It’s not a rerun; it’s a special edition. This is redo of the fourth episode I ever did on this podcast. I thought that original was good. but being relatively ignorant about podcast-making back in the day, there are a few things, content-wise and production-wise, that I always wanted to change about the original version. Now I’ve done it: For your enjoyment and entertainment, a better-sounding and deeper-diving episode about the use of pop music in EarthBound, all tied together with a personal story about the persistence of memory. Weird!

All installments of the VGM+POP series

A video guide to EarthBound’s hpop music inspirations

All 173 samples used in EarthBound

The Retronauts episode about EarthBound

Twin Peaks, David Lynch and Link’s Awakening

Track listing: 0:08: Battle With Kraken / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 2:31: Your Name, Please / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 4:03: One Day for Sure (Threed, Free at Last) / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki 5:08: Battle With an Unsettling Opponent / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 6:51: Onett's Arcade / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 7:32: Get on the Bus (City Bus Ride) / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 9:23: Dead End Chaos Theater / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 11:18: Alien Invasion 1 / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 13:01: Boris' Cocktail / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 14:44: Moonside Swing / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 16:00: Keep on Laughin' / Ric Ocasek 18:15: Magicant / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 20:02: Crossing Over Space and Time (The Cliff That Time Forgot) / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 20:57: The Place (The Cave of the Past) / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka 22:15: Deirdre / The Beach Boys 22:58: Battle Against a Weird Opponent / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 23:53: Mother / Plastic Ono Band 24:37: Megaton Walk / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki 25:17: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) / The Beatles 26:13: Eight Melodies / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki 26:52: Give Peace a Chance / Plastic Ono Band 27:46: The Skyrunner / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 28:15: Won’t Get Fooled Again / The Who 28:53: Dr. Andonuts' Lab / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki 30:01: Peaceful Rest Valley / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 31:13: Apple Kid’s Theme / EarthBound / Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki 32:30: Hospital (Call the Doctor) / EarthBound / Keiichi Suzuki

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