Friday’s Best Pop Song Ever

Friday’s Best Pop Song Ever

A short podcast that takes a long look at some of the best pop songs you’ve never heard.

Episodes

Episode #29 - ”Think Of Rain”

September 3, 2020 • 14 mins
Todd rides a wave of 60s soft pop bliss with unlikely pop tunesmith Margo Guryan.
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Episode #28 - ”You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory”

April 16, 2020 • 16 mins
Guitarist Johnny Thunders death at 38 turned his song "You Can't Put Your Arms Into A memory" into something it was perhaps never meant to be.
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Episode #27 - ”Lonely Boy”

February 3, 2020 • 17 mins
Todd Interrogates this 1976 hit from multi-talented Linda Ronstadt sideman Andrew Gold.
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Episode #26 - My World Fell Down

December 26, 2019 • 19 mins
Todd explores the career of songwriter John Carter through one of his most memorable contributions to the "Sunshine Pop" genre.
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Episode #25 - ”Captain of Your Ship”

November 27, 2019 • 13 mins
Todd journeys to the bottom of the charts to celebrate the criminally underappreciated girl group Reperata and the Delrons and their hit oddity "Captain of your Ship."
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Episode #24 - ”Love Thy Will Be Done”

October 23, 2019 • 14 mins
It's surprising that, of all the Prince covers out there, the one by 80s teen pop singer Martika is one of the most moving and artistic.
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Episode #23 - ”Keys to Your Heart”

September 28, 2019 • 14 mins
Todd explores the relationship between pub rock and punk rock through the story of Joe Strummer's pre-Clash band The 101ers.
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Episode #22 -”Missing You”

September 1, 2019 • 16 mins
Todd plays compare and contrast with the Police's "Every Breath You Take" and John Waite's soundalike hit from 1984. His conclusions just might surprise you.
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Episode #21 - ”Since You’ve Been Gone”

July 26, 2019 • 13 mins
No, not the Kelly Clarkson song, but rather Russ Ballard's more grammatically--if inconveniently--titled hit for numerous artists including Rainbow and Cherie Currie.
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Episode #20 - ”Out of Sight, Out of Mind”

June 27, 2019 • 11 mins
The Dutch folk-pop band Shocking Blue had far more up their sleeves than their one U.S. hit.
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Episode #19 - ”Do Ya”

May 31, 2019 • 15 mins
Todd digs into "Do Ya", a song made famous by ELO, but originated by Jeff Lynne's previous band, The Move
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Episode #18 - ”I Can’t Let Maggie Go”

April 24, 2019 • 15 mins
The question on the table is not whether Honeybus, a band largely unknown outside the UK, were any good (they were), but whether they could have been as big as the Beatles.
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Episode #17 - ”Modern Kicks”

March 29, 2019 • 13 mins
Todd examines the tragically brief career of Portland power pop revivalists The Exploding Hearts, whose "Modern Kicks" is a four minute, distortion soaked slice of punk pop bliss.
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Episode #16 - ”Substitute”

February 22, 2019 • 11 mins
South Africa's first all woman band produces an international monster hit -- and Todd is here to unpack it.
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Episode #15 - ”Dancing With Myself”

January 31, 2019 • 12 mins
Todd explores the complicated release history of this dance punk tune turned 80s radio mainstay.
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Episode #14 - ”Ba Da Da Bum”

December 23, 2018 • 10 mins
Todd shines a light on Dara Puspita, an all-woman band from Indonesia who lived out the plot of countless 80s rock videos by playing their rock in defiance of an authoritarian regime bent on silencing them.
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Episode #13 - ”Untrue, Unfaithful”

November 19, 2018 • 10 mins
Todd investigates Nita Rossi's cult hit and takes a detour to examine how the music of Burt Bacharach and John Barry shaped the adult pop sound of the late 60s.
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Episode #12 -”Joy”

October 21, 2018 • 11 mins
Todd finds joy in Yuki's breakthrough Jpop hit.
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Episode #11 -”Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son”

September 27, 2018 • 14 mins
Todd pulls the strings to see what's behind French poppet France Gall's Eurovision winning song and her working relationship with the "dirty old man of French Pop", Serge Gainsbourg.
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Episode #10 - Fox On The Run

August 24, 2018 • 18 mins
Glam pop band Sweet spent several years under the thumb of powerful British songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. With "Fox on the Run", they finally came into their own.
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