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#622 Musical Costumes, Fats Domino & Gord Downie

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Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Halloween is all about being someone else for a night – and musicians like to put on costumes, too. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their favorite examples of artists temporarily donning a musical costume and performing in a different style under a fake name. Plus, they pay tribute to rock 'n' roll founder Fats Domino. And Toronto Star critic Ben Rayner remembers Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip.

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0:00.0

So now, ladies and gentlemen, it is star time. Are you ready for star time? from W be easy Chicago and PRX this is sound opinions. I'm Greg Kott.

0:27.0

And I'm Jim Deregatus. The fun of Halloween is getting to be somebody else for a night.

0:32.0

This week we talk about artists who put on

0:34.0

musical costumes so they can try out a new style. Plus we pay tribute to rock and roll

0:39.4

founder Fats Domino. That's Domeno.

0:44.0

I cry.

0:48.0

And Toronto Star Critic

0:50.0

Ben Rayner remembers the late Gord Downy of the Tragically Hip. That's all coming up on

0:54.3

sound opinions.

0:57.0

You're listening to sound opinions and Greg we always enjoy our annual Halloween show

1:06.2

you know we've done so many of them songs about monsters songs about horror terror you

1:11.3

name it right we're we're out of themes along those lines, monster songs.

1:16.5

So we thought this year, what do you do on Halloween?

1:18.8

You get to be someone or something else for a night.

1:23.0

There's a rich tradition of this in rock and roll,

1:26.0

probably the most famous example ever, right?

1:28.0

The Beatles become Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

1:32.0

We're going to dive a lot deeper than that and have some

1:34.2

fun about bands in a different guise.

1:37.6

That's later in the show, Jim, but first we need to talk about Fats Domino.

1:40.8

I found my thrill.

1:44.0

Oh, Blueberry Hill.

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