Sexy Secreto Saxophone | S4 E1

[00:00:06] Speaker A: Hey everyone. Welcome to what I listened to this week. We're back with a brand new season. It's 2026, season four. [00:00:14] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:00:15] Speaker A: Which is really exciting. Season four. And Molly's back. [00:00:20] Speaker B: It's been a while from season one. [00:00:21] Speaker A: From season one, you just like time. [00:00:25] Speaker B: Travel to the future. [00:00:27] Speaker A: Amazing. It's like when shows bring back characters from the first season. This is awesome. Unfortunately, Eric is not with us tonight because he is feeling a little under the weather, so he canceled. But we're gonna hold down the fort. We actually have a song from Eric, so we'll still play his contribution. We hope he feels better soon. But it's that time of year. Everybody's sick, everything's going around. So hope that he's on the mend soon. Um, but yeah, so it's Sergio, it's Melanie, it's Molly, and we're excited to do some music in 2020 26. But first we're gonna keep it going with our sort of season three starter that we implemented, which is what's new and good. We're gonna keep that going. Cause I think it's probably what we need in the world right now is to talk about what's new and what's good. So I will. I'll kick us off. So what's new and good with me is that we have some land now. We bought land, which is really exciting. And what I'm excited about is that we set up some trail cams a couple weeks ago. And I think we're gonna maybe go down and get collect some footage from it this weekend. So I'm like keeping my fingers crossed that there's gonna be some like, fuzzy buddies that are on those trail cams that I can. That I can see. But we'll see. They've been. They've been recorded. I don't know how long they live for, like battery wise, but we set them up two weeks ago. So we'll see. See what happens. We'll see how much footage it collects. It's probably a whole lot of nothing that we'll have to kind of sift through. But. But yeah, I'm excited to collect the footage from those. [00:02:16] Speaker B: And yeah, maybe you'll catch bigfoot. [00:02:19] Speaker A: Yeah, that might be it. Or just watching. Yeah, I mean, when we were down there a couple weeks ago, there was definitely some like, bear prints on the snow. So. Yeah, so looking. Looking forward to. To seeing what it captures. We also found a deer skeleton on the property, so maybe we'll. There's definitely deer in the area. And so we'll see. So, yeah, that's what's new and good with me. I'll throw it to Sergio. What's new and good with you? [00:02:49] Speaker B: I don't know why you reminded me of the movie Misery. Where have you seen that? Have you guys seen that? [00:02:53] Speaker A: The Kathy Bates one? [00:02:54] Speaker B: Kathy Bates 1. When I'm just thinking of you guys on the land, and then someone holds, I don't know, captures you guys or something. But that's not new and good. That's new and bad. [00:03:04] Speaker A: Horror movie. [00:03:07] Speaker B: What's new and good? Let's see. A year ago, almost a year ago, we started remodeling her basement bathroom. [00:03:13] Speaker A: Oh, God. Was it really a year ago? [00:03:15] Speaker B: Yeah, last February. [00:03:16] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:03:18] Speaker B: But we just demolished it. We didn't, like, actually start working on it until, like, the summer. [00:03:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:23] Speaker B: Because I was going through and making an album on Google Photos. Anyway, we finally finished tiling the shower, so we're slowly making progress. A year later. [00:03:34] Speaker A: Yay. [00:03:35] Speaker B: I think that's it for now. [00:03:38] Speaker A: I mean, that's huge. [00:03:39] Speaker B: It's a lot of work, keeps me busy. No screens. And it's kind of fun. [00:03:44] Speaker A: Yeah. And it looks good. I think it looks good. Cool. All right, Molly, what's new and good? [00:03:51] Speaker C: I am almost done with my coursework for school. [00:03:54] Speaker A: Yay. [00:03:56] Speaker C: It's basically made me just fall off the planet for two years because I haven't had time for anything else. So it's nice to be able to see the end of the tunnel and start looking forward to being able to do fun things again, like writing. I have so many ideas in my head that I want to start working on writing that I've just been shoving down a little bit because it's like, if I start working on these now, before I'm done with school, I will not finish my homework. [00:04:23] Speaker A: Yeah, homework sometimes has to come first, unfortunately. [00:04:26] Speaker C: So it's like, write a couple notes, save it for later, but don't think too much on it. Otherwise I'm just going to ignore the things that I need to take care of. So I'm almost to the point, though, where I can start working on that because. Cause it's been a while since I've been able to do anything really creative. Because, again, school. [00:04:42] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I think that's. It's really exciting. I feel like I have a hard time finding time to do things creative because of work. So it's like. I mean, it's not quite the same, but, like, it's super important to, like, set aside time to do that. Kind of stuff, even if it's not like, a lot of time. Like, you gotta. You gotta do something. [00:04:59] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:05:00] Speaker A: So that's really exciting. Yay. Can't wait to see what you create. Yeah. [00:05:04] Speaker B: Are you using AI for your homework? [00:05:09] Speaker C: What I do is I have my school's AI guidelines in a project so that I can go and be like, hey, can you grade this paper for me so I can see what I need to work on? Like, is it good? Or do I need to do more revisions to it? Or if there's a subject I'm kind of struggling with, I can be like, hey, can you ask me questions to help me think deeper on the subject to make sure that I'm thinking, one, in the right direction, but two, make sure that I actually know what I'm supposed to be talking about so I can go back to my reading if I'm missing something. And then sometimes I'll have it where it's like, okay, this whole conversation we've talked about where I've just been telling you basically what my assignment is and my answers to it. Can you help me organize it into an outline for me of just bullet points? And then I can take the organized conversation of everything that I gave it and then write my homework from there, which has made it a lot easier because then it's like, oh, sweet. I don't need to create an outline from all these random notes. I can just be like, hey, make. [00:06:06] Speaker A: It for me, please. Yeah, that's interesting. [00:06:10] Speaker C: I never have it write my homework for me, but it's like, hey, help, please. [00:06:17] Speaker A: Yeah, that's smart. Well, also, too, because you like writing outside of, like, homework, you don't want to, like, lose that skill. You don't want to, like, lose the ability to, like, write something nice and coherent in your own voice so it makes sense. Like, you can have it, like, help you a little bit, and then you get it across the finish line. [00:06:34] Speaker C: Because there's, like, grammar and spelling is sometimes my weak point. And I just use Grammarly or whatever. [00:06:39] Speaker A: Because Grammarly is amazing. [00:06:41] Speaker C: I've tried to use AI to be like, hey, can you, like, help spell check or whatever for me? And then it'll just rewrite the entire thing. It's like, that's not what I asked for. [00:06:49] Speaker A: Yeah, Grammarly. Grammarly is great. This is not a commercial for Grammarly, but I do. [00:06:53] Speaker B: We're not sponsored by Grammarly. [00:06:54] Speaker A: Yeah, I do like it. I do not yet. I do. I use it. I use it at work, but I've used it for years. And years. And I love it. It's nice. Especially if you don't have a copy editor that can read your stuff for you. It's like you've got a little AI copy editor that can do it for you. [00:07:14] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:07:17] Speaker A: Cool. Well, congrats again on being almost done. Almost there. [00:07:20] Speaker C: We're almost there. [00:07:22] Speaker B: We'll have champagne for you. [00:07:24] Speaker A: Yeah, we'll have champagne. Next time, we'll bring champagne for the bathroom tile and your school. All right, well, let's get into some music. I don't know. What's first up? Sergio. What's first? Sergio. What's first up? [00:07:42] Speaker B: Yeah, DJ Sergio in the house. First song up is called Sexy to Someone by. [00:07:47] Speaker D: Claro. [00:07:48] Speaker A: My song. [00:07:49] Speaker B: Claro, Claire. [00:07:51] Speaker A: Claro. No idea. I don't know. [00:07:52] Speaker B: Anyway, so, yeah, it's cool. [00:07:54] Speaker A: Oh, we gotta tell Molly the new rules. She hasn't been here since the new rules. We implemented these maybe in season two. But our format now is we will play the song, and I'm not gonna give you a preamble. We're just gonna listen, and then you and Sergio are going to react to it before I say anything about it. [00:08:15] Speaker C: Okay. [00:08:16] Speaker A: And so then that way, I don't come in with, like, my favorite. Or I don't come in with a song that's, like, this is my favorite song in the whole world. I love it so much. It means so much to me. Because then you're gonna feel bad being like, I don't really like this song. So this is, like, the most. This is the way that we can hopefully get, like, the most honest reaction out of you. Because you don't know. Because we. We instituted this because we started. Maybe last year. We brought some. We started bringing songs that, like. I brought a song that, like, I didn't really like that much, but I wanted everybody else to, like, hear it and, like, give me their take on it. So this is a way we can get, like, a nice, honest take from folks. So I will let you all speak and then I will. Then I will give my spiel. Okay. Go ahead, sir. [00:09:02] Speaker B: So a song is called Sexy to Someone by. Claro. [00:09:19] Speaker E: Sexy to someone Is all I really want Sometimes Sexy to someone Is all I really want Nothing more nothing less of thought Walking through the park. Sexy I think about it all Checking out of the hotel. [00:09:49] Speaker D: In a movie. [00:09:50] Speaker E: No, I didn't get the part. Sexy to somebody it will let up to you oh, I need a reason to get out of the house and it's just a little thing I can't breathe without. Sexy Something I see in everything Honey sticking to your hands Sugar on the R Nothing more, nothing less I thought take it all down. I want after going When I call a car Send me eyes with the knowing that I could pull it off Ask if I'm doing TV no dick at the job. Sexy to somebody Put me up. [00:11:02] Speaker D: Need. [00:11:03] Speaker E: A reason to get out of the house and it's just a little thing I can't be without. I want to be the. Sexy to. Somebody it put me up oh, I need a reason to get out of the house and it's just a little thing I can't live without. To see to somebody oh, I need a reason to get out of the house and it's just a little thing I can't live without. [00:12:38] Speaker B: All right. That was Sexy to Someone by Claro. Do you want to start or you want. [00:12:45] Speaker C: It took me a second to figure out the word that was coming to my head to describe it. I figured out it was Vaporwave. Like, have you seen that aesthetic before? [00:12:54] Speaker A: Like, the blue and purple swish on the paper cups from the 90s, kind of. That's what. That's. That design is called Vaporwave, for what it's worth. [00:13:05] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:13:06] Speaker A: Maybe. I don't know exactly what you're talking about. [00:13:08] Speaker C: I think it built off of that. Like, some of the stuff that I've. Like, the pictures that I see kind of that fit that aesthetic nowadays are like, sometimes it'll be kind of cyberpunky, and it's like pink and purples and blues, and it's really, like, vibrant, but kind of retro, but also sometimes maybe a little bit pastely. So kind of in my brain, it was kind of mixing, like, pastel lo fi vibes with, like, vaporwave vibes. Vibes was what came to mind. And what was like, popping into my head when I was listening to that was just like, these really vivid images like that. [00:13:44] Speaker B: I also got lo fi vibes, but I felt like lo fi background music. [00:13:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:51] Speaker B: But then her vocals were almost lo fi, too. I was like, huh, that's really interesting. And maybe it did influence my thought because I was like, I maybe want to hate the song, but it was very catchy. [00:14:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:14:06] Speaker B: And fun to bop your head to. I know nothing about this artist. I never heard this song. Sounds like maybe something a millennial would make or. Gen Z. Gen Z. Yeah. A lot of autotune, I'm guessing. Probably. Yeah. I mean, it was fun. [00:14:28] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. So I. I remember I first heard this song in, like, November when I was traveling back east and I heard it somewhere, like on the radio in like an Uber or something like that. And I was like, oh, that's. Or maybe I heard it on the radio on the way to the airport, but I remember it was like I was on my way to travel or traveling and I was like, oh, that's a catchy song. And then I was like, I should look up what it is later. And then kind of forgot. And then on that trip, I was in a hotel bar and it came on in the hotel bar. Okay. And I was like, oh, my God, it's that song again. And it was like a matter of like, it was like a two day period where I was like, oh, my God, it's that song again. So then I actually looked it up. But yeah, it's such an earworm. Like, it was lodged in my brain for like, weeks at a time. Yeah. I mean, I think it's one of those things where it is super catchy. I like the, like, vibe of it. I think the one thing that, like, it's got that. I've talked about this before in the podcast, so it's got that, like, breathy baby voice. [00:15:30] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:15:31] Speaker A: I was gonna kind of like, oh, my God. Like, didn't anybody sing any different? [00:15:36] Speaker C: That is not my favorite type of singing. Something that popped into my head where I was like, the rest of it's good, right? [00:15:41] Speaker A: Exactly. And it's like every artist that I hear that has a voice like that, I'm just like, oh, my God. Does anybody else sound any? Like, is there any. Anybody else that sings today? [00:15:51] Speaker C: No. [00:15:52] Speaker A: It feels. It feels like it's a dying art, but it's such an earworm. And I'm like, man, there's just something about it. I also really like the synthy flute. [00:16:02] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, that's that little hook that was. [00:16:04] Speaker A: And so there's just so many hooks in it that are like, man, this is like a really kind of catchy song if you can just take that breathy baby sort of like, element out of it. And I think too, like, in general, like, I was actually like three thinking about the song when I was listening to it today. And like, I like the sentiment of it because I think like, the world, the. Our post Covid world that we live in, so many of us, me included, like, it's hard to leave the house, like, when we. When so many of us who don't really like leaving the house were forced to stay in the house and we were like, oh, wait, this is amazing. Yeah. And then it's like, now Leaving the house is like, oh, my God, I have to leave the house. But it's like I sort of have that feeling sometimes where it's just like, I need a reason to get out of the house. And so, like, I kind of like that sentiment of, like, you want to look cute and you want to, like, go out with your boot and you want to, like, you know, whatever, show off. And it's like every now and again, even some of the introverts, like me, want to do that. So I think I, like, appreciated the sentiment a little bit. I almost could, like, imagine somebody, like, sitting in their basement recording this song. Like, she's got all the. I don't know how. I actually don't know a lot about this artist either. I know she's based in Boston because I looked that up five minutes before we started recording. She's pretty young. She's like, 27. So I think maybe Gen Z was correct there. [00:17:30] Speaker C: Maybe. [00:17:31] Speaker A: Yeah, but, sorry. Pretty young. That's relative to everybody. It's young to me, but I think that, yeah, it's like, I could imagine somebody thinking about this and then sitting in their basement recording this song. [00:17:48] Speaker B: Alone, she has 17 million monthly listeners. That's wild. [00:17:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:17:54] Speaker B: Wow. [00:17:54] Speaker A: I mean, I think I feel like if I heard it in a hotel bar, like, it's got to be pretty main mainstream, right? Like, I don't. I. I'm, like, such a bad gauge of, like, what kids like these days. I do know they, like Breathy baby. Although I'm one of those kids, and. [00:18:14] Speaker C: I don't know either. [00:18:18] Speaker A: But I think. I mean, like I said, if it was in a hotel, I mean, it was a hotel bar just outside of Boston, so maybe she's got a hook at the. Whatever. Fairfield Marriott, Wooburn. But anyway, also, too, like, I will say that I had some good times in the hotel bar with my coworkers, so I think there's, like, a positive element to it. Yeah. Anyway. Yeah, that's. That's the song I chose. It's more upbeat than what I was initially thinking of bringing. So. [00:18:53] Speaker B: Yeah, check out the album. [00:18:54] Speaker A: It's gonna be lots of bunch now. It's gonna be back in my brain for, like, the next six weeks. Like, it was one of those ones where it's like, I could. I was actively listening to other things to try to move it out of my brain. But, yeah, it's a good one. [00:19:07] Speaker B: That's a fun choice. [00:19:08] Speaker A: All right, well, thanks. Thanks for listening. [00:19:10] Speaker B: Yeah, thanks for bringing it. [00:19:12] Speaker A: What's next? [00:19:13] Speaker B: All right, the next One is called Secreto de Amor, which translates through Secret of Love by Guayna. [00:19:38] Speaker D: Sa. [00:20:31] Speaker A: Gloria. [00:20:57] Speaker D: Morning. I. [00:24:41] Speaker A: Man, that saxophone intro. [00:24:43] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:24:44] Speaker A: Some Kenny G vibes right there. I almost started laughing with right at the beginning, and then I didn't, because something about that cheesy saxophone just, like, I don't know, makes me giggle. I was getting. This is weird, but, like, I know I talked about it a little bit when it was on a few months ago, but I got, like, very into Eurovision this year. [00:25:07] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:25:08] Speaker A: And I was getting, like, so much Eurovision vibes. I think it's just because of, like, the drama of it. I think what was interesting is that it would have these, like, very dramatic parts where you could see a guy standing on stage just singing to a giant crowd. But then it would be dancy and kind of fun and it would pick up a little bit. It was sort of different sections of a story almost, which was kind of cool. Great voice. Really good singing voice. Very impressive. Most operatic, in a way. Yeah. I think my one criticism is that I feel like it went on a little too long, that last chunk. I was like, I don't know if we need this, but. Because I feel like it was just like this big, like, ending, and I was like, oh, it's over. And then it's like, no, it's not over. There's a coda. I just don't know if we. If we needed that. But that's just. That's totally my. My thing. But, yeah, that was fun. Yeah. Very dramatic. I can, like, picture him on stage in Eurovision. Anyway. Sorry. [00:26:16] Speaker C: Yeah, the opening sax solo. My sister is a saxophone player, so when that started playing, I was like, I bet she would love to learn something like this because she likes finding saxophone solos sometimes and learning how to play them. So that popped into my head and then Coco popped into my head because it gave me some of the same vibe. And, like, I could see this song being sung by the. I'm blanking on his name, but the. The one dude dressed in white, starts. [00:26:41] Speaker B: With an E. E or M or something. Yeah, I know, the main villain guy. [00:26:45] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:26:46] Speaker B: Just like the mariachi guy. [00:26:47] Speaker C: Yeah. So that popped into my head, but that the ending was really scratching my choir nerd brain, because one of my favorite things when I was in choir was having, like, those really big, like, vocal sections with all the different layers for all the different parts. And the ending part. Well, I agree, the song went on a little bit long. It was the ending part with all the different chords and everything. It was just Scratching that part of my brain of, like, ah. I missed this from choir, of just hearing the layers upon layers of voices and notes. Because you don't. You don't hear that all that often. It's very niche places that you hear it. So I was like, ah, this brings me back to my roots. [00:27:28] Speaker A: Yeah, it's like. It was very composed. Like, it was very. Like, everything felt. Yeah, very. I don't want to keep saying the word dramatic, but, yeah, it felt like it was very. Both, like, orchestral and. Yeah. Choral in certain sections as well. Operatic in certain sections which, like. I don't know, it's kind of interesting. There's a bunch of different things coming together. [00:27:54] Speaker C: I particularly like when notes get crunchy and then release. So the fact that I'm doing crunchy notes. Yeah, the crunchy dissonance, having that at the end and, like, having it bounce between kind of this crunchy and then letting it go and then crunchy and letting it go is like crunchy notes. [00:28:09] Speaker B: That's a good band name. [00:28:10] Speaker A: Crunchy notes or cereal. Yeah, I love crunchy notes. It's all those music notes. The seconds are the crunchiest. [00:28:20] Speaker B: Yeah. So this song came out, like, a week or two ago. A new ep. I believe you pronounce it Guayna. He's Puerto Rican. He actually started singing reggaeton and Spanish and, like, Latin rap. That's how I heard of him. But recently he's been like, doing other Latin styles of music. He's did flamenco. He's done cumbia. And then this new EP is mostly around salsa. And I haven't heard salsa music in a while. And I feel like just. I think given the state of the world and helps make things fun a little bit. A little much needed, you know. [00:29:04] Speaker C: Fun to your ears. [00:29:05] Speaker B: Yes, fun to your ears. But, yeah, I thought the. The saxophone in the. In the intro was kind of funny. He reminded me a lot of Mark Anthony singing some of his vocals. [00:29:17] Speaker A: That's a blast from the past. [00:29:20] Speaker B: Yeah, very dramatic, operatic. Kind of a combination of different genres in salsa, which is kind of interesting. I do agree. I think it did go on a little too long. And then the cowbell at one point, it's like, very overpowering. And I'm like, okay, you could have just brought that down a little bit. Anyway, it's a. Yeah. Fun song. So if you like salsa, definitely recommend hearing the ep. [00:29:49] Speaker A: That's interesting that he went from, like, reggaeton to, like, rap and now this. Like, that's. [00:29:55] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:29:56] Speaker A: It's interesting not knowing his catalog, but that's yeah. That's pretty impressive, huh? Cool. Neat. [00:30:03] Speaker C: Fun. [00:30:04] Speaker B: Yeah, fun. So, all right, the next song. I'll skip Eric's and go back and we'll go to Molly's. So the next song is called up from the Bottom. Not down from the top, but up. [00:30:18] Speaker D: From the Bottom by Lincoln. Inside it feels like I'm barely breathing? Feels like air is running out inside? A sting at a ceiling you put up to keep me down? Down, down, down, down? [00:30:59] Speaker F: Waking up without a name? Opened up my eyes? Knowing nothing, nothing is the same? Circling around a drain As I realize that there's no one else to flame? [00:31:07] Speaker D: You keep me waiting down here so far below? Staring up from the bottom, up from the bottom? I try escaping but there's nowhere to go? Staring up from the bottom, up from the bottom? Each time I hold my fist inside my pocket? Hold my breath until I'm blue? Feels like a night push Deep inside a socket? Bristling listening to you? [00:31:48] Speaker F: Waking up without a name? Opening my eyes? Knowing nothing's gonna change? [00:31:52] Speaker C: Change? [00:31:53] Speaker F: Circling around a drain As I realize that there's no one else to play? [00:31:56] Speaker D: You keep me waiting? Down so far below? Staring up from the bottom, up from the bottom? Try escaping but there's nowhere to go? Staring up from the bottom, up from the bo. [00:32:20] Speaker F: Everybody out that devil is coming? Poison on his lips and his words mean nothing? Cold like a mountain top? Father never loved him? Mama said he's bad enough times that it's sunk in? Everybody out that devil is coming? Promise you the world? But he's always bluffing? Before you even know it's a trap you're stuck in? He's gone like a ghost Already off running? [00:32:56] Speaker A: Waiting down here so far below? Staring up from the bottom, up from the bottom? [00:33:04] Speaker D: I try escaping but there's nowhere to go? From the bottom? Got to get out of here? From the bottom? Got to get out of here. [00:33:23] Speaker B: Man, that was like a blast from the past. I haven't heard L Park in a long time. [00:33:27] Speaker A: What's so interesting is that, like, even though it's a different singer, the second it started, I was like, yeah, this is Lincoln park, which is, like, kind of cool, right? Like, how long has it been since, like, I don't know when they, like, first came on the scene or whatever and were, like, really popular and, like, I'll call it semi mainstream culture. And it's been eons, like, since I was in probably high school, so, I don't know, early 2000s. But it's like, unmistakably Linkin Park. Which is kind of cool that, like, even though the singer, the original singer is no longer here, that they were able to still, like, keep that sound is. I don't know. I think that's kind of cool. Especially, like. Yeah, yeah. Such a blast from the past. There's definitely, like, a part of me that I don't know that's like, the teenage version of me inside that's just like. [00:34:25] Speaker C: You love this. [00:34:27] Speaker A: Listen to it all the time. [00:34:31] Speaker B: You can. [00:34:32] Speaker A: No, I know I can. I'm a adult. I can make decisions. [00:34:34] Speaker C: You can eat ice cream for breakfast. You can listen to whatever music you. [00:34:37] Speaker A: Like and listen to Lincoln park while I eat ice cream for breakfast. No, it's good. I mean, I love the vocals so much. They're so powerful. And it's catchy. Super catchy. Yeah, man. It's just. Yeah. It's like, unmistakably Linkin Park. [00:34:55] Speaker B: I don't think I was expecting a woman to sing. I have not followed Linkin park, so I don't. [00:35:00] Speaker A: And it's like one of those things where it's like. I remember reading that, and then when I heard. I don't think it was this song, but another song. When I heard it, I was telling you before we started about how I heard a Linkin park song, like, in a bar or something recently, but I forgot. Like, I had forgotten. And so, yeah, hearing it again, I was like, oh, yeah, that's right. [00:35:19] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:19] Speaker B: Part of me was like, oh, man, I want to listen to Meteora right now. So I'm trying to be objective, to not let my previous, you know, what Linkin park was in the past judge what it is now. But no, I think. Yeah, I think she did great. She reminded me of. There's a band called Hail Storm. [00:35:38] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, yeah. [00:35:41] Speaker B: Her V. Yeah, the vocal sounded similar. That's another really good band, if you haven't heard of them. Yeah, it was fun. I don't know. Yeah, I liked it. [00:35:54] Speaker A: It made me want to mosh a little bit. [00:35:55] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:57] Speaker A: Punch some people in the face. [00:36:01] Speaker B: But when the guy sang, it did also, like, bring back, like, whole, like, old school Linkin Park. [00:36:07] Speaker A: Yeah. But, yeah, that, like, classic rap bridge. [00:36:12] Speaker B: She also reminded me of Paramore. [00:36:13] Speaker A: Yeah, I got. Yeah, that was exactly what I thought of when it started. I was like, oh, it's Paramore with, like, Linkin Park. It's like a mashup. [00:36:20] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:36:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:36:24] Speaker C: But, yeah, I. Initially. The first time I heard the new singer, I follow League of Legends, and they did the League of Legends world's Anthem. Not Last year, but the year before, and it's called Heavy as the Crown. And I heard it and it felt like Linkin Park. And I was like, this makes me so happy because I love a woman who can scream, like, in metal and whatnot. So being able to hear her and have it still feel like Linkin park without her trying to be Chester felt so great, because it's like, this is still Linkin Park. They are still Linkin park without trying to copy what they had before. And then the new album came out, and actually the first time I heard this song, I was playing Fortnite with some friends because they have a rock band game mode in there. And the song came on, I was like, okay, I'll listen to it. And then it did not leave my head for weeks after we did that. And like I said, I've been getting back into writing recently, and it actually got added onto my writing playlist because I have a very particular scene that plays in my head for one of the stories I want to work on for that song. So it's like, it's been in my head a lot. And I played it for a co worker at one of my jobs recently, and he was like, this sounds like Linkin Park. I didn't know they got a new singer. This sounds like Linkin Park. And it's like, for me, I grew up listening to Breaking the Habit, Bleed it out, all that kind of stuff. And it's like this. This feels like home in a sense. It's new, but it's also old in the same way. And I have a lot of fun listening to it. [00:37:57] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, we were talking about before we started recording that today. I pulled out my. One of my, like, CD. You know, those, like, things that hold all the CDs. I don't know if there's, like, a name. Yeah. Like, it's like, yeah, CD binder. I have one in my office. And it's because I was in a meeting recently and somebody I was in a meeting with, we were talking about, like, habits for the New Year. And this person said that one of their habits for the New year is that they're going out and they're buying CDs. They're starting to listen to CDs again because they want to get off a bunch of streaming services. And so they were listening to all these CDs, and I was like, oh, I should, like, look through my CDs. And then today, when I was thinking about music to bring and stuff, I feel like sometimes when I'm in a not great place, mentally. I tend to go back and I look at old stuff I used to listen to because it's kind of like the comfort food music. So I was flipping through all my CDs, and, yeah, it's all that Linkin park. And there was a Chevelle record that I found, or CD that I found today, and I was like, oh, man, now I really wanna listen to this. And then we were talking about. I was listening to Coheating Cambria today when I was working, which is like, again, blast from the past. But, yeah, it's like, when you hear stuff like that and you listen to stuff like that, you're like, oh, yeah, I don't know. And it makes you feel really good because it makes you think of other times. But also with this stuff, it's new, so it's kind of neat to have that excitement and hope for new stuff that sounds like something that's very warm and familiar. Yeah. [00:39:35] Speaker B: Have you listened to the whole album? [00:39:38] Speaker C: I've listened to most of it. [00:39:39] Speaker B: Is it worth listening to? [00:39:40] Speaker C: If you like this, I would highly recommend it. [00:39:42] Speaker A: Sweet. [00:39:43] Speaker C: Every. Every song I've heard from the album, I keep on fighting to go, like, actually listen to all of it, but I keep on having different songs from it come up. And I've heard most of it at this point, and every song that comes up is like, this is so good. This makes me so happy. [00:39:56] Speaker A: Do you know how many albums they've done with the new singer? [00:39:59] Speaker C: It's only the one. It's the one. [00:40:01] Speaker A: It's the. [00:40:02] Speaker C: There's the one version and then there's the deluxe version. [00:40:05] Speaker A: Okay. So you were talking about the. Would you say League of Legends. They did this. Is that song on this album? [00:40:11] Speaker C: I think so. Okay. But they did that a long time before they started. [00:40:17] Speaker A: Okay, Got it. [00:40:18] Speaker C: Before they started announcing the album, I think. [00:40:20] Speaker A: Okay. [00:40:20] Speaker C: If I remember the timeline correctly. But, yeah, if I remember correctly, Heavy as the Crown was the first thing they did openly with her. Like, I think they'd been working on the album with her leading up to that and leading up to the album release. But Heavy Was the Crown was the first time I think, that she really started performing more out in the open. I think. I think I might be wrong. [00:40:42] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:40:42] Speaker B: It seems like Heavy is a Crown is on the deluxe edition from Zero is the name of the album that. [00:40:48] Speaker C: Is also a good song that I would highly recommend. And yes, I am a nerd who plays games. And that is the first time I heard the song was League of Legends World. [00:40:55] Speaker A: Cool. [00:40:56] Speaker C: The music video for it. [00:40:57] Speaker A: That's a cool. Way. Awesome. Sweet. [00:41:00] Speaker B: Good choice. All right, do we want to play Eric's? [00:41:04] Speaker A: Yeah, let's play Eric. [00:41:05] Speaker B: Okay. [00:41:05] Speaker A: He. He contributed it. We can give our reaction. He just won't be able to defend it. So I looked up really quickly, like, a one line about the artist, so I can at least speak to that. But. [00:41:17] Speaker B: All right, well, so the last and final song is called Ascension by Berlioz. Berlioz. [00:43:29] Speaker D: It. Sam. [00:44:42] Speaker A: Man, Eric always coming in with the bangers, even when he's on here. [00:44:46] Speaker B: I know. I wanted to say I hate the song. [00:44:48] Speaker A: Right. And I could try, but I can't say that. [00:44:51] Speaker C: It was such an adventure. [00:44:53] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. So good. [00:44:56] Speaker B: I didn't know you could blend jazz with, like, EDM or like. Like lo fi beats like that. [00:45:02] Speaker A: It was so good. I wanted it to keep going. It was too short. I wanted more. I'm gonna listen to this, like, all night. It's like. It's so cool because it's like, yeah, it's jazz, but it's, like, dancy. It's kind of, like, dreamy, sort of ethereal. Your sister would love it because there's so much saxophone. True, true. Yeah. It's just really interesting because it's like. Yeah, you think it's going one way and then it's going another way. An adventure is a good way to put it. [00:45:36] Speaker C: Such a trip. [00:45:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:40] Speaker B: Yeah. What did I just listen to? Where am I? What do you know about the artist? [00:45:47] Speaker A: Yeah, so I looked it up. So he was born in South Africa, but he grew up in England, I think in Cornwall is what I read. Which is interesting because for those of you who listened to the last episode of season three, you'll remember Eric saying that some of the best jazz is coming out of the UK and Europe right now. So this tracks for that statement that he made, but he is a jazz house musician and dj. [00:46:16] Speaker B: House. [00:46:16] Speaker A: Jazz house. [00:46:17] Speaker D: Wow. [00:46:17] Speaker A: Okay, so that's like. That's his genre. And I think there was. I think Spotify defines him as if Matisse was a dj. Just kind of interesting. And then the one other. The fact of the episode for me is that he is not. He did not. His name is not Berlioz. It's like, Ted something, which makes sense because, like, Ted. Yeah. But the fact of the episode for me is that he is. He did not take that stage name from Hector Berlioz, who's a famous French romantic composer, but from the character from the Aristocats or the Aristocrats? Not the Aristocats. That's the Disney movie. [00:47:02] Speaker B: Oh, not the Disney movie. [00:47:05] Speaker A: No. Unless. I don't. I don't know if there was. [00:47:07] Speaker B: I think it's the Aristocrats. I don't. [00:47:09] Speaker A: Yeah. Oh, no, it is the Aristocrat. [00:47:12] Speaker B: Okay. [00:47:12] Speaker A: I don't remember the name. I don't remember who Berlioz was from that movie because it's been like a thousand years since I've seen it. Anyway. Yeah, I don't remember who Berlioz was in that, but they were all, like French named Cats. I think there's, like, Toulouse and don't. [00:47:33] Speaker B: Remember that at all. [00:47:34] Speaker A: Anyway, but that's the fun fact is that he's not named after the composer, but an animated cat from a Disney movie. [00:47:40] Speaker C: Always fun. [00:47:41] Speaker A: Yeah. But, yeah, so that's his deal. Jazz house and dj. So now I'm wondering. These are all the questions that I have for Eric is like, does he play the saxophone? Is he laying the track? Does he work with a musician? Does he pull a sample? Yeah, yeah. [00:48:01] Speaker B: That'd be weird to see, like a DJ doing EDM house music, but then a live jazz band behind you or next to you. [00:48:09] Speaker A: Saxophone. [00:48:10] Speaker B: That'd be wild. [00:48:11] Speaker A: Yeah. Not knowing anything about the artist now, I'm very curious in terms of what his skill set is. [00:48:19] Speaker C: Speaking of Eurovision songs, there's a Euroversion song that got Memed, where it's the epic sax solo and then you have the rest of the song. Yeah, just that. [00:48:29] Speaker A: I knew that. That sounds right. I mean. Yeah, that's part of the reason why Sergio's song reminded me of Eurovision was that saxophone. But, yeah, I really liked that. It was, like, funky and sophisticated. I could have totally, like. I imagined I was like, I'm in a very trendy club somewhere in Europe, and this is playing while I'm drinking something. And the lighting's weird, the couches are circular. [00:48:59] Speaker B: Fog machine, lasers. [00:49:02] Speaker A: It's a vibe. It's a vibe. But, yeah, I really like that. Good choice, Eric. [00:49:07] Speaker B: Yeah. We're not saying that just because you're not here, but. Yeah, no, I think we really mean that. [00:49:12] Speaker A: Yeah. He's like 30 for 30. [00:49:16] Speaker C: He's doing good. [00:49:17] Speaker A: Yeah. Anything else on that one? [00:49:22] Speaker C: Do you have anything? [00:49:23] Speaker B: I don't have anything else. Do you? [00:49:24] Speaker C: When I. When it first started playing, there's a song that I used to listen to. It's called Weightless. I don't remember the name of the artist, but it's like whenever it came up on YouTube, it's like, listen this. Listen to this to help you fall asleep or, like, when you're feeling anxious. It's a really good song. It's like eight minutes long, and it's super calming. And there are times I'll just put it on, and I'm out before the end of the song. So the beginning kind of reminded me of that. And then I heard this beat coming in. I was like, wait a second, there's drums. And then the drums kept on, like, coming in and coming out. It's like, I like this a lot. This isn't what I thought it was. Oh, you're changing again. And it was kind of this whole. Like I said earlier, it was kind of this whole adventure listening to the song of just, like, seeing different things and having the feel of the song change. And then there were definitely some points where I was like, okay, maybe like, you're out on the ocean, and then there's parts of it where you're going underneath the water, where the drums kind of start fading out. It was kind of what I started seeing in my head is like, you're kind of going in and out of the water as you're listening to the song. So that was. That was what was going through my head as I was listening to it was like, oh, we're underwater. Now we're above. Now we're looking at the sunset. Now we're back underwater. [00:50:33] Speaker A: Oh, that's cool. What a cool visual. [00:50:35] Speaker C: So that's. That's kind of what I was seeing in my experience of that song was just like, oh, here we go. [00:50:41] Speaker A: Yeah. I was reminded a little bit of 07. There was, like, a little bit of 07 vibes in there. [00:50:50] Speaker B: Who is that? Or what? [00:50:50] Speaker A: Is that they? Yeah, they're kind of. I. They're out. I believe they're out of Europe or the uk. They were really big. They had a couple of tracks on that Garden State movie soundtrack. So I feel like they got really popular in, like, early 2000s. But they're like a group that does, like, kind of sort of like electronic kind of like music. And then they work with different vocalists on different songs and for different albums and layer over the vocals and stuff. But there was a little bit at the end where I was kind of like, oh, that kind of sounds a little bit like 07. But, yeah, they did that song in the Waiting Line. That was on the Garden State sound. That was, like, the big one. [00:51:35] Speaker B: Don't remember. [00:51:36] Speaker A: I think that was them, anyway. Yeah, that was great. [00:51:41] Speaker B: Sweet. [00:51:42] Speaker A: All righty. Anything else thanks for having me back. Yeah, thanks, Molly. It was awesome. Love your perspective. It's like so nice and refreshing. [00:51:51] Speaker C: I get to bring all my weird music again. [00:51:53] Speaker A: No, I like there's no such thing as weird music. Just like there's no such thing as dumb cool questions. [00:51:59] Speaker B: Just weird people. [00:52:00] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. This is great. And it's nice to not be the only female because that's usually the case. So that's great. All righty. Well, thanks again to everybody who tuned and listened. Want to give a special shout out to our fans in Connecticut. Hey, Matt and Jonah, thanks for listening. We're happy you're tuning in. Hope you enjoyed this. This week's music. Don't forget, if you have a song you'd like us to listen to, you can drop a comment below the video or send us an email. Hello at longmontpublicmedia. Org. Until next time. Bye. [00:52:34] Speaker D: See you.