Talkin' Tracks

What are your favorite movie soundtracks? Kevin and Noah discuss the music from movie soundtracks, along with how the songs connect to the films they come from. Join the fun and listen as they each discuss 6 movies and the songs that make the films great. Kevin's movies include Into the Wild, Purple Rain, Dazed and Confused, Forrest Gump, Vision Quest, and Singles while Noah's films are Beautiful Girls, Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Pretty in Pink, The Royal Tenenbaums, Vanilla Sky, and Good Will Hunting. They also recognize some Tracker submissions of Chicago and Highlander.

What makes a great road trip song? Do you need high energy, or sing-along potential, or themes of freedom, or songs about nostalgia? Kevin and Noah discuss what is essential for a song to be a "Road Trip Ripper" and why they love those songs while cruisin' in their cars. Kevin cruises to songs by Pearl Jam, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Lumineers, Indigo Girls, Bob Marley, and Tom Petty while Noah finds his vibes with tunes from Willie Nelson, ASAP Rocky, Joy Division, Talking Heads, Bruce Springsteen, and Grateful Dead. Kevin and Noah also recognize some of their listeners they call "Trackers" with songs submitted by Tracy Chapman and Alice in Chains.

Who's ready to go on an emotional ride with Kevin and Noah? Who's ready for two grown men in their 50s to dive deep into their heartstrings, talking about the songs that were personal in different breakups in their lives? This episode is heavy, but also important in their musical journeys. Kevin throws out songs from Def Leppard, Alanis Morrissette, Adele, Sinead O'Conner, Avril Lavigne, and Taylor Swift while Noah talks about songs from Carole King, Josh Rouse, Keene, Wilco, Coldplay, and U2.

Remember cassette tapes? Remember mixtapes? Kevin and Noah hysterically discuss six songs each that they would have recorded onto a mixtape for girls when they were teenagers, and their different reasons for making mixtapes. They also give a 1-10 rating for each of their songs. Kevin talks through songs from Bon Jovi, Foreigner, Motley Crue, Poison, Skid Row, and Warrant while Noah discusses his choices of Echo & the Bunnymen, U2, 10CC, Nick Lowe, The Cure, and Peter Gabriel.

Noah and Kevin discuss how their musical listening journeys began back in high school. They have different musical tastes ... Kevin remembers hearing Bon Jovi's album "Slippery When Wet" and how that started his road into rock music, while Noah heard The Verve album "Urban Hymns" and how that jump-started his journey into the British pop, psychedelia scene.