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BONUS EPISODE: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (w/Lady Emily!)

On nights, like this, when the world's a bit amiss, we bring you a story about a trans (metaphorically? literally? neither?) East German punk rocker. Is Todd over his head on this one? What is the origin of love? Does this hold up at all or do we leave it in the '00s?

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New poll! "Grace Kelly" vs. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"

Great news for fans of poncy falsettos! Pick your favorite neo-glam rock song of the mid-'00s, Mika's "Grace Kelly" or The Scissor Sisters' "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'", and try a little Freddie when the ol' Joanna plays (clap clap)

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PICK OUR FEBRUARY BONUS EPISODE!

Vote!!! Vote like your life depends on it!!

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New poll! "A Day in the Life" vs. "Good Vibrations"

Okay, no more Gen Z crap. We're going to back to those Boomer classics, baby. You know them, you love them, vote now on the psychedelic masterpieces of the late '60s, The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" or the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations"!

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New poll! "Sports car" vs. "Fame is a Gun"

We're not done with 2025! We have two up and coming pop stars, former (current?) dance star Tate McRae and, lower on the charts but higher with the critics, former (current?) influencer Addison Rae coming up to make the case for the next generation of pop girls. But which song shows us the future of pop, Tate McRae's "Sports car" or Addison Rae's "Fame is a Gun"?

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PICK OUR JANUARY BONUS EPISODE!

I don't see a runaway winner in there, intriguing. Will one of the perennials finally get their day? Or will one of the new picks take it?

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BONUS EPISODE: "Wicked" (w/Sarah Z!)

It is finally time, at long last, to try defying gravity.

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New poll! "Beautiful Things" vs. "Lose Control"

As always, we do our final episode of the year with two of the year's biggest songs, and unfortunately, most of 2025's biggest songs were from 2024 so that's what we're doing this year. Come and argue which (over)singer-songwriter had the better overplayed song of '23 and/or '24, Benson Boone's "Beautiful Things" or Teddy Swims's "Lose Control"!

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BONUS EPISODE: "Cool As Ice"

Drop that zero....................................... and get yourself a hero. A hero named Vanilla Ice. Our hero!

sorry for the delays, folks, it was thanksgiving we were busy!

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New poll! "Blue Christmas" vs. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"

The original lonely Christmas songs! Which Boomer classic Christmas song makes you feel the least jolly, The King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas" or the great unsung backup singer Darlene Love's solo masterpiece "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"?

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PICK OUR DECEMBER BONUS EPISODE

Mostly repeats this month! Someone will finally get their Christmas wish!

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New Poll: "Dancing on My Own" vs. "Run Away with Me"

The two great "justice for" pop songs of the 2010s. We have two 10/10s on here and you have to pick one or the other. Choose now between Robyn's "Dancing on My Own" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Run Away with Me"!

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BONUS EPISODE: "Daria: Is It Fall Yet?"

La la, LA la la. At last, at long last, Daria won the poll, so we do our best monotones and try to break down an incredibly controversial point in the Morgendorffer saga

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CHOOSE OUR NOVEMBER BONUS EPISODE

No obvious frontrunner and very few repeats this month! Let's see what wins!

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NEW POLL: "Sunny Came Home" vs. "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"

If you remember the Lilith Fair, you probably remember these songs. But do they mean anything anymore? Where have all the folky singer-songwriter chicks of the '90s gone? And which of these two songs deserves to be revived more? Pick now between Shawn Colvin's "Sunny Came Home" and Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"

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New poll! "Werewolves of London" vs. "Godzilla"

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Vote on ahooooooo, "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon vs. "Godzilla" (Godzilla-GodZILLA!-GOD-zllla!!) by Blue Öyster Cult!

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BONUS EPISODE: "KPop Demon Hunters" (w/Amal El-Mohtar)

Our take on "KPop Demon Hunters": This is what it sounds like. But do we like it? Are we going up up up? Or is it a takedown?

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PICK OUR OCTOBER BONUS EPISODE! (repost)

Just a fair warning, our "KPop Demon Hunters" episode is going to be a tiiiiiiiiiny bit late but we'll get it to you shortly. It'll be just a tiny bit into October so it can be our Halloween episode! Or maybe it'll be one of the actual October picks also. Let's see what you guys go with!

(sorry about that, there was an error, ignore the first post)

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New poll: "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" vs. "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy"

This one is to make Lina miserable. We are doing the songs that turned country music into the meathead slopfest it is today (though that doesn't mean they're bad songs!) Which is the proto bro-country song that still makes you giddyup, is it Kenny Chesney's "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" or Big & Rich's "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy"?

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NEW POLL: "Hanging by a Moment" vs. "Kryptonite"

We are back with more great rock and roll, this time a little more popular. It is Y2K, nothing could be better, and two of the GREATEST ROCK BANDS OF ALL TIME (or not) are playing on the radio on your way to middle school. But which is the best radio rock song of 2000, Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment" or 3 Doors Down's "Kryptonite"?

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PICK OUR SEPTEMBER BONUS EPISODE

We're back! We'll wait until close to the end of the month to see who wins but

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BONUS EPISODE: "Wayne's World"

WE'RE BACK. Song vs. Song returns from hiatus and we're so happy we could blow chunks. You made us watch a movie we could recite in our sleep but does it hold up now that we can see what losers Wayne and Garth are? Listen and argue which of is Wayne and which of is Garth.

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Some unfortunate news

So some news going forward, the podcast has been knocked off-schedule because of a death in the family. We don't yet have a schedule for the return but of course, we will, please be patient while we figure this out, we will have updates as soon as we know more. Also, if you have a kind word for Lina, now would be a good time for it.

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New poll! "Under the Milky Way" vs. "The Whole of the Moon"

Okay, goddammit, try and get a little culture. We are dealing with two of the best alternative rock songs of the '80s that you probably don't know unless you are some level of music nerd. These are amazing songs! And you're gonna vote for the best one, which is it, The Church's "Under the Milky Way" or The Waterboys' "The Whole of the Moon"?

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BONUS EPISODE: "Josie and the Pussycats"

Josie and the Pussycats. Long tails, and ears for hats. Won't run when they hear scat. You voters who voted for this, you made Lina's month! But was this actually any good or were the critics right in 2001?

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NEW POLL: "Manchild" vs. "The Giver"

Guess we're doing our Songs of 2025 poll early! We took on "Espresso" vs. "HOT TO GO!" last year and we're looking at the follow-ups now! Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan owned 2024, but how do we feel about them six months later? Vote now on Sabrina's "Manchild" vs. Chappell's "The Giver"?

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PICK OUR JULY BONUS EPISODE

Some popular ones, some less popular ones, no idea what's gonna win, let's gooooo

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New poll! "Old Town Road" vs. "A Bar Song (Tipsy)"

If there's one thing the current generation of music listeners are a fan of, it's mashups of country and hip-hop that spend eons at #1. So now we must choose which of these songs is the superior endlessly-at-#1 tracks that mix cowboy music with rap, is it Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" or Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)"

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NEW POLL: "Takeover" vs. "Ether"

It's the greatest rap beef of all time! Surely there will never be a bigger battle in hip-hop in our lifetime! So vote now on the best diss track of the biggest battle of 2001, is it Jay-Z's "Takeover" or Nas's "Ether"?

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BONUS EPISODE: "High School Musical" (ft. Big Joel)

You made us watch "High School Musical"! And one of us was very grumpy about it. So to balance it out we put Big Joel, who just did his mammoth video about Disney Channel Original Movies, to help us get our heads in the game. Enjoy! (I hate you all)

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