Why Tho? A Personal Journey Through my Record Collection: Recent Episodes
Benjamin H Jacobs
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Alien Crime Syndicate - XL From Coast to Coast https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n2O0iDDnK6mCQ5D1cMVUteihsVNkf5-Us&si=nfuT3FvSALKE8i5K
Ur Power Pop
The Beatles Paperback Writer https://youtu.be/yYvkICbTZIQ?si=FSVP7pXdVPmt8NT3
The Who - The Kids are Alright https://youtu.be/afam2nIae4o?si=rVSJkQtpOZAeHwU2
The Raspberries - Go All The Way https://youtu.be/rtp8WSAzrGw?si=xwOyCJ6xPt82MMYE
Gen 2 Power Pop
Cheap Trick - Come On Come On https://youtu.be/9wbehw-bOho?si=u_arcex_R0N3owSx
The Jam - Boy About Town https://youtu.be/NAAxBCjjWtY?si=dCvAzbZRCduS0xPN
The Romantics - What I Like About You https://youtu.be/Rqnw5IfbZOU?si=afj5a4HE8gwIh_In
Weezer
Weezer - In the Garage https://youtu.be/wTlOIQHwtJU?si=7E9ux9PCLRFtMfkZ
Weezer - Buddy Holly https://youtu.be/cQzMHhRCTYw?si=9WCiHzZnVQKJW6W1
Weezer - Photograph https://youtu.be/l57dQbmDqmw?si=w3cBi-bFJKE8kp_Q
Third Wave Power Pop
The Stranglers - Straighten Out https://youtu.be/vqZq9uUAmDo?si=Of-lZgF7wmOmCXXZ
The Knack - My Sharona https://youtu.be/uRLuIm2Bjgk?si=yL0r5vC1pU_4-alT
Teenage Fanclub - The Concept https://youtu.be/Er_JOsnwzcI?si=KtbY6Qm5aVYLBLDV
90s Alternative / Power Pop?
Semisonic - Singing in my Sleep https://youtu.be/zhS3YP04Fjk?si=ax1Iaza-py-hguhb
Marcy Playground - Poppies https://youtu.be/uRcP7CxJYxc?si=j0RLJYs3GvsxJHB5
Nine Days - Bob Dylan https://youtu.be/Acv5PP4QqBI?si=drdAnTYIMw_1y37U
SR-71 - Fame https://youtu.be/U6EN9h-crcE?si=9C3xvh5pulz3lcFI
00s and Later
Fountains of Wayne - Leave the Biker https://youtu.be/_ormzGxuXLU?si=4siFfWymaGk6ltMF
The Bigger Lovers - Brought Your Ghost https://youtu.be/MdZOwZ3yZa0?si=90aJK33BwMCovtAH
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A short meditation on amazing music and impermanence and rat masks.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mt_Diu1-oy8s4vnZbGBflw4cc18KO7eh4&si=72SDGlPJPyQKtz1m
https://youtu.be/E93FLiJwc8M?si=o-sGUaEXSOtL2vLU
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In today’s episode Roberto Toro of Tsar Power and Benjamin Jacobs of Why Tho: A Personal Journey Through My Record Collection present Part 2 of a two part crossover. In this crossover Ben reviews an album chosen by Roberto, and visa versa. Those albums are One X by Three Days Grace and Hot by the Squirrel Nut Zippers. In todays episode our dynamic duo discuss candy, heavy metal, publication rights, the MAPL system, and the proper way to cook a steak.
One X - Three Days Grace: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwPvYVIiaGNTIh8WcBvvDI7fxzWye-Ly
Hot - Squirrel Nut Zippers: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL64ioV6xIjLZPWBnqWKysQwWvdyW3LN3S
13nth Floor Elevators: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiN-7mukU_RHffmSQiUY-wrIPJJu5Ppzn
Gary Glitter (Glam Rocker): https://youtu.be/2r8Ac7JtEaU
Led Zeppelin - Ramble on: https://youtu.be/LzGBQerkvWs
Led Zeppelin, sounding more metal - Whole Lotta Love: https://youtu.be/HQmmM_qwG4k
Evanescence, doing the contrasting verse chorus thing: https://youtu.be/3YxaaGgTQYM
70s Classic Metal
Black Sabbath: https://youtu.be/5s7_WbiR79E
Alice Cooper: https://youtu.be/jXZcJojTucg
Judas Priest: https://youtu.be/WtuoFv4dcwM
Iron Maiden: https://youtu.be/X4bgXH3sJ2Q
80s Glam Metal
Kiss: https://youtu.be/iZq3i94mSsQ
Bon Jovi: https://youtu.be/KrZHPOeOxQQ
Motley Crue: https://youtu.be/d2XdmyBtCRQ
Poison: https://youtu.be/j2r2nDhTzO4
80s and 90s Underground Metal Experiments
Motorhead: https://youtu.be/3mbvWn1EY6g
Metallica: https://youtu.be/6xjJ2XIbGRk
Rollins Band: https://youtu.be/0oB1HT7C9kI
Faith No More: https://youtu.be/ZG_k5CSYKhg
Primus: https://youtu.be/LBQ2305fLeA
Red Hot Chili Peppers: https://youtu.be/QpHj0IdN4DA
Nirvana: https://youtu.be/PbgKEjNBHqM
Pearl Jam: https://youtu.be/aDaOgu2CQtI
Nu Metal
Korn: https://youtu.be/jRGrNDV2mKc
Limp Bizkit: https://youtu.be/JTMVOzPPtiw
Sugar Ray: https://youtu.be/ZOv09aNPYek
Alt Metal
Nickleback: https://youtu.be/T3rXdeOvhNE
Puddle of Mudd: https://youtu.be/I0-lENIRHaM
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In today’s episode Roberto Toro of Tsar Power and Benjamin Jacobs of Why Tho: A Personal Journey Through My Record Collection begin Part 1 of a two part crossover. In this crossover Ben reviews an album chosen by Roberto, and visa versa. Those albums are One X by Three Days Grace and Hot by the Squirrel Nut Zippers. In this episode we discuss album first loves, cool school bus drivers, and the difference between a jewel case and a digipak.
Todays episode was edited by Ben instead of Andrew. I am so, so sorry.
For anyone curious, the $26.00 Roberto used to purchase this album in 2006 is equivalent to $38.93 in 2023 money.
One X - Three Days Grace: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwPvYVIiaGNTIh8WcBvvDI7fxzWye-Ly
Hot - Squirrel Nut Zippers: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL64ioV6xIjLZPWBnqWKysQwWvdyW3LN3S
Musical Candy Documentary: https://vimeo.com/100220051
In this episode we discuss a band that gives you that special feeling of going into a high school planetarium as a sober adult. Also Jam Bands in general.
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Due to some ongoing personal issues, I am breaking format a little to talk about one of my CDs. In the process we talk about jazz, and why discussions about it can get so heated.
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In this exciting episode Di and I talk about America. America is a colloquial name for the western hemisphere of the planet Earth, which is itself the third rocky planet in the Sol system. It was named for Italian map maker Amerigo Vespucci over the course of the sixteenth century due to oh wait I did it again.
Album:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrpyDacBCh7ASZSffA8SyYnoYb4Cjp4_1
Last Unicorn, just the whole movie:
https://youtu.be/Enq2pFpBz1s
Their Synthpop Album (Its sounds like a dentist waiting room):
https://youtu.be/9Ap9wWf9x8s
The Weird Indie thing, check out track 4 to hear the Nada Surf cover:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUE1pmSJDwNscyh3jRPTnpAz7kou9qDy-
Making of Here and Now, a love fest:
https://youtu.be/o2ho9iNIkK8
Geography Bands:
Boston - https://youtu.be/t4QK8RxCAwo
Kansas, I swore this was Rush - https://youtu.be/P5ZJui3aPoQ
Chicago - https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE
Other Prog Rock
In A Gadda Da Vida, just the drum solo - https://youtu.be/lSttPLaTx_M
Sigh pink floyd - https://youtu.be/-0kcet4aPpQ
Rush - https://youtu.be/auLBLk4ibAk
Styx - https://youtu.be/uc6f_2nPSX8
An entire album about LOTR - https://youtu.be/mn4kXg-Oqks
Things being made at roughly the same time as all this Prog Rock:
13nth Floor Elevators - https://youtu.be/YIVpHNEPzDM
MC5 - https://youtu.be/yvJGQ_piwI0
Sweet - https://youtu.be/7lTwA5xMeTM
Ramones - https://youtu.be/268C3N2dDYk
New York Dolls - https://youtu.be/Ctg5FCS1wCM
Velvet Underground and Nico - https://youtu.be/nfAK-IAlcsY
Lou Reed - https://youtu.be/RsVLIiI8Vfo
Punk Palate Cleanser -https://youtu.be/hHnf8_bPW4Q
That one Vertical Horizon Song - https://youtu.be/U8s_q3IaglQ
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Today we look at an obscure but also very important little folk band from Scotland that happened to show up right in the middle of the Second Great Revival of Scottish Music. What is your favorite typical Scottish song type? Mine is "The English came and burned my prize sheep so I leveled York again."
Albums:
Alba:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0YunAjtJCkmBajAbDRG1aAT3mzwBUG2J
America:
https://youtu.be/gZCLHpBpU6M
Scottish music revival references:
A ceilidh: https://youtu.be/xPDwO-M-VUE
A Scottish song written down in 1776: https://youtu.be/aN0m6ok5QDw
Donovan: https://youtu.be/k0jVxhUTVeY
JSD Band: https://youtu.be/igrRWHfhmiE
The Battlefield Band: https://youtu.be/j8nIFwpb3NQ
Wolfstone: https://youtu.be/HJyOlFmqd1M
Examples of Acid Croft:
https://youtu.be/AerLPwngukQ
https://youtu.be/BVV6OQpuHD4
https://youtu.be/OsHS4X6JSzg
Other celtic rock recommendations:
Flogging Molly: https://youtu.be/_32ok2OOYhI
Black 47: https://youtu.be/XEm3ZteNOQY
Enter the Haggis: https://youtu.be/hV9Aa2VX5U8
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It is a lame hipster thing to say you like everything except rap, country, and classical. Personally I think classical is fine, except that also it is annoying and I hate it. Todays episode is a bunch of music by Brahms who lived in very interesting times but who was not really a showy person himself. Andrew helps us talk about romance.
Albums:
Brahms the piano pieces by Dmitri Alexeev:
https://youtu.be/FM07lPKoQl4
https://youtu.be/WXnojYMsYmA
https://youtu.be/wKWz13yxAXU
Alba:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0YunAjtJCkmBajAbDRG1aAT3mzwBUG2J
Dmitri Alexeev being interviewed:
https://youtu.be/XqsgTbAGa4k
References:
Chieftains - Rocky Road to Dublin: https://youtu.be/bdOI6jIRdRQ
Dropkick Murphys - Rocky Road to Dublin: https://youtu.be/mCoUj3kSwrc
Brahms Hungarian Dance: https://youtu.be/YXT42ghiuZ4
Wagner: https://youtu.be/GGU1P6lBW6Q
BTS: https://youtu.be/WMweEpGlu_U
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In this episode I finish up my look at the career of The Alarm and listen to their first full album. For those who missed Episode 7, The Alarm are a band loved in Wales and forgotten everywhere outside the British Isles.
Albums:
Declaration by The Alarm: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPcTOx34g9XQLDD6Kw7a4zbu1k4ej3Z6n
Brahms the piano pieces by Dmitri Alexeev:
https://youtu.be/FM07lPKoQl4
https://youtu.be/WXnojYMsYmA
https://youtu.be/wKWz13yxAXU
In this episode we talk of many things. The weird record company owned by the brother of the drummer of The Police. The birth of modern Celtic nationalisms. Music in Welsh culture. And a record or something I guess.
Albums:
Self titled EP (First five songs): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsq9i9wjMUCXgT5GQG6VpAGvzlgsIe3N5
Declaration (Next album): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiKp0jO-qVBwMkO2l_SJ94FxTyfG-JJ6q
References:
https://youtu.be/-sLzV00gNUo
https://www.allmusic.com/album/these-people-are-nuts-mw0000205839
In this episode we meet French Techno Wizards AIR, and learn about how Borders Books and Music was not killed by Amazon, but by corporate stupidity.
AIR: https://youtu.be/Q3c2hG59q3o
The Alarm (first 5 tracks only): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsq9i9wjMUCXgT5GQG6VpAGvzlgsIe3N5
Air, Moon Safari: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyGF4pvTwW4_GYk3jSZy4IGXT7hW1PkdB
Kraftwerk: https://youtu.be/OQIYEPe6DWY
Massive Attack: https://youtu.be/Epgo8ixX6Wo
Portishead: https://youtu.be/TmDkzVvherk
Doves: https://youtu.be/dFM0pUn4dcA
Stereolab: https://youtu.be/tsumMcjEPtQ
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I have a complex relationship with this album. I suppose this is what most people would call a guilty pleasure? But the reasons for such lingering guilt as I have about enjoying this record are complicated and probably not obvious to anyone who is not a record store guy. Sadly, I am a record store guy, so I can’t just enjoy things.
Main:
AFI: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLENR7YuMkpeFzSDT-Q5MpHrNXeA2ZzBX5
AIR: https://youtu.be/Q3c2hG59q3o
In Episode References:
Rites of Spring: https://youtu.be/Qk13bRKOv-c
Fugazi: https://youtu.be/C3LXkdpHNOQ
Dashboard Confessional: https://youtu.be/tuv_TB_XR2c
At the drive in: https://youtu.be/1ge6ttcFrvA
Jimmy Eat World: https://youtu.be/Nl3vGClF_hA
Early AFI: https://youtu.be/YDG94dcCFw4
Transition AFI, one of the best songs ever written: https://youtu.be/gNHIQKcyzhA
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In this episode I discuss a record that is actually four demos recorded by five different lineups of a classic punk band from Southern California.
Links:
The Complete Demos by The Adolescents: https://youtu.be/lrGfG4mgsLw
Sing the Sorrow by AFI: https://youtu.be/C1xd-H-f_6E
Referenced Material:
Offspring: https://youtu.be/YEVqIcIKTWc
In today's episode we discuss the last album by Adam Ant: Vive Le Rock. We also discuss Princeton Record Exchange, the One Night Record Project, and much more. Give it a listen!
Key Links
Viva Le Rock by Adam Ant: https://youtu.be/3-ekeEwKOcY
One Night Record Project Presents Spaceling: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF7JsTnWeM1rytXd9I6NS8aIXzOpp-VS4
The Adolescents Complete Demos 11980-1986: https://youtu.be/lrGfG4mgsLw
Why Tho Related Links
New Website: https://whythoapodcast.weebly.com/
When Diplomacy Fails: http://www.wdfpodcast.com/
In this episode we discuss the classic punk/post punk act Adam and the Ants, as seen via their first album, "Dirk Wears White Socks." Along the way we will learn about the foundations of punk rock and meet human garbage pile, Malcom McLauren.
You can listen to the album here: ttps://youtu.be/4nKEQbauVTY
Next week we will be discussing Adam Ant's last album, Vive Le Rock. You can listen to that here: https://youtu.be/3-ekeEwKOcY
Theme: "Music: www.bensound.com" or "Royalty Free Music from Bensound"
In this introductory episode I tell you a bit about me, a bit about the project, and a bit about the record collection.
Theme music by https://www.bensound.com/ No relation
Check out the album before the next episode here:
https://youtu.be/4nKEQbauVTY