👂Ear apparent: Spanning the globe, as well as several decades, Matt and I stretch Tune Tag to its aural limits...and, frankly, we couldn't be more proud!
This was brilliant. I loved the logical reasoning without losing the emotional connection with the music, which is ultimately the reason we’re all here! Great job, both of you.
Thanks, Andy! Matt was really insightful, and I was pleasantly surprised by the ease with which he shared his personal saga, as well as his musical loves!
That was all Matt! If I had ever seen that Moody Blues video (I knew the song), I never knew the "young Moodies" was a functioning band performing as "background artists" in it! That's actually a connection I'd love to know how it happened!
I'll field that one, Jami, as it would've been a tune picked by me to follow. I might've followed with a song by the Blackstreet Boys, and immediately claimed a head injury. I might've looked for a song by Intern Dre, long before he earned his doctorate (was there a Nurse Dre, by any chance?).
On a more serious note (didn't think I could do it, didja?), I might have gone with Perry Como's "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" or even Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands," sampled in the song, I'm now noticing. I might have seen if I coulda "gotten away with" a song by Digable Planets, too, if I thought the "Diggity" word was holding me back!
Your turn, Matt!😁👍🎶Thanks, Jami..........good lookin' out!
Thanks! I'd now be curious to hear the song again just to see where and how they used the Withers song in it. "No Diggity" was way overdone in karaoke, when I was doing it about a decade ago! I remember asking a young buck next to me, one evening, if there was ever a time when there was, indeed, SOME diggity. Another night I went home alone!😢
Thanks, Michael! There are about 3 or 4 in the Q, just waiting their turn for pub, and it's amazing the lengths and breadths of musical diversity, yes, but also jaw-dropping to be part of an arena where people feel so free to speak about their musical loves and why!🎵💖🎶👍
Including this comment, "A personal favorite is the January, 1997, playlist, which captures an instant in which mainstream pop was more heterogeneous than it had ever been: there’s the Beastie Boys, the Butthole Surfers, Beck, D’Angelo, the Roots, Maxwell, the Posies, Soul Coughing, Sublime. Programmed-music companies are generally held in low esteem by music nerds—even lower than a tight-playlisted, payola-taking corporate radio station. But stark anti-corporate stances have become somewhat passé among many music lovers, and the Gap of the nineties is now a source of nostalgia for thirty- and forty-somethings.")
Thanks, Steve! Matt deserves a standing "O"! Would you believe next week's is already in the can, and Andrew Smith (Goatfury Writes) and I come really close to having almost TOO much fun!!
Thanks, Jeremy! And, good on ya for subbin' to Matt's Chat! Hear that, fellow readers? Follow Jeremy's lead, and trundle on down to Matt's Chart Chat, and give him a read and a sub!:
Loved this but was trying to see if the Mott band in the vid included my friend Verden Allen from the original Mott. I know Mick had left and Ariel Bender replaced him, but hard to see who was on keyboards. Just saw Verden in Hereford this past October 2023! Lovely. thanks for some great music talk!
Thanks, Michael! My notes (and memory) tell me that woulda/shoulda been Morgan Fisher on keys. He played on this "The Hoople" album, including "Roll Away the Stone," which should've placed him in the TV studio for this. Until I saw this video, and heard/saw the girls singing the chorus, I had no idea the words, "Push push" were on the record...buried in the mix, I guess!
BTW, the "The Hoople" album cover shows a portrait of one Kari-Ann Muller, who was also featured on the cover of Roxy Music's 1972 debut album!
Podcast co-host Simon Husbands and I include Roxy Music's "Virginia Plain," on the debut episode "Origin Stories." Lemme know if you need a link! cheers
Try it now. I should go free until we build this thing, but well, you know. Money money money. It needs a cold open and then lead-in but that's coming. Building here. all good.
You've probably seen this but the Lip Sync Battle clip with "No Diggity" is fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipIEzIl7wY
This was brilliant. I loved the logical reasoning without losing the emotional connection with the music, which is ultimately the reason we’re all here! Great job, both of you.
Thanks, Andy! Matt was really insightful, and I was pleasantly surprised by the ease with which he shared his personal saga, as well as his musical loves!
Wow! That’s a category-bands that play younger versions of bands!!
That was all Matt! If I had ever seen that Moody Blues video (I knew the song), I never knew the "young Moodies" was a functioning band performing as "background artists" in it! That's actually a connection I'd love to know how it happened!
I wonder what would've happened if you had started with "No Diggity" Matt. Maybe next time. Well done you two!
I'll field that one, Jami, as it would've been a tune picked by me to follow. I might've followed with a song by the Blackstreet Boys, and immediately claimed a head injury. I might've looked for a song by Intern Dre, long before he earned his doctorate (was there a Nurse Dre, by any chance?).
On a more serious note (didn't think I could do it, didja?), I might have gone with Perry Como's "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" or even Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands," sampled in the song, I'm now noticing. I might have seen if I coulda "gotten away with" a song by Digable Planets, too, if I thought the "Diggity" word was holding me back!
Your turn, Matt!😁👍🎶Thanks, Jami..........good lookin' out!
All great picks Brad. I would’ve also picked Bill Withers as a response. ❤️
Thanks! I'd now be curious to hear the song again just to see where and how they used the Withers song in it. "No Diggity" was way overdone in karaoke, when I was doing it about a decade ago! I remember asking a young buck next to me, one evening, if there was ever a time when there was, indeed, SOME diggity. Another night I went home alone!😢
The subtitle says it best — there is much to be proud of in this one :)
Thanks, Michael! There are about 3 or 4 in the Q, just waiting their turn for pub, and it's amazing the lengths and breadths of musical diversity, yes, but also jaw-dropping to be part of an arena where people feel so free to speak about their musical loves and why!🎵💖🎶👍
Starting to listening to the music, the Save Ferris song is really fun, and that's a great 90's indie music video (I was going to joke that it looks like a music video for a song that would later become famous for being in a Gap ad, which lead me to this discussion of Gap music: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/an-obsessive-guide-to-music-played-at-the-gap-in-the-nineties-and-early-aughts
Including this comment, "A personal favorite is the January, 1997, playlist, which captures an instant in which mainstream pop was more heterogeneous than it had ever been: there’s the Beastie Boys, the Butthole Surfers, Beck, D’Angelo, the Roots, Maxwell, the Posies, Soul Coughing, Sublime. Programmed-music companies are generally held in low esteem by music nerds—even lower than a tight-playlisted, payola-taking corporate radio station. But stark anti-corporate stances have become somewhat passé among many music lovers, and the Gap of the nineties is now a source of nostalgia for thirty- and forty-somethings.")
What a wild ride! Nice work, fellas.
Thanks, Steve! Matt deserves a standing "O"! Would you believe next week's is already in the can, and Andrew Smith (Goatfury Writes) and I come really close to having almost TOO much fun!!
This was three-dimensional ping pong, lads - well done! And another subscriber for Chart Chat.
Thanks, Jeremy! And, good on ya for subbin' to Matt's Chat! Hear that, fellow readers? Follow Jeremy's lead, and trundle on down to Matt's Chart Chat, and give him a read and a sub!:
👉https://chartchat.substack.com/👈👏👏
Loved this but was trying to see if the Mott band in the vid included my friend Verden Allen from the original Mott. I know Mick had left and Ariel Bender replaced him, but hard to see who was on keyboards. Just saw Verden in Hereford this past October 2023! Lovely. thanks for some great music talk!
Thanks, Michael! My notes (and memory) tell me that woulda/shoulda been Morgan Fisher on keys. He played on this "The Hoople" album, including "Roll Away the Stone," which should've placed him in the TV studio for this. Until I saw this video, and heard/saw the girls singing the chorus, I had no idea the words, "Push push" were on the record...buried in the mix, I guess!
BTW, the "The Hoople" album cover shows a portrait of one Kari-Ann Muller, who was also featured on the cover of Roxy Music's 1972 debut album!
Podcast co-host Simon Husbands and I include Roxy Music's "Virginia Plain," on the debut episode "Origin Stories." Lemme know if you need a link! cheers
Would love a link, Michael, plus I'd love to make it available to the assembled FR&B multitude!
Hey Brad, lemme know if there's still a paywall issue, and I'll resend but here's a link:
https://open.substack.com/pub/guystoryshedtv/p/besides-origin-stories-season-1-episode?r=39oh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Yes, it's behind a paywall.
Try it now. I should go free until we build this thing, but well, you know. Money money money. It needs a cold open and then lead-in but that's coming. Building here. all good.
https://open.substack.com/pub/guystoryshedtv/p/besides-origin-stories-season-1-episode?r=39oh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true