WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 6, 2020

Listener comments!
	9:02am melinda: Hello!
	9:03am Davee: Greetings from Flanders
	9:03am pantz: Joe's about to class this joint up.
	9:03am TDK60: Hello Joe. Can you make it all better? A little better? Claire de Lune helps..
	9:04am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	👻 9:04am Brian in UK: Hey Joe.
	9:05am Colleen: This is perfect.....
	👻 9:05am LastWhiteRhino: Morning Joe. Cherish is the word !
	9:05am Colleen: Lookin forward to the show, Joe!
	👻 9:05am Brian in UK: Anyone want to join me painting skirting boards? Life in the fast lane.
	9:05am The Oscar: Aw, Claire de Lune-- Had this in a music box as a baby, and it still always kinda gets me.
	9:05am Krys O.: Aw, shucks. Clair de Lune reminds me of loss. Dang it.
	9:05am MplsCoco: I ❤️ this song! Sending ❤️ to you Joe!
	9:06am Krys O.: I still love it, but it makes me weep.
	9:06am fleep: Greetings from predawn L.A.
	9:06am Strandlund: The Great Joe McGasko!!!
	9:06am Snoochienucci: Hello friends!
	9:06am Krys O.: That PA Turnpike accident was tragic.
	9:07am Joe McG: Welcome to the show, everybody!
	9:08am annie: do you have anything for the birth anniversary ofJeanne D'arc?
	9:08am VincentNifigance: Aw yeah.
	9:08am TDK60: I was in a faraway city once, feeling very homesick. I happened to cross a hotel lobby and a fellow sat a piano, played "Claire." It helped.
	9:09am Handy Haversack: This is a good thing that's happening right now!
	9:09am Snoochienucci: was trying to place the melody, i succeeded!
	9:09am Listener Robert: Is there some sort of news hook to this? Everyone at the station's been playing some version or other of this the past 3 days.
	9:10am Andrew_in_WI: This cover makes sense
	9:11am TheLoneliestMonk: HNY, Joe!...fellow surface noisers
	9:11am TDK60: Listener Rob. it's probably that W.I.R. is climbing the WFMU smash hit charts, climbing, into the Top 30,000.
	9:12am crateslinger: @Snoochie - I heard three different versions of this in the last week. Birthday Party, some indie band, and now this. Maybe it’s for the new year - party’s and whatnot...
	9:12am Listener Robert: And the covers are riding their coattails, TDK?
	9:12am crateslinger: not complaining at all
	9:12am Handy Haversack: I hope the fame doesn't ruin them.
	9:13am Listener Robert: That must be it, crateslinger -- parties! Thanks, good explanation.
	9:14am crateslinger: :)
	9:17am Listener Robert: It's like when everybody's drinking, they play Beethoven's Fifth.
	9:20am Listener Robert: Or how after election day, you know how they all play "You Can't Always Get What You Want".
	9:22am Joe McG: I played it because I like bagpipes.
	9:23am Cal Zone!: Mott The Hoople cover this! Never heard the original! Thanks JM!
	9:25am Mike Wolf: best Trini cut, thx Joe!
	👻 9:25am Ken From Hyde Park: The ensemble includes an accordionist, too. thewildirishroses.bandcamp.com...
	9:25am crateslinger: Just shows we’re all part of the cosmic unconcious.
	9:26am Snoochienucci: @crateslinger as long as there is a party im not complaining :)
	9:26am Joe McG: @Cal Zone!: I like the Mott version, too!
	9:27am crateslinger: Yeah man - I support the multiple party system.
	9:27am TDK60: The Bitter End club is still going!
	9:28am Colleen: Sooooo gooood
	9:28am djsheilab: God I adore this song. So much heart, so intense.
	9:29am Strandlund: Nice!!!
	9:31am Phillippe Bastille: Good morning
	9:32am Joe McG: @SheilaB: I've been listening to this CD all weekend, it kills me.
	9:34am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM clay had pixie dust, any chance you can blow some ibogaine powder at the SS office i'm gonna hit later, mello out some bureaucrats for me?
	9:34am Planet Tyler: Dusty in Memphis is a great great great record
	9:34am Krys O.: Dusty!!!!!
	9:35am briania: This set's getting to me on a post-holiday Monday morning.
	9:35am Planet Tyler: Plus the Muppets did Windmills of My Mind
	9:36am Mike Wolf: These days Dusty just makes me think of Norma.
	👻 9:37am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Now that I got some tunes. I can make breakfast! Thanks Joe!
	9:37am Phillippe Bastille: I forget, what did Lou Rawls do a commercial for? Was it beer?
	9:38am Krys O.: Aw. man. Ticking all the boxes, Joe!
	👻 9:38am tadpoles: This Lou Rawls is Great!
	9:39am Cal Zone!: Rawls is so great! Let it be Lowenbrau
	👻 9:39am Webhamster Henry: Guitar riff taken from Dylan's Tangled Up In Blue.
	👻 9:39am Webhamster Henry: Except it predates it.
	9:43am Brendan: I recall Lou Rawls doing life insurance commercials. That smooth silver tongued devil. Wish he sang them though...
	👻 9:43am Brian in UK: Joe, exemplary set.
	9:45am duke: I stumbled in just in time for a whole raft of great soul tunes.
	9:46am Strandlund: Joe...you know how to start the week off right!!
	9:46am Brendan: Colonial Penn baby, affordable premiums ..and my darling , guaranteed acceptance. A better deal you’ll never find.
	9:49am Earth Walker: Ain’t no one that can sing em like Ray
	9:51am Brendan: He went all Otis Day and the Knights at the end there
	9:52am briania: Rawls did a a few different jingles for Anheuser-Busch. A memorable one was "When you say Bud, you've said it all." There was even an album named after it, "When You Say Lou..."
	9:52am chresti > coffee > Griffith Park: Morning Joe and woke surface noises!
	9:52am steve mcsteve: whats the background track right now?
	👻 9:54am karlward: Phenomenal backup on that Ray Charles.
	9:54am Earth Walker: Thanks Joe great music
	9:54am Mr. Palchepo.: I don’t know man. There’s no way of knowing which way the moods will carry one. That’s the bumper sticker.
	9:54am Phillippe Bastille: Ah, I had forgotten about the Colonial Penn!
	9:55am Brendan: My drummer gets lost every time I order a pizza
	9:55am John in Bklyn: Happy New Year, Joe and Noisers!
	9:57am steveo: I biked by the Bitter End on Friday, but Dion had left by then...
	9:58am John in Bklyn: Does anyone remember a short-lived Saturday morning cartoon in the 70s called Sealab 2020?
	9:59am Phillippe Bastille: @John in Bklyn I do!
	9:59am Davee: Kiss me where?
	10:00am kevlicki: Joe, I repurchased the Lou Rawls Live ‘68 album at last years WFMU Rec fair. It’s got some amazing Rawls covers of Tobacco Road, shadow of her smile and more. Def my fave period for Rawls
	10:01am duke: Sealab was on Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network a while back.
	10:01am jinjabredboy: Joe sings Wire? - I'd take five minutes of that
	10:02am Lixiviated Life: I'm not listening right now.
	10:02am Joe McG: @kevlicki: One of the great live albums...if I were a better DJ, since I was playing all that live stuff, I would've gotten Lou live in there.
	10:02am duke: @kevlicki That Lou Rawls Live album is one of my most favorite albums.
	10:04am Brendan: Whoa ... after a first set of mostly dead soulful folks, this is like opening the blinds and force feeding coffee and and ice bucket down my back.
	10:06am Joe McG: @Brendan: Ha ha, yeah, I need more bagpipes after that one.
	10:09am Brendan: Thats okay Joe sometimes we need some sunshine were the sun don’t shine.
	10:09am John in Bklyn: Glad someone else remembers! Now a cartoon would be called Sea Waste Garbage Scow 2020.
	10:11am Mick: Like this Kate Davis. She performed with Dorrance Dance at the Joyce this season - really magnetic
	10:11am pantz: That Tracy Ullman, she's just so unusual!
	10:11am βrian: Wow, it's been an arduous trip to work, after having emerged from the tar pits. Praise coffee.
	10:14am Brendan: Oh, I like this.
	10:14am JakeGould: Tracey Ullman’s music ages well.
	10:17am TheLoneliestMonk: the web portal worked! don't have to go to the damn SS office after all...
	10:17am Handy Haversack: @βrian: Did you have to cross the East River by subway? Everything is screwed.
	10:17am Brendan: Wow that guy got over her quick , well not really . But he did get around ... nice visa stamps
	10:22am Joe McG: @Brendan: The consolations of travel.
	10:24am βrian: Mass transit is relatively smooth here on the isthmus. But the long holiday break had a kind of black-hole effect.
	10:25am JakeGould: @HandyHaversack: Ever been to Jersey City? You have to cross TWO rivers. And all without the help of a Native American guide.
	10:26am Handy Haversack: Terrifying!
	10:28am Brendan: Bowie ish
	10:34am The Oscar: Just 505 years until you can play Zager & Evans! (provided one or two preconditions)
	10:35am Lixiviated Life: not listening still. nothing personal just not listening
	👻 10:36am Brian in UK: Joe, we are 20% into this century. It is now starting to take shape. Like it or not.
	10:36am David (in London): @The Oscar - If Man is still alive...
	10:36am TheLoneliestMonk: jersey city was bloomberg's NY BEFORE bloomberg's NY
	10:37am Joe McG: @Oscar: Ha! I can't wait.
	10:37am pantz: This one goes out to Barbara Walters!
	10:38am V Priceless: bridge: 2, 4, 6, 8...GO!
	10:40am Krys O.: Rufus! YES!!!!! Dancing at my desk.
	10:42am djsheilab: Your show today is just MIND-BLOWING, Joe. Freeform at its best!
	10:43am Joe McG: @SheilaB: Aw, you're so sweet. So far to me it's been more NOSE blowing. But I'm going to the CVS after this. :)
	10:44am JakeGould: @TheLoneliestMonk: “jersey city was bloomberg's NY BEFORE bloomberg's NY” Understatement of the century…
	10:46am βrian: Sounds a bit like Jimmie Dale Gilmore. (I hope all twangs don't sound alike to me.)
	10:48am Hubig Pie: The Jam , now that's entertainment
	10:49am David (in London): @Joe McG - Don't knock it, man. At this time of year a show that's nose-blowing is a God-send...
	10:49am The illuminated void: Jam oh boy long time since i heard them. yeah ha
	👻 10:49am Brian in UK: Joe, are you going to play some Chris Von Sneidern or did I misread that comment.
	10:49am Joe McG: @David: Ha ha!
	10:50am zopa: 1979...
	10:50am Joe McG: Sending "Strange Town" out to Jersey City!
	👻 10:53am Webhamster Henry: Don't the Fabulosen Thekenschlampe sing this one (in German)?
	10:53am zopa: Scham Scham Scham!
	10:54am Mark in Toronto: Don't let others rip you off, do it yourself!
	10:54am VincentNifigance: Station Manager Ken on Techtonic with Mark Hurst today.
	👻 10:54am tim from champaign (now washington): Hi Joe and everybody!
	10:56am Marc Francis: CHOOOOOOOOON
	👻 11:00am tim from champaign (now washington): I'm feeling a little weird. I think it's because Joe is skimming awfully close to 1980.
	11:00am miketp: driving with DAVID.
	11:03am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM 'strange town'. HaHa!, i like it!
	👻 11:08am LastWhiteRhino: Hey Joe ,I just had an Epiphany... could you play a "3 Kings Day "set featuring B.B. King, Carole King, and the King Sisters or perhaps Alan King????
	11:09am Joe McG: @LWR: That's an epiphany alright! Esp. the King Sisters!
	👻 11:10am tim from champaign (now washington): Teutonic Go-Go! Makes perfect sense.
	11:11am David (in London): Chuck in Albert King and King Curtis whilst you're about it.
	11:11am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM Big Al re-named his show to Signal to Noise on 'FDU. starting a jersey beef?
	11:11am βrian: @LWR: So that would be like an WFMU King cake, or galette des rois? It's the season. en.wikipedia.org...
	11:11am The Oscar: Also Kings Tubby, Curtis, Khan, and Diamond.
	11:12am paul: If you haven't see the documentary "linda ronstadt: the sound of my voice," you should check it out.
	11:13am Joe McG: @Monk: Hey, can he do that? Hmmm....
	11:13am Joe McG: More Kings, please!
	11:13am paul: Jonathan King
	👻 11:14am LastWhiteRhino: King Crimson
	👻 11:14am tim from champaign (now washington): King Kong!
	11:14am pantz: Elvis as "King Creole"
	11:15am paul: Chesterfield Kings and Kings of Leon. King Kong Bundy.
	11:15am The Oscar: Albert King, Gipsy Kings, Kings of Convenience, Kings of Leon, King Singers, the Lion King soundtrack...
	11:15am βrian: And King Missile, of course.
	👻 11:16am Webhamster Henry: I play Computer Love on my autoharp.
	11:16am Mark in Toronto: King Kurt - english psychobilly
	11:16am Nate K.: Is this TF song sampling "Planet Rock"/"Trans-Europe Express" or am I hearing things?
	11:16am PKNY: No one's mentioned King Diamond yet!?!
	11:16am Rich in Washington: There are also two volumes of Kraftwerk covers by Balkan bands: Trans Slovenian Express.
	11:16am paul: Joe King Carasco.
	11:17am Handy Haversack: Queen. Wait, no.
	11:18am paul: Ben E. King
	11:18am Joe McG: @Rich: Ha! I'll need to investigate. @Nate: It is! @Henry: That is EXCELLENT!
	11:18am paul: King Sunny Ade
	11:19am Hubig Pie: Earl King. He's an earl , he's a king, why is this man not president ? Happy 12th night, carnival revelers .
	11:19am Mark in Toronto: There is a band just called King. Freddie King BB King, Carole King
	11:20am paul: Freddie King
	👻 11:20am tim from champaign (now washington): Is The Peoples' Champ Joe Belock close enough to king territory?
	11:20am Joe McG: Not one of you has mentioned King Uszniewicz yet.
	11:21am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM actually, it's one of the few interesting shows left over there. what barry has done to that station is atrocious!
	11:21am Mark in Toronto: King Tubby, King Curtis
	👻 11:21am tim from champaign (now washington): New Zealand band King Loser. Their song Shake Your Wings makes my brain go loco.
	11:22am paul: Nat King Cole
	11:22am Wendy del Formaggio: King Tuff!
	11:23am David (in London): And King Diamond should be the co-host.
	11:23am Mark in Toronto: Earl King, King Buzzo
	👻 11:24am tim from champaign (now washington): It took me three songs but I figured out the theme here. I ain't no box of rocks, you know.
	11:24am Joe McG: @tim: I've played King Loser on the show. In fact, I've played most of these people except King Diamond and King's X.
	11:25am Mark in Toronto: Joe, in this vein, you need to play Senor Coconut
	11:26am ParUbi: Kraft-on, Joe! Nice set so far!
	👻 11:26am tim from champaign (now washington): Oh excellent! King Loser is a hidden gem in my opinion.
	11:26am zopa: king missile?
	11:26am Listener Alexandra: I went from wanting to do cardio over Stereo Total to wanting to go back to sleep over Seu Jorge. Yer killin' me today, Joe :)
	11:26am PKNY: Fun story, was vacationing in WI this summer, and had the local 70s/80s channel on the radio in the rental car. They played standard issue stuff, but then played Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" for some reason.
	11:26am artbrau: Until today I thought Kraftwerk was an under-covered band.
	11:27am jmd: King Snake Roost?
	11:27am Joe McG: @Mark: Perhaps I shall!
	11:27am paul: King Princess
	11:27am Joe McG: @artbrau: There must be 5000 covers of "The Model." I like the Cardigans version! :)
	11:28am paul: Ellie King. That's it. I'm done.
	11:29am Mark in Toronto: The Members do a nice version of The Model on Live in Berlin
	11:29am zopa: oops. i see now that βrian already mentioned them.
	11:30am Joe McG: @Mark: Yeah, reggae style! I also like Snakefinger's version.
	11:30am βrian: You could throw in some Prince, just for fun.
	11:30am paul: Make that Elle, not Ellie.
	👻 11:30am tim from champaign (now washington): I don't think King Louie's been mentioned yet.
	11:30am sphere: hullo. was on the Give The Drummer Some stream for a good long while until i realized that there were no DJ breaks!
	11:32am Mike tp: JOE you hit my MOOD JUGULAR....loving it...
	11:33am crateslinger: Haha @sphere - I've done that. At least you didn't post something unrelated about something none of us can hear but you. I've done that too.
	11:33am Sean from Iowa: Chris Thomas King. King Geedorah.
	11:33am Mark in Toronto: I presume most of what was suggested is already on the set list as planned by you. The omniscient DJ.
	11:34am crateslinger: one time I had spotify on and I thought Irwin was playing Taylor Swift - not impossible, but still unlikely.
	11:35am Joe McG: @Mark: Jeez, I hope so, or I'll lose my WFMU DJ Know It All Badge. ;)
	11:36am Will: Joe, if you've never heard it, you should find the band Peglegasus and their version of "Autobahn'! Fun fun fun!
	11:36am Joe McG: @Will: Never heard it! I'll find it!
	👻 11:37am tim from champaign (now washington): Steel drums and Kraftwerk - now that's a good combination!
	11:38am Mark in Toronto: This Kometenmelodie is beautiful. Thanks Joe.
	11:40am Joe McG: @Miketp: Glad it's hitting you where you live! @Alex: Howdy, Alex! @Mark: This whole set is just an excuse to play more steel band Kraftwerk covers on my show. :)
	11:40am Matt CARR: Beautiful set
	👻 11:43am tim from champaign (now washington): Nice!
	11:43am Planet Tyler: fun set
	11:43am sufferwords: Senor Coconut?
	11:44am Planet Tyler: Peglegasus' Autobahn is on You Tube :)
	👻 11:45am tim from champaign (now washington): I'm pretty sure I got my tape of Through The Looking Glass from Columbia House.
	👻 11:45am Brian in UK: Joe, truly freeform. Start the year how you mean to go on.
	11:46am Joe McG: @tim: Not through the Happy House? ;)
	11:48am Handy Haversack: Hit after hit. Great set here.
	11:48am βrian: Coconut cream pie.
	11:49am rw: Hmmm.... what could the theme of this set be?
	11:50am Joe McG: @rw: Neu! covers.
	11:51am rw: Haha! Good morning everyone and thank you Joe McGasko!
	11:52am sphere: in "We Are The Robots," there's a line "we are dancing mechanique." i wonder if that's a reference to Antheil?
	👻 11:53am tim from champaign (now washington): @Joe - hahahaha!
	11:54am Tiago from Portugal: I guess Big Black would ruin the mood.
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks Joe! And Happy New Year!
	11:54am Joe McG: This was just as much fun as the time I did the Sex Pistols covers. Thanks for indulging me, everybody. Hope you have a good week, and thanks for listening and commenting!
	11:54am Phillippe Bastille: Damn, haven't heard this Love Tractor in ages! Thanks for playing it and an overall great show
	11:54am Krys O.: Evelyn "Champagne" King
	👻 11:55am Webhamster Henry: Again, excellent curation from Joe McG!
	11:55am Krys O.: King Oliver
	11:56am Mark in Toronto: The first album by Fetchin' Bones on DB Records is aso very good.
	👻 11:56am tim from champaign (now washington): Thanks for the super fun show, Joe! Happy 20/20! Keep away from the little yellow pills.
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: Have we had King Tubby or King Creosote?
	11:56am Krys O.: There's Pee Wee King--Slowpoke.
	11:56am Hubig Pie: Does Afrika Bambaattaa's Planet Rock count ?
	11:57am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	11:58am David (in London): Great show Joe.
	11:58am Handy Haversack: Thanks, Joe. Excellent show!
	11:58am Brendan: Appreciate the music Joe, thanks.
	11:58am briania: Good werk, Joe.
	11:59am dave wuz here: im the operator with my pocket calculator
	11:59am Krys O.: I have that Love Tractor song on a fill-up tape recorded off of FMU for one of the Vanilla Bean's shows.
	11:59am sphere: thanks Joe
	👻 12:00pm LastWhiteRhino: Joe , you are the KING of Monday morning radio !!!!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 6, 2020

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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 6, 2020: Radio Activities

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
The Philadelphia Orchestra	Claire de Lune	Debussy's Greatest Hits	Columbia Masterworks	1972	LP	from "Suite Bergamasque," 1890		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Wild Irish Roses	All Tomorrow's Parties	Full Bloom	POE	2019	CD	"Instrumental Bagpipe Edit"	*	0:14:16 (Pop-up)
Mekons	The Hope and The Anchor "The Hope and The Anchor" by "Mekons"	Natural	Quarterstick	2007	CD			0:19:39 (Pop-up)
Smokey Haangala	Times and Changes	Aunka Ma Kwacha	Seance Centre	2019	LP	From 1977	*	0:24:00 (Pop-up)
Dion	Your Own Backyard "Your Own Backyard" by "Dion"	Recorded Live at The Bitter End August 1971	Ace/Omnivore Recordings	2015	CD			0:28:04 (Pop-up)
Trini Lopez	What Have I Got of My Own	On the Move	Reprise	1964	LP			0:31:38 (Pop-up)
Donnie Hathaway	I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know	These Songs for You, Live!	Atlantic/Rhino	2004	CD	at The Bitter End, 1971, just like Dion!		0:35:01 (Pop-up)
Dusty Springfield	Just One Smile "Just One Smile" by "Dusty Springfield"	Dusty in Memphis	Atlantic/Rhino	1999	CD	From 1968		0:39:54 (Pop-up)
Lou Rawls	Love Is a Hurtin' Thing	The Very Best of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another	Capitol	2006	CD	From 1966		0:42:56 (Pop-up)
Louie and the Lovers	I've Always Got You on My Mind	Rise	Acadia/Evangeline	2003	CD	From 1970		0:45:27 (Pop-up)
Barbara Lynn	(Unitl Then) I'll Suffer	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 5	Kent Soul	2019	CD	From 1968	*	0:48:29 (Pop-up)
Ray Charles	Drown in My Own Tears	Live	Atlantic	1973	LP	live in Atlanta 1959		0:51:22 (Pop-up)

Ariel View	Friday Nights "Friday Nights" by "Ariel View"	Until My Lungs Are Cleared	Epitaph	2019	CD		*	1:08:26 (Pop-up)
Kate Davis	Open Heart "Open Heart" by "Kate Davis"	Trophy	Solitaire Recordings	2019	CD		*	1:12:25 (Pop-up)
Tracey Ullman	You Broke My Heart in 17 Places	You Broke My Heart in 17 Places	MCA	1983	LP			1:15:42 (Pop-up)
T-Bone Burnett	Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her	Behind the Trap Door	Demon	1984	EP			1:19:04 (Pop-up)
mmm with Emerson Kitamura	Chasing Giants	Chasing Giants	Bubblingnotes	2019	CD		*	1:22:25 (Pop-up)
Viva Sherry	Paradise of Your Summer	Silenzio EP	Motto Motto	2019	EP		*	1:28:04 (Pop-up)
Jennifer Gentle	Oscuro/Just Because	Jennifer Gentle	La Tempesta	2019	CD		*	1:30:52 (Pop-up)

Single File: an orderly assemblage of happy little 45s
20/20	Giving It All "Giving It All" by "20/20"	single	Bomp!	1978	45			1:40:47 (Pop-up)
Nazz	Open My Eyes "Open My Eyes" by "Nazz"	single	S.G.C.	1968	45			1:43:16 (Pop-up)
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan	Once You Get Started	single	ABC	1974	45			1:45:59 (Pop-up)
Aaron Lightman	Now Is the Time "Now Is the Time" by "Aaron Lightman"	single	Poppy	1970	45			1:49:17 (Pop-up)
Curly Barrix	I Talk in My Sleep "I Talk in My Sleep" by "Curly Barrix"	single	Dunwich	1967	45			1:51:41 (Pop-up)
The Jam	Strange Town "Strange Town" by "The Jam"	single	Polydor	1979	45			1:54:05 (Pop-up)
Shirley (and Company)	Cry, Cry, Cry	single	Vibration	1975	45			1:57:55 (Pop-up)
Randy Horan	The Daydream "The Daydream" by "Randy Horan"	single	TRX	1970	45			2:00:59 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	Fantastic Voyage "Fantastic Voyage" by "David Bowie"	single	RCA	1979	45			2:04:05 (Pop-up)

Fans of power plants "Fans of power plants"
Troublefunk	Trouble Funk Express "Trouble Funk Express" by "Troublefunk"	Early Singles	Infinite Zero	1997	CD	From 1981		2:17:23 (Pop-up)
Glass Candy	Computer Love "Computer Love" by "Glass Candy"	Beat Box	Italians Do It Better	2007	CD			2:22:03 (Pop-up)
Stereo Total	Tour de France "Tour de France" by "Stereo Total"	Baby Ouh!	Kill Rock Stars	2010	CD			2:28:56 (Pop-up)
Seu Jorge and Almaz	The Model "The Model" by "Seu Jorge and Almaz"	Seu Jorge and Almaz	Cafune	2010	CD			2:31:46 (Pop-up)
Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha	Man Machine	Re-Covers	World Village	2005	CD			2:34:52 (Pop-up)
The Balanescu Quartet	Autobahn "Autobahn" by "The Balanescu Quartet"	Possessed	Mute	1992	CD			2:36:55 (Pop-up)
The Ebony Steel Band	Kometenmelodie 2	Pan Machine	Om Swagger	2019	CD		*	2:42:58 (Pop-up)
Siouxsie and the Banshees	Hall of Mirrors	Through the Looking Glass	Geffen	1987	LP			2:48:49 (Pop-up)
Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto	The Robots (Cha-Cha-Chá)	El Baile Alemán	Emperor Norton	1999	CD	by popular demand		2:53:51 (Pop-up)
Love Tractor	Neon Lights "Neon Lights" by "Love Tractor"	'Til the Cows Come Home	DB Recs	1997	CD	From 1984		2:59:06 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am melinda: Hello!
	9:03am Davee: Greetings from Flanders
	9:03am pantz: Joe's about to class this joint up.
	9:03am TDK60: Hello Joe. Can you make it all better? A little better? Claire de Lune helps..
	9:04am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	👻 9:04am Brian in UK: Hey Joe.
	9:05am Colleen: This is perfect.....
	👻 9:05am LastWhiteRhino: Morning Joe. Cherish is the word !
	9:05am Colleen: Lookin forward to the show, Joe!
	👻 9:05am Brian in UK: Anyone want to join me painting skirting boards? Life in the fast lane.
	9:05am The Oscar: Aw, Claire de Lune-- Had this in a music box as a baby, and it still always kinda gets me.
	9:05am Krys O.: Aw, shucks. Clair de Lune reminds me of loss. Dang it.
	9:05am MplsCoco: I ❤️ this song! Sending ❤️ to you Joe!
	9:06am Krys O.: I still love it, but it makes me weep.
	9:06am fleep: Greetings from predawn L.A.
	9:06am Strandlund: The Great Joe McGasko!!!
	9:06am Snoochienucci: Hello friends!
	9:06am Krys O.: That PA Turnpike accident was tragic.
	9:07am Joe McG: Welcome to the show, everybody!
	9:08am annie: do you have anything for the birth anniversary ofJeanne D'arc?
	9:08am VincentNifigance: Aw yeah.
	9:08am TDK60: I was in a faraway city once, feeling very homesick. I happened to cross a hotel lobby and a fellow sat a piano, played "Claire." It helped.
	9:09am Handy Haversack: This is a good thing that's happening right now!
	9:09am Snoochienucci: was trying to place the melody, i succeeded!
	9:09am Listener Robert: Is there some sort of news hook to this? Everyone at the station's been playing some version or other of this the past 3 days.
	9:10am Andrew_in_WI: This cover makes sense
	9:11am TheLoneliestMonk: HNY, Joe!...fellow surface noisers
	9:11am TDK60: Listener Rob. it's probably that W.I.R. is climbing the WFMU smash hit charts, climbing, into the Top 30,000.
	9:12am crateslinger: @Snoochie - I heard three different versions of this in the last week. Birthday Party, some indie band, and now this. Maybe it’s for the new year - party’s and whatnot...
	9:12am Listener Robert: And the covers are riding their coattails, TDK?
	9:12am crateslinger: not complaining at all
	9:12am Handy Haversack: I hope the fame doesn't ruin them.
	9:13am Listener Robert: That must be it, crateslinger -- parties! Thanks, good explanation.
	9:14am crateslinger: :)
	9:17am Listener Robert: It's like when everybody's drinking, they play Beethoven's Fifth.
	9:20am Listener Robert: Or how after election day, you know how they all play "You Can't Always Get What You Want".
	9:22am Joe McG: I played it because I like bagpipes.
	9:23am Cal Zone!: Mott The Hoople cover this! Never heard the original! Thanks JM!
	9:25am Mike Wolf: best Trini cut, thx Joe!
	👻 9:25am Ken From Hyde Park: The ensemble includes an accordionist, too. thewildirishroses.bandcamp.com...
	9:25am crateslinger: Just shows we’re all part of the cosmic unconcious.
	9:26am Snoochienucci: @crateslinger as long as there is a party im not complaining :)
	9:26am Joe McG: @Cal Zone!: I like the Mott version, too!
	9:27am crateslinger: Yeah man - I support the multiple party system.
	9:27am TDK60: The Bitter End club is still going!
	9:28am Colleen: Sooooo gooood
	9:28am djsheilab: God I adore this song. So much heart, so intense.
	9:29am Strandlund: Nice!!!
	9:31am Phillippe Bastille: Good morning
	9:32am Joe McG: @SheilaB: I've been listening to this CD all weekend, it kills me.
	9:34am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM clay had pixie dust, any chance you can blow some ibogaine powder at the SS office i'm gonna hit later, mello out some bureaucrats for me?
	9:34am Planet Tyler: Dusty in Memphis is a great great great record
	9:34am Krys O.: Dusty!!!!!
	9:35am briania: This set's getting to me on a post-holiday Monday morning.
	9:35am Planet Tyler: Plus the Muppets did Windmills of My Mind
	9:36am Mike Wolf: These days Dusty just makes me think of Norma.
	👻 9:37am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Now that I got some tunes. I can make breakfast! Thanks Joe!
	9:37am Phillippe Bastille: I forget, what did Lou Rawls do a commercial for? Was it beer?
	9:38am Krys O.: Aw. man. Ticking all the boxes, Joe!
	👻 9:38am tadpoles: This Lou Rawls is Great!
	9:39am Cal Zone!: Rawls is so great! Let it be Lowenbrau
	👻 9:39am Webhamster Henry: Guitar riff taken from Dylan's Tangled Up In Blue.
	👻 9:39am Webhamster Henry: Except it predates it.
	9:43am Brendan: I recall Lou Rawls doing life insurance commercials. That smooth silver tongued devil. Wish he sang them though...
	👻 9:43am Brian in UK: Joe, exemplary set.
	9:45am duke: I stumbled in just in time for a whole raft of great soul tunes.
	9:46am Strandlund: Joe...you know how to start the week off right!!
	9:46am Brendan: Colonial Penn baby, affordable premiums ..and my darling , guaranteed acceptance. A better deal you’ll never find.
	9:49am Earth Walker: Ain’t no one that can sing em like Ray
	9:51am Brendan: He went all Otis Day and the Knights at the end there
	9:52am briania: Rawls did a a few different jingles for Anheuser-Busch. A memorable one was "When you say Bud, you've said it all." There was even an album named after it, "When You Say Lou..."
	9:52am chresti > coffee > Griffith Park: Morning Joe and woke surface noises!
	9:52am steve mcsteve: whats the background track right now?
	👻 9:54am karlward: Phenomenal backup on that Ray Charles.
	9:54am Earth Walker: Thanks Joe great music
	9:54am Mr. Palchepo.: I don’t know man. There’s no way of knowing which way the moods will carry one. That’s the bumper sticker.
	9:54am Phillippe Bastille: Ah, I had forgotten about the Colonial Penn!
	9:55am Brendan: My drummer gets lost every time I order a pizza
	9:55am John in Bklyn: Happy New Year, Joe and Noisers!
	9:57am steveo: I biked by the Bitter End on Friday, but Dion had left by then...
	9:58am John in Bklyn: Does anyone remember a short-lived Saturday morning cartoon in the 70s called Sealab 2020?
	9:59am Phillippe Bastille: @John in Bklyn I do!
	9:59am Davee: Kiss me where?
	10:00am kevlicki: Joe, I repurchased the Lou Rawls Live ‘68 album at last years WFMU Rec fair. It’s got some amazing Rawls covers of Tobacco Road, shadow of her smile and more. Def my fave period for Rawls
	10:01am duke: Sealab was on Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network a while back.
	10:01am jinjabredboy: Joe sings Wire? - I'd take five minutes of that
	10:02am Lixiviated Life: I'm not listening right now.
	10:02am Joe McG: @kevlicki: One of the great live albums...if I were a better DJ, since I was playing all that live stuff, I would've gotten Lou live in there.
	10:02am duke: @kevlicki That Lou Rawls Live album is one of my most favorite albums.
	10:04am Brendan: Whoa ... after a first set of mostly dead soulful folks, this is like opening the blinds and force feeding coffee and and ice bucket down my back.
	10:06am Joe McG: @Brendan: Ha ha, yeah, I need more bagpipes after that one.
	10:09am Brendan: Thats okay Joe sometimes we need some sunshine were the sun don’t shine.
	10:09am John in Bklyn: Glad someone else remembers! Now a cartoon would be called Sea Waste Garbage Scow 2020.
	10:11am Mick: Like this Kate Davis. She performed with Dorrance Dance at the Joyce this season - really magnetic
	10:11am pantz: That Tracy Ullman, she's just so unusual!
	10:11am βrian: Wow, it's been an arduous trip to work, after having emerged from the tar pits. Praise coffee.
	10:14am Brendan: Oh, I like this.
	10:14am JakeGould: Tracey Ullman’s music ages well.
	10:17am TheLoneliestMonk: the web portal worked! don't have to go to the damn SS office after all...
	10:17am Handy Haversack: @βrian: Did you have to cross the East River by subway? Everything is screwed.
	10:17am Brendan: Wow that guy got over her quick , well not really . But he did get around ... nice visa stamps
	10:22am Joe McG: @Brendan: The consolations of travel.
	10:24am βrian: Mass transit is relatively smooth here on the isthmus. But the long holiday break had a kind of black-hole effect.
	10:25am JakeGould: @HandyHaversack: Ever been to Jersey City? You have to cross TWO rivers. And all without the help of a Native American guide.
	10:26am Handy Haversack: Terrifying!
	10:28am Brendan: Bowie ish
	10:34am The Oscar: Just 505 years until you can play Zager & Evans! (provided one or two preconditions)
	10:35am Lixiviated Life: not listening still. nothing personal just not listening
	👻 10:36am Brian in UK: Joe, we are 20% into this century. It is now starting to take shape. Like it or not.
	10:36am David (in London): @The Oscar - If Man is still alive...
	10:36am TheLoneliestMonk: jersey city was bloomberg's NY BEFORE bloomberg's NY
	10:37am Joe McG: @Oscar: Ha! I can't wait.
	10:37am pantz: This one goes out to Barbara Walters!
	10:38am V Priceless: bridge: 2, 4, 6, 8...GO!
	10:40am Krys O.: Rufus! YES!!!!! Dancing at my desk.
	10:42am djsheilab: Your show today is just MIND-BLOWING, Joe. Freeform at its best!
	10:43am Joe McG: @SheilaB: Aw, you're so sweet. So far to me it's been more NOSE blowing. But I'm going to the CVS after this. :)
	10:44am JakeGould: @TheLoneliestMonk: “jersey city was bloomberg's NY BEFORE bloomberg's NY” Understatement of the century…
	10:46am βrian: Sounds a bit like Jimmie Dale Gilmore. (I hope all twangs don't sound alike to me.)
	10:48am Hubig Pie: The Jam , now that's entertainment
	10:49am David (in London): @Joe McG - Don't knock it, man. At this time of year a show that's nose-blowing is a God-send...
	10:49am The illuminated void: Jam oh boy long time since i heard them. yeah ha
	👻 10:49am Brian in UK: Joe, are you going to play some Chris Von Sneidern or did I misread that comment.
	10:49am Joe McG: @David: Ha ha!
	10:50am zopa: 1979...
	10:50am Joe McG: Sending "Strange Town" out to Jersey City!
	👻 10:53am Webhamster Henry: Don't the Fabulosen Thekenschlampe sing this one (in German)?
	10:53am zopa: Scham Scham Scham!
	10:54am Mark in Toronto: Don't let others rip you off, do it yourself!
	10:54am VincentNifigance: Station Manager Ken on Techtonic with Mark Hurst today.
	👻 10:54am tim from champaign (now washington): Hi Joe and everybody!
	10:56am Marc Francis: CHOOOOOOOOON
	👻 11:00am tim from champaign (now washington): I'm feeling a little weird. I think it's because Joe is skimming awfully close to 1980.
	11:00am miketp: driving with DAVID.
	11:03am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM 'strange town'. HaHa!, i like it!
	👻 11:08am LastWhiteRhino: Hey Joe ,I just had an Epiphany... could you play a "3 Kings Day "set featuring B.B. King, Carole King, and the King Sisters or perhaps Alan King????
	11:09am Joe McG: @LWR: That's an epiphany alright! Esp. the King Sisters!
	👻 11:10am tim from champaign (now washington): Teutonic Go-Go! Makes perfect sense.
	11:11am David (in London): Chuck in Albert King and King Curtis whilst you're about it.
	11:11am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM Big Al re-named his show to Signal to Noise on 'FDU. starting a jersey beef?
	11:11am βrian: @LWR: So that would be like an WFMU King cake, or galette des rois? It's the season. en.wikipedia.org...
	11:11am The Oscar: Also Kings Tubby, Curtis, Khan, and Diamond.
	11:12am paul: If you haven't see the documentary "linda ronstadt: the sound of my voice," you should check it out.
	11:13am Joe McG: @Monk: Hey, can he do that? Hmmm....
	11:13am Joe McG: More Kings, please!
	11:13am paul: Jonathan King
	👻 11:14am LastWhiteRhino: King Crimson
	👻 11:14am tim from champaign (now washington): King Kong!
	11:14am pantz: Elvis as "King Creole"
	11:15am paul: Chesterfield Kings and Kings of Leon. King Kong Bundy.
	11:15am The Oscar: Albert King, Gipsy Kings, Kings of Convenience, Kings of Leon, King Singers, the Lion King soundtrack...
	11:15am βrian: And King Missile, of course.
	👻 11:16am Webhamster Henry: I play Computer Love on my autoharp.
	11:16am Mark in Toronto: King Kurt - english psychobilly
	11:16am Nate K.: Is this TF song sampling "Planet Rock"/"Trans-Europe Express" or am I hearing things?
	11:16am PKNY: No one's mentioned King Diamond yet!?!
	11:16am Rich in Washington: There are also two volumes of Kraftwerk covers by Balkan bands: Trans Slovenian Express.
	11:16am paul: Joe King Carasco.
	11:17am Handy Haversack: Queen. Wait, no.
	11:18am paul: Ben E. King
	11:18am Joe McG: @Rich: Ha! I'll need to investigate. @Nate: It is! @Henry: That is EXCELLENT!
	11:18am paul: King Sunny Ade
	11:19am Hubig Pie: Earl King. He's an earl , he's a king, why is this man not president ? Happy 12th night, carnival revelers .
	11:19am Mark in Toronto: There is a band just called King. Freddie King BB King, Carole King
	11:20am paul: Freddie King
	👻 11:20am tim from champaign (now washington): Is The Peoples' Champ Joe Belock close enough to king territory?
	11:20am Joe McG: Not one of you has mentioned King Uszniewicz yet.
	11:21am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM actually, it's one of the few interesting shows left over there. what barry has done to that station is atrocious!
	11:21am Mark in Toronto: King Tubby, King Curtis
	👻 11:21am tim from champaign (now washington): New Zealand band King Loser. Their song Shake Your Wings makes my brain go loco.
	11:22am paul: Nat King Cole
	11:22am Wendy del Formaggio: King Tuff!
	11:23am David (in London): And King Diamond should be the co-host.
	11:23am Mark in Toronto: Earl King, King Buzzo
	👻 11:24am tim from champaign (now washington): It took me three songs but I figured out the theme here. I ain't no box of rocks, you know.
	11:24am Joe McG: @tim: I've played King Loser on the show. In fact, I've played most of these people except King Diamond and King's X.
	11:25am Mark in Toronto: Joe, in this vein, you need to play Senor Coconut
	11:26am ParUbi: Kraft-on, Joe! Nice set so far!
	👻 11:26am tim from champaign (now washington): Oh excellent! King Loser is a hidden gem in my opinion.
	11:26am zopa: king missile?
	11:26am Listener Alexandra: I went from wanting to do cardio over Stereo Total to wanting to go back to sleep over Seu Jorge. Yer killin' me today, Joe :)
	11:26am PKNY: Fun story, was vacationing in WI this summer, and had the local 70s/80s channel on the radio in the rental car. They played standard issue stuff, but then played Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" for some reason.
	11:26am artbrau: Until today I thought Kraftwerk was an under-covered band.
	11:27am jmd: King Snake Roost?
	11:27am Joe McG: @Mark: Perhaps I shall!
	11:27am paul: King Princess
	11:27am Joe McG: @artbrau: There must be 5000 covers of "The Model." I like the Cardigans version! :)
	11:28am paul: Ellie King. That's it. I'm done.
	11:29am Mark in Toronto: The Members do a nice version of The Model on Live in Berlin
	11:29am zopa: oops. i see now that βrian already mentioned them.
	11:30am Joe McG: @Mark: Yeah, reggae style! I also like Snakefinger's version.
	11:30am βrian: You could throw in some Prince, just for fun.
	11:30am paul: Make that Elle, not Ellie.
	👻 11:30am tim from champaign (now washington): I don't think King Louie's been mentioned yet.
	11:30am sphere: hullo. was on the Give The Drummer Some stream for a good long while until i realized that there were no DJ breaks!
	11:32am Mike tp: JOE you hit my MOOD JUGULAR....loving it...
	11:33am crateslinger: Haha @sphere - I've done that. At least you didn't post something unrelated about something none of us can hear but you. I've done that too.
	11:33am Sean from Iowa: Chris Thomas King. King Geedorah.
	11:33am Mark in Toronto: I presume most of what was suggested is already on the set list as planned by you. The omniscient DJ.
	11:34am crateslinger: one time I had spotify on and I thought Irwin was playing Taylor Swift - not impossible, but still unlikely.
	11:35am Joe McG: @Mark: Jeez, I hope so, or I'll lose my WFMU DJ Know It All Badge. ;)
	11:36am Will: Joe, if you've never heard it, you should find the band Peglegasus and their version of "Autobahn'! Fun fun fun!
	11:36am Joe McG: @Will: Never heard it! I'll find it!
	👻 11:37am tim from champaign (now washington): Steel drums and Kraftwerk - now that's a good combination!
	11:38am Mark in Toronto: This Kometenmelodie is beautiful. Thanks Joe.
	11:40am Joe McG: @Miketp: Glad it's hitting you where you live! @Alex: Howdy, Alex! @Mark: This whole set is just an excuse to play more steel band Kraftwerk covers on my show. :)
	11:40am Matt CARR: Beautiful set
	👻 11:43am tim from champaign (now washington): Nice!
	11:43am Planet Tyler: fun set
	11:43am sufferwords: Senor Coconut?
	11:44am Planet Tyler: Peglegasus' Autobahn is on You Tube :)
	👻 11:45am tim from champaign (now washington): I'm pretty sure I got my tape of Through The Looking Glass from Columbia House.
	👻 11:45am Brian in UK: Joe, truly freeform. Start the year how you mean to go on.
	11:46am Joe McG: @tim: Not through the Happy House? ;)
	11:48am Handy Haversack: Hit after hit. Great set here.
	11:48am βrian: Coconut cream pie.
	11:49am rw: Hmmm.... what could the theme of this set be?
	11:50am Joe McG: @rw: Neu! covers.
	11:51am rw: Haha! Good morning everyone and thank you Joe McGasko!
	11:52am sphere: in "We Are The Robots," there's a line "we are dancing mechanique." i wonder if that's a reference to Antheil?
	👻 11:53am tim from champaign (now washington): @Joe - hahahaha!
	11:54am Tiago from Portugal: I guess Big Black would ruin the mood.
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks Joe! And Happy New Year!
	11:54am Joe McG: This was just as much fun as the time I did the Sex Pistols covers. Thanks for indulging me, everybody. Hope you have a good week, and thanks for listening and commenting!
	11:54am Phillippe Bastille: Damn, haven't heard this Love Tractor in ages! Thanks for playing it and an overall great show
	11:54am Krys O.: Evelyn "Champagne" King
	👻 11:55am Webhamster Henry: Again, excellent curation from Joe McG!
	11:55am Krys O.: King Oliver
	11:56am Mark in Toronto: The first album by Fetchin' Bones on DB Records is aso very good.
	👻 11:56am tim from champaign (now washington): Thanks for the super fun show, Joe! Happy 20/20! Keep away from the little yellow pills.
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: Have we had King Tubby or King Creosote?
	11:56am Krys O.: There's Pee Wee King--Slowpoke.
	11:56am Hubig Pie: Does Afrika Bambaattaa's Planet Rock count ?
	11:57am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	11:58am David (in London): Great show Joe.
	11:58am Handy Haversack: Thanks, Joe. Excellent show!
	11:58am Brendan: Appreciate the music Joe, thanks.
	11:58am briania: Good werk, Joe.
	11:59am dave wuz here: im the operator with my pocket calculator
	11:59am Krys O.: I have that Love Tractor song on a fill-up tape recorded off of FMU for one of the Vanilla Bean's shows.
	11:59am sphere: thanks Joe
	👻 12:00pm LastWhiteRhino: Joe , you are the KING of Monday morning radio !!!!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 6, 2020

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