Beck Did It Better

Folks, this week we become the best podcast about Jay-Z when we cover his first album, Reasonable Doubt. We talk about the history of Jay-Z, what Jay-Z does on vacation, and of course, we are talking long-lost Iowa sports.    Aaron talks about his day at work while at the children's museum, Matt's on a bender at a casino that has a Subway, Rob is getting to know some strength athletes, and Russ ta...

Sorry for the late release. We were testing how many people cared and the results were a real bummer! On another note, I don't think the band survivor would be as popular without the song, "Eye of the Tiger."    Today we become another great Jazz Podcast when we become the best Love Supreme podcast! We are talking jazz, the influence of John Coltrane, and whether or not paying your credit card bil...

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE listen to us talk about one of the greatest live albums of all time. We talk James Brown breaking out at the Apollo and giving the USA a taste of what a stage show could be!   We also learn what a concert SHOULDN'T be with one of Russell's best(?) dates ever! We get nice emails, talk meeting father in-laws. Aaron talks samurai swimming, Matt and Russ went to the same co...

What better for the week after Halloween than an album released on October 31st, 2000? We are cruising in the ATL and talking about Stankonia on this podcast. We are talking about being so fresh and so clean and Ms. Jackson while also delving into our Gasoline Dreams.  Folks, this album is good! We are the best Outkast podcast! Before we start talking to Cookie, we go over underwear for men, where...

We are now the best Steely Dan podcast! And the best podcast about Aja!   What if a band is really just two guys and a cast of rotating players? What if the two dudes were perfectionists and what if they didn't stop until they got exactly the sound they wanted? It is no surprise that the music on Aja sounds like it is made by AI yet at the same time is funky, deep, and new on every listen. It is a...

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE BABY!!!!1!! YOU'RE GONNA DIE!!!!   We are talking about the album that made all of us love rock and roll. We are officailly the best Guns N' Roses podcast and the best Appetite For Destruction podcast ever! We are talking Axl, Slash, Izzy, Steven(?) and Duff and how they wrote most of their songs while drinking in various places and how much these songs rock!    Aaron tells a...

This week we are looking at one of the most influential hip hop albums of all time when we become the best Paid in Full podcast.    We talk hip hop in the 80's, the MC DJ relationship and we touch on the trends in cult documentaries. We debate orgy footwear, snorkels these days, and the food scene in Chicago. Also, there is a chance to text us about putting on bras and taking off socks.    We talk...

Listen to our shock as Brown Eyed Girl is NOT on this album and it still blows our mind with how good it is. This is one of the few albums that could be top 10 but we are lucky enough to get to it this week. Aaron gets existentially sad this week over something, Matt is partying like it is 1999, and our instrument expert Russ goes to a concert and audibly asks if he needs to clap for a bad song. R...

We once again become the best Stevie Wonder podcast when we become a podcast about Talking Book. Stevies 15th album at the age of 22 and it is a banger!!!  We talk Rolling Stone top 500 songs, time machines, and I wasted like 2 hours putting all the sound clips in! This might be our best episode yet (admittedly a low bar.)   Reach out at call us at the beck line at 802-277-BECK and follow us on In...

Today we are the best Led Zeppelin Podcast and the best Led Zeppelin IV podcast!  We are hitting the granddaddy of rock and roll albums, the rolling boned, Led Zeppelin IV. It has it all, killer guitar solos, amazing drums and the voice of an Angel! Plus John Paul Jones on the recorder.    We talk Iowa football (Rosie is an Iowa State fan and they had just lost to IOWA), late-night clubbing with R...

We are talking about the time they drove old dixie down! We become the best The Band podcast when we talk about the self-titled album... THE BAND.    We talk Levon Helm, time signatures, and how this band influenced almost every other musician ever!    Reach out at call us at the beck line at 802-277-BECK and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and tik tok at @beckdiditbetter. You can also email us a...

We are now the best Liz Phair podcast and the best Exile in Guyville podcast because we are covering the indie album that started all indie albums. It is the Low-Fi hit, Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair. We have a special guest who is here to talk about ball wash and home made birthday cakes SUZANNE!   We talk about the best (or worst) way to deal with fruit flies, the weird subculture of funny/dirt...

We are now the best Pink Floyd podcast! (I call them The Floyd) We talk about Aaron's adventures in hurting himself, Pastamania and Hulkios and Russ makes us laugh with some laughs!  Also, Russell's drink this week still has me scratching my head. Listen, school is starting back up so I don't have the time to write the normally funny sentences here so just listen to the episode and enjoy. If you l...

This week we bring you the Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, The Hardest working man in showbusiness.... ladies and gentlemen.. we are now the best James Brown podcast!!   Not going to lie, this is a four-disc 72 song behemoth but we go over every song. If you want to stream this, you can do it on pandora or Spotify premium but I recommend focusing on disc 3. The songs rock.   Matt has a big annive...

We are once again the best Jimi Hendrix podcast, covering his last studio album. We change things up a little this week with the music video draft to celebrate Rolling Stone magazine coming out with a list of the best music videos of all time. We pick the videos that we can remember most fondly and what a huge surprise that Aaron's picks are bizarre!  Then we dive right into Electric Ladyland and...

We finally become the best David Bowie podcast when we talk Station to Station by David Bowie. It's a podcast about station to station!   A six song album? David Bowie singing some funk but getting down with the synths? We cover the Thin White Duke and his cocaine, peppers, and milk fueled album.    We talk smores, chatting with the bartender, and Aaron has some MAJOR problems. We get into the bes...

Listen, Rob pushed some button so his audio is not great but when you have an artist who was arrested for toilet cams, you know this will still be a good episode.   We talk Chuck Berry and how when you have a good sound, why bother changing it for any song whatsoever. In fact, sometimes it is just good enough to take an old song and just come up with new words! However, you gotta give it up for so...

(Aaron's audio was not great on the first half of this show. He swears he fixed it!)    We are now the best Jay-Z podcast! This is the podcast where we are talking about The Blueprint!  We (kind of) talk about our first CDs, scavenger hunts, and thirst on TikTok.    We go through the newest Olympic sport of online dating, how we rebel as adults, and we talk about the glory of Rumpshaker by Wreckx-...

(NOTE: Aaron's recording got screwed up so he sounds like crap for the first hour. Just like the good old days.)  We are officially the best Outkast podcast and at least a good Aquemini podcast when we sit down to take our first stab at being a dirty south podcast. We are talking Outkast, the Motown sound and feel of the album, and the science behind the healing touch.    We talk about getting int...

( I know I play the intro song twice this week... it is a good song so I don't care)   Well,  We are busy this week so you get a clip show. This is normally a Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums podcast but today it is all about us!  This should be a good jumping-off for a lot of people so if you want to recommend an episode, I say you give them this one! I split the best of up by each of the 4 hosts and...

We are now the best Bob Marley Podcast! We are covering the album Legend and this is the first greatest hits album on the list. Someone is really mad about that! We talk about the man who put reggae on the map and what a huge album this was for all of us growing up. We also talk about travelling and dating, summer jams, going back to work, and the joys of mini foods.  Russell has his best list eve...

Hey everyone,  if you just Wanna Sniff Some Glue or if you are beating on a brat with a baseball bat (oh yeah) you are at the best Ramones podcast ever. Or is it the best The Ramones podcast? Either way, we spent about the same amount of money on this podcast as they did on the album! We look at The Ramones punk classic and talk about how all the songs sound the same but we were still humming them...

The episode was released a little late because Rob forgot it was Tuesday. The summer has started! We are now a true Paul Simon podcast and the number one Graceland podcast online! We talk about the album, the controversy surrounding the recording in South Africa, and hiring Linda Ronstadt on Graceland.    We talk Aaron shopping at the sharp store, Rob apologizes to Aaron and Russ takes us on a tri...

We are working on being a Sign O The Times Podcast but the sign would just say “Good music o’clock.” If you like that joke, you are going to love this podcast!  In this episode, we become the best Prince Podcast by talking about what many consider to be Prince’s best podcast and what many others consider to be an album where they have never heard any of the songs. Some of those people might be on...

In this episode we are now a Nas podcast! We are an Illmatic podcast! We are covering embarrassing usernames on old accounts and we come up with a new brewery idea. Rob calls out the gang for not laughing at a joke and talks twitter beefs. Rosie goes out to eat and Matt talks claw games and tipping.    We talk about the best songs for fathers and talk all things Nas, Illmatic and Queensbridge.   ...