All right, today on one song, we are going highbrow, we're going ethereal, and we're going electronic,

with a song that marries two of my favorite artists of all time, and it's built around a simple drum loop,

a harpsichord, and the voice of God herself.

And the vocals on it inspired one of the greatest what-if moments of 90s pop music.

The group is Massive Attack and the song Teardrop. I'm actor, writer, director, and sometimes DJ Diallo Riddle.

And I'm producer, DJ, and songwriter Luxury, aka the guy who whispers about interpellation.

And this is one song.

All right. So we both have a lot to say about this song. I am super passionate about this.

Not that I'm not passionate about every song we do. No, no, but this is special.

You know, a lot of times we're dealing with songs that everybody knows.

They're all over the radio. They're at your wedding. If you play this song at your wedding, I think

you're really cool. It's not a wedding track song. But people might fall asleep and they might cry also.

It's literally called tear drop. It's not a song that you're going to necessarily know from the radio,

but I think a lot of our listeners will know it. Exactly.

So before we get into it, I want to back up for a second

and ask you, D.L.

Why do you care about this song?

And why should our audience care about it?

I just think it's a cool song.

You know, I think that one of the reasons we do this show

is because we want people to hear songs

they've heard many times a new way. But another sort of secret goal is just to start a conversation about music and turn people

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