Highway Hi-Fi Podcast Single Song Albums (Episode 67)
Today, we examine the messages that were delivered by seven of the most famous, and some equally infamous, single track records. The emotional tension that went into making them. The strife that went into releasing them. And the waves that were made by listening to them.
Each with a message beyond their declaration of musical independence. A jazz composer completely undoing the constraining rules of his genre. An Afrobeat icon illuminating the political and social unrest around him. A New York legend aggressively rewriting the boundaries of popular music. A Krautrocker’s exercise in boredom relief. A metal band proving monotony and momentum are as critical to sound as dynamics. An artist’s reflecting on decay, death, and the world burning all around him. An eclectic soundscapist’s unraveling the seeming destruction of the medium of music.
The collective sound of these records are full undefinable parallels...challenging and inviting. Simple and complex. From furious to melancholic. Anxious to gleeful. Structured loops and fractured chaos. The only common bond was a total disregard for what had been done before. Today, the single song albums that changed the landscape of music.
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