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04/08/2024 - Eclipse Special - Episode 008

04/08/2024 - Eclipse Special - Episode 008

Mixing it up today in honor of the full solar eclipse we experienced today, April 8th 2024 in the Northeastern US by connecting all of our songs through the themes of the day and night, light and darkness, and the sun, the moon, and the stars. Had a lot of fun with our special today as we went from TV on the Radio to Television to Frank Ocean to The Smiths and so much more- it turns out there are TONS of songs that talk about these themes- hope everyone enjoyed it!

Bonus Track

Idris Muhammad - House of the Rising Sun - I was recently introduced to this absolutely fantastic version of this classic folk song by the New Orleans percussion legend- just ran out of time!

This Week's notes and mentions

Nights by Frank Ocean on the Dissect Podcast- line by line breakdown of this epic song (part of a season covering Frank Ocean's Blonde)

A "classic" live version of Dark Star from Grateful Dead- from 1969, clocking in at 23:18!

Full Playlist:

  1. TV On The Radio - Staring at the Sun (Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes-2004)
  2. Mandfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light (The Roaring Silence-1977)
  3. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (Green River-1969)
  4. Television - Marquee Moon (Marquee Moon-1977)
  5. Pink Floyd - Eclipse (The Dark Side of the Moon-1973)
  6. Florence + the Machine - No Light, No Light (Ceremonials-2011)
  7. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark (Born in the USA-1984)
  8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dark Necessities (The Getaway-2016)
  9. The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes out (The Queen is Dead-1986)
  10. The Doors - Waiting for the Sun (Morrison Hotel-1969)
  11. Common - The Light (Like Water for Chocolate-2000)
  12. Bibio - Light Up the Sky (A Mineral Love-2016)
  13. Galt Macdermot - Let The Sun Shine in (Up From The Basement - Unreleased Tracks Vol. 1-2000)
  14. Ella Fitzgerald - Sunshine of Your Love (Sunshine of Your Love-1968)
  15. Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Everybody Loves The Sunshine-1975)
  16. The XX - Sunset (Coexist-2012)
  17. Frank Ocean - Nights (Blonde-2016)
  18. Ray Charles - Night Time is the Right Time (The Genius Sings the Blues-1961)
  19. Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago II-1969)
  20. The Flaming Lips - Dark Star (Day of the Dead-2016)
  21. Beach House - Space Song (Depression Cherry-2015)
  22. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (Hello Nasty-1998)