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Hosts Shannon Hurley and David Daskal wrap up their annual countdown of the Top 21 Songs of 2025, revealing the final picks (7-1). The episode includes insightful discussions on each song, critiques of music industry trends, and extensive honorable mentions from all hosts. Listeners also get community updates and a significant announcement regarding the podcast's upcoming retirement, marking a poignant end to a year of great music.
It's an episode a full year in the making. Once again, All Time Top Ten's diligent year-end cast has come through for us in style. We're super proud to present Top Twenty-One Songs Of 2025 - our annual overstuffed look at the musical year that was. By now, the great Shannon Hurley and the also great David Daskal know exactly what this episode is and how to find the best of the best tracks that graced people's ears in the year 2025. Part 2, aka the 'middle child' episode, features picks 14-8, wit...
Back in the before times, aka 2014, one of our favorite recurring guests got it in his head that ATTT needed to be paying attention to all the great new music being made by making an annual 'songs of the year' episode happen. Daskal also said that we needed to include the delightful Shannon Hurley and in the process the three of us will get to at least attempt to keep up with what's going on in music. 11 years later we're mighty glad we took that advice and now it has become the episode event of...
Believe it, we're more than glad that we gave in to the holiday vibes and broke our longstanding stance that we would never do a Christmas episode. Of course, we couldn't do it without our beloved pal Joe Lavelle and our new friend, singer and Christmas music maven, Crystal Keith. We bring it on home in style with Top Ten Christmas Songs That Don't Suck Part 2, featuring picks 5-1 that come with all the feels. The holiday feels. Merry Christmas from ATTT! If you missed the fun we had in Part 1, ...
We never thought we'd say this after 13 years of resistance but hey, Merry Christmas from All Time Top Ten! We've given in to the holiday season and have agreed to do a Christmas songs episode with one caveat - none of the songs we play can suck. So, thanks to our old friend Joe Lavelle and our new friend, singer extraordinaire and Christmas music fanatic Crystal Keith, we're actually proud to present Top Ten Christmas Songs That Don't Suck. All the best in a wide array of genres are represented...
1. They must be an actual rock band, not a solo project 2. They must have been formed less than 20 years ago 3. They must have put out something great in 2025 That's what it takes to get a spot in Top Ten Rock Bands Of 2025! ATTT is always glad to have The Old Boy Himself Ryan Blake on board for an episode, and we've stumbled upon something necessary and fun - promoting new ROCK in 2025. Picks 5-1 are revealed in our list of the best to rock in 2025. If you missed the glory of rock presented in ...
Don't know about you, but we're starved for great rock music in 2025. To stick up and prop up our favorite genre, The Old Boy Himself Ryan Blake returns for another volume in our Rock Bands Of The Year series. Here in Rock Bands Of 2025 Part 1, we get into picks 10-6 in our countdown of the best bands to meet the following criteria: 1. They must be an actual rock band, not a solo project 2. They must have been formed less than 20 years ago 3. They must have put out something great in 2025 What f...
Look, it's really simple. The Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame hates and disrespects heavy metal. We don't. We believe that metal is one of the cornerstones in the history of rock n roll and we also need to point out the fact that it's one of the most globally-beloved genres of music. We think it's a crime that the bands highlighted in this week's playlist have been snubbed by the bluenoses and weenies that run the rock hall. Get them in! Listen to us state our cases for some obviously unjustly snubbed ...
A full-throated and totally sincere congratulations to the 2025 inductees into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame. Great job not being in the heavy metal genre! Let's face it, the rock hall hates metal, and always has. It took some serious teeth-pulling to even get a few metal bands in the hall, and even though heavy metal is truly a cornerstone in rock n roll history, the powers that be treat it like the black sheep of the family. Get it together, rock hall! Dr. Nick Baker returns for the 3rd volume ...
What have you got to lose? If you like the six o'clock news, then you'll love Top Ten Songs About Hell Part 2 featuring special guest Matt Dinan, the man who puts the Halloween in the phrase Every Day Is Halloween, yes even in November. Listen to the top half of this hellbound list and picks 5-1 in our countdown of the best songs about the place you go if you've been a bad boy. Hell awaits. If you missed Part 1, listen now or there'll be hell to pay: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode...
Happy Halloween! For the 14th year in a row, ATTT is once again giving the macabre masses what they want - another Halloween spectacular. Every year our ghoul-in-residence Matt "Danger" Dinan joins us for a musical fright fest. This year is appropriate because we're basically there, or well on our way there. There is Hell, and the "place where eternally, fire is applied to the body" is a great subject for some of the best songs we know and love, and a few deep cuts. Top Ten Songs About Hell Part...
Finding ways to feel good feels like a full time job in 2025, but it's worth it. We've had enough and by 'we' I mean our special guests Rick Torres and Charley T of the mighty Dirtycakes. Dirtycakes is back with a brand new single - an epic cover of David Bowie's "I'm Afraid Of Americans". To celebrate this soul crushing banger and to soak up some positive vibes, we're back to complete our playlist of the feel good songs we're in need of. Top Ten Feel Good Songs Volume 3 Part 2 features picks 5-...
Damn it. If there are any people that deserve a bunch of feel good songs, it's the inhabitants of planet earth in our blessedly almost over year of 2025. We're getting out of our heads and into our hearts for a week or two, with help from our great friends Rick Torres and Charley T. Rick and Charley have a surprise new recording from their excellent punk rock band Dirtycakes - a blistering cover of David Bowie's timely classic "I'm Afraid Of Americans", so we figured after we bludgeon you over t...
The lying liars that tell lies for fun and profit are really puffed out and feeling good about their life choices in 2025. Hopefully their lies won't stop the pendulum from swinging back in their faces. Thanks to social media and the ever-expansive list of people willing to be lied to, liars are having such a moment that it got us thinking it was a good time to give them their own episode. The great Gabe Scalone is back for Top Ten Songs About Liars Part 2 where we guilelessly reveal picks 5-1. ...
If there was any justice in the world it would be physically painful to lie. Lying lies and the lying liars that tell them are destroying our society in an accelerated fashion thanks to social media and an ever willing-to-be-lied-to populace. It's bad, people. We've got liars stuck in our craw over here at ATTT HQ and we figured since this is their moment, we should give the liars their due with episode dedicated directly to them. Top Ten Songs About Liars Part 1 starts us off on our journey thr...
Is this an appropriate time to talk about censorship? How about freedom of speech? How about the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Of America? We didn't plan it this way but history is rhyming in a big way right now, so we're actually glad to be taking a narrow-eyed look back at the past. 40 years ago this month Washington was abuzz with pending legislation to make laws determining some music obscene and ripe for censorship. Tipper Gore and her Parents Music Resource Cente...
40 years ago this week our nation was under assault by forces of evil. These forces were conspiring to control artists and take away Americans' constitutionally-guaranteed rights to freedom of expression. In the halls of the United States Senate, three righteous warriors - Frank Zappa, Dee Snider and John Denver - stood up for artists and free speech by directly confronting the evil in power. The evil in power were the so-called "Washington Wives" - spouses to powerful Senators that were weighin...
It can be done! With the help of our good friends Chris Van Gompel, DJ Hostettler and Dixie Jacobs, we actually succeeded in "Separating The Art" from some of our favorite artists who for whatever reason are total jerks, creepers or worse, but we can still enjoy their music, if we work at it. Picks 5-1 are featured here, with some truly bad behavior being overcome by great art. If you missed all the tomfoolery we got up to in Part 1,, including picks 10-6, go back: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...
Can we actually separate the art from the artist? Well, if you're willing to contort yourself around some pretty terrible behavior, the art you are separating from the artists involved better be worth it. Only the best of the best can get away with being the worst of the worst and have us still wanting to enjoy their art. From bleak to dark, this list and the stories involved might make the squeamish squeam - fair warning! Who else to help us navigate these treacherous waters than our old dear f...
"Now more than ever." We say it so often the true meaning of it is in danger of getting lost. We didn't ask to be put in the daily pressure cooker that is society in the year 2025, but we're here and we HOPE we're getting our message out there. Badass drummer and swell human being Michael Collins knows what we're after, and he is on hand to help give us more. More hope. Top Ten Soulful Songs Of Hope Volume 2 marches on with the top half of our list here in Part 2. Picks 5-1 are revealed as is th...
If you're like us, you're good and tired of living in unprecedented times. It's hard to truly hope after all we've been through, but dammit we're going to try our best. Top Ten Soulful Songs Of Hope is what we need. What we also need is an excellent hang with actual rock star and good friend to us here at ATTT HQ, drummer extraordinaire Michael Collins, who just got off an epic tour and here in TTSSOH Part 1, is ready to help us reveal picks 10-6 in this soulful and hopefully hopeful playlist. I...
"You're that nerd!" Yeah so what? The Hardest-Working Man In Music In LA Giovanny Blanco and I are quite comfortable with our nerdly ways, and we've stumbled upon a topic that suits our particular brand of music obsession. Top Ten Greatest Hits Hits is our love letter to the classic Greatest Hits collection, and those tracks that made their first appearance as additions to some of our favorite artists' Best Of compilations. We can't thank Gio enough for his tireless work bringing more music to t...
If you nerd like we nerd, you'll find it easy to pull a playlist out of whatever scenario you can think of. Thankfully we have nerdly kindred spirits around here, like our good friend Giovanny Blanco. Gio gets the ridiculous fun you can have with a topic like Top Ten Greatest Hits Hits. Here in TTGHH Part 1, we're revealing picks 10-6 in our list of the best Hit Songs to have their debut appearance be on a Greatest Hits collection. Gio gets it, we hope you'll indulge us with this really fun conv...
Here in Part 2, the top half of the list for Top Ten Filipino Rock Stars is filled with legendary legends that are still building those legends to this very day. We had a great time jawing about the greatest Filipino rock stars with 2 gents who fit the bill, and that's no joke. The Thrilla From Manila, the mighty Severo (The Smithereens) joins forces with a true musical wizard named Walter Ino (The Babys, Tommy DeCarlo, etc etc) to bring you the best and probably the only list you're going to fi...
Hello, kamusta and mabuhay to our Filipino friends around the globe! All Time Top Ten prides itself on bringing the most musical variety possible, and here's a fun and educational example. Some of the most heralded and under-heralded musical talents either come from the Philippines or have Filipino blood. Luckily ATTT has in our midst two actual Filipino rock stars and we couldn't be more delighted to welcome Severo aka Tha Thrilla From Manila, and All Time Top Ten newcomer Walter Ino to help us...
Much like our friends George Lucas, Wolfman Jack, Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids, and even Sha Na Na, we have no problem with nostalgia over here at ATTT HQ. We tread heavily in the music and feelings of the past. How could you not, considering the present and the future? "Where were you in '62?" is the mantra of the film and soundtrack to the film we're reveling in this week. American Graffiti went from a small time labor of love for George Lucas to a worldwide phenomena, helping to ...
Where were you in '62? The magical nostalgic world of the film American Graffiti seems about as close to heaven as one could get. A long night of adventure on the town, with all the cars and all the fun, but especially all of the incredible music. The Great Wolfman Jack provided the soundtrack to that magical world, spinning the best rock n roll, soul, doo wop and pop songs from the years 1957-1962, and lucky us, we get to enjoy it over and over again with the amazing soundtrack. Speaking person...
Consider yourself warned, some of the musicals that are featured here in Top Ten Problematic Musicals Part 2 are so cringe that the people that made them pretend they don't exist. Now THAT'S problematic. Shannon Hurley, Joe Lavelle and Kate Bundy aka "the Breakfast Cereal Mascot Bunch" are back to bring the pain with picks 5-1 in Part 2 of our harrowing look at yesteryear and all that that entails. If you missed the zaniness of Part 1 where we revealed Picks 10-6, start here: https://podcasts.ap...
Just because we 'can' talk about this stuff doesn't mean we 'should' talk about it, but we're gonna anyway. Musicals have come a long way over the years, as has our society, present moment notwithstanding. There are just some narrative subjects, or bits of dialogue or song lyric or casting choices, that you just can't get away with in today's world. We're willing to bet that approximately 0% of the shows we get into in Top Ten Problematic Musicals could be made today. But they are fun to talk ab...
Last week we left our heart there, this week we're going to leave our soul. We love San Francisco! To celebrate the Paris Of The West, aka "The City", we have to count down our favorite songs that reference San Francisco. To accomplish this task, we had to turn to the trusty ears of the one and only David Harold Daskal, who has been a Bay Area resident for the past 10 years. Picks 5-1 are revealed in this mighty playlist along with some tomfoolery in Top Ten Songs That Reference San Francisco Pa...
