Episode 40 – #11 – Something Said in the Show out of Context

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Episode 40 – Something Said in the Show out of Context

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Content warnings: some explicit language.

Recommendations

Albums Discussed in this Episode

1. James’ choice: Eagles – Hotel California (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
2. Glen’s choice: A Perfect Circle – Mer De Noms (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).

Music Clips Used

Eagles – Hotel California:

• Hotel California (09:00, 49:59).
• Life in the Fast Lane (16:33).
• Wasted Time (21:38).
• Try and Love Again (28:04).
• New Kid in Town (33:23).
• Victim of Love (36:37).
• The Last Resort (40:39).

A Perfect Circle – Mer De Noms:

• Thinking of You (59:05).
• Magdalena (01:07:05).
• The Hollow (01:13:49).
• Judith (01:17:51).
• 3 Libras (01:22:18).
• Thomas (01:26:24).
• Orestes (01:32:09).

Other sources:

• Don Henley – New York Minute (43:21).
• Nile – User–Maat-Re (01:12:06).
• Tool – Ænima (01:20:58).
• TV Theme – Moon and Me (01:28:12).
• A Perfect Circle – The Noose (01:30:06).
• Oceansize – Only Twin (01:37:41).

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
#45	Dr Dre – 2001	Elbow – Asleep in the Back
#44	Lauren Daigle – Look Up Child	Gomez – Bring it On
#43	The Baseballs – Strike!	Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
#42	Tom Jones – Reload	Foreign Slippers – Farewell to the Old Ghosts
#41	Black Lace – Party Party	Opeth – Ghost Reveries
#40	Nell Bryden – Shake the Tree	Maximum the Hormone – Bu-ikikaesu
#39	The Torero Band – Lennon and McCartney, Tijuana Style	Jimmy Eat World – Clarity
#38	Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs – God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise	Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy up the Girl
#37	Genesis – Invisible Touch	Metallica – Master of Puppets
#36	Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers – The Album/Swing the Mood	Arcade Fire – Funeral
#35	Richard Hawley – Coles Corner	Bat for Lashes – Fur and Gold
#34	Grainne Duffy – Out of the Dark	Damien Rice – O
#33	David Brent and Foregone Conclusion – Life on the Road	Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
#32	Damien Rice – O	Mogwai – Happy Songs for Happy People
#31	Wildwood Kin – Turning Tides	Deftones – Saturday Night Wrist
#30	Sam Kelly – The Lost Boys	Pulp – Different Class
#29	The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds	Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse
#28	Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Counting Crows – August and Everything After
#27	Nickelback – Silver Side Up	Soundgarden – Superunknown
#26	Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run	Skunk Anansie – Paranoid and Sunburnt
#25	The Shires – Brave	Mastodon – Leviathan
#24	[Film Soundtrack] – Little Shop of Horrors Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Sigur Rós – Takk
#23	Pearl Jam – Ten	Nirvana – Nevermind
#22	The Darkness – One Way Ticket to Hell… And Back	Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
#21	Rend Collective – Homemade Worship by Handmade People	The Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath
#20	Michael Jackson – Bad	The Fall of Troy – Manipulator
#19	Queen + Paul Rogers – The Cosmos Rocks	Pearl Jam – Binaural
#18	U2 – Rattle & Hum	Placebo – Without You, I’m Nothing
#17	Oasis – Definitely Maybe	David Bowie – Hunky Dory
#16	Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice – Jesus Christ Superstar	Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
#15	Avril Lavigne – The Best Damn Thing	At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command
#14	U2 – All that you Can’t Leave Behind	Pixies – Surfer Rosa
#13	Meat Loaf – Bat out of Hell	REM – Automatic for the People
#12	Elton John – Sleeping with the Past	Radiohead – The Bends
#11	Eagles – Hotel California	A Perfect Circle – Mer De Noms

Our current theme is an original piece – Get Ready for the Next Episode – arranged and made by Glen, with James on vocals.