Think Outside the Box Set

S1E4. Wokelahoma

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The Chase by Garth Brooks.

We talk about Garth’s very good album The Chase. Garth takes a stand for what’s right, especially in his first song “We Shall Be Free.” That song was more controversial than Garth anticipated, and it won a GLAAD Media Award for its lines about people getting to love whoever they choose.

The episode runs a little long… but we just got so excited about a Garth album that we can actually really enjoy!

Learnin’ Links:

  • The album cover
  • Bill Clinton on the Arsenio Hall show
  • Toni Morrison called Bill Clinton “the first black president” (turns out she was actually making a point about the Monica Lewinsky scandal).
  • “STILL I THINK HE’S RATHER TASTY!”
  • Randy Newman’s Faust musical
  • Blue-eyed soul
  • James Taylor, Garth’s big man-crush on this album
  • “Ue o Muite Arukō”—also known under its racist renaming, “Sukiyaki”
  • The original version of “Dixie Chicken”
  • “Take a load off, Danny”
  • The Mountain Goats’ album Get Lonely
  • The complete works of Karla Jo on Songmeanings

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