TnT's Hit Songs From Mars

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In our first Listener's Pick edition of the podcast, the boys look into the remarkable success of Tubthumping by Anarcho-punk pranksters Chumbawamba. In the process they enter a spirited discussion of whether politics has any place in popular music and whether massive commercial success taints the revolutionary message. Get your whiskey drink, or your vodka drink, your lager drink, or your water drink...we're going tubthumping!
Songs:
Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology
Manic Street Preachers - Faster
The London Suede - Still Life
Supergrass - Alright
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
Alice In Chains - Died
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
The Who - 5:15
Blur - Parklife
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Chumbawamba - The Digger's Song
Oi Polloi - Shhh-it
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
The Clash - Death Or Glory
Sinéad O'Connor rips up picture of Pope John Paul II
Chumbawamba - Amnesia
Chumbawamba  - Dumbing Down
Leonard Cohen - Closing Time
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Special AKA - Free Nelson Mandela
The Special AKA - Racist Friend
Medley:
Tubthumping - Ukulele Cover
Choir! Choir! Choir! sings Chumbawamba - Tubthumpin'
321 - Tubthumping
I Get Locked Down (Tubthumping Parody)
Tubthumping (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli)

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In this special holiday edition of the podcast, David Bowie descends from Mars and gives a lesson on the true spirit of Christmas. Joining forces with Bing Crosby, the Ghost of Christmas Past himself, the two conjure up one of the most unlikely (and perhaps surreal) Christmas classics of all time. Along the way, the fellas are joined by special guests Mariah Carey, The Pogues, Mötorhead, The Kinks, Krampus and many others in this all-time holiday classic. The Grinch also makes a special appearance, taking aim at some Christmas turkeys from the past, including Paul McCartney's steaming yule log "Wonderful Christmastime". It's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with...TnT!
Songs:
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy
David Bowie - Fame
David Bowie - Somebody Up There Likes Me
Rolling Stones - Angie
David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Video)
Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Michael Bublé & Bing Crosby - White Christmas (Video)
Louis Armstrong - Christmas Night In Harlem
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
The Kinks - Father Christmas
Dr. Seuss - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Orion's Reign Featuring Minniva - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Video)
David Bowie - Let's Dance
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel
Metallica - Lux Æterna
Lemmy Kilmister, Billy F. Gibbons, Dave Grohl - Run Run Rudolph
Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis
Bob Rivers - There's Another Santa Claus
Claude Munson - 4AM

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In this episode, the skipper and Gilligan navigate the choppy waters surrounding the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the rebirth of its memory as a #1 hit by Gordon Lightfoot in 1975. Bound for Detroit, they circumnavigate the dangerous currents associated with taking on historical events in song and film. They seem to be heading toward a safe port with the common Great Lakes experience shared by the US and Canada...until Ty steers the SS Unity  dangerously close to Niagara Falls.  Batten down the hatches...that's the wrath of the north wind you're feeling.

Songs:
Joan Jett  - I Love Rock and Roll
Madonna - Dress You Up
Chilliwack - My Girl
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Pogues and the Dubliners - The Irish Rover
Stan Rogers - Mary Ellen Carter
Rod Stewart - Tonight's the Night
Elvis Presley - Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Sufjan Stevens - Say Yes! to M!ch!gan!
Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
Bill Cole - Ballad of Gilligan's Isle
Chime of Wrens - Billow
Bill Frisell - Pipeline
Robert Randolph - Ain't Nothing Wrong With That
Chicago Mass Choir - Take It to Jesus
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Boney M - Rasputin
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Books:
Michael Schumacher - Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
T. J. Sugrue - Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit

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In this episode, Tom and Ty unpack the runaway success of Blur's "Song 2", a ditty which far exceeded its humble beginnings in the 90s Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis. As they unravel this "joke song" that hit pay dirt, they discover a whole slew of these oddities that could almost be called a genre and marvel at the moments when record company execs turn out to be cooler than the hipsters. In the process they consider the power, vulnerability and identity embodied in one's voice.  Hop aboard and hang on...it's all a blur. WOO-HOO!!!
Track Listing:
The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology (Theme Song)
Madison Cunningham - Hospital
Blur - Song 2
Sonic Youth - (She's In A) Bad Mood
Rolling Stones - Soul Survivor
Rolling Stones - Shine A Light
Rolling Stones - Miss You
The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money / Sun King
Pavement - Rattled By The Rush
Blur - Beetlebum
Pixies - Tame
Radiohead - Creep
Beck - Loser
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Warrant - Cherry Pie
Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize
Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London
Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Big Country - In A Big Country
House Of Pain - Jump Around
Blur - Song 2 - 400 Musician Rock Flashmob
Blur - The Universal
The Smiths - This Charming Man
John Williams - Cavatina
Jamiroquai - Canned Heat
Supertramp - The Logical Song
U2 - October
Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film)

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In this Halloween episode, Tom and Ty run the gauntlet of horror: from the very real horror of spousal abuse as depicted in Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed," to horror as entertainment, and back again.  In the process, they consider how the perception of a song can change depending on its interpreter, have a chuckle over misunderstood lyrics, and ponder the deeper meaning of the concept of "namanunity."  Hold on to your Halloween apples everybody, you're in for quite a ride.

Track Listing:
The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology (Theme Song)
Alice Cooper - Only Women Bleed
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Pat Benatar - Hell is for Children
Lita Ford - Only Women Bleed
Ike and Tina Turner - Only Women Bleed
Etta James - Only Women Bleed
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream
Pat Boone - Tutti Frutti
Little Richard - Lucille
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Ghost - Dance Macabre
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown
Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down
The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn
Simon and Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa
Andean Style - Sound of Silence
Blondie - One Way or Another
Kurt Vile - KV Crimes
Hellacopters - Bring it on Home
Howe Gelb - But I Did Not
The English Beat - Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret
The Beatles- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-da-Vida


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In this episode, Tom and Ty (along with their alter-egos Clark and Tarzan) examine the 1993 surprise hit Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.  Join the gent (and the ape-man) as they ponder the proper dosage of a musical formula and marvel at the universal appeal of the hum (hum hum hum).  Along the way, they consider why some hits become all-time classics, why others remain encased in the liquid amber of their eras, and why some become...Hit Songs from Mars!

Track Listing:
The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology (Theme Song)
Crash Test Dummies - Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies - At My Funeral
Crash Test Dummies - Comin' Back Soon (The Bereft Man's Song)
Crash Test Dummies Featuring Ellen Reid - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Headline News
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
Coldplay - Yellow
Rainbow Butt Monkeys - As Far As I Can Spit
Neil Young - Southern Man
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Powderfinger
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Crash Test Dummies - A Little Something
The Weakerthans - One Great City!
The Waltons - The Water Well and the Farmer's Hand
The Replacements - Androgynous
Big Star - September Gurls
Box Tops - The Letter
Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)

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This week, TnT examine the phenomenon of the sleeper hit with Charlene’s #3 (and #97) hit “I’ve Never Been to Me.”  On this journey to Nice and the Isle of Greece (sic), Tom and Ty analyze how a song that goes nowhere in one zeitgeist transforms into a number 3 hit in another.  Join the boys as they spend this episode exploring the "subtle whoring that costs too much to be free."  Hey Charlene…you may have been to paradise, but you’ve never been…to TnT.

Track Listing:
The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology (Theme Song)
Charlene - I've Never Been To Me
Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Randy Crawford - I've Never Been To Me
The Temptations - I've Never Been To Me
Rick Springfield - Don't Talk To Strangers
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Marty Robbins - Don't Worry
Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Trilogy
The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
Don McLean - American Pie

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This week Tom and Ty descend into madness as they try to suss out why the Brits love to sing about the mundane (and why they scurry for curry). The lads take a deep dive into the ska sensation and analyze its off-beat allure, while making sure to get in a few jabs, in what might be their most explosive episode to date! Put on your two-tone shoes and skank away the blues with TnT!

Track Listing:
The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology (Theme Song)
Kim Mitchell - All We Are
The Tragically Hip - New Orleans is Sinking
The Tragically Hip - In View
Blue Rodeo - 5 Days in May
Madness - Our House
The Selecter - On My Radio
The Jam - Town Called Malice
The Kinks - Come Dancing
ZZ Top - Legs
Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
Madness - Baggy Trousers
Colgate Pump
Madness -  Cardiac Arrest
Madness - One Step Beyond
The Specials - A Message to You Rudy
The English Beat - Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Skatalites - Guns of Navarone
No Doubt - Spiderwebs
Me, Mom and Morgentaler - Your Friend (live)
Citizen Fish - Out of Control
The Specials - Nite Club
The Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
The Pogues - Waxie's Dargle

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Today, Ty throws Tom a grapefruit, who hits it out of Nostalgia Park... all the way to Scotland. Join the boyz as they delve into the mysteries of sibling harmonies, ponder the concept of self-plagiarism, and address questions of identity as they showcase musicians who boldly proclaimed, or downplayed, their heritage in song. Aye, lassies and laddies, put on your brogues and walk 500 miles with TnT.

Track Listing:
Rush - Roll the Bones
Thus Owls - Solar Eclipse
Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Proclaimers - Letter from America
Proclaimers - Over and Done With
Steve Earle - My Old Friend the Blues
First Aid Kit - Cedar Lane
Gillian Welch - Riverboat Song
John Fogerty - Centerfield
John Fogerty - Old Man Down the Road
CCR - Run Through the Jungle
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Simon Sisters - A Pavane for the Nursery
Big Country - In a Big Country
Phantogram - Mouthful of Diamonds
Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
Eric Bogle - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Pogues - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
George Carlin - Wonderful  WINO
Proclaimers - I Want to Be a Christian
Proclaimers- Let's Get Married
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Sundy Best - Mountain Parkway
Rush - Closer to the Heart
Proclaimers - I'm On My Way
Tim Curry - Sweet Transvestite
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Ian Gillan - What's the Buzz
Son Volt - Cemetery Savior

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In this episode Tom and Ty tussle over the concept of music comedy and debate whether these odd bedfellows can co-exist peacefully.  During their examination of genre crossing, Tom callously forgets about a precious TnT moment and Ty breaks Tom's heart by declaring that the guitar is at an all-time low.  They reconcile over their shared belief that limitations can be overcome in spectacular ways. It would be the after-school special of podcast episodes except that...it starts with MURDER. Come 'ere, go away.

Track Listing:
The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology (Theme Song)
Alexei Sayle - Didn't You Kill My Brother
Dr. Demento Opening Theme (Pico & Sepulveda)
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Amish Paradise
Various - Rent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Seasons of Love
Van Halen - Eruption
Judas Priest - Turbo Lover
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Neil Young - If You Could Read My Mind
U2 - Wire
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli & The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France - Minor Swing
Black Sabbath - Into The Void
Ramones - Rock 'N' Roll High School
Sam Kinison - Wild Thing
Apocalyptica - Nothing Else Matters
Iron Horse - Sweet Child O' Mine
Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends - Flashing Lights
William Shatner - Common People
Led Zeppelin - Your Time Is Gonna Come
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

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