1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,040 Welcome to the Album Nerds podcast with your hosts, Andy, Don, and Dude. 2 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:14,040 Don, da-don-don. 3 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,040 What's up? 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:16,040 The Album Nerds podcast. 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:17,040 I'm Dude. 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,040 I got Andy and Don with me, of course. 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,040 Andy, how you doing, my friend? 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,040 Doing well, doing well. 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:31,680 Just reminded of that bit from Ghostbusters where they all chime in with their names, 10 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:32,680 you know? 11 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:33,680 Ray Egon. 12 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:34,680 Oh, Ray. 13 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:35,680 Oh, yeah. 14 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,320 When they're firing up their proton packs. 15 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,280 Yes, the first time they all kind of hit that pitch. 16 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:42,280 Yep. 17 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,280 Come to harmony together. 18 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,600 Beautiful, beautiful moment in cinematic history. 19 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,600 Don, how you doing? 20 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:49,600 Good. 21 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,040 I'm all lathered up in sunblock. 22 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,760 Because it's the summer of Don. 23 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:55,760 Exactly. 24 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:56,760 Right. 25 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,040 I was hoping you were wearing tanning oil. 26 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,040 Bande Soleil. 27 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,040 Oh, yeah. 28 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,040 Bande Soleil, I remember that. 29 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,040 The centrope tan. 30 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,440 All right, so this is the Album Nerds podcast. 31 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:11,960 We love albums, the album format. 32 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:14,800 It's going to be a great show today. 33 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,000 And it's the summer of Don. 34 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,720 So we're going to be revisiting Sade's Diamond Life. 35 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,740 And we'll get into more details about this very special summer in a minute. 36 00:01:24,740 --> 00:01:28,080 And then Don is going to ask us a deep question. 37 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,560 Then we're going to give some shout outs to some albums and album related items that we've 38 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,520 been digging out there in the world. 39 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,520 Then we're going to spin the wheel of musical discovery to find out what we'll talk about 40 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:38,520 next time. 41 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:39,520 But this week, in Sade. 42 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:40,520 It's going to be hot. 43 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:41,520 I proclaim this the summer of Donnie Lakey. 44 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:54,000 That's what I'm talking about. 45 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,280 It's some some summer of Don some some summer of Don. 46 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,880 Anyway, the summer of Don continues. 47 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:04,160 So I went back into the archives of the album nerds before I was on the show. 48 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:10,040 Came up with a list of records I want to get my two cents in about and put it on the wheel 49 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,140 of musical discovery and keeps picking a new record each week. 50 00:02:14,140 --> 00:02:20,600 This week, we'll revisit the album Sade's Diamond Life, which you guys discussed on 51 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:21,600 episode 90. 52 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:27,560 Actually, my true Nigerian name is Kola Sade, which means crowning glory. 53 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:28,560 Sade, really. 54 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,560 But in England, everybody goes Sade. 55 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,920 In America, people tend to go Sade. 56 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:35,920 Stupid Americans. 57 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:36,920 Sade. 58 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:37,920 So embarrassing. 59 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:38,920 Come on. 60 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:41,440 It sounds like a toilet paper bread. 61 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,760 Yeah, we're so crass. 62 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,480 So the album is Sade's Diamond Life. 63 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,280 Here's the cut Smooth Operator. 64 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,560 It's what they used to call me in high school. 65 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:53,560 Because you pooped your pants. 66 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:54,560 Because I didn't have to shave. 67 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:16,320 I just pictured Don excusing himself from class running to the bathroom. 68 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,960 Donald, you need a bathroom pass. 69 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:30,480 Okay, so Diamond Life is the debut studio album from English band Sade, featuring Nigerian 70 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:37,600 born singer songwriter Sade Adu, along with other former members of the band Pride, including 71 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:43,720 guitarist and saxophonist Stuart Matthewson, bassist Paul Denman, and keyboardist Andrew 72 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:44,720 Hale. 73 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,000 So like I said, you guys talked about this on episode 90. 74 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,800 Seems like you enjoyed it then. 75 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,400 What do you think about it now? 76 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,560 No, I did enjoy it back in episode 90. 77 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,080 I still enjoyed it today. 78 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,080 I thought it was a pretty solid record overall. 79 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,680 I think the key word I keep coming back to is restraint. 80 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:06,680 Restraint can be sexy. 81 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:13,200 And I think Sade finds a way to make restraint sexy here. 82 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:18,160 Yeah, I grew up with this album as a staple in the household. 83 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,840 It was the first cassette that my parents ever bought after we got our cassette player 84 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:26,280 and moved on from vinyl, at least temporarily. 85 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:29,120 And yeah, it was kind of their romantic album. 86 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,000 I liked the sound of it. 87 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,360 My little sister used to love the song Smooth Operator, if she called it. 88 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:41,200 She was probably like four and had a problem with S sounds somehow. 89 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,080 But yeah, I mean, I always enjoyed this record. 90 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,960 It's a perfect romantic quiet storm kind of mood setter. 91 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:55,400 I remember when I was a boy watching MTV waiting for the next Duran Duran video. 92 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,480 This would come on and I would end up changing the channel. 93 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,800 So this was not something that appealed to me when I was that young. 94 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:09,760 But as I'll explain later, I think my musical path has sort of primed me to finally embrace 95 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,800 a record like this. 96 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,080 So let's hear another cut. 97 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,080 This is Cherry Pie. 98 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,080 She's my cherry pie. 99 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,080 Chicken whale. 100 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:26,080 No more edgy than I remember. 101 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,080 Yeah, definitely. 102 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:41,720 For some reason, I don't think of like a beautiful like cherry, you know, fresh made cherry pie 103 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:47,080 I picture one of those like hostess, you know, vending machine cherry pies. 104 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,080 Pocket things. 105 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,080 Yeah, they're wrapped up. 106 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,080 Yeah. 107 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,080 I just love those things, dude. 108 00:05:53,080 --> 00:06:00,440 Yeah, I think it's fair to say that it does have sort of that prepackaged feel to this 109 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,440 record, I guess. 110 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,680 Everything feels kind of compartmentalized and kind of in their own lane, I guess you 111 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:06,680 could say. 112 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,480 But the reason I like that track, the reason I picked that track Cherry Pie there was I 113 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,240 felt like that that track felt the most alive to me on their album. 114 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,680 It's a little bit funkier than the most here. 115 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,660 And I think, you know, I think that's what I liked about that song and what maybe is 116 00:06:20,660 --> 00:06:26,600 missing from this record as a whole for me is just that liveliness, that energy that maybe 117 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,520 is a little bit smoothed away on some of these tracks here. 118 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,720 Well this is one of the few songs where it seems like it's about like it could be about 119 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,480 her and her feelings about the thing. 120 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:43,240 The rest of it is more from a like jazz lounge singer singing the songs like Sinatra or whatever 121 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,540 where they just perform the songs really well, but it's not about them. 122 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:49,800 And this one feels a little more personal. 123 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,800 Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. 124 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:51,800 No, yeah, you're right. 125 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:52,800 Totally right. 126 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:57,960 My clickbait headline for this album is The Diamond Life sounds bright and sparkly, but 127 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,400 when it comes to depth and emotion, this is more of a cubit zirconia. 128 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,280 Can you cut grass with a cubic zirconia? 129 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:09,000 I think dude's expression right now can cut some grass. 130 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 It's pissed. 131 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Ouch. 132 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:16,320 Yeah, I mean, I'm positive on this record overall. 133 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:21,480 I did enjoy it, but does this feel a little lacking in emotion? 134 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:29,280 Like you said, dude, like she just, Ado feels, Ado, dude, feels a little detached lyrically 135 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,280 on most of these tracks, you know, really about her. 136 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:37,680 I think that does kind of lead to this sort of standoffish nature to the album. 137 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,600 And musically, it's so restrained. 138 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:41,600 It's so restrained. 139 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:42,600 It never really opens up. 140 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,200 There's a few moments where the hints that may be opening up, but never really get like 141 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:47,800 that full blossom. 142 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,280 I don't think it's supposed to. 143 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:56,840 I mean, it's smooth jazz with smooth jazz vocals from a very controlled singer where 144 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,080 her voice is kind of like one of the horns, you know. 145 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:05,760 It's like part of the jazz instrumentation in some ways, you know, it all fits together. 146 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,320 But the word here is smooth. 147 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:15,160 I mean, throughout, and I think the idea is to set a mood. 148 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:21,200 Ado sets a mood and I think it's very intentional and it's pop. 149 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,400 It's pop music. 150 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,880 This is not like indie rock of the time or something. 151 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:28,720 This was meant to be palatable. 152 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,200 I do agree. 153 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:35,640 I think it is palatable, but the risk of being palatable, you know, sometimes you sacrifice 154 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,640 some authenticity or depth of emotion. 155 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,760 Andy, how does this, I know you pretty much hated the Simply Red record. 156 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:45,440 How does this compare to that? 157 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:46,720 Because they're kind of the same. 158 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,360 I mean, they're similar in that way, I think that they're kind of holding back. 159 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,920 Yeah, I guess I feel similarly about them because there were moments on the Simply Red 160 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,800 record that I felt like they showed glimpses kind of like we see on the Sade record where 161 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,400 they might be really cool to see live. 162 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,600 And I have heard good things about both of those bands live that maybe would be interested 163 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:05,600 to see. 164 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,360 I feel like it's just you're kind of missing out a little bit on these albums. 165 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:10,880 I didn't hate the Simply Red. 166 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,600 I just didn't think it was soul. 167 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:13,680 I think it was soulful. 168 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:16,860 It was adult contemporary and it was fine. 169 00:09:16,860 --> 00:09:19,040 This one I think is very soulful. 170 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,800 It's like a quiet storm type of album. 171 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,960 And I think it accomplishes what it set out to do. 172 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,840 And I don't know if Simply Red knew what they were trying to accomplish other than getting 173 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,880 on the radio again. 174 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,120 So there's nothing wrong with that. 175 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,160 You know, Metallica did it. 176 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,960 Oh, one, two for that. 177 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:40,960 That was for Andy. 178 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:41,960 That was for Andy. 179 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:42,960 Yes. 180 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:43,960 You got knocked the fuck out, man. 181 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:48,000 We should do a whole episode on Andy's Metallica sellout theory. 182 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Theory or? 183 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:55,360 Yeah, I'd love to litigate that case because I got charts and graphs everywhere. 184 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,680 Pretty sure Lars Ulrich would show up at your door and you would regret your decision. 185 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:00,960 Yeah, but as a lawyer, probably assuming. 186 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,840 A fun bonus episode. 187 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,440 Well, let's hear another cut. 188 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,920 This is the final track on the album. 189 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:09,920 This is called Why Can't We Live Together? 190 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:25,840 The thing we haven't said yet is that these songs, there are moments where they sound 191 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:31,640 exotic and, you know, I think that was part of the appeal at the time. 192 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,320 Mysterious is something I keep thinking about. 193 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,480 Like it feels foreign, I guess, or something. 194 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,640 Something cool about it. 195 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,800 So Why Can't We Live Together is a cover of a song written and recorded by Timothy Thomas 196 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,960 in 1972. 197 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:50,440 I think this is a really interesting treatment, kind of slow and building. 198 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:54,640 It's actually like two minutes into the song before the vocals come in. 199 00:10:54,640 --> 00:11:01,520 I think it's powerful and I would say it's the only time on the album I was really moved 200 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:06,640 kind of emotionally, kind of stepping out of that smooth whatever feel. 201 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,400 Yeah, so I thought this was a well-executed cover. 202 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:16,440 My clickbait headline for the album is Shaday Turns Don's Dalliance with Sophista Pop into 203 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,440 Genuine Affection. 204 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,880 Yeah, so I've- 205 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:21,880 Dalliance, huh? 206 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,880 That could be a lyric. 207 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:32,840 I mean, I just recently became aware of this term, sophista pop, but I think I kind of 208 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:38,920 understand what it is and I think probably the Simply Red record might fit into that. 209 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,280 Well, you just keep selling that damn thing, don't you? 210 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:43,280 Yeah. 211 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,480 Remember we did Roxy Music Avalon? 212 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:50,840 Now, that was a bit more rocky and maybe closer to yacht rock, but it had the horns and it 213 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:56,400 had elements of jazz and even that felt like a little restrained. 214 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,760 That's an album I've really started to enjoy over the last 10 or 15 years and I think I'm 215 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:06,720 finally ready to appreciate this kind of music. 216 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,840 What died inside you, Don, that lets you appreciate this? 217 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:16,220 I think it's age, just getting old. 218 00:12:16,220 --> 00:12:20,920 Maybe it's just that you have more, like when you're a kid, you don't want an eight-course 219 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:22,600 meal with a bunch of different stuff. 220 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,360 You just want your freaking happy meal, right? 221 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:32,680 I think as you get older, there are more occasions for other sounds and exploring things that 222 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:38,000 maybe are from the past that bring back memories like Don remembering turning the channel every 223 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,760 time it came on MTV because it was for grownups. 224 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,760 Now he's a grownup so he can check it out. 225 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:43,760 Yeah. 226 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,760 Yeah, I think that's probably just the psychological thing where I labeled it as something for 227 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:48,760 old people. 228 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,760 Now you're an old person. 229 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:52,760 Yeah. 230 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:54,880 Well, let's hear one more. 231 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,440 This is Hang On To Your Love. 232 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:11,280 I love the little guitar sound there. 233 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:17,800 I think it's what kind of was more the focus of their sound on future records, less so 234 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:24,480 the saxophone, which is very mid-80s saxophone was in every pop record. 235 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,640 Bruce Springsteen was using tons of saxophone then too. 236 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,040 Everybody loves that 80s sax, man. 237 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,040 That's right. 238 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:39,480 Just got a picture of Rob Lowe in St. Elmo's Fire sweating all over everyone, blasting 239 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:40,480 that sax. 240 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:44,200 If I can find someone who's fool enough to let me play my sax. 241 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,400 Yeah, so Hang On To Your Love was one of my favorites on this record as a kid. 242 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:53,640 It delivers a message of resilience and commitment and love through the trials and tribulations 243 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,640 of a relationship. 244 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:01,240 My parents had had a stumbling block in theirs around the time they got this record. 245 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:07,240 It symbolized to me as a kid, things getting back to normal and stuff, I think. 246 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:14,200 I think I have some emotional ties to this album that make Andy's zirconia comments particularly 247 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,200 hurtful. 248 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,560 I just just like to see the love of your parents. 249 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:22,040 I'm grateful that this record served them. 250 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:28,640 This is when they said, why can't we live together? 251 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:33,880 My clickbait headline, Sade's Diamond Life will seduce your soul. 252 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,880 Smooth jazz and sultry vocals that create a quiet storm of musical chemistry. 253 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,720 I think the chemistry of this band is important. 254 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,600 The band is called Sade as is the singer. 255 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:49,400 I think that's often a problem with some of these groups that choose someone's name as 256 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,760 the name of their band. 257 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,720 The rest of the guys get kind of lost in the mix, but the same core lineup has been with 258 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,520 her the entire time. 259 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:04,280 Every record they've recorded has been a collaboration and they worked in that band, Pride together. 260 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:09,600 They've been working together for decades and they have honed this sound that is uniquely 261 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:10,600 theirs. 262 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:16,160 I just think it's important to point that out and be aware when Ordinary Love and other 263 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,880 songs you might know from future releases, this is the same group of people. 264 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:28,880 It's not just her with a house band coming up with whatever the flavor of the day producers 265 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,120 and writers have come up with. 266 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,240 This is their stuff through and through. 267 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,720 So I just think that's important to know. 268 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:35,720 Yeah. 269 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,720 They play very well together. 270 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,960 I mean, I have to give a shout out to Stuart on the saxophone there, man. 271 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,080 He freaking, he does kick some ass. 272 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,080 Yep. 273 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:46,080 He's a guitarist too. 274 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,080 I play guitar too. 275 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,080 Oh, wow. 276 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:54,000 There's a few moments on here that are really great, great sax solos and very impressive. 277 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,600 Some good bass sounds too. 278 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:56,600 Yes. 279 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:57,600 Don loves his bass. 280 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:58,600 Slap it a bass. 281 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:02,520 The whole album is sensual and cerebral. 282 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:08,560 There are some thinking, some moments of thinking, lyrics and songs that are not just about romance, 283 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,440 but like Frankie's first affair. 284 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,280 I think you can figure out what that's about. 285 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:18,480 When am I going to make a living about trying to make, I think probably as artists at the 286 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:23,440 time, but the struggle of making ends meet and when am I going to have my break or when 287 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,600 are things going to go right for me? 288 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:31,200 That track really, I think rang true more so than most tracks on the album for me. 289 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,680 I could actually really feel the desperation in your voice. 290 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:35,760 Yeah. 291 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:40,480 So there is more to this than just sultry, slow jam stuff. 292 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:47,320 Although it's got all the sultry you need for a pleasant evening. 293 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,760 Just kind of interesting deadpan delivery sometimes. 294 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,760 It's kind of flat. 295 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,720 Yeah, but it works. 296 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,820 You know that song, the girl from Ipanema? 297 00:16:57,820 --> 00:17:01,080 The way she just sort of has that kind of deadpan delivery too. 298 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,400 Although obviously Sade is a much better singer than whoever that was. 299 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:05,400 Yeah. 300 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:12,760 And that control, there's a lot of vocal control as Andy kind of alluded to as well, but I 301 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:19,040 think it's part of setting the mood of not over emoting at times. 302 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,400 That's kind of a vocal jazz thing. 303 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:22,400 Yeah. 304 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:23,400 Yeah. 305 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:24,400 It's part of being cool, man. 306 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,280 You don't want to show too much emotion. 307 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:27,280 Keep it under wraps. 308 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:28,740 Yeah, that's right. 309 00:17:28,740 --> 00:17:34,560 So this is the Summer of Dawn and we are talking about records that you guys talked about before 310 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,240 that I didn't have a chance to discuss. 311 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:44,680 And so I am glad that we got to this one because Sade is a name that I always hear people talk 312 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:49,680 about the Sade records and how great they are. 313 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:57,160 It seemed like something I needed to spend some time with, just much ado about ado. 314 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,160 Anyway. 315 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:08,960 Okay, so the record was Sade with Diamond Life from 1984. 316 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:09,960 Excuse me. 317 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:15,640 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 318 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:20,500 It's time again for Deep Questions by Dawn. 319 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:26,200 So a smooth operator, I guess can be a person who manipulates others through a calm, charming 320 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,660 and persuasive manner. 321 00:18:28,660 --> 00:18:33,200 Have you ever been charmed into doing something you later regret? 322 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,480 It's a dangerous question. 323 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,840 Yeah, I know, right? 324 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,640 Yeah, I mean, for me, I feel like this happens a lot. 325 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:49,880 I mean, like I'm tough over like email or a messenger or something digital, but like 326 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:54,720 in person, like I will just like roll over immediately if you suggest something, you're 327 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:59,280 probably contradictory what I was thinking. 328 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:03,960 That's why I miss being near you physically because I used to manipulate you in all sorts 329 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:04,960 of ways. 330 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,280 Make that eye contact and Andy's like, sure. 331 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:14,040 Yeah, if you come to my door and try and sell me something, I will probably end up buying 332 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:15,040 it. 333 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,640 But try to email me about it and I will send you a nasty letter. 334 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:19,640 Nasty. 335 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,120 Yeah, how about you, dude? 336 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:28,920 Well, I was thinking more of a time when I didn't go through with it, but I was really 337 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:29,920 close. 338 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:30,920 Wow. 339 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:36,840 I had some challenges in college where perhaps I was a little more social than I should have 340 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:42,400 been and there was a period where I was deciding if I was going to go back to school, go get 341 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,360 a job and I was struggling to find a job. 342 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:48,280 So I visited a Navy recruiter. 343 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:49,760 Oh my gosh. 344 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,760 I just wanted some information. 345 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,400 I just wanted a pamphlet. 346 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,880 Three or four hours later, I've got a piece of paper in front of me. 347 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:58,880 Just sign here. 348 00:19:58,880 --> 00:19:59,880 Pen in hand. 349 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:00,880 Oh my gosh. 350 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:07,620 This dude, I don't know what Dreamweaver stuff this man was pulling. 351 00:20:07,620 --> 00:20:08,680 They do great work. 352 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,640 These recruiters do their jobs and they do them well. 353 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:19,120 But I was so close and I decided I wanted to just go outside and think about it for 354 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:20,400 a second. 355 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:25,080 And when I was out there, he was like looking through the window and I just left and got 356 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,600 in my car and I'm like, I can always go back. 357 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:28,600 Y'all know me. 358 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:29,600 I am not a soldier. 359 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:30,600 Wow. 360 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:35,440 Can you imagine what you would have been like today if you had signed up? 361 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,120 I don't think it would have been good for the country. 362 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:46,920 This is about the US of A and it wouldn't, I think they would have been making a mistake 363 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:51,240 by bringing me in. 364 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:57,640 So for me, well, a couple of years ago, a charming fella convinced me to do this podcast. 365 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:58,640 Yes. 366 00:20:58,640 --> 00:20:59,640 Oh, Jesus. 367 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:00,640 Wow. 368 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,120 Sorry that happened to you. 369 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:08,560 Yeah, you should start a support group. 370 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,480 There's one other guy that was briefly a member of the team. 371 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,280 The Pete Best. 372 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:15,960 You and Scott could commiserate. 373 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:16,960 That's right. 374 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:22,720 I'm actually, I'm a lot like Andy and we get these, people come to our door and they 375 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:27,840 want to replace our windows and replace our roofs. 376 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:33,320 So I'm just so bad at saying no, particularly when the people are kind of nice and you know 377 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,920 that, I mean, I must just suck having to go door to door. 378 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:37,920 Terrible job. 379 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:38,920 Yeah. 380 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,460 So I always feel bad about it. 381 00:21:40,460 --> 00:21:44,120 So now I lie and I say that we're moving. 382 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:46,120 That works. 383 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:48,080 That's a good excuse. 384 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,080 Yeah. 385 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,280 It's like my grandma died of excuses, but for house home repairs. 386 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:53,280 Yeah. 387 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:58,680 Yeah, you just got to hope that the churn at these places brings a new salesperson in 388 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,680 the next cycle. 389 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:00,680 I thought you were moving. 390 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:01,680 You just put on a mustache. 391 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:10,680 You're like, oh no, not Donalds, I'm Ronalds. 392 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:15,360 Yeah, well, what have you been charmed into doing that you later regret? 393 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:16,360 Let us know. 394 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:23,400 Visit us on the socials, Facebook, Instagram threads, and also on our website, albumnerds.com. 395 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,400 Can you dig it? 396 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,400 Can you dig it? 397 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,400 Can you dig it? 398 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:38,080 Well, it was a smooth and sultry week for all of us listening to the Sade record, but 399 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,240 did you have a chance to check out anything else? 400 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,840 Oh, you know I did, man. 401 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:50,760 I got my little man purse over here filled with delicious new releases. 402 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:51,760 Let's check some out. 403 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,760 First one up is from a group called Lalaz. 404 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:55,760 Laluz. 405 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:56,760 Laluz. 406 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:57,760 Laluz. 407 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,760 Yeah, they're from Seattle, so I don't know. 408 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:00,760 Lalaz. 409 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:01,760 Laluz. 410 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,720 The album is called News of the Universe. 411 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:11,000 So they're a four piece from Seattle, Washington, kind of like a surf rock adjacent vibe. 412 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,000 This is a... 413 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,840 It's a kind of sad surf rock. 414 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:14,840 It's got to be, right? 415 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:15,840 You know, a little dreary. 416 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:16,840 Yeah. 417 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,840 Yeah, first single is called Strange World. 418 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:24,840 Ooh, I like it. 419 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,320 I guess I was expecting fellas for some reason. 420 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,840 I think they're all ladies, if I recall correctly. 421 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:31,840 Oh, cool. 422 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,840 Some nice buffalo harmonies there. 423 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,120 I bet their swimsuits are all black. 424 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:37,120 Yeah. 425 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:40,120 Maybe they're made out of flannel. 426 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:41,120 Nice. 427 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:49,080 All right, the next one up for me is a South Korean girl group known as Aespa, I think 428 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,080 is how you would say it. 429 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,080 A-E-S-P-A. 430 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:56,000 The album is entitled Armageddon, the first album. 431 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,840 I don't think this is their debut, but blowing up quite a bit, the big single is called Super 432 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:01,840 Beautiful. 433 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:06,840 Sounds like the Spice Girls. 434 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,680 Yeah, I mean, we got that far, huh? 435 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:17,680 They called this a combination of like, kind of like, futurized hip hop slash pop, hyper 436 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,680 pop, just FYI. 437 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,520 This is very Spice Girls. 438 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,960 But they're Korean, so it's different. 439 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,240 Right, the Spices are slightly different. 440 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,240 That's right. 441 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,240 They're like barbecues. 442 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:32,240 Yes. 443 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,760 All right, last one for me is from Argentina. 444 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,400 Her artist name is Nathy Poloso. 445 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,520 Man of the world over here. 446 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,840 Yeah, well, who the place? 447 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,560 The album is called Grasa, which means Greece, I looked up. 448 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:47,560 Greece is the word. 449 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:48,560 That's right, yeah. 450 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:49,560 Grasa the word. 451 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:50,560 Got to do it, don't you? 452 00:24:50,560 --> 00:25:03,200 Yeah, this is definitely more Andy's type of thing than the old Duder. 453 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,640 It's a very diverse record. 454 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,160 There's definitely like hip hop elements, but there's more traditional like Latin music 455 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,160 as well. 456 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,560 She produced an entire movie for the album. 457 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:17,280 Every moment of it has a musical video component, which I thought was pretty cool. 458 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,320 What you been digging on down? 459 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:26,440 Well, a group that I remember back in the 90s, Big Head Todd and the Monsters has a 460 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:27,440 new album. 461 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:34,160 I always figured like if they lost their lead singer, I could step in. 462 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,080 Big Head Don and the Monsters. 463 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,320 Anyway, their new album is called Her Way Out. 464 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:49,640 This is the title track. 465 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,760 Sounded about the same as they did before. 466 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:55,200 It's kind of a bluesy rock band, I guess. 467 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,200 Yeah, that's cool. 468 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,200 They're from Colorado. 469 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:01,120 I remember them, I think the first time I heard of them was they were on that Horde 470 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:05,360 tour with like Blues Traveler and Spin Doctors. 471 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:07,600 They have like a big single from that period. 472 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,760 The one I know best is probably Bittersweet. 473 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:10,760 Yeah. 474 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,400 Bittersweet, blub, blub, blub, Bittersweet. 475 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,480 Oh yeah. 476 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:17,480 Exactly. 477 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,440 Another one, I went international as well. 478 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,320 An artist called or known as Winter Aid. 479 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,040 It's actually an Irish musician named Shane Colady. 480 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,480 This is an album called Pull the Sky Inside. 481 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,480 This is a song called Silk. 482 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:37,960 Yeah, sounds about right. 483 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:43,120 Yeah, it's pretty kind of moody and a little weird. 484 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:44,120 Very long album. 485 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:45,320 It's a little too long. 486 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:46,920 It's about an hour, but interesting. 487 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,400 There's definitely a potential there. 488 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:54,840 And then I just wanted to mention I got around to watching a documentary from 2008 called 489 00:26:54,840 --> 00:27:01,680 The Wrecking Crew, which is about that group of LA session musicians from the 1960s that 490 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,360 played with Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. 491 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:10,160 It was actually made by the son of the guitarist from The Wrecking Crew, Tommy Tedesco. 492 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:14,000 But it's just amazing how many records these people played on. 493 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,200 And they played with the Monkeys and stuff like that. 494 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,600 And they didn't always get credit on the sleeve notes. 495 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:21,600 Right. 496 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,280 But those guys got some good stories to share, I would imagine. 497 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:25,280 Yeah. 498 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:26,280 Some classic artists. 499 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,520 Yeah, it's definitely worth checking out. 500 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,480 I think you can find it on Hulu. 501 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:31,480 Cool. 502 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,480 Hulu. 503 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:33,560 How about you, dude? 504 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:38,760 So a band I've just generally been digging a lot in the last couple of years is Bastardane. 505 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,480 And their second album was just released called Catatonic Symphony. 506 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:47,620 It's sludgy, groovy, heavy music with clean vocals and good energy. 507 00:27:47,620 --> 00:27:53,560 This is a little bit of Masquerade. 508 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,840 On this one, they do seem to experiment a little more from track to track. 509 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,800 A lot of different sounds, a lot of different styles. 510 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,880 And they seem to do them all very well. 511 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:03,880 I've been really digging this. 512 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:09,400 It feels a little more conceptual, this album, than the previous one, which I appreciate. 513 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:10,400 It's cool. 514 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:11,400 Yeah. 515 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,600 We talked about the first record, right? 516 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:14,600 Correct. 517 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:15,600 Yes, we did. 518 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:16,600 On episode dot dot dot. 519 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:17,600 I don't remember which one. 520 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:18,600 Yeah. 521 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:19,600 Yeah. 522 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:20,600 You're too, again. 523 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:21,600 I'd say there was some growth here. 524 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,400 That's what I'm always looking for in young bands. 525 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaking of young bands, there's this new band called The Props. 526 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,760 They just have singles released at this point. 527 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:39,480 This is a little bit of Get Off from the Echoes Get Off single. 528 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:44,000 The vocalist is Nick Reese, formerly of Joyous Wolf, who I was really into. 529 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:49,360 More of a blues rock band that was really close to breaking and then the pandemic happened. 530 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,360 Yeah. 531 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,520 One of the Wolf bands. 532 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:53,520 Yes. 533 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,360 They had some creative differences. 534 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:02,080 I think Nick wanted to be more poppy and this is his new band where that seems to be happening. 535 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,880 I'm looking forward to the album. 536 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:04,880 Interesting. 537 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:09,480 Then, of course, album acquisition for the vinyl collection. 538 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:10,960 Mastodon's Leviathan. 539 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:17,200 We'll play a little bit of Blood and Thunder. 540 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,760 I got a used copy for like 18 bucks. 541 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,760 Blue vinyl. 542 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:28,960 My favorite Mastodon album, inspired by Herman Melville's Moby Dick, progressive metal, sludge, 543 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,120 intricate riffs, great storytelling. 544 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:33,120 I had to pick this. 545 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,640 I told myself I was only going to buy one record when I was at the store. 546 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:43,400 It was this or the 1971 original release of Electric Warrior by T-Rex, which I thought 547 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,640 I might be able to find again more easily than this. 548 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,520 Tough choice. 549 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,480 So you really only bought the one? 550 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:52,480 I did. 551 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:58,560 I got a huge truck repair I got to pay for and a move and stuff, so I'm trying to tighten 552 00:29:58,560 --> 00:29:59,560 the belt. 553 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,120 You know what Moby Dick's father's name was? 554 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:09,120 Papa Boner. 555 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,160 I don't think that's true. 556 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,120 All right. 557 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:14,120 Yes. 558 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:15,120 All right. 559 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:16,600 So what are you digging? 560 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:17,600 Let us know. 561 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:22,640 You can find us on the socials, Facebook, Instagram, and threads, also on our website, 562 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:23,640 albumnerds.com. 563 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:31,440 It will be a discovery of extraordinary value. 564 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:41,080 Well, it's about that time on the show and I'm reminded of the great Indian yoga guru 565 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,480 and author, B.K.S. 566 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:50,440 Yengar, who said famously, the hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its 567 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:54,080 true value is in the light that shines through it. 568 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:55,080 Beautiful. 569 00:30:55,080 --> 00:31:00,760 With that in mind, let's bring out my friend and yours, Wildbot, to see what we'll be 570 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:10,600 discovering on next week's episode. 571 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,760 The summer of dawn continues. 572 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:17,200 With that in mind, I will be choosing which albums from Dawn's curated list you will 573 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,080 be exploring this summer. 574 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:23,800 Next time, prepare yourselves to get your grungy flannel shirts out of storage. 575 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:28,200 You will be discussing Pearl Jam's 1991 debut album, Ten. 576 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,200 Shit. 577 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,720 I don't want to talk about this. 578 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:32,720 Yeah. 579 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,400 You want to try it? 580 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,240 Pearl Jam and not the new album. 581 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:39,240 No. 582 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:40,240 Very old. 583 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:41,240 So yeah, Ten. 584 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:42,720 It's a landmark. 585 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,720 I know what Andy thinks about it, but I don't think I really know what grownup Dawn thinks 586 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:47,720 about it. 587 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:48,720 That'd be interesting. 588 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:49,720 Yeah. 589 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:50,720 All right. 590 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:55,440 Well, don't forget, you can suggest topics for the wheel on our website, albumnerds.com, 591 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:59,240 as well as vote for any ongoing Album Nerds Hall of Fame nominations. 592 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:00,920 What do you think of Pearl Jam Ten? 593 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,160 What else are you listening to? 594 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:06,680 Leave a comment on our website or email us at podcast at albumnerds.com. 595 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,760 You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and threads at albumnerds. 596 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,480 So please subscribe, rate, and review on your favorite podcast app. 597 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:19,600 And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so via PayPal at albumnerds.com slash 598 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:20,600 support. 599 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,040 Thank you so much for joining us on the Album Nerds podcast. 600 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,040 We'll catch you next time with Pearl Jam Ten. 601 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,040 Yes. 602 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:28,040 So, dude, what? 603 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,040 Thanks for listening, buddy. 604 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,040 Catch you next time. 605 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,040 And all I told her was everything. 606 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:32,040 Oh, yeah. 607 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,040 I'm going to go to bed. 608 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:34,040 I'm going to go to bed. 609 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:35,040 I'm going to go to bed. 610 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,040 I'm going to go to bed. 611 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:37,040 I'm going to go to bed. 612 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,040 I'm going to go to bed. 613 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,040 I'm going to go to bed. 614 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:40,040 I'm going to go to bed. 615 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,160 Little spit on that one, huh? 616 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:44,160 Yes. 617 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:45,160 That was juicy. 618 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:46,160 I'm starting a drool. 619 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:47,160 I thought you're going to do Jeremy. 620 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:48,160 What song is that? 621 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:49,160 That's Jeremy. 622 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:50,160 Lemon yellow song. 623 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:51,740 You sound like Scott Stapp doing Pearl Jam. 624 00:32:51,740 --> 00:32:52,740 Yeah. 625 00:32:52,740 --> 00:32:53,740 Not too far in. 626 00:32:53,740 --> 00:32:54,740 Watch it. 627 00:32:54,740 --> 00:32:55,740 Oh, boy. 628 00:32:55,740 --> 00:32:57,740 yellow sun 629 00:32:57,740 --> 00:32:59,740 all's green 630 00:32:59,740 --> 00:33:03,740 Do you sound like Scott Staff doing 631 00:33:03,740 --> 00:33:05,740 Not too far enough. Watch it. 632 00:33:05,740 --> 00:33:27,740 Oh boy.