Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and 'secret sauce'...
S8E387 - 'That Song About Religion/God Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
For this special Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite song about religion and/or God. We got an eclectic batch of submissions, running the gamut from the holy to the heretical. Joyful noise indeed! Songs discussed in this episode: Old Time Religion - Pete Seeger; Take Care Of All Of My Children - Tom Waits; Jewish - Spirit; Run On For A Long Time - Blind Boys of Alabama; Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum; Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst - Kendrick Lamar; Dear God - XTC; There Is No God - Mrs Magician; Drinking With Jesus - Red Elvises; Being Boiled - The Human League; Amen - Otis Redding; Amen - Spacemen 3; Burn In Hell - John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat; Harvest Festival - XTC; Come By Here - Alex Chilton; The Obeah Man - Exuma; I Walk On Gilded Splinters - Dr John; Godsong - The Residents; Four Winds - Bright Eyes; You Spoke To Me - Smoking Popes; Into the Mystic - Van Morrison; Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet - Gavin Bryars & Tom Waits; God! Show Me Magic - Super Furry Animals; How a Resurrection Really Feels - The Hold Steady; God - Daniel Johnston; Anti-Pope - The Damned; Jesus Was A Social Drinker - Chuck Prophet; The Holy War - Thin Lizzy; A Christmas Song - Rash Of Stabbings
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S8E386 - The Mamas & the Papas 'Second Album, S/T' with Richard Campbell
This week we're joined by Richmond, VA Circuit Court Judge Richard Campbell. No, we're not in trouble - Richard, who wrote the book "Gettin' Kinda Itchie: The Groups That Made the Mamas & the Papas", is here to talk The Mamas & the Papas and their often overlooked S/T second album 'The Mamas and The Papas' Court is in session! Songs discussed in this episode: I Saw Her Again Last Night (The Mamas and The Papas cover) - Trombones Unlimited; California Dreamin', No Salt On Her Tail - The Mamas & The Papas; Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan; Here In My Arms, Trip, Stumble and Fall, Dancing Bear, Words Of Love, My Heart Stood Still, Dancing In The Street, I Saw Her Again, Strange Young Girls, I Can't Wait - The Mamas & The Papas; 500 Miles - The Journeymen; Even If I Could - The Mamas & The Papas; No More Running Around - The Lamp Of Childhood; That Kind Of Girl, Once Was A Time I Thought - The Mamas & The Papas; Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Cass Elliot; Tempo no Tempo - Os Mutantes
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S8E385 - Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' with Lori Garrote
As can often happen to records made by virtual unknowns that end up selling over 30 million copies worldwide, Alanis Morissette's uncensored diary of an album 'Jagged Little Pill' is perceived by many with a degree of snark and cynicism. Our guest this week, singer/songwriter Lori Garrote, is not one of these people. Raw, unvarnished and intensely personal, JLP became much more than just another record for her and millions of other women. You oughta know... Songs discussed in this episode: You Oughta Know (Alanis Morissette cover) - Vitamin String Quartet; Stand Alone - Lori Garrote; Too Hot - Alanis Morissette; Seether - Veruca Salt; All I Really Want, You Oughta Know, Perfect - Alanis Morissette; Bad Reputation - Joan Jett; Hand In My Pocket, Right Through You, Forgiven, You Learn, Head Over Feet, Mary Jane, Ironic, Not The Doctor, Wake Up, Your House (a cappella) - Alanis Morissette; Undertow - Lori Garrote
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S7E384 - Dot Hacker 'Inhibition' with Layla Moheimani
Yes, Dot Hacker's lead vocalist Josh Klinghoffer played guitar with Red Hot Chili Peppers for 10 years - trigger warning for some - but before forming in 2008 all four members were already established musicians, recording and touring with an impressive list of respected artists including: Beck, Gnarls Barkley, PJ Harvey, The Butthole Surfers and Broken Bells amongst many others. This week's guest, musician/audio engineer Layla Moheimani, fell instantly under the spell of the band and their lush, architectural-yet-still-rocking debut release 'Inhibition'. Songs discussed in this episode: What Red Hot Chili Peppers Sound Like To People Who Don't Like Red Hot Chili Peppers - There I Ruined It; Unreachable - John Frusciante; Billie Holiday - Warpaint; The Afterglow - John Frusciante & Josh Klinghoffer; Going On - Gnarls Barkley; Biblical Violence - Hella; Overpour - E V Kain; Order/Disorder, Idleidolidyl, Eye Opener, Discotheque, Be Leaving, The Earth Beneath, Inhibition - Dot Hacker; Mystic Lady - T-Rex; The Wit of the Staircase - Dot Hacker; Dreams of a Samurai - Red Hot Chili Peppers; Quotes, Puncture - Dot Hacker; Fade Into You (Mazzy Star cover) - Layla Joon
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S7E383 - Kraftwerk 'Radio-Activity' with Kevin Chanel
German electronic band Kraftwerk's 1975 release 'Radio-Activity' is a bit of a forgotten middle-child, having come just after 'Autobahn' and just before 'Trans-Europe Express'. Returning guest Kevin Chanel makes the case that this highly experimental, avant-garde concept album deserves a second look. “When airwaves swing, distant voices sing” Songs discussed in this episode: Radioactivity (Kraftwerk cover) - The Divine Comedy; Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk; Commerciality - Mr Partridge; The Ballad Of Austin Cortez - The Soul Brothers of Chula Vista; Tour De France, Geiger Counter, Radioactivity, Radioland - Kraftwerk; March from A Clockwork Orange (Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement, Abridged) - Beethoven/Wendy Carlos; Airwaves, Intermission, News - Kraftwerk; Dazzle Ships (Parts II, III & VII) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; The Voice of Energy, Antenna, Radio Stars, Uranium - Kraftwerk; Blue Monday - New Order; Transister, Ohm Sweet Ohm, Radioactivity (The Mix), Radioactivity (Live) - Kraftwerk
Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and 'secret sauce' that makes it so special to you? Then this just MIGHT be your podcast!
Each week your host - rock-n-roll lifer and recovering punk Rob Elba - sits down with a special guest to dissect a record that - metaphorically - got them high.
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