Do Call It A Comeback, Episode 4: The Last 15
The last 15 songs have entered the comeback fray, along with Nickelodeon dominance, stinky vocals in classic songs, what Clive Davis is drinking while he waits for artists at a crossroads, perfect ble...
9 Okt 20231h 12min
Do Call It A Comeback, Episode 3: The NEXT Next 15
It's the second half of the first round, and some of our toughest choices yet, as we struggle with how comebacks used to look in a monoculture; human Razzie Awards; the comeback-osity of an "X featuri...
2 Okt 20231h 24min
Do Call It A Comeback, Episode 2: The Next 15
The next 15 songs in our definitive-comeback-song season storm the booth! Sometimes the song is coming back to the podcast from a previous season; sometimes our lunch is coming back on us thanks to cy...
25 Sep 20231h 16min
Do Call It A Comeback, Episode 1: The First 15
What is the most representative comeback song in pop history? Our Do Call It A Comeback season will find out...and we have been here for years, thinking about the philosophical definition of a comebac...
18 Sep 20231h 34min
First-Name Basis, Single No. 2: Jock Jams
It was a winding road from our #FirstNameBasis finale to our favorite jock jams, but we hope y'all ARE ready for this contemplation of sporty hype tracks -- as well as county fairs, Snuffy Smith, Yank...
24 Jul 202339min
First-Name Basis, Episode 7: The Top 10
Whoooo's number ooooone? (BA BA BAAAAAA!) That's not a spoiler, by the way, so you'll have to listen to our First-Name Basis finale to find out which name song is the most iconic of all time -- and al...
17 Jul 202352min
First-Name Basis, Episode 6: The Top 20
The rankings only get more challenging as the First-Name Basis season confronts its Top 20 -- as well as iconic pop numbers, Jersey "law," unholy mash-ups of finalist songs, the cease-and-desist lette...
10 Jul 20231h 10min
First-Name Basis, Episode 5: Multi-Name Songs
Welcome to the intermission of our First-Name Basis season -- in which we're contemplating important songs with more than one name in them, and ranking them, too! And while this ep is dropping in the ...
3 Jul 20231h
