105: "Sledgehammer" vs. "Burning Down the House"

Song Vs. Song

Todd Nathanson

Comedy, Music

4.7 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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It turns out the art-rockers of the '80s could make big pop songs too! What's the best new wave crossover MTV jam, Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House" or Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer"?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Todd Nadenson.
0:03.7	Hi there.
0:05.0	Sorry, that's the wrong one.
0:06.3	That's the wrong song.
0:07.3	I'm Lena Morgan.
0:08.6	Watch out.
0:09.9	You might get song versus song, the podcast where we argue about songs back and forth.
0:15.3	And this week, we are doing a good one.
0:19.2	This is a good one.
0:19.9	We are doing talking heads burning down the
0:23.5	house versus Peter Gabriel's sledgehammer. Are you ready to soft rock? They're not soft rock.
0:32.5	Listen, I'm going to tell you, as my outset, I truly think that the growing adult contemporary movement
0:42.6	is a big part of why these songs are successful.
0:46.9	The growing adult, I don't know where you're coming with that.
0:49.7	These are not, these are art pop new wave.
0:54.0	There's something. So first of all, let's, let's be very real.
0:57.7	Peter Gabriel's so is real white guy world music. It's great and you were not wrong. I didn't say it
1:07.4	was bad. Yeah. You know, I think it came out like three or six months or something before Paul Simon's
1:13.7	Graceland.
1:14.6	And like,
1:15.0	there's a vibe.
1:17.0	Did you consider it?
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