Uptown Song Club

USC 10 - Klickity Klow feat. Jim Laczkowski and Brad Strauss

Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, is back with it's final episode for the season! Host Patrick Ripoll is joined by Jim Laczkowski (current host of Director's Club and author of Five Years) and Brad Strauss (former host of Director's Club) to talk about The Best of All Possible Worlds by Kris Kristofferson, The Rip by Portishead and Mythological Beauty by Big Thief. They also talk about the most 90's song, songs that are too much of a good thing, and our on-ramps onto country music. SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE: USC Intro #10 - Patrick Ripoll Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Devil's Haircut - Beck Steal My Sunshine - Len Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves Tubthumping - Smashmouth Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog Cannonball - The Breeders Lord of the Thighs - Aerosmith Lord of the Thighs - The Breeders Never Said - Liz Phair Blurry - Puddle of Mudd Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies Aint Nuthin But A G Thing - Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger They Want The Efx - Das Efx Mic Checka - Das Efx Crossroads - Bone Thugs n Harmony Jump - Kris Kross Mystic Styles - Three Six Mafia Chief Rocka - Lords of the Underground No Diggity - Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre Much More - De La Soul feat. Yummy Three Ages of Dave (Chappelle's Show) Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang Jesus, I Mary Star of the Sea - Zwan Pretty, Pretty Star - Billy Corgan Rocket - The Smashing Pumpkins Porcelina of the Vast Oceans - The Smashing Pumpkins X.Y.U. - The Smashing Pumpkins X.Y.U. (live) - The Smashing Pumpkins Peace Frog - The Doors Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin Heartbreaker - Les Zeppelin Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago Brain Stew - Green Day Good Lovin' (10-31-1980 Radio City, NY, set 3-10) - Grateful Dead Touch of Grey - The Grateful Dead Box of Rain - The Grateful Dead Davy Jones - The Grateful Dead Fire On The Mountain (12-31-78) - The Grateful Dead The Final Countdown - Europe Only Time Will Tell - Asia Forgotten Years - Midnight Oil Forgotten Years (Ellis Park, 1994) - Midnight Oil Best of All Possible Worlds - Kris Kristofferson Help Me Make It Through the Night (live 2016) - Kris Kristofferson Talkin' New York - Bob Dylan Read About It - Midnight Oil Best of All Possible Worlds (Live at Farm Aid 1994) - Kris Kristofferson Best of All Possible Worlds - Roger Miller Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson DNA. Humble. (Live at the VMAs) - Kendrick Lamar Penny Lane - The Beatles Further On Up The Road - Johnny Cash Portland, Oregon - Loretta Lynn City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson Mama Tried - Merle Haggard Rambling Man - Waylon Jennings Giants in the Sky - Into The Woods Broadway Cast In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley The Rip - Portishead Sour Times - Portishead Symphony No. 3, Op.36 (1976) - David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw (Soprano) & The London Sinfonietta Symphony No. 3, Op.36 - Beth Gibbons & Polish National Radio Symphony Plastic - Portishead Nylon Smile - Portishead Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead Inertia Creeps - Massive Attack Wandering Star - Portishead A Day in the Life - The Beatles Numb - Portishead All Mine - Portishead Glory Box - Portishead I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone 15 Step - Radiohead Mysterons - Portishead and more! Spotify Playlist of Every Song Picked For Discussion On Uptown Song Club [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LGaJ7Qz7t8hRtZ7v8EErx?si=ee9003944dff49a6] Spotify Playlist of Every Song Featured on Uptown Song Club [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iM1l9zlaoYBGFFVeQI3u7]

USC 9 - Moogaloo Was Right There feat. Bill Ackerman & Heather Drain

It's been a long time, shouldn't have left you, without a dope pod to cast to. Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, is back! Host Patrick Ripoll is joined by film, music and esoteric culture writer Heather Drain (https://twitter.com/mondoheather [https://twitter.com/mondoheather]) and host of Supporting Characters Bill Ackerman (http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters [http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters]) to talk about Procession by New Order [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emEJWPMh0Mc], Tunnel Walker by Barnes & Barnes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKOaipJojFQ] and El Pito (I'll Never Go Back To Georgia) by The Joe Cuba Sextet [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHu26Hb9Co]. They also talk about the worst song on the best album, the greenest songs they can think of, and the disappointing lack of rivalry between 80's Athens rock bands and 60's Harlem boogaloo bands. SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE: Uptown Song Club intro #9 - Patrick Ripoll Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who No Mercy - The Tubes Only the Strong Survive - The Tubes Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand) - The Tubes TV Is King - The Tubes Prime Time - The Tubes Sushi Girl - The Tubes Kasimir S. Pulaski Day - Big Black Bombastic Intro - Big Black He's A Whore - Big Black Bad Penny - Big Black Everybody Hurts - REM The Tourist - Radiohead Good Night - The Beatles My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen I'm Going Down - Bruce Springsteen Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac I Don't Want To Know - Fleetwood Mac Telecide - The Tubes Hairshirt - REM Grass - XTC Psychomania - The Accused You Can't Bring Me Down - Suicidal Tendencies Green Eyed Lady - The Accused Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf Richie Dagger's Crime - The Germs 99 Ways to Die - Megadeth Forming - The Germs Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols What We Do Is Secret - The Germs Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull I'm On Fire (Live at Paredes de Coura 2007.08.15) - Electrelane I'm On Fire - Electrelane Procession - New Order Isolation - Joy Division Everything's Gone Green - New Order Shadowplay - New Order Atrocity Exhibition - Joy Division Ceremony - New Order The Perfect Kiss - New Order Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division Age of Consent - New Order Temptation - New Order Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order Doubts Even Here - New Order Blue Monday - New Order No One Is There - Nico Sub-Culture - New Order Angel Dust - New Order Iron Fist - Motorhead Lord of Light - Hawkwind 5 8 6 - New Order Tunnel Walker - Barnes & Barnes Fishheads - Barnes & Barnes Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia What's The Ugliest Part of Your Body? - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention Everything You Know Is Wrong - Weird Al Horse with No Name - America Boogie Woogie Amputee - Barnes & Barnes Last Time I'm Playing Nice - Barnes & Barnes Borstal Breakout - Sham 69 Your Number Or Your Name - The Knack I Had Sex With ET - Barnes & Barnes Life Is Safer When You're Sleeping - Barnes & Barnes Getting Out of Bed - Crispin Glover Myriad Harbour - The New Pornographers Foam Hands - Destroyer Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard El Pito (I'll Never Go Back to Georgia) - Joe Cuba Sextet I Like It Like That - Paul Rodriguez Clave Mambo - Joe Cuba Sextet ...and more! Spotify Playlist of Every Song Picked For Discussion On Uptown Song Club [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LGaJ7Qz7t8hRtZ7v8EErx?si=ee9003944dff49a6] Spotify Playlist of Every Song Featured on Uptown Song Clu [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iM1l9zlaoYBGFFVeQI3u7]

USC 8 - Arthritic Goat feat. Heather Drain & Bill Ackerman

After a holiday hiatus Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, is back dropping polished gold nuggets directly into your ears! Host Patrick Ripoll is joined by film, music and esoteric culture writer Heather Drain (https://twitter.com/mondoheather [https://twitter.com/mondoheather]) and host of Supporting Characters Bill Ackerman (http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters [http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters]) to talk about The Bloodbells Chime by Current 93 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S85tcTy1ONA], Antidote by The Hives [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THoBEnCfsmQ] and Las Vegas Story/Walking With The Beast by The Gun Club [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omGYPrECnKI]. They also talk about the pettiest songs they can think of, songs they feel bad for not liking and the 70's rock-revival wave of the mid-00's. Listen up! SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE: Uptown Song Club Intro #8 - Patrick Ripoll The Stranger in Our Town - The Gun Club We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful - Morrissey I Know It's Over - The Smiths Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths Frankly, Mr. Shankly - The Smiths William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan Stupid Hoe - Nicki Minaj Jumpoff - Nicki Minaj The Jump Off - Lil Kim Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, P!nk Roman's Revenge - Nicki Minaj Superbass - Nicki Minaj Black Friday - Lil Kim Pisson On Em - Lil Kim Moment 4 Life - Nicki Minaj Hardcore Vibes - Dune Come On A Cone - Nicki Minaj Roman in Moscow - Nicki Minaj Free Will - Rush Sara - Fleetwood Mac Think About Me - Fleedwood Mac Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous with Mick Fleetwood You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross Lean On Me - Bill Withers Use Me - Bill Withers All Right Now - Free Lean on Me - Amador Valley High School Choir Lean on Me - Orem Junior High Symphonic Band Also sprach Zarathustra - Portsmouth Sinfonia Lean on Me - Club Nouveau Rumors - Timex Social Club The Bloodbells Chime - Current 93 Happy Birthday Spooky Moonbeam (Live NY 96) - Current 93 The Great, Bloody and Bruised Veil of This World - Current 93 Stigmata Martyr - Bauhaus Dig It - Skinny Puppy Steven and I in the Field of Stars - Current 93 Rose Clouds of Holocaust - Death In June All The World Makes Great Blood - Current 93 The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home - Current 93 Aquele Frevo Axe - Gal Costa Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) - Current 93 The Death of the Corn - Current 93 She Took Us to the Places Where the Sun Sets - Current 93 Antidote - The Hives Welcome To Paradise - Green Day What's My Age Again? - Blink 182 Fatlip - Sum 41 Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes Right Now - SR-71 Last Nite - The Strokes Hate To Say I Told You So (Live on Conan) - The Hives Street Fighting Man (Live) - The Rolling Stones My Own Worst Enemy - Lit Walk Idiot Walk - The Hives Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones - The Hives Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet Mike Patton Puts Wolfmother In Their Place Bad Decisions - The Strokes I Melt With You - Modern English Let Your Self Go - Reigning Sound Barely Legal - The Strokes Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello ...and more! Spotify Playlist of Every Song Picked For Discussion On Uptown Song Club [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LGaJ7Qz7t8hRtZ7v8EErx?si=ee9003944dff49a6] S [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iM1l9zlaoYBGFFVeQI3u7]

7 - The Real Queen of Christmas ft. Collin Souter and Kerry Finegan of Christmas Movies Actually

On a very special Christmas episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by Collin Souter and Kerry Finegan, hosts of the Christmas movie podcast Christmas Movies Actually to talk about Christmas (Baby Please Come Home by Darlene Love [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EvZOXEoJ84], I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You by Claudine Longet [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THkbra7Q__U] and Where Did My Snowman Go? by Patti Page [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2TIkMI6nV0]. They also talk about Christmas covers that changed the meaning of the original, non-Christmas songs that deserve a place on holiday radio, and settle once and for all a question of yuletime throne dispute: Who is the real queen of Christmas? SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE: Uptown Song Club Christmas Theme 1- Patrick Ripoll I Believe in You - Sinead 'O Connor I Believe in You - Bob Dylan Dance of the Reed Flutes - Tchaikovsky Sinead 'O Connor on SNL I Believe in You (live at 30th Anniversary Bob Dylan concert) - Sinead 'O Connor Twelve Days of Christmas (1956) Animated Short Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Holiday in Harlem - Ella Fitzgerald I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges Snow is Falling In Manhattan - Purple Mountains People - Silver Jews Silver Bells - Bing Crosby & Carole Richards White Christmas - Bing Crosby Whatchamacallit - Esquivel Mucha Muchacha - Esquivel White Christmas - Esquivel Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Esquivel River (Live) - Indigo Girls River - Joni Mitchell 7 O'clock News/Silent Night - Simon & Garfunkel Silent Night - Winchester Cathedral Choir Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love Mariah Carey attempts to trademark ‘Queen of Christmas’  - Nightline Merry Merry - Elizabeth Chan Shake It Off - Taylor Swift Jingle Bells (Shake It Off parody) - Elizabeth Chan Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (live on The Late Show) - Darlene Love Biography: Phil Spector SPECTOR (2022) Official Trailer Mariah Carey talks about sharing Christmas joy with her kids, new book - Good Morning America All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Mariah Carey Gremlins Opening Credits Santa Claus is Coming To Town - The Crystals Phil Spector, Famed Music Producer Convicted Of Murder, Dies In Prison  - TODAY SHOW Johnny (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love Climactic speech from Scrooged I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You - Claudine Longet I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You - Margo Guryan Nothing to Lose (from The Party) - Claudine Longet It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams Actress Claudine Longet January 1977 News Report Claudine - The Rolling Stones God Only Knows - Claudine Longet A Fine Romance - Fred Astaire Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney "I don't intend to be ignored, Dan..." - Fatal Attraction Where Did My Snowman Go? - Patti Page Winter Wonderland - Bing Crosby The First Noel - Patti Page I Want To Go Skating With Willie - Patti Page The Mama Doll Song - Patti Page How Much Is That Doggy In the Window? - Patti Page Where Did My Snowman Go? - Gene Autry Christmas Piggy - Hunts Sisters The Lonely Little Gnome - Pepper Pots It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Michael Buble ...and more! Spotify Playlist of Every Song Picked For Discussion On Uptown Song Club [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LGaJ7Qz7t8hRtZ7v8EErx?si=ee9003944dff49a6] Spotify Playlist of Every Song Featured on Uptown Song Club [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iM1l9zlaoYBGFFVeQI3u7]

6 - Glasses Kid Meets The Wolfman ft. Regina Linn & Erin Vogel

On the sixth episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by singer/songwriter Erin Vogel and Dinah Shore enthusiast Regina Linn to talk about Master of Art [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X45s0ly9Bcg] by Laura Stevenson, Black [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qextQHRmePM]by Okkervil River, and Chaise Lounge [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2_y0Zv95w] by Wet Leg. They also talk about love songs that wouldn't sound creepy playing the father/daughter dance at a wedding, the next 80's hit that Stranger Things will rocket back onto the charts, and several other songs that are not Buttons & Bows. SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE: Uptown Song Club Theme 6 - Patrick Ripoll I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston My Girl - The Temptations My Girl - Full House Cast Daughter - Pearl Jam Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - The Talking Heads Funny Little Frog - Belle & Sebastian Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush Stranger Things Theme - Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein Making Plans for Nigel - XTC A Beautiful Mine - RJD2 Don't You Want Me - The Human League Don't Stop Me Now - Queen The Chauffeur - Duran Duran Master of Art - Laura Stevenson Wretch (Live at Beat Kitchen 2022) - Laura Stevenson Everybody That You Love - Bomb the Music Industry! Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells Baby, I Love You - The Ronettes Be My Baby - The Ronettes Drops of Jupiter - Train Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las Peach Plum Pear - Joanna Newsome Make Up Your Mind - Shelby Sifers Black - Okkervil River Lost Coastlines - Okkervil River For Real - Okkervil River Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 Nos. 1-14 - Sergei Prokofiev Chaise Lounge - Wet Leg Mansard Roof - Vampire Weekend Black Myself - Amythyst Kiah Typical Girls - The Slits Suck My Left One - Bikini Kill Fuck the Pain Away - Peaches WAP - Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion Chaise Lounge (Glastonbury 2022) - Wet Leg Gucci Gang - Lil Pump Too Late Now - Wet Leg Spoils - Dry Cleaning The Isle of Wight for Me - Lauri Say & The Island Folk I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses Uptown Song Club Outro - Patrick Ripoll Spotify Playlist of Every Song Picked For Discussion On Uptown Song Club [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LGaJ7Qz7t8hRtZ7v8EErx?si=ee9003944dff49a6] Spotify Playlist of Every Song Featured on Uptown Song Club [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iM1l9zlaoYBGFFVeQI3u7]