Hit Story: the podcast that tells the tales of tasty tunes. The goal of this podcast is to give you context for the songs that you already love and hopefully the songs will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you. I’m Tim Tamashiro. This edition of

Hotel California - It all started because of rattlesnakes

Nov 5th, 2017 15m 14s

Bob and The Boss (repeats)

Oct 28th, 2017 27m 33s

Hit Story host Tim Tamashiro has a cold. So it's not possible to make an entire new episode of Hit Story for you this week. But how about a two-fer of past episodes? Tim really enjoyed making the Hit Stories of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a

Physical - Olivia Newton John transforms from princess to prowler

Oct 14th, 2017 12m 22s

Welcome to Hit Story: the podcast that tells the tales of tasty tunes. I’m TT your host. The goal of this podcast is to tell you stories about famous songs and when you hear their stories hopefully they will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you.

The Message - Hip Hop gets serious with a song about poverty.

Sep 23rd, 2017 16m 46s

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen spends five years searching for perfection

Sep 16th, 2017 15m 41s

Welcome to Hit Story: the podcast that tells the tales of tasty tunes. The goal of this podcast is to give you context for the songs that you already love and hopefully the songs will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you. Hosted by Tim Tamashiro.

Come On Eileen - A young man begs for carnal pleasure in a song.

Sep 9th, 2017 12m 15s

Hello and welcome to Hit Story: the podcast that tells the tales of tasty tunes. The goal of this podcast is to give you context for the songs that you already love and hopefully the songs will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you. Hosted by Tim

Candle In The Wind - Elton John sings at Princess Diana's funeral

Sep 2nd, 2017 10m 38s

Take On Me - The perfect #1 pop song

Aug 26th, 2017 15m 22s

Hosted by Tim Tamashiro Hit Story: the podcast that tells the the tales of Tasty tunes. The goal of this podcast is to give you context for the songs that you already love and hopefully the songs will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you. This ed

I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash writes a song of devotion

Aug 19th, 2017 14m 31s

This is Hit Story, the podcast that tells the tales of tasty tunes. The goal of this podcast is to give you context for the songs that you already love and hopefully the songs will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you. I’m Tim Tamashiro. This edi

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell's haunting song about a lonely county worker.

Aug 12th, 2017 18m 38s

Welcome to a special edition of Hit Story: the podcast that tells the tales of tasty tunes. Today we celebrate the life of Glen Campbell who died on August 8th, 2017. The goal of this podcast is to give you some insight one of Glen’s biggest hi

God Only Knows - Brian Wilson builds an important part of his soul

Aug 5th, 2017 20m 1s

The goal of this podcast is to give you context for the songs that you already love and hopefully the songs will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you. I’m Tim Tamashiro. This edition of Hit Story is all about how the Beach boys Brian Wilson wrote

The Times They Are a'Changin' - Bob Dylan writes his anthem

Jul 29th, 2017 15m 13s

Hit Story is the podcast that tells the tales of tasty tunes. This is a podcast where you’ll hear stories about famous songs. Hopefully the songs will become even MORE MEANINGFUL to you. I’m Tim Tamashiro. This edition of Hit Story is all about

Respect - Aretha Franklin powerfully changes a song from he to she.

Jul 22nd, 2017 15m 52s

This edition of Hit Story is all about a song that was written by a man for a man to sing… but when a 25-year-old young woman named Aretha Franklin decided to sing it her way she changed the song into an anthem for women everywhere. This is the

Born to Run - Bruce's ode to the car, the road and the girl.

Jul 15th, 2017 15m 18s

Bruce Springsteen wrote Born To Run about three things: the road, the car, and the girl. That’s it. He figured the essence of Rock and Roll boiled down to just those three things. But who was Born to Run? He decided the song would be about the

Beat It - A gang fight song by Michael Jackson

Jul 6th, 2017 17m 27s

How is it possible that a skinny young man with a high voice, bedazzeled socks and one single white glitter glove could create a crunchy rock song about a gang fight? Hit Story is the podcast that tells the tales behind famous songs. The goal

Smoke on the Water - Who brings a flare gun to a concert?

Jul 6th, 2017 19m 43s

This edition of Hit Story is all about the incredible string of events that surround the legend of the Deep Purple classic "Smoke on the Water". It all began with an idiot… who brought a flare gun to a concert. It was 1970. Deep Purple was in M

Your Song - Virgins write the most perfect love song.

Jul 6th, 2017 16m 38s

This edition of Hit Story is all about… a couple of inexperienced virgins and how they wrote the most perfect love song ever. This is the hit story of Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s Your Song. Hosted by Tim Tamashiro.

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