119: "Rapture" vs. "Genius of Love"

Song Vs. Song

Todd Nathanson

Comedy, Music

4.7 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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It's the early '80s and shockingly some of the first big rap songs were by white new wave bands. But which is the best of the two big new wave hip-hop (?) hits, "Rapture" by Blondie or "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Todd Nathanson.
0:03.6	And I'm Lena Morgan.
0:04.8	This is Song versus Song.
0:07.5	Our first episode of 2024.
0:11.2	You ready for a new year, Lena?
0:14.0	Yes.
0:15.4	Yeah, that five second pause really gives me confidence.
0:22.7	I mean, I think, you know, I wanted to, I wanted to really let it air out for a second.
0:27.3	Yeah, you know, you don't want to answer like right off the cuff, right?
0:31.0	Yeah, yeah, because then it seems phony.
0:33.4	You got to be, you got to be real about this stuff.
0:35.4	If you're not real, then you got nothing.
0:37.8	Yeah, you got to consider your answer first.
0:40.6	Yeah.
0:41.2	How do you feel about this year?
0:43.2	Is you going to be a good year for you?
0:45.0	Oh, yeah, better than 2023 at least.
0:48.7	Let's say, you know, it's a bold thing.
0:51.2	I appreciate your optimism.
0:53.5	I mean, like, let's say 1%, 2% better.
0:57.7	There's the Todd pragmatism I've come to know and love. I mean, I don't know, like,
1:03.0	I feel like technically this is the last episode of 2023. Well, it is because we were late
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