Episode 232: Lenny Kravitz, "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
Is Lenny Kravitz undervalued? As we discuss "Are You Gonna Go My Way," we talk about his hot licks, his knack for controlling what consumes other artists, and his ability to make the phrase "rub-a-dub...
12 Heinä 202119min
Episode 231: Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris, "We Found Love"
Yes, Rihanna's "We Found Love" is joyous, but it's also aching, sophisticated, and Calvin Harris-y. We're talking about all that...and Hostess Cakes. Our intro is by David Gregory Byrne, and our outro...
28 Kesä 202117min
Episode 230: The Postal Service's "Give Up," Ranked
We're ranking every song on The Postal Service's album "Give Up," which means we're bleeping and blooping about grad school fan networks, lyrics with the right amount of self-consciousness, and intros...
21 Kesä 202150min
Episode 229: Bill Haley and His Comets, "Thirteen Women"
We're going back to the '50s with "Thirteen Women," Bill Haley's ditty about the ladies who will pleasure him during nuclear winter. Naturally, this makes us think about Greek tragedy, documentary fil...
14 Kesä 202123min
Episode 228: Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
A listener request has us discussing the (very long) (frequently inaccurate) history lesson in Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." We've also got a birthday chart reading about a ...
7 Kesä 202124min
Episode 227: Trisha Yearwood, "She's In Love With The Boy"
Tease up those bangs, because we're talking about Trisha Yearwood's 1991 country hit "She's in Love With the Boy." Why is Mark crying? Why is Sarah talking about subversive feminine narratives? Why ar...
31 Touko 202126min
Episode 226: Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream"
Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" gets us chair-dancing like unleashed beasts, and then it gets us talking about narrators we can relate to, hooks we can savor, and vocals we can love and hate at the same ...
17 Touko 202128min
Episode 225: Songs Prince Wrote (But Didn't Perform), Ranked
The esteemed John Ramos returns to help us rank Prince covers, which means we're discussing everyone from Cyndi Lauper to Chaka Khan to [checks notes] Tevin Campbell. We're also confronting strong fee...
10 Touko 20211h 16min
