Number One With A Bullet

Explosions. Fireworks. Global military takeover. These are just some of the images that may arise listening to this week's episode! Andrew and Dan tentatively dive headlong into K-Pop culture, in an attempt to understand this incredibly deep, emotionally complex music...about drinking milk and playing ping pong.

Continuing their streak of discussing people you maybe didn't know were Australian, Andrew and Dan travel all the way back to the distant year of mid-COVID pandemic to discuss a literal child's song featuring a grown up child Justin Bieber. And only one of them is Australian! Can you guess? Send us a letter if you guessed correctly.

Is your motor running? Well, you better go catch it! Because this week Andrew and Dan are talking Wild Hogs aka Motor Bikes aka The Two Wheeled Wonders. And they're talking about the only song that was ever dedicated to these gnarly machines, a big mega hit that nearly topped the chart of charts!

America in the early 1980s wanted two things: Handsome doctors working at incredibly generalized hospitals and those same handsome doctors singing sexually aggressive pop songs about their friend's girlfriends. This week, Andrew and Dan talk about one of those things more than the other. Listen to find out which!

Much like when the invention of the atomic bomb ushered in a new era of terror and destruction, this episode, in which Andrew and Dan finally discuss a bonafied Mariah Carey super-hit, will be remembered as a point of no return. Now we have become podcast, destroyer of ears. This week, we learn all about how Mariah Carey re-claimed her stardom in a post-Glitter world. And we discuss the big movies!

This week, Andrew and Dan travel back to the era of mop-top haircuts and paisley shirts to learn what goes into the making of one of the most iconic rock songs of all time. Then they debate whether or not some songs should only exist as sound bites instead of being an interminable two and half minutes long. With a wind instrument solo!

Perhaps no other band signifies a specific era of music and culture in the United States than Orlando, Florida's own Matchbox Twenty (featuring Rob Thomas from "Smooth" by Santana). This week, Andrew and Dan take a crash course on all things MB-20 as they revisit this one week wonder from the turn of the century. Also, Andrew has a whale of tale from his trip to the movie theater. 

This week, Andrew and Dan pay a visit to the early 60s, also known as the late 50s, also known as the first season of Mad Men, to hear a famous song sung by a literal child. But wait! Don't throw your phone in the ocean! This song is good! We're SORRY!

In an ancient time known as the middle 50s, the nation's youth came together to declare in a single voice: Now is the time for rock and roll! To commemorate this occasion, they asked a big half-blind guy with curly Q hair to record a song about the various times that rocking can happen. This week, Andrew and Dan talk about that song! And movies (because of course)!

You've probably heard of rock music. But have you ever heard of Rocky music? Well, now you can say you have! Because this week Andrew and Dan are revisiting the very musical year of 1977 for a classic of the training montage genre. Courtesy of one William Conti (from the Oscars!)

Several years after she told us about her "Fast Car," singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman scored her biggest hit by tapping into the nation's love of standard blues changes. This week, Andrew and Dan dive into this number three hit, and name several alumni of Tufts University in the process. 

They say workplace relationships are never a good idea. But try telling that to Mr. Fleetwood. And also tell it to his friend Mac. And also Mac's wife. And then their other two co-workers who are also sleeping together. Because in 1977 these triple divorcees managed to write one of the greatest albums and songs of all time. This week Andrew and Dan talk about that!

The brothers return to the pod for a triumphant third time, but unfortunately it's their swan song. This week, Andrew and Dan learn the increeedibly detailed history of this forgotten Bee Gees hit that well and truly marked the dying of disco.

Remember that Denzel Washington/Rami Malek movie from a few years ago? The Little Things? I think Jared Leto was in it? Well, this song isn't about that. It was actually recorded half a century earlier! By a lady named after a cat! This week, Andrew and Dan do their best to talk about that.

The inexplicably popular Percy Faith returns to the podcast with another eeeeeasy listening adventture into the world of cinema. This time with can-can dancers, Australian maximalist directors, and French artists that cruel film trailer voiceovers refer to as "grotesque." 

On perhaps their most controversial, jaw-dropping episode ever, Andrew and Dan travel back to the height of the Latin Explosion to hear all about a woman that will make you go insane. And perhaps they go insane in the process! They're really living the crazy life on this one if you know what we mean.

If you're tuning into this episode to hear about jazz and pop legend Nat King Cole — We're sorry! If you're tuning into this episode to hear about a bunch of Los Angeles freak-os that eat uncooked soup and live in the woods — You're welcome! Andrew and Dan are traveling back to 1948 (again!) to hear all about a unique California lifestyle that Andrew simply detests.

This week, Andrew and Dan take a journey back to the 1940s for another look at Post-War America's Questionable Taste. After trying her hand at carnival barking and working for diner scraps, music legend struck gold when she took a stab at "comedy" or at least what passed for comedy in a very different time. Enjoy?

In an unprecedented episode, Andrew and Dan revisit a year they JUST covered in order to discuss a massive song from the turn of the century that somehow failed to top the charts. Yes, it's a country crossover hit about how nice it is to know you're lover is capable of drawing breath. Ya gotta have Faith. And a third thing to end this description!

As a new millennium dawned in America, guitar legend Carlos Santana decided it was finally time to become even more famous and successful than he already was. But to do that, he needed a little help from every young popular artist of the era as well as famous weirdo Wyclef Jean. This week, Andrew and Dan dig into the making of this song that probably reminds you of a story from the west side.