & the Dirt Riders. Good observation, Izzy!
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CAD:

This one is so, so killer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
izzy:

Haven't heard this one before.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I don't know if you know Don, Ron. He has been in a lot of L.A. bands. Biggest one was The Germs
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

He has a show here and plays bg, too.
  7:49pm
Jarema Mykietyn:

Hey, I used to have a yellow Dodge van where we saw most of this country in!
  7:50pm
Ron Dante:

Great band The Germs.
Avatar 7:50pm
neko:

there is nothing like traveling cross-country in a van
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

They need an Archies/Germs crossover comic ; )
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neko:

and ours was a dodge van too, jarema
  7:51pm
Nakia aka Little Joey B:

Hey everyone! Have been partying with you and excited about Ron Dante’s new release. On the road!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
izzy:

Since the name was brought up. We're the Barry tunes recut when the Bell albums were reissued on Arista?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

The van craze!
  7:52pm
Jarema Mykietyn:

I loved that vehicle! Finally drove it to the junk yard, was still running!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
izzy:

Were. Autocorrect!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Sorry about the quality of this one. Someone told me about it at the last minute on YouTube. It's a tv theme.
  7:53pm
Ron Dante:

Those Manilow songs were not re-recorded for the Arista release. We did remix one or two of them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Nakia! Glad you made it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
izzy:

Thanks, Ron!
  7:53pm
Domenic:

This sounds like it could be in The Monkes' HEAD movie
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neko:

i can see that, dom
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Richard.Whig:

Oh man. Love this one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Richard.Whig:

Dom, you are right!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Me too!
  7:54pm
Domenic:

Peter Tork sniffing a flower and throwing it in the air, yeah!
  7:55pm
Foxman61:

How about Sammy Johns Chevy Van
  7:55pm
Domenic:

Thanks, Rychayrd....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Foxman61! We remember that one
  7:56pm
Domenic:

"Join the Space Gang"
  7:56pm
Nakia aka Little Joey B:

Hi Becky! I could’ve been in the chat earlier but for some reason I couldn’t log into my account anymore ha ha
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Corey Light:

Wonderful show! Thanks Becky & Ron for bringing us higher!
  7:57pm
Domenic:

Thank you Ron Dante for being with us these three weeks!
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CAD:

Thank you to the King n Queen of Bubblegum!!
  7:57pm
Nakia aka Little Joey B:

Love the set though!
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neko:

the tastiest of tasty, it was
  7:58pm
Ron Dante:

Happy to be with you. Here's to Bubblegum music forever. Thanks Becky.
  7:58pm
Jarema Mykietyn:

Impressive RD discography!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Thanks for playing, you guys and gals!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

And to my special guest, Ron Dante!
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neko:

it was a pleasure! as always
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

There is a BUBBLEGOD! Thank you, donors, and all listeners! Shout outs on next Sunday’s show, promise!
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