The Greatest Non Hits

Sheryl Crow: Self-Titled Album

• Chris & Tim • Season 3 • Episode 15

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Embark on a sonic journey as Tim and I uncover the deeper cuts of Sheryl Crow's eponymous second album, an eclectic blend of rock, blues, and country that's as daring as the artist herself. We're not just scratching the surface with the smash hits "If It Makes You Happy" or "Every Day is a Winding Road"; we're dissecting lesser-known tracks like "Hard to Make a Stand" and "Home," laying bare the emotions and controversies that fueled their creation. This episode peels back the layers of tension from the album's production, diving into the songwriting disputes that threatened its genesis, and celebrates the rich tapestry of influences that make this record so authentically Sheryl.

As your guides through this musical landscape, we're chasing the thrill of the '90s with "Maybe Angels" and sharing a laugh about personal hygiene debates sparked by road trip anthems. Our banter takes us through the poignant "Redemption Day," drawing parallels to the works of U2, and exploring the societal commentaries hidden within the lyrics. Whether it's dancing along to the infectious drum beats of "A Change Would Do You Good" or dissecting the craft of Jane Scarpentoni's strings, we're reveling in the memories these tunes evoke and the insights they continue to offer.

Concluding with a heartfelt homage to our personal favorites, I shine a spotlight on the enduring message of "Redemption Day" and its relevance in today's world, while Tim tosses in his unique picks that resonate with his journey. We part with a hearty thanks to our listeners, eagerly anticipating the next opportunity to share our musical musings. So tune in, engage with the past, and perhaps you'll discover a long-lost favorite or a fresh perspective on a beloved classic.

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Speaker 1:

All right, thank you for listening to Greatest Non-Hits. I'm Chris, and playing Every Day is a Winding Road is my co-host, tim. That's what we're playing, right? Is that what you're doing? Yeah, all right.

Speaker 1:

And today's album is going to be Sheryl Crow's studio album, self-titled. It's the second album, released on September 24, 1996. So this is the album that follows up the one that has All I Want to Do is have Some Fun, and that Tuesday Night Music Club, which was the name of that album, and that one sold 7 million and she had a whole band and they were following this up. And I think that there was some tension behind the making of this one. A few of the band members' love interests, whatnot, I don't know. I don't want to get too deep into it, but some relationships were fractured, I think. Well, we can talk about it as we go along, but nevertheless, this is album number two and the singles from it are If it Makes you Happy, every Day is a Winding Road. A Change Would Do you Good, I would say. Those are the three that we're going to consider hits for today's episode.

Speaker 1:

There were a couple more. Hard to Make a Stand and Home were two songs that were released as singles, but we're going to consider them non-hits and up for voting. So, as always, we're going to listen to all the songs. Yuck it up along the way. At the end, we're going to give you our three non-hits. I personally am undecided at this point in time, because this is an album where I haven't listened to it in a long time. To be honest with you, I feel like I'm going in cold, but at the same time, my mind is open because we've got a couple of these songs I really like, like the hits I really like, especially If it Makes you Happy.

Speaker 1:

A couple of these songs I really like the hits I really like, especially If it Makes you Happy. It's an incredible song and, like I said earlier, the band really shared a lot of songwriting duties in the first album. I think she wanted to. I think she wanted it all herself. I mean as a, if you study her background, she's got a nice music pedigree, for lack of a better term she's. I think she kind of grew up in the business. She was born in Kennet, missouri. Parents mom was a piano teacher, dad was a lawyer and trumpet player. She was in the National Honor Society. She was Allstate in track Majorette in high school, went to the University of Missouri in Columbia, received a degree in music education, joined Kappa, alpha, theta sorority. Shout out to the Thetas, shout out to the whole Greek system, shout out to the Battle of the Greek Gods. I know that's your philanthropy, we don't have to get into that. This is all about Sheryl Crow and her second studio album, but anyway, I wanted to just explain that she had it in her background. The talent was, you know, was developed over time. I can imagine that, and you know she did. I think she did things the right way and her music, you know it was quality, you know all of it was really. The music has been described as a mix of rock, blues, alternative rock, country, folk and I get it. I see a lot of those things in this album. So let's see.

Speaker 1:

I think there's also kind of a controversy, like in 94, when she was on a David Letterman show. That's what many of the band members took, exception to her, I think, taking credit for one of the songs which was inspired by a book. The writer of the book committed suicide, but the family of the book writer assured everybody it was, it had nothing to do with the album, etc. I think this I was, it had nothing to do with the album, et cetera. I think this I mean in particular. I mean you can read this on Wikipedia, I look at it right now. It was she had asked if, oh yeah, the song Leaving Las Vegas. David Letterman asked her if it was autobiographical and she offhandedly agreed, even though it was primarily written by David Bearwald, who is one of the singer-songwriter composers and he performed on the album as well, and it was his friend who was the author, john O'Brien. So I think they felt a little bit betrayed by that. I mean, I don't know the circumstances around it, I haven't read that far into it. Maybe she had a reason, but nevertheless, whether it was warranted or not, it led to some, I guess, some contention there, and so I think they originally started to record this album in Pasadena at the Toad Hall where the first album was recorded. The sessions were then relocated to New Orleans because Crow was quote feeling ghosts in that room. So maybe this was just a continuation of the, the feud, which must have extended from 94 through 95 and all the way up until when this album was released, which again is march of 90, I'm sorry, in 96 uh, let's see september 24th 96. So need to say it was a long period of time, but the result of it was great work.

Speaker 1:

I think she had most of the hand in all the songwriting and the music and it is really good. We know three of the songs that we all love and we're going to listen to the rest of them because they didn't get any love that we all love it. We're going to listen to the rest of them because they didn't get any love. In fact, there's a lot of negative press, particularly around the last third of the album. A lot of the critics felt it was underdeveloped. So the non-hits aren't loved by the critics, I think is the point and, like I said, we're going to listen to it and be the judge of that, whether it's warranted or not.

Speaker 1:

So it sounds like Tim's wrapping up and he's going to join us in a second To everybody out there, thank you so much for continuing to listen and supporting the show, and you know we love doing this and we're going to continue to do it for the foreseeable future. So continue to listen, download our podcast wherever you get them, and we're going to keep writing some new episodes Think of some new and different fun ideas for the show as we listen to the albums. We've got a ton of sound clips banked. It's going to be hilarious. Tim's out of control. I don't know what he's got going on there, but I think he's settling in. He's scooching his chair in. He's getting his headphones on. How you doing bud.

Speaker 4:

Tasty waves, chris, how we doing.

Speaker 1:

Good, I've got Uno Nicolet, it's tax season, that's all I need are some tasty waves, cool buds, uno Nicolet.

Speaker 4:

And a tax return? Yeah, exactly For some Fritos.

Speaker 1:

All right. What did you think of the album man?

Speaker 4:

It's a great album 's. It's all about, uh, what is it all about? A great music ship.

Speaker 1:

Uh, we have just a thrill here, a really a really big thrill yeah, there's, uh, there's a lot of personnel too, a lot of people that contribute in background vocals. Wow, the list is uh huge here, because I don't think, if it did the other guys in the band like. This is what's unclear to me. I don't say I don't think the guys that were in their first band, like on the first album, played on this one because they were upset with her. So it's like a bunch of other. Look at this list.

Speaker 4:

Wow, that's a long list, do we? Cheryl plays bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonium keyboards, move bass, hammond, organ, piano, woolitzer yeah penny losi loops how could the critics be so unkind?

Speaker 1:

I mean can they do that?

Speaker 4:

I don't think so yeah, and just the album cover. So, prim, just sort of dark, sort of sliver of her face here. Yeah, she doesn't look happy, doesn't look happy here.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, there's a little bit of tension in this album.

Speaker 4:

There's some tension, I think she tells it how it is. In all things, she is, you know, a person not to be trifled with no, I don't think so you want to try trifle with her?

Speaker 1:

I certainly don't no so why don't we get right into it, man? We got it because we've got like a baker's dozen of songs. Here's 13 in total. The first one is called maybe angels. Get right into it. Yeah, let's, let's go all right. It has sort of like this this is very wow, early mid 90s. It's charlie angel, time to go to work. Shout out to john forsythe time to go to work.

Speaker 4:

Here. We're here. That's right clocking in. I was a little late today.

Speaker 1:

I was early actually yeah, no, you were good, giggity.

Speaker 4:

Giggity.

Speaker 1:

I took the I-95. It goes to Jacksonville.

Speaker 5:

I take exception to that part. I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear.

Speaker 4:

Maybe Angel. Who's swearing? Maybe Angel?

Speaker 3:

You got good stuff here, class A chip.

Speaker 1:

Shout out to Tony Montana's friend, angel Fernandez. You got the angel.

Speaker 4:

Yes.

Speaker 1:

She's still in Pensacola.

Speaker 4:

Rebel with a Claws. It's got some Laverne and Shirley going on here.

Speaker 1:

Okay, I was going to say there's some sci-fi UFO overtone stuff here.

Speaker 4:

Oh yeah, Roswell yeah.

Speaker 1:

But yeah, laverne, shirley too, she has a Tom Petty kind of a.

Speaker 2:

Oh, interesting.

Speaker 1:

I put her on that spectrum. She's a rocker. It's kind of slow, but it's catchy and hooky.

Speaker 4:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

I equate her as the Tom Petty of the female side of the music spectrum.

Speaker 4:

Okay.

Speaker 3:

Once upon a time there were three little girls who went to the police academy.

Speaker 1:

Shout out to Charlie's Angels who were definitely they weren't maybe angels.

Speaker 5:

I don't know, I lost you on.

Speaker 1:

Elvis there.

Speaker 4:

It was a good try.

Speaker 1:

This could be on my list here for non-hits. Definitely. This is tolerable. No, this is beyond tolerable. This is good, it's enjoyable. This is tolerable.

Speaker 4:

No, this is beyond tolerable. This is good.

Speaker 1:

This is enjoyable.

Speaker 4:

This is a good song you can't really see, but we're dancing here.

Speaker 5:

Dancing.

Speaker 2:

Dancing.

Speaker 5:

Dancing, dancing With almighty.

Speaker 1:

God as my witness. I am not an angel dust dealer. Shout out to Dan Aykroyd, I swear it After making bail.

Speaker 2:

That was good.

Speaker 1:

That feels better. All right. So that better, all right. So that's the first song. Next one's called A Change Would Do you Good. This is a hit.

Speaker 4:

We all know this. One, mm-hmm. Flipped out cat.

Speaker 1:

Shout out to the cat owners out there yeah the burger owners yep, cheryl crow I think the word, the last name crow or having the word crow, the last name Crow, or having the word Crow in your band in the 90s around this time was just a capital thing, you know, Because you've got the Queen Crows, you've got the Black Crows, you've got Sheryl Crow, you have Cameron Crow, who was I don't know he was in the music business somehow and who else he was making movies.

Speaker 4:

Yeah yeah, post your girl posing on a fashion mag Jekyll and Hyde, oh.

Speaker 5:

Jekyll and Hyde.

Speaker 1:

Shout out to Neil Finn Background vocals. He was at Crowded House. That's kind of cool A change. Do you do you good A change? His career was waning around that time, I think, so I'm glad he got a little work at least. So if you don't change your face, I'm going to change it for you Shout out to Rob Riggle, shout out to Steve Donnelly on the Dobro. I'm not sure if that's what's being played right now, but he did play it on this Love the Dobro or RS Bryan. Wawa Guitar.

Speaker 4:

Dobro is huge.

Speaker 1:

You're a Dobro guy, just saying let it out. Shout out to the 40-year-old group.

Speaker 4:

Jimmy.

Speaker 3:

Which Jimmy?

Speaker 5:

Jimmy likes that.

Speaker 4:

Jimmy doesn't like misunderstandings.

Speaker 5:

He's loving thinking about catching a train In my phone machine by the radar wrench Shout out to our sponsors.

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Speaker 5:

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Speaker 4:

There it is we got that in yeah, we can't forget makoko.

Speaker 2:

Jimmy's been watching you.

Speaker 1:

Yes, no.

Speaker 4:

Shout out to the Jimmys out there. Thanks for listening.

Speaker 1:

Thanks for listening Jimmys Shout out to you If you don't change your face, I'm going to change it for you.

Speaker 4:

A little more solo pizzazz could have done it for me, but it was already a hit. I mean, could it have been a better hit?

Speaker 1:

Maybe, but it was a little flat.

Speaker 4:

Cheryl didn't do anything wrong. I mean, she's not the lead guitarist, but yeah, no.

Speaker 1:

So this is Home and I think this is a single that was released that never took off. I'm just wondering.

Speaker 5:

Afraid of feeling nothing, no bees or butterflies. My head is full of voices. My house is full of lies. This is home. This is home.

Speaker 1:

And this is home, very gentle.

Speaker 4:

Oh, gosh oh.

Speaker 5:

This is home.

Speaker 1:

But about a lonely woman who married too young, I think.

Speaker 5:

Anyhow, if you think that I'm going to sit around and wait for you, you can forget it.

Speaker 1:

Kind of like yeah, linda from Fast Times, yeah, now she's 32, though she's 32? Yeah, she was sad, Linda at 17.

Speaker 4:

Now she's 32.

Speaker 1:

This is Linda 15 years later. I wonder if Linda ever married Doug. This should be a Fast Times sequel where later on in life they're like no, they're age now, yeah, 60s.

Speaker 5:

I'm making people happy.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, shout out to Homer Simpson. This is a song for Homer, I think.

Speaker 5:

Blue, you're my boy.

Speaker 4:

Or Blue's home. Now Blue's home, maybe you?

Speaker 5:

can take some consolation in the fact that something you created is making so many people happy.

Speaker 4:

Oh, look at me, I'm making people happy. Oh, look at me, I'm making people happy, I'm the magical man.

Speaker 1:

Well, that's the way couples fight, you know. Yes, I think Marge is kind of young when she married Homer, if you go back to some of those other episodes where they explained the background.

Speaker 4:

That's where we were getting at. You know, they didn't know what they were getting into and it turned out great. Yeah, how many seasons are they in?

Speaker 1:

Yeah, Fiction but yes. This is just a fleeting moment or feeling in the subject matter, are they?

Speaker 4:

thinking's both couple or they're thinking about I don't know. Is this a breakup song. Is this like what?

Speaker 1:

This is just a 32 year old woman reflecting on her shitty life because she got too young. She hates the guy that she's with. She's more mature now and she knows he's a loser and she wants to get the fuck out.

Speaker 2:

Ah, she's with.

Speaker 1:

She's more mature now and she knows he's a loser and she wants to get the fuck out. Ah, yes, something like that or it could be a fleeting moment, I think is what my point is.

Speaker 3:

Oh, robby Robby, Robby Robby.

Speaker 5:

I'm going crazy a little every day and everything I wanted is now driving me away. I woke this morning to the sound of breaking hearts. Mine is full of questions and it's tearing yours apart Tearing yours apart. It's really sad, hopefully Tearing yours apart and I want to tear you apart. That's really sad. Hopefully I want to tear you apart.

Speaker 1:

I think that was like was that coming to America? Yes, it's like it's a palate cleanser. I like the idea. You just need it. It broke up the dobro really well, it's a palate cleanser.

Speaker 4:

I like the idea. You just need it. It's like it broke up the dobro really well. Yeah, it's beautiful. Great solo Home is up there.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it's a beautiful song. Home is up there. Yeah, it's a beautiful song, steve Donnelly's lighting up that dobro Very harmonic. It's like dueling dobros in there.

Speaker 4:

That's what it sounded like. Shout out to Davey Farragher on fuzz bass.

Speaker 1:

Very specific yeah, fuzz bass. What's that? It's modifying signals with a buzzy, distorted, overdriven sound.

Speaker 3:

Okay.

Speaker 1:

Put a pin in that Fuzzy bass.

Speaker 3:

I'm closely with him on a regular basis.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, this is Sweet Rosalyn. That was Rosalyn Carter doing an interview with Jimmy. Shout out to the.

Speaker 4:

Jimmys. Jimmy doesn't like misunderstandings With Jimmy. Let's see you around Taking the guitar for a walk here. Jimmy is pretty sweet on you.

Speaker 5:

Ask her, she'll say there's plenty of things to believe in Sweet Rosalind Sometimes you gotta give in Hands off, Jimmy Sweet.

Speaker 3:

Rosalind, I'm going to convey all of this information that I have to Jimmy. Sometimes you gotta be loved With Jimmy, with Jimmy, with Jimmy, with Jamie, with Jamie, with Jamie.

Speaker 4:

Number off the bathroom wall. What is this? Her husband.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, Rosalyn Carter Got Jamie's number on a bathroom wall.

Speaker 5:

Shout out to Mary Catherine Gallagher. Well, it's not special. Oh, shut up.

Speaker 2:

Oops, I've got to give in. Sometimes you've got to be loved. Shut up, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Are you aware that I am more blue and everything that you say to me bounces off of me?

Speaker 4:

It's just you Great piano here. Shout out to the runners out there.

Speaker 1:

It's a pretty good song to run to, actually.

Speaker 4:

Shout out to the runners in place, you know.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, and the bikers in place. You know, yeah, the bikers in place.

Speaker 3:

I've been closely with him, oh no.

Speaker 1:

Keep that heart rate up.

Speaker 3:

Jimmy's been watching you With Jimmy, with Jimmy, with Jimmy, been closely with him on a regular basis.

Speaker 2:

Getting real close.

Speaker 4:

They're sweet together. They're sweet. No misunderstandings, jimmy, no most. No misunderstandings. Jimmy doesn't like misunderstandings. Misunderstandings are for peanut shells on a old, dusty floor did you set it should be a sports bar?

Speaker 1:

yeah, yeah you tell him Kramer, all right, yeah, we're both. Yeah, tim's doing the best he can, I'm doing the best I can. This is If it Makes you Happy. This is one of the hits.

Speaker 4:

We're rocking. Shout out to those that are lost On the roadways right now Break out your maps or your iPhones. Yeah, we recorded this in 1997.

Speaker 5:

Just pull off, check out your maps or your iPhones.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, we recorded this in 1997.

Speaker 4:

Pull off, don't be a hero.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, just get up, just uncrumple the map and maybe get a soda or a U-Hoo. Get back on the road. Shampoo or conditioner, you know. So we're talking about either shampoo or conditioner.

Speaker 2:

Conditioner is better no Shampoo is better.

Speaker 5:

I leave the hair silky and smooth. You go on first and clean the hair.

Speaker 4:

If you're down, you just need happy fun ball to get you back up.

Speaker 1:

Are you crying? Yeah, something tells me Maryland wouldn't be one of the 16 states. It was legal.

Speaker 2:

I kind of gave some love to my cocoa too. It just got too hard.

Speaker 1:

Fresh cocoa beans from the airy slopes of.

Speaker 2:

Mount Nicaragua.

Speaker 1:

I love this song. I want to cut it short, though, yeah.

Speaker 2:

Because we go over it before. Just got too hard.

Speaker 1:

All right, all right, I'm just like this, supposed to be hard.

Speaker 4:

Oh yeah, the hard is what makes it great.

Speaker 1:

Okay, so that was a good one. So, moving right along, we've got to go to our next one here. Fade back in. This is Redemption Day.

Speaker 4:

E-ha.

Speaker 1:

I like the beginning. It's nice.

Speaker 4:

It's got a march to it.

Speaker 5:

Yeah, it's very country.

Speaker 4:

It's covered by Johnny Cash on Ain't no Grave album.

Speaker 1:

Yeah yeah, johnny Cash is amazing.

Speaker 5:

Amazing yeah.

Speaker 4:

She said that was one of her biggest accomplishments ever is having him cover her song.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, he covered her song.

Speaker 4:

I would have been so humbled away watching for redemption, died three days later after three, three months later, sorry but they talked about it. They talked about the song over the phone and swallows everything it needs she wrote it after visiting Osnia 95. Oh my gosh, Poor torn area.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, come leaders come you, men of great, let us hear you pontificate.

Speaker 5:

There's a lot of killing in that. Let us hear you pontificate. There's a lot of killing in that, yeah.

Speaker 1:

Well yeah, history repeats itself, doesn't it? There are many virtues laid to waste and we aren't listening. You have for us today Throw us a bone, but save the plague. You can apply this to any period of time. Really, very cleverly written, all right, oh, wow, ooh, oh wow. On the way, shining man and running away, watching away. Yeah, there's a lot of controversy around this song too. For sure it's a protest against the US indifference to the Bosnian War. Yeah, so she went there there USO trip with Clinton's song cover by Johnny Cash wow wow it's kind of like Bullet the Blue Sky.

Speaker 4:

I kind of feel like it's got that message to it in a more stripped, acoustic, bulky kind of way. Yeah, yeah, but it's got that same gravity to it at the same time. Yeah, I agree. Very gravity to it yeah, at the same time.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

I agree Very anti-war Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's an awesome song, wow, so this one. Okay, this is hard to make a stand it just got too hard. Is that Laura Linney? Okay, yeah, thelma.

Speaker 5:

That's right, cause on a perfume note, if I'm not here, then you're not here, and he says call me miscreation, miscreation, I'm a walking celebration. It's hard to make a stand. And it's hard to make a stand, it's kind of a nice duet.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, harmony, yeah, it's hard to make a stand.

Speaker 5:

It's kind of a nice duet, yeah, harmony, and it's hard to make a stand. I'm not afraid anymore. Take care of her body. She got shot down in the road.

Speaker 1:

That clip makes me laugh.

Speaker 5:

No matter where it's placed.

Speaker 4:

This isn't really what I meant? Fear and love, all right.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, no, it belongs.

Speaker 4:

Shout out to the newspaper readers out there. Yeah.

Speaker 2:

It's supposed to be hard. It's hard to make a stand.

Speaker 4:

It's hard to make a stand. Yes, it is yes.

Speaker 1:

Sorry, great big guns and small ambitions. We still argue over who is God. Well, isn't that special?

Speaker 5:

big guns, and small ambitions. We still argue over who is God. Well, isn't that special? Hey there.

Speaker 1:

She's a troll, I know.

Speaker 5:

And it's hard to make a stand. Oh, it's hard to make a stand. Yeah, it's hard to make a stand. Oh, I think it's hard to make a stand. Oh, it's hard to make a stand. Oh, it's hard to make a stand. Oh, thank you, thank you.

Speaker 2:

That was good.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I like that Hard to make a stand. It was. That is worthy of a single, though I didn't think it was home.

Speaker 4:

It didn't have a good hook, but it had a good feeling.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it did. Yeah, it was tolerable.

Speaker 4:

This is my favorite hit, I think on the album and A Change Should Do you Good is a good hit. Yeah, I do. I really like the drums on this.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah. Who's playing the bongos? He's bongoing right now.

Speaker 4:

Figure it out, oh, michael Urbano.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, drums, drums. Yeah, cheryl's playing the organ, playing bass. Harmonium producer.

Speaker 5:

All right, let's go.

Speaker 1:

Neil Finn, the guy from Crowded House, is the vocals on this oh, wow, oh.

Speaker 4:

Wow, easter Great bongos.

Speaker 5:

Gosh Rolling doobies.

Speaker 1:

Shout out to Chad Blake Mixing. This guy's name is spelled T-C-H-A-D, and then Blake. What's that all about? I've never seen that before.

Speaker 4:

To Chad.

Speaker 1:

To Chad, to Chad Blake.

Speaker 4:

To Chad.

Speaker 1:

We need to have that guy on the show. No one talks to Chad. You can't talk to Chad. We need to have that kind of show.

Speaker 4:

No one talks to Chad. You can't talk to.

Speaker 1:

Chad. Nobody can. Nixon knew I don't even know my own political affiliation.

Speaker 4:

No, man, you can't talk to Brad.

Speaker 5:

Just saying let it out, give it some air. Man, play with it.

Speaker 1:

I'm doing the best I can the opportunity was there, a blank slate. Coffee and nicotine. We probably could have cut this one short. I was just enjoying the bond. I get a little bit closer. Every day is a winding road. I get a little bit closer. Is that the dobro in the background too?

Speaker 4:

Yes, it's tolerable, it's tolerable.

Speaker 2:

It's tolerable.

Speaker 4:

It's so good though it's got a good feel good to it.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 4:

Excellent overlay of vocals.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I do.

Speaker 4:

And is there a little. What's that thing called Recorder?

Speaker 1:

A voice Kazoo, yeah, something like that.

Speaker 4:

Oh, shout out to Kazoo Kid. I hope he's doing good.

Speaker 1:

Maybe the fuzzy bass was being played. Oh yeah, it wasn't. On that one I don't think I'm trying to find it.

Speaker 3:

What's that? Are you crying? Am I crying?

Speaker 5:

No, I don't think, but I'm trying to find it. What's that? Are you crying? Am I crying? No, I'm not crying. Oh.

Speaker 4:

This is not allowed in Walmart.

Speaker 1:

Right, yeah, this is why they boycotted this album. Because of that, oh.

Speaker 5:

I'm gonna patience out of my mind.

Speaker 2:

Gave all these hippies permission to be here guaranteed to blow your anyway, do you mind?

Speaker 4:

love is good love is a good thing too many love songs got me Too many words of love, yeah. This is a protest song, though I'm digging that.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, there's like love and protesting.

Speaker 5:

Live your life. Live your life, I must express. Try out criminals in the press. Justice is a fading light, merry. Merry. Quite contrary, close your door now. It's much too scary.

Speaker 5:

Yeah, you might see some you wish you hadn't seen out of sight, out of time, out of patience and I'm out of my mind. Governor, tell me what does it mean? Dance to the dance to the beat. Wanna be a hit because life is so sweet. Well, good morning. Hey, yeah, dance to the dance to the beat. Wanna rock and roll up and down the street. I got a message.

Speaker 2:

I'm afraid you may have hippies.

Speaker 1:

Man, this song is a good thing. I do. I love this. Why is this all of a sudden coming to me right now?

Speaker 4:

It's got a good Marvin Gaye type feel yeah, more of a country. Marvin Gaye song.

Speaker 5:

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 4:

We're following Cheryl Crow on Spotify.

Speaker 5:

Now, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here, we go here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, mm, I take head, shoulders, knees and toes. Knees and toes Okay, you can have those. Are you aware that?

Speaker 4:

I am rubber and you are glue and everything that you say to me bounces off of me and sticks to you.

Speaker 5:

Fear and love. Fear is in the negative energy spectrum and love is in the positive energy spectrum.

Speaker 4:

I love the trailing guitar. Yeah, I did too man, yeah, that was a great song. I keep on changing my list here.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, this is a tough one. Some really good songs can get left out. This is oh Marie.

Speaker 5:

Here she comes. She's not dressed up in day. This is oh, marie.

Speaker 4:

Oh well, you can still be lonely with a lot of company. Just got to connect in the right ways, okay, yeah, marie, what are you doing?

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I mean, you really Don't be a hoe. Bond with your clients, yeah, like a human connection.

Speaker 4:

She's a little bit of a hoe, I think Marie. Yeah, she's a little bit of a hoe, I think Maria oh sombrero and lingerie.

Speaker 5:

Yeah, they can strike a compromise with those two things.

Speaker 4:

I take head, shoulders, knees and toes.

Speaker 1:

Okay, you can have those parts. What about me, Marie? I'm starting to understand what this music critics were talking about yeah.

Speaker 4:

I mean, she's trying to maybe do something a little different here All day long she fills me up with darkness.

Speaker 5:

Maybe do something a little different.

Speaker 1:

Here Are we still talking about Marie.

Speaker 4:

Marie Ben's a dream.

Speaker 1:

She's in all magazines. What does Ben's a dream do? I don't know. Just some drug Doesn't just swell with vodka.

Speaker 5:

She's all fucked up.

Speaker 4:

Hair, skin and rug. I don't know about that. Yeah, mmm, I think we might need to fade this one out as well. Yeah.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it's kind of I don't know 30 seconds, but yeah. Why stall the inevitable? So yeah, All right. Why stall the inevitable? So yeah alright maybe that song will click someday with me, but for right now I'm good, let's go to. We're going to skip to the next one this is Superstar.

Speaker 2:

He's a superstar. So far, so good for me.

Speaker 1:

Ah, call the fire department. I'm a sucker for that I got friends Friends.

Speaker 5:

Dang, okay, no, all right, this is cool.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, this is a good one, that's right.

Speaker 1:

That's right, baby, all right.

Speaker 3:

That was well-placed Work it.

Speaker 5:

Work it, superstar. I got a backstage line. I caught you up and watched you For quite some time.

Speaker 4:

Superstar. I've been watching.

Speaker 5:

Jimmy's been watching you. I'll be setting the speed.

Speaker 4:

And you and I are still alive. A little speed. There was a time I would have run around.

Speaker 5:

With almighty God as my witness. A little speed With almighty God as my witness. I am not an angel dust dealer.

Speaker 2:

Hey man, it's a shame when it starts to fade, uh, uh, and I know the rings that spark your pain Won't make you shine.

Speaker 5:

You're my little superstar, dancing, dancing, just saying let it out, give it. Honey, little honey, just saying let it out. I'm a little superstar. Oh honey, you know who you are. Honey, little honey, I'm a little superstar. Oh honey, you break my heart. Superstar, superstar.

Speaker 4:

Superstar Shut up all of the instruments at the same time. This is really fuzz.

Speaker 1:

Bass is crushing right now. Fuzz bass has got to be this. Yeah, and who was the musician on that? Fuzz bass, again, gotta give him a shout out. Where is that? There's my man, davey Farragher, farrager, davey.

Speaker 2:

Davey.

Speaker 1:

Farragher yeah, davey, it's Davey Allen, but Davey Davey Berger. Davey, it's Dave and Alan, but Davey In quotes. Yeah, shout out to Breadlands, california. Yeah, founding member of Cracker.

Speaker 4:

Okay, love that.

Speaker 1:

Cracker. Yeah, I think that's what you need to do. You just need to.

Speaker 3:

Work it, work it, baby Work it. Work it, own it.

Speaker 4:

Yeah you do.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah, it opens up a lot of doors, I think.

Speaker 4:

If you don't have an instrument, just make one. Yeah, f do.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah, it opens up a lot of doors. I think, if you don't have an instrument, just make one.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, fuzz, bass, nobody does that Make one up?

Speaker 1:

If I can rock that out, then I can get my own band. Yeah, I have for Davey so well played.

Speaker 4:

That's right, that's right, baby.

Speaker 5:

Thank you, that's right. That's right, baby, spank your booty, spank it, I'll spank it, I'll spank you.

Speaker 1:

Shh shh, shh, shh shh. Oh, that was a good outro. Shout out to Tim For that bridge Spank it Well. Mary Catherine Gallagher is a great segue from superstar to the book. Okay, now we're back to reality. We're back to the critics being right.

Speaker 4:

They weren't completely half right, maybe because superstar slams.

Speaker 1:

I think so. There's Omarina, there's. This is a niche song I can see just like you know the teen angst yeah.

Speaker 5:

You're listening to this?

Speaker 1:

oh slice violent yeah, this is kind of yeah. So if you're like sort of borderline goth, okay, maybe this, this song resonates yeah. So if you're sort of borderline goth Okay.

Speaker 5:

Maybe this song resonates.

Speaker 4:

Where do you go, just?

Speaker 5:

go home.

Speaker 4:

That's your. Three days in Rome is enough, you know.

Speaker 1:

I think so. Not for Barcelona, though. It just takes at least five or six years oh well, I mean, you want to know it inside and out, sure?

Speaker 4:

yeah, you need to stay, yeah, moving you know who you should go.

Speaker 5:

You should go with oh.

Speaker 1:

Marie out. Yeah, sure you need to stay moving. You should go with Eau.

Speaker 2:

Marie to.

Speaker 5:

Barcelona, alright you might have to manage her career, if you know what I mean. I will yeah.

Speaker 1:

But you don't have to be abusive, you can just be Stern.

Speaker 4:

Just stern, give her profit 401k plan and all that. Just stern yeah.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, give her profit sharing, give her some incentives, you don't have to.

Speaker 4:

I get all the profits. Let's be honest. She gets a stipend, yeah, some restricted stock units yeah. Yeah, a little journal entry going on here.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 4:

Yeah yeah, that's somewhat interesting, jane Scarpetoni.

Speaker 1:

Jane Scarpentoni on the strings. Okay, so I'm thinking that's her doing these. She's Scarpentoni, james Scarpentoni on the strings. So I'm thinking that's her doing these.

Speaker 4:

She's Scarpentoni-ing here, oh.

Speaker 1:

Okay, there's a game changer happening here. This is Okay. What is this? Oh, is this Wawa guitar RS Bryan.

Speaker 5:

Why you let all out Without any doubt Of how this could end.

Speaker 3:

Sometimes it goes. I didn't call it in, so I called it in, okay.

Speaker 5:

Oh, wow.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, this is a good song, man, all these songs are good, it's deep.

Speaker 4:

It's deep, it's heartfelt.

Speaker 1:

What are those critics talking about?

Speaker 4:

Yeah, this is. She needs these kind of songs to juxtapose all the other.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, these are good songs though Like this is, yeah, a good, uh. A counterbalance to every day is a winding road yeah, but that was beautiful it was you know, I thought it was. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to no, yeah, shake the.

Speaker 4:

Uh, let's see we got.

Speaker 1:

Well, we got one more left. You know we gotta go but that's not the end Fidelio. I wasn't sure of that one. You just threw that in. You button hooked me. I didn't know you were going to button hook me.

Speaker 5:

Just got his name.

Speaker 4:

Name in my pocket. Just got his name. Oh, mystic Andrew.

Speaker 5:

Everything I ever wanted. What a lovely pie you've baked. Is anybody listening? By the painted bird.

Speaker 1:

What a lovely pie you've baked. Is anybody listening?

Speaker 4:

Oh yeah, the critics might be starting to be right again A little bit. Well it's got sort of a Lenny Kravitz vibe now going on of sort of a lenny kravitz vibe now going on.

Speaker 1:

I I like that that. That guitar in the background is that the wah-wah guitar in the back. I keep asking that, yeah, it's a I kind of like how it's layered, like the guitar was on that last thing and it goes back to the piano. It's nice. I mean it's original. It seems At least there's like a whole song and dialogue and it seems really original and genuine. I mean it's tolerable for me. It's not going to make the pantheon of the top three for me. I'm going to shop Raga.

Speaker 4:

Is it Raga?

Speaker 1:

It's a little Raga. I kind of like it, though I don't know. Maybe I'm in a good mood, maybe that's like it, though I don't know, maybe I'm in a good mood, maybe that's what it is. Wow, wow, wow, wow. Sounds like the rooster, the rooster. Yeah, here comes the rooster.

Speaker 3:

You're talking 24 hours a day. It's gonna cost you.

Speaker 5:

Shout out to Julie Roberts just saying let it out, give it some air. Man play with it is she?

Speaker 3:

is this her?

Speaker 1:

I don't know she does do electric guitar. Could be her. We didn't get to play that clip enough.

Speaker 2:

That's an outro to that Jimmy is pretty sweet on you.

Speaker 1:

You can't slip away from Jimmy. Wow, I really like the guitar, like how it's building up the drama. Yeah, you don't like it as much, I mean maybe it's all right. I mean, I don't know, maybe I'm just what's that?

Speaker 2:

I have sinned against you, my lord.

Speaker 1:

All right. Yeah, there was a little bit of noodling at the end there.

Speaker 3:

That your precious blood.

Speaker 2:

Oh yeah, A little Jimmy swag would wash and cleanse every stain until it is in the seas of God's forgetfulness.

Speaker 1:

Thank you, okay, all right, that was just a humor, tim. All right, so that's it. We got to get to our top three non-hits now, all right. Well, gosh, dig me and.

Speaker 4:

I'm hoping that you have.

Speaker 1:

I guess this is a tough one.

Speaker 4:

Maybe Angels Could be Home, could be Redemption Day, uh-huh Even.

Speaker 2:

Superstar Could be.

Speaker 4:

Love is a Good Thing. Could be Superstar, yeah, ord, be superstar. Ooh, yeah, ordinary Morning books. I mean, all right, honorable mention, ordinary Morning and books Honestly not bad, yeah, but I think okay. So, honorable mention to home I was going to have that in there, but I'm going to have Redemption Day number three. Um, horrible mention to home. I was gonna have that in there, but I'm gonna have redemption day number three. Really like, uh, the message there a little, you know, not not a party hit maybe, but a very good song okay yeah well, you know I I'm a victim of the very last song.

Speaker 1:

The guitar at the end really kind of blew me away. I kind of like how it built to a crescendo and I was about to put the book in there somewhere. But yeah, my number three is going to be Ordinary Morning. I mean there was a lot of raga there but I liked it. It was uh, the raga was, you know, made it uh yeah made it, you know, easy to, to listen to and easy to like, and so that's my number three excellent, okay, good choice.

Speaker 4:

Um gosh, I was gonna have maybe angels on here as well, but I think I'm gonna go. Love is a good thing. For number number two. I think I'm gonna have that, yeah that was a good thing.

Speaker 1:

Great choice man. Yeah, yeah, it could be, you know that's a solid song.

Speaker 4:

Oh yeah, definitely. I listen to that anytime in a bad mood and it'd get me in a good mood, you know.

Speaker 1:

Well, I'm glad you picked it, because I'm going to keep it out of mind, because I've got to go with something a little bit more simplistic, and that's my number. Two is going to be Home, because it was very relaxing, it was relaxing, it was, it was. It had sort of like this heartfelt message, like with this beautiful music over, like this kind of message of despair, of the unhappiness right had this.

Speaker 1:

Uh, it was a very um, it was uh very easy to listen to and very thought-provoking at the same time. Excellent, yeah, number one.

Speaker 4:

Well, drum roll, superstar, yeah, Superstar, superstar slams.

Speaker 1:

Really.

Speaker 4:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

Oh my gosh, I was not expecting that yeah. Okay, superstar is your number one. It slams.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, it's a great song. It did.

Speaker 1:

Good.

Speaker 2:

It's a great song it did Good.

Speaker 1:

The slammer.

Speaker 4:

Good, you know, get out your pogs.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, my, my number one is redemption day.

Speaker 4:

Nice yeah.

Speaker 1:

Okay, and I liked the, the message, and it was I'm sure it's a yeah, the the message of it was heartfelt and it's timely and it's timeless and it could apply to you know, history repeats itself over and over again and that's just sort of the world we live in and we're going through a wave of that iteration. Closer to home, maybe you know, versus you know back in the day when this was written, but it resonates with me. For those reasons and because of that, it should be number one. Excellent, but I'm glad that we had a little bit different.

Speaker 1:

I think a lot of our likes and dislikes overlapped a lot.

Speaker 4:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

But you had some good ones. That's really all I got, man. Do you have any parting words?

Speaker 4:

Maybe Jimmy can give us some parting words here.

Speaker 1:

Okay.

Speaker 4:

Well, thanks for listening everybody.

Speaker 2:

See you around.

Speaker 1:

All right, take care.

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