Nevermind the Music
The podcast about the songs you love and why you love them! Join us each week as two friends, one a music professor and one a psychology professor, hang out and deep dive about one iconic song. Laugh and learn with us about songwriting, the brain, and pop culture.
Send us your thoughts at NeverMusicPod@gmail.com and check us out on social media @NeverMusicPod
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Nevermind the Music is published by the Lorehounds
Reviews:
06 - Sidetrack - Why Nichole is a Fan of Grief
How can something bad be good? In this outtake from our conversation about “Tha Crossroads,” Nichole explains why she thinks grief is a beautiful, uniting emotion, and shares a poignant metaphor. See you next week for a full episode! Send us your thoughts at NeverMusicPod@gmail.com Advertising Inqu...
05 - ‘True’ by Spandau Ballet and the Money Notes of a Middle School Dance
Do you remember the nervous energy that filled the room at your first school dance? Mark wasn’t there, but Nichole remembers. Slow dance with us to Spandau Ballet’s 1983 classic “True”? Mark does have some theories about how certain chords and melody notes give the song its emotional punch, and Nic...
04 - Sidetrack - Our Favorite Cover Songs
Can a cover ever be better than the original? In this episode, we ask that unthinkable question as we each bring in three of our personal favorite cover versions. See you next week for a full episode! Music heard in this episode: David Bowie - “The Man Who Sold the World”, Nirvana - “The Man Who So...
03 - ‘Tha Crossroads’ by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and the Four Rhythms of Grief
Do you have a go-to song when all a thug can do is cry, cry? Maybe you should consider Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s 1996 outpouring “Tha Crossroads.” Mark describes how the song hits so hard in part because of the unique rhythmic identity from each of the members of the group, while Nichole takes us thro...
02 - ‘The Sign’ by Ace of Base and Jung’s Collective Parallel Minor
But where do you belong? In this episode, we break down Ace of Base’s 1993 not-quite reggae dance-pop megahit “The Sign.” Mark thinks he’s cracked the code on how the band used weird key changes to top the chart several times over. Meanwhile Nichole muses about whether this song’s lyrics relate to ...
01 - ‘That's What You Get' by Paramore and the Motivic Limbic System
Wait, what exactly do you get when you let your heart win?! Here we tease apart Paramore’s 2007 power pop anthem of youthful mistakes, “That’s What You Get.” Mark thinks this song is such a banger because of a very old songwriting technique, and Nichole takes us on a journey of how our brain chemis...
Introducing Nevermind the Music
In this sneak peak, hosts Nichole (psychology professor) and Mark (music professor) banter about their new music podcast, Nevermind the Music. Join us each week as we light-heartedly pick apart a classic pop song from the perspectives of a songwriter and a psychologist. Nevermind the Music launches...