122. Mind Blown! YMAAA Conversations That Could Change How You Hear Music

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This week, Al takes a break from the usual format to revisit nine previous episodes where the guest changed the way that he thinks about or listens to music. Al groups the excerpted discussions into the two groups: guests who helped him to give artists he had neglected a more careful listen and guests who taught him to think about music in new ways.

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0:17 Al explains why he is revisiting some past episodes on this episode

Insights into Artists Al Didn’t Get

3:58 Peter Case on Bob Dylan’s self-titled album (Ep. 114)

7:04 Rain Perry on Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska (Ep. 65)

11:33 Sam Coomes on Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat (Ep. 98)

18:35 Anita Lee Elliott on Ace Frehley’s self-titled album (Ep. 71)

24:14 Michael Peter Olson on Van Halen’s 1984 (Ep. 111)

The Different Ways We Listen To Music

28:48 Greg Saunier on Atrium Musicae de Madrid’s Music of Ancient Greece (Ep. 103)

38:07 Glen Phillips on Dirty Projectors, Lamp Lit Prose (Ep. 64)

44:31 Kristin Hanggi on India.Arie, SongVersation: Medicine (Ep. 87)

49:05 Kelley Deal on Julian Cope, Droolian (Ep. 100)

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