Professor of Rock

Alanis, Lauryn Hill, Goo Goo Dolls & the Wildest Stories Behind ’90s Rock Anthems


Listen Later

We have another year-end countdown today, and this one is packed with songs that have stood the test of time, including a broke rockstar Johnny Rzenik who had just been screwed over by his label and was coming off a brutal divorce and ready to quit music. But an epiphany while strumming a guitar with many broken strings gave him one of the biggest hits ever, Goo Goo Dolls' Iris. Plus the female powerhouse Alanis Morissette, who sold 33 million copies of her debut, only to lose 30 million of those fans on her follow-up song Thank U, which had a provocative video where she appeared naked & blurred. Plus Lauryn Hill, who said she wasn’t dissing her contemporary in her hit song but ripped her with a one-liner that felt like an uppercut about her booty. Plus the greatest song of the last 30 years, Bittersweet Symphony, that has been one of the most streamed and synced songs ever and the artist behind it made nothing and how a song about getting a BLEEEEP while dancing close became the #1 hit of the year… Let’s do it.


To get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames go to: AuraFrames.com and use promo code ROCK at checkout.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Professor of RockBy Gamut Podcast Network

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

127 ratings


More shows like Professor of Rock

View all
Stuff You Should Know by iHeartPodcasts

Stuff You Should Know

78,443 Listeners

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin by iHeartPodcasts

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

8,100 Listeners

Ongoing History of New Music by Curiouscast

Ongoing History of New Music

568 Listeners

DISGRACELAND by Double Elvis Productions

DISGRACELAND

12,853 Listeners

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia by Slate Podcasts

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

2,069 Listeners

Ridiculous History by iHeartPodcasts

Ridiculous History

4,555 Listeners

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond by Pushkin Industries

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

4,113 Listeners

Rolling Stone All Access by Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone All Access

1,027 Listeners

History of the 90s by Curiouscast

History of the 90s

556 Listeners

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles by Gamut Podcast Network

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

391 Listeners

Everything 80s by Jamie Logie | 1980s Pop Culture & Nostalgia

Everything 80s

356 Listeners

HISTORY This Week by The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

HISTORY This Week

4,176 Listeners

Wong Notes by Premier Guitar

Wong Notes

534 Listeners

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry by Curiouscast

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

94 Listeners