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“I’ve been devouring the back catalog of this podcast the past 2 days. It’s perfect for music nerds like myself.
Some thoughts of the War Against the Singles episode: I think some key points were missing in the discussion. First, I came of music-buying age in the early 80’s. My first musical purchase was a 45 of Toto’s Rosanna. I added a few Men at work singles, but soon became aware of how limiting records were. I wanted portability, and ditched records for cassettes. In doing so, I ditched the single for the album. The host constantly referenced cassingles, yet I didn’t know anyone that bought them or 45s. When I or my friends wanted a song, we bought the full length album on cassette (later only CD). Perhaps this was my own ignorance of the cassingles availability, but I think that the transition from record to cassette, based on consumer preference, had as much to do with the decline of the single as did any record company war. The constant reference to the cassingle in the podcast makes it seem like they were widely available or desired. At least in my part of the world, that wasn’t the case.
Secondly, Billboard’s slow reaction to market changes is as much to “blame” for songs like No Doubt’s Don’t Speak being under-ranked on the charts. Whether or not a song like that, or Pearl Jam’s Jeremy, or Alanis’ You Oughta Know had 45’s, cassingles, or CD singles should have had no bearing on chart ranking. Each of these songs had music videos, and thus were defacto singles, regardless of how Billboard defined the term. I’m not saying that the podcast narrative is entirely wrong, just that there were more factors at work in killing the single.”
tanyandave via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/29/18
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“This is an extremely well-produced, entertaining, informative, fascinating podcast. Pushes the standards of the medium to new heights. I absolutely love it and I hope they never stop making them.”
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04/29/18
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“The stories behind the charts in all their glory - each episode a mesmorizing journey back into the commercial history of pop music. The sole knock against it is that is that is only MONTHLY! Still, I eagerly await inevitable topics like: simultaneous competing song versions (e.g., 1974's...”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
03/11/18
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“Love it. Even though I *hate* that song, the episode on "Red, Red, Wine" got me hooked and I've been listening ever since. Truly interesting and unexpected, a joy to listen to.”Read full review »
DominoDC via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/30/17
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