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Uneasy Listening

Jan 6, 2024 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Music

With Commie Francis

Music from all different genres from the 1910s to the 2020s. On a lyrical theme for the first two hours, FREEFORM MADNESS for the last hour.

Innnnnterjections! Hallelujah!

In memory of Philly native singer-songwriter Essra Mohawk, it's a show of songs with interjections in them! Because she cowrote and sang the Interjections song from Schoolhouse Rock. I took out some biggies like yeah, oh, and hey for future shows and I've already done yes, no, hello, goodbye and oh no!

Then at 10pm I'll play one song that only has an interjection in the title, not the lyrics. And of course a bunch of brand new music!

8:00 PM		Bay City Rollers Saturday Night Rollin' Arista 1974
8:03 PM		Essra Mohawk Interjections Schoolhouse Rock 1974 https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/essra-mohawk-obituary-singer-songwriter-music-philadelphia-20231214.html
8:06 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Charlie Parker's New Stars - Cheers
8:11 PM		Kate Bush Wow Lionheart Fish People 1978
8:14 PM		The Rutles Ouch! R The Rutles Rhino/Warner Records 1978 requested by Steven from Johnstown or something
8:16 PM		Danny & The Parkins Sisters Uh Uh Danny & the Parkins Sisters Modern Masters Music 1982
8:18 PM		Sad Boys Yuck Japan 2014 V/A Hardcore Survives 2014 3 way split with Stagnation and Raw Distractions
8:19 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Stevie Wonder - Bam
8:22 PM		Tammy Faye Bakker Oops, There Comes a Smile Oops! There Comes A Smile Singcord 1975
8:23 PM		Flower Travellin' Band Aw, Give Me Air Made In Japan Atlantic 1972
8:27 PM		Lee Dorsey Holy Cow Working in the Coal Mine - Holy Cow Amy 1966
8:29 PM		Jacqueline Taïeb Bravo Jacqueline Taïeb RCA Victor 1967
8:32 PM		West Five Congratulations Congratulations / She Mine His Master's Voice 1965
8:34 PM		KRS-One Uh Oh Return of the Boom Bap Jive 1993
8:38 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Charlie Parker's New Stars - Cheers
8:42 PM		Chumbawamba Ugh! Your Ugly Houses! Swingin' with Raymond One Little Indian 1995
8:44 PM		The Pixies Three Gee Party with the Pixies Three Mercury 1964
8:46 PM		East River Pipe Ah Dictaphone Poor Fricky Merge Records 1995
8:49 PM		Shonen Knife Get the Wow Let's Knife Virgin 1992
8:52 PM		Spread Joy Ow II Feel It Records 2022
8:53 PM		Tommy Roe Hooray for Hazel 12 in a Roe ABC 1969
8:55 PM		Young Canadians Well, Well, Well Hawaii - EP Quintessence Records 1979
8:57 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Stevie Wonder - Bam
9:01 PM		Palast Orchester & Max Raabe Oops, I Did It Again Die Hits des Jahres RCA 2000
9:05 PM		Big Joe Turner Well, All Right Flip, Flop and Fly: 1951-1955 Cherry Red Records 1951
9:07 PM		Le Tigre Tres Bien Feminist Sweepstakes Mr. Lady 2001
9:10 PM		Andy Kim Gee Girl Rainbow Ride Geffen 1969
9:13 PM		Half Japanese Hot Dog and Hot Damn Music to Strip By Fire Records 1987
9:14 PM		Lord Rockingham's XI Hoot's Mon Hoots Mon / Blue Train Decca 1958
9:16 PM		Nappy Brown Well Well Baby The Shouters; Roots of R&R Vol.9 V/A Savoy orig 1955
9:19 PM		Clark Equipment Hooray for Human Engineering! This is Clarkmanship V/A Clark Engineering 1970
9:20 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Charlie Parker's New Stars - Cheers
9:24 PM		The Gap Band Oops Upside Your Head R Oops Up Side Your Head / Party Lights Mercury 1979 requested by Spaz in Pittsburgh
9:27 PM		Systematic Death Cheers to Earth Systema-Six (Annie's Full Swing) 2009
9:30 PM		Wack Mags Baby, Baby, Baby R You're Soaking In it! V/A Apex 1988 requested by Steven in Western PA
9:33 PM		The Clique Hallelujah! The Clique Horizon Records 1969
9:35 PM		The Angels Wow Wow Wee (He's The Boy For Me) Wow Wow Wee (He's The Boy For Me) / Snowflakes and Teardrops Smash 1964
9:38 PM		Max and the Makeups Hooray Third Coast Session Puke n Vomit 1982
9:39 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Stevie Wonder - Bam
9:43 PM		Chicory Tip Good Grief Christina Son of My Father CBS 1972
9:46 PM		Roy Fox Smile Darn Ya Smile Just One More Chance / Smile, Darn Ya, Smile Decca 1931
9:48 PM		Eddy Current Suppression Ring Boy, Can I Dance Good So Many Things Goner 2011
9:51 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Charlie Parker's New Stars - Cheers
9:55 PM		The Dukes of Stratosphear What in the World?? 25 O'Clock Virgin 1985
10:00 PM		Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister Transistor Sister - Single Swan Records 1961
10:03 PM		Black Merda Darn Well The Psych Funk of Black Merda Funky Delicacies 2006 with Linnie Walker. orig early 70s
10:06 PM		Petit Bureau Peurs N Bear's Brain Hidden Bay 2024 https://hiddenbayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bears-brain
10:11 PM		Shox No Turning Back No Turning Back Axis 1980
10:14 PM		Zowiso The Age Before S.H.H / S.H.H. The Lust Geen Records 1985 https://zowiso.jimdofree.com/
10:18 PM		The Lemonheads Uhhh R Hate Your Friends Taang! Records 1987 requested by Mark from Philly
10:20 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental)
10:24 PM		Becky & the Politicians Pretty Pictures N becky & the politicians - play the early hits of cub Girlsville Records 2024 https://girlsville.bandcamp.com/album/becky-the-politicians-play-the-early-hits-of-cub RIP Valeria Fellini
10:25 PM		Dalek I Freedom Fighters Dalek I Love You (Destiny) Back Door 1980
10:27 PM		Maria T Wind Down N Wind Down self released 2024 https://thisismariat.bandcamp.com/track/wind-down-2
10:31 PM		Borzoi Rawhide Down (Shoot the Freak pt 2) Neither The One Nor The Other, But A Mockery Of Both 12XU 2023 https://borzoi12xu.bandcamp.com/album/neither-the-one-nor-the-other-but-a-mockery-of-both
10:33 PM		Bucky Dent Desperate Living N Desperate Living self released 2024 https://buckydent.bandcamp.com/track/desperate-living
10:35 PM		Mini Skirt City Sun Split 7 - EP V/A Independent Release 2021 split with C.O.F.F.I.N.
10:38 PM		Primer Regimen Martires Ultimo Testamento self released 2018 https://primerregimen.bandcamp.com/album/ultimo-testamento
10:40 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental)
10:43 PM		Das Das Luschi FM Das Das Detriti Records 2020 https://das-das.bandcamp.com/album/das-das-s-t
10:47 PM		Cristina Is That All There Is? (Long Version) Is That All There Is? - Single Ze Records 1980
10:53 PM		Pagans Not Now No Way The Pink Album Plus! Crypt Records 2001 orig 1979
10:56 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental)
10:57 PM		Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died Uneasy Listening

Chat is archived.

hi commie

hi stevie!

Just lost yhE GAME AAAAUGH

Hey Commie!

Hey, I'm for the other team.

there are too many games for me to keep track of

i keep trying to look up the bandcamps for these out of habit from my 2020s shows

kate bush DOES have one

however lionheart is not on it

big fan of this theme

thank you, it was fun to put together!

Cailyn I forgot to thank you for the show so thank you very much for the show 😭😭

oh haha i'm glad you liked it!!

praise dog!

OOPS i praised jesus again

i'm playing the coolest thing i can think of after that as a palate cleanser

Holy smoke!

This is a fun set!

Krs One, I frequently hear on the Philly weekends!

i have one more fun chumbawamba fact after the set! STAY TUNED

ossy i may have mentioned before that i saw someone in northwest philly with a KRS1 BDP license plate

ok, here's one i haven't heard since i was 14 years old

fricken hazel

commie... lol

Hi Commie F!

Bad ass guitars in that!😍

Max!!!!

i was like oh i shouldn't play this i've played it so many times before but i NEVER HAVE

i've just listened to it 100000000000 times privately

well i don't think i've played it on wprb anyway

@Commie, whoops!😝

oops!

I never knew this was an original long before Britney Spears!

nah this is a britney cover!

Fun version🤗

wait til it gets til the end, my favorite moment in recording history

i like Ossy's idea better

@Commie, bold spake that!

"Great Balls of Fire!" as Snuffy Smith would say. No? How about something by Zounds?

Commie - Oh really? It sounds a lot like from the 70s - 90s lool

Stevie- Zoey 101's sis did it again better LMAO

it's done 1920s weimar republic style

that's max raabe's schtick. it's from an album of recent hits done in that style from 2000

@Commie, late in requesting but would Small Faces Whatcha Gonna Do About It fit this theme?

Commie- Gotcha, nice

And makes sense, cause 2000s is one of the best!

Yeoooo Commmmmmmmmmmmmmmmiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee

hellojimboooooooooooo

how's the woods treating you?

Clique also did a slick version of Splash by 13th fl elevators

Woods is good! In western mass near Brattleboro

that's right, i have that record! i think you might have told me about it before

does that guy from witch (the j mascis one) still have a record store in brattleboro?

I don't know...seems likes there's just one real record store (excluding fluff in antique/resale shoppes)

i will check. he's also in/is king tuff

in the moment

greenfield records in greenfield is also great

stevie/anyone else in their 60s or older you will be sad to hear that i ran out of time to play jack wild's version of "everything's coming up roses". holy moses!

O yeah, Greenfield records is good!

i guess maybe you are not going to record stores so much anymore

Yeah, though got a stack of Bulgarian records for a dollar each at a farm/fiber/music thing

as DTO might say, many people have not heard "everything's coming up roses" and have gone on to lead fulfulling lives hehe

Merda me...this is so good

I really really loved that Petit Bureau track. Had never heard of that band before. I'm a big fan of Giorgio Moroder's Son of My Father lp, but I had no idea about the Chicory Tip thing. Great show! I've been listening, but have been cleaning all night so I haven't been commenting

cool! yeah i like that a lot, i like most things on that label!

i had too look up and see if that was THE maria t. it is!!

absolutely!

maria t always brings the best jazz.

yes her jazz is my favorite jazz

i should now play her jazz by huggy bear but it's not exactly fcc friendly

we won't tell if you play it.

stakes are too high!!

i kinda look forward to the holiday sub season so i can hear dj's i don't get a chance to catch. especially some of the late night crew! there's a good batch this season.

i agree, i've thought about suggesting that the station hype the schedule switcheroos as some kind of a thing

and yeah there are a lot of new djs i've never heard cause they're on at 3am

this is fuking fantastic

lol, it's the karlklaus secret santa dj switcheroo!

*agrees with aiffrig about all of it.

yes i love das das!

i just noticed they put out some new songs this year

long version for the win!🏆

that sax in the background😍

this is actually the version from rodney on the roq but it might be the same as the long version. all i know is to hell with rodney

and slide whistle!

Thank youuuuuu Commmmmiiieeee 💥💥💥

yep

Jolly good show Commie, thank ye!

oh snap we at the show end. thanks commi.

oh it's this song again!

thanks for listening everyone!

not long before i made this my closing theme song i had a dream i had to sing it in front of a bunch of people and couldn't remember the words

26+6=1

hell yeah