Jon's WTF Music Moments

In 2014, U2 and Apple pulled off one of the most audacious—and bizarre—music marketing stunts in history: putting U2's first new album in five years, Songs of Innocence, into the iTunes accounts of more than 500 million users. The backlash was swift, Apple had to create a removal tool, and Bono had to eventually apologize.

But was the album really that bad, or did the band's iTunes invasion overshadow the music? Jon investigates the gift nobody asked for.

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They gave us Bye Bye Love, All I Have to Do Is Dream, and Wake Up Little Susie - but apparently they couldn’t figure out how to not want to kill each other. In 1973, after years of simmering tension, Don and Phil Everly brought their legendary sibling rivalry to the stage in spectacular fashion, ending one of rock & roll’s greatest partnerships with an onstage meltdown that was every bit as uncomfortable as it was unforgettable.

But what the hell happened between two brothers who had spent nearly two decades harmonizing their way to the top? In this episode, Jon digs into the Everlys’ complicated relationship and the infamous onstage moment that led to their breakup.

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Back in 2013, Robin Thicke and his single Blurred Lines where anywhere and everywhere. 
Thicke seemed to have it all: the hit song, the fame, the money, and a seemingly picture-perfect marriage to actress Paula Patton.

But then, just a year later, the wheels came off. And rather than deal with his marital problems quietly, Robin Thicke did what any rational person would do: he made an entire album about trying to win his wife back - and named it Paula.

For Jon's latest WTF music moment, he takes a look back at the disastrous 2014 attempt by Robin Thicke to win his wife back that ultimately helped derail his music career.

What happens when you put Harry Nilsson and John Lennon is a recording studio together in 1974 with lots of booze? You get Pussycats- one of the strangest and messiest souvenirs of Lennon's infamous 'Lost Weekend.' From late drunken nights and damaged vocal chords to an all-star line-up of studio musicans, the making of Pussycats is every bit as entertaining as the record itself. 

On this episode of Jon's WTF Music Moments, Jon digs into the chaotic story behind an album that somehow miracously survived its own recording sessions. 

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In 2005, Patrick McDermott- a cameraman who also happened to be the boyfriend of Olivia Newtown-John- went on a fishing trip off of the coast of California and never returned. Investigators concluded he fell overboard and drowned, but his body was never located. And over the years, McDermott was reportedly spotted throughout Mexico and Central America. 

In this episode of Jon's WTF Music Moments, Jon takes a look at the suspicious circumstances surrounding McDermott's disappearance, the various search efforts, and numerous supposed sightings that followed. Listen and learn about a mystery that continues to fascinate people more than two decades after McDermott's disappearance- and several years after Olivia Newtown John's passing. 

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After spending a decade as one of pop music's leading power balladeers, Michael Bolton decided to record an album of Italian and French opera arias in the late-1990s. And nearly thirty years later, My Secret Passion: The Arias, remains a fascinating and peculiar collection. Part vanity project, part crossover attempt, the album baffled fans and critics alike. And yet it also served as a precursor to the 'popera' craze that would sweep the music world in the early 2000s. 

In this episode of Jon's WTF Music Moments, Jon looks back at Michael Bolton's (thankfully) brief foray into the world of 19th-century romantic opera. 

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Coming off of a string of unsuccessful albums, David Bowie decided to reinvent himself yet again in the late-1980s. Ever the master of reinvention, expectations were quite high, so it raised a few eyebrows when Bowie's next move was to form a rock band with three guys nobody had ever heard of and call it Tin Machine. 

What could possibly go wrong? As it turns out...quite a bit. In this episode of Jon's WTF Music Moments, we take a look at Bowie's strangest career detour, and dive deep into a mystery that baffles critics and fans more than three decades later: Why the Hell did David Bowie form a band in 1988?!

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What happens when one of America's most beloved radio personalities dies and his corpse seemingly disappears? In the inaugural episode of Jon's WTF Music Moments, Jon digs deep into the bizarre, unsettling, and absurd saga surrounding the death of legendary DJ and radio host, Casey Kasem. 

From American Top 40 to an extraordinary posthmous odyssey, this is a story involving celebrity, family drama, lawsuits, and a missing corpse. So Buckle Up! Casey Kasem's final countdown was one hell of a WTF music moment.  

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