Episode 195 - MERRY MUSIC MEMORIES

This year, we're stuffing our stockings with an epic mixtape of holiday-themed hits from country to contemporary Christian to Celtic chants. Matt Palmer returns to wax nostalgic on some of our favorite festive songs and music videos, a gift we present to you as...The Twelve Bops of Christmas!

Songs featured in this episode:
*NSYNC - "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" (1998)
TLC - "Sleigh Ride" (1993)
Alabama - "Thistlehair the Christmas Bear" (1985)
Amy Grant - "Emmanuel" (1983)
Christina Aguilera - "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (2000)
Harry Connick Jr. - "(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus" (1993)
Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1984)
Britney Spears - "My Only Wish (This Year)" (2000)
Enya - "Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" (1988)
The Muppet Christmas Carol - "It Feels Like Christmas" (1992)
Mariah Carey - "Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)" (1994)
Stevie Wonder - "What Christmas Means to Me" (1967)

Stream our full holiday playlist on Spotify!

Episode 74 - MEMORABLE MUSIC VIDEOS, VOL. 2

Nowadays you can meme a song into an unexpected hit, but back in the day topping the charts meant kissing the ring of Carson Daly in front of a horde of truant teens and underemployed adults packing Times Square, eager to see their idols visit MTV's famous high-rise fishbowl.  And to please this fickle audience day in and day out, you'd better have brought a hot music video.

Our second installment of the format we introduced nearly one year ago gathers six more promotional clips - this time with a heavy pop/R&B focus - as musician and YouTube personality Matt Palmer contributes his artistic expertise and passionately-held opinions to help us contextualize and question some of the most memorable videos from the music biz's last big unit-moving hurrah.

Music videos featured in this episode:

"Scream" by Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson (1995)
"Honey" by Mariah Carey (1997)
"The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica (1998)
"Unpretty" by TLC (1999)
"The Bum Bum Song (Lonely Swedish)" by Tom Green (1999)
"Thong Song" by Sisqo (2000)


More Music Videos

Vol. 1
Vol. 2
Vol. 3: Middle School Mixtape


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