1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,360 Welcome to the Album Nerds podcast with your hosts, Andy, Don, and Dude. 2 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,280 It's getting hot out there. 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,800 It's summertime and this is the Album Nerds podcast. 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:18,800 I'm Dude. 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,880 I got Andy and Don with me. 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,200 Gentlemen, Summer Don continues. 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,200 You ready to get crispy? 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:31,160 Yeah, I got my sunscreen lathered on pretty good here. 9 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:38,360 Doing some light stretching just in case I need to do any leaps into a full split. 10 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,600 Just make sure and wear yoga pants or something. 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,640 You don't want any accidents happening. 12 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:44,640 Right. 13 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:45,640 Keep things secure. 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:46,640 What about you, Don? 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,400 What are we doing again today? 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:49,400 Who's next? 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:50,400 That's what I'm asking. 18 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:51,400 Who's next? 19 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:52,400 Yes. 20 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:53,400 We're doing yes? 21 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:54,400 No. 22 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:55,400 Why are you asking me? 23 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:56,400 No, Don. 24 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:57,400 Who's next? 25 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:58,400 Come on, Andy. 26 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:59,400 You too? 27 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:00,400 No, not you too. 28 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:01,400 Who is next? 29 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:02,400 You guys are killing me. 30 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:03,400 I have to guess who? 31 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:04,400 No, not the guess who, man. 32 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:05,400 Oh, come on. 33 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:06,400 All right. 34 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:07,400 That's enough. 35 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,400 That's good. 36 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:09,400 If you can't tell already, we're going to be talking about the who today. 37 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,400 So we've got a great show. 38 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:11,400 As the Summer of Don continues, we'll be talking about the who's who's next, which was on his 39 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:12,400 list of albums. 40 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:13,400 He'd like to talk about the who's who's next. 41 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:14,400 And we're going to be talking about the who's who's next. 42 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,400 And we're going to be talking about the who's who's next. 43 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:24,400 And we're going to be talking about the who's who's who's next, which was on his list of 44 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:25,400 albums. 45 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,320 He'd like to talk about that Andy and I discussed on previous shows before Don joined us. 46 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:32,880 We threw those on the wheel of musical discovery and she tells us which of those albums we'll 47 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,280 be focusing on. 48 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:39,680 Then Don is going to ask us yet another deep question. 49 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,480 We'll have some shout outs to albums and album related items we're digging. 50 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,920 And then we're going to spin that wheel of musical discovery to find out where this crazy 51 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,680 summer is going to take us. 52 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,520 This week, it's all about the who. 53 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:51,520 That's what I'm asking. 54 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:52,520 Who? 55 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:53,520 Stop it. 56 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:58,520 I proclaim this the summer of Donnie Lakey. 57 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:04,760 That's what I'm talking about. 58 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:10,880 Well who's next is the fifth studio album by the rock band, the who formed in London 59 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:16,840 in 1964, this album was released in August of 1971. 60 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:22,920 Features the classic lineup of the who, guitarist Pete Townsend, lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, 61 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,360 bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. 62 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:32,580 So yeah, the songs on this album are basically remnants of Townsend's discarded multimedia 63 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:34,680 rock opera, Lifehouse. 64 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:39,200 Lifehouse is supposedly set in the near future in a society in which music is banned and 65 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,760 most of the population lives indoors in government controlled experience suits. 66 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:48,280 A rebel, Bobby, broadcasts rock music into the suits, allowing people to remove them 67 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,280 and become more enlightened. 68 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:51,760 Not too preachy there. 69 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:52,760 No. 70 00:02:52,760 --> 00:03:06,520 Okay, well here is the opening cut, Baba O'Reilly. 71 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:07,520 What is it? 72 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:13,800 Yeah, some kind of wasteland, I'm not sure exactly what age would be in this wasteland. 73 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:19,160 Now is this Baba is in the teenage wasteland or? 74 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,720 Mr O'Reilly's wasteland, yeah. 75 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:28,680 So the title actually refers to two of Townsend's inspirations at that time, Indian spiritual 76 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:36,480 master Mer Baba, Mer Baba and American minimalist composer Terry Riley. 77 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:37,480 Interesting. 78 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:44,640 But yeah, so this is from that Lifehouse, a Scottish farmer named Ray would have sung 79 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,520 the song at the beginning as he gathered his wife Sally and his two children to begin their 80 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,640 exodus to London. 81 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:55,580 But according to Townsend, at the end of the band's gig at the Isle of Wight festival, 82 00:03:55,580 --> 00:04:00,720 the field was covered in garbage, or as the English would say rubbish, left by the fans. 83 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,760 And so that's where he came up with the line teenage wasteland. 84 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,680 So it's not glorifying, like, hey, let's all get wasted. 85 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:08,680 Right. 86 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:14,680 Yeah, I always took it as sort of the youth culture gone wrong kind of a thing. 87 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,840 That was always my interpretation. 88 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:21,560 So yeah, of all the jock jams out there that are so overplayed, this one still kind of 89 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:22,560 pumps me up. 90 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:29,240 I know sometimes in baseball they use this as like walk up music and got that dun, dun, 91 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:30,240 dun. 92 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,880 I'm just a sucker for that. 93 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:36,520 Yeah, no, it's very anthemic and does get your blood pumping for sure. 94 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,520 And there is a nice little violin part at the end by Dave Arbus. 95 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:46,000 Yeah, it kind of gets it European folk-y sounding. 96 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,000 Yeah. 97 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 All right. 98 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,880 Well, let's hear another cut from the album. 99 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,920 This is Love Ain't For Keeping. 100 00:04:52,920 --> 00:05:08,200 It's track three on the album, this short acoustic number really stands out. 101 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,960 I know for me, for my money, I think the Who, they're such talented musicians and they just 102 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:21,120 kind of like step back from all the artistic posturing and maybe just extravagance that 103 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,120 they had on their previous record. 104 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,840 Man, they're just great musicians and they play so well together. 105 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:26,280 Yeah, it's so weird. 106 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:32,120 I think of Them and Led Zeppelin as two of the bands from this time period that have 107 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:39,680 incredible players at every level, like the best bassists, the best innovative drummers, 108 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:48,000 the best vocalists with these just giant ranges and then virtuoso guitarists. 109 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,680 I mean, that's rare for four guys to all be- 110 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,000 It's like top of their game, like it's like a super group but they're not really living 111 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 in your band. 112 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:04,760 Yeah, I think this one strikes the balance, I think, of pretentiousness and just simple 113 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:05,760 rock and roll. 114 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:06,760 Yeah, exactly. 115 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:07,760 Yeah. 116 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:13,400 That clickbait headline for Who's next is the Who relieve themselves of the theatrics 117 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,360 and fertilize the soil for generations of rock to come. 118 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,640 I love the album art, man. 119 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,920 The album art is as classic as the sound here, I think. 120 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:28,840 It really sums up how I think of rock and roll, just sticking it to the past, sticking 121 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:31,040 it to the man. 122 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:37,840 There's like a cement column and the band's standing there and there appears to be liquid 123 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:41,960 places on it where perhaps they peed on the column. 124 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:46,880 Yeah, and they're all adjusting their flies. 125 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,480 That's not too subtle. 126 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:54,040 I have a feeling that a lot of people at the time, probably dudes were like, hey, badass 127 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:58,480 and a lot of other people just were like, hey, it's a cloudy day and then they noticed 128 00:06:58,480 --> 00:06:59,480 the- 129 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:00,480 Yeah, right. 130 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:01,480 Like a little closer. 131 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:06,680 Yeah, so for me, this record, it's an all-time classic. 132 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,000 I think it really holds up well after all these years. 133 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,360 I mean, it feels like some really fundamental things about rock are kind of established 134 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,760 and here. 135 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,600 I was kind of struck by just the variety of different sounds. 136 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,480 I always think of them as being like the classic rock formula, but there's a good amount of 137 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:28,640 organ and piano and synthesizer is pretty probably used on the record. 138 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,000 Even some horns spigattered in throughout. 139 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:36,520 They really, I mean, they do veer in that more artistic direction, seems to be in their 140 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:42,880 blood but you can't argue with them just being great musicians at their core. 141 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:43,880 Totally. 142 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,920 All right, well, let's hear more. 143 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:47,640 Here's My Wife. 144 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:48,640 Take My Wife. 145 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:49,640 Please. 146 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:50,640 Please. 147 00:07:50,640 --> 00:08:08,360 So that's, I believe, the only cut on the album that wasn't part of the Lifehouse song 148 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:09,360 cycle. 149 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,560 This one was actually written and sung by bassist John Entwistle. 150 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:18,160 He plays piano and he plays those horns on that track. 151 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,520 And the lyrics basically are kind of, My Wife is gonna kill me. 152 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:22,520 Yeah. 153 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:23,520 It's really funny. 154 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:28,480 But yeah, that's just a fun and interesting track. 155 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:34,400 I guess from what I saw, he had done a solo project and that was the only leftover song 156 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:35,400 he had. 157 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,520 So are they doing like a Beatles thing here? 158 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,600 They can kind of contribute their own? 159 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:45,320 I think Entwistle is the only one who gets songwriting credit on this album other than 160 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:46,320 Townsend. 161 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:52,560 So my clickbait headline for this album, four legends on one disc, whose next is a bargain, 162 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:54,560 the best we ever had. 163 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:57,320 Very nice. 164 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:03,120 So yeah, so again, as Andy said before, I mean, you just have four, I guess basically 165 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,200 people, they're the prototypes for a rock band. 166 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:11,400 I mean, you know, Townsend, his guitar playing is interesting because he is kind of both 167 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,640 a rhythm and a lead guitarist at the same time. 168 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,200 Kind of reminds me of Johnny Marr in that way. 169 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:18,800 Or Johnny Marr reminds you of him. 170 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,440 Yeah, let's get this straight. 171 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,080 Okay, that is fair. 172 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,800 Entwistle is just an innovative bassist. 173 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,760 And you really have to pay attention. 174 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:33,400 You kind of have to focus your listening to notice how much is going on there. 175 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:38,480 A lot of his parts, I assumed were guitar parts, but it's his lightning fingers. 176 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,920 He just stands there like a statue. 177 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,360 Yeah, he just stands there. 178 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:49,680 And the other guys are going nuts doing windmills and jumps and kicks and swinging microphones 179 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:51,040 and smashing the drums. 180 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,320 And this guy's just standing there. 181 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,400 But if you watch his hands, he's moving as fast as they are. 182 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,240 It's just holding these two parts. 183 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:58,240 It's incredible. 184 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,880 And then of course, Keith Moon is just a maniac. 185 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,720 I mean, everything is just loud and aggressive. 186 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,320 How many people has he inspired? 187 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,440 Intentional offbeats and stuff. 188 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:09,440 Just nuts. 189 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:10,440 He's really something. 190 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,640 Yeah, and then Daltry, he's the... 191 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,840 Daltry, sorry, I keep wanting to call him Daltry. 192 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:22,320 Daltry is the prototypical rock frontman. 193 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:27,800 I think he and Mick Jagger basically created that character, that rock and roll character. 194 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:33,520 The big mane of hair, the tight pants, the tight shirt, the microphone swinging thing 195 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,640 that he did where it had to be taped up with duct tape to keep it from ripping off the 196 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,680 wire. 197 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:46,400 But the scream, the gut roll sort of going from being a nice guy to being a not so nice 198 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,600 guy in one song is kind of his thing. 199 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:49,840 Yeah, he's so good at that. 200 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:54,880 I guess I never really appreciated that before, but behind blue eyes, I mean, his voice is 201 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,800 actually pretty. 202 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:57,800 And what's the other one? 203 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,040 In tune, right in tune, whatever, same idea. 204 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,800 But then it goes right to that more guttural sounding thing. 205 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,080 And then the screams. 206 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,200 I wish Daltry sang going mobile. 207 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:14,960 I like how Pete Townsend throws in some vocals in the songs, but I don't like when he sings 208 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,200 the whole song. 209 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,560 Yeah, I'm less a fan of his voice, but... 210 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:22,320 It's not nearly as strong, I would say. 211 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:23,320 It's different. 212 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:24,880 It's very different. 213 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:30,040 It's a unique voice and I understand why he isn't the full time lead singer. 214 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:36,200 But yeah, I mean, again, it really depends on when recording these songs, how much of 215 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,640 it was influenced by what would have been happening in that life house thing or what 216 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:41,640 character might have been. 217 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:42,640 Oh, that's a good point. 218 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:43,640 All right, well, let's hear the closing cut. 219 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:44,640 Won't get fooled again. 220 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:59,520 We spent a little time with that yeah on our last episode when we were talking about great 221 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,520 yas. 222 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:11,240 That is one of the biggest and that is such a moment in an album, a final song, a long 223 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:16,560 song, with ebbs and flows and ups and downs to bring it back to high energy at the end. 224 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:17,560 I love that. 225 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:19,680 That's just a great idea. 226 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:22,200 Yeah, that song is a wild ride, man. 227 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,200 It goes up and down. 228 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:27,760 It feels like you're on a roller coaster a little bit, but yeah, the climaxes are freaking 229 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:28,760 intense. 230 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:34,480 Oh, and the song's got that futuristic synthesizer riff created by Pete Townsend using an ARP 231 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,440 2600, which was again... 232 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,440 So you used to play Pac-Man on... 233 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:44,320 I think that's an Atari 2600, but very close. 234 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:49,000 The verses are kind of about skepticism towards political and social change and how maybe 235 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:54,080 the hippie generation failed and that there's a cycle. 236 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,880 I think we see it even today. 237 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:01,360 This is nothing new and they kind of pointed it out at a time when the hippie generation 238 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:12,560 were becoming adults and leaving that behind and I think it's pretty poignant. 239 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:16,600 Dramatic instrumental break and then that climax, having a climax towards the end of 240 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,920 the song is just awesome. 241 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,720 So my clickbait headline is, Who's Next? 242 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:27,840 The Who at Their Creative Peak Synth Experiments and an Epic Scream Included. 243 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,760 Yeah. 244 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,960 That's my version. 245 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,440 Epic. 246 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:40,680 The Who innovated and created their own kind of branch of rock and roll while keeping it, 247 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:44,520 as Andy pointed out, more simple than bands like the Beatles and the Beach Boys who were 248 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:53,720 bringing in lots of orchestration and tricks with backwards stuff and sound effects and 249 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,360 all that kind of thing. 250 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,960 And they're less reliant on blues tradition like bands like the Stones. 251 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:04,880 So I think they're kind of a whole other animal that opened the doors for harder edged rock 252 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,400 like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, then moving forward into metal. 253 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,800 So I think they kind of forged this new path and that's one of the things I love about 254 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:17,160 them and this album in particular where it's on full display when these guys are at their 255 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,640 absolute peak of creativity and it's awesome. 256 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:22,640 Yeah. 257 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,680 The only record I ever hear talked about is being held up by along side this one in their 258 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,120 discography is the Who Sell Out. 259 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,600 What are your thoughts on that in relation to this record? 260 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,800 Is that as impactful? 261 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,080 Well, I haven't spent as much time with that one, but it was sort of like a pseudo concept 262 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:43,600 album because it has advertisements and stuff in between the songs. 263 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,360 So it's sort of like this vague- 264 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,120 Yeah, more conceptual piece. 265 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:55,400 The songs are more of like 1967, so it's more kind of that British psychedelic thing. 266 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:01,000 Yeah, like I Can See For Miles I think is probably the most well-known song and that's 267 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,960 the sound that Don's talking about. 268 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:08,960 I can see for miles and miles where it's a little more jangle pop kind of stuff. 269 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:13,720 That year was like, that was almost like the peak I think of that psychedelic sound because 270 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:20,520 the Beatles did Sargent Pepper's, I forgot what the Stones album was at that time, but 271 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:25,960 they all kind of moved on after that and kind of went back to a more sort of classic rock 272 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:26,960 and roll style. 273 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:34,080 Yeah, I mean, for me, I'd say that this is like I said, creative peak and in the same 274 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:39,960 way really finding who they are as a band. 275 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:45,000 And so I think that that was part of their evolution, but I would say that this is certainly 276 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:51,520 more innovative and indicative of what they are and who they are as a creative force throughout 277 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:52,520 their career. 278 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:53,960 I think this defines them. 279 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,880 Sort of previews what's next. 280 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:02,520 Yes, for generations to come. 281 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:08,240 All right, I get the feeling that we're all pretty high on this record. 282 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,800 So let's nominate it for the Album Nerds Hall of Fame. 283 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:18,160 I'll just bring up the point again that it's kind of cool that it started out as this grandiose 284 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:25,000 concept and got weeded down into something smaller, which actually made it much better. 285 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 Well, it shows the quality of the song. 286 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,480 So they had this whole production, they started like actually blocking it out, trying to stage 287 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,720 it and figure out how it was going to work. 288 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,200 And it's like, this doesn't make sense. 289 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:38,680 No one's going to get it. 290 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:39,800 These songs are great. 291 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:40,800 Let's make a record. 292 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:41,800 Yeah. 293 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:42,800 Yeah. 294 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,880 Pretty much all the concept albums out there are the rock operas. 295 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,960 I mean, it's the songs that make them good. 296 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,080 A lot of times the concept is just sort of nonsense. 297 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,080 Totally agree. 298 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:54,080 Totally agree. 299 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,080 That's a good point. 300 00:16:55,080 --> 00:17:00,560 So if the inspiration of the songwriting was from the concept, then I think more bands 301 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:01,560 should try that. 302 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,840 Come up with the concept, write for it, and then you don't have to make it into a concept 303 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:05,840 album. 304 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,280 Maybe you just get some great stuff because you have a direction. 305 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,560 Your brain is set on something. 306 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,200 You're not just reaching for whatever. 307 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:12,200 I don't know. 308 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,280 So yes, it gets my vote. 309 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,280 Was it yes? 310 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:19,280 Yes. 311 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,280 I've said a lot of things. 312 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:22,280 Yes, absolutely. 313 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:23,280 Yeah. 314 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,080 I think this is kind of a shoe in for me too. 315 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:28,080 It's a definitive record. 316 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,280 I think you can trace a lot of things back to it. 317 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:31,280 So definitely. 318 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,280 Yeah. 319 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:37,680 I don't think we've had a full agreement in a little bit. 320 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,880 Well congratulations to the Who. 321 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:46,440 Who's Next is now in the Album Nerds Hall of Fame. 322 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:47,440 Excuse me. 323 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,520 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 324 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:55,480 It's time again for Deep Questions by Don. 325 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:59,920 So Who's Next ends with the track, Won't Get Fooled Again. 326 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:01,520 When have you been fooled? 327 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:09,280 Well many, many times, but I will share a story from my teenage years. 328 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:13,480 I was working at a grocery store in the frozen foods department. 329 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:19,080 And as part of my job, I would walk through the bulk foods department carrying my rack 330 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,040 of food to stock. 331 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:25,520 And I came across this group of young, maybe like 12, 13-year-old boys who were in the 332 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,520 bulk food section. 333 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:27,520 And they were just hanging out. 334 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:28,520 Oh yeah. 335 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:33,520 And they had the buckets along the wall of candies and nuts and that kind of stuff. 336 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:34,520 Yeah. 337 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:35,520 They were in the candy area, not surprisingly. 338 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:36,520 Of course. 339 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:37,520 Right. 340 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,120 They probably weren't looking for the health benefits of nuts. 341 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:40,120 Yeah. 342 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,520 We're just concerned about the health benefits. 343 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,800 They were like, excuse me, sir, would it be all right if we sampled some of the candy 344 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,400 before we purchased some? 345 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:53,720 And growing up, my mother had always had the policy, try a piece before we buy it. 346 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:54,720 Right? 347 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,560 I was like, that seems logical to me. 348 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:57,560 We had the opposite. 349 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,600 I was like, can I eat a grape? 350 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:00,600 No. 351 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:06,120 Anyway, I told the kids, yes, go ahead, try a piece of candy. 352 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:07,120 Just don't overdo it. 353 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:08,680 So I go and I stock the groceries. 354 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,560 I come back about a half hour, maybe 20 minutes later. 355 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:16,400 Just this whole section of bulk food, the candy aisle has been cleared out. 356 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,400 Oh, geez. 357 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:18,400 Empty bins. 358 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,760 And these kids, I see one of them with a hand of gummy worms just shoving it in the back 359 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:23,760 of the stools. 360 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:30,560 So I gave them a little bit of my mind there and told them you guys are taking advantage 361 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:31,560 of the situation. 362 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,240 And they, of course, just left the store and I got in trouble. 363 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,120 And that's why I don't have kids to this day. 364 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:38,120 Oh. 365 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:41,720 I thought that was maybe why you left the grocery game. 366 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,280 That's funny. 367 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:47,480 I mean, I think you went for it because they called you sir. 368 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,120 And when you're a teenager and someone calls you sir, you're like, oh, no. 369 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:52,120 Hey, I'm a man. 370 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:55,320 I'm a man. 371 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,920 People listening, if your kids are in the car, cover their ears. 372 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:04,120 So for me, I was fooled into believing in Santa Claus, but in a weird way, my parents 373 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:09,320 tried something with me where they told me that Santa is not real. 374 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,580 They told me this early. 375 00:20:10,580 --> 00:20:14,880 So I kind of knew that going into school and I was already aware of it. 376 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:19,680 But one year we came back from my grandparents' house Christmas Eve. 377 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,600 We pulled in and my mom went to unlock the door and turn on the lights. 378 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,960 And we come in and there were these presents from Santa. 379 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,600 And so my sister believed in Santa and they did the whole thing for her. 380 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,900 And I remember being like, wait a second, you guys told me there isn't a Santa. 381 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:39,760 So after my sister fell asleep, I asked my dad, I'm like, I thought there wasn't a Santa, 382 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,760 but how did he, how is this stuff here from him? 383 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,360 He's like, your mom put these out when she came in and turned on the lights. 384 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:53,440 So for a brief moment, I believed there was still a chance. 385 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,440 So squashed. 386 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,120 Yeah, I kind of like it that way. 387 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:00,680 Were you that kid in school that would be crushing other kids' dreams? 388 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:01,680 I didn't. 389 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:02,680 I did not. 390 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,840 No, I was told not to do that and I didn't. 391 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:08,520 Okay, well mine, I'll try to make this quick. 392 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,320 This was long ago. 393 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,480 My wife and I went out to dinner with another couple. 394 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,520 It was a restaurant I hadn't been to before. 395 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,000 Anyway, we're sitting there. 396 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,120 I drink a ton of water when I'm out and when I'm eating. 397 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:24,080 So eventually I get to the point where I have to go to the bathroom. 398 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,560 So I excuse myself. 399 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:31,560 So did you find a concrete column to pee on? 400 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:32,560 No. 401 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:37,480 No, so I didn't know where the bathroom was, but it's like, is it a guy trade or something 402 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,960 where you don't like to ask for directions? 403 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,080 So I start kind of going through the process. 404 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,080 I'm like, hmm, where could the bathroom be? 405 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,920 So I do remember when I had walked into the restaurant that I had seen a sign that said 406 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:49,920 ladies. 407 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,520 So I'm like, oh, the men's room is probably just in that direction. 408 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,480 So I head that way. 409 00:21:55,480 --> 00:22:00,660 And so the ladies' room is at the beginning of what appears to be a long, dark hallway. 410 00:22:00,660 --> 00:22:02,120 So I take another logical leap. 411 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,560 Hey, the men's room is probably just down this hallway. 412 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:11,440 So I start walking and it's kind of dark and I see this person coming towards me and kind 413 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,360 of like a shadowy figure. 414 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:18,960 Is this going to be a horror story? 415 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:23,880 So I get to the point where the person's right in front of me and it's kind of a narrow hallway. 416 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,640 So I start to move left and they move in that direction. 417 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,800 So we're just doing that uncomfortable dance for as long as you can imagine. 418 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,520 I'm like, excuse me. 419 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,320 And so this went on until I realized it was a mirror. 420 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:44,520 Anyway, that's not where I thought that was going. 421 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:45,520 So I was fooled by a mirror. 422 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:46,520 Not the first time. 423 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,240 I remember going into Old Country Buffet one time and it's like all mirrors everywhere. 424 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,800 So you just think it's like just this gigantic buffet. 425 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,920 But it's just like three little. 426 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,920 That's funny. 427 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:02,160 Anyway so when have you been fooled? 428 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:03,160 Let us know. 429 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,160 Hit us up on the socials, Facebook, Instagram and threads. 430 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,440 Also on our website AlbumNerds.com. 431 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,920 Can you dig it? 432 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,920 Can you dig it? 433 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,800 Can you dig it? 434 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:21,360 Okay, so we've been rocking hard all week with The Who. 435 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:22,560 What else have you been digging? 436 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:28,200 Well, I got a handful of things here inside of a concrete column I can share with you 437 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,200 guys. 438 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,200 You have a pocket full of kryptonite? 439 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,200 I thought he had a pocket full of gummy worms. 440 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,280 There you go. 441 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:43,240 I'll start things off from London, England with a group called La La Roux. 442 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,560 The album is called Starface. 443 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:46,560 Let's play track three. 444 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:47,560 I love this title. 445 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:54,560 Manifestation and manifested. 446 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,560 Starface about Paul Stanley. 447 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,560 I like it. 448 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,560 I'm not sure that it is. 449 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:08,320 It's kind of like a psychedelic video full sort of sound with some funkiness going on 450 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:09,320 I would say. 451 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:10,320 An interesting record. 452 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:11,720 I've been enjoying it quite a bit so far. 453 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,720 Next one up for me is from a Japanese singer-songwriter. 454 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,800 I apologize for the name pronunciation already. 455 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,960 I believe it's pronounced Akushi Hasegawa. 456 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:22,960 Wow, sure. 457 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,200 That sounds right. 458 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,200 The album is Mahogato. 459 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:27,200 Gakko. 460 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:28,200 Mahogako. 461 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,200 Mahogako? 462 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:30,200 I think so. 463 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,200 Sure. 464 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,960 It's the fourth studio album for the singer-songwriter. 465 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,800 It's her US debut though. 466 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,520 It's on Brainfeeder Records. 467 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:38,760 It's played the new single. 468 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,600 This is called Boys Texture. 469 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:49,960 When you said singer-songwriter, I was thinking more of like Carly Simon or something. 470 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,960 I was wondering that too. 471 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:57,200 I mean she does write the songs and she does have vocals on the record. 472 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,200 Yeah, it works. 473 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,280 But yeah, not an traditional folk artist there. 474 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,440 One of the more creative records I've heard this year though for sure. 475 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,040 And last one for me is from an artist I think I mentioned on the show a couple of times 476 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,040 before, Dunzel Curry. 477 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,040 He's a rapper from Miami, Florida. 478 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:15,720 He has a new album out called King of the Mysterious South, volume two. 479 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:19,720 I don't think there's a volume one as far as I could tell, but here we are anyway. 480 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,800 Let's play a track for Hot One. 481 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:29,560 Super fun, this half-hour record just kind of in your face the whole time. 482 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:30,560 Bouncy beats. 483 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,240 I really enjoy that style of hip-hop. 484 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:38,000 I like the idea of volume one being this like mythical album that like isn't available 485 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,640 streaming and you can't find a copy anywhere and like everybody clamoring to find it. 486 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,840 Yeah, I was looking for about 10 minutes so I guess it worked on me. 487 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:47,840 I got fooled again. 488 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,520 What you been digging on, Dun? 489 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:56,800 The singer-songwriter duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. 490 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:02,960 They've kind of been around a long time, sort of an Americana sounding folk and bluegrass 491 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,440 little bits of all that stuff. 492 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:10,000 They've been writing together for a long time on each other's solo albums. 493 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,000 This is their second album where they're credited together. 494 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,720 Well the album comes out August 23rd. 495 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,400 Here's the lead single, Empty Trainload of Sky. 496 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:25,520 Kind of a little Bonnie Raitt vibe there. 497 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:26,520 Yeah. 498 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:27,520 That's got that sound. 499 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:32,760 Okay and then in the opposite direction Empire of the Sun. 500 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,480 The Australian electronic duo formed in 2007. 501 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:41,200 Their latest album just came out July 26th, Ask That God. 502 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:47,860 Here's the title track. 503 00:26:47,860 --> 00:26:49,520 This one's Sexy Soundin' Robot. 504 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:56,000 Yeah, kind of dreamier than the Pet Shop Boys but I think it's that Pet Shop Boys thing 505 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 that probably appeals to me. 506 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,800 Yeah, something is going on there. 507 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:06,560 And then we'll go all the way back to 1957, Carl Perkins' debut album. 508 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,320 It's just called Dance Album of Carl Perkins. 509 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,040 This is basically his early recordings from Sun Records. 510 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,040 You guys know this one. 511 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:21,320 One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready. 512 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:22,320 One for the money. 513 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:23,320 Yeah, I know this one. 514 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,680 Of course, Blue Suede Shoes. 515 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,760 So yeah, I've been really into this Sun Records era lately. 516 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:35,040 Carl Perkins is interesting because he's actually a songwriter, unlike Elvis. 517 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:40,000 So definitely an innovator in the world of rockabilly. 518 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,480 So did he write that song originally? 519 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:42,480 He did. 520 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:43,480 Yep. 521 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,320 He wrote it for him first. 522 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:50,500 Actually supposedly Elvis didn't want to release it as a single because he didn't want to step 523 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:53,200 on Perkins' toes. 524 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,760 Blue Suede Shoes, yeah. 525 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,880 Dude, what you digging? 526 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:06,020 All right, so a band I've been following for a few years now, American Aquarium has come 527 00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:09,160 out with a new album called The Fear of Standing Still. 528 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:13,880 Let's listen to a little bit of the track, Cryer. 529 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:22,120 Now that's not unfortunately about John Cryer of Pretty in Pink Fame. 530 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:28,760 So American Aquarium is kind of this sort of like alt country but depressing, which 531 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,680 isn't usually part of that. 532 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,160 But I really like them. 533 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,000 This record is pretty strong. 534 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,000 I'm enjoying it so far. 535 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,800 But for new listeners, you might want to give it a couple of spins before you make up your 536 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:41,800 mind. 537 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,340 It's a Cryer. 538 00:28:45,340 --> 00:28:52,680 Next up is a band called Return to Dust and they just released their debut LP called Return 539 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:53,680 to Dust. 540 00:28:53,680 --> 00:29:01,040 Let's listen to a little bit of Belly Up. 541 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,040 Kind of like grunge. 542 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,040 Yeah. 543 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,040 Oh well. 544 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,040 STP thing going on there? 545 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,040 Yeah. 546 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:07,040 A little bit. 547 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,440 A little Alice in Chains. 548 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:14,600 I guess they blew up on TikTok, which that's not how I found them, but that's the way to 549 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:15,800 do it these days. 550 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,800 Yeah, it's a 35 minute album. 551 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:24,040 There's some moments where it's like a little, it seems a little too influenced, but I'm 552 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:25,040 kind of digging it. 553 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:26,040 It's fun. 554 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,200 It's nice to hear a new band playing around with that sound. 555 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,200 Yeah. 556 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:30,200 Check it out. 557 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:35,680 Coming up last here is a vinyl record I picked up this week by The Stray Cats called Built 558 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,360 for Speed released in 1982 in the US. 559 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:44,280 It's actually a compilation of a couple of albums they released in the UK because no 560 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,200 one in the US knew who they worked. 561 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,120 They're a 50s sounding rockabilly band. 562 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:56,800 So why don't we listen to a little bit of Stray Cats drugs. 563 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,240 I loved the Stray Cats when I was a kid. 564 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:05,320 I mean, I think it's probably because I liked Happy Days and this had that 50s rock sound. 565 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:10,720 Of course, Brian Setzer is the lead singer and guitarist here and he went on to Brian 566 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,760 Setzer Orchestra, which is swing music-y and all that stuff. 567 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,320 So it's got that swing. 568 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,540 That's his sound for sure. 569 00:30:21,540 --> 00:30:22,600 But they looked like punks. 570 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:23,840 They looked like punk rock guys. 571 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:28,280 And I think that was part of the confusion, but with pompadours. 572 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,560 Well, what are you digging? 573 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:31,560 Let us know. 574 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,240 Join us on social media and Facebook, Instagram and threads. 575 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,080 Also on our website, AlbumNerds.com. 576 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:44,680 It will be a discovery of extraordinary value. 577 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:51,900 Well, it's about that time on the show when I'm reminded of the great American doctor 578 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:54,040 of wisdom, Dr. Seuss. 579 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:55,040 Yes. 580 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,800 Who famously wrote, today you are you. 581 00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:59,200 That's truer than true. 582 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,760 There is no one alive who is you-er than you. 583 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,800 With that in mind, let's bring out my friend and yours, Wodbot. 584 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:15,600 See what we'll be talking about on next week's episode. 585 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,040 The summer of Don is coming to an end. 586 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:22,900 With that in mind, I will be choosing an album that Don has mentioned many times, but has 587 00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:24,960 never been properly discussed. 588 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:30,280 Next time, grab your surfboards and truly experience summer with the Beach Boys 1966 589 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:31,720 classic, Pet Sounds. 590 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:36,000 It's fitting then the summer of Don with one of my favorite albums. 591 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:40,240 And this is, you know, the Beach Boys can't get much more summery than that. 592 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:45,200 It's a quick reminder that we do have an ongoing vote for the Red Hot Chili Peppers blood, 593 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,360 sex, sugar magic. 594 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:52,160 Blood, sugar, sex and magic. 595 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,160 Magic sugar, blood, sex. 596 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:54,160 That sounds worse, right? 597 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,160 I know. 598 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:56,160 That's a very good one. 599 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:57,160 It's disgusting. 600 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:01,840 Now where blood and sex are is very important. 601 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:02,840 Yes. 602 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,480 You want to keep them separated as much as possible. 603 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:10,960 Ongoing vote for the Red Hot Chili Peppers classic album, go to our website, Eldinerts.com 604 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,960 or hit us up on the social media, cast your ballot. 605 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:20,080 And yeah, big news for all the Billy fans out there who voted for his album Black Star 606 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,360 to get into the Eldinerts Hall of Fame. 607 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:23,360 Congratulations. 608 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:27,640 Your votes have been answered and the album is now in the Hall of Fame. 609 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:28,640 Good. 610 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:29,640 Glad I made it. 611 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:30,640 He has risen. 612 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:31,640 No. 613 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:32,640 He's Lazarus. 614 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:39,640 Does blood, sugar, sex, magic belong in the Album Nerds Hall of Fame? 615 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,000 What do you think of the Beach Boys' pet sounds? 616 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,000 What else are you listening to? 617 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,040 Leave a comment on our website or email us at podcast at albumnerds.com. 618 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,160 Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and threads at albumnerds. 619 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:53,760 Also please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast app. 620 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:58,840 If you'd like to support the show, you can do so via PayPal at albumnerds.com slash support. 621 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,240 Thank you as always for joining us on the Album Nerds podcast. 622 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,720 We'll catch you next time with a classic album pet sounds. 623 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:05,720 Thanks for listening everybody. 624 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:06,720 See you then. 625 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:13,720 Wouldn't it be nice if we were older that we were- 626 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:17,600 Bah, bah, bah, bah. 627 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,600 The sweet harmonies of the- 628 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,280 That sounded bad. 629 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:50,440 Sorry Brian Wilson.