The Story Behind the Song

The Story Behind Billy Idol’s Post-Punk Classic “White Wedding”

Peter Csathy — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:35:01 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | YouTube | RSS To celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of his signature songs, Billy Idol joins The Story Behind the Song podcast to discuss “White Wedding.” The name. The look. That hair! And the music talent and charisma to back it all up, Idol has it…

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The Story Behind Billy Idol’s Post-Punk Classic “White Wedding”
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo’s Halloween Classic “Dead Man’s Party”

Peter Csathy — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:41:47 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | YouTube | RSS Over the last 40 years, true renaissance man Danny Elfman has delivered it all through various incarnations. As performer, frontman, composer, conductor, and visualizer, he is the consummate multi-dimensional artists. Always unconventional, always out of place — and always slightly dangerous because of it…

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The Story Behind Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo’s Halloween Classic “Dead Man’s Party”
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind Blue Öyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” Cowbell’s Crowning Achievement

Peter Csathy — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:37:11 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | YouTube | RSS Classic rock legends Blue Öyster Cult burst onto the music scene in the early 1970s as the first band to feature an umlaut in their name, establishing a trend used by artist to this day. But the band — which celebrates its 50th anniversary…

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The Story Behind Blue Öyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” Cowbell’s Crowning Achievement
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind Metric’s Breakout Hit “Help I’m Alive”

Peter Csathy — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 14:30:44 +0000

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The Story Behind Metric’s Breakout Hit “Help I’m Alive”
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind Silversun Pickups’ Gritty, Grinding Masterpiece “Lazy Eye”

Ben Kaye — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:36:41 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS Southern California natives Brian Aubert and Nikki Monninger front Silversun Pickups, one of rock music’s leading bastions of guitar glory. The band just recently released their sixth studio album, Physical Thrills, produced by the legendary Butch Vig of Garbage (who were highlighted on July’s…

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The Story Behind Silversun Pickups’ Gritty, Grinding Masterpiece “Lazy Eye”
Ben Kaye

The Story Behind BeachLife Ranch, the New Home-Brewed LA Music Festival Amidst a Sea of Goliaths

Peter Csathy — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:00:13 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS This special bonus episode of The Story Behind the Song shakes things up a bit — let’s call it The Story Behind the Festival. Musicians Jim Lindberg of SoCal punk band Pennywise and SoCal native son Donavon Frankenreiter, together with LA music entrepreneur Allen Sanford, join…

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The Story Behind BeachLife Ranch, the New Home-Brewed LA Music Festival Amidst a Sea of Goliaths
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind Lykke Li’s Dark Love Song “No Rest for the Wicked”

Peter Csathy — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:45:17 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS Swedish dream pop artist Lykke Li dives into her I Never Learn track “No Rest for the Wicked” on this episode of The Story Behind the Song. Always a musical enigma, Lykke Li started her career with the light, bouncy breakout “Little Bit.” She soon veered…

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The Story Behind Lykke Li’s Dark Love Song “No Rest for the Wicked”
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind Why Garbage’s Shirley Manson Is “Only Happy When It Rains”

Peter Csathy — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:25:29 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS Garbage are an iconic, eclectic band that is anything but what their name implies. With the music scene awash in a sea of grunge at the time, Garbage went a different way — and to great effect. This all-star band — with world class…

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The Story Behind Why Garbage’s Shirley Manson Is “Only Happy When It Rains”
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind “The Glamorous Life,” Sheila E.’s Classic Pop Collab with Prince

Peter Csathy — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:41:34 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS “The Glamorous Life” proved to be a major solo breakout for Sheila E. in 1984. The classic pop track was one of her man collaborations with the legendary Prince, but Sheila E. already had a long history of playing with legends. In fact, her…

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The Story Behind “The Glamorous Life,” Sheila E.’s Classic Pop Collab with Prince
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind How They Might Be Giants Built a “Birdhouse in Your Soul”

Peter Csathy — Mon, 16 May 2022 18:35:28 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS The transition from 1980s new wave and hair rock to 1990s far less follically-minded indie pop wasn’t always a smooth one. But enigmatic, idiosyncratic, and frequently non-grammatical duo They Might Be Giants made it all go down so easy with instantly catchy hooks…

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The Story Behind How They Might Be Giants Built a “Birdhouse in Your Soul”
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” Making Him an Internet and Cultural Phenomenon

Peter Csathy — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:32:21 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS Rick Astley burst onto the pop scene 1987 seemingly out of nowhere when his debut single, the feel-good, earnest dance anthem “Never Gonna Give You Up,” grabbed the No. 1 spot in 25 countries, including the US and UK. In just a matter…

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The Story Behind Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” Making Him an Internet and Cultural Phenomenon
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind “Home” and “Truth,” Edward Sharpe’s Companion Songs of Darkness and Light

Peter Csathy — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:12:07 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS Alex Ebert is lead singer, songwriter and resident shaman of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the hippie-inspired outfit that broke out in 2009 with a fresh sound that was difficult to pin down. Ebert, via his alter-ego messiah character Edward Sharpe, brought…

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The Story Behind “Home” and “Truth,” Edward Sharpe’s Companion Songs of Darkness and Light
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind Manchester Orchestra’s Unexpected Global Smash “The Silence”

Peter Csathy — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:54:45 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS Manchester Orchestra is one of Indie music’s darlings, and deservedly so. The band is fearless in how it has evolved over the years, moving from the in-your-face guitar thrashes of 2014’s Cope to the much more cinematic and layered…

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The Story Behind Manchester Orchestra’s Unexpected Global Smash “The Silence”
Peter Csathy

The Story Behind Judy Collins’ Classic Version of Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns”

Ben Kaye — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:53:34 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS Judy Collins is a music icon, plain and simple. The Grammy-winner best known for folk is actually fiercely eclectic, with a multi-genre career that spans countless albums. Spotify says it’s 28 records, but Collins corrects, claiming it’s well over 50.…

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The Story Behind Judy Collins’ Classic Version of Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns”
Ben Kaye

The Story Behind X’s “Los Angeles,” a Thrashing Punk Critique About Intolerance That Remains Relevant Today

Peter Csathy — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:13:54 +0000

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSS Punk rock in the mid-to-late ’70s and early ’80s meant different things to different people, depending on which city you were in. For Los Angeles, it was the band X that helped define the sound from their Venice home. The band’s two front-people, John…

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The Story Behind X’s “Los Angeles,” a Thrashing Punk Critique About Intolerance That Remains Relevant Today
Peter Csathy