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Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, is back with it's final episode for the season! Host Patrick Ripoll is joined by Jim Laczkowski (current host of Director's Club and author of Five Years) and Brad Strauss (former host of Director's Club) to talk about The Best of All Possible Worlds by Kris Kristofferson, The Rip by Portishead and Mythological Beauty by Big Thief. They also talk about the most 90's song, songs that are too much of a good thing, and our on-ramps onto country music.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
USC Intro #10 - Patrick Ripoll
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Devil's Haircut - Beck
Steal My Sunshine - Len
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
Tubthumping - Smashmouth
Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog
Cannonball - The Breeders
Lord of the Thighs - Aerosmith
Lord of the Thighs - The Breeders
Never Said - Liz Phair
Blurry - Puddle of Mudd
Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies
Aint Nuthin But A G Thing - Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
They Want The Efx - Das Efx
Mic Checka - Das Efx
Crossroads - Bone Thugs n Harmony
Jump - Kris Kross
Mystic Styles - Three Six Mafia
Chief Rocka - Lords of the Underground
No Diggity - Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre
Much More - De La Soul feat. Yummy
Three Ages of Dave (Chappelle's Show)
Rapper's Delight - Sugar Hill Gang
Jesus, I Mary Star of the Sea - Zwan
Pretty, Pretty Star - Billy Corgan
Rocket - The Smashing Pumpkins
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans - The Smashing Pumpkins
X.Y.U. - The Smashing Pumpkins
X.Y.U. (live) - The Smashing Pumpkins
Peace Frog - The Doors
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Heartbreaker - Les Zeppelin
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
Brain Stew - Green Day
Good Lovin' (10-31-1980 Radio City, NY, set 3-10) - Grateful Dead
Touch of Grey - The Grateful Dead
Box of Rain - The Grateful Dead
Davy Jones - The Grateful Dead
Fire On The Mountain (12-31-78) - The Grateful Dead
The Final Countdown - Europe
Only Time Will Tell - Asia
Forgotten Years - Midnight Oil
Forgotten Years (Ellis Park, 1994) - Midnight Oil
Best of All Possible Worlds - Kris Kristofferson
Help Me Make It Through the Night (live 2016) - Kris Kristofferson
Talkin' New York - Bob Dylan
Read About It - Midnight Oil
Best of All Possible Worlds (Live at Farm Aid 1994) - Kris Kristofferson
Best of All Possible Worlds - Roger Miller
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson
DNA. Humble. (Live at the VMAs) - Kendrick Lamar
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Further On Up The Road - Johnny Cash
Portland, Oregon - Loretta Lynn
City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
Rambling Man - Waylon Jennings
Giants in the Sky - Into The Woods Broadway Cast
In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley
The Rip - Portishead
Sour Times - Portishead
Symphony No. 3, Op.36 (1976) - David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw (Soprano) & The London Sinfonietta
Symphony No. 3, Op.36 - Beth Gibbons & Polish National Radio Symphony
Plastic - Portishead
Nylon Smile - Portishead
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead
Inertia Creeps - Massive Attack
Wandering Star - Portishead
A Day in the Life - The Beatles
Numb - Portishead
All Mine - Portishead
Glory Box - Portishead
I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
15 Step - Radiohead
Mysterons - Portishead
and more!
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It's been a long time, shouldn't have left you, without a dope pod to cast to. Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, is back! Host Patrick Ripoll is joined by film, music and esoteric culture writer Heather Drain (https://twitter.com/mondoheather) and host of Supporting Characters Bill Ackerman (http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters) to talk about Procession by New Order, Tunnel Walker by Barnes & Barnes and El Pito (I'll Never Go Back To Georgia) by The Joe Cuba Sextet. They also talk about the worst song on the best album, the greenest songs they can think of, and the disappointing lack of rivalry between 80's Athens rock bands and 60's Harlem boogaloo bands.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club intro #9 - Patrick Ripoll
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
No Mercy - The Tubes
Only the Strong Survive - The Tubes
Love's A Mystery (I Don't Understand) - The Tubes
TV Is King - The Tubes
Prime Time - The Tubes
Sushi Girl - The Tubes
Kasimir S. Pulaski Day - Big Black
Bombastic Intro - Big Black
He's A Whore - Big Black
Bad Penny - Big Black
Everybody Hurts - REM
The Tourist - Radiohead
Good Night - The Beatles
My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
I'm Going Down - Bruce Springsteen
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
I Don't Want To Know - Fleetwood Mac
Telecide - The Tubes
Hairshirt - REM
Grass - XTC
Psychomania - The Accused
You Can't Bring Me Down - Suicidal Tendencies
Green Eyed Lady - The Accused
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Richie Dagger's Crime - The Germs
99 Ways to Die - Megadeth
Forming - The Germs
Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols
What We Do Is Secret - The Germs
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
I'm On Fire (Live at Paredes de Coura 2007.08.15) - Electrelane
I'm On Fire - Electrelane
Procession - New Order
Isolation - Joy Division
Everything's Gone Green - New Order
Shadowplay - New Order
Atrocity Exhibition - Joy Division
Ceremony - New Order
The Perfect Kiss - New Order
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Age of Consent - New Order
Temptation - New Order
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Doubts Even Here - New Order
Blue Monday - New Order
No One Is There - Nico
Sub-Culture - New Order
Angel Dust - New Order
Iron Fist - Motorhead
Lord of Light - Hawkwind
5 8 6 - New Order
Tunnel Walker - Barnes & Barnes
Fishheads - Barnes & Barnes
Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
What's The Ugliest Part of Your Body? - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Everything You Know Is Wrong - Weird Al
Horse with No Name - America
Boogie Woogie Amputee - Barnes & Barnes
Last Time I'm Playing Nice - Barnes & Barnes
Borstal Breakout - Sham 69
Your Number Or Your Name - The Knack
I Had Sex With ET - Barnes & Barnes
Life Is Safer When You're Sleeping - Barnes & Barnes
Getting Out of Bed - Crispin Glover
Myriad Harbour - The New Pornographers
Foam Hands - Destroyer
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
El Pito (I'll Never Go Back to Georgia) - Joe Cuba Sextet
I Like It Like That - Paul Rodriguez
Clave Mambo - Joe Cuba Sextet
...and more!

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After a holiday hiatus Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, is back dropping polished gold nuggets directly into your ears! Host Patrick Ripoll is joined by film, music and esoteric culture writer Heather Drain (https://twitter.com/mondoheather) and host of Supporting Characters Bill Ackerman (http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters) to talk about The Bloodbells Chime by Current 93, Antidote by The Hives and Las Vegas Story/Walking With The Beast by The Gun Club. They also talk about the pettiest songs they can think of, songs they feel bad for not liking and the 70's rock-revival wave of the mid-00's. Listen up!

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Intro #8 - Patrick Ripoll
The Stranger in Our Town - The Gun Club
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful - Morrissey
I Know It's Over - The Smiths
Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
Frankly, Mr. Shankly - The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Stupid Hoe - Nicki Minaj
Jumpoff - Nicki Minaj
The Jump Off - Lil Kim
Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, P!nk
Roman's Revenge - Nicki Minaj
Superbass - Nicki Minaj
Black Friday - Lil Kim
Pisson On Em - Lil Kim
Moment 4 Life - Nicki Minaj
Hardcore Vibes - Dune
Come On A Cone - Nicki Minaj
Roman in Moscow - Nicki Minaj
Free Will - Rush
Sara - Fleetwood Mac
Think About Me - Fleedwood Mac
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous with Mick Fleetwood
You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac
Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
Use Me - Bill Withers
All Right Now - Free
Lean on Me - Amador Valley High School Choir
Lean on Me - Orem Junior High Symphonic Band
Also sprach Zarathustra - Portsmouth Sinfonia
Lean on Me - Club Nouveau
Rumors - Timex Social Club
The Bloodbells Chime - Current 93
Happy Birthday Spooky Moonbeam (Live NY 96) - Current 93
The Great, Bloody and Bruised Veil of This World - Current 93
Stigmata Martyr - Bauhaus
Dig It - Skinny Puppy
Steven and I in the Field of Stars - Current 93
Rose Clouds of Holocaust - Death In June
All The World Makes Great Blood - Current 93
The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home - Current 93
Aquele Frevo Axe - Gal Costa
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple
Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) - Current 93
The Death of the Corn - Current 93
She Took Us to the Places Where the Sun Sets - Current 93
Antidote - The Hives
Welcome To Paradise - Green Day
What's My Age Again? - Blink 182
Fatlip - Sum 41
Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes
Right Now - SR-71
Last Nite - The Strokes
Hate To Say I Told You So (Live on Conan) - The Hives
Street Fighting Man (Live) - The Rolling Stones
My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
Walk Idiot Walk - The Hives
Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones - The Hives
Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet
Mike Patton Puts Wolfmother In Their Place
Bad Decisions - The Strokes
I Melt With You - Modern English
Let Your Self Go - Reigning Sound
Barely Legal - The Strokes
Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
...and more!
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On a very special Christmas episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by Collin Souter and Kerry Finegan, hosts of the Christmas movie podcast Christmas Movies Actually to talk about Christmas (Baby Please Come Home by Darlene Love, I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You by Claudine Longet and Where Did My Snowman Go? by Patti Page. They also talk about Christmas covers that changed the meaning of the original, non-Christmas songs that deserve a place on holiday radio, and settle once and for all a question of yuletime throne dispute: Who is the real queen of Christmas?

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Christmas Theme 1- Patrick Ripoll
I Believe in You - Sinead 'O Connor
I Believe in You - Bob Dylan
Dance of the Reed Flutes - Tchaikovsky
Sinead 'O Connor on SNL
I Believe in You (live at 30th Anniversary Bob Dylan concert) - Sinead 'O Connor
Twelve Days of Christmas (1956) Animated Short
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Holiday in Harlem - Ella Fitzgerald
I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
Snow is Falling In Manhattan - Purple Mountains
People - Silver Jews
Silver Bells - Bing Crosby & Carole Richards
White Christmas - Bing Crosby
Whatchamacallit - Esquivel
Mucha Muchacha - Esquivel
White Christmas - Esquivel
Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Esquivel
River (Live) - Indigo Girls
River - Joni Mitchell
7 O'clock News/Silent Night - Simon & Garfunkel
Silent Night - Winchester Cathedral Choir
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
Mariah Carey attempts to trademark ‘Queen of Christmas’  - Nightline
Merry Merry - Elizabeth Chan
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Jingle Bells (Shake It Off parody) - Elizabeth Chan
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (live on The Late Show) - Darlene Love
Biography: Phil Spector
SPECTOR (2022) Official Trailer
Mariah Carey talks about sharing Christmas joy with her kids, new book - Good Morning America
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Mariah Carey
Gremlins Opening Credits
Santa Claus is Coming To Town - The Crystals
Phil Spector, Famed Music Producer Convicted Of Murder, Dies In Prison  - TODAY SHOW
Johnny (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
Climactic speech from Scrooged
I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You - Claudine Longet
I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You - Margo Guryan
Nothing to Lose (from The Party) - Claudine Longet
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
Actress Claudine Longet January 1977 News Report
Claudine - The Rolling Stones
God Only Knows - Claudine Longet
A Fine Romance - Fred Astaire
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
"I don't intend to be ignored, Dan..." - Fatal Attraction
Where Did My Snowman Go? - Patti Page
Winter Wonderland - Bing Crosby
The First Noel - Patti Page
I Want To Go Skating With Willie - Patti Page
The Mama Doll Song - Patti Page
How Much Is That Doggy In the Window? - Patti Page
Where Did My Snowman Go? - Gene Autry
Christmas Piggy - Hunts Sisters
The Lonely Little Gnome - Pepper Pots
It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas - Michael Buble
...and more!


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On the sixth episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by singer/songwriter Erin Vogel and Dinah Shore enthusiast Regina Linn to talk about Master of Art by Laura Stevenson, Black by Okkervil River, and Chaise Lounge by Wet Leg. They also talk about love songs that wouldn't sound creepy playing the father/daughter dance at a wedding, the next 80's hit that Stranger Things will rocket back onto the charts, and several other songs that are not Buttons & Bows.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Theme 6 - Patrick Ripoll
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
My Girl - The Temptations
My Girl - Full House Cast
Daughter - Pearl Jam
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - The Talking Heads
Funny Little Frog - Belle & Sebastian
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Stranger Things Theme - Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
A Beautiful Mine - RJD2
Don't You Want Me - The Human League
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
The Chauffeur - Duran Duran
Master of Art - Laura Stevenson
Wretch (Live at Beat Kitchen 2022) - Laura Stevenson
Everybody That You Love - Bomb the Music Industry!
Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells
Baby, I Love You - The Ronettes
Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las
Peach Plum Pear - Joanna Newsome
Make Up Your Mind - Shelby Sifers
Black - Okkervil River
Lost Coastlines - Okkervil River
For Real - Okkervil River
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 Nos. 1-14 - Sergei Prokofiev
Chaise Lounge - Wet Leg
Mansard Roof - Vampire Weekend
Black Myself - Amythyst Kiah
Typical Girls - The Slits
Suck My Left One - Bikini Kill
F**k the Pain Away - Peaches
WAP - Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion
Chaise Lounge (Glastonbury 2022) - Wet Leg
Gucci Gang - Lil Pump
Too Late Now - Wet Leg
Spoils - Dry Cleaning
The Isle of Wight for Me - Lauri Say & The Island Folk
I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses
Uptown Song Club Outro - Patrick Ripoll

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On the fifth episode of Uptown Song Club, a podcast about songs, host Patrick Ripoll is joined by singer/songwriter Erin Vogel and one-time Columbia House Record Club Subscriber Regina Linn to talk about Drops of Jupiter by Train, Cover Me Up by Jason Isbell and Don't Start Now by Dua Lipa. They also talk about the greatest songs that are under two minutes long, the ethics of covering personal songs and engage in a full-blown Song War over two 80's radio-rock staples: Working For the Weekend by Loverboy and Your Love by The Outfield.

SONGS APPEARING ON THIS EPISODE:
Uptown Song Club Intro #4 - Patrick Ripoll
Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes
Yours To Keep - Guided By Voices
Echos Myron - Guided By Voices
Wave of Mutilation - The Pixies
Mansard Roof - Vampire Weekend
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Dance Music - The Mountain Goats
Welcome to the Working Week - Elvis Costello
Final Day - Young Marble Giants
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
The End of All Things - Nomeansno
Symphony No.7  Leningrad  4th Movement Part 1 - Dmitri Shostakovich
Working For the Weekend - Loverboy
Your Love - The Outfield
Drops of Jupiter - Train
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Meet Virginia - Train
Hey Soul Sister - Train
Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5
Falling Away From Me - Korn
People of the Sun - Rage Against the Machine
Lonesome Day - Bruce Springsteen
Vibrate - Rufus Wainwright
Calling Cards - Neko Case
Crash Years - The New Pornographers
Cover Me Up - Jason Isbell
Cover Me Up - Morgan Wallen
Outfit (Live at Chicago Theater 9/1/17) - Jason Isbell
Love Is All - The Tallest Man on Earth
Leave - Glen Hansard
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
Cover Me Up (Live on Austin City Limits) - Jason Isbell
Mama's Little Baby Loves Me - Sawyer Brown
The Kind of Love We Make - Luke Combs
This Year (Live at the Crescent Ballroom 9/11/08) - The Mountain Goats
This Year - The Mountain Goats
We Don't Have to Be Friends (Live at Beast Women Showcase 2015) - Erin Vogel
One May Die So Lonely - Jaymay
Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa
Wat U Gon Do - Lil John
Title and Registration - Death Cab For Cutie
I Like You - Post Malone feat. Doja Cat
Shaker Loops Pt. I, Shaking and Trembling - John Adams
Anti Hero - Taylor Swift
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
As It Was - Harry Styles
Lose Yourself to Dance - Daft Punk
New Rules - Dua Lipa
MIA - Bad Bunny feat. Drake
Easy Lover - Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins
I Never Knew Love (Made In Detroit Mix) - Chez Damier
Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite
Telephone - Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce
Single Ladies - Beyonce
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Uptown Song Club Outro #3 - Patrick Ripoll

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