In Episode 323 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin rants about "the outside songwriter’s worst sin"—pop vocal melodies—spotlighting how they derailed bands like Aerosmith, Heart, and Ozzy Osbourne by forcing generic, label-driven hooks that undermined each artist’s authentic voice.
<ol>
 <li>Aerosmith – “Magic Touch”</li>
 <li>Heart – “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You"</li>
 <li>Alice Cooper – “Bed of Nails”</li>
 <li>Ozzy Osbourne – “Patient Number 9”</li>
 <li>Rolling Stones – “Whole Wide World"</li>
</ol>
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In Episode 323 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin rants about "the outside songwriter’s worst sin"—pop vocal melodies—spotlighting how they derailed bands like Aerosmith, Heart, and Ozzy Osbourne by forcing generic, label-driven hooks that undermined each artist’s authentic voice. Aerosmith – “Magic Touch” Heart – “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" Alice Cooper – “Bed of Nails” Ozzy Osbourne – “Patient Number 9” Rolling Stones – “Whole Wide World" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 323 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin rants about "the outside songwriter’s worst sin"—pop vocal melodies—spotlighting how they derailed bands like Aerosmith, Heart, and Ozzy Osbourne by forcing generic, label-driven hooks that undermined each artist’s authentic voice.
<ol>
 <li>Aerosmith – “Magic Touch”</li>
 <li>Heart – “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You"</li>
 <li>Alice Cooper – “Bed of Nails”</li>
 <li>Ozzy Osbourne – “Patient Number 9”</li>
 <li>Rolling Stones – “Whole Wide World"</li>
</ol>
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

History in Five Songs Episode 323: The Outside Songwriter’s Worst Sin

History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff is the show that aims to make grand and often oddball hard rock and heavy metal points through a narrative built upon the tiny idea of a quintet of songs. Buttressed with illustrative clips, Martin argues quickly and succinctly why these songs - and the specific sections of these tracks - support his mad professor premise, from the wobbly invention of an “American” heavy metal, to the influence of Led Zeppelin in hair metal or to more succinct topics like tapping and twin leads. The songs serve as bricks, but Martin slathers plenty of mortar. At the end, hopefully he has a sturdy house in which this week’s theory can reside unbothered by the elements. At approximately 7000, Martin has had published in books more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned approximately 85 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock and record collecting. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.

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