HeyJaredSaturn’s Favorite Music the Podcast
What music would you have heard if you worked in a small radio station in the early 1990s? Saturn's Favorite Music will answer that question. Author Laura Lee and guests will take a deep dive into the music references in the novel of the same name one by one.
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Annoying Antique Instruments and Alka Seltzer (opens the original)
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In this fun, conversational episode Jon Francois, host of the Delicious Culture podcast joins Laura to discuss whether 18th century instruments enhance or detract from pop songs, how much reggae is too much, and a song that some contemporary reviewers called a Beatles flop. We ask if you can be nostalgic for times to come. Did an Alka Seltzer jingle really top The Beatles in the U.S. Billboard charts? There is radio reminiscence pre and post automation. Plus, tune in to find out what song Jon ca
What Makes a Song Work? (opens the original)
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Songwriter, producer, author, and songwriting mentor Greig Watts joins Laura to talk about four songs and why some give you the feels and others leave you flat. Along the way they touch on the Eurovision Song Contest, the impact of the soap opera Neighbours on the UK charts, and just how many tracks a record could have before it stopped counting as a single. They explore how the context, from radio airplay to MTV to smoky blues bars affect how a song is received and give a pair of vocalists high
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