Yo La Tengo and the WFMU All-Request Marathon 2015

March 14, 2015 12:16 PM

The classics are still kicking, but Yo La Tengo promises to murderize them yet again. For the next not quite 3 hours, Yo La Tengo will be playing their annual marathon / pledgeathon for freefrom station WFMU. Listen! Previously. PLAYING RIGHT NOW: LOVE TRAIN.
posted by maudlin (26 comments total)

OK, that finished. Up now: Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
posted by maudlin at 12:17 PM on March 14, 2015

(Previously, damn it!)
posted by maudlin at 12:19 PM on March 14, 2015

Well you just saved me from making this post! I was creating this post while refreshing the front page in another tab so we didn't have to worry about doubles. I wonder where trashflow is this year?
posted by wheelieman at 12:22 PM on March 14, 2015

She tole me to come, but I was already there!
posted by Fuzzypumper at 12:23 PM on March 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

Oh they're destroying End of the World. Love it.
posted by octothorpe at 12:37 PM on March 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

whoever requested "it's the end of the world as we know it" understands this thing perfectly.
posted by multics at 12:38 PM on March 14, 2015 [4 favorites]

This is excellent. I'll be right back, I just need to find my autumn sweater.
posted by Fizz at 12:43 PM on March 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

Damn, work calls and I have to bail. I have a partial playlist so far, but hopefully someone else can keep track.

set 1:

love train (o'jays)
crazy little thing called love (queen)
lay lady lay (dylan)
it's all too much (beatles)

set 2 (I might have missed a song or two -- had to run halfway through rem)

30 seconds over tokyo (pere ubu)
sunday girl (blondie)
end of the world as we know it (rem)
posted by maudlin at 12:44 PM on March 14, 2015

"Jimmy Carter Says Yes"... good lord
posted by naju at 12:52 PM on March 14, 2015 [2 favorites]

ESG You're No Good
posted by borges at 12:56 PM on March 14, 2015

'The Air that I Breathe (The Hollies) was before 'Jimmy Carter Says Yes,' and this is Buck Owens' 'Act Naturally.'
posted by box at 12:57 PM on March 14, 2015

Set #1
Love Train
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Lay Lady Lay
It's All Too Much

Set #2
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Sunday Girl
It's The End of the World and We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
[??}

Set #3
The Air That I Breathe
Jimmy Carter Says Yes
You're No Good
Act Naturally
Southern Girls
posted by wheelieman at 1:09 PM on March 14, 2015

Set #4
Jumpin' Jack Flash- Rolling Stones
Psycho- The Sonics
You Don't Come Close-The Ramones
Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill- Hüsker Dü
Squat with Me Baby- featuring Gaylord Fields!
posted by wheelieman at 1:41 PM on March 14, 2015

Set #5
Apeman, The Kinks
Sedan Delivery, Neil Young
Scissors, Barbara Manning
Everyday, Buddy Holly
American Girl, Tom Petty
She's Got Everything, The Kinks
posted by geneablogy at 1:55 PM on March 14, 2015

Heh. I was wondering how long the falsetto in "Staying Alive" could possibly last.
posted by EvaDestruction at 2:21 PM on March 14, 2015

Set 6
Hot Skillet Mama, Sun Ra
Citadel, Rolling Stones
Wondering, Neil Young
Stayin' Alive, Bee Gees
Summer Babe, Pavement
I Just Called To Say I Love You, Stevie Wonder
posted by geneablogy at 2:27 PM on March 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

I had no idea how much I wanted Yo La Tengo to cover "Apeman" before now.
posted by chimpsonfilm at 2:36 PM on March 14, 2015 [2 favorites]

DO YOU THINK ANY OTHER STATION IN THE WHOLE DAMN COUNTRY WOULD ALLOW ME TO BE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW?!
posted by nebulawindphone at 2:49 PM on March 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

Sadly had to miss most of the show this year. Vs nalbar unf n erpbeqvat naq jbhyq or jvyyvat gb funer vg, send me a memail.
posted by roll truck roll at 2:55 PM on March 14, 2015

Oh, damn, so many songs in the medley this year that I would've loved to hear the full version of. "Dry the Rain" would've been perfect for today.
posted by EvaDestruction at 3:02 PM on March 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

For the first time ever, our request got into the show twice: in the second set, they played "Sunday Girl" as a substitute for our request "Hanging on the Telephone", then "Hanging on the Telephone" made it into the medley at the end. Unreal. We've had songs played for the past 8 years, but I don't think we ever got our request played twice.
posted by geneablogy at 3:08 PM on March 14, 2015 [4 favorites]

If anyone has a copy of this memail me too
posted by wheelieman at 8:03 PM on March 14, 2015

Me too. Had to work.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 2:37 AM on March 15, 2015

There's got to be an archived mp3 of this. Somehow, somewhere.
posted by alex_skazat at 11:05 AM on March 15, 2015

There's got to be an archived mp3 of this. Somehow, somewhere.

I doubt they have permission to record and publish all the copyrighted stuff (although someone privately might have it).

Anyway, if this is a favorite radio station thread, I nominate KRCW in Los Angeles, out of Santa Monica College. They have three streams going, one for NPR news, one for guest DJ's and syndicated shows, and a constant music stream.
posted by Brian B. at 8:22 PM on March 15, 2015

KCRW, that is.
posted by Brian B. at 8:33 PM on March 15, 2015