TWISTED GROOVE PLAYLIST

Saturday, September 4, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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Heavy Voodoo by Lee "Scratch" Perry

Love and Death by Ebo Taylor

Cosmic Serenade by King Khan & The Shrines

Sar Di Va by Cankisou

Prosto by Kazik & Zdunek Ensemble 

You've Got My Soul on Fire by Edwin Starr

Ronco Symphony by Stereolab

The Breather by M. Conn

The Particulate Black Soot on Sunset Boulevard by Gloop Nox & The Stik People

The Stranger in Town by John Trubee & The Ugly Janitors of America

Grease Paint and Monkey Brains by White Zombie

Dr. Terror's Chamber of Horrors by S.T. Mikael

Take Me to the Other Side by Spacemen 3

The Road Ahead by Pere Ubu

Smile by The Fall

Halleluhwah by Can

Birds of Fire by Mahavishnu Orchestra

The Forest of No Return by Sun Ra

Igba Alusi by Original Wings

Elysium by Portishead

WACKY WEDNESDAY: Village People Deep Cuts

 

Next only to The Banana Splits and possibly GWAR, The Village People are America's most beloved costume band. As Hillary Clinton would say, it takes The Village People to raise a child. (No, I never get tired of that joke.) 

Although this flamboyant disco ensemble hasn't had any hit songs since their late-'70s glory daze, their biggest hit, 1978's "YMCA" is known to practically everyone. Hell, they even play it at Trump rallies. To a lesser extent, VP songs like "Macho Man," "In the Navy" and "San Francisco" still ring a few bells in the national consciousness. 

But beyond those songs, practically all of The Village Peoples' joyous repertoire has sunk beneath our wisdom like a stone. But Hell's bells, the group produced five studio between 1977 and 1980, and a few more after that. So let's dive into the lesser-known material of this disco powerhouse, shall we?

Here the boys expressing their support for law-enforcement with a song called "Hot Cop."

On this one, the Villagers praise Fire Island. According to the website FireIsland.com, "A weekend on Fire Island gets you back to nature. With all the biking, hiking, swimming, surfing, beach volleyball, kayaking, and tennis, you can finally break free of that monotonous gym routine." And according to the testimony of one happy visitor,  it's the "Best place on earth! Grew up in Ocean Bay Park. Still remember crawling around in diapers ..."

They even shared a Bible story:

I've always liked this little gem, "My Roommate":

At the end of the Me Decade, the group asked an important question: Are you "Ready for the '80s"? Sadly, I don't think The Village People were.

It never got much radio play, but here is a latter-day Village People tune circa 1985, a song about a favorite hobby of millions, "Sex Over the Phone" (There's a new lead singer here: Ray Stephens, not to be confused with this guy):

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, August 29, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

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

Bo Diddley is Crazy by Bo Diddley

Soul Typecast by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Land of the Freak by King Khan & The Shrines

Nasty Boogie by Champion Jack Dupree

House of Blue Lights by George Thorogood

Jungle Love by Hipbone Slim & The Knee-Tremblers

Ex-Lax Superstars from Hell Vomiting in Ecstacy by Gloop Nox & The Stik People

I Got the Hots for Charlie Watts by The Exbats

Fired Up by Mo Tucker

Eye of the Hurricane by Half Japanese with Mo Tucker

Stoney Path by Divine Horsemen

Hot Summer by Prince

Blood by REQ'D

Four on the Floor by The Gears

Turn it On, Turn it On, Turn it On by Tom T. Hall

Powell St. John

RIP POWELL ST. JOHN 

All songs by PSJ except where noted

Living With the Animals by Mother Earth

Monkey Island by 13th Floor Elevators

Bye Bye Baby by Big Brother & The Holding Company

On My Way to Houston by Powell St. John & The Aliens 

You Don't Know How Young You Are by Sir Douglas Quintet

Marvel Group

Right Track Now by Gregg Turner Group

Synthetic Love by Cold Sun

I'll Be Moving On by Mother Earth

A Man and His Dog by Joe Ely

Soul Fire by Lee "Scratch" Perry

California Dreamin' by Eddie Hazel

The Collector by The Everly Brothers

That's How I Got to Memphis by Solomon Burke

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Happy Birthday, Moe Tucker

 On this day in 1944, a girl named Maureen Ann Tucker was born in Queens, New York. She grew up to become Moe Tucker, the drummer of weird little group called The Velvet Underground,  which didn't sell many records while they were together, but went on to become one of the most influential bands in rock history.

Tucker, who played standing up, is almost always described as a "minimalist" drummer and often a "primitivist." But besides her pounding, she also occasionally took the spotlight, contributing vocals to three Velvets songs. In contrast to main singer Lou Reed's snarl, Tucker's voice was sweet, girlish, almost shy. 

Reed wrote the song "After Hours," but he was quoted saying the tune was "so innocent and pure" that he couldn't possibly sing it. So Moe did:

Another Velvet song featuring Tucker's voice wasn't all that sweet and innocent. In fact Tucker sounds almost sinister here:

Moe's other Velvet Underground vocal number, "I'm Sticking With You," like "After Hours," sounds childlike and innocent, but more playful. And yet when you listen to the actual lyrics, you realize the song actually is darker than you might have thought: "You held up a stagecoach in the rain / And I’m doing the same / Saw you’re hanging from a tree / And I made believe it was me ..."

After the Velvets broke up, Moe released several solo albums. Here's a tune from the early '90s where she sounds like a precursor to the riot grrl movement. (Lou Reed's on guitar here.)

And here Moe sings "Eye of the Hurricane" with Jad Fair of Half Japanese. The song appeared on Half Japanese's 1993 album Fire in the Sky.

Finally, here's another song from Tucker's 1991 album I Spent a Week There the Other Night. She's backed here by ex-bandmates Reed, John Cale and Sterling Morrison, the first time those four recorded together since Cale left the Velvets more than 20 years before.

Happy birthday Ms. Tucker!

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, August 22, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

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

Money (That's What I Want) by Jerry Lee Lewis

Yes by Prince

Raspberry Beret by Hindu Love Gods

Living in the Heart of Love by The Rolling Stones 

Redhead Girl by Coyotes y Krotal

I'm Always Right by The Control Freaks

Castrati by PocketFishRmen

I Ain't Crying by The Darts

Great Big Kiss by Johnny Thunders

Tupelo Joe by Chuck E. Weiss

Long Way Down by The Ar-Kaics

You're the One I Idolise by CTMF

Lost Dead Island by Laino & The Bad Seeds

Messin' With the Kid by Junior Wells

Violet Crumble, Cherry Ripe by The Fleshtones

Graveyard by Dead Moon

See What You Cause by Cold Sun

Rock of Ages by Homer Henderson

Human Breakdown of Absurdity by Norm Burns

Little Rug Bug by NRBQ

Beat of the Traps by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

I Lost My Girl to an Argentinian Cowboy by (unknown)

Deaf Woman's Vagina by John Trubee & The Ugly Janitors of America

Gold Digger's Rag by San Antonio Kid

Dream Operator by Annie McEnroe with Talking Heads

J'entends Siffler le Train / 500 Miles by Martha Fields

Treasure of Love by The Flatlanders

Bowling Green by The Everly Brothers

That's How I Got to Memphis by Tom T. Hall

The Kingdom of Heaven is Within You by 13th Floor Elevators

Where I Fell by Robbie Fulks

Since I Don't Have You by The Skyliners

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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