#12 On The Record Jams! TV On the Radio and A Tribe Called Quest
Release Date: 03/23/2025
On The Record Jams!
After recognizing September 11, 2001 - 25 years later - we thought it would be a good idea to review New York City Cops by The Strokes. Their debut album, Is This It, was released over seas in the summer of 2001, whereas the album didn't get released in the States till October 9, 2001 - without the song New York City Cops, which was swapped out for the song When It Started. So it is 25 years after the fact and we wanted to talk about the band and this particular song in the Modern Area of the 2020's. Please give us a listen to see how it went. Listen to the song by clicking...
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On the Record Jams! is back to talk about the Rick James record, Fire and Desire, featuring Teena Marie off the Street Songs album. Click the link below to listen to Fire and Desire: Teena Marie and Rick James performing this song in 2004 A live performace back in the day. Quite Epic E-mail us at
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30 Minutes to Get Back returns to the Let It Be album. This time we take a look at the engineer's mix, Glyn Johns, who over saw the honest, no studio wizardry tricks, Let It Be album. Write to us at
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On the Record Jams! is back to talk about the band from El Paso Texas, At the Drive In. It's the year 2000, and Relationship to Command was supposed to take over the world. Unfortunately due to burn out and other variables, At The Drive placed their career on a long hiatus. Although their taste of the global spotlight was short - lived, the band's legacy is solidified by their powerful, raw stage presence, powerful recordings, and the break out single, One Armed Scissor. Share your thoughts with us about this song at Legendary Live performance of the song
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After covering the whole Peter Jackson directed Get Back documentary, Chris and A.J. discuss the Let It Be album. released in 1970 with with completed production from Phil Spector. Share your thoughts about the Let It Be album with us. When did you first hear it? How often do you return to it? e-mail us at
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Finally, we made it to the Roof Top performance. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Billy Preston played a semi-impromptu performance that was immaturely cut short, but has been discussed and revered for decades. Join our discussion at
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30 Minutes to Get Back is back with the immediate run up to the Roof Top performance...well, the day before the roof top performance. We are almost there, guys! Join the discussion at . We would love to hear from you! Join our Patreon at
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On the Record Jams discuss two records that seem kindred in spirit: Here We Go Again by The Isley Brothers and Yearning For Your Love by The Gap Band. The Isley Brothers' Here We Go Again The Gap Band's Yearning For Your Love Insatiable Woman by Isley, Jasper, Isley Nas featuring AZ in Life's A Bitch Write to us at Do you believe that these two records sound similar?
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Radiohead's Paranoid Android is the topic of discussion for this episode of On the Record Jams! Listen to the song below: Write to to share your thoughts about the song, the album and the band itself, please. We would love to do a follow up to this discussion.
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30 Minutes to Getback is here to talk about the band fine tuning some songs, hearing actual takes that make the album and the workshopping of Something by George Harrison. Write to us at about your favorite moments. Thank you to our Patreon Subscribers: Alan Wright, Tim Price, Cluck Trent, Kevin Faterkowski, Paul Hicks, The Irredeemable Shag, Laurel Phillips, Mark Blair, Justin Steiner, Rick, Jordan Holt, April5K, Bill Bere, Chris Pine, Jeremy Dawe and Clinton Robison
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On the Record Jams! is back to talk about the Brooklyn-Based experimental band TV On The Radio and the Queens collective legendary hip-hop act, A Tribe Called Quest. Please contact us at ontherecordjams@gmail.com
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https://youtu.be/pNNpPdDWNEs?si=Q1uoqVNhHcLgmJgd
Crying by TV On The Radio
Bonita Applebum by A Tribe Called Quest
https://youtu.be/6xE6ZWwJezg?si=Nn1GEXA9XgtwtYTe