WEBVTT 00:00:11.060 --> 00:00:13.619 Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that 00:00:13.619 --> 00:00:15.939 takes the classic mixtape approach to building 00:00:15.939 --> 00:00:19.000 a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. 00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:21.399 Joining me for tonight's collaboration is Ed 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:24.079 Kennard, co -host of The Greatest Song Ever Sung 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:26.940 Poorly podcast. Ed, thanks so much for joining 00:00:26.940 --> 00:00:28.739 me tonight. Hey, Brian, it's good to see you 00:00:28.739 --> 00:00:30.820 again. Thank you for having me. Pleasure to have 00:00:30.820 --> 00:00:33.320 you, man. Let's just get right into it. Ed, what 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.740 does the word mixtape mean to you? Well, Brian, 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:39.259 I'm assuming we're about the same age, so I feel 00:00:39.259 --> 00:00:41.859 like mixtapes were a very big part of our high 00:00:41.859 --> 00:00:44.000 school years. I feel like we're somewhere close 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:46.000 to each other. I mean, I know we both graduated 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.259 in the 90s. Yep, yep, that is correct. So in 00:00:49.259 --> 00:00:52.179 some ways, it was the teenage art form for people 00:00:52.179 --> 00:00:54.079 like us. We made mixtapes for friends. We made 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:57.119 mixtapes for road trips. We made mixtapes for 00:00:57.119 --> 00:01:00.659 people we had feelings for. It was a way that 00:01:00.659 --> 00:01:03.240 you express something without having to say the 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:07.640 words yourself. And I kind of miss them. And 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:09.540 that's kind of the beauty of where this show 00:01:09.540 --> 00:01:12.859 goes, because tonight Ed and I will be curating 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:17.200 a mixtape of the songs of 1993 back in our high 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:20.680 school years, which I can't believe I'm even 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:26.159 saying this turns 30 years old this year. Now, 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.359 I actually thought that you made a mistake when 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:30.980 you asked me for this one, because I assumed 00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:33.299 that if it was me and you working together. you 00:01:33.299 --> 00:01:35.260 were going to have it be the songs of 1939 because 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:38.620 you always tag me in for the old stuff but yeah 00:01:38.620 --> 00:01:41.099 your playlist wars episodes it became like your 00:01:41.099 --> 00:01:44.400 niche man you had motown you had oldies but no 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.400 we're gonna go right to the 90s with this one 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:50.040 and For clarification, we're choosing songs from 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.780 albums that were released in 1993. So even though 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:55.760 Rage Against the Machine's self -titled album 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:59.540 was massive throughout the entire year, the album 00:01:59.540 --> 00:02:01.700 was actually officially released in November 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:06.359 of 1992. So it doesn't count. Now, considering 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:08.819 we're talking about a year in music that had 00:02:08.819 --> 00:02:12.520 massive hits in classic rock, alternative, grunge, 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:16.360 pop, dance, hip hop. this playlist can go in 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:19.960 many different directions so i personally made 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:23.080 sure to bring enough of each genre to prepare 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.560 me for any twists and turns that might occur 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:29.120 as this mixtape unfolds so ed i'm sitting on 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:33.139 a bank of about 50 songs and i have no clue what 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:35.759 kind of shape this mixtape is going to take but 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:38.319 i'm curious what you were looking for in the 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:41.400 songs that you brought to the table tonight So 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:45.020 with a mixtape that's focused on a year, I wanted 00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:48.479 it to be like a time capsule almost. And in some 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:51.800 respects, I failed heavily at that because there's 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:54.219 a genre I didn't start listening to at all until 00:02:54.219 --> 00:02:56.780 I started doing karaoke. And that's country music. 00:02:56.780 --> 00:02:59.379 Country music was off my radar the majority of 00:02:59.379 --> 00:03:01.680 my life. Unfortunately, it just happens to be 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.620 the genre that fits my voice the best. So I learned 00:03:04.620 --> 00:03:07.599 a lot of country stuff in the past. 10 15 years 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.719 but i was looking at country songs from 1993 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:13.039 and i'm like i don't know any of these at all 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:15.919 so i'm going to do my best to time capsule my 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:19.599 1993 and to play off what you bring to 1993 as 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:22.300 well all right well let's get down to business 00:03:22.300 --> 00:03:26.740 the songs of 1993. we're going to use the old 00:03:26.740 --> 00:03:29.280 cassette deck approach meaning our mixtape will 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:33.229 be broken up into two sides side a and side B. 00:03:33.330 --> 00:03:36.250 Ed, as my special guest tonight, will begin side 00:03:36.250 --> 00:03:39.310 A with his first song choice, and then I'll add 00:03:39.310 --> 00:03:41.969 a song that I feel best follows up his choice. 00:03:42.210 --> 00:03:44.830 We'll then flip -flop choosing songs until we've 00:03:44.830 --> 00:03:47.930 mapped out 10 songs for side A. We'll then give 00:03:47.930 --> 00:03:50.569 that mixtape a proverbial flip, and we'll map 00:03:50.569 --> 00:03:53.330 out side B, only then I will kick the side off 00:03:53.330 --> 00:03:56.349 and Ed will choose second. Our overall goal for 00:03:56.349 --> 00:03:59.729 this episode is to craft the best songs of 1993 00:03:59.729 --> 00:04:04.090 mixtape possible, using only 20 songs. At the 00:04:04.090 --> 00:04:05.789 end of the show, you could take our conversation 00:04:05.789 --> 00:04:09.069 to the next level by visiting the Songs of 1993 00:04:09.069 --> 00:04:13.110 page at myweeklymixtape .com and give our final 00:04:13.110 --> 00:04:16.779 mixtape a listen via the embedded playlist. Finally, 00:04:16.860 --> 00:04:18.480 if you like what you're hearing on the show, 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.339 please consider becoming a Patreon mixtaper at 00:04:21.339 --> 00:04:25.360 patreon .com forward slash myweeklymixtape. And 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:27.939 I'd like to welcome this week's newest Patreon 00:04:27.939 --> 00:04:31.060 member, Cactus Pete. Cactus Pete, thank you so 00:04:31.060 --> 00:04:34.019 much for signing up and being part of the mixtaper 00:04:34.019 --> 00:04:37.560 family. Ed, before I turn it over to you to reveal 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:39.959 your track one, some of the fellow mixtapers 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:43.379 who follow myweeklymixtape on Facebook, Twitter, 00:04:43.540 --> 00:04:46.740 Instagram, and TikTok at... My Weekly Mixtape 00:04:46.740 --> 00:04:49.519 have chimed in with their ideal opening track 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:53.300 for a Songs of 1993 mixtape, and I wanted to 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:55.579 share them now so you and I can have some musical 00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:59.160 food for thought. Michael Breen chimed in with 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:02.660 The Cranberries Linger. Steve Smy chimed in with 00:05:02.660 --> 00:05:06.560 Bad Religion's American Jesus. Amy Borchin chimed 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:10.300 in with Mazzy Star's Fade Into You. D .T. Carell 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:13.870 chimed in with Smashing Pumpkin's Rocket. Garfield, 00:05:14.050 --> 00:05:16.589 not Heathcliff, love that name, chimed in with 00:05:16.589 --> 00:05:20.430 Onyx's Slam. Slick Nick chimed in with Diggable 00:05:20.430 --> 00:05:24.490 Planet's Rebirth of Slick. Gary Radcliffe chimed 00:05:24.490 --> 00:05:26.629 in with Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go My Way? 00:05:26.850 --> 00:05:30.089 My friends at Radio 11 chimed in with Steve Miller 00:05:30.089 --> 00:05:33.470 Band's Wide River. John Tamen chimed in with 00:05:33.470 --> 00:05:36.730 Lemonhead's Style. Tim McCarthy from the 2010 00:05:36.730 --> 00:05:39.470 Minutes podcast chimed in with Wu -Tang Clan's 00:05:39.470 --> 00:05:43.279 Bring the Ruckus. Rob Eber chimed in with Crackers 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:47.019 Low, and Simon Evans chimed in with Tools Sober. 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:50.319 Ed, with those picks out in the universe, I'm 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:52.399 officially pressing the record button on our 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:55.379 mixtape, and the floor is yours. Why don't you 00:05:55.379 --> 00:05:57.560 dive into the song that you chose to kick off 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:01.360 Side A? Absolutely. So one of the things that 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.139 kind of fell off this playlist for me and my 00:06:04.139 --> 00:06:06.160 history of this time period is I was a club kid 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:09.319 back then, and I was a DJ for the later half 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:11.649 of the 90s. and one of the things we always did 00:06:11.649 --> 00:06:14.129 with mixtapes was we started off things with 00:06:14.129 --> 00:06:16.870 like a sample from a movie or a skit or something 00:06:16.870 --> 00:06:18.490 like that like we worked in other things outside 00:06:18.490 --> 00:06:21.329 of the music so i wanted to lead off the mixtape 00:06:21.329 --> 00:06:23.250 with something that brings some of that in with 00:06:23.250 --> 00:06:25.829 the track itself and that would be protect your 00:06:25.829 --> 00:06:28.250 neck from wu -tang clan from enter the wu -tang 00:06:28.250 --> 00:06:33.370 36 chambers man you're already scooping me on 00:06:33.370 --> 00:06:38.370 song one that is absolutely unbelievable of course 00:06:38.370 --> 00:06:43.079 how can you do a 1993 playlist and not talk about 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:46.240 enter the wu -tang 36 chambers it is a seminal 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:49.839 hip -hop album i actually chose m -e -t -h -o 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:53.180 -d man method man one of my favorite hip -hop 00:06:53.180 --> 00:06:56.579 songs of all time but man you cannot go wrong 00:06:56.579 --> 00:06:58.699 with protect your neck and then obviously like 00:06:58.699 --> 00:07:01.319 i mentioned at the top tim mccarthy chimed in 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:04.720 with bring the ruckus i mean you can't go wrong 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:06.839 with any wu -tang clan so i love where you're 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:10.509 going with that but now to follow that up It 00:07:10.509 --> 00:07:15.670 is very hard to go from Wu -Tang Clan to something 00:07:15.670 --> 00:07:19.029 that wouldn't bring that kind of hip -hop vibe. 00:07:19.910 --> 00:07:22.189 So I'm going to, I think I'm going to go with 00:07:22.189 --> 00:07:24.629 something that brings me back to my junior prom 00:07:24.629 --> 00:07:28.509 in high school. I'm going to go to the 1993 album 00:07:28.509 --> 00:07:31.769 Doggy Style, and I'm going to go with Snoop Dogg, 00:07:31.769 --> 00:07:34.769 and I'm going to go with his massive hit, Gin 00:07:34.769 --> 00:07:38.399 and Juice. If you want to hear an amazing cover 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.240 of that, because I love talking cover songs, 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:43.759 the gourds do a bluegrass version that is definitely 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.720 worth looking up. But yeah, I think the only 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.040 way you could follow up Wu -Tang is to kind of 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.360 go with something that's just an absolute banger. 00:07:51.459 --> 00:07:54.339 So my track two for side A is going to be Snoop 00:07:54.339 --> 00:07:58.839 Dogg, Gin and Juice. You scoop me with the artist, 00:07:58.899 --> 00:08:02.139 at least. I did have Who Am I, What's My Name 00:08:02.139 --> 00:08:05.300 on there from the same album. honestly that was 00:08:05.300 --> 00:08:07.899 also on my list the way i had it written it was 00:08:07.899 --> 00:08:11.160 what's my name slash gin and juice and when i 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:12.920 sat there thinking protect your neck i'm like 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:15.519 what do we want to do second i felt like Gin 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:17.899 and Juice would just kind of bring it to a different 00:08:17.899 --> 00:08:20.220 place because I don't think this tape is going 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:22.100 to be entirely hip hop because there's a lot 00:08:22.100 --> 00:08:23.699 of different genres we're going to be covering 00:08:23.699 --> 00:08:26.720 tonight. So in order to not make it so hip hop 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:28.420 heavy, I wanted to give a song that maybe you 00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:31.019 could slide out of into some different genres 00:08:31.019 --> 00:08:33.659 with. So that was my reasoning for going with 00:08:33.659 --> 00:08:36.399 Gin and Juice over What's My Name. But What's 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:38.639 My Name is also an amazing track. I love that 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:41.480 one, too. So, man, this is this is starting off 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.230 pretty strong right here. And the nice thing 00:08:43.230 --> 00:08:44.950 about doing something like that, which feeds 00:08:44.950 --> 00:08:46.929 into something else is, you know, there's a lot 00:08:46.929 --> 00:08:48.789 of samples involved. And that takes us back to 00:08:48.789 --> 00:08:56.169 like that 70s funk sound, which means I associate 00:08:56.169 --> 00:09:00.250 the 70s with the movie Dazed and Confused, right? 00:09:00.370 --> 00:09:02.389 Because I barely lived through the 70s. I don't 00:09:02.389 --> 00:09:04.210 know how far into the 70s you lived if you lived 00:09:04.210 --> 00:09:05.799 there at all. I don't know if you want to admit 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:08.120 when you were born. Oh, of course. I had a chunk 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:10.620 of time at the end of the 70s. I'll say just 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:12.620 a tiny little bit, like a little little nick 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:15.980 off the top of the 70s at the end there. So when 00:09:15.980 --> 00:09:17.919 I think of that, then I think about the 90s themselves 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:20.559 and how we relate to the 90s from, you know, 00:09:20.580 --> 00:09:23.399 the movies. And the one song that just really 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:26.240 strikes me as 90s and movies, possibly because 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:29.820 of the American Pie franchise, is Laid by James 00:09:29.820 --> 00:09:33.850 from their album Laid. yeah you scooped me that 00:09:33.850 --> 00:09:35.690 was definitely in my list colbert and company 00:09:35.690 --> 00:09:38.190 has been covering that for years it's part of 00:09:38.190 --> 00:09:41.370 our set list and let me tell you anytime i strum 00:09:41.370 --> 00:09:44.490 the opening to that song you've got the room 00:09:44.490 --> 00:09:47.070 right in the palm of your hand and that opening 00:09:47.070 --> 00:09:50.690 drum oh yeah you're immediately hooked on that 00:09:50.690 --> 00:09:53.269 song and i'll be honest if i was gonna follow 00:09:53.269 --> 00:09:56.200 that up with a song that we actually come out 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:59.320 of Laid and go into when we play it live. And 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:01.620 that would be a song from the 1980s, however, 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:03.440 so it would not fit for tonight. But I would 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:06.179 go into the Violent Femmes, Blister in the Sun. 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:09.179 But James Laid, I also want to give a shout out 00:10:09.179 --> 00:10:11.679 to Matt Nathanson's cover of it that was featured 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:13.779 in the American Wedding soundtrack, an amazing 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:16.720 cover. They almost sound exactly the same, but 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:18.879 Matt brings just enough of his originality to 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.960 it to make it a really, really cool cover. And 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:24.879 now coming out of that, man, I really, really, 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:27.980 really want to go into Violent Femmes, but I 00:10:27.980 --> 00:10:31.080 can't. So I'm going to do is I'm going to flip 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.539 the playlist on its ear just a little bit. And 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:36.000 I'm going to bring in one of the ladies of the 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:40.240 90s. And this one is one of those songs. The 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:42.220 first time I heard it, because I'm a bass player, 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:45.019 I immediately was hooked. And I'm like, who is 00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:47.919 this? I need this song in my collection, right? 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:52.440 Now, and I'm going from the album Last Splash. 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:55.480 I am going with The Breeders and Cannonball. 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:59.860 That is pound for pound my most underrated grunge 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:02.259 song of the 90s. And I bring that up all the 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:05.179 time. That was on my list. You scoop me. I love 00:11:05.179 --> 00:11:10.340 that song. It's such a good tune. See, now we're 00:11:10.340 --> 00:11:12.519 coming out of hip hop. We're kind of going into 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:16.240 90s rock. Look, this is a snapshot in time. No 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:19.519 matter how hard we try. kind of weaving this 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:21.779 playlist is going to be impossible because it's 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:23.980 a year's worth of songs that kind of cover a 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:27.559 ton of different genres but so far i think we've 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:29.500 kind of done two first here so i'll be curious 00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:32.039 to see where you head with this yeah i would 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.019 be remiss if i didn't bring some kind of like 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:36.480 hipster deep cut to something like this and i've 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:40.460 got the follow -up to that also from 1993 uh 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:43.299 just not you know a big radio hit in any way 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:46.659 shape or form but from annie defranco's album 00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:50.600 puddle dive names and dates and times it's got 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:52.759 her signature you know staccato guitar riffs 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:58.360 it's got a nice and sadly relevant topic and 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:02.220 it's a bop yeah there's something about her music 00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:06.120 that is just ingrained in the 90s how she wasn't 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:12.700 massive is absolutely beyond me i mean she is 00:12:12.700 --> 00:12:16.870 respected amongst so many genres and so many 00:12:16.870 --> 00:12:21.149 artists and she is so important to music however 00:12:21.149 --> 00:12:24.570 i don't feel like she got the mainstream success 00:12:24.570 --> 00:12:27.870 that would normally come with that and i feel 00:12:27.870 --> 00:12:30.350 like a lot of singer -songwriters in the last 00:12:30.350 --> 00:12:33.730 20 years owe their career to somebody like ani 00:12:33.730 --> 00:12:36.590 so it's it's very surprising that she wasn't 00:12:36.590 --> 00:12:41.649 much more massive than she was but now coming 00:12:41.649 --> 00:12:49.610 out of that Okay, I think I got it. When I pitched 00:12:49.610 --> 00:12:52.850 this idea, I threw an album out there and everybody 00:12:52.850 --> 00:12:55.690 chimed in with a different song. So there's no 00:12:55.690 --> 00:12:58.210 way I'm going to pick the right song for this 00:12:58.210 --> 00:13:00.169 one. But coming out of Ani, I think I've got 00:13:00.169 --> 00:13:02.750 it. And I'm going to go with the massive 1993 00:13:02.750 --> 00:13:06.730 album, August and Everything After. And I'm going 00:13:06.730 --> 00:13:08.509 to go with The Counting Crows. And I'm going 00:13:08.509 --> 00:13:11.840 to go with Round Here. Coming out of Ani DiFranco 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:17.700 is going to be a challenge. And the only way 00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:20.720 to really do it right is to kind of take you 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:23.980 down a little bit and then ease you back in. 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:27.940 Because that song has an energy to it that I'm 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:30.220 just not seeing anything in my list that I could 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:32.720 follow up with. So what I'm going to do is take 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:35.720 the energy down at the beginning of round here, 00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:37.740 because it does start off like a ballad, but 00:13:37.740 --> 00:13:41.059 then brings you up back into what would be more 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:44.139 of a, I don't want to call it rocking, but definitely 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:47.379 a groovier track that I feel like coming out 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:52.330 of that Ani song. Kind of fits, but also opens 00:13:52.330 --> 00:13:55.389 the door to a lot of different directions as 00:13:55.389 --> 00:13:58.230 well because of the fact that this playlist does 00:13:58.230 --> 00:14:01.509 have a bit of randomness to it. I kind of like 00:14:01.509 --> 00:14:04.090 where I'm going with this. And not going to lie, 00:14:04.149 --> 00:14:06.269 I wanted to be the first one to get a Counting 00:14:06.269 --> 00:14:08.669 Crows pick in because I know I'm guessing, guessing, 00:14:08.690 --> 00:14:11.669 guessing it's on your list as well. Yeah, I almost 00:14:11.669 --> 00:14:13.250 started off with a Counting Crow song just so 00:14:13.250 --> 00:14:15.730 I could guarantee that I would get Raining in 00:14:15.730 --> 00:14:17.669 Baltimore in, which is my favorite Counting Crow 00:14:17.669 --> 00:14:19.230 song from that album. But that's one of the few 00:14:19.230 --> 00:14:20.990 albums I'll put up there saying it's a perfect 00:14:20.990 --> 00:14:24.110 album. I agree. It's one of the best albums of 00:14:24.110 --> 00:14:26.809 the 90s and probably in my top 10 favorite albums 00:14:26.809 --> 00:14:30.570 of all time. So there's nothing I could say about 00:14:30.570 --> 00:14:33.970 the lyrically, musically. It is absolutely perfect. 00:14:34.309 --> 00:14:36.009 And honestly, Raining in Baltimore, you could 00:14:36.009 --> 00:14:38.509 have named any song on the album. Omaha. and 00:14:38.509 --> 00:14:40.230 it begins and anyone i'd be like yeah that's 00:14:40.230 --> 00:14:44.210 perfect pick because that album is 1993 to me 00:14:44.210 --> 00:14:47.889 and so keeping with the flow of the playlist 00:14:47.889 --> 00:14:51.210 but trying to change it up a little bit i feel 00:14:51.210 --> 00:14:54.129 like the perfect lead out for that song is probably 00:14:54.129 --> 00:14:56.830 disarmed by smashing pumpkins from siamese dream 00:14:56.830 --> 00:15:02.330 it's not a happy song but it is a more upbeat 00:15:02.330 --> 00:15:06.149 at least in terms of rhythm somewhat symphonic 00:15:06.149 --> 00:15:08.610 song. And I think it is going to give us the 00:15:08.610 --> 00:15:10.289 momentum we need to get to the end of side one. 00:15:11.309 --> 00:15:13.629 Yeah, that's a great one. You definitely scooped 00:15:13.629 --> 00:15:16.409 me on the band. How can you not talk about Siamese 00:15:16.409 --> 00:15:20.610 dream in 1993? I had gone with today, but disarm 00:15:20.610 --> 00:15:23.450 coming out of round here. I actually feel like 00:15:23.450 --> 00:15:26.690 works better in this instance. So I absolutely 00:15:26.690 --> 00:15:30.889 love it. And you know what? I want to pick up 00:15:30.889 --> 00:15:33.460 the energy a little bit though. Because round 00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:38.519 here is a little mellow. And Disarm is a little 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:41.500 mellow. So I think I'm going to stick with the 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:44.600 mellow a little bit and then pick it up and rock 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:48.360 it out. So this is going to have a nice transition, 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:50.519 I think, coming out of Disarm. And I'm going 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:53.600 to go off the album Hints, Allegations, and Things 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:56.860 Left Unsaid. And I'm going with Collective Souls, 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:01.639 Shine. An absolutely amazing track. This song. 00:16:02.090 --> 00:16:05.149 kicks all sorts of ass it feels as fresh in 2023 00:16:05.149 --> 00:16:08.730 as it did in 1993 and then you got the guitar 00:16:08.730 --> 00:16:10.950 solo that picks up the pace it's rocking it's 00:16:10.950 --> 00:16:14.289 heavy it's fast and it gets you going and that's 00:16:14.289 --> 00:16:16.570 where i kind of want to take the end of this 00:16:16.570 --> 00:16:18.309 side because we had some energy and then we're 00:16:18.309 --> 00:16:20.230 kind of dipping down so i kind of want to bring 00:16:20.230 --> 00:16:23.210 up the energy and coming out of smashing pumpkins 00:16:23.210 --> 00:16:26.990 i feel like collective soul shine does just that 00:16:26.990 --> 00:16:30.649 that's a song that i always forget about and 00:16:30.649 --> 00:16:33.860 i only when like somebody does it at karaoke 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:37.399 or if i'm listening to like a 90s station that 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:39.980 i didn't otherwise normally listen to it just 00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:41.639 always kind of escapes my memory and then and 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:45.000 then i i hear it and i'm like yeah this this 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:47.679 takes me back like this is a bop yeah it's one 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:50.759 of those songs where the band obviously this 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:52.639 album kind of broke them into the mainstream 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:54.820 and then their self -titled album that came out 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:58.299 after this really is what made them explode because 00:16:58.299 --> 00:17:01.259 of the song gel from the jerky boys movie the 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:03.580 world i know that album was the one that really 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:07.240 catapulted them into stardom but shine is one 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.819 of those underrated 90s classics so much so that 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:15.119 dolly parton who was put into the rock and roll 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:17.240 hall of fame and everybody was kind of having 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:21.180 this discussion last year saying does dolly parton 00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:23.019 deserve to be in the rock and roll hall of fame 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:26.500 and I immediately said, yes, she covered Collective 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:29.779 Soul's Shine. And while they did a country version 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:32.460 of it, it's still respecting the rock song enough 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:35.420 to kind of feel like she deserves to be there. 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:38.240 And it just shows that the song, obviously, if 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:41.519 it was good enough for Dolly, it should be good 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:44.200 enough for us tonight, right? Absolutely. I mean, 00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:46.319 who are we to argue with Dolly? Yeah, exactly. 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:48.359 And Collective Soul is one of those bands that, 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.700 like you said, this song might not be the first 00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:54.869 go -to song. that people think of when they think 00:17:54.869 --> 00:17:58.710 a collective soul however without this song many 00:17:58.710 --> 00:18:00.769 people might not have known about collective 00:18:00.769 --> 00:18:03.869 soul all right we'll keep that vibe going brian 00:18:03.869 --> 00:18:06.069 uh this was one of my maybe songs but i feel 00:18:06.069 --> 00:18:10.670 like it fits here mega popular in 1993 and i 00:18:10.670 --> 00:18:12.470 just feel like the follow -up to that has to 00:18:12.470 --> 00:18:16.769 be candlebox far behind oh you went with far 00:18:16.769 --> 00:18:21.109 behind okay i had you on my list I vividly remember 00:18:21.109 --> 00:18:25.509 listening to you all the time on the radio. And 00:18:25.509 --> 00:18:27.769 then when I finally got the album, the album 00:18:27.769 --> 00:18:29.869 version actually has an extra verse in it with 00:18:29.869 --> 00:18:32.730 an F -bomb. And the first time I heard it, I 00:18:32.730 --> 00:18:34.930 was like, oh, wow, this is a totally different 00:18:34.930 --> 00:18:38.049 version. Then if you fast forward all the way 00:18:38.049 --> 00:18:41.309 through college and into my early 20s, the night 00:18:41.309 --> 00:18:43.609 that I met my wife, my buddy and I were driving 00:18:43.609 --> 00:18:47.480 up to the venue. To go hang out. It was a dance 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:49.759 club. And as we're driving up, we had the radio 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:52.319 on up in New Hampshire and they played Candleboxes 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.539 You. And sure enough, they played the uncensored 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:57.599 version. I'll never forget that moment because 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:59.400 the two of us looked at each other and we're 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:02.640 like, someone's getting fired tonight. But I 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:04.640 love that song. I love Far Behind, too. My old 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:07.619 cover band used to cover it. It's a classic tune. 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:14.279 And it's slow. It's slow, but it's yelly. Yeah. 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:19.880 Yeah, I want to end the side with something big. 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:25.859 But something that is a little bit left field, 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:30.480 just for fun. Because this playlist is random. 00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:34.380 And I kind of want to be random right now. So 00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:39.029 this song in No universe should come after Far 00:19:39.029 --> 00:19:41.950 Behind, but I honestly don't see any other place 00:19:41.950 --> 00:19:43.490 that it would fit, and I don't think there'll 00:19:43.490 --> 00:19:46.589 be any place on side B where it'll fit. So I 00:19:46.589 --> 00:19:49.509 can't even say it with a straight face. I am 00:19:49.509 --> 00:19:53.430 going to close side A with Green Jello, Three 00:19:53.430 --> 00:19:56.170 Little Pigs from the Serial Killer soundtrack. 00:19:56.569 --> 00:20:01.470 That is my track 10. and i already know someone's 00:20:01.470 --> 00:20:05.450 gonna call me out because technically the vhs 00:20:05.450 --> 00:20:09.609 serial killer was released in october of 1992 00:20:09.609 --> 00:20:15.509 however the cd that we all own the serial killer 00:20:15.509 --> 00:20:19.309 soundtrack came out And the single dropped in 00:20:19.309 --> 00:20:23.230 1993. So I am going to take advantage of a little 00:20:23.230 --> 00:20:26.150 bit of a gray area here and go with this for 00:20:26.150 --> 00:20:30.650 my track 10 on side A, Green Jell -O's Three 00:20:30.650 --> 00:20:34.490 Little Pigs. I can't think of a more 90s way 00:20:34.490 --> 00:20:37.309 to finish out a side of a mixtape than that song. 00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:41.880 It really is. And I also love the fact that there's 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.980 a connection between Green Jello and Tool. Obviously, 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:48.299 I mentioned Tool at the top of the show. They're 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:50.859 another band that could easily be included in 00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:52.619 tonight's conversation. So I don't want to say 00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:54.480 anything just yet. You never know where this 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:57.420 mixtape is going to wind up. But a few years 00:20:57.420 --> 00:21:00.980 ago, I think it was 2019 on my old podcast, Tune 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:04.099 Styles, I had a chance to talk with Bill Manspeaker, 00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:07.039 who is the lead singer of Green Jello or Green 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:10.589 Jelly or whatever. the... lawsuit is making the 00:21:10.589 --> 00:21:13.369 name be of the band right now and even though 00:21:13.369 --> 00:21:15.170 we're recording this live right now i'm going 00:21:15.170 --> 00:21:18.630 to leave myself an editing note in my discussion 00:21:18.630 --> 00:21:21.609 points right here and say hey brian when you're 00:21:21.609 --> 00:21:25.450 editing this drop a clip of bill mann speaker 00:21:25.450 --> 00:21:28.750 from green jello talking to tune styles podcast 00:21:28.750 --> 00:21:32.730 which was my old podcast back in 2019 about the 00:21:32.730 --> 00:21:34.910 connection with tool because i feel like that'd 00:21:34.910 --> 00:21:37.509 be an awesome thing to hear from his mouth and 00:21:37.509 --> 00:21:40.670 not mine agitating it at this point. So edit 00:21:40.670 --> 00:21:44.849 away, Brian. I had a good friend named Adam who 00:21:44.849 --> 00:21:47.809 used to come to all my green jello shows. And 00:21:47.809 --> 00:21:50.430 he was a special effects artist that was working 00:21:50.430 --> 00:21:52.710 at Stan Winston. He was trying to get me a job 00:21:52.710 --> 00:21:55.769 over there. And Adam would come over all the 00:21:55.769 --> 00:21:59.890 time, help me make costumes. One day, his friend 00:21:59.890 --> 00:22:02.930 from Michigan moved to town, Jim. He brought 00:22:02.930 --> 00:22:05.269 Jim over and said, hey, Jim, this is Bill. Bill, 00:22:05.309 --> 00:22:08.150 this is Jim. He needs a place to live. I was 00:22:08.150 --> 00:22:10.410 the guy that always gave somebody a place to 00:22:10.410 --> 00:22:13.829 live and he immediately moved in, joined our 00:22:13.829 --> 00:22:17.509 band. And we had a big giant loft in Hollywood 00:22:17.509 --> 00:22:20.170 where everybody came over and we played music 00:22:20.170 --> 00:22:23.930 and we made art and we had parties. And Jim had 00:22:23.930 --> 00:22:26.869 lived at the loft for a couple months and he 00:22:26.869 --> 00:22:29.670 had joined Green Jello and he was singing along, 00:22:29.789 --> 00:22:32.450 playing drums with Maynard and making costumes 00:22:32.450 --> 00:22:37.740 with Adam, his friend. and one day I came home 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:41.160 with this check for $60 ,000 from a record company, 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:45.559 and Maynard and Adam were home at the loft, and 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.539 they immediately said, hey, let's start our own 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:52.940 band, and Maynard and Adam immediately started 00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:56.460 a band called Tool, and the first song that they 00:22:56.460 --> 00:23:00.359 wrote was called Maynard's D**k, which they wrote 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:03.200 right then in front of me. And I was going to 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:05.400 throw a big party with all the money that I made. 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:08.559 And Maynard said, OK, can my band play at the 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:11.019 party? I said, you don't have a band. He says, 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:12.720 well, I'm going to make up one for the party. 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:16.480 And I said, sure. So we got Danny to play drums. 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:19.740 And this guy, Paul DeMore, was over playing video 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:22.700 games. And he got him to play bass. And next 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:24.960 thing you know, they're playing my party the 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:28.599 week after. And the record company saw them and 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:32.240 signed them also. So all of a sudden. All my 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:34.640 friends had about a quarter million dollars and 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:37.440 we were assigned to these major record deals. 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:41.200 And we did the best that we could and we focused 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:45.640 and we put all of our effort into one area and 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:49.779 both of our bands won. And now, whatever it is, 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:52.480 20, 30 years later, they're probably one of the 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:55.660 biggest bands in the world. Also, if you go back 00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:58.900 to the beginnings of Tool, didn't they record? 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:03.180 their debut EP at your loft or your apartment? 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:07.000 Yes, at the Green Jello Loft. The live songs 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:09.400 for Opiate were recorded there on New Year's 00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:14.039 Eve. In fact, all those songs off of Opiate and 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:16.539 Undertow were all written at the Green Jello 00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:20.559 Loft during a period of time where we all lived 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:23.180 together. So I know what most of the songs are 00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:27.759 talking about and who they're based upon. And 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:31.240 pretty much the third record, too, but that was 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:33.700 kind of broken up into a little piece that was 00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:36.519 wrote. But yeah, all those songs, those beginning 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:39.359 tool songs were all written at the Green Jello 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:42.420 Loft, all with the same group amount of people. 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:46.220 And then the last fact that the Green Jello fans 00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:49.400 obviously know, but the average music listener 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:53.940 might not. Maynard plays a role in Three Little 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:57.700 Pigs. Yes, he sings the not by the hair of my 00:24:57.700 --> 00:25:01.019 chinny chin chin part. It was Maynard's first 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:05.059 gold record of probably about 20 now. So his 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:07.740 first official hit was Three Little Pigs that 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:11.039 he sang. The guy who sings in the greatest band 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:13.359 in the world is also the singer in the worst 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:16.599 band in the world. And we're back. So as long 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:19.380 as I remembered to drop that green jello clip 00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:22.250 in, we're good. If not. Feel free to call me 00:25:22.250 --> 00:25:26.170 out at myweeklymixtape at gmail .com. After all 00:25:26.170 --> 00:25:28.869 that, Ed, I'm sure you have some memories of 00:25:28.869 --> 00:25:32.589 this iconic claymation video, right? I do. And 00:25:32.589 --> 00:25:36.150 the thing is, like, I'm oddly terrified of claymation. 00:25:36.190 --> 00:25:37.690 I don't know if I've ever mentioned that to you 00:25:37.690 --> 00:25:40.849 before. But, like, Wallace and Gromit makes me 00:25:40.849 --> 00:25:43.049 very uncomfortable. This video makes me very 00:25:43.049 --> 00:25:47.359 uncomfortable. I don't know why. But yeah, this 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:50.380 was such a weird song to go so big for as long 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:55.200 as it did, right? Yeah. Like, this is some Dr. 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:59.299 Demento -level stuff that ended up being kind 00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:03.279 of big. And he kind of prides himself on Green 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:06.700 Jello being the world's worst band. And they're 00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:09.500 also in the Guinness Book of World Records for 00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:12.539 being... the world's largest band and at the 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:15.240 end of that interview we were just shooting a 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:17.579 breeze with him and i said so like what does 00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:19.640 it take to get in green jello and he's like what 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:21.099 do you mean what does it take you two are in 00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:26.460 so apparently i could technically say my band 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:28.920 song three little pigs because he just kind of 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:31.200 threw us in the band i don't know if we're technically 00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.900 he might have kicked us out though i don't know 00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:35.640 if it really if it really counts who would kick 00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:41.609 you out Well, there you have it, folks. Side 00:26:41.609 --> 00:26:46.289 A of an extremely random mixtape here. And that 00:26:46.289 --> 00:26:49.490 consists of Wu -Tang Clan's Protect Your Neck, 00:26:49.609 --> 00:26:54.769 Snoop Dogg's Gin and Juice, James Laid, The Breeders' 00:26:54.769 --> 00:26:58.329 Cannonball, Ani DiFranco's Names, Dates, and 00:26:58.329 --> 00:27:02.769 Times, Counting Crows Round Here, Smashing Pumpkins 00:27:02.769 --> 00:27:07.809 Disarm, Collective Souls Shine, Candleboxes Far 00:27:07.809 --> 00:27:13.759 Behind, and Green Jello, Three Little Pigs. I 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:15.819 can't wait to see where Side B goes with this 00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:18.759 one. Head over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:22.140 all the songs we are discussing in this mix through 00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:25.700 the playlist embedded on the episode page. Now, 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:28.220 Ed, before we flip over our proverbial mixtape 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:30.500 to Side B, why don't you tell listeners a little 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:32.940 bit more about the greatest song ever sung poorly 00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:37.240 podcast? Well, thank you, Brian. I am one half 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:39.680 of the greatest song ever sung poorly. The podcast 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:43.259 that takes karaoke exactly as seriously as it 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:46.180 should be taken. We are on a bit of a break right 00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.880 now, but season three should be starting this 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:50.779 spring. We talk to people who love karaoke and 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:53.460 we talk about karaoke and we sing some very bad 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:56.539 karaoke along the way. Well, speaking for somebody 00:27:56.539 --> 00:28:00.779 who spent many, many nights in a karaoke bar, 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:03.900 you guys really, truly capture that essence on 00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:06.619 the show. and i can't wait to talk some karaoke 00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:08.480 jams with you sometime man we're gonna have to 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:10.259 have you on the show and uh you know our back 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:13.000 catalog is there at sungportly .com as well as 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:15.940 everything else about the show awesome awesome 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:20.099 well now it is time i am pressing record on side 00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:24.119 b and i am going to kick off side b i'm going 00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:27.700 to make this a 90 minute tape maybe even 120 00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:30.380 minutes by the time we're done with this one 00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:34.529 i am kicking off with the Most grandiose single 00:28:34.529 --> 00:28:40.069 that 1993 had to offer a single so large that 00:28:40.069 --> 00:28:42.329 the radio edit was seven minutes and something 00:28:42.329 --> 00:28:45.490 seconds long. I am going with bad out of hell 00:28:45.490 --> 00:28:49.089 to back from hell meatloaf. I would do anything 00:28:49.089 --> 00:28:54.329 for love, but I won't do that. This song is absolutely 00:28:54.329 --> 00:28:57.210 amazing. One of my favorite meatloaf songs of 00:28:57.210 --> 00:28:59.230 all time. And let's be honest, when I was in 00:28:59.230 --> 00:29:02.539 high school. Meatloaf was considered our parents' 00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:07.500 music. And somehow this song jumped him into 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:10.259 our generation and made him a household name 00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:13.740 through our generation. So the ability to do 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:15.859 that, him and Jim Steinman writing this song 00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:19.140 that crossed generations. There's not many artists 00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:21.920 that could do that. And Meatloaf was being played 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:25.000 all over MTV alongside of a lot of different 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:28.480 bands. And this song is just so amazing. I love. 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:31.160 the dual vocals at the end which kind of call 00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:33.460 back to paradise by the dashboard light but in 00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:36.519 maybe a sequel -esque sense so yeah my track 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:39.519 one on side b meatloaf i would do anything for 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:43.359 love but i won't do that absolutely scooped no 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:45.980 question that song was on my list and it still 00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:48.000 boggles my mind that people don't know what the 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:50.579 that is when it's so clearly laid out in the 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:56.210 song Screwing around. Yes. They could have dubbed 00:29:56.210 --> 00:29:57.970 it in a different voice. It could have been like 00:29:57.970 --> 00:30:02.390 screwing around. And then people might have gotten 00:30:02.390 --> 00:30:04.190 it at that point. Maybe they have to do that 00:30:04.190 --> 00:30:08.829 version. Maybe they do. So to keep with that 00:30:08.829 --> 00:30:12.589 spirit, I want something that is kind of big 00:30:12.589 --> 00:30:16.809 and bombastic sounding. And the only follow up 00:30:16.809 --> 00:30:18.690 that I can think that I have that that follows 00:30:18.690 --> 00:30:21.839 that up correctly. is are you gonna go my way 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:25.359 by lenny kravitz yes which is also one of my 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:28.000 uh former go -to karaoke songs i love doing that 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:31.140 song i love belting that out it's just such a 00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:34.819 fun rock song and i forget about it sometimes 00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:37.599 but with 1993 it's right there at the forefront 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:42.640 absolutely i i love this song it's so much fun 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:47.180 to play obviously the guitar riff is fun And 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:49.119 everyone knows the guitar riff. But if you listen 00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:51.920 to the bass line underneath, it's so fun and 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:54.500 so funky. I loved covering that song. Anytime 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:56.599 I'm in a band where I'm playing bass and they're 00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:59.180 like, do you want all my God? Yes, because there's 00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:01.440 a little bass solo right leading into the guitar 00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:03.799 solo in the song. It's funky. It's got a groove 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:06.559 to it. That song absolutely rocks. And it was 00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:08.440 one of the ones I mentioned at the top of the 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:11.200 show. So we are hitting some of the mixtape or 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:14.579 anthems here. And that song rocks too. So that 00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:16.700 gives me a lot of different directions I can 00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:19.519 go. And I'm going to continue to pick up the 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:21.519 energy because the first song was theatrical 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:24.279 in nature. Let's be honest. It's not one of those 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:26.880 songs that's going to make the entire crowd lose 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.319 control. But Are You Going to Go My Way gets 00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:31.500 people up and moving. And now I'm going to make 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:34.200 that, I'm going to turn that into a 1993 mosh 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.670 pit. Because in 1993, people would mosh to anything, 00:31:37.910 --> 00:31:40.730 really. But this song deserved it. And I'm going 00:31:40.730 --> 00:31:43.029 to go with the opening track from Pearl Jam's 00:31:43.029 --> 00:31:46.950 Versus. And I'm going to go with Go for my track 00:31:46.950 --> 00:31:50.569 two. The drum beat instantly sends people into 00:31:50.569 --> 00:31:54.329 a frenzy. The song is manic. It's seriously one 00:31:54.329 --> 00:31:57.569 of the best Pearl Jam songs out there. I feel 00:31:57.569 --> 00:32:00.130 like I might have missed the mark not starting 00:32:00.130 --> 00:32:03.920 side two with Go. because of the obvious nature 00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:06.200 of it and i love that kind of tongue -in -cheek 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:11.519 part but i wanted to start big and because you 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:14.319 brought the energy up i found a perfect opportunity 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:17.119 to put this one back in there so pearl jams go 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:20.599 for track three that's such a great choice and 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:23.019 that was a great album and i had such a hard 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.960 time picking anything from that album that it 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:27.559 actually escaped my list so you actually did 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:29.200 not scoop me with pearl jam which i'm surprised 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:31.599 like i am surprised that pearl jam did not make 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:34.500 any of my possible choices here. And following 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:37.799 that up is a tough one. But I was recently reminded 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:40.480 of a song doing live band karaoke in Pittsburgh, 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:43.059 a song I had never done before, but a song that 00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:46.519 I think fits with that sound and that I was surprised 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:48.759 to know was from 1993, which is Good by Better 00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:51.259 Than Ezra off their album Deluxe. All right. 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:54.940 Great pick. Great pick, man. So did I ever tell 00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:57.160 you my theory of the perfect karaoke song, Brian? 00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:00.059 No, you have not. And I have a feeling we're 00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:03.400 going to find out now. Yeah. So if you really 00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:07.619 want an easy way to get over in a crowd, you 00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:12.079 pick a song that people forgot they knew. So 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:15.859 whether you're singing it well or not, they get 00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:18.619 that dopamine hit from, wait, I know, I know 00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:21.789 this. i know this and if you're a guy about our 00:33:21.789 --> 00:33:24.109 age or a girl about our age or just anybody about 00:33:24.109 --> 00:33:26.890 our age this song kind of fits to that bill because 00:33:26.890 --> 00:33:29.750 i can't remember the last time i personally thought 00:33:29.750 --> 00:33:33.410 about this song and i'm sure you're probably 00:33:33.410 --> 00:33:34.690 like the same way like this is probably not like 00:33:34.690 --> 00:33:36.670 on your regular all the time i listen to this 00:33:36.670 --> 00:33:39.769 constantly but when you hear this it takes you 00:33:39.769 --> 00:33:43.509 back to having a flannel shirt tied around your 00:33:43.509 --> 00:33:46.029 waist on a spring day you know what i mean yeah 00:33:46.029 --> 00:33:49.500 one thing about this band is one of my first 00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:54.259 high school bands was called Ezra. And when this 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:56.680 band came out, I'm like, well, there you have 00:33:56.680 --> 00:34:03.460 it. Are they better than Ezra? Oh, they were 00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:06.420 better than Ezra. It was not just a clever name. 00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:11.860 But it's such a feel good song. And again, it's 00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:13.239 just one of those things like this very much 00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:18.059 just captures the 90s. In a way that I can't 00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:21.800 describe. Absolutely love that one. That is one 00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:23.960 of the two songs that Colbert and Company starts 00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:27.500 off every single show with since we've started. 00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.820 We actually start with When I Come Around from 00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:33.019 Green Day, tuned up a half step so that it's 00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:36.260 in G, because when it is tuned up a half step, 00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:39.039 it is the exact same chord progression as Better 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:41.800 Than Ezra's Good. So we mash them into a melody 00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:44.559 to start the night. It is such a fun song to 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:47.380 sing. It is such a fun song to play. And like 00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:50.320 you said, it gives people that, ooh, I remember 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:53.079 that one at the beginning of the night. So hopefully 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:55.800 we can kind of bring them in for a fun evening 00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:58.920 of live music when we're playing out. Yeah. Better 00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:01.260 Than Ezra is one of those underrated pop bands. 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:03.739 They wrote so many great songs. When you think 00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:08.539 about Extraordinary, Closer, Misunderstood, this 00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:11.739 was a great band, very underrated. So I love 00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:14.900 that they're getting included in this conversation 00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:19.320 tonight. but coming out of it is gonna be tough 00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:23.500 because i don't necessarily want to stick with 00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:29.199 too much pop rock but i feel like coming out 00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:32.639 of that i think i know where i'm gonna go and 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:34.719 i'm gonna go back to a female artist this time 00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:37.260 because i feel like we need to represent it and 00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:41.239 i'm gonna go with a song from the massive smash 00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:43.460 hit tuesday night music club and i'm gonna go 00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:47.510 with cheryl crowe's Run, Baby, Run. I'm not going 00:35:47.510 --> 00:35:50.489 to go with All I Want to Do because that just 00:35:50.489 --> 00:35:53.150 seemed a little too on the nose for me. And if 00:35:53.150 --> 00:35:55.610 I'm being perfectly honest, Run, Baby, Run always 00:35:55.610 --> 00:35:59.369 gives me goosebumps to this day. And you know 00:35:59.369 --> 00:36:02.070 what? Bringing it down a little bit before we 00:36:02.070 --> 00:36:03.889 bring it back up for the end, I feel like it's 00:36:03.889 --> 00:36:06.150 a perfect opportunity. And this song is absolutely 00:36:06.150 --> 00:36:10.010 amazing. So track five for me is Sheryl Crow's 00:36:10.010 --> 00:36:13.599 Run, Baby, Run. Well, you scoop me on the artist. 00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:16.699 I had three songs of hers. As you can imagine, 00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:19.059 you can probably imagine which ones they were. 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:22.119 Obviously, you know, all I want to do leaving 00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:25.619 Las Vegas and strong enough for on my list. Honestly, 00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:28.300 at any one of those songs from Tuesday Night 00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:31.769 Music Club would be perfect here. This album 00:36:31.769 --> 00:36:34.949 is one that, again, it stands the test of time. 00:36:35.050 --> 00:36:39.130 I put this album along with Counting Crows, August 00:36:39.130 --> 00:36:41.530 and Everything After, where even though they're 00:36:41.530 --> 00:36:45.449 distinctly 1993 albums, there's a timeless nature 00:36:45.449 --> 00:36:48.989 to these songs. And this album still sounds fresh 00:36:48.989 --> 00:36:52.050 and it still sounds new and modern music. And 00:36:52.050 --> 00:36:54.090 I feel like if you were to release this album 00:36:54.090 --> 00:36:56.849 today, it would still be met with the same regard 00:36:56.849 --> 00:37:00.619 as it was 30 years ago, deservedly so. And the 00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:02.139 nice thing about that song is Cheryl Crow mentions 00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:04.679 protest songs in it. That she does. Which is 00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:07.099 giving me my leaping off point to shift gears 00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:11.320 here a little bit. And bring in Sound of the 00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:14.360 Police, KRS -One off Return of the Boom Bap. 00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:20.420 Ooh. So straight up, KRS is always in my top 00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:23.079 five MCs. Like if I ever have to make a top five 00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:25.280 MC list, he's going to be in there somewhere. 00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.820 Whether it's the stuff with Boogie Down Productions 00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:30.139 or the stuff that he did on his own later. this 00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:32.340 is one of the songs that's sadly going to be 00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:35.380 relevant probably well past our lifetimes and 00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:39.860 it's such a good track just on top of that just 00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:41.960 in the way that it sounds like there's a lot 00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:45.099 of sound design to it i don't i don't know how 00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:47.300 else to describe that but everything from his 00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:51.480 voice mimicking you know a police siren to just 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:54.250 how he uh you know, takes overseer into officer. 00:37:54.409 --> 00:37:56.610 Like there's just a lot of stuff really well 00:37:56.610 --> 00:37:58.590 done in that. And I actually kind of forgot it 00:37:58.590 --> 00:38:00.409 was a 90 song until we were putting this together 00:38:00.409 --> 00:38:04.650 because it does have that kind of resonance today. 00:38:05.010 --> 00:38:08.030 Yeah. It still feels like it could be a modern 00:38:08.030 --> 00:38:11.949 hip hop song now. And I know it was certainly 00:38:11.949 --> 00:38:15.690 used in the movie cop out. In the movie trailer, 00:38:15.889 --> 00:38:18.150 I wish this was a moment. I wish Gomez was here 00:38:18.150 --> 00:38:20.650 on the show from Playlist Wars because he would 00:38:20.650 --> 00:38:23.610 drop every movie the song was ever in. And how 00:38:23.610 --> 00:38:25.349 many times it showed up in a video game. Yeah, 00:38:25.409 --> 00:38:29.789 exactly. And I am also sure that this song was 00:38:29.789 --> 00:38:32.769 pretty much in every buddy cop movie since it 00:38:32.769 --> 00:38:36.789 came out. But regardless of that, using the woo 00:38:36.789 --> 00:38:42.460 woo in the vocal delivery as the hook. It instantly 00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:46.679 captures the attention of anybody in the club, 00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:49.820 on the radio, in the movie trailers, wherever 00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:53.420 it's used, because it's so iconic. And I like 00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:55.219 that you mentioned Boogie Down Productions, because 00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:58.500 if we do an 80s hip hop episode of My Weekly 00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:01.400 Mixtape, there is no way you could talk about 00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:07.250 80s hip hop without the iconic BDP. KRS -One 00:39:07.250 --> 00:39:10.690 is an absolute legend that I feel like doesn't 00:39:10.690 --> 00:39:13.510 get included in the conversation enough when 00:39:13.510 --> 00:39:16.989 you're talking about 90s hip hop legends because 00:39:16.989 --> 00:39:20.730 of the fact that the 90s gave birth to Notorious 00:39:20.730 --> 00:39:25.389 B .I .G., Tupac, Jay -Z, Eminem, which was later 00:39:25.389 --> 00:39:29.469 in 99. A lot of the mainstays in hip hop for 00:39:29.469 --> 00:39:32.050 the last several decades came out of the 90s. 00:39:32.269 --> 00:39:35.730 And a lot of people. don't automatically go to 00:39:35.730 --> 00:39:38.989 KRS -One. But without KRS -One, you don't have 00:39:38.989 --> 00:39:41.969 any of the other MCs I just mentioned. Yeah, 00:39:42.010 --> 00:39:44.170 I mean, for me, just getting some of that stuff 00:39:44.170 --> 00:39:45.829 on there, it was a toss -up between getting him 00:39:45.829 --> 00:39:48.429 or Big Daddy Kane on there. And the song just 00:39:48.429 --> 00:39:50.250 kind of fit a little bit better with where we 00:39:50.250 --> 00:39:52.690 were going. Yeah, I'm not sure Pimpin' Ain't 00:39:52.690 --> 00:39:54.550 Easy is really going to come out of a Sheryl 00:39:54.550 --> 00:39:57.710 Crow song really well, but... here we are taking 00:39:57.710 --> 00:40:03.309 cheryl crow and going into krs1 somehow in this 00:40:03.309 --> 00:40:09.230 universe on my weekly mixtape it works believe 00:40:09.230 --> 00:40:11.869 it or not you didn't scoop me on that one i did 00:40:11.869 --> 00:40:14.409 not have that song and i am now kicking myself 00:40:14.409 --> 00:40:18.170 for not having that song because that song is 00:40:18.170 --> 00:40:23.050 absolutely awesome but at that point people are 00:40:23.050 --> 00:40:26.760 up and dancing So how am I going to come out 00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:30.300 of that? And I am going to go with something 00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:33.539 that is really going to keep people on the dance 00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:36.699 floor. And I'm going to go with one that slightly 00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:39.619 got a little bit of a hip hop vibe. Look, I've 00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:41.460 been into many clubs in the 90s where this song 00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:43.179 was played right out of a hip hop song. So I 00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:46.380 feel like it'll work here. And I just love saying 00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:48.139 the name of the album because it reminds me of 00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:50.639 Ferris Bueller. So from the album Swing Bat a 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:54.300 Swing, K7, Come Baby Come. We're going to put 00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:56.760 in some dance music here. And what better song 00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:59.039 to pick when you're thinking about a dance song 00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:01.340 than Come Baby Come? Because that song, when 00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:04.119 you think 90s dance music, it's one of the first 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:07.400 ones that comes to mind. It makes a lot of different 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:11.539 90s dance lists for good reason. The song was 00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:14.840 absolutely everywhere. It was a top charting 00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:18.420 hit on Billboard. Their only really big charting 00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:20.059 hit on Billboard, I should say, because this 00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:22.679 song, while it's also on a lot of 90s dance lists, 00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:25.860 also makes a lot of one -hit wonder lists as 00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:29.039 well. And it's a shame because this song is so 00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:31.619 much fun. I mean, I don't think I've ever been 00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:33.679 to a wedding that this song hasn't been played 00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:37.119 at. It's just everywhere, and for good reason. 00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:39.239 So yeah, if I'm going to go with a dance song 00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:42.760 from 1993 coming out of KRS -One, because that 00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:45.139 definitely gets people on the dance floor. Come 00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:47.760 Baby Come by K7 is certainly going to keep them 00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:51.599 there. I love that. That song escaped my list, 00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:53.119 but man, that should have been on there. That's 00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:55.639 such a good choice. That song was everywhere. 00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:58.320 Yeah. And it still is. And especially because 00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.460 of jock jams, it became a stadium anthem that 00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:02.519 they still play now. And it still works because 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:05.199 the song is that much fun. So thank you, 1993, 00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:09.019 for that song, because that one still holds up. 00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:13.320 Now's the tough part. Now I got to follow that, 00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:16.900 Brian. I got to follow that. And that's the fun 00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:19.599 of this show. I'm not joking when I say that 00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:23.179 this show is done spontaneously on the spot. 00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:26.480 There's no way we can do this for an entire year 00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:28.219 without feeling like we're leaving things off, 00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:31.659 which is just so much pressure at the end here. 00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:35.960 So, Brian, I'm going to, I think, either do you 00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:38.360 a solid or just completely flip things on you. 00:42:39.789 --> 00:42:43.150 Give you something that you can go almost anywhere 00:42:43.150 --> 00:42:46.949 from just because of how many different things 00:42:46.949 --> 00:42:48.750 went into the song. And it's can a loop flip 00:42:48.750 --> 00:42:51.230 Fantasia by us three from the album hand on the 00:42:51.230 --> 00:42:56.789 torch. Dude, I love it. This is one of the greatest 00:42:56.789 --> 00:43:00.929 songs of the nineties. How this was a one hit 00:43:00.929 --> 00:43:04.090 wonder speaking only in the U S here. Cause they 00:43:04.090 --> 00:43:06.769 are a British group and they had a lot of hits 00:43:06.769 --> 00:43:10.059 outside of the U S. how this song was really 00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:13.119 their only massive hit shocks me i mean it's 00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:16.820 on the blue note label to me right there when 00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:19.199 i am in a record store and i'm flipping through 00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:22.519 cds i have literally bought cds from artists 00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:26.159 i've never heard of simply because they were 00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:29.900 on blue note i trust that label with my money 00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:33.219 because when it's on blue note there is a standard 00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:36.059 that is reached you immediately knew you were 00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:38.789 getting something special And now coming out 00:43:38.789 --> 00:43:41.369 of that, you are absolutely right. I can go in 00:43:41.369 --> 00:43:49.170 any direction. However, oh, man, I have about 00:43:49.170 --> 00:43:53.010 six different directions I can go here. And the 00:43:53.010 --> 00:43:56.909 one thing this list has going for it. is the 00:43:56.909 --> 00:44:00.130 fact that it's consistently inconsistent because 00:44:00.130 --> 00:44:03.309 the songs are kind of all over the map. And we've 00:44:03.309 --> 00:44:06.489 taken some left turns throughout both sides here. 00:44:06.550 --> 00:44:09.670 And I feel like I could do it again and get away 00:44:09.670 --> 00:44:12.329 with it. And I think that's what I'm going to 00:44:12.329 --> 00:44:17.489 do. So what I am going to do is give the obvious 00:44:17.489 --> 00:44:21.809 hat tip to a band that is synonymous with the 00:44:21.809 --> 00:44:26.420 90s and especially 1993. And because it's my 00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:29.000 last song pick of the night, I kind of want to 00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:31.360 save it in hopes that you'll use it for the last 00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:33.880 pick because I feel it is the perfect cassette 00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:37.019 closer. But I also, this will be throwing down 00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:39.500 a gauntlet to see what you could close with following 00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:42.079 this one. So I kind of want to have some fun 00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:43.820 with this. And I'm also curious what you think 00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:47.099 of the song. I'm going to go off of 1993's In 00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:50.070 Utero. And I'm going to go with Nirvana's All 00:44:50.070 --> 00:44:53.690 Apologies. And obviously, it's from 1993. All 00:44:53.690 --> 00:44:55.550 the albums we've been talking about are from 00:44:55.550 --> 00:45:00.429 1993. But In Utero was different. In Utero showed 00:45:00.429 --> 00:45:05.510 a massive growth for a band that I don't know 00:45:05.510 --> 00:45:07.889 necessarily wanted to grow to the level they 00:45:07.889 --> 00:45:10.250 did. Maybe two -thirds of the band did, but I 00:45:10.250 --> 00:45:13.889 don't know if Kurt necessarily did. And coming 00:45:13.889 --> 00:45:19.079 out of Nevermind, obviously you had the incesticide, 00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:22.059 in -between album from some of their sub -pop 00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:25.000 stuff, but that was kind of a rarities release, 00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:28.480 kind of a holdover. In Utero is the true follow 00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:32.500 -up to Nevermind, and it's a darker album. It 00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:35.460 was definitely more akin to the sound they had 00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:38.400 on their Bleach album. When I listen to a song 00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:41.679 like School from Bleach, and then I listen to 00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:45.059 something off of Nevermind, I almost feel like 00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:48.099 in utero, even though it is obviously the follow 00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:51.079 -up to Nevermind, feels like a callback to the 00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:54.239 Bleach days. And that was a pretty bold move 00:45:54.239 --> 00:45:56.860 because at that point, people were expecting 00:45:56.860 --> 00:46:01.579 Nevermind 2. And I kind of love the fact that 00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:04.320 they did this. And obviously, a lot of people 00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:07.019 did, too, because Heart -Shaped Box became absolutely 00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:09.960 massive. And then there's this song, certainly 00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:12.460 one of the most memorable Nirvana tracks and 00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:15.860 definitely a staple of 1993. So I'm going with 00:46:15.860 --> 00:46:19.739 Nirvana, All Apologies. Definitely Scoot Me, 00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:23.079 definitely on my list. That ended in utero, didn't 00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:24.320 it? Wasn't that the last song on that album? 00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:27.260 Yes, it was. Yes, it was. And it's such a good 00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:30.699 closer and it's such a good song. And then for 00:46:30.699 --> 00:46:32.599 where I would go with that is when I think of 00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:36.059 that song and I think of Nirvana, I think of 00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:41.239 unplugged and how big unplugged was in the 90s. 00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:44.679 And I mean, I feel like Brian, I feel like we 00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:46.739 made a very successful mixtape here. Like we 00:46:46.739 --> 00:46:48.179 haven't finished it yet. We have one more song 00:46:48.179 --> 00:46:50.500 to go. But I feel like we would want to hear 00:46:50.500 --> 00:46:52.960 something live and something with clapping at 00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:55.159 the end of it. And then the first thing I think 00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:59.159 of when I think of Unplugged is 10 ,000 Maniacs. 00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:01.440 Because that's the first Unplugged I remembered. 00:47:01.539 --> 00:47:03.179 I don't know if that was the first or if it's 00:47:03.179 --> 00:47:06.639 just the first one I remembered. So I want to 00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:10.159 end off our great night of recording this mixtape 00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:13.880 together with Because the Night, 10 ,000 Maniacs 00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:17.090 from Unplugged, the Patti Smith song. Absolutely 00:47:17.090 --> 00:47:19.590 love it. Bruce Springsteen obviously has his 00:47:19.590 --> 00:47:24.269 hand in that one too. That song really is such 00:47:24.269 --> 00:47:27.730 a massive part of the 90s and a really nice bookend 00:47:27.730 --> 00:47:29.750 for Side B with Meatloaf's I Would Do Anything 00:47:29.750 --> 00:47:32.829 for Love because once again, 10 ,000 Maniacs 00:47:32.829 --> 00:47:35.730 were alternative in the 80s and they were one 00:47:35.730 --> 00:47:38.449 of those bands that kind of rode the wave into 00:47:38.449 --> 00:47:41.269 the 90s and still stayed relevant throughout 00:47:41.269 --> 00:47:43.849 the changing musical landscape. I would put 10 00:47:43.849 --> 00:47:47.079 ,000 Maniacs in kind of the same boat. as rem 00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:50.360 where they were an alternative band in the 80s 00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:54.139 and was able to kind of navigate into the 90s 00:47:54.139 --> 00:47:56.559 without altering their sound in any way maybe 00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:59.039 just kind of branching out from their norm they 00:47:59.039 --> 00:48:01.800 never had to do a 90s album if you get what i'm 00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:04.460 saying they stuck to what they did and the music 00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:07.900 kind of became what they were doing in the 90s 00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:10.619 and to me i think that's a huge thing and because 00:48:10.619 --> 00:48:13.719 the night when i think of mtv unplugged albums 00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:17.909 i mean we could do an entire 90s MTV Unplugged 00:48:17.909 --> 00:48:20.530 mixtape episode. And you probably should. Yeah, 00:48:20.570 --> 00:48:22.829 we certainly probably should because there's 00:48:22.829 --> 00:48:24.449 so much to pick from. I'm just thinking off the 00:48:24.449 --> 00:48:26.269 top of my head, I think of the How I Told You 00:48:26.269 --> 00:48:28.309 Lately cover of Van Morrison that Rod Stewart 00:48:28.309 --> 00:48:31.250 did. And you think about all apologies from the 00:48:31.250 --> 00:48:33.869 Nirvana one, although I went with the studio 00:48:33.869 --> 00:48:36.730 version on this mixtape. Well, you had to. Yeah, 00:48:36.769 --> 00:48:38.610 of course. That's just scratching the surface 00:48:38.610 --> 00:48:42.610 here of what... unplugged is and yeah that's 00:48:42.610 --> 00:48:46.730 a fantastic pick man i love that to close i feel 00:48:46.730 --> 00:48:48.610 like i've done my job successfully then and we 00:48:48.610 --> 00:48:50.289 get the clapping at the end so we can just pretend 00:48:50.289 --> 00:48:52.110 that they're clapping for us and not natalie 00:48:52.110 --> 00:48:54.250 merchant yeah and then it fades out and then 00:48:54.250 --> 00:48:56.730 flips back over into wu -tangs protect your neck 00:48:56.730 --> 00:49:00.130 so It's an interesting mix here. We covered a 00:49:00.130 --> 00:49:02.210 lot of the genres we talked about. There's no 00:49:02.210 --> 00:49:04.809 way to cover all of them. And this is one of 00:49:04.809 --> 00:49:06.710 those episodes where I'll be curious what the 00:49:06.710 --> 00:49:09.230 mixtapers out there think, because certainly 00:49:09.230 --> 00:49:12.030 you could do a 93 mixtape and keep it all in 00:49:12.030 --> 00:49:15.909 the alternative range. But I feel like in a year 00:49:15.909 --> 00:49:18.909 episode, that's not a really good representation 00:49:18.909 --> 00:49:21.630 of the year. That's not really a time capsule. 00:49:22.150 --> 00:49:24.969 That's a segment of the time capsule. So I feel 00:49:24.969 --> 00:49:26.969 like. to be honest there's certain moments in 00:49:26.969 --> 00:49:29.190 the mixtape where you know we're doing 180s kind 00:49:29.190 --> 00:49:31.670 of coming from gin and juice and delayed and 00:49:31.670 --> 00:49:34.389 far behind in the three little pigs but that 00:49:34.389 --> 00:49:37.690 was the way radio was in 1993 if you think about 00:49:37.690 --> 00:49:42.869 top 40 radio it didn't have a unique 1993 sound 00:49:42.869 --> 00:49:46.550 it was all over the map still especially in top 00:49:46.550 --> 00:49:49.110 40. yeah a lot of these broke through to that 00:49:49.110 --> 00:49:50.730 mainstream audience even the ones that you wouldn't 00:49:50.730 --> 00:49:55.070 necessarily expect Because this is about the 00:49:55.070 --> 00:49:56.570 time that country and hip hop started to really 00:49:56.570 --> 00:49:59.050 hit those top 40 airwaves, because this is about 00:49:59.050 --> 00:50:00.550 when the sound scan stuff started coming out. 00:50:00.630 --> 00:50:01.929 Right. Like when when they were starting to get 00:50:01.929 --> 00:50:03.449 stuff other than just, you know, what people 00:50:03.449 --> 00:50:05.449 were reporting for their sales. So I remember, 00:50:05.489 --> 00:50:08.329 I mean, hearing on stations that my parents listened 00:50:08.329 --> 00:50:11.409 to here in Cantaloupe, you know, like not necessarily 00:50:11.409 --> 00:50:13.250 the kind of thing that they would be listening 00:50:13.250 --> 00:50:16.829 to on their own. But it was there because it 00:50:16.829 --> 00:50:20.110 was included in that top 40. Yeah. And it's the 00:50:20.110 --> 00:50:22.769 same thing where artists like Tom Petty, who. 00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:26.880 were considered 70s rock. Tom Petty reinvented 00:50:26.880 --> 00:50:28.719 himself. Obviously, everyone knows he's my favorite 00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:32.650 artist, so, you know, whatever. in the 80s he 00:50:32.650 --> 00:50:35.110 reinvented himself for the 80s sound with jeff 00:50:35.110 --> 00:50:37.690 lynn and he did it successfully but in the 90s 00:50:37.690 --> 00:50:40.309 he didn't really reinvent anything he just kind 00:50:40.309 --> 00:50:42.789 of added a little bit more acoustic guitar to 00:50:42.789 --> 00:50:45.070 what he was doing when he had the wildflowers 00:50:45.070 --> 00:50:47.389 album then he went a little bit heavier and darker 00:50:47.389 --> 00:50:49.809 into the late 90s with echo and the stuff he 00:50:49.809 --> 00:50:52.889 did with rick rubin and the last dj so i mean 00:50:52.889 --> 00:50:54.690 tom petty was one of those evolving artists i 00:50:54.690 --> 00:50:58.210 had mary jane's last dance in my list of songs 00:50:58.210 --> 00:51:00.920 and i'm really bummed I didn't get a chance to 00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:03.420 include it. I was thinking about it for that 00:51:03.420 --> 00:51:05.699 nine spot, but really, at the end of the day, 00:51:05.719 --> 00:51:09.659 all apologies needed that. And like all mixtapes, 00:51:09.659 --> 00:51:13.659 there can always be a volume two. So many songs 00:51:13.659 --> 00:51:16.739 from 1993. I forgot the depth and breadth that 00:51:16.739 --> 00:51:19.559 that year had until getting ready to hang out 00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:21.860 with you tonight. And that's the fun of this 00:51:21.860 --> 00:51:23.960 show, because each year you don't realize until 00:51:23.960 --> 00:51:27.070 you dig deep. sometimes songs get blurred between 00:51:27.070 --> 00:51:29.030 the years because i know a lot of people were 00:51:29.030 --> 00:51:31.269 probably thinking killing in the name by rage 00:51:31.269 --> 00:51:32.989 against the machine but that album came out in 00:51:32.989 --> 00:51:36.190 92 and for me that was a completely different 00:51:36.190 --> 00:51:38.110 school year a completely different time of life 00:51:38.110 --> 00:51:39.469 and then i was prepared to lead off with something 00:51:39.469 --> 00:51:41.070 from the chronic because i could have sworn it 00:51:41.070 --> 00:51:43.610 was but it was december of 92. yeah and that 00:51:43.610 --> 00:51:45.550 kind of blurs the line right into the new year 00:51:45.550 --> 00:51:48.289 so using that little bit of a rule that we have 00:51:48.289 --> 00:51:51.369 of album release year it does kind of whittle 00:51:51.369 --> 00:51:54.190 down the choices which there have been a lot 00:51:54.190 --> 00:51:56.530 of. But man, we covered a lot of great stuff 00:51:56.530 --> 00:51:59.809 here. Kicking off side B, we had Meatloaf. I 00:51:59.809 --> 00:52:01.909 would do anything for love, but I won't do that. 00:52:02.309 --> 00:52:05.110 Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go My Way? Pearl 00:52:05.110 --> 00:52:09.170 Jam's Go. Better Than Ezra's Good. Sheryl Crow's 00:52:09.170 --> 00:52:12.610 Run Baby Run. KRS -One's Sound of the Police. 00:52:13.429 --> 00:52:17.110 K7's Come Baby Come. Us Three's Cantaloupe Flip 00:52:17.110 --> 00:52:20.949 Fantasia. Nirvana's All Apologies. And closing 00:52:20.949 --> 00:52:25.030 it out, 10 ,000 Maniacs. Because the night you 00:52:25.030 --> 00:52:27.489 can always head over to my weekly mixtape dot 00:52:27.489 --> 00:52:29.849 com to hear all the songs we discussed tonight 00:52:29.849 --> 00:52:33.250 in the mix that's embedded on the episode page. 00:52:33.590 --> 00:52:36.329 Ed, before we eject our final mixtape, why don't 00:52:36.329 --> 00:52:38.250 you tell people once again where they can find 00:52:38.250 --> 00:52:41.250 the greatest song ever sung poorly podcast if 00:52:41.250 --> 00:52:43.510 they'd like to hear more. If it's a social media, 00:52:43.650 --> 00:52:45.909 we are at sung poorly. If it is our Web page, 00:52:45.989 --> 00:52:48.849 it is sung poorly dot com available wherever 00:52:48.849 --> 00:52:53.239 you can shove podcasts into your ear holes. And 00:52:53.239 --> 00:52:55.960 I could say with some ease and with some certainty 00:52:55.960 --> 00:52:58.719 that we could do a volume two for the songs of 00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:02.599 1993 and have no problem coming up with another 00:53:02.599 --> 00:53:05.599 20 songs, another 40 songs, hell, another 60 00:53:05.599 --> 00:53:10.519 songs. 1993 was a fantastic year in music, and 00:53:10.519 --> 00:53:14.099 we might have to have a volume two to add to 00:53:14.099 --> 00:53:16.099 this conversation. We might. I mean, there's 00:53:16.099 --> 00:53:18.699 so many, so many ways we can go, Brian, so many 00:53:18.699 --> 00:53:20.840 ways, and I'm looking forward to it. Well, Ed 00:53:20.840 --> 00:53:23.699 Kinnard, the greatest song ever sung poorly podcast. 00:53:23.980 --> 00:53:26.739 Thank you so much for joining me this week on 00:53:26.739 --> 00:53:29.000 My Weekly Mixtape. Hope to have you back on the 00:53:29.000 --> 00:53:31.920 show again sometime. Thanks, Brian. 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