Summary

In this episode, Stephen and Paul discuss Jedward, Ireland's greatest ever musical export, and their album Young Love. They talk about the singles from the album, Waterline, Young Love, and Luminous, and the critical reception they received. They also discuss Louis Walsh's comments about Jedward and their impact on their lives. The album is praised for its maturity and progression in songwriting and production. The hosts share their favourite songs from the album and discuss Jedward's talents in singing, acting, and dancing.

Chapters

00:31 Introduction and Jedward's Influence

01:55 Louis Walsh's Comments and Jedward's Impact

04:00 Jedward's Dancing Skills and Background

07:12 First Jedward Product Bought

08:36 Jedward's Debut Album and Covers

10:32 ‘Young Love’ (2012) Facts & Figures

13:42 Waterline: Eurovision and Chart Performance

16:26 Young Love: Controversial Subject Matter

20:40 Luminous: Metaphorical Meaning

23:21 Favourite Jedward Album

25:34 Favourite Song on the Album

27:27 Jedward’s Movies

30:15 Conclusion and Call to Action

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Marvel has its Multiverse. TTMF has created the Maccaverse!

Join podcast hosts Stephen & Paul, and their very special guests Marv (Pods Like Us) and Sam (Paul or Nothing), as they revisit Wings’ 1973 album - ‘Red Rose Speedway’. Home to the #1 US hit ‘My Love’ ❤️

RRS was a single album which was originally envisaged as a double 💿 💿 So, there were many tracks which did not make the cut ✂️ Using the 27 tracks from that time period which feature on its 2018 Archive Collection, including hits like C Moon and Live & Let Die, the gang curate a new 50 minute, single vinyl, TTMF Supercut of it ⏱️

The guys also find time to share some Wings & Macca facts, jokes, sales info, play archive interview clips, and disagree over the merits of ‘My Love’ 🗣️

It’s time to get Hi Hi Hi 🎸 It’s time for Trimming The Musical Fat ▶️

00:00 Paul McCartney 1973 interview i

00:24 Prologue

00:33 Titles

00:53 Introduction

02:13 Paul McCartney 1973 interview ii

02:44 History of Red Rose Speedway

05:18 Tale of the Tape - Red Rose Speedway

06:42 Wings’ C Moon & Hi Hi Hi TV advert

09:17 Album sales info and critical reception

11:41 Guest introductions

15:48 Trim the Talk

18:56 Paul McCartney 1976 interview

19:27 Critiquing the album

25:55 Trim the Album (Pt.1)

41:56 Top 5 selling Wings albums

42:39 Trim the Album (Pt.2)

59:50 Wings Greatest TV advert

60:18 Trim the Album (Pt.3)

64:17 Top 5 selling Wings singles

64:50 Trim the Album (Pt.4)

72:33 Joke of the Pod

74:27 Revealing the Supercut

88:27 The Final Question

101:45 Farewell

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Summary

It’s our first ‘Good Song, Bad Album’ episode. A series which will continue on social media.

In it, podcast hosts Stephen & Paul discuss the 1994 album ‘Come’ by music legend Prince. Stephen goes back in time to reminisce about first playing the album and why he’s not a fan of it. He also explains why both Prince and his record label Warners did not promote it. Stephen does though really like the album track ‘Loose’. Hear why.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:37 Prince’s Come - a history

03:33 The song - Loose

06:11 The song - Orgasm

08:43 Closing

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Summary

In this episode, podcast hosts Stephen & Paul discuss six songs that became famous after being covered by other artists. They share information about each song and its original version, highlighting the surprising origins of these popular tunes.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:22 Without You

04:43 I Love Rock’n Roll

07:47 Tainted Love

10:28 Achy Breaky Heart

12:28 Hush

15:49 Whatta Man

20:07 Closing Credits

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From the TTMF vaults comes this episode recorded in 2023.

Intended as the first pod of a subsequently aborted Foo Fighters side-series, it find podcast co-host Stephen and his son Luke critiquing the band’s eponymously named 1995 debut album, and ranking the singles from it:

00:00 Prologue

00:48 Introduction

01:34 Tale of the Tape - Foo Fighters (1995)

04:22 Foo Fighters album TV promo

04:52 Exhausted discussion

09:12 This is a Call discussion

13:44 I’ll Stick Around discussion

16:50 For all the Cows discussion

19:39 Big Me discussion

23:42 Luke’s drumming demo and discussion

26:13 Critical reception

27:24 Critiquing and ranking the album

34:12 End credits

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Take someone who’s never listened to a Rolling Stones studio album. Another who only started listening to their albums in the last few years. Throw them together to listen to The Stones’ most highly regarded album - Exile on Main Street (1972), and find out what they think 🤔

Exile is a double album 💿 💿 Podcasts hosts Stephen & Paul believe it plays better as a single 💿

Join them as they curate the under 50 minute, single vinyl, TTMF Supercut of it ⏱️

The guys also find time to share some Stones facts, sales info, play archive interview clips, and reminisce about seeing the band live in 1999.

It’s time to get your “Rocks Off”. It’s time for Trimming The Musical Fat ▶️

00:00 Prologue

00:18 Titles

00:38 Introduction

01:49 General music catch-up

07:19 Level of fandom - Rolling Stones

10:10 Mick Jagger talking about recording the album

10:57 Tale of the Tape - Exile on Main Street

12:38 Album sales info and critical reception

13:56 Top 5 selling Rolling Stones albums

16:19 Exile reissue TV promo

16:49 Trim the Talk

19:26 Discussing seeing the band live

21:10 Critiquing the album

25:25 Keith Richards picks his favourite song from Exile

26:14 Critiquing the album artwork

27:29 Trim the Album (Pt.1)

39:45 Top 5 selling Rolling Stones singles

40:37 Trim the Album (Pt.2)

44:36 Joke of the Pod

46:01 Revealing the songs that no one picked

46:46 Mick Jagger interview (Berlin, 1973)

47:47 Trim the Album (Pt.3)

54:31 The Top 10 selling albums of 1972

55:20 Revealing the Exile TTMF Supercut and ratings

56:46 News stories from 1972

57:53 The Final Question

61:33 Farewell

62:56 End

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