WFMU: Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from October 15, 2021

Listener comments!
	12:00pm dan: Good afternoon all. Some predictions for today's show: Bruce Hornsby - Madman Across the Water The Who - Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting Ann Wilson and Randy Meisner - Strangers Aretha Franklin - Border Song Sting - Come Down In Time William Shatner - Rocket Man Ringo Starr - Snookeroo Judith Durham - Skyline Pigeon
	12:01pm listener james from westwood: Good Friday, UM and all!
	12:01pm Rich in Washington: Hello, Uncle Michael!
	12:02pm spodiodi: aloha, Uncle Michael!
	12:04pm doctorjazz: Ready to HINK AND DINK!! Gonna hand with you Honky Cats!
	12:04pm Hopey Sockmonkey: Good day, Dinks
	12:04pm Uncle Michael: dan! James! Rich! spodi! Doc! Hopey!
	12:05pm dan: Time for a 3 hour ride of songwriting excellence.
	🛒 12:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Elton in the 'Tommy' movie was great - but, not his tune...
	12:07pm Uncle Michael: Rev!
	12:07pm Pauly from Clifton: Hi Uncle Michael, folks!
	12:07pm Uncle Michael: Pauly!
	12:08pm KWilde: Good afternoon!
	12:08pm Uncle Michael: KW!
	12:12pm dan: Amazing how Three Dog Night covered Elton John before he was a big name.
	12:14pm Uncle Michael: 3DN was a cover band. Their A&R people were beating the bushes for good material.
	12:14pm dan: @UM The A&R people definitely had great taste.
	12:15pm Uncle Michael: for sure
	🛒 12:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Knew 'LadySamantha' looong ago from some 'History of British Rock' vinyl comp. (His a much better version honestly.) & that was the Elton I knew best. Hits on the Raydeo of course... Julie helps on Dark Night...
	12:21pm Uncle Michael: I love your drum, spodi.
	🛒 12:22pm Mx. Baba Bee (e/they): hello, UM! hey folx. Oooh, I like this bolero version
	12:22pm spodiodi: thanks, UM. i love your show!
	12:23pm Uncle Michael: Baba Bee! Thank you, spodi!
	🛒 12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I try the Twitch ...& Avast says it's blocking an infection ! That's new. & it don't load.
	🛒 12:23pm Mx. Baba Bee (e/they): oooh, yeah, Alice. This song made no sense to me when I was 7 and listening to this album over and over and over
	12:23pm Uncle Michael: Avast, me hearties!
	🛒 12:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wonder if it's something I caught trying to hitch on it...
	12:25pm βrian: I see the hammock is still deployed. That's good.
	12:25pm dan: Noticed this version omits the verse with the line "One or two middle aged dykes..."
	12:26pm Uncle Michael: Brian! I never remember to take it down.
	12:27pm βrian: Our cat loves hammock time.
	12:28pm dan: Miley Cyrus putting on her Bonnie Tyler impression.
	🛒 12:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I was thinking TanyaTucker...
	🛒 12:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Suits her.
	🛒 12:31pm Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧: Go Miley! That was great!
	12:32pm Cmurtha: Hello everyone!
	🛒 12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hell - Miley coulda Swung it even more like a Contempo R&B~PopStar. Pretty (...you'll pardon the term, Elton) straight reading...
	12:32pm βrian: Had to look up Miley Cyrus. I don't get out much.
	12:33pm dan: Tina Turner had the definitive cover version of "The Bitch Is Back" in my opinion.
	12:36pm Uncle Michael: Cmurtha!
	12:36pm julie: Toto 🤣
	12:36pm Marie: Hello UM and everybody! So happy to be here and I look forward to joyous musical lessons
	12:37pm Uncle Michael: julie! Marie!
	🛒 12:38pm PAULS: Whoa! Hang on, people! Toto in overdrive, nice one Unc
	12:38pm Uncle Michael: PAULS! Toto in 2002!
	12:38pm dan: Simon Phillips nailing those drum fills.
	🛒 12:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...wull my Avast security appears to be firewalling your Twitch - which has never happened before. No idea what to do about it. Seems more likely than an actual threat, but I know nothing of these things.
	12:40pm adamdoesit: Hello UM, spodi, Rev, doc, and everyone. My office speaker is not big enough for this Toto.
	12:41pm Uncle Michael: Avast with a false positive. No reason to mistrust the Twitch stream. You could go to Twitch and see if it works there better than the embed is working here.
	12:41pm Uncle Michael: adam!
	🛒 12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Simon Phillips ! You gonna give me not one - but two reasons to clicky Toto ferchrisake ??
	🛒 12:41pm PAULS: @adamdoesit It's like a freakin' Toto tidal wave
	12:41pm holland oats: tgif hinkers and dinkers
	12:42pm spodiodi: hello, adam! totoly
	🛒 12:42pm PAULS: hello, hollo!
	12:42pm barrett785: Fridink already!
	12:42pm Uncle Michael: Holland!
	12:42pm Uncle Michael: Pat!
	12:43pm dan: Spooky Tooth's version of "Son Of Your Father" predates Elton's by a year. Apparently their A&R guys saw something in John/Taupin before the world did.
	🛒 12:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...wull shoot - I can watch other Twitch channels there - but not you. Should ask Avast I guess ! !
	🛒 12:46pm PAULS: Wasn't Buckaroo Bonzai in this group for a while?
	🛒 12:46pm Franco Twinkie: Back from the store!
	12:47pm Uncle Michael: Franco!
	🛒 12:47pm Franco Twinkie: This is perfect October music.
	12:48pm adamdoesit: @PAULS, I'm Totolly swamped, or I'd check, but I think that was the 8th Dimension, which Buckaroo visited for lunch.
	12:49pm Andres: Hi, Uncle Michael! Looking at the playlist and wishing I wasn’t tardy.
	🛒 12:49pm PAULS: Well, slap my ass (like the kids on the tikky tok) and call me John Big Bigbooté! thanks @adamdoesit
	12:49pm Stevel: Is this the place I'm in?
	12:50pm Uncle Michael: Andres! Steve!
	12:51pm Uncle Michael: That's some frenetic pickin'.
	12:52pm dan: Tumbleweed Connection is Elton John's underrated masterpiece.
	🛒 12:53pm PAULS: Uncle Michael -- Danny Kortchmar?
	12:54pm Uncle Michael: Kootch is on the album, so maybe. Bernie Leadon is too...and a few other guitar players. I don't have the liner notes.
	12:54pm adamdoesit: @PAULS "BigbooTAY! TAY! TAY!!!"
	12:54pm Julie: I used to not like Tumbleweed so much but it's really grown on me. Where to now St Peter is my favorite, and Amoreena of course
	12:56pm Uncle Michael: Julie! It might be my favorite EJ album.
	🛒 12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 1.) Hey - Bo sing pretty good in a certain area... 2.) Somewhat like Hendrix in that regard...
	12:57pm burke: I guess I'm a Honky Chateau kinda guy
	12:57pm Julie: I have a bit of an aversion to the countriness of it, but like I said, I've grown to love it. Just brought this out for my new "piano" circa 1975 twitter.com...
	12:57pm dan: Bernie Taupin wrote "Sixty Years On" when he was only 19. The fact that someone that young can think about life decades down the line shows his songwriting genius.
	12:57pm Julie: Elton John was my favorite for a long time, and Capt Fantastic, but Empty Sky is my current obsession.
	🛒 12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Truly weighty Book of Songs. Undercredited as such on the shortlists ?
	12:58pm Uncle Michael: I like denim period EJ and Bernie the best. I know that's heresy.
	🛒 12:58pm PAULS: MISTER WHISKERS!! meowsers
	🛒 12:59pm PAULS: (aka Franciscus Henri)
	🛒 1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & of course the Writer - Singer relationship ...like who - TheWho ?? Bacharach & Dionne ? ...What in fact was the relationship - one Lyrics & the other Music ? Oh my ignorance...
	1:00pm Julie: Bernie wrote the lyrics, EJ the music. And they never worked together. Bernie would just hand him lyrics and Elton would work his magic.
	🛒 1:03pm PAULS: Leadon in 1971... Burritos?
	1:04pm Spinning Giant: Howdy Hey Ho @UM! Fellow HD enthusiasts! Late to the party today (what else is new?!) lol Glad to be here...
	1:05pm Julie: oh now THIS is quite different
	1:06pm Uncle Michael: SG!
	1:06pm Uncle Michael: This was a Branford Marsalis joint.
	🛒 1:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Julie Thx ! It's quite remarkable. Who would even be comparable ?? Even other Words/Music teams are usually in each other's faces I would think...
	1:07pm adamdoesit: I like it. Or maybe I just like the name Buckshot LeFonque. Either way.
	1:08pm Uncle Michael: I really dug this album in '94.
	1:08pm burke: I can see Reg enjoying this a lot. (If I'm not incorrect EJ's friends call him Reg)
	🛒 1:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It's interesting but takes the notable poignancy out of the lilt. Maybe brings the Lyrics out tho'.
	1:09pm Uncle Michael: burke! you're among friends here.
	1:09pm doctorjazz: Buckshot really sounds like Stevie Wonder on this track...
	🛒 1:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...it presumes we know the Original one imagines...
	🛒 1:10pm Franco Twinkie: Once in awhile this happens: I'm trying to eat, two streams are running at the same time, and Chresti is yelling at me for my slovenly ways. I missed some of your scholarship Michael, which I enjoy immensely.
	1:10pm dan: My dad said he saw The Jive Five perform at his local synagogue circa early to mid 1960s.
	1:10pm Uncle Michael: adam, burke...nice drums!
	1:11pm sinner: UM: don't let me down. The whole office is listening.
	1:11pm Uncle Michael: I try to drop a few nuggets, Franco...but I hope I don't aspire to scholarship. That sounds....serious. Sinner!
	1:12pm Uncle Michael: I wish I coulda laid my hands on a better copy of this Come Down In Time. I really tried.
	🛒 1:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: First thing I always think (...& say) : Elton is a very convincing Singer.
	🛒 1:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...especially for a man dressed like a Queen Duck...
	1:13pm dan: @UM Sting did a great version of Come Down In Time from the Two Rooms tribute album.
	🛒 1:14pm Franco Twinkie: I know Michael. There is a fine line between pedantic gasbag and entertaining font of knowledge.
	1:14pm dan: @UM One of my initial predictions
	🛒 1:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Now that Phil Schaap is gone - the Entertainment of his circuitous discourse is shadowed with nostalgia & sadness. Which underscores what a cornmaze it often was... Hey: Did Laura Nyro & Elton know each other? Because.
	1:17pm Uncle Michael: Thank Michael Shelley for this one.
	1:17pm βrian: I believe that would be a maize maze. sniff
	1:18pm Julie: Nice! Freedy was roomies with a friend from college just played in her backyard in JC couple weeks back.
	🛒 1:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...but if a mad professor - Schaap was never oppressive...
	1:19pm doctorjazz: Big Freedy Johnston fan (and a fan of Michael Shelly's Superhits series), nice version!
	1:19pm Julie: Elton was a fan of Nyro but not sure they ever knew each other.
	🛒 1:19pm PAULS: He played in my front yard! in 2011 SXSW, with "Laurie Partridge" aka Susan Cowsill. They did "Wichita Lineman" and everyone cried.
	🛒 1:19pm Franco Twinkie: I met a girl in a farmhouse in Michigan who told me when she was little she misunderstood Benny and the Jets to be - Fanny, Fanny on the bed.
	🛒 1:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good doing a Stomper on just Acoustic.
	1:22pm doctorjazz: RRN63 @ 1:16-it's the natural thing after someone passes away. But I remember many times listening to his Saturday night show in my car-he'd play a half hour of great music from the 40's, then talk about it for an hour, hard to listen to (and he went on longer as he got older). Still, he was quite a source of knowledge for me as I was learning about jazz)
	🛒 1:23pm PAULS: horns
	🛒 1:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: docjazz - since there was No Quiz (for me anyhow) - I quite enjoy(ed) it. Mostly. I don't mind a knowledgeable lecture - but frankly it wasn't always on topic. Like concentric circles around the topic ...which can have a quality of its own as Radio even. A lot going on there. Jazz attracts these types a bit as well of course... I ike iTunes University talks by a guy called Dr. Gordon Vernick... Schaap's knowledge - which must have been as great as it comes - & his devotion to the Music & even good will came thru @ even the thickest of it...
	1:28pm sinner: This show has already attained the status of CLASSIC©.
	1:28pm Cmurtha: Daniel is far and away my favourite of the big Elton songs
	🛒 1:28pm PAULS: Who doesn't love the Bunch?!?
	🛒 1:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...for people more seriously involved in Jazz - there can be a Quiz. As it should be...
	1:31pm doctorjazz: Schapp interviewed a ton of Swing Era musicians (he often remembered their recording dates and concerts better than they did). He did have an incredible memory. He did tend to wander off (more of that as he got older). Curious about this Dr Gordon Vernick (don't use iTunes, though)
	1:32pm The Oscar: checks the playlist to make sure I didn't miss Shatner Phew!
	1:34pm The Oscar: Ah, well-- next time!
	1:34pm Cmurtha: Rock-it-man, rock-it-man!
	🛒 1:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @docjazz: These here : archive.org... Less than an hour each - focusing on one Artist or Topic each Lesson. On point, knowledge technically like for a Class - good balance with the Music even. I've used them to sleep to even...
	1:36pm dan: Wow, a John/Taupin song I've never heard of before.
	1:39pm doctorjazz: Thanks for the link, RRN63 (wow, that's a lot of lectures...) Love this Rod Stewart!
	1:41pm dan: Long John Baldry or the "John" in Elton John
	1:46pm Julie: Rod also recorded Country Comfort I think
	🛒 1:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Think I prefer L.A.W.'s !
	1:47pm Uncle Michael: He did, Julie.
	1:47pm doctorjazz: Like this Lee Ann Womack-it's guitar centered. When piano is dominant in these covers, it's hard for the pianist not to play with that Elton John gospel touch.
	1:48pm Uncle Michael: So true, Doc.
	1:49pm Uncle Michael: bass player on this Womack is a monster
	1:49pm Julie: last I heard Phyllis (rod) and Sharon (EJ) were feuding
	🛒 1:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I can have problems with mainstream 70s Production ...Elton usually rose abut that...
	1:49pm spodiodi: oh man
	1:50pm burke: W Hung! Take that, Shatner!
	1:50pm Julie: this was unexpected
	1:50pm The Oscar: Ahahaha-- I guess that's the only way to top the Shat!
	1:50pm Spinning Giant: Hung KILLING IT like only he can! AHhh, c'mon now! I was enjoying that!!!
	🛒 1:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Rocket Stages...
	1:51pm Julie: kate and her uke
	1:51pm dan: Good one UM. Kate Bush>William Hung
	1:51pm Spinning Giant: How do I make that my ringtone...?
	1:51pm Uncle Michael: Sorry Hung-fans.
	1:51pm Listener Robert: He's not wearing headphones he can take off, Spinning Giant.
	1:51pm burke: Hung up on Hung.
	1:52pm doctorjazz: Bush gave it a bit of a reggae feel, cool!
	1:52pm Uncle Michael: Robert!
	1:52pm doctorjazz: Was that the Hung that hurt my ears?
	1:52pm adamdoesit: "Cause I'm a Rasta Man…"
	🛒 1:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...kinda always got me in my RayBradbury feelz...
	1:53pm Uncle Michael: You can treat that with an ice pick, Doc.
	🛒 1:53pm Franco Twinkie: Is going into space Shatners last ditch attempt at been a highly visible nutcase?
	🛒 1:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...rewrite of SpaceOddity maybe, but good @ it...
	🛒 1:54pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Came in late, glad I didn't miss the Rod Stewart & Long John Baldry, both great. Thanks for all of these. doctorjazz, that's a great observation.
	1:54pm Uncle Michael: I got no beef with Shatner but fuck both billionaire space programs.
	1:54pm Uncle Michael: Lizzie!
	🛒 1:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Franco did you see Shat talking about it afters? I think he said what a real human ought to say... & I'm guessing Bezzo squirmed...
	1:55pm dan: Lost the feed, I think?
	1:55pm doctorjazz: Bit of streaming...
	1:55pm spodiodi: i agree with UM
	1:55pm Stevel: Famous EJ/BT gospel period.
	1:55pm sinner: At least it's gospel.
	🛒 1:55pm Franco Twinkie: I have no beef with Shatner either. It just, it's just, I don't know....
	1:56pm adamdoesit: Same. Whitey on the Moon.
	🛒 1:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I wouldn't go in Bezo's Oppressor dickrocket.
	1:58pm Stevel: Did Bezos NOT see the Austin Powers flicks?
	1:58pm Uncle Michael: I lost the stream.
	🛒 1:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I'll give George Takei the last word on it. Stevel for REAL.
	1:59pm Julie: aww man I'm missing Sat Night
	1:59pm Listening Out There: Restarting the stream restored the noise for me...
	1:59pm spodiodi: Rev @154 he looks like he's squirming inside at least while they were standing next to each other. Rev @ 156 amen
	1:59pm Stevel: COCKS. IN. SPAAAAAACCCEEEE!
	1:59pm Uncle Michael: restart the stream!
	1:59pm Julie: ahhh there it is
	1:59pm Lizardner Dave !: Fully realizing it's too late for requests I really like the Who's version of this song.
	2:00pm Stevel: Restarted!
	2:00pm Spinning Giant: Do you think "Piece of Shat" is what his ex-wives (and gal-pals) refer to him as...?
	2:00pm Uncle Michael: LOT! Dave!
	🛒 2:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Songs TheWho should do : 'First We Take Manhattan' ...maybe not go there now...
	2:01pm Stevel: Somehow, Slaughter approaches the vocal with about 1/3 of the vehemence of EJ.
	2:01pm Lizardner Dave !: Depending on your minimum time standard it could count as a double cover since Pete throws a little "Take Me To The Pilot" in too.
	2:02pm Julie: oooh I like this border song
	2:03pm Listening Out There: Ah kin hears da unko Miko jes fine...
	2:07pm Julie: Let Me Be Your Car is part of the awesome Rare Masters boxset, which Andrew Sandoval worked on!
	2:08pm Uncle Michael: Oh, cool. Thanks, Julie.
	2:08pm Listener Robert: Is it WFMU's bandwidth outage? I'm using your Twitch to save WFMU bandwidth.
	2:08pm dan: These versions keep getting more and more amazing.
	2:09pm Doug Schulkind: Hi
	2:09pm WLSClark: Just gettin here but I can see this is a great Elton cover song show. COOL!
	2:09pm Uncle Michael: Twitch should be back. Doug!
	2:09pm Julie: hey Doug!
	2:09pm Uncle Michael: Clark!
	2:10pm Doug Schulkind: ...from the world's biggest (but not necessarily most rotund) Maddy Prior fan.
	2:10pm Rich in Washington: Great show, UM! Been listening while cooking up a storm in the kitchen.
	2:11pm Julie: wow someone covered Friends!
	2:11pm Uncle Michael: What's cookin' Rich?
	🛒 2:11pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Two news stories that makes my eyes glaze over: Shatner in space, and it was John who broke up the Beatles. Now George Takei is mocking Bill. Perfect.
	2:11pm WLSClark: This version of this song should have been what they used for the new "Wonder Years"! Sounds excellent.
	🛒 2:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'I started TheBeatles & I ended them. It's as simple as that.' - JohnLennon, somewhat earlier.
	2:14pm Julie: the beatles were nothing without Stu
	2:14pm Uncle Michael: I stopped reading google news on my phone. SO many stories that are musicians throwing shade. Fuck that.
	2:15pm WLSClark: Hopefully, "Get Back" will shed new light on the endings.
	🛒 2:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...not Fake, but it sure ain't News...
	2:16pm Uncle Michael: This Empty Sky beat Elton's into the shops by two weeks.
	🛒 2:19pm Franco Twinkie: This has that thunderheads amassing sound that 1969 was famous for.
	2:19pm doctorjazz: Not familiar with Roy Everett, but this is a really cool, bluesy cover of Empty Sky!
	2:19pm WLSClark: WOW, Roy REALLY knew those songs would be great, I guess! Has anyone ever covered "I Feel Like a Bullet"?
	2:19pm Julie: i love this song so much
	🛒 2:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Reminds me of Jackie Lomax maybe. In like, um, 1969...
	2:21pm WLSClark: Almost like Impressions doing this.
	🛒 2:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Maybe Slackers, but I like theirs better.
	2:21pm Julie: oooh this is great
	2:28pm Uncle Michael: guh-rahj by the motorway
	2:29pm doctorjazz: Levon is up there with my favorite EJ songs-McCreary is singing the crap out of it, nice...
	2:30pm Listener Robert: As to the William Hung version of Rocket Man, remember that one of the prices we pay for free-form is that the DJs have to continue to love DJing, so they're not going to do something to torture themselves unless it's a stunt for either donations or recognition. One of the advantages of the automated portions of the streams is that no DJ has to listen all the way thru, just curate them. For all we know, that number may be in the archives of one of them. Maybe it was played on World's Worst Records, or will be.
	2:31pm Gerry from Miami: Uncle Mike, I miss the British pronunciation too. GAIR-uhj sounds so cool.
	2:32pm dan: According to Hank Hill in King of The Hill, Zamfir is better than The Beatles.
	2:32pm listener james from westwood: Even Zamfir got in on these lads' tunes, I hear!
	2:32pm Rich in Washington: Zamfir also does a version of Candle In The Wind that's something else.
	2:33pm WLSClark: Wondering if manfred mann ever did an Elton song. Seems like a no brainer.
	2:33pm Stevel: Zamfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrr!!
	2:37pm Uncle Michael: Now THIS is how the dogs of society howl.
	2:39pm Julie: oh that horny back toad
	2:39pm WLSClark: 1970's Hinky Dinky grocery store music!!
	2:39pm Listening Out There: Ray Conniff, for the metalheads that are listening....
	2:39pm Doug Schulkind: I wanna hear the Judge Dread version.
	2:39pm RevWaldo: It's the best covers that let you finally understand the lyrics.
	2:40pm Uncle Michael: Waldo! YES
	2:40pm Andres: Back to the thrift store for that Ray Conniff record I passed on.
	2:40pm Stevel: RevWaldo: Bingo!
	2:40pm burke: @Rev please explain the lyrics to me
	2:40pm Julie: these are the records in the "good life" section of the FMU library
	2:40pm dan: Ray Conniff has that Lawrence Welk bubblegum feel that seems borderline nauseating.
	2:41pm WLSClark: rev, ah yes, BUT are they the right lyrics?? How many times I have googled a song and said "THAT is not right!"
	2:41pm Julie: the lyrics to greatest discovery are so incredibly vivid
	2:41pm Uncle Michael: I'm here with the auditory ipecac.
	2:41pm doctorjazz: The Greatest Discovery reminds me of Dylan
	2:42pm Julie: on the demo version of this Elton sings "ba ba ba ba" what he wants the band to be doing, it's pretty cool
	2:42pm Uncle Michael: there's a lot of "Simple Twist Of Fate" in this, Doc.
	2:42pm Rich in Washington: I grew up hearing loads of that Easy Listening/Beautiful Music genre mung and hated it then now but have this weird sentimental attraction to it now.
	🛒 2:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Who knew YellowBrickRd was about when a gay guy leaves a sugardaddy? Anybody you ever heard of?
	2:44pm Uncle Michael: yep
	2:44pm dan: Saving the big kahuna of Elton covers for the final set in Sandy Denny.
	2:45pm doctorjazz: UM, that's the song, was on the tip of my tongue... Sandy Denny can sing the song book, as far as I'm concerned...
	🛒 2:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The weird thing is some Welk was nearly Jazz. They were slightly more than MOR Elevator Show Music or something. Not concerned with figuring the %age...
	2:46pm Uncle Michael: I hope Julie doesn't know this next record...but I'll bet she does.
	2:47pm Julie: the Sandy cover? But of course! I used to love this song but the diana remake ruined it for me
	🛒 2:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: This arrangement ~ production is beneath Sandy imho.
	2:47pm Uncle Michael: no, this one
	2:48pm dan: Gene Pitney at his best.
	2:48pm Julie: oh this gene one, no! Yeah the production on sandy's last albums is kinda meh
	2:48pm WLSClark: How cool. Gene still sounded just like in 60's.
	🛒 2:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: This Production is too big - but still has dynamics.
	2:51pm Julie: I played some lady called Dana doing this one on Tuesday. www.discogs.com...
	🛒 2:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& not Dana Gillespie...
	2:52pm Uncle Michael: There's no such thing as production too-big on a Gene Pitney record, in my view.
	2:52pm Uncle Michael: One more track after Jimmy Scott.
	2:53pm Julie: wow this a guy
	2:53pm Rich in Washington: <3 Jimmy Scott
	2:53pm Uncle Michael: Jimmy Scott was an angel.
	🛒 2:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yeah Gene's dramatic like that... This makes the point Sorry is Standard quality.
	2:53pm sinner: Bravo, my good man.
	2:54pm Uncle Michael: one more to go, Sinner
	2:54pm Cmurtha: Great show today UM!
	2:55pm WLSClark: Great idea, UM. Great show.
	2:55pm adamdoesit: I gotta go after this one, and this is a helluva note to go out on. Thanks, Jimmy. Thanks, Elton. Thanks, Bernie. Thanks, Uncle Michael.
	2:56pm RevWaldo: @Burke - perhaps "understand" is too strong, more just "make out the actual words".
	2:56pm Uncle Michael: see ya, adam!
	2:56pm dan: Perfect song to end the show. The sun going down on a great retrospective of Elton and Bernie
	2:56pm Rich in Washington: I'm not crying.. YOU'RE crying...
	2:57pm Uncle Michael: tissue, Rich?
	2:58pm doctorjazz: Thanks, UM, another great songwriter tribute!
	2:58pm Andres: Nothing got done his afternoon. Worth it. Thanks, Uncle Michael!
	2:59pm Rich in Washington: thanks, UM, but I've got a box right here.
	2:59pm Julie: this was lovely, thanks Uncle Michael!
	2:59pm spodiodi: thanks for another great show, UM!
	2:59pm Uncle Michael: You folks make these things so worthwhile for me. Thank you.
	🛒 2:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bettye Brings It ~ TY Always UM ~
	3:00pm Uncle Michael: Come back next week for Singles Going Steady on the wheels of steel here behind me.
	3:01pm dan: Same time next week everyone
	3:01pm listener james from westwood: Many thanks, UM!
	🛒 3:03pm Franco Twinkie: You mean to tell me no one covered No Shoestrings on Louise? Pity, it's a great song. Thanks Michael, super show.
	3:04pm burke: I'll sing Grey Seal myself during my next shower. Thanks UM
	3:06pm Rich in Washington: Thanks, Michael! Wonderful show! See you next week!
	3:06pm Uncle Michael: Bye everyone!
	3:06pm Listener Robert: Bye-bye.

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from October 15, 2021

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Turning over the toy box and jamming together the gloriously mismatched musical Lincoln Logs, Legos and Tinker Toys from Tin Pan Alley pluggers, pickled egg tavern weepers, lockstep soul ensembles, skinny-tie power poppers, Eurotrash ravers, moontanned art school rockers, drunken soccer anthems and anything else that seems like a good idea at the time. There are no guilty pleasures.

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October 15, 2021: Show #415: "The Captain and the Cowboy" (SPECIAL: Elton John/Bernie Taupin Songwriter Tribute)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Uncle Michael	Hinky Dinky Time Open
Lady Gaga	Your Song "Your Song" by "Lady Gaga"	Revamp: Reimagining The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin	Virgin/The Rocket Record Company	2018
Bridget St. John	Sweet Painted Lady	Jumble Queen	Chrysalis	1974		0:00:11 (Pop-up)
Three Dog Night	Lady Samantha "Lady Samantha" by "Three Dog Night"	Suitable for Framing	ABC/Dunhill	1969		0:03:39 (Pop-up)
Panhandle	Amoreena "Amoreena" by "Panhandle"	Panhandle	Decca	1972		0:06:27 (Pop-up)
Señor Coconut And His Orchestra	Blue Eyes (Bolero)	Fiesta Songs	Multicolor Recordings	2003		0:10:51 (Pop-up)
Emeli Sandé	All the Girls Love Alice	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Revisited (GBYBR 40th Anniversary)	Mercury/The Rocket Record Company	2014		0:14:35 (Pop-up)
Miley Cyrus	The Bitch Is Back "The Bitch Is Back" by "Miley Cyrus"	Restoration: Reimagining The Songs Of Elton John And Bernie Taupin	MCA Nashville	2018		0:18:05 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Wim Overgaauw	Your Song "Your Song" by "Wim Overgaauw"	Sagittarius	CBS	1971		0:21:27 (Pop-up)

Toto	Burn Down the Mission "Burn Down the Mission" by "Toto"	Through The Looking Glass	CMC/EMI	2002		0:27:20 (Pop-up)
Spooky Tooth	Son Of Your Father "Son Of Your Father" by "Spooky Tooth"	single (b/w I've Got Enough Heartache)	Island	1969		0:33:38 (Pop-up)
5th Dimension	Border Song "Border Song" by "5th Dimension"	Individually & Collectively	Bell	1972		0:37:22 (Pop-up)
Kate Taylor	Ballad Of A Well Known Gun	Sister Kate	Cotillion	1971		0:40:31 (Pop-up)
Bo Diddley	Bad Side Of The Moon "Bad Side Of The Moon" by "Bo Diddley"	Another Dimension	Chess	1971	(From: The Chess Years)	0:45:08 (Pop-up)
Franciscus Henri	Sixty Years On "Sixty Years On" by "Franciscus Henri"	Gabriel's Mother's Highway	Move	1972		0:47:50 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Kate Bush	Candle In The Wind (Instrumental Version)	CD single (Rocket Man / Candle In The Wind)	Mercury	1991		0:50:38 (Pop-up)

Buckshot LeFonque	Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters	Buckshot LeFonque	Columbia	1994		0:56:40 (Pop-up)
Eugene Pitt & The Jyve Fyve	Come Down In Time	single (b/w Love Is Pain)	AVCO Embassy	1971		1:01:16 (Pop-up)
Sergio Mendes And Brasil '77	Where To Now St. Peter	Home Cooking	Elektra	1975		1:04:40 (Pop-up)
Freedy Johnston	Bennie and the Jets	Superhits Of The Seventies Pure Dyn-o-mite!	Mike Shell/WFMU	2017		1:08:48 (Pop-up)
Brook Benton	Country Comfort "Country Comfort" by "Brook Benton"	Story Teller	Cotillion	1971	(From: The Platinum Collection)	1:12:44 (Pop-up)
Latimore	Take Me To the Pilot "Take Me To the Pilot" by "Latimore"	single (b-side to Jolie)	President	1974		1:16:08 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Jimmy Castor Bunch	Daniel "Daniel" by "Jimmy Castor Bunch"	Butt Of Course...	Atlantic	1974		1:19:13 (Pop-up)

Rod Stewart	Let Me Be Your Car "Let Me Be Your Car" by "Rod Stewart"	Smiler	Mercury	1974	(From: Handbags and Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart)	1:27:54 (Pop-up)
Long John Baldry	Rock Me When He's Gone	It Ain't Easy	Warner Bros.	1971		1:32:30 (Pop-up)
Lee Ann Womack	Honky Cat "Honky Cat" by "Lee Ann Womack"	Restoration: Reimagining The Songs Of Elton John And Bernie Taupin	MCA Nashville	2018		1:36:22 (Pop-up)
William Hung	Rocket Man "Rocket Man" by "William Hung"	Inspiration	KOCH	2004		1:41:29 (Pop-up)
Kate Bush	Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)	CD single (Rocket Man / Candle In The Wind)	Mercury	1991		1:42:28 (Pop-up)
Slaughter	Saturday Night "Saturday Night" by "Slaughter"	Hard Times (EP)	Victor	1989/1995		1:50:16 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Harry J. All Stars	Border Song Riddim	unk.	unk.	unk.	(From: The Wild Bunch (va, Trojan 1995))	1:54:20 (Pop-up)

Maddy Prior & the Girls	I Need You To Turn To	Bib & Tuck	Park	2002		1:59:49 (Pop-up)
Square Set	Friends "Friends" by "Square Set"	Those Many Feelings	Gallo	1972		2:02:48 (Pop-up)
Roy Everett	Empty Sky "Empty Sky" by "Roy Everett"	single (b-side to Happy Birthday Blues)	Parlophone	1969		2:07:17 (Pop-up)
The Slackers	I'm Still Standing "I'm Still Standing" by "The Slackers"	Radio	Whatevski	2011		2:11:48 (Pop-up)
The Pioneers	Jamaica Jerk Off "Jamaica Jerk Off" by "The Pioneers"	single (b/w Grandma Grandpa)	Trojan	1974		2:15:21 (Pop-up)
Mary McCreary	Levon "Levon" by "Mary McCreary"	Jezebel	Shelter Recording Company Inc.	1974		2:18:55 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Gheorghe Zamfir	Your Song "Your Song" by "Gheorghe Zamfir"	Zamfir	Philips	1982		2:24:07 (Pop-up)

Ray Conniff	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	The Way We Were	Columbia	1974		2:29:32 (Pop-up)
The Lettermen	The Greatest Discovery	Feelings	Capitol	1971		2:32:29 (Pop-up)
Sandy Denny	Candle In The Wind "Candle In The Wind" by "Sandy Denny"	Rendezvous	Island	1977		2:35:29 (Pop-up)
Gene Pitney	Skyline Pigeon "Skyline Pigeon" by "Gene Pitney"	Pitney '75	Bronze	1975		2:39:17 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Scott	Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word	Holding Back The Years	Artists Only!	1998	(From: Someone to Watch Over Me)	2:43:03 (Pop-up)
Bettye Lavette	Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me	Interpretations - The British Rock Songbook	Anti-	2010		2:47:50 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Fleetwood Mac	Albatross "Albatross" by "Fleetwood Mac"	single (b/w Jigsaw Puzzle Blues)	Blue Horizon	1968		2:59:00 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:00pm dan: Good afternoon all. Some predictions for today's show: Bruce Hornsby - Madman Across the Water The Who - Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting Ann Wilson and Randy Meisner - Strangers Aretha Franklin - Border Song Sting - Come Down In Time William Shatner - Rocket Man Ringo Starr - Snookeroo Judith Durham - Skyline Pigeon
	12:01pm listener james from westwood: Good Friday, UM and all!
	12:01pm Rich in Washington: Hello, Uncle Michael!
	12:02pm spodiodi: aloha, Uncle Michael!
	12:04pm doctorjazz: Ready to HINK AND DINK!! Gonna hand with you Honky Cats!
	12:04pm Hopey Sockmonkey: Good day, Dinks
	12:04pm Uncle Michael: dan! James! Rich! spodi! Doc! Hopey!
	12:05pm dan: Time for a 3 hour ride of songwriting excellence.
	🛒 12:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Elton in the 'Tommy' movie was great - but, not his tune...
	12:07pm Uncle Michael: Rev!
	12:07pm Pauly from Clifton: Hi Uncle Michael, folks!
	12:07pm Uncle Michael: Pauly!
	12:08pm KWilde: Good afternoon!
	12:08pm Uncle Michael: KW!
	12:12pm dan: Amazing how Three Dog Night covered Elton John before he was a big name.
	12:14pm Uncle Michael: 3DN was a cover band. Their A&R people were beating the bushes for good material.
	12:14pm dan: @UM The A&R people definitely had great taste.
	12:15pm Uncle Michael: for sure
	🛒 12:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Knew 'LadySamantha' looong ago from some 'History of British Rock' vinyl comp. (His a much better version honestly.) & that was the Elton I knew best. Hits on the Raydeo of course... Julie helps on Dark Night...
	12:21pm Uncle Michael: I love your drum, spodi.
	🛒 12:22pm Mx. Baba Bee (e/they): hello, UM! hey folx. Oooh, I like this bolero version
	12:22pm spodiodi: thanks, UM. i love your show!
	12:23pm Uncle Michael: Baba Bee! Thank you, spodi!
	🛒 12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I try the Twitch ...& Avast says it's blocking an infection ! That's new. & it don't load.
	🛒 12:23pm Mx. Baba Bee (e/they): oooh, yeah, Alice. This song made no sense to me when I was 7 and listening to this album over and over and over
	12:23pm Uncle Michael: Avast, me hearties!
	🛒 12:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wonder if it's something I caught trying to hitch on it...
	12:25pm βrian: I see the hammock is still deployed. That's good.
	12:25pm dan: Noticed this version omits the verse with the line "One or two middle aged dykes..."
	12:26pm Uncle Michael: Brian! I never remember to take it down.
	12:27pm βrian: Our cat loves hammock time.
	12:28pm dan: Miley Cyrus putting on her Bonnie Tyler impression.
	🛒 12:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I was thinking TanyaTucker...
	🛒 12:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Suits her.
	🛒 12:31pm Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧: Go Miley! That was great!
	12:32pm Cmurtha: Hello everyone!
	🛒 12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hell - Miley coulda Swung it even more like a Contempo R&B~PopStar. Pretty (...you'll pardon the term, Elton) straight reading...
	12:32pm βrian: Had to look up Miley Cyrus. I don't get out much.
	12:33pm dan: Tina Turner had the definitive cover version of "The Bitch Is Back" in my opinion.
	12:36pm Uncle Michael: Cmurtha!
	12:36pm julie: Toto 🤣
	12:36pm Marie: Hello UM and everybody! So happy to be here and I look forward to joyous musical lessons
	12:37pm Uncle Michael: julie! Marie!
	🛒 12:38pm PAULS: Whoa! Hang on, people! Toto in overdrive, nice one Unc
	12:38pm Uncle Michael: PAULS! Toto in 2002!
	12:38pm dan: Simon Phillips nailing those drum fills.
	🛒 12:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...wull my Avast security appears to be firewalling your Twitch - which has never happened before. No idea what to do about it. Seems more likely than an actual threat, but I know nothing of these things.
	12:40pm adamdoesit: Hello UM, spodi, Rev, doc, and everyone. My office speaker is not big enough for this Toto.
	12:41pm Uncle Michael: Avast with a false positive. No reason to mistrust the Twitch stream. You could go to Twitch and see if it works there better than the embed is working here.
	12:41pm Uncle Michael: adam!
	🛒 12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Simon Phillips ! You gonna give me not one - but two reasons to clicky Toto ferchrisake ??
	🛒 12:41pm PAULS: @adamdoesit It's like a freakin' Toto tidal wave
	12:41pm holland oats: tgif hinkers and dinkers
	12:42pm spodiodi: hello, adam! totoly
	🛒 12:42pm PAULS: hello, hollo!
	12:42pm barrett785: Fridink already!
	12:42pm Uncle Michael: Holland!
	12:42pm Uncle Michael: Pat!
	12:43pm dan: Spooky Tooth's version of "Son Of Your Father" predates Elton's by a year. Apparently their A&R guys saw something in John/Taupin before the world did.
	🛒 12:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...wull shoot - I can watch other Twitch channels there - but not you. Should ask Avast I guess ! !
	🛒 12:46pm PAULS: Wasn't Buckaroo Bonzai in this group for a while?
	🛒 12:46pm Franco Twinkie: Back from the store!
	12:47pm Uncle Michael: Franco!
	🛒 12:47pm Franco Twinkie: This is perfect October music.
	12:48pm adamdoesit: @PAULS, I'm Totolly swamped, or I'd check, but I think that was the 8th Dimension, which Buckaroo visited for lunch.
	12:49pm Andres: Hi, Uncle Michael! Looking at the playlist and wishing I wasn’t tardy.
	🛒 12:49pm PAULS: Well, slap my ass (like the kids on the tikky tok) and call me John Big Bigbooté! thanks @adamdoesit
	12:49pm Stevel: Is this the place I'm in?
	12:50pm Uncle Michael: Andres! Steve!
	12:51pm Uncle Michael: That's some frenetic pickin'.
	12:52pm dan: Tumbleweed Connection is Elton John's underrated masterpiece.
	🛒 12:53pm PAULS: Uncle Michael -- Danny Kortchmar?
	12:54pm Uncle Michael: Kootch is on the album, so maybe. Bernie Leadon is too...and a few other guitar players. I don't have the liner notes.
	12:54pm adamdoesit: @PAULS "BigbooTAY! TAY! TAY!!!"
	12:54pm Julie: I used to not like Tumbleweed so much but it's really grown on me. Where to now St Peter is my favorite, and Amoreena of course
	12:56pm Uncle Michael: Julie! It might be my favorite EJ album.
	🛒 12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 1.) Hey - Bo sing pretty good in a certain area... 2.) Somewhat like Hendrix in that regard...
	12:57pm burke: I guess I'm a Honky Chateau kinda guy
	12:57pm Julie: I have a bit of an aversion to the countriness of it, but like I said, I've grown to love it. Just brought this out for my new "piano" circa 1975 twitter.com...
	12:57pm dan: Bernie Taupin wrote "Sixty Years On" when he was only 19. The fact that someone that young can think about life decades down the line shows his songwriting genius.
	12:57pm Julie: Elton John was my favorite for a long time, and Capt Fantastic, but Empty Sky is my current obsession.
	🛒 12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Truly weighty Book of Songs. Undercredited as such on the shortlists ?
	12:58pm Uncle Michael: I like denim period EJ and Bernie the best. I know that's heresy.
	🛒 12:58pm PAULS: MISTER WHISKERS!! meowsers
	🛒 12:59pm PAULS: (aka Franciscus Henri)
	🛒 1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & of course the Writer - Singer relationship ...like who - TheWho ?? Bacharach & Dionne ? ...What in fact was the relationship - one Lyrics & the other Music ? Oh my ignorance...
	1:00pm Julie: Bernie wrote the lyrics, EJ the music. And they never worked together. Bernie would just hand him lyrics and Elton would work his magic.
	🛒 1:03pm PAULS: Leadon in 1971... Burritos?
	1:04pm Spinning Giant: Howdy Hey Ho @UM! Fellow HD enthusiasts! Late to the party today (what else is new?!) lol Glad to be here...
	1:05pm Julie: oh now THIS is quite different
	1:06pm Uncle Michael: SG!
	1:06pm Uncle Michael: This was a Branford Marsalis joint.
	🛒 1:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Julie Thx ! It's quite remarkable. Who would even be comparable ?? Even other Words/Music teams are usually in each other's faces I would think...
	1:07pm adamdoesit: I like it. Or maybe I just like the name Buckshot LeFonque. Either way.
	1:08pm Uncle Michael: I really dug this album in '94.
	1:08pm burke: I can see Reg enjoying this a lot. (If I'm not incorrect EJ's friends call him Reg)
	🛒 1:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It's interesting but takes the notable poignancy out of the lilt. Maybe brings the Lyrics out tho'.
	1:09pm Uncle Michael: burke! you're among friends here.
	1:09pm doctorjazz: Buckshot really sounds like Stevie Wonder on this track...
	🛒 1:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...it presumes we know the Original one imagines...
	🛒 1:10pm Franco Twinkie: Once in awhile this happens: I'm trying to eat, two streams are running at the same time, and Chresti is yelling at me for my slovenly ways. I missed some of your scholarship Michael, which I enjoy immensely.
	1:10pm dan: My dad said he saw The Jive Five perform at his local synagogue circa early to mid 1960s.
	1:10pm Uncle Michael: adam, burke...nice drums!
	1:11pm sinner: UM: don't let me down. The whole office is listening.
	1:11pm Uncle Michael: I try to drop a few nuggets, Franco...but I hope I don't aspire to scholarship. That sounds....serious. Sinner!
	1:12pm Uncle Michael: I wish I coulda laid my hands on a better copy of this Come Down In Time. I really tried.
	🛒 1:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: First thing I always think (...& say) : Elton is a very convincing Singer.
	🛒 1:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...especially for a man dressed like a Queen Duck...
	1:13pm dan: @UM Sting did a great version of Come Down In Time from the Two Rooms tribute album.
	🛒 1:14pm Franco Twinkie: I know Michael. There is a fine line between pedantic gasbag and entertaining font of knowledge.
	1:14pm dan: @UM One of my initial predictions
	🛒 1:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Now that Phil Schaap is gone - the Entertainment of his circuitous discourse is shadowed with nostalgia & sadness. Which underscores what a cornmaze it often was... Hey: Did Laura Nyro & Elton know each other? Because.
	1:17pm Uncle Michael: Thank Michael Shelley for this one.
	1:17pm βrian: I believe that would be a maize maze. sniff
	1:18pm Julie: Nice! Freedy was roomies with a friend from college just played in her backyard in JC couple weeks back.
	🛒 1:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...but if a mad professor - Schaap was never oppressive...
	1:19pm doctorjazz: Big Freedy Johnston fan (and a fan of Michael Shelly's Superhits series), nice version!
	1:19pm Julie: Elton was a fan of Nyro but not sure they ever knew each other.
	🛒 1:19pm PAULS: He played in my front yard! in 2011 SXSW, with "Laurie Partridge" aka Susan Cowsill. They did "Wichita Lineman" and everyone cried.
	🛒 1:19pm Franco Twinkie: I met a girl in a farmhouse in Michigan who told me when she was little she misunderstood Benny and the Jets to be - Fanny, Fanny on the bed.
	🛒 1:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good doing a Stomper on just Acoustic.
	1:22pm doctorjazz: RRN63 @ 1:16-it's the natural thing after someone passes away. But I remember many times listening to his Saturday night show in my car-he'd play a half hour of great music from the 40's, then talk about it for an hour, hard to listen to (and he went on longer as he got older). Still, he was quite a source of knowledge for me as I was learning about jazz)
	🛒 1:23pm PAULS: horns
	🛒 1:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: docjazz - since there was No Quiz (for me anyhow) - I quite enjoy(ed) it. Mostly. I don't mind a knowledgeable lecture - but frankly it wasn't always on topic. Like concentric circles around the topic ...which can have a quality of its own as Radio even. A lot going on there. Jazz attracts these types a bit as well of course... I ike iTunes University talks by a guy called Dr. Gordon Vernick... Schaap's knowledge - which must have been as great as it comes - & his devotion to the Music & even good will came thru @ even the thickest of it...
	1:28pm sinner: This show has already attained the status of CLASSIC©.
	1:28pm Cmurtha: Daniel is far and away my favourite of the big Elton songs
	🛒 1:28pm PAULS: Who doesn't love the Bunch?!?
	🛒 1:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...for people more seriously involved in Jazz - there can be a Quiz. As it should be...
	1:31pm doctorjazz: Schapp interviewed a ton of Swing Era musicians (he often remembered their recording dates and concerts better than they did). He did have an incredible memory. He did tend to wander off (more of that as he got older). Curious about this Dr Gordon Vernick (don't use iTunes, though)
	1:32pm The Oscar: checks the playlist to make sure I didn't miss Shatner Phew!
	1:34pm The Oscar: Ah, well-- next time!
	1:34pm Cmurtha: Rock-it-man, rock-it-man!
	🛒 1:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @docjazz: These here : archive.org... Less than an hour each - focusing on one Artist or Topic each Lesson. On point, knowledge technically like for a Class - good balance with the Music even. I've used them to sleep to even...
	1:36pm dan: Wow, a John/Taupin song I've never heard of before.
	1:39pm doctorjazz: Thanks for the link, RRN63 (wow, that's a lot of lectures...) Love this Rod Stewart!
	1:41pm dan: Long John Baldry or the "John" in Elton John
	1:46pm Julie: Rod also recorded Country Comfort I think
	🛒 1:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Think I prefer L.A.W.'s !
	1:47pm Uncle Michael: He did, Julie.
	1:47pm doctorjazz: Like this Lee Ann Womack-it's guitar centered. When piano is dominant in these covers, it's hard for the pianist not to play with that Elton John gospel touch.
	1:48pm Uncle Michael: So true, Doc.
	1:49pm Uncle Michael: bass player on this Womack is a monster
	1:49pm Julie: last I heard Phyllis (rod) and Sharon (EJ) were feuding
	🛒 1:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I can have problems with mainstream 70s Production ...Elton usually rose abut that...
	1:49pm spodiodi: oh man
	1:50pm burke: W Hung! Take that, Shatner!
	1:50pm Julie: this was unexpected
	1:50pm The Oscar: Ahahaha-- I guess that's the only way to top the Shat!
	1:50pm Spinning Giant: Hung KILLING IT like only he can! AHhh, c'mon now! I was enjoying that!!!
	🛒 1:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Rocket Stages...
	1:51pm Julie: kate and her uke
	1:51pm dan: Good one UM. Kate Bush>William Hung
	1:51pm Spinning Giant: How do I make that my ringtone...?
	1:51pm Uncle Michael: Sorry Hung-fans.
	1:51pm Listener Robert: He's not wearing headphones he can take off, Spinning Giant.
	1:51pm burke: Hung up on Hung.
	1:52pm doctorjazz: Bush gave it a bit of a reggae feel, cool!
	1:52pm Uncle Michael: Robert!
	1:52pm doctorjazz: Was that the Hung that hurt my ears?
	1:52pm adamdoesit: "Cause I'm a Rasta Man…"
	🛒 1:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...kinda always got me in my RayBradbury feelz...
	1:53pm Uncle Michael: You can treat that with an ice pick, Doc.
	🛒 1:53pm Franco Twinkie: Is going into space Shatners last ditch attempt at been a highly visible nutcase?
	🛒 1:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...rewrite of SpaceOddity maybe, but good @ it...
	🛒 1:54pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Came in late, glad I didn't miss the Rod Stewart & Long John Baldry, both great. Thanks for all of these. doctorjazz, that's a great observation.
	1:54pm Uncle Michael: I got no beef with Shatner but fuck both billionaire space programs.
	1:54pm Uncle Michael: Lizzie!
	🛒 1:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Franco did you see Shat talking about it afters? I think he said what a real human ought to say... & I'm guessing Bezzo squirmed...
	1:55pm dan: Lost the feed, I think?
	1:55pm doctorjazz: Bit of streaming...
	1:55pm spodiodi: i agree with UM
	1:55pm Stevel: Famous EJ/BT gospel period.
	1:55pm sinner: At least it's gospel.
	🛒 1:55pm Franco Twinkie: I have no beef with Shatner either. It just, it's just, I don't know....
	1:56pm adamdoesit: Same. Whitey on the Moon.
	🛒 1:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I wouldn't go in Bezo's Oppressor dickrocket.
	1:58pm Stevel: Did Bezos NOT see the Austin Powers flicks?
	1:58pm Uncle Michael: I lost the stream.
	🛒 1:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I'll give George Takei the last word on it. Stevel for REAL.
	1:59pm Julie: aww man I'm missing Sat Night
	1:59pm Listening Out There: Restarting the stream restored the noise for me...
	1:59pm spodiodi: Rev @154 he looks like he's squirming inside at least while they were standing next to each other. Rev @ 156 amen
	1:59pm Stevel: COCKS. IN. SPAAAAAACCCEEEE!
	1:59pm Uncle Michael: restart the stream!
	1:59pm Julie: ahhh there it is
	1:59pm Lizardner Dave !: Fully realizing it's too late for requests I really like the Who's version of this song.
	2:00pm Stevel: Restarted!
	2:00pm Spinning Giant: Do you think "Piece of Shat" is what his ex-wives (and gal-pals) refer to him as...?
	2:00pm Uncle Michael: LOT! Dave!
	🛒 2:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Songs TheWho should do : 'First We Take Manhattan' ...maybe not go there now...
	2:01pm Stevel: Somehow, Slaughter approaches the vocal with about 1/3 of the vehemence of EJ.
	2:01pm Lizardner Dave !: Depending on your minimum time standard it could count as a double cover since Pete throws a little "Take Me To The Pilot" in too.
	2:02pm Julie: oooh I like this border song
	2:03pm Listening Out There: Ah kin hears da unko Miko jes fine...
	2:07pm Julie: Let Me Be Your Car is part of the awesome Rare Masters boxset, which Andrew Sandoval worked on!
	2:08pm Uncle Michael: Oh, cool. Thanks, Julie.
	2:08pm Listener Robert: Is it WFMU's bandwidth outage? I'm using your Twitch to save WFMU bandwidth.
	2:08pm dan: These versions keep getting more and more amazing.
	2:09pm Doug Schulkind: Hi
	2:09pm WLSClark: Just gettin here but I can see this is a great Elton cover song show. COOL!
	2:09pm Uncle Michael: Twitch should be back. Doug!
	2:09pm Julie: hey Doug!
	2:09pm Uncle Michael: Clark!
	2:10pm Doug Schulkind: ...from the world's biggest (but not necessarily most rotund) Maddy Prior fan.
	2:10pm Rich in Washington: Great show, UM! Been listening while cooking up a storm in the kitchen.
	2:11pm Julie: wow someone covered Friends!
	2:11pm Uncle Michael: What's cookin' Rich?
	🛒 2:11pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Two news stories that makes my eyes glaze over: Shatner in space, and it was John who broke up the Beatles. Now George Takei is mocking Bill. Perfect.
	2:11pm WLSClark: This version of this song should have been what they used for the new "Wonder Years"! Sounds excellent.
	🛒 2:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'I started TheBeatles & I ended them. It's as simple as that.' - JohnLennon, somewhat earlier.
	2:14pm Julie: the beatles were nothing without Stu
	2:14pm Uncle Michael: I stopped reading google news on my phone. SO many stories that are musicians throwing shade. Fuck that.
	2:15pm WLSClark: Hopefully, "Get Back" will shed new light on the endings.
	🛒 2:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...not Fake, but it sure ain't News...
	2:16pm Uncle Michael: This Empty Sky beat Elton's into the shops by two weeks.
	🛒 2:19pm Franco Twinkie: This has that thunderheads amassing sound that 1969 was famous for.
	2:19pm doctorjazz: Not familiar with Roy Everett, but this is a really cool, bluesy cover of Empty Sky!
	2:19pm WLSClark: WOW, Roy REALLY knew those songs would be great, I guess! Has anyone ever covered "I Feel Like a Bullet"?
	2:19pm Julie: i love this song so much
	🛒 2:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Reminds me of Jackie Lomax maybe. In like, um, 1969...
	2:21pm WLSClark: Almost like Impressions doing this.
	🛒 2:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Maybe Slackers, but I like theirs better.
	2:21pm Julie: oooh this is great
	2:28pm Uncle Michael: guh-rahj by the motorway
	2:29pm doctorjazz: Levon is up there with my favorite EJ songs-McCreary is singing the crap out of it, nice...
	2:30pm Listener Robert: As to the William Hung version of Rocket Man, remember that one of the prices we pay for free-form is that the DJs have to continue to love DJing, so they're not going to do something to torture themselves unless it's a stunt for either donations or recognition. One of the advantages of the automated portions of the streams is that no DJ has to listen all the way thru, just curate them. For all we know, that number may be in the archives of one of them. Maybe it was played on World's Worst Records, or will be.
	2:31pm Gerry from Miami: Uncle Mike, I miss the British pronunciation too. GAIR-uhj sounds so cool.
	2:32pm dan: According to Hank Hill in King of The Hill, Zamfir is better than The Beatles.
	2:32pm listener james from westwood: Even Zamfir got in on these lads' tunes, I hear!
	2:32pm Rich in Washington: Zamfir also does a version of Candle In The Wind that's something else.
	2:33pm WLSClark: Wondering if manfred mann ever did an Elton song. Seems like a no brainer.
	2:33pm Stevel: Zamfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrr!!
	2:37pm Uncle Michael: Now THIS is how the dogs of society howl.
	2:39pm Julie: oh that horny back toad
	2:39pm WLSClark: 1970's Hinky Dinky grocery store music!!
	2:39pm Listening Out There: Ray Conniff, for the metalheads that are listening....
	2:39pm Doug Schulkind: I wanna hear the Judge Dread version.
	2:39pm RevWaldo: It's the best covers that let you finally understand the lyrics.
	2:40pm Uncle Michael: Waldo! YES
	2:40pm Andres: Back to the thrift store for that Ray Conniff record I passed on.
	2:40pm Stevel: RevWaldo: Bingo!
	2:40pm burke: @Rev please explain the lyrics to me
	2:40pm Julie: these are the records in the "good life" section of the FMU library
	2:40pm dan: Ray Conniff has that Lawrence Welk bubblegum feel that seems borderline nauseating.
	2:41pm WLSClark: rev, ah yes, BUT are they the right lyrics?? How many times I have googled a song and said "THAT is not right!"
	2:41pm Julie: the lyrics to greatest discovery are so incredibly vivid
	2:41pm Uncle Michael: I'm here with the auditory ipecac.
	2:41pm doctorjazz: The Greatest Discovery reminds me of Dylan
	2:42pm Julie: on the demo version of this Elton sings "ba ba ba ba" what he wants the band to be doing, it's pretty cool
	2:42pm Uncle Michael: there's a lot of "Simple Twist Of Fate" in this, Doc.
	2:42pm Rich in Washington: I grew up hearing loads of that Easy Listening/Beautiful Music genre mung and hated it then now but have this weird sentimental attraction to it now.
	🛒 2:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Who knew YellowBrickRd was about when a gay guy leaves a sugardaddy? Anybody you ever heard of?
	2:44pm Uncle Michael: yep
	2:44pm dan: Saving the big kahuna of Elton covers for the final set in Sandy Denny.
	2:45pm doctorjazz: UM, that's the song, was on the tip of my tongue... Sandy Denny can sing the song book, as far as I'm concerned...
	🛒 2:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The weird thing is some Welk was nearly Jazz. They were slightly more than MOR Elevator Show Music or something. Not concerned with figuring the %age...
	2:46pm Uncle Michael: I hope Julie doesn't know this next record...but I'll bet she does.
	2:47pm Julie: the Sandy cover? But of course! I used to love this song but the diana remake ruined it for me
	🛒 2:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: This arrangement ~ production is beneath Sandy imho.
	2:47pm Uncle Michael: no, this one
	2:48pm dan: Gene Pitney at his best.
	2:48pm Julie: oh this gene one, no! Yeah the production on sandy's last albums is kinda meh
	2:48pm WLSClark: How cool. Gene still sounded just like in 60's.
	🛒 2:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: This Production is too big - but still has dynamics.
	2:51pm Julie: I played some lady called Dana doing this one on Tuesday. www.discogs.com...
	🛒 2:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& not Dana Gillespie...
	2:52pm Uncle Michael: There's no such thing as production too-big on a Gene Pitney record, in my view.
	2:52pm Uncle Michael: One more track after Jimmy Scott.
	2:53pm Julie: wow this a guy
	2:53pm Rich in Washington: <3 Jimmy Scott
	2:53pm Uncle Michael: Jimmy Scott was an angel.
	🛒 2:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yeah Gene's dramatic like that... This makes the point Sorry is Standard quality.
	2:53pm sinner: Bravo, my good man.
	2:54pm Uncle Michael: one more to go, Sinner
	2:54pm Cmurtha: Great show today UM!
	2:55pm WLSClark: Great idea, UM. Great show.
	2:55pm adamdoesit: I gotta go after this one, and this is a helluva note to go out on. Thanks, Jimmy. Thanks, Elton. Thanks, Bernie. Thanks, Uncle Michael.
	2:56pm RevWaldo: @Burke - perhaps "understand" is too strong, more just "make out the actual words".
	2:56pm Uncle Michael: see ya, adam!
	2:56pm dan: Perfect song to end the show. The sun going down on a great retrospective of Elton and Bernie
	2:56pm Rich in Washington: I'm not crying.. YOU'RE crying...
	2:57pm Uncle Michael: tissue, Rich?
	2:58pm doctorjazz: Thanks, UM, another great songwriter tribute!
	2:58pm Andres: Nothing got done his afternoon. Worth it. Thanks, Uncle Michael!
	2:59pm Rich in Washington: thanks, UM, but I've got a box right here.
	2:59pm Julie: this was lovely, thanks Uncle Michael!
	2:59pm spodiodi: thanks for another great show, UM!
	2:59pm Uncle Michael: You folks make these things so worthwhile for me. Thank you.
	🛒 2:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bettye Brings It ~ TY Always UM ~
	3:00pm Uncle Michael: Come back next week for Singles Going Steady on the wheels of steel here behind me.
	3:01pm dan: Same time next week everyone
	3:01pm listener james from westwood: Many thanks, UM!
	🛒 3:03pm Franco Twinkie: You mean to tell me no one covered No Shoestrings on Louise? Pity, it's a great song. Thanks Michael, super show.
	3:04pm burke: I'll sing Grey Seal myself during my next shower. Thanks UM
	3:06pm Rich in Washington: Thanks, Michael! Wonderful show! See you next week!
	3:06pm Uncle Michael: Bye everyone!
	3:06pm Listener Robert: Bye-bye.

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from October 15, 2021

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