Songs About Giving Thanks, Opinions on IDLES & Courtney Barnett

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🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

With Thanksgiving coming up, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some of their favorite songs about giving thanks. Plus they review highly anticipated new albums from Courtney Barnett and IDLES.

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Featured Songs:

Ariana Grande, "thank u, next," thank u, next, Republic, 2019

Courtney Barnett, "Rae Street," Things Take Time, Take Time, Mom+Pop, 2021

Courtney Barnett, "Write a List of Things to Look Forward To," Things Take Time, Take Time, Mom+Pop, 2021

Courtney Barnett, "Take It Day by Day," Things Take Time, Take Time, Mom+Pop, 2021

Courtney Barnett, "Splendour," Things Take Time, Take Time, Mom+Pop, 2021

IDLES, "Car Crash," Crawler, Partisan, 2021

IDLES, "The Wheel," Crawler, Partisan, 2021

IDLES, "The New Sensation," Crawler, Partisan, 2021

IDLES, "The Beachland Ballroom," Crawler, Partisan, 2021

IDLES, "The End," Crawler, Partisan, 2021

Big Star, "Thank You Friends," Third, PVC, 1977

Sister Sledge, "We Are Family," We Are Family, Atlantic, 1979

Earth, Wind & Fire, "Gratitude," Gratitude, Columbia, 1975

Tyler, The Creator, "GONE, GONE / THANK YOU," IGOR, Columbia, 2019

Bonnie Raitt, "Thank You," Bonnie Raitt, Warner Bros., 1971

Lucinda Williams, "Stowaway in Your Heart," Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, Highway 20, 2014

Fall Out Boy, "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs," Infinity On High, Island, 2007

Chance The Rapper, "Blessings (feat. Jamila Woods)," Coloring Book, Self-Released, 2016

Andrew Gold, "Thank You For Being A Friend," All This and Heaven Too, Asylum, 1978

The Kinks, "Days," Days (Single), Pye 7N 17573, 1968

Dido, "Thank You," No Angel, Cheeky, 1999

Descendants, "Thank You," Everything Sucks, Epitaph, 1996

Aimee Mann, "Suicide Is Murder," Queens of the Summer Hotel, SuperEgo, 2021

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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
0:05.2	Patreon page and free. He took the bomb. You're listening to sound opinions and this week we'll be sharing our favorite songs about giving thanks.
0:35.0	I'm Jim De Wregadis.
0:37.0	And I'm Greg Kot, but first, Jim and I have new albums by Courtney Barnett and Idols to review. down, my head down. And I'm pushing away, pushing away.
1:00.0	Yeah, I'm pushing away.
1:05.0	That is a little bit of write a list of things to look forward to by Courtney Barnett from her third album, Things Take Time, Take Time.
1:18.0	Greg, we've been big fans of Courtney Barnett since her debut EP. I've got a friend called Emily Ferris
1:25.8	way back in 2012. It was a buried treasure for you and we've followed this
1:32.1	Australian singer-songwriter's career ever since.
1:35.9	You know, really powerful debut album.
1:40.3	Sometimes I sit and think and sometimes I just sit.
1:43.6	A fine second album.
1:45.6	And now we're up to album number three.
1:48.6	In between there, she made a record with Kurt Vile,
1:52.0	not something you'd have expected, King of Slacker Garage Rock, and
1:57.3	this Australian singer-songwriter.
2:00.2	You know, she has been suffering, like everyone, from the COVID lockdown, and she made this album without
2:08.7	her regular touring band, but in close collaboration with Stella Masgua, the wonderful multi-instrument
2:18.8	from War Paint. Let's dive right in with a song and then give our take on what Courtney Barnett
2:26.0	is giving us on things take time. Take time. I love that time. She has a great way with titles. This is a song called Ray Street. It opens the album on sound opinions. the suffering, send my best wishes with the wind.
2:47.0	All out candles, hopes and frisk. Though well-meaning, they don't mean a thing,
2:59.0	unless we see some change. I might change my sheets today.
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