TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, November 2, 2025
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM 
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell Email me! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Wreck My Flow by The Dirtbombs

There'll Be No Squopping of the Winks by Star & The Czars

Hey Miss Glynis by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

Licking the Frog by Manby's Head

Wynona's Big Brown Beaver by Primus

Horseglue by Ekko Astral

Gutter Priestess by Frankie & The Witch Fingers 

Rosalyn by David Bowie

Anesthesia Man by The Laryngospasms

Messin' Around by The Manxx

Creatures of Culture by The Minks

I Hate You by The Monks

Rockin' Bones by Ronnie Dawson

Shut Up by Reverend Beat-Man & Milan Slick

Steppin' Out by The Covids

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by The Sonics

Designed to Kill by James Chance

I'll Make A Bet by Nookie Boy

Jukebox by The Giant Robots

Privacy Calls by Baby Robots

Monkey Boy by Girl Robots

Possession by Ty Segall

The Wreck of the Old 97 by Left Lane Cruiser

Tom Herman's Hermits by Mudhoney

Live With Me by The Rolling Stones

Shiver by Blind Butcher

Crazy Date by T. Tex Edwards

Port of Amsterdam by Dave Van Ronk

Love Me Like You Used to Do by Margo Price with Tyler Childers

The Lost Ones by Ted Hawkins

It's All Here For You by Mamie Smith

Dixie Be Damned by Nick Shoulders

On the Nickel by Carla Bozulich

Little Lost Love by Rachel Brooke

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis


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THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Port of Amsterdam.

 

In the Port of Amsterdam where the sailors all meet

I haven’t done a Throwback Thursday (or a Wacky Wednesday for that matter), for as long as I can remember, but this old favorite song popped into mob head during my afternoon walk yesterday.

No, I was in Santa Fe, not Amsterdam, and I didn’t see any drunken sailors eating fish heads and tails, nor any whores bargaining their virtue. But something got Jacque Brel’s "Amsterdam," aka "Port of Amsterdam" in my head. So now I’ve got to get it out.

My very first interview as a not-yet-professional journalist was with folksinger supreme Dave Van Ronk back in 1980 (as I’ve described in my Substack and elsewhere). One specific song that I’d been excited to ask him about, was his 1971 recording of this song. Back when I was in college, the KUNM folk show (this was even before The Home of Happy Feet) played the tune just about every week. And s soon as I heard that rancid sound of the accordion my ears would perk up and prepare to start singing along.

This song turned me into an instant Van Ronk fan (along with his version of Rev. Gary Davis’ "Cocaine Blues", which also was on steady KUMN rotation back in those daze). But when I brought up "Port of Amsterdam" with Van Ronk, his answer was disappointing. He said he thought the song was a little overwrought. 

"I mean it’s just about a bunch of sailors getting laid. What’s the big deal?" His whiskey voice croaked.

Nevertheless I still love the song.

Me with Van Ronk, La Posada, Santa Fe 1980

Brel never recorded "Amsterdam" for a studio album. It first appeared on his Olympia 1964 record. In Brel’s original French, of course.

But in 1968, Mort Shuman — the guy who co-wrote Elvis’ hit "Viva Las Vegas" — translated "Amsterdam and other Brel songs for the off-Broadway musical Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Here’s the mighty Mort’s take on the song.

With and English translation, the dam seemed to break for the tune and many covers soon followed. 

Scott Walker’s version captured the attention of one David Bowie, whose recording, which originally appeared as the B-side of his 1973 single "Sorrow." I don’t really know but I’d wager that Bowie’s is the best known "Port of Amsterdam."

Even John Denver thought "The Port of Amsterdam" was FARRRRRR OUT!!!!:

If I had to choose my second favorite version of this song, that honor would belong to Marianne Faithful's:

I also like how the Dresden Dolls did it:

But, after all these decades I'm still on Team Van Ronk

Now bring me more fish, throw it down by my side!

A photo I took in the red light district of the port of Amsterdam

For more deep dives into songs, check out The Stephen W. Terrell Web Log Songbook

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

 

Sunday, October 26, 2025
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM 
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell Email me! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Halloween (She Got So Mean) by Rob Zombie & The Ghastly Ones 

Queen of Halloween by The Chotalls

If You Have Ghosts by Roky Erikson & The Aliens

You Must Be a Witch by Dead Moon

Prix Zombie by Horror Deluxe

Killing the Wolfman by King Khan & BBQ Show

Dracula a GoGo by The Fleshtones

Monster Rock by Screaming Lord Sutch

Dry Bones by Delta Rhythm Boys

La vampira del Raval by King Automatic

Axeman of New Orleans by The Tombstones

Papa Satan Sang Louie by The Cramps

I Know How to Hex You by Twin Temple

Voodoo Voodoo by LaVerne Baker

Run Witch Run by The Desperate Twisters

Night Of The Sadist by Larry & The Blue Notes

Night of the Monsters by The Barbarellatones

Loop Garoo by Dr. John

Omar The Vampire by The Hamburger Brothers

Monsters of the ID by Stan Ridgway

Evil Hoodoo by The Seeds

Whistlin' Past the Graveyard by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

That Old Black Magic by Louis Prima & Keely Smith

Hotrod Vampires by Demented Are Go

Sympathy for the Devil by Danny Barnes

Frankenstein Meets the Beatles by Dickie Goodman

That Witch I Know Is Right by Anton Terrell

La Llorona by Kid Congo & The Pink Monkeybirds

Hush Hush Here Comes the Bogey Man by Henry Hall

Casper The Friendly Ghost  by Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston

I'm in the Ground for Good by The Newports

Demon Death by Southern Culture on the Skids

Werewolf by Michael Hurley

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, October 19, 2025
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM 
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell Email me! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

I Frankensteined U by The Goldstars

Flush the Fascists by Mudhoney

Head Empty Blues by Ekko Astral

Dirty Like An Angel by Divine Horsemen

Don't Talk to Me About Love by Binary Dolls

Junkie Child by Reverend Beat-Man & Milan Slick

Peace Frog by The Doors

I've Got a Devil In Me by Big Foot Chester

The Vampire Dog Of Jesus Christ by Gregg Turner Group

The Sharpest Claws by The Dirtbombs

Chewing Gum by Amyl & The Sniffers

I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks by The Bloodhound Gang

Polka De Nalgas by The Imperial Rooster

Voodoo Bones by Dale Ducktail

Sweet Lulu by The Love Notes

2 Big Pumpkins by Elvira

Graveyard Chicks Are Easy by The Dead Beat Jacks

El Giro Satanismo by Los Eskeletos

Human Fly by The Cramps

Liked U Better by Jeff Rosenstock

Knives by The Slow Poisoner

Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo

Sure 'nuff 'n' Yes I Do by Captain Beefheart

Speedball by Angel Face

Kissing You Goodbye by Margo Price

Ghost Riders by Ronnie Dawson

Niagara by Anton Terrell

Postcard from Jack by Ronny Elliott

Let's Duet by John C. Reilly & Angela Correa

Joanne by Michael Nesmith

24-Hour Store by The Handsome Family

Don't Let Us Get Sick by Joe West with Margaret Burke

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis


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TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

 

Sunday, October 5, 2025
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM, 101.1 FM 
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell Email me! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Haunted House by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs

Voodoo Bones by Dale Ducktail

Motorbike Song by Amyl & The Sniffers

We're All Water by tUnE-yArDs 

Ask the Dragon by Yoko Ono & Ima

Plastic Jesus by Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon

Graveyard Song by Jeff Rosenstock

Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine by The Supremes

Zombified by Southern Culture on the Skids

Honky Tonk by Johnny Dowd

Get it On by Grinderman

Little Dogs by Mudhoney

Comme L'Agent Secret by The Cool Jerks

Withered Hand by Thee Oh Sees

Shut Up by Reverend Beat-Man & Milan Slick

In Glass by Nots

Hearse with a Curse by Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos

Tiger by Sparkle Moore

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Teenage Metalhead by Jacket Burner

I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman by The Barrence Whitfield Soul Savage Arkestra

Harper Valley PTA by Syd Straw & The Skeletons

I've Got a Guy 4 That by Quintron & Miss Pussycat

Popcorn Willie by The Marquis

Yesterday Is Here / It's Been A Wonderful Life by Rattlin Bone

Train Song by Tom Waits

I Don't Care No More by Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds

Black Coffee by Julie London

Florence Don't Leave Me by The Paragons

Poison by Susan James

Chronicles of a Diamond by Black Pumas

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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