Earbuds And Earworms

It is the end of the year and since not all songs can go into a theme, this is a random selection of songs on our minds. In recent tradition, Amy remembers some vague music thing and Mitchell, without exasperation, finally clears up scales, circle of fifths, what is an 808, and the natural seventh. Enjoy this winding journey to finish out 2018.

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Translated Lyrics

Music:

Night Verses - Copper Wasp

Metal Church - Damned If You Do

Tessa Violet - Bad Ideas

Male Gaze - The Shining Path

Von Wegen Lisbeth - Wenn Du Tanzt

Terminus - Down to the Wire (Fortune Looming)

Arriane - Komm, Sűsser Tod

Joywave - Anemone

Animal Bag - Everybody

Phosphorescent - C’est La Vie No. 2

Negative Gemini - You Weren’t There Anymore

Alyssa Moore - In the Pool

This year, well, it had new music. Artists tend to just keep making the stuff and heck, we are going to listen. Mitchell and Amy bring their favorite songs of the year and so do the Earbuddies. Amy accidentally read some YouTube comments and Mitchell declares it research (she has set the bar pretty low). Also, snare drums!

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Music:

Childish Gambino - This is America

Ariana Grande - Sweetener

Street Sects - The Drifter

F*cked Up - The One I Want Will Come for Me

LSD - Thuderclouds

Cody Rogers - Good friday

Shame - Dust on Trial

Hot Mulligan - How Do You Know It’s Not Armadillo Shells?

Hopesfall - Indignation and the Rise of the Arbiter

Mindforce - Excalibur

Haley Heynderickx - Oom Sha La La

It is a celebratory episode this week with the help of the Earbuddies. Amy tries to understand philosophy at the top of the show and Mitchell reorients her to which side of the cave which has her focus.  They get down to the point and it gets celebratory, triumphant, and downright uplifting.

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Music:

Das Racist - Celebration

The Script ft. will.i.am - Hall of Fame

Smash Mouth - All Star

Torche - Kicking

Post Malone ft. Quavo - Congratulations

The Mountain Goats - This Year

KISS - Shout It Out Loud

The Dells - Wear It On Our Face

So-Called - Work With What You Got

HammerHead - Evrybody Gets Laid Tonight

Bolt Thrower - War

Graham Central Station - Pow!

This week, realizing that everyone is honing in their winter holiday playlists already, Mitchell and Amy examine songs that are not the most traditional of holiday songs. Let’s call them “nontraditional.” Parodies, earnest songs, old Ford commercials, soul classics, and emo all come up. Don’t stop revising your playlist until you have added all of these.

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Music:

Merry Christmas - The Flying Trombone Sisters

Alan Mann Band - Christmas on the Block

Jason Lancaster - All I Can Give (Punk Goes Christmas)

The Soul Saints Orchestra - Santa’s Got a Bag of Soul

Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello

The Raveonettes - Christmas Song (Alternative version)

The Frights - Christmas Everyday

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 8 Days of (Hannukah)

Da Yoopers - Rusty Chevrolet

Merry Christmas, Baby - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

The Used - Alone this Holiday

Low - Just Like Christmas

This week is a celebration of a particular BBC radio DJ who endeavored to keep new music in the ears of listeners. Over three decades of acts from a diverse range of genres to explore and just a few are sampled here.

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Music:

The Wedding Present - Something and Nothing

Codeine - Median

cLOUDDEAD - JimmyBreeze (2)

Moe Tucker - Too Shy

Billy Bragg - New England

Napalm Death

The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?

The Comsat Angels - Home is the Range

Aphex Twin - Untitled 1

New Order - Truth

Low - Fearless

Billy Bragg Interview

Peel Sessions List

This week is highlighting the somewhat dumb and ridiculous songs that may be needed after the beginning of Family Holiday Season. Either we are singing these with family, or hiding in our cars playing them while avoiding conversation that can be awkward. Amy gets awkwardly square and Mitchell explains the beauty of one specific over the top pendant.

Music:

Tiesto & Dzeko ft. Preme and Post Malone - Jackie Chan

Fugs - Boobs A Lot

Robert Earl Keen - Christmas From the Family

Dream Evil - The Book of Heavy Metal

DJ Snake and Lil John - Turn Down for What

A Halo Called Fred - Aliens

King Missile - It’s Saturday

Alice Cooper and Patty Donahue - I’m Alive (That Was The Day My Dead Pet Returned to Save My Life)

Frank Zappa - Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow

Riff Raff - Versace Python

Gayla Peevey - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Devo - Puppet Boy

Earbuddy David suggested doing introductions to Punk, so Mitchell and Amy tackle this diverse genre. What is punk? What is the most punk thing you can do? How adorable are pagan babies? Welp, one must listen to find out.

Music:

Rancid - Ruby Soho

Avril Lavigne - Sk8ter Boi

Wire - The 15th

Sum 41 - Over My Head

Xiu Xiu - Homonculus

Dead Kennedys - Police Truck

Operation Ivy - Smiling

Green Day - Longview

D.R.I. - Five Year Plan

Pagan Babies - Dirty Knees

Nirvana - Turnaround

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

Amy’s mind is blown by all the supergroups that exist and finally has a definition of what a supergroup is. Mitchell brings all the info on who is comprising each supergroup and yes, a supergroup can have only two members. The Earbuddies bring a diverse collection of songs and Amy finally listens to a Lemmy song.

Music:

The Traveling Wilburys - End of the Line

Major Organ and the Adding Machine - Madam Truffle

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

Twilight - 8,000 Years

Run The Jewels - Legend Has It

Angels and Airwaves - The Wolfpack

Probot - Shake Your Blood

Tomahawk - God Hates A Coward

Middle Brother - Daydreaming

Electronic - Getting Away With It

Pigface - Chickasaw

Mutoid Man - Gnarcissist

The show is dense this week but with all the good stuff of live recordings! Mitchell explains dit-tits and Amy learns that her bias against live recordings was unfounded. There is an Earbuddy email, plenty of contemplation, and respect of respectful audiences.

Music:

Focus - Hocus Pocus

Modest Mouse - Interstate 8

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World

Devin Townsend Project - Deadhead

Tom Waits - Eggs and Sausage

Portishead - Mysterons

Alanis Morissette - You Learn

Magnolia Electric Company - Almost Was Good Enough

Earth Wind & Fire - Devotion

Final Fantasy - Fantasy

The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Norah Jones - Bessie Smith

This week, at the request of Earbuddy Justin W., the show is all about the handclaps (bootstomps not included.) Beware of the upbeat hoorah but mostly because it will make ya smile! Amy realizes, yet again, that Hall & Oates are not a country band and Mitchell decides that at least one song can tell him what to do. Mitchell also teaches Amy how not to use “stinky” as a musical descriptor.

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Music:

Shakey Graves - Dearly Departed

Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClaps

Lady Gaga - Applause

Anathello - Song for Christine

Anna Kendrick - Get Back Up Again

Ash - Kung Fu

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes

The Meters - Hand Clapping Song

The Aislers Set - Hit the Snow

The Stooges - Shake Appeal

OutKast - Hey Ya!

Lecherous Gaze - Phaze