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Main Discussion Area => Capital Gold, other Internet Radio => Topic started by: RGMike on March 13, 2012, 08:53:31 AM

Title: KPOO etc week of 3/12/12
Post by: RGMike on March 13, 2012, 08:53:31 AM

NTM from JJ on KPOO: "We Got Latin Soul" by Mighty Mongo -- wasn't he in Blazing Saddles?

(http://dubsism.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/mongo.gif)

oh, Mongo Santamaria...

Title: Re: KPOO etc week of 3/12/12
Post by: RGMike on March 13, 2012, 09:28:51 AM

'DAS continues to add songsI haven't heard in ages: Billy Paul's "Let's Make a Baby" (!)

Title: Re: KPOO etc week of 3/12/12
Post by: RGMike on March 14, 2012, 08:55:44 AM

Nicest surprise on this week's Larry Grogan "Funky 16 Corners" podcast: Tom Jones covering Spencer Davis' "Keep On Runnin'":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1FSByowDUo

Title: Re: KPOO etc week of 3/12/12
Post by: RGMike on March 15, 2012, 09:03:51 AM

2NG's retro chart today is March 1984, leading off with Tina Turner's lovely, forgotten cover of "Help".

followed by (OMFG!) Soul Sonic Force "Renegades of Funk", Bananarama "Robert DeNiro's Waiting", Sade "Your Love is King" and the Weather Girls "It's Raining Men" -- HAAAAAY!

OMFWTFLOL: the Fraggles with the theme from Fraggle Rock!!

and Tracey Ullman turning Madness' "My Girl's Mad at Me" into "My Guy's etc"

OMGWTFLOL2: Mel Brooks rapping about Hitler. srsly? "heil, heil, ziggity-heil!/ we gonna whip it on da people Teutonic style!"  :o

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
(http://www.fangraphs.com/not/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/hello.jpeg)

Title: Re: KPOO etc week of 3/12/12
Post by: RGMike on March 17, 2012, 11:47:29 PM

JJ is killing me tonite on KPOO. Ralph Carter -- he played little Michael on Good Times -- doing his disco interp of "When You're Young and in Love", circa '75. Amazing.

Title: Re: KPOO etc week of 3/12/12
Post by: RGMike on March 18, 2012, 05:43:24 PM

Listening to Barry Scott's "Lost 45s" for the first time in ages -- the player keeps cuuting off songs in the middle to play extra commercials. CBS/Viacom: you suck.