Producer of "Planet Rock" Arthur Baker, Plus Opinions on Wednesday

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot chat with record producer and author Arthur Baker about his new book, Looking for the Perfect Beat: Remixing and Reshaping Hip-Hop, Rock and Rhythms. The hosts also review the new album from Wednesday.

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Featured Songs:

Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force, "Looking for the Perfect Beat (Original 12" Version)," Looking for the Perfect Beat, Tommy Boy, 1982

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

Wednesday, "Elderberry Wine," Bleeds, Dead Oceans, 2025

Wednesday, "Candy Breath," Bleeds, Dead Oceans, 2025

Wednesday, "Townies," Bleeds, Dead Oceans, 2025

Wednesday, "Gary's II," Bleeds, Dead Oceans, 2025

Wednesday, "The Way Love Goes," Bleeds, Dead Oceans, 2025

New Order, "Confusion," Confusion, Factory, 1983

Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force, "Planet Rock," Planet Rock: The Album, Tommy Boy, 1986

Run-D.M.C., "It's Like That," Run-D.M.C., Profile, 1984

Thundercat, "Walk On By (feat. Kendrick Lamar)," Drunk, Brainfeeder, 2017

Marvin Gaye, "Sexual Healing," Midnight Love, Columbia, 1982

New Order, "Thieves Like Us," Thieves Like Us, Factory, 1983

Bruce Springsteen, "Dancing In The Dark (Blaster Mix)," Dancing In The Dark, CBS, 1985

Artists United Against Apartheid, "Sun City," Sun City, Manhattan, 1985

Warpaint, "Love Is to Die," Warpaint, Rough Trade, 2014

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0:00.0	Hey there, if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon, you can hear it via the Patreon page and free.
0:08.0	So now, ladies and gentlemen, it is Baker, joins us to talk about his new book,
0:36.7	Looking for the Perfect Beat, and a lifetime
0:38.9	spent breaking down barriers between genres.
0:42.1	I'm Jim D. Reganus.
0:43.5	And I'm Greg Cott.
0:44.7	But first, we've got some new music to review.
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1:08.0	Sound Opinions is an independent production supported by listeners like me on Patreon.
1:14.6	Join us in keeping independent music criticism in the world by clicking the link in this
1:20.5	episode's description.
1:23.3	But everybody gets so long just fine
1:27.9	Because the champagne tastes like elderberry wine
1:32.3	And the pink-boiled eggs stay afloid in the brine
1:39.8	Because even the bell's champagne still tastes like
1:44.7	Elderberry Wine
1:47.0	That is a little bit of
1:52.2	Eldaberry wine
1:53.3	The first single from Wednesday's new album Bleeds
	...

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