Losing My Opinion

#38 - The beauty of earnestness, with Matt Farley of Motern Media

Guest overload this week! Not only does Matt Farley - the most prolific songwriter of all time - join the pod for some good ol' musical nerdery this week, but friendo Nathaniel Safren (Safren) is back as well! Thomas kicks off the discussion with an dive into The Most Disrespectful Album Ever, then Farley picks things up with a celebration of beautiful straightforwardness in songwriting. https://moternmedia.com/https://www.niagaramoonmusic.com/https://www.thinlear.com/Twitter:https://twitter.com/losingmyopinionIG:https://www.facebook.com/losingmyopinion/Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@losingmyopinion

#37 - What are the best SPORTS songs out there...?

Matt arrives with a very specific mission - find a genuinely good song about sports to jam out to, even if you're off the field. Thomas discusses one of the great musical duos Hall & Oates, and shows off some of their more obscure, unusual numbers...https://www.thinlear.com/https://www.niagaramoonmusic.com/Twitter:https://twitter.com/losingmyopinionIG:https://www.facebook.com/losingmyopinion/Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@losingmyopinion

#36 - What’s the BEST TV show theme song?

Yay Tom Rainey's back! The boys start off on a goofy note, with Thomas presenting classic rock tunes "reimagined" with the sound palette of Super Mario 64. It'll make sense when you hear it... Tom then presents a series of all-time classic theme songs from TV shows, attempting to break down what makes the best the BEST.https://www.niagaramoonmusic.com/https://www.thinlear.com/Twitter:https://twitter.com/losingmyopinionIG:https://www.facebook.com/losingmyopinion/Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@losingmyopinion

#35 - I like Elliott Smith, and I’m not sad...

Matt does his best to get Thomas into the songwriting legend that is John Prine - but Thomas keeps saying "preen"... Thomas then explores the legacy of Elliott Smith, a truly "Beatles-esque" artist, though they wonder just how universally appreciated his music can truly be.https://www.thinlear.com/https://www.niagaramoonmusic.com/Twitter:https://twitter.com/losingmyopinionIG:https://www.facebook.com/losingmyopinion/Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@losingmyopinion

#34 - How have you not listened to The Beatles, Nicholas Krgovich?

Acclaimed Canadian songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Krgovich joins the pod to let Thomas and Matt in on a shocking secret - he's never actively listened to the Beatles! That's right, he could hardly name you any Fab Four tunes. Thus, the LMO crew each present two personal favorites to gauge Nick's honest reaction. https://nicholaskrgovich.bandcamp.com/https://www.niagaramoonmusic.com/https://www.thinlear.com/Twitter:https://twitter.com/losingmyopinionIG:https://www.facebook.com/losingmyopinion/Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@losingmyopinion

#33 - Daddy’s Busy: Sleep Aid Music

On another LMO minisode, titular Daddy Matt tries not to doze off while Thomas shares some peculiar favorites from his collection of tunes for falling asleep. This isn't your grandmother's ambient music...https://www.thinlear.com/https://www.niagaramoonmusic.com/Twitter:https://twitter.com/losingmyopinionIG:https://www.facebook.com/losingmyopinion/Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@losingmyopinion

#32 - Holiday Music: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Happy Christmas and Merry Hannukah! On this special episode of LMO, Matt scrounges through the pop music canon for a decent Hannukah-themed tune that's not Eight Crazy Nights - he finds it, eventually...Thomas has the opposite problem. With a seemingly infinite supply of Christmas music at his disposal, he curates a special selection of songs to celebrate the longstanding (and often lucrative) musical tradition - and you know at least one of them is going to be Japanese.
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#31 - Michael McDonald is awesome, say it with me.

Matt remembers his college dorm days with a collection of mid-00's indie pop favorites, downloaded from Limewire and burned onto busted CDs - "Matt's Mixes", if you will. Thomas then attempts - seemingly in vain - to get this known Mikey McD hater over to the right side of the tracks, and truly appreciate those husky soulful pipes.https://www.thinlear.com/https://www.niagaramoonmusic.com/Twitter:https://twitter.com/losingmyopinionIG:https://www.facebook.com/losingmyopinion/Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@losingmyopinionAsk us a question via our DMs! We'll do an FAQ segment one of these days...

#30 - Oh Rod Stewart, what you once had...

Matt confesses his deep admiration of Rod Stewart's "Every Picture Tells A Story", doing his best to forget all about the Great American Songbook schlock in the process. Thomas then tells a story of three different acclaimed record producers - who all tried their hand at the singer-songwriter thing themselves...
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#29 - Nickelback vs. Creed... Who’s better?

The boys are particularly unprepared this week, so what better to fill the time than a deep-dive into two of the biggest-selling (and reviled) rock bands of the 2000's? It's time for a good ol' Battle of the Bands!
 
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