WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 18, 2021

Listener comments!
	👻 8:59am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. fifty one hours to go.
	👻 9:00am YETI BOB: Yip Yip, I'm Hip
	9:00am Deborah: Radio Radio!!
	👻 9:01am Ken From Hyde Park: Yip yip, cheerio!
	9:01am Rick from SC: Happy salutations to all! Yip Yip
	9:01am David (in London): Hello Yippers! Afternoon Joe.
	9:01am Stanley: Board bouncing Boing!
	9:02am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:02am aang: c'mon Aapa, yip yip!
	9:02am Son Of Pantz: Coffee and Surface Noise. The only way to start a Monday!
	👻 9:03am 12539: Happy Happy Boing Boing!
	9:03am David (in London): Brian, Yeti Bob, Stanley, Krys, Pantz et al. Top of the afternoon to you groovers.
	9:04am melinda: hi Joe and all!
	9:04am adampsyche: good morning!
	9:04am northguineahills: Bobby Kennedy gave that speech that the Pidge used at the end of the show in Indianapolis the night after MLK Jr's assassination. It was the only major city in the US to not have riots. There a great doc called, "King in the Wilderness", based on King's last few years. I believe it's on HBO Max.
	9:05am mariano: Heya Joe, everyone.
	9:05am PaulRobeson1920: Good Morning All! Yip yip!
	9:05am Son Of Pantz: "the Negro’s great stumbling block to freedom is the white moderate who constantly says ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action,...who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom. ~MLK
	9:06am David (in London): Ah, it's the birthday boy, hello Mariano. Altogether now, "For he's a jolly good fellow..."
	9:06am adampsyche: 👆
	👻 9:07am Brian in UK: David, getting some apple tree pruning action before the threatened bad weather materialises.
	9:07am northguineahills: Been watching a lot of Korean cinema lately. I can get a few words now....
	9:08am Joe McG: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the show. Thanks for joining me today. Happy MLK Day! @Brian: Counting the hours here, too! @ngh: I saw a doc about James Brown that suggested he also prevented riots in Boston, but my memory is hazy.
	9:08am David (in London): Brian, ah, yes, good plan. What we really need now for our collective spirits is some really shitty weather. Sigh.
	9:09am mariano: Son of Pantz: Exactly. "Why don't you protest peacefully?" OK, let's take a knee during the national anthem. "Oh, that's so disrespectful!" and so on and so forth. Or else it's "I agree with the goals, but there are some 'bad actors' in charge of [BLM/CORE/SNCC/NAACP], they're all communists, you know..." Oh, pshaw, David! ;)
	9:09am The Oscar: Morning! This is so cool.
	👻 9:10am Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Joe McG and fellow hipsters! Hope everyone is well!
	9:10am The Oscar: If anyone's looking for some not-so-light King Day viewing, the new MLK/FBI documentary is, uh, pretty sobering.
	9:11am northguineahills: what everyone else above said....
	👻 9:11am Marley P. Dogg: *fellow yipsters - stupid auto correct
	9:11am The Oscar: Oh man, and Minari! Great film, with incredible music-- glad to hear it getting played.
	9:11am Tommy G Live: @The Oscar Where can I watch the documentary?
	9:12am Guido from Cologne: Hello everybody!
	9:13am mariano: Here in New Orleans they're beginning the long-overdue task of renaming streets that were renamed in the early 20th century after Confederate figures. The chatter on NextDoor is the usual: "This is not the right time! Crime is out of control! Our infrastructure is in bad need of repair!" In other words: fix all of society's ills for good, then we can talk about renaming streets. But of course, "It has nothing to do with race!" None of this shit ever has anything to do with race. Especially when it has to do with race.
	9:14am Stanley: Lovely Trees. Going to have to buy their albums, one of these days.
	9:15am northguineahills: I used to have this Trees (Original). I lent it to someone and never got it back (so, I kept the records she lent me)
	9:15am Andrew in Toronto: Good morning Joe and everybody else.
	👻 9:16am Brian in UK: Joe, you are worrying me after Neil Innes, now Celia Humphris.
	9:16am The Oscar: @Tommy I believe it's available on demand as of last Friday. Here's my review from NYFF, if anyone's interested: bostonhassle.com...
	👻 9:16am Webhamster Henry: Hi Joe and Surface Noise enjoyers!
	9:17am Joe McG: @Brian: I know, I'm feeling sick over it! I better stop saluting groups who have any member over 60.
	9:17am Son Of Pantz: @mariano what we are seeing in Trump's GOP (not all GOP, mind you) is the last death throws of white supremacy in America. It's going to be a painful transition for many, but I believe it is inevitable, and so do a lot of set-in-their ways white folk, which scares the shit out of them.
	👻 9:17am Marley P. Dogg: 50 hours to go!
	9:18am David (in London): I'm just putting on my doublet and hose in order to appreciate this properly. Afternoon Webhamster.
	9:18am Rick A.: On Friday John Allen played the Sally Free and Easy, an epic track, happy MLK day, Joe, relaxing music for a tense 2021.
	9:20am northguineahills: @Rick: Flying Saucer Attack does a great cover of "Sally Free and Easy".
	9:21am Joe McG: @Rick: That's where I found out she died.
	9:25am mariano: Hey nonny no, David ;)
	9:28am David (in London): I'm getting a hint of Funkadelic's 'Hit It & Quit It' in that riff.
	9:29am Baja Joe: Hey Joe! I'm a Zep head, so I am loving this tune.
	9:29am JG: My favorite Zeppelin song! Great version. On the original its the eerie church organ and the steel pedal guitar. great song
	9:30am JG: Speaking of eerie church organs...
	9:31am Joe McG: @JG: A segueway you have to imagine! :)
	9:31am djsheilab: Morning Joe! So many lovely selections and segues.
	9:31am JG: Nice work Joe
	9:32am The Oscar: I've heard this one on a couple of shows, and "I work in service too" gets me every time.
	9:32am Joe McG: Hola, Sheila! Thank ye, starting gentle again today. Can't seem to rev up these days!
	👻 9:32am YETI BOB: gentle is perfect
	9:36am Terr DE: Sounded like Stones from their Moonlight Mile,Wild Horses era
	9:36am The Oscar: For some reason I can never keep straight in my mind whether "To Know Him Is to Love Him" is about Jesus or not. I think my verdict is "probably not, but it would be funny if it was."
	👻 9:37am YETI BOB: The Oscar: Phil Spector's father was a suicide. And on his tombstone were the words "To know him is to love him". That explains a lot about this song.
	9:37am mariano: The Oscar: The really cringey one is "He Touched Me."
	👻 9:37am nortonjutland: good morning Joe. you're killing it good this morning.
	9:40am The Oscar: @Yeti/Joe Huh-- I had no idea!
	👻 9:41am YETI BOB: It does sound borderline religious
	👻 9:41am Brian in UK: You have to disassociate the person from the artist. I still find Bill Cosby's monologues funny even though he is vile.
	9:41am Terr DE: Phil won't be missed here. Sure Leader of the Pack is fun, but he ruined All Things Must Pass.
	9:47am Krys O.: YES!!!!
	9:48am Joe McG: @Brian: I agree. I'll always enjoy Phil Spector's productions even if he wasn't such a good guy. I don't even mind his fingerprints on the Lennon and Harrison records, Terr. "What Is Life" has that Spector wallop to it that it wouldn't have had otherwise.
	👻 9:50am YETI BOB: @Brian: I agree in principle but that separation is easier to make in some cases than others - it's complicated.
	9:51am The Butterman: What if I love their vile acts but hate their art? P.s., I don’t love their acts.
	👻 9:51am Webhamster Henry: UnSoundWalled versions sound good too.
	9:52am TVP: Fun fact: the lead singer of The Teddy Bears would go on to co-write Gonna Fly Now
	9:52am JG: Agree on Spector. You don't necessarily want to celebrate the guy because he was such a dirtbag. But you wanna hear the music
	9:54am Mr. Pumpy: Good morning, Joe and all! Great tunes, Joe. Thanks!
	9:54am chris r: happy birthday phil spector!
	9:55am 5Steve from Dunwoody: Re: Phil. There is always Spike Jones' Serenade To A Jerk.
	9:55am Joe McG: I will say that Ken's Phil Spector black velvet painting is one of my all-time faves.
	9:56am The Oscar: I saw one headline that described Spector as "talented but flawed," and someone pointed out that that manages to undersell both aspects of his career.
	9:56am djsheilab: This is fantastic! What a find!
	9:56am chris r: didnt know it was Phil's birthday today
	9:56am Mr. Pumpy: I'm loving this version already. I love it no matter where it may go! Off a cliff...fine!
	👻 9:56am YETI BOB: Otis Redding was only 26 when he died - so young (I just learned)
	9:56am Erin in TO: Is it wrong of me to think this song just doesn't sound right without the sax?
	9:57am David (in London): Hey Mr P.
	9:57am The Oscar: This Careless Whisper is INCREDIBLE!
	9:57am Jesse G: Dang. This is a jam
	9:57am Mr. Pumpy: David! How goes it?
	9:57am David (in London): Liking this version, too. Nice understated guitar in the background.
	9:58am Joe McG: @Erin: I'm thinking it's a little refreshing without it! I'd like to hear it on more instruments, like maybe flute, accordion, or vibes! :)
	9:58am J&E in Ithaca NY: So much better than the Paul Mauriat arrangement, loving this.
	9:58am Mr. Pumpy: This version is wrapped in gauze and glazed with petroleum jelly. That's the sound...
	9:59am JG: Keep the organ thing goin, Joe
	9:59am The Oscar: Ever since the Seven Second Delay show at the beginning of the pandemic, "Careless Whisper" is my go-to handwashing song.
	👻 9:59am YETI BOB: sounds like a B3
	9:59am Blix: This is good. Finds the soulful jazz in an original that tends more towards Adult Soft jazz.
	9:59am herb.nyc: "Back to mono" box- I just retrieved my copy. Thx for reminder, joe. (Mine is missing #4, via Archive of Contemptible Music sale. $20? 3 yrs ago? I assume online cost is high now) — that Stevie Wonder tribute to MLK Jr made me smile. Fook da racists.
	9:59am Rich in Bristol: Wow, this version may have finally turned me into a Careless Whisper believer.
	9:59am David (in London): It's calling out for a trombone solo.
	9:59am Mr. Pumpy: Not to mention the keyboard is stilted, lazy, slightly behind the beat. To reiterate, me likey.
	10:00am Mr. Pumpy: VAMP!
	10:01am chris r: today...tomorrow...and then???
	10:01am Mr. Pumpy: Alas, David, it ends devoid of trombone. The horror!
	10:03am swivs: If I play this song backwards, will my ass get bigger?
	10:03am mariano: Hey, Mr. Pumpy! You are the eggman...
	10:03am Strandlund: ASSERCISE!!
	👻 10:03am LW Rhino: This is my new favorite band !
	10:04am The Oscar: Well this is awesome too!
	10:04am seedfriend: Just a reminder today is a day to celebrate an amazing figure and collective wins. It’s the national day of service. Check out volunteer opps near you/ here’s a start https://www.pointsoflight.org/mlk-jr-day-of-service/
	10:04am Joe McG: @swivs: I know the feeling. I can't afford to exercise my ass off, I don't have much to start with!
	10:05am Joe McG: @seedfriend: Thanks for the nice reminder.
	10:05am chris r: @ seedfriend......yes! Phil Spector!
	👻 10:05am LW Rhino: @ Joe: Me too, I was born with no ass.
	10:06am Mr. Pumpy: mariano...I am?
	10:06am mariano: I have too much ass, happy to donate some of it to those who have been cheated by nature. No greater ass hath man than this...
	👻 10:06am YETI BOB: I'm quarantine thick
	10:07am David (in London): Free your mind and your ass will follow. So said St George of Assisi.
	10:07am pierogie: It's early yet, but this is the greatest song I've heard this year.
	10:08am Rick A.: Four years ago life was very melancholy. On a personal level, my wife was driving me to the airport to sort my late mother's remains. We were listening to Joe's MLK Day set, which included Gill Scott Heron's "Winter in America" which was very appropriate then. Listening to Joe's show somehow softened the sadness at the time. We are not out of the stress and melancholy yet though we are in a much better place than we were then. Joe has provided the rich soundtrack to all of it, thank you!!
	10:09am chris r: Rick A. what was your sadness form?
	10:10am Rick A.: My mom had died three months earlier and I was having to sort out her life. Incidentally, I don't have much of an ass either. It's everything else that seems to be growing.
	10:10am Joe McG: @Rick A: Thanks for that nice memory, Rick. Glad I could be there.
	10:11am chris r: 4 yrs. ago there was a lot of violence and uncertainty
	10:11am The Oscar: You know what, this entire set rules.
	10:13am Mr. Pumpy: David...One nation, under man-boobs.
	10:13am Joe McG: I'm feeling much more optimistic right now than I have in a long time.
	10:13am Rick A.: I am curious at the reasoning behind the title of this song. I'm guessing it's a focus on the film over the novel. Either way, what's the connection? Maybe the band just likes the name?
	10:13am chris r: i think if Dr. King were alive today he would be sad
	10:14am chris r: lets all hope so Joe
	10:15am David (in London): ...getting large just for the funk of it, Mr P.
	10:15am tim from Champaign (now washington): Hi Joe and everyone!
	10:16am Mr. Pumpy: Good one, Dave!
	10:16am David (in London): Gitkin? Gitkin! Hey Tim.
	10:16am Rick A.: This song would definitely get everyone up on the dance floor.
	10:17am Mr. Pumpy: I'm enjoying a nice coffee/bourbon/eggnog. Dr. King would have wanted me to do this.
	10:18am Kitsky: You had me at tuba!
	10:19am Stashu: What the what
	10:19am Stanley: Pitken? Yes, Mr Grimsdale!
	👻 10:19am Marley P. Dogg: I could listen to this cover on a loop al day
	10:19am Mr. Pumpy: There's your horns!
	10:19am Stashu: <3
	10:19am nematomorpha: best Joy Division Cover!
	10:20am mariano: Leave it to a second-line band to turn a Joy Division song into something happy <3
	10:20am Mr. Pumpy: There's enough brass here to build Ian Curtis a steam engine of despair!
	10:20am Rick A.: This song is a WFMU smash! Susie Hot Rod used it for her break in music. I've heard it on other shows too.
	10:20am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe!
	10:20am Dennis Diken: you go Joe!
	10:21am Mr. Pumpy: Hey, Stashu!
	10:21am WinksFMU: Hilarious Joy Division cover!
	10:21am The Oscar: I feel like the Hot 8 Brass Band is this year's Wild Irish Roses!
	👻 10:21am Ken From Hyde Park: Where's the parade at? I feel like marching!
	10:21am Baja Joe: Terrific "Love Will Tear Us Apart" cover, dontchathink?
	10:22am WinksFMU: Stop! Can't you see you're tearing me apart!!!!
	10:23am Whoop: Been dreaming of an all-drumline show (station?) for years. Anyone?
	10:23am Mr. Pumpy: Let us not forget Jah Division! www.youtube.com...
	10:23am Joe McG: @Winks: Ha ha ha, where is that from again?
	10:24am Son Of Pantz: The Room
	10:24am MplsCoco: yes @whoop!!
	10:24am The Oscar: We need some Captain and Tenille to balance things out!
	10:24am Hubig Pie: Rebel without a Pause
	10:24am adampsyche: lol
	10:24am JG: @Joe, re Winks James Dean in Rebel w out a cause
	10:25am David (in London): Or better still, Joy Division covering the Captain and Tenile. Yo Hubig.
	10:26am Hubig Pie: David, 'ello Guv' nuh
	10:26am Whoop: @ Stashu! Drumline polkas? I know they're out there! Whaddaya say? ;)
	10:27am adampsyche: hey Joe can you beat this streak of No Fun covers during a Ken show wfmu.org...
	10:27am David (in London): Joe, you'd better be careful or Mary Wing might sue...
	10:27am Mr. Pumpy: Joy Division doing Muskrat Love? That's the day the universe cracks and implodes.
	10:27am johnk77: great show selecter i am so old i met martin luther king senior
	10:28am Mr. Pumpy: @Joe, check out the Jah Division version if you haven't. www.youtube.com...
	10:28am davefromtoronto: that's funny i was just gonna say don't play the chipmunks version of this song!
	10:28am Baja Joe: I love this theme Joe. Nicely assembled where no assembly was necessary.
	10:28am Joe McG: @David: Oh you're right, I just accidentally did a 3-fer.
	10:28am Nelo: I am writing for work, protocols, boring stuff usually. but this set it making it so much better right now :D love will tear us apart sigh
	👻 10:28am Ken From Hyde Park: Also relevant: steel drums playing "Transmission" - youtu.be... #dontstopthesteel
	10:28am Mr. Pumpy: Make it a 4-fer
	10:29am Nelo: yes, I agree with Mr. Pumpy
	10:30am mariano: I thought it was Fabio's show for a sec.
	10:30am adampsyche: keep on trucking
	10:30am Stashu: Hi Pumpy! Hi Joe! Why does Joe rule so much? WHY IS JOE SO AWESOME?!
	10:30am dano59: Again, Again, Again! Nouvelle Vague = New Wave = (loosely) Bossa Nova. Love their spins on the classics.
	10:31am Rick A.: "Stop, You're tearing me apart" is from Rebel Without a Cause.
	10:31am Mr. Pumpy: Stashu...this is one of the unanswerable questions of the galaxies! He just does...rule...SO MUCH!
	10:33am JG: Nazareth's Walk Me Out in the Morning Dew is the best, but Rober Plant and the Allman Brothers do really good versions too
	10:33am Johnny Staten Island: My fav three of a kind. Pressure drop Toots clash R Palmer
	10:33am Hubig Pie: You say vaag, I say vayg
	👻 10:38am 12539: Single File: Every week at 10:36. Or so.
	10:38am Joe McG: @12539: Right on the money!
	10:39am David (in London): I was hoping for Zaback, but I'll settle for this one! Hurray for DD, D, B, M & T.
	10:39am Jeezuseffinchrist: now I want to watch Death Proof
	10:39am Rick A.: I didn't even know this band existed until I saw the film Grindhouse. Sydney Poitier actually offers some explanation of who they were.
	10:40am Mr. Pumpy: Dozy and Beaky are the 8th and 9th dwarves that weren't down with Snow White's fascist agenda. They found their own family.
	10:40am Krys O.: Cool beans! DDDBMT!
	10:40am Krys O.: Zabadak was my fave by them.
	10:40am Joe McG: Whoops, forgot how abruptly that record ends!
	10:41am The Oscar: This Charlie Feathers could almost pass for Liquid Liquid!
	10:41am Mr. Pumpy: It got your dinner and now a dedication. This roach has it all!
	10:42am David (in London): Krys, we are of one mind on that one then. (Although I managed to type 'Zaback' instead of 'Zabadack')
	10:44am Bob from poughkeepsie: Phil spector was a great producer very strange and a very scary looking!!
	10:45am David (in London): I made a Birmingham mistake once. It was a Balti I should never have had.
	10:45am Joe McG: @Oscar: I can hear it! Does anyone know, btw, the vintage of that Charlie Feathers track? I can't figure it out. Probably '70s?
	10:47am davefromtoronto: this could almost pass for a prince song...
	10:47am Joe McG: There's a nice story about this song that I will tell on the back announce.
	10:47am Rick A.: I've never heard an English version of this song. I won't say that it's a revelation though I appreciate hearing it. I'm not surprised that these are the lyrics.
	10:48am David (in London): Could hear Sade singing this very nicely.
	10:50am Blix: The only other place I've heard the English was in the Slick Rick "La-Di-Da-Dee" song.
	10:51am Rick A.: Arthur Lee is one of the most versatile geniuses in rock history. This sounds quite different from anything off of Forever Changes which is one of the greatest rock records of the sixties.
	10:51am Roberto: I remember radio ads for Taste of Honey's Sukiyaki. There was a lot of anticipation following their mega-hit Boogie Oogie Oogie.
	10:53am davefromtoronto: wow this song didn't age well...
	10:53am chris r: stanley Clarke! Vulcan Princess!!
	10:54am David (in London): Rick A, I second that emotion. He's criminally underrated as a great of the era. I was lucky enough to see him in Liverpool in the early 1990s and he was stunningly good.
	10:54am chris r: @ dave a funk version of a springsteen song? great!
	10:55am Blix: Officially in the "Seemed like a good idea at the time..." pile.
	10:55am DJ Guin: Yo! Pop N Lock, fools! ::break dances::
	10:55am Rick A.: If one wanted to distill the worst sins of the eighties, this song would do it.
	10:56am efd: I’ve got that Stanley Clarke version on a 12”. Really liked it when it came out.
	10:56am chris r: it was when springsteen wrote songs for Americans!
	10:56am DJ Guin: Theme Song for Benny on L.A Law,?!? Schweet.
	10:56am yerfriendpaul: Nice to hear Bennie and the Jets! Such a great song
	10:56am Terr DE: I was gonna make a Stanley Clarke joke, but it actually is the bassist !
	10:57am Roberto: Okay, Elton and Bernie, did you really need to "kill the fatted calf" in order to see an imaginary pop band?
	10:57am davefromtoronto: nice palate cleanser...
	10:57am Phin The Hyooman: Just had to get the “wall of sound” reference in there, didn’t cha? ;)
	10:57am yippie: just listened to the beastie boys remix of this yesterday
	10:57am chris r: Rick A yea anything with USA it it? Baaad!
	10:57am Rick A.: There is an amusing story of Arthur Lee at WFMU. I'm not sure the year he came to the station. However, with all of the staff watching expectedly, he sat a piano, played a few riffs and then rolled a joint. His genius was mixed with eccentricity.
	10:57am Joe McG: @efd: Wow, is the 12" version much different or just longer?
	10:58am DJ Guin: I hope Elton got help with that stu-stu-studder..
	11:00am dano59: Just love the live soundstage in this piece. Very odd and innovative for the time and an eventual hit single.
	11:00am Stanley: I don't remember all the clapping and live stuff on this. I can conjour up in my mind the badly dressed 1973 audience, all happily clapping along. But then it might just be an overdub
	11:01am David (in London): Personally I think we should have had 'Nikita'...
	11:03am listener monica: good morning, Joe!
	11:05am David (in London): Gus Dudgeon was an eff-ing genius. But don't drink and drive kids...
	11:06am DJ Guin: Must be a piano playing thing... Traded his Chevy for a Cadillac ack ack ack... Unless Billy Joel was from Mars Attacks?
	11:06am efd: @Joe just longer, as I recall. I don’t feel like I missed anything by hearing the 7” just now.
	11:10am Toothgrinder Tom: If I hear Joe McG play a song like Bennie and the Jets, which I’ve always rather liked, I feel empowered to publicly acknowledge my admiration for said song.
	11:10am Siobhan: When Arthur Lee played Warsaw back a whiles ago he took the stage and said “Wherever I go, Love goes.” In case anyone in the audience was wondering?
	11:11am David (in London): T.Tom - Hello good sir. And bully for you, stand up for your belief. I risked a lot of flak on Ken's board last year by proclaiming my liking for the aforementioned Billy Joel, but it worked out well in the end...
	11:11am Joe McG: @Tom: You're allowed! @Siobhan: Ha! He Is Love. Was.
	👻 11:12am Webhamster Henry: Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day. Just sayin'.
	11:12am Martinibomb: found a box of unopened new old stock sexual harassment albums years ago that's how I got my copy heh. Great effing album <3
	11:12am Hubig Pie: We want Prince so's we can exercise our ass off
	11:12am The Oscar: Okay yes, I need to order this album.
	11:14am David (in London): Hubig, doing star jumps in the purple rain is a Route One way to immediate weight loss.
	11:15am DJ Guin: This was Detective Colombo's favorite song
	11:15am Joe McG: I sincerely hope Prince knew about this record.
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: Give them the Pretzels.
	11:15am Toothgrinder Tom: Hi David, how are ya? Yes Billy Joel is in my opinion a fine songwriter but I can see why some people can’t abide him, especially after the 80’s.
	11:16am ynod: @DJ Guin~ Good one!
	11:18am David (in London): Sexy melon-farmer, shaking that (exercised) ass.
	👻 11:20am Brian in UK: First time seeing Arthur Lee, Imperial College, London Feb 1970 supported by Blodwyn Pig. Oh no fifty years next month.
	👻 11:20am DjLorraine: Joe G thanks for the human rights Holiday show. Im a big fan of Elijah Cummings and John Lewis. Marianno Happy Birthday.
	11:21am ynod: What does Blodwyn Pig smell like after 50 years, I wonder?
	👻 11:23am Brian in UK: ynod, it was not too fragrant then
	11:23am Terr DE: 1999 tour. Salisbury MD. 85℅ Black audience suit and evening dresses, Prince is great. Finishes the last song.No applause, they just leave.
	11:23am The Oscar: This is cool, but it'd be better if he renamed it Pedro Pistolero.
	11:24am David (in London): The Oscar, I think that might have to be my new stage name...
	11:24am Joe McG: I'm not a big fan of Billy Joel, but I was recently watching old episodes of my favorite sit-com "Taxi" on DVD and they stripped out "Vienna" from the episode where Alex and Elaine go to Europe, effectively destroying the mood of the episode. It's the only time in my life I was sorry Billy Joel wasn't there.
	11:25am Mike Sin: Nice to leisurely listen to show through large speakers while horizontal for a change. Usually, it's through headphones in between Zoom meetings!
	11:25am Toothgrinder Tom: @Terr D I have been to Salisbury, Maryland.
	11:25am Ike: Hi all! Sounds great! @Terr, Prince played my hometown?!? Damn. Must've been the most interesting thing that happened there all decade, unless maybe that was also when the duck decoy museum opened.
	11:26am Toothgrinder Tom: On the delmarvrellous Eastern Shore.
	11:27am Toothgrinder Tom: They have a zoo there that isn’t too bad.
	11:27am Terr DE: Salisbury has a nice little animal prison, but thats it. Borrowing Owls w Prairie Dogs.
	11:28am Toothgrinder Tom: What about minor league baseball? The Shorebirds?
	11:28am David (in London): Prince should have performed at the opening of the duck decoy museum.
	11:28am Ike: @TTom & @Terr, yep that's usually one of the first things I point out too. "The zoo is OK." On my last visit it was only open Fri., Sat., and Sun. though, and I wasn't there on any of those days.
	11:29am David (in London): Exorcize your ass off.
	11:29am james: sexual harassment made doing my Royal Canadian Air Force exercises easier. Thank you, Joe.
	👻 11:29am Webhamster Henry: Microtonal alert!
	11:30am Toothgrinder Tom: @Joe on the rare occasion I see ‘Taxi’ these days, I’m astonished at how young Danny Devito looks (although already balding).
	11:30am Joe McG: @james: Ha ha, I'm glad! @Henry: Apparently they tune their instruments this way, the whole band, even the keyboard player.
	11:30am Terr DE: I met P s tour manager, so i had a back stage pass.Prince seemed unbothered by the reaction.More bothered by Vanity screwing up a vocal.
	11:30am Joe McG: Hey Mike Sin!
	👻 11:31am DjLorraine: DavidinL you keep cracking me up
	11:32am Terr DE: Right, the Shore Birds, nice park would be good for concerts.
	11:33am Ike: @Terr@11:27, LOL at "animal prison". Ain't it the truth. It was definitely more popular in the 80s when zoos were "in".
	11:33am Son Of Pantz: Joe, your John Lee Hooker album is skipping.
	11:34am Joe McG: @pantz: I just bumped the needle.
	11:34am Rob W: Fabulous segue Joe!
	11:34am paul: I was thinking Spirit in the Sky
	11:35am David (in London): DjLorraine, thankee, I'm glad to hear that. You gotta try and rise to the gold standard set by Monsieur McGasko.
	11:35am Joe McG: Hey Rob! Enjoyed a slice of your show on Saturday. Love those hot hits!
	11:35am Toothgrinder Tom: Apparently the young people of the Delmarva Peninsula are mad about baseball, and it’s very competitive there; their parents think it will be their ‘ticket out’ in terms of sports scholarships.
	11:36am Rob W: Thanks Joe, yes you know we aim to please!
	11:36am Terr DE: yeah, they are prisons.A necessary evil to encourage people to like and preserve or inhuman friends
	11:39am Toothgrinder Tom: @DiL have you considered having a go at standup comedy?
	11:40am Terr DE: DelMarVa is pretty much middle America away from the beach resorts. Sports are loved.Wrestlings big in my girlfriend's family.
	11:41am Hubig Pie: Jammer
	11:41am David (in London): T.Tom - No, I don't think I'd be cut out for that. Writing some comedy might be fun, though. In a previous life I used to make films, but I never turned my hand to comedy. The prospect always frightened me rather.
	11:42am Joe McG: @Hubig: Since I don't go this way very often anymore, I figured I'd go all the way -- all 19 minutes and 52 seconds!
	11:42am Roberto: Great, I'm going to have Spirit in the Sky stuck in my head all day and I didn't even get to hear the actual song.
	11:43am Toothgrinder Tom: @DiL I agree it’s a terrifying prospect. Not to get too personal but I take it from your posting history that you are a music journalist or a musician or both?
	11:44am David (in London): Norman Greenbaum, a grateful nation salutes you.
	11:46am David (in London): T.Tom, I am, to varying degrees, both of those things. Should you feel so inclined, you can check out the latter here: wfmu.org...
	11:46am Toothgrinder Tom: @Terr DE my sister lives near Easton and my parents retired to Denton so I visitthat area often. It’s a special place to me but I don’t think I’d want to live there.
	11:46am Ike: @Terr, yep, not quite as bad as, say, the Deep South, but still, I couldn't wait to get outta there. Most of the other kids going to college went south, but I went north and found FMU.
	11:48am Mike W: love to come in toward the end covered in spit and hair and find Surface Noise in ecstasis extremis [i studied french, not latin]
	11:49am PaulRobeson1920: I can dig it
	11:49am Joe McG: @Mike W: I'm exhausted! :)
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: David (in London) I dislike situation comedy with a purple passion, comedians too. Monologists do the job though.
	👻 11:51am Brian in UK: There is more humour in the everyday than on any stage.
	11:52am David (in London): Brian, yes, I can understand that. My tolerance for comedians these days is pretty minimal (with the possible exception of Jim Gaffigan).
	👻 11:52am 12539: Thank you, Joe! Or as someone else once said, "Thank God for Joe McGasko!"
	11:52am Terr DE: Sunwatchers, unusually restrained.I like it ! of course unrestrained is fine too, if not for too long.
	11:53am Toothgrinder Tom: @DiL ooh, interesting - thanks!
	11:53am Hubig Pie: I have a shmaart phone. It's name is Fredo
	11:53am David (in London): Joe, oh woe is me, the Surface Noise is fading. Thanks for a great show. What we need to save the day now is the kind of guy who might spin sounds with a good steady beat for dancing...
	11:53am a polished polish lady: Super ㎭ Joe
	11:53am TerrDE: Gaffagin weeps openly at the Hot Pockets recall
	11:54am Andrew Waterloo: No one shall speak the name of my smartphone.. it is ominously referred to as "the rectangle"
	11:54am Mike W: @Joe McG “that’s entertainment”
	11:54am The Oscar: Great show even by Surface Noise standards-- thanks!
	11:54am Joe McG: Gee, folks, I'm just warming up, but I've gotta go. Thanks for listening and commenting, and Happy MLK Day! I'll see you next time. Stay tuned for Three Chord Monte or Irene, whatever your pleasure. Have a good week!
	11:54am David (in London): Oh Jesus, how to doom your band part #67. Name it Love Tractor.
	11:55am ynod: Thanks Joe~ A Most Excellent Programme!
	👻 11:55am Brian in UK: David, got me thinking of Nigel Tufnell's piano piece.
	11:55am Mike W: @David agreed it’s a silly name but in the early ’80s u.s. indie scene (and with a good sound) i don’t think it held them back really
	11:56am Mike W: or maybe it was just their name that kept them from becoming what R.E.M. or the B-52s eventually became (rich)
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: Top notch job, Joe.
	11:57am David (in London): Mike W, I really like the track. It's a poor choice of name though. But what do I know, I was once in a band called The Raspberry Reich!
	11:57am Stillwell Coney Islander: Gracias Joe !
	11:58am ynod: DinL~ I kinda like that name, actually!
	11:58am Krys O.: I remember Love Tractor and the Swimming Pool Qs two fine Georgia bands.
	👻 11:58am YETI BOB: @D(iL): #68: Be all-instrumental
	11:58am Terr DE: ...as they say on Tralfamador, Good Bye Joe, Hello Joe.
	11:58am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	👻 11:58am Brian in UK: Do you have World War Two noises? Is it by the Ronettes? No, the French & the Germans.
	11:59am Listener Baby: Hello Joe. Hope all is great! Hello fine listeners too!
	👻 11:59am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Joe. Remember MLK and do good things today (and every day).
	11:59am luka: neat show, Joe!
	11:59am Toothgrinder Tom: Love tractor # 9 ...
	12:00pm StRts: great show as always
	2:04pm Roger: test

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 18, 2021

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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January 18, 2021: Single Garment of Destiny

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Kim Jung Mi	Haenim "Haenim" by "Kim Jung Mi"	Now	Lion Productions	2011	CD	From 1973; "The Sun"		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Emile Mosseri Featuring Ye-Ri Han	Rain Song	Minari Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Milan	2021	MP3		*	0:10:09 (Pop-up)
Trees	The Garden of Jane Delawney	Trees	Earth Recordings	2020	CD	From 1970; R.I.P. Celia Humphris :(	*	0:13:16 (Pop-up)
Pigmy	Almendros en Flor "Almendros en Flor" by "Pigmy"	Manifestación	Guerssen	2020	CD	"Almond Blossom"	*	0:16:18 (Pop-up)
Belle and Sebastian	We Were Never Glorious	Days of the Bagnold Summer	Matador	2019	CD			0:20:31 (Pop-up)
Sandie Shaw	Your Time Is Gonna Time	Reviewing the Situation	RPM	1991	CD	From 1969		0:25:45 (Pop-up)
Lael Neale	Every Star Shivers in the Dark	Acquainted with Night	Sub Pop	2021	MP3		*	0:29:14 (Pop-up)
The Teddy Bears	To Know Him Is to Love Him	Back to Mono: 1958-1969	ABKCO	1991	CD	From 1958		0:34:37 (Pop-up)

Stevie Wonder	Happy Birthday "Happy Birthday" by "Stevie Wonder"	Hotter Than July	Tamla	1980	LP			0:46:51 (Pop-up)
William Bell	A Tribute to a King "A Tribute to a King" by "William Bell"	Do Right Man	Charly	1984	LP	From 1968; a tribute to another king!		0:52:19 (Pop-up)
The Delvon Lamarr Trio	Careless Whisper	I Told You So	Colemine	2021	MP3		*	0:55:48 (Pop-up)
Sexual Harrassment	Exercise Your Ass Off	I Need a Freak	Dark Entries	2021	MP3	From 1983	*	1:01:28 (Pop-up)
King Somalie	Monkey's Dance "Monkey's Dance" by "King Somalie"	La Locura de Machuca 1975–1980	Analog Africa	2020	MP3		*	1:07:00 (Pop-up)
Ela Orleans	Barry Lyndon "Barry Lyndon" by "Ela Orleans"	Lost	La Station Radar	2020	LP	From 2009		1:10:31 (Pop-up)
Gitkin	Spug Life "Spug Life" by "Gitkin"	Safe Passage	Wonderwheel	2020	LP			1:14:53 (Pop-up)
The Hot 8 Brass Band	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Take Cover	Tru Thoughts	2020	EP			1:18:34 (Pop-up)
Kiyoaki Iwamoto	Love Will Tear Us Apart	SOUGI+	Em	2020	10"	From 1983	*	1:22:08 (Pop-up)
Nouvelle Vague	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Nouvelle Vague	Luaka Bop/V2	2005	CD	OK, 1 more for compare and contrast		1:26:01 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s all neatly arranged in a messy line
Davy Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich	The Sun Went Down	single	Fontana	1967	45			1:37:56 (Pop-up)
Charlie Feathers	Cockroach "Cockroach" by "Charlie Feathers"	single	Norton	2007	45	dedicated to the cockroach that ruined my dinner two weeks ago		1:40:20 (Pop-up)
Sammi Smith	Birmingham Mistake "Birmingham Mistake" by "Sammi Smith"	single	Mega	1973	45			1:42:42 (Pop-up)
A Taste of Honey	Sukiyaki "Sukiyaki" by "A Taste of Honey"	single	Capitol	1980	45			1:45:29 (Pop-up)
Love	You Said You Would "You Said You Would" by "Love"	single	RSO	1974	45			1:49:08 (Pop-up)
The Stanley Clarke Band	Born in the U.S.A.	single	Epic	1985	45			1:51:32 (Pop-up)
Elton John	Bennie and the Jets "Bennie and the Jets" by "Elton John"	single	MCA	1973	45			1:55:27 (Pop-up)

Sexual Harrassment	We Want Prince	I Need a Freak	Dark Entries	2021	MP3	bonus track; 1984 single	*	2:11:03 (Pop-up)
Prince	Gotta Stop (Messin' About)	The Hits / The B-Sides	Paisley Park/Warner Bros.	1993	CD	OK, here he is! From 1981		2:16:38 (Pop-up)
The Notwist Featuring Juana Molina	Al Sur	Vertigo Days	Morr Music	2021	MP3	"To the South"	*	2:19:27 (Pop-up)
Henry Mancini	"Señor" Peter Gunn	The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini	RCA Victor	1965	LP			2:22:44 (Pop-up)
Decolonize Your Mind Society	Exorcize the Exorcizer	A Courteous Invitation to an Uninhabited Anabatic Prism	Hunnia	2020	MP3		*	2:26:22 (Pop-up)
The Sunwatchers	The Earthsized Thumb	Oh Yeah?	Trouble in Mind	2020	LP			2:31:21 (Pop-up)
Smarts	Smart Phone "Smart Phone" by "Smarts"	Who Needs Smarts Anyway?	Feel It	2020	LP		*	2:51:05 (Pop-up)
Love Tractor	Cowboy Songs "Cowboy Songs" by "Love Tractor"	Love Tractor	HHBTM	2021	CD	nice reissue; from 1982	*	2:53:29 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 8:59am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. fifty one hours to go.
	👻 9:00am YETI BOB: Yip Yip, I'm Hip
	9:00am Deborah: Radio Radio!!
	👻 9:01am Ken From Hyde Park: Yip yip, cheerio!
	9:01am Rick from SC: Happy salutations to all! Yip Yip
	9:01am David (in London): Hello Yippers! Afternoon Joe.
	9:01am Stanley: Board bouncing Boing!
	9:02am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:02am aang: c'mon Aapa, yip yip!
	9:02am Son Of Pantz: Coffee and Surface Noise. The only way to start a Monday!
	👻 9:03am 12539: Happy Happy Boing Boing!
	9:03am David (in London): Brian, Yeti Bob, Stanley, Krys, Pantz et al. Top of the afternoon to you groovers.
	9:04am melinda: hi Joe and all!
	9:04am adampsyche: good morning!
	9:04am northguineahills: Bobby Kennedy gave that speech that the Pidge used at the end of the show in Indianapolis the night after MLK Jr's assassination. It was the only major city in the US to not have riots. There a great doc called, "King in the Wilderness", based on King's last few years. I believe it's on HBO Max.
	9:05am mariano: Heya Joe, everyone.
	9:05am PaulRobeson1920: Good Morning All! Yip yip!
	9:05am Son Of Pantz: "the Negro’s great stumbling block to freedom is the white moderate who constantly says ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action,...who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom. ~MLK
	9:06am David (in London): Ah, it's the birthday boy, hello Mariano. Altogether now, "For he's a jolly good fellow..."
	9:06am adampsyche: 👆
	👻 9:07am Brian in UK: David, getting some apple tree pruning action before the threatened bad weather materialises.
	9:07am northguineahills: Been watching a lot of Korean cinema lately. I can get a few words now....
	9:08am Joe McG: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the show. Thanks for joining me today. Happy MLK Day! @Brian: Counting the hours here, too! @ngh: I saw a doc about James Brown that suggested he also prevented riots in Boston, but my memory is hazy.
	9:08am David (in London): Brian, ah, yes, good plan. What we really need now for our collective spirits is some really shitty weather. Sigh.
	9:09am mariano: Son of Pantz: Exactly. "Why don't you protest peacefully?" OK, let's take a knee during the national anthem. "Oh, that's so disrespectful!" and so on and so forth. Or else it's "I agree with the goals, but there are some 'bad actors' in charge of [BLM/CORE/SNCC/NAACP], they're all communists, you know..." Oh, pshaw, David! ;)
	9:09am The Oscar: Morning! This is so cool.
	👻 9:10am Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Joe McG and fellow hipsters! Hope everyone is well!
	9:10am The Oscar: If anyone's looking for some not-so-light King Day viewing, the new MLK/FBI documentary is, uh, pretty sobering.
	9:11am northguineahills: what everyone else above said....
	👻 9:11am Marley P. Dogg: *fellow yipsters - stupid auto correct
	9:11am The Oscar: Oh man, and Minari! Great film, with incredible music-- glad to hear it getting played.
	9:11am Tommy G Live: @The Oscar Where can I watch the documentary?
	9:12am Guido from Cologne: Hello everybody!
	9:13am mariano: Here in New Orleans they're beginning the long-overdue task of renaming streets that were renamed in the early 20th century after Confederate figures. The chatter on NextDoor is the usual: "This is not the right time! Crime is out of control! Our infrastructure is in bad need of repair!" In other words: fix all of society's ills for good, then we can talk about renaming streets. But of course, "It has nothing to do with race!" None of this shit ever has anything to do with race. Especially when it has to do with race.
	9:14am Stanley: Lovely Trees. Going to have to buy their albums, one of these days.
	9:15am northguineahills: I used to have this Trees (Original). I lent it to someone and never got it back (so, I kept the records she lent me)
	9:15am Andrew in Toronto: Good morning Joe and everybody else.
	👻 9:16am Brian in UK: Joe, you are worrying me after Neil Innes, now Celia Humphris.
	9:16am The Oscar: @Tommy I believe it's available on demand as of last Friday. Here's my review from NYFF, if anyone's interested: bostonhassle.com...
	👻 9:16am Webhamster Henry: Hi Joe and Surface Noise enjoyers!
	9:17am Joe McG: @Brian: I know, I'm feeling sick over it! I better stop saluting groups who have any member over 60.
	9:17am Son Of Pantz: @mariano what we are seeing in Trump's GOP (not all GOP, mind you) is the last death throws of white supremacy in America. It's going to be a painful transition for many, but I believe it is inevitable, and so do a lot of set-in-their ways white folk, which scares the shit out of them.
	👻 9:17am Marley P. Dogg: 50 hours to go!
	9:18am David (in London): I'm just putting on my doublet and hose in order to appreciate this properly. Afternoon Webhamster.
	9:18am Rick A.: On Friday John Allen played the Sally Free and Easy, an epic track, happy MLK day, Joe, relaxing music for a tense 2021.
	9:20am northguineahills: @Rick: Flying Saucer Attack does a great cover of "Sally Free and Easy".
	9:21am Joe McG: @Rick: That's where I found out she died.
	9:25am mariano: Hey nonny no, David ;)
	9:28am David (in London): I'm getting a hint of Funkadelic's 'Hit It & Quit It' in that riff.
	9:29am Baja Joe: Hey Joe! I'm a Zep head, so I am loving this tune.
	9:29am JG: My favorite Zeppelin song! Great version. On the original its the eerie church organ and the steel pedal guitar. great song
	9:30am JG: Speaking of eerie church organs...
	9:31am Joe McG: @JG: A segueway you have to imagine! :)
	9:31am djsheilab: Morning Joe! So many lovely selections and segues.
	9:31am JG: Nice work Joe
	9:32am The Oscar: I've heard this one on a couple of shows, and "I work in service too" gets me every time.
	9:32am Joe McG: Hola, Sheila! Thank ye, starting gentle again today. Can't seem to rev up these days!
	👻 9:32am YETI BOB: gentle is perfect
	9:36am Terr DE: Sounded like Stones from their Moonlight Mile,Wild Horses era
	9:36am The Oscar: For some reason I can never keep straight in my mind whether "To Know Him Is to Love Him" is about Jesus or not. I think my verdict is "probably not, but it would be funny if it was."
	👻 9:37am YETI BOB: The Oscar: Phil Spector's father was a suicide. And on his tombstone were the words "To know him is to love him". That explains a lot about this song.
	9:37am mariano: The Oscar: The really cringey one is "He Touched Me."
	👻 9:37am nortonjutland: good morning Joe. you're killing it good this morning.
	9:40am The Oscar: @Yeti/Joe Huh-- I had no idea!
	👻 9:41am YETI BOB: It does sound borderline religious
	👻 9:41am Brian in UK: You have to disassociate the person from the artist. I still find Bill Cosby's monologues funny even though he is vile.
	9:41am Terr DE: Phil won't be missed here. Sure Leader of the Pack is fun, but he ruined All Things Must Pass.
	9:47am Krys O.: YES!!!!
	9:48am Joe McG: @Brian: I agree. I'll always enjoy Phil Spector's productions even if he wasn't such a good guy. I don't even mind his fingerprints on the Lennon and Harrison records, Terr. "What Is Life" has that Spector wallop to it that it wouldn't have had otherwise.
	👻 9:50am YETI BOB: @Brian: I agree in principle but that separation is easier to make in some cases than others - it's complicated.
	9:51am The Butterman: What if I love their vile acts but hate their art? P.s., I don’t love their acts.
	👻 9:51am Webhamster Henry: UnSoundWalled versions sound good too.
	9:52am TVP: Fun fact: the lead singer of The Teddy Bears would go on to co-write Gonna Fly Now
	9:52am JG: Agree on Spector. You don't necessarily want to celebrate the guy because he was such a dirtbag. But you wanna hear the music
	9:54am Mr. Pumpy: Good morning, Joe and all! Great tunes, Joe. Thanks!
	9:54am chris r: happy birthday phil spector!
	9:55am 5Steve from Dunwoody: Re: Phil. There is always Spike Jones' Serenade To A Jerk.
	9:55am Joe McG: I will say that Ken's Phil Spector black velvet painting is one of my all-time faves.
	9:56am The Oscar: I saw one headline that described Spector as "talented but flawed," and someone pointed out that that manages to undersell both aspects of his career.
	9:56am djsheilab: This is fantastic! What a find!
	9:56am chris r: didnt know it was Phil's birthday today
	9:56am Mr. Pumpy: I'm loving this version already. I love it no matter where it may go! Off a cliff...fine!
	👻 9:56am YETI BOB: Otis Redding was only 26 when he died - so young (I just learned)
	9:56am Erin in TO: Is it wrong of me to think this song just doesn't sound right without the sax?
	9:57am David (in London): Hey Mr P.
	9:57am The Oscar: This Careless Whisper is INCREDIBLE!
	9:57am Jesse G: Dang. This is a jam
	9:57am Mr. Pumpy: David! How goes it?
	9:57am David (in London): Liking this version, too. Nice understated guitar in the background.
	9:58am Joe McG: @Erin: I'm thinking it's a little refreshing without it! I'd like to hear it on more instruments, like maybe flute, accordion, or vibes! :)
	9:58am J&E in Ithaca NY: So much better than the Paul Mauriat arrangement, loving this.
	9:58am Mr. Pumpy: This version is wrapped in gauze and glazed with petroleum jelly. That's the sound...
	9:59am JG: Keep the organ thing goin, Joe
	9:59am The Oscar: Ever since the Seven Second Delay show at the beginning of the pandemic, "Careless Whisper" is my go-to handwashing song.
	👻 9:59am YETI BOB: sounds like a B3
	9:59am Blix: This is good. Finds the soulful jazz in an original that tends more towards Adult Soft jazz.
	9:59am herb.nyc: "Back to mono" box- I just retrieved my copy. Thx for reminder, joe. (Mine is missing #4, via Archive of Contemptible Music sale. $20? 3 yrs ago? I assume online cost is high now) — that Stevie Wonder tribute to MLK Jr made me smile. Fook da racists.
	9:59am Rich in Bristol: Wow, this version may have finally turned me into a Careless Whisper believer.
	9:59am David (in London): It's calling out for a trombone solo.
	9:59am Mr. Pumpy: Not to mention the keyboard is stilted, lazy, slightly behind the beat. To reiterate, me likey.
	10:00am Mr. Pumpy: VAMP!
	10:01am chris r: today...tomorrow...and then???
	10:01am Mr. Pumpy: Alas, David, it ends devoid of trombone. The horror!
	10:03am swivs: If I play this song backwards, will my ass get bigger?
	10:03am mariano: Hey, Mr. Pumpy! You are the eggman...
	10:03am Strandlund: ASSERCISE!!
	👻 10:03am LW Rhino: This is my new favorite band !
	10:04am The Oscar: Well this is awesome too!
	10:04am seedfriend: Just a reminder today is a day to celebrate an amazing figure and collective wins. It’s the national day of service. Check out volunteer opps near you/ here’s a start https://www.pointsoflight.org/mlk-jr-day-of-service/
	10:04am Joe McG: @swivs: I know the feeling. I can't afford to exercise my ass off, I don't have much to start with!
	10:05am Joe McG: @seedfriend: Thanks for the nice reminder.
	10:05am chris r: @ seedfriend......yes! Phil Spector!
	👻 10:05am LW Rhino: @ Joe: Me too, I was born with no ass.
	10:06am Mr. Pumpy: mariano...I am?
	10:06am mariano: I have too much ass, happy to donate some of it to those who have been cheated by nature. No greater ass hath man than this...
	👻 10:06am YETI BOB: I'm quarantine thick
	10:07am David (in London): Free your mind and your ass will follow. So said St George of Assisi.
	10:07am pierogie: It's early yet, but this is the greatest song I've heard this year.
	10:08am Rick A.: Four years ago life was very melancholy. On a personal level, my wife was driving me to the airport to sort my late mother's remains. We were listening to Joe's MLK Day set, which included Gill Scott Heron's "Winter in America" which was very appropriate then. Listening to Joe's show somehow softened the sadness at the time. We are not out of the stress and melancholy yet though we are in a much better place than we were then. Joe has provided the rich soundtrack to all of it, thank you!!
	10:09am chris r: Rick A. what was your sadness form?
	10:10am Rick A.: My mom had died three months earlier and I was having to sort out her life. Incidentally, I don't have much of an ass either. It's everything else that seems to be growing.
	10:10am Joe McG: @Rick A: Thanks for that nice memory, Rick. Glad I could be there.
	10:11am chris r: 4 yrs. ago there was a lot of violence and uncertainty
	10:11am The Oscar: You know what, this entire set rules.
	10:13am Mr. Pumpy: David...One nation, under man-boobs.
	10:13am Joe McG: I'm feeling much more optimistic right now than I have in a long time.
	10:13am Rick A.: I am curious at the reasoning behind the title of this song. I'm guessing it's a focus on the film over the novel. Either way, what's the connection? Maybe the band just likes the name?
	10:13am chris r: i think if Dr. King were alive today he would be sad
	10:14am chris r: lets all hope so Joe
	10:15am David (in London): ...getting large just for the funk of it, Mr P.
	10:15am tim from Champaign (now washington): Hi Joe and everyone!
	10:16am Mr. Pumpy: Good one, Dave!
	10:16am David (in London): Gitkin? Gitkin! Hey Tim.
	10:16am Rick A.: This song would definitely get everyone up on the dance floor.
	10:17am Mr. Pumpy: I'm enjoying a nice coffee/bourbon/eggnog. Dr. King would have wanted me to do this.
	10:18am Kitsky: You had me at tuba!
	10:19am Stashu: What the what
	10:19am Stanley: Pitken? Yes, Mr Grimsdale!
	👻 10:19am Marley P. Dogg: I could listen to this cover on a loop al day
	10:19am Mr. Pumpy: There's your horns!
	10:19am Stashu: <3
	10:19am nematomorpha: best Joy Division Cover!
	10:20am mariano: Leave it to a second-line band to turn a Joy Division song into something happy <3
	10:20am Mr. Pumpy: There's enough brass here to build Ian Curtis a steam engine of despair!
	10:20am Rick A.: This song is a WFMU smash! Susie Hot Rod used it for her break in music. I've heard it on other shows too.
	10:20am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe!
	10:20am Dennis Diken: you go Joe!
	10:21am Mr. Pumpy: Hey, Stashu!
	10:21am WinksFMU: Hilarious Joy Division cover!
	10:21am The Oscar: I feel like the Hot 8 Brass Band is this year's Wild Irish Roses!
	👻 10:21am Ken From Hyde Park: Where's the parade at? I feel like marching!
	10:21am Baja Joe: Terrific "Love Will Tear Us Apart" cover, dontchathink?
	10:22am WinksFMU: Stop! Can't you see you're tearing me apart!!!!
	10:23am Whoop: Been dreaming of an all-drumline show (station?) for years. Anyone?
	10:23am Mr. Pumpy: Let us not forget Jah Division! www.youtube.com...
	10:23am Joe McG: @Winks: Ha ha ha, where is that from again?
	10:24am Son Of Pantz: The Room
	10:24am MplsCoco: yes @whoop!!
	10:24am The Oscar: We need some Captain and Tenille to balance things out!
	10:24am Hubig Pie: Rebel without a Pause
	10:24am adampsyche: lol
	10:24am JG: @Joe, re Winks James Dean in Rebel w out a cause
	10:25am David (in London): Or better still, Joy Division covering the Captain and Tenile. Yo Hubig.
	10:26am Hubig Pie: David, 'ello Guv' nuh
	10:26am Whoop: @ Stashu! Drumline polkas? I know they're out there! Whaddaya say? ;)
	10:27am adampsyche: hey Joe can you beat this streak of No Fun covers during a Ken show wfmu.org...
	10:27am David (in London): Joe, you'd better be careful or Mary Wing might sue...
	10:27am Mr. Pumpy: Joy Division doing Muskrat Love? That's the day the universe cracks and implodes.
	10:27am johnk77: great show selecter i am so old i met martin luther king senior
	10:28am Mr. Pumpy: @Joe, check out the Jah Division version if you haven't. www.youtube.com...
	10:28am davefromtoronto: that's funny i was just gonna say don't play the chipmunks version of this song!
	10:28am Baja Joe: I love this theme Joe. Nicely assembled where no assembly was necessary.
	10:28am Joe McG: @David: Oh you're right, I just accidentally did a 3-fer.
	10:28am Nelo: I am writing for work, protocols, boring stuff usually. but this set it making it so much better right now :D love will tear us apart sigh
	👻 10:28am Ken From Hyde Park: Also relevant: steel drums playing "Transmission" - youtu.be... #dontstopthesteel
	10:28am Mr. Pumpy: Make it a 4-fer
	10:29am Nelo: yes, I agree with Mr. Pumpy
	10:30am mariano: I thought it was Fabio's show for a sec.
	10:30am adampsyche: keep on trucking
	10:30am Stashu: Hi Pumpy! Hi Joe! Why does Joe rule so much? WHY IS JOE SO AWESOME?!
	10:30am dano59: Again, Again, Again! Nouvelle Vague = New Wave = (loosely) Bossa Nova. Love their spins on the classics.
	10:31am Rick A.: "Stop, You're tearing me apart" is from Rebel Without a Cause.
	10:31am Mr. Pumpy: Stashu...this is one of the unanswerable questions of the galaxies! He just does...rule...SO MUCH!
	10:33am JG: Nazareth's Walk Me Out in the Morning Dew is the best, but Rober Plant and the Allman Brothers do really good versions too
	10:33am Johnny Staten Island: My fav three of a kind. Pressure drop Toots clash R Palmer
	10:33am Hubig Pie: You say vaag, I say vayg
	👻 10:38am 12539: Single File: Every week at 10:36. Or so.
	10:38am Joe McG: @12539: Right on the money!
	10:39am David (in London): I was hoping for Zaback, but I'll settle for this one! Hurray for DD, D, B, M & T.
	10:39am Jeezuseffinchrist: now I want to watch Death Proof
	10:39am Rick A.: I didn't even know this band existed until I saw the film Grindhouse. Sydney Poitier actually offers some explanation of who they were.
	10:40am Mr. Pumpy: Dozy and Beaky are the 8th and 9th dwarves that weren't down with Snow White's fascist agenda. They found their own family.
	10:40am Krys O.: Cool beans! DDDBMT!
	10:40am Krys O.: Zabadak was my fave by them.
	10:40am Joe McG: Whoops, forgot how abruptly that record ends!
	10:41am The Oscar: This Charlie Feathers could almost pass for Liquid Liquid!
	10:41am Mr. Pumpy: It got your dinner and now a dedication. This roach has it all!
	10:42am David (in London): Krys, we are of one mind on that one then. (Although I managed to type 'Zaback' instead of 'Zabadack')
	10:44am Bob from poughkeepsie: Phil spector was a great producer very strange and a very scary looking!!
	10:45am David (in London): I made a Birmingham mistake once. It was a Balti I should never have had.
	10:45am Joe McG: @Oscar: I can hear it! Does anyone know, btw, the vintage of that Charlie Feathers track? I can't figure it out. Probably '70s?
	10:47am davefromtoronto: this could almost pass for a prince song...
	10:47am Joe McG: There's a nice story about this song that I will tell on the back announce.
	10:47am Rick A.: I've never heard an English version of this song. I won't say that it's a revelation though I appreciate hearing it. I'm not surprised that these are the lyrics.
	10:48am David (in London): Could hear Sade singing this very nicely.
	10:50am Blix: The only other place I've heard the English was in the Slick Rick "La-Di-Da-Dee" song.
	10:51am Rick A.: Arthur Lee is one of the most versatile geniuses in rock history. This sounds quite different from anything off of Forever Changes which is one of the greatest rock records of the sixties.
	10:51am Roberto: I remember radio ads for Taste of Honey's Sukiyaki. There was a lot of anticipation following their mega-hit Boogie Oogie Oogie.
	10:53am davefromtoronto: wow this song didn't age well...
	10:53am chris r: stanley Clarke! Vulcan Princess!!
	10:54am David (in London): Rick A, I second that emotion. He's criminally underrated as a great of the era. I was lucky enough to see him in Liverpool in the early 1990s and he was stunningly good.
	10:54am chris r: @ dave a funk version of a springsteen song? great!
	10:55am Blix: Officially in the "Seemed like a good idea at the time..." pile.
	10:55am DJ Guin: Yo! Pop N Lock, fools! ::break dances::
	10:55am Rick A.: If one wanted to distill the worst sins of the eighties, this song would do it.
	10:56am efd: I’ve got that Stanley Clarke version on a 12”. Really liked it when it came out.
	10:56am chris r: it was when springsteen wrote songs for Americans!
	10:56am DJ Guin: Theme Song for Benny on L.A Law,?!? Schweet.
	10:56am yerfriendpaul: Nice to hear Bennie and the Jets! Such a great song
	10:56am Terr DE: I was gonna make a Stanley Clarke joke, but it actually is the bassist !
	10:57am Roberto: Okay, Elton and Bernie, did you really need to "kill the fatted calf" in order to see an imaginary pop band?
	10:57am davefromtoronto: nice palate cleanser...
	10:57am Phin The Hyooman: Just had to get the “wall of sound” reference in there, didn’t cha? ;)
	10:57am yippie: just listened to the beastie boys remix of this yesterday
	10:57am chris r: Rick A yea anything with USA it it? Baaad!
	10:57am Rick A.: There is an amusing story of Arthur Lee at WFMU. I'm not sure the year he came to the station. However, with all of the staff watching expectedly, he sat a piano, played a few riffs and then rolled a joint. His genius was mixed with eccentricity.
	10:57am Joe McG: @efd: Wow, is the 12" version much different or just longer?
	10:58am DJ Guin: I hope Elton got help with that stu-stu-studder..
	11:00am dano59: Just love the live soundstage in this piece. Very odd and innovative for the time and an eventual hit single.
	11:00am Stanley: I don't remember all the clapping and live stuff on this. I can conjour up in my mind the badly dressed 1973 audience, all happily clapping along. But then it might just be an overdub
	11:01am David (in London): Personally I think we should have had 'Nikita'...
	11:03am listener monica: good morning, Joe!
	11:05am David (in London): Gus Dudgeon was an eff-ing genius. But don't drink and drive kids...
	11:06am DJ Guin: Must be a piano playing thing... Traded his Chevy for a Cadillac ack ack ack... Unless Billy Joel was from Mars Attacks?
	11:06am efd: @Joe just longer, as I recall. I don’t feel like I missed anything by hearing the 7” just now.
	11:10am Toothgrinder Tom: If I hear Joe McG play a song like Bennie and the Jets, which I’ve always rather liked, I feel empowered to publicly acknowledge my admiration for said song.
	11:10am Siobhan: When Arthur Lee played Warsaw back a whiles ago he took the stage and said “Wherever I go, Love goes.” In case anyone in the audience was wondering?
	11:11am David (in London): T.Tom - Hello good sir. And bully for you, stand up for your belief. I risked a lot of flak on Ken's board last year by proclaiming my liking for the aforementioned Billy Joel, but it worked out well in the end...
	11:11am Joe McG: @Tom: You're allowed! @Siobhan: Ha! He Is Love. Was.
	👻 11:12am Webhamster Henry: Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day. Just sayin'.
	11:12am Martinibomb: found a box of unopened new old stock sexual harassment albums years ago that's how I got my copy heh. Great effing album <3
	11:12am Hubig Pie: We want Prince so's we can exercise our ass off
	11:12am The Oscar: Okay yes, I need to order this album.
	11:14am David (in London): Hubig, doing star jumps in the purple rain is a Route One way to immediate weight loss.
	11:15am DJ Guin: This was Detective Colombo's favorite song
	11:15am Joe McG: I sincerely hope Prince knew about this record.
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: Give them the Pretzels.
	11:15am Toothgrinder Tom: Hi David, how are ya? Yes Billy Joel is in my opinion a fine songwriter but I can see why some people can’t abide him, especially after the 80’s.
	11:16am ynod: @DJ Guin~ Good one!
	11:18am David (in London): Sexy melon-farmer, shaking that (exercised) ass.
	👻 11:20am Brian in UK: First time seeing Arthur Lee, Imperial College, London Feb 1970 supported by Blodwyn Pig. Oh no fifty years next month.
	👻 11:20am DjLorraine: Joe G thanks for the human rights Holiday show. Im a big fan of Elijah Cummings and John Lewis. Marianno Happy Birthday.
	11:21am ynod: What does Blodwyn Pig smell like after 50 years, I wonder?
	👻 11:23am Brian in UK: ynod, it was not too fragrant then
	11:23am Terr DE: 1999 tour. Salisbury MD. 85℅ Black audience suit and evening dresses, Prince is great. Finishes the last song.No applause, they just leave.
	11:23am The Oscar: This is cool, but it'd be better if he renamed it Pedro Pistolero.
	11:24am David (in London): The Oscar, I think that might have to be my new stage name...
	11:24am Joe McG: I'm not a big fan of Billy Joel, but I was recently watching old episodes of my favorite sit-com "Taxi" on DVD and they stripped out "Vienna" from the episode where Alex and Elaine go to Europe, effectively destroying the mood of the episode. It's the only time in my life I was sorry Billy Joel wasn't there.
	11:25am Mike Sin: Nice to leisurely listen to show through large speakers while horizontal for a change. Usually, it's through headphones in between Zoom meetings!
	11:25am Toothgrinder Tom: @Terr D I have been to Salisbury, Maryland.
	11:25am Ike: Hi all! Sounds great! @Terr, Prince played my hometown?!? Damn. Must've been the most interesting thing that happened there all decade, unless maybe that was also when the duck decoy museum opened.
	11:26am Toothgrinder Tom: On the delmarvrellous Eastern Shore.
	11:27am Toothgrinder Tom: They have a zoo there that isn’t too bad.
	11:27am Terr DE: Salisbury has a nice little animal prison, but thats it. Borrowing Owls w Prairie Dogs.
	11:28am Toothgrinder Tom: What about minor league baseball? The Shorebirds?
	11:28am David (in London): Prince should have performed at the opening of the duck decoy museum.
	11:28am Ike: @TTom & @Terr, yep that's usually one of the first things I point out too. "The zoo is OK." On my last visit it was only open Fri., Sat., and Sun. though, and I wasn't there on any of those days.
	11:29am David (in London): Exorcize your ass off.
	11:29am james: sexual harassment made doing my Royal Canadian Air Force exercises easier. Thank you, Joe.
	👻 11:29am Webhamster Henry: Microtonal alert!
	11:30am Toothgrinder Tom: @Joe on the rare occasion I see ‘Taxi’ these days, I’m astonished at how young Danny Devito looks (although already balding).
	11:30am Joe McG: @james: Ha ha, I'm glad! @Henry: Apparently they tune their instruments this way, the whole band, even the keyboard player.
	11:30am Terr DE: I met P s tour manager, so i had a back stage pass.Prince seemed unbothered by the reaction.More bothered by Vanity screwing up a vocal.
	11:30am Joe McG: Hey Mike Sin!
	👻 11:31am DjLorraine: DavidinL you keep cracking me up
	11:32am Terr DE: Right, the Shore Birds, nice park would be good for concerts.
	11:33am Ike: @Terr@11:27, LOL at "animal prison". Ain't it the truth. It was definitely more popular in the 80s when zoos were "in".
	11:33am Son Of Pantz: Joe, your John Lee Hooker album is skipping.
	11:34am Joe McG: @pantz: I just bumped the needle.
	11:34am Rob W: Fabulous segue Joe!
	11:34am paul: I was thinking Spirit in the Sky
	11:35am David (in London): DjLorraine, thankee, I'm glad to hear that. You gotta try and rise to the gold standard set by Monsieur McGasko.
	11:35am Joe McG: Hey Rob! Enjoyed a slice of your show on Saturday. Love those hot hits!
	11:35am Toothgrinder Tom: Apparently the young people of the Delmarva Peninsula are mad about baseball, and it’s very competitive there; their parents think it will be their ‘ticket out’ in terms of sports scholarships.
	11:36am Rob W: Thanks Joe, yes you know we aim to please!
	11:36am Terr DE: yeah, they are prisons.A necessary evil to encourage people to like and preserve or inhuman friends
	11:39am Toothgrinder Tom: @DiL have you considered having a go at standup comedy?
	11:40am Terr DE: DelMarVa is pretty much middle America away from the beach resorts. Sports are loved.Wrestlings big in my girlfriend's family.
	11:41am Hubig Pie: Jammer
	11:41am David (in London): T.Tom - No, I don't think I'd be cut out for that. Writing some comedy might be fun, though. In a previous life I used to make films, but I never turned my hand to comedy. The prospect always frightened me rather.
	11:42am Joe McG: @Hubig: Since I don't go this way very often anymore, I figured I'd go all the way -- all 19 minutes and 52 seconds!
	11:42am Roberto: Great, I'm going to have Spirit in the Sky stuck in my head all day and I didn't even get to hear the actual song.
	11:43am Toothgrinder Tom: @DiL I agree it’s a terrifying prospect. Not to get too personal but I take it from your posting history that you are a music journalist or a musician or both?
	11:44am David (in London): Norman Greenbaum, a grateful nation salutes you.
	11:46am David (in London): T.Tom, I am, to varying degrees, both of those things. Should you feel so inclined, you can check out the latter here: wfmu.org...
	11:46am Toothgrinder Tom: @Terr DE my sister lives near Easton and my parents retired to Denton so I visitthat area often. It’s a special place to me but I don’t think I’d want to live there.
	11:46am Ike: @Terr, yep, not quite as bad as, say, the Deep South, but still, I couldn't wait to get outta there. Most of the other kids going to college went south, but I went north and found FMU.
	11:48am Mike W: love to come in toward the end covered in spit and hair and find Surface Noise in ecstasis extremis [i studied french, not latin]
	11:49am PaulRobeson1920: I can dig it
	11:49am Joe McG: @Mike W: I'm exhausted! :)
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: David (in London) I dislike situation comedy with a purple passion, comedians too. Monologists do the job though.
	👻 11:51am Brian in UK: There is more humour in the everyday than on any stage.
	11:52am David (in London): Brian, yes, I can understand that. My tolerance for comedians these days is pretty minimal (with the possible exception of Jim Gaffigan).
	👻 11:52am 12539: Thank you, Joe! Or as someone else once said, "Thank God for Joe McGasko!"
	11:52am Terr DE: Sunwatchers, unusually restrained.I like it ! of course unrestrained is fine too, if not for too long.
	11:53am Toothgrinder Tom: @DiL ooh, interesting - thanks!
	11:53am Hubig Pie: I have a shmaart phone. It's name is Fredo
	11:53am David (in London): Joe, oh woe is me, the Surface Noise is fading. Thanks for a great show. What we need to save the day now is the kind of guy who might spin sounds with a good steady beat for dancing...
	11:53am a polished polish lady: Super ㎭ Joe
	11:53am TerrDE: Gaffagin weeps openly at the Hot Pockets recall
	11:54am Andrew Waterloo: No one shall speak the name of my smartphone.. it is ominously referred to as "the rectangle"
	11:54am Mike W: @Joe McG “that’s entertainment”
	11:54am The Oscar: Great show even by Surface Noise standards-- thanks!
	11:54am Joe McG: Gee, folks, I'm just warming up, but I've gotta go. Thanks for listening and commenting, and Happy MLK Day! I'll see you next time. Stay tuned for Three Chord Monte or Irene, whatever your pleasure. Have a good week!
	11:54am David (in London): Oh Jesus, how to doom your band part #67. Name it Love Tractor.
	11:55am ynod: Thanks Joe~ A Most Excellent Programme!
	👻 11:55am Brian in UK: David, got me thinking of Nigel Tufnell's piano piece.
	11:55am Mike W: @David agreed it’s a silly name but in the early ’80s u.s. indie scene (and with a good sound) i don’t think it held them back really
	11:56am Mike W: or maybe it was just their name that kept them from becoming what R.E.M. or the B-52s eventually became (rich)
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: Top notch job, Joe.
	11:57am David (in London): Mike W, I really like the track. It's a poor choice of name though. But what do I know, I was once in a band called The Raspberry Reich!
	11:57am Stillwell Coney Islander: Gracias Joe !
	11:58am ynod: DinL~ I kinda like that name, actually!
	11:58am Krys O.: I remember Love Tractor and the Swimming Pool Qs two fine Georgia bands.
	👻 11:58am YETI BOB: @D(iL): #68: Be all-instrumental
	11:58am Terr DE: ...as they say on Tralfamador, Good Bye Joe, Hello Joe.
	11:58am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	👻 11:58am Brian in UK: Do you have World War Two noises? Is it by the Ronettes? No, the French & the Germans.
	11:59am Listener Baby: Hello Joe. Hope all is great! Hello fine listeners too!
	👻 11:59am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Joe. Remember MLK and do good things today (and every day).
	11:59am luka: neat show, Joe!
	11:59am Toothgrinder Tom: Love tractor # 9 ...
	12:00pm StRts: great show as always
	2:04pm Roger: test

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 18, 2021

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