Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.
Glen attempts to upstage a Subject Artist, while James has a public argument with a chat bot. Plus: what is the point of a Super Group?
Episode 05 – Before it Becomes Stupid.
Transcript coming soon.
Content warnings: brief discussion of drug taking and drug culture in dance music (second half).
See below for show notes, and further listening and watching recommendations. Note that this will contain spoilers, and we’d recommend reading on after listening to the episode.
Recommendations
Note: Christopher Walken is not in this video: James mis-spoke during the episode. He is, instead, in the video below.
You can hear Glen’s quick attempt at making a dance track below (also plays at the end of the episode).
Albums Discussed in this Episode
- Glen’s choice: The Reindeer Section – Son of Evil Reindeer (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
- James’ choice: Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way Baby (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
Countdowns So Far
You can also see how we rank each other’s albums here. Note that this is up to and including the latest published episode, so will contain spoilers if you are not up-to-date.
| Rank | James | Glen |
| #50 | Tim Minchin – Matilda, the Musical | Horse the Band – R. Borlax |
| #49 | The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock | Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells |
| #48 | Remy Zero – The Golden Hum | Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked |
| #47 | Harry Secombe – Bless This House | Nick Drake – Pink Moon |
| #46 | Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way Baby | The Reindeer Section – Son of Evil Reindeer |
Our current theme is the intro to Bored by Nympheas.
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