S8E404 - That Song By A LOCAL Band/Artist That Should Have Been Huge Got Me High BONUS Patron-curated Episode
Yes, technically EVERY band/artist is local to SOMEWHERE - but we asked our Patrons to send in a song by a band/artist they feel never quite got the recognition they deserved. A band that seemed to have it all, but never rose to the level of national/international prominence where they would be well-known outside their hometown/city/state...etc. You may not know a lot of these songs...but you should!! Songs discussed in this episode: Sir Winston - Humbert; Museum For Lightspeed Travellers - This Heel; Cigarettello - The Holy Terrors; Romeo - Wipers; Opportunity - The Mandala; What's Inside - Gruel; Punch - Milf; Crazy Mixed Up World - Natural Causes (Recorded live at Washington Square, Miami 1993); Need Your Love - Willie Stratton; If I Were A Bullet (Then For Sure I’d Find A Way To Your Heart) - One Thousand Violins; Umbopo - Doctor Father; What Is This? - B Team; Circuits Down - Band no. 12; Margaret Says - The Vulgar Boatmen; See You Around - Champale; My Dear Heretic - Mary's Danish; When I'm Needing Someone - Diane Ward & Sturgis Nikides (Voidville, Recorded live at Washington Square, Miami 1993); Nights On End - The Reactions; Paranoia - Yesterday’s Children; Hide - ALA.NI; Breeding Feeling - Current Affairs; Mach Schneil Meine Kliene Buzzbomb - The Intoxicators!; Shake Some Action - Charlie Pickett & the Eggs (Recorded live at The Button, Ft Lauderdale 1982); Trick The Machine/Voices - Stockfinster; Me And My Wife - Amanda Green; Aluminum Room - The Front
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S8E403 - De La Soul '3 Feet High And Rising' with Corey duBrowa
This week, returning guest Corey duBrowa (An Ideal For Living- A Celebration of the EP) brings us De La Soul and their groundbreaking 1989 debut '3 Feet High and Rising'. Dizzyingly creative, relentlessly positive and hugely influential, these three teens from Long Island - along with producer Prince Paul - created a world as richly imagined as anything American pop has ever produced. Songs discussed in this episode: Intro - De La Soul; The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five; Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.; The Crunge - Led Zeppelin; The Magic Number - De La Soul; Step On - Happy Mondays; Who Me (With An Answer From Dr. Bert) - KMD; Intro, The Magic Number, Change In Speak - De La Soul; Bra - Cymande; Cool Breeze on the Rocks - De La Soul; Rock Music - Jefferson Airplane; Rock With You - Michael Jackson; Jenifa Taught Me, Ghetto Thang - De La Soul; Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk; Transmitting Live From Mars - De La Soul; You Showed Me - The Turtles; Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett; Eye Know - De La Soul; Peg - Steely Dan; (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding; Potholes In My Lawn - De La Soul; Magic Mountain - Eric Burdon and War ; Little Ole Country Boy - Parliament; Say No Go - De La Soul; I Can't Go For That - Daryl Hall & John Oates; Plug Tunin' - De La Soul; Stiletto - Billy Joel; Buddy, Description, Me Myself and I - De La Soul; (Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic; This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.) - De La Soul; Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McLaren; D.A.I.S.Y. Age - De La Soul; School Boy Crush - Average White Band; Ain't Hip To Be Labelled A Hippie - De La Soul
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S8E402 - Super Furry Animals 'Rings Around The World' with Adam Wiener
Cardiff, Wales 'Cool Cymru' heroes Super Furry Animals ticked all the boxes and then some with their super-ambitious fifth studio album, 2002's 'Rings Around The World'. From Beach Boys-esque psychedelic pop to 1970s soul to electric gamer prog (OK, we made that last one up), it's a thrilling listen and this week's guest, media and tech consultant Adam Weiner, sat down with Rob to unpack it all. Songs discussed in this episode: Tradewinds (Acoustic Mix) - Super Furry Animals; Faster - Manic Street Preachers; My Name Is Jonas - Weezer; Fix Idris, Alternate Route To Vulcan Stree, Sidewalk Serfer Girl, (Drawing) Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals; Silver Machine - Hawkwind; It's Not The End Of The World - Super Furry Animals; Do You Realize - The Flaming Lips; Receptacle For The Respectable, Receptacle For The Respectable (Maccapella Celery) - Super Furry Animals; Vegetables - The Beach Boys; [A] Touch Sensitive, Shoot Doris Day, Miniature, No Sympathy, Juxtaposed With U, Presidential Suite, Run! Christian, Run!, Fragile Happiness, The Roman Road - Super Furry Animals; It's Not The End Of The World (SFA cover) - Pigeon Wigs
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S8E401 - Pink Floyd 'Animals' with James Cook
Pink Floyd's 'Animals', a lyrically dark, musically dense concept album loosely based on George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', is as eerily precient today as it was when first released in 1977. Rob and this week's guest, Portland, Oregon songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Cook (Trashcan Joe, Captain's Audio Project), take a deep dive into this sweepingly nihilistic classic. Songs discussed in this episode: Pigs On The Wing (Pink Floyd Cover) - Chrome; Waiting For The Moon, Really Hard To Find - Captain's Audio Project; Breathe (In The Air) - Pink Floyd; Rise Above - Black Flag; Pigs On The Wing (Part One), Astronomy Domine, Dogs, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Dogs, Pigs (Three Different Ones), Sheep, Pigs On The Wing (Part Two) - Pink Floyd; A Little Bit Here - Trashcan Joe; Satan Wrote This Song - Captain's Audio Project
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S8E400 - The Flaming Lips 'The Soft Bulletin' with Jonathan Hischke
For our 400th episode (!!!) we're joined by musician Jonathan Hischke (Hella, Dot Hacker, E V Kain), who brought us a record that got under his skin when he first heard it in 1999 - Rob's too! - and continues to astound: The Flaming Lips' beautifully trippy kinda-masterpiece 'The Soft Bulletin'. "Will the fight for our sanity Be the fight of our lives?" Songs discussed in this episode: Race For The Prize (Feat. The Colorado Symphony & Andre De Ridder, live at Red Rocks) - The Flaming Lips; Eye Opener - Dot Hacker; Striking Out - E V Kain; Infektion - The Flying Luttenbachers; She Lives in an Airport - Guided By Voices; She Don't Use Jelly, Christmas At The Zoo - The Flaming Lips; Easter Theatre - XTC; Race For The Prize, A Spoonful Weighs A Ton, The Spark That Bled, The Spiderbite Song, Buggin', What Is The Light, The Observer, Waitin' For A Superman, Suddenly Everything Has Changed, The Gash, The Gash (Feat. The Colorado Symphony & Andre De Ridder, live at Red Rocks), Feeling Yourself Disintegrate, Sleeping On The Roof - The Flaming Lips; Waitin' For A Superman (The Flaming Lips cover) - Iron & Wine
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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