Category: 3-MusicSometimeTalk

Since the release date of this episode happens to be Tax Day we decided to explore country music's complicated and contentious relationship with the I.R.S. Whether it's Cash or Paycheck, or the many in between, they've got beef with the government, and today we tell their stories! Who owed millions, who lost their property, who wrote songs about taxes, and who got songs written about them—it's all here in this episode!

Some announcements too!
Take This Pod and Shove It will be doing a live show at The Chief Comedy Festival in Trinidad Colorado again this year—May 5th at 5pm. Danny and Tyler will also be performing standup live at the festival.
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Good luck with your taxes, and we'll see you next week when we add another song to our public playlist.

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At long last! The incomparable Willie Nelson gets added to our public playlist! This week we dig into the innovative and influential album The Red Headed Stranger, and how Willie made the most of his newfound creative control in the early 70's. Plus we get into lots of fun Willie trivia!

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

Here's some other Willie recs from Danny, and Tyler:

• Can I Sleep In Your Arms
• Denver
• Hands on the Wheel
• Buddy
• Remember Me
• Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
• Whiskey River
• Pretend I Never Happened 
• Bloody Mary Morning
• Gotta Get Drunk
• I Don’t Go To Funerals
• Yesterday’s Wine
• Sad Songs and Waltzes
• Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other
• Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die

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King of the Hill is one of our favorite TV shows of all time, and on our newest bonus episode we discuss how frequently the show incorporates country music and country music stars. It's a lot of fun, and you can hear the full hour long episode exclusively at our Patreon!

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Yaeji is a singer, songwriter, and producer from New York. During her childhood she moved between Queens, Atlanta, and Seoul. While she was at college in the States, she started DJing and releasing her own music. That led to two EPs in 2017, and since then, she’s also done remixes for Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, and Robyn. Yaeji won the International Breakthrough Award at the AIM Awards in 2020. This week she’s releasing her debut album, With A Hammer.

For this episode, I talked to Yaeji about her song “Passed Me By.” She sings the song in Korean and English, and she told me how using both languages gives her a broader palette to express her ideas.

For more, visit songexploder.net/yaeji.

We have remastered the mixing and editing of our debut episode about John Prine and his boot stompin' song "Please Don't Bury Me."

Often considered "Music's Mark Twain," John Prine is funny, heartbreaking, charming, understated, dry, and brilliant. Danny and Tyler discuss the rollicking and decidedly-country "Please Don't Bury Me," and also explore Prine's origin story as a Chicago mailman, plus how his first few albums alone changed country and folk songwriting forever.

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Here's an abridged list of other John Prine tracks that we recommend!

• That’s The Way the World Goes Round
• Quiet Man
• Mexican Home
• Sweet Revenge
• Clay Pigeons
• Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian
• Aw Heck
• Crooked Piece of Time
• You Got Gold
• Lake Marie
• Plus all of Prine's legendary self-titled debut album!

Check out "Please Don't Bury Me," and ALL of the songs we've featured on the show over at our official public playlist!
Also on TIDAL!

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Episode 164 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “White Light/White Heat” and the career of the Velvet Underground. This is a long one, lasting three hours and twenty minutes. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.

Patreon backers also have a twenty-three minute bonus episode available, on “Why Don’t You Smile Now?” by the Downliners Sect.

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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This week we're talking when Outlaw Country decides to go Gospel! What would Jesus do? We'll he'd listen to these boot stompers and hand clappers!

Click here to listen to the Outlaw Gospel playlist we discuss on the episode!

From Willie to Merle, Cash to Paycheck, and even new blood Sturgill and Childers, we are discussing the wide variety of Gospel music written and recorded by some of outlaw country's biggest names. Aint no grave can hold this playlist down!

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Seal is a multi-Grammy-winning singer and songwriter from England. His song “Kiss from a Rose” was first released in 1994, on his second album. It was a huge hit, thanks in part to being featured in the movie Batman Forever. It landed on the top ten charts in multiple countries, and eventually went quadruple platinum in the US. At the 1996 Grammys, it won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. But "Kiss from a Rose" becoming a hit was not a foregone conclusion. Seal almost didn’t record it. And when it was first released, it didn’t make much of a splash. But for this episode, the 250th episode of Song Exploder, Seal and his longtime collaborator, producer Trevor Horn, told me the story of what it took to bring "Kiss from a Rose" to life.

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This week we are joined by comedian Sammy Mowrey (Comedy at the Manor, What's Your Favorite Taylor Swift Song Podcast) to discuss Fleetwood Mac's surprising but enduring influence on country music. The boys put together a playlist of Fleetwood Mac covers and collaborations by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, The Chicks, and more—and we discuss what works and what doesn't! 

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Check out the Fleetwood country covers and collabs from the episode's playlist!

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After adding our 50th song to our Official Playlist,  we decided to take a moment to reflect on our last ten episodes, play some games, and catch up.

First, some key updates: We are moving our episode release date to Tuesdays. Also, we are zeroing in on which Willie Nelson solo song we will add to the playlist, but we WANT YOUR HELP! Please email or DM us your favorite Willie Nelson song.  We've been debating this behind the scenes for a while, but we'd like your valuable input too! So let us know what you think!

This week we play a new trivia game based around which musician owns which business—see if you can figure it out before we do! And we play IS IT COUNTRY? We try to determine if songs by The Breeders, The Pointer Sisters, and more are at least 51% "country."

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