Songs Named After Women, Ukrainian Musician Serge Tiagnyriadno & RIP Timmy Thomas

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Society & Culture, Music, Arts

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🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Female characters, whether real or fictional, are often at the center of great music. This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some of their favorite songs named after women. They also hear selections from the production staff and bid farewell to “Why Can’t We Live Together” singer Timmy Thomas. Plus, an interview with Ukrainian musician Serge Tiagnyriadno about his life making music in Kyiv amidst the Russian war in Ukraine.

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Featured Songs:

Patti Smith, "Gloria," Horses, Arista, 1975

Shocking Blue, "Venus," At Home, Pink Elephant, 1969

Laura Branigan, "Gloria," Branigan, Atlantic, 1982

Seeing Double, "Leah," Leah//Don't Wait (Single), Cesar Dawg, 2022

First Aid Kit, "Emmylou," The Lion's Roar, Redeye, 2012

Roxanne Shanté, "Roxanne's Revenge," Roxanne's Revenge (Single), Warner Bros., 1984

Dolly Parton, "Jolene," Jolene, RCA Victor, 1974

Lyres, "Help You Anne," On Fyre, Ace of Hearts, 1984

De La Soul, "Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa," De La Soul Is Dead, Tommy Boy, 1991

The Rolling Stones, "Angie," Goats Head Soup, Rolling Stones, 1973

Brittany Howard, "Georgia," Jaime, ATO, 2019

Unrest, "Cath Carroll," Perfect Teeth, 4AD, 1993

The Magnetic Fields, "Josephine," Distant Plastic Trees, PoPuP, 1991

Material Issue, "Valerie Loves Me," International Pop Overthrow, Mercury, 1991

The Velvet Underground, "Candy Says," The Velvet Underground, Verve, 1969

Outkast, "Rosa Parks (Radio Version)," Aquemini, LaFace, 1998

Timmy Thomas, "Why Can't We Live Together," Why Can't We Live Together, Glades, 1972

Wilco, "Jesus, Etc.," Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Nonesuch, 2001

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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. Oh! Oh, You're listening to sound opinions and this week we'll be sharing our favorite
0:39.3	tracks that get their names from women and And we've got some good ones.
0:44.0	I'm Jim De Regattis.
0:45.4	And I'm Greg Kot.
0:46.6	Later we'll say farewell to Timmy Thomas,
0:49.0	but first, let's hear from a Ukrainian musician
0:52.0	holding it down in Kyiv.
0:54.0	Greg, it's an incredible story.
0:56.0	Serge Tagni Radno is a member of an 11-piece Chicago cover band.
1:01.0	They tour the world, playing the music of Chicago. They're supposed, they were supposed to be in America starting in April.
1:08.0	Obviously that's not happening now.
1:10.0	His fellow musicians are spread throughout Eastern Europe.
1:14.1	There are members in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, where he is, and Russia.
1:20.5	Serge was coming to us from his apartment in Kyiv.
1:25.6	He has sent his family, his children, his wife, and the dog to Poland where they are safe, but
1:31.6	he feels it's important to stay in Ukraine and make music every day on
1:36.7	Facebook. And we started by asking him about why.
1:40.0	Well, because, well, making music is everything that I do in my life. I don't have any hobbies or other things that I'm doing.
1:50.0	And the making of music connects me to the world outside and I can spread the information
1:58.9	what's going on here in Ukraine to people to get involved, make them aware of what's going on.
2:07.0	Sir, you chose to record Lou Reed's perfect day in and releasing it in segments day by day little pieces of it.
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