History in Five Songs Episode 334: Why a Rock ‘n’ Roll Song?
In Episode 334 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin digs into why so many rock, metal, and even punk bands slip old-school 1950s-style rock-and-roll rave-ups into their albums, exploring the roots, motives, and surprising examples behind this enduring musical quirk.
Whitesnake – “Bloody Luxury”
Kiss – “Let Me Go, Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Accept – “Burning”
The Clash – “Brand New Cadillac”
Rush – “In the Mood”
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History in Five Songs Episode 333: First Track Buzz-Kill
In Episode 333 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin dives into those puzzling album openers that deflate excitement right out of the gate—exploring songs that worry, confuse, or misrepresent their bands, from The Who and Rush to Queen, Rainbow, and Yes.
The Who – “New Song”
Rush – “The Big Money”
Queen – “Party”
Rainbow – “I Surrender”
Yes – “Going for the One”
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History in Five Songs Episode 333: First Track Buzz-Kill
In Episode 333 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin dives into those puzzling album openers that deflate excitement right out of the gate—exploring songs that worry, confuse, or misrepresent their bands, from The Who and Rush to Queen, Rainbow, and Yes.
The Who – “New Song”
Rush – “The Big Money”
Queen – “Party”
Rainbow – “I Surrender”
Yes – “Going for the One”
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History in Five Songs Episode 332: Shockingly Not on the Live Album
In Episode 332 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin digs into the most surprising omissions from classic live rock albums by legends like Led Zeppelin, Queen, and Rush—spotlighting the iconic tracks that somehow never made the cut.
Led Zeppelin – “Immigrant Song”
Queen – “Somebody to Love”
Rush – “Limelight”
AC/DC – “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”
Blue Öyster Cult – “Astronomy”
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History in Five Songs Episode 331: Double-Powered Inventors
In Episode 331 of History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff, Martin ponders the bands and albums that helped invent multiple rock and metal genres at once—from Hendrix, Cream, and Pink Floyd shaping psychedelia, prog, and metal, to King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Sabbath, and Venom forging the foundations of progressive metal, power metal, goth, thrash, and black metal.
Jimi Hendrix Experience – “Love or Confusion"
King Crimson – “The Court of the Crimson King”
Uriah Heep – “Poet’s Justice”
Venom – “Witching Hour”
Metallica – “No Remorse”
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History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff is the show that aims to make grand and often oddball hard rock and heavy metal points through a narrative built upon the tiny idea of a quintet of songs. Buttressed with illustrative clips, Martin argues quickly and succinctly why these songs - and the specific sections of these tracks - support his mad professor premise, from the wobbly invention of an “American” heavy metal, to the influence of Led Zeppelin in hair metal or to more succinct topics like tapping and twin leads. The songs serve as bricks, but Martin slathers plenty of mortar. At the end, hopefully he has a sturdy house in which this week’s theory can reside unbothered by the elements. At approximately 7000, Martin has had published in books more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned approximately 85 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock and record collecting. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.
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