Beck Did It Better

We look at a New York proto-punk legend, Patti Smith, and her combination of music and poetry.  We get to hear Aaron sing a bit on the opening song and we make a rare apology to Aaron. Then Russ apologizes to Rob and eventually, Matt apologizes to us all. 

Rob summarizes the three Alicia Silverstone Aerosmith videos, we talk baseball cards, Aaron doesn't talk about food, and we talk about what stresses us out. 

Then we talk Horses and we break down her influence on modern music and we discuss how to become a poet and we discuss beaches.  Russ takes us for a ride and talks about the greatest Nintendo songs in history. 

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We are 1/4 of our way through 1/5 of the list and we are talking about one of the greatest songwriters of all time with Carole King. We talk ring tones because we are all old as hell and you know we are talking about Crazy Frog.

Then we talk about watching movies together in college and we follow Russ of his Odyssey of mailing some shirts. Then we talk about more baking classes and waterbeds. 

Russ takes us on a journey with famous composer/ arranger David Campbell and the ending will shock you! We talk about Carole King and the covers of her songs by Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack and James Taylor. 

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We listen to the eponymous album by The Velvet Underground and Nico.  We start by talking about Aaron's brand new foot issue after we make fun of him for his food-based Rolling Goen.  Then Aaron keeps it going by talking about how this album caused him to read some of that classic Lou Reed fan fiction and the joys of going hiking. 

We talk relegation and getting dumped because someone listened to episode 0 (don't do this please.) Then we get down business to talk about the greatest glockenspiel song and what exactly a glockenspiel is.  Somehow we bring in Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen and Buddy Holly. 

Then we find out what Matt thinks about the episode and we finally break down ostrich tuning and what we think of Nico's unique voice. 

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We talk about the 90's hit by the Notorious B.I.G. We delve right into the music and our memories but we have to get some stuff out of the way to begin. We get a caller to the BECK LINE who shares her favorite dirty Christmas song and the rest of the episode is a true cakewalk. 

The reviews are in from experts in the art of speech and we talk about the worst conversations you can be in. Then we start out an epic tale of baking cookies and we go on our own flavor story. Speaking of stories, we delve into the master storytelling of Christopher Wallace while we listen to the first gangster rap album on the list. 

Aaron revisits the Kurtis Blow news corner and then talks funk in Ohio (including the Ohio Payers) and of course talks Parliament/ Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns. 

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Hello everyone, get ready to strap your hands across my engines!

This episode is legitimately good! I am just going to start telling people when they are good. We are talking THE BOSS and his 1975 hit album BORN TO RUN! We start with a super special voicemail and then we use parts of that voicemail to make intense jokes about one of us! Standard stuff! 

Then we MAKE FUN OF AARON for making assumptions about the size of our basements and then talks about the passing of MF DOOM.  Then we talk about watching movies for science and we talk about New Year's resolutions and how sweatshirts can be like an umbilical cord! 

We explore the world of mixed drinks and albums and the dangers of online dating and old pictures. We talk New Year's Eve and the performances of Machine Gun Kelly, En Vogue, and the troubling Cyndi Lauper. 

Then we go through the album of the man called the "Next Bob Dylan" and we get into your weekly glockenspiel news. We talk Max Weinberg, Clarence Clemons, and how this album was Bruce's last big chance! 

Then we go into the best Saxophone solos on "real songs" and we delve into the most popular jukebox songs of all time ( and the answer is depressing!)

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We take big step into a different type of album. Where lyrics and melody don't matter! None of us are Radiohead fans but will this album win us over? Is it a Rolling Groan? Listen and find out! We get angry letter from Houston and find out who is God's gift to men!

Matt talks parenting and that naturally leads to a conversation about Jackass. Russ talks airports and he and Matt try to decide who hates hanging by the pool more. 

Rob makes a large miscalculation by talking VR and we finally get into the album about 50 minutes in and then we mostly talk Moog rings and ring modulators! We talk angst and writers block and judge Kid A! 

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We talk about the sensational 2015 album and how it is both stressful to listen to and modern poetry.

We talk about watching your children play sports, favorite holiday gifts and there is an apology of the week involving Mariah Carey and a red snowmobile suit. 

We talk about how this album is a history lesson in music from funk to bebop  (with Thundercat and George Clinton) and how Busta Rhymes led to one of us crowd surfing. 

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Hey Y'all, 

In this episode, we talk about Kanye's post Taylor Swift interruption opus, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. We talk about the album, what led to him making it and why it is both funny and powerful. 

We listen to a song about Russ selling knives, we take a nice voicemail from the BECK LINE (802 277 BECK.)  We give some creative criticism of our first apple podcast review/ fan we don't know and then we talk about our favorite holiday family traditions. For Matt, it is filling his yard with two dozen tasteful blow-ups (poop emoji.) 

Russ gives us an unexpected list and we try to talk about all the collaborators on this album including Rick Ross, Elton John, Rihanna and Fergie.

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In this episode we talk about the Rolling Stone list of "The Greatest Rock & Roll Christmas Songs, Holiday Songs." That title is not great but this episode sure is! 

If you want to listen along, here is a link to the playlist. 

We start with the 12 days of This Funny Podcast Feed and then talk about the sobriety of the various hosts. Then we meet the hit new character "Big Bopper Claus" and his views on Chuck Berry are not at all surprising. 

We talk about our own holiday traditions and then Matt gifts us some usernames for our Pelotons. Then we find out about Aaron's new not so weird foot fetish and the problems with white elephant gift parties. Then we talk about our favorite Holiday treats and Aaron's answer is a wild one. 

We talk about how Christmas albums are the ultimate sellout and sometimes the best work from an artist. We hit all the artists you would expect and have almost no opinions about any of them. 

We cover songs by Band Aid, Paul MacCartney, The Beach Boys, Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, Darlene Love and Bruce Springsteen!  We even hit our first Weird Al and Adam Sandler sighting on this list! 

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We are talking about the first true rap album on the top 500. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy. We talk about the incredible sound on the album, Chuck D and his awesome presence and what do we make of Flavor Flav any way? 

Before we get into the album, we have a couple of special guests to talk about Minnesota United soccer and we once again debate how good is Wonderwall by Oasis as a stadium song. 

We talk about WHY Aarons was sleeping in a tent and how to buy albums if you aren't just looking for some Pearl Jam at PearlJam.com. We also talk about the Grammys and how the Weeknd got screwed and we meet Dirty Granny, a new predictable character. 

Then we talk about the history of Public Enemy. How did Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Grif, Terminator X and the Bomb Squad all come together to make the rap album that inspired the rest. We talk samples, rapping about not doing drugs and Aaron going to an exotic animal show. Then we talk about one of the greatest samples in R and B history, "Darkest Light" by The Lafayette Afro Rock Band. It has been used by Jay Z, Heavy D and of course, Wreckx-n-Effect. 

Then Russ drops a bomb on us and leaves us wanting more and Matt shows off his great Marv Albert impression. 

NEXT WEEK. WE ARE CHANGING IT UP AND LISTENING TO THE ROLLING STONE GREATEST ROCK CHRISTMAS SONGS. HERE IS A LINK. 

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