That Record Got Me High Podcast Rob Elba

When British band Ultravox released their fourth studio album 'Vienna' in 1980, the addition of new lead singer Midge Ure marked a total change in direction from experimental post-rock to lushly orchestrated synth-pop. This week's guest, singer/songwriter Oscar Herrera (The Sleep of Reason, Black Tape For A Blue Girl), joins us as we explore this icely beautiful record that manages to be both cold-blooded and fierce at the same time.
"This means nothing to me..."
Songs discussed in this episode: Vienna - London Symphony Orchestra; The Sleep Of Reason - The Sleep Of Reason; Io, Father Whiskey - Oscar Herrera; Saturday Night In The City Of The Dead - Ultravox!; Forever and Ever - Silk; Fade To Grey - Visage; Get Out Of Here - Thin Lizzy; Sleepwalk, Passing Strangers, New Europeans, Private Lives, Astradyne, My Sex, Mr X, Western Promise, Vienna, All Stood Still - Ultravox; Final Sound (Chamber Version) - Oscar Herrera

When author Bob Suren (Weird Music That Goes on Forever: A Punk's Guide to Loving Jazz) was first exposed to hardcore music as a teen in the early 80s, it opened his ears and mind to to a world beyond his suburban life in Stuart, FL. The Reno, NV band 7 Seconds were a big part of this awakening, and their blistering 1982 7" E.P. 'Skins, Brains & Guts' is a record that STILL gets him high!
Songs discussed in this episode: If The Kids Are United (Sham 69 cover, live 1985) - 7 Seconds; Hardcore Rules - Hated Youth; She's My Hosebag - X-Conz; I Hate The Sunshine State - Roach Motel; After You've Gone - Django Reinhardt; Live Fast Die Young - Circle Jerks; John Wayne Was A Nazi - MDC; Mercenaries - Negative Trend; All Tensed Up - Husker Du; Fat Drunk And Stupid - Section 8; Skins, Brains & Guts, No Authority, Here's Your Warning, Redneck Society, Baby Games, Walk Together, Rock Together, Racism Sucks, This Is My Life, Anti Klan - 7 Seconds; Anti Klan - Society's Ills; I Hate Sports, We're Gonna Fight - 7 Seconds; I'm Better Off Playing Alone - Kevin Seconds; 99 Red Balloons (Nena cover) - 7 Seconds

Writer/director Jeff Greenstein (Will and Grace, Desperate Housewives, Friends) joins us again this week to unpack an album - and artist - that continues to get him spectacularly high: 'Big Science' by avant-garde titan Laurie Anderson. This weirdly wonderful, surprisingly catchy selection of musical highlights from her eight-hour production United States Live was ahead of its time in 1982, and STILL resonates today. Welcome to the future!
Songs discussed in this episode: O Superman - Ilmiliekki Quartet; Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra; What Time Is It - Ken Nordine; Title Music from A Clockwork Orange - Wendy Carlos; 3 Dances - John Cage; From The Air, Big Science - Laurie Anderson; This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads; Sweaters - Laurie Anderson; America Is Waiting - Brian Eno and David Byrne; Walking & Falling, Born, Never Asked - Laurie Anderson; Four Organs - Steve Reich; O Superman - Booka Shade; O Superman, Ethics Is The Esthetics Of The Few-Ture - Laurie Anderson; O Superman (Live 1997) - David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey; Example #22, Let X=X, It Tango, Walk The Dog, 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) *Jimi Hendrix cover - Laurie Anderson

This week, British blues guitarist, singer/songwriter Bex Marshall brings us Irish funk rock band Republic Of Loose and their acclaimed 2004 debut 'This Is The Tomb Of The Juice'. With a surprising range of sounds for an outfit from Dublin - including gospel, rap, smoky blues and dirty funk - leader Mick Pyro and company sound like a cross between OutKast and the Stones, with a bit of Sly Stone thrown in. Although relatively unknown in the states, they attracted some heavy duty fans back home in their relatively short existence including Damien Dempsey, Sinéad O'Connor and Bono.
"It must be something in the water..."
Songs discussed in this episode: Intro - Republic Of Loose; Lay Down And Die, 5AM, The House Of Mercy, I Can't Look You In The Eye - Bex Marshall; Ride With Us (Live, The Olympia Theatre 2006), Kiodin Man, Hold Up! - Republic Of Loose; Give It Away Now - Red Hot Chili Peppers; Girl I'm Gonna Fuck You Up - Republic Of Loose; Miss You - The Rolling Stones; The House Of Mercy - Bex Marshall; Something In The Water, Tell More Lies, Slow Down - Republic Of Loose; Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy; Sweet Cola Of Mercy, Six Sober Sounds, Dial Jesus For Sweetness - Republic Of Loose; Guilty, Dirty Water - Bex Marshall; Black Bread - Republic Of Loose; Preaching To The Choir - Bex Marshall

This week, returning guest Emile Milgrim (Las Nubes, Other Electricities) brings us Kate Bush, and her groundbreaking fourth studio album 'The Dreaming'. Released in 1982 - and her first that was entirely self-produced - the highly experimental collection of unconventional, at times dense soundscapes initially baffled both critics and the general public. Over time, however, it has been embraced as a triumph of inventive songwriting and unpredictable performances by an artist fully embracing her creative autonomy.
Songs discussed in this episode: Dreamtime - Kate Bush; Enredados, Drop-In - Las Nubes; Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), The Man With The Child In His Eyes (Live USTV 1978), Wuthering Heights, Cloudbusting, Sat In Your Lap, There Goes A Tenner - Kate Bush; Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode; Pull Out The Pin, Rocket's Tail, Suspended In Gaffa, Leave It Open - Kate Bush; Union Strike Folk Song - Lisa Simpson; The Dreaming, Night Of The Swallow, All The Love, Houdini, Get Out Of My House - Kate Bush; Enredados - Las Nubes

For this special BONUS episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song where the drumming/drummer got them high. Turn it up!!

Songs - and drummers - discussed in this episode: Train In Vain - The Clash (Topper Headon); Satisfaction - DEVO (Alan Myers); PDA - Interpol (Sam Fogarino); Anthrax - Gang Of Four (Hugo Burnham); Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood); Making Plans For Nigel - XTC (Terry Chambers); Forget - Mission Of Burma (Peter Prescott); No Backbone - The Lemonheads (Bill Stevenson); Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nilsson (Jim Gordon); Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham); Zodiac - The Melvins (Dale Crover); I Can See For Miles - The Who (Keith Moon); Marquee Moon - Television (Billy Ficca); I'm Glad You're Mine - Al Green (Howard Grimes); Man Like That - Gin Wigmore (Jake Sinclair); Turn It On Again - Genesis (Phil Collins); Oh Yeah - CAN (Jaki Liebezeit); Rock Music - Pixies (David Lovering); The Etcetera Stroll - The Monochrome Set (J.D. Haney); Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 (Larry Mullen Jr); Soul in Isolation - The Chameleons (John Lever); Late For The Train - Buzzcocks (John Maher); White Room - Cream (Ginger Baker); "92" - Anchorman (Daryl Bonebrake); Favorite Dish - Lee Perry & The Upsetters (Mickey Boo and/or Sly Dunbar?); Are You Happy Now - The Charlottes (Simon Scott); Dreaming - Blondie (Clem Burke)