Karaoke Songs, Opinions on Grandaddy & RIP Dexter Romweber

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🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot take the show out of the recording studio and into the karaoke bar as they share some of their favorite karaoke tracks. They’ll also hear selections from production staff and listeners. Plus, the hosts review new music from Grandaddy and bid farewell to the late rockabilly musician Dexter Romweber.

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Featured Songs:

Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe," Kiss, 604, 2012

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Grandaddy, "Blu Wav," Blu Wav, Dangerbird, 2024

Grandaddy, "You're Going to Be Fine and I'm Going to Hell," Blu Wav, Dangerbird, 2024

Grandaddy, "Jukebox App," Blu Wav, Dangerbird, 2024

Grandaddy, "Ducky, Boris and Dart," Blu Wav, Dangerbird, 2024

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, "Jackson," Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter, Columbia, 1967

*NSYNC, "It Makes Me Ill," No Strings Attached, Jive, 2000

Shania Twain, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!," Come On Over, Mercury, 1997

Donny Osmond & Chorus, "I'll Make a Man Out of You," Mulan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack, Walt Disney, 1998

Art Brut, "Formed a Band," Bang Bang Rock & Roll, Fierce Panda, 2005

Joey Scarbury, "Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)," America's Greatest Hero, Elektra, 1981

The 5th Dimension, "Wedding Bell Blues," The Age of Aquarius, Soul City, 1969

Kenny Rogers, "Islands In the Stream (duet with Dolly Parton)," Eyes That See in the Dark, RCA Victor, 1983

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Cast , "Rose Tint My World (feat. Richard O'Brien)," The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ode, 1975

Regulo Caro, "En Estos Días," En Estos Días, Del, 2018

Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," I Am...Sasha Fierce, Columbia, 2008

Radiohead, "Creep," Pablo Honey, Parlophone, 1992

Backstreet Boys, "I Want it That Way," Millennium, Jive, 1999

Prince, "When Doves Cry," Purple Rain, Warner Bros., 1984

Flat Duo Jets, "Frog Went a Courtin'," Go Go Harlem Baby, Sky, 1991

Flat Duo Jets, "Riot In Cell Block Number Nine," In Stereo, Dolphin, 1985

The Roots, "You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu & Eve)," Things Fall Apart, MCA, 1999

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0:00.0	Hey Sound Opinions listeners, if you support us on Patreon, you get to listen to our podcast
0:05.8	Ad Free on Patreon. He took the bomb. You're listening to sound opinions and this week we're sharing some of our
0:27.4	favorite songs to sing at karaoke. Well not necessarily me but you I. I'm Jim De Regottis.
0:34.0	And I'm Greg Kot. We'll also bid farewell to the late rockabilly musician Dexter Rom Weber,
0:40.0	but first we review the new record from Granddaddy.
0:42.8	Blue Wave.
0:44.8	This is Blue Wave.
0:49.8	All the songbirds and the helicopters you heard
1:00.0	of the blue.
1:02.0	Oh, blue. That is a little bit of Blue Wave, the title track from the new Grand Daddy record.
1:17.0	Jason Lidal, a guest on the show, show number 37 back in 2006, Jim. and Band Granddaddy, which had formed in Modesto, California in the early 90s.
1:36.1	Their first album came out in 1997 under the Western Freeway.
1:40.4	Didn't make any ripples in the U.S. but got a huge welcome in the UK where they had a hit song on it and they played some major festivals.
1:49.5	The follow-up broke through worldwide, the software slump in 2000, a major record for the band
1:56.4	and it got some great reviews.
1:59.3	Really kind of in that
2:05.0	the ball park with bands like Radiohead the Flaming Lips Mercury Rev they were all operating in similar territory you know the
2:07.1	effect that computer technology was going to have or not have on our daily lives and the impact it would have. The band is sort of broken up and
2:15.3	come back together. They've had some tragedy. Their bass player, Kevin Garcia died, which put a big gap between their comeback record in 2017 last place and the new one
2:27.9	but it's finally here it's called Blue Wave as we'd mentioned I'm gonna play a
2:32.4	track from it
2:33.5	but before we do it should be mentioned that uh... the inspiration for this record was
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