#224 Mickey Leigh on Joey Ramone & Opinions on Gorillaz and The Besnard Lakes
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Sound Opinions
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2010
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Jim and Greg explore the roots of one of the most influential music genres today: Synth-Pop. Plus they review the collaboration between Danger Mouse and the Shins' James Mercer, Broken Bells.
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| 0:00.0 | You gotta understand something there. |
| 0:02.0 | This music is the glue of the world. |
| 0:05.0 | It holds it all together. |
| 0:06.0 | Without this, life would be meaningless. What are you getting so crazy about? It's just music. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to sound opinions from Chicago Public Radio and American Public Media. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Jim De Regattis, the pop music critic of the Chicago Sun-times. |
| 0:39.0 | And I'm Greg Katz. I write about Rock-Unroll for the Chicago Tribune. |
| 0:42.0 | Today in the world's only rock and roll talk show, |
| 0:44.4 | Jim and I talked to Joey Ramones brother Mickey Lee |
| 0:47.2 | about life growing up with the punk rocker. |
| 0:49.4 | And later on, Greg and I'll review the new records |
| 0:51.5 | by the modern day supergroup Gorillas and |
| 0:54.0 | Indie Rockers the Besner Lakes. |
| 0:57.0 | You're listening to sound opinions and now it's time for some music news. |
| 1:04.0 | To the, okay, guns, girl, ladies, okay, |
| 1:06.0 | gun, okay, do, joo, |
| 1:08.0 | come on. |
| 1:09.0 | Come on. My hand in the day won't. |
| 1:12.0 | I hear my hands on so and I clap yep |
| 1:17.0 | yep yep yep no no no my last say him |
| 1:20.0 | I just mop my but I think they for me to surrender. |
| 1:27.0 | That is Little Wayne, the multi-million selling rap star who began serving a one-year |
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