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Strong Songs

Kirk Hamilton

Music: it's good. On each episode of Strong Songs, host Kirk Hamilton takes listeners inside a piece of music, breaking it down and figuring out what makes it work.

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180 episodes

  1. "Peg" by Steely Dan 1:00:12
  2. "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads 58:42
  3. "Song for the Dead" by Queens of the Stone Age 59:45
  4. "Little Bird" by Annie Lennox 59:02
  5. "Mamma Mia" by ABBA 57:08
  6. The Best Way To Listen To Strong Songs (Spotify PSA) 4:25
  7. Return to Kind of Blue 1:02:27
  8. "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth 57:44
  9. "Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell 56:42
  10. "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie 59:19
  11. "Rosanna" by Toto 59:08
  12. Season Eight Announcement! 5:16
  13. The Jazz Pianist's Perspective, with Peter Martin 1:26:21
  14. The Fearless Fela Kuti, with Jad Abumrad 1:56:37
  15. Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo's 8-Bit Masterpiece [Twenty Thousand Hertz] 33:03
  16. Our Favorite TV Themes, with Leigh Sales 1:18:05
  17. Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition [Recast] 1:08:44
  18. A Bob Dylan Beginner's Guide, with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell 1:54:17
  19. Singing and Songwriting, with The Wailin' Jennys 1:11:03
  20. Talkin' Tower of Power, with Adam Maness and Peter Martin [You'll Hear It] 1:12:30
  21. A Song For My Father 39:33
  22. "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers 58:45
  23. Bluegrass, Blue Prince, and the Blues 59:33
  24. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police 1:00:16
  25. "All The Things You Are" by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II 59:47
  26. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler 1:00:19
  27. Bluey, Background Jazz, and the 'Best' Metal Guitar Solo 1:08:00
  28. The Music of the Muppets 1:03:43
  29. "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" by The Mars Volta 59:07
  30. "Fast As You Can" by Fiona Apple 52:41
  31. "Where The Streets Have No Name" and "With Or Without You" by U2 59:24
  32. A Bunch of Great Music Recommendations 36:07
  33. Remembering Janis Stockhouse, The Great Band Director 56:39
  34. Rediscovering Stevie Wonder, with Wesley Morris and Josh Gwynn 1:19:12
  35. Stevie Wonder: Music of My Mind [The Wonder of Stevie] 1:02:02
  36. Behind the Scenes of Strong Songs [Gig Gab] 1:08:33
  37. Post-Season Update, Summer Plans, & Some Music Recs 30:48
  38. "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen 1:00:17
  39. Summer Synths, Fluteception, and "The Diablo Chord" 1:04:55
  40. "Easter Theatre" by XTC 57:00
  41. "Limb by Limb" by Phish 59:10
  42. "Heart of Glass" by Blondie 56:02
  43. "The Way" by Meshell Ndegeocello 57:34
  44. Strong Covers, Vol. 3 57:18
  45. "Águas de Março (The Waters of March)" by Antônio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina 56:22
  46. "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden 56:37
  47. "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel 53:54
  48. Some Bonus Beatles Covers 27:49
  49. The Genius of Sonny Rollins (and Max Roach) 22:53
  50. Weird Al For Nothin' And Your Jokes For Free 19:34