80 min listen
069a: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 (1999)
069a: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 (1999)
ratings:
Length:
158 minutes
Released:
Mar 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Since this podcast's very beginning, there was only one real option for our 69th album: 69 Love Songs, Stephin Merritt’s three-disc 1999 opus. It's a seemingly impossible romp through dozens of musical styles that could be hilarious, heartbreaking, mocking, sincere, or all of the above in one big clump. We've recorded one episode for each disc, which we'll be releasing over the next three days. Please enjoy all our little words! NOTE: The Magnetic Fields use some bad words and so did we, just so you're aware.Cohosts for vol. 1: Chris Willie Williams, Rich Bunnell, Amanda Rodgers, John McFerrin, Libby Cudmore, B. HeardComplete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/069-the-magnetic-fields-69-love-songs-1999Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod
Released:
Mar 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
001: Earth, Wind, & Fire - All 'N All (1977): For one of the most popular, beloved, and commercially successful bands of the 1970s, Earth, Wind, & Fire have become something of an afterthought by the 2010s. Bandleader Maurice White’s death in February 2016 earned a few loving obituaries, but mostly got lost in the shuffle between Bowie and Prince’s respective passings. More recently, Taylor Swift’s gentrified, tone-deaf cover of their signature hit “September” underscored a sad reality: Earth, Wind, & Fire have passed the Beach Boys “Endless Summer” threshold and become a Greatest Hits band, their songs part of the cultural wallpaper. For the inaugural episode of Discord & Rhyme, host Rich Bunnell uses EWF’s 1977 release All ‘n All to illustrate that EWF were far more than a playlist’s worth of hit singles. All ‘n All is the arguable peak of an incredible run of late-’70s albums, several of which deserve to be viewed as part of the canon alongside Revolver, Songs in the Key of Life, a by Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast