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That Awful Sound
by Alexander Edward
The show about the music you liked before you knew any better. Every week Alexander Edward and guests revisit an embarrassing song and music video, mining it for cringeworthy moments and savoring the painful memories they generate. Also, good music if there's time.- Every Episode at ThatAwfulSound.com
Episodes
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Update On The Status of That Awful Sound
Sadly, the show must not go on. I may be back in the future, and you can continue to hear me once a week on Minion Death Cult at miniondeathcult.com, but as of now the show is on hiatus. Thank you to everyone for listening and for supporting. If you're a Patreon supporter, I will honor whatever...
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Soul Is Wet (Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me)
Welp, it's finally here. The episode where I let Cahn and Aimee yell at me about how good Dave Matthews Band is, while I yell at them about how insane these lyrics are. Seriously, folks, this episode is rotten with Dave Matthews' sexual scat and spore: Boys, Cum, Bondage, Upskirts, Cunnilingus…
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Arkansasdomy (Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication)
This week Shaina and Michael join me to revisit Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Californication," a mournfully chill song about how Californian culture is copulating with the rest of the world--to mixed results. How did Anthony Kiedis's "cleansing trip to Thailand" factor into the creation of this song?…
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Lie Back & Think of Nebraska (Uncle Kracker - Follow Me)
Following in Kid Rock's carpetbagging cowboy boot steps, Uncle Kracker released his debut album featuring this banal, confusingly confident single about: Heroin (duh you stupid idiot) Adultery Being Secretly Gay Being Openly Very Cool Also: a music video featuring characters fantasizing about...
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160 - Sad 9/11 Superman (Five For Fighting - Superman / It's Not Easy)
This week I take on the sad superman song from 9/11. What more could you possibly need to know. Watch this video right now because it's incredibly dumb. Music I Like: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Sparkle Hard
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159 - Noice Noice (Offspring - Original Prankster)
This week Michael Munoz brings his gringo expertise, and Leigh harnesses her SaNdLeR background to discuss a godawful song and video from The Offspring. It's a wretched reboot of Pretty Fly For A White Guy featuring a cringeworthy pastiche of latino culture (mostly women) and a prominent,...
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John Popper is Poly (Blues Traveler, JC Chasez, and 3OH!3 - Blow Up The Moon)
3, 2, 1, Kaboom. This week I blow up the moon, and this podcast, by doing my first ever official solo episode. (I think I had a solo Grammys show like 3 years back, but we all know the Grammys don't actually matter) I'm here to dissect one of the more bizarre entries into That Awful Sound cannon…
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157 - PS3 Owner (Eighteen Visions - Victim)
This week we revisit early 2000's metalcore, and then flash-forward 6 years to when it got extremely bad, with Eighteen Visions' "Victim." We discuss the band's transformation over their career, from interesting and good to opening for Hinder. Music We Like: Touche Amore's Green, Daughters' Satan...
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156 - Western Waxing (Paula Cole - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?)
This week Leigh joins me to talk about not being allowed to listen to Alanis, not wanting to shave her armpits, and a song we both still kind of like: Paula Cole's "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? We go over the amazingly misinterpreted lyrics of this song, including anti-feminists misreadings…
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155 - FILM (Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated)
Welcome back to the show! This week we're returning to mid-00's radio demo with Dashboard Confessional and Spider-Man 2. We cover the history of this song, including the fact that it was written in 10 minutes by an inspired Chris Carraba after a screening of Spider-Man 2. We also suss out the...
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(Preview) Poopiate of the Masses (Lick It Up / I Wanna Be Bad)
We're still on vacation! In the meantime, get bonus content from Patreon.com/thatawfulsound This week it's bonus clips from our conversation with Joshua Toomey of Primer 55, including: Primer 55 opening for Limp Bizkit, weird lyrics from folks artists, and lots of stage banter from Paul Stanley....
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Cypher Soul Patch (Willa Ford - I Wanna Be Bad - With rap and with vocorder ALSO ALBUM VERSION)
This week we talk about Willa Ford, an aspiring bad girl whose career was cut short by a tragic event in 2001. Returning guest Laura Mee recalls this song helping hone her edge during the transition from Utah to California, and from pop to pop punk. We talk about the precedent set by the song…
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153 - Brad's Memorial (Sublime - Date Rape)
This week on a very special episode of That Awful Sound, we take a self-guided Sublime tour around Long Beach, visiting important historical markers such as the Sublime mural, ONS liquor store, Cal State Long Beach (where 40 oz to Freedom was recorded), Bradley Nowell's gravesite, and a random…
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152 - Be Good To Yourself (KISS - Lick It Up)
This week we talk to Joshua Toomey of the Talk Toomey Podcast about playing in Primer 55, almost playing in Pressure 4-5, and interviewing Wes Borland on his podcast Talk Toomey Also, we revisit KISS and their 1983 single Lick It Up, their first appearance without makeup and what…
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151 - Sustained (Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos)
This week Michael "Matchbox" Muñoz joins me to talk Enrique and his massive hit "Bailamos" and it's weird relationship with Wild Wild West, including a music video tie-in and a gushing review from Will Smith himself. Plus: old online news copy and all the cringe-y wordplay that entails, lyrics...
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150 - Follow The Leader (Unwritten Law - Seein Red)
This week I talk "Seein Red'" with Nick Guenzler (@TerminalRadness) by Unwritten Law and not Chevelle We remember how the vast majority of us were tricked into thinking this band was punk, the various physical altercations between the lead singer and his bandmates, and the lazy-yet-bizarre music...
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149 - Dust In Piece (Megadeth - Train of Consequences)
This week Cahn rejoins me to FINALLY cover another member of the Big Four: Megadeth, and their ultra-literal "Train of Consequences." How much of this song is about horse racing? Did their drummer ever figure out how the rotating room effect works? Did Paul Schaffer ever get to shred on harmonica...
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148 - The Gammy Leg (Hole - Malibu)
Subscribe at Patreon.com/thatawfulsound for weekly bonus content and a monthly bonus episode, including our first-ever Britney Spears episode, Oops I Did It Again! No Show Notes! It's Late! This Episode is good!
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147 - Sh*tsten Beybor (Busta Rhymes & Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be)
Sorry for the late release, folks! Had family in from out of town at the last minute, and this episode was a LONG one to edit. We cover the amazing, $2.4 million video featuring oceans of goo, Janet Jackson in a dominatrix outfit, and Busta Rhymes as a shape-shifting lion dragon sperm. Music We...
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146 - Booty Chatter (Bubba Sparxxx - Ugly)
This week we cover southern white trash anthem "Ugly" by Bubba Sparxx featuring: more mouth sounds from Timbaland, wild VEVO edits and even wilder intact lyrics, breakdancing in pig sh*t, and Missy Elliot on a goddamn tractor. Music We Like: Todd Terje - It's Album Time, Invisible Inc. - Fine...
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Hoobastank - Crawling in the Dark (Feat. Ray Harkins of Taken)
Subscribe at patreon.com/thatawfulsound for a ton of bonus content including a dozen youtube comments cut for time and other cringeworthy ephemera from the Hoobastank era. This week Ray Harkens of Taken joins the show to talk about his affinity for early 2000's post grunge and butt rock, through...
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144 - Chill Ass Girl (Dido - Thank You)
This week we cover my love/hate relationship with Dido's "Thank You," a seemingly melancholy song that is actually just about a cool boyfriend. You better believe we cover the song's intersection with Eminem's "Stan," how the movie "Up" ripped off Dido's spite house in this music video, and…
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143 - Denim Daddy (Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You)
This week we cover the Dandy Warhols' "Bohemian Like You" from 2001 and like 5 car commercials. What exactly is bohemian about this song? How many times could the Rolling Stones successful sue over one song? Music We Like: Booji Boys - Weekend Rocker, Against Me - Shapeshift With Me, Portugal the...
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142 - Luke Bryan - That's My Kind of Night
This week Aimee-Beth wants to talk about ironic (?) country (?) club anthem (?) "That's My Kind of Night" by Luke Bryan Is this song making fun of hip hop or desperately trying to crib from it? Both? Are the static shots of cowboy boots a joke? Is this music video a rejected Monday Night Football...
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Ashlee Simpson - Pieces of Me
Unique episode title and show notes cancelled due to me being too chill for 3/11 day. This is episode is good though.
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Livers & Shakes (Matchbox Twenty - Unwell)
I had good show notes but the internet deleted them. the song Is about mental illness and Rob Thomas thinks "impaired" is a cool word the video is completely terrible, features early-CGI, and his evil, big-nosed bandmates. music we like: Courtney Barnett - Nameless Faceless, Cave In - Jupiter,...
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139 - Trevi Fountain (Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold)
This week we take on "Cupid's Chokehold" by Cobra Starship / Fallout Boy / Supertramp supergroup: Gym Class Heroes. Tony tells us about his connection to the track, which consists entirely of white girls wanting to be the Katy Perry to his Travie McCoy. Lead singer Travis McCoy falls in love with...
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I Love Your Smile - Deleted Scenes Clip
Why Can't Music Be Like When I heard It In The Car? We're only $9 away from our monthly goal of $250! As soon as we hit it, Patreon subscribers will start getting an exclusive, full-format episode every month www.patreon.com/thatawfulsound
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A Necessary Lesson in Humility (Shanice - I Love Your Smile)
This week Michael and I are joined by Josh Hallmark of the Our Americana Podcast Network (our-americana.com) to talk about Shanice's "I Love Your Smile" and the 6th grade musical performance that resulted in him changing schools. I'd never heard this song before, but it rules. It's got 250 doo's,...
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137 - Uke Dad (Hinder - Lips of an Angel)
Help us reach our goal of $250 at Patreon.com/thatawfulsound, and I'll start releasing an extra full-length episode for subscribers every month. We're only $55 away! This episode is a listener request from Jack, who thought he could fake his way into "cool" music with this album. Boy was he…
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136 - BOOM to the Heart! (Soul Asylum - Runaway Train)
This week we cover, without a doubt, our worst video yet: Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train," which features murdered mee-maws, child prostitutes, and the lead singer sitting on ACTUAL missing children. Also: what this video has in common with Toto's Africa, what it's like to hear a 25 year-old…
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Honorary All-Star (Aaliyah / Billy Corgan Bonus Content)
Here's the bonus Patreon Cahntent for the last two episodes. Today, everyone's an All-Star. Aaliyah: Mike Sees The Offspring, Puddle of Mudd, Cold, and Adema / Shaina Gets Whatever Happened to be in Her Car Signed By Andrew WK / A Commenter Has A Theory About The Baby Noise BPC: Matt Lip-Syncs to...
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135 - Billy Corgan Spotlight (Zwan - Honestly)
To get deleted scenes from this episode, including extra Live Journal entries from Billy Corgan, subscribe at Patreon.com/thatawfulsound for as little as $1/month and also get weekly bonus episodes delivered straight to you podcast app, plus free and discounted merch. This week we take on Billy...
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134 - Cocaine Cavern (Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody)
This week Shaina and Michael return to help dissect an amazing, bizarre, and just-plain-great song from 1998: Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody." Timbaland's mouth sounds. Baby sounds. Music Video Falconry. A four-hour push to write, record, and release this track as the lead single to Eddie...
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133 - Mic Check It Out (Limp Bizkit & Method Man - N 2 Gether Now)
This week our resident Limp Bizkit expert Aaron Brock returns to help us dissect the good-except-for-Fred-Durst N 2 Gether Now featuring Method Man and a beat from DJ Premier. We're talking embarrassingly weak bars, poser Limp Bizkit hats from our childhoods, signed Fred Durst photos, and, once...
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132 - Are We Human Or Are We Danzig (The Killers - Human)
A song I hate from 2008, The Killers' "Human," dares to ask the question no one understood: are we human or are we dancer? Not "denser." Not "dancers." Dancer. We cover Brandon Flowers' battle with the media on behalf of the world's dumbest lyric, what it means to be "dancer," and why, in…
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131 - Ego Goo (Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle)
Happy 3rd Anniversary to that Awful Sound! I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than by finally talkin' Genie in a Bottle with longtime friends and cohosts: Michael "Mikey Goo" Muñoz and Shaina "One Time" Turian. I had to cut a ton of great stuff for time, including probably a dozen...
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130 - Eggnog Pedicure (The Christmas Shoes)
Weekly bonus episodes available at Patreon.com/thatawfulsound The Regular Dog is Back! This week we cover The Christmas Shoes, a song so reprehensible it spawned one of our most cynical, most blasphemous episodes yet. We tackle the subject of Christmas Mom-death the only way we know how: an...
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Awful Re-Release: 88 - Now That's What I Call Weird (Train - Meet Virginia)
Sorry Folks! I worked 6 days, 70hrs last week, while sick, so no new episode. We'll be back next week with a very special Christmas episode! In the meantime, here's one of my favorites. This week we "Meet Virginia," a monster brought to life by mom rock juggernauts Train in their 1998 single.…
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129 - Coby Beef (Papa Roach - Between Angels & Insects)
This week we're covering the semi-woke, semi-forgotten single from Papa Roach's 3x platinum Infest: "Between Angels & Insects." Inspired by a wild assortment of works (Fight Club, Buddhism, and a 1994 British period drama with the same name), the song tackles the age old conundrum: money sucks…
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128 - Alimony Pavements (Nickelback - Hero)
Welcome to our first Nickelback-related video! Spoler alert: it sucks. This is the song from the Spider-Man soundtrack performed by a butt rock supergroup made up of Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, Saliva Frontman Josey "Joe C" Scott, and the douchebag from Theory of a Deadman Sure, Nickelback...
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127 - Allegedly Uneducated (Kid Rock - Cowboy)
Subscribe to the brand new Minion Death Cult on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts This week we "watch lots of crotch" and paint this episode white as we take on Kid Rock's eerily prescient, "Cowboy," which foreshadows Kid Rock's turn toward bro country and hick...
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126 - For Your President (Hosier & Adam Calhoun - Salute The Brave)
This week the podcast gets p o l i t i c a l as we take on a truly awful, literally genocidal, stand-for-the-anthem anthem, "Salute the Brave" by hick-hop artist Hosier and Facebook vlogger Adam Calhoun. Make sure to subscribe to our brand new podcast, MINION DEATH CULT, a show about the deranged...
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125 - Age of Aroma (MuDvAyNe - Death Blooms)
We have a dispatch from Travis's stint at Ozzfest, a pitch for a new #Beardvape-adjacent product, JP's mom reveals her funeral playlist, MuDvAyNe gets poetic, and a truly wild music video including a CGI iron lung on a beach Music We Like: Flying Lotus - Post Requisite, Suffocation - ...Of the…
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124 Bonus Teaser - What's Goin On? (Danzig - Sacrifice)
On this jam-packed, 48 minute bonus episode we have a live musical performance to commemorate Cahn's first visit to the show, Alex Jones' fascination with Danzig, a Danzig-themed county fair, women as ouiji boards, Music We Like, and the climactic ending to our Hot Topic Trek
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124 - Loudiamondphillips (Danzig - Sacrifice)
Cahn Curtis is back and exhausted in his disappointment in Danzig's masochistic, Disney-released 5th album, Blackacidevil, and its lead single, "Sacrifice." We've got sub-NIN industrial metal, lyrics possibly written by JB Smoove, Danzig helps with puberty, angry fans sacrifice each other to…
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123 - The Mark, Tom, and Truman Show (Blink 182 - I Miss You) (Tom Delonge)
New T-Shirt, Posters, and Stickers available at thatawfulsound.com/merch & patreon.com/thatawfulsound Happy Halloween! This week we cover the apparently spooky "I Miss You," from Boxcar Racer + Mark Hoppus supergroup: Blink 182. We try to figure out whether Blink 182 or My Chemical Romance…
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122 - Crystal Blue (Starting Line - Three's A Charm)
This week we're joined by Luca Cimarusti to talk about Starting Line's gross video for Three's A Charm featuring a gut-busting joke where an old man has a threesome with highschool students. We struggle with these turned (the other way) phrases, singer Kenny's budding sexuality, what feels like…
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121 - Zing-A-Dong Bone (Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze)
This week we discuss our love/mock relationship with Red Hot Chili Peppers and their 1993 Coneheads tie-in, "Soul to Squeeze." This song is totally about d r u g s , we get some of the best scatting we've had on the podcast, Emma finds a sentient bass guitar in the comments section, Dana Carvey's...
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120 - The Hollywood Hills Have Eyes (Shawn Mullins - Rockabye/Lullaby)
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The show about the music you liked before you knew any better. Every week Alexander Edward and guests revisit an embarrassing song and music video, mining it for cringeworthy moments and savoring the painful memories they generate. Also, good music if there's time.- Every Episode at ThatAwfulSound.com
HOSTED BY
Alexander Edward
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