#138 The Feelies & Opinions on Nas and Girl Talk

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Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2008

⏱️ 59 minutes

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It's the reunion Jim and Greg have been waiting for: The Feelies live in Hoboken, NJ. Tune in to hear their conversation with the art-punk pioneers, as well as a sampling of their exclusive performance recorded at the music club Maxwell's. Then Jim and Greg rate the new albums from Nas and Girl Talk.

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0:00.0	What do you love about music?
0:07.0	To begin with?
0:08.0	Everything. Putting on a great show is the most important thing you can do. One great rock show can change the world.
0:33.0	Welcome to sound opinions from Chicago Public Radio and American Public Media.
0:37.0	I'm Jim Deorgatus, the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun Times.
0:41.0	And I'm Greg Cot. I write about rock and Roll for the Chicago Tribune today on the world's only rock and roll talk show
0:46.5	Jim and I are going to bring you the feelings in their first live performance in 17 years
0:51.6	live from Hoboken, New Jersey.
0:53.4	Plus Greg and I will review the new records from Nause and Girl Talk.
0:57.0	You're listening to sound opinions and time now for some music news. Yes, the major labels have been spinning the black circle more than ever in the last decade.
1:20.0	Vinal album sales are up 77% in the last year, Jim. Think about that.
1:26.0	At a time when CD sales are plunging like a rock, 16%, vinyl sales are skyrocketing.
1:34.0	Why are the major labels doing this?
1:36.0	We turn to an executive at one of these labels for some insight.
1:39.0	Yes, Greg, we have known Tom Grover Beery for a very long time when he was the Midwest Regional
1:44.2	Representative for Warner Brothers. Now he's a big deal, Vice President of
1:48.0	marketing who also handles the vinyl initiative. Welcome Tom to sound opinions.
1:52.2	Hello fellows, how are you?
1:54.0	Good.
1:55.0	I mean, this has got to take you back to the beginning of your career.
1:57.0	I mean, you sat on college radio and played 12-inch vinyl
2:00.0	records for people, and nobody listened.
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