Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon Fri Oct 30 with Jerry Gordon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Boo! Happy Halloween, everybody. Welcome to Serenade to a Cuckoo!

Happy Friday to Jerry and everybody!

Hey Rick, Happy Friday, and Halloween!

Jerry, I sent WPRB a few bucks this week so that they keep the lights on while you're spinning the turntable.

Well met

Hey Mike!

Hi Rick

Thank you, Rick. That helps ME to stick around!

Appreciated!

Mike, how the heck are you doin'?

BOOOO

Rob, it's too early for you!

Okay byeeee

Really like the Atlanta Rhythm Section version of this song

Hey Rob!

I was listening to it last night, Mike.

Very cool!

This sounds like music from "Twin Peaks".

Rob, and Birds still traveling south and passing through your neighborhood?

any

It's that time again.....whoop 🎉 🐦 🎶

Rick, I think you're going to like some stuff today!

Hi Jerry, Rick, Rob & Mike!

Hey Christine!

I had a pair of unknown birds at the feeder this week

Hi Christine

Christine, Hi! You too, your kind of "Party" music

Jerry, I'm ready!

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Hey rick! And Jerry, yes, birds are still passing south. In fact, there's a rare bird along the Potomac in DC that we set out to see, but traffic was AWFUL so we turned around and came home

Hi Christine and everyone

Happy Birthday Clifford Brown. And my mom.

There's that theme song again! 🎺🐦🎶

@Mike, can you remember what these unknown birds looked like?

H:i Brian! Happy Birthday Mom D

Hey Brian!

Happy birthday to Brian D's mom

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🥳🎉 HDB, Brian D's mom!

Greetings to Gordski and his listeners and Happy birthday to Brian D mother

Hi iPatrick!

I believe this was a regular feature of Will Constantine program Halloween

Yes, every Halloween, you are right!

My car is ready after routine maintenance and the accompanying oh by the way you need to get this fixed, so off I go (and maybe go look for the rare bird again). Bye everyone, happy Halloween!!

hey Patrick!

Hope everyone appreciates PRBS non intrusive fund raising . I used to listen to a great jazz station WBGO Newark NJ . Unfortunately the station raises funds annoyingly at least 49% of the time . Unlistenable

Wishing you success, Rob!

Hola Rick . This week’s pet peeve . Sundays Will Nevet be The Same by Spanky and Our Gang, what a godawful repitive ear worm . 3 minutes 10 seconds. Feels longer than the Bataan Death march

Mom's 91 today. She and dad used to love to see some great live jazz back in the late 50s early 60s. And many other great shows/festivals in the folky, Irish, bluegrass etc world. Mom and Dad went to the 3rd Annual New York Jazz Festival on Randall's Island back in 1958 (year they got married). Everybody you ever heard of in jazz just about was performing.

I liked that song in my youth....bought the picture sleeve for a cool 71 cents

Happy Birthday to your Mom, Brian.

They don't make cats like Eddie Jefferson anymore.

No! In full control. Road tested.

That's cool @Brian D.!

Hey Brian D l went to Randall’s island for little Steven’s way too cool underground rock festival

RIP to the great Pittsburgh rock legend and good guy Donnie Iris

Ahh Liah is a great song

Leah

Who is Donnie Iris?

Outside of Pittsburgh I guess he was a one hit wonder

Hey Mike not so fun fact. The woman in the Ah Leah video is the same woman murdered by Phil Spector

The Rapper was also a big hit

Oy vey!.....had no idea

Oh yeah...he was in the Jaggerz

I oinly remember the name of the band, not their music or context

Also Wild Cherry . His backing band was the real Cruisers

When I went to Third Street Jazz to purchase the Ah Leah 45 the owner told me …..Get lost punk!

Yeah, we didn't carry them

Patrick, I'm rollin' on the floor! Too funny!!!

Hey Rick tough week for me . I had to get an MRI . I misunderstood the instructions and showed up naked . Oy how embarrassing

hahahaha!

Worse than that I am now a second time offender. Earlier this year I had the wrong date for the Naked Bicycle Ride. Madonn!!

Patrick, you're on a roll!

I got sentenced to naked intervention diversionary offense program . And now I found out MeTv canceled the reruns of Naked City , very bad week for me .

Patrick, I never thought it was a good idea for you to hang out with Uncle Eddie Savitz but you didn't listen.

There are million stories in the naked city

Patrick, I vote that you are named the official comedic presence on this show's chat!

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And now I cede the floor to Professor Throckmorton

Mike, that is one show that I truly enjoyed watching.

I did also

Naked City tremendous on site filming . Great acting triumvirate of detectives. Way too cool for school future acting stars and cult character actors.

global voodoo chile

Patrick, agreed!

Hey Jimboooo, well put!

Hey ya cuckoos! ♥️🎃

I’ve been running errands all morning and everyone keeps telling me … Nice Costume! Anybody can recommend a good plastic surgeon . This is embarrassing

BAM! Jerry have you heard booker t and the mgs' album McLemore Ave? Released right after Abbey Road and covers most of it? I just found it and it seemed right up your alley, very cool interpretations

Chef, I remember seeing it, was intrigued by it,never acquired it or heard!

I will try to track it down!

Happy birthday to Grace Slick. She's 87.

Wow!

Ooo I think you'll love the album!

Wikipedia: Booker T. Jones said, "I was in California when I heard Abbey Road, and I thought it was incredibly courageous of The Beatles to drop their format and move out musically like they did. To push the limit like that and reinvent themselves when they had no need to do that. They were the top band in the world but they still reinvented themselves. The music was just incredible so I felt I needed to pay tribute to it."

That could be why Lennon thought it was the right time to call the band quits.

Lennon: "I want a divorce"

To "go out on a high note", I mean.

So many complex reasons and speculations!

Hard to say with Lennon, sometimes he liked the concept of "the big one" on side two and other times thought it rubbish.

And then they came back as KLATUU

H:aha, you had to be there!

Heh...that was some crazy shizzz

Let's not talk about The Knack

Ugh....they were awful

The Knack vs Bay City Rollers Battle of the Bands.

Ringo posed as Klaatu (next to Gort) on the cover of his "Goodnight, Vienna" album.

It's a clue!!!

I sent Gordski an article by Chuck Klosterman that posited What if the Velvet Underground were the Phenom band instead of the Beatles. Wild and wigged out.

That's a great what if

I played the s___ out of this track and LP!

That would have been a tragedy

Girls fainting by the score at the sight of Lou Reed

which track, Rick?

Lou Reed walking barefoot in Harlem tryinjg to score

Even though I don’t live there I subscribed to the Chestnut Hill Local . Well written informative quality newspaper

No Maharishi trips for Lou, Subway only

The Byrds as the Phenom band may be more likely in a non-Beatles timeline.

True....and maybe they would have done fewer covers

Jerry, "The Sorcerer" and all the rest. But the cherry on top was hearing Bob Dorough on "Nothing Like You" on the last track.

When was that a big album for you?

I got heavily into Miles in the '70s.

I'm diggin' this version of "Witchcraft".

Seh's so exceptional; married to a tenor player who's name I forget this second, a big tenor.

It's great

I'm surprised to see that Lucy Yeghiazaryan is a young, modern recording artist. It reminds me of this Onion article:

https://theonion.com/finest-opera-singer-of-her-generation-unknown-by-her-ge-1819565897

Funkiness has an appropriate amount of spooky character for the Halloween season

Well said, Thomas!

The Battle if the Bands

I also see that Lucy is performing at Mezzrow in NYC on December 11.

Thanks for sharing that

She's not well known yet

Afternoon wide wonderful of serenade butter jerry

Hi Ossy! Pure funk for an hour. I loved this track, had the single!

What up Jerry & Co! Listening from sunny california, still spreading the good word of PRB.

I got ants in my pants and I need to dance!

hahaha. Hi TAncy, nice to hear from you! Did you move there on a permanent basis?

Nah just visiting a friend for the week

Nice, what are your plans?

There you go, Rick, your Godfather!

JB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SMOOTH mixing!

Awright!

@Jerry The plan is chill to the max, but possibly going to a cornmaze later tonight and a midnight rocky picture horror screening tomorrow for the holiday

That will be crazy!

And thus wide wonderful butter classic, get up off that brown thang!

The Godfather of Soul AND Funk!

Yes, indeedy!!!

"Phone Phanatic", ha, luv it!

I understand this is Mike C's specialty

Classic!

Oh.....I don't know!

That was my understanding

Heh

Yep

Hey Baby, what key are you in?

I'm still in search of the lost chord

wow. Best to get in to tune immediately

🔥💛🟠✊🏾

Ossy, I got you till3:00

Another midnight Halloween screening: "Trick 'r Treat" at the Williams Center. https://www.ticketweb.com/event/trick-r-treat-2007-midnight-williams-center-cinema-tickets/14343204

As for tonight, IFC Center has approximate midnight screenings of "Hellraiser", "Ju-On: The Grudge" and Ken Russell's "The Devils".

The Devils, eh?......that's a rare one

Thanks Gordski and Happy Zappaween to those who celebrate along with happy All Saints and All Souls day

Happy Día de los Muertos!

Last night, the uncensored "The Devils" finished its 2-week run at select AMC theaters. I saw it twice in Eatontown!

Thanks, Patrick. My Rabbi doesn't approve, but WHAT THE HELL, YOU GOTTA CELEBRATE! THANKS, Patrick

Wow...the uncensored one.....amazing

All Souls' Day is Steve Ditko's birthday.

Jerry, Halloween jazz and then classic funk - you concocted this recipe for another killer show! Very nicely done! Everybody enjoy your Halloween weekend!

Thanks, everybody

Thank you, Rick. Happy Halloween weekend!

Mike C again

Till next time

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