Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

Back to the Wrecking Crew! Since "Good Vibrations" got its own showcase as it deserves, this is tracks 2-6, including some of the best sunshine pop and some of the most annoying protest music, all performed expertly by the best musicians in Los Angeles. 

Songs: 

The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin' 

Tommy Roe - Dizzy

Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

The Association - Windy

The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away

Other clips:

Barry McGuire - California Dreamin'

The Beach Boys - California Dreamin'

Tommy Roe - Sheila

Nice & Smooth - Early to Rise

Heavy D & the Boyz - You Can't See What I See

Public Enemy - 1 Million Bottlebags

Leaders of the New School - A Quarter to Cutthroat

D-Nice - Straight from the Bronx

Naughty by Nature - Guard Your Grill

D-Smooth - Droppin' Smooth Lyrics

Eric B. & Rakim - Casualties of War (Soulpower Remix)

3rd Bass - Problem Child

Girl Talk - Here's the Thing

They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng

Bob the Builder - Dizzy

The Dickies - Eve of Destruction

The Spokesmen - Dawn of Correction

The Beatles - The Beatles Third Christmas Record

The Association - Cherish

Ruthann Friedman - Windy (demo)

Stereolab - Ping Pong

The Free Design - Make the Madness Stop

Dizzy Devil - Dizzy

If there was ever a song that deserved a whole episode to itself, it's the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." A psychedelic masterpiece assembled bit by bit over several months and several studios, on paper it shouldn't have worked - but with the help of the Wrecking Crew, the Beach Boys successfully brought Brian Wilson's musical vision to life. It's become so familiar to everyone at this point that you might not even notice how brilliant it really is, so Ben, Rich, and special guest Sean are breaking it down piece by piece to illustrate its true genius. 

And of course there are a million illustrative clips: 

The Beach Boys:

Good Vibrations - Western 5-4-66 (First Chorus)

Kiss Me, Baby

California Girls

The Little Girl I Once Knew

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)

God Only Knows

Good Vibrations - Gold Star 2-18-66 (The Pet Sounds Session)

Student Demonstration Time

Good Good Good Vibrations (First Version With Overdubs) 3-66

Let's Go Away for Awhile

I Know There's an Answer

Good Vibrations - Alternate Edit 8-24-66

Heroes and Villains

Other clips:

Brian Wilson - Good Vibrations (2004 version)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Bernstein - Rhapsody in Blue

Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

The Ad Libs - The Boy from New York City

Clara Rockmore - The Swan (Saint-Saëns)

Weezer - Surf Wax America

Brian Wilson - Child Is Father of the Man

The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is a Season)

Loleatta Holloway and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations

Buy Ben's book, Come On a Safari With Me: Listening to the Beach Boys, Song by Song: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTJGDK79

This quarterly double feature is about Fleetwood Mac for a couple of reasons: because they’re a very interesting and important band, and because they have two self-titled albums that sound nothing like each other. Launched by Peter Green in 1968 as a British blues band, in less than a decade they became an unstoppable California pop-rock monster. Their progression from one to the other is one of the most fascinating stories in rock history, and includes a lot of incredible music that you might not have known about. Mike, John, and Amanda had a great time talking about the various forms of Fleetwood Mac, and if you’re not familiar with their earlier incarnations, we hope you end up loving them as much as we do. And even if you don’t, the later version of the band is still every bit as good as their reputation says they are.

 This episode includes Side Two of each album; see last week's episode for Sides One.

Cohosts: Mike DeFabio, John McFerrin, Amanda Rodgers

Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/175-fleetwood-mac-fleetwood-mac-1968-and-fleetwood-mac-1975

Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod

Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

This quarterly double feature is about Fleetwood Mac for a couple of reasons: because they’re a very interesting and important band, and because they have two self-titled albums that sound nothing like each other. Launched by Peter Green in 1968 as a British blues band, in less than a decade they became an unstoppable California pop-rock monster. Their progression from one to the other is one of the most fascinating stories in rock history, and includes a lot of incredible music that you might not have known about. Mike, John, and Amanda had a great time talking about the various forms of Fleetwood Mac, and if you’re not familiar with their earlier incarnations, we hope you end up loving them as much as we do. And even if you don’t, the later version of the band is still every bit as good as their reputation says they are. This episode includes Side One of each album, and you will get Sides Two next week!

Cohosts: Mike DeFabio, John McFerrin, Amanda Rodgers

Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/175-fleetwood-mac-fleetwood-mac-1968-and-fleetwood-mac-1975

Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpod

Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

This week, we dive into the second half of "Weird Al" Yankovic's tribute to the alternative rock format, featuring angsty anthems from Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden, the return of America's brother-in-law Anthony Kiedis, and a song that Rivers Cuomo stole from this medley, so we're stealin' it back.

Co-hosts: Rich Bunnell, Phil Maddox, Ben Marlin

Tracklist:

Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings

Weezer - Buddy Holly

Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Friends

Foo Fighters - I'll Stick Around

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Green Day - Basket Case

Other clips:

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock

Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Skipper Dan

Weezer - My Name Is Jonas (The Kitchen Tape demo)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Bedrock Anthem

Foo Fighters - Big Me

Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly

"Weird Al" Yankovic - My Own Eyes

Soundgarden - Rusty Cage

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Canadian Idiot

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - Spanish Flea