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Screw It, I’m Just Gonna Talk About Music Or Whatever

A music podcast with each episode featuring songs selected on a loose theme. Sometimes solo hosted, sometimes featuring guests. Conversational and wide-ranging, this should feel like chatting with your friends about music you’re really into.

Copyright: © 2023

Latest Episodes:

I'm 75 Years Old Jul 25, 2024

Show notes

Here are a bunch of songs that would have been from my childhood if I had been born 40 years earlier. I say in the episode that the songs are in chronological order and now that I'm typing it out I see that that's only mostly true, please forgive me.

Songs discussed in this episode:

Odetta - Santy Anno (1956)

Buddy Holly, The Crickets - It Doesn't Matter Anymore (1956)

The Del-Vikings - Come Go With Me (1957)

The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (1958)

The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me (1959)

Little Willie John - I'm Shakin' (1958)

Chuck Jackson - I Keep Forgetting (1959)

The Coasters - Poison Ivy (1959)

Martin Denny - The Enchanted Sea (1959)

The Melody Mates - Enchantment (1960)

Brenda Lee - Wee Wee Willies (1960)

Wanda Jackson - Funnel Of Love (1961)

Patsy Cline - She's Got You (1962)

Horst Jankowski - A Walk In The Black Forest (1964)

"Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?" by Of Montreal - with Will Hines Jul 14, 2024

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Today I'm joined by Will Hines (Screw It We're Just Gonna Talk About the Beatles, Comedy Bang Bang) to talk about the 2007 Of Montreal album "Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?"! Other Of Montreal songs played during the episode are "So Begins Our Alabee" (2005) and "Lysergic Bliss" (2004).

Non-English Bangers Jul 07, 2024

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Here is a large handful of great songs that are not in English!

Songs discussed in this episode:

Özdemir Erdoğan - Gurbet (1989)

Marina Herlop - La Alhambra (2023)

Volta Jazz - Bi Kameleou (1977)

Emillia Contessa - Malam Minggu (1982)

Cafe Tacvba - La Bas(e) (2024)

Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle - Intaha Ho Gai Intezar Ki (1984)

Françoiz Breut - Si tu disais (2000)

Yat-Kha - Karangailyg Kara Hovaa (Dyngyldai) (1995)

Fabrizo De Andre - Un ottico (1971)

bob hund - Helgen v. 48 (1998)

La Femme - Si un jour (2013)

The Lijadu Sisters - Come On Home (1979)

Kim Jung Mi - Blow Spring Breeze (1973)

Gilberto Santa Rosa - Vivir Sin Ti (2010)

Kourosh Yaghmaei - Ashiooneh (1973-79)

Movin' and Groovin' - Part 2 Jun 21, 2024

Show notes

I'm back! We're back! We all made this happen! Kicking off season two with a return to the theme of movin' and groovin'.

Songs discussed in this episode:

Jorge Ben Jor - Africa Brasil (Zumbi) (1976)

Yellow Magic Orchestra - 手掛かり (Key) (1981)

Jean-Claude Vannier - La horse (1969)

Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (1973)

Shigeru Suzuki - パッション・フラワー (Passion Flower) (1978)

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - How Do I Let A Good Man Down? (2005)

Cerro Verde - I Lost A Game (1977)

Baby Huey - Hard Times (1971)

Letta Mbulu - Mahlalela (1970)

Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks (1971)

Blackrock - Blackrock "Yeah, Yeah" (1972)

Yard Act - Dream Job (2024)

Happy Mondays, Paul Oakenfold - W.F.L. - Think About The Future Mix (1993)

Same Title, Different Songs Mar 28, 2024

Show notes

This episode is about pairs of songs that have the same title but are totally different (i.e. not covers or alternate versions of the same song). There are more examples than could be included in one episode, so maybe a part 2 is in the future! Speaking of the future - this is the last episode of season 1! I'll return with more after a 6-ish week hiatus.

Songs discussed in this episode:

The Beatles - Come Together (1969)

Spiritualized - Come Together (1997)

Betty Chung - Bang Bang / 你怎能瞞過我 (1968)

Dizzy Gillespie - Bang Bang (1966)

Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning (1967)

Margo Guryan - Sunday Morning (1968)

R. Stevie Moore - Why Should I Love You (1986)

Kate Bush - Why Should I Love You? (1993)

Prince - Bambi (1979)

Tokyo Police Club - Bambi (2010)

Jacco Gardner - Face to Face (2015)

Daft Punk - Face to Face (2001)

Opposites Mar 23, 2024

Show notes

These are all songs that have opposite pairs in the titles (with the exception of one that has "opposite" in the title and that's good enough for me). I think I also misspoke and said that the Elliott Smith album was called "From A Basement On A Hill" rather than "From A Basement On THE Hill", so my apologies to all you definite article-heads out there.

Songs discussed in this episode:

The Smile - The Opposite (2022)

The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (1967)

Guided by Voices - As We Go Up, We Go Down (1995)

Elliott Smith - Pretty (Ugly Before) (2004)

Hot Chip - Night And Day (2012)

Penny & the Quarters - You and Me (1970-1975, released 2007)

D'Angelo, Redman, Method Man - Left And Right (2000)

New Radicals - You Get What You Give (1998)

Broadcast - Come On Let's Go (2000)

Lazy Lester - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter (1958)

Blondie - The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game (1982)

Fiery Furnaces - Tropical Ice-land (2005)

Keyboard Percussion Mar 13, 2024

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Songs featuring keyboard/mallet percussion! We're celebrating the struck idiophones today - vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, marimba, tubular bells, and more!

Songs discussed in this episode:

Bobby Hebb - Sunny (1966)

Harumi - Hurry Up Now (1968)

Spoon - Everything Hits At Once (2001)

Bright Eyes - Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh (2000)

Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream (1996)

Field Music - Let's Write A Book (2010)

Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone (1983)

Cornelius - Magoo Opening (1998)

Cults - Walk At Night (2011)

David Byrne - Glass, Concrete, & Stone (2004)

Glasser - Home (2010)

Deerhunter - What Happens To People? (2019)

Erasmo Carlos - Agora Ninguem Chora Mais (1971)

Trio da Kali, Kronos Quartet - Kanimba (2017)

Philip Glass, Third Coast Percussion - Aguas de Amazonia: Madeira River (2018)

Songs with Counting Mar 06, 2024

Show notes

Numbers - ever heard of 'em? All the songs in today's episode feature counting! Not count-ins, count-ins don't count as counting.

Songs discussed in this episode:

Len Barry - 1,2,3 (1965)

Feist - 1234 (2007)

The Beatles - All Together Now (1969)

Beyonce - Countdown (2011)

Adam Ant - Apollo 9 (1985)

Kendrick Lamar - DNA (2017)

Philip Glass - Einstein On The Beach: Knee Play 1 (1976)

The Smile - Wall Of Eyes (2024)

Cornelius - Count Five Or Six (1998)

Queen - Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (1976)

Violent Femmes - Kiss Off (1983)

Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven (1989)

X - True Love Pt. #2 (1983)

The Beatles - Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey (1964)

Ty Segall - The Bell (2024)

Friends Feb 29, 2024

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Songs about friends! There are certainly other songs about friends, some very famous, that I didn't include, but that's fine because these are all really good. So be my friend about it why don't you!

Songs discussed in this episode:

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe (1982)

Ween - Friends (2007)

Amanaz - Khala My Friend (1975)

John Cale - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (1974)

Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric? (1979)

Bobby Vee, The Crickets - Girl Of My Best Friend (1962)

Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil (1970)

Paul McCartney - Friends To Go (2005)

Ty Segall - My Best Friend (2024)

The Smile - Friend Of A Friend (2024)

Body Parts Feb 22, 2024

Show notes

All the songs in this episode mention multiple different body parts, sometimes in list format and sometimes not.

Songs discussed in this episode:

Dirty Projectors - Two Doves (2009)

Nina Simone - Ain't Got No / I Got Life (1968)

Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (1968)

Townes Van Zandt - Two Hands (1971)

Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy (1998)

They Might Be Giants - Dinner Bell (1992)

Yusuf (Cat Stevens) - Moonshadow (1971)

Fever Ray - New Utensils (2023)

Ween - Mutilated Lips (1997)

Joni Mitchell - Coyote (1976)

Arthur Russell - Your Motion Says (2008/80s?)

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