The Age Old Question: A Podcast for Music Fans

This week, Rich and Clint discuss songs to be played during the final moments (deathbed) or at your funeral. When you've reached the end of the road - hopefully, many years from now - are there specific songs that you'd like played to send you into the next phase or during your "end credits?" The guys recorded this episode backstage at The Double E, before a performance with Peter Day and Josh Pan...

In this episode, Rich and Clint discuss the great songs that also "feel" great, the ones that, as TAOQ's guest Kelli O'Hara says, are like "medicine for the soul." These songs envelope you like a warm bath. The guys discuss Daft Punk, Dire Straits, Chris Isaak, The Waifs, Sade and more. With special guests Kelli O'Hara, Jack Gauthier, Brian Chartrand, Will Evans and Elizabeth Price. Part of Panthe...

In this episode, Rich and Clint celebrate the great songs that mention a day of the week — there are lots of them — and answer the age old question: what is the BEST day of the week in music? From "Manic Monday" through "Sunday Morning Coming Down," days of the week have inspired some great songs...but which day has the best. With special guest Brian Chartrand (of The Sweet Remains) Peter Day (of...

In this episode, Rich and Clint discuss the great songs without words in the choruses. The Age Old Question has celebrated great lyrics in previous episodes - this episode is about the songs that don't need lyrics at all to hook you. With Jeff Symonds as a phone-a-friend guest. • Intro • Nirvana • The Beatles • The White Stripes • The Police • Let's Go To The Comments • Phone guest Jeff Symonds •...

In this episode, Rich and Clint ask the age old question that every generation asks...what's up with the music today? And was it better "back in the day?" With the help of Brian and Greg from The Sweet Remains, Josh Panda and Jeff Symonds, the guys take an earnest look at whether it's possible to answer that question objectively. If you can make a case for the fact that music WAS better, how and w...

In this episode, Rich and Clint explore the possible connection between left-handedness and musical genius. From Mozart to McCartney, Bach to Hendrix, is there a disproportionate number of creative geniuses who were left-handed and why would that be? With special guest David Wolman, author of "A Left Handed Turn Around The World." • Intro - Why Are There So Many Left-handed Geniuses In Music? • Ma...

In this episode, Rich and Clint discuss the greatest tracks for working out - when you're going for that extra set or digging deep to make it up a steep hill, what's the song you want to play? With special guests Kelli O'Hara, Will Evans, Nick and Elise Toren, Brian Chartrand and Dave Levine. • Intro •The Eye Of The Tiger, Physical and Another One Bites The Dust •The science behind music and worki...

In this episode, Rich and Clint discuss the greatest duos in music history. From the Everly Brothers (and their influence on legends of rock) to the unusual and inspired pairing of Robert Plant and Alison Kraus, the guys explore which duos epitomized the idea that transcendent chemistry can mean two artists together can "greater than the sum of its parts." • Intro • The Everly Brothers • "Blood Ha...

• Intro to "the key change" • Macy Gray ("I Try") • MJ ("Man In The Mirror") • "Me & Bobby McGee" (Janis, Kris, Willie...) • The Beatles ("You're Gonna Lose That Girl," "Penny Lane," featuring clips from Paul Davids) • The Grateful Dead ("Eyes Of The World") • Whitney Houston ("I Will Always Love You," "I Wanna Dance With Somebody") • Beach Boys ("Wouldn't It Be Nice") • Bon Jovi's ("Livin' On A P...

• Intro to the question - the greatest examples of hit songs that don't actually sound like the band. • Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah • REM - Shiny Happy People • Extreme - More Than Words • Led Zeppelin - D'yer Maker • Clint's "changing lead singer and evolution" theory - Van Halen, Chicago, Kings Of Leon • Let's Go To The Comments • Clint's quick fire sound: Blind Melon, Green Day, Incubus...

Intro — The songs that inspired the episode (Low Rider, Who Let The Dogs Out, La Macarena...) • Intro to the format - "Can You Stump Your Co-Host?" • Rd 1 Clint tries to stump Rich • Rd 1 Rich tries to stump Clint • Rd 2 Clint tries to stump Rich (lifeline to Jeff Symonds) • Rd 2 Rich tries to stump Clint (lifeline to Matt Schrag) • Side Tangent — songs in popular music that we know but don't real...

• Intro — what gets you on to the dance floor? • The answer is this week's question! • Three genres that get down with "four on the floor" Motown Disco EDM • Calls with Jeff Symonds and Jeff Vallone   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

• Intro to the question: What is the best use of cowbell in a song? • Inspiration: "More Cowbell" from Saturday Night Live • History of cowbell in popular music (from Mahler and Strauss to Buddy Holly) • Blue Oyster Cult • Honky Tonk Woman • Low Rider • Stuck In The Middle • Honorable Mentions • Marvin Gaye • The Beatles • More Honorable Mentions • Guns & Roses • Guest: Jeff Symonds • Guest: Todd...

• Intro to the question — the greatest music venues. • Russ Lawton, drummer of the Trey Anastasio Band and Soule Monde, • Pete Francis, founding member of Dispatch. • Jeff Symonds on the Bay Area as a mecca of legendary venues. • Greg Naughton on playing at The White House.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

• Intro to the topic - part 3 of in the series on "Greatest Label of All-Time" • Blue Note - the label that brought the "cool" and "vibe" of jazz to the world (Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Kenny Clarke, Freddie Roach and more) and its revival including Norah Jones and Amos Lee. • Island Records - with legends like...

• Intro to the question — part 2 (part 1 was Episode 48) of "What Is The Greatest Record Label of All-Time?" • Atlantic Records — Ahmet Ertegun created and curated one of the most remarkable and influential catalogs in music, spanning genres from jazz and soul to rock, folk and pop. • Sun Records — Sam Phillips was an incubator for early rockabilly and rock and roll, signing Elvis, Johnny Cash, Je...

• Intro to the question - 1997 has been called "the year of guilty pleasures" - having produced more than any other year. • What happened in 1997 that created the conditions for so many the guilty pleasures? • Let's Go To The Comments - special edition featuring Kelli O'Hara, Stephen Kellogg, Will Evans, Brian Chartrand and Greg Naughton (of The Sweet Remains), Emily Voorhees, producer Jack Gauthi...

• Intro — Framing today's question on the greatest record labels. • Motown • Sub Pop • Let's Go To The Comments • Closer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

• Intro - songs almost always rhyme...when they don't, it requires a certain kind of genius to do it in a way that you may have never noticed. • REM • Alanis Morrisette • INXS • The Drifters • Elton John • Willie Nelson • Joni Mitchell • Crosby, Stills & Nash • Ron Sexsmith • Sheryl Crow • And more...   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

• The first rule of show biz: "always leave them wanting more." • Did Milli Vanilli walk away on top? • When Sting walked away from The Police, they were the biggest band in the world. • Few bands have had a bigger impact on their genre and music generally as Outkast, and yet... • The Beatles were still arguably the biggest band in the world when they announced they were done. • The drummer of REM...

Celebrating the great short songs of all-time. • Clint breaks down "Stay" by Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs • Rich breaks down some highlights of The Beatles' sub-2 min tracks. • Clint reviews the Paul McCartney show at Fenway Park. • Clint breaks down The Letter by The Box Tops • Quickfire round includes The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, The Grateful Dead, and more. • Let's Go To The Comme...

• On the phenomenon of "tribute acts" and their current popularity. • A discussion of the best tribute band names...from Non Jovi to Near-vana. • A conversation with Monroe Grisman of Petty Theft • A conversation with Brian Chartrand of The Sweet Remains and Live From Laurel Canyon • Rich and Clint pick their favorite tribute band name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

The collaborations discussed in this episode: • When Eric Clapton was brought in by The Beatles... • When the legendary backup singer Merry Clayton was brought in by The Rolling Stones... • When Duane Allman took Wilson Pickett to the next level and birthed Southern Rock... • When Stevie Wonder created a signature sound on the harmonica... • When Jeff Beck joined Jon Bon Jovi... • When Adam Duritz...

This week, Rich and Clint are talking the best stage names of all-time, from Freddie Mercury to Engelbert Humperdinck (yes, he actually chose that name), Bob Dylan to Sir Mix-A-lot, what goes into picking a stage name and how, for some, it can unlock their true self. This episode also features a "Mini Age Old Question," about whether Neil Young can change Spotify. Part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn...

This week, Rich and Clint return to the "greatest (and most hilarious) misheard lyrics of all-time." The guys discuss why Prince hates your kids, why the Stones wrote an anthem about Yugoslavia, why Robert Palmer had a beef with Michael Jackson, Bob Marley's song about pirates that are rabbis and many many more. Try not to laugh! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices