That Record Got Me High Podcast

While other punk/hardcore bands of their time seemed to be in a race to be the heaviest AND fastest, San Francisco's Flipper slowed things down to a crawl, and imbued their brand of existential nihilism with a healthy dose of detached irony. Hoboken New Jersey musician Dan Cuddy (Hypnolovewheel, The Special Pillow) brings us their landmark debut, 1982's 'Album - Generic Flipper', in all its ragged glory. Strap in!
Songs discussed in this episode: Problem Child (AC/DC cover) - Flipper; Secret Star (Demo), I Dream Of Jeannie - Hypnolovewheel; Love Canal, Sex Bomb (7" version) - Flipper; Mercenaries - Negative Trend; Ever - Flipper; Call Me - Chris Montez; Life Is Cheap - Flipper; A Medical Man - Renaldo & The Loaf; No Feelings - Sex Pistols; Shed No Tears, (I Saw You) Shine - Flipper; Confusion Is Next - Sonic Youth; Fishing - Public Image, Ltd.; The Way Of The World (Peel Session) - Melvins; The Way Of The World - Flipper; Gut Feeling - DEVO; Life, Nothing, Living For The Depression, Sex Bomb - Flipper; Sex Bomb (Flipper cover) - R.E.M.; Bridget Because - Hypnolovewheel

It might be easier to mention the bands this week's guest Dan Bonebrake HASN'T played with - his bass playing has graced the likes of Lightworkers, The Honest Liars, Manta Wray, Dashboard Confessional, Grey & Orange, John Ralston, War Generation, Vacant Andys, Enablers, Seville, Quit, Fay Wray, Pivot, Anchorman, Where Fear and Weapons Meet, Cori Elba, The Stiff and on and on... This week, Dan, brings us Washington D.C. post-hardcore iconoclasts Shudder To Think and their 1992 release 'Get Your Goat'. The band's brand of genre-bending 'art rock' might not be everyone's cup of tea, but for those brave enough to climb onboard, it's a decidedly heady ride!
Songs discussed in this episode: Animal Wild (Victoria Williams cover) - Shudder To Think; In Time - The Enablers; Nikki - The Stiff; Sleepwalking - Lightworkers; X-French Tee Shirt, Rag, White Page (Live, Germany 1992) - Shudder To Think; Grace - Jeff Buckley; High and Dry - Radiohead; Love Catastrophe - Shudder To Think; Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman; Gnutheme - All; Shake Your Halo Down, White Page, Goat, Red House, Pebbles - Shudder To Think; Higher And Higher - Craig Wedren; Hot One - Shudder To Think; The Rite Of Spring (Introduction) - Igor Stravinsky; Baby Drop, The Hair Pillow, She Wears He-Harem, Rain-Covered Cat, Funny - Shudder To Think; Kingdom's Coming - Bauhaus; Full Stop - Cori Elba

For this special BONUS episode we asked our Patrons to send in some of their favorite songs by a band featuring someone OTHER THAN the usual front person. Let's show the sidemen (or side-women) some love!
Songs featured in this episode: I'm Sticking With You - The Velvet Underground; Sleeping On The Sidewalk - Queen; Coffee & TV - Blur; Where's The Money? - French, Frith, Kaiser & Thompson; Broken Chair - Luna; Years Long Ago - The Long Ryders; Rats - The Kinks; I Never Glid Before - Gong; OOh La La - The Faces; Stanztrigger - Yello; Making Plans For Nigel - XTC; Careful Boy - The Blue Aeroplanes; Omega Man - The Police; Let's Dance - David Bowie; Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan; Whiskey Man - The Who; My Wife - John Entwistle; I Know What I Want - Cheap Trick

Soundly maligned upon its release in 1971, Paul (and Linda) McCartney's whimsically pastoral 'RAM' has only grown in stature over the years, with some insisting that this joyfully strange collection of songs basically invented indie-pop. This week's guest, musician Nick Estes (The Parts. Wonderful Smith), joins known Beatles agnostic Rob to unpack this post-fab-four classic. Ram on!
Songs discussed in this episode: Too Many People - Tim Christensen, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham with The Damn Crystals; Another Day - Paul McCartney; How Do You Sleep - John Lennon; My Little House - Wonderful Smith; Corpus Christi - The Parts; Too Many People, 3 Legs, Ram On, Dear Boy - Paul and Linda McCartney; Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings; Uncle Albert, Smile Away - Paul and Linda McCartney; Oh! Darling - The Beatles; Heart Of The Country, Monkberry Moon Delight, Eat At Home, Long Haired Lady, Ram On (Reprise), Back Seat Of My Car - Paul and Linda McCartney; Shortwave - The Parts

When Chicago blues pianist, singer and songwriter Johnny Iguana (The Claudettes) discovered bands like Minutemen and Husker Du as a teen in Philadelphia, it opened up a world of musical possibilities he's STILL unpacking. He eventually came into possession of The Roxy London WC2 - a live album of recordings taken from various punk bands that played at The Roxy club in Covent Garden, London between January and April 1977 - and the raw, unfettered performances of bands like Wire, Buzzcocks and X-Ray Spex captivated him like nothing else at the time. 
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Songs discussed in this episode: (Stage patter, The Roxy London 1977) - Johnny Moped (Paul Halford); Touch You Back - The Claudettes; Oh Bondage Up Yours! (Live at The Roxy London 1977) - X-Ray Spex; I Love Living In The City (Live from The Decline of Western Civilization) - Fear; I'm On Fire (Live from Urgh! A Music War) - Chelsea; Tom Sawyer (Piano version) - Ian Hanson Piano; Viet Nam - Minutemen; Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed; Show Me The Way (Live) - Peter Frampton; Turn The Page - The Streets; Runaway (Live at The Roxy London 1977) - Slaughter & the Dogs; Action - Oh My God; Boston Babies - GBH; Boston Babies - UK Subs; Boston Babies (Live at The Roxy London 1977) - Slaughter & the Dogs; Freedom (Live at The Roxy London 1977) - The Unwanted; Dot Dash, Lowdown, 1.2.X.U. (Live at The Roxy London 1977) - Wire; Gary Gilmore's Eyes, Bored Teenagers (Live at The Roxy London 1977) - The Adverts; Hard Loving Man (Live at The Roxy London 1977) - Johnny Moped; Don't Need It, Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground Cover), 15 (Live at The Roxy London 1977) - Eater; Oh Bondage Up Yours! (Live at The Roxy London 1977) - X-Ray Spex; Dreaming - Poly Styrene; Everybody's Happy Nowadays, Breakdown, Love Battery (Live at The Roxy London 1977), Why Can't I Touch It? - Buzzcocks; Evidently Chickentown, Health Fanatic (Live from Urgh! A Music War) - John Cooper Clarke; (You Are My) Whole World - The Claudettes