It's simple, we find songs that have historical context within the lyrics and then dissect those lyrics on the show. Whether it's a song about a ship that sank in the Great Lakes or an ancient folk song about Mongolian sky gods, we will explore it's historical context. But more importantly, we will dig into what the songwriter was trying to communicate and why.
Episode 28: The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (Frenjamin, Sean, Scott)
Frenjamin Church returns for a deep dive into Tennessee Ernie Ford's take on The Ballad of Davy Crockett. While Disney might have revitalized the King of the Wild Frontier for 1950s TV, the real Crockett was a rugged frontiersman who went from dirt-poor Tennessee hunter to Congress, fought for and then against (politically) Andrew Jackson, and died fighting at the Alamo rather than retire to a cushy job in D.C.. We explore how this self-made legend built his own mythology back when the media landscape pushing for Western expansion and manifest destiny, all through the lens of Tennessee Ernie Ford's impossibly deep baritone. You can go to hell - we're going to Texas!
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ACYcD1ce5E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ACYcD1ce5E)
Check out and subscribe to Frenjamin's Substack: https://mountainking.substack.com/ (https://mountainking.substack.com/)
Follow Frenjamin on X (Twitter): @BFriendjamin
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Scott- @dotgiff
Sean- @hashtag_hey_bro
Think you've got a song we should discuss on the show? Send us a DM on X/Twitter or an email to historyinmusicpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:historyinmusicpodcast@gmail.com)
15 Jul 2024
Episode 27: Born in the U.S.A. (Scott, Sean, & Giordano)
Returning guest and friend of the show Giordano joins us as we wax patriotic discussing Bruce Springsteen's 1984 Born in the U.S.A. We pick apart Springsteen's ironic rock ballad memorializing a returning Vietnam veteran's blackpilling at the bleak events of his pre and post-war life and decide that the song is based and cool actually (we're media literacy experts). After all, what's more American than hating the government and fighting in pointless foreign wars? Thanks for the song and your opinions on it Mr. The Boss, but we'll take it from here.
Link to the song/music video: https://youtu.be/EPhWR4d3FJQ?si=gI1i-xvS8dEe5MFo (https://youtu.be/EPhWR4d3FJQ?si=gI1i-xvS8dEe5MFo)
Buy The Mambo Wizard: Breakfast is Served by Giordano Lahaderne: https://a.co/d/09GIoby1 (https://a.co/d/09GIoby1)
Follow Giordano on X: @giordano_lives
Follow Scott and Sean on X:
Scott - @dotgiff
Sean - @hashtag_hey_bro
Think you've got a song we should discuss on the show? Send us a DM on X or an email to historyinmusicpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:historyinmusicpodcast@gmail.com)
26 Oct 2023
Episode 26: Hearts of Iron (Scott, Sean, & Frenjamin Church)
Frenjamin Church joins us for a moving discussion of Sabaton's 2014 Hearts of Iron. Sabaton lauds the unsung heroes of the Second World War and sheds much needed light on an underserved part of history: the Wehrmacht soldiers protecting Berlin (and it's civilians) in May 1945. The song specifically deals with a lesser known theater in the Battle of Berlin known as the Battle of Halbe (or the Halbe Pocket). In the midst of chaos, destruction, and death, two German commanders chose to save their people rather than leave them to be butchered by Communists. Hopefully this episode with give some much needed praise to General Theodor Busse and General Walther Wenck. Nicht ein Schlacht, ein Rettungsaktion!
Link to the song: https://youtu.be/hvP-qhjfvsc?si=WLBzpVGy7sNPSgRE (https://youtu.be/hvP-qhjfvsc?si=WLBzpVGy7sNPSgRE)
Check out and subscribe to Frenjamin's Substack: https://mountainking.substack.com/ (https://mountainking.substack.com/)
Follow Frenjamin on X (Twitter): @BFriendjamin
Follow Scott and Sean on X:
Scott- @dotgiff
Sean- @hashtag_hey_bro
Think you've got a song we should discuss on the show? Send us a DM on X/Twitter or an email to historyinmusicpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:historyinmusicpodcast@gmail.com)
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