#798 Disgraceland's Jake Brennan, Songs About Shady Characters & Black Pumas

Sound Opinions

Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share favorite songs about shady characters and talk with Jake Brennan, host of the Disgraceland podcast. Plus the Black Pumas share the songs that got them hooked on music.

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Featured Songs:

Utopia, "I Just Want To Touch You," Deface The Music, Bearsville, 1980

Erykah Badu, "Tyrone (Live)," Live, Universal, 1997

Solomon Burke, "Maggie's Farm," (single), Atlantic, 1965

The Clash, "Wrong 'Em Boyo," London Calling, Epic, 1979

Nick Cave, "Mack the Knife from the Threepenny Opera," September Songs, Sony Classical, 1997

The Chicks, "Goodbye Earl," Fly, Monument, 1999

Nelly Furtado, "Maneater," Loose, Geffen, 2006

Pink Floyd, "Arnold Layne," Arnold Layne (Single), EMI Columbia, 1967

Ghostface Killah, "Maxine (feat. Raekwon)," Bulletproof Wallets, Epic, 2001

Black Pumas, "Colors," Black Pumas, ATO, 2019

N.W.A., "100 Miles and Runnin' (Clean Version)," 100 Miles and Runnin', Ruthless, 1990

New Radicals, "You Get What You Give," Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, MCA, 1998

Carole King, "So Far Away," Tapestry, Ode, 1971

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0:00.0	You're listening to sound opinions and later in the show we're going to hear from
0:02.8	Grammy nominees the Black Pumas about the songs that made them decide to pursue a life in
0:07.6	music but first we're looking at the shady side of music. That's right, Greg.
0:13.0	We've gathered our favorite songs about low-down no-good scoundrels.
0:18.0	But to get us started, we're going to talk with someone well versed in shady characters in music. Jake Brennan, host of the hit
0:25.7	podcast Disgraceland. Jake is actually focusing on the real life misdeeds and questionable activities of musicians.
0:35.0	Some of them may have inspired the characters we're going to talk about in song,
0:40.0	but he describes Disgraceland as a blend of music history, true crime, and transgressive fiction.
0:48.0	Jake, welcome to sound opinions.
0:50.0	Stoked to be here with you guys, thanks for having me. So Jake, we want to get philosophical.
0:55.0	Unlike Hollywood, right?
0:56.3	We've seen plenty of actors who've done something really questionable, sometimes criminal, right?
1:02.8	And then the fans kind of fall away,
1:06.0	the supporters fall away,
1:07.1	Hollywood certainly falls away,
1:08.5	stops casting them, right?
1:10.7	In music, it seems that often criminal or immoral actions if you will I'm you know
1:18.2	20 years of reporting on R Kelly has made me ponder this question.
1:22.6	You know, is the fact that some of the stuff he did was so reprehensible and or criminal,
1:28.7	is that part of the appeal?
1:30.5	So here you have this show that is devoted to these in-depth tellings of misdeeds and sometimes
1:37.4	criminal actions by famous musicians and other characters and is that part of what music fans like?
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