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Travel back in time, year by year, with three 50 year olds to find out what was happening back in the day and which song is actually the best song for each year they've been alive.

Tim Plaehn


    • Nov 1, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 166 EPISODES

    4.9 from 59 ratings Listeners of 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys that love the show mention: tim and ben, 50 years, opinionated, musical, songs, jeff, trivia, choices, back and forth, fun podcast, ton, room, good stuff, simple, great stuff, format, banter, guys, history, chemistry.


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    The 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys podcast is a binge-worthy show for anyone who loves music and missed out on some of the iconic songs and artists from the past. Starting from the beginning is recommended, as the show builds upon itself with each episode focusing on a specific year of music. The format of the podcast is perfect, with each episode featuring trivia about the year, discussions about Grammy winners and popular songs, and personal favorite song picks. The hosts have great chemistry and their conversations feel like you're listening to close friends who also happen to be knowledgeable about music.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is how it combines fun and interesting conversations about music. The hosts have a genuine love for music and their passion shines through in each episode. They provide useful insights, hilarious stories, and genuine humanity in their discussions. It's evident that they are educators, as each episode has purposeful design while still maintaining spontaneity. The hosts also share personal anecdotes about how certain songs or artists have impacted their lives, which adds depth to the discussions.

    While there aren't many negative aspects to this podcast, one minor drawback is the inclusion of the Grammy Song of the Year winner in each episode. This aspect may not be taken seriously by some listeners, as opinions on award shows like the Grammys can vary. However, this doesn't significantly impact the overall enjoyment of the podcast.

    In conclusion, The 50 Years of Music w/ 50 Year Old White Guys podcast is a truly enjoyable listen for music lovers of all ages. The hosts' camaraderie, knowledge, humor, and engaging discussions make for an entertaining experience. Whether you're discovering new songs or reminiscing about old favorites, this podcast provides a delightful journey through 50 years of music history.



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    401. The Election Pod

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 83:01


    In this episode we pick a campaign song for each candidate, test our knowledge of past presidential campaign songs, and choose our all-time favorite political songs. Make sure you vote! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    348. The Best Album of 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 86:40


    Taylor Swift cleaned up with album sales, Grammys, and concerts, but let's not sleep on Margaret Glassy, Corinne Bailey Rae, and boygenius! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    347. The Best Song of 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 71:54


    We look at Morgan Wallen's #1 hit, Billie Eilish's Grammy winner, and our own picks for the best song of 2023: Lana Del Rey, Ben Folds, and Big Thief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    346. Seattle, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 53:42


    Our three picks!! Jeff takes Jimi, Ben grabs Pearl Jam, and I come out of left field with some Quincy Jones love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    345.Seattle, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 38:11


    We travel to the Northwest for our last stop of this music road trip. We need some coffee and a shower!! That would be Nirvana. :) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    344. San Francisco, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 39:02


    Ben heads back to high school with The Steve Miller Band, Jeff plays Sports with Huey Lewis, and I go with my no-brainer--Counting Crows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    343. San Francisco, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 61:33


    Our Musical Road Trip travels up the coast to San Francisco, where we encounter Otis Redding, an easy Torture Basement, and The Grateful Dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    342. L.A., Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 56:03


    Finish up our trip to L.A. with a VARSITY Torture Basement, Ben's Ice Cube, Tim's Beach Boys, and an all-time, you're-never-gonna-guess-it, pick from Jeff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    341. L.A. Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 47:11


    Our Musical Road Trip comes back stateside and we dig in to why we love L.A., why we have two torque basements, and why the Eagles inhabit both of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    340. Ireland, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 33:44


    Ben goes with some contemporary Irish punk while Jeff relies on the oldest Irish pub song one can find--not a dry eye in the house!! And Sinead will have her say!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    339. Ireland, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 47:32


    Our Musical Road Trip takes us to Ireland, the Emerald Isle, the magical land of my people, where the Guinness flows and Hothouse Flowers grow! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    338. Gas Up--Liverpool, England

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 73:59


    We do a deep dive in all things Beatles! It's John, Paul, George, and Ringo for the next hour of our lives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    337. London, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 53:13


    We get to listen to Nina's London soundtrack, do a deep dive into Jeff's attachment to The Who, have a mumbling good time with Baxter Drury, and kick Squeeze to the curb for a little One Direction love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    336. London, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 62:38


    Our Musical Road Trip takes on London, where they took our guitar rock and made it that much better--like what we did with football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    335. Birmingham Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 51:35


    We bring Duran Duran and the 80s back to life, hit The Streets w/ British hip hop, and show a little love and affection for Joan Armatrading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    334. Birmingham, England

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 57:26


    We're staying in England to discover Dexy's Midnight Runners are English, Ozzy owes a debt James Watt, and Judas Priest might not be all that great, but might be better than Godflesh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    333. Manchester, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 36:08


    We do a deep dive into The Stone Roses, explore the influence of the Buzzcocks, and pay tribute to Manchester's Favorite Son, Davy Jones of the Monkees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    332. Manchester

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 53:04


    Our Musical Road Trip finally goes across the pond to Manchester, England. Where do 50-year-old white guys place Oasis? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    331. The Midwest, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 59:10


    We do a deep dive into John Mellencamp, explore the three-headed monster of 1970s symbol bands (Kansas, Styx, and REO Speedwagon), and end with a look at the career of Omaha native Conor Oberst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    330. The Midwest, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 47:40


    What's the music scene like in the Midwest--outside the five cities we've already visited? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    329. Gas Up--Detroit, MI

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 49:07


    Our journey brings us to a deep dive into Bob Seger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    328. Detroit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 74:05


    --The Detroit Arrival Song (Alice Cooper) --The Detroit Torture Basement! --Detroit's Favorite Son (Eminem) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Bob Sager) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    327. Minneapolis Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 53:11


    --The Minneapolis Arrival Song (The Gear Daddies) --The Minneapolis Torture Basement! --Minneapolis's Favorite Son (Prince) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Prince, The Replacements and Husker Du, and The Hold Steady) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    326. Minneapolis, Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 62:03


    --The Minneapolis Arrival Song (The Gear Daddies) --The Minneapolis Torture Basement! --Minneapolis's Favorite Son (Prince) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Prince, The Replacements and Husker Du, and The Hold Steady) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    325. Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 75:49


    --The Chicago Arrival Song (The Blues Brothers) --The Chicago Torture Basement! --Chicago's Favorite Son (Sam Cooke) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Wilco, Chance the Rapper, and Cheap Trick) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    324. St. Louis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 90:05


    --The St. Louis Arrival Song (Chingy) --The St. Louis Torture Basement! --St. Louis's Favorite Daughter (Tina Turner) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Miles Davis, Chuck Berry, and Stagger Lee) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    323. Gas Up--Gainesville, FL

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 72:14


    A gas detour brings us into a deep dive on Tom Petty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    320. Texas, Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 81:18


    --The Texas Arrival Song (ZZ Top) --The Houston Torture Basement! --Texas's Favorite Daughter (Beyonce) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Geto Boys, and Archie Bell & the Drells) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    321. New Orleans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 75:35


    --The New Orleans Arrival Song (Steve Earle) --The New Orleans Torture Basement! --New Orleans's Favorite Son (Louis Armstrong) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Mahalia Jackson, The Meters, and Little Richard) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    320. The Deep South

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 75:29


    --The Deep South Arrival Song (Lynyrd Skynyrd) --The Deep South Torture Basement! --The Deep South's Favorite Daughter (Britney Spears) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Muscle Shoals, Robert Johnson, and John Lee Hooker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    319. Memphis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 64:32


    --The Memphis Arrival Song (The Hold Steady) --The Memphis Torture Basement! --Memphis's Favorite Son (Elvis Presley) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Booker T. and The M.G.'s, Otis Redding, and Otis Redding) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    318. Nashville

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 58:06


    --The Nashville Arrival Song (The Old 97's) --The Nashville Torture Basement! --Nashville's Favorite Daughter (Taylor Swift) --Our Three Songs/Artists/Albums! (Duane Allman, Steve Earle, and John Hiatt) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    317. The Southwest A.i.R.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 23:43


    Join us for a conversation with Brad Brooks, an ol' Tucson hand whose latest album, "God Save the City," offers some cinematic rockers and a whole lot of contemplative gems. Like what would you do if you came across Lee Marvin's uzi?! You can also walk with us through that old Tucson music scene with house parties and the greatest-named band in the world, Pollo Elastico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    316. The Southwest

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 60:33


    --The Southwest Arrival Song (The Rolling Stones) --The Southwest Torture Basement! --The Southwest's Favorite Daughter (Stevie Nicks) --Our Three Songs! --Artist in Residence: Brad Brooks (check out our Southwest A.i.R. podcast!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    315. Gas Up--Hibbing, MN

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 64:06


    An episode detour that becomes a Bob Dylan deep dive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    314. Philadelphia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 64:15


    --The Philly Arrival Song (Hall and Oates) --The Philly Compilation --Philly's Favorite Daughter (Pink) --Our Three Songs! --Artist in Residence: G. Love (check out our Philly A.i.R. podcast!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    313. Philadelphia A.i.R.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 27:06


    Join us for a conversation with G. Love as he focuses in on growing up in Philadelphia, how the neighborhoods shaped him, and how South Street legend Waco Smith gave him his first guitar lesson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    312. Boston

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 63:17


    --The Boston Arrival Song (The Standells) --The Boston Compilation --Boston's Favorite Sons (Aerosmith) --Our Three Songs! --Artist in Residence: Tanya Donelly (check out our Boston A.i.R. podcast!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    311. Boston A.i.R.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 26:47


    Join us for a conversation with Tanya Donelly, whose music career binds our youth (when we were cool) to our present (when we are so much cooler than we thought we could be). Tanya's been in Throwing Muses, The Breeders, and Belly to name a few bands, and she'll talk through the Boston music scene, the community of artists who've become family, and then highlight one particularly memorable night at The Rat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    310. New England Jam

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 66:21


    Rich and Clint from The Age Old Question Podcast join us to break down Vermont's favorite jam band, Phish. We tried to have a mature, measured conversation, but tempers did flare, insults did fly, and hackies were sacked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    309. New England A.i.R.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 40:06


    Join us for a conversation with Electracast CEO Mark Netter as he focuses in on Providence, Rhode Island and one of the great music venues in the country, Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    308. New England (But Not Boston!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 65:17


    --The New England Arrival Song (Barry Manilow) --The New England Compilation --New England's Favorite Sons (Phish) --Our Three Songs! --Artist in Residence: Mark Netter (coming out on Friday in its own pod!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    307. Cleveland A.i.R.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 41:07


    Join us for a conversation with Train keyboardist Jerry Becker as he talks all things Cleveland--the influence of Cleveland radio, the heartiness of a Cleveland-forged personality, and an artist's obligation to their fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    306. Cleveland

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 62:29


    --The Cleveland Arrival Song (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) --The Cleveland Compilation --Cleveland's Favorite Son (Kid Cudi) --Our Three Songs! --Artist in Residence: coming out on Friday in its own pod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    305. Toronto A.i.R.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 20:37


    A conversation about Toronto, "the Chorale Capital of North America." Adam discusses who gets to call Toronto home, the wonder of Massey Hall, and the life-changing profitability of buying lots and lots of vinyl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    304. Toronto

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 69:34


    --The Toronto Arrival Song (The Beaches) --The Toronto Compilation --Toronto's Favorite Son (Drake) --Our Three Songs! --Artist in Residence: coming out on Friday in its own pod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    303. New York City

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 107:31


    --The NYC Arrival Song (Jay-Z) --The New York City Compilation --NYC's Favorite Son (Billy Joel) --Our Three Songs --Artist in Residence: Jack Rabid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    302. Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 124:01


    --The Australia Arrival Song (Men At Work) --The Australia Compilation --Australia's Favorite Sons (AC/DC) --Our Three Songs --Artist in Residence: Emma Swift Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    301. Pittsburgh

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 68:14


    --Pittsburgh's Favorite Daughter --The Pittsburgh Compilation --The Pittsburgh Arrival Song --Our Three Songs --Artist in Residence: Amy Rigby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    258. The Best Album of 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 60:55


    Our Three Albums: American Heartbreak by Zach Bryan; Misadventures of Doomscroller by Dawes; Harry's House by Harry Styles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    257. The Best Album of 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 61:55


    Our Three Albums: Solar Power by Lorde; various works from Daniel Romano; Sour by Olivia Rodrigo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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