Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

Discord & Rhyme gets the Halloween season started with spine-tingling tales of animals, air, and paper! Well, okay... admittedly, these topics sound a bit more unsettling in the hands of Talking Heads on their 1979 opus to paranoia, Fear of Music. Dan guides a packed panel of Phil, John, Mike, and Rich through Talking Heads’ weird, transitional album that bridges the gap from the band’s early new wave style to its more eclectic flirtations with funk and world music. This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This is Discord & Rhyme!Cohosts: Dan Watkins, Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, John McFerrinComplete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/057-talking-heads-fear-of-music-1979Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

This is the start of our next comp series, and it's a homemade one! You'll hear the whole story in the episode, but in a nutshell, this is our chance to get acquainted with some popular music from the African continent, mostly in West Africa. We're really excited to dive into this, and we hope you enjoy it too! Gigi - Gud Fella Gigi - AdwaHamza El Din - Your Love Is Ever YoungAmr Diab - Nour el AinAlpha Blondy - Brigadier SabariAlpha Blondy - Cocody RockComplete playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Cs1jq3CaAI2ivZXTuBpnk?si=4018d6cd5b044022Cohosts: Amanda Rodgers, Rich Bunnell, Chris Willie WilliamsOpening music: "Houses in Motion" by Angelique Kidjo Closing credits music: Kenneth Kraylie https://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/ https://casinos.bandcamp.com/

Get ready for an Elvis podcast that doesn’t contain “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Heartbreak Hotel” “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” or “All Shook Up.” Come on, you’ve already heard those songs on a hundred movie soundtracks and diner mini-jukeboxes. Instead, Phil is leading Elvis obsessee Ben and utter Elvis novice Rich through From Elvis in Memphis, the 1969 album that briefly put him back in the spotlight after almost a full decade of starring in terrible movies. Buoyed by his hit comeback special, the King adopted a “country soul” sound that blends country songwriting with the sonic palette of gospel, soul, doo-wop and R&B. Elvis has a truly frustrating discography where the iconography often overshadows the actual music, but From Elvis in Memphis is one for us album nerds, and one for the ages.Cohosts: Phil Maddox, Rich Bunnell, Ben MarlinComplete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/elvis-presley-from-elvis-in-memphis-1969Discord & Rhyme's merch store: http://tee.pub/lic/discordpodSupport the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

After spending the last couple of decades converting all of his friends into Camper Van Beethoven fans, Will is now doing the same for all of you - with the help of one of the band members! Victor Krummenacher, CVB bassist and swell guy, was kind enough to talk to Will about the making of Key Lime Pie and some general band history, and you can hear that interview in this episode before we start our usual discussion. (The full recording is available on our website, for you completionists out there.) Key Lime Pie is a terrific album full of unconventional song structures, clever lyrics, and interesting sounds, and we hope you all like it as much as we do. Rated Explicit for naughty language. Cohosts: Chris Willie Williams, Rich Bunnell, Amanda Rodgers, Dan Watkins Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/055-camper-van-beethoven-key-lime-pie-1989-feat-victor-krummenacher Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

It's the last of this Motown disc, including "Tears of a Clown" Redux, some more of our best pal Stevie Wonder, and a Diana-less Supremes hit.The Jackson 5 - I'll Be ThereStevie Wonder - Heaven Help Us AllSmokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown (US Version)The Supremes - Stoned LoveGladys Knight & the Pips - If I Were Your WomanCohosts: Phil Maddox, Ben Marlin, John McFerrin  Theme music: "The Motown Song" by Rod Stewart feat. the TemptationsClosing credits music by Kenneth Kraylie, originally composed by Andy Partridge with new lyrics by Adam Smith of the Hector Collectorshttps://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/ https://casinos.bandcamp.com/ https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/ 

Sometimes we choose albums to cover on the show because they’re important and we want to analyze them, and other times we choose albums because they make us happy. The Traveling Wilburys fall firmly into that second group. Their music may not have been especially important or ground-breaking, and the history of music wouldn’t be any different without them - but the world would certainly be poorer without this album in it. Amanda, Rich, Ben, and John spent a very happy 90 minutes talking about why we love these songs, and why one of them is Amanda’s very favorite song of all time.Cohosts: Edith Wilbury (Amanda Rodgers), Charlie T. Wilbury III (Ben Marlin), Dewey Wilbury (Rich Bunnell), Levi Wilbury (John McFerrin)Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/054-the-traveling-wilburys-vol-1-1988Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

We're back with another batch of Motown songs! Even though these are especially great, you know we are incapable of staying on topic, so digressions include electric sitars, Karen Carpenter, and (inevitably) the Moody Blues. Also some dumb Genesis jokes.Rare Earth - Get Ready The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) Edwin Starr - War Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown (UK Version) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Support the podcast and get early access to bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/discordpodCohosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, Amanda Rodgers Theme music: "The Motown Song" by Rod Stewart feat. the TemptationsClosing credits music by Kenneth Kraylie, originally composed by Andy Partridge with new lyrics by Adam Smith of the Hector Collectorshttps://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/https://casinos.bandcamp.com/https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/

Follow us back to Olde, Olde England for a look at Richard and Linda Thompson’s classic 1974 album I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight. Actually, 1974 wasn’t that Olde - by that point, the English had been enjoying color TV for eight long years. But Richard Thompson’s songs evoke an England that existed centuries before The Avengers and The Prisoner brightened the airwaves. His is an England of drunkards and scoundrels, of circus performers, of little beggar girls, and of pub singalongs after a hard day of working the fields. With crisp guitar playing and sublime harmonies, Richard and his then-wife Linda wring a timeless resonance out of these archetypes from long ago. Join host Ben, along with Will, Amanda, and Dan, for a discussion about one of our favorite folk-rock albums of the 1970s.Cohosts: Ben Marlin, Amanda Rodgers, Chris Willie Williams, Dan WatkinsComplete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/053-richard-and-linda-thompson-i-want-to-see-the-bright-lights-tonight-1974Support the podcast! http://www.patreon.com/discordpod

Get ready, get ready, 'cause here we come with a new Motown episode! In which John mathsplains the Jackson 5 and we tell the Beatles to suck it for the second time in this series.The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back Stevie Wonder - Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday The Jackson 5 - ABC Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) The Four Tops - It's All in the Game The Jackson 5 - The Love You Save Support the podcast and get these episodes early! https://www.patreon.com/discordpodCohosts: Rich Bunnell, John McFerrin, Amanda RodgersTheme music: "The Motown Song" by Rod Stewart feat. the TemptationsClosing credits music by Kenneth Kraylie, originally composed by Andy Partridge with new lyrics by Adam Smith of the Hector Collectorshttps://kennethkraylie.bandcamp.com/https://casinos.bandcamp.com/https://thehectorcollectors.bandcamp.com/

We tried, we honestly tried to feature XTC as one of Discord & Rhyme’s earliest episodes, but technical issues derailed this podcasting train. Two years later, we’ve rebuilt our reserves of soul coal and dream steam, and Rich is ready to take John, Ben, and Dan aboard The Big Express, a relatively unknown but quintessential album from the Swindon trio. In 1984, the band was newly confined to the studio after eccentric frontman and lead songwriter Andy Partridge permanently swore off touring. Resultantly, the album finds him and bandmates Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory at their most kitchen-sink creative, as well as their most frustrating, which is a fundamental part of the proper XTC experience. So put your cleanest dirty shirt on, shake you donkey up, and get ready for some truly idiosyncratic songcraft. Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, Ben Marlin, John McFerrin, Dan Watkins  Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/052-xtc-the-big-express-1984 Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod