1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,160 Welcome to the Album Nerds podcast with your hosts, Andy, Don, and Dude. 2 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,680 Hello, hello, hello. 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,120 Hey, it's the Album Nerds podcast. 4 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:19,120 I'm Dude. 5 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,520 Got Andy and Don with me. 6 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,320 Time to chat about 2012. 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,760 How are you guys feeling about that? 8 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:27,760 Yikes. 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:32,440 I'm ready to take a roll in the deep, I guess. 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:33,440 Nice. 11 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,640 Don, you could have had it all. 12 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,640 How do you feel about that? 13 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:43,640 I mean, I can't even remember anything about 2012 to be able to make a joke or a reference. 14 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:44,640 That's depressing. 15 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,280 Only 12 years ago, but it feels like a lifetime. 16 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,640 Just a very nondescript year, I think. 17 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,680 I guess it depends on who you are, because I'm sure there are people out there being 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,480 like, 2012 rocked. 19 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,840 These old bastards don't understand. 20 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,640 All right, so this is indeed the Album Nerds podcast. 21 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:07,680 We love albums, the album format, discussing them, spending very special time together 22 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,280 between the three of us and with y'all listening. 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,080 So we've got a great show for you this week. 24 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:18,400 We're going to be talking about albums that were in the top 10 of 2012. 25 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,520 So we're each bringing one record to discuss. 26 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,480 Don's going to be asking us a deep question. 27 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,360 We're going to get some shout outs to some album related items that we're digging. 28 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,680 And then at the end, we'll spin the wheel of musical discovery to find out what we'll 29 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,440 talk about next time. 30 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,280 With this week, let's head to 2012. 31 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,040 That's what I'm talking about. 32 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:46,180 2012 featured mass shootings and hurricanes, the reelection of a US president, the diamond 33 00:01:46,180 --> 00:01:51,600 jubilee of a queen, Olympic Games in London, and the passing of one of the greatest female 34 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:52,600 singers. 35 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:53,600 Who's the female singer? 36 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:54,600 Are you going to imagine that? 37 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,000 Who was the greatest female singer? 38 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Whitney Houston. 39 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Oh, come on, man. 40 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 There you go. 41 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,000 I wanted you to ask me. 42 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,040 Well, I guess that worked. 43 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,960 The top grossing films were The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, and The Hunger Games. 44 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,000 And the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVII. 45 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,520 Oh, that was a good one. 46 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,920 Today we revisit the music of 2012. 47 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:26,320 Each of us will present one of the 10 highest selling albums of the year. 48 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,880 Yeah, so this week was a little bit different in terms of searching for albums because we 49 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,560 had a very defined list. 50 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,400 Should we just go through the top 10? 51 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,600 Ignore the albums that we're talking about? 52 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:41,600 Sure. 53 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,560 Let's count them. 54 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,320 So at number nine was Lionel Richie, Tuskegee. 55 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:52,080 That was like Lionel with a bunch of country artists doing Lionel Richie songs. 56 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,080 Yeah. 57 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,240 You guys enjoy that? 58 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,240 I tried it. 59 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,240 No. 60 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,240 I wanted to. 61 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,240 Yeah, I wanted to. 62 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,240 I love Lionel. 63 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,240 I do. 64 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,040 He's sounding good, but some of those songs just aren't duets. 65 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:04,040 Yeah. 66 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,160 They sound very neutered, in my opinion. 67 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,920 Then at number seven, Mumford and Sons with Babel or Babel or Babel. 68 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:15,920 I think it's Babel. 69 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:21,960 I think it's that folk, the sort of Irish-y folk run there around that time when there 70 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,160 were a lot of those bands, kind of adult contemporary audience. 71 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:31,080 Yeah, it was the working man's folk music, I would say. 72 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:32,920 Blue collar folk music or something. 73 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:38,640 I just felt like it got whipped up too quickly and it didn't have a chance to develop into 74 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,280 anything more. 75 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,080 I know those bands are still around, but I think it just kind of burned itself out really 76 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,080 quick, which is too bad. 77 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,080 I prefer the Decemberists. 78 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,080 Yes, yes. 79 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:49,080 I remember them. 80 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:54,080 Number six, Luke Bryan, Tailgates and Tanlines. 81 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,160 Country girl, shake it for me, girl, shake it for me. 82 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:03,600 I'm sorry, it's just like the science teacher telling young ladies to shake it for him. 83 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:09,600 He just doesn't, the swagger just doesn't click for me. 84 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,520 I don't dislike Luke Bryan, but- 85 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:12,840 They shake it for him, though. 86 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:13,840 I've been to the shows. 87 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,160 Yes, I'm sure they do. 88 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,160 Lucky you. 89 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:17,520 Do you shake it for him? 90 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:18,520 No comment. 91 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,520 Any thoughts on this one? 92 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:26,720 He's one of my least favorite characters in country music, so I'm just trying to be quiet 93 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:27,720 and nice. 94 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:28,720 Enough said. 95 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,960 Number five, One Direction, Up All Night. 96 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,040 Never listened to One Direction. 97 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:33,880 I did listen to this record. 98 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,320 It's surprisingly good. 99 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:41,960 It doesn't sound like boy band as much as featured vocalists doing songs. 100 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:46,680 It's not as corny as some of the other boy band stuff from decades before. 101 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,040 Yeah, I would agree. 102 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:53,440 I thought it was an overly long record, but the ballads I thought were pretty enjoyable. 103 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,000 It wasn't so bad. 104 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,000 It was all right. 105 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,640 Number four, Taylor Swift with Red. 106 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:04,440 I think probably every year from 2008 or nine or whatever till today, she's probably on 107 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,560 this list for one of her records. 108 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,520 I did not listen to it, to be honest, you guys. 109 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:10,640 I was swifted out. 110 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:11,640 You didn't listen. 111 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:12,640 I listened to it. 112 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:13,640 It's not a bad record. 113 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:21,040 It's a little bit more into the teenage romance kind of side of things, which she always has 114 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,480 at least one foot planted in, but not nearly as mature as the stuff she's doing nowadays. 115 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,560 Yeah, I prefer the one we did recently. 116 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:28,560 Me too. 117 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:29,560 Midnights? 118 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:30,560 Midnights, yeah. 119 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:31,560 Yeah. 120 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,920 At number three, Drake, Take Care. 121 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:35,160 Never listened to Drake. 122 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:42,320 It was a mistake to listen to Drake after doing the Yo MTV Raps episode where we were 123 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,560 listening to some of the finest rhymes you've ever heard. 124 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:53,560 The nasally delivery, the bad puns, I just, I couldn't even make it through all the way. 125 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,120 80 something minutes too. 126 00:05:55,120 --> 00:06:01,280 I know people love Drake, but I would at least like to hear some of his Canadian heritage, 127 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:06,000 like how the ladies are as hot as poutine or something, but he doesn't even get into it. 128 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:14,160 No, I, God, between Drake and Luke Bryan, man, whew, Son of Mars as far as I'm concerned. 129 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,280 I feel like they collaborated at some point. 130 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:18,600 Maybe there's a really good Drake album. 131 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,240 Someone let me know if there is and I'll go check that out too, but I was not into that 132 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:23,240 one. 133 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,280 At number two, Michael Buble, Christmas. 134 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:31,520 I think we discussed this one a little bit on our holiday episode this past year, so 135 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:32,520 yeah, it's Christmas. 136 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:33,520 It's Buble. 137 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:34,520 It's nice. 138 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,600 I think that's about all there is to say about that. 139 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:37,600 Yeah. 140 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,480 You can both say agree instead of nodding your heads. 141 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,040 It's an auditory medium. 142 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,040 And then we're going to skip number one and number eight and number 10, because that's 143 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,280 who we'll be covering in our album picks. 144 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:57,640 So once we get right to them, you choose me. 145 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:04,120 It means a lot to be a drummer. 146 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:10,500 One of the things it means is that you're not a good guitar player or as good as someone 147 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:15,720 else that you know who's in your band. 148 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:23,320 Well, I guess that really does probably explain it most of the time. 149 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:28,760 That is Patrick Carney from The Black Keys. 150 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:36,080 Him and his good friend Dan Auerbach had the number 10 record in 2012. 151 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:42,720 Their album El Camino, the seventh studio album for the blues rock duo from Akron, Ohio. 152 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,880 We are going to play the lead single. 153 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,320 This is a little bit of a track you might recognize. 154 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:58,320 Lonely Boy. 155 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,160 That ended up in a beer commercial or something. 156 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,920 It ended up in a lot of places, dude. 157 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,920 One percent chance. 158 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,560 They were very well known for, especially on their previous record, Brothers, which 159 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,760 was a good big seller for them. 160 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,800 They licensed the hell out of that record and a lot of the songs. 161 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:20,120 Dude, when the kachings are available, take the kachings. 162 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:21,920 They're not going to last forever. 163 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:22,920 Take the kachings. 164 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:23,920 You're right here. 165 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:24,920 All right. 166 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:31,320 So they did win a Grammy for Lonely Boy for best rock performance and best rock song. 167 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,560 And the album as a whole actually won a Grammy for best rock album. 168 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:38,060 So they kind of were kicking ass at this point of their career. 169 00:08:38,060 --> 00:08:46,280 This album is the third collaboration with super producer Danger Mouse, aka Brian Burton, 170 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,600 who I know we've mentioned a few times on the show for various projects he's been involved 171 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:51,600 with. 172 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:57,560 I used to get him confused with Dead Mouse, but because of weeks ago on our electronic 173 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:00,480 music, I realized that they're two different people. 174 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,480 But I always thought Danger Mouse and Dead Mouse are the same dude. 175 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:05,960 This is the Narl Sparkley guy, right? 176 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:06,960 Yep. 177 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,400 The guy with the big fro, not the big helmet. 178 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:10,400 Gotcha. 179 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:11,400 All right. 180 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:17,920 My clickbait headline for this record, Danger Mouse gets speeding ticket, taking the boys 181 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:19,920 to soccer practice. 182 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:26,440 So they've been in the record El Camino, but on the cover they have this photo of like 183 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:32,160 a dodge caravan or some like family van with some wood paneling. 184 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:33,160 Looks pretty awesome. 185 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:34,160 Yeah. 186 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:38,360 And that was their touring vehicle for many years in their early days. 187 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,120 They didn't have a fancy bus. 188 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:42,120 Few bands do. 189 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:46,320 Yeah, these guys are very sort of bootstrap, or at least early in their career they were 190 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,840 doing the Midwestern rock circuit. 191 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,240 But by this point of their career, they would really kind of graduate to the next level 192 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:58,240 and were selling out big venues and doing more of a commercial thing. 193 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,440 But this album really finds them, I don't know if I would say going back to the roots, 194 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,880 but definitely this is a much quicker pace album than Brothers. 195 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:11,600 It's pretty fun record, I would say, very hooky, very easy to get into. 196 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:17,280 Draws a lot from 60s and 70s rock and soul, bands like The Clash, Cramps, Ramones, Cars. 197 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,920 You can hear a lot of it here. 198 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:26,800 And the whole record is kind of just glazed with that Danger Mouse sort of glitter, sheen, 199 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:27,800 glitter sort of sound. 200 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,800 Yeah, the mutt laying of the era. 201 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:36,080 Oh man, it's funny you say that, but yeah, I guess he kind of did do that. 202 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,080 Yeah. 203 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:38,080 Gave that treatment. 204 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:45,160 Take the raw rock band and smooth out the edges and make it huge and palatable to all. 205 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,200 Yeah, very commercially acceptable, I would say. 206 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,120 All right, why don't we play another cut from the record. 207 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:56,280 This is the second to last track called Nova Baby. 208 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:12,760 Yeah, so that one, that comes fairly late in a pretty short record. 209 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:17,680 It was like 37, 38 minutes, which was refreshing for that time. 210 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:22,560 I wondered if our choices were based on length because these were three of the shortest records 211 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:24,480 I think on the list. 212 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,520 That's part of the equation for sure. 213 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:31,600 Yeah, but that song kind of has, I don't know, it kind of felt sort of post-punky to me. 214 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,720 Maybe it was like the bass line, you could kind of tell it was with a pick and it was 215 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,720 do, do, do, do, I don't know. 216 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,360 I liked it. 217 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:44,280 And the lyrics are kind of sad and dark, which also I tend to like. 218 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:50,600 But the song, like almost the entire album is quite upbeat and kind of fun sounding. 219 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:58,280 My clickbait headline for the album is Black Keys Provide Oasis in 2012 Rock Desert. 220 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:02,680 Not Oasis the band, but like a water in the desert kind of thing. 221 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:11,040 So yeah, I just picture this era being kind of devoid of good rock and roll. 222 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:16,440 I know there are groups out, the Foo Fighters are still going and whatever, but yeah, this 223 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:24,160 is a nice rock record that is kind of steeped in the past, but also has kind of some modern 224 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,160 sound to it. 225 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:26,160 Well, it was exciting, right? 226 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:32,360 I mean, it was, this is their seventh album and the majority of us had not heard them 227 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,600 prior to Maybe Brothers before this, but certainly this album. 228 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:36,600 And it was exciting. 229 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,920 It was like, wow, rock and roll lives. 230 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:44,240 These dudes had been doing it for a while and finding their path to the mainstream. 231 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,240 Yeah. 232 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,640 This was the first album I had heard from them. 233 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,240 Yeah, I was kind of excited by it. 234 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:59,240 I like how they blend some funk and almost like a disco-y dance beat. 235 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:04,600 They're not dance records, but sometimes it's like that four on the floor sound, which does 236 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:05,600 well. 237 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:06,600 Yeah. 238 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,520 There's like a stompiness to it. 239 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,240 Like you would make it from the blues. 240 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,280 Yeah, that bump, bump, bump, bump. 241 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,280 Yep. 242 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:14,280 Yeah. 243 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:21,160 It reminds me of Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys, who are also kind of hitting big around this 244 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,160 time. 245 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:28,520 So yeah, I remember between these guys and Arctic Monkeys, I was like, oh, maybe there's 246 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,880 some hope for rock and roll still. 247 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:32,720 Yeah, Little Black Submarines. 248 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:37,640 I remember the first time hearing it thinking it was deliberately like a Stairway to Heaven 249 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,800 parody kind of or cover. 250 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,440 I think it's just blues rivage just, you know. 251 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,280 But even as it gets louder towards the end, it kind of crescendos like Stairway to Heaven. 252 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:49,280 I don't know. 253 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:54,220 It just feels like it was like an ode to Stairway to Heaven, but I was looking for reference 254 00:13:54,220 --> 00:13:57,960 to them doing it deliberately and it doesn't seem like it was intentional. 255 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,560 So maybe it just kind of happens accidentally, right? 256 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:03,320 If you're doing the blues, you're going to end up sounding like those guys. 257 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,320 Yeah. 258 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,720 I didn't pick up on that. 259 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,800 I know that was the first song they had written for the record, the only one they had written 260 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,480 outside the studio. 261 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,400 Maybe they were in the zeppelin, I don't know. 262 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:18,640 I read one of them saying that it was the song that sounded most like their live vibe. 263 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:24,600 Yeah, I know the intention for this record was to do songs that they could perform live 264 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:30,040 and it would grab the audience in a live way and work better because the previous albums 265 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:35,120 are a little bit more slowed down, spaced out, a little more in the psychedelic space. 266 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:36,840 That is not this by any means. 267 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,240 Why don't we play a cut here from the middle of the record? 268 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,680 This is maybe the one of the more beatley sounding songs. 269 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,880 This is Run Right Back. 270 00:14:44,880 --> 00:15:02,800 You know, oddly enough, that riff is what drew me to this song and it sounds like something 271 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,000 that Paul McCartney did. 272 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:09,440 I think I can't quite figure it out, but it reminds me of Sir Paul. 273 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,800 It was some of the stuff he was doing in Post Beetles. 274 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:12,800 Yeah. 275 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,720 But yeah, I dig that song. 276 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:15,720 Maybe it was Klaatu. 277 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:16,720 Sorry. 278 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,720 Yeah, maybe it was Klaatu. 279 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:27,400 It was written by Dan Patrick and Brian, Mr. Mouse there. 280 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,760 It describes a tricky, addictive relationship where she just keeps pulling him back in. 281 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:36,440 The clickbait headline I went with is the Black Keys dads make them clean out the garage 282 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,800 and El Camino and some effects pedals are what they find. 283 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:48,200 It feels like garage rock, blues rock, spiffed up, cleaned up, edges sanded. 284 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,800 New fuel pump. 285 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,680 Yeah, yeah. 286 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,080 Everything's running. 287 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,040 It's like tuned up, clean, and it'll get dirty again. 288 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:03,240 For this moment in time, this record, we define what blues rock was. 289 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,120 The Danger Mouse gave it that polish. 290 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,640 Slicker and chunkier than the early stuff. 291 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:18,040 The big come up sounds like 10 years after, just sort of blues barf where you're just 292 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:23,360 letting whatever come out, whatever words, whatever riffs are just like, you know. 293 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,440 Blues barf, I like that. 294 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,480 This is more planned, thought out, and produced. 295 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,520 But yeah, I mean, I like the record. 296 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,440 I enjoy them in general. 297 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,320 I'm not a super fan or anything. 298 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:39,320 They've done good stuff. 299 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:44,840 They've also done, the two members have gone on to produce bands like the Sheepdogs and 300 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:45,840 others. 301 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:51,860 So, you know, they've tried to pass that baton and contribute to music outside of just their 302 00:16:51,860 --> 00:16:53,800 own band, which I really appreciate as well. 303 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,280 Yeah, I feel like they've kind of become like the sort of like David Grohl in some 304 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:02,440 way, like the elder statesman of rock or like the torchbearers of rock, I guess, to some 305 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:07,640 degree are carrying this tradition on even though it's changed a little bit over the 306 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:08,640 last couple of decades. 307 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:09,640 All right. 308 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,640 Well, once again, it is a solid entry, I think, in the Black Keys discography. 309 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,680 Maybe not their best, but certainly not their worst. 310 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:17,680 Record is El Camino. 311 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:23,680 I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and doggone it, people like me. 312 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:28,080 If you're enjoying the show and we hope you are, do us a solid and leave a review on Apple 313 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,800 Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast app. 314 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,880 Maybe we made you laugh or you discovered an album you enjoy. 315 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:39,600 Leaving a review keeps the show going and helps other music fans find us. 316 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:40,600 What was it? 317 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:41,600 What was the song? 318 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:42,600 Well, the song's called Cockiness. 319 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:43,600 That's all right. 320 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,240 So far we got away with it. 321 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:46,240 Yeah. 322 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:50,960 So the first lyrics are, Suck my cockiness, lick my persuasion. 323 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:51,960 All right. 324 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:52,960 Hold on. 325 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:53,960 All right. 326 00:17:53,960 --> 00:18:04,000 So my pick for a record from 2012 was number eight, Rihanna's Talk That Talk, actually 327 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,080 released in November of 2011. 328 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:13,720 It's the sixth studio album from Rihanna, born Robin Rihanna Fenty and St. Michael Barbados 329 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,720 in 1988. 330 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:30,280 This year, a song called We Found Love. 331 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,680 Let's just keep repeating the chorus. 332 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,280 Just do it a couple more times. 333 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:37,280 Yeah. 334 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,120 Now, where did they find love? 335 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:40,120 I don't know. 336 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:41,120 Hopeless place. 337 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:42,120 I didn't catch it, did you? 338 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:43,120 Oh, hopeless place. 339 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:44,120 Oh yeah. 340 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:45,120 Okay. 341 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,120 I'm sorry. 342 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:47,120 Yeah. 343 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:54,000 It's a repetitive, dancey number written and produced by Scottish DJ Calvin Harris. 344 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,000 It'll be great. 345 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,000 Yeah. 346 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:02,200 It's an uptempo electro house song with elements of dance pop, techno and Euro pop. 347 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,800 128 beats per minute. 348 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:04,800 Perfect. 349 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:10,200 I don't know if you caught the depth of the lyrics, but it basically about a couple who 350 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:11,200 found love where? 351 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,200 In a hopeless place. 352 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:14,200 Exactly. 353 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:23,720 My clickbait headline for the album is Rihanna says, lick her vocal presence, suck her charisma. 354 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,480 Nice, though. 355 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,480 Thank you. 356 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:28,480 Yeah. 357 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:37,000 I guess what I was most impressed by from Rihanna is just her vocal presence. 358 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,680 She's versatile. 359 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:39,680 She's soulful. 360 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:40,680 I don't know. 361 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,240 She just knows what to do with a mic. 362 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:50,360 I'm not sure she's not on the same level as Beyonce and Alicia Keys as far as singing. 363 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:51,360 I don't know. 364 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:57,120 She can do a lot of things with her voice and I think it works particularly in a dance 365 00:19:57,120 --> 00:19:58,480 pop context. 366 00:19:58,480 --> 00:19:59,480 Yeah. 367 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,840 It's Madonna-esque in that way. 368 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:02,840 It is. 369 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:03,840 Yeah. 370 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:04,840 That's a good comparison. 371 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:09,640 The 80s dance music sound is what Madonna took, right? 372 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,160 We kind of forget that that's what dance music sounded like. 373 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,280 It's like holiday and whatever, but that's what it did then. 374 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,960 She took EDM and added some spices. 375 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:18,960 Yeah. 376 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:25,080 I think she also has some more masculine qualities to her voice in the way that Madonna did, especially 377 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:30,160 later in her career where she sounds like she gets a lower range in her voice too. 378 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:31,160 That's true. 379 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:32,160 Yeah. 380 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,160 She explores. 381 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,160 Yeah. 382 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:35,160 Well, let's hear a little more. 383 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,160 Here's Where Have You Been. 384 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:51,160 What was she looking for? 385 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,160 Babe? 386 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,160 Yeah. 387 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:59,160 So what caught me on that song was it references I've Been Everywhere that Australian country 388 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:06,480 singer Jeff Mack from 1959 and then popularized by Hank Snow from Canada in 1962. 389 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:12,080 And then again, Johnny Cash with the Where I've Been Everywhere man across the country. 390 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:17,360 And I just like that little reference there, the reuse of that line in a different way. 391 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:24,280 But what I liked most about that song was surprisingly the production, the EDM stuff, 392 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:28,200 the rope, rope, rope, rope stuff I thought was really cool. 393 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:33,280 And throughout the album, that's what I kind of clung to because the vocals are sparse 394 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,360 in terms of meat. 395 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:39,000 It's mostly the gravy over and over again. 396 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,080 You were really hanging by your fingernails there, dude. 397 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,200 The EDM was what kept you around. 398 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,440 Yes, I was. 399 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,280 That gets me to my clickbait headline. 400 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,400 Dude finds himself listening to Rihanna for the first time, miraculously survives the 401 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,200 EDM haze. 402 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:01,440 It was the beats that kept me going. 403 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:07,880 Not that it, like Don said, fine vocals, like I like some of the affectation she does, the 404 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,880 accent that appears and goes. 405 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,400 It was very interesting vocally. 406 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,080 I would have just liked more words, man. 407 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:21,120 I would have liked to get to know her a little bit more instead of it feeling kind of surfacey. 408 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:25,520 But maybe that's more part of that music world. 409 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:30,400 People don't want to be dancing and hearing someone's biography in a song. 410 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:37,000 They want the lines and the moments so that they can all start freaking out. 411 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,680 So it's a balance. 412 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:44,480 If she ever comes, maybe she has an album, like more of a ballad-y album. 413 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,600 I'd be interested to check that out because she does have an interesting voice. 414 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,080 Well, let's hear more. 415 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,120 Here's a cut called Cockiness. 416 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:53,120 Love it. 417 00:22:53,120 --> 00:23:09,680 Yeah, just Greg Kinnear did it so sexy. 418 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,320 This is like, you know. 419 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:12,320 Rihanna's version. 420 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,320 It's okay. 421 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:18,400 That was the sixth and final single off the album. 422 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,160 More than half singles. 423 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,440 I can't believe that was a single. 424 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:24,440 It was. 425 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:30,480 Yeah, I mean, this whole album is just filled with some of the most thinly possible veiled 426 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:36,200 sexual interwindows that you could imagine, that track being perhaps the most on-the-nose 427 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,200 example. 428 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,200 I don't know. 429 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,760 Whether or not it works, I think is debatable. 430 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:44,400 I guess maybe in that club context, as you were saying, dude, it makes sense. 431 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:45,920 You want things to be sexy. 432 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,840 That's what I kept trying to remember. 433 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,360 This is not a staring out the window on a rainy day kind of album. 434 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:54,120 This is a dance record. 435 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:56,200 This is grinding against somebody. 436 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,200 Yes. 437 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,200 All right. 438 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:04,580 My clickbait headline for this album is Rihanna talks that talk plenty, but does she say anything 439 00:24:04,580 --> 00:24:06,080 as the dude was alluding to? 440 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:11,680 Yeah, I think this record is not really filled with a whole lot of substance. 441 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,120 Maybe the most substantive thing is the beats. 442 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:17,680 The production has varied significantly from track to track. 443 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,240 But there's some interesting things that happen. 444 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:20,880 She shares the stage with it. 445 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:21,880 It's like a partnership. 446 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,000 I mean, there are equals. 447 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,320 I would agree, which I think is, yeah, it works. 448 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:27,560 I mean, it's important. 449 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,200 She's very much feeds the beat as much as the beat is keeping the songs going. 450 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:37,040 Yeah, no, I think the closing cut there farewell is probably the most traditional of a song 451 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:41,280 we would get where we really do hear her sing a little bit more and it's less focused on 452 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:42,280 production. 453 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:43,760 And she sounds good on that song. 454 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,200 I think she did just like an acoustic Rihanna record. 455 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,440 That would be really interesting to hear what that would sound like. 456 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:57,760 It just sounded like a pink song to me, like a very that anthemic sort of girl power sort 457 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:03,040 of vibe, which ran counter to a lot of I mean, it was a different kind of girl power through 458 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:04,040 the other tracks. 459 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,080 This one was more vulnerable. 460 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:09,080 So it kind of was a little out of place, but I guess a nice palate cleanser at the end. 461 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,320 Yeah, it makes sense at the end of the record, I think. 462 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,520 It's kind of funny how Rihanna and the Black Keys both have like see later songs at the 463 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:16,520 end of their albums. 464 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,920 I'm kind of not a huge fan of that personally. 465 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:19,920 That's true. 466 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,520 But yeah, I mean, I think Talk That Talk for me at least is just kind of like a time capsule 467 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:29,280 of some of the sounds at the time, you know, in terms of the dance music and Rihanna obviously 468 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,120 being a big part of that. 469 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:35,120 Nothing here is like amazing on its own, but if you want to something that represents what 470 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:40,000 was happening in dance culture in 2012, I think this is a pretty good selection. 471 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,120 Well said, Andy. 472 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:50,920 So that was Talk That Talk by Rihanna, the number eight album of 2012. 473 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:51,920 Excuse me. 474 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,680 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 475 00:25:54,680 --> 00:26:00,780 Once again, it's time for Deep Questions by Don. 476 00:26:00,780 --> 00:26:04,400 So I kind of mentioned at the beginning of the show that I don't remember much from 477 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,400 2012. 478 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,920 What do you guys remember from 2012? 479 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:13,760 I mean, the most memorable things for me from that year, I mean, we had the presidential 480 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,560 debates and election were always interesting. 481 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:21,360 Mitt Romney versus Obama kind of throwback from this time period feels like those were 482 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:24,640 the golden days of political discourse. 483 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,920 The other big things I'll mention are some films that at least for me were pretty impactful. 484 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:33,040 I mean, we kind of have like in some ways the beginning of the end of popular culture 485 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,040 in the Avengers movies. 486 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:40,720 We had the first Avengers movie came out kind of amalgamation of all the Marvel stuff up 487 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,580 to this point, kind of coalesced in this big film and it was a huge, huge deal on the box 488 00:26:45,580 --> 00:26:51,920 office and then spurred obviously like a decade of spin-offs and offshoots and TV shows and 489 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:52,920 whatnot. 490 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,680 Yeah, this stuff's been going on for a long time. 491 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,560 Yeah, so much came out of that. 492 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:03,600 Also that year I mentioned too Walt Disney purchased Lucasfilms, which included Star 493 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:09,280 Wars and Indiana Jones and that would lead to a whole mess of additional films in those 494 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,360 series of varying quality. 495 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:20,760 Yeah, so 2012 for me, I started like I had been carrying a small collection of vinyl 496 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:26,560 records around since the 90s, but in 2012 was around the time I started really trying 497 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,080 to build a collection again. 498 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:34,680 I have a pretty large CD collection and I made the move laterally to vinyl and started 499 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,320 going to record stores a lot. 500 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:43,880 Again, independent stores and picking up a lot of used vinyl and getting vinyl on eBay, 501 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:49,600 find someone that was selling a whole box of records, get that shipped and then find 502 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:50,600 what- 503 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:51,600 Just the random creative- 504 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:56,400 Yeah, and there was stuff I was looking for in there, like some Led Zeppelin albums and 505 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,080 things like that of varying quality, sometimes two copies of something, but there were weird 506 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,320 records, many of which ended up being really interesting listens. 507 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,920 So it's been fun all the way along. 508 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,800 I still, when I go to the record store, I look in the dollar bin and I pick up something 509 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,480 that looks weird as hell just for fun and see what it is. 510 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:14,480 That's cool. 511 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:20,120 What about you Don, just sitting around waiting for another year to begin? 512 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:29,200 Well, I was really into trail running at the time and that's when I really got into hoppy 513 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,200 IPAs. 514 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:35,120 Those are really since 2012 that's been my beer of choice. 515 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:38,040 What's a go-to IPA? 516 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,760 The Juice Bomb from, damn it, I can't think of the name of the brewery. 517 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:42,760 Snooty Douche Brewery. 518 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:43,760 Yeah, exactly. 519 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:44,760 What the? 520 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:45,760 Sloop, is that the- 521 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:46,760 Yeah, it's Sloop. 522 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,400 The Sloop Brewing Juice Bomb. 523 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,120 I was close. 524 00:28:54,120 --> 00:29:00,160 Yeah, one thing I didn't participate in, but I remember it being popular in that year was 525 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:01,400 The Walking Dead. 526 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:06,120 But I remember actually I went out and I saw like a Pink Floyd cover band. 527 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:10,240 And so afterwards we grabbed a drink at a bar and it must've been at 10 o'clock or whenever 528 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:11,840 that show would be on. 529 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,920 And I remember like everybody that worked at the bar was just sitting there watching 530 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:16,920 the show. 531 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:20,800 And I remember like feeling like I was putting them out if I ordered a drink because they 532 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:25,320 were just so glued to the show that I had no idea. 533 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:30,520 Yeah, that was one of those shows that definitely had those guys for a while. 534 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,080 You should've started acting like a zombie. 535 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,360 You would've gotten their attention there. 536 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,280 Well what do you remember from 2012? 537 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:38,280 Let us know. 538 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:42,720 Hit us up on Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment on our website, AlbumNerds.com. 539 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:43,720 Hi, I'm Adele. 540 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:49,440 I am in New York in a very hot and sweaty and dark artist's room here at Sony. 541 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:55,160 Wow, she's like a wicked witch or something. 542 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,160 Yeah. 543 00:29:56,160 --> 00:30:03,320 So doing research here for Adele's number one album of 2012-21, I've found I've learned 544 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:07,460 a lot about her and her personality that runs a little counter to what you would expect 545 00:30:07,460 --> 00:30:11,320 from the super serious, heartbroken vibe of the album. 546 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:19,680 So Adele Lori Blue Atkins, born May 1988 in Tottenham, London, is an English singer-songwriter, 547 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:25,720 signed a record deal with XL Recordings after graduating from the Brit School in 2006, like 548 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,440 the Performing Arts School. 549 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,160 Amy Winehouse was also an alum. 550 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:35,400 Numerous accolades including 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards, Academy Award, Primetime Emmy 551 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,320 Award, and a Golden Globe. 552 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:43,120 Her studio albums 21 and 25 are among the best selling albums in UK chart history and 553 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,720 both certified diamond in the US. 554 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:51,400 So for 2012 to have a superstar, we hadn't had one of those in a while. 555 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:56,320 So why don't we jump into a little bit of 21 with the track Rumor Hazard? 556 00:30:56,320 --> 00:31:12,600 So this was her second studio album, released in 2011. 557 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,040 It was top seller for 2011 and 2012. 558 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:21,440 The album title is her age at the time of recording as was 19 and her subsequent albums. 559 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,320 I wonder how far she'll make it. 560 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,320 Make sure to have like an 89. 561 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,360 Yeah, maybe. 562 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:33,000 So Rumor Hazard was written by Adele and Ryan Tedder who also produced the track. 563 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:38,520 She stated that the song was not inspired by the media as many people think, but more 564 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:43,640 about her own friends who believed the rumors they were reading about her in the tabloids. 565 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,080 So they'd ask her like, oh, I heard you did this. 566 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:50,200 And she's like, it was really pissing her off that these, the people were believing 567 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,940 all this shit when they actually know her. 568 00:31:51,940 --> 00:31:55,440 So I thought that was an interesting twist to learn about. 569 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,540 Fourth single from the album and it's catchy. 570 00:31:58,540 --> 00:31:59,540 It's fun. 571 00:31:59,540 --> 00:32:02,920 It's, you know, throwback soul a little bit. 572 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:07,300 My clickbait headline, British Invasion hits America's shores once again in the form of 573 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:11,000 an emotive vocalist with a broken heart. 574 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,880 Modern clean production, but still human, full of emotion. 575 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,880 I don't think there's a bad song on the record. 576 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,120 They're not all the best, but they're all enjoyable. 577 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:23,880 And heartbreak introspection, breakup, forgiveness, healing, deep stuff. 578 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,800 The worst song is actually the cure song. 579 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:32,520 So I knew, I knew we had to, I know there's no way that you thought that the cure love 580 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,200 song cover would be adequate. 581 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:35,200 Yeah. 582 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,200 I thought it was nice. 583 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,200 I knew you're going to hate it. 584 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:38,860 It just seems like a, I don't know. 585 00:32:38,860 --> 00:32:41,040 It's just not like a great, I don't know. 586 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,520 It doesn't seem like the song, the type of song that's worth covering. 587 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:48,520 Although I do think like the best part of the song is the baseline and she didn't use 588 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:49,520 it. 589 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,680 Like at least when 311 did it, they, you know, they stuck with that original baseline, but 590 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,320 no, it's just kind of a banal song anyway, by cure standards. 591 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,320 So it's not one that I would do. 592 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:03,880 I thought that was one of their most poignant songs in their discography. 593 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:04,880 But no. 594 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,920 The true fans don't like the popular ones. 595 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:07,920 I guess so. 596 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:13,880 I mean, I appreciate them, but that, and I like that song, but it's just, I don't think 597 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,960 it fits in this record very well. 598 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,120 Like it doesn't make sense to me with the rest of the album. 599 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:24,440 I think I read that she was doing it as a tribute to family members or something who 600 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:25,680 supported her. 601 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:29,000 So it's not about the guy that dumped her. 602 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,000 Okay. 603 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,000 All right. 604 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:37,240 Why don't we jump into hopefully a more enjoyable song than the terrible cure cover. 605 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:41,680 Apparently here's a little bit of someone like you. 606 00:33:41,680 --> 00:34:04,080 That was the second single off the album, co-written by Dan Wilson of semi-sonic fame. 607 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,080 Guys remember, remember them? 608 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:07,080 Closing time. 609 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:08,080 Closing time. 610 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,080 Yep. 611 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,960 I think it seems like this album is largely about a breakup that she had been going through 612 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,400 and a long-term relationship that had recently come to a close. 613 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:18,720 The song definitely deals with that. 614 00:34:18,720 --> 00:34:20,800 It feels like a lot of the record does. 615 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,280 90% of it does. 616 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:23,280 Yeah. 617 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:28,280 The thing I read about the song was that she was imagining like at age 40 running into 618 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:32,800 her ex and seeing that he's got this beautiful life with a beautiful wife and stuff. 619 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:33,800 Yeah. 620 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:34,800 Yeah. 621 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:40,200 I found out that he had gotten engaged after their breakup and never wanted to get married 622 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:41,200 when they were together. 623 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,200 Now this was really hitting her heavy. 624 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:44,200 Yeah. 625 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:45,200 I could totally sympathize. 626 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,400 I think she beautifully captures that emotion here. 627 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,680 I think it's a great performance. 628 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,080 I think it's one of the best songs on the record. 629 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,800 I think one of the best songs for this period in my opinion. 630 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,480 I think it's just spellbinding every time I hear it. 631 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,920 I think this album as a whole really is impressive to me. 632 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:06,600 Coming back to it after a while, I was blown away by how powerful her voice is and just 633 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:08,360 the emotion on this record. 634 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:13,840 My clickbait headline is, though now able to legally drink in the United States, Adele 635 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,280 instead decides to crush the billboards. 636 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,280 Yes. 637 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:18,280 Yeah. 638 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,320 I mean, she was just such a force at this period and I think it's deserved. 639 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,360 I really came to appreciate this record in hindsight. 640 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:31,040 I mean, her vocals are just, she's able to stir very deep emotions. 641 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,480 She has a real bluesy quality to her voice. 642 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:38,600 We can talk about maybe she's forcing it a little bit at times, but I think that undeniable 643 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:43,560 emotion there and just, I mean, her range and her control over her voice is just, it's 644 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:44,560 incredible. 645 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:48,040 I mean, she's definitely one of those generation type talents in my opinion. 646 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,280 I think this is probably her strongest record. 647 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,240 So yeah, I really, really love it. 648 00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:53,240 It's great. 649 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:54,240 All right. 650 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:57,240 Why don't we set fire to the rain that's next song we're playing. 651 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:13,360 That song was co-written and produced by a Frazier T Smith. 652 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:20,600 So actually much more, I think dramatic instrumentation, the arrangement I think kind of stands out 653 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:25,320 from the rest of the album, which I think is much simpler. 654 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:30,400 But yeah, it seems like a pretty powerful song about the contradictory elements of a 655 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:34,280 relationship and how difficult it is to let go. 656 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:40,880 At times there, like her voice has sort of almost like a evil sort of sound to it, kind 657 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,720 of like a Sinead O'Connor kind of vibe. 658 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,880 Evil Sinead O'Connor, yeah. 659 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:48,880 Yeah, which I like. 660 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:49,880 Evil Sinead O'Connor? 661 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:54,880 Put your pinky up by your lip there. 662 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:55,880 Yeah. 663 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:03,600 So my clickbait headline for 21 is Breath of Fresh Air Leads to Critical Hot Air. 664 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:08,800 So I mean, this, you know, I mean, Adele is, you know, I mean, she's just an amazing vocal 665 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:09,800 talent. 666 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:14,640 It's an excellent album, but it was just so big. 667 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:20,040 Actually that night that I was at the bar and all eight TVs were on The Walking Dead, 668 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:24,360 the lone remaining TV had the Grammys and it was just Adele winning every single one 669 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:25,360 of them. 670 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:26,360 Adele, Adele, Adele, yeah. 671 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:27,360 Yeah, she crushed. 672 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:33,280 I think sometimes when this happens, you know, things become a bit overrated, like the Alanis 673 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:38,520 Morissette album and Macy Gray or whatever, you know, there's like a female artist that 674 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:42,880 just gets elevated to this like an amazing status. 675 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,880 And I think it's unfair. 676 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:50,600 It's like we elevate people and then we sort of forget about them, which is unfortunate 677 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:55,000 because it's just a, it's a very good record contrasting it with other things that were 678 00:37:55,000 --> 00:38:02,360 going on at the time that you have your pop artists who are focusing on dance pop or incorporating 679 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:03,600 elements of hip hop. 680 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:08,860 You know, this one is a throwback to old sounds and R&B and soul. 681 00:38:08,860 --> 00:38:13,520 So it was, it was a breath of fresh air at the time. 682 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:17,840 And her voice really is something special and it's unique. 683 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:24,000 I think Andy mentioned earlier, it's kind of funny, like her accent on a couple of songs, 684 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,560 you know, where she says, take the risk. 685 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:33,920 It just seems like, I think she's maybe overdoing the attempt to have that kind of Southern 686 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:37,960 soulful voice, you know, when it's not natural for her. 687 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,760 Well, Southern people are known for saying risk. 688 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:46,200 So I don't know, I just think it, sometimes it comes out when you're singing. 689 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,440 She's pushing it a little bit at times. 690 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,800 She's over singing, I would say at times to try to sound more soulful maybe. 691 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,160 I mean, who are we to critique fucking Adele singing, but there's moments where I'm like, 692 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,160 yeah, that's not quite right. 693 00:38:58,160 --> 00:38:59,600 A little distracting at times. 694 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:06,160 I think one of the most telling pieces here is that she had multiple producers and she 695 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,340 recorded a lot of these songs as demos. 696 00:39:08,340 --> 00:39:12,440 And then she recorded a lot of them with Rick Rubin, who ended up only producing three of 697 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,400 the tracks on it because she chose the demos. 698 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:16,920 Yeah, that's cool. 699 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,320 She decided this is her second record. 700 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:20,880 She's like, this is too much. 701 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,080 These are too full of sounds. 702 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:23,480 I want it more stripped down. 703 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:28,880 So to make those decisions and have it be elevated to this level, at least I feel like 704 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,080 she deserved the accolades. 705 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,560 She was writing on all of these songs. 706 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:38,280 This was her story, her record, and she dictated what those songs were going to sound like. 707 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:39,280 And that's pretty awesome. 708 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,160 I mean, she was 21 years old. 709 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:46,400 I mean, that's so young in the music industry to do this kind of decisions. 710 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:47,400 It's impressive. 711 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:48,400 Yeah. 712 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:53,560 For many reasons, I would like to quickly nominate Adele 21 for the Albinards Hall of 713 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:54,560 Fame. 714 00:39:54,560 --> 00:40:00,080 Adele established herself as the diva of the decade. 715 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:04,000 Could tell that she's a diva because she has had a residency in Las Vegas. 716 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:08,320 Are we just going to completely overlook Celine Dion's discography here, guys? 717 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:09,320 Or are we... 718 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:10,320 I'm just joking. 719 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:11,320 I'm just joking. 720 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:12,320 I'm just joking. 721 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:13,320 I'm just joking. 722 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:14,320 I'm just joking. 723 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:15,320 Yeah. 724 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,320 I mean, I completely agree with you on this. 725 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,560 I think this is a great record. 726 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,760 I liked it more now than I did back then. 727 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:22,760 So I will say yes. 728 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:23,760 Yeah. 729 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:27,600 Despite what I said, it's an excellent album. 730 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:29,560 So you're willing to take the risk on this? 731 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:30,560 I will. 732 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:31,560 I will. 733 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:32,560 Congratulations, Adele. 734 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:36,760 So Adele has made it into the Albinards Hall of Fame with her album 21. 735 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:40,840 I think it's held up and it's a great listen. 736 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,160 Nice for one of those rainy day window albums. 737 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,160 Can you dig it? 738 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,160 Can you dig it? 739 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:53,440 Can you dig it? 740 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,800 So fast forwarding how many years? 741 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,200 12 years now from 2012 to 2024. 742 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,240 What are you guys digging lately? 743 00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:01,240 All right. 744 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:04,800 Well, yeah, step around the corner here and I'll show you what I got in my new release 745 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:05,800 bag. 746 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:06,800 Yikes. 747 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:11,920 Why do we have to step around a corner? 748 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:13,920 Why can't you just take the bag out, man? 749 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:15,440 You don't want to show everybody. 750 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:16,440 Just private. 751 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:17,440 Oh, geez. 752 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,440 It gets worse and worse. 753 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:26,640 So my first record you're talking about is from saxophonist Charles Lloyd. 754 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,360 This guy's been doing it since the mid-60s. 755 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:33,520 He's got a new record out called The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow. 756 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,120 It's a lengthy record. 757 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:39,120 Kind of a challenging jazz record, I would say, but I've been enjoying it quite a bit. 758 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:46,120 Not a record that's afraid to take its time and meander about that kind of good listening. 759 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:47,120 Oh, yeah. 760 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,120 Yeah. 761 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:52,920 It definitely sounds like one of those introspection albums where you're rethinking everything. 762 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,680 What am I doing with my life? 763 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:56,680 Why am I so handsome? 764 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:57,680 All right. 765 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,320 Next one up here is quite a bit different. 766 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,960 This is from hip hop artist Tierra Whack. 767 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,240 She has a new album called World Wide Whack. 768 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:10,400 I think it's a mistake. 769 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:13,000 Maybe it's making whack on whack. 770 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,720 Whack on whack? 771 00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:15,720 Yeah. 772 00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:18,480 In the old days, bad hip hop was whack. 773 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,640 She's taking back whack. 774 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:21,640 She's taking back the whack. 775 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:22,640 It's a little different. 776 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:29,080 It's actually a really inventive, creative hip hop project. 777 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,200 A little bit outside of her usual stuff. 778 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,960 She's a good rapper, but there's a lot of interesting other stuff going on around it. 779 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:37,720 Kind of a good sense of humor too. 780 00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:42,800 I like the lullaby beat there. 781 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,120 You don't normally hear songs about smelling shit. 782 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,440 She's the shit that you smell, man. 783 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:49,680 That's her. 784 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:51,880 That's the whack she brought back. 785 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:52,880 Nice. 786 00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:53,880 All right. 787 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:57,440 Well, it certainly makes it interesting enough to go check out. 788 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:58,440 Yeah. 789 00:42:58,440 --> 00:42:59,440 That's pretty good. 790 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:00,440 All right. 791 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:01,440 Let's see. 792 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:02,440 Adrienne Lenker. 793 00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:03,440 Adrienne. 794 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:04,440 From Big Thief. 795 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:05,440 Singer, songwriter, folk rock vibe. 796 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:06,440 The new record is called Bright Future. 797 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:07,440 I think this record is really, really good. 798 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:08,440 I think it might be among my favorites of the year so far. 799 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:23,440 It's a very introspective, kind of quiet record, but she is a very good songwriter. 800 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,440 Sounds like if Stevie Nicks went country a little bit. 801 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:27,440 Yeah. 802 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,440 She reminds me a lot of Amy Leperis. 803 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:31,440 Yeah. 804 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:32,440 That's what I was thinking. 805 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:33,440 Maybe not. 806 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,440 She's young still, but in that vein. 807 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:36,440 Nice. 808 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,440 Would you have been digging on down? 809 00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:43,320 Well, one group, I've never spent a lot of time with them, but whenever I hear something 810 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,440 from them, I'm usually like, oh, I like that. 811 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:46,440 That's nice. 812 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:52,000 So the band Guster has been around since the late 90s. 813 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:56,920 They have an album coming out in May called Ooh La La, and they have a song out from it 814 00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,760 called Keep Going, which sounds nice. 815 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:04,440 It doesn't sound as folky as Guster used to sound. 816 00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:05,440 True. 817 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:09,640 I remember the fans used to make a big deal about they would like, only their drumming 818 00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:11,760 was something was up with their drumming, right? 819 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,040 It was all by hand. 820 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,680 I think they didn't use sticks or mallets. 821 00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:19,160 Any percussion they were using was by hand, but I think they moved on from that. 822 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:20,160 I don't think that's true any longer. 823 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:24,120 Got a little sore. 824 00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,120 Arthritis as you get older. 825 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:32,040 Okay, so I went to a new release from a band that I've loved for a long time. 826 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:37,520 It's the Black Crows with Happiness Basterds, their ninth studio album. 827 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,760 I think they haven't had an album since 2009 or something. 828 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:42,800 It's been a long time. 829 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,460 The Brothers Robinson have reconvened. 830 00:44:45,460 --> 00:44:46,460 They broke up for a while. 831 00:44:46,460 --> 00:44:48,720 They have had some problems with each other. 832 00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:53,600 They've got a guest vocal from Laney Wilson, Andy's favorite country artist. 833 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,840 And it's good black crowsiness. 834 00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,000 I've listened to it a couple of times so far. 835 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:00,000 Sounds fun. 836 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,000 I still got the swagger. 837 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,000 Yeah. 838 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,920 Country artist Cody Jenks, back with another album, Changed the Game. 839 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,680 He's kind of an independent country artist. 840 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:10,880 I've liked him for a long time. 841 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:11,880 Good discography. 842 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:16,200 A lot about struggling with addiction and figuring out how to live life. 843 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,600 And I know Andy, we've talked about him before. 844 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,640 Would you guys think about this kind of thing? 845 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:21,640 Love it. 846 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,120 Would you be interested on Yellowstone? 847 00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:25,440 Not yet, but you never know. 848 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:26,440 I got this one. 849 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:29,200 I haven't heard of it yet. 850 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:34,320 And finally, what would an Album Nerds podcast be without talking about Dave Grohl or the 851 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:35,520 Foo Fighters? 852 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:42,000 I recently grabbed this EP from 2015 that originally was going to be released as fan 853 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,000 service. 854 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:44,000 They did a free download of it. 855 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:45,160 It's called the St. Cecilia EP. 856 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:49,400 It was after their Sonic Highways project that was kind of like, eh. 857 00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,680 And this was more back to the roots of the foos. 858 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:54,120 It's an enjoyable little listen. 859 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:56,840 It's just a few songs and very fooey. 860 00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:00,000 I guess one of the tracks was originally written for the color and the shape. 861 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,000 Cool. 862 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,240 Is that a 12 inch or is that a little guy? 863 00:46:03,240 --> 00:46:04,240 12 inch, yeah. 864 00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:07,240 13 on a good day. 865 00:46:07,240 --> 00:46:08,240 Jesus. 866 00:46:08,240 --> 00:46:09,240 Okay. 867 00:46:09,240 --> 00:46:10,520 So what are you doing? 868 00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:11,520 Let us know. 869 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:15,040 Hit us on the socials, Facebook, Instagram, threads. 870 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:20,880 And on our website, albumnerds.com. 871 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:24,680 It will be a discovery of extraordinary value. 872 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,920 All right, guys. 873 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:35,840 Well, I perused through a lot of pop culture from 2012 to find something that really summed 874 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,680 up what the year means to me. 875 00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:43,920 So with that in mind, I'm reminded of, do you guys remember the show Duck Dynasty? 876 00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:45,440 Yeah, I never watched it. 877 00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:49,240 I never saw it, but I remember it was guys with ZZ top beards. 878 00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:52,480 Yeah, reality show, haunting ducks, I assume. 879 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,080 Yeah, their stuff. 880 00:46:54,080 --> 00:47:01,680 Well, the old dude, kind of the grandpa duck there, C. Robertson said, I quote, I own the 881 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,160 MacGyver of cooking. 882 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:08,920 If you bring me a piece of bread, cabbage, coconut, mustard greens, pig's feet and pine 883 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,600 cones and a woodpecker, I'll make you a great chicken pot pie. 884 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:14,680 Wouldn't it be a pecker pie pie? 885 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,680 I think it would be a pecker pie, wouldn't it? 886 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:22,640 Anyway, sorry for that nonsense. 887 00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:27,160 Let's bring out my friend in yours, Wadbot, to see what we'll be discussing on next week's 888 00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:35,160 show. 889 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:38,840 Your journey of musical discovery continues. 890 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:43,600 Music carries with it the emotion and creativity shaped by life experiences. 891 00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:48,360 Sometimes music is born of family traditions and shared experience. 892 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:53,440 Next week, you will explore albums created by bands that feature family members. 893 00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:54,440 That seems doable. 894 00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:55,440 Should be fun. 895 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:59,280 Okay, who are your favorite familial artists? 896 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:00,900 What else are you listening to? 897 00:48:00,900 --> 00:48:01,900 Let us know. 898 00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:05,400 Leave a comment on our website or email us at podcast at albumnerds.com. 899 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:08,760 You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram and threads at albumnerds. 900 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,640 Please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast app. 901 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:16,280 And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so via PayPal at albumnerds.com slash 902 00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:17,280 support. 903 00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:19,960 Thank you once again for joining us here at the Album Nerds podcast. 904 00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:23,000 We look forward to having some family time. 905 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,000 Yeah, nice listening everybody. 906 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,000 Catch you next week. 907 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:27,000 You could have had it all. 908 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:28,000 Rolling in the deep. 909 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:29,000 Wow. 910 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:30,000 Todd is about to pass out. 911 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,000 Fail alert there. 912 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:39,000 Geez. 913 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:43,000 I mean, between the three of us. 914 00:48:43,000 --> 00:49:04,780 Oh, you do it once again.