94: "Mr. Brightside" vs. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"

Song Vs. Song

Todd Nathanson

Comedy, Music

4.7 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In 2005, it sucked seeing your girl with someone else, and the two dueling kings of Las Vegas bands had feelings about it. But who wrote the superior jealousy song, The Killers with "Mr. Brightside" or Panic! at the Disco's "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"?

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, I'm Todd Nathanson.
0:03.0	And I'm Lena Morgan.
0:05.0	And this is Song versus Song.
0:07.0	Gosh, am I excited for this one?
0:09.0	This is a big one.
0:10.0	Really?
0:11.0	Oh yeah, like, I've been trying to get these two songs into the podcast for the longest time.
0:17.0	And I just never figured out what they were supposed to pair against until I realized they're supposed to pair against each other.
0:22.9	It's perfect.
0:23.8	It's so perfect.
0:24.9	It's a little forced.
0:26.3	But we are doing the killers, Mr. Brightside,
0:31.0	versus panic at the discos.
0:33.6	I write sins, not tragedies.
0:36.5	And we have a special guest in the room today.
0:38.9	Who could it be?
0:40.0	The first thing you bring in for all of these matchups?
0:43.2	It is my little brother who would kill me if he was not included in this particular one.
0:49.1	That's true.
0:50.2	No, you were the first person I told when I figured this one out.
0:52.9	I was like, I have to tell Victor this right away.
0:55.6	I did these two songs are both incredibly important to me.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Todd Nathanson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Todd Nathanson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.