A loud-mouth retired rock critic and a cranky expat rock obsessive discuss, analyze and just plain old argue about rock ‘n‘ roll: the old stuff, the new stuff and why it all still matters.
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Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
In which the Curmudgeons counter one of the laziest conventional wisdoms in all of rock 'n' roll: that Muse is a self-serious, ridiculous ripoff of Radiohead that appeals to dumb people with bad taste. No, actually they're one of the most fearless and inventive bands of the 21st century that gets a central rock tenet: ridiculousness is your friend. This band rocks without apology. We make the case...
Songs discussed during this episode include:
Sudan Archives, "OMG Britt"
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, "Ice V"
And lots and lots of Muse:
"Sunburn"
"Unintended"
"Micro Cuts"
"Citizen Erased"
"Time is Running Out"
"Hysteria"
"Stockholm Syndrome"
"Supermassive Black Hole"
"Map of the Problematique"
"Uprising"
"United States of Eurasia(+Collateral Damage)"
"Madness"
"Dead Inside"
"Psycho"
"Reapers"
"The Dark Side"
"Propaganda"
"Will of the People"
"Kill Or Be Killed"
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