8. One, You're Like a Dream Come True But Your Playlist Sucks: Elections
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Now that the election fatigue has hopefully worn off, we bring you episode 8 - the final episode in Season 1 of Your Playlist Sucks Podcast. What a wild ride it has been, a huge thank you goes to our listeners for sticking with us! Recorded prior to Election Day, hosts Enbani and Mark talk about elections, democracy, protest music, and civic engagement. Listen to the playlists on our website or follow us on What are voters looking for when they head to the polls () to choose their commander in chief ()? You'll get a laugh when Enbani surprises Mark with a game of Who Said It? the Kanye...
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7.5. The Jingle King: Interview with Music Director and Keyboardist Alan Shiner
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This episode Dr. Alan Shiner regales us with stories that span his career of over 50 years in the music industry. From composing his first jingle (967-1111 Call Pizza Pizza) in high school, a jingle so famous it has been cited in case law for being used by border guards to tell real Canadians from the would-be Canucks, to writing an international hit with over 15 million copies sold, Alan Shiner gives us a glimpse into his work as a composer, music director/conductor, producer and a performer. His music career is astounding both in its longevity and breadth, not to mention the fact that for...
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7. I Just Can't Get You Out of My Head, But Your Playlist Sucks
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We're back this week with an episode about ear worms that might just make their way onto your rotation! Mark and Enbani talk about the song that you have on repeat, the song that got stuck in your head and then you couldn't get it out, no matter how hard you tried. Maybe you even tried listening to another song (God Save The Queen/The National Anthem or maybe you're a Happy Birthday freak) to push it out of your head. Listen to our hosts' 10-song Spotify playlists on our website or follow us on . This week you'll learn about the tunes that are burrowing into Enbani and Mark's minds and...
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6.5 Your Brain On Music: Interview with Professor Olivia Podolak Lewandowska
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Hosts Enbani and Mark interview Olivia Podolak Lewandowska, PhD, Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto Scarborough, delving into the interdisciplinary field of music cognition, which combines music, psychology, neuroscience, music theory, musicology, music therapy, computer science and linguistics. Olivia discusses her life-long passion for music as a pianist, how it led her to study the science of music more intensely, and her research, which investigates how the structural elements of music can guide performance and listening. She also...
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6. Boys Don't Cry But Your Playlist Sucks: Masculinity
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Episode 6, AKA the episode when Mark and Enbani finally tear into each other and go for the jugular. The time for puff pieces and complimenting each other has passed. In this episode, our hosts investigate how masculinity is depicted in popular culture and what it means to be a man through their 10-song music playlists available on Spotify . Enbani discusses the importance of self-determination and gives credit to businessman Jay-Z for making it out of in Brooklyn (), while Mark gives a sharp critique of "shiny suit" rap. You'll also learn about the curious but...
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5.5. Snakehold: R&B Artist Sebastian Gaskin on the Healing Role of Artists During the Pandemic
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Hosts Enbani and Mark catch up with multi-instrumentalist and fellow Winnipegger to discuss his leap of faith into a career as a professional musician, his feelings towards the marketing of indigenous artists in Canada and his identity as a member of the (more commonly known as Split Lake). Despite growing up in a musical family, Sebastian discusses the moment when he decided to leave behind expectations of an academic life to pursue the path of creativity and healing. In this episode, you'll hear Sebastian's new single , learn about his decision to delay its release in the...
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5. We Belong Together But Your Playlist Sucks: Soundtrack to a Relationship
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Hosts Mark and Enbani get to know each other on a completely new level, talking love (or something like it). In this episode, our hosts dissect the 10-song playlists they each made to show the arc of a relationship (beginning, middle and end), leading them to question what they've learned about themselves in the process. Listen to the playlists on our website or on . After convincing Mark not to make a playlist of only we left this week's theme Soundtrack to a Relationship to the experts. Enbani pinpoints Mark's love language (it's punk rock) and reflects on overcoming insecurities...
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4. You Got It From Your Mama, But Your Playlist Sucks: Mom Songs
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Enbani and Mark continue to piece together the origins of their musical taste, starting with none other than their moms, Arlene and Linda. We learn precisely what sounds surrounded them when they were kids, which mom song was so popular it was beamed into space and what Milli Vanilli has in common with Russia's Greatest Love Machine. In the last segment, Enbani gives a lightning history lesson in the origins of Doo-Wop and its influence on modern R&B. The DJ Khaled impressions are the icing on the cake.
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3.5. Dancing Queen: How DJ Lauren Mayhew Discovered Dance Music and DJing
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Enbani and Mark sit down with DJ/Singer Lauren "Lolo" Mayhew, taking it back to the beginning of her music career, getting signed by Epic Sony as a teen with girl band P.Y.T., opening for Destiny's Child, N*Sync and Britney Spears to falling in love with dance music while on exchange in Spain. Lauren gives us a taste of her new single "We Are Home" with Mariline and recalls what Mark describes as "arguably the most anyone has ever gotten out of a Bumble date" and the lasting impact on her DJing career.
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3. I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor But Your Playlist Sucks
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Hosts Enbani and Mark break down their top ten greatest dance tracks of all time, whether you're grandma or the baby wearing headphones at a concert in Brooklyn. We don't mean songs that are fun to dance to, we mean THE song that you hear and immediately go "hold my drink, first we dance."
info_outlineEven for the avid music listener, reactions ranging from "mind blown" to "shook" are perfectly valid responses when finding out that Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" is, in fact, a cover. This week, Your Playlist Sucks hosts Mark Horosko and Enbani Moore tackle the world of genre-bending covers and transformational sounds, sampling, and the like, with some of their most fascinating discussions yet.
Listen to the full playlists here or follow us on Spotify.
What makes a good cover and can covering another artist's music ever be considered cultural appropriation? What if you're Eric Clapton and you cover "I Shot The Sheriff" one year after Bob Marley and the Wailers release the original, but your rendition skyrockets to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and gets inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame?
In this episode, you'll learn about the hey-day of sampling and the impact of copyright law on Hip Hop, as Mark traces the court battles that led to what some termed a "soft" sound. We also find out that Enbani's grandmother knew Bob Marley, so if that doesn't have you on the edge of your seat, we're calling your bluff because it gets spicy (we mean the discussion, obviously).
Track list:
1. I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley and the Wailers (original), Eric Clapton (cover)
2. Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot (original), Jonathan Coulton (cover)
3. Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1&2 - The Isley Brothers (original), Won't Do - J Dilla (sample)
4. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (original), CHVRCHES (cover)
5. All This Love That I'm Givin' - Gwen McCrae (original), My Feelings For You - Avicii (sample)
6. When You Were Mine - Prince (original), Cyndi Lauper (cover)