Episode 23: Shangri-La (Scott, Sean, & Hot Buttered Popcorn)

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History in Music

Coldbow Productions

28 episodes

1 month ago

It's simple, we find songs that have historical context within the lyrics and then dissect those lyrics on the show. Whether it's a song about a ship that sank in the Great Lakes or an ancient folk song about Mongolian sky gods, we will explore it's historical context. But more importantly, we will dig into what the songwriter was trying to communicate and why.

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Episode 23: Shangri-La (Scott, Sean, & Hot Buttered Popcorn)

History in Music

1 hour 30 minutes 28 seconds

2 years ago

Episode 23: Shangri-La (Scott, Sean, & Hot Buttered Popcorn)

Movie theater snack purveyor and 60's BritRock enjoyer Hot Buttered Popcorn (of Twitter fame) joins us for Episode 23; discussing The Kinks' 1969 song Shangri-La. The song, relevant today more than ever, was a sleeper when it was released 50 years ago. The Kinks sarcastically poke fun at normie mentality and the inflexibility of middle-classism and beg the question, what if it's all fake? Resonant with the ennui middle class men in the west wrestle with every day, the song also alludes to this being the cause of the Decline and Fall of the British Empire. Is it over? Has the West fallen? Is there a way to break from this stymied existence? Listen in and find out (spoiler alert: there is).

Link to the song: https://youtu.be/6ZSVsRTMp1I

Follow Hot Buttered Popcorn on Twitter: @popcornhot

Check out the fraternal organization we discuss in the episode: https://exitgroup.us/

Follow Scott and Sean on Twitter:

Scott: @dotgiff
Sean: @hashtag_hey_bro

If you've got a song you'd like to talk about on the show, send us a DM on twitter or an email to: historyinmusicpodcast@gmail.com