The Greatest Non Hits

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We didn't think we would do this one justice, but I think we were able to give reverence to one of the great music accomplishments of our time. There's a combination of influences, on so many levels that you hear on this album and references to the forefathers of Zydeco, the Homeless, Ladysmith, Joseph and too many others to count. The Bass playing, the drumming, all amazing. You can call this one of the best albums ever.

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This album is an amazing collaboration between Billy Idol, Guitarist Steve Stevens and Famed producer Keith Forsey. Born William Michael Albert Board, Billy Idol began his music career as the front Man for the punk band Generation X, formed shortly after he dropped out of Sussex University in 1976. Rebel Yell's a hard rockin album with its roots in Punk and a huge american rock influence. Given that he spent a good portion of his childhood living in the states, it's obvious American Rock cuts through the punk and delivers incredible hits, with the non hits not too far behind. For the fans of our sound clips, the Jerky boys are all over this episode. 

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They may have been a B list, 1st wave band from the 80's, but this album is a pleasurable A in our book.  A nice cross between Blondie, Devo and Kraftwerk. Terri Nunn is a babe, with a high, but powerful and sexy voice. Great Bass player, Great Synths on World of Smiles, and even the few Guitar solo's ripped. It went platinum, but it seems forgotten. We believe it deserves better. The hits on this album were "Sex, I'm a..." and "The Metro".  "Masquerade" gets a lot of listens, but we put it as a non hit. We both felt the hits were better as a group, but not by much. Fun podcast to make as well. Michael Scott from the Office starts the intro with "Sex! Now that I have you're attention..."


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Wang Chung are more than just a “Taster’s Choice moment between guys”. Innuendo's aside, they’re the total package.  We both loved “The Waves”, and had fun with surfer dude, Fast Times, Good Will Hunting and other hilarious movie sound bites woven into our banter. We always do that on every album episode, but Tim went as far as to say it may be his favorite non hit album of all time. Collectively, the non hits outclassed the lone hit “Dance Hall Days” by a good margin.  

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Rippin Raps and Rockin Rhymes, the boys from Hollis take us back in time. We hear two or three of these songs today getting blasted at wedding receptions or high school reunions, but the gems are the deep cuts. Dumb Girls may get a bad rap for the name, but I'll be damned if it isn't a catchy tune. You get Nursery Rhymes, relationship drama, revelry, community solidarity and how creatively these themes are expressed in this ground-breaking album that advanced hip hop to the mainstream, arguably, more than any album through collaboration with Aerosmith. We identify "You Be illin" It's Trickyand Walk this Way as our hits. Tune in and hear which of the non-hits we liked best. 

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Your listening tropical lush paradise awaits! Just don't regret it in the morning when the hot and heavy comes to simmer and you realize you've made a mistake and need to find the first confessional you see. 

Sri Lanka? Seagulls? Serious synth? Chauffers? Sprite instead of 7up?  Whatever it is, Duran Duran knocks it out the proverbial park with this album and we need to you drop everything and put the kettle on for some dusty dance driven doozies.

If you only listen to one episode of the Greatest Non Hits, make this episode your one night stand and we can call it paradise. Shhhh. Don't say a word. Just press play. We won't tell anyone this ever happened.

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Donna Summer, deservedly, occupied the thrown and wore the crown as the world’s Queen of Disco. Whether you loved or hated it (disco), you knew her and admired her for being the whole package. Beauty, energy, talent and personality abound, there was no stopping her.  In our podcast, we touch on her background out of Boston in the late ‘60’s, her move to NY,  her move to Europe(playing the role of Sheila in the German version of Hair (she’s fluent in German) and her chart topping disco megahits that put her in the place of making this under-appreciated album. We listened through a few times and didn't think much of it, but a few songs really drew us in and we rank the songs we both agreed were the strongest of the bunch. There's a who's who of musicians, producers and song writers involved in the making of this album, including Bruce Springsteen, most of the guys in Toto, Ernie Witt, and Michael Sembello. I think Michael Jackson sings with a chorus on one of the songs, as if there weren't enough megastars involved already. She felt it was less her album and more Quicy Jones's album that she sang on, and she may be right. Great songs on here nevertheless and we hope you enjoy!  

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Our first podcast from a band down under, we couldn't be more happy to spend our time listening to one of the best selling, and arguably the best Rock and Roll album of all time. Each guitar solo from Angus Young, each grunt from Brian Johnson, each double  entendre, as low brow as it may come across, somehow fits on every song. There's a reason everyone is so enamored with Lange as a producer, it's this album, all thrown together in the Bahama's just two or three months after Bon Scott's passing. Their world was turned upside down just after their big international breakthrough as a band and everything is riding on the success of this album. Not only is it their best album, but an ode to Bon Scott’s memory, symbolic of how Rock and Roll will never die. 


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