Take This Pod and Shove It - What Rolling Stone’s Greatest Country Songs List Missed – BONUS EPISODE PREVIEW

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Take This Pod and Shove It - Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (Part 3 of 3)

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Rolling Stone's country division recently posted an article titled The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time—one of their famous lists, perfect for starting arguments with your nerdiest music lover. So OF COURSE we had to talk about the list. This week we count down to the NUMBER 1 SONG!

This week includes such favorites as Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles, and more!

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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs - Song 175: “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone Part 1 Different Strokes For Different Folks

For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the first part of a two-episode look at the song “Everyday People”. This week we take a short look at the formation of Sly and the Family Stone, and in a week’s time we’ll look at the group’s career after they formed.

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, on “Je T’Aime… Moi Non Plus” by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin.

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/

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Song Exploder - Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over

Crowded House formed in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. They’ve released eight albums, including their most recent one, Gravity Stairs, which came out last month. But on their very first album, they had a big hit with "Don’t Dream It’s Over."

Crowded House made “Don’t Dream It’s Over” with Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Froom, who they went on to work with multiple times. For this episode, I talked to frontman Neil Finn about how the song was first written, and how it developed with his bandmates and collaborators in the studio. And we talked about the profound connection people have had with the song over the years.

For more, visit songexploder.net/crowded-house.

Take This Pod and Shove It - Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (Part 2)

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Rolling Stone's country division recently posted an article titled The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time—one of their famous lists, perfect for starting arguments with your nerdiest music lover. So OF COURSE we had to talk about the list. And we decided to count down the entire list and giving our thoughts on the rankings. This week is part two!

This week includes such favorites as Patsy Cline, John Prine, Lucinda Williams, and more!

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Take This Pod and Shove It - Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (Part 1)

Want more Take This Pod and Shove It? Consider supporting us on Patreon HERE! (Patreon.com/takethispod)

Rolling Stone's country division recently posted an article titled The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time—one of their famous lists, perfect for starting arguments with your nerdiest music lover. So OF COURSE we had to talk about the list. And we decided to count down the entire list and giving our thoughts on the rankings. This week is part one!

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Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt
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Song Exploder - Lizzy McAlpine – Staying

Lizzy McAlpine released her first album in 2020, and her second album in 2022. And between the two, she’s had a lot of success. One of her songs, "Ceilings," was a viral TikTok hit, and has been streamed over half a billion times. So you might think, with all that success, you’d want to keep working in way that’s been working. But while Lizzy was making her third album, Older, after almost a year into the process of recording, she threw the whole thing out. She brought in a new band, and started over with a totally different approach. I talked to her about the song "Staying," from her new album. You’ll hear her original voice memos, as well as the first version she made in the studio, and then how it really came to life once she reimagined it.

For more, visit songexploder.net/lizzy-mcalpine.

Take This Pod and Shove It - 78: “I’m Just a Clown” by Charley Crockett

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This week we're a day late (and probably a dollar short too), and so discussing the ramblin', hard-workin', hard-timin' Charley Crockett seems to make a lot of sense. Crockett is one of the most prolific and beloved artists currently working in the folk/country/Americana/etc. world, and though narrowing down a song was hard, we landed adding his soulful, funky, swampy ditty "I'm Just a Clown" to our Ultimate Country Playlist.

Follow the link below to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including "I'm Just a Clown"
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
And now on TIDAL!
https://t.co/MHEvOz2DOA

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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs - Song 174B: “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” Part Two, “It Takes Two”

For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the second part of a two-episode look at the song “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”. This week we’re looking at the career of Marvin Gaye from 1963 through 1970, as well as his duet partners Mary Wells, Kim Weston, and Tammi Terrell, whose tragically short life comes with a great many content warnings.

Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.

Patreon backers also have a twenty-minute bonus episode, on “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly

And if you just can’t get enough of me talking, I’ve also guested this week, with Tilt and Gary from The Sitcom Club, on our friend Tyler’s podcast Goon Pod, talking about the 1974 film Man About The House.

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/

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Take This Pod and Shove It - “Act Naturally” by Buck Owens [REMASTERED EP 2]

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This week we present a remastered, re-edited, and re-mixed version of our second-ever episode, all about the great Buck Owens. We discuss his career with his musical partner Don Rich and his band The Buckaroos, plus his massive influence on country and rock music. We add his song "Act Naturally" to our Ultimate Country Playlist, which was not only a No. 1 Country hit for Buck, but was famously covered by The Beatles, as well as other artists like Loretta Lynn and Charlie Pride.

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