The Undersong: Recent Episodes
Andrea Leonel
The Undersong is a weekly podcast with bite-sized fun facts about my favourite songs and occasional longer episodes about musical topics when I can be arsed to do them.
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I do not own any of the music played here. I can't even play any instruments. I once drunkenly got on a stage and played the tambourine, but that's about it...
The song with the best video of all time? A song with lots of Grammy awards under its belt? Inspired by a track about a train. This is Lonely Boy by The Black Keys.
LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:
Grammys performance:
https://soundcloud.com/nino-topuria/the-black-keys-lonely-boy
Train Kept A Rollin - John Burnette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkZhJJ8sPmw
Rolling Stone feature:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-rise-of-the-black-keys-180489/
Sydney Morning Herald feature:
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/throw-away-the-script-20111208-1ojqs.html
Interview with Derrick T. Tuggle (the guy in the video) for Spin:
https://www.spin.com/2011/10/how-black-keys-found-their-lonely-boy-dancing-dude/
Talking about the single-not-single The Views From the Afternoon with my friend CJ. I recommend watching the video for this song on Youtube before listening to this episode. The Buddha story will make more sense to you!
We had the International Women's Day this week and nothing more appropriate than telling the story behind an anthem of woman empowerment! "Woman" is a track by Karen O's project with Danger Mouse, Lux Prima, which is a masterpiece in itself.
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Links from this episode:
Lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4yhzATxyz0
Official video (live at Stephen Colbert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5GvHBASyao
TimesTalks interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oz-NFms7nk
Looking into "Come On Over" is looking into the history of Royal Blood. This episode contains several different demos of this track and it will make you realise Royal Blood are doing just fine without a guitar! Also, you need to check out the acoustic live version I dug out from back in 2011. I can't stop listening to it and I think you'll have it on repeat too!
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE:
Come On Over (Official video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG1gRK5b_v0
Bass & Drum demo https://youtu.be/QX6Q5EMSvWU
Demo with guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHB0_LQjWFU
Come On Over Acoustic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unRMiZAz_LI
T in the Park 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRCeHsOKoMw
Drowned in Sound interview http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148134-royal-bloods-track-by-track-guide-to-their-debut-album
Dorset Echo interview https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/leisure/stage/15679996.mike-kerr-and-ben-thatcher-on-royal-bloods-approach-to-making-music/
We went a bit philosophical this week and took a deep look at the lyrics of Vienna by Billy Joel. Ever wondered why this song is called Vienna in the first place?
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Leaked soundchecks, the feud with Amorphous Androgynous and Noel's 3-hair follicles...
The Undersong is a weekly podcast where I tell stories about my favourite tracks and the music from the countries I visit in my nomadic journey.
Follow us on Instagram: @theundersong
Links from this episode:
The music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NMUDb3Ewhs
Live at iTunes Festival 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfvE955XW64
Live at Isle of Wight Festival 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BOl4fogD7Q
Nosey interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi-T_oXJ_Ww&t=26s
"Hair follicle" interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx-kKAOArLM&t=565s
The Guardian: "Amorphous Androgynous on Noel Gallagher: ‘He was too afraid to be weird’": https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/07/noel-gallagher-oasis-amorphous-androgynous-too-afraid-to-be-weird