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Chris DeMakes A Podcast

Ep. 113: Dave Pirner discusses Soul Asylum's "Somebody To Shove"

Chris DeMakes A Podcast

Chris DeMakes

Music History, Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

4.9923 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Soul Asylum vocalist and guitarist Dave Pirner discusses the writing and recording of "Somebody To Shove", the lead single from the band's 1992 triple-platinum album Grave Dancers Union. Get weekly bonus episodes of The After Party podcast by visiting http://www.ChrisDeMakes.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.4

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0:10.4

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0:33.0

Hey everyone.

0:35.0

Hey everyone,

0:37.0

Hey everyone,

0:40.0

today's guest is Dave Perner.

0:43.6

Lead vocalist and guitarist for the Minneapolis Minnesota rock band, Soul Asylum.

0:48.8

Together we take an inside look into the writing, recording, and inspiration behind the hit single, Somebody to Shove.

0:55.5

Leave Off Track from their 1992 album, Grave Dancers Union.

1:00.1

We've heard this numerous times here on Krista Makes a Podcast, and it still amazes me each time.

1:05.0

But somebody to shove was written in the 11th hour, after the writing sessions for the album were already completed.

1:10.0

Dave brought the court arrangement and an early basic

1:13.1

lyric idea into the studio one day to show the band and when producer Michael

1:16.8

Binehorn heard it he immediately said this has to go on the album.

1:21.2

Not only did it go on the album it was the first song on the record and the first single from the album released a radio.

1:27.0

I asked Dave if he double-tracked his vocals on the song and he honestly couldn't remember,

1:32.0

chalking it up to something that Andy Wallace probably tweaked

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