A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
Hosted by Andrew Hickey · Andrew Hickey
4.8from 6,906 ratings
- 262
- Episodes
- 45
- Transcribed
- 6,906
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 38K
- YouTube views
About A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.
- Publisher
- Andrew Hickey
- Category
- history · music · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Sept 2018
- Latest episode
- 1 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
45 of 262 episodes have a transcript.
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Song 187, “Space Oddity” by David Bowie, Part One, “Commencing Countdown Engines On”
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
21 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Song 185: “Peaches En Regalia” by Frank Zappa
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Song 187, “Space Oddity” by David Bowie, Part One, “Commencing Countdown Engines On”
Published 1 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Nietzsche, in the voice of Zarathustra, but again it seems to be something Nietzsche himself believed, "'claims that everything that has happened before "'will happen again in exactly the same way, saying, "'If you should die now, O Zarathustra, behold, "'we know too what you would then say to yourself. […]
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- YouTube views
- 37,657
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 3,436 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 3,470 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 99
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