It feels like there shouldn't be anything left to say about The Dark Side of the Moon. It's one of the best-selling albums of all time, and it's consistently rated as one of the greatest albums of all time by critics. If you tune into a classic rock station for more than a couple of hours, chances are better than 50/50 that you'll hear a track or three from it get played. It's so common to hear tracks from here out of context that it's become easy to forget that these tracks, when heard in order from start to finish, constitute one of the most stunningly coherent artistic statements of the album era, and that makes it an album that Discord & Rhyme had to cover in depth at some point. Join Amanda, Mike, Rich, and John as they discuss the 1973 classic that transformed Pink Floyd from a niche-famous British prog-adjacent band into one of the most famous bands in the world.

Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, John McFerrin, Amanda Rodgers

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The gang sits down by the fire to discuss a second round of the songs that made them love music. This year's batch covers an astonishing amount of ground, including movie soundtracks, jazz, funk, girl groups, folk, prog (of course), hip-hop, musicals, dub reggae, power pop — and even a hymn!

• Trevor Jones - Main Title (from The Last of the Mohicans)
• Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
• James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Parts 1 & 2)
• The Flirtations - Nothing But a Heartache
• Sufjan Stevens - Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
• The Byrds - Gunga Din
• Yes - Close to the Edge
• Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
• Antonio Banderas & Madonna - Oh, What a Circus (from Evita)
• Van Der Graaf Generator - Childlike Faith in Childhood's End
• King Tubby - Invasion
• Sloan - Penpals

Spotify playlist of the songs in this episode: open.spotify.com/playlist/1YDBKhf61tJ0d8Xdj3jiJ1

Cohosts: Rich Bunnell, Mike DeFabio, John McFerrin, Amanda Rodgers

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Of all the casualties of the Beatles’ Apple label, Badfinger is the most tragic. They had a very promising start, helped along by the Beatles and their associates, but a combination of bad management and personal tragedy stopped them from being as successful as they should have been. However, for a brief period everything worked out exactly right, and Badfinger came up with an album that deserves to be ranked among the all-time classics. From power pop to boogie rock and various points in between, Straight Up is a no-skips album that deserves your attention, so listen up.

Cohosts: Amanda Rodgers, Mike DeFabio, Ben Marlin

Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/168-badfinger-straight-up-1971

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