That Record Got Me High Podcast
Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and 'secret sauce' that makes it so special to you? Then this just MIGHT be your podcast! Each week your host - rock-n-roll lifer and recovering punk Rob Elba - sits down with a special guest to dissect a record that - metaphorically - got them high.
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S7E356 - Daryl Hall and John Oates 'War Babies' with Fernando Perdomo
06/29/2024
S7E356 - Daryl Hall and John Oates 'War Babies' with Fernando Perdomo
In this positively bonkers episode, we ventured into the studio of L.A. musician/producer Fernando Perdomo to help him unpack the bizarre album by Philadelphia pop/soul hitmakers Daryl Hall and John Oates that got them dropped by Atlantic Records: 1974's 'War Babies'. Strap in, kids... Songs discussed in this episode: Is It A Star - Todd Rundgren; Searching For Myself, Self - Fernando Perdomo; Whenever You're on My Mind - Marshall Crenshaw; No Matter What You Do - Jakob Dylan & Regina Spektor; Old San Juan - Spyro Gyra; International Feel - Todd Rundgren; Right - David Bowie; Guitar Man - Bread; Sara Smile, I Can't Stop The Music, Is It A Star, Beane G and the Rose Tattoo, You're Much Too Soon, 70's Scenario - Daryl Hall and John Oates, Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf; War Baby Son Of Zorro, I'm Watching You (A Mutant Romance), Better Watch Your Back, Rich Girl, Screaming Through December, Johnny Gore and the C Eaters - Daryl Hall and John Oates; Self - Fernando Perdomo
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S7E355 - Melanie 'Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits Of Melanie' with Azalia Snail
06/22/2024
S7E355 - Melanie 'Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits Of Melanie' with Azalia Snail
Avant-garde singer-songwriter and musician Azalia Snail joins Rob in the TRGMH studio to discuss an artist near and dear to her heart - Melanie Safka aka Melanie - and some of her greatest hits: "But maybe it'll all be alright, ma Maybe it'll all be okay Well, if the people are buying tears I'll be rich someday, ma Look what they done to my song..." Songs discussed in this episode: California Dreamin' - Melanie; Take Away His Power, Expert Outlier, Zap You Of That Hate - Azalia Snail; Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins Singers; Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie; Look What They've Done To My Song - The New Seekers; What Have They Done To My Song, Ma, Brand New Key, Ruby Tuesday, The Nickel Song, Bobo's Party, Good Book, Christopher Robin, Animal Crackers, Psychotherapy (Live), Beautiful People, Leftover Wine, Peace Will Come (According To Plan), People In The Front Row - Melanie; Becomes Clear To Them - Azalia Snail; Sign In The Window (Bob Dylan cover) - Melanie
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S7E354 - Bob Dylan 'New Morning' with Steve Dawson
06/15/2024
S7E354 - Bob Dylan 'New Morning' with Steve Dawson
For our very first stab at a Dylan record, Chicago singer/songwriter Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden) veered away from the obvious and chose 1970s 'New Morning'. Coming on the heels of his widely ill-received 'Self Portrait', 'New Morning' was a tight, solid collection of songs many considered a welcome return to form from Mr Zimmerman. Super-fun conversation! Songs discussed in this episode: The Man In Me (Live at Budokan, 1978) - Bob Dylan; At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A Tree - Steve Dawson; Surrounded By The Sound - Dolly Varden; Time To Let Some Light In - Steve Dawson; Blue Moon - Bob Dylan; Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash; The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band; If Not For You - Bob Dylan; If Not For You - George Harrison; If Not For You - Olivia Newton John; Day Of The Locusts, Time Passes Slowly, Went To See The Gypsy, Winterlude, If Dogs Run Free - Bob Dylan; See It Was Like This When - Lawrence Ferlinghette; New Morning, Sign On The Window, One More Weekend, The Man In Me - Bob Dylan; The Man In Me - The Clash; Three Angels, Father Of Night - Bob Dylan; Weather In The Desert - Steve Dawson
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S7E353 - Mixtape Episode 'Unspooled' with Rob Drew
06/08/2024
S7E353 - Mixtape Episode 'Unspooled' with Rob Drew
This week's guest, author Rob Drew, traces how a lowly, hissy format that began life in office dictation machines and cheap portable players came to be regarded as a token of intimate expression through music and a source of cultural capital in his new book Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable. For this episode, he curated a mixtape of some of the music featured in his book and discusses it with Rob. TWO Rob's for the price of one! Songs discussed in this episode: Louis Quatorze - Bow Wow Wow; Sailin On - Bad Brains; Crazy - Patsy Cline; I Just Want To Feel You - R. Stevie Moore; King Heroin (Live in New York 1980) - James Chance & The Contortions; Pay To Cum - Bad Brains; Golden Lane - The Cleaners from Venus; Psychotic Reaction - Shockabilly; Redneck Jazz - Eugene Chadbourne & Evan Johns; Watchin' Girl - Shonen Knife; Don't Mix The Colors - Beat Happening; Honey - Marine Girls; Missing - Everything But The Girl; C30 C60 C90 Go - Bow Wow Wow; EMI - The Sex Pistols; Go West (Girly-Sound version) - Liz Phair; Subtle Holy Gift - Sentridoh; Going To Maryland - The Mountain Goats; Tuesday Moon - Neutral Milk Hotel; Speeding Motorcycle - Yo La Tengo; Living Life - Daniel Johnston; Living Life - Kathy McCarty
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S7E352 - 'Those Horns In That Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
06/03/2024
S7E352 - 'Those Horns In That Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
For this special BONUS episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song with horns that got them high. As always they did NOT disappoint - it's a super-eclectic episode with some really fantastic 'songs with horns' picks, so enjoy!! Songs discussed in this episode: A Message To You Rudy - The Specials; Young Americans - David Bowie; The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones; Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash; Bitch - The Rolling Stones; The Underdog - Spoon; Put The Road In Order - Brass Monkey; It's Going To Happen - The Undertones; Too Late I'm Gone - Audience; All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down (Live in Austin, TX) - The Mavericks; Know Your Product - The Saints; Elephant Gun - Beirut; I'm Shakin' - The Blasters; Favorite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - Haircut 100; Back To The World - Curtis Mayfield; Hiss And Shake - Laura Logic; The Card Cheat - The Clash; Hard To Handle - Otis Redding; Fun House - The Stooges; Say Goodbye - Hunters & Collectors; Underdog - Sly & The Family Stone; A Love Bizarre - Sheila E; The Passenger - Sioixsie & The Banshees; Expressway (To Your Heart) - The Soul Survivors; El Matador - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs; Hell - Squirrel Nut Zippers; Question Of Life - Fishbone; Macca The Mutt - Party Dozen; Can't Hardly Wait - Replacements; Introduction - Chicago; Jezahel - Shirley Bassey; Jezahel - Delirium; Harder Than You Think - Public Enemy
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S7E351 - John Cale 'Paris 1919' with Stephen Bluhm
06/01/2024
S7E351 - John Cale 'Paris 1919' with Stephen Bluhm
This week, New York musician Stephen Bluhm brings us John Cale and his hauntingly beautiful 1973 masterpiece: 'Paris 1919' Songs discussed in this episode: Paris 1919 (live at the Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands) - John Cale; Any Little Thing - Stephen Bluhm; Big White Cloud - John Cale; No One Is There - Nico; All The Love You Want, Wissahickon - Stephen Bluhm; Satellite Of Love - Lou Reed; China Sea - John Cale; Easy To Slip - Little Feat; A Child's Christmas In Whales, Hallelujah, Hanky Panky Nohow - John Cale; Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground; The Endless Plain Of Fortune - John Cale; Andalucia - Yo La Tengo; Andalucia, Macbeth, Paris 1919, Graham Greene, Half Past France, Antarctica Starts Here - John Cale; New Age - The Velvet Underground; There Was A Light - Stephen Bluhm
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S7E350 - Led Zeppelin 'Physical Graffiti with Corey duBrowa
05/25/2024
S7E350 - Led Zeppelin 'Physical Graffiti with Corey duBrowa
What more can be said about Led Zeppelin's densely iconic sixth studio album, 'Physical Graffiti', that hasn't already been said? Apparently quite a bit. Returning guest Corey duBrowa takes us to rock school as we unpack this multi-platinum hard rock mammoth of a double-record. Songs discussed in this episode: Kashmir (Live at Olympia, Paris, France - July 1995) - Jeff Buckley; Sons Of Freedom - Robert Plant & Jimmy Page; Thurston Hearts The Who - Bikini Kill; Custard Pie, The Song Remains The Same (Live at MSG, 1973) - Led Zeppelin; Got Enough Love - Detective; When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin; Custard Pie Blues - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee; Drop Down Mama - Sleepy John Estes; The Rover - Led Zeppelin; Wicked Annabella - The Kinks; In My Time Of Dying - Led Zeppelin; Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed - Blind Willie Johnson; In My Time Of Dyin' - Bob Dylan; In My Time Of Dying (Rehearsal, 1974), Houses Of The Holy, Rock and Roll (Live at MSG, 1973), Trampled Under Foot - Led Zeppelin; Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson; Superstition - Stevie Wonder; Kashmir - Led Zeppelin; Nightswimming - R.E.M.; In The Light, Bron-Yr-Aur - Led Zeppelin; Embryonic Journey - Jefferson Airplane; Down By The Seaside - Led Zeppelin; Down By The River - Neil Young; Misty Mountain Hop, Ten Years Gone, Night Flight, The Wanton Song, Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin; Brother Louie - Stories; Boogie With Stu - Led Zeppelin; Ooh! My Head - Ritchie Valens; Black Country Woman, Sick Again - Led Zeppelin; The Groover - T. Rex; Warsaw - Joy Division; Custard Pie - Helmet with David Yow
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S7E349 - Pescado Rabioso 'Artaud' with Ale Campos
05/18/2024
S7E349 - Pescado Rabioso 'Artaud' with Ale Campos
The third and final studio album by Argentine rock band Pescado Rabioso, 1973s 'Artaud', is essentially a solo album by enigmatic singer/songwriter Luis Alberto Spinetta. The record's jagged, irregular shape foreshadows the darkly beautiful music within, and this week's guest Ale Campos (Las Nubes) helps hopeless gringo Rob unpack this essential Spanish-language gem. Songs discussed in this episode: Bajan (Live feat. Gustavo Cerati, Dec 2009) - Luis Alberto Spinetta; Would Be - Las Nubes; Lust For Life - Iggy Pop (Live iii Points Mana, Wynwood 10-21-23); Road - Nick Drake; Muchacha (Ojos De Papel) - Almendra; Ella...Ella Ya Me Olvido, Yo la Recuerdo Ahora - Leonardo Favio; Todas las Hojas Son del Viento, Cementerio Club, Por - Pescado Rabioso; Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground; Supercheria, La Sed Verdadera, Cantata de Puentes Amarillos - Pescado Rabioso; Promise Me - The Gun Club; Bajan, A Starosta, el Idiota - Pescado Rabioso; Europa - Santana; Las Habladurías del Mundo - Pescado Rabioso; Would Be - Las Nubes
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S7E348 - Wilco 'summerteeth' with Lynn Drury
05/11/2024
S7E348 - Wilco 'summerteeth' with Lynn Drury
New Orleans singer/songwriter Lynn Drury helped Rob get over his irrational Jeff Tweedy/Wilco bias and fully embrace their 1999 release, 'summerteeth'. Tweedy and multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett combined intricate studio experimentation with pure pop to craft a wonderfully ambiguous gem of a record. Songs discussed in this episode: Thirteen - Wilco; Blue, Fade - Lynn Drury; The Palace at 4 A.M. - Jay Bennett; I Can't Stand It, She's A Jar - Wilco; Baby Do Right - Lynn Drury; A Shot In The Arm, We're Just Friends - Wilco; Mountain Girl - Blue Mountain; I'm Always In Love, Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again), How To Fight Loneliness, Via Chicago, My Darling, When You Wake Up Feeling Old, In A Future Age - Wilco; High Tide - Lynn Drury
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S7E347 - Valley Girl (Music From The Soundtrack) with Marcia Potts
05/04/2024
S7E347 - Valley Girl (Music From The Soundtrack) with Marcia Potts
This week, we're joined by Patron Marcia Potts as we travel back to a simpler time when the shirts were bright, the jackets Members Only and the music was...AWESOME! When director Martha Coolidge made her 1983 sleeper hit 'Valley Girl', she filled the movie with New Wave gems made popular by KROQ's "Rock of the 80s" format. Unfortunately the planned release of a soundtrack album was cancelled due to clearance problems with some of the songs. In 1994, Rhino Records FINALLY righted this wrong and released an official compilation of songs from the film's soundtrack on CD, making Marcia and her younger sister VERY happy! "Okay, fine Fer sure, fer sure..." Songs discussed in this episode: Valley Girl - Frank Zappa; A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls; Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie; Johnnie, Are You Queer? - Josie Cotton; Johnnie, Are You Queer? - The Go-Go's; Fetch Me One More Beer (1978 Demo) - FEAR; Eyes Of A Stranger - Payola$; Angst In My Pants, This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us - Sparks; Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work; Everywhere At Once - The Plimsouls; Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) - Pat Travers Band (Live); I La La La Love You - Pat Travers; He Could Be The One - Josie Cotton; Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs; Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime) - The Flirts; Give Him A Great Big Kiss - The Shangri-Las; The Fanatic - Felony; Sidewinder - The New Order; She Talks In Stereo - Gary Myrick and The Figures; Oldest Story In The World - The Plimsouls; School Is In, Faster Pussycat - Josie Cotton; I Melt With You - Modern English; I Melt With You - David Hasselhoff (with Steve Stevens)
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S7E346 - Ultravox 'Vienna' with Oscar Herrera
04/27/2024
S7E346 - Ultravox 'Vienna' with Oscar Herrera
When British band Ultravox released their fourth studio album 'Vienna' in 1980, the addition of new lead singer Midge Ure marked a total change in direction from experimental post-rock to lushly orchestrated synth-pop. This week's guest, singer/songwriter Oscar Herrera (The Sleep of Reason, Black Tape For A Blue Girl), joins us as we explore this icely beautiful record that manages to be both cold-blooded and fierce at the same time. "This means nothing to me..." Songs discussed in this episode: Vienna - London Symphony Orchestra; The Sleep Of Reason - The Sleep Of Reason; Io, Father Whiskey - Oscar Herrera; Saturday Night In The City Of The Dead - Ultravox!; Forever and Ever - Silk; Fade To Grey - Visage; Get Out Of Here - Thin Lizzy; Sleepwalk, Passing Strangers, New Europeans, Private Lives, Astradyne, My Sex, Mr X, Western Promise, Vienna, All Stood Still - Ultravox; Final Sound (Chamber Version) - Oscar Herrera
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S7E345 - 7 Seconds 'Skins, Brains & Guts E.P.' with Bob Suren
04/20/2024
S7E345 - 7 Seconds 'Skins, Brains & Guts E.P.' with Bob Suren
When author Bob Suren (Weird Music That Goes on Forever: A Punk's Guide to Loving Jazz) was first exposed to hardcore music as a teen in the early 80s, it opened his ears and mind to to a world beyond his suburban life in Stuart, FL. The Reno, NV band 7 Seconds were a big part of this awakening, and their blistering 1982 7" E.P. 'Skins, Brains & Guts' is a record that STILL gets him high! Songs discussed in this episode: If The Kids Are United (Sham 69 cover, live 1985) - 7 Seconds; Hardcore Rules - Hated Youth; She's My Hosebag - X-Conz; I Hate The Sunshine State - Roach Motel; After You've Gone - Django Reinhardt; Live Fast Die Young - Circle Jerks; John Wayne Was A Nazi - MDC; Mercenaries - Negative Trend; All Tensed Up - Husker Du; Fat Drunk And Stupid - Section 8; Skins, Brains & Guts, No Authority, Here's Your Warning, Redneck Society, Baby Games, Walk Together, Rock Together, Racism Sucks, This Is My Life, Anti Klan - 7 Seconds; Anti Klan - Society's Ills; I Hate Sports, We're Gonna Fight - 7 Seconds; I'm Better Off Playing Alone - Kevin Seconds; 99 Red Balloons (Nena cover) - 7 Seconds
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S7E344 - Laurie Anderson 'Big Science' with Jeff Greenstein
04/13/2024
S7E344 - Laurie Anderson 'Big Science' with Jeff Greenstein
Writer/director Jeff Greenstein (Will and Grace, Desperate Housewives, Friends) joins us again this week to unpack an album - and artist - that continues to get him spectacularly high: 'Big Science' by avant-garde titan Laurie Anderson. This weirdly wonderful, surprisingly catchy selection of musical highlights from her eight-hour production United States Live was ahead of its time in 1982, and STILL resonates today. Welcome to the future! Songs discussed in this episode: O Superman - Ilmiliekki Quartet; Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra; What Time Is It - Ken Nordine; Title Music from A Clockwork Orange - Wendy Carlos; 3 Dances - John Cage; From The Air, Big Science - Laurie Anderson; This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads; Sweaters - Laurie Anderson; America Is Waiting - Brian Eno and David Byrne; Walking & Falling, Born, Never Asked - Laurie Anderson; Four Organs - Steve Reich; O Superman - Booka Shade; O Superman, Ethics Is The Esthetics Of The Few-Ture - Laurie Anderson; O Superman (Live 1997) - David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey; Example #22, Let X=X, It Tango, Walk The Dog, 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) *Jimi Hendrix cover - Laurie Anderson
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S7E343 - Republic Of Loose 'This Is The Tomb Of The Juice' with Bex Marshall
04/06/2024
S7E343 - Republic Of Loose 'This Is The Tomb Of The Juice' with Bex Marshall
This week, British blues guitarist, singer/songwriter Bex Marshall brings us Irish funk rock band Republic Of Loose and their acclaimed 2004 debut 'This Is The Tomb Of The Juice'. With a surprising range of sounds for an outfit from Dublin - including gospel, rap, smoky blues and dirty funk - leader Mick Pyro and company sound like a cross between OutKast and the Stones, with a bit of Sly Stone thrown in. Although relatively unknown in the states, they attracted some heavy duty fans back home in their relatively short existence including Damien Dempsey, Sinéad O'Connor and Bono. "It must be something in the water..." Songs discussed in this episode: Intro - Republic Of Loose; Lay Down And Die, 5AM, The House Of Mercy, I Can't Look You In The Eye - Bex Marshall; Ride With Us (Live, The Olympia Theatre 2006), Kiodin Man, Hold Up! - Republic Of Loose; Give It Away Now - Red Hot Chili Peppers; Girl I'm Gonna Fuck You Up - Republic Of Loose; Miss You - The Rolling Stones; The House Of Mercy - Bex Marshall; Something In The Water, Tell More Lies, Slow Down - Republic Of Loose; Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy; Sweet Cola Of Mercy, Six Sober Sounds, Dial Jesus For Sweetness - Republic Of Loose; Guilty, Dirty Water - Bex Marshall; Black Bread - Republic Of Loose; Preaching To The Choir - Bex Marshall
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S7E342 - Kate Bush 'The Dreaming' with Emile Milgrim
03/30/2024
S7E342 - Kate Bush 'The Dreaming' with Emile Milgrim
This week, returning guest Emile Milgrim (Las Nubes, Other Electricities) brings us Kate Bush, and her groundbreaking fourth studio album 'The Dreaming'. Released in 1982 - and her first that was entirely self-produced - the highly experimental collection of unconventional, at times dense soundscapes initially baffled both critics and the general public. Over time, however, it has been embraced as a triumph of inventive songwriting and unpredictable performances by an artist fully embracing her creative autonomy. Songs discussed in this episode: Dreamtime - Kate Bush; Enredados, Drop-In - Las Nubes; Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), The Man With The Child In His Eyes (Live USTV 1978), Wuthering Heights, Cloudbusting, Sat In Your Lap, There Goes A Tenner - Kate Bush; Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode; Pull Out The Pin, Rocket's Tail, Suspended In Gaffa, Leave It Open - Kate Bush; Union Strike Folk Song - Lisa Simpson; The Dreaming, Night Of The Swallow, All The Love, Houdini, Get Out Of My House - Kate Bush; Enredados - Las Nubes
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S7E341 - 'That DRUMMING In That Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
03/28/2024
S7E341 - 'That DRUMMING In That Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
For this special BONUS episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song where the drumming/drummer got them high. Turn it up!! Songs - and drummers - discussed in this episode: Train In Vain - The Clash (Topper Headon); Satisfaction - DEVO (Alan Myers); PDA - Interpol (Sam Fogarino); Anthrax - Gang Of Four (Hugo Burnham); Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood); Making Plans For Nigel - XTC (Terry Chambers); Forget - Mission Of Burma (Peter Prescott); No Backbone - The Lemonheads (Bill Stevenson); Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nilsson (Jim Gordon); Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham); Zodiac - The Melvins (Dale Crover); I Can See For Miles - The Who (Keith Moon); Marquee Moon - Television (Billy Ficca); I'm Glad You're Mine - Al Green (Howard Grimes); Man Like That - Gin Wigmore (Jake Sinclair); Turn It On Again - Genesis (Phil Collins); Oh Yeah - CAN (Jaki Liebezeit); Rock Music - Pixies (David Lovering); The Etcetera Stroll - The Monochrome Set (J.D. Haney); Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 (Larry Mullen Jr); Soul in Isolation - The Chameleons (John Lever); Late For The Train - Buzzcocks (John Maher); White Room - Cream (Ginger Baker); "92" - Anchorman (Daryl Bonebrake); Favorite Dish - Lee Perry & The Upsetters (Mickey Boo and/or Sly Dunbar?); Are You Happy Now - The Charlottes (Simon Scott); Dreaming - Blondie (Clem Burke)
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S7E340 - Butthole Surfers 'Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac' with Barry Stock
03/23/2024
S7E340 - Butthole Surfers 'Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac' with Barry Stock
1984 had its share of sonically expansive punk releases, but few were as viscerally bizarre and dizzyingly unpredictable as Butthole Surfers' full-length debut, 'Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac'. Former TRGMH co-host Barry Stock joins Rob as they unpack this at-times-menacing, at-times-hilarious classic. Songs discussed in this episode: The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Butthole Surfers; Crispy Brain Candy - Barry Stock; A Different View - Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet; Hansel, Gretel & The Witch, The Mysterious Dr Worm - Barry Stock; The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave, Concubine - Butthole Surfers; Day Tripper - Shockabilly; Eye of the Chicken, Pepper - Butthole Surfers; Children Of The Grave - Black Sabbath; Dum Dum - Butthole Surfers; Tear It Up - The Cramps; Woly Boly, Negro Observer, Butthole Surfer, Lady Sniff, Cherub, Mexican Caravan - Butthole Surfers; Dark Entries - Bauhaus; California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys; Cowboy Bob - Butthole Surfers; T.V. Eye - The Stooges; The Dicks Hate The Police - The Dicks; Gary Floyd - Butthole Surfers; Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry; The Metabolization Of Stimulants - Barry Stock
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S7E339 - Red Red Meat 'Jimmywine Majestic' with Michael Wiener
03/16/2024
S7E339 - Red Red Meat 'Jimmywine Majestic' with Michael Wiener
This week, vocalist/songwriter...etc Michael Wiener (The Children...) brings us Chicago's Red Red Meat and their 1993 Sub Pop release 'Jimmywine Majestic'. With singer/songwriter Tim Rutili's - later of Califone - impressionistic lyrics and the band's fuzzed-out bluesy swagger, it's a dark, menacing ride indeed. Songs discussed in this episode: Smokey Mtn Dbl Dip - Red Red Meat (Live 1994 Davenport, IA); God Is A Bereaved, Smothered My Traces - The Children...; Funeral Singers - Califone; Glynis - Smashing Pumpkins; Flank, Stained & Lit - Red Red Meat; Mayonaise - Smashing pumpkins; Braindead, Smokey Mtn Dbl Dip - Red Red Meat; Sitting Still - R.E.M.; Moon Calf Tripe - Red Red Meat; Stull Pt 1 - Urge Overkill; Cillamange, Ball, Lather, Rusted Water, Gorshin, Dowser, Comes, Roses - Red Red Meat; Smothered My Traces - The Children...
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S7E338 - Spoon 'Kill The Moonlight' with Rob Kassees
03/09/2024
S7E338 - Spoon 'Kill The Moonlight' with Rob Kassees
This week's guest Rob Kassees (1001 Album Complaints Podcast) brings us Spoon and their deceptively sparse, sonically luscious 2002 release 'Kill The Moonlight'. Britt Daniel and company employ a less-is-more approach that feels effortless and often had us pondering, "Does it rock or does it groove?" Yes. Songs discussed in this episode: The Way We Get By - Vitamin String Quartet; Green Shirt - Elvis Costello & The Attractions; Servo - Brian Jonestown Massacre; Small StakesThe Way We Get By - Spoon; Gravity Rides Everything - Modest Mouse; Some Weird Sin - Iggy Pop; Something To Look Forward To, I Turn My Camera On, Stay Don't Go, Jonathan Fisk, Paper Tiger, Someone Something - Spoon; Ticket To Ride - The Beatles; Don't Let It Get You Down - Spoon; Do You Remember Walter - The Kinks; All The Pretty Girls Go To The City, You Gotta Feel It, Back To The Life - Spoon; Big In Japan - Tom Waits; Vittorio E, Love Song (The Damned Cover) - Spoon
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S7E337 - Beastie Boys 'Paul's Boutique' with Kevin Moyer
03/02/2024
S7E337 - Beastie Boys 'Paul's Boutique' with Kevin Moyer
Initially considered a commercial failure following their multi-platinum debut, Beastie Boys' groundbreaking second record "Paul's Boutique" is now viewed as a landmark achievement in the world of hip-hop. Producer/Music Supervisor Kevin Moyer (Heaven Adores You, The Glamour and The Squalor) joins us as we unpack this dense, highly influential classic. Songs discussed in this episode: Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys (Live in Amsterdam, 2004); It's The Little Things - Redd Kross; Beastie Boys - Beastie Boys; Annie's Gone - Redd Kross; Girls, To All The Girls, Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys; 6 O' Clock DJ (Let's Rock) - Rose Royce; Funky Snakefoot - Alphonse Mouzon; Unity, Pt. 2 (Because It's Coming) - James Brown and Afrika Bambaataa; Johnny Ryall - Beastie Boys; Sharon - David Bromberg; Egg Man, Egg Raid On Mojo - Beastie Boys; Sport - Lightnin' Rod; The Murder - Bernard Herrmann; High Plains Drifter, The Sounds Of Science, 3-Minute Rule - Beastie Boys; Brave & Strong - Sly and the Family Stone; Hey Ladies, 5-Piece Chicken Dinner, Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun - Beastie Boys; Last Bongo In Belgium, Apache - Incredible Bongo Band; Car Thief - Beastie Boys; Rien Ne Va Plus - Funk Factory; Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan; What Comes Around - Beastie Boys; Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin; Put On Train - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds; It's Hot Tonight - Alice Cooper; Rhymin and Stealin, Shadrach - Beastie Boys; Loose Booty - Sly and the Family Stone; Never Let Em Say - Ballin' Jack; B-Boy Bouillabaisse - Beastie Boys; The Well's Gone Dry - The Crusaders; Mess Around - Redd Kross
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S7E336 - Les Savy Fav 'Root For Ruin' with Camila Risso
02/24/2024
S7E336 - Les Savy Fav 'Root For Ruin' with Camila Risso
Hey! For our first episode of Season 7, long time TRGMH guest Camila Risso brings us NYC Art Punk purveyors Les Savy Fav and their endearingly bombastic 2010 release 'Root For Ruin'. "We've no shame and we've no pride And we've got nothing left to hide Cause we've got nothing left inside They can try with all of their might We still got our appetite" Songs discussed in this episode: Who Rocks The Party (Live at the Bowery Ballroom, NY 1/1/2008), Legendary Tippers - Les Savy Fav; Luno - Bloc Party; Waiting Room - Fugazi; Appetites - Les Savy Fav; Mr. Pharmacist - The Fall; Dirty Knails, Sleepless In Silverlake, Let's Get Out Of Here - Les Savy Fav; Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys; Lips N' Stuff, Poltergeist - Les Savy Fav; Ghost Rider - Suicide; High And Unhinged, Excess Energies, Crutches - Les Savy Fav; Shamisen Solo 1 - Shinichi Kinoshita; Calm Down, Clear Spirits - Les Savy Fav; Not Me - This Mortal Coil; Let's Get Out Of Here (Alternate Version) - Les Savy Fav
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S6E335 - The Soft Boys 'Underwater Moonlight' with Tom Lawery
02/17/2024
S6E335 - The Soft Boys 'Underwater Moonlight' with Tom Lawery
For our final episode of Season 6, we're joined by TRGMH super-fan Tom Lawery as we explore a classic of neo-psychedelic post-punk, The Soft Boys' seminal 1980 release: 'Underwater Moonlight'. Robyn Hitchcock's jangly, twisted pop songs were hugely influential to a slew of 80s alternative bands, and we could hardly contain our glee at revisiting this timeless classic of a record! Songs discussed in this episode: Queen Of Eyes - Fastbacks; My Wife And My Dead Wife - Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians; Human Music - The Soft Boys; Moral Kiosk - R.E.M.; Octopus - Syd Barrett; Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves; I Wanna Destroy You, Kingdom Of Love, Positive Vibrations - The Soft Boys; Pretty Persuasion - R.E.M.; I Got The Hots - The Soft Boys; Peaches - The Stranglers; Insanely Jealous Of You - The Soft Boys; Days - Television; Tonight, You'll Have To Go Sideways - The Soft Boys; Celestial Transgression - Robyn Hitchcock; Old Pervert - The Soft Boys; Bill's Corpse - Captain Beefheart; Old Pervert (Original LP Version), Queen Of Eyes - The Soft Boys; Teenage FBI - Guided By Voices; Underwater Moonlight, Only The Stones Remain, Vegetable Man, Empty Girl - The Soft Boys
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S6E334 - 'That TWISTED Love Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
02/15/2024
S6E334 - 'That TWISTED Love Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
"What is Love anyway, does anybody love anybody anyway?" We don't know the answer to that question, Howard, but we DID ask our Patrons to send in their favorite TWISTED love song - and they did NOT disappoint. We think you will love this episode... Songs discussed in this episode: Love Gets You Twisted - Graham Parker; Rosie - Jackson Browne; Woman - Anti-Nowhere League; Carmelita - Warren Zevon; Buddha - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band; They Don't Know About Me And You - Chuck Prophet; Fat - Violent Femmes; Gimme All Your Lovin' Or I Will Kill You - Macy Gray; I Want You - Elvis Costello If I Didn't Love You - Squeeze; Johanna - Iggy Pop; Into My Arms - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Red Headed Stranger - Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith; Lovey Dovey - Split Enz; Reflections In A Flat - Half Man Half Biscuit ; Timebomb - Old 97s; Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses; Be My Girl-Sally - The Police; A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off - The Magnetic Fields; I Lied - Lord Huron; Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue; Shadow Of Love - The Damned; Stay Away From Robert Mitchum - April March; The Fall - Nomeansno; You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr; (I Never Loved) Eva Braun - The Boomtown Rats
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S6E333 - Superchunk 'On The Mouth' with Pete Gordon
02/10/2024
S6E333 - Superchunk 'On The Mouth' with Pete Gordon
This week Rob sits down with a friend of 30+ years, musician Pete Gordon, to talk Chapel Hill NC indie rock titans Superchunk and their 1993 release, 'On The Mouth'. "Have you got a minute?..." Songs discussed in this episode: From The Curve (Live in Montreal 1993) - Superchunk; Worry Wart - Radiobaghdad; A New Hope - Amboog-A-Lard; Seed Toss - Superchunk; Alpha Dog - Irish Car Bomb; Precision Auto - Superchunk; Precision Auto - Jimmy Eat World; Precision Auto - Les Savy Fav; Bringin' It Down - Judge; Sometime To Return - Soul Asylum; Still Waiting - Dag Nasty; Merchandise - Fugazi; From The Curve - Superchunk; Raining Blood - Slayer; For Tension, Mower, Package Thief, Swallow That, I Guess I Remembered It Wrong - Superchunk; Helicopter - Bloc Party; New Low - Superchunk; A Weird Place To Look For Gold, But OK - Cede The Clouds; Untied - Superchunk; Undone-The Sweater Song - Weezer; The Question Is How Fast, Trash Heap, Flawless, The Only Piece That You Get - Superchunk; What's Your Theory Doctor? - Cede The Clouds
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S6E332 - Cardiacs 'A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window' with Richard Farnell
02/03/2024
S6E332 - Cardiacs 'A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window' with Richard Farnell
This week, UK record shop owner/musician Richard Farnell brings us the impossible-to-classify British iconoclasts Cardiacs and their magnificently eclectic 1988 debut 'A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window'. It's a wild ride indeed, and we're here for it! Songs featured in this episode: Interlude - Cardiacs; Sparkle - The Suncharms; Tarred and Feathered, Hope Day - Cardiacs; Casablanca Moon - Slapp Happy; Smart Patrol/Mr DNA - DEVO; Cross Wires - XTC; Ill In The Head - Dead Kennedys; A Little Man And A House, In A City Lining, Is This The Life, Dive, The Icing On The World, The Breakfast Line, Victory Egg - Cardiacs; Act Of Being Polite - The Residents; R.E.S., The Whole World Window - Cardiacs; Things Lost - The Suncharms
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S6E331 - Cocteau Twins 'Treasure' with Miki Berenyi
01/27/2024
S6E331 - Cocteau Twins 'Treasure' with Miki Berenyi
This week's guest, English singer/guitarist Miki Berenyi (Lush, Piroshka, Miki Berenyi Trio), brings us a record by Scottish alternative band - and for a time 4AD labelmates of her band, Lush - Cocteau Twins and their stunning 1984 release 'Treasure'. Evocative, ethereal, and anchored by singer Elizabeth Fraser's otherworldly voice, its sublime, almost alien beauty is hard to describe. But we try. Songs discussed in this episode: Strange Fruit - Cocteau Twins (John Peel BBC session, 1983); Ladykillers - Lush; Needles and Pins - The Searchers; Cherry-coloured Funk, Wax and Wane, Ivo, Lorelei, Beatrix, Persephone - Cocteau Twins; For Love - Lush; Yes - McAlmont and Butler; Pandora (For Cindy) - Cocteau Twins; Everlastingly Yours - Piroshka; Amelia, Aloysius - Cocteau Twins; Leaves Me Cold - Lush (Peel Session, 1990); Cicely, Otterley, Donimo - Cocteau Twins; Light From A Dead Star - Miki Berenyi Trio (Recorded live during Paris Popfest, 2023
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S6E330 - Pink Floyd 'Meddle' with Louis Michot (Lost Bayou Ramblers)
01/20/2024
S6E330 - Pink Floyd 'Meddle' with Louis Michot (Lost Bayou Ramblers)
When we asked this week's guest, Grammy Award winning fiddler/singer/songwriter Louis Michot (Lost Bayou Ramblers) to choose a record to discuss, he went with an album that captured his imagination as a young up-and-coming Louisiana musician and has mystified him ever since: Pink Floyd's fascinating 1971 release, 'Meddle'. "And no one calls us to move on And no one forces down our eyes No one speaks and no one tries No one flies around the Sun" Songs discussed in this episode: One Of These Days (8-Bit Version) - 8 Bit Songs; The Bathtub (Live) - Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra & Lost Bayou Ramblers; Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd; Les Beaux Jours, Rêve du Troubadour (feat. Rising Stars Fife and Drum), Le Cas de Marguerite (feat. Bombino, Leyla McCalla) - Louis Michot; One Of These Days, A Pillow Of Winds, Fearless - Pink Floyd; In My Life - The Beatles; San Tropez - Pink Floyd; Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground; Seamus - Pink Floyd; Mountain Jam (Live) - Allman Brothers Band; Echoes, Time, Echoes - Pink Floyd; Amourette (feat. Quintron) - Louis Michot
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S6E329 - Traveling Wilburys 'Vol. 1' with D.A. Stern
01/13/2024
S6E329 - Traveling Wilburys 'Vol. 1' with D.A. Stern
A supergroup to end all supergroups, the Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne) and their mega-platinum debut, Vol. 1, is at-the-end-of-the-day a chronicle of 5 supremely gifted musicians making some music together and clearly enjoying each other's company. This week's guest, Los Angeles musician D.A. Stern, can't remember a time when this record WASN'T a part of his life, and we leave our cynicism at the door as we dig into this once-in-a-lifetime classic. Songs discussed in this episode: Not Alone Anymore - Roy Orbison (Demo Version); Acid Winter, Not A Punk - D.A. Stern; When We Was Fab - George Harrison; Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra; Handle With Care, Dirty World, Rattled, Last Night - Traveling Wilburys; You Got It - Roy Orbison; Not Alone Anymore, Congratulations, Heading For The Light, Margarita, Tweeter and the Monkey Man - Traveling Wilburys; Blinded By The Light - Bruce Springsteen; End Of The Line - Traveling Wilburys; Lovebird (feat. Sarah Chernoff) - D.A. Stern
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S6E328 - Mixtape Episode 'Punk Under The Sun' with Joey Seeman
01/06/2024
S6E328 - Mixtape Episode 'Punk Under The Sun' with Joey Seeman
For this special 'Mixtape Episode' we invited author/DJ/painter Joey Seeman to curate a mixtape of some of his favorite songs by bands featured in his new book (along with Chris Potash), Punk Under The Sun - 80s Punk and New Wave in South Florida. Joey's mixtape: 1.Silver Screen - Critical Mass 2.In Society - Reactions 3.Violent Days - Screaming Sneakers 4.If This Is Love - Charlie Pickett & The Eggs 5.Teenage Lipstick Boys - Rock City Angels 6.Turn Off Your Radio - The Essentials 7.Wrap Your Arms Around Me - Psycho Daisies 8.Immigration Report - The Front 9.Endless Sky - Crank 10.Get Out Of LA - The Cookies 11.Elizabeth Caine - The Preachers 12.DontFuckMeUp - Fuckboyz Other songs discussed in this episode: Catholic Love (Live Premier Club 1980) - The Eat; Miami Breakdown - Z Toyz; Communist Radio - The Eat; Missionary Man - The Cichlids; You Don't Mean That Much To Me - Critical Mass; Goin' Back To Marlboro Country - Mark Markham and His Jesters; Phantom Train - Charlie Pickett & The Eggs (Live at The Button, 1982) To order the book, go to: https://hozacrecords.com/
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S6E327 - 'That Real Song By A Fake Band Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
12/31/2023
S6E327 - 'That Real Song By A Fake Band Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite song by a 'fake' band/artist. It rocks. Take that, Daisy Jones & The Six! Songs discussed in this episode: Cheese & Onions - The Rutles; Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers; Maggie Thatcher - Ian Rubbish & The Bizarros; Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney; Touch Me I'm Dick - Citizen Dick; I Can Feel Your Heartbeat - The Partridge Family; Addicted To Love - Ciccone Youth; Bedazzled - Drimble Wedge & the Vegetations; The World Is Turning On - The Pooh Sticks; Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong; Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley; Tra La La Song - The Banana Splits; Banana Splits - The Dickies; That's What He Said - The Smart Patrol; Angry Inch - The Angry Inch; I Know You - Angela & The Fans; On The Darkside - Eddie & The Cruisers; It's A Beautiful Game - The Cavaliers; Join The Professionals - The Looters; Professionals - The Fabulous Stains
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