Episode 96: The Tapestry Sausage
Matt and Ryan continue the historical overview of pop music with a look at Carole King’s “Tapestry.”
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Episode 93: The Endogenous Dynamics of Beatlemania
Ryan and Matt celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles arrival in the USA with a discussion of “With The Beatles” and “A Hard Day’s Night.”
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Episode 92: The State of the Teenybopper Union
Matt and Ryan celebrate the 15th anniversary of Britney Spears’s “…Baby One More Time.”
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Episode 90: Whatever Everyone Says I Am, That is What I Am
Ryan and Matt listen to and discuss two pop music “failures,” Lady Gaga’s “ARTPOP” and Lana Del Rey’s “Born to Die”.
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Episode 89: It’s a Very Fine Line between Beck and Fred Durst
Ryan and Matt continue Total Request Taped as they consider 65daysofstatic, Protest the Hero, and Sleigh Bells.
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Episode 88: Indie Rock in The City of Angels
Matt and Ryan start Total Request Taped with a consieration of Arctic Monkeys’ “AM”, Bleached’s “Ride Your Heart”, and the band Kitten.
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Episode 86: All Music Is Now Beyoncé
Ryan and Matt watch and discuss Beyoncé’s “Beyoncé.”
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Episode 284: Forging Correctness in the Iron Crucible of Condescension
The Overthinkers tackle two related musical works: The Sound Of Music live telecast and Rebecca Black’s “Saturday.”
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Episode 84: M.I.A. is the Katniss Everdeen of Hip Hop
Ryan and Matt discuss M.I.A.’s Matangi, as well as the critical backlash against it.
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Episode 81: A Darkness of White
Ryan and Matt consider The Arcade Fire and their latest album, Reflektor.
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