CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 11/9/09

[RGMike]

helluva double-play on Offshore Radio: Poco's "Rose of Cimarron" followed by Kenny Rogers "Ruby (Don't Take your Love To Town)" -- the latter is easily one of the darkest lyrics ever to make the Top Ten.

[RGMike]

KPOO's stream is down -- if it's not back by noon for Judge's 1973 extravaganza I will be MAJORLY PISSED!

[RGMike]

KPOO's stream is down -- if it's not back by noon for Judge's 1973 extravaganza I will be MAJORLY PISSED!

Praise da LAWD! the stream is back just in the nick o' time. And Judge leads off his 1973 salute with a NTM obscurity from Archie Bell: "Dancin' to your Music", followed by equally obscure Wilson Pickett, "Mr Magic Man".

[RGMike]

First Choice, "Smarty Pants", lookin' for romantce.

[RGMike]

Ha! A commercial for Shaft in Africa calls it "the biggest Shaft of all!"  Are you man enuf, indeed.

[RGMike]

Holy crap! I haven't heard "The Message" by Cymande since '73.

And here's Gladys, first of several appearances today, I'll wager. Her mammaries get in her way. Biggest pips in showbiz!

ETA: Judge says "Neither One of Us" was #1 R&B,  keeping Ms Flack's "Killing Me Softly" out of that spot -- on the pop chart things were reversed.  And now they're both followed by the One-Eyed Gott!

[RGMike]

"he's the funkiest worm in da WORLD! Like nine cans o' shavin' powdah!"

[RGMike]

Highlight so far: Lyn Collins, the female JB, "Mama Feelgood"

[RGMike]

I knew NYC's "I'm Doin' Fine" would show up today. Always a joy.

and now JB's havin' a funky good time.

[RGMike]

I knew NYC's "I'm Doin' Fine" would show up today.

ditto "Soul Makossa"! sounds like the loooooooooooong version!

[RGMike]

I knew NYC's "I'm Doin' Fine" would show up today.

ditto "Soul Makossa"! sounds like the loooooooooooong version!

and now we get an even looooooooooooooonger version of "Keep on Truckin'". Positively endless.

ah, but Miss Millie Jackson makes it all better with "Hurt So Good".  Sublime.

[RGMike]

The Tempts' forgotten "Hey Girl I Like Your Style" -- a straight-up "Just My Imagination" rip-off that was a huge R&B hit but barely did anything pop.

[RGMike]

Find of the Day: an obscure (only got to #98 R#B, sez Judge) El Chicano track called "Tell Her She's Lovely".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H74UVW9-m-o

[Gazoo]

Holy crap! I haven't heard "The Message" by Cymande since '73.

I'd never heard of this until your post.  Just checked it out on YouTube: wow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz3Ds0JABsM

This year I've been introduced to a lot of this sort of Afro-jazz-funk rock.  Love it!  This one reminded me of the Sesame Street pinball game music.

[RGMike]

Holy crap! I haven't heard "The Message" by Cymande since '73.

I'd never heard of this until your post.  Just checked it out on YouTube: wow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz3Ds0JABsM

This year I've been introduced to a lot of this sort of Afro-jazz-funk rock.  Love it!  This one reminded me of the Sesame Street pinball game music.

One of the hipper Top 40 stations in NYC played it at the time; I kept waiting for it to hit Casey's Countdown but it never did. (I think it peaked in the 40s somehwere.)