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EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … – This Is Not Happening – An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 70 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Joey is VERY happy to bring 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' the 3rd album by Olivia Rodrigo.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, taking inspiration from Olivia's love of and references to the Cure, the theme is 'Songs that reference other artists'.    — Part 1 | Album of the Month | Olivia Rodrigo |  You seem pretty sad … —Olivia is a force of nature. She is a song writing savant. She has a new album out, in case you didn't notice, this means we've got to talk about it. And there is a lot to talk about.Have a listen, tell us what you think.Listen to the original album here.Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.Buy this album or some merch here.  Listen to the ridiculously brilliant Switched on Pop Podcast Episode.               — Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Songs that reference other artists — Olivia references the Cure a number of times on this album. We've taken inspiration and chosen 'Songs that reference other artists' as our Spin It theme.The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more 'spins' than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question 'Spin It Or Bin It'?Joey chose Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus.David chose Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder.Guy chose Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo.Nolan chose Secret Wars I by The Last Emporer.What would you have chosen? What's missing from our playlist?We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look – https://thisisnothappening.net/

1. EP.70 | Olivia Rogrigo | You seem pretty sad … 01:12:03
2. EP. 69 | Lykke Li | The Afterparty 57:33
3. EP.68 | Robyn | Sexistential 01:24:03
4. EP.67 | Eliza | The Darkening Green 01:12:16
5. EP.66 | Jill Scott | To Whom This May Concern 01:06:54

Welcome to Episode 68 of This Is Not Happening, an Album of the Month podcast. 

In Part 1, we do a deep drive review of our Album of the Month. This month Guy brings a Robyn’s latest release ‘Sexisitential’.

In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month, the theme is ‘Sad Bangers’.

           —— Part 1 | Album of the Month | Robyn |  Sexistential ——

Robyn is a unique, iconic figure in contemporary music. She’s been making and releasing music since 1995, her career spans 4 decades already and she shows no signs of slowing down. Her pop career started when she was 15, she’s about to celebrate her 47th birthday, this is insane staying power!

Sexistential is her 9th studio album if you count the Body Talk series as full albums? It’s only 29 mins long, it doesn’t mess about and no track or the album in full overstays it’s welcome. 

There is lots to get into in the discussion, has she still got it? Is she doing new things? Is this still relevant and if so who for? How artists change and what we expect from them as they age?

Have a listen, tell us what you think.

• Listen to the original album here.
• Watch some of her videos here , particularly the singles from this album.
• Buy this album or some merch here. And listen to her talk about the album here.

                —————- Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Sad Bangers —————- 

Robyn’s biggest track is ‘Dancing On My Own’ is the archetype of a genre that Guy made up ‘Sad Bangers’. This is our theme for Spin It or Bin It this month.  It’s got to be sad, and it’s got to bang. Simple (in theory).

The task is pick a track that fits the theme, the objective, get more ‘spins’ than your friends. We each pick four tracks for a 16 track play list . We then each pick select 1 track and ask the simple question ‘Spin It Or Bin It’?

• David chose Destroy Everything You Touch by Ladytron.
• Joey chose ‘Teardrops’ by Womack and Womack.
• Guy chose ‘Lovesick’ by Friendly Fires.
• Nolan chose ‘Blue Monday’ by New Order.

What would you have chosen? What’s missing from our playlist?