Songs Discussed on the Podcast

Episode 61 Julie plays and annotates Brian McKnight's R&B spoof "If Ur Ready To Learn (How Your Pussy Works)"[1], a song for women who are "ready to learn" about their vaginas. As McKnight explains, they are likely lacking knowledge in this area because they didn't "bring it to him first". The chorus features a demonic voice intoning "show-you-how-your-pussy-works", a particularly frightening moment for Spoony.

Episode 10 Julie confesses that her favorite song is "Sowing the Seeds of Love" by Tears for Fears. Though unsure if this makes her "a loser," she nonetheless defends the work and sings some excerpts to illustrate its virtues. Its plethora of bridges, demonstration of '90s/'60s "pomp" (i.e. "this is psychedelic but now we know how to use Final Cut Pro"), and use of trumpet flourishes are some of the qualities that Julie admires. These are also some of the reasons she is able to excuse the fact that "it’s probably got the worst lyrics to any song ever," and continues to "rock the fuck out to this."

Episode 136: "Layla" - "Stand By Your Man" - Julie was thinking about the sexist lyrics of this song. She believes this is what Homeland should be about.