148: "One Headlight" vs. "The Way" (w/Niko Stratis!)

Song Vs. Song

Todd Nathanson

Comedy, Music

4.7 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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If you listened to the radio in the late '90s, two rock bands had songs about driving and losing loved ones, and seemed to disappear immediately once the '90s ended. And we have Niko Stratis, author of "The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman," to help up choose the best! What's the greatest adult alternative song of the late '90s, "One Headlight" by The Wallflowers or "The Way" by Fastball?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Todd Nathanson.
0:03.9	And I'm Elena Morgan.
0:05.0	This is Song versus Song.
0:07.5	As always, I don't think we can go more than three episodes without heading back to the 90s.
0:12.8	So we got a 90s episode.
0:14.9	Today, we are doing the wallflowers, one headlight, versus fastballs the way.
0:23.6	You were, you a Sili, Lena?
0:24.9	Yeah.
0:25.4	I mean, I picked them, so one would assume that I did this with excitement in mind.
0:32.0	Did you have a reason you picked these two?
0:34.9	I mean, you know, I drank up the wine and we got to talking.
0:43.5	And then we left before the sun came out of that day to do this podcast and that's where we are.
0:44.9	Is it because we have someone, I'm going to eternal suburb slacking, etc., etc.
0:47.1	Yes.
0:47.6	Is it because we have someone special in the studio today?
0:50.7	What?
0:51.8	Maybe.
0:52.7	I'm just speculating here.
0:54.3	Okay.
0:54.8	That's weird.
0:55.4	So you have eyes with which to see.
0:57.5	That's good to know.
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