Yo La Tengo on WFMU Friday Night, Taking Your Requests

Yo La Tengo return live to the WFMU Marathon! Fresh from their Australia/New Zealand tour, Ira, James, Georgia and pal Bruce visit the fundraiser once again for your cover song requests! It's simple, tune in and pledge, hosts Pseu Braun and Gaylord Fields throw them your pitch and they'll hit it out of the park. It's your only chance to program YLT's set list, don't miss out (while helping your favorite freeform station operate another year)! It all happens live and loud, Friday night, March 5th, from 8-11PM on WFMU.

Comments

[Nakk]

is there a min pledge that they'll take requests for?

[Brian Turner]

$100 is the level this year for a song, Nakk.

[SS]

Hackensack Rools, Teaneck Drools!

[Listener James from Westwood]

Man, that cartoon oughta be a T-shirt Marathon prize.

—Listener James from Westwood (formerly Hackensack)

[Elliot Harmon]

What was that instrumental they played around 10:00?

[Ken Katkin]

I too was wondering what was that instrumental they played around 10:00 p.m. I tried to keep score at home as best I could, and here is what I came up with:

Bob Seger - Old Time Rock & Roll
Beatles - Rain
Sandy Denny - For Shame of Doing Wrong (I Wish I Was A Fool For You)
Dump - Secret Blood (my request)
Grateful Dead - Ripple

Hotlegs (Godley & Creme) - Neanderthal Man
Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News
Yo La Tengo - Drug Test
Brownsville Station - Smokin' In The Boys Room
Iggy Pop - TV Eye

Violent Femmes - Add It Up
Lulu - To Sir With Love
Big Star - When My Baby's Beside Me
The Embarrassment - Sex Drive
Yo La Tengo - Can't Forget
Ronettes - Be My Baby

(instrumental)
Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away
Television - Marquee Moon
Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Grassroots - Midnight Confessions

Question Mark & the Mysterians - 96 Tears
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
Sam The Sham - Wooly Bully
The Scene Is Now - A Man's Coconut
(don't know) ("your reality" - bop bop bada)

Barbarians - Moulty
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
Chic - Le Freak
Tommy James & the Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now

Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
Flipper - Sex Bomb (medley), including, among other things: The Who - Long Live Rock; Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows; Rodd Keith - How Can A Man Overcome His Heartbroken Pain? (American Song Poem Anthology); Kingsmen - Louie Louie; Leonard Cohen - So Long Marianne; Inflatable Boy Clams - I'm Sorry; Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy; Sesame Street - Rubber Duckie; Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You; Velvet Underground - We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together; George Harrison - All Things Must Pass.

[KM]

is this particular show not getting archived?

[gm]

Apparently, they never archive the Yo La Tengo shows. I asked a few years back.

[KM]

Well, damn. I often rely on the archive for pseu's show since it's on in the middle of the night here in the UK. Was really looking forward to this one too.

[Jeff Greer]

Is there any chance you'll make the show available as a download? Maybe as a premium for contributors?

[Treefon]

The instrumental sounded like a rough cover of "caravan", a Duke Ellington standard

[Ken Katkin]

Yes, Ira Kaplan confirmed that Treefon is correct: the instrumental that kicked off the fourth set was indeed "Caravan." Thanks also to Jeff Tartakov for identifying "Blue Line Swinger" in the fifth set. (I am deeply embarrassed that I failed to identify that Yo La Tengo original myself). Ira K also kindly disclosed that in the second set, "Indian Giver" was performed in medley with "Second Hand News." Finally, Ira also filled me in on some of the references in the closing medley that I didn't catch, although he thinks there were still more that he can't remember. Any help in further perfecting this list would be gratefully accepted.

2010 YLT WFMU Marathon Set List:

Bob Seger - Old Time Rock & Roll
Beatles - Rain
Sandy Denny - For Shame of Doing Wrong (I Wish I Was A Fool For You)
Dump - Secret Blood (my request)
Grateful Dead - Ripple

Hotlegs (Godley & Creme) - Neanderthal Man
Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News / 1910 Fruitgum Company - Indian Giver (medley)
Yo La Tengo - Drug Test
Brownsville Station - Smokin' In The Boys Room
Iggy Pop - TV Eye

Violent Femmes - Add It Up
Lulu - To Sir With Love
Big Star - When My Baby's Beside Me
The Embarrassment - Sex Drive
Yo La Tengo - Can't Forget
Ronettes - Be My Baby

Martin Denny/Duke Ellington/Dave Brubeck/The Ventures - Caravan
Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away
Television - Marquee Moon
Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Grassroots - Midnight Confessions

Question Mark & the Mysterians - 96 Tears
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
Sam The Sham - Wooly Bully
The Scene Is Now - A Man's Coconut
Yo La Tengo - Blue Line Swinger

Barbarians - Moulty
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
Chic - Le Freak
Tommy James & the Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now

Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
Flipper - Sex Bomb (medley), including, among other things: Donny Most - Rock Is Dead; Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows; Rodd Keith - How Can A Man Overcome His Heartbroken Pain? (American Song Poem Anthology); Kingsmen - Louie Louie; Modern Lovers - Astral Plane; dBs- Dynamite; Leonard Cohen - So Long Marianne; Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry; Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy; Sesame Street - Rubber Duckie; Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You; Velvet Underground - We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together; George Harrison - All Things Must Pass.

[Doug Condo]

They don't want it archived. that's part of the deal. Sorry. Sometimesy ou have to live in the moment!

[Steve Gold]

Photos of YLT and hosts just posted on the Jersey City Independent!
http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2010/03/08/photos-yo-la-tengo-takes-your-requests-at-wfmu

[SteveP]

There are other ways to get it though. If you donate you might ask liz or ken. Who knows?