My friend told me about a podcast called "Switched on Pop."
It is a musician and musicologist who talk about pop music.
I have only listened to a few episodes (my friend told me to start from the beginning, I didn't), one of them being their 100th episode.
So many things about it I love-
Bias when discussing non-Eurocentric musics
Adorno
Musicality of phrasing
How pop music is filled with key salad- many forms of music the pay off is getting back to the tonic or home key of the piece, movement, whatever- popular music doesn't necessarily do that. Often it is about wandering around key signatures, the rhythms, lyrics, and stuff like that...
I have found that I have to take breaks in listening to it. I can't "binge" listen. Since I pretty much only listen to podcasts when I am at the gym I guess it wouldn't be a binge, but rather after I listen to a "Switched on Pop," my next podcast is a Marc Maron or something else.
BTW- I could write a whole blog post about my thoughts and complicated relationship I have with Marc Maron and his podcast, but I am not ready.
Though I don't think that I want to do a total music oriented podcast, a few weeks ago the podcast that I am on (yes, it is true) did a segment on Weezer.
Unfortunately, I cannot direct you to the podcast yet because they are not available.
Here is the link to the website. Todd made some nice drawerings of us.
https://www.emergencytoddcast.com/
Anyway, Weezer. What is their deal?
Many people (including the people on the podcast) have an opinion of them for sure.
Joey, one of the participants, told me about the SNL skit about Weezer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab5WvwfLuLM
It is pretty good and completely validated me and the podcast we did.
Speaking of Joey, here is a link to something he did that I find hilarious.
https://conealoneworld.com/
I am cone alone.
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