Look What You Made Us Do

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Four years into Switched On Pop, Charlie and Nate finally reveal what was behind the entire series. We may have not been totally honest with you from the beginning. Back in 2014 we were more pop skeptics than fanatics. The genre was, to some degree, the sugar that made the musical analysis medicine go down. And then something happened. Just as people started to listen to the show, we too began to open our ears. Now, in our 100th episode, Charlie interviews Nate about how transforming the way you listen to pop can truly make life better. And we get raw about the constraints of pop and where we plan to go in our next 100 episodes. Songs discussed: Beethoven's 7 & 9Santana - "Smooth" Martha and the Vandellas - "Heat Wave" Zedd - "Stay" Pink Floyd - "The Great Gig in the Sky" Adelle - "Hello" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Probably one is if we should start this episode with some piano and the sound of whiskey being poured into a clink like that.
0:07.0	So I have a seat. I think that'd be perfect. That's where we should start.
0:12.0	This is a really exciting moment because we are celebrating our 100th episode.
0:17.0	I don't know if that's particularly important, but I thought it would be a fun time to take a step back and reflect on what have we been doing for the past four years and what have we learned.
0:26.0	And so rather than have a normal conversation, I wanted to grill you.
0:31.0	Oh, okay. Yeah, that sounds appropriate for an anniversary.
0:35.0	I thought it would be fun if I interviewed you.
0:37.0	Okay, wow. Table's up turn.
0:50.0	Welcome to Switched On Pop. I'm a songwriter, Charlie Harding.
0:53.0	I'm a musicologist Nate Sloan.
0:55.0	Nate, why did you agree to do this show with me?
0:57.0	I agreed to do this show because it was an opportunity to do pop music theory, which is insanely fun.
1:07.0	Yeah.
1:08.0	And it's something that is not best done in isolation.
1:11.0	It's a group activity like Twister.
1:14.0	It's best done with friends and strangers.
1:19.0	So that was part of it.
1:21.0	You know, the sociality of it, the joy is spending time with you bringing down pop music.
1:25.0	Thank you.
1:26.0	A big part of the impetus, I think, was Carly Ray, Jepsen.
1:29.0	Right.
1:30.0	St. Jepsen was the, and remains the sort of holy figure watching over us.
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