Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that
takes the classic mixtape approach to building
a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.
Tonight, we're diving into the topic of trios.
So what better way to tell that story than with
a panel of three? Joining me tonight as guest
curators, our good friend and fellow Pantheon
podcast network mate, Jason Whistle. host of
the It's Not That Bad and There Can Only Be One
podcasts, as well as my good friend and musician,
Sean Faust. Gentlemen, thank you both for joining
me for this one. Thank you for letting me join
both of you. The voices of music podcasting are
teaming up together and inviting little old me.
I feel very honored to be joining you, especially
for something this cool. This feels like the
super group that needed to happen at some point,
you know, making our very own power trio. I'm
just wondering who's on drums. Me, table drums,
baby. So Jason, like I said, tonight we are talking
trios. And besides the fact that these groups
have three members, what were you looking for
musically for your trios to bring to the table
tonight? I'm not going to lie. I have. maybe
one of the more diverse lists of songs that I've
ever come to your show with in trying to cover
as many different genres. Specifically though,
I was taking a look at albums because there were
some bands where there's an album where they're
a trio and then there's an album where, okay,
they got a fourth person for this one. So taking
a look at the Wikipedia list and saying, okay,
were they a trio on this album? Yes. Good. No
problem. Were they a trio on this album? No,
not good. And I also try to stick to songs that
I knew for a fact were on Spotify because I don't
want to be the person to make the YouTube video
have to go up on the webpage. You got the homework
assignment that I appreciate. Sean, same question
to you. Well, first off, I want to know if Jason
included the post -Morrison Doors album since
they were technically a trio. The other thing
I was looking for was what bands do I know that
are trios that you guys aren't going to snag
from me immediately the moment we begin? I am
graciously giving up the number one trio of all
time. to jason or you whomever it is i will not
be choosing them but still i wanted something
i wanted something that would stand out be different
not the usual like hey i like prog rock here's
all the prog rock trio bands i can think of like
i wanted to bring something new to the table
at the same time i think that's also one of the
interesting things because the three of us have
been on each other's shows numerous times over
the past years and i think during that time we've
come to recognize and appreciate each other's
musical taste. So I'm not going to lie. There
were times I'm sitting there looking at my list
going, no, no, no, that's a Sean song. That's
a Brian song. I can't take that Brian song. I
know for a fact, or do I scoop him and basically
steal the spotlight from him? I don't know. I
don't know. It's hard to say where we're going
to go with this one. I'll be honest. I'm giving
you one. I'm only giving you one of your great
white North bands, but I plan on stealing one
of the other ones from you. Oh, I have a feeling
I know which one it is. Of course you do. We'll
see which direction it goes, though. It'll be
interesting to see. Well, let's get down to business.
Tonight, as I mentioned at the top of the show,
Jason, Sean, and I will be curating the Ultimate
Trios playlist, and we're going to use the old
cassette deck approach. Since I have two guests
this evening, the format will be slightly altered
from the usual, as tonight Jason will begin side
A with his first song choice, and then we'll
roundtable the panel until we've mapped out 10
songs for side A. We'll then give our mixtape
a proverbial flip and we'll map out side B. Only
this time, Sean will kick off the roundtable
discussions. Our overall goal for this episode
is to craft the best trios mixtape possible through
only 20 songs. At the end of the show, you can
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our final mixtape a listen via the embedded playlist.
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and so much more. And a few of the Patreon mixtapers
chimed in with songs that they would use to kick
off this evening's festivities. And I'd like
to give a quick shout out to some of those. Ben
Checkness from the Too Vague podcast says that
Morphine was one of his favorite bands and criminally
underrated, saying they had a unique, recognizable
sound being bass, guitar, saxophone, and drums.
And then he said he would start off with Thursday
from their second studio album, Cure for Pain.
Sean Goff chimed in with Forfeit from Chevelle,
saying he loves jamming out to the entire Wonder
What's Next album. Chad LaMassa chimed in saying
the two obvious choice would be anything from
Nirvana. So instead he went with Professor Booty
from the Beastie Boys saying he has the lyrics.
The only thing that saved me has always been
music tattooed on his arm. That's pretty badass.
Not going to lie. Philip Bergman chimed in with
a double whammy choice as in a duo of trios in
one song because he went with Heat Wave by Martha
and the Vandellas. which was written by another
ultimate trio, maybe we've heard of them, Holland,
Dozier, Holland. Tom Hutchison chimed in with
his favorite trio going the punk route, Blink
-182, and the track Josie from Dude Ranch. And
Mike Daly wanted to highlight the Canadian trios
on this one, going with Rush's Free Will or Triumph's
A World of Fantasy. And remember, if you want
to be a part of future episode chime ins, become
a part of the Patreon mixtape or family at patreon
.com forward slash my weekly mixtape. Now, Jason,
I'm officially pressing the record button on
our mixtape and the floor is yours. Why don't
you tell us why you chose the Dave Clark five
to kick off our trios playlist this evening?
Because I can't count. Clearly, that's why. okay
no i thought about this and i was tossing up
two songs to start this with and i narrowed it
down finally as i sat down to record this so
we're gonna go back to the early 90s and a band
that you know they got played a little bit they
got played a little bit it's not their biggest
song but to me like if we are ever to do there
can only be one about this band This will probably
be my only one. And it's the lead off track from
1993 saturation album. I'm going with sister
Havana from urge overkill. Nice. Excuse me. you
thought i was gonna say rush didn't you no so
i recognize that urge overkill is probably best
known for their cover of girl you'll be a woman
soon from the pulp fiction soundtrack i mean
the minute you say urge overkill you're probably
going to hear girl you can hear it you can picture
the scene in the movie sister havana to me the
minute i heard it was like who is this band why
have i not heard them more this song is killer
why is this not getting played on the radio that
much more 1993 saturation is a killer album i
don't know why it didn't get played i mean again
maybe this is a canadian thing maybe it's just
that they didn't get played a lot up here but
this song i guarantee you has been on more mixtapes
than i care to name because it is such a good
driving song Dude, you scooped me. And actually,
I actually knew that song before Pulp Fiction
came out. But that's because I was given a promo
copy of Saturation when I worked at Tower Records.
And man, you nailed it too. That song is just
in your face. Even that rhythm guitar tone that
opens up this song is just bam. That song's a
rocker. And you scooped me. And I guess I'll
forgive you for it. I'm going to say I think.
Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon is a fantastic cover.
I'll be the first to admit that that is the song
that got me into Urge Overkill in the first place.
And yes, it's their most known hit. However,
I don't know if it's really a good representation
of what Urge Overkill is as a band. I would almost
put it in the same category as no rain, not being
the perfect representation of what blind melon
is, is a band. Yeah. I think you get some points
where for some reason, a song comes out and it
gets huge, huge. And then people start to deep
dive and go, Oh, that's not them. It says every
band that ever released a power ballad. And then
everything else was just like hard driving metal.
There you go. All right, Sean, with this format,
we are now throwing it to you for track two.
Well, I'm staying in the year 1993 for this because
I want to say we like the breeze flow straight
out of our lids. Then they got moved by these
Hard Rock Brooklyn kids and I'm going with Diggable
Planets, Rebirth of Slick, Cool Like That, probably
the coolest bass drum horn song ever. And that
flow. is unmatched i love rap i love hip -hop
i've never heard a song with that perfect of
a flow and i'm going with rebirth of slick cool
like that by diggable planets that's an absolutely
the minute you said it all i could hear my cool
like that i'm cool like that are you cool like
that i'm cool that was the early 90s was so good
for not just straight ahead rap and hip -hop
but like Bands that came out and changed the
dynamic of the music genre a little bit. I remember,
Brian, when we did the Music of 1991 episode
of Playlist Wars and I busted out the Dream Warriors,
by definition of a bombastic jazz style, you
were getting diverse musical styles in hip hop
and rap. And Digable Plants was right in there
in the mix and being able to change the concept
and just the normalcy of what you would expect.
And so much better. So much better. I'd say the
early 90s was probably my favorite time in hip
-hop, basically because I love the fact that
I got my musical education in jazz from artists
like Diggable Planets and A Tribe Called Quest,
who were sampling these jazz records and making
me wonder where these songs came from. And that
led me to research and become a fan of jazz music.
And the way they were able to reinvent these
songs was what really stuck out with me. Now,
what sticks out, what's funny is, Jason, you
had said the cool like that refrain over and
over again is what stuck out to you. For me,
it's the bass in that song. It just drives that
song. And I think that's what I'm going to lean
into. And I'm going to keep us in the 90s for
one more trio. So we'll do a trio of 90s trios
to kick things off. Wow. And when I think bass,
there's only one place I can go. And I'm going
to go actually with a song that might not be
the band's biggest hit or most well -known song.
But I think it's the song that truly represents
what is possible from this trio. And that trio
consists of Larry Lalonde, Tim, Herb Alexander,
and The Mighty. Les Claypool from 1995's Tales
from the Punchbowl. I'm going with Primus, the
closing track over the electric grapevine. Nice.
The last two minutes of that song is this instrumental
epiphany at the end of the album. And there is
just so much music happening to close this album
out. You really have to question, is this truly
a trio? bringing this to the table. And to me,
that's something that I was looking for in some
of my picks tonight. What were the trios that
sounded like they were a five, six, seven -piece
band because they were so massive? And I think
Primus brings that to the table. And I just like
being able to pivot off of the bass in Diggable
Planets and kind of lean into Les' bass because
he's probably my favorite bassist of all time.
And if not, he's in top three with ease. So yeah,
over the electric grapevine from Primus. Top
three. And we're talking trios. There you go.
You scooped me on the band, my brother. But of
course, Primus is like, there's, I'm sure we're
all going to agree here, listeners as well. Trios,
there's like three or four bands that immediately
come to mind. Not naming them yet because we
haven't named them all, aside from Rulers Under
Satan's Hand, of course. But Primus is another
one of those bands where you're just like, well,
yeah, somebody's going to do them. And you scooped
me on the band, but not the song. But man, good
call. I'm curious, what song did you go with
from them? You know, I went with one of the obvious
ones because I think that Jerry was a race car
driver. Nice. that tapping. My introduction to
Primus was that, and I was just like, what the
hell am I listening to and why? And then it kept
going. I left it on and I was like, why am I
still listening to this? And like 30 seconds
later, I'm like, this is amazing. Then I heard
Tommy the Cat not long after that on the Bill
and Ted Go to Hell soundtrack, but that's not
the name of the movie. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.
It was originally going to be called Bill and
Ted Go to Hell, pardon me. And I was just like,
wow. So this Primus band, They're onto something.
These guys are going to go somewhere. Yeah, I'm
not going to lie. You scooped me as well on the
band, but I had three songs from that. I had
a trio of songs from actually. I had My Name
is Mud, Winona's Big Brown Beaver, and Nature
Boy as well on my list, just because I didn't
know which direction we were going to go, but
you knew the primaries had to be in there. And
yeah, Les Claypool is one of those musicians
that's so damn good that you love them, and then
you hate them because you'll never be that good.
Jason, I would have been shocked. Actually, you
know what? I would have been offended if you
didn't have Primus in your list as a basis, because
I feel like he is one of the benchmarks that
we all strive to just figure out what is going
through his mind. I could have went with those
damn blue collar tweakers, southbound pachyderm.
Like I had so many songs, but I felt like coming
out of diggable planets. Going with that closing
of over the electric grapevine just fit. I don't
know why, because Primus Indigable Planets is
definitely a weird pivot, except for the fact
that they were both in the 90s. But it works
in my mind. It does. Jason, we're back to you
now for track four. Oh, where do I go with this
one? I mean, I could stick with the funk. I could
stick with the bass, but I'm going to go. I'm
going to go across the pond a little bit. Well,
way across the pond. And I'm going to go with
silver chair off of their neon ballroom album,
which their third album. So after a trio of albums,
which to me, neon ballroom is obviously their
best album. It is so good and so underrated.
I'm going to go with the lead off track off of
that emotion sickness. I know that Daniel Johns
has said that. There probably is never going
to be a silver chair reunion, no matter how many
people ask for it and how many times he gets
asked about it. It's a shame. And I get that
certain silver chair songs kind of got played
a lot in the 90s. But Neon Ballroom needed to
be listened to. There's so much to emotion sickness
and there's so many different changes in it and
so many different textures that it surprised
me when the song came out and it felt. In comparison
to everything else that they had put out before,
it felt a little proggy. Even when Anthem of
the Year 2000 came out off this album, I'm like,
okay, that's a Silverchair song. Then you listen
to Emotion Sickness, like, what is this? This
is awesome. It changes your perspective of what
Silverchair could do. I just wish they did more
of that. But for me, the next one, Emotion Sickness.
I got to pass. I've never heard it. Really? Okay.
I'll chime in on this then. When they dropped
the first single anthem for the year 2000, I
had gotten that on CD single. And I want to say
it was a radio promo, but it was in a 50 cent
bin at a record store. So I grabbed it. And to
me, it just felt like the next album from Silverchair.
So I immediately went out and got it. And you're
right, Jason, emotion sickness hits differently.
Where you almost feel like the band is expanding
upon what they did on Frog Stomp as well as Freak
Show. And it's a different band. The thing that
impressed me about Frog Stomp was the fact that
they showed that they, musically, were much older
than their ages represented at the time. And
I feel like this is where the band was really
coming into their own as a trio that could do
big, dare I use the word, epic. things and i
feel like you followed up the primus pick with
something that's just as big so i applaud the
pick and now sean i throw it right back to you
to hopefully be able to follow up a song you've
never heard i'm gonna guess i think i heard the
word epic so i think i'm gonna go with epic an
epic trio and uh i just wanted i'm gonna describe
the song first because it's just weird It describes
the story of a war machine that's a mixture between
an armadillo and a tank. And this creature emerges
from an egg that's beside a volcanic crater that
is making an eruption. I saw Jason kind of like,
huh? Which means I'm guessing you know what it
is. But it's legendary prog rock trio ELP and
their epic Tarkus. First time I ever heard that
song was live. at an ELP concert. And I was like,
I guess I need to hear more of this band because
at that point, all I had known was Lucky Man.
I'm not going to lie. ELP is a musical blind
spot for me. Wow. I don't think I've ever actually
listened to a full ELP song or album. So I now
have to check this out. You have piqued my interest.
Well, I have to say if. Back to back blind spots
here between Sean and Jason throwing punches
right now. It looks like in this mix, I will
be team Sean on this one. I think you picked
the perfect Emerson Lake Palmer song because
I'll just be honest. They are an acquired taste,
but I feel like Tarkus is the most musically
accessible to people that might not want to go
down the ELP road. Very true. It's either that
or Carnival Nine. Those are the songs. Yeah.
I feel like these are the most digestible for
non -Prog fans. And what I'm going to do to follow
that up, because we went from the epic nature
of emotion sickness into this prog of Tarkus,
I'm going to follow with another trio that was
in the prog realm prior to becoming the trio
that they were. And I'm going to go off their
self -titled 1980 album. And we're going to go
with the trio of Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks,
and Phil Collins. That being Genesis. I was debating
going with something off of And Then There Were
Three just to be obvious. But coming out of Tarkus,
I think I'm going to go with That's All. It's
definitely a step out of the Prague area. Because
I feel like... We could go down a big prog rabbit
hole if I really pushed the prog side of Genesis,
where at least this one I'm giving Jason a little
bit wider of a palette to jump off of. Because
if I went to something off of Invisible Touch,
which I love the album, don't get me wrong, I
feel like Land of Confusion or anything she does.
which would have been one of the two songs I
would have chosen off that album might've been
a little bit of a leap from Tarkus, but I feel
like that's all is more of a step towards a different
style versus the leap into that eighties Phil
Collins production of invisible touch. Plus I
just love the kind of funky nature of that's
all. And it's definitely a different Genesis
song if you look at their catalog as a whole.
It really sticks out in a different way, and
I think in a good way. So I'm going to go with
That's All from Genesis. Well played getting
Genesis in there. And they're probably the only
70s prog band that you can be like, well, yeah,
they are a trio now. So well played. My hat's
off to you. And also a great song choice. I didn't
know if you were going to go with that or if
you were going to go with Turn It On Again. Turn
It On Again, while it's still in that Tarkus
realm of ba -ba -ba -ba -da -da, that's all does
give it more of a swing to kind of get us out
of this prog -rock rut. I don't know what you
want to call it, but very well played, my friend.
I don't know if there is such a thing as a prog
-rock rut, because... Nothing wrong with a little
bit of Prague. I will admit that the song is
one I'm not as familiar with, but really, you
can't go wrong with Genesis. You can't. Yeah,
honestly, if I was going to pick something, if
we were doing an only one episode on Genesis,
either That's All or Turn It On Again would be
my two from the self -title that I would probably
argue with myself up to recording with. You could
do what I did and cheat. I cheated with Madonna.
I chose a song I didn't list from the album.
You're the only one I've let cheat. Sean Faust.
Well, Jason, we are back to you now for track
seven. Okay. So you mentioned that the Genesis
song had a little bit of a funky beat. So I'm
going to stick in that 80s realm, and I'm going
to go with Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, and Slim
Jim Phantom. I'm going with the Stray Cat Strut
from Stray Cats. Yes. As someone who in high
school took string music and played an upright
bass for five years, not four years, millennials,
five years of high school playing that upright
bass. This was my escape in high school. This
was what got me through five years of high school
was string music class, playing in orchestra.
And to all my teachers who are listening right
now, yeah, I skipped your class and I hung out
in the music room and I played upright bass while
I should have been doing English or math. So
sorry, not sorry, but it was my safe spot. And
when you see a band that uses an upright bass,
which wasn't very often. Yes, of course, we had
the Barenaked Ladies in the 90s, so I gravitated
towards them. But Stray Cat Strut? Hells yeah.
That's the only other band. besides sting when
he went solo that i can think of that plays live
with the upright bass from that era wow yeah
you almost scooped me but i decided to leave
them off the list and now i'm kicking myself
in the butt for leaving them off the list but
you would have scooped me anyway what a choice
damn you very much damn you jason for the fact
that you scooped me on the band the album and
the song Stray Cat Strut, easily my favorite
Stray Cat song of all time. I'll even go on record
saying that Stray Cat Strut's one of my favorite
songs of the 80s and maybe all time. There's
something about the coolness that oozes from
that song. As a kid, I don't know, Jason, if
you had the Disney Channel in Canada, but there
was a show called DTV on the Disney Channel.
And they took popular songs and would recut Disney
movies and cartoons to popular songs. And one
of the ones they did was Stray Cat Strut cut
to the Aristocats. And it was such a, I fell
in love with that cartoon as a kid. And then
my parents got me the album and I fell in love
with the Stray Cats. So one of my favorite. songs
of all time so total scoop but i'm so glad that
leaves me room to pick something else from my
list oh yeah and that you have to think that
that actually the fact that the stray cats had
gotten so big did actually have a spillover effect
into canada as well colin james who when he first
came out was very much a like an 80s rock kind
of almost I don't know how to describe it, but
blues guitar, but made for pop rock radio. And
then eventually he released Colin James and the
Little Big Band Orchestra. And it was all like
big band swing tunes. And you could hear that
Brian Setzer influence. And as a guitar player,
you could see Colin James and Brian Setzer kind
of on the same level. So I wonder if some of
that, you know, the Stray Cats influence Colin
James to make that album. But that album was
phenomenal, too. So, Sean, what are you going
to follow Stray Cat Strut up with? It's tough,
but not tough, but it's tough because Stray Cat
Strut has that rockabilly, loose vibe to it that
I've got almost nothing on here that kind of
has that rockabilly vibe to it. But as far as
loose and phenomenal bass players who, as a matter
of fact, also happen to sing and they're a trio.
I'm going to go with, from their very first album,
Out of the Silent Planet, I'm going to go with
the song Shot of Love by King's X. Loose, laid
back, perfect harmonies, perfect song. Not as
familiar with the song. I will get a little inside
baseball for all the My Weekly Mixtape listeners.
I am in preparation right now for a Kings X episode
of There Can Only Be One. So I'm going to be
deep diving down that discography very, very
soon. So, Sean, I will let you know when I get
to that one. The Kings X are freaking phenomenal.
Good luck picking anything off of that first
album. Well, the rules be rules, so I got to
follow the rules. But I remember having the hard
music volume one cassette. And Black Flag was
actually on that cassette. And I played that.
That may have been my favorite compilation album
of the 90s ever. Like, literally ever. There's
so much good stuff on that one. And that was
my first time actually ever hearing King's X.
And I'm so looking forward to now deep diving
into their discography. Do it, do it, do it.
You know, I saw them right before I saw Candlebox
the same night. Oh, wow. Yeah. Good night. Love
the picture on. I actually had dog man on my
list. I, and then with a little asterisk next
to it, if we were going down a cover song, rabbit
hole, I could have pulled out their cover of
manic depression, but I like where you went going
with shot of love instead, because I have to
follow that up. And God, I don't have anything
else that really like Genesis to stray cats to
King's X. That's a lot of pivoting. The boat
is rocking right now. So I could rock it a little
bit more. And I'm going to do that. And I'm going
to rock it with a band that brings a little bit
of rock, a little bit of punk, and a little bit
of reggae. Oh, you son of a bitch. To the fall.
I already know what you're talking about. I'm
sorry. I don't mean to curse. I'm sorry. But
you're going to scoop me on the band. I'm sorry.
Go on again and I'll stop cursing at you. Sorry.
This is your blooper reel for the end. There
you go. Let's go with Andy Summers, Stuart Copeland,
and Sting from 1979's Regatta de Blanc. I am
going to go with The Police. And I'm going to
go with Message in a Bottle. There's something
about that song that I feel brings the rock side
that we've been really putting together on this
mix. Whereas the other song I had listed was
King of Pain. And I felt like King of Pain, like
I said for Genesis, going with That's All, Land
of Confusion. If we were in that Land of Confusion,
more 80s space, I feel like... King of pain would
have been this choice, but coming at a shot of
love, I'm just feeling message in a bottle. The
song has the ability to go from what the police
did to what machine head did on their cover.
And both of them make sense. So the song has
this kind of atmosphere where Jason can take
it in many different directions to close the
side. And plus it's a brilliant frigging song.
So I apologize, Sean, if I scooped you on them.
But the police message in a bottle. You scooped
me. I had synchronicity, too. Okay. Because,
I mean, once again, I still lean towards the
Prague side. But you did scoop me. It's an awesome
choice. It's funny you mentioned King of Pain.
A long time ago at the Underpass in Elmwood Park,
I want to say 1999, Money for the Toll was playing.
And a band called The Fourth was on before us.
And the bass player. decided to play an acoustic
guitar and do a wonderful cover of king of pain
and correct me if i'm not mistaken but that somebody
was you brian i wouldn't know if it was wonderful
or not but i had a hell of a lot of fun playing
it pat and i were loving the hell out of that
cover we were like wow brian sounds good on this
well thank you sir jason the police oh yeah you
scoop me on the band you scoop me on the pick
i get to play message in a bottle quite a few
times when my band over the bridesmaid is out
on the road and gigging so yeah freaking love
that song i also had synchronicity too as well
that song is so good and i had every breath you
take because again i wanted to have a bit of
a cross section just in case but i know exactly
where i'm gonna go with this one all right how
are you closing up side a i'm gonna go with a
song that's got a almost a gallop to it And it's
slightly different from what they normally do,
but it still fits right in the pocket. From Billy
Joe Armstrong, Trey Cool, and Mike Dernt. Of
course, I'm talking Green Day. I'm going to go
with Hitchin' a Ride. Okay. I freaking love this
song. I get to play it as well live. It's such
a fun one. And again, I've played Holiday. I've
played Basket Case. I've played When I Come Around.
Hitchin' a Ride. Is my favorite Green Day song
to play live. It is so much fun. How fun is it?
So much fun, John. I love the pick. I had Jesus
of Suburbia on my list because I assumed with
you Prague guys, I would at least be able to
keep up at least in terms of song length. And
now you scooped that from me. But I will tell
you, you scooped it with. Probably my second
favorite Green Day song to Jesus of Suburbia,
and that is Hitchin' a Ride. I love the gallop.
I was actually going to question, as soon as
you said gallop, I'm like, he knows that Iron
Maiden has more than three people, right? But
I love the pick. I'm so glad. Obviously, Green
Day had to get in there. And if you were going
to go with a song other than Jesus of Suburbia,
Hitchin' a Ride is definitely the perfect song
to do it. Scooped me on the band. But I actually
went with something more mellow and big and 80s
bombastic from the American Idiot album. I went
with The Waiting. Wow. Because that's what? Like
three minutes of just wow. You're kind of summing
up where we are in the story beautifully. And
like I said, 80s bombastic anthem. Well, there
you have it, folks. Side A of our Ultimate Trios
mixtape, which kicked off with Urge Overkill's
Sister Havana. Digable Planets, Rebirth of Slick,
Cool Like That, Primus' Over the Electric Grapevine,
Silverchair's Emotion Sickness, Emerson Lake
and Palmer's Tarkus, Genesis' That's All, Stray
Cat's Stray Cat Strut, King Zek's Shot of Love,
The Police, Message in a Bottle, and Green Day,
Hitchin' a Ride. Head over to myweeklymixtape
.com to hear all the songs we've discussed in
this mix. through the playlist embedded on the
episode page. Now, before we flip this proverbial
mixtape over to Side B, Jason, why don't you
catch everyone up on what's been happening over
at It's Not That Bad, and there can only be one,
as well as reminding people how they can connect
with you. Well, we have been busy, busy, busy
over at It's Not That Bad. We just finished up
our Razzies special month, and we're getting
ready for our next... feature month which is
going to happen in october and i'll spill the
beans a little bit here for the first time ever
we're going to be doing mocktober so we're going
to be looking at mock busters so if you like
films from the film company the asylum yes mock
buster month is happening in mocktober we're
also getting ready to celebrate our clearly sean's
going to be on one of those episodes You knew
I was going to call you up for that, right? Oh,
hell yes. We're also getting ready to celebrate
our third full year with It's Not That Bad. So
clearly come August, there's going to be some
celebrations. And then on there can only be one.
We have so many episodes that we're coming up
with, and we also still have to spend Shuffle
Skip. So that's been chugging along, and we're
actually now. into our second year where there
can only be one and it feels so long ago that
we started this and brian like tossing the idea
back and forth with you and you know recording
some of those early episodes and sean going through
so many good albums with you like there is so
much fun going on on that channel and if you're
looking for all of those shows you can find not
that bad and our keep watch past show on social
media at not that bad cast For there can only
be one in Spin, Shuffle, Skip. You can find that
at only one cast and you can find everything
all in one place at notthatbadcast .com. And
Sean, any news on your end of the spectrum that
you'd like to share and remind listeners about
how they can connect with you? Well, I woke up
today and I fed my cats. I had some coffee and
I went to the chiropractor. Is that too detailed?
A little bit. Oh, okay. Well, as always, I'm
still trying to raise money to save cats all
over the place. One million sales of gin asylum.
Or who are you anyway lately? That seems to be...
The plays I've had on that in the past few days
have jumped significantly. But raising money,
and sadly it has to start here at home. My youngest
is ill with... a very expensive treatment for
a very, very terrible illness that I hate more
than any other illness. But we're going to stay
positive because things are looking good. We're
keeping everything just flowing, going well.
So please, Sean Faust, buy my music, Gin Asylum,
or Who Are You Anyway, or if you're in the mood
to just jam around, Happy Song. And also... I'm
so happy to announce this. So happy to announce
this. You guys have to see the jacket. I just
tried on the jacket the other day. It is awesome.
Goes perfectly with the wig. I am now, once again,
David Bryan in Slippery When Wet, New Jersey,
the United States' longest running tribute to
Bon Jovi. JoviTribute .com. Check it out when
and where we're playing. Pictures, message board,
I think email. Yeah. Just talk to us. We talk
back. I'm psyched to be doing that again. We're
on to bigger and better things doing that. And
I might or might not be talking about Bon Jovi
with Mr. Jason on It's Not That Bad. I'm just
kidding. Only one. Well, Sean. We are going to
stick with you now and kick off side B of our
Ultimate Trios mixtape. So why don't you explain
to us why you chose the Trans -Siberian Orchestra
to kick off side? because Savatage is one of
my all -time favorite bands. And to this day,
it still annoys me that all they did was lift
Christmas Eve Sarajevo 1224 from the Dead One
to Dead album and just put it opening up their
own album instead of just recording some new
stuff. They just recorded a bunch of old stuff
and wrote Christmas -y lyrics to it. Kyrie, la
-la -la -la, Kyrie. I mean... But no, good call
there, Brian. However, I did not go with TSO.
So what are you kicking off side B with? I kind
of want to kick off with some rock, like some
rock and roll. But I don't want to get too like
ba -ba -ba -ba -ba yet. And I don't want to be
like ba -ba -ba -ba -ba, right? I don't want
to get into that yet. So I'm thinking back to
the 90s, the hair stuff was starting to go, but
there was a band called Blue Murder. And they
had a track called We All Fall Down that it's
just such a great side opener. I made many a
mixtape in the 90s, and that would always be
a side opener, side A or side B. But I'm going
to go with We All Fall Down by Blue Murder. Element,
I'm not as familiar with Blue Murder as I probably
should be. But having a quick listen to the song,
it's got a good beat. It's got a solid kick to
it. So clearly you're getting the energy up for
side B. And I'll say this, Sean, I'm surprised
to hear Blue Murder and excited at the same time
because they kind of came up at that tail end
of the hairband era where there was some really
good bands that just got swallowed up by the
alternative movement. And I'm talking about bands
like Babylon AD. Cleavage. Baton Rouge. Roxy
Hardline, Roxy Blue, Slick Toxic. Oh, wow. Slick
Toxic. There was a lot of bands in that time
that to me, I still really wrap up in that 80s
hair band scene, even though it was in 89, 90,
91, 92. And Blue Murder falls into that. Now,
Sean, shame on you. For picking a song that's
not on Spotify. I'm kidding, of course. But the
song isn't on in the studio version, but you
can get on the Blue Murder Live Screaming Blue
Murder album from 94. You can get the live version
of We All Fall Down. Are you okay with that?
I am fine with that. I'm sure it's just as awesome.
All right. Well, with that, I get to follow it
up. And damn it. Okay. There are so many bands
in my mind that if we don't get to, it's going
to be criminal. Well, Fiona Apple's a solo artist,
so you can't go with that. Oh, my God. There's
going to be so much. How did you guys not get
blank in this episode? I guarantee you. Because
blank is not a trio. I'm sorry. They're a quartet.
I am going to go coming out of Blue Murder. We're
going to go back to 1980. And I'm going to bring
a little bit of that hard rock vibe, but just
throw in a lot of punk energy as well. And we're
going to go with Fast Eddie Clark, Phil Filthy
Animal Taylor, and Lemmy. Title track, 1980,
Ace of Spades, Motorhead. Nice. Let's bring the
energy to Side B. Coming out of Blue Murder,
let's just up it and go right into Ace of Spades.
There's really not much I could say about this
song. It is just an absolute anthem. If you want
to hear a fun, unique twist on it, look up Drain
STH's cover from the 90s. Picture a female version
of Alice in Chains slowing down Ace of Spades
and flipping it on its ear. It's really frigging
cool. But coming out of We All Fall Down, let's
go Ace of Spades. You scooped me on the band.
Not the song, but you scooped me on the band.
I had two Motorhead tracks in mind, both from
some of their later albums. I had In the Name
of Tragedy from 2004's Inferno, and I had On
Your Feet, On Your Knees from my favorite Motorhead
album of all time, Bastards. Dude, I mean, scoop
the band, scoop the tune, and you mentioned the
Drain STH cover. There's also a unique... instrumental
country version that dixie chicks used as a set
break live a few years ago i saw them i it's
got to be six years ago now six or seven years
ago and like after five songs they would like
like have this instrumental break and there was
an instrumental break of ace of spades that was
just badass love it and i also had jason a song
from bastards in my list But I felt like coming
out of Blue Murder, I had to go Ace of Spades.
But I also had Born to Raise Hell. Oh, man. Which
was on Bastards as well as featured in the movie
Airheads, a remix of it, with Ice -T and Whitfield
Crane of Ugly Kid Joe. But I ended up going Ace
of Spades. Now, Jason, you said I scooped you,
so apologies for that. But you get to follow
up Blue Murder and Motorhead. What do you got
for us? All right. It's time. It is time. Time
to bring one of those Canadian trios to the party.
Don't scoop me, man. Phenomenal guitar player.
Great bass player. Phenomenal drumming. And a
cover song. Because I'm catering to the host
here. off of their tangents compilation i'm going
with their cover of painted black by the tea
party this song this cover this is to me the
version of painted black i know gob did a cover
of it but this version is so so good i mean i
remember i can't remember the name of the tv
show that this that the original was the theme
song of i can't i can't remember off the top
of my head but i remember Hearing that theme
song, not even caring about the show anymore.
China Beach? That's the one. Thank you. That
has been bugging me for the last seven days.
Thank you kindly. Now I can breathe again. I
can sleep fine. Well, I'm sorry I told you because
you scooped me on the band, but please continue.
I knew. I knew this was the one you were thinking
of that you didn't want me to scoop you on, but
I scooped you anyway. So sorry, not sorry. I
also had the Messenger and These Living Arms
off the Triptych album because I think Triptych
is actually one of their better full length albums,
but the cover of painted black, I mean, Brian,
I know you love your cover song. So I had to
bring one to the party. I think this is a great
one. At first, when you were sitting there talking
about a trio from Canada and a cover song in
my mind, I was thinking what cover songs has
triumphed on that. Jason will be putting here.
Bravo. I great cover. There's a lot of versions
of paint that black that I enjoy. Johnny Lang
does a version from this movie soundtrack for
love of the game. Live live does a great version
of it. I mean, this song can be a re it's just
a fantastic song that can be re -imagined in
so many ways and works so well. So I love, I
love this version though. Definitely. Cause it
brings your Canadian side to the table as well.
Right. And how many people are now sitting there
going. When are you getting to Rush? When are
you getting to Rush? He's a Canadian. You're
building the anticipation. And when you started
saying, I'm going to go with a trio from Canada
and go with a cover, there was a small part of
me goes, he's not picking Summertime Blues from
Rush. That's what I was thinking too. I was so
scared. So I dismissed that one quickly. And
then I was thinking Triumph. And then I was like,
oh, no, here we go. But great pick. Sean. First
of all, dude, you scooped me. You scooped me.
You scooped me. I was giving you Rush. I was
going to be like, let my friend from the great
white north have his Rush and eat it too. And
then you scooped me on the tea party. And not
only did you scoop me on the tea party, I mean,
that first album is the doors just heavier with
no keyboards. I was going to go with Release,
by the way, which is a much more mellow. I'm
sad kind of song. So you still went with upbeat,
but to follow their cover of painted black, what
I'm going to do is I'm going to head South and
then all the way out West. And I'm going to ask
you, have you ever had big dreams of making whipped
cream and shot heavy hitter on the main scene?
You want to look trendy in a Bentley, be a snob
and never act friendly. I'm going to go with
rock superstar. By Cypress Hill. Hell yeah. What
a heavy tune. Not what I expected at all from
them when that song came out. That song literally,
at least in New York, blew up so quickly because
the rock stations and the hip hop stations were
playing it simultaneously because you had rap
superstar playing on the hip hop stations and
rock superstar playing all over 92 .3K rock.
re -lit cypress hill on mainstream radio obviously
cypress hills put out amazing stuff throughout
their entire career up until recently their new
albums are fantastic they are one of the premier
hip -hop trios of all time and i love the fact
that you kept it in the rock side of things by
pulling that into the mix so bravo on that choice
when you think about the rap rock or rap metal
jam bring the noise from anthrax and public enemy
probably the first song that comes to mind for
a lot of people at least it does for me the entire
judgment night soundtrack i would go out on a
limb and say rock superstar might be the best
cross -genre mashup yet period wow and even saying
better than anthrax is bring the noise like it's
so good and covers so and still to this day that
song comes on and people lose their ish it's
you don't hear people playing rap superstar they're
playing the rock version there's a reason why
it is that damn good it really is and it crossed
over i mean the hip -hop stations were playing
rap superstar at the time like i had mentioned
but The longevity of rap superstar has not surpassed
rock superstar that is still played on rock radio
to this day. And now, damn it. There are so many
groups that I want to get to. All right. We're
going rock superstar. We're going to go back
to 1994. Mike D add rock in the late great MCA
from ill communication. We got to go sabotage.
I am so torn right now because part of me wanted
to bring run DMC into the fold, but sabotage
just musically comes out of rock superstars,
like the chef's kiss. So I think just that's
the end of this side. You just ended the tape.
Yeah, you scoop me on the Beastie Boys. I had
no sleep till Brooklyn and girls, depending on
how much fun we were having with our mix at the
time. But you can't really have a trio mixtape
without having the Beastie Boys, like pure iconic
leaders of the genre. Like, it doesn't matter
what you were into. You were into the Beastie
Boys, period. You like rock? You like the Beastie
Boys. You like rap? You like the Beastie Boys.
You like pop? You like the Beastie Boys. They
covered it all. There might be one of the most
universally loved groups of any genre. Could
not agree more. And what I will say to that,
Jason, is there are a lot of beloved trios. And
I'm going to pitch this to Sean as well, that
the three of us have left off the table. There's
only five. picks left you each have two and i'm
down to one unless i want to throw a curveball
in here and make this a 21 song mixtape but we
got a lot of big names we got to check off here
jason what do you got for track six do we have
to check them off though ah because i'm i'm thinking
i'm gonna stay in new york state for this pick
and a band out of poughkeepsie Chrissy Costanza,
Dan Gow and Will Ferry. The band is called Against
the Current. They have this very Paramore vibe
kind of rock feel to them. So I'm going to go
with one of their more recent singles, Silent
Stranger. If you like Paramore and you aren't
listening to Against the Current, you're missing
out on something. I'm just waiting for the minute
when they blow up because it's bound to happen.
Now, I will. Add this to what you're saying against
the current is early Paramore, the punk rock
emo side of the spectrum, the misery business,
the hallelujah side of Paramore brick by boring
brick. It's not the news. This is why a little
bit more of the pop side against the current
is the early two thousands Paramore at play.
So I applaud. And I'm starting to sweat like
key and peel down the side of the face, seeing
the bands that are not on this list. Sean, against
the current. I mean, since you mentioned Paramore
and this is kind of like early Paramore, I'm
going to go to mid to later Paramore. I'm going
to choose Paramore and I'm going to go with Hard
Times because I think Hard Times, it's got that
kooky early 80s vibe. And it was weird for me
because it was either going to be Hard Times.
Or it was going to be Ain't It Fun? Because Ain't
It Fun has that huge, like, don't go crying to
your mama. Like the Taylor Dayne. Nah, nah, nah,
nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. But Hard Times is just,
it's so kooky and fun that I just wanted to go
with that. You realize I can't hear that song
now and not think Taylor Dayne. It's stuck in
my head now. I will never be able to disassociate
the two. To the point of Taylor Dayne now needs
to make a cover of that song. Jason, I'll be
your shelter. I'll be the one to get you through
the night. I mean, Paramore is freaking huge.
And there's obviously there's big questions because
they completely scrubbed their social media.
And people are like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa. What happened? What happened? I'm sure
we're probably going to get more Paramore down
the road. But that early Paramore era is so good.
I think that's why. I like listening to bands
like Against the Current. And there's another
one out of, I think they're out of Australia,
Tonight Alive. So, so freaking good. But yeah,
Paramore almost had to be on here as well. Paramore
is still around. They scrubbed their social network
as they are no longer attached to a major label.
They can put out things independently on their
own. So it's kind of a new start for them. And
the first thing they put out was a cover of Burning
Down the House. from an upcoming talking heads
tribute album. And they do an amazing cover of
it. It's so much fun. And there is zero way for
me to come out of hard times and not have it
be a record scratching pivot. And I don't care.
There are several bands here that I am literally
ready to cry that aren't making this list. And
I have to go with the one that I think is, the
most egregious one we've left off so far. And
I'm not going to scoop rush, but dammit, if neither
one of you pick it at this point, I am going
to go with the trio of Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding,
and Jimi Hendrix. Son of a bitch! Off 1967's
Are You Experienced. It's the only song that
has a little bit of a dancey vibe, I'm thinking,
from Hendrix. Let's go with Fire. You got Mitch
Mitchell's ridiculous groove that I feel like
could conceivably be dancey in a way. And obviously,
if you take the Red Hot Chili Peppers version,
it is a little bit more dancey. You could also
take Alice Cooper's version in the 90s, which
is definitely more rock. You can't think of trios
and not think of the experience. They're, they're
one of the ones that really took blues rock to
a completely other level. And when I listen to
fire in my brain, I always tell myself that's
not a trio, but it is. And sorry, Sean, you scooped
my closer. Oh, how dare you son of a gun. So,
Jason, we're down to you and Sean each having
one pick of the night. And now I scoop Sean's
closer, which I apologize for. But I don't know
that it was going to be as closer. We don't talk
about this stuff. So I guess we're playing Rush
roulette for your last choice. Where do I go
from fire? Do I pull the trigger on the Rush
Roulette, or do I go a different direction? What
are you talking about, eh? No, you know what?
I'm going to go in a different direction. What?
And I'm going to go with a band that I have listened
to countless times, cover one or two of their
songs, Kevin Griffin. tom drummond and travis
mcnabb and then later replaced by michael jerome
i'm talking about better than ezra and i think
i'm gonna go with the king of new orleans off
of their friction baby album yeah i could have
gone with something off of deluxe i i was gonna
pick either good or maybe rosalita because baseball
fans tampa bay baseball fans i'm gonna break
your brain a little bit here Go listen to Rosalita
by Better Than Ezra off their deluxe album and
get to the end of the song where they kind of
do this kind of flamenco Rosale, Rosalea at the
end. Randy or Rosarena, baseball player for the
Tampa Bay Rays. If you're not listening to Rosalea
at the end of that song and not hearing Randy
or Rosarena in your head, you're listening to
that song wrong. But for this, I'm going to go
with King of New Orleans. friction baby i think
is not doesn't get the love it deserves i had
a couple of better than ezra songs and better
than ezra is definitely one of the bands i was
hoping to get in here so i'm going to shoehorn
it in king of new orleans i am shocked to hear
this i had better than ezra on my list i had
closer on my list if we were going to slow things
down but right now i can't even think of what
to say because Sean had so graciously opened
the rush door at the beginning of the episode
and somehow the bluff was called and it has gone
right back to Sean. I sold the tea party. I had
to give him something. No, but I don't even have
a single Rush song written down on my list. That's
how much I was giving Rush to you. You guys are
all so busy being nice to each other and passing
Rush back and forth. Sean, you are now left with
a closer. And yeah, do you pick Rush or one of
the other trio bands that we have sadly left
off this list? Because there are a bunch. I need
to chime in before he gets his pick in. When
two people are sitting there and they're being
so polite to each other that nothing gets done,
this is known as the Canadian standoff. I know,
and we're going to be ultra polite about it because
it's a Canadian standoff. And we'll apologize
to each other afterwards for having a Canadian
standoff. You have a dick. No, you have a dick.
All right, Sean, you're up. I mean, this isn't...
just about Rush. This is, it's about closing
out a tape. It's closing out a mixtape of trios.
And everybody knows the three of us, Rush, Rush,
Rush, Rush, Rush. We all love Rush. Holy crap.
Wow. But I think about like, what's a cool closer,
like a cool album closer. And you went with Better
Than Ezra, you went more of the pop route. Not
that I'm accusing them of being pop, but you
meant more that route than you went the prog
rock route, or then you went The deep cut, here's
Livia Strongiato. Here's 17 parts of my nightmare
that I'm actually also going to pass up on Rush.
Whoa! What a great album closer this is because
it has one of my favorite lines in the song ever.
And the song itself is only two chords, which
was recently used by Michael Giacchino to score.
a Matt Reeves film. And the lyric is, it's okay
to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.
Going to go with Something in the Way by Nirvana,
which is also my all -time favorite Nirvana song.
I freaking love that pick. You actually scooped
me on the pick. No, no, I didn't because you
were done already. You were done already. I scooped
you on nothing. You took Tea Party from me. I
scooped nothing from you. that's right i took
the tea party i'm not giving them back you stay
silent always knowing in time but yeah no like
i freaking love this song i used to play this
when i was with the band photo perfume in ottawa
such a fun fun good song to play like oh absolutely
and yeah like the version that they used to basically
score the batman It was just so epic. It just
sucked you right in. What Michael Giacchino did
with those two cores and just how he played with
the roots is just genius. And it's three hours
of just mood. That's a very dark movie, and it's
a very moody movie. And Giacchino and the late
Kurt Cobain have a lot to do with that. All right.
I don't know about you guys, but... myself probably
along with everybody listening right now has
not heard the last two minutes of what you guys
were talking about because they're probably screaming
and throwing things and having an absolute fit
as much as i love the song something in the way
by nirvana and as much as i had breed in my list
You guys each had seven songs, and I only had
six, so I'm pulling an audible. We cannot and
will not have a Trios mixtape without having
a Rush song in it. So is it going to be Bytor
and the Snow Dog? Close. It's going to be one
you mentioned, and I'm going with LaVilla Strangiato
to close this thing out tonight. My favorite
all -time Rush song. We have a fantastic episode
featuring Steve from the Something for Nothing
podcast. Ultimate Rush playlist. I highly suggest
going back and getting all of your Rush, Phil,
that we unfortunately did not provide tonight.
I am still absolutely shocked about this one.
And yeah, I'm kind of at a loss for words, which
doesn't happen very often. Damn it. Man, speaking
of going from a dark mood to like a dark nightmare.
yeah we played musical chicken and we crashed
both cars leaving it to you to pick up the pieces
Right now, there's someone in the car screaming
at their stereo while listening to this. Where's
the Rush? And people are like, oh, crap, road
rage. I was going to be a real Richard Cranium,
and I was going to go with Lifehouse, you and
me. Because then there would have been no Nirvana
and no Rush. And people would be like, all right,
Sean Faust, done with him. Right now, there's
a bunch of Triumph fans going, why? Why not us?
Why not us? Well, there you have it, folks. Side
B of our ultimate trios mixtape, which kicked
off with Blue Murder, We All Fall Down, Motorhead,
Ace of Spades, The Tea Party, Paint It Black,
Cypress Hill, Rock Superstar, Beastie Boys, Sabotage,
Against the Current, Silent Stranger. paramour
hard times jimmy hendrix experience fire better
than ezra king of new orleans nirvana's something
in the way and then the bonus track that had
to be done rush la villa strangiato gentlemen
seriously i feel like this is at the same level
of like a wwe heel turn not having rush on this
playlist well you know brother And that's what
the Sean is cooking. Oh, you want to pick the
rush? You're not going to pick the rush because
the macho man is not going to go there. Oh, no.
And we are off the rails. Gentlemen, thank you
so much for joining me tonight. Absolute pleasure.
This was so much fun. And I enjoyed stealing
the tea party. I'm sorry, Sean. Thank you, Brian,
for having me. I'd like to thank our other guests
for existing. Jason, Jason, I like you too. Thank
you for stealing the tea party from me. I'm going
to go and listen to Edge of Twilight and smash
my head against the wall. Why did I choose it
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