Hi everyone, looking forward to a great third season of the show! Going forward, you need to have a Spotify account to listen to the podcast - you don't need to be a paying subscriber, but you do need at least a free Spotify account. For those of you with a premium Spotify account, you will be able to listen to the full song in the podcast now! For free users you will hear a 30 second clip. Thanks and if you have questions or comments please hit me up, leave me a voicemail on the website at http...
Nov 26, 2020•2 min
German metal band Rammstein made their mark on the world with their hit single Du Hast back in the late 90s. Find out the origins of the band and the name of the band, and of course about Rammstein's early history leading up to Du Hast.
Jan 30, 2020•6 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Listen all about a band called Mustache! with a song about a mustache and artist names like Travis Falcontamer and Jessie Grizzlebottom.
Jan 17, 2020•5 min•Season 2Ep. 3
I answer your most commonly asked question and field a voicemail about Elvis' If I Can Dream. Visit the website http://repeat.one to leave your own voicemail, or hit me up on Facebook.com/RepeatOnePodcast or Twitter.com/BadMovieBen.
Jan 11, 2020•8 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In 1971, The Rolling Stones left England with no money in tax exile. They went on to record an album in the dark, damp basement of a villa in southern France and later complete it in Los Angeles. Listen about how this tumultuous time period in the history of the Rolling Stones created tracks like Let it Loose.
Jan 03, 2020•11 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Learn about what Chiptune music is and how a British composer named David Sugar was involved in its inception and rise to mainstream.
Nov 27, 2018•8 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Two college kids were out to antagonize their audience with experimental loops...but the audience was into it! Find out how MGMT's "Electric Feel" got its start.
Nov 20, 2018•11 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Aurora Aksnes, from rural Norway, started her professional music career at age 16. In 2014 she released her third single, Under Stars. Learn about Aurora and what drives her music in this episode.
Nov 10, 2018•6 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Thanks for listening! Apologies for the lack of new episodes - new ones are on the way! Here are some ways you can support the show and get in touch with me.
Nov 06, 2018•3 min•Season 1Ep. 21
The Clown Prince of Hip-Hop, Biz Markie, left his mark with the classic "Just a Friend." Learn about how he started and about how it all came together in this episode of RepeatOne.
Oct 07, 2018•8 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Learn how a turn-of-the-century New Year's Eve karaoke performance at a pub formed The Darkness, the glam-rock gods responsible for the falsetto rock masterpiece "I Believe in a Thing Called Love."
Sep 30, 2018•7 min•Season 1Ep. 19
The Doors' hit song "Touch Me" was written by guitarist Robby Krieger at a time when sex symbol and lead singer Jim Morrison was spiraling out of control. Find out all about what makes this song special.
Sep 19, 2018•8 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Learn all about the "futuristic" hit song "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco. Produced by the Father of Disco, Georgio Moroder, find out how disco became electronic dance music in this meaty edition of RepeatOne.
Sep 11, 2018•9 min•Season 1Ep. 17
If I Can Dream by Elvis Presley capped off his 1968 "Comeback" TV Special. It contains quotes from Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was killed just two months prior to its recording. Find out why Elvis chose this song and the years preceding it on the latest episode.
Aug 31, 2018•7 min•Season 1Ep. 16
When Chris Cornell started writing a tribute song for a dearly departed, he set into motion a supergroup between members of Soundgarden and what would become Pearl Jam. Hunger Strike is a song off of their one and only album, featuring a duet between Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder. Hear their story.
Aug 27, 2018•6 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Featured heavily in the 2017 TV series The Sinner, starring Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman. Big Black Delta's "Huggin & Kissin" is like 80s electronic dance music with a dash of dubstep.
Aug 19, 2018•4 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Hide the Wine by Carly Pearce is a great summer song to listen to by the pool. Find out a little bit about the artist and the first country song on the show!
Aug 12, 2018•2 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Daisy is a song by Goodbye June. Listen to hear a clip and the story behind the music.
Jul 29, 2018•4 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Africa has maintained its popularity to this day. The song has been featured on South Park, Family Guy, Community, Stranger Things and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, among others. It’s been streamed over 270 million times on Spotify - more than any song by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, U2, or Madonna.
Jun 13, 2018•6 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In 2009, Australian siblings Amy and George Sheppard started writing music together while Amy studied music in Brisbane. Over the course of the next four years, they would slowly add members to the band including their sister Emma. It was only fitting that the band itself should take the family name and be called Sheppard as well.
Jun 01, 2018•2 min•Season 1Ep. 10
The song “Rocket Queen” is one of a number of infamous, salacious, and shocking tunes from the controversial rock n roll band Guns N Roses. It's the last track off of their first megahit album, Appetite for Destruction.
May 23, 2018•5 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Every parent has their own rules for their children that will differ from someone else's. In the case of musician Angelica Allen, she grew up in a household where the only music allowed was the soundtrack to Phantom of the Opera, Vivaldi, and Marc Anthony.
Apr 17, 2018•3 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The Go-Go’s, formed in 1978, are widely considered the most successful all-female band ever. By the beginning of 1984, the band had released two massively popular studio albums with accompanying tours and were on the cusp of releasing a third, titled “Talk Show.”
Mar 30, 2018•4 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Despite Isaak being active since the late 80s, you’ll find that the sophisticated algorithms powering Pandora or Google will play his tracks alongside hits from the 50s and 60s. His music is so unlike that of his contemporaries that his style is more accurately compared to that of Elvis or Roy Orbison.
Mar 22, 2018•4 min•Season 1Ep. 6
At the age of 15, Mike Hadreas was the only openly gay student at his high school. He received death threats, was spit upon, and beaten regularly by players on the football team. Due to the constant harassment, he dropped out of school entirely by his senior year...
Mar 06, 2018•3 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Find out how Rock God Eddie Van Halen and the Red Rocker Sammy Hagar wrote an acoustic rock classic in the middle of the night and what the song means.
Feb 21, 2018•5 min•Season 1Ep. 3
For 13 years, Tim Hardin battled a number of health problems, including heroin addiction and psychological trauma. He struggled to maintain his musical career after the initial humble success of his first two albums during the mid 60s. His live performances were often erratic due to the combination of drug use and stage fright. In December of 1980, he passed away at the age of 39 of an overdose.
Feb 09, 2018•3 min•Season 1Ep. 2
RepeatOne is a short form podcast where the host (Ben) tells the true origin stories behind music he loves so much he’s played them on repeat for hours and days at a time. Credit for the cover illustration goes to LadyOrlandoArt: https://ladyorlandoart.deviantart.com/art/Cassette-106378653
Feb 09, 2018•44 sec•Season 1Ep. 1
