Earbuds And Earworms

While this is the second time we have covered sad songs, this episode really gets downright emotional. Mitchell breaks in with absolute heartbreak and it is layers upon layers of how to construct a proper sad song from there.  Also, Amy audibly unravels, which is a kind of ridiculous weird thing to do.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Bright Eyes - Messenger Bird’s Song Graham Parker - You Can’t Be Too Strong Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven Vince Gill - When I Call Your Name Amanda Palmer - Judy Blume Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comley S. Carey - Brassy Sun Modest Mouse - Edit the Sad Parts Lucy Dacus - Night Shift Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun The 6ths and Sally Timms - Give Me Back My Dreams Magnetic Fields - I Don’t Believe in the Sun

This week is all about that moody kid we all were in high school. You can’t tell us what to do! Gah, MOM! Stay out of my room! We also got some pretty sweet feedback.   Most important book about emo that Amy read in High School to have emo credentialing.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS   Music: Thursday - Understanding in a Car Crash Cursive - The Casualty Green Day - Burnout Apex Theory - Shhh Further Seems Forever - The Moon is Down Agnostic Front - Power The Smiths - How Soon is Now Penfold - I’ll Take You Everywhere Secret and Whisper - XOXOXO Deftones - My Own Summer Blood for Blood - Wasted Youth Crew Deadsy - The Key to Gramercy Park  

Songs shape us while we are sitting in the presence of our parents and their radio. This week is all about those early music memories that were influenced by the stations our guardians listened to and the preschool pick-up car line.   Music: Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Charles Durning - The Sidestep Styx - Mr. Roboto The Monotones - Book of Love Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525 Starship - Sara Martika - Martika’s Kitchen Gerry Rafferty - Baker’s Street Kenny Loggins - Footloose Weird Al Yankovic - Happy Birthday B. W. Stevenson - My Maria Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby

On this runaway bassline hit parade, there is massive exploration of all the groovy lower end rhythms that carry songs. Seeing as Mitchell and Amy first met because of bass, there is some nostalgia before Amy declares that all bassists have the family name of Butler. This is pretty much a funky wild ride with the slightest amount of music theory.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Postmodern Jukebox - All About That Bass Fleetwood Mac - The Chain Pink Floyd - Money Marvin Gaye - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Jaco Pastorius - Portrait of Tracy Big Country - Where the Rose is Sown Sleep - Dragonaut Talking Heads - Psycho Killer Suicidal Tendencies - Which Way to Free Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al Duran Duran - Rio

Cartoon music is some of the first music most of us are exposed to and this show is all about cartoon and cartoon adjacent music. It spans many genres but also moods. There is plenty of excitement from Amy and Mitchell which can rival any glee that Pinkie Pie could exhibit.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: The Ramones - Happy Birthday, Mr. Burns SpongeBob SquarePants - The Best Day Ever Pinkie Pie - The Smile Song Lizzie and The Melvins - Choco Plumbing Gargoyles Theme Eels - My Beloved Monster Ren and Stimpy - Climb Inside My World Shonen Knife - Buttercup (I’m a Super Girl) DVDA - What Would Brian Boitano Do? Animaniacs - Yakko’s World Powerglove - X-Men The Beets - Shout Your Lungs Out

Songs makes us want to dance on the regular and while we all have our different genres, the beats will always get us off our butts and to the dance floor. This week is a collection of songs that will get your groove going.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance 509 SeaBreeze - Kitty The Romantics - What I Like About You Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like It Should Big Wild feat. Rationale - 6s to 9s Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - 1, 2, 3 T-Pain - Apple Bottom Jeans (Low) Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It The Lawrence Welk Show - Chicken Dance C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) Gnarls Barkley - Run

In this eleven squared edition, they get super nerdy and talk about literary songs and what makes them. Amy put in some work and actually read about the songs and Mitchell knows all about the Camus. It truly is a Shawshank Redemption.   Cemetry Gates Annotated   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights The Go-Betweens - Karen U2 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet The Cure - Killing an Arab Allen Ginsberg - Nurse’s Song (Songs of Innocence) Ramones - Pet Sematary Husker Du - Books about UFOs The Normal - Warm Leatherette Nataly Dawn - Book of Love The Smiths - Cemetry Gates Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful World Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress

This week is all about the rhythmic non-words that add to songs’ emotion, ambiance, and generally awesomeness. There are some Whooooaaaas, some Da-Da-Da’s, some Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and some Byayayayayas, plus many more. Surprising to only Amy, it is not just pop music!   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Nerf Herder - We Opened for Weezer NOFX - Whoa on the Whoa’s Baltimora - Tarzan Boy The Pezheads - Row Your Boat The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song Faith No More - Blood Cannibal and the Headhunters - Land of 1000 Dances Seal - Kiss From a Rose Peggie Sue - (Come Back Around) Persona 5 - Tokyo Daylight Animal Collective - Winter Wonderland

This week is all about the songs that are not in English! I mean, we still do the podcast in English but the songs are most definitely not. This is an experiment in understanding the mood of a song from just the tone and music. It is a truly delightful collection   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: The Beatles - Komm gibt mir deine Hand Os Mutantes - Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour Nena - 99 Luftballons Ásgeir - Dýrð í dauðaþögn Falco - Wiener Blut Not From There - No Answers Team Genius - Ça plane pour moi Sigur Rós - Untitled 1 A. R. Rahman - Jai Ho Bill Bailey - Cars Einstürzende Neubauten - Stella Maris Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol

January 1st has rolled around again and the duo are punchy with new definitions and “goals” to be slightly better than last year. Get ready to pump your fists, walk around the block, and eat one less cheesy poof before leveling up your WoW character. Show picture this week provided by Craig   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Santigold - Can’t Get Enough of Myself Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band - Big Time Operator Paul Stanley - Live to Win Run Lola Run - Believe Iron Butterfly - New Day The Megas - History Repeating Pt. 2 (One Last Time) Sparks - Falling in Love With Myself Again Lou Reed - Perfect Day The Breeders - New Year The Remains - Don’t Look Back John Grant - GMF

It is the end of the year and since not all songs can go into a theme, this is a random selection of songs on our minds. In recent tradition, Amy remembers some vague music thing and Mitchell, without exasperation, finally clears up scales, circle of fifths, what is an 808, and the natural seventh. Enjoy this winding journey to finish out 2018.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Translated Lyrics   Music: Night Verses - Copper Wasp Metal Church - Damned If You Do Tessa Violet - Bad Ideas Male Gaze - The Shining Path Von Wegen Lisbeth - Wenn Du Tanzt Terminus - Down to the Wire (Fortune Looming) Arriane - Komm, Sűsser Tod Joywave - Anemone Animal Bag - Everybody Phosphorescent - C’est La Vie No. 2 Negative Gemini - You Weren’t There Anymore Alyssa Moore - In the Pool

This year, well, it had new music. Artists tend to just keep making the stuff and heck, we are going to listen. Mitchell and Amy bring their favorite songs of the year and so do the Earbuddies. Amy accidentally read some YouTube comments and Mitchell declares it research (she has set the bar pretty low). Also, snare drums!   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Childish Gambino - This is America Ariana Grande - Sweetener Street Sects - The Drifter F*cked Up - The One I Want Will Come for Me LSD - Thuderclouds Cody Rogers - Good friday Shame - Dust on Trial Hot Mulligan - How Do You Know It’s Not Armadillo Shells? Hopesfall - Indignation and the Rise of the Arbiter Mindforce - Excalibur Haley Heynderickx - Oom Sha La La

It is a celebratory episode this week with the help of the Earbuddies. Amy tries to understand philosophy at the top of the show and Mitchell reorients her to which side of the cave which has her focus.  They get down to the point and it gets celebratory, triumphant, and downright uplifting.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Das Racist - Celebration The Script ft. will.i.am - Hall of Fame Smash Mouth - All Star Torche - Kicking Post Malone ft. Quavo - Congratulations The Mountain Goats - This Year KISS - Shout It Out Loud The Dells - Wear It On Our Face So-Called - Work With What You Got HammerHead - Evrybody Gets Laid Tonight Bolt Thrower - War Graham Central Station - Pow!

This week, realizing that everyone is honing in their winter holiday playlists already, Mitchell and Amy examine songs that are not the most traditional of holiday songs. Let’s call them “nontraditional.” Parodies, earnest songs, old Ford commercials, soul classics, and emo all come up. Don’t stop revising your playlist until you have added all of these. Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Merry Christmas - The Flying Trombone Sisters Alan Mann Band - Christmas on the Block Jason Lancaster - All I Can Give (Punk Goes Christmas) The Soul Saints Orchestra - Santa’s Got a Bag of Soul Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello The Raveonettes - Christmas Song (Alternative version) The Frights - Christmas Everyday Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 8 Days of (Hannukah) Da Yoopers - Rusty Chevrolet Merry Christmas, Baby - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band The Used - Alone this Holiday Low - Just Like Christmas  

This week is a celebration of a particular BBC radio DJ who endeavored to keep new music in the ears of listeners. Over three decades of acts from a diverse range of genres to explore and just a few are sampled here.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: The Wedding Present - Something and Nothing Codeine - Median cLOUDDEAD - JimmyBreeze (2) Moe Tucker - Too Shy Billy Bragg - New England Napalm Death The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? The Comsat Angels - Home is the Range Aphex Twin - Untitled 1 New Order - Truth Low - Fearless   Billy Bragg Interview Peel Sessions List

This week is highlighting the somewhat dumb and ridiculous songs that may be needed after the beginning of Family Holiday Season. Either we are singing these with family, or hiding in our cars playing them while avoiding conversation that can be awkward. Amy gets awkwardly square and Mitchell explains the beauty of one specific over the top pendant.   Music: Tiesto & Dzeko ft. Preme and Post Malone - Jackie Chan Fugs - Boobs A Lot Robert Earl Keen - Christmas From the Family Dream Evil - The Book of Heavy Metal DJ Snake and Lil John - Turn Down for What A Halo Called Fred - Aliens King Missile - It’s Saturday Alice Cooper and Patty Donahue - I’m Alive (That Was The Day My Dead Pet Returned to Save My Life) Frank Zappa - Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow Riff Raff - Versace Python Gayla Peevey - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Devo - Puppet Boy

Earbuddy David suggested doing introductions to Punk, so Mitchell and Amy tackle this diverse genre. What is punk? What is the most punk thing you can do? How adorable are pagan babies? Welp, one must listen to find out.   Music: Rancid - Ruby Soho Avril Lavigne - Sk8ter Boi Wire - The 15th Sum 41 - Over My Head Xiu Xiu - Homonculus Dead Kennedys - Police Truck Operation Ivy - Smiling Green Day - Longview D.R.I. - Five Year Plan Pagan Babies - Dirty Knees Nirvana - Turnaround Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

Amy’s mind is blown by all the supergroups that exist and finally has a definition of what a supergroup is. Mitchell brings all the info on who is comprising each supergroup and yes, a supergroup can have only two members. The Earbuddies bring a diverse collection of songs and Amy finally listens to a Lemmy song.   Music: The Traveling Wilburys - End of the Line Major Organ and the Adding Machine - Madam Truffle Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood Twilight - 8,000 Years Run The Jewels - Legend Has It Angels and Airwaves - The Wolfpack Probot - Shake Your Blood Tomahawk - God Hates A Coward Middle Brother - Daydreaming Electronic - Getting Away With It Pigface - Chickasaw Mutoid Man - Gnarcissist

The show is dense this week but with all the good stuff of live recordings! Mitchell explains dit-tits and Amy learns that her bias against live recordings was unfounded. There is an Earbuddy email, plenty of contemplation, and respect of respectful audiences.   Music: Focus - Hocus Pocus Modest Mouse - Interstate 8 Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World Devin Townsend Project - Deadhead Tom Waits - Eggs and Sausage Portishead - Mysterons Alanis Morissette - You Learn Magnolia Electric Company - Almost Was Good Enough Earth Wind & Fire - Devotion Final Fantasy - Fantasy The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Norah Jones - Bessie Smith

This week, at the request of Earbuddy Justin W., the show is all about the handclaps (bootstomps not included.) Beware of the upbeat hoorah but mostly because it will make ya smile! Amy realizes, yet again, that Hall & Oates are not a country band and Mitchell decides that at least one song can tell him what to do. Mitchell also teaches Amy how not to use “stinky” as a musical descriptor.   Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com   Music: Shakey Graves - Dearly Departed Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClaps Lady Gaga - Applause Anathello - Song for Christine Anna Kendrick - Get Back Up Again Ash - Kung Fu Hall & Oates - Private Eyes The Meters - Hand Clapping Song The Aislers Set - Hit the Snow The Stooges - Shake Appeal OutKast - Hey Ya! Lecherous Gaze - Phaze