Screw It, I'm Just Gonna Talk About Music Or Whatever
Katie Plattner
A music podcast with each episode featuring songs selected on a loose theme. Sometimes solo hosted, sometimes featuring guests. Conversational and wide-ranging,...
This is the 50th episode of this podcast! I'm joined by friend Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats, Bonny Light Horseman) to talk about handclaps. We talk about handclaps in the songwriting and recording process, play some of our favorite songs featuring handclaps, and also have a bunch of digressions about other stuff. Songs played in this episode (maybe not exactly in this order): The Shins - Kissing the Lipless (2003) Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (1970) Fruit Bats - When U Love Somebody (2003) The Routers - Let's Go - Pony (1962) Rose Royce - Car Wash (1976) Boston - Foreplay / Long Time (1976) Erasmo Carlos - Mundo Deserto (1971) The Cure - Close to Me (1985) The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Eighteen Is over the Hill (1968) Air - La femme d'argent (1998) Alice Coltrane - Govinda Jai Jai (1977) The Meters - Hand Clapping Song (1970)
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Questions
This episode features all songs whose titles are questions, even though some aren't punctuated as such. There are many songs that would qualify for this theme that aren't included, but I tried to gather a bunch that are all pretty different from one another. Songs discussed in this episode: Them Two - Am I A Good Man (1967) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Who Do You Think You're Fooling (1967) Art Fact - Whom Are You Dancing For? (1989) Todd Rundgren - Does Anybody Love You? (1972) Fatlip - What's Up Fatlip? (2000) Duffy Power - Where Am I (1964) Bjork - Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right) (2004) Paul Clayton - Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (1960) Soft Machine - Why Are We Sleeping? (1968) Kim Deal - Are You Mine? (2024) Sparks - When Do I Get To Sing "My Way" (1994) T. Rex - Is It Love? (1971) Bright Eyes - You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. (2002) The Rapture - How Deep Is Your Love? (2011)
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Two-Part Harmony
Songs in this episode feature two-part harmony for most of the song! Also, they're all good. Hopefully it isn't new information that the songs on this podcast are good. Songs discussed in this episode: The Beatles - There's A Place (1963) Ween - What Deaner Was Talking About (1994) The B-52's - Topaz (1989) Peter & Gordon - A World Without Love (1965) Unknown Mortal Orchestra - From The Sun (2013) Chad & Jeremy - A Summer Song (1965) The Breeders - Divine Hammer (1993) Doves - M62 Song (2002) The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall (1966) Rihanna - Never Ending (2016) Iron & Wine - Jezebel (2005) Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes (2009)
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Hey, This Sounds Like That
Here are pairs of songs that share some feature (melody, chord progression, instrumentation, etc) and therefore remind me of each other. I hope that when you hear them you also go "hey!" or maybe just "oh yeah, okay", that works too. Songs discussed in this episode: The Tonettes - I Gotta Know (1965) Yumi Arai - Ruju no Dengon (ルージュの伝言) (1975) Elliott Smith - Sweet Adeline (1998) Ty Segall - My Room (2024) Tears for Fears - Mad World (1982) R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People (1991) The Kinks - Wicked Annabella (1968) Elliott Smith - Speed Trials (1997) Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney - Monkberry Moon Delight (1971) Brian Protheroe - Fly Now (1974) The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm (1993) Duncan Dhu - En Algun Lugar (1987) Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em (2010) Charli xcx - Sympathy Is A Knife (2024)
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Chromatic
All songs in this episode feature use of chromatic scales. Have you thought about doing a bunch of half steps lately? Something to consider! Songs discussed in this episode: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman - The Phantom of the Opera (1987) Fever Ray - Even It Out (2023) Fat White Family - Touch The Leather Redux (2014) Nina Simone - Tomorrow Is My Turn (1965) Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney - Too Many People (1971) Bobby Hebb - Sunny (1966) The Beatles - Hey Bulldog (1969) The Chills - The Great Escape (1989) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed (1970) Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (1966) The Mothers Of Invention - Anyway The Wind Blows (1966) Anna Meredith - Nautilus (2016) Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules Theme (2008)
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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.
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