Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 016 - Ep 3 - Party Musique - Concert Stories, Party Games, And The Leader of Our House Band Goes Solo
Release Date: 11/10/2025
Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 016 - Ep 3 - Party Musique - Concert Stories, Party Games, And The Leader of Our House Band Goes Solo
Beyond Radio Presents
This is probably the longest episode that we've put out, but a reason for that will become evident as we move through this one. Before I focus on this year's music party, we must talk about Yungblud (again) and a fun Uber ride. Once we get to the party, the first song we discuss revolves around my friend Chris Morin, whom we have mentioned numerous times over the years. He is a singer-songwriter and has just debuted his website topherinsolitude.com, where you can read about his life with music and listen to a plethora of tunes he has produced over the years with his bands. Ladies dominate...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 016 - Ep 2 -Tim's Mouth Goes Foul and it's All in the Drums
Beyond Radio Presents
The British band Sleep Token and related bands take up much of the first half of this episode. How do Whitney Houston, Outkast, and Billie Eilish factor in? You'll see. Sleep Token and another band from the genre perform a feat that has not happened since 2013, relating back to the protagonist of the last episode. It takes a long time to get to why 3 of the featured songs are connected, especially since they come from very distinct styles of music. One of these bands is taking up the mantle of a particular genre, and the other shows the surprising origin of a very well-known band from the late...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 016 - Ep 1 - The Gods of Rock 'n Roll
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The summer hiatus is over. Coming back with a new trilogy of episodes, the first begins with honoring the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. This is a packed episode, focusing mainly on a trio of artists and featuring a brief aside at the end. In all 45 songs/artists are highlighted or mentioned. There are strong connections between Ozzy and Yungblud, as well as unexpected connections linking all three artists in certain ways. In the end, it is a nice mix of emotional, spiritual, and fun music. The main featured songs: Gods Of Rock 'n Roll/ Billy Morrison w/ Ozzy Osbourne & Seve Smith Ghosts/...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 015 - Ep 3 - And We Have A Special Guest - A Music Mastermind, a Couple of Tra-La-La's, and Jesus with some Gravy on the Side
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Oh, what a way to end an arc! Tom and I are blindsided by the connection the first song has to Jeff's daughter Eva - something potentially under our noses, but we were completely unaware of. We kind of rabbit-hole the band in question, and I unearth how the mastermind of this outfit was responsible for a slew of Euro-Dance and Pop of the '80s and '90s (one startling connection!). Next up, a relatively recent discovery by my husband John, but actually from 2004. A certain lyric is at the center. Of course, it's a sort of remake of a song from a Dutch band from twenty years prior, and hilarity...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 015 - Ep 2 - And We Have A Special Guest Part 2 - Bayou Soul, Tommy Splatter, Sibling Connections, and a Number of Left Turns
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Part 2 of our conversation with Tom begins in concert territory. Unfortunately, we miss one that is happening that day. Jeff becomes intrigued with a video playlist that Tom and John (mostly) contribute to. From there, we revert to music from our youth, connected to our siblings, once annoying and now not so much. As we move on, a musical family spans from opera to a folky skunk, and an interesting instrument emerges.
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 015 - Ep 1 - And We Have A Special Guest Part 1 - A Strange Afternoon Commences
Beyond Radio Presents
Castlist 15 is a trio of episodes that all revolve around one afternoon of music at our house in March. Our friends Tom and Tony were over as they often are. Tom is a music junkie in a different way than me, and all four of us, my husband John included, connect to music deeply in various ways. I had a playlist on, which is typical, but the way the afternoon unfolded, that was put by the wayside, and an interesting path of music emerged. Part 1 begins with a song not part of that day, but one that needed to be brought to the table because of an Uber encounter the morning of our chat. From...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 7 - A Trio Of Interesting Songs with corresponding Revelations
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Wow, it's been a while since I put out an episode under 30 minutes. Don't be fooled, it's packed with lots of great stuff. The final thought in the Songs of the Summer, 2024 edition, includes 3 songs that piqued my interest back then. It starts with a country artist doing a collab with a prolific alternative artist. Jeff couldn't even get through 3 seconds of a song that was more indicative of his style which led to my revealing a new female artist whose voice elicits a similar feeling in me. The second song is another collab which showcases a different side of 2 well-known artists and...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 6 - Going to the chapel in the sick city
Beyond Radio Presents
We still have our guest, Jeff's daughter Eva, for the first part of this episode. They introduce me to a song by 100 Gecs and then we get into the meat of the matter, the summertime explosion of Chappell Roan, We pretty much mention almost half of her phenomenal album "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess". From there it's an actress who can sing and how she connects to an '80s classic and a trio from the '70s. One of that trio of brothers was, I believe, my first male crush. Up next, a newly discovered gem from 1975 by Elton John and a great track from his album "Caribou". In between we...
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 5 - Song Of The Summer Part 2: Wow, A Rabbit Hole with Cheese at the End
Beyond Radio Presents
After the playlist misstep at the end of the last episode, we resume with the real playlist. This episode features a great Uber story, the most bizarre of my 8 year history. A long defunct band surfaces with a new song, appropriate for the discussion. This begins the rabbit hole and a prolific singer/songwriter/producer touches a lot of artists and songs I love. Through this I discover a 2006 song by the artist that I fell in love with instantly. A second song from my Song of the Summer contender reveals a connection to my first favorite artist and inappropriate kissing of mothers....
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Beyond Radio Presents - Castlist 014 - Ep 4 - What I Did Last Summer 2024 - The Song Of The Summer, Part 1
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It's taken a while to finally get this episode out. Circumstances in the fall delayed a conversation with Jeff and then the holiday season did its usual thing. Before we even get to the first song a story about my sister and her car takes center stage, along with Thanksgiving catch ups. Once we get into my first contender for Song of the Summer, Jeff says he has not much to offer on the songs from the latest playlist. It seemed strange at the time as he had mentioned the song "All My Life" at the end of the last episode as he had found it on one of my current Spotify playlists. Clearly he had...
info_outlineThis is probably the longest episode that we've put out, but a reason for that will become evident as we move through this one. Before I focus on this year's music party, we must talk about Yungblud (again) and a fun Uber ride.
Once we get to the party, the first song we discuss revolves around my friend Chris Morin, whom we have mentioned numerous times over the years. He is a singer-songwriter and has just debuted his website topherinsolitude.com, where you can read about his life with music and listen to a plethora of tunes he has produced over the years with his bands.
Ladies dominate most of the discussion of the music party, and one particular female artist dominated the top 50. The party featured 2 song games, one for the current year and one for 1995, the year John and I moved into our house. The #1 song for the 1995 list has a back story involving Jeff and his wife, Jen. In the end, the ladies win again. I also reveal a little secret concerning a female led 90's band.
The last third of the episode focuses on the solo album by the lead singer of my favorite band of the last 10 years, the Struts. There is a through line from Bond music, Jacques Brel, Jellyfish, Lennon & McCartney, Broadway, and finally Queen (one of our most oft talked about bands).
To round out the episode, Jeff needs to touch back on the brit band Sleep Token we talked about in the previous episode. Definitely some head scratching involved.
In the hour and 16-minute episode, we mention over 65 songs or artists. I believe that is a record.
Featured songs
My Only Angel/Aerosmith & Yungblud
Firestarters/Sawyer Hill
Mystical Magical/Benson Boone
Joyride/Kesha
Guess/Charli XCX & Billie Eilish
Messy/Lola Young
I Alone /Live
Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wine/Luke Spiller
Devil In Me/Luke Spiller
Magic At Midnight in Mel's Diner/Luke Spiller
Intro Song: Everyone But You/The Front Bottoms
Outro song: Could Have Been Me/The Struts featuring Brian May
42nd Annual Music Party Top 50 of 2024/25
1 CHAPPELL ROAN Pink Pony Club
2 LADY GAGA Abracadabra
3 LADY GAGA & BRUNO MARS Die With A Smile
4 HOZIER Too Sweet
5 LOLA YOUNG Messy
6 CHAPPELL ROAN Hot To Go!
7 BILLIE EILISH Birds Of A Feather
8 CHAPPELL ROAN Red Wine Supernova
9 CHARLI XCX f/ BILLIE EILISH Guess
10 CHAPPELL ROAN Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl
11 YUNGBLUD Hello Heaven, Hello
12 SABRINA CARPENTER Please Please Please
13 KENDRICK LAMAR Not Like Us
14 KESHA Joyride
15 LISA f/ DOJA CAT & RAYE Born Again
16 BILLIE EILISH Lunch
17 SABRINA CARPENTER Espresso
18 ROSE & BRUNO MARS APT
19 KYLIE MINOGUE Lights, Camera, Action
20 LADY GAGA Disease
21 CHAPPELL ROAN The Giver
22 FOSTER THE PEOPLE Lost In Space
23 DOECHII Denial Is A River
24 CHARLI XCX 360
25 HOZIER Nobody's Soldier
26 KENDRICK LAMAR f/ SZA Luther
27 BENSON BOONE Slow It Down
28 TATE MCRAE Sports Car
29 SHINEDOWN Three Six Five
30 JAMES BAY f/ THE LUMINEERS & NOAH KAHAN Up All Night
31 LINKIN PARK The Emptiness Machine
32 BENSON BOONE Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else
33 BON JOVI The People's House
34 DOECHII Anxiety
35 THREE DAYS GRACE Mayday
36 PEARL JAM Wreckage
37 MORGAN WALLEN Love Somebody
38 GINTRONIX Alchemy
39 CHAPPELL ROAN Good Luck, Babe!
40 MUMFORD & SONS Rushmere
41 EMINEM Houdini
42 ALMOST MONDAY Can't Slow Down
43 BUTCH WALKER Hot Girls In Good Moods
44 FALLING IN REVERSE & JELLY ROLL All My Life
45 SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR Freedom Of The Night
46 LADY GAGA Vanish Into You
47 TEDDY SWIMS The Door
48 JACK WHITE Archbishop Harold Holmes
49 SHINEDOWN Dance, Kid, Dance
50 BENSON BOONE Mystical Magical
1995 Party Game Top 50
1 LIVE I Alone
2 GARBAGE Only Happy When It Rains
3 CRYSTAL WATERS 100% Pure Love
4 LIVE Lightning Crashes
5 TLC Waterfalls
6 ALANIS MORISSETTE You Oughta Know
7 NATALIE MERCHANT Carnival
8 CRANBERRIES Zombie
9 COOLIO Gangsta's Paradise
10 MONTELL JORDAN This Is How We Do It
11 TOADIES Possum Kingdom
12 BLUES TRAVELER Hook
13 PEARL JAM Better Man
14 SEAL Kiss From A Rose
15 ALANIS MORISSETTE Ironic
16 ANNIE LENNOX No More I Love You's
17 BJORK It's Oh So Quiet
18 LIVE Iris
19 CORONA The Rhythm Of The Night
20 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Missing
21 DES'REE You Gotta Be
22 MADONNA Take A Bow
23 TRACY CHAPMAN Give Me One Reason
24 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH Hold My Hand
25 LETTERS TO CLEO Here And Now
26 BLUES TRAVELER Runaround
27 DIONNE FARRIS I Know
28 ACE OF BASE Beautiful Life
29 PEARL JAM Corduroy
30 ALANIS MORISSETTE All I Really Want
31 ALANIS MORISSETTE Hand In My Pocket
32 TLC Creep
33 OASIS Wonderwall
34 MICHAEL JACKSON & JANET JACKSON Scream
35 MARIAH CAREY Fantasy
36 SPACEHOG In The Meantime
37 LIGHTNING SEEDS & ALISON MOYET My Best Day
38 NATALIE MERCHANT Wonder
39 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH Ony Wanna Be With You
40 RADIOHEAD High And Dry
41 EDWYN COLLINS A Girl Like You
42 NO DOUBT Just A Girl
43 VANESSA WILLIAMS Colors Of The Wind
44 JOAN OSBOURNE One Of Us
45 RADIOHEAD The Bends
46 GIN BLOSSOMS Til I Hear It From You
47 FOLK IMPLOSION Natural One
48 ALANIS MORISSETTE Forgiven
49 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING Breakfast At Tiffany's
50 SEVEN MARY THREE Cumbersome