A double stop is when a stringed instrument plays two notes at once, transforming from

a single note instrument to a multi note instrument capable of harmony.

Double stop sound really cool, and as a bonus, they'll make all of your horn-playing friends

insanely jealous.

Welcome to Strong Songs, a podcast about music, I'm your host, Kirk Hamilton, and I'm so

glad that you've joined me for another season talking about double stops, single stops,

boogie stops, stop time, and all sorts of other musical stops.

Here we are for season five of Strong Songs, I am so excited, it's amazing I've been

making it for this long, and this whole time this show has been totally listener supported.

It's the only way I make any money off of this show, so if you want to support Strong

Songs, go to patreon.com, slash Strong Songs, and thanks so much to everyone who chips in.

On this episode, we've got a new wave classic that really doesn't need any hyper preamble,

you know it, you love it, it's a great song, so let's tune up our strats, fire up the

synth, and get into it.

Oh man, I am so happy to be back, so glad to be back making new episodes of Strong Songs,

I had a vital and rejuvenating break, and I really appreciate all of you who hung out

during the hiatus, caught up on all episodes, re-listened to some favorites, shared the

show with new people, and hey, to all of you new people out there, welcome, I know there

a lot of folks listening who have only started listening to Strong Songs in the last few months,

so welcome to the show, I'm really glad that you're here and excited to kick off season five,

but you know what, I don't want to spend any more time on preamble than I absolutely need to,

and I'm arguably already doing too much of it, so I just want to get right into the music,

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