Earbuds And Earworms

While this is the second time we have covered sad songs, this episode really gets downright emotional. Mitchell breaks in with absolute heartbreak and it is layers upon layers of how to construct a proper sad song from there.  Also, Amy audibly unravels, which is a kind of ridiculous weird thing to do.

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Music:

Bright Eyes - Messenger Bird’s Song

Graham Parker - You Can’t Be Too Strong

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven

Vince Gill - When I Call Your Name

Amanda Palmer - Judy Blume

Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comley

S. Carey - Brassy Sun

Modest Mouse - Edit the Sad Parts

Lucy Dacus - Night Shift

Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun

The 6ths and Sally Timms - Give Me Back My Dreams

Magnetic Fields - I Don’t Believe in the Sun

This week is all about that moody kid we all were in high school. You can’t tell us what to do! Gah, MOM! Stay out of my room! We also got some pretty sweet feedback.

Most important book about emo that Amy read in High School to have emo credentialing.

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Music:

Thursday - Understanding in a Car Crash

Cursive - The Casualty

Green Day - Burnout

Apex Theory - Shhh

Further Seems Forever - The Moon is Down

Agnostic Front - Power

The Smiths - How Soon is Now

Penfold - I’ll Take You Everywhere

Secret and Whisper - XOXOXO

Deftones - My Own Summer

Blood for Blood - Wasted Youth Crew

Deadsy - The Key to Gramercy Park

Songs shape us while we are sitting in the presence of our parents and their radio. This week is all about those early music memories that were influenced by the stations our guardians listened to and the preschool pick-up car line.

Music:

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Charles Durning - The Sidestep

Styx - Mr. Roboto

The Monotones - Book of Love

Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525

Starship - Sara

Martika - Martika’s Kitchen

Gerry Rafferty - Baker’s Street

Kenny Loggins - Footloose

Weird Al Yankovic - Happy Birthday

B. W. Stevenson - My Maria

Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby

On this runaway bassline hit parade, there is massive exploration of all the groovy lower end rhythms that carry songs. Seeing as Mitchell and Amy first met because of bass, there is some nostalgia before Amy declares that all bassists have the family name of Butler. This is pretty much a funky wild ride with the slightest amount of music theory.

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Music:

Postmodern Jukebox - All About That Bass

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Pink Floyd - Money

Marvin Gaye - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Jaco Pastorius - Portrait of Tracy

Big Country - Where the Rose is Sown

Sleep - Dragonaut

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

Suicidal Tendencies - Which Way to Free

Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

Duran Duran - Rio

Cartoon music is some of the first music most of us are exposed to and this show is all about cartoon and cartoon adjacent music. It spans many genres but also moods. There is plenty of excitement from Amy and Mitchell which can rival any glee that Pinkie Pie could exhibit.

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Music:

The Ramones - Happy Birthday, Mr. Burns

SpongeBob SquarePants - The Best Day Ever

Pinkie Pie - The Smile Song

Lizzie and The Melvins - Choco Plumbing

Gargoyles Theme

Eels - My Beloved Monster

Ren and Stimpy - Climb Inside My World

Shonen Knife - Buttercup (I’m a Super Girl)

DVDA - What Would Brian Boitano Do?

Animaniacs - Yakko’s World

Powerglove - X-Men

The Beets - Shout Your Lungs Out

Songs makes us want to dance on the regular and while we all have our different genres, the beats will always get us off our butts and to the dance floor. This week is a collection of songs that will get your groove going.

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Music:

Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance

509 SeaBreeze - Kitty

The Romantics - What I Like About You

Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like It Should

Big Wild feat. Rationale - 6s to 9s

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - 1, 2, 3

T-Pain - Apple Bottom Jeans (Low)

Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It

The Lawrence Welk Show - Chicken Dance

C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

Gnarls Barkley - Run

In this eleven squared edition, they get super nerdy and talk about literary songs and what makes them. Amy put in some work and actually read about the songs and Mitchell knows all about the Camus. It truly is a Shawshank Redemption.

Cemetry Gates Annotated

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Music:

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

The Go-Betweens - Karen

U2 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet

The Cure - Killing an Arab

Allen Ginsberg - Nurse’s Song (Songs of Innocence)

Ramones - Pet Sematary

Husker Du - Books about UFOs

The Normal - Warm Leatherette

Nataly Dawn - Book of Love

The Smiths - Cemetry Gates

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful World

Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress

This week is all about the rhythmic non-words that add to songs’ emotion, ambiance, and generally awesomeness. There are some Whooooaaaas, some Da-Da-Da’s, some Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and some Byayayayayas, plus many more. Surprising to only Amy, it is not just pop music!

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Music:

Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

Nerf Herder - We Opened for Weezer

NOFX - Whoa on the Whoa’s

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

The Pezheads - Row Your Boat

The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

Faith No More - Blood

Cannibal and the Headhunters - Land of 1000 Dances

Seal - Kiss From a Rose

Peggie Sue - (Come Back Around)

Persona 5 - Tokyo Daylight

Animal Collective - Winter Wonderland

This week is all about the songs that are not in English! I mean, we still do the podcast in English but the songs are most definitely not. This is an experiment in understanding the mood of a song from just the tone and music. It is a truly delightful collection

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Music:

The Beatles - Komm gibt mir deine Hand

Os Mutantes - Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour

Nena - 99 Luftballons

Ásgeir - Dýrð í dauðaþögn

Falco - Wiener Blut

Not From There - No Answers

Team Genius - Ça plane pour moi

Sigur Rós - Untitled 1

A. R. Rahman - Jai Ho

Bill Bailey - Cars

Einstürzende Neubauten - Stella Maris

Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol

January 1st has rolled around again and the duo are punchy with new definitions and “goals” to be slightly better than last year. Get ready to pump your fists, walk around the block, and eat one less cheesy poof before leveling up your WoW character. Show picture this week provided by Craig

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Music:

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Santigold - Can’t Get Enough of Myself

Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band - Big Time Operator

Paul Stanley - Live to Win

Run Lola Run - Believe

Iron Butterfly - New Day

The Megas - History Repeating Pt. 2 (One Last Time)

Sparks - Falling in Love With Myself Again

Lou Reed - Perfect Day

The Breeders - New Year

The Remains - Don’t Look Back

John Grant - GMF