In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast
The usual format is this: we pick a song from the 1950s or 1960s (genres range from garage, R&B, Girl Groups, Motown and Doo-Wop), and discuss three versions of that song, or sometimes we just play a song we haven’t heard before and react to it. We’ve covered classics like “Little Bit o’ Soul” and “Psychotic Reaction” to rarities like “Jump and Dance” by the Carnaby, and “Ringo I Love You” by Bonnie Jo Mason (aka Cher). Our aim is to discuss what makes these songs interesting, ineffable, or even intolerable. We place special emphasis on the “moments” in these songs where, perhaps, a new interpretation will emerge from. A close look at song structure is also present in our discussions. If that sounds academic, maybe it is a little bit, but we like to keep the analysis in the spirit of the songs we speak of – which means we drink some spirits (for Erik, it’s bourbon, for Weldon, it’s Stambecco) – and that means by the third song, things can get a little wild. Basically, we talk about rock!
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast
The Gruesomes Take Over The Podcast!
The Gruesomes take over the podcast! We visit (via videoconferencing) the Montreal castle of rock and roll legends Bobby Beaton & John Davis, who aren’t L7 and give us the 4-1-1 on The Haunted’s 1966 undisputed masterpiece “1-2-5” (versions found at 3:53, 47:34, and 1:12:45). These guys analyze the subversion of garage tropes in this song and tell us how harmonicas are supposed to sound and record covers are supposed to look!! Things get wild and woolly, and maybe even a little … fuzzy?