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What is love, according to John Lennon?  Who sang a duet with Elvis Presley 37 years after he died? What did Courtney Love say Heart-Shaped Box was about? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that finds love underneath the  covers.
WARNING: This episode contains traces of Barbra Streisand.

Featured songs [in chronological order]:

When A Man Loves A Woman [Frank Ocean]
I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You [10,000 Maniacs]
Total Eclipse Of The Heart [Sleeping At Last]
Love Me Tender [Barbra Streisand, Mick Ronson]
Can’t Help Falling In Love [The Who, Zayn Malik]
Heart-Shaped Box [Asgeir]
I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) [Tindersticks]
Love Is A Losing Game [Daley]
This Guy’s In Love With You [Oasis, The Reels]
My Girl [The Jesus & Mary Chain]
I Was Made For Loving You [Bruce Springsteen]
I’m Not In Love [Roc Marciano, Kelsey Lu]
Love Lockdown [Macy Gray, Glass Animals]
Real Love [Regina Spektor, Tom Odell]
It Must Be Love [Madness]

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Today the group talks about Chamber Pop, which might be considered more of a movement than a formal genre.  Juan serves as the primary tour guide as the group spotlights songs that they feel encapsulate the overall sound.  

Song Samples from the Discussion:

Mercury Rev – “Holes” from Deserter’s Songs (1998)

The Flaming Lips – “Race For The Prize” from The Soft Bulletin: Live at Red Rocks [feat. The Colorado Symphony & André de Ridder] (2019)

Belle & Sebastian – “Seeing Other People” from If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)

Tindersticks – “Rented Rooms” from Curtains (1997)

Sufjan Stevens – “Chicago” from Illinois (2005)

R.E.M. – “Nightswimming” from Automatic For The People (1992)

Björk – “Joga” from Homogenic (1997)

The High Llamas – “Berry Adams” from Talahomi Way (2011)

Matt Pond PA – “Is It Safe” from Several Arrows Later (2005)

Sufjan Stevens – “The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!” from Illinois (2005)

Also, check out the Youtube playlist Juan created with these songs and other great examples!

I had an intimate and honest chat with Stuart Staples, frontman of Tindersticks,  who’ve been carving their  unique atmospheric music for over thirty years.

When I first heard them, I was immediately drawn to this kind of melancholic romanticism that they seem to tap so well into. I’d listen and in my mind picture a group of gentleman musicians that wear good  suits and read old paperbacks. On the eve of the release of new LP, Distractions, we had a conversation  from his home in France where we discussed the validity of being pretentious, film scoring, recording in lockdown and what drives his creativity.

Tindersticks

Title music by ESO