Sunday, January 23, 2011

Reach Out and Touch Someone



The Phone Call - Kraftwerk
Electric Cafe, 1986
Like being trapped inside a phone.

Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie
Parallel lines, 1978
Awesome New Wave.

Call Me - Skyy
Skyy Line, 1982
Great minimalist funk beat.

Telephone Line - ELO
A New World Record, 1982
Lushly produced, as you would expect.

Ring, Telephone, Ring - The Inkspots
Recorded 1940
The first booty call?

Beachwood 4-5789 - The Marvelettes
Playboy, 1962
Those old phone numbers were so cool!

Telephone Man - Meri Wilson
Single, 1977
I wish I could forget this song.

Get Off the Phone - Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
L.A.M.F., 1977
Basic punk.

Pensylvania 6-5000 - Glen Miller
Released, 1940
The world's longest continually used phone number in N.Y.C.

Cellphone - All Girl Summer Fun Band
All Girl Summer Fun Band, 2002
Short and peppy.

Echo Valley 26809 - The Partridge Family
Sound Magazine, 1971
Heartbreaking.

Mr. Telephone Man - New Edition
New Edition, 1984
Sounds a lot like Raydio to me.

777-9311 - The Time
What Time Is It?, 1982
Super funky.

Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce
You Don't Mess Around with Jim, 1972
Depressing but catchy.

The Telephone Song - Stan Getz featuring Astrud Gilberto
Stan Getz Meets João & Astrud Gilberto, 1964
Bossa Nova!

The Phone Call - The Pretenders
Pretenders, 1980
Can't understand any of the lyrics.

Vibrate - Rufus Wainwright
Want One 2003
Who would give Rufus the cold shoulder?

867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
Tommy Tutone 2, 1982
Overplayed. Should have cut it.

Ring Ring - Abba
Single, 1973
One of their first hits.

Telephone - Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce
The Fame Monster, 2009
Overplayed. Should have cut it.

Newish Music Hour
The Only One - The Black Keys
The Thoughts That Give Me the Creeps - Hellogoodbye
You Are Not Alone - Mavis Staples
Ósonlagið - Pascal Pinon
When You Wake Up Feeling Bad - Allison Moorer
(Walking Through the Sleepy City) - The Parting Gifts
Right Before My Eyes - Cage the Elephant
Now We're Gone - King's Go Forth
Weekend - Smith Westerns
Stay With Me Jesus - Guster
Time Machine - Robyn

Scott Walker Song of the Week
The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime)

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