Turn It Down is a good podcast about bad music. Every episode, hosts Joe Oakes and Steve Sachs take a terrible song, pull it apart, and try to figure out what went wrong.
OK, Billy, so who did start the fire? Did we ask you if you started the fire? Who do you mean by "WE", William Martin Joel? Come join us in the bucket brigade and try not to get burned as we examine Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire." @turnitdownpodcast - IG turnitdownpodcast@gmail.com
Like your estranged father texting you on Christmas as if nothing happened, we're dropping in at the last minute with some crap you already heard ages ago - our very first episode! This was recorded in 2018, in case you're wondering why I sound so happy. God damn us, everyone! turnitdownpodcast@gmail.com Don't forget to smash some kind of button for us! Your pick!
To celebrate the recent release of the new Space Jam, we're releasing the basketball episode of our multi-part Sportstacular. In this one, Steve and his brother Dave, an enthusiast for the cultural ephemera of sports, cure Joe of his general apathy towards the game with a selection of hits from the likes of John Tesh, Kurtis Blow, Aaron Carter, Alan Parsons, and even Big Shaq himself. IG: @turnitdownpodcast Twitter: @turnitdownpod Email: turnitdownpodcast@gmail.com
Crazy Frog is still crazy after all these years. Join us as we piece together the history of this annoying mascot for shameless musical capitalism based on an mp3 made by a Swedish teenager in 1997 and prepare ourselves for Crazy Frog's new quarantine album which, by our calculations, is certain to be at least a Pitchfork 6. Twitter: @turnitdownpod Instagram: @turnitdownpodcast Email: turnitdownpodcast@gmail.com
Scott Stapp, former singer of Creed and your bubbie's neighbor in Boca Raton, jumped at the opportunity to create a motivational anthem for his hometown's struggling baseball team, the Florida Marlins. What he came up with was an adaptation of one of his solo songs with some randomly selected words about baseball thrown in. Take Me Out to the Ballgame it's not. Grab your peanuts and crackerjacks and join us as we begin the first part of our series about music in sports with a look at Stapp's 2010 power ballad 'Marlins Will Soar', along with a few other selections from baseball's musical history. Email: turnitdownpodcast@gmail.com IG: instagram.com/turnitdownpodcast Twitter: twitter.com/turnitdownpod https://open.spotify.com/playlist/79RluVNRV6lh3mCUcI155Q?si=XBHSYHHPSvu1bpNzzukfQA Rate! Review! Subscribe! Tell your friends! Please!
In this episode, Eastman Presser joins us to defend the legacy of the brilliant singer, songwriter, and session musician Michael McDonald and his so-called Yacht Rock compatriots in bands like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and late-stage Yes. Who cares if he wears satin vests in casual situations and sounds like Eddie Vedder's soulful uncle? Apparently he's a great hang. Sail away with us to a world where virtuosity is king, the listening is easy, and musical "guilty pleasures" are just regular pleasures. Rate! Review! Subscribe! email: turnitdownpodcast@gmail.com ig: instagram.com/turnitdownpodcast twitter: twitter.com/turnitdownpod
Here's a nice light and soothing ep we recorded in 2019 and never released - we're too busy watching the news. By the way, a newly blue-haired and pleather-adorned Rebecca Black very recently claimed to "turn your favorite f*ckboy into a simp" on an incredible Dorian Electra hyperpop track called "Edgelord". Screw you, bullies! Who doesn't love a redemption arc? Stay safe out there, folks. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1T91Sq0YNQaQK3Aup0ojna?si=3n9HyPfRSZGXSKSGAPfujg instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turnitdownpodcast/ twitter: https://twitter.com/turnitdownpod email: turnitdownpodcast@gmail.com
I never thought I'd be putting a trigger warning for combat violence and Islamophobia on a song about the cartoon beagle Snoopy but, you know, here we are. In this episode, we discuss an epic song cycle about the bloodthirsty Snoopy's years as a fighter pilot in WWI, his bid for US President during the civil unrest of 1968, the Christmas truce of 1914, and - you read that right - his expert sniping of Osama Bin Laden in 2006 with a wounded Charlie Brown at his side. Happy f*cking New Year.
Surprise! We listened to the white savior anthem "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and we have a few questions of our own. Who are "they," anyways, and who are we? Can you eat money? What does Drake smell like? Grab some cocoa and join us by the fireside as we relate the tale of former punk and capitalist crusader Bob Geldof's quest to feed the world by writing a horrible song.
Q: What do you get when you cross Sketches of Spain, Ravel's Bolero, Alice in Wonderland, wealthy parents, and way too much acid? A: A whole bunch of hippie nonsense. Join us as we follow the incredibly talented and pissed off Avery Mandeville down the rabbit hole that leads to, well, nothing important. BUY Whatever Happened to Avery Jane? by Little Hag on Bandcamp LISTEN to this episode's Spotify playlist
Emily Montes is five years old. She likes playing Roblox and going outside, and judging by the tone of this 5 minute long 14 track album, she's kind of having a hard time these days. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gkSwEglT5q5MjVKs8MIa2?si=FjxnSJu6TvCTTUMMhnWxjQ
In this episode, Joe and Steve come crawling back to the pod to beg Emo G Records founder and ruling-class clown Elon Musk for $1000 (certainly chump change to a guy like him). Is this what happens to you when you smoke weed with Joe Rogan? Who will be the first pop star on Mars? Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48hM13pQfSnXkvvsas0KIw?si=FIAkFtqVT26sNh35u9xieg
It hurts us as much to type "Incubus (feat. Big Pun)" as it probably hurts you to read it. In this one, Joe and Steve examine a definitely ill-advised and possibly unethical cover of Still Not A Player by Incubus, the band you like before you know any better.
In this one, Joe and Steve dive into the maze of linked-in-article tabloid listicles that comprise the social media based literary component of the three minute and thirty-two second Gesamtkunstwerk that is Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do. We also discuss the potential for the development of user-data based, algorithmically generated music in the post-Internet era of capitalist pop music. Maybe can we call it Algopop (copyright Turn It Down, 2019 - we're litigious). O brave new world that has such people in it!
Guess who's back? Back again? Turn It Down is back. Tell a friend. Is it a (existential) crisis or a boring song? In this episode, Steve guides Joe on an illuminating journey into the expanding consciousness of dorm-room pop singer/producer turned poet and podcast philosopher Mike Posner through a thorough critical exegesis of his 2015 song 'I Took A Pill in Ibiza' to celebrate the start of his highly publicized walk around the entire United States (no, really). Mike, we hope the walk is going well and we're really sorry we thought your music was bad. Turn It Down is edited and produced by Joe Oakes. Theme music by Joe Oakes and Steve Sachs. Cover art by Steve Sachs. Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/12131085860/playlist/58pfo0tcUFtE4VnepvDA2g?si=BF0et5yzSwa4ifsNAl16sQ Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLON9oqWdcQJOOqGZaj5HI2Yn4ZqjABHGc
Boys will be boys? In this episode, Joe, Steve, and special guest Ruby Lucinda listen to a song called “Highway Tune” to try to figure out how a gaggle of ignorant, privileged phonies known as Greta Van Fleet won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album by playing Led Zeppelin covers to impress their dads. Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/12131085860/playlist/58pfo0tcUFtE4VnepvDA2g?si=5Dt4SlQtQz-DpKeGq5xlBw Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLON9oqWdcQJPKQHguUd57rwDN7U0cDuqh Turn It Down is created and produced by Joe Oakes. Theme song by Joe Oakes and Steve Sachs. Cover art by Steve Sachs IG/FB: @turnitdownpodcast Twitter: @turnitdownpod Email: turnitdownpodcast@gmail.com
We're back with a trip down memory lane to 2009, a simpler time, when stomps, claps, "whoas", and inauthentic ukuleles dominated the airwaves. Let Joe and Steve be your conductors as we hop aboard the runaway train that is Train's "Hey, Soul Sister". Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/12131085860/playlist/58pfo0tcUFtE4VnepvDA2g?si=J5meJVfUQHunSV_ktinG6Q Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLON9oqWdcQJMlxrOhYLWr2FajK_pYuXh_ Email: turnitdownpodcast@gmail.com IG/FB: @turnitdownpodcast Turn It Down is created and produced by Joe Oakes. Cover art by Steve Sachs. Theme music by Joe Oakes and Steve Sachs.
Is there an entomologist in the house? In this episode, Steve and Joe debate the merits of unadulterated wholesomeness and try to grasp the advanced mathematical concepts presented in Owl City's Fireflies. Spotify Playlist Youtube Playlist Turn It Down is produced and edited by Joe Oakes. Cover art by Steve Sachs.
In this episode, Joe and Steve wallow in Puddle of Mudd's vaguely disturbing anthem "She Hates Me". Check out this and all the songs we've talked about on our Spotify Playlist or watch the atrocious music video on Youtube. Turn It Down: A Bad Music Podcast is produced and edited by Joe Oakes. Cover art by Steve Sachs.
In this second and final part of our first annual Holiday Spectacular, Steve and Joe peer into the bongwater-filled snowglobe of Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime". Check out this and all the songs we've talked about on our Spotify Playlist or watch the music video on Youtube. Turn It Down: A Bad Music Podcast is produced and edited by Joe Oakes. Cover art by Steve Sachs.
Joe and Steve put a musical lump of coal in your stocking for part one of Turn It Down's first annual Holiday Spectacular. Check out this and all the songs we've talked about on our Spotify Playlist or watch the music video on Youtube (highly recommended). Turn It Down: A Bad Music Podcast is produced and edited by Joe Oakes. Cover art by Steve Sachs.
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