the Millennial Throwback Machine

This week's episode is on a song I'm sure most of you people know, but I'm sure you probably don't know the story behind it or what the song is about lyrically. it's on one of the most well known songs in Pop Music history, and it's heard almost everywhere today I'm going to break it down and show you what makes it so good both musically and lyrically, and next week, I'm gonna dive into the histor...

For this week's episode of the podcast, since it is episode number 80, I'm going to do a very special interview episode of this podcast. I'm gonna be talking to somebody who has written a handful of hit songs back int he 60's, but the amount of hit songs he has written equals to the amount of history that he has within a very historically important and special time frame in music, when he was writ...

This week's episode will be all about the Philly Sound and how it was developed and who were the most important people behind it, and I also do a little pre dive into the history of Philadelphia and who were some of the most important people involved in the Philadelphia Music Scene before the Philly Sound Got developed. here's the link to last week's song just in case you wanted to listen to it: h...

This week's episode is still in the R&B Vein as far as 60's music is concerned except that we are going to fast forward to the late 60's to focus on a completely different sub genre of R&B/Soul from the 60's that I haven't talked about on this show before. and in this week's episode, I break down arguably the first ever song written and produced in this sub genre. As per usual, I talk about my opi...

Today's episode is all about the history behind last week's artist. today I talk about why this artist may be obscure to you and why you might not have ever heard of her and what made her so unique/special and also some behind the scenes details on the recording session of last week's song. I also talk about what might have happened with her that caused her career to dramatically decline over the...

This week's Episode is going to be my first female artist that I have done in quite a while (not since I have covered Dionne Warwick) so in my usual fashion in today's episode I'm going to talk about what makes this song so good both musically and lyrically and next week's episode will be all about the history behind this week's song and artist and I also give you guys some important updates on my...

This week's episode is all about the history behind last week's band and song. today I go into super in depth detail about the recording session for the song plus some tidbits on the gear that they were using on the song plus the origins of their first hit song. and I also talk about what this band such an interesting band when they first started out due to the time in which they first came on to...

Since I am moving forward with this show, this week I'm doing something completely different then what I have done already on my podcast. This week I'm gonna be focusing on a genre of music that might be brand new to you that you may or may not have heard of before, and it's definitely something I haven't covered on my podcast until now. this week I'm doing a song that has no words in it and it's...

This week's episode is gonna be on something completely different then from what I normally do on my podcast. I recently rediscovered this really cool brand new artist that has a Retro 60's Soul Sound but he is brand new as of today and I'm doing a song by him to show you guys there are still brand new artists today that do that Retro 60's soul sound. I'm reviewing a track off of his latest album...

This Week's Episode of the podcast is all about the history behind last week's band. In This episode I talk about how the band was formed and what was their original name and how one of their biggest hit songs was written and the behind the scenes details on the recording session for their biggest hit (which was the song we did last week btw). I also talk about the historical background of the gro...

This week's Episode is gonna be all about one of my all time favorite balls to the wall rock and roll records from the 60's that is so incredibly loud but really really good. and this week's episode is on an incredibly well known song that most people are familiar with and this week I'll break the song down for you as to what makes it so good as far as the chords and melody is concerned, and I als...

Today's episode of my podcast is a interview Episode with somebody a little different then what I normally do for my podcast. the guy I'm interviewing today isn't necessarily a songwriter or producer from that era per say but he has worked with legendary songwriters and producers from the 60's and was in a duo with somebody that made music that even though it was recorded in the late 70's very muc...

This week's episode will be a special feature on an artist that was used in a recent movie that takes place in the 60's that I saw last week that I thoroughly enjoyed. This week's episode will be both parts of my show all in one episode (my opinion and the history behind the track) because there is a chance the next special guest episode will happen next week. if it does you will get a notificatio...

This week's episode of the podcast is all about the history behind last week's song and artist. this episode will cover a lot of ground as far as the city that this song was recorded in and the sound that came out of that city when Roy Orbison was having hits and the people/musicians and producers that were behind that sound, plus I talk about exactly what inspired the singer for this song to writ...

This week's episode is all about one of my all time favorite 60's solo artists, and in this week's episode, I break down one of his best and most under appreciated songs. He is generally known for one big hit song but this week I talk about a song of his that more represents his overall very unique style of songwriting and his genre that was right in the middle in between country and pop and his v...

This week's episode of the podcast will cover the general history behind last week's band and song (which was Blood Sweat & Tears and You've Made Me So Very Happy) this week's episode will cover exactly how the band was formed and how they got their name and who was the principal man behind the formation of the group and the story behind the band's appearance at Woodstock. and this week's episode...

This week's episode is all about one of my all time favorite 60's Pop Rock/Jazz Fusion songs. this song is extremely unique in genre, and it's laced with R&B but it's also very jazz oriented as well. in this week's episode I do a deep dive into the structure of this song and the chord changes in the track as well, and I also talk about what makes this song cool and just amazing and how when your l...

in This week's episode, I talk about the crazy story behind last week's song. now last week's song might have been a one hit wonder, but it definitely has a long and interesting story behind it. Everything from the events that might have inspired the song to who actually originally wrote it and the story behind the song's famous recording session and what happened after the song was originally rec...

Today's episode is on a very obscure one hit wonder that is extremely sad but relatable lyrics that are all too familiar with many people all across the world. Today I'm breaking the song down and showing you guys what makes it so good from the music (the chords and the melody) to the lyrics. I also explain things such as teen tragedy songs and plugging in a bass direct vs miking it and how simple...

This week's episode is gonna be all about the history behind last week's band. This week were gonna talk about the story on how the band was formed and what studio last week's song was recorded in and the session musicians on the track and who produced the session. I also tell the story on how they got a hold of their biggest and most well known hit song. and the evolutions this band went through...

this week's episode of my podcast is gonna be one of my all time favorite most underrated 60's bands that I consider very very good. in this week's episode, I"m gonna be ripping apart one of their hit songs that might not be as big or as memorable as their most well known song, but it's still very good and I hope you'll find it as good as I did when I first heard it next week I'll dive into their...

today's episode is focused on a track from the early 60's, and today I break the song down and show you guys what makes the song super good as far as the lyrics and the overall energy of the track (I also show you what makes the song super relatable today even though the song is almost 60 years old), and I also talk about the history behind the track including the behind the scenes details on the...

this week's episode is gonna be all about the history behind last week's band plus a good overview on the history of the city this song was recorded in and the city this band originally came out of. in this episode, I talk about the original name of this band before they changed it to the Box Tops and how they got the name the Box Tops, the behind the scenes details on the recording session for th...

this week's episode is on a very interesting song that might be lyrically dated but it really isn't if you think about it. in this episode I break the song down for you and show you what makes it really good and I also talk about the most interesting things about this song which include the sound effects in the track plus the song's length. next week's episode will be a deep dive into the history...

this week's episode is all about the history behind last week's song and band (which was the Moody Blues Go Now). in this episode I talk about how the band was formed and how they were able to make a drastic transition with their overall sound from their first album to their second album, plus the origins behind their first hit song (like who wrote the song and the who recorded it originally and w...