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Outlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting10: Ten Chaucer's Fart JokesLike Cnut commanding the tides to recede, Sting brings his band to his new manor house and says "I command thee to make hits!" — only when Sting does it, it actually works. Therefore, Sting > Cnut. Songs discussed include "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You," "Fields of Gold," "Shape of My Heart."2019-05-281h 06Outlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting9: The Oedipus CagesThe elder Mr. Sumner was kind enough to die, thus breaking Sting’s writer’s block (or did it?), and the daddy-issues tunes came flowing out like so many single tears across a stoic, chiseled face. It’s peak #jazzdadsships. Songs discussed include “All This Time, “The Soul Cages,” “Island of Souls.”2019-05-2049 minOutlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting8: ...Nothing Like the PoliceAs the length of Sting's hair peaks, so does his career as a solo artist, and the people of central America are forever grateful to him for mining their trauma like so much Aztec gold. Songs discussed include "The Lazarus Heart," "Fragile," They Dance Alone."2019-05-1353 minOutlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting7: The Dream of the Green RevenuesSting goes looking for more people to exploit for authenticity and comes up with a crew of American jazz session players whose brilliance he does not deserve. Songs discussed include "Fortress Around Your Heart," "Russians," "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free."2019-05-061h 24Outlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting6: SynchroNOcityLike a lover who wants to show their soon-to-be-ex what they'll be missing, Sting turns in his finest creative performances to date before promptly giving Stewart and Andy the ol' Irish goodbye. Using our crack forensic team of Claire and Bruce (here on work experience), we create a digital model of what "Every Breath You Take" would have sounded like without Andy's brilliant contributions. Other songs discussed include "King of Pain," "Walking in Your Footsteps," "Synchronicity I."2019-04-2958 minOutlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting5: Ghost in the Drum MachineDonning the shortest men's running shorts that scientists of the time could produce, Sting and the boys headed to the sunny island of Montserrat to produce a feel-good summertime album about . . . Descartes, or something? Shortly thereafter, Montserrat was blanketed in lava and ash as the earth tried desperately to cleanse itself. Songs discussed include "Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "Spirits in the Material World," "Invisible Sun," "Omega Man."2019-04-2248 minOutlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting4: Zenyatta Da AT-ATs R ATTACKING!!For "Zenyatta Mondatta," Sting and boys head into the studio with a killer sound and yet, sadly, almost no actual songs to record. In our studio, we have a slight hiccup with Meg's mic, but if we were to re-record the ep, what's the chance we'd get her to again utter the sentence "Oi, you with the floppy anus, that's a fire hazard"? Songs discussed include "Don't Stand So Close To Me," "Driven to Tears," "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da."2019-04-1554 minOutlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting3: Appropriation de BlancMeg nods politely while Adam goes full-on music dork explaining why "Regatta de Blanc" is peak Police. He even dusts off the ol' guitar next to the fireplace for analysis of the "Message in a Bottle" riff. Meg continues to nod politely. Songs discussed include: "Message in a Bottle," "Walking on the Moon," "Does Everyone Stare."2019-04-081h 05Outlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting2: Metal Speedos d'AmourThe Police's TOTALLY AUTHENTIC™ punk rock debut album "Outlandos d'Amour" hits big, and Sting finally makes it into the Queen Mother's limo with a little help from his buddies Stewart and Ol' Granny Andy. Songs discussed include "Roxanne," "Can't Stand Losing You" and "Truth Hits Everybody."2019-03-1350 minOutlandos d'Podcast: A show about Sting1: Local Geordie Gordy Makes GoodWe recount the epic tale of Gordon Sumner's birth to a shipwright (or was he a milkman?) in Ye Olde Kingdom of Northumbria, Anno Domini 1951 (and, possibly, how he was murdered by MI6 so that Sting could adopt Gordy's hardscrabble backstory to bolster his career and evade Tony with the Essex mob). Songs discussed include Last Exit demos and the first Police single, "Fall Out."2019-03-1344 min
We Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel13: River of DreckWe solemnly read through the 1993 career-suicide note that is Billy Joel's final studio album, "River of Dreams," and usher in the era of OFS (old, fat, sad) Joel. Features: "The River of Dreams," "All About Soul," "No Man's Land" and "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-291h 02We Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel12: Storm Frontin'Adam loses his patience with Billy Joel's reckless, shallow populism on Joel's high-gloss 1989 hit album, "Storm Front." Features: "We Didn't Start the Fire," "The Downeaster 'Alexa,'" "I Go to Extremes" and "And So It Goes." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-291h 02We Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel11: The Bridge to NowhereWe delight in hearing Billy Joel try to prove that he's a modern man — an '80s man — with his gloriously dated 1986 album, "The Bridge." Features: "A Matter of Trust," "Baby Grand," "Modern Woman" and "Running on Ice." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2947 minWe Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel10: A Weirdly Innocent 34-Year-Old ManWe are equally charmed and embarrassed by Billy Joel's 1983 post-divorce nostalgia excursion, "An Innocent Man." Featuring: "Uptown Girl," "The Longest Time," "Tell Her About It," "An Innocent Man" and "Keeping the Faith." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2953 minWe Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel9: The Nylennon CurtainMeg is unimpressed as Billy Joel attempts to prove that he's a Serious Adult with his 1982 opus, "The Nylon Curtain," and he just ends up doing a barely-passable John Lennon impression. Features: "Allentown," "Pressure" and "Goodnight Saigon." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-281h 04We Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel8: Glass EgosEver wanted to hear a 30-year-old who looks like a 45-year-old try to rock out like a 15-year-old? Come listen with us to Billy Joel's 1980 ersatz new wave album, "Glass Houses." Features: "You May Be Right," "Sometimes a Fantasy," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" and "All for Leyna." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2846 minWe Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel7: Prop Trumpet StreetAdam is unimpressed by the "I'm really more of a jazz guy" act on Billy Joel's (weirdly) critically-acclaimed 1978 album, "52nd Street." Features: "Big Shot," "Honesty" and "My Life." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2842 minWe Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel6: The Sexy Sax StrangerWe swallow (some of) our snark as we listen to Billy Joel's indisputably great 1976 magnum opus, "The Stranger." It's poofy-haired '70s Joel at his peak, which is to say it's Joel at his peak. Features: "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)," "Just the Way You Are," "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant," "Only the Good Die Young" and "She's Always a Woman." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2853 minWe Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel5: BurnstilesBehold the onset of Classic Period Joel with Billy Joel's 1976 album, "Turnstiles." Having come back to New York to single-handedly save it from destruction, Joel unites with Liberty DeVitto and the boys in the band to produce the first fully-Joel statement of his career. Features: "New York State of Mind," "Say Goodbye to Hollywood," "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" and "Prelude/Angry Young Man." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2846 minWe Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel4: Streetlife RetrogradeTake a gander at Billy Joel's major label sophomore slump, 1974's "Streetlife Serenade." Rushed into the studio before he had a chance to write much new material, Joel scraped the bottom of the barrel and mostly came up with fingernails full of splinters. Features: "The Entertainer," "Los Angelenos," "Root Beer Rag" and "Streetlife Serenader." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2843 minWe Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel3: Piano BoyMeg valiantly defends the honor of Billy Joel's 1973 major label debut, "Piano Man," which features Joel's first hit single, "Piano Man," on a loop for 40 minutes. Actually, it turns out there are some other songs too. Features: "Piano Man," "Travelin' Prayer," "You're My Home," "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" and "Captain Jack." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2839 minWe Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel2: Cold Spring CreameryWe listen to Billy Joel's semi-disavowed 1971 debut solo album, "Cold Spring Harbor," which was marred by a mastering error that made him sound even younger and more earnest than he actually was (which is saying something). Features: "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now." #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2837 minWe Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel1: JoelveniliaCome on a whirlwind tour of Billy Joel's three proto-Joel albums: The Hassles' fun-loving self-titled 1967 debut and pretentious 1969 follow-up, "Hour of the Wolf," and the 1970 self-titled debut of Joel's infamous organ-metal duo, Atilla. #billyjoel #joelhole2016-12-2849 min