Extra Credit: The Rock U Podcast

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast! It's snowing in Paris, so Seth and Matt share their Top 5 songs about the weather! They also play our "Read My Mind" game to reveal which legendary recording session they wish they could have observed, and try to determine which great band has most fallen off the radar in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7myDV6BKXCLpKBo5aTiqe7?si=58f34271ba554818 Read Kali Uchis's annotations for the lyrics of After the Storm here: https://genius.com/Kali-uchis-after-the-storm-lyrics Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast! There's a big election coming up, so Seth and Matt share their Top 5 songs about politics. Please Vote! They also roll out a new "Change of Heart" segment to own up to being wrong about a band, and debate rock's best frontman or frontwoman in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gF8sdgFJlRvDNYNSWeJe0?si=227b7f65be2d47d5 Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, here we go with Season 4! To kick off the new season and the new school year, Seth and Matt share their Top 5 song discoveries of this past summer, bang out a combined Feedback/Take Two to clean up loose ends from Season 3, and compare dueling versions of an iconic song in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3KCbTwe7qgbZfHuthq6lg9?si=40816f53c23a4d5d Watch the Rick Moranis parody of Michael McDonald here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0HzWMqLeiE Check any song for its yachtski score at https://www.yachtornyacht.com/ Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Here's a bonus Summer School edition of Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 51! The Olympics have descended on Paris, so Seth and Matt share their Top 5 songs about sports. Game on! Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7AsRDrE1RmjL7iofYWk5cB?si=5afbe15eb5f843c8 Watch the Super Bowl Shuffle here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooT_uz--O2A Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast - we made it to Episode 50! To celebrate the landmark, Seth and Matt share their Golden Lists - the Top 5 songs they didn't have a chance to share in Episodes 1-49! Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0oWv6o6ItXDbzkDPjwc6gF?si=5a5bead89ef3402b Here's an article describing Matt's cousin Chuck Morris breaking Big Head Todd and The Monsters nationally by taking their album Sister Sweetly platinum: https://www.5280.com/how-big-head-todd-and-the-monsters-became-a-colorado-legend/ And here's a YouTube video of the band roasting Chuck and telling a few more stories from the early days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naIpQl09jjY Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 49! In this episode, Seth and Matt head out on the road with their Top 5 songs with place names in the title, try to spot the imposter in our new Two Rockers and a Roller game, and choose the best use of a guitar effects pedal in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hI9dYwmoCc69LEzkc0ryN?si=541e07f0bace4815 Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 48! In this episode, Seth and Matt ask each other for their Top 5 songs that ask a question, try to guess each other's favorite supergroup in the Read My Mind game, and debate which song has the best count-in in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gH4ua0J4w8ibQkCHJdxFb?si=5c4275abdb6e47ca See Nick Lowe play a solo version of (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5geZVJ_39o Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 47! In this episode, Seth and Matt share their Top 5 songs with numbers in the title, atone for their past mistakes in our Take Two segment, and face off on which version of Dancing in the Street is the best one in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Epk72b3PylYdhQxa7jwi8?si=6532e1d1f6024590 Listen to the 30 minute version of I Would Die 4 U here: https://www.mixcloud.com/anthony-bachelor/i-would-die-4-u-1983-uncut-studio-version-3037mins/ Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 46! In this episode, Seth and Matt reveal their Top 5 guilty pleasures (in rock music, of course), share a huge backlog of listener Feedback, and almost agree on the best rock album cover in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4GchiC06367pr7fb7AekpQ?si=3fea14b869b9432f Listen to the amazing Vending Machine of Love here: https://open.spotify.com/track/2iQPYDwqxSan9N7Xg3venf?si=bd350cd1a8144b19 Check out Cobra Fantastic's latest release, Edifice Wrecks, right here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4B15anArXtBJXpcBa4ZTNI?si=DbDDfjegTvO1A8YWfYyAUg Get tickets to the Cobra Fantastic album release party 3 May at La Boule Noire here: https://laboule-noire.fr/cobra-fantastic/ Watch the ShowHawk Duo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnC3Pz-RXZg Listen to the This American Life episode featuring Phil Collins here: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/339/transcript Listen to Peggy's playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1NqJ7xxIlou2fZwQid262H?si=7abd48f0c3234584 Watch the Rock U. Crew 2023 holiday video of Let It Snow here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sie81IiYLC8 Listen to Al's winter playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vrNCyT9dIELt9v9pn6Omi?si=i1L4EcPoQIqxQ5_Ypzquhg&pi=u-KGd9okVWRcyQ Listen to Dana's winter playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6KmbYhGS8kg6jP38jyTIzu Check out the etymology of band names here: https://www.etymologynerd.com/uploads/1/5/8/8/15888322/rock_bands.png Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 45! In this episode, Seth and Matt discuss their Top 5 concert films, respond to a clever listener challenge, and the face off on which song has the worst lyrics in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/04lrPGpZGQ19RQSVT8CUmv?si=1831b2af1112409c Listen to Ryan's picks here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1mTpO8VjbQmdetkvbTPEsM?si=691c1c5eeb7b4a6e Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 44! In this episode, Seth and Matt list their Top 5 misunderstood songs, Seth tests Matt’s knowledge of different songs with the same title, and the guys debate which great band has the worst name in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0OZ45NetDpMoARDnW3ubRG?si=cdf98ce39ef947db Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 43! In this episode, Seth and Matt share their Top 5 songs with a name as the title, follow up with a chat about names that are hard to have if you're a music fan, and face off on the best band logo in rock in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6buHa4Pcye4jncmdwDfKQU?si=c5137849bc104525 Listen to the slowed down version of Jolene here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMrfM711vXI See the Lil Rush clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh_9NY56Sxw Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 42! In this episode, Seth and Matt reveal their Top 5 songs that were disliked by the bands or artists who created them, review the legacy of musicologist and folklorist Alan Lomax, and debate whether musicians are sellouts if they allow their songs to be used in commercials in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DWVzw4hBpZ2Egfo20zIBy?si=a00eb87f25034800 Read the Hard Times satirical article here: https://thehardtimes.net/music/alt-rock-band-hoping-for-a-big-hit-so-they-can-whine-about-playing-it/?fbclid=IwAR1aixlRfHyUXbB2jYfJbqOqd2epc7wlwANqYNZwulKjpOh6Te-kewWzLBs Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Who's your favorite fast-rising star? Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 41! In this episode, Seth and Matt share their Top 5 young artists who made it big quickly, discuss the cultural phenomenon of The 27 Club, and reveal the one artist they each wish they had seen in concert in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QsQVCcg5Gm59cyCJzy4DO?si=846b1259cdeb4afc Check out Uncle Chuck's Music Box on Colorado radio station KRFC here: https://www.krfcfm.org/shows/uncle-chucks-music-box/ Hear Finneas O'Connell describe the unusual sounds he and Billie Eilish used on her albums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-zeJRjP6xA Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Oops, we did it again! Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 40. In this episode, Seth and Matt bring up their Top 5 happy accidents, mistakes on recordings that made it onto the final cut. Plus, they go back and correct their own errors in Take Two, introduce a new segment idea, and face off over what's the best instrument to add to a standard rock band lineup in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5QsQVCcg5Gm59cyCJzy4DO?si=846b1259cdeb4afc Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Bundle up, it's cold out there! Welcome to a bonus episode of Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast. In this episode, Seth and Matt list their Top 5 songs about winter. Stay warm and we wish you plenty of joy and hygge this holiday season! Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07ZlbkoVUKmqjeaTFNr6Lt?si=7f24b307582f40ab See the Rock U. Crew's 2023 Holiday Video here: https://youtu.be/5VEju2epk28?si=iapEYx26_5r5lAst Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

It's not you, it's us... welcome to Episode 38 of Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast! In this episode, Seth and Matt drown their sorrows in a big tub of ice cream as they share their Top 5 songs about breakups. The guys also break down the last Beatles song ever and choose the most mismatched rock duo by talent in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/084A5lePH9HImJzSyK51iJ?si=5e97dcdd6a5043ba Listen to Matt's mammoth honorable mentions playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Eqa6HyrEqpiKq5Saa9Czz?si=3ebfe89cf0034afb Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to a special tryptophan episode of Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast! In Episode 37, Seth and Matt provide you with their Top 5 songs to chill you out, share your comments in the Feedback segment, and give you their worst covers of all time in the One Minute Matchup. You're welcome! Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/08nKKJWcsxSknq4DVEd8QI?si=f19dc3524ff24703 Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 36! Seth and Matt share their Top 5 songs with pre-rock'n'roll origins, Matt talks about the wrong ways to teach music, and the guys debate Jimi vs Eddie in the One Minute Matchup. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2zSJkWYtH3UyyRVRmZgVRY?si=3448e4198c104ac4 Read the New York Times op-ed by Sammy Miller here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/opinion/teach-music-better.html Watch Victor Wooten's 5-minute TED-Ed video on music as a language here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yRMbH36HRE Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr

Welcome to Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast, Episode 35! Seth and Matt reveal their Top 5 artists that should have been bigger, the guys introduce a new segment, If You Like..., and the One Minute Matchup brings you their hot takes on autotune. Listen to the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4IT81JyWrbWbukWA2ekJ0b?si=15e5e77868064422 Watch Rock U. band Sedatephobia cover Nothing But Thieves here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2pj3smJY5M Check out Brooklyn band Marvelle Oaks on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5QlPq6AT6O7IeAOpvQ3M9M?si=5j-cTPxDR1ePWXzZTJxHCg Thanks to Tom Walters for composing and producing our theme music! Check out more of Tom’s work here: https://www.kitschkub.com/ Thanks to our episode sponsor, and Rock U.’s partners, Big Pebble Records! Learn more about a Big Pebble Records experience and listen to Posture, the new EP by former Rock U. rocker Person M, here: https://www.bigpebblerecords.com/ Extra Credit: The Rock U. Podcast is a production of the Association Rock U., a registered not-for-profit association loi 1901. Check out Rock U. at https://rock-u.fr