Episode 78 - King's X - Tape Head (Part 2)

[00:00:00] Speaker A: You. [00:00:04] Speaker B: This is our musical reaction, breakdown and commentary analysis of this song. Under fair use, we intend no copyright infringement and this is not a replacement for listening to the artist's music. The content made available on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only, notwithstanding a copyright owner's rights under the Copyright act section of the Copyright act allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders for purposes such as education, criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. These so called fair uses are permitted even if the use of the work would otherwise be infringing. Now on to the rock Roulette podcast. [00:00:49] Speaker A: You. [00:01:14] Speaker C: Everybody, welcome back to another episode of Rock Roulette podcast. That's right, the Crazy Ass podcast that took over 1100 albums, stuck them in a list, stuck them in a wheel. And typically every other week we spin the wheel, she picks an album for us and we go through it track by track, and we judge it based on music production and lyrics. Again, just a bunch of friends that wanted to do a podcast that love music. We're not professionals, again, whatever that means. Just here to discover, rediscover and just basically having fun. And again, anybody who is listening to us, we thank you so much. The listenership has been going up, up and down a little bit, but overall, it's up. So again, we want to thank everybody who listens. And if you like it, spread the word, get it going, and always leave comments, questions, whatever you want. If there's a record you think it'd be fun for us to talk over, just let us know, man. We're open for anything. So tonight we are a twosome. I have Mark. Oh, hi, Mark. [00:02:11] Speaker D: What's up, guys? [00:02:12] Speaker C: And I'm sad. So last week we covered the first side of King's x Tapehead, and I'm pretty sure everybody got the vibe that we like it. I mean, it's of the time, but it's just solid song, solid songwriting, solid musicianship, and pretty damn strong first, huh, mark? [00:02:35] Speaker D: Yeah, no, we liked it a lot. I've been on a little bit of a king's x rabbit hole since we went on and did that, so reading a little bit more about his guitar stuff and everybody's kind of stuff. So what I didn't realize is that the drummer sings a lot, which I didn't kind of realize on. I mean, I don't know, at least live anyway. Like the stuff that we saw, right? He sang a lot. [00:02:59] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, they're really good at using their voices together, where it almost sounds as if the bass player is doubling himself, but he's not. The way they come in at different points. I mean, that's one thing. Again, I haven't heard a lot of kings X, but from what I've heard, that is definitely an interesting aspect to their music, the way they use their vocals. And they're pretty strong live from what we've seen. [00:03:26] Speaker D: He's what, 73 now, right? Doug Pinnock. [00:03:29] Speaker C: Yeah, he weighs about 73 pounds, I think. [00:03:33] Speaker D: Yeah, he's super skinny. [00:03:35] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:03:37] Speaker D: And I was reading some other stuff that were like the bass player in Pearl jam saying that King's x was grunge before there was grunge, which I can hear that, too. If you listen back to some other stuff, I know you heard at least part of Gretchen goes Nebraska, right? [00:03:54] Speaker C: Yeah, I don't really remember it, but I mean, this album definitely, I would say if I had to. [00:04:00] Speaker A: So. [00:04:00] Speaker C: And said, you got to classify this album right now. I would definitely call it grungy. I mean, I know that we've said there's parts of it that sound like Alison chains and some SDP. I mean, again, it's of its time. What is it? Late 98? [00:04:13] Speaker D: It came out 98, but it's good. [00:04:17] Speaker C: They're just good songs. And at that time, I mean, grunge was definitely pretty much on its. It was on its way out, I think. [00:04:25] Speaker D: Yeah, it was out for a while, I think at that point. Once Kirk Cobain killed himself, it kind of went downhill fairly quick. I mean, it took a couple more years, probably. He probably had a good three or four years of time. Right? Like maybe another year, 95. And then it became post grunge and whatever you want to call that. [00:04:43] Speaker C: Yeah, the new metal scene. [00:04:46] Speaker D: Yeah. But, yeah, like I said, I've been listening to a bunch of other stuff and watching some live stuff and interviews and stuff. So they're an interesting band and been around for longer than you kind of think. [00:05:04] Speaker C: Yeah. As a band, they've been around for a long time, right? [00:05:07] Speaker D: Yeah, I think if I'm reading correctly, this band, these three guys together have been around since like 85, but they were in other bands together. Who was in band? Who then the bass player was in the band with the drummer, and the drummer was in the basement with the guitar player, but they never all together until they got. Until they figured out that they should play together. But late seventy s, I don't think, turned to Kings X to like 85 ish. Maybe earlier, maybe a little earlier. Not too positive. But from what I gather, they've been around for a while. [00:05:48] Speaker C: Yeah. And definitely well respected in the music community, for sure. [00:05:52] Speaker D: I remember hearing a lot about him. [00:05:54] Speaker C: Oh, me too. All the time. Which is surprising that I've never really. [00:06:00] Speaker D: That's what I was going to say. It's really surprising that we really never got into them during the time that they were. [00:06:05] Speaker C: Sometimes you have to pick and choose your battle sometimes, I guess, and some people lose out, unfortunately. So again, this is part of the reason why we do this podcast, right? Discovery. [00:06:20] Speaker D: Oh, yeah. [00:06:20] Speaker C: This inspires me to listen to more stuff from them. [00:06:23] Speaker D: Me too. You know, the problem is, though, is that I almost don't want to listen to things because I know, I think they're going to come up in the podcast like crap. I want to be like, I know, surprised, but I don't think you can do that either. If you want to listen to it, just listen to it. [00:06:37] Speaker C: Yeah. Because again, I think the situations are different. Right. I do talk about how sometimes you sit here and when you break a song up, sometimes it's better and sometimes it's worse. Right. Because sometimes the parts are greater than the sum and sometimes it's vice versa, where you kind of leave a song on and it kind of envelops you. But if you break it up, it doesn't grab you as much, or it could be the opposite by the end of it. Oh, this part's cool. This part's cool. So I'm going to give it this, this. But then when you listen to as a whole, you're like, as a whole, it wasn't as strong as. So it is what it is. [00:07:13] Speaker D: I'm curious to see if the second side as strong as the first side. [00:07:16] Speaker C: I'd be very disappointed if it isn't as strong, or at least somewhat strong if they just like, hey, screw it. [00:07:25] Speaker D: I don't think they were like going for hits, right? [00:07:28] Speaker C: No, I think they're just writing songs. That's it. [00:07:31] Speaker D: Which generally is why when records are really good. [00:07:35] Speaker C: Yeah. It's not for anything. [00:07:38] Speaker D: So, you ready to get this started? [00:07:41] Speaker C: I'm ready. [00:07:42] Speaker D: All right. So this song is called a little bit of soul. [00:07:45] Speaker A: Put a little soul in your pocket put a little soul in the street know somewhere could. Just a little bit just a little bit a little bit just a little bit just. [00:08:57] Speaker D: It's pretty groovy. I like it. [00:08:59] Speaker C: I like it, too. Soulful groovy, matches the title. A little bit different than the other stuff. [00:09:06] Speaker D: A little bit of what Lenny Kravitz in there. A little bit of. [00:09:10] Speaker C: There's some smokey in there, too. I think a little bit, I feel. [00:09:14] Speaker D: What else do you think is in there? [00:09:16] Speaker C: Smokey Robinson. [00:09:17] Speaker D: Yeah, I can hear that, too. [00:09:18] Speaker C: His tone, like, his inflections a little bit. [00:09:20] Speaker D: Yeah, and his. Yeah. [00:09:22] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:09:23] Speaker D: It's pretty cool. [00:09:24] Speaker C: I like it. [00:09:26] Speaker D: So here are the lyrics. Put a little soul in your pocket put a little soul in the street put a little soul in your rhythm put a little soul in me put a little soul in your lover put a little soul in your sheets put a little soul in something put a little soul in me and that's two verses in the choruses. Just a little bit just a little bit just a little bit of soul just a little bit just a little bit just a little bit of soul that's good. [00:09:53] Speaker C: It's simple, but it's cool. I'm a big soul guy. Yeah. [00:09:57] Speaker D: No, and again, I think it's a little different than the other stuff that they're doing. [00:10:01] Speaker C: I think so, too. But it's still done well. Right. So it shows that they can do different stuff and still be good at it. [00:10:09] Speaker D: Yeah, it still sounds like them, but it's definitely a different flavor. [00:10:14] Speaker C: Yeah, I like digging, too. [00:10:18] Speaker A: Put a little song put a little song in your room put a little song in your vision put a little soul in your bed put a little song in your time in life in your religion just a little bit just a little bit a little bit just a little bit. [00:11:32] Speaker D: It'S really good. [00:11:34] Speaker C: You don't like it? [00:11:35] Speaker D: I really do like it a lot. As usual, the background vocals are good in the chorus. I'm just wondering who does all the background. Is it the singer this time? Is it the drummer? I can't tell because, like, drummer live does lots of background vocal. More than I thought. [00:11:53] Speaker C: Yeah. Good voices, and they complement each other. And they're very good. Working out vocal arrangements. [00:12:01] Speaker D: Yeah, they're good in harmony. The harmony is good, yeah. [00:12:04] Speaker C: And I like how, like, a chorus, it's not just because a chorus starts, then the voices come in. It's almost like a lot of times what they do is one voice starts and as it's going, all of a sudden, the other one kind of comes in right behind it, but not right behind it. They stagger the vocals and it makes everything more interesting, I think. [00:12:22] Speaker D: Yeah. And it's not like even the riff is super complicated or anything. This is definitely not a complicated thing, but it's very good and very. What's the word I'm looking for? It's groovy. [00:12:41] Speaker C: Yes. [00:12:43] Speaker D: And the drummer is really good, too. Every time I listen to him play. I'm like, I didn't really even know this guy existed. I mean, I know he existed, but I couldn't tell you his name before. [00:12:53] Speaker C: This because, I mean, he's groovy. [00:12:57] Speaker D: Yeah. What do you think about the drum sound? [00:13:00] Speaker C: I like the drum sound. I mean, listen. Hey, every once in a while, I wish it was a little bit louder in the mix. But as far as the actual drum sound, I like the way the drum sound, the snare and everything. I'm definitely happy with the drum sound. [00:13:14] Speaker D: All right, so lyrics are. Put a little soul in your music. Put a little soul in your groove put a little soul in your vision put a little soul in you and then another verse. Put a little soul in your living put a little soul in your time put a little soul in your religion put a little soul in mine. [00:13:34] Speaker A: It'S. [00:13:35] Speaker D: Kind of very upbeat. [00:13:38] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, it's simple, but it's good. [00:13:42] Speaker D: Did you see what they're saying this is about? Did you actually look that up right now? [00:13:47] Speaker C: No, I'm taking it at face value. Right? Kind of. Again, when I think of soul, the soul of a person, I just think it's kind of like their essence. So I think he's kind of saying, put yourself, the real you, into these things. That's how I see it. [00:14:09] Speaker D: Okay, I can see that. Yeah, it's pretty good when this is going to be a solo. [00:14:16] Speaker C: Good start to the second side. [00:14:18] Speaker D: Yeah, different, too. Different from where it ended up where it left off. [00:14:25] Speaker A: All righty. You put a little soul in the thing that is allow to do. Yeah. Let it all go if you want to. It'll come back to you. Just a little bit. Just a little bit. A little bit. Just a little bit of soul. [00:16:14] Speaker D: It's pretty damn good. [00:16:16] Speaker C: I liked it. [00:16:18] Speaker D: No solo, but I like the middle part. What I noticed he does, he'll do one guitar part on one side, then do a different guitar part on the other side. It's pretty cool, too. [00:16:28] Speaker C: Yeah. Strong song. [00:16:31] Speaker D: Super strong. It's a good way to start the side. [00:16:36] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:16:37] Speaker D: Let's see. I'll go first. I guess I'm going to give it a seven on the lyrics because I like the lyrics. They're more than he normally does, so I like that, too. I like the sentiment in it. Oh, well, before I do that, let me finish the last verse before I forget. So the last verse is put a little soul in the things that you do, that you love to do. And let it all go if you want to. It'll come back to you. So I think you're right about what the song is about. [00:17:09] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, I'm taking it at face value. [00:17:13] Speaker D: Yeah, no, I think you're right. 100%. [00:17:15] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:17:15] Speaker D: It's really good musicianship. I'm going to do eight again because I like the drums, I like the bass guitar. Everything is good. Singing is good. Arrangements, good. Background vocals are good. I'm going to give it eight in production because I think I like the production, too. It wasn't too dry. Some of the other stuff was a little Drier. So this is a little bit less dry. I kind of like. What do you think? [00:17:42] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm going to say seven on the lyrics. I definitely like them music. Trying to think, bouncing between a seven and an eight. I'll give them an eight. Let's give them an eight on the music, too. I mean, I really like it. I like the groove and the melody and everything. So I'll give an eight and. Yeah, production. I'm going to give an eight again, which I think is what most of the songs have been. I don't think I've really found. Maybe I don't remember, but say an eight. Yeah. Good song. A good, solid opener. A little bit different, but it still works. They make it work. [00:18:30] Speaker D: Yeah, no, it's really good. And it's a good way to start the side, too. I like when you start the side strong. And I didn't think it was going to be a bad side. I just have a feeling that they're going to do a good job on this. [00:18:44] Speaker C: Yeah. I don't have low hopes for them on this side. [00:18:50] Speaker D: All right, so the next song is hate you. Here we go. [00:19:35] Speaker A: Again. I'll always be around you don't know how much I hate you. You don't know how much I hate you I'll never. [00:20:07] Speaker D: Riffs. A little funky. So he's kind of doing the thing. What I've noticed is, like, the four lines. He likes the four lines reverse and does that. [00:20:19] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:20:22] Speaker D: And the chorus comes in and it's like super duper poppy. And then all of a sudden it gets a little bit darker. That's pretty cool. [00:20:29] Speaker C: I like the beginning riff. I like the riff at the end of the chorus when it does go minor. But I don't know, I guess because of how the beginning was, I thought it was really cool. I thought they were kind of going to open it up, but they do kind of that dry thing. Not where I wanted the song to go again. It's not bad. [00:20:57] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:20:58] Speaker C: But I kind of wanted it open because I really like that opening riff. [00:21:02] Speaker D: Well, maybe they'll change it up. Who knows? I mean, they do the unexpected all the time. [00:21:07] Speaker C: They do? Yeah. [00:21:08] Speaker D: So I'm curious to see. All right, I backed it up a little bit. Here we go. Did I read lyrics? No, I did not. [00:21:16] Speaker C: I don't think so. [00:21:17] Speaker D: So I'll never hurt you. I'll never bring you down. I won't desert you. I'll always be around. You don't know how much I hate you. You don't know how much I hate you. So at the beginning, it sounds like I'm not going to do all these things to do, but I do hate you. [00:21:33] Speaker C: Yeah, I was reading someone just says it's basically someone kind of going through the extremes of emotions, but I guess kind of makes sense, right? I love how it kind of starts off happy. [00:21:47] Speaker D: I hate you. I hate you. Is that what you mean? [00:21:48] Speaker C: Yeah. I hate you. But I won't hurt you kind of thing. You don't know how much I hate you, but I'm not going to hurt you. [00:21:55] Speaker D: Okay, I can see that. All right, let's continue. [00:22:02] Speaker A: I'll never kill you. I'll make you feel afraid. I'll never be you. I'll make you feel ashamed. You don't know how much I hate you. You don't know how much I hate you. [00:22:51] Speaker D: Before it goes to whatever it's going to go into, that's a weird line. Like, I'll never kill you or make you feel afraid. Like the first line, I'll never kill you, make you feel afraid. I'll never beat you or make you feel ashamed. It feels like. It's like an abusive thing that this person maybe was through. It was an abusive thing or. I don't know. [00:23:13] Speaker C: Yeah, it's a bit weird. But I guess if it is about kind of someone, maybe going through the extreme of emotions with somebody or even, who knows, maybe it's dealing with could be politics. [00:23:28] Speaker D: This is the person telling the other person, I would never do these things, but I do hate. You know what I mean? [00:23:34] Speaker C: I want to do these things to you, but I'm not going to. [00:23:40] Speaker D: But you don't know how I feel. [00:23:42] Speaker C: Yeah. Like, I hate you so much that I want to do these things, but I'm not going to deal with them. [00:23:47] Speaker D: It's kind of heavy, deep kind of stuff. [00:23:51] Speaker C: Yeah, it's a cool concept. And it's kind of hidden within some catchiness. Again, it is a bit dry for me. I wish it was a little bit but again, they know what they're doing. So I say to myself, they put a concept together and this is kind of how they wanted it to sound. So I can also understand that point of view. [00:24:21] Speaker D: 100%. Yeah, no doubt. Let's see what they do in the middle here. I'm curious to see what they do. Back it up a little bit. Here you go. [00:24:34] Speaker A: You don't know how God hate you, never hurt you, I'll never break download. [00:25:37] Speaker C: Just kind of quieted down and then stayed quiet. [00:25:41] Speaker D: Yeah, the quote was just like, just a little bit of a breakdown before I went back. The chorus thing is starting to catch on to me, though. I have to say, I wasn't too sure about the chorus. I heard it a bunch of times now, so I kind of do like it. All right, why don't you go first? [00:26:05] Speaker C: It's okay. I mean, honestly, it's probably my least favorite so far, but it's not terrible. So I'm going to say a six on the lyrics. I mean, I can understand and appreciate the concept of what he's doing, but I've given higher scores to what I think are better lyrics. So it sounds really low, but it's kind of in comparison. I'm going to say a six on the music. Again, I know it's a little low, but I just have to judge it against some of the other stuff. And production, I'm going to say a seven. I mean, again, because they're in control, I can kind of complain to them and say, hey, man, I just wish you opened this up. But I can also understand if it's conceptual, why they did it. But as a listener to what I wanted to hear, I would say seven. But what do you think? [00:26:51] Speaker D: Yeah, I think I'm going to give six on the lyrics because I think there's better lyrics on the record. Comparatively. It's not bad. It's just comparatively to the rest of the record. I'm still going to give an eight to the music because I really do like what's going on. I like the riff he uses the univibe sound at the beginning and the end. That's that wavy kind of like in between. That's why it kind of moves like that. I like that, that he's using that. And eight on the production. I thought it was all right. I don't think it was as dry as it went on. I ended up liking it better, but, yeah, it's definitely not bad. [00:27:29] Speaker C: No, I mean, listen, if this is the worst song, I'm okay with it. [00:27:33] Speaker D: Yeah. Is it even a skipper? [00:27:38] Speaker C: No, I'd have to get up to skip. And I'm like, yeah, leave it on, I'll listen to it again. [00:27:45] Speaker D: That's what I. So the next one is higher than God and this is three minutes too short. Here we go. [00:27:55] Speaker A: Dump. Everything was new thought I could do anything especially with you cold I see dreams lighter than everything I thought that we were higher. [00:28:47] Speaker D: So what do you think of that? I mean, the riff's not. The riff's super simple. [00:28:52] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, it's dry, but I like the melody, and I really like the chorus. Again, I like a lot of the chords that they use. I think that was one of the really good things about the 90s. There were some things like even sponge. I remember their first album, just chords and stuff that I felt were really unique and melodies that they were using. So I really like where this goes, and it makes up for the dryness. Again, I wouldn't mind having the verse a little bit more open, but his melody is really good, and then the chorus is really good, so I'm definitely digging this one. [00:29:31] Speaker D: Yeah, me too. I think that's the overall feel of the song I like, because it's really not like it's just a little bit of switching here. A couple of chords, and that's all it is. [00:29:46] Speaker C: Palm muted, but he throws a good melody over it. [00:29:50] Speaker D: Yeah, well, that's what makes it, too, is the melody. [00:29:52] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:29:54] Speaker D: And so the lyrics are. Once I felt inspired everything was new thought I could do anything especially with you and then the chorus is cold as an icy stream lighter than everything I thought that we were higher than God so did you look up what this supposedly is about? [00:30:12] Speaker C: Yeah, I think it's just kind of indulging in the moment kind of thing where, oh, I thought everything was fine like I was higher than God so the sentiment of, I thought this was this, but it wasn't. So I thought. You know what I mean? Things were so good. I thought it was higher than God, but it kind of wasn't. [00:30:38] Speaker D: Okay. [00:30:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:30:39] Speaker D: I'm curious to see what else is going to happen in this. I mean, it's a short song, 301, so it's as short as the other one, but curious to see what they do. All right, let me back it up a little bit. [00:30:49] Speaker A: Once I thought you loved me everything was true thought I found my answer thought it was in you more than I dream lighter than everything I thought that we were higher than God higher than God. [00:31:36] Speaker D: Before the soul comes in. Yeah, it's those vocals again in the chorus that kind of, like, make this, too. I think it's what makes it all stand out to me. [00:31:50] Speaker C: Yeah, well, they opened it up in the chorus, too. Right? At least they didn't keep it dry. [00:31:54] Speaker D: All the way through. They weren't chugging. [00:31:57] Speaker C: Yeah, exactly. They weren't muting the string. Because then I really don't think the chorus would be what it is, no matter what chords or melody they were using. I'm glad that they opened it up. [00:32:08] Speaker D: And then there was that little drum fill thingy, jiggy right there. [00:32:11] Speaker C: Yeah, I like that, too. [00:32:13] Speaker D: That little accent, little off time kind of thing that was going on. I liked it. All right, let's see. I think there's going to be a solo here, so let's back it up a little bit. Here you go. [00:32:54] Speaker A: Damn. [00:33:12] Speaker D: Wish that maybe in the second part they would have ramped it up a little bit instead of just continuing with the. [00:33:19] Speaker C: I would, too. But part of me thinks, like, you know what? Maybe that's what people expect, so we're not going to do it. [00:33:26] Speaker D: True. [00:33:27] Speaker C: This is what we want to do, and we're going to do it. [00:33:30] Speaker D: Yeah, no, it's still really good, though. [00:33:33] Speaker C: Yeah, but I mean, think about it, right? 1998, you're producing your own record. That's a great thing. [00:33:41] Speaker D: Yeah. You could basically do whatever you want. And I guess. I guess metal blade didn't have a lot of money. Probably. [00:33:48] Speaker C: They probably saved money. Like, hey, we'll just produce it ourselves. I'm like, okay. [00:33:52] Speaker D: Yeah, well, you don't have to spend all the money on a producer. Right. [00:33:55] Speaker C: Yeah, exactly. Who may or may not even capture what you want to do. Maybe they came off the last one. [00:34:02] Speaker D: And they came off the last one, which was from with Brendan O'Brien, I think was the one before. Think so? You know, maybe they didn't like that experience, or they felt it didn't come out the way they wanted. Who knows? But, yeah, I think in general, he's doing a good job. [00:34:22] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, there's a couple of dry bits here and there, but it doesn't ruin the overall effect of the songs when it happens. So that's ultimately what matters. The general vibe and the one good. [00:34:37] Speaker D: Thing about the soul. I like how he used the space. Like, he played the note, and then it was like a big gap of nothing. [00:34:42] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:34:44] Speaker D: Because sometimes you can overplay, which sometimes I try to keep conscious of not to overplay all the time, because it's easy to do that. It's harder to play the note and let it sit there for a second, as opposed to just trying to fill it up with stuff. So, yeah, he does a really good job on the solo. I like it a lot. [00:35:07] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:08] Speaker D: All right, let's just back it up a little bit, and then we'll continue on. [00:35:16] Speaker A: I see dream lighter than everything I thought that we were higher than God higher than God. [00:36:01] Speaker C: Of a weird ending. Yeah. [00:36:04] Speaker D: I mean, some of the endings are a little weird. [00:36:05] Speaker C: Yeah, a little bit, yeah. [00:36:07] Speaker D: I mean, I'm starting to think that the reason that things sound like this is because they're tuned down, like, to d. Well, not tuned down. The low string is tuned down to D. Drop D. So you get those chords that, like a big ring out chord. Like, he likes doing that. Like, he did it over here, too. Like, right before the solo in at the end, he had that chord that ran out. So he kind of combines the low stuff with some higher things, and that's kind of. It just makes their sound so unique, because no one does that. Well, not as much as them, anyway, as far as I can tell. You want to go first? [00:36:46] Speaker C: Sure. I like the lyrics. I'm going to say an eight on the lyrics again. I really like the music on this one. Say eight on the music production. I guess in the beginning. [00:37:06] Speaker D: I don't. [00:37:06] Speaker C: Know, but I think towards the end, I kind of felt that everything was gelling. So I don't know what I was expecting in the beginning because I said, it's funny, mentally, I said, I think this one I'm going to give a seven, but by the end of the song, I'm satisfied. And the fact that they didn't open up in the second side and second part of the solo, I say to myself, this is what they wanted to do, so they're in charge of their ship here. So I'm going to give production an eight, too, on this one. What do you think? [00:37:34] Speaker D: Okay. Yeah, I think I'm going to do the same thing. I was thinking maybe doing a seven on a production, but I think that when listening back to it, I think they did exactly what they wanted. And. Yeah. Could it be a little more. Less dry? But that was the time, though, too. After all, the 80s super produced, like, drums and everything was produced so much. The 90s was way less production. [00:38:02] Speaker C: A record of its time. Yeah. [00:38:04] Speaker D: And not always to the better. Sometimes to the better, right. And sometimes not to the better. I like the guitar solo a lot. I just like the song in general. I think it's just a really good song. And I'm getting more upset that I haven't listened to this. This is the first time I'm hearing this in, what, how many years? [00:38:24] Speaker C: Yeah, well, I mean, I'm also thinking, too, that, again, the radio situation back then in 98, that we're still playing, even if it wasn't, let's say, z 100 stuff or top 40 stuff. We still had the rock station in New York. And they played the hell out of grunge. So, I mean, this, to me reminds me. It's kind of got that Seattle, Alison chains, even some SDP. I mean, I even hear some Hendrix in here. I don't know why this wasn't played on the radio. I mean, I still think in 98, we can probably go back and see what they were playing. But considering that there was still this station that only played rock, I don't understand why they wouldn't have played any of this. It doesn't make any sense to me. But again, that's the problem. Sometimes you got to go out and find it. And I'm sure there's Kings X fans who all know this record. But from a standpoint of somebody who would love to. Because I'm telling you, I would have owned this record. I'm sure whatever singles came off of here. And probably hearing the first one, and probably even this, if they did a second one, even if by then I would have, like, I'm picking this up. This is. [00:39:37] Speaker D: Yeah. Oh, I would definitely would like this. And again, like. Like we said in the last episode, we know King's x. We've heard of King's x, but it's just one of those bands that I never had a chance to dive into. You know what I mean? Because I knew they were around. [00:39:59] Speaker C: Everybody talked about Kansas. [00:40:01] Speaker D: Yeah. I don't know. It's just weird that I didn't really have a chance to. I didn't kind of, like, look at this at all. Because I'm sure there's other stuff. [00:40:13] Speaker C: This is why we thank the wheel. [00:40:15] Speaker D: Yeah, the wheel does pick good stuff, I have to say. [00:40:19] Speaker C: She's been on a roll, man. She's been on a roll. [00:40:22] Speaker D: All right, so the next one is a song called happy. Let's see what this does. [00:40:51] Speaker A: Sang. Independence Day with an old bank washed and raised and all fall down no sound yet a rain turning gray and the jury without to play doesn't matter someone said there's tomorrow gown in the jungle down in the gate get it all, get it over something different. Something has. [00:42:20] Speaker D: Think I might have found my favorite song so far. [00:42:23] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, that just checks off. All the boxes right there, it's got that quiet intro again. Right? But this time they did the payoff. There's nothing dry about it. The drummer is riding on the crash and it's just open but balanced, right? Like open but balanced. Like, well produced, great simple riff. The bass is majorly prominent. And obviously, especially in the first part of the verses and even during the beginning riff, the low end on the bass is just like rumbling. [00:42:57] Speaker D: Yeah, no, it's got everything you want. [00:43:00] Speaker C: I think it's got good lyrics. I mean, the melody is really good. [00:43:05] Speaker D: Now, the only thing I could say is that back in 98 was, would this be a song they would have played? [00:43:11] Speaker C: I think they could have. [00:43:17] Speaker D: But I'm wondering to the post grunge thing at this point, I don't know. [00:43:26] Speaker C: I'm going to look up the rock charts while it goes on. Because I'm really curious to see what was going on back then and why some of these wasn't. [00:43:35] Speaker D: I'll read some lyrics. [00:43:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:43:37] Speaker D: The rain came independence day with an old flag washed and raised and the child sang all fall down no one heard it. Not a sound I like on the second part, where he doubles himself higher, because that's definitely him. That's definitely not anybody else. But it sounds really good. Yeah, the rain came turning gray and the jury went out to play doesn't matter if someone said there's tomorrow, go to bed and then chorus is. There's that high vocal stuff, whether that's Ty tabor or the drummer or both of them together, I don't know. So I'll be happy and then there's no drama, no trauma down in the jungle, down in decay and then I'll be happy part again then getting over, getting older something's different, something has changed yeah, it's really good. [00:44:31] Speaker C: Lyrics are really good. [00:44:33] Speaker D: Music is good. So I'm just going to back it up a little bit and see. I'm assuming they're going to do the same thing with the bass and stuff in there. Second verse. Let's see. [00:44:48] Speaker A: In the jungle where the beat is strong nothing shocking loud is long like the middle of a dream I was walking when I scream I could never go back to battle rhythm of my youth move forward, someone said you can make it watch your head no drama, no drama down in the jungle, down in decay get it over get it over something is different, something has change when your world comes crashing down and there ain't nothing you can do about it and when everybody's done your own and you're feeling all toned down now. The kingdom of everything within and then love yourself is not a sin and if there's a light inside it'll shine if there's a light inside it'll shine it's. [00:47:36] Speaker D: So, what do you think of that? [00:47:39] Speaker C: I like that. It reminds me of. There was some Hendrix, I feel, that was going on in there. [00:47:44] Speaker D: You had, like, the first, kind of. [00:47:46] Speaker C: Like David Lee Roth screaming in the background. And again, the restraint. Right. I mean, listen, I would have liked the solo, maybe after that, which is a compliment to him, because I just think he's a good solo player. But there's restraint, and they're writing these songs the way they want to write them, and they're still keeping it interesting, even though there isn't a solo. So I think they're doing a really good job. [00:48:12] Speaker D: Yeah, I don't think it needs a solo. [00:48:17] Speaker C: No. Like I said, I just like him because I think he's a good solo player. [00:48:22] Speaker D: Oh, yeah, me too. I would like to hear something. [00:48:24] Speaker C: I wouldn't mind them. No, but again, they keep it interesting. [00:48:28] Speaker D: I like the drum beat, and I like the call and response lyrics where the second one is kind of, like, in the background, like megaphone style. [00:48:38] Speaker C: Yes, I like that, too. [00:48:41] Speaker D: So here it is. Here the lyrics. When the world comes crashing down there ain't nothing you can do about it and when everybody's done you wrong and you're feeling all towed down now the kingdom of everything's within and to love yourself is a sin if there's a light inside it'll shine if there's a light inside it'll shine as that whole breakdown, which just like. Junk, junk, junk. It's very heavy, but, like, in the chorus comes in and then it's really super light again. They're good at taking the light in the dark and sticking in one thing. Yes, it's pretty cool. I liked it. I like that breakdown a lot. [00:49:17] Speaker C: There's hooks in there, too, right? I mean, that's what it is, too. There's melody hooks that you can hold on to. And again, the chords are interesting. [00:49:29] Speaker D: They all do an awesome job. I like the drums on here, too, a lot. [00:49:33] Speaker C: Yeah. Considering what place this is on the record, it could be a real stinker at this point, but. It could be. But instead they throw what could be the best song on the record on the second side. [00:49:48] Speaker D: Middle of the second side. Yeah. Let's continue it. We got like a middle leaf. Here we go. [00:49:53] Speaker A: No drama down in the jungle down in decay getting older get it over something different. Something has changed. [00:50:55] Speaker C: Kind of weird ending, but. Yeah. [00:50:58] Speaker D: No, but I really do think this is my favorite song so far. [00:51:01] Speaker C: Yeah, this could be my favorite, too. [00:51:03] Speaker D: This, I think, and groove machine so far are my favorite, too. [00:51:07] Speaker C: Yeah, I have to go back and listen to the. I haven't gone back to listen to the first set again, but I will. I mean, I'll probably relisten to this record. This is going on the rotation. Yeah, this is definitely going in the rotation. [00:51:24] Speaker D: I guess I'll go first. So lyrics? I like the lyrics a lot here. I'm going to give them a nine. I think they're the best lyrics so far on the record for me. Musicianship. I'm going to give that a nine, too. Actually going to give that an eight. I don't know if I can give it a nine, but I'm going to give it an eight. Everything's good. If it had a solo, I'm going to give it a nine, but I'm going to give an eight. It doesn't have a solo, but it doesn't really need the solo. I'd like to break down so much that it really doesn't need anything there. [00:51:57] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:51:59] Speaker D: And then production, I'm going to give a nine because I think he did an awesome job on this song. It's everything you want. So. Yeah, I like a lot. What do you think? [00:52:10] Speaker C: I'm going to say nine on the lyrics. I thought they were really good. I'm going to say nine on the music, I think because some of the stuff that I kind of wanted in this stuff before that wasn't there, that it was here. So again, I would have liked solo just because I think he could have ripped a good one over this. But I like the breakdown of what they did. Production. [00:52:37] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:52:38] Speaker C: You know what? I'll say a nine on the production, too. It's just a really strong song just based on the fact that it was balanced and I like what they did, but, yeah, that's a really good song. [00:52:53] Speaker D: Yeah, I don't think. You can't really complain about that. That's everything I want. [00:52:58] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:53:00] Speaker D: All right, so the next one is Mr. Evil. Mr. [00:53:05] Speaker C: Evil. [00:53:05] Speaker A: Throw me a freaking bone here. [00:53:10] Speaker C: It's his cousin. [00:53:11] Speaker D: Yes, his cousin. Dr. Evil's cousin. Mr. [00:53:14] Speaker C: Evil. Mr. Evil or his dad. Mr. Evil is my father. [00:53:22] Speaker D: I'm curious to see what this is about. Who is Mr. Evil? I'm curious. [00:53:51] Speaker A: Daddy's got control Daddy got the power daddy got you cold and he's been chasing your lover away whatever it takes for him to get way now. Mr. [00:54:51] Speaker D: Yeah, those, those vocals, man. I know that the pre chorus part reminds me of something, but I can't place it. [00:55:00] Speaker C: It reminds me of a little, I would say, like Alison Cheney or down, which he was also part of Lane Staley. It kind of reminds me of that kind of. So, yeah, but it's interesting. [00:55:15] Speaker D: Yeah, I like the riff. The riff's kind of like got a bluesy thing going on, but it's not really a bluesy thing. [00:55:20] Speaker C: Yeah, right. Yeah, it's weird. [00:55:22] Speaker D: That's what it feels like. The lyrics are Daddy's got the money, daddy's got control, daddy's got the power, daddy's got you cold. And then the pre chorus is. And he's been chasing your lovers away whatever it takes for him to get his way. Do you know, do you know, do you know, do you know Mr. Evil? So obviously this girl's dad, I would assume so, yeah. Is super control over her and what she does and anyone she brings back. [00:55:53] Speaker C: To the house or maybe a certain kind of person she brings back to. [00:55:58] Speaker D: The house, maybe possible. It's not overly like that, but it sounds like he does it to everybody. And he's been chasing your lovers away. So it's kind of everybody. Not just him. [00:56:14] Speaker C: No. [00:56:14] Speaker D: He just happens to be there right now. [00:56:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:56:20] Speaker D: Isn't that the theme of every 80s teenage movie? [00:56:26] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:56:26] Speaker D: The father chases Daddy. He has a wife. They have a lot of money, right? Pretty much. And he's chasing away all her boyfriends and the wife. [00:56:37] Speaker C: You know, you were poor and my dad didn't like you either. He's like, okay. [00:56:44] Speaker D: Now the question is, is that what's going to happen here? Probably not. [00:56:48] Speaker C: I doubt it. I don't think so. With a song called Mr. Evil. [00:56:53] Speaker D: Yeah, I don't think so. [00:56:54] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:56:55] Speaker D: Here we go. [00:57:00] Speaker A: Daddy told me today it I gotta grow me that he'd kill me he said that bad things would happen to me. Whatever it takes him to get rid of me, don't. [00:58:36] Speaker D: Acoustic solo. [00:58:38] Speaker C: Not at all. But that was good. [00:58:40] Speaker D: It was really good. [00:58:41] Speaker C: I like it. Yeah. [00:58:43] Speaker D: It wasn't something I expected to happen. [00:58:48] Speaker C: No. But again, it is kind of like I said, it does remind me of alison chains a bit. And I can picture Jerry Contrell doing something like. So. [00:58:59] Speaker D: Yeah. No, it was totally unexpected, but I really, really liked it. He's so versatile as a guitar player. It looks like he can play all these different things. [00:59:10] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:59:11] Speaker D: And the slide thing kind of like, kind of fits that little bluesy ish kind of lick that he has going on. [00:59:16] Speaker C: Yeah, totally. It totally brings in the. What am I saying? It spices up the bluesiness of it. Let's say whatever you can hear in that beginning. [00:59:31] Speaker D: Okay. And the lyrics are. Daddy told me today I got to go. Told me that he'd killed me I thought that that verse. But it felt a little cut short. A little bit, because it's half the length of the other one. It just feels a little short. [00:59:45] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:59:46] Speaker D: But I can kind of overlook that, I think. So then he said that bad things would happen to me. Whatever it takes him to get rid of me and then back to the court. So he's going to get rid of everybody. It doesn't matter. You are. [01:00:04] Speaker C: It sounds like your father works in construction. [01:00:06] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:00:07] Speaker D: He's going to put some concrete down. [01:00:09] Speaker C: Yeah, that's what it sounds like. [01:00:11] Speaker D: Except you're going to be in the concrete. [01:00:13] Speaker C: Yeah, exactly. [01:00:16] Speaker D: Let's back it up. [01:00:19] Speaker A: And he's been chasing your lover away whatever it takes for him to get his way down. [01:01:07] Speaker D: Yeah, that was pretty good, too. [01:01:09] Speaker C: Yeah, good. [01:01:13] Speaker D: I really wasn't expecting that, so. Well. [01:01:15] Speaker C: Yeah, no, it's cool. [01:01:19] Speaker D: I guess I'll go first. So I'm going to give eight on the lyrics. I like the lyrics, even though they're simple. They're very simple. But they get to the point of what he's trying to say here. There's really no hidden meaning, I don't think, in this. [01:01:34] Speaker C: I don't think so, either. [01:01:37] Speaker D: So whoever this guy is, he's going to get rid of. Get rid of her boyfriend no matter who he is. [01:01:46] Speaker C: Yeah. Don't bring anybody here. [01:01:47] Speaker D: When you walk up to the set, he said, I'm going to kill you today. [01:01:51] Speaker C: Yeah, I know. [01:01:55] Speaker D: That's just typical of all those kind of movies where crazy, bring somebody home and they have a lot of money and the dad's like one of those guys. [01:02:08] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:02:08] Speaker D: I'm going to give eight on the music, too, especially since that solo was there. Was awesome. I kind of like the riff. And I like his melodies. Again, he does the four lines generally for the verse stuff, which is kind of his thing. I'm going to give it eight in production because I liked it. I thought the production was good. I think it's been getting slowly, been getting more consistent as I've been going along. So I like it. What do you think? [01:02:37] Speaker C: I got to say seven on the lyrics. I mean, they're straightforward, they're cool music. I'm going to say an eight. I mean, again, they kept it interesting and I really like that slide guitar solo, too. Projection. I'm debating a little bit. I thought there were some parts that are just a little flat and some parts that were good. So just based on that, I'm going to say seven. I don't think it was badly produced, but I've given eights to stuff that I think was better. So I'll say seven on the production. So seven, eight. Seven. [01:03:11] Speaker D: But okay. [01:03:12] Speaker C: I mean, again, it's a really good song. I mean, I really don't see me skipping anything when I go back to listen to this. [01:03:19] Speaker D: Yeah, this side is pretty solid. [01:03:22] Speaker C: Yeah, absolutely. [01:03:25] Speaker D: All right, so we're getting to the next song, which is called World. Here we go. [01:03:48] Speaker A: It fire cross the water pass the water coming raining season guessing pacified. Wow. Ryan, it. [01:04:15] Speaker D: This is super, like, uptempo for them. [01:04:18] Speaker C: Yeah. I like how they kept it towards the end. [01:04:24] Speaker D: No, I like it, though. [01:04:27] Speaker C: I like it, too. Yeah, definitely like it. [01:04:31] Speaker D: Yeah. I wasn't expecting it to be so up tempo. [01:04:35] Speaker C: No, me neither. [01:04:38] Speaker D: So the lyrics are. Fire is burning smoke is hurling all across the sky cross the water past the border ain't nowhere to hide summer is coming rainy season guess it passed us by. And then again back with the really awesome background vocals and stuff in the chorus. So it's world keep turning world round and round it goes. So basically saying all these things are going to happen, it doesn't matter because the world is going to keep on going. [01:05:06] Speaker C: Exactly. [01:05:07] Speaker D: No matter what, all these things are going to happen to you. [01:05:09] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:05:10] Speaker D: And from what it looks like in the lyrics, it's going to get worse. Here we go. [01:05:28] Speaker A: Hurricanes and tight. Earthquake and mountain shaking ain't nowhere to hide heart breathing lost his knees and water in my eyes well keep well right around me go well out I keep at it. Right about. [01:06:43] Speaker D: Another good solo. [01:06:45] Speaker C: Yeah. I'm glad he threw one in. I wasn't sure if they were going to do a solo. [01:06:50] Speaker D: I know. I had a feeling just because the song is so uptempo. [01:06:54] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:06:55] Speaker D: There's really no place for the kind of like, do just breakdown thing and then just go away. I thought it was good. He uses wawa. Well, it's very good. Seems that he knows how to make the solo build. Like, he builds it from one thing to the other and gets onto the beginning, middle and end, which is always good. [01:07:20] Speaker C: Yeah, I get a little rush vibe in this, I think. [01:07:24] Speaker D: Yeah, I can see that a little. [01:07:26] Speaker C: Live, too, from the second record. If you hear some of the heavier stuff from the second record, I feel some vibes from that too cool. It's good. I mean, it's simple, but it's good. Right? It's just great melody again. [01:07:41] Speaker D: Yeah. So the next lyrics are. Mudsliding, oceans riding hurricane and tides earthquaking, mountain shaking ain't nowhere to hide hard breathing lots of sneezing waters in my eyes then back to the chorus. [01:07:59] Speaker C: Very happy. [01:08:01] Speaker D: And now we actually have one more set of lyrics, too, which for him means a lot. Yeah. So here we go. [01:08:16] Speaker A: Black hate, never gonna die religion matches again everybody dies well, keeping it well. Right, Rocky? Keeping it where? Right round even. Where? Right. Rounding. [01:09:34] Speaker C: Like that little thing at the end there. Yeah, but just the vocals, too. [01:09:41] Speaker D: White racist, black hatred, never going to die religion fascism, armageddon time, doomsday and God saving everybody dies. It's very positive. Yes. [01:09:55] Speaker C: But it's kind of presented in. I mean, it's heavy. The verses are heavy. But again, the chorus comes in. [01:10:00] Speaker D: It's so hot, it's so happy. Yeah. Why don't you go first? [01:10:10] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, I like that one, too. So I'm going to say. I can say an eight on the lyrics. I kind of liked it. I mean, I know it's very dark and depressing, but I kind of understand what he's going for. And again, I like the kind of the presentation of it. Music was great. I'm going to say an eight on the music again. And production was good, too. It wasn't dry. It was opened. So I'm going to say an eight on the production. I mean, again, another really good song. So, what do you think? [01:10:48] Speaker D: Yeah, I think I'm going to do the same thing. Eight sold across the board. It was good. I like the solo in it, too, even though the song is kind of. The lyrics are kind of depressing, but the chorus is so poppy that almost makes you forget about what the lyrics are. And the melodies are good, so that kind of helps. Yeah, I mean, this side generally. I mean, this side has been great. This side is just as good as the first side. [01:11:18] Speaker C: Yeah, from what I remember. [01:11:19] Speaker D: Yeah, I think so. I mean, like I said, it's very rare to get a record that has two good sides without having a lot of filler. [01:11:31] Speaker C: Yeah, there's pretty much no filler on this record that I can remember specifically. [01:11:38] Speaker D: Now, the last song is some kind of live thing. So do we play this? We could play it, but we just don't have to. I don't think if it's a live thing, we're not gonna. We're not gonna vote on it. [01:11:51] Speaker C: Is it like an official song of theirs? [01:11:53] Speaker D: I have no idea. Well, let's play a little bit of it. We'll see. [01:11:59] Speaker C: Okay. Yeah. [01:12:00] Speaker D: So, Walter Belafarcus. Here we go. Was that guy yelling mission? [01:12:31] Speaker C: Yeah, it's one of their songs. I looked it up. [01:12:36] Speaker D: It's just too funny. Maybe he was playing the beginning of the song. [01:12:40] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:12:43] Speaker D: We'Re not going to do that. [01:12:44] Speaker C: That was very funny, actually. [01:12:47] Speaker D: Yeah, it is pretty funny. I mean, that's what happens with live shows, right? Shit like this happens all the time. All right, let's see what else happens here. [01:12:59] Speaker C: Okay, we're going to do a new song that we're writing. We're going to write it right at this moment now for something completely different. [01:13:55] Speaker D: That's like if Beavis and Butthead did jazz feet. Yeah, that's what that is. [01:14:01] Speaker C: It's like beavis singing vocals on that. [01:14:04] Speaker D: Doesn't it sound like that is what it sounds like? [01:14:06] Speaker C: Yeah, that's actually funny. It does sound like that. I mean, clearly this is just a fun. [01:14:14] Speaker D: Oh, yeah, they just fool. [01:14:15] Speaker C: Dang, man. [01:14:16] Speaker D: Probably the end of the show. Right? But it is kind of fusiony, though. It's kind of jazz fusiony, though. It's kind of weird. [01:14:24] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, the music is cool. [01:14:29] Speaker D: The guy yelling, though, is pretty funny. [01:14:31] Speaker C: Yeah, that's funny. [01:14:33] Speaker D: Right? This is almost done. Let's play through it. Let's play it out. [01:14:37] Speaker A: You sa. Thank you. [01:15:31] Speaker C: Good night. [01:15:32] Speaker A: Ty's idea. Somebody will get you for all this, Ty. [01:15:38] Speaker C: And then we're going to do a jazz fusion weird song. I really hope they played mission for that guy. [01:15:53] Speaker D: Yeah, that guy keeps telling me mission, mission. [01:15:55] Speaker C: So, actually, and it's funny because at one point I thought I heard somebody say shoes. And that is another song of their shoes. [01:16:02] Speaker D: Maybe that's what they're yelling, too. [01:16:04] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm pretty sure. I don't know if it was a girl, but I heard somebody saying shoes. [01:16:10] Speaker D: Well, Beavis wasn't letting anyone do anything. It's too funny. Yeah, I don't think we need to review. [01:16:19] Speaker C: They were just having fun. [01:16:21] Speaker D: That's just silly. [01:16:21] Speaker C: I mean, the music was good. [01:16:23] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:16:24] Speaker C: Especially if they really improvised that on the spot. [01:16:28] Speaker D: Who knows? Maybe they had worked that out prior, but whatever. Just screaming his head off. That's a weird, weird something to put at the end of a record, right? [01:16:43] Speaker C: Yeah, but what else would you put. [01:16:47] Speaker D: Is the time, though? With CD time, you can stick as much shit as you want on. Right? [01:16:52] Speaker C: Yeah. And I mean, again, this is like an album they feel like they made for themselves and they produced it. So they're like, whatever. Hey, let's throw this on there. [01:17:03] Speaker D: Yeah, it was really good. I was happy we got this record. If by some weird reason we get another king's x somewhere in between. Our rule. If you haven't listened to us before, we have a rule that the same band can't come in, come up for ten albums. Right. [01:17:21] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:17:22] Speaker D: But if King's x comes back again, I think we may have to call an audible. [01:17:26] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, this was really good. Yeah, I'm really happy. This is probably like the whole album is going to make the playlist at this point, I assume, right. [01:17:36] Speaker D: I'm going to look at it right now and tell you probably, yeah, pretty much almost everything. [01:17:41] Speaker C: Yeah. Well, obviously not the last song we. [01:17:44] Speaker D: Just heard, but, yeah, pretty much almost everything. [01:17:47] Speaker C: Yeah. In other words, you listen to us, listen to the album. [01:17:53] Speaker D: Yeah, no, it was really super good. I really like it. [01:17:55] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm really happy we got this. I'm really happy. Always been a band has been on my radar, but I wouldn't have started here. I would have started towards the beginning. [01:18:06] Speaker D: I'm glad we started here because this shows you what they kind of moved up into. Who knows whether I like the earlier stuff more or I'll like the later stuff more. Who knows? But I'm probably not going to listen to anything else just because now I have to wait, see if we get it again. [01:18:21] Speaker C: Yeah, exactly. [01:18:22] Speaker D: If I can hold off. [01:18:24] Speaker C: I am curious, though, to know, I mean, if anybody, obviously, whoever listens to the podcast, please chime in and tell us what if you're big fans of the band and you know a lot about them, what you think about this in comparison to, like, faith, hope, love, and gretchen goes to Nebraska, maybe even Dogman. I mean, I know that dog man, the song was a hit, but maybe the album was different. So if you look at this and say, I don't like this, because it's not really what they sound like, it's kind of whatever, that's possible. But we're coming into this blind and pound for pound, song for song, it's really strong. [01:18:57] Speaker D: What I know is that I know his guitar stuff changed on Dog man. He changed guitar sounds and stuff, changed amplifiers and did some stuff different than he did prior. So I don't know if that's something that makes it different than the other stuff. You know what I mean? [01:19:16] Speaker C: Could be. [01:19:16] Speaker D: So who knows? But that was really good. I'm really glad we got this. [01:19:20] Speaker C: Yeah, me too. [01:19:21] Speaker D: This was awesome. And so next week. We're going to do a little bit of something different. We're not going to spin the wheel. We're going to pull an album that recently came out. As of the recording of this, we're not going to say exactly who it is or where it's from, but it's going to be something. A recent release, let's put it that way. [01:19:41] Speaker C: Yeah, very recent. [01:19:43] Speaker D: Something I think we will be interested in talking about. [01:19:46] Speaker C: I think so, too. [01:19:48] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:19:49] Speaker C: It's an individual that's been on the podcast before, and it's an album that's getting mixed reviews at this point. [01:19:58] Speaker D: Yeah, I'm interested to hear it. I'm not going to listen to it. I'm going to wait for the podcast. [01:20:02] Speaker C: Me neither. [01:20:03] Speaker D: Generally, I would have probably listened to this already, but now I know we're going to do it. I'm not going to listen. I'm going to get a fresh perspective like that time. And whether that's going to be good for me or bad for me, I don't know, but we'll see. [01:20:16] Speaker C: I know. Well, I mean, like I always say, right? Sometimes it's a blessing and a curse the way we. Sometimes you listen to it piece by piece and you can appreciate the song better. Or sometimes the song just needs to go all the way through for you to kind of really soak it all up. I am very curious to see what this album sounds like. [01:20:38] Speaker D: Yeah, me too. [01:20:39] Speaker C: Yeah. Some things we heard recently about what may or may not have been going on may come up. [01:20:45] Speaker D: We'll kind of discuss that, too, during the. [01:20:47] Speaker C: Yeah, we'll talk about that, I'm sure. I think your ears will be well trained to hear the things that we've been discussing. [01:20:56] Speaker D: I'm going to have to really pay attention because I wasn't paying attention before, so now I'm to going have to. [01:21:00] Speaker C: Pay attention anyway, out of the horse's mouth. [01:21:05] Speaker D: All right, so, sav, why don't you do your thing? [01:21:08] Speaker C: Yeah, we are part of the Deep Dive podcast network again. Like I always say, great bunch of guys took us in right away. They do more individual podcasts of the bands like Rush again, our budies at Rush Rash, a shout out to them. Uriah Heap, Tom Petty, Queen, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, you name it, they're probably on there. So if you're a fan of a band specifically, and that's kind of your thing, check them out. Probably more knowledgeable than us in most of this stuff. And they've been around for a while, so clearly they know what they're doing. So check them out. And, Mark, where can they find us? On the interwebs. [01:21:43] Speaker D: On the interwebs. Rockroulette pod on all the social media. Rockrouletpalcast.com set your podcast app to download our episodes so you get the newest stuff as it comes out. Rate us on wherever you listen to, whether that's good pods, whether that's Apple podcasts, wherever you Spotify, wherever you listen. We appreciate you guys listening. If you can throw us a five star review, that'd be awesome. That kind of helps move us up and have more people listen to us. So we continue to do this because I think we enjoy it just for good. Like an album like this, which we never would have listened to. I would never listen to this album my own or wouldn't have started here. And I'm glad we got this. I got a bunch of songs that I really like, and I'll be able to stick that on my list of things to listen to. So it's awesome. [01:22:29] Speaker C: Yeah, this will definitely go on to the thing. And again, like I say, sometimes at the beginning, it's a journey of discovery and rediscovery. So this is definitely a discovery. And I was also very happy that it came up. [01:22:44] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:22:44] Speaker D: Because I think we all have heard King's x enough and always came up. And always the musicians say they're the musician band, you know what I mean? But I never listened to that. I don't know why. There's no reason I should. [01:22:59] Speaker C: Me neither. I mean, I heard a couple of things that I wasn't crazy about. But again, who knows? If you're going into a band and you listen to just two songs, for all you know, those could have been the two worst songs of that band ever wrote. And then you listen to the rest is like, oh, my God, the rest of it is amazing. [01:23:19] Speaker D: It's awesome. We got it. And like I said, hopefully get some more kings x. That'd be great. [01:23:24] Speaker C: Absolutely. I'm down for it. [01:23:25] Speaker D: So I guess we will see everybody next week. [01:23:29] Speaker C: Yes. Chow chow. Later.