Earbuds And Earworms

Amy gets way too excited about birthdays and Mitchell goes along with the exuberance and the Earbuddies work with the theme like All-Stars! From Pop Rock to Comedy Metal, there is a birthday song for everyone here. Music:Lesley Gore - It’s My PartyThe Crests - Sixteen CandlesStevie Wonder - Happy BirthdayThe Vandals - Happy Birthday to MeCaptain Zoom - Happy Birthday Song - AmieMoby - Sunday (The Day Before my Birthday)Uriah Heep - The Magician’s BirthdayChrome - Saint Jimmy’s BirthdayAtom and His Package - Happy Birthday RalphStarflyer 59 - Happy Birthday JohnDethklok - Birthday DethdayHiss Golden Messanger - Happy Birthday, Baby.

Amy gets very geeked multiple times about Griffin McElroy and Esperanza Spalding’s interview on Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me! and Mitchell drops some knowledge about secret super influencers that are living a quiet life in Memphis. Actually quite shocking that this show wasn’t made earlier, because Amy always tells people that a podcast is just talk radio that you can choose when to listen to.Music:Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio, RadioThe Weeks - Hands on the RadioAutograph - Turn Up the RadioEric Carmen - Make Me Lose ControlGriffin McElroy - Ambulance JamEsperanza Spalding - Radio SongRegina Spektor - On the RadioTeenage Fanclub - RadioSoul Coughing - Screenwriter’s BluesM.O.T.O - Dance Dance Dance Dance Dance to the RadioJoy Division - TransmissionSylvan Esso - Radio

This episode is a journey as Mitchell and Amy attempt to nail down if they have seen the same NSYNC concert at the pre-Bass Pro Pyramid. There is also discussion of specific synths, vampires, Lars von Trier (who is creepy), and Bjork. Music:Hańba - RacyjeWardruna - DagrThe Young Gods - Fais La MounetteJel - Sweet Cream In ItFreak Heat Waves - Let It GoJoy Electric - Burgundy YearsExplode into Colors - CoffinsCHVRCHES - Leave A TraceHeilung - KrigsgaldrNervous Curtain - City of HateOne Day as A Lion - Wild InternationalDan Deacon - When I was Done Dying

This week is a more somber episode with Mitchell, Amy, and the Earbuddies reflecting on the music that has impacted them while the musicians that created the work have passed. Music:Justin Townes Earle - Louisiana 1927Mac Miller - Good NewsAmy Winehouse - Back to BlackCave In - TrepanningLou Reed - Andy’s ChestPower Trip - If Not Us Then WhoLymbyc Systym - Truth SkullMorphine - SouvenirDJ Screw - Love TKOTommy Keene - On the RunwayElliot Smith - No Name #1Juice WRLD - FastSilver Jews - Random RulesSchool of Seven Bells - Half Asleep

In an attempt to focus on some more obscure genres, Mitchell and Amy celebrate math rock. Mitchell shines with his innate understanding of what a time signature is and Amy looked up a Youtube video and a whole Reddit graph to help her choose a song. Also, Joe-Joe brought GDJYD’s Durian What What What (and Amy got nervous about speaking all the letters so she forgot to credit him for this amazing song).Music:The Fall of Troy - Counting SheepTorche - Triumph of VenusAlternative Tentacles - AutomatedTera Melos - Melody 2Fang Island - DaisyMatron - Meet AgainGDJYD - Durian What What WhatHella! - 1-800-GHOST-DANCEMarnie Stern - Absorb Those NumbersThe Locust - Psst! Is That A Halfie In Your Pants?Polyphia - 40ozNnamdi - Art School Crush 

 Yeah, sure, we could go for some meaningful lyrics that dig deep into our souls and pull the tears out. This week is not about THOSE lyrics, it is about the inscrutable, gibberish, what the heck lyrics.MusicAdriano Celentano - PrisencolinensinainciusolPavement - We DanceBeck - The New PollutionVulpeck - 1612Reggie Watts - Amazing SongThey Might Be Giants - CowtownZappa and Beefheart - Tiger RoachThe Mars Volta - The WidowMelvins - HoochTrace Mountains - Me & MayElton John - Solar Prestige a GammonWhy? - A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under

This week has NOTHING to do with the episode number (only Memphis will understand). Mitchell and Amy bond over their possible life of crime, which is not provable. Don’t come at them! Also, what is the statute of limitations of stealing your own art from your now defunct high school library? Asking for a friend. Also, the Earbuddies love themselves some criminals. It’s fine. Stop judging.Music:Angry Johnny and the Killbillies - High Noon in KillvilleAmy LaVere - Killing HimNeko Case - Make Your BedThe World Is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die - January 10th, 2014Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Curse of MillhavenJane’s Addiction - Been Caught StealingKinky Friedman - The Ballad of Charles WhitmanSonic Youth - Death Valley ‘69Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr.Dead Kennedys - Stealing People’s MailMasked Intruder - Crime SpreeLegendary Shack Shakers - Blood on the Blue Grass

It’s all about the action and this week, super action jam packed with action songs and imperative songs (and one triple negative multiplier). Amy forgets how to actually speak and Mitchell drops all the Sweeney knowledge on us.Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)Email: eandepod@gmail.comMusic:Smash Mouth - Walkin’ on SunshineJohn Denver - Take Me Home, Country RoadsThey Might Be Giants - Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet HeadSuperheaven - Gushin’ BloodAlvvays - Archie, Marry MeFountains of Wayne - Please Don’t Rock Me TonightLupe Fiasco - Kick, PushAngel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss MeThe Esquires - Listen to MeChavez - Break Up Your BandBlack Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off the BridgeRingo Deathstarr - Do It Every Time

Amy just wanted to shoehorn a specific song in so Mitchell had the illuminating idea to let everyone shoehorn their songs in! It is a cavalcade of genres that are absolutely amazing. Did you know India had nu-metal bands? Neither did we!Music:Leonard Cohen - You Want It DarkerSpoon - I Summon YouHEALTH - L. A. LooksRemember Sports - Reality TVBen Ricketts - The GlowAmyl and the Sniffers - Got YouNnamdi - Flowers to my DemonsHum - WavesBloodywood - Ari AriZeus! Ft. Mike Patton - Human Fly2 Minutes to Late Night - Dare to be StupidYoung Guv - Patterns Prevail

When you’re the greatest and you’re a musician, you make music about being the greatest. This week is all about those narcissistic self-hype songs that get us all bopping. Somehow it managed not to be an entire episode on Run the Jewels.Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)Email: eandepod@gmail.comMusic:Mac Dre - Feelin’ MyselfThe Detroit Cobras - Boss LadyMC Hammer -  U Can’t Touch ThisJohn Grant - GMFWill. I. AM - I AmPrince and the New Power Generation - My Name is PrinceDemi Lovato - Sorry Not SorryRun the Jewels - Banana ClipperLou Rawls - You’ll Never Find Another Love Like MineLou Reed - My Name is MokDJ Shadow - Walkie TalkieDonny Benét - Mr. Experience

Turns out, Disney holds a special place in our hearts. Let’s just face it, Disney made the Millenials and Amy gets extremely excited about every song and Mitchell makes a case for the Fire Gang. Music:Star Wars Theme (Kaylah asked and we delivered)Hercules - I Wont Say I’m in LoveMoana - We Know the WayPrincess and the Frog - We Are Going to Take You ThereBeauty and the Beast - Be Our GuestThe Little Mermaid - Les PoissonsMoana - You’re WelcomeAladdin - A Whole New WorldThe Lion King - Be PreparedLabyrinth - Chilly DownThe Goofy Movie - I-2-IMulan - I’ll Make a Man Out of You

This week is about songs that bring us joy, or songs about the things that bring us joy, or however you define this theme this week. Mitchell gets that bittersweet tune in before Amy refuses to introduce her song so people will listen to it. There is a horns section before folks start taking “fistfuls of psilocybin”.Music:Angel Du$t - Bang My DrumREM - Life and How to Live ItParry Gripp - Yum Yum Breakfast BurritoHealing Potpourri - Think About UsChris Gaines - Unsigned LetterKeith Mansfield - Funky FanfareThey Might Be Giants - New York CityBlack Kids - I’m Not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with YouMikel - Lost WoodsBad Cop/Bad Cop - NightmareAnnihilation Time - Imaginary WindowThe Beets - Shout Your Lungs Out

Mitchell is the foremost expert on the gratuity of saxophone in songs and this week is all about determining if the sax usage has been appropriate. It is a range from when the singing is superfluous to when the sax has just gotten out of hand completely. Also, must all sax players be shirtless while playing their saxophones.Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)Email: eandepod@gmail.comMusic:Men At Work - Who Could It Be NowTears for Fears - The Working HourThe Duke Silver Trio - Memories of NowHall and Oates - ManeaterLady Gaga - Edge of GloryCarly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With MeKaty Perry - Last Friday Night (TGIF)Tim Capello - I Still BelieveHaircut 100 - Love Plus OneGerry Rafferty - Baker StreetGeorge Michael - Careless WhisperTweak Bird - The Sun/Ahh Ahh

This summer is going to be a little different than previous summers. There is this, like, massive thing going on worldwide, and we really can’t hang with each other around pools, beaches, or grills. The theme this week is focusing on the songs that make us feel like summertime is happening. Grab that polka dot bikini (that you are wearing for the first time today), crack open a soda/beer/sparkle water, and enjoy the haziness.Music:Mungo Jerry - In the SummertimeHusker Du - Celebrated SummerDressy Bessy - CaliforniaRingo Deathstarr - Boys in HeatAirbag - A Day at the Beach (Part 1)Martha and the Muffins - Echo BeachWavves - King of SummerChildish Gambino - Summertime MagicSeaway - Lula at the BeachThe Barracudas - Summer FunCherub - Doses and MimosasBest Coast - The Only Place

It has been a full two years (about) since the subject of musical collaborations has come up on Earbuds and Earworms. Mitchell sings Icona Pop’s I Love It. Amy confuses Slayer and Stryper (like any good Christian child would). Also, just forgive the fact that Lovage and lavage are two separate words, because Amy will screw it up anyway.Music:American Football ft. Hayley Williams - Uncomfortably NumbCrystal Castles ft. Robert Smith - Not In LoveDanger Mouse & Sparklehorse ft. Julian Casablancas - Little GirlISIS & Aerogramme - Low TideGalantis & Dolly Parton ft. Mr. Probz - FaithThe F***ing Am - Doing Research for an AutobiographyFelt - Dirty GirlAtlas Sound ft. Noah Lennox - WalkaboutOzzy Osbourne and Lita Ford - Close My Eyes ForeverThe Uncluded - TelepromptersLovage - Book of the MonthThe Murder of Crows - Bird Song

This past two weeks have been a mirror of America’s past. Mitchell and Amy confront their white privilege and focus on songs that highlight the themes of hope, protest, and discontent in these current times. There is always something that we can do better within ourselves and within this culture. It just takes looking at ourselves honestly, recognizing the flaws, and working towards change, equality, and equity for everyone who lives here.Links for support, education, and updatesMusicM.I.A. - BordersChildish Gambino - This is AmericaRun the Jewels - Ju$tAtibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Who is this America?Janelle Monae ft. Jidenna, Wondaland Records - Hell You TalmboutBob Mould - American CrisisParquet Courts - ViolenceDead Prez - Police StateBody Count - Civil WarPoison Idea - The BadgeSaul Williams - List of DemandsHavoc - Give Me Liberty...Or Give Me DeathAlgiers - DispossessionSam Cooke - A Change is Gonna ComeSolomon Burke - None of Us are Free

This week is about reminiscing about the live shows in the before times. Remember live shows? Those were great. Mitchell got see a final show in a beloved venue not knowing it was the final show there. And yes, Amy does realize that she brought a cover song by Ben, but like, it is still like the best cover song. Halfway through recording, you can hear her brain actually break. The Earbuddies show off their magnificent tastes and love of communal listening.Music:Titus Andronicus - Escape from No FutureSpace Tyger - DopamineArchers of Loaf - AudiowhoreDan Deacon - Sat by a TreeBen Ricketts - Fell in Love at 22 (Starflyer 59 Cover)All Them Witches - 1 x 1Tacocat - The Joke of LifeMassive Attack - Unfinished SympathyReigning Sound - I Walk By Your HouseWire - A Touching DisplayWeedeater - Wizard FightPartner - Everybody Knows

This week is all about the perceived dangers of the world. The bad relationships, terrible ideas, and fireworks that can cause bodily harm. It gets pretty terrifying, but of course, Amy is terrified of everything. Mitchell also discovered the scariest Metallica song.Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837)Email: eandepod@gmail.comMusic:The Used - A Box Full of Sharp ObjectsMy Chemical Romance - Gun.Roxette - Dangerous Metallica - Trapped under the Ice (33 RPM)Arcade Fire - InterventionSeminars - Stabbed in the DXiu Xiu - ScissssssssorsModest Mouse - Spitting VenomGood Looking Friends - SurviveIce T - Cop StorySpoon - You Got Yr Cherry BombPony the Pirate - Dangerous

In this exceedingly vast theme (the cosmos), Mitchell, Amy, and the Earbuddies, suggest just a couple of songs about the universe. There are aliens, there is romance, there are some sick beats, then there is Sun Ra. It gets pretty epic.Music:Foo Fighters - February StarsHelium - Leon’s Space SongJack Bruce - Rope Ladder to MoonThey Might Be Giants - For ScienceYung Lean - Starz ft. Ariel PinkSun Ra - Space is the PlaceThe Dentists - SpacemanHum - StarsSonny and the Sunsets - Green BloodHällas - Star RiderCirculatory System - Lovely UniverseMelody Sheep - A Glorious Dawn

This week is all about yucking your own yum music style. You know that total jam that you love, well, criticize that. And if you ever wanted to hear Amy’s version of a southern accent, you have indeed come to the correct episode.Music:Cher - BelieveBroken Note - MeltdownViagra Boys - SportsWhy? - Gemini (Birthday Song)Hannah Diamond - AttachmentDescendents - HopeKids See Ghosts - Freeee (Ghost Town Pt. 2)Avey Tare and Panda Bear - Spirit They VanishedEnvy - Statement of FreedomAnimal Collective - PeaceboneTurnstile - Real ThingMates of State - Fluke