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"A Day in the Life" by The Beatles
Wake up, fall out of bed, and drag a comb across your head, cause Strong Songs is finally doing an episode about The Beatles.
Microtones, Minimalism & the Bebop Scale
Mailbag episode! Kirk answers your burning musical questions about songs from Parks & Rec, Black Sails, Lovecraft Country, and What We Do in the Shadows, as well as microtones, minimalist...
Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition
The Wildlings are south of the wall, the robots are rising up, Seventh Kavalry's on the move, and two percent of the world's population has vanished. Time for another edition...
"Hyperballad" by Björk
It's early in the morning; no one is awake. From the top of the mountain, the soft light of dawn comes into view. You take a deep breath, and prepare...
Good Synths, Bad Acoustics & Moana
Mailbag episode! Kirk tackles your questions on subjects ranging from a Warren Zevon piano part, to the unfortunate prevalence of bad acoustics at live shows, to why Moana is such...
"The Chain" and "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac
Thunder only happens when it's raining, and Strong Songs only crams two songs into an episode when it's super warranted.
"Wedding Song" from Hadestown
Who's gonna lay the wedding table? Who's gonna make the wedding bed? And what about the rings? Funny you should ask.
Muppet Whistles, Throat Singing & Steely Dan
Mailbag! Episode!
"No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age
It's time for a journey of the mind, as Kirk picks apart one of the best hard rock tunes of the early 2000s.
"4'33" by John Cage (Twenty Thousand Hertz)
It seemed pretty unlikely that Strong Songs would ever cover John Cage's infamous "silent" composition "4'33", so we figured, on this off-week, it'd be fun to run an episode of...