Friday's Best Pop Song Ever

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A short podcast that takes a long look at some of the best pop songs you've never heard.

Todd Stadtman

  • Sep 3, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 14m AVG DURATION
  • 30 EPISODES


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Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #29 - THINK OF RAIN

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 14:53


Todd rides a wave of 60s soft pop bliss with unlikely pop tunesmith Margo Guryan.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #28 - YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 16:58


Guitarist Johnny Thunders death at 38 turned his song "You Can't Put Your Arms Into A memory" into something it was perhaps never meant to be.

FBPSE #27 LONELY BOY

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 17:01


Todd Interrogates this 1976 hit from multi-talented Linda Ronstadt sideman Andrew Gold.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #26 - My World Fell Down

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 19:04


Todd explores the career of songwriter John Carter through one of his most memorable contributions to the "Sunshine Pop" genre.

FBPSE #25 - Captain of your Ship

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 13:52


Todd journeys to the bottom of the charts to celebrate the criminally underappreciated girl group Reperata and the Delrons and their hit oddity "Captain of your Ship."

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #24: "Love Thy Will Be Done"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 14:10


It's surprising that, of all the Prince covers out there, the one by 80s teen pop singer Martika is one of the most moving and artistic.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #23: "Keys to Your Heart"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2019 14:18


Todd explores the relationship between pub rock and punk rock through the story of Joe Strummer's pre-Clash band The 101ers.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #22: "Missing You"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2019 16:42


Todd plays compare and contrast with the Police's "Every Breath You Take" and John Waite's soundalike hit from 1984. His conclusions just might surprise you.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #21 - "Since You've Been Gone"

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 13:52


No, not the Kelly Clarkson song, but rather Russ Ballard's more grammatically--if inconveniently--titled hit for numerous artists including Rainbow and Cherie Currie.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #20 - "Out of Sight, Out of Mind"

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 11:51


The Dutch folk-pop band Shocking Blue had far more up their sleeves than their one U.S. hit.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #19 - Do Ya

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 15:00


Todd digs into "Do Ya", a song made famous by ELO, but originated by Jeff Lynne's previous band, The Move

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #18 - I Can't Let Maggie Go

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 15:02


The question on the table is not whether Honeybus, a band largely unknown outside the UK, were any good (they were), but whether they could have been as big as the Beatles.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #17 - MODERN KICKS

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 13:59


Todd examines the tragically brief career of Portland power pop revivalists The Exploding Hearts, whose "Modern Kicks" is a four minute, distortion soaked slice of punk pop bliss.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #16 - Substitute

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 11:44


South Africa's first all woman band produces an international monster hit -- and Todd is here to unpack it.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #15 - Dancing With Myself

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2019 12:16


Todd explores the complicated release history of this dance punk tune turned 80s radio mainstay.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #14 - Ba Da Da Bum

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2018 10:37


Todd shines a light on Dara Puspita, an all-woman band from Indonesia who lived out the plot of countless 80s rock videos by playing their rock in defiance of an authoritarian regime bent on silencing them.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #13 - Untrue, Unfaithful

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 10:04


Todd investigate's Nita Rossi's cult hit and takes a detour to examine how the music of Burt Bacharach and John Barry shaped the adult pop sound of the late 60s.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #12 -Joy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2018 11:40


Todd finds joy in Yuki's breakthrough Jpop hit.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #11 - Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2018 14:12


Todd pulls the strings to see what's behind French poppet France Gall's Eurovision winning song and her working relationship with the "dirty old man of French Pop", Serge Gainsbourg.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #10 - Fox On The Run

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 18:19


Glam pop band Sweet spent several years under the thumb of powerful British songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. With "Fox on the Run", they finally came into their own.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #9: Italopop

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2018 14:03


Todd engages with Ally's anthemic dance pop masterpiece and takes on the phenomenon of European song competitions.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever 8 - Think Too Hard

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2018 10:06


Todd puts on his thinking cap to consider Syd Straw's barn-busting cover of the dB's "Think Too Hard."

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #7: I Think We're Alone Now

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2018 18:17


Todd spends perhaps a little TOO much time alone with this bubblegum hit from Tommy James and The Shondells, marveling at the vast number of cover versions it has inspired.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #6 - Haunted

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2018 14:38


Todd exorcises the spooky brilliance of "Haunted", a song by The Pogues from the soundtrack of the film SID AND NANCY.

PBPSE #5 - THEY DON'T KNOW

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2018 16:36


Todd considers Kirsty Maccoll's retro pop masterpiece and celebrates the life of this late and very lamented pop genius.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever Podcast #4: No Milk Today

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2018 14:32


In this episode, Todd fortifies ourselves with this frothy Herman's Hermits hit from 1967 while examining the career of it's writer, Graham Gouldman, who later became a driving force in the group 10cc.

FBPSE 3 - A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2018 13:10


On this episode, host Todd Stadtman samples "A Glass of Champagne", a catchy little number by nautical British popsters Sailor.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #2 - Pretty Please

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2018 14:09


In this episode, Todd discusses "Pretty Please", an epic rave-up from eccentric Los Angeles power poppers The Quick.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #1: May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2018 8:56


In the debut episode of FBPSE, host Todd Stadtman feasts our ears to "May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone", and unheralded classic by the Toys, a girl group from Jamaica, New York.

Friday's Best Pop Song Ever #5 - They Don't Know

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2018 16:36


Todd considers Kirsty Maccoll's retro pop masterpiece and celebrates the life of this late and very lamented pop genius.

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