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We are back with trivia this week with tough questions about mullets, La La Land, girl-power anthems, and fabricated live recordings. Can Lindsay run the trivia gauntlet?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lyri
This week, we take a look at the making of Billie Eilish’s Oscar-winning “What Was I Made For?” AKA “Barbie’s heart song” — commissioned by Greta Gerwig for the billion dollar blockbuster that takes aim at patriarchy, glass ceilings, and unatta
In December of 1967, before the release of their biggest hit in the United States, The Zombies called it quits. Seeing a money-making opportunity, two shady promoters from Michigan created not one, but two (!!!) imposter bands calling themselve
Pop artist Andy Warhol famously quipped, "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes." This week, we meet the so-called Warhol Superstars — the gritty and glamorous entourage depicted in Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side," the po
This week we’re hot on the trail of the bizarre conspiracy theory claiming Canadian pop-punkster Avril Lavigne was replaced by a body double shortly after the success of her first album, Let Go. Is there any merit to this mystery? Let’s just sa
What do the Avengers, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men, and the Traveling Wilburys have in common? They're all part of our first ever Lyrics for Lunch trivia episode! Have fun, and may the odds be ever in your favor
This is the story of Luke Combs, a mediocre man with a guitar, riding the coattails of Tracy Chapman, a queer woman of color. Or is it? While the latter has 4 multi-platinum albums and 4 Grammys in her own right, she’s making headlines once aga
Between 1975 and 1982, a blood-thirsty gang of murderers terrorized a section of Northern Ireland. Nearly 30 years later, the Decemberists told the tale on their notable fourth album, The Crane Wife. But did they get the story right? And was it
In honor of Taylor’s boyfriend heading to the Superbowl next week, we’re revisiting our All Too Well (10 Minute Version) episode where we examined all things Swiftie and some of TayTay’s less favorably remembered loves…. Enjoy!You'd be hard pr
This year on New Year’s Eve, Green Day, one of the best selling rock bands in history, changed the lyrics to their 2004 Anti-Bush anthem, American Idiot, to take a shot at the MAGA crowd. This week, Lindsay and Aviv dive deep into the band’s hi
What do Stacy's Mom, A Colbert Christmas, Tom Hanks' directorial debut, a water feature store in New Jersey, and Emmy winner Crazy Ex Girlfriend all have in common? A master composer and musical comedy writer with a legacy as joyful as they com
This week we look at how the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl took Fairytale of New York from an elusive bet to one of the most-loved Christmas songs of all time. Happy holidays, everyone!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po
What started as a requiem for a glacier became a triumphant call for hope and action in the fight to save our planet. This week: How environmentalist and LGBTQIA activist Pattie Gonia teamed up with world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and trans sin
If you thought Bad Blood was just for the Swifties, think again. This week, we've got the story of a beef so strong, it inspired a movement of killer lyrics, offensive hair, bloody T-shirts, and — you guessed it — dangerous misogyny. Screenwri
As the mystery of Hall & Oates's unraveling ... unravels, we bring you everything we know about the “ultimate partnership betrayal" tearing apart the beige dynamic duo — and everything we knew before that — from green pancakes to the Son of Sam
This week, by listener request, we bring you the tale of the chilling “therapy” that inspired some strange art — that inspired some strange art — that inspired some strange art. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s
Sixties folk icon and Sesame Street trailblazer Buffy Sainte-Marie has come under fierce scrutiny since the CBC published a bombshell exposé in late October accusing her of fabricating her story of indigenous ancestry — a story she’s been telli
This week we’re bringing you the obscure true story of an OG MPDG — the muse behind James Taylor’s classic "Fire & Rain." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lyricsforlunch/support
Here's a story about Jelly Man Kelly. He sure loves Jelly. And maybe some day, me and you, friend, we can have tea with him. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lyricsforlunch/support
Hey hey it's our 100th episode! In celebration (or maybe not so much), we're diving deeeep into how the pop industrial complex used Britney Spears as a pawn in the ongoing scheme to oppress millennial women. --- Support this podcast: https:
In honor of Spooky Season, we're bringing you the frightening tale of one nepo baby with a ghastly fake accent and a fascination with voyeurism. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lyricsforlunch/support
In the year 2000, Eminem’s “Stan” gave new name to an obsessive fan, and in doing so, left an eternal mark on popular culture and vernacular. Twenty three years later, as “stanning” continues to evolve, we take a hard look at the creative geniu
Who knew that the sweet sounds of Stevie Wonder were a driving force behind making MLK Day a national holiday? Well, we didn’t. But now we do. And this week we’ve got the full story behind the song, as we explore the life and genius of Little S
In 1973, California-based Rev. Jim Jones and his followers released a private-press, gospel-pop-funk LP — not-so-subtly titled He’s Able. As Rolling Stone noted, “The production values and arrangements are surprisingly top notch, the music is i
Forty years after its release, the opening guitar lick and congenial snare response of Violent Femmes’ “Blister in the Sun” remain a calling card for end of the second Millennium. This week we look at the circumstances that led to its rise a cu
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