Popular Music: The Podcast

We’re our own worst enemies! In this week’s episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise go back in time to 2001 to enjoy P!nk’s smash hit, “Don’t Let Me Get Me.” Steven will tell you all about the former girl group fronted by P!nk that was never to be, while Analise breaks down how the “falling” chord progression brings out the best of these self-deprecating lyrics!   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/6eBPmqWv9qOcTyiaQ7BVkY?si=mumRTDtWT7WZAv-d_vHs7A     Additional Recommendations: Kate Nash - “Life in Pink” Britney Spears - “Lucky” Lily Allen - “The Fear” Matchbox Twenty - “Unwell” Pink - “18 Wheeler” Pink - “Lonely Girl” feat. Linda Perry Pink - “Better Life”     Find us on all the s

We’ve got two tickets to Iron Maiden, Popettes! Not really! Obviously! But it’s about time with covered Wheatus’s “Teenage Dirtbag” for our #SummerofNostalgia. Steven will teach you about Wheatus’s tale of two brothers (and give one of them the lovely nickname of BB8), while Analise breaks down all the wonderful SUSPENSION chords in the song!   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: SR-71 - “Right Now” Coheed and Cambria - “A Favor House Atlantic” Third Eye Blind - “Sherri Is a Stoner” American Hi-Fi - “The Art Of Losing” Jimmy Eat World - “Bleed American” Postmodern Jukebox - “Teenage Dirtbag”     Find us on all the social

We feel like bustin’ loose, Popettes! In this SEVENTY-FIRST episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, your hosts dissect the 2002 earworm, “Hot in Herre” by Nelly! Steven will tell you about Nelly’s early days in his original rap group in St. Louis and Analise will break down all the surprising dissonant moments in 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/504jzqdrhNq4Dm0YRC8m1T?si=Ngrea4EsQX-3cBedAJbD-A     Additional Recommendations: N.E.R.D - “Lapdance” - feat. Lee Harvey & Vita Tiga - “Hot in Herre - Extended Version” Chingy - “Right Thurr” Fat Joe feat. Ja Rule, Ashanti - “What’s Luv?” Ludacris - “Rollout (My Business)” Usher - “U Don’t Have to Call”     Find us on all the soci

ALL MY GIRLS AT THE PARTY -  it’s time for another chapter of #SummerofNostalgia, in which your hosts of Popular Music: The Podcast dish all about the biggest hit of 2001, “All For You” by the GREATEST, Janet Jackson! Tune in to hear all about Janet’s early Virgin Records days and how a tumultuous split from her husband ironically helped craft the cheery sound of this single and album.   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/5PNTXOvFBnsuQQMcvByy6Z?si=G3l2mYlIQP2J3cKcVRboUQ     Additional Recommendations: THE ENTIRE ALL FOR YOU ALBUM. SERIOUSLY.     Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popmusicpodcast facebook.com/popmusicpodcast   Follow Analise: twitter.com/lalalan

Oh mama, this surely is a dream. In the SIXTY-NINTH (yes, yes, laugh and get it all outta your system) episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise get intimate with the 1997 Marcy Playground classic, “Sex & Candy.” Steven will tell you which hit the song displaced as number 1 on the Billboard charts, Analise will break down that catchy guitar riff, and both of them will try to figure out what exactly candy smells like anyway.   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/30oRt9eFb2jD4WDEDYE8fJ?si=Tu9pTAsuTHilqNi-wcA5ag    Additional Recommendations: Donna Lewis - “Without Love” Third Eye Blind - “I Want You” The Presidents Of The United States Of America - “Peaches” Fastball - “The Way” Gin

[In Shakira] Lo ro lo lo lo leeeeeeee! That’s right, Popettes. In this chapter of Popular Music: The Podcast’s “Summer of Nostalgia,” your hosts dive deep into the tune that made every 8th grader want to learn how to belly dance: “Whenever, Wherever” by Shakira! Steven will tell you about Shakira’s previous FOUR albums and extensive career before the release of “Laundry Service” and Analise will teach how one minor chord can make ALL the difference in a song.     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/1NWcHg8wuowyRDDCXnQjXV?si=oYQ7cpIjTZeNmS5ak9otcg     Additional Recommendations: THE WHOLE LAUNDRY SERVICE RECORD I MEAN COME ON And also, I guess...   Shakira - “Estoy Aquí” Shakira - “Timor” Juanes - “A

Isn’t life WONDERFUL? Popular Music: The Podcast kicks off its SUMMER OF NOSTALGIA #20gayteen with the divorce anthem of the early aughts, “Wonderful” by Everclear! Steven will give you an in-depth history of the band (including a list of some of his favorite songs!), while Analise will break down how the arrangement of the song speaks to the innocent perspective of a child.   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/5WB12EvMmpFrqWfQm3Akc5?si=gUDzrxliTNyV08NV3GYUhA   Additional Recommendations: Everclear - “Thrift Store Chair” Everclear - “Song From An American Movie Pt. 2” Everclear - “Science Fiction” Everclear - “Santa Ana Wind” Everclear - “Everything To Everyone” Adam Ant - “Wonderful” Keane - “Is It A

One hit made my TWO girl groups? How can it be?? On this week’s episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise delve into Analise’s *favorite* girl group song ever, “He’s a Rebel” by The Crystals. Steven’s history lesson covers how the production of this song was a race to the finish line (to see which artist’s version would be on the radio first) and Analise will chat about how a tricky C# totally flips the musical modulation script.     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/6kvSFCsnpPq4qBdfcuRCT7?si=-q6YWNrsQoOqflWjAnjkKA     Additional Recommendations: The Blossoms - “That’s When The Tears Start” The Shangri-Las - “Give Him A Great Big Kiss” Vikki Carr - “He’s a Rebel” The Crystals - “Hea

She’s got us like nobody. POPETTES! It only took us 65 episodes to get here, but we are FINALLY covering Lady Gaga and the now classic, “Poker Face.” Steven will tell you the story of how Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta meticulously rose to the top of THE game, Analise will break down one of the most popular chord progressions of the modern pop age, and BOTH hosts will explain how the pop icon’s latest album, Joanne, helped make them into huge fans.   http://popmusicpodcast.libsyn.com/065-poker-face   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/   Thanks for the tab, Sbob on Ultimate-Guitar! https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/lady_gaga/poker_face_chords_858845   Other songs with this chord progression: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=532585   Reddit thread ab

Do your hair toss and check your nails, Popettes! It’s time you loved LIZZO and her banger of a hit, “Good as Hell.” In this week’s episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven will break down Lizzo’s influences and her time spent recording in the Wisconsin woods, while Analise talks about the hypnotic nature of this song’s clever chord loop!   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/6bWzCGB9aV8DaulWMDI6DF?si=T5e3THCVTAqGCTfRzbrdzA#_=_   Additional Recommendations: Dojaj Cat - “Go To Town” Solange, Sampha - “Don’t Touch My Hair” Bon Iver - “_____45_____” Lizzo - “Truth Hurts” Lizzo - “Batches & Cookies” Lizzo - “Bus Passes and Happy Meals” Awkwafina - “My Vag” Charli XCX feat. Dorian Electra and Myk

See you on a dark night. One line to send chills right to the bone. In this week’s episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise talk about why they enjoy Grimes’s “Oblivion” so much. What to expect? The origin of the name - Grimes - to a breakdown of the stunning pairing of the lyrics with the song’s hypnotic chords!   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/2Bg2fhYpSyM1DjXjadjcf6?si=HTKJOqVgQQ6M3CCq5onc5A     Additional Recommendations: How To Dress Well - “& It Was You” Kesha - “Die Young” D’eon- “Transparency” Blood Diamonds (feat. Grimes) - “Phone Sex” Cat Power - “Manhattan” Grimes - “California” Laura Mvula - “Father Father” TV on the Radio - “Careful You/Wolf Like Me” Sky Ferreira

Won’t you pardon me? In this week’s episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, your hosts Analise and Steven will break down the Roy Orbison classic, “Oh, Pretty Woman.” Steven will tell you the history of WHO that pretty woman actually was, while Analise breaks down the really fun and unconventional song 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/   Thanks to Kraziekhat for this tab! https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/roy_orbison/oh_pretty_woman_chords_995698   Unconventional song structure article: http://blog.discmakers.com/2017/11/subverting-song-structures-roy-orbison-and-kendrick-lamar/    This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/1239070814/playlist/5JMCR5rwESNstia0MTedaO?si=eDROn59ERLKg8y-UsepnWg    Additional Recommendations: John C. Reilly - “A Life

PRAISE GAY JESUS. That’s right, Popettes. On the SIXTY-FIRST episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise dissect the deliciously hook-y, “Curious” by our lordess and gay-vior, Hayley Kiyoko. Steven will tell you all about Hayley’s child acting beginnings (she played VELMA in Scooby Doo??), while Analise will break down what makes this song’s arrangement so catchy (along with help from a GREAT guitar tab!).   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/   Link to the guitar tab by NeoMvsEu: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/hayley_kiyoko/curious_chords_2291911   This week's Spotify Mix: https://open.spotify.com/user/1239070814/playlist/0ZBUwq8Y5TNPIvfJDw1reE?si=wYUGmCOu    Additional Recommendations: Charli XCX (feat. MO) - “Porsche” Alyson Stoner - “When It’s Right” Te

In this very special BIRTHDAY edition of Popular Music: The Podcast (Happy Birthday, Steven!), the Pop Music duo talk all about Steven’s favorite song OF-ALL-TIME, Allo Darlin’s, “My Heart is a Drummer.” Steven takes us on a stroll down memory lane as he reminisces of his discovery of the band, how he reviewed them in college (!), and got to see them in London! Analise might even be able to recruit Steven to sing along with her as she reviews the beautifully fluid lyrics and melody. Tune in to find out!   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/4OIEu3Bz5RuYe1dAUUOQmd?si=l0m27E2MS6KvxMgF53cP9A     Additional Recommendations: Allo Darlin’ - “Europe” Allo Darlin’ - “Kiss Your Lips” Paul Simon - “Graceland”

Drop your glasses and shake your asses, Popettes. It’s time travel time! We’re going back to 2001 to one of the GREATEST collabs ever with Eve’s “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” featuring Gwen Stefani. Steven will tell you all about how this song was a Grammy trailblazer and Analise will break down what this song has in common with the James Bond theme!   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/7qO8LhvcmEBEZC909cpSjY?si=MvMRJNaUS3STczzg87D0tA     Additional Recommendations: Gwen Stefani feat. Eve - “Rich Girl” Dr. Dre - “The Next Episode” Da Brat - “That’s What I’m Looking For” MC Lyte - “Poor Georgie” Moby feat. Gwen Stefani- “South Side”   Find us on all the socials!   twitter.com/popmusicpodcast instagram.com/popm

It took WAY more than 6 whole hours and 5 long days for us to get here, but in this FIFTY-EIGHTH episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, we go back to 2001 to cover the Josie and the Pussycats purrrfect hit, “3 Small Words.” Steven talks about the history of the band (and their humble beginnings in the hamlet of Riverdale) while Analise breaks down how this chord progression works as a freaking PALINDROME!   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/2GkUK1I7Cq6LHDaDAfmgq2     Additional Recommendations: Sex Bob-Omb - “We Are Sex Bob-Omb” Metric - “Black Sheep” John C. Reilly - “A Life Without You (Is No Life At All)” Sing Street - “Drive It Like You Stole It” Moonpools & Caterpillars - “Hear” Letters To

Dancery or DANCE SOIREÉ?? In this episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, your hosts Steven and Analise answer this question when they tackle the monster hit that is Mary J. Blige’s “Family Affair.” Steven will bring you up to speed on all the different genres that Ms. Blige has mastered throughout the decades while Analise will break down that freaking BOP of a bassline for you.   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/3t6SkmkKJ1B1H0GpFztVz6?si=T_UZcMBaS4eIH1jZqS-i2Q   Additional Recommendations: Mary J. Blige - “Real Love” Mary J. Blige - “Love Yourself (feat. Kanye West)” Blu Cantrell - “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops)” Tinashe, Offset - “No Drama” Mary J. Blige - “Doubt” Mary J. Blige - “Whole Damn Year” Mary

We feel like we’ve been locked up tight for a century of lonely episodes with NO CHRISTINA AGUILERA. This all changes today, Popettes, where in THIS episode of Popular Music, Steven and Analise talk “Genie in a Bottle.” Steven will take you down memory lane with Christina, The Mickey Mouse Club, and Mulan, while Analise will tell you all about how all the fluttery beats make this song sound WAY faster than it actually is!   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/7cLY4ofF8nOncyJlOQjA62 Additional Recommendations: Christina Aguilera - “Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú)” Christina Aguilera - “So Emotional” The System - “Sweat” 98˚ - “The Hardest Thing” Christina Aguilera - “Make Over” Christina Aguilera - “My Girl

Tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1999 BECAUSE POPETTES, in the FIFTY-FIFTH episode of Popular Music: The Podcast, Steven and Analise are doing just THAT! It’s all about the incomparable PRINCE and his hit from 1982, “1999”! Steven will walk you back in time to talk about the Mozart-level-prodigy that was baby Prince while Analise talks about a surprising connection she found between this song and The Bangles!   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/4Yd6gkRns0fWNcdFex1jvI  Additional Recommendations: Prince - “Purple Rain” Prince - “Partyman” Vanity 6 - “Nasty Girl” Vanity 6 - “Wet Dream” The Time - “777-9311” Chromeo - “Bonafied Lovin (+ Tough Guys Interlude)” Janelle Monáe - “Make Me Feel”     Find

Let’s go, Popettes. In the FIFTY-FOURTH episode of Popular Music, this podcast goes COUNTRY as your hosts, Steven and Analise love the hell outta Shania Twain’s classic, “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!” You’ll learn all about Shania’s journey as a songwriter (since she was 10!) and how that clever songwriter constructed one of the catchiest (and complex!) singles the country music scene has ever laid their ears on.   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/04lvI3TKwCdFjSgptCurbc  Additional Recommendations: Shania Twain - “God Ain’t Gonna Getcha For That” Shania Twain - “No One Needs To Know” Shania Twain - “Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)” Shania Twain - “Honey, I’m Home” Shania Twain - “Forever And For