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#247 Electric Warrior (Classic Album Dissection) & Opinions on John Mellencamp

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Sound Opinions

Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2010

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Jim and Greg conduct a Classic Album Dissection of T. Rex’s quintessential glam rock release Electric Warrior.

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0:00.0

Progressive Presents, adjusting to the suburbs.

0:04.0

You used to associate crickets with silence,

0:07.0

but since you bought a house in the suburbs, you know crickets hate silence.

0:11.0

If any other creature realized rubbing its legs together made a piercing high-pitched noise, they might think maybe I won't do that. Constantly, all night long.

0:20.0

Luckily, you can save with Progressive by bundling your home in Auto.

0:23.0

Now that's something to make noise about.

0:25.0

Just not constantly.

0:27.0

Progressive Cash of Key Insurance Company coverage provided in service by affiliates and third party insurers.

0:30.0

There had been abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature. I don't want any of this lovers lament crap I want something peppy something something up-temkel, I want something snappy.

1:01.8

As the hippie era of the 60s waned, Mark Boland and his band T-Rex emerged with a revolutionary glam rock sound and look.

1:09.0

Today, we conduct a classic album dissection of 1971's electric warrior.

1:14.8

I'm Jim Dirogatus of Vocalo.org.

1:17.1

And I'm Greg Cod of the Chicago Tribune.

1:19.2

We'll also review the new album by American rocker John Mellencamp and the soundtrack to the new film

1:24.4

Scott Pilgrim versus the World.

1:26.9

That's all coming up today on sound opinions.

1:31.3

From W be EZ Chicago and distributed by PRX you're listening to sound opinions and time now for some music news I'm going to go to Operation Mind Crime.

1:45.0

When I'm on the ground,

1:49.0

Revolution working on the ground, Revolution, working on the ground.

1:51.0

Operation Mind crime.

1:55.0

There's a job for you in longer enough for the music industry to sue

2:12.3

its customers for deeds that they have

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