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Friday’s Best Pop Song Ever
Todd Stadtman
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A short podcast that takes a long look at some of the best pop songs you’ve never heard.
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Sep 3 2020
Episode #29 - ”Think Of Rain”
Todd rides a wave of 60s soft pop bliss with unlikely pop tunesmith Margo Guryan.
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Sep 3 2020
Episode #29 - ”Think Of Rain”
Todd rides a wave of 60s soft pop bliss with unlikely pop tunesmith Margo Guryan.
Apr 16 2020
Episode #28 - ”You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory”
Guitarist Johnny Thunders death at 38 turned his song "You Can't Put Your Arms Into A memory" into something it was perhaps never meant to be.
Feb 3 2020
Episode #27 - ”Lonely Boy”
Todd Interrogates this 1976 hit from multi-talented Linda Ronstadt sideman Andrew Gold.
Dec 26 2019
Episode #26 - My World Fell Down
Todd explores the career of songwriter John Carter through one of his most memorable contributions to the "Sunshine Pop" genre.
Nov 27 2019
Episode #25 - ”Captain of Your Ship”
Todd journeys to the bottom of the charts to celebrate the criminally underappreciated girl group Reperata and the Delrons and their hit oddity "Captain of your Ship."
Oct 24 2019
Episode #24 - ”Love Thy Will Be Done”
It's surprising that, of all the Prince covers out there, the one by 80s teen pop singer Martika is one of the most moving and artistic.
Sep 28 2019
Episode #23 - ”Keys to Your Heart”
Todd explores the relationship between pub rock and punk rock through the story of Joe Strummer's pre-Clash band The 101ers.
Sep 1 2019
Episode #22 -”Missing You”
Todd plays compare and contrast with the Police's "Every Breath You Take" and John Waite's soundalike hit from 1984. His conclusions just might surprise you.
Jul 26 2019
Episode #21 - ”Since You’ve Been Gone”
No, not the Kelly Clarkson song, but rather Russ Ballard's more grammatically--if inconveniently--titled hit for numerous artists including Rainbow and Cherie Currie.
Jun 27 2019
Episode #20 - ”Out of Sight, Out of Mind”
The Dutch folk-pop band Shocking Blue had far more up their sleeves than their one U.S. hit.
May 31 2019
Episode #19 - ”Do Ya”
Todd digs into "Do Ya", a song made famous by ELO, but originated by Jeff Lynne's previous band, The Move
Apr 24 2019
Episode #18 - ”I Can’t Let Maggie Go”
The question on the table is not whether Honeybus, a band largely unknown outside the UK, were any good (they were), but whether they could have been as big as the Beatles.
Mar 29 2019
Episode #17 - ”Modern Kicks”
Todd examines the tragically brief career of Portland power pop revivalists The Exploding Hearts, whose "Modern Kicks" is a four minute, distortion soaked slice of punk pop bliss.
Feb 22 2019
Episode #16 - ”Substitute”
South Africa's first all woman band produces an international monster hit -- and Todd is here to unpack it.
Jan 31 2019
Episode #15 - ”Dancing With Myself”
Todd explores the complicated release history of this dance punk tune turned 80s radio mainstay.
Dec 23 2018
Episode #14 - ”Ba Da Da Bum”
Todd shines a light on Dara Puspita, an all-woman band from Indonesia who lived out the plot of countless 80s rock videos by playing their rock in defiance of an authoritarian regime bent on silencing them.
Nov 19 2018
Episode #13 - ”Untrue, Unfaithful”
Todd investigates Nita Rossi's cult hit and takes a detour to examine how the music of Burt Bacharach and John Barry shaped the adult pop sound of the late 60s.
Oct 21 2018
Episode #12 -”Joy”
Todd finds joy in Yuki's breakthrough Jpop hit.
Sep 27 2018
Episode #11 -”Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son”
Todd pulls the strings to see what's behind French poppet France Gall's Eurovision winning song and her working relationship with the "dirty old man of French Pop", Serge Gainsbourg.
Aug 24 2018
Episode #10 - Fox On The Run
Glam pop band Sweet spent several years under the thumb of powerful British songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. With "Fox on the Run", they finally came into their own.