Category: 3-MusicSometimeTalk

This week we get a little alternative as Danny and Tyler are joined by Joe McAdam (@joemcadam, BUTT sketch) to discuss the band CAKE. No, CAKE is not a country band, but they do have a number of country songs, and on this episode we discuss how a 90's alt rock band could be a gateway into country music. And we add the dusty breakup song "Mexico" to our public playlist!

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Need a Cake crash course? Here's our other recs:

• The entirety of the album Fashion Nugget, for starters...
• Excuse Me, I Think I’ve Got a Heartache (Buck Owens cover)
• Walk on By
• Sad Songs and Waltzes (Willie Nelson cover)
• Daria
• Italian Leather Sofa
• War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover)

Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "Mexico"!
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
And on TIDAL!
https://t.co/MHEvOz2DOA

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In January 2015, Björk released Vulnicura. She described it as "a complete heartbreak album." And in November, she released Vulnicura Strings, a companion album that stripped away the electronics. In this episode, Bjork breaks down the making of both the original version of the song "Stonemilker," which you’re hearing now, as well as the strings version. She traces her writing and recording process for the track, her collaboration with the electronic producer Arca, and why she wanted to make a second version. 

For more, visit songexploder.net/björk.

Take a load off! Crack a cold one! You've been workin' too hard! Whether you've got the day off or you've gotta clock in this Labor Day, we thought we'd switch things up and create a whole new playlist of anti-work (or at least pro-worker) country tunes.

Enjoy the Labor Day playlist right here!

Get bonus episodes, blog posts, and more by supporting us on Patreon HERE!(The more patrons we have, the more bonus episodes we release!)

Like this new playlist and wanna hear our ever-growing playlist of incredible country tunes? Follow the link below for our public Spotify playlist:
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
And on TIDAL too!
https://t.co/MHEvOz2DOA

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Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt
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Episode 152 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “For What It’s Worth”, and the short but eventful career of Buffalo Springfield. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.

Patreon backers also have a twenty-five-minute bonus episode available, on “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” by Glen Campbell.

Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/

Errata: I say Moby Grape never recorded the song “On the Other Side”, but someone in the comments has pointed me to a demo of it which was released under the name “Stop”. I also say Buffalo Springfield were the third white act to sign to Atlantic, after Bobby Darin and Sonny and Cher. They were the fourth, as the list I saw didn’t include the Young Rascals

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This week Danny and Tyler are joined by comedian Chris Charpentier (@chrischarpie, Jimmy Kimmel Live, High Plains Comedy Festival) to discuss the haunting prairie songs of Colter Wall. Specifically, we dig into the eerie murder ballad "Kate McCannon," and talk about how he uses musical dynamics to match his excellent storytelling. Plus much more!

Get bonus episodes, blog posts, and more by supporting us on Patreon HERE! (The more patrons we have, the more bonus episodes we release!)

New to Colter Wall but short on time? Here's some recs from Chris and the boys:

• Plain to see Plainsman
• The Manitoba Man
• The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie
• Thirteen Silver Dollars
• Codeine Dream
• Motorcycle
• Saskatchewan in 1881
• Roadrunner (with Vincent Neil Emerson)
• Bob Fudge

Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "Kate McCannon"!
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
And on TIDAL!
https://t.co/MHEvOz2DOA

For everything else click HERE!

Check out our Patreon!
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Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt
For everything else click HERE!

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Get the full episode—and all of our bonus episodes—at Patreon dot com slash take this pod.

As we reach Patreon goals, more bonus episodes will be coming! Upon subscribing, you'll immediately have access to all of our bonus episodes on our Patreon-exclusive feed, plus blog posts, links to SECRET playlists, and more!

For everything else click HERE!

Check out our Patreon!
Check out our new merch store!
Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt
For everything else click HERE!

Want to create your own great podcast? Why not start today! We use BuzzSprout for hosting and have loved it. So we suggest you give them a try as well! Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform, and makes understanding your podcast data a breeze.
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Madonna is the best-selling female recording artist of all time. She has twelve albums that have gone multi-platinum. She’s won seven Grammys, and has had fifty songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Dance chart. That’s more number 1s than anyone in any category, ever. In this episode, she talks about one of those number 1s: “Hung Up,” from her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor. The song and that album were co-produced by Stuart Price, an electronic musician, producer, and DJ from the UK. “Hung Up” began in part because Madonna was working on a film with director Luc Besson (whose films include The Fifth Element and Taken). But the song also grew out of Stuart’s DJ sets.

Madonna has a new career-spanning album out, called Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, and in honor of its release, Madonna and Stuart Price told me the story of how their collaboration and partnership led to one of Madonna’s biggest hits.

For more, visit songexploder.net/madonna.

We start season four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs with an extra-long look at “San Francisco” by Scott McKenzie, and at the Monterey Pop Festival, and the careers of the Mamas and the Papas and P.F. Sloan.  Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.

Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on “Up, Up, and Away” by the 5th Dimension.

Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/

Errata: An incorrect version of the file was previously uploaded, with the wrong section edited in at approximately 57 minutes. This was fixed about three hours after uploading, but some streaming services may have cached the wrong file.

Also I say that John Phillips wrote “No, No, No, No”. I got this from an interview with McKenzie, but he must have been misremembering — the song is a cover version of “La Poupee Qui Fait Non” by Michel Polnareff, with English-language lyrics by Geoff Stephens

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Did you know that Olivia Newton-John had a successful career in country music before she was a movie star and pop icon? On today's episode we pay tribute to the original country-to-pop superstar, Olivia Newton-John, who passed away earlier this month. Danny and Tyler discuss her surprise success in country music, the controversy it caused, and more!

Get bonus episodes, blog posts, and more by supporting us on Patreon HERE! (The more patrons we have, the more bonus episodes we release!)

Here's some other recommended ONJ songs (mostly country ones, too!)

• Xanadu (feat. ELO)
• If You Love Me, Let Me Know
• Water Under the Bridge
• Free the People
• Country Girl
• The River's Too Wide
• Love Song
• Just A Little Too Much

Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "Let Me Be There"
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
And now on TIDAL!
https://t.co/MHEvOz2DOA

For everything else click HERE!

Check out our Patreon!
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For everything else click HERE!

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