Completely Conspicuous 685: Catch You on the Flip Side

Part 2 of my conversation with Phil Stacey about our favorite non-album tracks. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

• Phil's #7
• The Until the End of the World soundtrack had plenty of good stuff
• Songs that take you back to a specific time and place
• Jay's #7
• The hunger for Nirvana music was enormous between the release of Nevermind and In Utero
• Give the bass player some 
• Phil's #6
• Zeppelin haven't released many B-sides
• Jay's #6
• The Who has some amazing songs that were never on studio albums
• Phil's #5 was Jay's #10
• Jay's #5
• Another classic from the Singles movie soundtrack
• Phil's #4
• U2's cup runneth over in the '80s
• We were both U2 obsessives in high school/college
• Jay's #4
• A song that wasn't initially included on the album but later added
• College radio stations started playing it and it caught on
• Phil's #3 and Jay's #2
• The quintessential '80s alternative song?
• Johnny Marr elevated the Smiths, but Morrissey was undeniable
• Shoutout to high school classmate who hipped Jay to good music
• Jay's #3
• Another hugely influential alt-rock song
• Joy Division released amazing music in a short period of time
• Phil's #2
• Another Beatles classic
• Phil's #1
• Phil named his fantasy baseball team after this song
• One of the Dead's best
• Was a concert staple but they never did a studio version
• Jay's #1
• Amazing that it was left off Purple Rain
• Controversial for an f-word that may or may not have been THE f-word
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• The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 684: Dark Side of the Tune

Part 1 of my conversation with Phil Stacey about our favorite non-album tracks. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

• Back after a few months away
• The definition of "B-side" has changed over the decades
• Now a more accurate term is "non-album tracks"
• Sometimes B-sides were more popular than the A-side
• Got more airplay back when FM stations were new and adventurous
• You had to hunt them down because they weren't on the proper albums
• Some bands like U2 would regularly put non-album tracks on B-sides singles
• Sometimes covers, sometimes original songs that didn't make the album
• When CDs became popular, you had longer albums and more of those songs would be included
• Eventually bands released B-side collections; the Who was one of the first with Odds and Sods in the '70s
• So many Beatles classics weren't included on albums
• Phil's honorable mentions: Beatles, Who, Grateful Dead, Matthew Sweet, Phish, R.E.M., The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement, U2, Goose, Prince, Pearl Jam, Talking Heads, Neil Young, Nirvana
• Pavement's "Harness Your Hopes" became their most-streamed song courtesy of Tik Tok
• Jay's HMs: Who, Motorhead, Chris Cornell, Rolling Stones, Dylan, Nirvana, Bowie, Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Sloan, Tragically Hip, Radiohead, Simple Minds, Beatles, Iron Maiden, Gang of Four, Mission of Burma, Beck, Beach Boys, Police, New Order, Cure, Clash, Soundgarden, AIC, Sugar, Joe Jackson, Hendrix, PJ Harvey, Robert Plant, Iggy Pop
• Prince vs. Neil Young for most unreleased material
• Phil's #10
• Jay's #10
• Phil's #9
• Jay's #9
• U2 just announced a stadium tour of South America
• Probably couldn't do that in North America anymore
• Phil's #8
• Jay's #8
• YouTube comments are the worst
• Completely Conspicuous is available wherever you find podcasts. Subscribe and write a review!
• The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.