Koppen With Comics and Critics
Comedy and music fan Brian Koppen chats with comics and music critics
Episodes
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Christian Kriticos as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Del Shannon’s “Runaway” vs. Paul Simon’s “All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints”
R.E.M.’s “Fall On Me” vs. Bobby Darin’s “Splish Splash”
Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus” vs. Queen’s “A Kind of Magic”
Prince & the Revolution’s “Kiss” vs. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas' "Nowhere to Run"
Mary J. Blige’s “No...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Iain Key as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul” vs. Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”
The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” vs. Pearl Jam’s “Go”
Elvis’ “If I Can Dream” vs. Willie Nelson’s “Stay a Little Longer (Live)”
Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” vs. The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows”
Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” vs. Green Day’s “American Idiot”...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Max Freedman as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Hank Ballard’s “Hoochie Coochie Coo” vs. Janet Jackson’s “If”
Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” vs. Madonna’s “Live to Tell”
Parliament’s “Flash Light” vs. Prince’s “When Doves Cry”
Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” vs. Jackson Browne’s “Somebody’s Baby”
Radiohead’s “Let Down” vs. Nine Inch Nails’ “Head Like a Hole”
They also discuss Grimes, hype...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Zach Schonfeld as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Michael Jackson’s “Don't Stop Till You Get Enough” vs. Outkast’s "Ms. Jackson"
OutKast’s “B.O.B.” vs. Sam Cooke’s “Ain't That Good News”
Guns n’ Roses’ “November Rain” vs. Nine Inch Nails’ "Hurt"
The Beastie Boys’ "Sabotage" vs. White Stripes’ “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground”
Rolling Stones’ “She...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Dan Bogosian as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Elvis’ “Long Black Limousine” vs. Stevie Wonder’s “Sugar”
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Aeroplane” vs. Paul McCartney’s “Temporary Secretary”
Run-DMC’s “Rock Box” vs. Pearl Jam’s “Parachutes”
Donna Summer’s “Love to Love you Baby” vs. Spinners’ “Rubberband Man”
David Bowie’s “Heroes” vs. Chuck Berry’s “Almost Grown”
They also discuss comedy mov...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Jack Probst as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Platters’ “Only You” vs. Tom Waits’ “Hang Down Your Head”
Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain” vs. Bobby Blue Band “Lead Me On”
Billy Joel’s “Movin’ Out” vs. Yes’ “Roundabout”
R.E.M.’s “The One I Love” vs. Cure’s “Love Song”
Salt-n-Pepa’s “Push It” vs. Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On”
They also discuss food critic Jonathan Gold and JoJo's Bizar...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Libby Cudmore as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Dion’s “Can't We Be Sweethearts” vs. Green Day’s "Redundant"
Steely Dan’s "The Caves of Altamira" vs. Prince’s “Batdance”
Johnny Cash’s “Cocaine Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison)” vs. Warren Zevon’s "Johnny Strikes Up The Band"
Cyndi Lauper’s "Hole In My Heart (That Goes All the Way To China)"...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic E.R. Pulgar as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Def Leppard’s “Animal” vs. Fleetwood Mac’s “Silver Springs”
The Doors’ “L.A. Woman” vs Queen’s “Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy”
Janet Jackson’s “Again” vs. David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?”
Neil Young’s “Powderfinger” vs The Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs”
Alice Cooper’s “Poison” vs. Gil Scott-Heron’s “I’ll Take Care Of You”
They also discus...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Stephen Deusner as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Linda Rondstadt & Aaron Neville’s “I Don’t Know Much” vs. Isaac Hayes’ “Walk On By” (the 12-minute album version)
Little Richard’s “Get Down With It” vs. R.E.M.’s “Country Feedback”
Neil Diamond’s “Cracklin’ Rosie” vs. T. Rex’s “20th Century Boy”
Staple Singers’ “Washington We're Watching You” vs. Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonn...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Josh Friedberg as they discuss Rock & Roll Hall of Fame artists:
Leonard Cohen’s “The Future” vs. Michael Jackson’s “Will You Be There”
Aretha Franklin’s “Ain't No Way” vs. Nine Inch Nails’ “March of the Pigs”
Jay-Z & Kanye West’s “Ni**as in Paris” vs. OutKast’s “B.O.B.”
They also discuss Nirvana’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” and Otis Redding.
Check out Josh Friedberg at ...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Jason LeValley as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy” vs. Paul McCartney’s “Hi, Hi, Hi”
David Bowie’s “Rock n’ Roll Suicide” vs. Journey’s “Separate Ways”
Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam (Live)” vs. Foreigner’s “Head Games”
They also discuss The Zombies’s “Time of the Season” and Blondie’s “Hanging on the Telephone.”
Check out Jason LeValley at https://psyche...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Lindsay Patton as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Tom Waits’ “What's He Building” vs. Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know”
Grandmaster Flash’s “It’s Nasty” vs. White Stripes’ “Jolene” (Official Music Video)
Beatles’ “She Loves You”u vs. David Bowie’s “Cat People”
Blondie’s “Rapture” vs. Guns n' Roses’ “It’s So Easy”
O’Jays’ “Back Stabbers” vs. George Michael’s “Careless Whisper...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with Meinard Cuskey as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Public Enemy’s “Harder Than You Think” vs. The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” vs. Van Halen’s “Ain’t Talkin’ About Love”
Soundgarden’s “Fell on Black Days” vs. Pearl Jam’s “Black”
Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” vs. The Zombies’ “She's Not There”
Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man” vs. Radiohead’s “All I Need”...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Reed Jackson as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Beach Boys’ “Sloop John B” vs. R.E.M.’s “Cuyahoga”
Joni Mitchell’s “The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines” vs. Queen’s “I Want it All”
The Temptations’ “Runaway Child, Running Wild” vs. Velvet Underground’s “What Goes On”
Miles Davis’ “Rated X” vs. ABBA’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”
Clash’s “Magnificent Seven” vs. Neil Young’s ...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Aug Stone as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Mamas & the Papas’ “Creeque Alley” vs. The Ramones’ “Come On Now”
Def Leppard’s “Photograph” vs. Michael Jackson’s “Scream”
Ruth Brown’s “This Little Girl's Gone Rockin” vs. Sly & The Family Stone’s “Everyday People”
Dusty Springfield’s “Stay Awhile” vs. Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets”
George Michael’s “Freedom 90” vs. Solomon...
Music fan Brian Koppen chats with music critic Callum McLean as they discuss Hall of Fame artists:
Buddy Holly’s “Everyday” vs. Stevie Wonder’s “Golden Lady”
Kraftwerk’s “Home Computer” vs. LL Cool J’s “Around the Way Girl”
Bruce Springsteen’s “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out” vs. Gil Scott-Heron’s “New York is Killing Me”
Tom Waits’ “Anywhere I Lay My Head” vs. James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s World (Live)”
Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Daydream” vs. Da...
Koppen chats with Chicago Comedian Sara Dirks:
https://twitter.com/WildDirky
https://www.instagram.com/wilddirky/
Music by Horse (https://paulkump.bandcamp.com/track/jog-in-place)
Koppen chats with Chicago Comedian Mike Pickerl:
https://twitter.com/mikepickerl
https://www.facebook.com/mike.pickerl/
https://www.instagram.com/mikepickerl/
Music by Jussy (https://soundcloud.com/user-214048265/sets/jussy-demos-1)
Koppen chats with Chicago Comedian Christine Ferrera:
https://twitter.com/chrissyferrera
https://www.instagram.com/chrissy.ferrera/
https://www.christineferrera.net/comedy
Music by Horse (https://paulkump.bandcamp.com/track/jog-in-place)
Koppen chats with Chicago Comedian Tuxford Turner:
https://linktr.ee/TuxfordTurner
https://www.instagram.com/tuxfordturner/
https://www.tuxfordturner.com/
Music by Horse (https://paulkump.bandcamp.com/track/jog-in-place)
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