Dan didn't do a soundcheck because he's dumb, so his mic sounds like it's episode 1!

Dan & Manny welcome back longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast all-star Steve Herrera to put the 1994 Pure Moods CD to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

“This music is at a very unsuccessful orgy.”

Oh. My. God! If anyone can describe the mood of this episode, please email [email protected], because wow. There’s really not a language to understand how Pure Moods from 1994 even begins to make sense as music, as an album, and how it went basically triple platinum. Maybe it’s the aura of Kenny G, or the mysteriousness of Enya that creates the “pure” in Pure Moods. It could be the intimate energy of “Lily Was Here” which is on the Saxuality album that creates the mood that Pure Moods was trying to infuse in our 1994 existences. Who really knows, and Dan, Manny, & Steve actually never get to the bottom of this 90s existential portal, and would it even matter it they did?

One thing for sure is this album wormed its way into our brains when we fell asleep on the couch and woke up at three o’clock in the morning wondering why the hell Tubular Bells was playing and why were we scared out of our minds. Maybe Steve is right that this album was being played on a loop at some random orgy in the middle of Sedona. Or Manny is right and this is the soundtrack to our mom’s housecleaning and is the album for crazy Aunts with crystals. There’s a chance Dan’s right and this is the suburban psychedelic CD that adults played when they had too many Zimas and Bacardi Breezers, and that one leftover hippie neighbor pulls a crumpled-up joint they confiscated from their kid the other day so they can all relive their naked-Woodstock-summer-of-love glory days before waking up the next day to sell insurance.

Either way, Pure Moods from 1994 is a nostalgic phenomenon that baffles our hosts and their longtime friend.

So, fire up some incense, stare into the middle distance contemplating the 5th dimension, and light a movie’s love scene worth of candles because you’re about to get into the mood, Pure Moods with The Nostalgia Test Podcast.

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Approximate Rundown

00:00 Pure Moods Setup

00:37 Infomercial Vibes

01:23 Movie Soundtrack Talk

02:24 Album Origins Explained

02:56 Who Bought This

04:03 Sales Numbers Shock

04:56 Saxuality Discovery

06:24 Yoga or Orgies

07:32 Return to Innocence Credits

10:14 Moms and Crystal Aunts

11:36 The Infomercial Copy

13:16 Pure Moods Festival Idea

14:16 Kenny G and Pure Moods

14:35 Serial Killer Soundtrack Jokes

15:23 Billys Podcast Sacrifice

16:51 Robert Palmer Dare

18:15 Blink Album Comparison

19:21 Wheel of Bad Movies

20:01 Does It Pass Nostalgia

21:01 Best Tracks Debate

22:14 Three AM Infomercial Vibes

24:10 Wrap Up and Plugs

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The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic.

The Lithology Brewing ad music ("Red, White, Black, & Blue") is by PEG and the Rejected