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| How reflection is Bob Seger’s superpower | 18 Sep 2024 | 00:15:30 | |
It’s a song that finds a center in growing older, by an artist who wrote many of his best songs from a nostalgic viewpoint. In fact, the very title of “Against The Wind” by Bob Seger came from his highschool days, running track and cross country, a runner’s phrase that stuck with Seger and perfectly described how he saw his own life as a road-worn musician, maturing out on the road. The title track of his eleventh studio album - his only album to go to #1 on the album chart - it is one of the best examples of how Seger used his own life’s journey to get to certain personal truths that everyone can sing along to. Let’s look back into “Against The Wind” in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.
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| Steve Miller Band, The Joker, and the "pompatous" of love | 28 Aug 2024 | 00:14:36 | |
It’s the song that put the word “pompatous” into our collective consciousness, a made-up word that was actually a mishearing of ANOTHER made up word. But it sounds great in “The Joker,” proving once again that in rock and roll, if it sounds good no one will bat an eyelash to question it. In fact, “The Joker” was the Steve Miller Band’s first number one hit on the Billboard singles chart, and we’ve been singing along to it since 1973. Let’s get into the story of this ever-popular song in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.
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| The inspiration behind Pete Townshend’s biggest hit | 21 Feb 2024 | 00:10:52 | |
The song is the biggest hit of Pete Townshend’s solo career, an infectious tune that the songwriter behind The Who has called “just a little ditty.” It’s a Hollywood favorite, used in charming romantic scenes in movies and TV shows. But like most things about this artist’s work, “Let My Love Open The Door” has a more complex and deeper meaning than what it sounds like at first. Let’s get into it in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.
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| Behind The Song: The Doors "People Are Strange" | 06 May 2020 | 00:10:58 | |
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| Behind The Song: John Lennon "Nobody Told Me" | 22 Apr 2020 | 00:15:31 | |
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| Behind The Song: The Band "The Weight" | 08 Apr 2020 | 00:16:13 | |
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| Behind The Song: Queen and David Bowie "Under Pressure" | 18 Mar 2020 | 00:16:57 | |
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| Behind The Song: Van Morrison "Into The Mystic" | 04 Mar 2020 | 00:12:03 | |
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| Behind The Song: The Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes" | 19 Feb 2020 | 00:07:52 | |
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| Behind The Song: Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes" | 05 Feb 2020 | 00:11:06 | |
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| Behind The Song: Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street" | 22 Jan 2020 | 00:14:29 | |
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| Behind The Song: Supertramp "Goodbye Stranger" | 08 Jan 2020 | 00:12:12 | |
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| Behind The Song: Joni Mitchell "River" | 18 Dec 2019 | 00:14:11 | |
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| The midas touch of Pat Benatar and “We Belong” | 31 Jan 2024 | 00:11:42 | |
When Pat Benatar’s Tropico album was released in 1984, she was on top of the world: an established superstar talent with a string of chart-toppers, and she and her husband and musical partner Neil Giraldo were about to become first-time parents. The biggest hit from the album, “We Belong,” would become a worldwide smash, extending her golden streak on the charts. It’s a love song that was actually written by two Los Angeles musicians who were struggling to make it at the time, and its success became a windfall for them that they didn’t see coming. Get into the story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.
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| Behind The Song: Lynyrd Skynyrd "Simple Man" | 04 Dec 2019 | 00:11:49 | |
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| Behind The Song: Bob Dylan "Mr. Tambourine Man" | 20 Nov 2019 | 00:16:15 | |
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| Behind The Song: Aerosmith "Dream On" | 06 Nov 2019 | 00:13:39 | |
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| Behind The Song: Blue Oyster Cult "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" | 23 Oct 2019 | 00:13:46 | |
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| Behind The Song: Bob Seger "Night Moves" | 09 Oct 2019 | 00:11:59 | |
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| Behind The Song: The Hollies "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress" | 25 Sep 2019 | 00:11:37 | |
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| Behind The Song: Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blinded By The Light" | 11 Sep 2019 | 00:17:04 | |
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| Behind The Song: Derek and the Dominos "Layla" | 28 Aug 2019 | 00:13:15 | |
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| Behind The Song: Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime" | 14 Aug 2019 | 00:15:05 | |
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| Behind The Song: Crosby, Stills & Nash "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" | 31 Jul 2019 | 00:12:26 | |
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| The Rolling Stones’ hit song that almost never happened | 10 Jan 2024 | 00:11:56 | |
By 1981, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were barely talking, having differing opinions on the direction of The Rolling Stones. Making new music together seemed out of the question, but they were booked on a world tour, and needed an album to tour behind. That’s when engineer Chris Kimsey stepped in to save the day, poring over forgotten outtakes from the band’s previous sessions to cobble together what would become the Tattoo You album. The lead track, “Start Me Up,” was the biggest surprise to Keith Richards, who had written it as a reggae song but never liked what he heard when it was recorded. But, Kimsey found a diamond in the rough: when Richards and Charlie Watts briefly went into the rockin’ version we fans have come to know in one of those forgotten sessions. That outtake, after a little polishing, became one of the biggest hits of the Stones’ career, and it’s a miracle it was ever found to begin with. Get into the story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.
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| Behind The Song: The Who "Pinball Wizard" | 17 Jul 2019 | 00:13:18 | |
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| Behind The Song: Don McLean "American Pie" | 02 Jul 2019 | 00:21:25 | |
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| Behind The Song: Billy Joel "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" | 19 Jun 2019 | 00:10:11 | |
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| Behind The Song: Led Zeppelin "Stairway To Heaven" | 05 Jun 2019 | 00:16:00 | |
A closer look at the history of Led Zeppelin's signature song.
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| Behind The Song: The Police "Message In A Bottle" | 22 May 2019 | 00:07:07 | |
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| Behind The Song: Steely Dan "Do It Again" | 08 May 2019 | 00:09:05 | |
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| Behind The Song: The Eagles "Hotel California" | 24 Apr 2019 | 00:16:46 | |
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| Behind The Song: The Beatles "Come Together" | 10 Apr 2019 | 00:12:31 | |
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| Behind The Song: Dire Straits "Sultans Of Swing" | 28 Mar 2019 | 00:11:13 | |
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| Behind The Song: The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter" | 14 Mar 2019 | 00:11:43 | |
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| John Lennon’s message of peace at Christmas | 29 Nov 2023 | 00:12:07 | |
He was the first former Beatle to release a Christmas single after the band broke up, and he found a way to make a Christmas song carry a message of peace and unity without being overly saccharine. But then again, he was John Lennon. Get into the story of how his and Yoko Ono’s 1971 single “Happy XMas (War Is Over)” arrived just in time for Christmas in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.
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| Behind The Song: Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight" | 28 Feb 2019 | 00:10:44 | |
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| Behind The Song: Creedence Clearwater Revival "Born On The Bayou" | 14 Feb 2019 | 00:11:09 | |
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| Behind The Song: Elton John: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | 31 Jan 2019 | 00:12:14 | |
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| Behind The Song: Toto "Africa" | 17 Jan 2019 | 00:10:58 | |
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| Behind The Song: Tom Petty "Free Fallin'" | 03 Jan 2019 | 00:10:29 | |
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| Behind The Song: The Kinks "Father Christmas" | 13 Dec 2018 | 00:09:19 | |
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| Behind The Song: Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run" | 29 Nov 2018 | 00:10:37 | |
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| Behind The Song: Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" | 16 Nov 2018 | 00:17:33 | |
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| Behind The Song: Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 30 Oct 2018 | 00:20:45 | |
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| Behind The Song: Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" | 09 Oct 2018 | 00:13:02 | |
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| The mystery of Neil Young’s “Cinnamon Girl” | 01 Nov 2023 | 00:11:22 | |
Neil Young’s second solo album, 1969’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, marked the first time he made an album with Crazy Horse as his backing band. Created in a rush of musical output from Young, concurrent with his work with Crosby, Stills, and Nash, it set the stage for the type of sound Young wanted to make as a solo artist: stripped back, without any fancy studio-created bells and whistles. Three of the songs on that album were written while Young had a fever from the flu, and one of them, “Cinnamon Girl,” led to Young earning the nickname “The Godfather of Grunge” decades later when bands like Nirvana embraced the the innovative way he downtuned his guitar. But who is the subject of this gritty, hypnotic tune? Find out in this episode of Behind The Song.
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| Behind The Song: David Bowie "Heroes" | 17 Sep 2018 | 00:15:46 | |
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| How “Devil Inside” helped make INXS rock gods | 11 Oct 2023 | 00:11:38 | |
By the time INXS released their sixth album, 1987’s Kick, the band were perched on the edge of international superstardom, a gig that the late Michael Hutchence seemed born for. Kick turned out to be their biggest success, but it was rejected at first by their US label. It may not have come out at all if it weren’t for a devilishly clever plan put into place by their wily manager. Dig in to the story of how this album overcame a major hurdle and made this band of brothers and friends into one of the biggest acts of the late 1980’s, in this episode of Behind The Song.
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| How Bachman Turner Overdrive’s inside joke became a hit song | 20 Sep 2023 | 00:10:38 | |
By the time Bachman Turner Overdrive were ready to record their third album, Not Fragile, Randy Bachman had sent demo tapes to almost two dozen record labels, all met with rejection letters. Finally, a twist of fate led to inking a contract with Mercury Records…but they were told they were one song short of “that magic element” the label thought they needed for the album. In this episode of the Behind The Song podcast, find out how “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” was begrudgingly added to the track listing and became a number one smash for B.T.O. even though Randy Bachman had intended for the song to be nothing more than a brotherly inside joke!
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