Syl Johnson, Gillian Flynn and Matt Berninger from The National

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2012

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jesse talks to Syl Johnson – the soul singer who has been sampled on countless hip-hop records — about turning down the record deal that ended up going to Al Green. Julie Klausner sits down with Gillian Flynn, the author of Gone Girl. Her characters are connivers, schemers and would-be-killers. But she kinda likes 'em. Plus Matt Berninger from the band The National remembers sitting in a golf cart on a driving range, being pelted with golf balls, and taking solace in music of The Smiths.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Holly from Massachusetts.
0:02.0	I'm James from Salt Lake City.
0:03.6	I'm Jason R. Wallace from America's Georgia,
0:06.4	and these United States.
0:07.9	Bulls eye with Jesse Thorn is produced independently
0:10.3	and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:12.2	You should support the show like I did.
0:13.9	Just visit MaximumFong.org slash donate.
0:17.8	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:19.0	And I'm Julie Klausner co-hosting this week.
0:23.2	If you recognize that,
0:24.6	uh, it's because it's been sampled by everybody
0:27.2	from public enemy to two live crew,
0:28.7	the Beastie Boys, Dale Oslo, the Wu-Tang Clan,
0:30.8	naughty by nature, Rundi MC, Kanye West, and Jay-Z.
0:35.3	That is a lot of artists my mother does not listen to.
0:39.1	And it's just the start of it.
0:41.1	His name is Phil Johnson, and he has a simple secret.
0:44.3	I use the blues cause and put a funky groove to it.
0:48.8	Instead of putting the belong to the do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do.
0:56.2	That's where the hip hop was like my stuff so much.
0:58.8	And that's why I like you so much.
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