Songs Based on Real Events

Published: Sept. 19, 2018, 4 a.m.

b"Streaming is a very cool way to access tens of millions of songs with a few pokes on your phone\\u2026the idea of being able to listen to virtually any song from any era of human history with such ease is something akin to magic\\u2026\\n\\nThe downside of streaming is that it doesn\\u2019t provide any context to what we\\u2019re hearing\\u2026a continuous stream of music tells us nothing about the artist or the song\\u2026it\\u2019s just music, standing alone with nothing to anchor it to anything\\u2026\\n\\nIt was different in the old days\\u2026if you bought an album, dammit, that was an investment\\u2026you paid money for it, which created a fiscal relationship with the artist\\u2026that meant you were more likely to stick with an album and get deeper into the artist and the songs\\u2026otherwise, you had this nagging feeling you had wasted your money\\u2026\\n\\nContext means so much to the enjoyment of music\\u2014which is probably a reason you\\u2019re listening to me right now\\u2026you want more than the notes that make up a song\\u2026\\n\\nYeah, sometimes a song is just a song\\u2026you know, it\\u2019s got a good beat, you can dance to it and maybe sing along\\u2026it doesn\\u2019t really mean anything more than that\\u2026\\n\\nBut some songs are very deep\\u2026they actually form some part of a historical record\\u2026they tell the story of real people, real events and the things that came after\\u2026\\n\\nThat\\u2019s where we\\u2019re going with this show: everything we\\u2019re about to hear is based on fact, on history, on actual events\\u2026and you may be shocked by the truth beyond songs that you\\u2019ve been digging all your life\\u2026this isn\\u2019t anything you\\u2019re gonna get from a stream\\u2026trust me\\u2026\\n\\nSongs in this episode:\\n\\n\\nThe Clash - White Riot\\n\\nBoomtown Rats - I Don't Like Monday's\\n\\nU2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday\\n\\nREM - What's the Frequency Kenneth?\\n\\nPearl Jam - Jeremy\\n\\nNirvana - Polly\\n\\nThe Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings\\n\\nFilter - Hey Man, Nice Shot!\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"