Beck Did It Better

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.   ...

This week we are talking about the biggest alternative rap album ever! On this podcast we get some feedback on the best fiddlers and we talk about the art of taking pictures.  We talk about the surprise birthday party and we get back into "Plane Old Russell." where he talks about sitting next to a guy with a pizza on the plane, and Aaron gives us the classic setting up a ropeswing story. The we ge...

This is becoming a Radiohead podcast! We are covering OK Computer on the podcast this week and listening to what many consider to be one of the top albums of all time!  Russ has yet another disaster of a date with the serial returner and we talk about etiquette when out to eat when dating vs. when you are married. Matt is talking about his little league coaching and Rob touches on the Rock and Rol...

Today we are talking about The Rolling Stones getting back to their blues roots with Let It Bleed. We get a call from Matt's mom, we talk about the path the Rolling Stones took to get to this point and whether or not this album has the greatest bookend songs of ALL TIME?  Aaron talks about how he is addicted to shoplifting squarts (sp?) and how he loves watching live sports from about 20 years ago...

We are talking David Bowie and an absolute banger of an album today. We talk about the 3 minutes that define you, Rob's adventures in softball and his apology of the week.  Then we conduct the first ever Beck Did It Better draft! We talk dropping phones in the ocean and Russ tells us about one of the worst dates we have ever heard of.  We eventually talk David Bowie and the incredible mix, the hoo...

We are talking about the band that Russell thinks is Rob's favorite, The Talking Heads! We are talking polyrhythms, chicken coops, and how an album can really lose some steam at the end!    We start by talking about the bar we hung out in college and the smooth sounds of Rick James. Then Aaron tells a great story about the greatest challenge he has ever faced in his life. Then we talk parenting an...

Welcome to Russellmainia! We are talking about what one of us calls, "The greatest pop music ever recorded. "  It is time to get into the dance hit, Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall."   We get into our feelings and then Rob has to hand out the discipline that you crave with a spanking of the week! We talk polyamory and sapiosexuals and Russ talks about how a bad date can get even worse.    We then...

(bubble noises)  We are talking G-Funk, Nate Dogg, Warren G, and that west coast gangsta rap with Snoop and Dr. Dre. We play the hit new game Aar-in or Air-Out and then talk about our favorite weed songs and where Afroman stands on Mt. Marijuanamore. The only problem is that this episode is a bit of a ligma.  We discuss going a retreat to India like the Beatles, more Billie Eilish, Peloton streaks...

We are talking about Stevie Wonder once again. We talk about our love languages, vibrators and how we organize our phones. Normal stuff!    Aarons admits his big boat obsession and talks about things found behind the stove. Russ his us up with his Fender Rhodes list and drops some more Ray Charles and Bill Withers on us. Turns out we love various piano types!   IMPORTANT UPDATE: NEXT WEEK WE ARE D...

Today we explore the British crooner Amy Winehouse and her turbocharged voice.  We talk about Aaron's allergy and his odd solution to it, Russ is back at the airport, Aaron is talking burritos (again), and Matt is dropping the Billie Eilish knowledge on us. Rob talks drug testing and Easter (finally) and we get a reason to play Ini Kamoze. Russ sends us down a Wurlitzer rabbit hole and we listen t...