Dissect DJs

Episode 148 takes us to the mysterious, melodic world that exists in Tom's Diner, as laid out by Suzanne Vega in 1987. What is Tom's Diner? Does anything happen there? And why does it sound so magical? This song has been reworked countless times, and we go through as many of them as we can, some of them are memorable, some of them you're better off never hearing by artists that may surprise you. The Dissect DJs go on a rainy day stroll through Tom's Diner NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're feeling spicy on Episode 147 as we break out some of the hottest takes to the hottest tunes! What movie character would actually completely suck to be around, the most overrated member of a band, the best inventions ever made, the right and wrong ways to eat your food, and which city cares wayyy too much how you do it! No person, thing or topic is safe - NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're back with another classic throwback dissect as we break down Shania Twain's 1997 hit "That Don't Impress Me Much". From Brad Pitt, to Elvis, to rocket scientists, nothing much impresses this woman! We cover it all and throw in some other logs on the fire that don't much impress us, as our attempt to find the 2025 song of the summer has brought us kicking and spinning right back to 1997. Shania and her leopard print setup is up NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The MTV Video Music Awards are a thing I haven't thought about in at least 10 years, and haven't watched in close to 20! With that in mind, I gave it another try and watched the 2025 VMA's and gave it a full review! Along with a quick rundown of the history of the show, we take a look at what the show looks like now, who are the stars of the show, and if it holds up to the historic moments and controversy of the show's past. Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande, Tate McRae, and a whole lot more are all here, let's break it down NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The NFL is back! And with it, let's bring it a new segment where we fire through all the important notes from Week 1 in quick hitter fashion! Everything you need to know about the NFL's opening week in under 10 minutes: The Ravens vs Bills, did we just see the greatest game ever? - The Eagles splashy title defense has begun - The Browns go full Browns - Macho Mahomes is back - 49ers remind us what makes them the Niners, for better or worse - Are the Broncos elite? - Did the Dolphins already pack it in? It's a new era in the NFL and a new era with The Dissect DJs, 'Go Football' on 3: 1-2-3- NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The song of the summer search continues on as we dissect the gnarliest jam of the season with "Gnarly" by KATSEYE. A dissection which conjures up some of life's most gnarly scenarios - like bears, the formation of birds, samurai swords, the bottom of the ocean, siamese twins, bow and arrows, the beast from Beauty and the Beast, meth, life in the 1930s, boomerangs, and the word gnarly itself, it all goes down NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

After last week's thorough breakdown of Happy Gilmore, it's time to run it back with the 2025 update, as Ryan Castle dissects the brand new Adam Sandler comedy that's got the whole world buzzing - Happy Gilmore 2!  Did it live up to the hype after 30 years in the making? We break it down with 3 simple categories: What worked? What didn't work? And what the F*ck was that?  Was there a different way it could've been produced? Who made the best cameo? What was the funniest scene? It's a full dissection of Netflix's brand new feature film, and it's coming up NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

With the newly released Happy Gilmore 2 hitting the streams on Netflix, Episode 141 takes on one of our most formative comedies of the 90's as we dissect the Adam Sandler classic - Happy Gilmore! We break down all the legendary moments of the '96 comedy, discuss the career retrospective of Adam Sandler, the best and worst sequels of all time, funniest movie death scenes, kick around a few fan theories, run through the epic soundtrack, and determine what we believe the overall message and theme of the movie to be. Gilmore, Happy is up NEXT - FORE!Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/XWudk-v6XFM Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 140 takes on the mission to find the song of the summer (for the third year in a row!) beginning with our dissection of MK's dance-pop hitter featuring Chrystal - "Dior".  Castle and JAG are back and in a brand new setup to take on a fresh beat that's tearing up the chart, that may have been created just to net Chrystal some fresh Christian Dior bags. Do these DJs know what Christian Dior is? Do you have an issue with people who type multiple question marks in their question messages? And what is the perfect setting for a song of this vibe? It's all discussed - NEXT!Watch the Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/Z_6dtF4GbDU Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 139 explores a working theory headed up by DJ JAG comparing Billy Paul's 1972 classic "Me and Mrs. Jones" to Whitney Houston's 1987 hit "Saving All My Love".  We dissect the background story of each and determine if there's more here than meets the eye... or ears.Who was Mrs Jones? Who was Whitney saving all her love for? And was there ever anybody who did it better than '87 Whitney? It's time dissect NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 138 brings a classic movie review throwback, as we have 3 things we need to discuss about Willy Wonka and his crazy chocolate factory - with Ryan Castle, 'DJ JAG' Justino Garcia, and Jason Malabuyoc.1) Is Willy the most irresponsible business owner of all time?2) What is up with those grandparents though??3) We give out The Thingy Awards: MVP, 6th Man off the bench and Practice Squad Player (character we didn't really need). Join the wild ride as we cruise the crazy tunnel through the Wonka factory that seemingly destroys children's lives into a world of pure imagination! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this special edition of the Dissect DJs we open up the Grab Bag and ask some of the most thought-provoking, mind-shattering, inquisitive questions to ever be discussed in podcast form, to the soulful sounds of Young-Holt Unlimited's 1968 classic "Soulful Strut".Would you rather be an Oompa Loompa or one of The Lost Boys from Hook? Climb the beanstalk from Super Mario or run the loop in Sonic the Hedgehog? Be granted your biggest wish or avenge your greatest regret? Who would you rather fight-  The Breakfast Club cast or the entire team from The Mighty Ducks? All this and more on a very soulful episode of The Dissect DJs - NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 136 throws it way back to 1958 when Ritchie Valens made this classic that still gets played today - "La Bamba", that then Los Lobos imitated in 1987.It's our second ever translation episode (first being Gangnam Style) where we try to decipher what this song is really all about, who did it better, and determine if it might have the best guitar breakdown in music history. LA BAMBA is NEXT!Watch the video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/nkMqn8KXu2U Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 135 breaks down Bruno Mars' latest hit single alongside K-Pop star ROSÉ titled "APT."  What does APT mean? How do you pronounce it? Why does this sound so familiar? Is Bruno Mars the best modern performer we got right now? And what is his all-time greatest jam? We dissect it all in this electric pink video, check out the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/YGbNtlzhw9cNEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 134 breaks down the ultimate dick-measuring jam with Mickey Avalon's 2006 classic "My Dick".  We open up the Dissect DJ soundbox and put it to work as our rating system to judge each dick joke bar for bar.  Which line is best, and is this the all time dick track? We go through all the top contenders, let's DISSECT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 133 throws it back to 1986 to break down the legendary RnB troop Midnight Star's "Midas Touch", which gets your DJs asking the question - What would be your ideal Golden Touch scenario? If you could have the Midas Touch in any situation, what would it be? We Dissect!Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/1-Be2H_l0Lw Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 132 dissects the groundbreaking football film that broke all the rules with the 1999 Oliver Stone classic Any Given Sunday!  Starring Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, we go full blitz on the movie that did everything it could to peel back the curtain to show what it takes charge from the locker room to the gridiron to the Super Bowl... or Pantheon Cup.Is it the best football movie of all time? Is Tony D'Amato actually a good coach? Where does his pregame speech rank in the history of speeches? What's the most 1999 thing about the movie? Was Christina Pagniacci a shrewd or savvy team owner? Did Willie Beamen change the game for QBs? And who was the movie's MVP, 6th Man, and who was the "practice squad player" that we could we have done without?We tackle it all - GAME TIME!See the Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/fV0yjQDTJN0 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On Episode 131 we hop on the Double Dutch Bus and try to figure out what exactly it is, and what the hell Frankie Smith is saying in this 1981 jam.  This song influenced hip hop vernacular for YEARS to come, and on the surface seems to have a bunch of gibberish speak, but we may have decoded what exactly it is he was trying to say all along.It's the Double Dutch Bus MOVE your feet! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're back to break down the ICONIC theme song of the hometown city of your World Series Champions - Randy Newman's 1983 classic "I Love LA"!Is LA really a city worth loving? Has anyone ever got along farther in the music industry with a voice like Randy Newman? And what the hell is Randy really talking about in this song? We break it all down NEXT in Episode 130! GO DODGERS! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're going back to the 90s with another classic review of this 1993 throwback jam that might not be what you thought you've always heard, it's Positive K - "I Got A Man".We dive deep into how it was put together, discuss approach game, 90s hip hop, and a thorough breakdown of the back and forth rap convo in full dissect mode as we do. Positive K is NEXT! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dissect-djs8671/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy