Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 010 - Ep 1 - The Search For A Higher Plane, Part 1
Release Date: 03/20/2023
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 3 - What I Did Last Summer 2024, Part 3 - Disco Stories
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We continue the discussion of some dance tunes, 1 new and 2 old ones that are associated with 2 great stories, one about my husband and the other from an Uber ride. A concert coincidence comes up and I torture Jeff for a moment (which I always like to do). Primary songs discussed Honey Boy/Purple Disco Machine Libertine/Kate Ryan I Specialize In Love/Sharon Brown Intro Song, Disco Night (Rock Freak)/G.Q. Outro Song, It's Time To Go Now/Gladys Knight & The Pips
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 2 - What I Did Last Summer 2024, Part 2 - The Annual Music Party, Fake Lists, and the Love of Music
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In this episode, we start off with a dance collaboration that unexpectedly showed up on the music party countdown and I reveal this year's top 5. Somebody has 2 songs in the top 5 and I feel one of the artists could win Best New Artist at next year's Grammys. One of the artists in the collaboration brings an instrumental to the mix that harkens back to 30 years ago. What does it remind me of? Well, kind of a massive dance song from 2000 that might be the last instrumental song to reach the Pop Top 40 in the States (a version of Mom's favorite tune from the '80s might be in contention as well)....
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 1 - What I Did Last Summer 2024, Part 1 - The House Band, Concerts, and the Wonders of Sushi
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Summer stories will be the bulk of Castlist 014. First off a tie back to an artist from a recent episode. Then I'm in concert mode with 2 great shows. The second concert artist ends up tying into the discussion of the next song, just another universe connection that always seems to be part of the process. The annual music party comes into the picture and we end on an obscure song from the mid-'90s that impacted both of us at the time. Focus Songs The Struts/Somebody Someday Ian Hunter/Irene Wilde Ian Hunter/All American Alien Boy The Struts/Bad Decisions The Struts/Do What You Want...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 013 - Ep 4 - Glam Tragique Part 2
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A continuation of our discussion about Jobriath's music, this episode features a trio of his songs that other major artists have recorded. Two artists are prominent in this episode, Def Leppard and Kylie Minogue. Joe Elliot from Def Leppard was very connected to 70's glam as a youth and fascinated by Jobriath. While Kylie Minogue has no connection to Jobriath, she does have a connection to the over-arching conversation. Hilarity ensues as we have differing opinions on a certain song, and a tragique duet is discussed The second half of the episode features a conversation about 2 gifts,...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 013 - Ep 3 - Glam Tragique Part 1
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This episode focuses on early '70's glam, a few well-known artists, and an obscure one who has an amazing and crazy story behind him. The lead singer of one of the bands featured gets a lot more time on the clock than I expected but it is well deserved. There is a saxophone having an aneurism, a woman on a rant, and a Broadway show run amok. Primary songs discussed Suffragette City/David Bowie All The Way From Memphis/Mott The Hoople Cleveland Rocks/Ian Hunter We Gotta Get Out Of Here/Ian Hunter Rock Of Ages/Jobriath I'm A Man/Jobriath
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 013 - Ep 2 - This Is The Place To Be
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This episode continues the discussion of the Canadian band Mother Mother with the fun and playful side of the artist. I felt the song "The Stand" was a no-brainer for Jeff to enjoy and I was right. We also explore how their most streamed song came about 12 years after its release. We up the flamboyance factor with the next song by the Scarlet Opera. The band is full of glam and disco which leads into a story about my coming out experience. From there I throw a little cheese into the mix from the late '70's. Sexual innuendo, a hippie 7th grade teacher, and bad music movies enter the...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 013 - Ep 1 - I've Got The Oh Yeahs, Oh Nos, Dystopia, and Alienation
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This playlist starts with one of my favorite songs from 1974 that came to me while I was sleeping. The episode has a lot of energy, music spanning from the 60's through today, a couple of fun Uber stories, a French songstress, hardcore punk, and 3 versions of the same song (twice!). You'll also find out who wasn't a big fan of Cher, how the mother of one of the biggest voices of our lifetime factors into the discussion, and the most awesome way a Reddit contributor connects 2 British bands. Oh how I love how the narrative plays out in the editing process. Primary songs discussed I've...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 012 - Ep 3 - On The 3's, The Cat Empire and Toy Matinee
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On this episode we explore an Australian band that came together over 20 years ago and a duo that produced one album in 1990. Jeff definitely had differing opinions on each. I find positive qualities from both artists.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 012 - Ep 2 - On The 3's - Between a Hard Hard Place and a Rock
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If you know where that lyric is from, I love you! This episode starts with another artist that we talk about their evolution. This band went on to be one of the premiere alt/dance acts of the last 40 years. The transition to the next song was a jarring one for Jeff (of course that was on purpose) and he didn't get the connection between the songs :( but that is OK. This song is a very important song in my history and absoutely stunning in its execution. And of course it led to a revelation I wasn't expecting. Hilarity ensues with the next transition and this song has inadvertently become the...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 012 - Ep 1 - On the 3's - Artist Evolution
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I am dedicating this episode to my high school classmate Thomas Campbell who recently passed away. He was a huge music enthusiast and musician plus an occasional listener to the podcast who has corrected me on occasion (which I appreciated). We were not close in high school though if we had been my music knowledge and diversity would probably have come sooner than it did. I also think he would have appreciated this particular episode as it features artists from the '70s and '80s who were on the cutting edge of music that I imagine he followed at the time. The conversation in this episode...
info_outlineThe next 3 episodes are inter-related and create an arc that has become something I had not necessarily intended. The original premise and core of the episodes is to take songs from one of my favorite lesser known bands of the last 15 years and revealing what I feel are influences on the band. These influences include some of the biggest bands in the last 50 years.
This episode starts with a project that I've been working on ever since the beginning of Covid. The first song we discuss may seem to not be related to the overall discussion and its placement becomes evident eventually. It was a last minute inclusion that ended up changing the overall narrative of Part 1 and Part 2.
In researching the artist Wilder Woods and the band Needtobreathe it led me to the Texas band the Toadies. This started the discussion about the search for a higher plane/higher power.
We finally get to the core artist after about 18 minutes, the Nashville indie rock band Manic Bloom. On their website they term themselves "Epic Melodic Rock" and the moniker is a good one. They put out three records (An EP and two albums) between 2008-15. This band commanded my personal chart between 2009 and 2016 with nine #1's, two #2's and 5 more songs making my top 15.
By comparing their music to well-known bands we get into some background on those bands. The first of those bands had my favorite song of all-time for a period of time from the mid-90's to the mid-2000's. We talk about Eastern philosophy, where energy comes, an 80's-style guitar solo from and an iconic album from the '70's (one one of favorites of the era).