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The Kids Just Don't Understand

Nov 29, 2025 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Music

With Commie Francis

Commie Francis, fillin' in, playing THE HITS

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good morning! just playing the hits as i see them. requests welcome.

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The Kids Just Don't Understand
7:02 AM
Carole King - Pleasant Valley Sunday (Demo)
Carole King Pleasant Valley Sunday (Demo)
The Legendary Demos Legacy Recordings 2012
7:04 AM
De La Soul - Plug Tunin (Last Chance to Comprehend)
De La Soul Plug Tunin (Last Chance to Comprehend)
3 Feet High and Rising AOI Records 1989
7:08 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over The Surfrajettes - Toxic

7:11 AM
Grauzone - Eisbär
Grauzone Eisbär
Eisbär - Single ELECTRIC UNICORN MUSIC PRODUCTION 1981
7:15 AM
The Primitives - Crash
The Primitives Crash
Lovely RCA Records Label 1987
7:19 AM
The Dickies - Give It Back
The Dickies Give It Back
The Incredible Shrinking Dickies UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1978
7:20 AM
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DJ speaks over The Surfrajettes - Toxic

7:22 AM
Tee Vee Repairmann - I Wanna Be a Ramone
Tee Vee Repairmann I Wanna Be a Ramone N
I Wanna Be a Ramone / Rock 'n Roll Total Punk 2025
https://teeveerepairman.bandcamp.com/album/i-wanna-be-a-ramone-rock-n-roll
7:24 AM
The Eastern Dark - Johnny and Dee Dee
The Eastern Dark Johnny and Dee Dee
Julie Is a Junkie / Johnny and Dee Dee - Single Half A Cow Records 1984
7:27 AM
Elli & Jacno - Main dans la Main
Elli & Jacno Main dans la Main
Tout va sauter Catalog 1981
7:30 AM
They Might Be Giants - She's an Angel
They Might Be Giants She's an Angel
They Might Be Giants Idlewild Recordings 1986
7:33 AM
The Ex - Lied der Steinklopfer
The Ex Lied der Steinklopfer
Lied Der Steinklopfer / Stonestampers Song Ex Records 1990
7:37 AM
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Le Tigre Deceptacon
Le Tigre Wiiija 1999
7:40 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over The Surfrajettes - Toxic

7:45 AM
The Fall - Hot Runes
The Fall Hot Runes
The Unutterable Eagle Records 2000
7:48 AM
Кино - Мама, мы все тяжело больны
Кино Мама, мы все тяжело больны
Группа Крови Gold Castle 1988
7:51 AM
Big Boys - Fun Fun Fun
Big Boys Fun Fun Fun
Fun Fun Fun - EP Touch and Go Records 1982
7:57 AM
Rata Negra - Llorando
Rata Negra Llorando
Una Vida Vulgar La Vida Es Un Mus Discos 2021
7:57 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over The Surfrajettes - Toxic

8:00 AM
Wipers - Youth of America
Wipers Youth of America
Youth of America Zenorecords 1981
8:11 AM
Pete Seeger - Oh, Susanna
Pete Seeger Oh, Susanna
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 1957
8:12 AM
Kleenex - Hedi's head
Kleenex Hedi's head
Liliput Kill Rock Stars 1993
8:14 AM
Irma Thomas - It's Raining
Irma Thomas It's Raining
It's Raining / I Did My Part Minit 1962
8:17 AM
Shonen Knife - Banana Chips
Shonen Knife Banana Chips
Happy Hour Universal Music LLC 1998
8:19 AM
The Damned - Smash It Up (Pt 2)
The Damned Smash It Up (Pt 2)
Machine Gun Etiquette Ace Records 1979
8:22 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over The Surfrajettes - Toxic

8:24 AM
The Barcelona Pavilion - Tidy Up
The Barcelona Pavilion Tidy Up
It's The Barcelona Pavilion EP Meccico 2003
8:27 AM
Urinals - Ack Ack Ack Ack
Urinals Ack Ack Ack Ack
Another EP Happy Squid 1979
8:27 AM
Hélène Barbier - Plastique Couch
Hélène Barbier Plastique Couch N
Panorama Bonsound 2025
https://helenebarbier.bandcamp.com/album/panorama
8:31 AM
The Undertones - Family Entertainment
The Undertones Family Entertainment
The Undertones BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. 1979
8:33 AM
Orquesta Harlow - Freak Off
Orquesta Harlow Freak Off
Harlow's Harem Fania 1972
8:37 AM
Meat Puppets - Plateau
Meat Puppets Plateau
II SST 1984
8:39 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over The Surfrajettes - Toxic

8:41 AM
Jimetta Rose & Voices of Creation - Answer the Call
Jimetta Rose & Voices of Creation Answer the Call
How Good It Is Day Dreamer 2022
https://jimettarosethevoicesofcreation.bandcamp.com/album/how-good-it-is
8:47 AM
Lee Dorsey - Can You Hear Me
Lee Dorsey Can You Hear Me
Ride Your Pony Arista/Legacy 1965
8:50 AM
Thee Mighty Caesars - 1977
Thee Mighty Caesars 1977
Dope, Guns 'N Fucking In the Streets Volume 4 V/A Amphetamine Reptile Records 2016
8:51 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

DJ speaks over The Surfrajettes - Toxic

8:54 AM
Melenas - Osa Polar
Melenas Osa Polar R
Osa Polar Trouble In Mind 2021
for Rob, tweet tweet https://melenas.bandcamp.com/track/osa-polar
Chat is archived.
Commie Francis (host) 7:02:40 AM
gooooood mooooornniinnnnnggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:06:27 AM
Good morning Commie!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:11:57 AM
!!!OSO POLAR!!!
Commie Francis (host) 7:12:06 AM
hahaha yessss
Commie Francis (host) 7:12:13 AM
*wind sounds*
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:13:14 AM
Or Eisbär as they say in the original German (I had to go to the internet to get the proper spelling)
Commie Francis (host) 7:13:34 AM
ice bear
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:13:48 AM
I want to be an ice bear
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:14:22 AM
los osos polares no lloran
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:14:56 AM
¡Viva Melenas!
Commie Francis (host) 7:16:14 AM
you're making me want to close with osa polar. perhaps i will
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:16:16 AM
Primitives!! :-DD
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:17:41 AM
*postpones departing for birding until 9:01*
TAndy 7:27:20 AM
Ah, good morning Commie and Rob. I'm profusely in sorrow that I missed ice bear :'(
Commie Francis (host) 7:27:31 AM
might be more ice bears later
TAndy 7:27:43 AM
👀
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:32:09 AM
Morning TAndy!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:36:20 AM
🧊 🐻 (🐻‍❄️)
Gary Ryan 7:38:51 AM
Love it. Just recently discovered kathleen.
jimbooooo 7:46:37 AM
Dang it's a Commie-thon 💥💥💥
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:48:33 AM
Morning jimbooooo and Gary!
Commie Francis (host) 7:49:54 AM
Gary you've got a lot of fun listening to do!
Gary Ryan 7:51:05 AM
It started watching the punk singer-fantastic
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:51:06 AM
@Commie, I was researching Elli & Jacno just now, and it looks like they made the soundtrack for the 1984 Eric Romer film "Les Nuits de la pleine lune" aka "Full Moon in Paris", which I think I saw during a Romer filmfest/retrospective many years ago
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:51:56 AM
*Rohmer
jimbooooo 7:51:57 AM
Yesssssssssss
Commie Francis (host) 7:52:37 AM
nice rob! i was actually introduced to them by youtube, back when it gave me good suggestions i hadn't heard before
Commie Francis (host) 7:52:44 AM
I'M A PUNK AND I LIKE SHAM
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:52:50 AM
Woo classic 90s PUNK
Commie Francis (host) 7:52:53 AM
COCKNEY REJECTS ARE THE WORLD'S GREATEST BAND
Commie Francis (host) 7:53:02 AM
BUT I LIKE JOY DIVISION AND PUBLIC IMAGE TOO
Commie Francis (host) 7:53:10 AM
EVEN IF THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:53:31 AM
exactly!!!!
jimbooooo 7:53:32 AM
SO good
jimbooooo 8:01:21 AM
Hang on kids...
jimbooooo 8:05:57 AM
If the construct of America is 250 yrs old then we are all definitely still youts'
Rob from Maryland 🦀 8:06:32 AM
Another punk classic!!
jimbooooo 8:08:14 AM
This whole section is like a Chrome track
Commie Francis (host) 8:12:57 AM
this whole set is tove's faves
MJ Robinson 8:12:57 AM
hello from sunny Providence, Rhode Island, and thank you for hit after hit, Commie. i woke up with the anxieties of the world and they have since been SMACKED RIGHT OUTTA ME
Commie Francis (host) 8:13:10 AM
tove is 3. aw mj <3 <3 ,3
Marcus Haupt 8:42:21 AM
"Plastique Couch" sounds like a joke on "Sa Plein Pour Moi" where Plastic Bertrand claims to be the "King of the Divan (couch)"
Commie Francis (host) 8:42:38 AM
ha it's possible!
Marcus Haupt 8:43:35 AM
I never expected to hear a set like this on a Saturday Morning. Certainly a pleasant surprise
Marcus Haupt 8:48:36 AM
The kids just don't understand..."But the little girls understand" - was The Knack's second record
Commie Francis (host) 8:51:03 AM
the kids just don't understand is from pleasant valley sunday! but the little girls understand is from back door man
Rob from Maryland 🦀 8:51:47 AM
Morning Marcus!
Marcus Haupt 8:52:07 AM
Morning Rob!
Marcus Haupt 8:52:15 AM
Commie with the 3 from downtown!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 8:53:23 AM
Commie, this has been a wonderful show, and a great way to start the morning!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 8:55:10 AM
YAY MELENAS!!!
jimbooooo 8:55:15 AM
TY commmmmmmiiiiiieeeeeeeeee
Rob from Maryland 🦀 8:55:16 AM
Thank you Commieee
Commie Francis (host) 8:56:52 AM
thanks everyone, this was really fun. the hits continue this evening
Marcus Haupt 8:57:00 AM
I'm thankful that there's a place on the radio where it's 1981 forever. Your turntables to God's ears, Commie