Episode description

The wait is over! 1969 EPISODE 2 is here! We start out by talking about Kris going to see X and the Violent Femmes at ACL Live (0:40) Talking Heads concept album and movie “True Stories” (4:35) We then dive into the charts (5:57) Kris sounds off on bubblegum and talks about it’s lasting influence (6:17) Marty tells the story of the Amen break (11:53) “Smokin’ Grapevine” with Tony Joe White (16:30) Elvis Presley’s “In the Ghetto” and the racial context of the time (18:02) “In the year 2525” (21:52) dovetailed by The Bob Seger System and Marty’s Uncle seeing him play his junior high dance (26:49) We then dive head-first into Kris’s pick, The Temptations’ first foray into psychedelic soul, “Cloud Nine”. (31:10) Thanks as always for listening!