KnockBack, Episode 39: The Music of Our Youth
Added 2018-11-07 17:00:05 +0000 UTCFor many kids, music is a gigantic part of life, and the bands, albums, and songs we grow up listening to and enjoying often help shape the people we end up becoming as adults. With that in mind, we dedicate the longest episode of KnockBack to date to 10 albums each (or 20 albums total) that indelibly influenced us as children and teenagers. Indeed, much of our focus is on our middle school and high school years, represented by an enormously eclectic collection of music... an assortment of music we'd still gladly listen to today, from hip-hop to rock, and just about everything in between.
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I hope you found some good albums and songs! We will absolutely do another of these episodes in the future.
Colin Moriarty
2019-01-08 22:51:26 +0000 UTCThank you! The show was awesome; so glad I got to see them, even in that late era. Reinhold Messner is truly something else. =)
Colin Moriarty
2019-01-08 22:51:11 +0000 UTCSide note, I randomly watched the movie Role Models the day after finishing the podcast. At one point, Paul Rudd mentions KISS and how all their music is about sex. Toward the end of the movie, the four main characters paint their faces and dress up as the band for the LAIRE battle and name their country “Kiss-Myanthia.” It’s great.
Jose Garcia
2018-11-27 00:03:22 +0000 UTCI loved this episode and absolutely would not have minded a 4+ hour episode one bit. Let the topic run it’s course! I have a ton of new music to check out now :)
Jose Garcia
2018-11-26 23:55:03 +0000 UTCHey Colin, I was pleasantly surprised to hear The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner was on your list. I always get weird looks when I tell people Ben Folds Five is my favorite band of all time so it was cool to see them get such a big mention on the episode. I hope some of your listeners check them out, Im incredibly jealous you got to go to one of the reunion shows! Thanks for all the awesome content.
Devin
2018-11-25 14:14:44 +0000 UTCI love Sports. Great record. Appetite for Destruction and Ten aren't half bad, either. =D
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-16 19:40:02 +0000 UTCJust finished up and wanted to drop my belated top 10 after listening. Not-so-honorable mention (‘cause he’s a bag) to Bobby Brown - Dance! ...Ya Know It (1989 Remix Album of Don’t Be Cruel) that I wore out on cassette at swim meets. My birth to high school years were 1979-1997. Cheating with the Dagan rule for my first concert which was 1998 - Aerosmith. Also am kinda counting Huey Lewis & the BTTF soundtrack as one because they were so intertwined for me. 1. Van Halen - Van Halen (1978) 2. AC/DC - Back in Black (1980) 3. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982) 4. Huey Lewis & The News - Sports (1983) / Back to the Future: Soundtrack (1985) 5. Van Halen - 5150 (1986) 6. Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) 7. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987) 8. Metallica - Metallica (1991) 9. Pearl Jam - Ten (1991) 10. Weezer - Weezer (1994) As for the sound quality it sounded good to me, I listen on MPOW Bluetooth headphones and didn’t notice any troubles.
Luke Tucker
2018-11-15 22:27:51 +0000 UTCHa! Thanks for listening.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-13 19:46:48 +0000 UTCFinally finished this, very good episode! Musical taste definitely gives insight into a person. I feel like i got to know you guys alot better! On a side note, WHOA, of ALL THINGS I didn't ever expect from you, and definitely not on your music edition of Knockback, was a shoutout to my favorite mascot of all time, and a great memory, Alex Kidd!; Much love COLIN!! You are TOTALLY forgiven for skipping my question!!
Jeshua Anderson
2018-11-13 15:47:56 +0000 UTCThank you for the recommendations! I appreciate it.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-12 19:52:37 +0000 UTCWe'll get to that episode in 2019. Thank you for listening!
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-12 19:46:30 +0000 UTCThanks for the shout-out on my “Politics of Dancing” recommendation! I was born in 1991, but none of the music I grew up with really molded me outside of the surface level classics featured on VH1 70’s & 80’s countdowns. Seemed like everybody in my environment growing up only deemed music to be viable if it emerged during or after grunge. It wasn’t until my twenties when Spotify hit that I really found myself falling in love with music. Using the radio stations from GTA games as reference, I took deeeeeep dives into all the eras and genres of the latter 20th century. Needless to say, Vice City won my heart, and I’ve since poured through every week of the billboard charts from 1979-1989. But not to pigeonhole myself, I actually love music going back as far as the birth of rock & roll. In fact, I think part of why I love the 80’s is that it was sort of this neon synthesizer emulation of the 50’s & early 60’s. Hell, Roy Orbison put out a hit song near the end of the 80’s. There was still this tether to that Oldies Era which would cease once music shifted into the 90’s. Great episode, guys! Look forward to listening to your album choices in full! Here’s another New Wave favorite for ya: Orange Juice - “Rip It Up” (1982 LIVE) <a href="https://youtu.be/rEaTc5eU6mo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/rEaTc5eU6mo</a>
FrogLantern
2018-11-12 16:40:08 +0000 UTCI listen to it through a JBL speaker pretty loudly, depending on what I'm doing. Had you not mentioned it, I doubt I would've noticed. Since you did, I tried listening with a discerning ear for the best feedback, which I think is the least I can do for you. I'm not sure I'd say the quality of the sound was worse, but merely different. Still sounded like I was in the room with you two, just maybe a room with carpet opposed to hardwood, or something to that effect.
Jason Bolla
2018-11-10 19:06:43 +0000 UTCNew Jersey's own Thursday. We can ALMOST claim 'em on the Island, but not quite. =)
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:54:16 +0000 UTCGreat episode! This has taken me down a rabbit hole of listening to music from my youth this week. Some Oasis, Bush, Mase, and Master P. Can't wait for the college years episode.
Jonathan Thomas
2018-11-10 18:53:56 +0000 UTCJason, when you say negligible, does that mean you did notice a difference? If so, you noticed that it was worse than usual?
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:53:47 +0000 UTCI'll check it out. Thank you for the heads-up. Ramon and I always had this fantasy that we'd see Green Day and they'd open with Emenius Sleepus. Not a Nimrod song, I know, but kinda shows you where my head is at with their sound.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:53:24 +0000 UTCThat would have been during the Nice Guys Finish Last era, no?
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:52:34 +0000 UTCThank you for your support, James! I hope you continue to enjoy the content. <3
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:52:18 +0000 UTCThe first three you mentioned -- Throwing Copper, Under the Table and Dreaming, and Sublime -- are all records I love, too. My dad was/is a huge Live fan, so that was how I was exposed to that.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:52:02 +0000 UTCYeah, they were a bit corny, eh? =)
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:51:23 +0000 UTCTook the 60 bus, out of downtown Campbell...
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:51:04 +0000 UTCOh, is that right...? =)
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:50:32 +0000 UTCOhhhh! You're in for a treat.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:50:20 +0000 UTCMost excellent. =)
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:50:09 +0000 UTCThere ain't nothing wrong with those first three Creed records! Thanks for listening. =)
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:49:53 +0000 UTCI hate mouth noises with a passion, so there's actually one Fireside Chat in particular I haven't published because I think it's going to drive people insane. =) Not a weird complaint at all. I have been watching Making A Murderer and there are so many mouth noises all over the god damn thing. Drives me insane, too.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-10 18:48:41 +0000 UTCI credit my older brother with shaping my taste in music. As a kid, it was all Blink-182 & Green Day. I still listen to those bands, but he got me really into Post-Hardcore in junior high and that was life changing for me. Thursday is still my favorite band of all time. Their dove logo was even my first tattoo.
Michael Miller
2018-11-10 06:36:26 +0000 UTCAudio difference with how I listen was negligible. A small price to pay to listen to both of you for a longer period of time.
Jason Bolla
2018-11-09 21:23:12 +0000 UTCDude Green Day's Nimrod is one of my favorite records of-all-time! I received a copy on double yellow vinyl last Christmas and listen to it all the time. (Originally got the album 21 years ago on CD for Christmas, crazy how life comes full circle.) Also a great album for my time at the gym. Also met Tre around the same time you did just outside of Toronto on the 21st century tour. They also released an album after Uno, Dos, Tre, called Revolution Radio, it was half sorta disappointing. I understand your sentiment when it comes to Warning, however I do sing the last track "Macy's Day Parade" to my daughter every night, and even covered it on one of my albums a few years back. Also if you're interested in checking out an excellent somewhat unheard Green Day release check out "Demolicious" it is some of the demos from Uno, Dos, Tre, but is very raw and sounds like old school stuff, might be my favorite release from them. Thanks for another wicked awesome episode. Cheers. - P.S - also used to cover Holiday when my band used to play live, always went off huge. Also Tragic Kingdom is a top ten album of all time for sure. Again kudos.
Josh James
2018-11-09 20:34:48 +0000 UTCgreen day and total request live is what comes to mind.
Andrew
2018-11-09 20:04:20 +0000 UTCJust wanted to drop in to say I've just become a Patron as of today. I decided to put it here as Knockback is my favourite podcast on the CLS roster. I love everything you do and have done for years. I'm a proud Patron now and am sending much love to you and Dagan from Ireland
James O'Donnell
2018-11-09 19:25:18 +0000 UTCAwesome episode, so many great memories, added a bunch of music to my playlist thanks to this! Got me thinking about what my list would be, the ones that stick out to me are: Live - Throwing Copper; Dave Matthews band - Under the Table and Dreaming; Sublime's self-titled (and last) album; Jimmy Buffet - Songs You Know By Heart; Counting Crows - August and Everything After, and so many others. Thank you guys for cranking up the memories to 11!!
Bryan Finck
2018-11-09 15:13:49 +0000 UTCSome great albums discussed. I’ll never forget listening to the first limp bizkit, and my mom saw the cd case. “Three dollar bill? Wow, I haven’t heard that term in a long time. They used to say ‘he’s as queer as a three dollar bill’”. It was at that moment I realized the depth of the jokes they were going for.
Chris B
2018-11-09 15:11:15 +0000 UTCThat's amazing about your sister giving you "And Out Come The Wolves"! I actually have a deep association with the song "Roots Radicals" and wandering around NYC. Great Album! Also: The Sundays version of "Wild Horses" is perhaps my favorite cover, ever. It would definitely take a minute for me to think up my list, but 'Disintegration' by The Cure and 'Walk Among Us' by The Misfits would be spots 1 and 2 for sure. Awesome ep!
Justin Matkowski
2018-11-09 05:54:07 +0000 UTCHey Colin, would really be interested in a SNES vs. Sega Genesis topic if you haven’t already.
Brandon Soto
2018-11-09 04:01:27 +0000 UTCI dont know how I'd never been exposed to De La Soul, but thank you! Definitely going into the playlist.
Inedible Trout
2018-11-09 02:41:21 +0000 UTCUntil you guys said "Bill Cosby rap" I was like have the never heard "conscious rap"? Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water not great for playing Zelda but to this day one of my favorite albums to Snowboard to. This shit is and was indeed hot Mr. Moriarty.
Erik Peterson
2018-11-08 23:41:19 +0000 UTCThis is a great episode Colin and Dagan! Many good memories while I was listening. Creed is still my favorite band of all time and I'm glad at least someone is vouching for them :) I also still love and listen to Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Nickelback, and others without shame at all and enjoy the heck out of them!
Lucas Gremista
2018-11-08 21:28:21 +0000 UTCI will imagine we will get plenty of Blink-182 when they move up to college and post high school. Blink-182 is a fantastic American icon, and band.
Cameron O'Neill
2018-11-08 19:43:46 +0000 UTCBlink 182 was my favorite band growing up. They captured the punk/pop scene perfectly. They had the upbeat punk beats with catchy guitar riffs and their lyrics were easily relatable as a teenager. I was never into the political punk groups with a few exceptions.
Tyler
2018-11-08 19:21:42 +0000 UTCPodcast sounded normal to me. I didn't notice any degradation whatsoever. Thankfully Dagan doesn't smack his lips when he speaks as so many of your guests do. LOL. There's been a few where it started grossing me out that I could hear their lips smacking over a whole podcast. Weird complaint, I know.
Jason Stafford
2018-11-08 19:08:43 +0000 UTCYeah, they bit the Sellout Bullet, but hey, I would have done the same thing.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-08 18:55:48 +0000 UTCSounds better?! I'm getting conflicting information. I don't know what to do. =\ Would you say the podcast typically DOESN'T sound good? Sound quality is important to me, especially compared to other podcasts you may listen to.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-08 18:55:16 +0000 UTCThat's wild. Absolution, FWIW, is a masterpiece.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-08 18:54:59 +0000 UTCHmmm... now, did you find the quality overall to be lesser than other podcasts you listen to? I'm basically trying to find out if I can use compression at all moving forward or not.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-08 18:54:47 +0000 UTCVery cool. Doubt I'll ever rank the Eminem albums because I basically only know three of them.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-08 18:54:18 +0000 UTCGreat, glad the sound quality is good for you!
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-08 18:54:03 +0000 UTC<3 <3 <3
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-08 18:53:34 +0000 UTCThanks for listening! Glad you enjoyed.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-08 18:53:01 +0000 UTCLoved this one and added some new/old stuff to my playlists. Definitely agree that Songs About Jane was an amazing album; it makes me sad for the rest of Maroon 5’s career. -Cody
Cody Howell
2018-11-08 17:07:16 +0000 UTCRad. This made me reflect on my first musical experiences, and I haven't done that in a while. Always nice. as far as audio is concerned, this episode sounded great. probably even better than usual.
Michal Dudic
2018-11-08 15:34:32 +0000 UTCRe: Muse - saw them in high school (in the uk) at the London Astoria (capacity 2000 people) when they were touring with their first album and they were fantastic. Was some band called Coldplay as their support act about to release their first record but I don’t know what happened to them ;)
Martin Bradford Gago
2018-11-08 12:03:20 +0000 UTCHe Colin, fun episode! I will say as feedback for the sound quality, your voice did seem a bit “off” compared to other recordings. Was listening on my HomePod, which has excellent sound and clarity, an there was a clear difference IMO. Not that it made the episode any less than the others!
SpicyVodka
2018-11-08 05:22:11 +0000 UTCThis was an amazing epsidoe! Marshall Mathers LP is my favorite album of all time. In fact I had to pause it when I got to that part and go listen to it. So great to hear you two discuss this. We need a ranking of Eminem albums sometime!
Addiholic
2018-11-08 04:57:50 +0000 UTCDude, I remember listening to Stan by Eminem when I was in middle school. That whole album was great. My brother and I would listen to Stan every night before we’d go to bed when I was in eighth grade. We just really liked that song for some reason. Eminem is truly something else. Also, the sound quality is great! :)
Will Hahn
2018-11-08 03:21:53 +0000 UTCLove this show!
Cooly-Z
2018-11-08 03:00:21 +0000 UTCI still listen to Re-arranged, n 2gether now, boiler room, counterfeit they had some great stuff. They did fall off really hard tho
Ryan R. Kittredge
2018-11-08 02:23:36 +0000 UTCLoved the episode. I love and grew up with the same music besides Ben Folds Five which I will check out. Also shout out to Limp Bizkit!
Marcus Brown
2018-11-08 01:50:21 +0000 UTCGreat to get Dagan’s opinion on the stuff before my generation. I was born in 1984 so much of Colin’s list hit really close to home. Seeing Eminem in Detroit at Comerica was one of my concert highlights. Also Ben Folds, Weezer Blue Album, Linkin Park sent me right back to my middle/high school years. Another great episode in a stellar podcast
Ryan R. Kittredge
2018-11-08 00:16:19 +0000 UTCLOL.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-07 23:59:15 +0000 UTCGlad the sound quality is holding up! Also glad to contribute a few good tracks to your playlist. =)
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-07 23:59:09 +0000 UTCThat's super cool. Would love the opportunity to meet him. Really, when it comes to those first three records, you can't go wrong.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-07 23:58:48 +0000 UTCGreat. As long as it sounds just as good as usual, that's all I care about.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-07 23:58:28 +0000 UTCEnjoy! <3
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-07 23:58:17 +0000 UTCThank you so much for supporting our show! We're having a blast with it.
Colin Moriarty
2018-11-07 23:58:10 +0000 UTCDagan describing listening to the Frosty the Snowman soundtrack and looking at the album art for other various "adult" albums was awesome
desperateLuck
2018-11-07 19:56:57 +0000 UTCThe sound quality is excellent. Another great episode my dudes! Ben Folds artistic melancholy storytelling is one for the ages. Thanks for sharing your good ol nostalgic memories of formative tracks throughout your lives. I can happily say my spotify list grew for the better today. Looking forward to the next KnockBack. Thanks for that A+ content and keep up the good work!
ActualFlavor
2018-11-07 19:22:28 +0000 UTCAbsolutely loved the deep dive on Ben Folds Five. Always thought it was a shame that The Sound of the Life of the Mind wasn't a little better but I absolutely agree that Michael Prater was the best track on that album. Ben Folds' solo albums also have some great tracks. For me, the seminal album is Whatever and Ever Amen-- it's peak in production quality but it's more accessible than Messner-- even though Messner is also great. When they reunited to make their most recent album I got the chance to interview Ben Folds over the phone! It was super cool.
Matt Kuryloski
2018-11-07 19:22:21 +0000 UTCSound quality is just fine, Colin. I don't know how many folks are listening in such a Hi-Fi way that they can really tell. I'm listening in my car or on earbuds most of the time, and every episode has sounded equally good from a quality standpoint
Bryan Finck
2018-11-07 18:55:41 +0000 UTCThis is gonna be great! Can't wait to listen!
Marcus Brown
2018-11-07 17:22:23 +0000 UTCAn unexpected treat! My favorite show of the CLS lineup!
Tim J Weckwerth
2018-11-07 17:02:21 +0000 UTC
