Latest Decomposition Podcast Episodes
Kiss From A Rose- Seal Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - July 11, 2018 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis song is probably about something. Or, to say the least, it feels like it should be about something. Seal has never expressly stated why he wrote the song, but he does say that the feeling of the song is more important than the actual words. What is the grey? Is this about a cocaine prob...
Me and Decomposition Down By The Schoolyard; An Homage To The Work of Paul Simon
Decomposition Podcast - June 27, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWe have spent so much of our time discussing terrible songs. Some we love despite this, some are bad songs written by good artists, others are just straight up horrendous. But today is a special day. Today is the day that we discuss and artist we love and the decades worth of wonderful songs ...
How Bizarre- OMC Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - June 11, 2018 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsPauly Fuemana, the sometimes-ascot-wearing New Zealander/ Polynesian gang member, had a far more bizarre life than this song would have you believe. In fact, the story in the song is quite dull. They drive, they chat with a friendly cop, then maybe hit up a circus. And yet, it was all over th...
Hungry Like the Wolf- Duran Duran Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - June 04, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWe have all loved this song. We have all sung along to this song. We have all misunderstood the lyrics (aside from doo do doo do do do do...) Turns out, its quite misogynistic and VERY rapey. We will never mis-hear it the same way again. As you may have guessed, this episode is very giggly....
Party Hard- Andrew W.K. Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - May 28, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsParty, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, party, p...
Ironic- Alanis Morissette Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - April 02, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratings"Ironic," was EVERYWHERE in 1996. You couldn't escape it. And it turned into Alanis Morissette's biggest hit to date. This song is challenging. Unless you're Alanis Morissette, she kinda just doesn't care. Nothing mentioned in this song is actually ironic, they just suck. But this week we t...
Joyride- Roxette Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - March 26, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThere's a lot happening in this song, and yet not so much at all. Plenty of Google Translate, nonsense lyrics, sugar-pigs...who knows. But the song, nontheless, is outstanding. This is a fun, wacky episode where we teach Cody a little about sex-ed and he provides some evidence that hair metal...
99 Problems- Jay-Z Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - March 19, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis week we discuss a young, cocaine-dealing entrepreneur and the myriad bitch-related problems that he has. WARNING This episode has more explicit language than usual. However, as it was relevant to the song choice and our discussion, we left it in. I could only really tell you about three ...
Jonas Bros.- Year 3000 Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - March 12, 2018 04:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsLet's put it out there; The Jonas Brothers were designed to appeal to children, we get it. But their music is still pretty garbagey. Who is this Peter anyway? Is he a pervert, or a murderer, or a pervert/murderer? We don't get answers to that, but we do get possible answers to how their grea...
Tal Bachman- She's So High Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - March 05, 2018 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHistory, myth, religion, ancient aliens, and the perfect child-murder scenario. This episode really has it all! Starting our second year, we talk about the song that inspired us to do this podcast in the first place. It isn't the worst song, by any means, but it definitely has plenty of flaws...
A Real-Time Reaction to an Unreleased Smash Mouth Song
Decomposition Podcast - February 26, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsRoll it! Steve Harwell seems like an angry man. We kinda hope he starts a twitter feud with us. Denis had no idea what was coming walking into with this one, so we had the unique pleasure of introducing him to one of the funniest things the internet has given to us, an unreleased song by Smas...
Weezer; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly part 3: the Ugly
Decomposition Podcast - February 19, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsTeresa has no fun...none, whatsoever. She is angry, she resents this, she hates every single minute, and it is awkwardly apparent. She also, as the episode progresses, realizes that she doesn't know ANY of these songs. She didn't buy ANY of these albums. She has a serious Weezer blind-spot.....
Weezer; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly part 2: The Bad
Decomposition Podcast - February 15, 2018 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIt is our one-year anniversary. So we invited Decomposition favorites, Teresa and Josh, to help us kill our heroes, Weezer. We each have chosen a particular Weezer song and decompose what it is that makes Weezer a mediocre band Josh pulls a fast one on us and Teresa has to admit that there ar...
Weezer; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly part 1: The Good
Decomposition Podcast - February 12, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIt is our one-year anniversary. So we invited Decomposition favorites, Teresa and Josh, to help us kill our heroes, Weezer. We each have chosen a particular Weezer song and decompose what it is that makes Weezer a great band Be sure to stick around for the sing-along at the end...it's the hap...
EPISODE 50: Patrick Flynn, The Billy Joel Apologist
Decomposition Podcast - February 05, 2018 05:55 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings50th Episode Special: We were lucky enough to have an awesome, recorded conversation with Patrick Flynn (The Original Cast) about Billy Joel. Brad is not a fan. Patrick is a huge fan. Katie has no strong opinions...other than that she loves Oliver and Company. We go through Joel's catalog o...
Omigod You Guys- Legally Blonde The Musical Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - January 29, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsKatie and Chris are musical theater nerds. Katie also loves the movie "Legally Blonde." As it turns out, these two things do not work together. Chris is the only one of us who has actually seen the musical, but says that , for the most part, the rest of the music is not really any better. Th...
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now- Starship Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - January 22, 2018 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsBrad pulls a bit of a bait-and-switch on Katie this week. She loves this song and declares it "a perfect song from a perfect movie." She is, however, on a lot of drugs. Rhymes? Who needs 'em? Grace Slick sings the word "Crazy," as if she were legitimately crazy...which she might just be. Al...
Whoomp Vs. Whoot (There It Is)- Tag Team/ 95 South Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - January 15, 2018 05:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis episode is hopefully more entertaining to listen to than it was to research. Katie loves both of these songs, despite not knowing that they were, in fact, two different songs. 95 South wrote it first, but Tag Team had the bigger hit. They are ode's to strip clubs, booties, and partying. ...
Brave- Sara Bareilles Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - January 08, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsKatie HATES Sara Bareilles. It is an irrational hatred that she struggles to explain. She feels sorry about that...and she feels GREAT when she can find even the most basic of justification. Meanwhile, friend and Baltimorian, Matt, doesn't even know the song...but that's fine because he also ...
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All- Air Supply
Decomposition Podcast - January 01, 2018 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsMatt and Brad grew up in a household where Air Supply's Greatest Hits was constantly playing. Over the years they have kept that very cassette tape in working order. Matt stole it from their mother. Brad subsequently stole that tape from Matt. Katie has then had to endure the tape...which is...
The Christmas Shoes- NewSong Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - December 25, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIt has been a hell of a year for us here at Decomposition Podcast, and we've saved the worst for last. NewSong may or may not have been inspired by an actual story when they wrote the song "The Christmas Shoes." And that awful song inspired not only a book, but a movie trilogy. It's supposed ...
You Make It Feel Like Christmas- Gwen Stefani f. Blake Shelton Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - December 18, 2017 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsKatie was a big No Doubt fan back in the day. This year, for Christmas, Gwen Stefani released her own terrible, terrible album of Christmas tunes. "You Make It Feel Like Christmas," didn't (or hasn't yet) reached the top of some oddly specific Billboard charts. Even with the combined might o...
Do They Know It's Christmas- Band Aid Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - December 11, 2017 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsA Christmas-charity song that helped raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia...who knew this would be such a grim tune? At the time it was the UK's biggest selling single. A collection of popular singers gathered to sing an admittedly bad song, with problematic lyrics. You're going to hear ...
Christmas Wrapping- The Waitresses Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - December 04, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsLet's get festive!! This is a looooooooooong song. And, its one of Bumpercar's favorites...or so we tell him. Actually, we all enjoy this song. But the story is terrible. The narrative is weak and the story itself is just long and boring. Who or what is Egyptian Lover? Are people in Akro...
When It Rains It Pours- Luke Combs Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - November 27, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsFellow Mountaineer Luke Combs (aka Redneck Shrek) has exploded this year on the country music scene. He should have finished out his last day at school, perhaps he would have learned what the saying "When It Rains It Pours," actually means. Where exactly is I-65? Why on Earth would a Carolini...
Female- Keith Urban Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - November 20, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsKeith Urban's almost-two-week-old hit "Female," is a misstep. He tried to do something constructive in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and just ended up recording a song that would have benefited from a rewrite. Instead we just have a pile of vaguely-related lady-words, benevolent sex...
Butterfly- Crazy Town Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - November 13, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsShifty, Epic, Epique, DJ AM, the Drummer...These guys were riddled with problems. The least of which was their ubiquitous, massive hit single. Insects or incest? Little Lolita and Lollipop Porn. Remarkable amounts of crack cocaine. And, of course, a heroin-fueled murder/ suicide. All in t...
I Did It- Dave Matthews Band Decomposition
Decomposition Podcast - November 06, 2017 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWhat was it that Dave Matthews did? Anybody? This song was the beginning of the end of rock superstardom for the Dave Matthews Band. They hired a producer who they thought could sell albums. Unfortunately, it failed to feature most of the band and didn't produce the quality of music that peop...
A Nightmare On My Street- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince Halloween Special
Decomposition Podcast - October 30, 2017 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThe emotional scars of this song run deep. Katie saw approximately 10 minutes of one of the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies and, to this day, is haunted by the thoughts of a guy named Fred who "wears the same hat and sweater everyday." However, this song proved to be a living nightmare of ens...
California Dreams; Actors Gone Rogue
Decomposition Podcast - October 23, 2017 04:50 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsSaved By the Bell was, and is, a cultural phenomenon. California Dreams was not. And yet, it still somehow wiggled the theme song into our collective consciousness for the next several decades. Why was a forty plus year old "power trio," writing songs for teens? Do they sound better than any...
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