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Rock Talk with Dr. Cropper Rock Talk w/Dr. Cropper
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An entertaining and educational look at the live — and sometimes studio — histories of some of rock's biggest acts.
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E182: Bob Dylan — 'Nashville Skyline' 55th Anniversary
In this episode, we discuss Bob Dylan's 'Nashville Skyline' album in celebration of the 55th anniversary of its April 9, 1969 release. I've always loved his uncharacteristically warm, smooth vocals on this album, as well as the 'Blonde On Blonde'-descendant sonic palette...
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🔒 E181: Led Zeppelin — 'Led Zeppelin' Drum Sessions
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For you premium subscribers, here is the full recording session for the drum parts I included in this week's main episode, discussing Led Zeppelin's eponymous debut in celebration of the 55th anniversary of its 1969 release...
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E180: Led Zeppelin — 'Led Zeppelin' 55th Anniversary
In this episode, we discuss Led Zeppelin's eponymous debut in celebration of the 55th anniversary of its 1969 release. It hasn't lost any of its power to drive you back in your seat; I can only imagine what it was like dropping the needle on it for the first time back then...
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E179: Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show
Welcome to Season 8! In this impromptu episode, I provide some loose thoughts on Usher's halftime show from Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas this past weekend.
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E178: Year In Review & Looking Ahead
In this episode, I recap 2023 and provide a brief update on what to expect moving forward. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Talk to you in a month or so...
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E177: Grateful Dead — 1972 vs. 1973
In this episode, having now gone through the complete ranking exercise for both years, I discuss the differences I hear between 1972 and 1973 Grateful Dead, and tell you which year I prefer...
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Customer Reviews
Good podcast with quirky format
I enjoy Cropper’s thoughts and comments on music. The format is unusual with the actual reading of lyrics in such a monotone delivery, but it’s fine.
My only critique is that his opinions seem a little too in-line with the famous rankings of high-profile publications. Especially with regard to albums.
It’s okay to not have Peppers and Pet Sounds on a top five list. They are, after all, more important than good. But as albums they are very flawed.
I’m sure he could defend his take, though. This is just my opinion, of course. I wished there was a bit more of originality there.
Male swiftie need I say more
Even listening at 2x speed he still so laborious. You need 4x speed to get through an episode.
Harsh on 500 Songs List
I wish I could just rate an episode instead of the entire podcast because the rest might be fantastic. So if you’re reading this review it’s solely on the episode talking about Rolling Stone’s latest 500 Songs list. Honestly I don’t think the list is great either, but the host seems to come at the viewpoint of it should be solely a rock and soul list, which would be a huge disservice to other types of music. He says he could do a better list and while I might even like his list more if he were to do so it would be fairly white, which would be problematic. He also says he doesn’t like songs that are political, but music is political.