Automatic For The People - Side A

Rip off your slacks, grab your junk, and jump into the water, we're going Nightswimming!!! Also, fuck me, kitten..... and who's this Monty chap? It's a veritable smorgasbord of REM-y nuttiness this week as we talk Andy Kaufmann, capitalist assholes, and repetitive piano ballands! But will Side B of Automatic for the People hold up for Kev and Corey? Will a wasp ever be elected to congress, and is anyone actually reading these episode notes?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and chase the ride.Songs covered in this episode: "Monty Got a Raw Deal", "Ignoreland", "Star Me Kitten", "Man on the Moon", "Nightswimming", "Find the River"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Automatic for the People" refers to the motto of Athens, Georgia-based eatery Weaver D's Delicious Fine Foods, after the phrase the restaurant's owner Dexter Weaver says to his customers instead of "you're welcome." We're ratcheting down the tempo and ratcheting up the drama on this one but will Kev find it all a bit pedestrian? Will Corey understand what the hell Michael is talking about in Try Not to Breathe? And will Kev pull away from Corey completely in the season-long game?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and drive.Songs covered in this episode: "Drive", "Try Not to Breathe", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1", "Sweetness Follows"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're taking a break from R.E.M. to cover one of our Ko-Fi submissions. It's the third album we've been given by the brilliant Ruddy Rutherford and it's an album that Corey loves! We have a chat about how to rank compilations/covers albums and talk lots about the movie and its standout cast. We changed up the format ever so slightly for this episode but we're still assigning our usual scores to the songs and the album! But will a bunch of young, fresh musicians wow Kev, and will Corey rank this one in his top ten?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and slow your mustang down!Songs covered in this episode: "Take Me To The River", "Chain Of Fools", "The Dark End Of The Street", "Destination Anywhere", "I Can't Stand The Rain", "Try A Little Tenderness", "Treat Her Right", "Do Right Woman Do Right Man", "Mr. Pitiful", "I Never Loved A Man", "In The Midnight Hour", "Bye Bye Baby", "Slip Away"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for Side B and another gigantic hit for R.E.M! Kate Pierson from the B-52's shines and Michael and the boys mock the entire enterprise of pop music, but still produce one of the year's biggest hits! Those rapscallions! Will Corey be able to claw his way back into this season's game? Will Side B finally be the R.E.M. side that wows top to bottom? And what is Kev's favourite R.E.M. song, which he says is from this side of this record?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and belong.Songs covered in this episode: "Shiny Happy People", "Belong", "Half a World Away", "Texarkana", "Country Feedback", "Me in Honey"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a brief one week hiatus due mainly to Kev's inability to organize his life and his recently atrocious immune system just being an absolute dick, we're back! We're looking at the album that sent R.E.M. into the stratosphere and on Side, we'll be discussing arguably the single most identiable and career-defining song in this band's catalogue. But, will Losing My Religion score the elusive 10-10-5? Will Corey dig an instrumental from the boys, and is this going to crack Kev's top ten all time Side As?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and hold each other!Songs covered in this episode: "Radio Song", "Losing My Religion", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Both Kev and Corey reckon their favourite song on Green is on this side of the record! We talk about Father's Day, ZZ Top, Flash Gordon (and the madness of Chaz Charles) and the upcoming Seaside Pod Review. Oh, we also talked about R.E.M. after a long catch up at the top of the episode! But will Corey engage in some self-flagellation? Will Kev apologize for pigeon-holing Corey as an Eliminator-and-on ZZ Top fan? And what's the ticket's sold Corey???The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and just hold her.Songs covered in this episode: "Orange Crush", "Turn You Inside-Out", "Hairshirt", "I Remember California", "Untitled"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And we're off! Quite often, when indie bands go to a major label, they lose a lot of their original fan base because of the dreaded - and in Kev's opinion, deeply flawed - notion of "selling out". Thankfully, Warner Bros. was a label that believed artists knew best when it came to their own music so the suits stayed in their lane and let the creatives get on with it. But will this translate to crossover success for this ragtag band of arty types from Athens? Will Kev's nostalgia carry his scores into the higher reaches and will Corey be able to stomach the pure pretentiousness???The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and face north!Songs covered in this episode: "Pop Song 89", "Get Up", "You Are the Everything", "Stand", "World Leader Pretend", "The Wrong Child"Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If wishes were trees the trees would be fallingListen to reasonSeason is callingA group of beligerant, experimental, avant-garde bohemians from Athens Georgia seem an unlikely group to defy the odds and hit four consecutive multi-platinum records, but that's exactly what R.E.M. did between 1988 and 1994 with their smash albums Green, Out of Time, Automatic for the People, and Monster. We're heading into slightly different territory from anything we've covered to this point as we discuss the merits of having a singularly distinctive vocalist and three musicians who simply don't want to confirm to any standard of what music should sound like. But will Kev's ratings line up with his nostalgic fondness for these four records and will Corey's patience be tested by the less mainstream directions that these four gents take?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and stand in the place where you live!Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashTwitter: https://twitter.com/UCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Kev put on his steel toecaps and booted Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Kiss, and Mötley Crüe in the kidneys for a few hours, we figured we should probably bring in a defender of the hard rock faith. Who would we turn to other than the brilliant opposing counsel from the upcoming first season of Rock Court, Heath McCoy. Heath has been a regular contributor to Corey's Van Halen podcast for the past three years and he and Kev have rattled sabres on many occasions regarding David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar, so will this latest meeting produce any fireworks? Will Heath actually attempt to justify Dance All Over Your Face? And will Corey have to step in to separate these two lunkheads?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and remember, it's only a bloody record!Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/mz9ymTwSSEKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ultimatecatalogueclash Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One hundred episodes of Corey and Kev talking about music. We've loved every minute of it so far and we've been humbled and delighted by the fact that so many of you have joined us for the ride!For this special celebratory episode we're looking back at two albums that we feel were underrated for one reason or another to see if re-listening to them now in the context of an entire season and now an entire show will change our minds at all! We're also taking question from you, our awesome listeners so thanks to everyone who submitted those on Discord!Will Kev have mellowed on the Black Album and now that Corey has Duke on vinyl, how will his ratings change, if at all?The only way to find out is to turn on, tune in, and get ready for the next hundred!Don't forget to follow us on social media and leave us a rating/review if you're enjoying the show!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateCatalogueClashBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ucatalogueclash.bsky.socialDiscord: https://discord.gg/76F8G8FEX8Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ultimatecatalogueclash(Get a grip Spotify! We need the episode re-upped!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.