History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff
Description
History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff is the show that aims to make grand and often oddball hard rock and heavy metal points through a narrative built upon the tiny idea of a quintet of songs. Buttressed with illustrative clips, Martin argues quickly and succinctly why these songs - and the specific sections of these tracks - support his mad professor premise, from the wobbly invention of an “American” heavy metal, to the influence of Led Zeppelin in hair metal or to more succinct topics like tapping and twin leads. The songs serve as bricks, but Martin slathers plenty of mortar. At the end, hopefully he has a sturdy house in which this week’s theory can reside unbothered by the elements. At approximately 7000, Martin has had published in books more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned approximately 85 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock and record collecting. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.
Love Alice's ballads but after Killer, Billion Dollar Babies, etc, the song You and I was pretty weak tea.
I cannot disagree with your assessments of Hagar and DLR but I greatly prefer DLR VH to Van Hagar. Rawness, heaviness, and charisma count, just listen to A Different Kind of Truth. Some bands are not meant to be slick.
BTW, love The Vigil. top 5 boc song for me. love buck's solo.
still catching up on back episodes. love your candor here - BOC, my fave band, didn't do what was needed to be massive, and that's why we love them. they aren't Def Leppard, which is why we love them AND why they're less famous.
fun topic! so many great ones. three that came to mind: metallica's fade to black, vh's DOA, and ozzys tonight.
ok, Martin, figured out podcasts. loved this one and take your point that glam was less music than fashion. Listened to several other HI5S episodes and think you've got a thinking man's rock show here ... but I love it anyway! keep up the great work -- Mainzer Girl