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Lifelong friends Jake and Darren discuss songs and albums that have been important in their lives and have generated an emotional response, both good and bad! Come along on a journey of music discovery, familiarity and fun. Keep coming back every week to hear what’s next, what’s interesting and what they’re up to.

  1. 01/08/2022

    Ep 55 - Part Deux of Music in Movies

    Welcome to Part 2 of our New Years Music in Movies spectacular! This episode, Jake, a certified movie nut, chooses his favourite songs that were used in Movie soundtracks.  He's got some great ones kids and some are shocking! Lloyd Dobler would be proud! Get out your boombox, strap on your rollerskates, bring an umbrella, and turn up the volume for a song packed episode that will leave you saying BANG!

    1h 18m

  2. 01/06/2022

    Ep 54 - Part 1 of Music in Movies

    Heavy D serves up a tasty dish of 5 of his favorite movie soundtrack songs.  Jake comments on them. Talk of Aircraft and the Vietnam war and Bubba and twenty-something romance and fat bald guys.  And with FULL -Length songs! Holy Toledo Batman, this must be some kind of New Years Spectacular! To the Batmobile...

    56 min

  3. 12/29/2021

    Ep 53 - The Sound(s) of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel and Disturbed

    Epic.  It's a word that gets repeated like a group dance number in a TikTok video. At one time, it actually meant something.  And it aptly applies to one song, sung by 3 people in total.  2 folk singers and one metalhead.  All deserving of the word epic.  I've read comments about this song, asking that it be played at one's own funeral, and if it wasn't going to be played, that person will be a no show.  That my friends, is the type of song this is. Epic.  Paul Simon wrote, and sang it. Art Garfunkel accompanied him, and many years later the band Disturbed may have very well perfected it. This song may be responsible for many people falling in love with music, and it has the same power today.  Epic. And how lucky are YOU that you get to listen to both versions. Turn it up just loud enough and maybe, just maybe, you might actually hear The Sound of Silence.

    1h 3m

  4. 12/22/2021

    Ep 52 - The fleeting nature of Fame.

    The Doods talk about the fleeting nature of fame and the impact one song can have on the pop-culture landscape. Which is better? The dizzying highs of chart-topping success? Or toiling away in pop obscurity… but hey, at least you can still do your own shopping? The Doods ponder this as they talk about music you’ve never heard. No, seriously. Don’t even try to front like you’re some kind of long time fan of Moon Martin or the Stanky Brown Group, because we don’t buy it.

    50 min

  5. 12/16/2021

    Ep 51 - Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog

    This week the guys discuss a pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau that stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. No wait, that’s the French Connection. This week is about the Muppet’s Rainbow Connection and how it saddens Jakey, my bad.

    58 min

  6. 12/09/2021

    Ep 50 - Only Shallow by My Bloody Valentine

    I think it’s fair to say that this week, the doods gush. Yeah, they gush, all right. How can they not when talking about the opening track of one of the greatest albums ever recorded? Yeah, they said that. They really said that. GOAT. What song? The doods discuss Only Shallow, the opener from My Bloody Valentine’s classic 1991 album Loveless. So yeah, it just turned 30. Sadly the doods did not. They’re a skosh older than 30. So that means they’re all wise and junk, right? Well, about this they are. If you haven’t heard this song or this album, the doods say you need to change that right smartly. Do people still say “right smartly?” Or is that entirely an old person thing? Pffffft, whatever. The doods don’t care about staying relevant, but they do want you to trust them when they say you should listen to Loveless.

    1h 29m

  7. 05/12/2021

    Ep 48 - Muskrat Love by The Captain and Tennille

    playmetapepodcast@gmail.com While the doods agree the 70s were a pretty groovy time, it wasn’t all platform shoes, macrame vests, and porn mustaches. There were negatives to the 70s as well. One of the low points may well have been this week’s song. Maybe you should be the judge. Does it ooze 70s charm? Or does it just ooze? You know, like an open sore? Oh, the doods also discuss TV. A lot.

    1h 10m

  8. 05/05/2021

    Ep 47 - Mix Tape by Darren

    playmetapepodcast@gmail.com  mix·tape | \ ˈmiks-ˌtāp  \ Definition of mixtape A recording on a cassette tape, CD, or digital medium, consisting of music or songs selected by a single person: My girlfriend made me the greatest mixtape for my birthday. ... a recording consisting of blended or recombined tracks, or a series of tracks with smooth transitions, especially one created by a DJ. Yep, the boys did it.  In a tribute to the original "Play me Tape" anal retentive British kid, Darren puts together a mixtape that defines him and Jake is droppin' knowledge. Send us yours!! and maybe we'll feature it.

    1h 5m
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Lifelong friends Jake and Darren discuss songs and albums that have been important in their lives and have generated an emotional response, both good and bad! Come along on a journey of music discovery, familiarity and fun. Keep coming back every week to hear what’s next, what’s interesting and what they’re up to.

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  • Creator
    Darren and Jake
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Clean
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  • Show Website
    The Play me Tape podcast