134. The Best Songs of 2001

From50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys

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134. The Best Songs of 2001

From50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys

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Dec 16, 2020

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Our Three Songs:
Karate by Tenacious D;
Revelator by Gillian Welch;
Jenny and the Ess Dog by Stephen Malkmus
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Dec 16, 2020

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Travel back in time, year by year, with three 50 year olds to find out what was happening back in the day and which song is actually the best song for each year they've been alive.

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107. The Best Songs of 1975: What was the best song the year that Carlton Fisk hit that home run over the Green Monster? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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106. Step-Back Pod: These three white guys are taking a step back for the week. Please enjoy a sampling of some of the most powerful songs we know, songs that'll make one racially aware and ready to fight for justice. It's time this country gets a whole lot closer to fulfilling its promises. by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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101. The Best Songs of 1970: What was the best song the year that Hutt River became a nation? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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125. The Best Songs of 1993: What was the best song the year the Buffalo Bills lost their third Super Bowl in a row? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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109. The Best Songs of 1977: What was the best song the year Studio 54 opened? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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129. The Best Songs of 1997: What was the best song the year that Elton John ditched Marilyn Monroe? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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116. The Best Songs of 1984: What was the best song the year Bob Gedolf arranged a bunch of rock stars and in a span of a week had cranked out one of England's all-time best-selling singles (sadly, we didn't pick "Do They Know It's Christmas?")? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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133. The Best Songs of 2000: What was the best song the year I moved to Atlanta "to congeal a woman into marriage'? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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103. The Best Songs of 1972: What was the best song the year they broke into Watergate? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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104. The Best Songs of 1973: What was the best song the year Ohio switched to the metric system? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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120. The Best Songs of 1988: What was the best song the year that Dukakis hopped in a tank? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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113. The Best Songs of 1981: What was the best song the year Charles married Diana? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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105. The Best Songs of 1974: What was the best song the year that Nixon peaced out? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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118. The Best Songs of 1986: What was the best song the year Billy Buck let a dribbler go through his legs? Sigh. by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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108. The Best Songs of 1976: What was the best song the year that George Washington became a six-star general? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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102. The Best Songs of 1971: What was the best song the year D.B. Cooper jumped out of an airplane and was never heard from again? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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114. The Best Songs of 1982: What was the best song the year Jennifer Bardetti broke my heart? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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121. The Best Songs of 1989: Who had the best song in the year of the Velvet Revolution? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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112. The Best Songs of 1980: What was the best song the year that Pac-Man entered our lives? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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117. The Best Songs of 1985: What was the best song the year I had my first kiss--after seeing one of the most important films of the decade, "Jewel of the Nile"? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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124. The Best Songs of 1992: What was the best song the year Brian Koppelman was still thinking of being a lawyer? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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151. The Best Song of 2016: What was the best song the year that a certain Access Hollywood tape destroyed Donald Trump's chances of ever becoming president (in an alternate timeline)? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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110. The Best Songs of 1978: Our Three Songs:Radio, Radio by Elvis CostelloYou Got That Right by Lynyrd SkynyrdLast Dance by Donna Summer by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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111. The Best Songs of 1979: Here's some trivia: what was the best song the year Trivial Pursuit came out? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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123. The Best Songs of 1991: What was the best song the year I turned 21 and wore Bugle Boy jeans out to the bars just in case a woman asked me, "Excuse me, are those Bugle Boy jeans your wearing?" by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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122. The Best Songs of 1990: What was the best song the year Billboard created the Hot R&B chart (changing it from "Hot Black Singles")? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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140. The Best Songs of 2007: What was the best song the year that Scooter Libby was convicted in his role of outing Valerie Plame? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
72 min listen
115. The Best Songs of 1983: What was the best song the year the United Sates invaded Grenada? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
63 min listen
134. The Best Songs of 2001: What was the best song the year everything changed? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
66 min listen
139. The Best Songs of 2006: What was the best song the year that Robot Lady and I moved to Asheville, NC? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
58 min listen

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330. The Midwest, Part 1 by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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329. Gas Up--Detroit, MI: The Musical Road Trip Van needs to gas up. Detroit, Michigan is just the place. by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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328. Detroit: What's the music scene like in Detroit? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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327. Minneapolis Part II: Again I ask, what's the music scene like in Minneapolis? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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326. Minneapolis, Part I: What's the music scene like in Minneapolis? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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320. The Deep South by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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134. The Best Songs of 2001

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