Latest Decomposition Podcast Episodes
Graduation (Friends Forever)- Vitamin C Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - March 27, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsVitamin C wrote some middle school poetry when she was 27. She didn't quite sing it, then it was released in '99, and became a hit in 2000. There are a TON of problems with this song. What is the timeline? Does she only care about two people in her class? Is Heather the dullest person on the...
China Girl- David Bowie Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - March 20, 2019 04:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHEAR YE! HEAR YE! David Bowie and Iggy Pop cordially invite you to the drug ball!! "Let's Dance," was rock-legend David Bowie's most commercially successful album. It also contained this garbage number. Co-written and originally recorded by Iggy Pop, it may be about a Vietnamese woman. But t...
Walk the Dinosaur- Was (Not Was) Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - March 13, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis is a crazy, fun, ridiculous song... which is why we love it. Super-producer, Don Was, created something that makes no sense, and yet somehow makes perfect sense. What would you use to make a drink called "Monkey Skull." Does this song take place in the Mario Bro.s movie universe? How di...
Tarzan Boy- Baltimora Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - March 06, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsForest or jungles? Are they the same? Sara live-fact-checks us until we get her to join in the conversation. TMNT III. Nonsense all-around and a new bleeping record. There are too many versions of this song. www.michigansportsandentertainment.com
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)- Big & Rich Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - February 27, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis episode is all over the place. Country pop, Hich-hop, disco? Equine preservation societies. PETA members. It's very confusing. Katie gets a new nickname (Kathryn the Better-Than-Most.) Sexy cows, sexy accountants, Love pirates, Omarion. All over the place. Great song, though. Also,...
Steinmania Part 3: "Total Eclipse Of The Heart," Bonnie Tyler
Decomposition Podcast - February 20, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHappy 2-year anniversary!!! Concluding our 3-part series, Steinmania, we tackle what might be the most insane Jim Steinman song yet. Well, it's certainly the most insane video. Bonnie Tyler teamed up with Jim Steinman to deliver a powerhouse ballad. Tyler's distinctive vocals and Steinman's ...
Steinmania Part 2: "Making Love Out of Nothing at All," Air Supply
Decomposition Podcast - February 13, 2019 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHappy anniversary! This week we are re-releasing one of our most popular episodes. Brad's brother, Matt, first appeared on Decomposition to talk about Air Supply's 1983 hit "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All." Laughs abound, and you might even learn a little something along the way! Also in ...
Steinmania Part 1: "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through," Meat Loaf
Decomposition Podcast - February 06, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHappy 2-year anniversary!! This year, Brad and Katie are putting out a 3 part series on the works of crazy, evil, rock-genius Jim Steinman. Part one is a remastered version of their early episode on the Meat Loaf hit "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through."
T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)- Will.i.am f/ Jennifer Lopez, Mick Jagger Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - January 30, 2019 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis song is pretty insufferable. Will.i.am recorded this song for his album #willpower and then decided to nix it, which we understand. Both Mick Jagger and J-Lo phone-in a performance... cool. There's a lot of talk about Will.i.am's penis (or someone else's, it isn't clear.) Statues, by the...
Never Tear Us Apart- INXS decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - January 23, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsKatie had a revelation, she loves INXS, she just didn't realize that all of these hit songs were by the same band. Jamie and Brad, however, have always been on board. "Never Tear Us Apart," was on the seminal album "Kick," and one of 7 hit singles from this monster release. We discuss the use...
No Diggity (feat. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen)- Blackstreet Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - January 16, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsTeddy Riley is a legend in the R&B world. Credited with birthing New Jack Swing, as well as co-writing and producing a jillion hit songs. Little did we know how ahead of its time "No Diggity," was when it came out. It was respectful of women and very sex-positive. Don't worry, Katie gives us...
Sex And Candy- Marcy Playground Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - January 09, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis is a record setting song. Let that sink in for a minute. Marcy Playground wrote a sleepy, nonsense song in an hour. That song shot up to #1 and stayed there for 15 weeks. Lazy songwriting, odd pronunciations, no bridge... and this was the best song on the album. Probably any subsequent...
Walk Like An Egyptian- The Bangles Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - January 02, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHoly Banana! This is a strange song. Somehow it's about people trying to keep their balance on a ferry. Written by Lionel Whatshispuss. It also features MOST of the Bangles singing and playing their instruments. The massive success of this song may have been the beginning of the end of the ...
Re-Release: The Christmas Shoes Remastered Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - December 26, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingstoday we are re-releasing last year's Christmas episode where we invite Teresa to Decompose the hit song by NewSong, "The Christmas Shoes."
STOCKING STUFFER! All I Really Want For Christmas- Lil Jon feat. Kool-Aid Man Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - December 24, 2018 22:06 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAs a Christmas gift this year we have decided to give you a little stocking-stuffer of an episode. When we heard the 2018 song "All I Really Want For Christmas," by Lil Jon feat. Kool-Aid Man (what?) we knew we had to record an emergency episode of Decomposition. We reached out to several frie...
Wonderful Christmastime- Paul McCartney Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - December 19, 2018 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsA giggle-fit from the get-go. The moon/ mood is right. Right? This song pays Sir Paul approximately $400k a year in royalties. A million (approx,) the sounds of many instruments being thrown down stairs, cat's jumping on a synthesizer, the odd "Ding-Dong," "AAAAHHHHH, Don't look down," and so...
Fairytale of New York- The Pogues (feat. Kirsty MacColl) Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - December 12, 2018 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThe Pogues never had a hit in the U.S. However, this song has become an annual favorite on radio stations all over the country and has landed on the British charts 14 times. I guess if Elvis Costello dares you to write a Christmas song then you do it. We get into their possible homophobia, dr...
Christmas Every Day- David Archuleta Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - December 05, 2018 05:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsDavid Archuleta is still a celebrity. He has just released his second Christmas album and this is the lead single, though it feels like he is trying to get himself into an Old Navy campaign. the song is a pile of Christmas drivel. His cadence is strange. The song is nonsense and comes off as...
Get Here (If You Can)- Oleta Adams Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - November 28, 2018 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis is the longest song ever. It's only four and a half minutes long, and yet it goes on forever. We discuss deserts, Wind-surfing, mental teleportation, and terrible cabaret performances featuring death and 'Oh Holy Night." Does this song need a bass solo? Does it need a saxophone solo ON ...
Send Me On My Way- Rusted Root Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - November 21, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsKatie saw Rusted Root live, they were fine. Brad owned two of their albums, they were also fine. There's no doubt that this song inspires sheer joy and has, thankfully, stood the test of time, despite not really charting that high at the time of its initial release. But '95 was a tough year. ...
Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - November 14, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsKatie and Tim argue Thats about it Queen was great and Tim is wrong
Private Eyes- Hall and Oates Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - November 07, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWe have always just kind of assumed that "Private Eyes," was a creepy, stalker-ish song. In a rare moment for Decomposition, you get to bear witness to a real-time reaction to learning the truth about this hit song that isn't "Your Kiss Is On My List," despite how it sounds. We also learn a lo...
Addams Groove- (MC) Hammer Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - October 31, 2018 09:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHappy Halloween! Brad is hopped up on vitamins, caffeine, and beer for an episode on what may be our most ridiculous song to date. MC Hammer was a global sensation who was not above a cash-grab movie tie-in. He's very clearly not familiar with the source material. Brad gets real for a moment...
Champagne Supernova- Oasis Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - October 24, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsOasis dominated the charts in the mid-90's. And yet, none of us, to this day, know what on earth they were singing about. Namely, Noel Gallagher doesn't know what he was writing about. He could only think of one word that rhymes with "hall," which is interesting when you are a professional so...
Are You Gonna Go My Way- Lenny Kravitz Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - October 10, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsLenny Kravitz is Rock N Roll Jesus. Or at least he pretends to be in this song. Fortunately Katie is able to real-time check and see if that holds true. All that and a Lenny History lesson! Did he out-Zeppelin John Paul Jones? Did he out-Iambic-Tatrameter Shakespeare? What the hell is an an...
Unskinny Bop- Poison Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - September 27, 2018 02:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIn the late 80's Poison was the hottest rock band around. In the early 90's they put out this hit. Guess what its about... C.C. bangin' a porno queen? C.C. masturbating? Or C.C. just using nonsense fillables? Lets re-live the good old days (and listen to Katie's cringe-worthy contempt,) as...
The Humpty Dance- Digital Underground Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - September 04, 2018 22:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis is an amazing song. It seems goofy, but upon closer inspection you really get the sense of genius that goes into it. It promotes body-positivity, not being afraid to do your own thing, world peace, and humptiness forever. There is so much happening in this episode. Every time we get to ...
California Gurls- Katy Perry (ft. Snoop Dogg) Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - August 22, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis is the greatest summer song of all time. Is it bad? No, it isn't. It is exactly what its supposed to be, upbeat, fun, a little bit sexy, and ridiculous. It was also a monster hit. Foul gummy bears, artful butt pics, a candy pimp, The Slap Chop, and "What, What? In the Butt." It doesn'...
I Was Jack (You Were Diane)- Jake Owen Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - August 08, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsYou all remember Donna Vee, comedian and country music fan. Well, we have found a country song that she does not care for. It's not your grandmothers meatloaf, as she puts it. It's a nostalgia double-down... a song reminiscing about a song about nostalgia, get it? Also, what is this trite, g...
Soak Up The Sun- Sheryl Crow Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - July 25, 2018 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWe start by recounting our vacation at Montreal Jazz Fest and discuss some of the excellent bands that we saw: Elise Legrow, The Suffers, Teke Teke, and how Brad is so white that he can go to Canada and get a sunburn. Sheryl Crow has given us some great songs. "All I Wanna Do," "Every Day Is A...
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