This is the sixth and final installment of our series on the decline of alternative rock radio and we are going to discuss Billboard's Top 40 Alternative Songs from September 11, 1999... We have Fred Durst's cookie, crying dolphins, Shrek, streaking pop punkers, two 60s covers, lots of nu metal, a pimp from the Detroit suburbs, and much more...
As a bonus, here's a playlist of nearly every song that's discussed in the series. Enjoy!
It's the penultimate episode of the series and we're going to be discussing Billboard's Top 40 Alternative Songs from September 12, 1998... The swing revival, nu metal, outlandish rumors, hearts in blenders, songs about dragonflies, Twin Cities heroes, Christian rock, prison escapes, Mulder & Scully, and "frat party hip hop acoustic jam band blues". It's all here.
This is the fourth installment of our series on the decline of alternative rock radio and for this episode we're going to check out Billboard's Top 40 Alternative Songs from September 13, 1997... We have tons of ska, lots and lots of bands that sound like Live, Live, Blur, Oasis, Radiohead, the Dandy Warhols/Brian Jonestown Massacre feud, Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Sarah McLachlan, and much much more.
We're still on the sinking ship that was alternative rock radio and we've managed to make it to 1996. This episode covers Billboard's Top 40 Alternative Songs from December 7, 1996 and we're going to talk about vanishing grunge acts, Nebraskan reggae, Tarantino samples, forgettable Brit-Pop, posthumous singles, half assed Ohio Players covers, and much much more!
This is the second installment of our look back at 90s alternative rock radio and for this episode we're going to check out Billboard's Top 40 Alternative Songs from September 16, 1995... We have the death of Lollapalooza, a look into the sex life of a Full House star, grunge copycats, Aussie teenagers, novelty groups, jam bands, industrial era Bowie, hits from a Liv Tyler movie, and much, much more!
This is the first part of our six part series on 90s Alternative rock radio and we're starting out with a look back at Billboard's Top 40 Alternative Songs from September 10, 1994... Joining us on this chart, we have Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Seal... and Sheryl Crow? Yes, Sheryl Crow, along with many others... It's all downhill from here.
We're back in the 90s and all we want to do is zoom-a zoom zoom zoom and a boom boom... West Coast rap classics, slow jams, jazz rap, lots and lots of Whitney Houston, and Todd brings up the early 80s sci-fi/fantasy epic Krull a lot for absolutely no reason.
Also, as a special bulletin, we also discuss our upcoming format change and our move to Spotify.
We're going glam with Slade, T. Rex, The Sweet, Roxy Music, and (name redacted)! Get out your glitter, your feather boas, your gold lamé platform boots, and feel the noize!
Cold War paranoia, Captain Lou Albano, Vincent Price, posthumous singles, local song parodies, MTV contests, nepotism, Scylla, and Charybis... You might as well jump.
We're heading back to the country this week! Honky tonks! Beer! Infidelity! Nudie suits! With appearances by Loretta Lynn, Porter Wagoner, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Jeannie C. Riley, Marty Robbins, George Jones, and more!
Join us this week as we discuss Engelbert Humperdinck's "After The Loving" and 39 other songs that aren't Engelbert Humperdinck's "After The Loving"... With appearances by Elvis, Aerosmith, 10cc, Hall & Oates, Kiss, Steve Miller, and many more!
We're going back to the late 60s for this one, lots of bubblegum, lots of one hit wonders, a lot of classic soul, and we decided to reenact a scene from Beyond The Valley of the Dolls for all of you... With appearances by The Beatles, The Temptations, Otis Redding, Small Faces, The Human Beinz, John Fred and His Playboy Band, 1910 Fruitgum Co., and many, many more.
We're mellowing out this week and taking our first spin on the adult contemporary charts... Featuring appearances by Poco, Neil Diamond, The Little River Band, Anne Murray, Billy Joel, Kenny Rogers, and many many more!
Join us as we witness the rise of electro and the fall of disco... With appearances by Earth, Wind, & Fire, Prince, Lakeside, Roger, Kraftwerk, The Sugar Hill Gang, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass, and more!
Billy Corgan drives an ice cream truck, Aerosmith and Alicia Silverstone explore the wonderful world of virtual reality, Axl Rose swims with dolphins, Tom Petty steals a corpse, and Eddie Vedder mumbles a lot. All on this week's With A Bullet!
It's our first episode of 2021 and we're diving into the Top 40 albums chart from thirty years ago. It's uhhhhhh kind of bad... Join us as we discuss MC Hammer, Warrant, The Simpsons, Wilson Phillips, Yanni, Nelson, and more!
For our last show of 2020, we're going to cover a chart from the height of the British Invasion. The Beatles, The Stones, The Zombies, The Dave Clark Five, Manfred Mann, and Herman's Hermits will all be there... Plus appearances by non-British acts like The Supremes, The Righteous Brothers, and the guys who would later go on to perform the themes to Three's Company and The Love Boat. Please join us!
The Silver Falcon and Blue Hawk team up to bring you the very last Top 40 chart of the 1960s... Featuring songs by CCR, The Supremes, The Beatles, the Jackson 5, The Archies, The Band, Jimmy Cliff, and many many more!
Join us as we discuss early MTV, misheard lyrics, and CHiPs... Plus songs from Hall & Oates, Toni Basil, Marvin Gaye, Toto, Men At Work, and many, many more
Paul McCartney went to the farm, Jethro Tull went to the jungle, the J. Geils Band got lost, and everybody was kung fu fighting for some reason... Plus Al Green, The Three Degrees, Harry Chapin, Barry Manilow, and more!