319. Memphis

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319. Memphis

From50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys

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65 minutes

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Mar 23, 2023

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--The Memphis Arrival Song (The Hold Steady)
--The Memphis Torture Basement!
--Memphis's Favorite Son (Elvis Presley)
--Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Booker T. and The M.G.'s, Otis Redding, and Otis Redding)
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Mar 23, 2023

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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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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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126. The Best Songs of 1994: What was the best song the year Newt Gingrich led the Republican Revolution in Congress? 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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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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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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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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119. The Best Songs of 1987: What was the best song the year the American government started illegally selling arms to Iran in order to illegally fund the Contras? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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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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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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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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142. The Best Songs of 2008: What was the best song the year Meryl Streep sang "Dancing Queen" on a Greek isle to the delight of 38 year-old white guys? 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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132. 50 Years of Music Trailer: We took a look at what we've done to get a sense of what we're trying to do. 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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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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128. The Best Songs of 1996: What was the best song the year Todd Petersen and I U-Hauled our way across America to teach the children of Las Vegas? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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155. The Fantasy Music Festival Synergy Podcast: We get together with The Age Old Question Podcast to create the greatest music festival ever! by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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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
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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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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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338. Gas Up--Liverpool, England: The Musical Road Trip Van needs to gas up. Liverpool, England is just the place. by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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337. London, Part 2: What's the music scene like in London, England? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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336. London, Part 1: What's the music scene like in London? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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335. Birmingham Part 2: What's the music scene like in Birmingham? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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334. Birmingham, England: What's the music scene like in the City of a Thousand Trades? 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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320. Texas, Part I: What's the music scene like in Texas? by 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys
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