Terry makes a simple request to bring song lyrics to the show prepared to discuss and hand out some superlatives and Russ’s effort gets a solid “sounds like you mailed this one in” from Terry.

1m 52s Russ’s approach is to work from memory.

4m 9s Terry’s approach is to bring a couple of winners, then throw darts at the Top 40, which actually ends up working pretty well…

5m 0s …except for Doja Cat whose lyrics are not permissible on a family podcast.

6m 6s “Puttin’ On the Ritz” by Taco, 1982. Originally an Irving Berlin song in a 1930 film of the same name.

9m 13s “Making Love Out of Nothing At All” by Air Supply, 1983.

14m 50s “There Should Be Unicorns” by The Flaming Lips, 2017.

15m 0s Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips, 2002.

19m 38s “Do You Realize??” by The Flaming Lips, 2002.

22m 46s “Hot Blooded” by Foreigner, 1978.

24m 25s “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins, 1981. Just to clarify, this song is not about Phil Collins literally watching someone drown…it’s an allegory. More on Snopes.com if  you want to dig deeper.

34m 7s A feud quietly erupts as to whether there are any modern protest songs, which devolves quickly into specifying the terms of a non-bet. Honestly, should have stuck to Air Supply.

41m 32s “Black Messiah” by D’Angelo and the Vangaurd, 2014. This one hits hard if you like music, and harder if you are into production and music gets made. It was recorded entirely with a live band on analog gear, mostly vintage. Whether you like the genre, the style, or the songs, this album sounds unique in its time.

43m 28s “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” by Bob Dylan, 1965.

48m 56s “Sloop John B.” by The Beach Boys, 1968.

52m 55s “Rocky Raccoon” by The Beatles, 1968.

54m 10s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot, 1976.

56m 51s “Thunderstorms and Neon Signs” by Wayne Hancock, 1995. Terry’s hands down best country music album of all time. Don’t get it twisted with the (very faithful) 1999 version by Hank Williams III on his debut studio album.