The Greatest Non Hits

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We're both officially huge Beatles fans after listening to this album all week. We never understood the level of influence they had on all the music to come after this time period and beyond until we got into the deep non hits. Listen to this podcast to hear how we tie in soundbytes that influenced songs like "Josie" from Steely Dan, "Livin in the USA" by The Steve Miller Band and "Fortunate Son" by Credence Clearwater Revival. This album is really the dawn of progressive and psychedelic music, or as close as you can get to it. Please listen carefully to all of the songs and you can hear so many sounds you've heard before but from other artists. Enjoy. 

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We'll be honest. We both went into this album thinking the Stones were overrated. We learned that this album is a mashup of outtakes from Stones albums released before this one dating back to the previous decade. We also think we've discovered a parallel in some of their non hits to some Zeppelin songs. For example, the song No Quarter  from Houses of the Holy ('73) sounds a lot like the song Slaves from Tattoo You ('81). Listen to both songs carefully. 
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This episode is a Mind  With a Heart of its Own, a Zombie Zoo, a good girl who loves her mama, Elvis and America too. We're paying tribute, but goin off the rails, too. We have some fun with Scooby Doo, Lucky from King of the Hill, and sing an outtro parody to Free Fallin where we reveal next weeks album. As always, we rank our three non-hits. Guess which one of us has Zombie Zoo at number 3?
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Chris and Tim get caught up in the chaos of kimonos, handle bar mustaches, double-neck guitars, and galactic waterfalls. They assume control of the Solar Federation and go to Bangkok aboard the Thailand Express.

Join us for sweet Jamaican pipe-dreams, golden Acapulco nights...then rank the Greatest Non-Hits from 2112, as Chris and Tim so capably do on this episode. Spoiler: Someone has Twilight Zone in their top 3.  

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Life's pretty crazy.  The ups and down sometimes seem to hit simultaneously! Sometimes it is best advised to just kick your feet up, and sink your teeth into a big mysterious peach...but beware the pit.

Between the  worldly departure of band mates, drug addiction, glory and the soul brought forth by the music, The Allman Brothers Band forge on in epic quantity as well as quality on this album.  One for the ages.

The themes in this album center around crossroads many of us face  in life.  In the podcast,  we conclude that Eat a Peach is a crossroads for them as well, as it was recorded between the life and death of founder Duane Allman, and the year before the passing of bassist Barry Oakley. 

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Neighbor and Friend, Ross, Joins Chris and Tim to listen and rank the non-hits of, arguably, Bowie's best work. As a native of Scotland who lived his teenage years during this era, Ross reflects on the time he discovered Bowie, the influence of Iggy Pop, some back story around Bowie's 1st wife, Angela, and the feeling around the album in his homeland. 

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"That's the Way of the World" (the album) offers "Shining Star" "That's the Way of the World"(song) and "Reasons". We both found that a number of the non hits were incredible! We want continue on with albums from this time period and work our way forward as time passes. Let us know if there are any albums of any genre from the early-mid 70's you'd like us to cover, we'd like to hear from you!

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Chris and Tim invite Robin as a guest and super-fan of Dolly Parton. She serves as a subject matter expert of sorts. As a child, she watched Dolly every week on the Porter Wagner show, which ended for Dolly so she could pursue a solo career, starting with this album. Her insights allowed us to connect with the songs, especially the non-hits. The album boasts a couple of her biggest songs of all time, including "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You". The show has funny moments and singing from all three that would make a karaoke host blush. Enjoy!

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This is The Greatest Non-Hit's 49th birthday celebration to Houses of the Holy, which was released on March 28th, 1973. The musicianship, the experimenting with different sounds and styles of music are what we loved about this one. It's another example of a great album that gets overlooked by the one before it (Led Zeppelin Untitled) and the one after (Physical Graffiti). We both, to a degree, feel some of the songs have been overplayed and have been victimized by their own success. We think Over the Hills and Far Away, while being one of their top grossing songs, falls heavily into this category.  Next weeks album is "Jolene" by Dolly Parton

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This is The Who’s biggest selling album of all time. It was released in early summer of 1971 and is the follow up album to their rock opera hit “Tommy”. Chris and Tim go into the origins of the album and, as always, get into and rank the less recognized Non-Hits. 

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