Law & Order SOFM

SOFM discusses if music is dead, goes to court to argue if music/artist are overrated, plays the first round of the Arena Rock Tournament and SOFM Musical Impressions,

Transcript

SPEAKER_07 0:17

You are ready to win.

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Welcome, welcome, welcome, S1E9 of the Songs of FM Podcast. Uh boys, we're on a roll. We've got going to have nine of these babies uh uh in the bag and ready for everybody to watch. Hopefully, you're watching us on YouTube or you're listening to us on iTunes or Spotify or a plethora of other streaming platforms out there for you to uh take advantage of and uh get your entertainment, the songs of FMWay. We really appreciate that. Uh well, uh we have dodged storms tonight, we have dodged power outages tonight, and we are putting in the work to get you some uh get you a new episode with some new content, and this one's gonna be very interesting. So, uh, with uh no further ado, as we start every show, how about we right those wrongs, Ryan?

SPEAKER_02 1:29

James, James, not James, Chris. You got the music? Just one moment. I can't do it without the music. I just don't feel it. I'm not in the mood.

SPEAKER_04 1:36

Oh, yeah, that's right.

SPEAKER_02 1:39

All right, this would be things a little different. Uh I'll address that after we talk about what happened in segment three. Russ asked James how inspired he was by Guitar Hero with his wrist selection. I'm here to report that Have a Drink on Me by ACDC was not on Guitar Hero. Nope. However, Lovin' Elevator, Guitar Hero downloadable content, Trooper, Guitar Hero 2, Hanger, 18, Guitar Hero 2, as well as both of his as well as both of his guitar intros, Cold of Personality and Cliss of Dover on Guitar Hero 3, and from his music soundtrack, Rain's World, Wayne's World, Ballroom Blitz, Rock the 80s edition, Bohemian Rhapsody, Warriors of Rock, Foxy Lady World Tour DLC, and although not on the soundtrack, a big part of the movie, fire from the guitar hero world tour.

SPEAKER_08 2:31

No, I feel exposed.

SPEAKER_02 2:33

So let's see, Matt, all of his information comes straight from one of the guitar heroes.

SPEAKER_04 2:38

And next next time you just use one of those guitar hero controllers and they riffs.

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Guess the guitar hero riffs. Here's the part we're gonna do a little different due to hectic work schedule. I've made the executive decision to focus most of my prep time for segment two. I listened a couple times and nothing glaring popped out. Uh, so I've decided to put this week's wrongs in the hands of the people. Give us any of your wrongs in the comments on the Facebook page of this episode or create a TikTok with your findings. I've discovered I'm very good at delegation, and my therapist says self-awareness is a great tool.

SPEAKER_04 3:16

All right. Well, uh uh we we now go to uh the uh the the gentleman that suffered the power outage that that uh that stuck with it and we're getting this episode out to you. We're gonna jump to Ren for this week's ad.

SPEAKER_03 3:31

Howdy gang, let's get paid, shall we? Jinko jeans. Oh, Jinko didn't believe in slim fit or straight leg or personal space. These weren't jeans, they were portable storage units, perfect for carrying wallet with chain, keys, a CD case, and somehow your entire personality. Jinkos were worn by skaters, ravers, and people who had very strong opinions about limp biscuit with jeans, because regular pants weren't making enough of a statement.

SPEAKER_04 4:06

Jinko jeans. I haven't seen those in a long time, but I had a cousin that wore them religiously.

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And I could either have a pair with those meant two.

SPEAKER_03 4:14

Nope. I didn't have the huge ones, but I had the somewhat more conservative.

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He he apparently liked bigger the better, because I think I could have jumped in the jeans with him. So he uh he had those big, huge, huge gink-ko jeans. All right, thanks for the ad therein. Now we're going to jump right into segment number one. Uh, we have entitled This Music Is Not Dead. And what I need everybody to do is to uh to give me a song that you've heard in the last year uh and make an argument for its relevance and if it's a good song and if it's if it stands up to those 80s and 90s classics that we all love. Uh and uh, you know, talk about the artist, maybe even play clip if you feel inclined, if not, whatever. Uh, and just kind of kind of talk about it and give us your your argument for is music dead? Okay. So uh I think I'm going to start with Christopher. Christopher, give me your is music dead.

SPEAKER_11 5:13

I believe it is. I cannot find anything. Nothing, nothing. Nothing in the last year that is good unless you dig deep and find something that is random that nobody's ever heard of, and nobody's ever gonna hear of because it's never gonna get played.

SPEAKER_10 5:31

That's like across all genres. You haven't found anything.

SPEAKER_04 5:34

No. And I can attest to that, you know. Chris, other than in the vehicle or something like that, Chris doesn't listen to a whole lot. You know, it's kind of like me. Like when I'm in the car, I listen to like a podcast or or something like that, an audiobook. Yeah, yes. Uh, and uh, you know, I I listen to uh an audiobook or something like that because my life is so uh inundated with music, you know, you know, on my own accord, but uh you know, there's not a whole lot that I listen to. So I struggled a little bit, but then when I realized one of the songs I was talking about, I was like, oh yeah, duh. That was you know, that was in the past year. So you're gonna go with music is dead, Chris?

SPEAKER_02 6:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 6:17

That's unfortunate. All right.

SPEAKER_02 6:18

Well, yeah, right.

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So uh okay, then we're gonna jump over to Ryan. Ryan is music dead.

SPEAKER_02 6:26

I mean, it's not what it used to be, but I don't think it's dead. Uh the the song that I chose, um, there's gonna be a little confession here in a minute, but when I first heard it, I honestly thought it was Chris Stapleton. I thought it was a new song he put out that I hadn't heard yet. Uh Rolling Stone dubbed it a self-help manifesto.

SPEAKER_04 6:44

Okay.

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And uh here's the part where I have to confess something. I I pulled up a few lists of top songs in 2025 to go through, see if I heard anything, and this one was right toward the top. But then when I started doing my research, it was actually released in 2023 and it hit number one in 2024. Uh I don't know why it was on the 2025. I guess it was still popular because that's probably about when when I heard it. And my mom would say that this decision to stick with that song, even though it was released in 2023, is due to my excessive stubbornness, and my wife would second that, and anybody that knows me would uh vote to affirm. So without further ado, my song is Loose Control by Teddy Swims.

SPEAKER_04 7:26

Okay, a great song.

SPEAKER_02 7:28

So, first thing stood out, stood out was his vocal range and and his rawness, which I thought was Chris Stapleton, and and I think that's part of the reason why everybody fell in love with Chris Stapleton from the beginning, and he has great vocal control. Um, I was hooked the second I heard his voice. Yeah, because once again, I thought it was Chris Stapleton. Yeah, I'm a big Chris Stapleton fan. I don't know if anybody can tell, but I became more hooked by the second verse because he kind of changed it up to cadence, and then when it hit the chorus and he hit that vocal run, yeah, I was like, holy crap, this guy's good.

SPEAKER_04 8:01

Yeah, he's he's an incredible singer.

SPEAKER_02 8:03

So it did lead me after finding out that that song came out in 2023 to kind of peruse his his uh albums a little more, and he's got some really good stuff on it. There's some stuff that is your typical what Chris referred to, crap on the radio, uh pop music, but he has some really, really solid music on that album. And I would encourage anybody that's a dad to listen to small hands. Uh, it was released in 2025. So if you guys won't take the submission of loose control, I'm gonna go to Small Hands and submit that one. And if you're a dad and you listen to that and it doesn't provoke some kind of emotional response, you should see your doctor because you're dead inside.

SPEAKER_04 8:44

So Teddy Swims.

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Restoring the music, Chris. Go check it out.

SPEAKER_04 8:50

I haven't I hadn't heard anything from him but covers until that song. And that is a great song. I really like that song. Uh, don't know why that one didn't come to mind, but uh for for myself.

SPEAKER_02 9:02

But because it wasn't in 2025.

SPEAKER_04 9:04

Um probably not. So we'll we'll let that one slide. All right, let's uh let's jump now to James. James, is music dead?

SPEAKER_10 9:13

I don't think it's dead, and I was really hoping Charlie Pooth's new album would come out before uh we we are recording this episode. Uh but it hasn't yet.

SPEAKER_02 9:21

That's 2026, James. It went and counted the assignment was 2025.

SPEAKER_10 9:24

Says the man that seems like well, it says in the past year. Okay. So in the past year from whatever we recorded. So I couldn't go Charlie Pooth. Uh but I did go with it. Came from an album that uh I've talked about before on this. Uh and it it puts you in the mood of that 80s and 90s country. Uh, and it's Zach Top.

SPEAKER_02 9:50

Uh what's that album called, James? Let me know.

SPEAKER_10 9:55

Hang on. Ain't in it for my health. Had to read it real slow, so I have to make sure I got it.

SPEAKER_04 10:04

And that's his first album you're referring to, right? Or second, second, second album. Second album.

SPEAKER_10 10:07

Second album. It dropped in August 25. Uh, and the song that speaks out to me at least when I was listening to that album is called Good Times and Tan Lines. And it's it's your summer fun song.

SPEAKER_13 10:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 10:22

Uh, but just the vibe that it brings, the the chicken picking guitar, the way the runs are. I mean, it puts you in the mind of Alan Jackson, George Strait.

SPEAKER_02 10:33

Well, you know who the studio guitar player was on that album. Brent Mason?

SPEAKER_10 10:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 10:38

Of course.

SPEAKER_10 10:39

Of course it was. But uh, it's it's great. I don't think music's dead. Okay. And I know like Zach Topp's the artist of like everyone say he's Alan Jackson's son. Yeah. Uh, but even just put that aside, like, let's let's say maybe I'm not saying this permanently, maybe Alan Jackson didn't exist, and this album still came out. No, music's still not dead.

SPEAKER_04 11:04

Uh I can agree, and Zach Top is one of the reasons that I do agree. You know, because I I am anybody that knows me know that I'm really not a fan of of new country music. And he hit the he scratched the itch that I had for country music because it sounded like country music that I used to love. Absolutely. You know, so that that's a that's a really good pick. So I that's a good argument for music is not dead.

SPEAKER_02 11:28

Yeah, so also on that album, check out Between the Ditches, James. That's really good. And uh there's another guy out there, Russ. I don't know if you've heard of him, his name is Jake Worthington.

SPEAKER_04 11:38

I have.

SPEAKER_02 11:41

He's uh I you know, I could be completely wrong, but he seems a little bit gimmicky to me with his whole you know lordship and yeah, I mean he just released um a cover of uh I think she stopped Living Here Today. I think it came out last month.

SPEAKER_04 11:59

Okay. Well, uh, all right, Ren, uh, you want to give us why you think music is dead or nothing?

SPEAKER_02 12:05

Before he gives it, it's gonna be Charlie Pooth, and he's gonna go against everything you just said, James, and he's gonna sneak it in there. Didn't the album drop? No, it's a couple of them did. One of the songs, well, the singles, yeah. Ren, continue on.

SPEAKER_03 12:20

I am surrounded by morons. It says in the last year, and hello, the album's not released, but a few of the songs are. The song that was released, Charlie Pooth, hello. Anyway, music's not dead completely. But let me offer this perspective. The way we, you and I, all of us here, experienced music in the 80s and 90s, except for James. We had it, it was a scarce resource, kinda, if you think about it. We can't consume it at any time like we can now, like every second of the day. More precious. So I think the day, like music's not dead. There's gonna be some winners here and there, Zach Top, Cholly Tooth. List goes on. But on are the days where you have classics that stay around forever because for us growing up, we had the CD. That's all we could listen to until we went back to Walmart three months later.

SPEAKER_02 13:20

Yeah, or your friend burned one for you.

SPEAKER_03 13:23

So it's really the sad to think about. Today's generation, they're not gonna grow up holding on to a song forever. Maybe a select few will, but not like we did.

unknown 13:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 13:32

So that the that's the part that's kind of dying and almost dead. Twenty years from now, when the young ones, they're just gonna be thinking about a kind of music or I don't know, that one super show that was cool. It's really not gonna stick like it does for us. It's it's over. I agree 100%.

SPEAKER_02 13:48

I was thinking about that the other day because I was talking to somebody. We my band does mainly 90s country, and we've been playing a lot at a college bar, and uh, they love 90s country. And um, when Russ and I were growing up, you know, we had the days of Leonard Skinner and and Boston stuff like that that our parents listened to. So now it's our kids that are listening to 90s country. What are their kids gonna listen to? And that's exactly what you just hit on, Ren.

SPEAKER_03 14:12

Yeah, they're gonna have to come back to the 80s and 90s to find a song they can that can stick with them that you know means something to them. They're not gonna be able to find it anything, and that's been uh released in the last, I don't know, five, six, seven years and beyond.

unknown 14:24

Right.

SPEAKER_10 14:24

And like, not to sound like an old fogey, but like even on the pop radio side, I can't name one artist in the past five, seven years that's you know stuck and maybe produced a couple albums. Yeah, it's just nothing's memorable. Not get off my lawn. Sorry, it's like an old geezer right now.

SPEAKER_03 14:42

Yeah, and even back to my point about Charlie Booth, his his musicianship is off the charts. But it's not, I don't think it's gonna stick with me for years, like Mariah carrying boys to men. Who? That's the measuring stick. Have you talked about that before? Nothing will ever compare.

SPEAKER_05 15:02

Nothing compares.

SPEAKER_04 15:04

Well, okay, it's a that's a good argument. And I I do want to uh uh to to add on a little bit to that. It's like what you said nowadays, it's single after single after single. You don't buy the complete work, you don't have anything tangible to hold in your hand, to to really admire the artwork, to to read the liner notes, to see who wrote what song. I mean, all of those things that were so precious to us that we didn't realize at the time because we didn't know it was going to go away. But it's it's it's a very precious commodity now. And anytime that I really try to support an act, I will try to find it. It's way difficult, but try to find a physical copy of it or something like that. And my band, uh, Them Dirty Vandals, we released an album last year. And of course, we done all the streaming stuff and and you know, all the all the uh the digital stuff, the digital releases, but we also did CDs. Just because we are from the era that we're from, we wanted something tangible in our hands to say, hey, look what we done. Because we're we're, you know, we're just four guys from eastern Kentucky that wanted to write our own songs and and put an album together. And we'd done that, and uh, we we wanted something tangible to to hang on the wall, and literally right up here behind me, it's or actually right in front of Chris, it's uh it's hanging on the wall right there. So something to be proud of. Uh well, my music is not dead, or is it is it dead? Um I choose to think that it's not dead, but it's much, much, much more difficult to obtain to to find the stuff that is worth listening to. And, you know, you'll get that diamond in the rough every now and again that is more than just a fad, that is a good a good song. And you know, we all have our definitions of what makes a song great. Um for me, because I don't play an instrument, it's the lyrical content, the message that the the the words are portraying in the song. Um, you know, I can appreciate the music all day long, and I do, but really it's for lyrical content, and that's why I landed on uh a young man that made his debut last year, and I'm not picking him because I'm a homer, but I'm picking him because I discovered him on TikTok of all places, which a lot of people discover the music on nowadays, um and was really impressed with his style and the lyrical content of his music, the chord changes he was using, the his playing style, everything about him was like, well, this is a breath of fresh air. And he released his album last year in October called Thinking Too Much. It's Joshua Sloan out of Sayersville. I don't know if you guys heard much of his stuff, but he was he kind of almost sort of went viral on on TikTok. I guess he did go viral because people were just chomping at the bit to get that album, and he never scheduled it, and then all of a sudden, pow, there it is. And he went to Los Angeles and recorded it. Uh he was also uh part of uh a record-breaking concert last year where he opened for Zach Bryan, uh, John Mayer, Ryan Bingham, the Texas Gentleman, and the Warren Treaty at the big house in Michigan. That's where the Michigan Wolverines play their uh uh their football. And it set a U.S. attendance record of 112,408 people. And little Josh Sloan from Sayersville, Kentucky, him and uh one other guy sat up there with a couple acoustics and played to those people opening that concert.

SPEAKER_10 18:55

That was uh, wasn't it Seth Morrison? I don't know who I don't know who the guy was with him. He's uh he's from here. He went to Floyd Central.

SPEAKER_04 19:02

Oh, okay. Okay. Well that's that's even more impressive, you know. And again, it's not because I'm a homer, but the song in particular that I that I'm talking about is uh is uh Shark Attack. I love the song Shark Attack, and there's another one on there, Your Place at My Place, that was probably bigger and and um created that anticipation for the album. But Shark Attack is the song that I lean to, and it's it's got a real John Mayer-esque feel about it. Uh it's it's acoustically driven, but there's a beat to it and stuff like that. I mean, it's it's it's a great song. So you get a chance, check him out. Josh Sloan. Uh the album is Thinking Too Much, Shark Attack and Your Play, Your Place or My Place. Now, um, I want to say that it why it proves that the great music still exists is because there's still people out there with that mindset of you know, quality is better than quantity. They want to release a quality piece of music rather than release a lot of mediocre pieces of music just to fill some kind of stat sheet. Will it be talked about in 20 years? Who knows? I mean like Ren says I kind of lean with what Ren says there, those classic tunes just aren't there anymore. But uh you know, that that kind of poses the problem is is is the music the problem or is it how we find it? You know, I don't know. A little bit of both. Yeah, I th I think so too.

SPEAKER_10 20:27

What's pushed to us?

SPEAKER_04 20:29

Yeah. I mean that's and that's the thing. It's gotta hit some kind of algorithm before you know really you really want to uh discover it. But uh you do enough digging, you'll find some really, really good stuff that's still out there that just does not get that push that uh you know the radio provides. But and that's that's another thing too. Radio is not the main medium now. No you know, it's social media. Social media is the main medium because they use a song in the background of a video or something like that. But then you get your your stuff, you know, they've got those TikTok charts on iTunes and things now, so Apple Music or whatever, James.

SPEAKER_10 21:03

Charlie Puth was uh actually talking about that in uh in a video of his I watched, yeah, to where like why is the kick drum so distorted now in recordings? And it's because this is what we're listening to. For it to cut through, it has to be distorted. Yep. And that's just we're they're catering to to the phone.

SPEAKER_04 21:22

Yep. You're right. Okay, well, that'll that'll wrap up uh segment number one. Uh is music dead or not? Well, I guess we kind of still left that one an open-ended question, guys. You all let us know what you think about uh is music dead or not? And let us know some of those artists that you have found that you've really been attracted to in the last year, year and a half or so, and uh drop those to songfm at gmail.com. All right, we're going to move now on to segment number two the FM verdict.

SPEAKER_15 21:53

In the music justice system, the artists are represented by three separate yet equal important groups. The overrated. The hype was bigger than the music. The underrated. Not nearly enough credit for how good they are. And they got their dues for those that receive the right level of recognition. These are their stories.

SPEAKER_10 22:17

Today, we are in the Songs of FM courtroom to debate cases of artists, bands, songs, andor albums that have been charged as overrated. We will determine once and for all what category they belong in. Our songs of FM judge will announce the defendant and what each defendant has been charged with. Our fourth panelist will make an argument to place the defendant in one of the three categories. Then our judge will make a ruling. At this time, please observe the songs of FM national anthem.

SPEAKER_05 23:09

A few sons of harmony sent a potential.

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Yes. Call JG Whitworth. What the world? I ain't dressed up enough to be a mess.

SPEAKER_03 23:53

Okay. I've never been looking forward to court so much.

SPEAKER_11 23:59

Powdered wig and all.

SPEAKER_03 24:01

It's the wig party.

SPEAKER_13 24:03

Oh my god. John Adams.

SPEAKER_03 24:07

John Adams did have a beard.

SPEAKER_02 24:10

All right. Format for today will be open to bait. I'll read the charges and the floor be turned over to the panel. Feel free to interrupt, argue, and lose your mind. First case called before the court. Sido with being overplayed, and a white girl danced at many bars across this great land, bringing tremendous happiness to many middle-aged women, as well as being overplayed at any sporting event. The court will now hear case so fm-0001.se1.ep.01-or the people versus the song Don't Stop Believing My Journey. Gentlemen, present your arguments.

SPEAKER_04 24:56

All right. Who goes first, Your Honor?

SPEAKER_02 24:59

Open for.

SPEAKER_04 25:01

Anybody want to go first? I got real strong feelings about this. Go ahead, Brand.

SPEAKER_03 25:06

Judge, Your Honor. Sorry. So the charge is it's overrated.

SPEAKER_02 25:11

Yep, no, it's overrated. It's overrated because it's overplayed. And a white girl dance. They do a lot of this, a little bit of that.

SPEAKER_14 25:22

When the song comes on.

SPEAKER_03 25:25

Well, Your Honor, if I may present my case. I understand it's probably overplayed, but not necessarily equals overrated. I mean, songs don't usually last 40 years unless they generally connect with people. Come on. So I'm asking the court to find that they got their due. As a great song. It's a great song that just might suffer, as you indicated, Judge, from a little bit of overplayed everywhere.

SPEAKER_04 25:56

If I may, Your Honor, I'd like to add on to uh Reynolds' case there that uh I think this is a a mistaken case of not overrated, but inundated. We've been inundated by the song for many years now, and it has become more popular, evident in the last handful of years with, as you say, the white girls. Uh, but I would, in their defense, I would say the first line of the song is just a small town girl. So it's going to apply to those girls, you know, uh, probably first and foremost. So uh I would also like to say that it is it's got it has gotten its due, and uh that uh I do believe that that song uh need be left alone. Anyone else?

SPEAKER_10 26:41

Your Honor, just to tag on to what they've been saying. I mean, it's it's a song that's stayed true for the years and it resonates with everyone, not only just musicians but vocalists. Uh and I mean, has it been played a lot? Yes, but I think it's for good reasons, Your Honor. Uh, I mean, you don't I mean, we always sing the happy birthday song. Why? Because it's justified. We're gonna hear Don't Stop Believing around some white girls because it's justified.

SPEAKER_02 27:09

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here, here, yeah, yeah, here, here. Anything from the gentleman with the glasses.

SPEAKER_04 27:22

Uh, Your Honor, about going out when everybody on the panel is wearing glasses.

SPEAKER_14 27:28

I noticed. Including me.

SPEAKER_05 27:32

I think it means you, Chris.

SPEAKER_11 27:34

I think so too. Well, they've they they've really said a great argument. And and I will say it is played multiple times throughout the years because it still holds up today. It has not aged at all. There's no age to this song. This song could be here heard all over the world, and everybody's just like, oh, this is great. This there's nothing wrong with the song.

SPEAKER_04 28:04

Well, I think I can speak for the rest of the panel in your honor by saying uh we rest our case.

SPEAKER_02 28:10

All right. One thing that the gentleman that introduced me forgot to mention was uh he was supposed to announce my name when I came into the courtroom, and that would be the honorable R. Francis Dodo.

SPEAKER_10 28:24

In my defense, Your Honor, it was not on the paper you gave me. That is a clerical error.

SPEAKER_03 28:30

We seem to have a clerical error.

SPEAKER_02 28:32

Sarah, you seem to be making too many mistakes. This has got to stop. So, after hearing the arguments, the songs of FM court acknowledge the recommendation of got their dues. And hereby rules don't stop believing by journey. Got their due.

SPEAKER_13 28:52

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 28:56

Case number two, sided with using a formulaic rock structure, excessive saxophone, and a success due to his over-the-top devouts fan base. The court will now hear SOFM00001.se1.ep eight dot oh two-o r. The people versus um, sir, there seems to be a discrepancy on your um your ID. Do you go by uh the boss or Bruce Springsteen? Oh, both. Okay. The court calls the Bruce Springsteen boss, gentlemen, begin your argument.

SPEAKER_04 29:34

Well, first of all, your honor, if I may, uh I would like to dismiss any of his political standing uh from this case because he seems to get a lot of hate from that, and that has nothing to do with his music and or talent that he represents as a songwriter.

SPEAKER_02 29:49

I'd like that struck this is solely based on his musical abilities.

SPEAKER_04 29:54

All right.

SPEAKER_02 29:55

Struck from the record.

SPEAKER_04 29:56

With that being said, uh musically, I can say that Bruce Springsteen is an American icon. He's an American treasure, his songwriting abilities, the songs that he brought to the forefront that uh were all written about his life and growing up in New Jersey, uh that he he was a working class hero, he comes off as. And uh I do believe that his songs Born to Run, uh his uh 10th Avenue Freeze Out, uh, the songs that were before uh the releases that made him uh quote unquote the boss are at the heart and soul of who he is as an artist, and that uh he though he may have suffered in the uh in the 80s some uh pop faux paws, uh, that uh really the true Bruce Springsteen is a is an artist uh of the highest degree. Thank you.

SPEAKER_13 30:52

Next.

SPEAKER_02 30:53

Okay the gentleman with a hat.

SPEAKER_03 30:58

Oh okay. Just for clarification, Judge, uh could we get a uh a restatement of the charge, please?

SPEAKER_02 31:09

Decided with using a formulaic rock structure, excessive saxophone, and a success due to his over-the-top develop fan base.

SPEAKER_03 31:18

So it is currently the charge with an opinion of overrated.

SPEAKER_02 31:23

All of them.

SPEAKER_03 31:25

Okay. Well, um Bruce, the boss, brings Ting. I would have to agree with the charge that the boss is overrated.

SPEAKER_02 31:34

Objection, Your Honor. Hey! Order in the court, order in the country.

SPEAKER_03 31:39

I have I have the time. I'd consider him a crime boss, judge. He's been charged multiple times, Your Honor, with the crime of lengthy albums and concerts. His sprawling albums and marathon live shows, sometimes three and four hours, are not for the casual listener. And that voice isn't for everyone. I rest my case.

SPEAKER_04 32:01

Sir, may I interject? Have you ever bought a ticket to see Bruce Springsteen? Were you forced to buy a ticket to see Bruce Springsteen to suffer those three and four hour-long concerts that you uh you bring up? Don't have the time, sir. I digress.

SPEAKER_10 32:21

Anyone else? Judge, I'd just like to say the last panelist is completely out of line. I'd like to hear it. I'd like to it's it's just uncalled for. Oh, yeah, I mean hearsay. Thank you. And during that time, I hear you say it. You're you're all there. I mean, with the time period and how much that he could relate to the working class American, and it's he he is, he created the rock that you may expect with the next cord, what the next dynamic moments gonna be. But at the time, your honor, that's what America needed. We needed something that we could rely on to be comfortable with, but also it still gets us excited, and still to this day, we rely on that comfort, we rely on a better time to where, yes, it was it was a time to where we had to work hard, but you know what? We were proud of it, and that's what Bruce Springsteen brought to the table is being proud of the working class in America.

SPEAKER_02 33:30

Uh what I thought it appears we have two out their due and one overrated.

SPEAKER_04 33:38

I would also like to uh dismiss the opening line uh to one of the one of Bruce Springsteen's songs. Um I'm on fire. Uh hey little girl, is your daddy home? Please dismiss that.

SPEAKER_02 33:57

That sounds like some cancel the boss talk.

SPEAKER_04 34:01

It's inadmissible.

SPEAKER_02 34:05

That's a good ruling, son. So we have we have two got their due one overrated uh the Caucasian gentleman. You're the tiebreaker where you can tie it.

SPEAKER_11 34:16

Now I want to say the the the other ginger over there drinking um was not even in diapers yet during the boss's day. Your honor, hearsay. I don't think he's even old enough to know who he is.

SPEAKER_10 34:34

Hearsay, Your Honor.

SPEAKER_02 34:36

Uh let the record reshow that's record reflect that's absolute fact that he is the only ginger drinking. Go ahead, Caucasian. Fine young fellow.

SPEAKER_11 34:48

But he is overrated. I mean, the the only reason he had I mean, all these fans that they push him uh down your throat like he's the best. No, they're so much better out there. They're so much better during his time out there.

SPEAKER_10 35:05

Name someone more patriotic.

SPEAKER_11 35:08

I don't who cares about patriotic. You were talking you were talking about working class and having to work, and you weren't even on diapers yet.

SPEAKER_04 35:17

I mean, let the record show please let the record show that he has basically with no other term but shat upon the and the entire uh uh argument of of patriotism. Did you not hear the theme song? Uh uh that that can did it not sound like the Star Spangled Banner to you?

SPEAKER_02 35:42

Oh, I'll also let the record show that the Caucasian gentleman was the only one that had his hand placed above his heart during the Songs of FM national anthem. I did. So he's very patriotic.

SPEAKER_10 35:53

But might I add, might I add, Your Honor? That wasn't even the United States version of the national anthem. That was British. Which could mean that he isn't even American. Your Honor, and the in this case, I would really like to ask you to give Bruce Spring Speen his due, but also I would like to ask that you punish the other two panelists with a direct call to ice. Thank you so much.

SPEAKER_03 36:19

I would like to clarify for the court that I am an assistant attorney and Chris is the uh the regular county attorney that I work for, so I'm just doing my job.

SPEAKER_02 36:29

All right, after hearing the arguments, the Songs of FM court has recognized that this verdict is split and it's only at the discretion of uh the honorable uh R. Francis Dodo. And although uh me and the Mrs. Dodo may be guilty of uh cruising through town, pulling the pistols out to the little bill of the boss, uh, we're gonna hereby rule that the boss, Bruce Springsteen, is overrated.

SPEAKER_13 37:00

Uh oh.

SPEAKER_02 37:03

This is a sad day.

SPEAKER_03 37:04

Sad day. Sad day.

SPEAKER_02 37:06

Case number three.

SPEAKER_03 37:07

It's a great day in America. It's a great day in America.

SPEAKER_02 37:10

Case number three sided with being fake and nothing more than a calculated strategy to take advantage of the new grunge movement. Critics frequent frequently dismiss them as a fabricated band with unoriginal formulaic riffs and a lack of authentic grunge credibility. The court will now hear case SOFM 00001.sa1.ep.03-or, the people versus Stone Temple Pilots. Gentlemen, begin your arguments.

SPEAKER_04 37:40

Your Honor, I would like to start by saying this is a farce that any charges be brought up against Stone Temple Pilots for not being grunge or being too poppy to be grunge. They weren't a Seattle band. They were from San Diego, and they fit right in and had more melody in their songs than the other ones combined. I will stand firm uh on my opinion that the Stone Temple Pilots are not overrated. They are a band that has gotten exactly what they deserve, and maybe in some cases, not enough. And I hope that the gentlemen on this panel will feel so inclined to agree with me.

SPEAKER_10 38:23

Your honor, to to bounce off what uh this other panelist said, uh, I would agree. Uh, and yes, I I do think that the general public classified them as grunge. And are they grunge? No, Your Honor. I think honestly that they had just found their original sound, and then the media and the general public have categorized them as a ripoff of grunge or to try to do something weird with grunge. Uh, but your honor, if you take a listen, uh it's a whole new sound that I just don't think the world was ready for at the time. I think they were ahead of their time and honestly underrated. Here, here.

SPEAKER_02 39:04

The gentleman with the beard.

SPEAKER_04 39:10

I think it's you crazy. I mean unless he was looking in the mirror.

SPEAKER_11 39:18

It could be, uh you don't know.

SPEAKER_04 39:20

Sorry, Your Honor.

SPEAKER_11 39:22

Um just like he said, they were an original sound. There there was nothing like them. They came out with their own sound, and I believe that everything they have still holds up today. There's nothing to me that has aged on them on their songs. Um like you know, they're original, and everybody got mad about it. Because they jumped ahead of them as they were copying everybody else.

SPEAKER_04 39:55

And I would like to enter a motion of pro se uh where the DeLeo brothers are not here to represent themselves. Um that uh we are here to represent them and and uh in their stead.

SPEAKER_02 40:09

I I'd like to acknowledge that was a good word. Thank you there, sir. All right, the gentleman in the t-shirt, I think you're the last to go.

SPEAKER_03 40:18

Your Honor, people of the court, it is a privilege to stand before you and defend Stone Temple Pilot. I ask you this, I ask you this. If you have a brain, and connected to that brain you have ears, and you listen to the riff, the bass lines, the arrangements, and you come to any other conclusion that they are not the greatest, one of the greatest bands of all time. If you don't come to that conclusion, there's something wrong. Huzzah! Huzzah, there's no denying the musical genius of the Deleo Brothers. So that's all I need to say. Stone Temple Pilots forever.

SPEAKER_02 41:11

Okay, the the record let the record reflect. Okay, order, order, order. That's enough. Keep the peace. Let the record reflect that it's a unanimous recommendation by the panel to rule in favor of the Stone Temple Pilots, and the court will stick with that recommendation, and we will hereby rule that they are underrated. And quite frankly, I'm disappointed that this was brought before us and put on this list. So, however, compiled this list, you should be ashamed of yourself. And it's a true injustice to the American people that we had to sit here and make this argument today. All right, final case. Side of overexposure critics arguing that while it's a pop culture phenomenon, some songs are considered filler or novelty tracks rather than masterpieces. Critics also point to lack of overall album cohesion, overly slick production, and suggest other albums offer better artistry. The court will now hear SOFM dot-0001.se1.ep eight dot oh four-o R, the people, versus the thriller album.

SPEAKER_04 42:31

Gentlemen, uh Your Honor, I I must confess, uh uh I was not prepared for this argument today. I was uh under the impression there was going to be a different argument.

SPEAKER_10 42:44

Your honor, I just this this is ridiculous. Like, as as much as what we sit here and thought of with Stone Temple Pilots amongst this panel, this shouldn't even be on today's agenda. Thriller, uh underrated. I mean, it got its due. I will I mean it's it's right there on that line, guys. Uh, it is a wonderful album. Some of the greatest musicians featured on this album, and it's I don't even see why it's even brought here today before us, Your Honor. So, I mean, I'm gonna go with with somewhere in the line of underrated got its due because it could be even bigger, especially with the world that we live in today. A gentleman with teeth.

SPEAKER_09 43:38

You're talking to me. I abstain. I upstain. I leave it to the rest of the panel, and you judge, you judge. I still ain't got over that time. You got me on a DUI.

SPEAKER_02 43:57

I would like the record to reflect I did not. Get him, the police got him, mainly because he was not wearing pants and his head was out the window, or as he said it, the winder, and he was just getting a breath. The gentleman with eyebrows, do you have anything to add?

SPEAKER_04 44:22

Your Honor. As I said, Your Honor, I was not prepared to uh to uh present my argument. In this case, I was under the impression we were going to have another argument, but I will have to say that uh the album Thriller by Michael Jackson, produced by Quincy Jones, was neither overrated or underrated. It got its just due because it was recognized until just a few years ago as the the most selling album of all time. Uh featured many singles, uh hits on that, of course, the title track Thriller. Uh my personal favorite, uh, well, James, you might correct me if I'm wrong. Human Nature. Human Nature on that album. Uh PYT, Pretty Young Thing on that uh album. Uh so you know, I I I think that it got its just due. And I would like to give a lot of unknown credit to Mr. Steve Lucither of the band Todo, who was the man who orchestrated the songs for one Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. So I believe that it it got its I believe it got its due, Your Honor.

SPEAKER_02 45:38

Gentlemen with eyes, two of them. You have anything to add?

SPEAKER_11 45:43

I have nothing to add.

SPEAKER_02 45:45

Okay. Sounds like uh we have slightly underrated or just got their dues as a recommendation from the panel. Uh the songs of FM court will uh follow those recommendations and uh and we will hereby rule that it's slightly underrated, but definitely got its dues. But we also would ask to leave this to the people and they comment on our Facebook page with their verdict. The songs of FM court would like to thank you for fulfilling your civic duties, and at this time, court is a jerk. Oh hold hold on, hold on. Looks like we have an emergency hearing. Uh let me get the details from my bailiff. Um, uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Okay, I'll I'll allow it. Case number five, cited with inciting cultural fatigue and success that was driven by marketing rather than superior abilities. Also charged with causing one of the most debated issues in music history and creating a false narrative for a hot take. The court will now hear the emergency case SOFM-00001.ep eight dot oh five dash or the people versus the Beatles.

SPEAKER_04 47:06

I can't even believe that you are you are taking the time to argue this, Your Honor.

SPEAKER_02 47:13

I really I would like Let the record reflect your honor, uh, R. Francis Dodo is not arguing anything.

SPEAKER_04 47:21

Well, that you would allow this argument in your courtroom. I will defer to the other gentlemen to begin their statements because I do have a very well thought out and lengthy argument for my opinion on this case.

SPEAKER_10 47:37

Your honor, the evidence is right there. Like this doesn't even need to be presented in a case. And honestly, I'm shocked that the defendants didn't even didn't even take a plea deal with this. I mean, they know they're overrated. I mean, the bassist is the best drummer in the band, not even the drummer. But your honor it's this is this is comical. This is this is honestly comical. But I mean, they're overrated. Absolutely overrated. They hitched a ride over over the great great Atlantic Ocean over to the United States, and just because they did that, everyone loved them. Your Honor, I just I I just don't think the evidence the evidence clearly shows that they are overrated.

SPEAKER_02 48:29

The gentleman with headphones, would you like to add anything? And sir, I'd also ask you to not wear headphones next time you're in court. That's very disrespectful to the court.

SPEAKER_04 48:38

Well, Judge, you're wearing headphones, I might point out.

SPEAKER_02 48:41

These are ear covers because my ears get cold and they're sensitive.

SPEAKER_11 48:48

Chris. Well. So they actually became the big huge fad, as you call it, when Love Me Do came out in 1962. And they didn't come over here and create one. They were there in their home when it happened. But let's go over some things that they did that came over to United States in recording purposes. That the stuff that that happens now in the songs you listen to. So let's say McCartney started using a fuzz bass on Think For Yourself. That wasn't being done at the time. Um they employed a piano that made a sound like a broke harpsichord on In My Life. Um George Martin recorded the piano solo with the tape running at half speed.

SPEAKER_02 49:58

That sounds like a malfunction to me, son.

SPEAKER_10 50:03

That was not a fuzz pedal, that was a back angle.

SPEAKER_11 50:06

No, it's a fuzz bass. Um they did not say yes to every engineer. They told them no that they're gonna do what they want to do. Because all the engineers like, we're gonna just do it this way, like we've always like we've done for years.

SPEAKER_03 50:22

Judge, I make a motion when we get to the point.

SPEAKER_02 50:25

Motion granted.

SPEAKER_11 50:29

Okay. So look, so they did things like uh Lena sang uh uh through the uh a uh a twin revolving uh speaker inside of a Leslie cabinet that was designed for Hammond organs um on tomorrow uh never knows. They were the first ones to actually take and record to two separate reels at the same time instead of singing their vocals twice to double the vocals. They were also um let's say in 1967, Sergeant Paper's Lonely Hearts Club band was on a four-track recorder in order to get their orchestra and the band, they recorded to a separate uh four-track recorder and connected them with a 50 uh hertz control signal between the two machines. Things like that came to the United States, and that's what all your pop stuff and all that is using now.

SPEAKER_03 51:44

Couldn't they have brought all that and still not played music though?

SPEAKER_11 51:47

Amen. Here, here.

SPEAKER_02 51:49

So, sir, are you saying that they are overrated, got their due, or underrated?

SPEAKER_11 51:56

I believe they got their due.

SPEAKER_02 52:00

Okay, the fine young gentleman. I I believe this is gonna be probably a fantastic take. But sir, I'm gonna have to ask you next time. Try not to make a political statement on your t-shirt.

SPEAKER_03 52:13

You're the one that looks like a supreme leader.

SPEAKER_04 52:18

They had sex with Colonel Sanders.

SPEAKER_03 52:23

Anyway, if I was judge, Chris, I award you no points. May God have mercy on yourself. Amen. I don't have much of an argument other than overrated. Overrated.

SPEAKER_02 52:48

Well, since all arguments have been heard, again a split verdict.

SPEAKER_03 52:56

Your honor, I haven't said anything. I censor the individual in the white shirt.

SPEAKER_02 53:03

I don't see anybody in a white shirt, sir. But I believe you may be referring to the gentleman with the nose. Go ahead, sir.

SPEAKER_04 53:13

Thank you, Your Honor. Uh, just to add on to what my esteemed colleague was saying about the innovations that the Beatles had in recording, uh, I would like to ask the gentleman in the Cincinnati baseball shirt, have you ever used a looper? Yes, I have. Okay, I'd like to ask the uh the gentleman in the uh the offensive uh political shirt, uh talking about our brethren from across the sea to try to come and and and and make a life for themselves in this country, a foreigner on your shirt, sir? That's that's but anyways, have you ever used right here's the Beatles? Have you ever used a looper, sir? Why yeah. Okay, Your Honor, I know that you play music. Have you ever used a looper?

SPEAKER_02 53:57

I don't believe I know what you're talking about.

SPEAKER_04 53:59

Anyways, you can thank the Beatles for the Looper and an echo.

SPEAKER_03 54:04

Okay, I would I'd make a motion that um but it that it's irrelevant based on the fact that we have modern uh shipping lanes through the Atlantic Ocean, and they could easily have shipped that over from the uh United Kingdom, London to the United States for distribution on a mass scale.

SPEAKER_02 54:21

Motion denied.

SPEAKER_04 54:22

Thank you. Uh a short list, maybe not so short list. Love me do, please, please me. I want to hold your hand a hard day's night. I feel fine. Ticket to ride, help. Yesterday, in my life, Norwegian Wood, nowhere man, Eleanor Rigby, here, there, and everywhere. Tomorrow never knows. Yellow submarine, strawberry feels forever, penny lane, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, with a little help from my friends, a day in the life. All you need is love. I am the walrus. Hey, Jude, Revolution. While my guitar gently weeps, happiness is a warm gun, Rocky Raccoon, something come together across the universe. Here comes the sun, because the ballad of John and Yoko, let it be the two of us and the long and winding road. 35 songs presented by the Beatles in a short seven-year career. And also more points to what I'm wanted to give you the highlights of the Beatles, their accomplishments. The top five in 1964, on April 4th, 1964, they held positions one through five simultaneously with Can't Buy Me Love, Twist and Shout, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand and Please Please Me. Total Top 5 and Top 10 Hits, they have 29. Most number one albums with 19 number one albums on the billboard, 200, and it's spent an astonishing 132 weeks at the top. They are the have the longest charting span. They have top 10 hits spanning 59 years, 9 months, and 3 weeks. International and sales dominance total sales, the Beatles have sold over a staggering, and get ready for this, 1.6 billion singles and 177 million albums in the US alone. UK chart records, they hold the record for the most number one albums, 15 in the UK. Global hits during their peak, they had the top-selling single one out of every six weeks at the top selling, and the top-selling album one out of every three weeks in the U.S. In 1971, Milestone following up their breakup, all four members were simultaneously charting solo singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Before them, we had songs about uh taking your baby to the uh soda pop shop, uh songs that were vapid and had no real thought to them, which, yes, the Beatles are guilty of riding in that wave to start with, but then they started making us think with songs like Happiness is a Warm Gun, uh going against gun control. You know, whatever side you are on, you are on that side, and I will not go any further with that. But they give us songs like The Long and Winding Road something. Your Honor, this is a farce that is even brought up in this courtroom today. The Beatles were not uh underrated. The Beatles were not definitely not overrated. The Beatles got their due and they stand as the most successful band in the history of music for a reason. The reason that the gentleman in a foreigner shirt uh brought up in in previous arguments, previous segments of this very show that the songs they released have lived on for many, many years, which is something we will never see again. The Beatles, Your Honor, are the greatest of greatest band of all time. Thank you.

SPEAKER_02 58:03

All right, now that we've heard all the panelists, Your Honor may I address the court. Sir, we would ask that you uh keep all your clothes on.

SPEAKER_03 58:16

The innovation claims are often exaggerated. Those same studio techniques and equipment were also experimented with by the Beach Boys, the Velvet Underground, and Bob Dylan. We would have to strike that as a advantage that the Beatles have over any other possible scenarios where the equipment was made mainstream.

SPEAKER_04 58:43

Then let their music stand on its own.

SPEAKER_03 58:46

Good.

SPEAKER_10 58:48

Your Honor, I would also like to address the court. Oh man. I would just I would just like to ask the panelists uh when is the last time you've listened to a Beatles song and not been tortured with it? I rest my case. Thank you, Your Honor.

SPEAKER_03 59:08

I don't recognize any of those songs that were listed. And also, when was when did Beatle Mania occur?

SPEAKER_10 59:13

I thought those were street names in the 1963.

SPEAKER_03 59:17

Okay. It was not long after the Kennedy assassination when America was just looking for something, looking for good news. So the timing was on their side. Perhaps if JFK was not assassinated, Beatles wouldn't be much of a distraction.

SPEAKER_04 59:33

Agreed, and all songs that are in their first couple of albums, I can agree, were an escape from the the tragedy of Kennedy's assassination and the woes that the country was going through at the time. But they lived on another six years writing profound songs that you gentlemen, I have to imagine, have not taken the time to listen to with open ears, or you would have a different opinion here today. I rest my case, Your Honor.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:02

All right, the court's ready to make a ruling, and I'd just like to say I recognize that this is a split verdict. We have uh two overrated, two got their dues, but I'd like to encourage the rest of you gentlemen to learn something from the young man with the two ears sitting to your left. He came in prepared, he had a very good argument, he made his case, and although this court might not agree with his findings, I feel it compelled in my heart to rule that the Beatles got their due.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:39

Thank you, Your Honor.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:42

All right, once again, we'd like to thank you uh for showing up in court today and um you know, la da da da da da civic duties, all that. But yeah, I'm ready to go eat some lunch. So uh courts adjourned.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:57

Princess. Man, that was tense. Right? My goodness.

SPEAKER_10 1:01:10

I thought I knew you people. Who are you?

SPEAKER_04 1:01:16

That had to be one of the best things that we've done yet. And uh what was his still young was his name Judge Dildo? Was that his name? Or dodo. With a jury curl. I wonder if he used our our uh the product from our last episode, Ren.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:39

Everybody should have got a bottle.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:43

I haven't got mine yet, but I did get a uh I did get a package from Sheen that is waiting for me at the post office. So that may be it. All right, uh now time to move on to everybody's favorite uh segment of the show. Uh we're gonna go into the games, and I think this one's all Ren this time. Uh let's see what you can do with this on the games here, Reynold. Uh me. Uh who doesn't like a good tournament? A good bracket challenge. Oh, love it. On the day that March Madness started.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:10

Yeah, we um got a couple of things lined up, but first we'll start with our first ever Arena Rock Tournament Challenge. Challenge, challenge. How this will work is well, let me give you a little bit of history here. We can't we have to really focus on um subgenres, and I don't know what's going on with the wig party over there.

SPEAKER_10 1:02:30

I thought that was Kenny Rogers.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:34

But uh this is Court, guys.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:39

Exhausted.

SPEAKER_10 1:02:41

I'm killed. None of us know what to do right now.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:53

Okay, Ren, you cut out there for a second. So I'm gonna pick right back up. I'm gonna introduce the games again. My goodness, Chris can edit it in.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:00

Well, I'll just have a breather. I'm a little fucking hot for real.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:06

Cala mini, callamini.

SPEAKER_04 1:03:08

Oh shit. All right, well, that takes us. That's uh takes us into segment three, everybody's favorite portion of our shows. It's time for some games, Ren. What have you got for us this week?

SPEAKER_03 1:03:23

Got a couple of new games. First, we'll start with our first ever Arena Rock Tournament Challenge. Um we have focused in on the arena rock genre. So, what do y'all think about the rankings? This actually, to preface this, this was ranked by ChatGPT solely based on arena rock. Could be many factors, but we have our seatings one through 16. What do you think?

SPEAKER_02 1:03:46

Um I feel like I uh I feel like I see a couple upsets, and I've got my eye on one in particular.

SPEAKER_04 1:03:50

Yeah, there's seating's a little bit off.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:52

All right.

SPEAKER_04 1:03:53

Yeah, they're they're I think they're a little bit off, but I can I can live with it.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:56

Guess what? We're in control of that. We gotta we gotta make sure we score points uh for these upsets.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:02

Do you want to make this feel a little more authentic, Ren? Would you like a little music to go along with this?

SPEAKER_11 1:04:06

Well, absolutely. All right, Chris, fire it up there. What kind do you want?

SPEAKER_04 1:04:10

Just kind of kind of keep it down low that that we found earlier. Okay. All right. All right, see if this uh wets your whistle with uh the March Madness theme, Randall.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:19

And sorry to interrupt, but did we say how we're gonna do this game, or are we just doing the first round tonight?

SPEAKER_03 1:04:23

Yep, only the first round tonight. Okay. All right. Green Rock Tournament Challenge. Here we go. Uh, we're gonna do just round one. We'll go through each of these eight games and give it a score based on each of our votes. We'll score each, and the the most boat votes gets to move on to the next round.

SPEAKER_13 1:04:51

All right.

SPEAKER_03 1:04:51

Uh next episode we'll move, we'll move to the lead eight, and then uh uh when the episode after that, we'll do both the final four and the championship. Okay, so let's start with game one. Journey versus white snake. I'll give my vote.

SPEAKER_11 1:05:10

Yeah, give me journey too. Yeah, give me journey, journey.

SPEAKER_10 1:05:13

Journeys. This was the automatic air matchup.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:19

Hey, if they get three, they move on, you know. I mean, at least for the record, we gotta have the complete score or the final.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:25

And I'm gonna I'm gonna go uh white snake because of the car and the video, and I saw a little thing come across my screen when I was away that said Journey was overrated, I think. So white snake.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:40

Okay, uh, that was almost a blowout. Journey moves on. Game two foreigner versus Kansas. Foreigner all day long.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:48

Foreigner, foreigner. Are you trying to give something away, Brian? I'm gonna go foreigner all the Homer here.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:55

All right, that's a clean sweep for Foreigner.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:00

All right, next game. ACDC versus Queen. Queen.

SPEAKER_04 1:06:04

Queen Queen. Queen. That's a little bit of an upset right there.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:07

Yeah. Is it all queen? It kind of sticks with uh typical NCAA fashion seatings.

SPEAKER_04 1:06:15

Make it over a five. I do dig some ACDC, but uh up against Queen, I gotta go with Queen.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:21

Agreed. I think that was an unfair seating for ACDC. I think they could have handled a lot of these. Yeah, I think so too.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:31

I hope so. All right.

SPEAKER_04 1:06:34

Toto versus Van Halen. That's the first one that's giving me a little pause. I've got some issues with it myself.

SPEAKER_11 1:06:40

I'm gonna go with Toto.

SPEAKER_04 1:06:42

Oh, I heard of Toto. Uh I I I love Van Halen, but I love half of what Van Halen has had to offer with the Van Hagar days. Uh I've loved everything Toto's done. So I guess I'm going Toto also.

SPEAKER_10 1:06:59

Toto as well.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:03

That's an upset. I can't imagine life without the Rosanna Shuffle. All right.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:10

Wow. I feel like that was my chance to try to get revenge at it, but as much as I hate not being able to play it perfectly, I mean that's a major appreciation.

SPEAKER_04 1:07:18

That's a big time upset right there.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:20

Van Halen or Van Hagar could not score any votes from us. Wow. Def Leopard blew oyster pulp. Def Leopard.

SPEAKER_11 1:07:30

Def Leopard. Def Leopard.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:36

Negative one. They didn't even call timeouts. No reviews. Quick game. Scorpions versus Arrow Smith.

SPEAKER_04 1:07:43

Arrow Smith.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:44

I want to say Arrow Smith.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:48

I think that's clean sweet. Five and nothing, huh? Yep. Okay. We're almost done with round one. Mario Speedwagon Sticks.

SPEAKER_04 1:07:57

Uh Sticks Sticks. Saw them in concert together. They were on tour and uh they were alternating um uh headlining acts. And uh when I seen a Mario Speedwagon was the headlining act, sticks played before them, and I felt compelled not to stay.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:15

I didn't even get to vote, Ren, and you went ahead and marked it five. But due to me not really having an opinion on either one of these and just wanting to be with you guys, uh sticks. Okay, I'm with you fellas.

SPEAKER_04 1:08:28

Thank you, Delmar.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:30

All right. Motley Crue, Ryan.

SPEAKER_04 1:08:35

James. It's down to us three. Talking about two that I really don't care about, either one of them. But because my lovely wife loves Motley Crue, I'm gonna give Motley Crue my vote.

SPEAKER_11 1:08:48

I'm gonna go towards more Bon Jovi.

SPEAKER_04 1:08:52

Ooh.

SPEAKER_11 1:08:53

At least he can sing. You know. They can count music.

SPEAKER_04 1:08:59

He can't anymore.

SPEAKER_11 1:09:00

Not anymore, but he could then. So could Vince Vince Neil. No, he couldn't.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:05

No, he cannot. I seen a video of him the other night and it sounded like Vince Neil part two.

SPEAKER_10 1:09:10

I'm defending Bon Jovi, man. All right.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:12

That's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_10 1:09:13

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:13

But John Bonger's defense sounded horrible. Yes, Vince Neal does sound a lot like me trying to run around on stage out of breath at this current moment, but that's not the moment that I choose to live in.

SPEAKER_11 1:09:25

Well, he couldn't then either.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:27

He could.

SPEAKER_11 1:09:28

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:29

Chris.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:30

Alright, who's the tiebreaker? Rand? Guys none? Yeah. It's my life, guys.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_13 1:09:39

And you go to click the button.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:44

Prefer a dude that could handle himself on a boat with Pamela Anderson.

SPEAKER_10 1:09:51

I'm posting a video of me burning a Molly Cruz City tomorrow on our soap.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:56

I thought you said you were going to post a video of you driving a boat tomorrow.

SPEAKER_10 1:10:00

That's too.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:03

Well, that's round one, guys. I want to throw up after that one.

SPEAKER_04 1:10:06

All right. Well, I guess uh we're gonna next episode is when we're gonna do round two, correct?

SPEAKER_03 1:10:10

The lead eight, next episode.

SPEAKER_04 1:10:12

All right, good deal. Good deal. That was the first round of the SOFM Arena Rock Challenge.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:21

Next up, we have Songs of FM Musical Impressions. Oh god.

SPEAKER_04 1:10:27

Testing this, testing this was one of the biggest joys of my life recently. Oh man.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:33

And just the idle spinning of the wheel kind of makes me nervous.

SPEAKER_11 1:10:36

Yeah, really.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:38

Okay. I don't think to pull up lyrics. No explanation needed. If anybody's ever watched Jimmy Fallon, you kind of have an idea.

SPEAKER_04 1:10:47

So for those who can't see it, if you're listening to us only, uh there are two wheels spinning. One wheel is an artist, the other wheel is a random song. And when I say random, I mean random. And uh wherever the wheels stop is where we have to pull off our impression of the artist doing the song that is the other choice. Uh so this is going to be really fun because it was the last time. Or the testing time, anyways, I'll say that.

SPEAKER_10 1:11:20

I'm really nervous. I just hope I don't get Chatahoji.

SPEAKER_04 1:11:28

All right, so uh who's going first? Who's going first, friend?

SPEAKER_03 1:11:33

Russ, you're up first. Oh yeah. This is your spin.

SPEAKER_04 1:11:37

Okay. Scottstab and Wonderwall. Okay. Let's see here.

SPEAKER_12 1:11:56

Uh I said today it's gonna be the day they're gonna throw it back to you. Is that all right?

SPEAKER_02 1:12:11

Okay, I didn't want it to end.

SPEAKER_04 1:12:14

I was I was invested. Thank you. Thank you.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:20

Ryan, you're up. This is the one. I know I'm gonna get Kermit the Frog. I know it.

SPEAKER_10 1:12:27

Is Kermit the Frog on? Oh my gosh, he is.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:34

Why are there so many songs that I've written down?

SPEAKER_10 1:12:38

Oh, thank God. I don't have to do James Brown.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:43

I don't even know where to begin.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:49

I mean, I have an idea, but I do too. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:56

I mean, I don't know if you can tell, but I'm Googling. I'm just trying to get something.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:01

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:02

Oh you're allowed to pull up lyrics.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:07

Well, I've already done that. Now I'm trying to figure out the James Brown part, and I keep going back. I don't know if you remember the Eddie Murphy impression. That's all that's coming to my brother.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:28

Sound like fire starter.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:32

Sounded like he was walking across hot colors.

SPEAKER_10 1:13:36

You should have you should have made your camera like the James Brown meme where he slowly rises up, sweaty, licking his lips.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:45

Well, it's pretty good. Hey, sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun. I want to go. It's my turn. Okay.

SPEAKER_10 1:13:53

I hope I don't get snooped off.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:55

I hope you do. I hope Chris gets snooped on.

SPEAKER_10 1:13:58

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:00

Rennie is the oh, he gets Frank Sinatra. I was gonna say Chad Kroger. Frank Sinatra. If you're happy and you know it.

SPEAKER_12 1:14:08

If you're happy and you know it. I go wipe your hands. If you're happy and you know it. That was a good one, Randy. Good one.

SPEAKER_10 1:14:27

That was great.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:33

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 1:14:34

James, you're up. This spins for you. Gosh. I hope it's an easy impression.

SPEAKER_04 1:14:40

I hope you get share.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:45

Oh, he's winning. He got Michael. Michael Jackson Mary had a little lamb, Chris.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:59

Mary. Had a little lamb. Please. What's white as snow? Mary, little lamb. Oh, Mary, little lamb. Please wide as snow, baby.

SPEAKER_04 1:15:19

I applaud that one, James.

SPEAKER_10 1:15:23

My wife's gonna make fun of me so hard for that one.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:26

Oh, there's gonna be a lot more people than her.

SPEAKER_03 1:15:28

Yeah. Last but not least, Chris, this spins for you.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:53

Perfect. I mean, if he doesn't, if he doesn't do this one, I'll I'll take it for him.

SPEAKER_04 1:15:58

There has been a better match made in heaven. Tanya, his wife, is a big rap fan, so she's gonna get a kick out of this one. Cheddar Hizzle.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:12

Just follow your heart.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:17

Oh God today, Junior.

SPEAKER_13 1:16:32

Come on with the order.

SPEAKER_11 1:16:35

Oh well we're waiting. My brain won't my brain's not even trying to put it together.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:03

Please give an attempt. You didn't attest. I know.

SPEAKER_11 1:17:14

Hold on, hold on.

SPEAKER_04 1:17:17

Oh, he's gotta bring he gotta bring the ass and some Snoop Deals up here.

SPEAKER_11 1:17:20

I'm won't try. It's gonna be awful.

SPEAKER_10 1:17:22

Hey, go go put your chain on. Would this wig help any?

SPEAKER_11 1:17:27

No, no, no, hold on. Yo, you know, way down there on the uh uh on the chattahoochee.

SPEAKER_13 1:17:37

Yeah, what about it?

SPEAKER_04 1:17:40

DOWG, yeah. You know, you know way down on the chattahooochie. What about it, D-O-Double G? It gets hotter than a hookie than a hoochie goochie.

SPEAKER_11 1:17:54

Oh, good God.

SPEAKER_12 1:17:58

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 1:17:59

Anyone want to take this one? Gryn, you gotta go for it for us.

SPEAKER_12 1:18:03

Uh well, Chris did a pretty good job right there when he finally done it. Yeah. Anyone want to do one more? One or two more? Sure. Sure.

SPEAKER_10 1:18:10

Oh gosh.

SPEAKER_03 1:18:15

We're ever so be inclined. It's gonna be share.

SPEAKER_02 1:18:21

Share? And what is that song? Twinkle a little star.

SPEAKER_06 1:18:23

Twinkle little star. Twinkle, twinkle little star.

SPEAKER_13 1:18:28

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:18:34

You're twinkling for me.

SPEAKER_10 1:18:40

That's what I got. There we go. Oh, that was amazing. I I'm singing that to my son when he goes to sit.

SPEAKER_04 1:18:47

Uh who we got. Staying with the king. Oh, you gotta do this one, Ren. I'm deferring to you. The hokey pokey. I think that's what he got when we did the test.

SPEAKER_08 1:19:02

I'll put my left foot in.

SPEAKER_04 1:19:16

Well done, my friend. One more for prosperity's sake. I'll take a very much. One more.

SPEAKER_03 1:19:29

I mean, that's the answer to this kind of thing.

SPEAKER_04 1:19:32

That was kind of self-explanatory. Hit it one more time. I mean, that was gonna be easy. Well, you can tell the world you never was my girl. And you can tell you talk by my leg. I mean, that's kinda that kind of works.

unknown 1:19:49

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 1:19:51

Makes her hand.

SPEAKER_08 1:19:52

My hanky breaky heart. I just all thank you, Tuners.

SPEAKER_12 1:19:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:20:00

All right. Do one more. I'm hoping it lands on Kermit.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:05

Come on, Kermit. Nobody can do a good Kermit.

SPEAKER_04 1:20:07

Come on, Kermit.

unknown 1:20:08

Come on, Kermit.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:09

Let's just take the song that's left in Kermit.

unknown 1:20:11

Come on, Kermit.

SPEAKER_04 1:20:11

Damn it, it's Britney Spears.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:13

Brittany Spears, the wheels on the bus.

SPEAKER_12 1:20:27

Who else? Special guest Christina Aguilera. Only one left.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:40

Please be Kermit.

unknown 1:20:41

Come on, Kermit. Come on, Kermit. Come on, Kermit.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:44

There you go. Old MacDonald.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:53

Old McDonald had a farm. And on this farm he had a frog. And he went ribbit. And he also had a very attractive pig. And she's one of the fact. It's piggy. But why are there so many songs about rainbows? And what's on the other side? Old McDonald's floor.

SPEAKER_10 1:21:26

Yeah. I felt like I was in a Jim Henson production with her.

SPEAKER_03 1:21:30

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right, that completes our musical impressions game.

SPEAKER_04 1:21:36

Well, we hope you enjoyed that, everyone. We work hard on this stuff for you guys. We put in a lot of time, but it is a labor of love. And uh with that, that's that's gonna wrap up the uh episode nine, S1E9 of the Songs of FM Podcast. We put ourselves through the paces tonight for you folks, so please listen on uh Apple i Apple Podcast Spotify. Uh, you can check us out at BuzzSprout, uh songsofm.com, which will take you to our brand new website, and you can find anything and everything there. And you can also check us out on YouTube, and this is one you're going to want to watch on YouTube to experience it in its full glory. So thank you all so much for joining us. For Ryan, for James, for Chris, and for Ren. I have been Russ. Uh, farewell, you guys. We'll see you next time.