Midnight Star - Midas Touch

Episode 139 explores a working theory headed up by DJ JAG comparing Billy Paul's 1972 classic "Me and Mrs. Jones" to Whitney Houston's 1987 hit "Saving All My Love".  We dissect the background story of each and determine if there's more here than meets the eye... or ears.Who was Mrs Jones? Who was Whitney saving all her love for? And was there ever anybody who did it better than '87 Whitney? It's time dissect NEXT!

Episode 138 brings a classic movie review throwback, as we have 3 things we need to discuss about Willy Wonka and his crazy chocolate factory - with Ryan Castle, 'DJ JAG' Justino Garcia, and Jason Malabuyoc.1) Is Willy the most irresponsible business owner of all time?2) What is up with those grandparents though??3) We give out The Thingy Awards: MVP, 6th Man off the bench and Practice Squad Player (character we didn't really need). Join the wild ride as we cruise the crazy tunnel through the Wonka factory that seemingly destroys children's lives into a world of pure imagination!

In this special edition of the Dissect DJs we open up the Grab Bag and ask some of the most thought-provoking, mind-shattering, inquisitive questions to ever be discussed in podcast form, to the soulful sounds of Young-Holt Unlimited's 1968 classic "Soulful Strut".Would you rather be an Oompa Loompa or one of The Lost Boys from Hook? Climb the beanstalk from Super Mario or run the loop in Sonic the Hedgehog? Be granted your biggest wish or avenge your greatest regret? Who would you rather fight-  The Breakfast Club cast or the entire team from The Mighty Ducks? All this and more on a very soulful episode of The Dissect DJs - NEXT!

Episode 136 throws it way back to 1958 when Ritchie Valens made this classic that still gets played today - "La Bamba", that then Los Lobos imitated in 1987.It's our second ever translation episode (first being Gangnam Style) where we try to decipher what this song is really all about, who did it better, and determine if it might have the best guitar breakdown in music history. LA BAMBA is NEXT!Watch the video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/nkMqn8KXu2U

Episode 135 breaks down Bruno Mars' latest hit single alongside K-Pop star ROSÉ titled "APT."  What does APT mean? How do you pronounce it? Why does this sound so familiar? Is Bruno Mars the best modern performer we got right now? And what is his all-time greatest jam? We dissect it all in this electric pink video, check out the full video episode here: https://youtu.be/YGbNtlzhw9cNEXT!

Episode 134 breaks down the ultimate dick-measuring jam with Mickey Avalon's 2006 classic "My Dick".  We open up the Dissect DJ soundbox and put it to work as our rating system to judge each dick joke bar for bar.  Which line is best, and is this the all time dick track? We go through all the top contenders, let's DISSECT!

Episode 133 throws it back to 1986 to break down the legendary RnB troop Midnight Star's "Midas Touch", which gets your DJs asking the question - What would be your ideal Golden Touch scenario? If you could have the Midas Touch in any situation, what would it be? We Dissect!Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/1-Be2H_l0Lw

Episode 132 dissects the groundbreaking football film that broke all the rules with the 1999 Oliver Stone classic Any Given Sunday!  Starring Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, we go full blitz on the movie that did everything it could to peel back the curtain to show what it takes charge from the locker room to the gridiron to the Super Bowl... or Pantheon Cup.Is it the best football movie of all time? Is Tony D'Amato actually a good coach? Where does his pregame speech rank in the history of speeches? What's the most 1999 thing about the movie? Was Christina Pagniacci a shrewd or savvy team owner? Did Willie Beamen change the game for QBs? And who was the movie's MVP, 6th Man, and who was the "practice squad player" that we could we have done without?We tackle it all - GAME TIME!See the Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/fV0yjQDTJN0

On Episode 131 we hop on the Double Dutch Bus and try to figure out what exactly it is, and what the hell Frankie Smith is saying in this 1981 jam.  This song influenced hip hop vernacular for YEARS to come, and on the surface seems to have a bunch of gibberish speak, but we may have decoded what exactly it is he was trying to say all along.It's the Double Dutch Bus MOVE your feet!

We're back to break down the ICONIC theme song of the hometown city of your World Series Champions - Randy Newman's 1983 classic "I Love LA"!Is LA really a city worth loving? Has anyone ever got along farther in the music industry with a voice like Randy Newman? And what the hell is Randy really talking about in this song? We break it all down NEXT in Episode 130! GO DODGERS!