In which Tony analyzes Vampire, up for song & record of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony analyzes Flowers, up for song & record of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony awards song & record of the year based on his rubric and concludes this multi-part monstrosity of an episode. Stay tuned to keep exploring the music people like, and learning to love the people and music we explore.
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In which Tony analyzes Worship, up for record of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony analyzes A&W, up for song of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony analyzes Kill Bill, up for song & record of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony analyzes Anti-Hero, up for song & record of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony analyzes Butterfly, up for song of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony analyzes Not Strong Enough, up for record of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony analyzes What Was I Made For, up for song of the year and record of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony analyzes On My Mama, up for record of the year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In which Tony analyzes Dance the Night, up for Song of the Year at the 2023 Grammys.
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In part 3 of this mega-sode, Tony introduces his rubric for evaluating Songs & Records of the Year. Over the next 11 mini-sodes, he analyzes each song for your listening pleasure.
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Check out the rubric.
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The conversation continues, diving into a few listener questions about sexism & racism and other biases that affect the Grammys (as these philosophies affect ALL of our thinking).
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Articles & Cool Stuff to Check Out:
Numbers of new Recording Academy Voters
the hideous persistence of the "women in rock" issue by jes skolnik
Analysis of former Grammy president's lame comments about women musicians by Courtney Smith
Will Smith & Jazzy Jeff Grammy boycott
Brilliant thoughts from Moses Sumney
The Best Artists elevate the discourse
Tony and Gus talk about the Grammys: what does it mean to get one? How does nominating and voting work? How do you become a voting member of the Recording Academy? How do you pick between high quality music without a rubric? In 3 parts, this episode goes deep into the future of the Implied For Me and our show itself.
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Articles & Cool Stuff to Check Out
Quote from 3rd Grammy Awards about "sheer artistry"
Grammy Awards Rules & Guidelines (should link to p.51, rules for the general field categories)
Gus, Tony, & special guest Joe deploy vocal meanderings on Zappa, satire, cleverness, how words can cause real harm, and the juxtaposition of complex music with silly or crude lyrics. Give money to the show on patreon.
Cool shit to check out:
Video of Zappa testifying before congress about labeling music based on lyrical content.
Thought provoking discussion of satire as it relates to the power of groups being satirized from Philosophy Talk.
Gus and Tony dive deep into a style of singing known as Crooning, the book "How to Be an Antiracist," by Ibram X. Kendi, and two prolific crooners: Sammy Davis Jr. & Frank Sinatra. Gus learns to croon, terms are defined, and styles of singing are compared.
Playlist for this episode
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Special thanks to Renee, who researched for this episode.
Stuff to check out:
Ibram X. Kendi's antiracism center
Video of Sammy Davis Jr. singing & dancing in the Will Mastin Trio
Article about Sinatra & Davis Jr. integrating Vegas.
Yes I Can, Sammy Davis Jr.'s autobiography (or check it out from your local library)
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Gus & Tony talk about Socrates' wisdom in Plato's "The Apology," spreading money around to more than just the top artists of the Billboard Music awards, how we would spend money if you donate on Patreon, the temptation to dismiss all pop music as garbage, and musical details of this year's Billboard Music Awards winners. We Sinatrify SZA's "Kill Bill."
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Stuff to check out:
The "bubblegum garbage" article.
This years BBMA winners.
Gus leads us through a discussion about one of his influences as a teenager: Bullet for my Valentine. We analyze & Sinatra-fy Tears Don't Fall, talk about scream-singing technique, get some updates on Logic blowing Tony's mind, and much more. If you dig the show, give us a little (or a lot) of cash through Patreon.
Cool shit to check out:
"4 Words to Choke Upon" meaning:
https://bfmv.fandom.com/wiki/4_Words_(To_Choke_Upon)
History of Moshing:
https://consequence.net/2021/08/moshing-history-essay/3/
History of Double Bass Drum:
https://drummagazine.com/double-bass-legends-a-short-history/
Full video by Chris Liepe of the scream-singing exercise we try:
https://youtu.be/jKZaS1dnzK8?si=KH_lyZvBhoWCP3mo
Matthew Tuck interview about losing his voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFZ78P3V1NM
Gus & Tony talk about their primordial musical influence: Weird Al. Tony bought the tape (!) of Running with Scissors after a friend played some songs in elementary school for show & tell. Tony theorizes that listening to Weird Al albums encouraged in him a preference for lots of genre change on the album—something that most pop artists obviously don't provide (though this discussion is far shorter than the sheer geek out session and sing throughs of Weird Al songs).
Playlist of original songs & Weird Al parodies.
Playlist of Polka Power songs.
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Interesting shit to check out:
FAQ on Al’s site
https://www.weirdal.com/archives/faq/
Blog analyzing Al’s lyrical brilliance:
On Queen Ida, Zydeco legned:
On the word Hermaphrodite:
The LA times interview Tony (mis)quotes from memory at the end of the show:
“He still plays “Albuquerque,” an 11-minute-plus shaggy-dog story-song in the George Thorogood tradition, but he pauses midway through to contextualize his use of the word “hermaphrodite,” affirming that language is supposed to evolve, that certain words that seemed funny in 1999 aren’t funny anymore — unlike the word “Albuquerque,” which will always be funny.”
Technical note: An earlier version of this episode didn't deepen Gus's voice for "microscopic bacteria." My bad! Now you can hear Gus in all his edited bassiness.
