Popular Music: The Podcast

We tried so hard and got so far and finally we are covering Linkin Park's In The End. Join us as we chat about the band's amazing history, our memories of this massive hit and Analise's surprising sound-alike discovery. Put your trust in us, it's gonna be a good episode.        No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839    Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/2meZSalWzWCynmnweA2b9A?si=HLm3_8IGRIKpyjX3yXiS7A       Additional Recommendations:       Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popmusicpodcast facebook.com/popmusicpodcast   Follow Analise: twitter.com/lalalanalise Follow Omar: twitter.com/omarn

We stop our regularly scheduled programming to grab some pints, cut out some paper rings and discuss meaningful social commentary with Taylor Swift's new album Lover!    No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839    Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix:       Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popmusicpodcast facebook.com/popmusicpodcast   Follow Analise: twitter.com/lalalanalise Follow Omar: twitter.com/omarnajam    Podcast logo by Javier Solórzano https://instagram.com/jav_solo/

Holler Monty, yo we made it! because this week we are talking about Montell Jordan's This Is How We Do It. How does this eternal bob hit so hard? What is Analise's earliest memory about the song? And what is Montell Jordan up to these days? All that and more in this episode. So tip up your cup and throw your hands up and let me hear the party say   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839    Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix:         Additional Recommendations:       Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popmusicpodcast facebook.com/popmusicpodcast   Follow Analise: twitter.com/lalalanalise Follow Omar: twitter.com/omarnajam    Podcast logo by Javi

Enigma’s “Return to Innocence” STAYS WITH YOU, MAN. And even if you don’t remember it by name, ONE NOTE into this episode and you’ll instantly be transported back to the 90’s as Omar and Analise dissect this gem of a gem in this week’s episode of Popular Music: The Podcast. Omar touches on the legal issues around the song and giving credit where credit is due to the Amis singers, Difang and Igay Duana who are responsible for that beautiful chant, while Analise uses this as an excuse to wax poetic about 90s music. As per yush.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839    Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/5w4xK1Wwd2HhANzmBKr0

We’re storming through the party like our names are El Niño. We’re BACK with more Summer of Nostalgia with the Sum41 classic, “Fat Lip”! Omar and Analise chat about how the band came to be the kind of group that plays over 300 shows a year and why this song transcends genre!   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839    Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/2VH1oTL4AVULllixWZLE8B?si=qmktAFBpRkGi2Di-elKb8w           Additional Recommendations: Sum 41 - “Nothing On My Back” Josie and the Pussycats - “Shapeshifter” TheStart - “The 1234” The Distillers - “Drain the Blood” NOFX - “Dinosaurs Will Die”  NOFX - “Bath of Least Resistance  NO

This week, Analise and Omar are assigning each other a summer song to listen to and discuss. It heats up and cools down with two summer hits that each touch on very different aspects of the season. Wanna find out what they are? Well tune in! The water's just right.        No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839    Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/       Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popmusicpodcast facebook.com/popmusicpodcast   Follow Analise: twitter.com/lalalanalise Follow Omar: twitter.com/omarnajam    Podcast logo by Javier Solórzano  

This week, we’re continuing our road trip playlist saga by actually taking the playlist ON THE ROAD. That’s right, Popettes, on this episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Analise and Omar take their shuffle skills on a trip through West LA, with Analise behind the wheel as they both talk about what makes a good “ride home” playlist. Some highlights include Beyoncé, Wilco, and A Flock of Seagulls. Yeah, it gets real!       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839    Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/3XZ4FAta4igDMy1khc4REe?si=fjvzPzkBQ_Km5UysqZ2rQQ     Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popm

In our very first Pop Music Drive-Thru of Popular Music: The Podcast, Omar and Analise shuffle through a custom playlist LIVE and talk about their picks. This week's theme is "A playlist you'd listen to on the way to a party." We get some eclectic choices for sure and Analise and Omar found a way to discuss both Game of Thrones and Descendants too!     No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839    Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix:   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-p

While he was scheming, we recorded this episode about Blu Cantrell's 2001 breakaway hit Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!). Join us as we beam in the Beamer just beamin' about Blu Cantrell's music career, the genius production behind this track and our top picks for revenge songs including a few with Oops! in the title.        No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/2evwzxJ6UwiWWhJbSpmZxg?si=HgZJcoLHRuCwn2QfF-5rKw         Additional Recommendations:   Tweet - “Oops (Oh My)” Britney Spears - “Oops!...I Did It Again” Little Mix feat. Charlie Puth - “Oops” Christina Aguilera - "Fighter"   Fantasia - "I’m D

This week we're saying everything twice and acting kinda shady! It's time to get into one of the most memorable hits from Destiny's Child with one of the catchiest songs ever written that took us into the new millennium. Join us for this exciting episode of Popular Music, unless of course you're at the crib with another lady... uh yeah okay.        No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/2evwzxJ6UwiWWhJbSpmZxg?si=HgZJcoLHRuCwn2QfF-5rKw         Additional Recommendations:   Destiny’s Child - “Bug a Boo” Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"  Destiny’s Child - “Hey Ladies” Millie Jack

We take a break from the singles to talk about our whole damn lives! Analise and Omar discuss pop music in their lives, how they grew up with it, how they might have fallen away from it and how pop music welcomed them back. Get the tissues, folks, it's gonna be emotional.     No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/         Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popmusicpodcast facebook.com/popmusicpodcast   Follow Analise: twitter.com/lalalanalise Follow Omar: twitter.com/omarnajam   Podcast logo by Javier Solórzano https://instagram.com/jav_solo/

We’re getting a little tired of your broken promises, promises. This can only mean one thing: yes, we are doing 3LW’s “No More (Baby I’ma Do Right)” this week! Omar talks about the legacy of 3LW and all the iconic bands they toured with, while Analise talks about why this song is still stuck in her head (AND YOURS, PROBABLY), 19 years later.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/2evwzxJ6UwiWWhJbSpmZxg?si=HgZJcoLHRuCwn2QfF-5rKw         Additional Recommendations:   Destiny’s Child - “Say My Name” Eve - “Gotta Man” Jessica Simpson - “Irresistible” Dream - “He Loves U Not” JoJo - “Leave (

You asked for it and we finally delivered. In this week’s episode, join Omar and Analise on a trip back to the late 90s to learn all about the Hanson brothers and how the seminal LITERAL bop, “MMMBop” came to be! Omar gets deep into Oklahoma festival and fair talk, while Analise discusses why this song is so INFECTIOUS.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/5LtiEXE5EvUPq69E8402qw?si=hQmIAlwQTlKww0nFbS6XKg               Additional Recommendations:   Sheryl Crow - “All I Wanna Do” Train - “Drops of Jupiter” Limp Bizkit - “The One” Caroline’s Spine - “Attention Please” Howard MGhee - “Dou

We can't seem to get our minds off of this radio staple so we decide to dive into Vacation by the Go-Go's! It's all we've ever wanted.  Omar and Analise put on our summer gear and get into what makes this track tick, how the Go-Go's have topped the top of the charts and how the song structure keeps this a Go-Go's go-to bop.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/3frg0gv5tc1vHwprkJHGvG?si=Sw8S0iGvSP6ecjcy53lAZw               Additional Recommendations:   Smash Mouth - "Holiday in my Head" Smash Mouth - "Pacific Coast Party" The Go-Go’s - “Head Over Heels” Josie and the Pussycats - “Come

It’s a crue [it’s a cruel!]l...cruel summer [CRUEL SUMMER]! THAT IS RIGHT, KIDS. We are finally gearing up for our Summer of Nostalgia 2019 and we’re kicking it off with the strangely morose 1984 Bananarama hit, “Cruel Summer.” Omar and Analise address why this song is one of the saddest bops, how there are actually THREE official versions, and they try to guess each other’s recommends for this summer themed PM playlist...they aren’t as successful as they might have hoped.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/64VDDatrqeIQK92WyDP9Jz?si=-pu5efFxQ2iwcqEuD6e0Dg               Additional Re

No episode description needed. Carly's "Dedicated" is finally here. We love it. You know the drill.    No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/album/25it7uSpNFuRoD6uNc0Tfu?si=q4LtLdhdRsaapwjreBMclw           Additional Recommendations: JUST LISTEN TO THE WHOLE DAMN ALBUM.     Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popmusicpodcast facebook.com/popmusicpodcast   Follow Analise: twitter.com/lalalanalise Follow Omar: twitter.com/omarnajam   Podcast logo by Javier Solórzano https://instagram.com/jav_solo/

Quite possibly the thirstiest song that the Millennial generation encountered as teens, “Take It Off” by The Donnas is iconic. Omar and Analise were BOTH obsessed in their own ways and talk about what the song meant to them as baby teens back in 2002 and discuss why people need to pay more attention to this incredibly prolific band that is pumped out records like CRAZY in the 90’s and early aughts.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/2g1WqkqscT1CfO57XSkAcI?si=OOkfBpgqSa-e27ggVy_t9Q           Additional Recommendations: The Distillers - “Drain the Blood” Juliette & The Licks - “Ho

Genre-defying and catchy AF, Omar and Analise talk about *arguably* one of the most defining (if not THE most defining) songs of 2019 so far - and it all began as a Tik Tok challenge! Omar will talk about why Billboard charts are completely unfair (spoiler: it involves not letting this be categorized as a country jam) and Analise will teach everyone about what she likes to call the “cowboy interval” and why it reminds her of two dudes at a saloon or something (that’s what happens in westerns yeah?).       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/1Pe5GsRQQS7ybAVYKDeBup?si=ZMjxlF4pSD6GPuRf5ePoFg

In honor of Avengers: Endgame AND Taylor’s new music coming out on the SAME DAY (coincidence?), Omar and Analise are dissecting Taylor’s “End Game” on this week’s episode of Popular Music: The Podcast! So basically it’s just Omar and Analise talking about how much they love Taylor and the MCU for 50 minutes. No spoilers, so don’t worry your sweet little Popette heads. ;)       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/3Ib8XQyL66yMl2wnShAKG3?si=cb5uqxQvRPC8mp5Y3D4qMg       Additional Recommendations: Oingo Boingo - “Weird Science” Joan Jett - “Season of the Witch” Patrice Rushen - “Forget Me Nots

Happy 420, Popettes! In honor of the holiday that many just celebrated, we’re delving into Afroman’s classic, “Because I Got High.” We’ll talk all about his rise to greatness - like did you know that Afroman was selling his own singles in MIDDLE SCHOOL? This guy has been a badass since day 1. Also, we do a lyrical dive to dissect whether or not this green anthem is really all that complimentary of the green!       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Omar Najam and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday.   Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com     Get a Popular Music t-shirt!: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4134024-classic-pop-music-logo?store_id=205839   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/lalalanalise/playlist/0X1IdZYXo6m1PVusRDR3Ec?si=R_0sAWQaTPizB3JbwbH-iQ       Additional Recommendations: Sublime - “Smoke Two Joints” Sensimilla Street - https://ww