Aimee Mann on the Five Albums That Shaped Her

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🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot are big fans of Aimee Mann’s songwriting, so they’ve asked her to choose five albums that shaped her artistic outlook. She shares those albums and what they meant to her at different points in her life on this episode.

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Featured Songs:

Aimee Mann, "Save Me," Magnolia (Music From the Motion Picture), Warner Music, 1999

Neil Young, "Heart of Gold," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Neil Young, "A Man Needs A Maid," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Neil Young, "Are You Ready For The Country," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Neil Young, "The Needle and the Damage Done," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Aimee Mann, "Burn It Out," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021

Neil Young, "Old Man," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Neil Young, "Alabama," Harvest, Reprise, 1972

Steely Dan, "Do It Again," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972

Steely Dan, "Only a Fool Would Say That," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972

Steely Dan, "Reelin' In the Years," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972

Steely Dan, "Dirty Work," Can't Buy A Thrill, ABC, 1972

Steely Dan, "The Boston Rag," Countdown to Ecstasy, ABC, 1973

Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "Beyond Belief," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982

Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "Almost Blue," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982

Elvis Costello And The Attractions, "...And In Every Home," Imperial Bedroom, Columbia, 1982

Elvis Costello And The Brodsky Quartet, "I Thought I'd Write to Juliet," The Juliet Letters, Warner Bros, 1993

The Young Snakes, "Not Enough," Bark Along With The Young Snakes, Ambiguous, 1982

Aimee Mann, "At The Frick Museum," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021

The Loud Family, "Sword Swallower," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993

The Loud Family, "Inverness," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993

Aimee Mann, "Fifty Years After the Fair," Whatever, Imago, 1993

Game Theory, "Regenisraen," The Big Shot Chronicles, Enigma, 1986

The Loud Family, "Slit My Wrists," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993

The Loud Family, "Jimmy Still Comes Around," Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, Alias, 1993

Elliott Smith, "Waltz, No. 2 (XO)," XO, Dreamworks, 1998

Elliott Smith, "Sweet Adeline," XO, Dreamworks, 1998

Aimee Mann, "Suicide Is Murder," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021

Devo, "Whip It," Freedom of Choice, Warner, 1980

Devo, "Uncontrollable Urge," Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Warner, 1978

Wilco, "Ashes of American Flags," Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Nonesuch, 2001

Motorcade, "Static," See You In the Nothing, IDOL, 2022

Galaxie 500, "Tugboat," Today, Aurora, 1988

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0:00.0	Hey there, if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon, you can hear it via the Patreon page and free.
0:08.0	So now listen, John Lee, it is start time. Are you ready for start time?
0:31.0	You're listening to Sound Opinions and this week we're revisiting our conversation with the great Amy Man about the albums that made her the artist she is today.
0:45.0	I'm Jim DeRugatus and I'm Greg Kott. We'll also hear from some of you our listeners, but first Amy Man.
0:52.0	You know Greg, we try to bring a critical eye to every artist no matter how long we've known them and their work and how friendly they've been to us.
1:01.0	But Amy Man is someone we've admired for decades since her new wave days, until Tuesday, up to her Oscar nominated work for the soundtrack of Magnolia and right to the present with her current album, Queens of the Summer Hotel.
1:18.0	We have heard that she is a great music analyst, so we have decided to launch a segment we'll do from time to time with artists we've talked to several times in the past, invite them to play critic with us and walk us through a musical biography of sorts as a listener.
1:36.0	You know, what made you the artist you are today?
1:39.0	What could be more fun than talking to somebody really cares about music who also happens to be a great artist in their own right.
1:44.0	Yes.
1:45.0	We're talking about the stuff that they love.
1:47.0	We've asked Amy to choose five albums that have meant a lot to her at different times in her life.
1:52.0	And the first one she chose, we're going to go more or less chronologically, was Harvest by Neil Young.
1:57.0	I was a little kid and a babysitter introduced the kids to this record, and I was like, just so excited.
2:14.0	I mean, I just thought it was so cool sounding.
2:17.0	You know, Harvest really does have an interesting sound.
2:21.0	It's kind of like a very melancholy and introspective sound.
2:25.0	I really think he was kind of at his best. I have to say I was a little bemused by a man needs a maid.
2:31.0	I was like, yeah, I was going to say that might be the one.
2:35.0	I was thinking that maybe I'd get a maid, find a place nearby for her to stay.
2:46.0	Just someone to keep my house clean, fix my meals and go away.
2:55.0	I think sentiment expressed is so, I mean, you know, deeply sexist, but you know, but also very prosaic like a man needs a maid.
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