10at10 Club
Main Discussion Area => KFOG's 10@10 => Topic started by: urth on December 17, 2009, 11:40:44 PM
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Just had the following message pop up on my FB feed, from KFOG:
"Call Annalisa at 1-800-300-KFOG between 11-4 tomorrow (Friday, 12/18) to record your audio greeting for the annual 10@10 holiday card."
Good on AL, continuing another of Dave's longstanding traditions. But from the sound of it, tomorrow's our only chance to call in greetings. So gather your thoughts and call her! (They didn't say when it'll air--my guess is next Wednesday or Thursday.)
ETA: As usual, my attempts at telling the future go down in flames. Just heard that AL will be doing the KFOG Xmas card on Monday. So today is definitely our only chance to record a greeting.
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and (I'm guessing, based on previous years) it will be repeated Thurs morning and Friday evening -- they usually go commercial-free all-Xmas from noon Xmas Eve to noon Xmas Day.
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Change of plans. AL tells me that the station's MD would prefer the Xmas Card set to run on Christmas Eve (which makes sense to me), so she'll be recording it ahead for play that day. :-/ Kind of a good news/bad news thing.
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Change of plans. AL tells me that the station's MD would prefer the Xmas Card set to run on Christmas Eve (which makes sense to me), so she'll be recording it ahead for play that day. :-/ Kind of a good news/bad news thing.
Just got the KFOG E-mail saying that the "holiday 10@10, complete with Foghead greetings" will air Thurs morning and Friday nite. In between we get 24 hours of World Class Rock Xmas music (from 3pm Thurs to 3pm Fri).
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and so it starts!
the Waitresses
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and so it starts!
the Waitresses
And we lead with Christmas Wrapping--a perpetual fave. Wonder what new entries AL will come up with this year, or will it be the standard evergreens? I'm happy either way.
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Now the original I Believe in Father Christmas
[Is it just Greg Lake?]
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and so it starts!
the Waitresses
And we lead with Christmas Wrapping--a perpetual fave. Wonder what new entries AL will come up with this year, or will it be the standard evergreens? I'm happy either way.
I missed my favorite song, but just in time for my second favorite. That's okay, I heard Christmas Wrapping several times already lately.
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Greg Lake's I Believe In Father Christmas another welcome bit of ever-greenery.
So far the track listing is duplicating the 2002 Xmas Card set.
The Christmas we get, we deserve.
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I know I've already heard it, but I love hearing "Happy Xmas/War is Over" in this context.
Peace to all of you currently online, and those who come by later.
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Now the original I Believe in Father Christmas
[Is it just Greg Lake?]
The original (which this was) is billed as Greg Lake. ELP re-did it, iirc, with a different ending.
"Mr. Gay San Francisco"?? I don't remember him ever calling during the Dave years ;) I'm guessing this will be 10 tried-and-true "Xmas classics", not that I'm complaining.
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BOS Chrissie & Co. Gorgeous.
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Pretenders "Have Yourself a Merry Christmas" I love this version, the vocals, the guitar...
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Now the original I Believe in Father Christmas
[Is it just Greg Lake?]
The original (which this was) is billed as Greg Lake. ELP re-did it, iirc, with a different ending.
"Mr. Gay San Francisco"?? I don't remember him ever calling during the Dave years ;) I'm guessing this will be 10 tried-and-true "Xmas classics", not that I'm complaining.
Yep, he was a new one. And what was with the guy with all the reverb? That was weird, but he did stand out.
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Crap. Browser crashed. So we'll have a bit of a gap in the middle of the Pretenders tune. Sorry, gang.
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Yay Urth!! Backatcha, buddy.
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Here's Urth! Thanks dude!
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I always thought this Bing Crosby/David Bowie duo was silly. I guess even I can be a humbug now and then.
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Now the original I Believe in Father Christmas
[Is it just Greg Lake?]
The original (which this was) is billed as Greg Lake. ELP re-did it, iirc, with a different ending.
"Mr. Gay San Francisco"?? I don't remember him ever calling during the Dave years ;) I'm guessing this will be 10 tried-and-true "Xmas classics", not that I'm complaining.
Yes, there's a stripped down version on ELP's Works II album, which I actually prefer.
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I always thought this Bing Crosby/David Bowie duo was silly. I guess even I can be a humbug now and then.
I dunno. Since I ended my bit saying we'd have cheese for everyone in 2010, I think this is an apropos follow-up. ;)
ETA: Der Bingle and Das Bowie got nothing on Hootie when it comes to cheeze.
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I am blocking whoever this is doing "The Christmas Song"
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I am blocking whoever this is doing "The Christmas Song"
It's Hootie, and I actually like it a lot -- nicely arranged and played, whatever you think of Mr. Rucker.
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I am blocking whoever this is doing "The Christmas Song"
It's Hootie, and I actually like it a lot -- nicely arranged and played, whatever you think of Mr. Rucker.
I'm not a Hootie Hater, just literally having a brain fart!
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Here's Urth! Thanks dude!
Did I miss anyone? I had a list to work from, but knowing me, I probably spaced out on someone.
ETA: Who's this singing about Christmas By the Bay?
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Here's Urth! Thanks dude!
Did I miss anyone? I had a list to work from, but knowing me, I probably spaced out on someone.
I excitedly pointed to the speakers, and told my daughter "this is for our club!"
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This SF Xmas by the Bay thing is NTM. Nice. There's a song called "Xmas in San Francisco" by Barry DeVorzon (yes, he of "Nadia's Theme") that KFRC used to play every year in their oldies days that was also quite lovely.
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Beach Boys "Little Saint Nick" always sounds nice.
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I'm not counting, but it will probably be over soon, too soon.
Feliz Navidad by Los Lonely Boys?
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Beach Boys "Little Saint Nick" always sounds nice.
Agree, very sweet. VHM to the last caller for mentioning bringing the boys home, too.
Fewer greetings this year. Of course, we only had a day or two to call in our greetings--Dave used to do it for like a week.
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I'm not counting, but it will probably be over soon, too soon.
Feliz Navidad by Los Lonely Boys?
Yep--sounds like it was channeled thru Los Lobos and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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get ready for it...
ETA: Cool, Adrian got a callout!
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I'm not counting, but it will probably be over soon, too soon.
Feliz Navidad by Los Lonely Boys?
Yep--sounds like it was channeled thru Los Lobos and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
the first few notes were stone cold SRV, and I wondered what he did as a xmas tune!
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And Mark and Adrian make their appearance! Very cool, guys! You DO rock!!!
ETA: Is this Charles Brown?
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I'm blocking this last tune too, but AL is about to backannounce!
Charles Brown? I was fooled, it sounded like some current KFOG fave.
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Adrian RAWKS!!!
BOS2 the Schroeder Family; BOS3 Charles Brown.
Merry Christmas Eve, all!
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I'm blocking this last tune too, but AL is about to backannounce!
Charles Brown? I was fooled, it sounded like some current KFOG fave.
I think Mr Brown has done 3 or 4 versions of both "PCHFC" and "Merry Xmas Baby" over the years; I've no idea which version AL played, but you're right, it did not sound like the one I'm used to hearing.
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12/24/09 - Thursday! It's the 10@10 Christmas Card!
1. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
2. Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas
3. John & Yoko - Happy Christmas (War is Over)
4. The Pretenders - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
5. David Bowie/Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy
6. Hootie & the Blowfish - The Christmas Song
7. Tim Hockenberry - Christmas By the Bay
8. The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
9. Los Lonely Boys - Feliz Navidad
10. Charles Brown - Please Come Home For Christmas
BONUS TRACK: Graham Parker & Nona Hendryx - Soul Christmas
Btw, the KFOG webmaster is getting his work done early--there's a classic set dated tomorrow (!) that's already posted on the 10@10 page. So will there be a different set in the morning, then the Xmas card set again tomorrow night? That wouldn't seem to go with the promise of 24 hours of Xmas music. Maybe just to fill out the marathon for Saturday.
ETA: Four bustouts in this year's Xmas card, by my count: Hootie, Tim Hockenberry, Charles Brown (Dave played MCB, but not PCHFC), and believe it or not, the Bing-and-Bowie tune.
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12/24/09 - Thursday! It's the 10@10 Christmas Card!
BONUS TRACK: Graham Parker & Nona Hendryx - Soul Christmas
Btw, the KFOG webmaster is getting his work done early--there's a classic set dated tomorrow (!) that's already posted on the 10@10 page. So will there be a different set in the morning, then the Xmas card set again tomorrow night? That wouldn't seem to go with the promise of 24 hours of Xmas music. Maybe just to fill out the marathon for Saturday.
ETA: Four bustouts in this year's Xmas card, by my count: Hootie, Tim Hockenberry, Charles Brown (Dave played MCB, but not PCHFC), and believe it or not, the Bing-and-Bowie tune.
Hope everyone stuck around for that too too fab bonus -- LOVE that one, and it's hard to find these days. The Graham Parker Xmas EP it was on is long out-of-print afaik, and it ain't on the YouTubes neither. Rosalie said she'd played it the other day and got a bunch of "OMG what *was* that?" calls.
Indeed, the other set on the website is there for marathon purposes (bet the 2 Xmas sets get played 1st and 2nd on Sat AM). And I'm gobsmacked to see that Dave never played Bing/Bowie -- coulda sworn we heard it in the last couple of years.
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And I'm gobsmacked to see that Dave never played Bing/Bowie -- coulda sworn we heard it in the last couple of years.
You may be right. After I posted that I realized that the DB is not entirely complete in its cataloging of Xmas Card sets. It lists, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2008. Now I know Dave took at least one year off and didn't do the Xmas card thing in '05 and/or '06, but 2003 is also MIA. So it could well have appeared in one of those years.
And yes, that GP/Nona Hendryx tune was superb. Wish I'd recorded that too.
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And I'm gobsmacked to see that Dave never played Bing/Bowie -- coulda sworn we heard it in the last couple of years.
You may be right. After I posted that I realized that the DB is not entirely complete in its cataloging of Xmas Card sets. It lists, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2008. Now I know Dave took at least one year off and didn't do the Xmas card thing in '05 and/or '06, but 2003 is also MIA. So it could well have appeared in one of those years.
And yes, that GP/Nona Hendryx tune was superb. Wish I'd recorded that too.
When I get the new PC set up and Comcast-High-Speed-ed, I'll have to make an mp3 of "Soul Xmas" available. But if you can find that Parker Xmas EP on Amazon for a reasonable price, grab it -- it rules.
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Fewer greetings this year. Of course, we only had a day or two to call in our greetings--Dave used to do it for like a week.
Yeah, it occurred to me during the replay this morning that this was maybe the shortest Xmas Card ever (less than 45 mins; Dave's routinely ran close to an hour). Dave really used to work with the Fogheads, coaxing greetings out of kids, letting them give longer greetings if he liked what they were saying, etc. So he would try to cram in as many as possible. Whether AL didn't have that kind of time or just didn't get the sort of Foghead response that DM used to, is hard to say.
Guess it was asking too much, but I kinda hoped against hope we'd hear a greeting *from* Dave this year. I also expected a Foghead or 2 to say "Merry Xmas to Dave in Michigan".
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Guess it was asking too much, but I kinda hoped against hope we'd hear a greeting *from* Dave this year. I also expected a Foghead or 2 to say "Merry Xmas to Dave in Michigan".
That thought crossed my mind too--that Dave might actually do a shoutout to the Fogheads, but not to be. And it just plain didn't occur to me to send one his way--it was all I could do to get all of y'all's names in there!
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I'm just now catching up on threads, and needless to say missed the Xmas set entirely. Don't suppose anyone happened to record it?
Also - I managed to not hear "Christmas Wrapping" a single time this season. :(
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This SF Xmas by the Bay thing is NTM. Nice. There's a song called "Xmas in San Francisco" by Barry DeVorzon (yes, he of "Nadia's Theme") that KFRC used to play every year in their oldies days that was also quite lovely.
TANC: Casey K mentioned (and I had completely forgotten) that Rhythm Heritage's "Theme from S.W.A.T" was also written by Mr DeVorzon!