Popular Music: The Podcast

With my mind on my money and my money on my mind! In episode NINETY-TWO of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise do a deep dive into the tasty waters of Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice.” Steven will give you a look into Snoop’s early years and how he became a prolific songwriter for others while Analise lets you in on the secret of why this two-chord chord progression is crazy addictive.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3cbBQp1vpcOtLLa66I9yA2?si=JnbPwfUARuCe9Nmz0SopJQ       Additional Recommendations: Snoop Dogg - “Sensual Seduction” Snoop Dogg, Kid Kudi - “That Tree” Snoop Dogg - “Peaches N Cream” The Pyramids - “Penetration” War - “Me and Baby Brother” Warren G - “Regulate”         Find us on all the

Hey Aussies! We’ve heard your plea! And after only NINETY-ONE EPISODES, we’re finally covering Kylie’s “Love At First Sight.” In this episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise talk about how CRAZY PROLIFIC she is (questioning what’s wrong with the US for not making her even more of a thing) and why this song is one of her all-time best.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/647416295647220/     This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3fTvZ6SNTewuaunsjF4f5S?si=XYrxrhqLTIWYgTBwr7DNMQ       Additional Recommendations: Kylie Minogue - “Dancing” Sally Shapiro - “I Know” Sally Shapiro - “He Keeps Me Alive” Annie - “Back Together” Freezepop - “Tender Lies” Chairlift - “I Belong in Your Arms - Japanese Version” Au Revoir Simone - “Crazy” Kylie Minogue/New Order -

We’ve got one less, one less problem, Popettes. And in the spirit of THAT, Steven and Analise go back in time ALL THE WAY TO 2014 to talk about Ariana Grande’s “Problem,” her early days hustling as a teen NIckelodeon star, trying to make her transition into pop stardom (and we all know how well that turned out), and why 2014 was the year of the minimal (to no!) chorus in pop songs (this one included!).   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/3CgSOmWbw4tziffVI5KNwA?si=-3fi5LaYRUS47SPZ4q1STw    Additional Recommendations: Katy Perry - “Dark Horse” DJ Snake, Lil’ Jon - “Turn Down For What” Cheryl - “Crazy Stupid Love” Ariana Grande - “Greedy” Ariana Grande - “Everyday” Ariana Grande - “Bad Decisions” Ar

Dun-dun-dun- ANOTHER ONE RIDES THE BUS. WAIT, this isn’t for our Weird Al podcast? Well fear not, we DO address that CLASSIC version on this episode of Popular Music: The Podcast where Steven and Analise dissect the freaking JAM that is Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust.” Topics include how Michael Jackson encouraged this as a single to be released and why that bassline DIGS. No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/027OEnKMorfbdYF8wCKvxr?si=Mx6PEDa7TQaPfqigMRoK7A Additional Recommendations: The Police - “When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around” Mika - “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” The Darkness - “English Country Garden” Scissor Sisters - “Tits On The Radio” Of Mon

If you thought we WOULDN'T record a special minisode on the same day Carly Rae Jepsen dropped her new single, "Party For One," you really don't know us at all. In a brand new style of episode, Steven and Analise (that's us!) talk about if they were off by their release predictions (and by how much), predict what the new Carly album will sound like, and of course, reveal if they liked the song (spoiler alert: of course we did).

Happy Halloween, Popettes! On this VERY special, VERY spooky (and dare we say ULTRA PARANOID) episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, your hosts Steven and Analise talk about how the Rockwell hit has stood the test of time in the songs of creepy lore.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/0YwteuR8MT8n2Xkob8sraN?si=9uWGs79vQJWwlmgL-rSOdw       Additional Recommendations: Rihanna - “Disturbia” Xzibit - “Dying 2 Live” Will Smith - “Men In Black” The Cure - “ A Forest” Alphaville - “Forever Young” Pet Shop Boys - “West End Girls” Animotion - “Obsession”       Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popmusicpodcast facebook.com/popmusicpodcast   Follow Analise: twitter.c

ALRIGHT! First of all, if you think this *isn’t* a Halloween song, think again. In this EIGHTY-SEVENTH episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise break down how the Backstreet Boys hit manages to hit all the right spooky spots for us (the chords, that VIDEO, I mean come on). Also, Lou Pearlman auditioned the guys in his blimp hangar and that’s pretty creepy in and of itself.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/7y39DTLviUWrPI2KoX2s00?si=9cbiiCybQ4S4WM6wW0rswg       Additional Recommendations: Michelle Branch - “Are You Happy Now?” Vanessa Carlton - “House of Seven Swords” Britney Spears - “Kill The Lights” Mandy Moore - “Not Too Young” Aqua - “Halloween”       Find us on all the s

CLOSE YOUR EYEEEEEES close your EYEEEEEES close your Eeeeyyyyesssss. It’s a first, Popettes! In the EIGHTY-SIXTH episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, your hosts, Steven and Analise ring in the HALLOWEEN SEASON by doing a whole episode on an ALBUM. And what else could we be MORE inspired by that the spooktacular, “Turn Off The Light Vol. 1” by legendary (kiss), Kim Petras! Steven will tell you all about Kim’s fast rise to pop stardom while Analise will break down what makes this album feel so ethereal and eerie, while still being a total JAM.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/74yE2LkVjul1tuoNdwlzlA?si=4T-IYDs_SdyvkpnZPuCAWw         Additional Recommendations: Salem - “Tair” oOoOO - “Hearts”

IT’S BEEN ONE WEEK since the 20th Anniversary of “One Week,” Popettes. So let’s listen as your hosts @StevenRayMorris and @lalalanalise dive into the history of the Barenaked Ladies along with guest Dax Schaffer!       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/5HoGwbKqbycvWuNe7N7cHS?si=J2Q42zFiTfmPBe0HNz88jQ       Additional Recommendations: Barenaked Ladies - “It’s All Been Done” Barenaked Ladies - “Alcohol” Barenaked Ladies - “When You Dream” Barenaked Ladies - “Some Fantastic” Barenaked Ladies - “If I Had $1,000,000” Barenaked Ladies - “Falling For The First Time” Barenaked Ladies - “Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel” Carly Rae Jepsen - “Bucket” Carly Rae Jepsen - “Tug Of War” Barenaked La

So good, so good, so fucking REAL, Popettes. This week’s EIGHTY-FOURTH episode is all about the incredible Janelle Monáe and breaking down her 2018 hit, “Make Me Feel.”     No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/5LyGNMQyosRLpMIz5YCOD0?si=6pORDDxVRuatRM3KLK66Gw         Additional Recommendations: Janelle Monae, Grimes - “Pynk” King Princess - “Holy” King Princess - “1950” Green Day - “Coming Clean” Panic! At The Disco - “Girls/Girls/Boys” Demi Lovato - “Cool for the Summer” Janelle Monae - “Violet Stars Happy Hunting!” Janelle Monae - “Sir Greendown” Janelle Monae - “Can’t Live Without Your Love” Janelle Monae - “Take A Byte” T’Pau - “Heart And Soul”         Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popm

It’s in the trees! It’s coming! It’s the EIGHTY-THIRD episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, and your hosts delve into the 1985 Kate Bush classic, “Hounds of Love.” Things you’ll hear about: Kate Bush composing in a barn as a child (are you really surprised?), how she took two years of her retainer to learn from the same choreographer as David Bowie, and Analise crying about this freaking song because it’s so damn beautiful.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/248IOMZWf553KvCYPYezQE?si=kWuXjilzTpygqu7DYKZMrQ       Additional Recommendations: Kate Bush - “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” Frankie Cosmos - “Sand” Julia Holter - “Sea Calls Me Home” Allison Crutchfield - “Supermoon” Au Revoir

DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO! Popettes! Can you believe we have already reached the very end of this year’s #SummerofNostalgia? And what better swan song to do than Third Eye Blind’s first single, “Semi-Charmed Life.” It’s the happiest song about crystal meth you’ve ever heard in your damn life.       No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/6uTqpBTIv3xq3sBE1heKAe?si=QZSOUGPcTTWQQzH9ihleqg         Additional Recommendations: Vanessa Carlton - “White Houses” Semisonic - “Closing Time” Third Eye Blind - “Exiles” Vanessa Carlton - “Private Radio” Third Eye Blind - “Company of Strangers” Third Eye Blind - “Mine” Puck & Natty - “Just Wanna Be Your Friend” David Bowie - “Beauty and the Beast” The Strangl

HER NAME ISN’T STACY’S MOM, WAYNE. SHE IS A HARD-WORKING WOMAN. All this and more in this EIGHTY-FIRST episode of Popular Music: The Podcast - as your hosts Steven and Analise talk about the greatest tribute to 80’s rock ‘n’ roll ever written, “Stacy’s Mom.” No seriously guys, this song has aged REALLY well.   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/3EXCCFFEvRffsrnP3PoKu8?si=Msvw6B-6QB-4zHfBUnw6Mw   Additional Recommendations: The Cars - “Just What I Needed” They Might Be Giants - “They’ll Need a Crane” Wilco - “Heavy metal drummer” Barenaked Ladies - “Falling For The First Time” The Decemberists - “Apology Song” Fountains Of Wayne - “Hey Julie” The Cars - “My Best Friend’s Girl” The Romantics - “What I

YEAH YEAHHHHHHH! In this very special EIGHTIETH episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise break down the fist bumping anthem that is George Michael’s “Freedom ‘90” as specially chosen by Analise’s mom, Melissa, who joins them on this episode to talk about how this song defined her late twenties. Your hosts will discuss GM’s yearning for creative liberty and how this translates into the chord structure!   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/3J4H3cze1XHSpBT8IoTqN4?si=otnU1nQ9TY27iYbebxsRAg     Additional Recommendations: Michael Jackson - “Will You Be There (Theme From “Free Willy”)” Chance the Rapper - “All We Got (feat. Kanye West & Chicago Children’s Choir)” Kanye West - “The Glo

SOMEDAY SOMEBODY’S GONNA MAKE YOU WANNA TURN AROUND AND listen to this episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, in which Steven and Analise break down the 1990 jam of ALL jams, “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips! Steven’s gonna let you in on how this song connects to the 90’s self help (?) books of Chicken Soup for the Soul, while Analise struggles to freaking play the song all the way through as she discovers how independently the melody and chords work!     No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/7cDI7DXPOcRS6XqZOin5jA?si=jjktxrXuRIaqOhg6jhqfEw       Additional Recommendations: Taylor Swift - “Delicate” Imogen Heap - “Wait It Out” Hatchie - “Sure” Gordi - “Wanting” MUNA - “Winterbreak” Emmy Rossum - “Slow Me D

Did you know this song was written by a dude who finally found love after a string of bad luck in romance? It only took us 78 episodes, but we are FINALLY doing LIKE A VIRGIN. In this episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven breaks down Madonna’s early years and how she set the stage for future pop superstars taking control of their careers, while Analise will talk about how the really sweet lyrics are paired with the sweetest darn chord progression your ears have ever heard.   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/5lbxBQdqAfAo5HBOZ5kru7?si=1OR9tyskR-q_xj6NO-_igA       Additional Recommendations: Kim Petras - “Hillside Boys” Carly Rae Jepsen - “This Kiss” Madonna - “Into The Groove” 2NE1 - “LIKE A

Am I throwing you off? Nope. Didn’t think so. Popettes, it’s back to 2006 for this week’s edition of #SummerofNostalgia as your hosts Steven and Analise delve into the JAM that is “Promiscuous” by Nelly Furtado and Timbaland!   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/5EZCg7E7gDHDSMv8C25igN?si=ZQVgw2GQSuSCKUHf7OQTWw     Additional Recommendations: Nelly Furtado - “Turn Off The Light” Juanes feat. Nelly Furtado - “Fotografía” Nelly Furtado - “Try” Jewel - “Intuition” Vanessa Carlton - “House of Seven Swords” Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado - “Give It To Me” Timbaland feat. The Hives - “Throw It On Me” Timbaland feat. She Wants Revenge - “Time” Nelly Furtado - “Cold Hard Truth”     Find us on al

You can't ignore my techno. In the SEVENTY-SIXTH episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Analise picks one of her all-time (all-time!) favorite songs to cover in honor of her birthday - “Synthesizer” by Detroit-based rock band, Electric Six! You’ll hear about the band’s many iterations of members, their bizarre lyric-writing method (Dick Valentine holds his BREATH till he just blurts stuff out?!), and why their unique blend of rock ‘n’ roll disco, combined with their “profoundly absurd/absurdly profound” lyrics will make them the band you never knew you needed, but always had this whole time (they have a butt-load of records out, guys - time to get with the program).   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playl

He sings the songs that remind him of the good times, he sings the songs that remind him of the BEST TIMES BECAUSE HEYO WE ARE FINALLY DOING CHUMBAWAMBA, POPETTES! On this SEVENTY-FIFTH episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven Ray Morris will SCHOOL you in the inspiring activism of the band (that goes oft unnoticed!), while Analise will explain why its simple chord structure makes it the best modern drinking folk shanty this world has ever heard.   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   Chat pop music with us in our Facebook group!: https://open.spotify.com/user/1239070814/playlist/1botnh7zRu8ep6U7zxc0Vd?si=hMGNmKT6QzykSs6zhswsUg       This week's Spotify Mix: Edwyn Collins - “A Girl Like You” Saint Etienne - “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” Chumbawamba - “Drip, Drip, Drip” Chumbawamba - “Pass It Along” Shania Twain - “Any Man Of Mine” Stars - “Set Yourself On Fire” Jen

Well let me welcome everybody to this SEVENTY-FOURTH episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, in which your hosts dissect and divulge all the details about 2Pac’s masterpiece, “California Love.” Steven will recount the prolific artist’s history (and why he had produced so many tracks that keep continue to be released post-humously), while Analise will break down the main riffs in the song and connect one of them to ANOTHER Dr. Dre production. Which one? You gotta listen.   No guilt. Only pleasure. Popular Music is a pop music podcast hosted by Steven Ray Morris and Analise Nelson. New episodes every Monday. Email us: popmusicpodcast@gmail.com   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/1239070814/playlist/6CqB8jMDaerV1ZnmHp4Tr2?si=rzy3t61OQmSAcwrKTjHznA     Additional Recommendations: Joni Mitchell - “California” Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Californication” Grimes - “California” Vampire Weekend - “Cali