Each week, we talk to a new guest about a song that got them through a major moment in their life and we explore the various emotions and experiences that they still have attached to the song. Learn more about the show: thesongthatgotmethrough.weebly.com.
Anil Maharjan & Sarah Harrison
We spoke to our guest about the timelessness and timeliness of Kenny Rogers in her life. We started with Kenny's 8-track tapes playing in her grandparent's car, then ventured to the time she had the chance to meet him and, finally, all the way through to the moment she had to tell her mom she had breast cancer. | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/thesongthatgotmethrough/ or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com |Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/ | Artist: Kenny Rogers | Song: The Gambler
The Real is Back Music: linktr.ee/TRIBMusic | We spoke to one of Minneapolis' finest up and coming rap duos, The Real is Back Music. We spoke about how Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole helped get them through difficult times and shaped their desire to make conscious rap. | We also spoke about the state of Minneapolis rap and why the group continues to avoid all the trends. If you are interested in listening to more of their music, check out their latest album the Panda Effect, especially the song Black Thoughts. | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/thesongthatgotmethrough/ or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com | Theme music: "Covid Freestyle" by The Real is Back Music | Artist: Kendrick Lamar | Song: These Walls | Artist: J. Cole | Song: Love Yourz |
This week, we spoke to our guest about two bands that many discuss in the same breath: Fall Out Boy and Dave Matthews Band. We also got a better appreciation for the things that our parents did for us as kids. As if that wasn't enough, you'll get bonus stories about Sarah turning down Jonas Brothers' tickets and the concerts that I ran in my church basement. |Check out his YouTube project, We Have Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6QzicZKJGUvrSZisMiHv_A |Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/thesongthatgotmethrough/ or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com |Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/ |Artist: Fall Out Boy |Song: Dead on Arrival |Artist: Dave Matthews BandSong: Pig |
This week, we spoke to our guest about the soundtrack of the 2004 film Garden State. We talked about how the movie brought back nostalgic memories of his childhood and how revisiting the soundtrack a decade later helped him cope with his mother's passing. While he can still listen to that album I can no longer listen to Frank Turner's Long Live the Queen because I do not cope in a healthy manner.Finally, we unearthed the first ever albums that Sarah, Cole and I ever had on our iPods. One of us had Oingo Boingo and someone else had Rise Against. I am sure you can't guess who had which. | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/thesongthatgotmethrough/ or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com |Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Our guest told us about the first time he heard Linkin Park, why it took him 4 years to figure out the band's name, and what Chester Bennington's death taught him about grieving. We also dove into the state of mental health treatment in Nepal and somehow found out about Sarah's love of Nickleback. | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/thesongthatgotmethrough/ or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com |Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/ | Artist: Linkin Park | Song: One More Light
Song 1: So Bad | Artist: Savoy | Song 2: Gold (Stupid Love) | Artists: Excision & Illenium | Song 3: Face my Fears | Artist: Skrillex | This week, we spoke about EDM and our guest's long love of the genre. She taught us about rave families, kandi, and how she found herself at a festival crying tears of joy during Skrillex's set. | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/thesongthatgotmethrough/ or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com | Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Artist: The Beatles | Song: Hey Jude | This week, we spoke to our guest about his real life version of the movie Across the Universe. That is if Across the Universe took place on a bus in Lebanon traveling to see Sting at ancient ruins. We also managed to chat about what it means to be a first generation immigrant and going to back to your parent's homeland. | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/thesongthatgotmethrough/ or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com | Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Artist: Built to Spill | Song: Carry the Zero | This week, we talked about the pros and cons of being a night guard at a firework stand, why Frances Quinlan's version of this song is great, and what it's like to be an educator in the time of COVID-19. | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/thesongthatgotmethrough/ or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com |Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. |https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Artist: Demi Lovato | Song: Skyscraper | Mental health, seeing yourself in an artist, and why the populations of scientific studies also need to have a voice. Somehow we managed to cover that all while talking about how Demi Lovato's Skyscraper played a part in the last decade of our guests life. | Link to mental health resources that Andi mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/p/B--rSpKDemc/ | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com | Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Artist: Lorde | Song: Supercut | This week, we looked back on our guest's first big break up through the lens of the phenomenal Lorde song, Supercut. Coincidentally, this was also Lorde's break up song. We also learned that Sarah's go to song after a break up is Pink's So What, but you don't really need to know that. | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com | Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Song 1: Da Munchies | Artist: Immature |Song 2: Superstar | Artist: Sweet Water |Song 3: St. Mary | Artist: Rancid |This week, we dove into the fast evolving musical tastes of our guest's childhood. |We pick up with her story when she was eight and listening to R&B's first boyband, Immature, play their song Da Munchies. We then worked our way to a sweaty club in Seattle where she saw Sweet Water and learned to love sweat. We finally landed in the start of her angsty teenage years where she discovered her true love: Rancid. |If you are ever interested in telling your story, submit the form on our instagram page. Or email thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com. |Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Artist: Brian Eno & Harold Budd | Song: First LightFull disclosure, we knew nothing about ambient music before this show. If you are in the same boat, this is a perfect episode for you. Or if you ever wanted to know our most played songs of all time. Either way, we had a brilliant guest on who effortlessly broke down his favorite ambient track. | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com
Artist: Chumped | Song: Coffee | Learning a new language is tough. It is even more difficult when someone tries to teach you that language through lyrics that no one understands anyway. This week, pop-punk, a french exchange student, and lots of Smirnoff Ice | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com | Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Artist: Against Me! | Song: People Who Died | This week, we took inspiration from a Good Charlotte classic and took a dive into the Chronicles of Life and Death. We spoke about Against Me's cover of People who Died. This song was originally recorded by the Jim Carroll band and released back in 1980. | If you are interested in the compilation we discussed, you can find it here: https://songsthatsavedmylife.bandcamp.com/album/songs-that-saved-my-life | Want to be on the show? Submit the form on our Instagram page or email us: thesongthatgotmethrough@gmail.com | Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
This week we threw out the script on our usual structure and traveled back to 1999, a time where any genre of music could be a hit and frosted tips were still forgivable. We talked about three amazing songs, with three amazing videos: Aphex Twin- Window Licker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZT3gTu4Sjw | Blur- Coffee and TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqXVx3sBOk | Fatboy Slim- Praise You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruAi4VBoBSM | Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Artist: Tame Impala | Song: Let it Happen | Theme music: "It's Alright to Feel Okay" by Native Bells. | For more information on Native Bells: https://nativebells.bandcamp.com/
Song: All My Friends |Artist: LCD Soundsystem