414 - The Go-Go’s - Beauty and the Beat - Karen Kilgariff

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Comedy, Music, Music History, Comedy Interviews, Music Commentary

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🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and "Queen of the Quip" Karen Kilgariff returns to the show ready to defend the idea that new wave punk rockers The Go-Go's 1981 debut album ‘Beauty and the Beat’ contains some of the greatest songs in human history. Listen to Karen’s podcast My Favorite Murder on Spotify. For new music influenced by this album, music history and show notes, go to The500podcast.com. Join the movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Next Chapter Podcast
0:02.0	Podcasts Can Yitzki-Du? Yeski-Lid-Doo.
0:16.7	The song is Our Lips are sealed, and this is how the Gogos introduced their music to the world.
0:25.0	Not really because we got the beat came out I think a few months prior,
0:30.0	but man, oh man, does this take me to the backseat in my parents' car, driving to Athletic Express as a little
0:40.6	kid?
0:41.6	Just takes you back, it's the way, way back. Do you remember the way way back from the movie Cloud Atlas?
0:47.0	That's where you're going to start the episode Josh talking about a really shitty Tom Hanks Holly Berry movie.
0:53.6	Cloud Atlas y'all.
0:55.6	It's the songs.
0:57.0	Our lips are sealed by the band Cloud Atlas.
1:00.0	Nope, it's by the Go-Gos.
1:01.4	It's off their 1981 debut album, Beauty and the Beat, and it's also
1:05.1	number 14 out of 500 on the Spotify Original, the 500 with Josh Adam Myers.
1:13.0	What's up, Fleece Army?
1:15.0	Happy Wednesday.
1:20.0	You enjoying the countdown?
1:22.0	We're getting into the thick of the records, y'all.
1:25.0	Make sure you guys are listening to these albums, man.
1:27.0	If you guys want to have positive vibes throughout your whole day,
1:30.0	listen to the record. Enjoy yourself. Don't overthink it don't be a
1:34.5	spongle be a doogle you know I say it a lot these albums are wang zuckeys and the
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