494 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular - Gareth Reynolds

494 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular - Gareth Reynolds

Gareth Reynolds joins The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers to dissect experimental indie band MGMT's breakout record. Youth, sexual exploration, the banality of modern life: these are all themes that have been explored in countless art forms; so much so that one might expect that MGMT's 2007 debut album Oracular Spectacular would have little to add to the conversation. But that expectation doesn't take into account how much that conversation might change when filtered through the brilliantly improvisational wit of Gareth Reynolds, who has made a career out of lampooning the equally minute and bizarre aspects of life through his writing on shows like Arrested Development and his own wildly successful podcast The Dollop. Locked in a room together with nothing but synth pop and psychedelic rock to sustain them, Gareth and Josh can barely contain themselves from laughing hysterically at the inconsistencies in the album's quality, the division of labor in the band, and the irony of a song about becoming famous being the ticket to stardom for two guys who never even wanted to form a band in the first place. The 500 is a production of Native Creative Podcasts. For show notes, guest playlists, documentaries and audiobooks about the music, go to The500Podcast.com. New Song / Artist influenced by MGMT: "Afterthought" by Slum Sociable (YouTube) & (Spotify) Join. The. Movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sharing a preview of a podcast called The Wonder of Stevie. You might think you know Stevie Wonder. You might think you know his music. But you’ve never heard it like this. Host Wesley Morris is takin...

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182 - Fleetwood Mac - Self-Titled - Dane Cook

182 - Fleetwood Mac - Self-Titled - Dane Cook

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Fleetwood Mac’s Self-Titled album not only introduces Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckin...

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183 - Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger - Andy Richter

183 - Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger - Andy Richter

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger perhaps is the strangest blockbuster country prod...

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184 - Madonna - The Immaculate Collection - Kathy Griffin

184 - Madonna - The Immaculate Collection - Kathy Griffin

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** The Immaculate Collection is Madonna’s first greatest hits album and her most-sold re...

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185 - The Stooges - The Stooges - Wayne Federman

185 - The Stooges - The Stooges - Wayne Federman

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** The 1969 debut album from The Stooges was a forerunner to what would become the punk ...

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186 - Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh - Speech Thomas

186 - Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh - Speech Thomas

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** -Fresh is the sixth album by American funk band Sly and the Family Stone, the band’s ...

13 Nov 20241h 14min

187 - Peter Gabriel - So - Thomas Lennon

187 - Peter Gabriel - So - Thomas Lennon

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** -Often considered his best and most accessible album, So was an immediate commercial ...

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188 - Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again - Adam Ferrara

188 - Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again - Adam Ferrara

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Despite encountering multiple speed bumps in the recording process and fractures with...

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