Music Nerds Unite – Details, episodes & analysis

Episode 93 features Scott, Larry, and Keith taking turns drafting and discussing the greatest songs of 1991.

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZffdowavZm15gnamo4dpY?si=bb1de4730a6d44a5⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Fzcv3JZ0PwbQHzPFfCoVr?si=f182d872e9ec40f1⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Link to Spotify playlist that includes all of our song draft picks so far: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TwJXXESiyIPNy0Vdg7OR4?si=a169a297c91a491f⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Notes: It is probably noticeable anyway, but we want to mention that separate parts of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Scenario," and "Loaded/Movin' On Up" were grafted together for the clips we played.

We should've mentioned that Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were also previously in Mother Love Bone, and that Soundgarden's Matt Cameron was also in Temple Of The Dog.

Episode 90 features Scott, Larry, & Keith taking turns drafting and discussing the greatest songs of 1988.

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/633npkBtjFBWYPcgvD76AC?si=5ea7f6747a1d497c⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5acTQCydKCKfksy8rNNURZ?si=b9a88a3c9a8b40cc  ⁠⁠ 

Link to Spotify playlist that includes all of our song draft picks so far: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TwJXXESiyIPNy0Vdg7OR4?si=a169a297c91a491f⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Notes: It is probably noticeable anyway, but we want to mention that separate parts of "One," "Straight Outta Compton," "Waiting Room," and "Mountain Song" were grafted together for the clips we played. Also, we had to remove the music clip for "All I Want Is You" due to copyright reasons.

Episode 83 features Keith, Scott, & Larry taking turns drafting and discussing the greatest songs of 1981.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gVwLB3xOWM8Kn6vvlGIsf?si=12d92701007f46d3 ⁠

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21nfwzjNrlrS6LsJYwgd7j?si=c950155ea1b54860

Link to Spotify playlist that includes all of our song draft picks so far: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TwJXXESiyIPNy0Vdg7OR4?si=a169a297c91a491f

Note: We had to remove the music clip for "Under Pressure" due to copyright reasons.

Episode 82 features Larry, Keith & Scott taking turns drafting and discussing the greatest songs of 1980.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fr1Jv4yXbVa4ByKnxD4aq?si=d65e9a1940894c43 ⁠

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6qZ3qMoP3MHGFErYmdnJq9?si=55fc83121cbb4ae6

Episode 81 features Scott, Larry, & Keith taking turns drafting and discussing the greatest songs of 1969.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DIINd8lhgYuiS4ZeomS2W?si=1fc967ea57bf4807 ⁠

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5G1JVBG4CrnpLfNh86duC3?si=9c6834d6c3d94eee

Episode 80 features Keith, Scott, & Larry taking turns drafting the greatest songs of 1968.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0UndnagAYNvi0Bbnzszw5W?si=df18d36940fa44e4

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kkmGcRuQM8l4O0RWdbEep?si=bce99c2d502e4939

Episode 79 features Larry, Keith & Scott taking turns drafting the greatest songs of 1967.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6IqjcUnslbxM4H8lB87YO4?si=7cb605adcd40406a

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1C3CUI74yWPxJNeIblVgQR?si=a4c8ad21ff884975

Notes: The third song in the Billboard year-end top 25 that Larry thought we might draft was Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison. And S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things was the first rock opera (released in 1968).

Episode 78 features Scott, Larry, & Keith taking turns drafting the greatest songs of 1966.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26Cl7DvkQXAhbBWNvLE7JP?si=8ba397dc43a14ced ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jF6dd36uWK4ll5FvHzPcC?si=4f0000fe01b44f97  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Link to Scott's Nuggets playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3bnIjPuab4q0DuCWEFSw1s?si=cf1be8b5d1e44c36 ⁠⁠

Episode 77 features Keith, Scott, & Larry taking turns drafting the greatest songs of 1965.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PAPx3bcVKFsv7PAw4irVB?si=24a2f65e254a47ce ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HyR6ZHtzyaO4FgPHSXDJD?si=ff44ce123c91438f

Link to Smokey Robinson commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqNTWSLU0Q⁠⁠  

Notes: Tears Of A Clown was actually originally released in 1967 and was a modest success, but it was re-released and became a #1 hit in 1970.

Episode 76 features Larry, Keith, & Scott taking turns drafting the greatest songs of 1979.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4KvKqcvv888otB6i9aUtaf?si=a850a590711449bc⁠  

Link to Spotify honorable mentions playlist for this episode: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Dzy00N2gNtXUsHR26DzwX?si=ec943c41516440e8  ⁠⁠⁠

Notes: There's a word in "Oliver's Army" that's offensive. But, context and intent are important, so here's Elvis in own words: "If I wrote that song today, maybe I'd think twice about it. That's what my grandfather was called in the British army – it's historically a fact – but people hear that word, go off like a bell, and accuse me of something that I didn't intend." Also, Michael Jackson did have some notable successes between "Ben" and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" both with and without his brothers, including "Dancing Machine," "I am Love," "Just a Little Bit Of You," "Blame It On The Boogie," and "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)."