Earbuddies Mat and Tim
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Music made them friends; now, it's making them podcasters. Join Mat and Tim at the intersection of music, culture, politics, and jokes.
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118. Leonard Bernstein: Speaking of Music
In this season finale, Mat and Tim read excerpts from an article by Leonard Bernstein for The Atlantic entitled "Speaking of Music," published in December of 1957. Leonard's words cause the buddies to consider: what's the point of this entire podcast?
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SONGS PLAYED:
Ludwig von Beethoven - Eroica Symphony
Shenandoah (arr. Frank Ticheli)
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (Orchestral Version)
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117. Mr. Left Turn: Jacob Collier & Musical Maximalism
The British are coming! In this episode, Mat and Tim lead the Earbuddies Army to the battlefield. On the other side: the "21st Century Mozart," Jacob Collier. Who is he? What's his deal? Why does he make music the way that he does – and what's the difference between good music and good songs?
SONGS PLAYED:
Jacob Collier - All Night Long (feat. Take 6)
Jacob Collier - Over You (feat. aespa & Chris Martin)
Lizzy McAlpine - erase me (feat. Jacob Collier)
Jacob Collier - Summer Rain (feat. Madison Cunningham & Chris Thile)
Jacob Collier - Isn't She Lovely
Jacob Collier - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
Jacob Collier - Flintstones
Jacob Collier - With the Love In My Heart
Jacob Collier - Moon River
Jacob Collier - 100,000 Voices
Jacob Collier - Do You Feel Love (feat. Steve Vai)
Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In the End
Jacob Collier - The Audience Choir (Live at O2 Academy Brixton, London)
Jacob Collier - Little Blue (feat. Brandi Carlile)
Bill Withers - Lean On Me
Nemo - The Code
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116. Make-Out Tunes for the Serious Teenager
Pucker up! In this ep, Mat and Tim reflect on a sub-sub-sub-genre of emo music that was, plain and simple, made for kissin'. (And for weeping over the kisses you'll no longer get.) Plus: circling back to the presidential canine situation.
SONGS PLAYED:
From First To Last - Emily
Secondhand Serenade - Fall For You
Taking Back Sunday - New American Classic
Something Corporate - As You Sleep
Dashboard Confessional - Screaming Infidelities
A Day To Remember - If It Means a Lot To You
Daphne Loves Derby - Hopeless Love
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Your Guardian Angel
Straylight Run - Existentialism On Prom Night
Boys Like Girls - Thunder
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115. The Romance of the iPod
In this solo ep, Tim's thinking different! He recalls the remarkable history of the iPod and the rise of the digital music era – and suggests that the golden age of music consumption is in the rearview.
SONGS PLAYED:
Yuzzy - A Little Morning
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Yuzzy - Running Wild
U2 - Vertigo
The Philadelphia Orchestra - Clair de Lune
Yuzzy - Elipse
Yuzzy - Thin Paper Hut
Yuzzy - Snow Morning
Prestige Podcast Background Music by Yuzzy: https://bit.ly/2nUbGqD
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114. Why Doesn't Taylor Swift Write Hits Anymore?
You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate / We declared Earbuddies should be a bigger podcast
In this tortured ep, Mat and Tim share their preliminary thoughts about Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. As you can see from the title of this ep, they found it to be lacking! They hone in on the tunes and enter into evidence their talismans and charms, etc.
SONGS PLAYED:
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
Taylor Swift - My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
Taylor Swift - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift - I Hate It Here
Taylor Swift - The Black Dog
Taylor Swift - Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
Taylor Swift - loml
Taylor Swift - How Did It End?
Taylor Swift - So High School
Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
Taylor Swift - So Long, London
Taylor Swift - But Daddy I Love Him
Taylor Swift - The Alchemy
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113. Rap City: How Hip-Hop Was Made Mainstream (with Alvin Jones)
In this episode, Mat and Tim are joined by Alvin Jones, otherwise known as "The Unseen VJ" – the man who created Rap City, a long-running music video program on BET. He tells the buddies what inspired him to push for greater hip-hop representation on BET in the mid- to late-80s, and reflects on the impact his advocacy has had on the tapestry of hip-hop and rap in the decades since.
FURTHER VIEWING:
The 17th Annual Blacks In Wax: Hip Hop: The Music, The Culture, The Struggle at The Kennedy Center, March 16, 2024
Welcome To Rap City - Three-Part Documentary on BET
SONGS PLAYED:
Excerpt from Rap City, 1990
Excerpt from Blacks In Wax at The Kennedy Center, 2024
Excerpt from Video Soul, 1987
Excerpt from Video Vibrations, 1986
Doug E. Fresh - D.E.F. = Doug E. Fresh
Excerpt from CBS News' coverage of the March on Washington, 1963
Excerpt from Rap City: The Basement
New Edition - Earth Angel
DISCLAIMER:
Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” of copyrighted material in a manner that constitutes quotation, criticism, review, parody, caricature, pastiche, and other legal copyright exceptions. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise by infringing.