Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from December 25, 2019 Favoriting

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A sight for sore ears. Power pop, freakbeat, and psychedelic songs for all six senses.

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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments New Approx. start time
Wizzard  I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday   Favoriting Masters of Rock  Harvest  LP  1973    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bob Seger  Sock It to Me Santa   Favoriting Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-67  ABKCO  CD  1966    0:04:29 (Pop-up)
Larry Norman  It's Christmas Time   Favoriting Larry Norman  Solid Rock  CD  1973    0:06:22 (Pop-up)
The Majority  All Our Christmases   Favoriting The Decca Years 1965-68  Rev-Ola  CD  1968    0:10:18 (Pop-up)
Bellrays  All I Wanna Do Is Shag for Christmas   Favoriting Merry Christmas From The BellRays  Cheap Lullaby  CD  2005    0:12:50 (Pop-up)
Clarence Carter  Back Door Santa   Favoriting Snatching It Back: The Best Of Clarence Carter  Rhino  CD  1968    0:15:23 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash  The Little Drummer Boy   Favoriting The Christmas Spirit  Columbia  LP  1963    0:17:33 (Pop-up)
Ivy League  Good King Wenceslas   Favoriting VA: Sequel's Sixties Christmas  Sequel  CD  1965    0:20:06 (Pop-up)
Hep Stars  Christmas On My Mind   Favoriting Hep Stars, 1964-69!  EMI  CD  1967    0:22:10 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye  Purple Snowflakes   Favoriting VA: A Motown Christmas 2  Motown  CD  1964    0:24:15 (Pop-up)
Slade  Merry Xmas Everybody   Favoriting (single)  Polydor  7"  1973    0:26:58 (Pop-up)
 
The Monkees  Riu Chiu   Favoriting Missing Links Volume 2  Rhino  CD  1967    0:37:38 (Pop-up)
Rolling Stones  Winter   Favoriting Goat's Head Soup  Rolling Stones Records  LP  1973    0:39:20 (Pop-up)
Lovin' Spoonful  Full Measure   Favoriting (single)  Kama Sutra   7"  1966    0:44:36 (Pop-up)
Clyde Lasley & the Cadillac Baby Specials  Santa Came Home Drunk   Favoriting VA: Bummed Out Christmas  Rhino  CD  1967    0:47:15 (Pop-up)
Bee Gees  First Of May   Favoriting Odessa  Reprise   CD box set  1969    0:50:13 (Pop-up)
Supremes  My Favorite Things   Favoriting Merry Christmas  Motown  CD  1965    0:53:02 (Pop-up)
Big Star  Jesus Christ   Favoriting Third / Sister Lovers  Rykodisc  CD  1975    0:55:51 (Pop-up)
Carla Thomas  Gee Whiz It's Christmas   Favoriting Soul Christmas  ATCO  CD  1963    0:58:28 (Pop-up)
 
Procol Harum  Shine On Brightly   Favoriting Shine On Brightly  A&M  LP  1968    1:06:47 (Pop-up)
Youngsters  Christmas In Jail   Favoriting VA: Rockin' Christmas the 50s  Rhino  LP  1956    1:10:27 (Pop-up)
Rockfield Chorale  Jingle Jangle   Favoriting VA: Destination Bomp!  Bomp!  CD  1975    1:12:22 (Pop-up)
Flirtations  Christmas Time Is Here Again   Favoriting VA: An All-Star Salute To Christmas  Purple Pyramid  CD  1967    1:15:12 (Pop-up)
The Who  Christmas   Favoriting Tommy  Decca  2LP  1969    1:18:49 (Pop-up)
Tremoloes  Suddenly Winter   Favoriting What A State I'm In: The Psych-Pop Sessions  Castle  CD  1967    1:23:23 (Pop-up)
Bangles  Where Were You When I Needed You   Favoriting (single)  CBS   7"  1983    1:25:41 (Pop-up)
Dentists  Strawberries Are Growing in My Garden (And It's Wintertime)   Favoriting VA: Children Of Nuggets  Rhino  CD box set  1985    1:28:47 (Pop-up)
 
Gene Simmons  See You In Your Dreams   Favoriting (single)  Casablanca  7"  1978    1:36:32 (Pop-up)
Ron Davies  It Ain't Easy   Favoriting VA: Friends  A&M  LP  1970    1:40:09 (Pop-up)
Five Americans  Now That It's Over   Favoriting (single)  Abnak  7"  1967    1:41:51 (Pop-up)
Silverhead  Hello New York   Favoriting 16 and Savaged  Repertoire  CD  1973    1:44:09 (Pop-up)
Chicory Tip  Good Grief Christina   Favoriting The Complete Chicory Tip  7T's  CD  1973    1:47:10 (Pop-up)
New Colony Six  Rap-A-Tap   Favoriting (single)  Mercury  7"  1968    1:50:17 (Pop-up)
Vibrators  Judy Says (Knock You in the Head)   Favoriting (single)  Epic  7"  1978    1:52:13 (Pop-up)
Fast Eddy  Lost   Favoriting Toofer One  Spaghetty Town  EP  2019    1:54:28 (Pop-up)
David Johansen  Funky But Chic   Favoriting (single)  Blue Sky  7"  1978    1:57:27 (Pop-up)
Barry Blue  If I Show You I Can Dance   Favoriting (single)  Arista  7"  1975    2:00:44 (Pop-up)
 
Sweeney Todd  Roxy Roller   Favoriting (single)  London  7"  1976    2:10:58 (Pop-up)
Nick Gilder  Rock Me   Favoriting (single)  Chrysalis  7"  1979    2:13:48 (Pop-up)
Alice Cooper  Teenage Lament '74   Favoriting (single)  Warner Bros.  7"  1973    2:16:34 (Pop-up)
Ian Kay  A Man Like Me   Favoriting (single)  Hidden Volume  7"  2019  *   2:19:45 (Pop-up)
Brad Long  Love Me Again   Favoriting (single)  Sing Sing  7"  1977    2:22:18 (Pop-up)
Uniques  You Don't Miss Your Water   Favoriting (single)  Charly Triple Dynamite  7"  1969    2:24:24 (Pop-up)
Arthur Conley  Funky Street   Favoriting (single)  ATCO  7"  1968    2:26:37 (Pop-up)
 
Fairport Convention  Chelsea Morning   Favoriting Fairport Convention  Polydor  CD  1968    2:36:00 (Pop-up)
Gene Clark  She Darked The Sun   Favoriting The Lost Sessions 1964-1982  Sierra  CD  1970. Backed by the Flying Burrito Brothers.    2:39:01 (Pop-up)
Dick Dale  Hava Nagila   Favoriting King Of The Surf Guitar  Rhino  LP  1963    2:42:07 (Pop-up)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  8 Days (Of Hanukkah)   Favoriting It's A Holiday Soul Party  Daptone Records  CD  2015    2:44:06 (Pop-up)
Chris Stamey and Friends  You're What I Want For Christmas   Favoriting Christmas Time  East Side Digital  CD  1985    2:47:38 (Pop-up)
Velvet Underground  Jesus   Favoriting Velvet Underground  Polydor  CD  1969    2:51:24 (Pop-up)
The Band  Christmas Must Be Tonight   Favoriting Islands  Capitol  LP  1976    2:54:50 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
mariano:

Alright, ready for some XXXmas sin!
Avatar 9:01pm
Richard S:

MORE sin?!
Avatar 9:03pm
javakid:

that gif is making me dizzier than a seventh glass of eggnog
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
mariano:

There was a Catholic cardinal from the Philippines, Jaime Cardinal Sin. Why couldn't *he* be Pope?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Mike Sin:

Hey folks! Merry Christmas!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
mariano:

I see I wasn't too far off with "XXXmas" lol!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
listener 126464:

Thanks Mike, cheers & Merry Christmas everybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
PigeonsAndRust:

This is awesome! Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
listener 126464:

Yes! One more time until next year
  9:32pm
Adam West Coaster:

Sin, going steady!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
loveless:

Loving your choices of Christmas music, Mr. Sin.
  9:35pm
JakeGould:

Clarence Carter would probably go 8 nights long if he did a Hanukkah song.
  9:37pm
BH:

"When should we release our Christmas song?"
"February.. Christmas music performed really well in November and December, slight drop in January, but February"
"Shouldn't we wait until next December?"
"Look we've studied this, February is the release date"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
The Peanut Gallery:

we're not loaded.........yet!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
The Peanut Gallery:

upt we're loaded :-)
Avatar 9:41pm
Richard S:

I'm just gonna throw this out here. If "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie, SO IS "THE THIN MAN (1934)".
  9:42pm
Listener Robert:

IIRC, Dashiel Hammet's novel took place around the holidays.
  9:42pm
JakeGould:

“L.A. Confidential” is a Christmas movie. youtu.be...
  9:43pm
Listener Robert:

Either that, or Nick Charles just always drank like it was New Year's Eve.
  Swag For Life Member 9:44pm
Jinx:

Goat's Head Soup fan here.
Avatar 9:45pm
Richard S:

It did indeed, Listener Robert.
  9:45pm
BH:

wonder how many Boxing Day songs have been recorded
  9:46pm
Interested listener:

I think the guy who said the legal 10 has a great voice. Is he single
  9:47pm
Listener Robert:

The playlist says indeed he is single. Oh no, wait, what was being PLAYED was a single.
  9:47pm
kev:

hi Mike, thx for the spoonful
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
The Peanut Gallery:

wow
  9:49pm
Interested listener:

My mistake meant legal ID — typo
But DJ mike you’re not so bad yourself
Merry Christmas
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
mariano:

Female Trouble has a great Christmas scene, where Divine almost murders her parents when she doesn't get the cha-cha heels she wanted.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52pm
The Peanut Gallery:

hey interested listener ... sup
  9:52pm
Interested listener:

I hope he’s back at 10:00
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
The Peanut Gallery:

love the supremes any season
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
mariano:

My cousin was so stoked because she got to wait on Diana Ross recently when she went to the restaurant where my cousin works.
  9:59pm
Father tim:

Thanks mike for playing this..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
Mike Sin:

Folks! Thanks for all your comments even though my account has been hacked!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
mariano:

Like for-real hacked or are you kidding?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02pm
The Peanut Gallery:

talk about a voice for radio
  10:03pm
Interested Listener:

Thank u mike ! Love that Christian.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
The Peanut Gallery:

the santas ALWAYS come home drunk, and frankly, it's out of line
  10:05pm
Fragonard:

Does it count if I came home drunk & found Santa in my bed?
  10:06pm
Fragonard:

....gives Ho Ho Ho a new neaning
  10:07pm
vertual:

Thanks for filling in tonight! My escape from the family holiday insanity. I'm not sure if Santa's drunk but I;m definitley imbibing.
  10:07pm
Mature listener:

After all that chatter bring back That legal ID guy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
mariano:

Don't know about drunk Santa, but I just spoke with a really good friend of mine who told me that this Xmas was supposed to be the occasion of her boyfriend meeting her parents, and he went on a huge bender and managed to burn just about every bridge in sight.

AND QUIT PICKING ON MIKE SIN!
  10:08pm
Bluesman:

Merry Christmas Mike Sin! What a special surprise to find you on the air!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
The Peanut Gallery:

hey bluesman!!!
  10:09pm
Fragonard:

Ouch
  10:10pm
The DJ’s sis:

Hi Bluesman!! Glad we have u listening
  10:11pm
The DJ’s sis:

Been there done that...
Avatar 10:12pm
Richard S:

Lovin the tumes tonight, Mike!
  10:12pm
JakeGould:

Woo! Christmas in Jail!
  10:13pm
JakeGould:

Please send me all of your Bitcoin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
The Peanut Gallery:

bitcoin does...not....compute
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
The Peanut Gallery:

how you guys feeling out there??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20pm
The Peanut Gallery:

[[yuletide crickets]]
Avatar 10:23pm
Richard S:

Doing fine - winding down.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24pm
mariano:

Oh you mean all of us? Feeling great thanks - back in my cave doing my favorite things: listening to FMU while I work on a design project.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Children of Nuggets we are.
  10:34pm
Ignore Function:

Cool show. Happy holidays to all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35pm
mariano:

[Sabbath riff] "All you children of today are children of nug-ge-ets"
  10:35pm
Interested listener:

You lost me at “my father”
But keep up the good work
But DJ Mike..
Avatar 10:35pm
David Shortell:

The Dentists should not be confused with the Asbury Park group Dentist, who are playing Friday at the Asbury Park Yacht Club under the pseudonym Mulch.
  10:36pm
Peanut gallery:

Great Job Mike Sin!!!
  10:38pm
Bluesman:

"Kiss Invented WFMU"

- Gene Simmons
Avatar 10:39pm
David Shortell:

"Tommy" didn't really come out in 1968, did it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Tommy released May 1969 - recording started late 68...
  10:44pm
JakeGould:

Gene Simmons get respect for walking out on Terry Gross.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Respect him for being upfront he wanted to put on a spectacle, schtoop a lot of chicks & make money - & being consistent.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49pm
The Peanut Gallery:

Hey rabbit, my bad... recorded in 68, came out in 69 my friend
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51pm
mariano:

Y'all know the Tom Snyder interview of Kiss where Ace was absolutely blitzed and really annoying Gene and Paul? It's really funny, Ace has a really contagious laugh.
  10:58pm
El Garrito~:

'schtoop' Don't hear that word often, at least not in this century. Has a ring to it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
The Peanut Gallery:

yeah man the theme of this show
  11:00pm
Peanut gallery:

What am I missing
  11:00pm
kev:

haven't heard this in a long time
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00pm
Mike Sin:

Folks, I can't thank you all enough for sticking around, listening, and commmenting! Merry Xmas, Happy Hanukah!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Happy Boxing Day Eve!
  11:04pm
jb:

bless me father for I have mike siined...
  11:10pm
El Garrito~:

The merriment ain't done till ya got some joy. 'Joy' by harry nilsson & maybe 'Stone Soul X-mas' (Binky Griptite... ) jangles hearts. Still, in this century!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13pm
mariano:

Hmph. I was enjoying that!
  11:14pm
JakeGould:

It’s schtup. As in “She has a nice tuchus. I would like to schtup her.”
  11:15pm
Listener Robert:

Was I the only one listening to 90.1 who just got a test of WXM50, Howell Twp. NJ, for their NOAA all-hazards alert test?
  11:16pm
El Garrito~:

EBS... you got to respect that at this hour.
  11:17pm
El Garrito~:

Now where were we with 'schtoopin'?
  11:17pm
Eddie:

How about Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold
  11:18pm
vertual:

this is only a test! back to the rocknroll. it was also heard online
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Oh thx Jake.
Avatar 11:22pm
David Shortell:

Sometime between Silverhead and Power Station, Michael Des Barres fronted Detective, who can be heard on the first season episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" where Michael played the singer of the fictitious band Scum of the Earth.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
mariano:

Ohhh, this Uniques is gorgeous.
  11:26pm
frida:

sin....you must fill in for sinner sometime...you have the experience...sinning is so much fun mike...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27pm
mariano:

This came out in 1980? Bet that's the re-release date.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:28pm
mariano:

Yep, 1969 according to the webs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29pm
The Peanut Gallery:

mariano, you are absolutely correct 69
  11:29pm
Chris Mas:

Aren’t we due for a Legal ID soon?
  11:31pm
rocco:

I've heard people complaining about the Charlie Brown nativity scene....children accept things....adults are the problem as usual...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32pm
The Peanut Gallery:

psh ADULTS ... who needs em
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32pm
mariano:

All in a day's work... ;)
  11:32pm
Chris Mas:

Rocco, couldn’t agree more
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35pm
mariano:

Who was complaining about the Charlie Brown nativity scene, religious people?
  11:37pm
Adi:

Muscle of Love...album
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37pm
mariano:

Fairport! [hyperventilates]
Avatar 11:42pm
David Shortell:

I remember "Chelsea Morning" as the Joni Mitchell record that Teri Garr's character played in "After Hours".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43pm
The Peanut Gallery:

peanut gallery loves a surf interlude
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46pm
mariano:

Ohhh, After Hours! Such a good movie. I worked for a while in the building with the big fancy gates where Griffin Dunne winds up back at his work. Amazing how impossible that scenario would be nowadays: the whole thing results from him losing his $20 bill out the window of a taxi, and he's stranded in SoHo late at night, dark, empty streets.
  11:53pm
El Garrito~:

There are worse places and improbable now but still great to see Hours on cable TV, back then whenever then was
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55pm
mariano:

Might just have to watch it tonight, be a great way to close out Christmas.
  11:59pm
El Garrito~:

Nice programme... with lots o' real vinyl. Thanx
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
mariano:

Thanks Mike, take care y'all, happy Holidays!
  12:01am
Chris Mas:

Yes thanks mike and Christian for a wonderful 3 hours.. made my Holiday
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