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Mother's Day is just over a week away. Don't forget mom. Kelly Clarkson does a great version of Madonna's, "Like a Prayer". Beverly Hills Housewives gave us another epic episode. Guest is Leah Herbert-Welles from Open Arms Minnesota.
"Who Ya Gunna Call?" Nick and Tim dive into one of the biggest year's of Pop Culture, discussing the impact of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" album (and VMA Performance) in Pop Music, Comedians take on horror at the box office with Ghostbusters and its HUGE cultural craze, Bruce Springsteen gets political on "Born in the USA", Molly Ringwald's parents forget her birthday, and much more. Are you ready to Get Pop Cultured? IG: @getpopculturedpodcast T: @get_popcultured
Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone... except for everyone listening to this episode, because we're traveling together through doubt and deliverance with Madonna's "Like a Prayer." Kirk takes a look at the high-contrast drama of the megastar's 1989 megahit, with its cathedral-like verses, bus-driving guitar rhythms, bouncy basslines, and perfectly placed Latin percussion flourishes. The music video got a lot of attention back in the day, but there's plenty in the song itself to celebrate, from Prince's mystery guitar to Madonna's vulnerable vocals to the joyful power of the Andraé Crouch Choir. Band/Artist: Madonna Album: Like a Prayer, 1989 Composed by: Madonna and Patrick Leonard Listen/Buy: Apple Music | Amazon | Spotify ------ ALSO FEATURED/DISCUSSED: "Open Your Heart To Me" by Madonna from True Blue, 1986 "Like a Prayer" as covered by the cast of Glee The music video for "Like a Prayer": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA983t3Rdzs Three excellent music documentaries: "Muscle Shoals," "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," and "20 Feet From Stardom." (Seriously, watch all three!) OUTRO SOLOIST: Steve Pardo This episode's outro soloist is the one and only Steve Pardo. Steve and Kirk met when they were both jazz saxophone students at the University of Miami; Steve currently lives and performs around the Nashville, TN area. He's a producer, composer, and does work in the world of video games, having spent several years at Harmonix, where he helped make music games like Rock Band and Dance Central. You can find out more at his website: https://www.stevepardo.com/ NEWSLETTER/MAILING LIST Sign up for Kirk's mailing list to start getting monthly-ish newsletters with music recommendations, links, news, and extra thoughts on new Strong Songs episodes: https://tinyletter.com/KirkHamilton STRONG PLAYLISTS You can find playlists containing every Strong Song as well as all of Kirk's weekly music picks from his other podcast, Kotaku Splitscreen, on both Spotify and Apple Music. SUPPORT STRONG SONGS ON PATREON! A huge thank-you to everyone who's signed up to become a patron of Strong Songs—your support is making it possible to make this show as good as it can be! Stay tuned for a bonus episode in the next few weeks, made possible entirely by our Patrons. If you want to support the show, check out the Strong Songs Patreon. Here's the link: https://Patreon.com/StrongSongs SEPTEMBER 2019 WHOLE NOTE PATRONS andrew walters CALEB ROTACH Chad Barnard Dan Apczynski Dave Florey Glenn Jared Norris Mark Schechter Sara Walsh SEPTEMBER 2019 HALF NOTE PATRONS Alexander Polson Andre Bremer Andrew Lee Arjun Sharma Bill Thornton Brett Douville Brian Amoebas Chas Lednicky Chris Brown Cyrus N. White Dominik Schmitt Earl Lozada Eero Wahlstedt Elliot Jay O'Neill Emily Williams FlSHBONES Forrest Chang Jaehoon Jeong James Johnson Jasmine Fellows Jeffrey Olson John and Sharon Stenglein Jon O'Keefe joujou Juan Carlos Montemayor Elosua Jules Bailey Justin Liew Justin McElroy Kate Albury Kevin Morrell Kevin Pennyfeather Kyle Simons Matt Gaskell Max Schechter Melanie Stivers Michael Blackwell Miriam Juskowicz Mueller Nate from Kalamazoo Nicholas Schechter Richard Toller samuel gardner Shane DeLeon Shaun Wiese Tim Tom Clewer Tom Lauer
Todd, Del, and Paul Return to March 1989 to go over news events, movie releases, and album releases. News Events March 2 Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial - NY Mets stars Keith Hernandez and Darryl Strawberry famously nearly come to blows in front of reporters and TV crews at spring training March 9 Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy March 12 15th People's Choice Awards March 15 "Les Miserables" opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto March 20 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation March 22 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years March 24 Worst US oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska March 26 1st free elections in USSR; 190 million votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins March 27 1st African American soap opera, "Generations" premieres on NBC-TV March 29 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL 61st Academy Awards 9th Golden Raspberry Awards Movies March 1 New York Stories March 3 Dream a Little Dream Farewell to the King Lean On Me Skin Deep March 10 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Chances Are Jacknife Police Academy 6: City Under Siege March 17 Fletch Lives Leviathan Slaves of New York March 22 976-EVIL Troop Beverly Hills March 24 Dead Bang March 31 Sing Heathers Music March 3 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul March 6 When Dream and Day Unite by Dream Theater March 7 Girl You Know It's True by Milli Vanilli March 10 Mr. Jordan by Julian Lennon March 12 Grip It! On That Other Level by Geto Boys March 13 101 by Depeche Mode March 14 Extreme by Extreme Road to the Riches by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo Spell by Deon Estus March 20 Another Place and Time by Donna Summer Shine by Mother Love Bone March 21 Like a Prayer by Madonna Nick of Time by Bonnie Raitt March 22 Make Them Die Slowly by White Zombie March 23 Brain Drain by The Ramones March 27 Larger than Life by Jody Watley March 28 Alannah Myles by Alannah Myles
Fingers Malloy (http://facebook.com/fingersmalloyradio) is furious. Not angry, furious. He just learned that Motley Crue covered Madonna's "Like a Virgin," and he can't deal with it. Tony Katz (http://facebook.com/tonykatzradio) hosts the latest Snack Size edition of Eat! Drink! Smoke! (http://facebook.com/eatdrinksmoke) with Fingers and April D. Gregory (http://twitter.com/aprildgregory). Is it wrong that musicians cover music that is not in the genre? And a man has decided that he will only drink beer for lent. April tries to one up him by declaring she gave up naps for lent. Is that even possible?
The album: Madonna: Like a Prayer (Sire, 1989) For the fourth installment in our Women Behaving Boldly mini-series, we spin the clock back to an episode we first aired a year ago: Ann Powers, talking about Madonna’s Like a Prayer from 1989. From the beginning, we knew this episode in particular would make a perfect fit with the WBB series. After all, few pop artists, female or male, have done more to transform the pop landscape since the 1980s than Madonna, often times inviting scrutiny and criticism in the process for pushing the proverbial envelope on what people found acceptable by musical artists in that era. And to have Ann Powers, one of the country’s premier music critics, here to break down Madonna’s import was a gift unto itself. If you missed this the first time, we’re excited for you to hear it now. And if you heard it before, revisit this gem from our vaults. This week, Morgan and Oliver are joined by Ann Powers of NPR Music and author of the new book, Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music. Together, the three dug into Like a Prayer, Madonna's critical breakout album form 1989. As Ann lays out, Madonna had already established herself as an MTV-era mega-star with her previous albums but Like a Prayer, with its then-controversial sexual politics and surprising personal candor, marked a new level of artistic ambition. More on Madonna and Like a Prayer The "Like a Prayer" video NPR Music's review of Like a Prayer for their "150 Greatest Albums Made by Women" list. More on Ann Powers: Ann Powers @ NPR Music Ann on All Things Considered, talking about Good Booty Her Twitter Tracklisting (all songs from Like a Prayer unless indicated otherwise): Like a Prayer Madonna: Like a Virgin Till Death Do Us Part Express Yourself Act of Contrition Love Song Cherish Keep it Together Like a Prayer Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there. If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!
This week, Morgan and Oliver are joined by Ann Powers of NPR Music and author of the new book, Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music. Together, the three dug into Like a Prayer, Madonna's critical breakout album form 1989. As Ann lays out, Madonna had already established herself as an MTV-era mega-star with her previous albums but Like a Prayer, with its then-controversial sexual politics and surprising personal candor, marked a new level of artistic ambition.
Today Ken welcomes writer, actor Steve Bannos (Freaks & Geeks) to the show. Ken and Steve discuss their mutual collecting bug, Flea Markets, Brimfield, Boston in the 80s, stand up comedy, Chicago, Mark of the Devil Barf Bags, The Combat Zone, TV Wheel, Judd Apatow, Night After Night with Alan Havey, The Higgins Boys and Gruber, Greek fry cooks, Gyros, Paul Feig, "The Ranch", Freaks & Geeks, the missing Missing Bus script, 7 Minutes in Heaven, rigging spin the bottle, Meet the Applegates, working in the art department, Zapped II, Linda Blair, carrying the cross on Madonna's Like a Prayer, Mary Lambert, 80s coke sets, Dana Gould, horror hosts, Svenghouli, Channel 32, growing up a make up geek, Planet of the Apes, when Mr. Rogers hulked out, Rebecca Staab, Doomed! The Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie, regrettable roles, keeping your shirt on, Ghostbusters, Garfield Goose, Wacky Races, Fraiser Thomas, Looney Toons, a TV education, Night Flight, Marvel Monsters, Tremors, being haunted by the Exorcist without having seen it, writing tag lines for movies, Percy Rodriguez, making the poster, a 70s set Ghost Rider movie, structured family TV time, watching TV during dinner, stealing from Vaudeville, reality TV writers, how it's painful sometimes to watch comedies, and loving James Franco.
Today Our Hot Topic From the NYC TODAY Magazine is:Humpday 16# - Beyonce's Formation vs Madonna's Like A Prayer Music Video Reviewsource link(s):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCHz1gwzToSuperBowl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Hgh7sPDLMLike a Prayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fzeNUqQbQhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party You may call in at 347.205.9920 or Chat with us on show page. LIKE US & Follow Us NOw!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY to:Tamara McDanielMahogany MarieYour host, Janel and her co-hosts Lauren, Kim, Al, Val, Mabana, Julius and Sandman will be giving you real talk, interesting interviews, Hot Topics and funny moments; including prank calling, good music, pop culture and current events. Don't Miss This Saturday! Don't Miss Any Wednesday! Listen to NYC Today's Hump Day Recovery Show! We will make it fun to get thru your week.New Music By: [TO BE ANNOUNCED]Call in at 347.205.9920 to comment live on the show,NYC TODAY LIVE APP Coming in AUG...YAY!Like Our Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/NYCTODAYWebsitehttp://www.nyctoday.info/Upcoming Show FB Invite:https://www.facebook.com/events/1662708137275637/
Today Our Hot Topic From the NYC TODAY Magazine is:Humpday 16# - Beyonce's Formation vs Madonna's Like A Prayer Music Video Reviewsource link(s):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCHz1gwzToSuperBowl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Hgh7sPDLMLike a Prayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fzeNUqQbQhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party You may call in at 347.205.9920 or Chat with us on show page. LIKE US & Follow Us NOw!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY to:Tamara McDanielMahogany MarieYour host, Janel and her co-hosts Lauren, Kim, Al, Val, Mabana, Julius and Sandman will be giving you real talk, interesting interviews, Hot Topics and funny moments; including prank calling, good music, pop culture and current events. Don't Miss This Saturday! Don't Miss Any Wednesday! Listen to NYC Today's Hump Day Recovery Show! We will make it fun to get thru your week.New Music By: [TO BE ANNOUNCED]Call in at 347.205.9920 to comment live on the show,NYC TODAY LIVE APP Coming in AUG...YAY!Like Our Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/NYCTODAYWebsitehttp://www.nyctoday.info/Upcoming Show FB Invite:https://www.facebook.com/events/1662708137275637/
It's Time D-Heads! This week we get chilly and hot in the same because oh my you can't believe, Jamaica has a bobsled team! This week we welcome LEON ROBINSON (Cool Runnings, Above the Rim, Waiting to Exhale, OZ, Madonna's Like a Prayer Video, Musician) to the show! Leon talks about playing Derice in Cool Runnings, some great stories with John Candy, being part of many classic films, the infamous Madonna video, his band Leon and the Peoples, what is he doing now and more! In addition we have the D-Team back as you have questions and he has answers as Erin dips his hand into the mailbag with I Want To Know. Caitlin is here bringing you the latest from the Walt Disney World Resort, and Nathan gives you that look back with This Week In Disney History. Paige is here with a look into the fantastic soundtrack from Cool Runnings in the Magical Music Review and Jason heads to The Vault with another Disney Classic to add to your viewing experiences this time making you feel the rhythm. We have news hot off the D-Wire from Epcot, Disney Channel, Merchandise, Big Hero, Frozen, Toys, Clothing, Walt Disney World and more! So it's time to Put on Your Ears, Give it a Little Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, and get ready to Relive the Magic, Memories and Appreciation from Your Lifetime of Disney with our New Kind of Disney Show!
It's Time D-Heads! This week we get chilly and hot in the same because oh my you can't believe, Jamaica has a bobsled team! This week we welcome LEON ROBINSON (Cool Runnings, Above the Rim, Waiting to Exhale, OZ, Madonna's Like a Prayer Video, Musician) to the show! Leon talks about playing Derice in Cool Runnings, some great stories with John Candy, being part of many classic films, the infamous Madonna video, his band Leon and the Peoples, what is he doing now and more! In addition we have the D-Team back as you have questions and he has answers as Erin dips his hand into the mailbag with I Want To Know. Caitlin is here bringing you the latest from the Walt Disney World Resort, and Nathan gives you that look back with This Week In Disney History. Paige is here with a look into the fantastic soundtrack from Cool Runnings in the Magical Music Review and Jason heads to The Vault with another Disney Classic to add to your viewing experiences this time making you feel the rhythm. We have news hot off the D-Wire from Epcot, Disney Channel, Merchandise, Big Hero, Frozen, Toys, Clothing, Walt Disney World and more! So it's time to Put on Your Ears, Give it a Little Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, and get ready to Relive the Magic, Memories and Appreciation from Your Lifetime of Disney with our New Kind of Disney Show!