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Song 2

In this podcast, Stephen Steps Lowe takes a classic album and argues that the LP"s SONG 2 is the most important one.

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Song 2: Kasabian - Days Are Forgotten (S.3 Ep.19),...

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2024/04/17

On today’s episode we will look at the fantastic Kasabian, once described as The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis... ..but they very much have their own style - which is exemplified in their fourth studio album Velociraptor!, released in 2011 and the second track on it is the lead single Days Are Forgotten.

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Song 2: Porij (S.3 Ep.18), 12/04/2024

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2024/04/12

Ahead of debut album Teething's release, I catch up with Nathan and Egg and see what they think about Second SongsHey there and welcome to this week’s edition of Song 2… it’s the one you click on, and are immediately saying that this cannot be correct. You’ll have examples to hand and, just like Cliff becomes Cave, becomes Arch, becomes Stump, you realize that there is a wee bit of truth to it. Here, Nathan and Egg from the really rather good Porij do exactly this… Check out what they have to say,

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Song 2: Feeder - Buck Rogers (S.3 Ep.17), 10/04/2024

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2024/04/10

This week’s episode is all about Feeder… my favourite band ever. So, this one could get a little gushy... Oddly, though, we are covering one of my least favourite Feeder tracks, even though it is almost universally loved. It is the song you know by Feeder, even if you don’t know that you know Feeder, you know? And it has had millions of people screaming about drinking cider through a ruddy lemon for nearly 30 years. And to think, it was almost a song given to another band altogether.

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9:36

Song 2: Marcy Playground - Sex And Candy, 03/04/2024

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2024/04/03

For this week’s episode of Song 2, we are looking at a 90’s staple, Sex & Candy from Marcy Playground. Even in this office, we have a 50/50 split of those that love the oddly louche lyrics, and those that hate it with a passion akin to the fires of hell. For me, this one was as ubiquitous as anything from Beck, Dando, Alexakis, Dulli et al.

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3:01

Song 2: Keith Murray - We Are Scientists (S.3 Ep.12),...

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2024/03/29

“If the song 2 doesn’t grab you, you’re sunk BABY”This week’s guest Song 2-er (sic) is the always good value Keith Murray, of the prolifically great We Are Scientists… and while this intro may be longer than Keith’s response, it does not contain a now immortal phrase, that, if we could get the rights sorted, we would have on a limited run of Song 2 tees.

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3:30

Song 2: Michelle - CIEL (S.3 Ep.14), 29/03/2024

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2024/03/29

In this week’s Friday episode we are taking Michelle of the Netherlands by the way of Brighton band CIEL over the SONG 2 coals. Needless to say, she’s one foot in, one foot out, but places a lot of importance on the influence of a producer. Check it out.

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9:52

Song 2: James - Sometimes (S.3 Ep.13), 27/03/2024

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2024/03/27

This week we are dialling the calendars all the way back to 1993 as we are revisiting Jame’s breakthrough album, Laid and their standout cut Sometimes. Yes, we all know that the 1990 single Sit Down is still a favourite in student unions and weddings, but Sit Down was not even on the track listing for the original release of Gold Mother… it was track 7 on the 1991 re-release and the opening track on the US version. Sometimes is about as full-throated a singalong as you can possibly get.

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3:06

Song 2: Clémentine Delauney of Exit Eden (S.3 Ep.12),...

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2024/03/22

"There's a reason why there's an entrée and a main course, you know..."In this week’s Song 2, Clémentine Delauney of both Exit Eden AND Visions Of Atlantis offers up her view of where the second song lies in terms of prominence and importance. Exit Eden released their latest LP, Femme Fatale earlier this year, and Visions Of Atlantis have just announced Pirates II – Armada. Check out my interview with Clementine on RTL Play. Cheers.

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10:03

Song 2: blur - Song 2, 20/03/2024

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2024/03/20

We’ve held off for three seasons before breaking the emergency glass on this classic It took till the 5th record and a song written as a joke for blur to temporarily break America. Song 2 inspired this podcast and is, ironically or not, the quintessential Song 2 pudding prover.

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3:03

Song 2: Torres (S.3 Ep.10), 15/03/2024

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2024/03/15

"For me track listing is very specific to the album and from album to album, I never order things based on what I think a certain track number should be"What An Enormous Room by Torres (AKA Mackenzie Scott) came out earlier this year and is ace. Torres does not agree with Song 2... At. All. And my dreams are thus shattered.

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Song 2: Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die (S.3 Ep.9),...

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2024/03/13

In this week’s Song 2 Episode we are foregoing silly head wear and possibly ill-advised cultural appropriation There's always been the gnawing doubt that the flak Jay Kay got at the time of Jamiroquai’s was a little unfair. Sure, the headlines grabbed in the early 00’s were not great but Jamiroquai’s tunes stand up incredibly well. None more so than Too Young To Die, the second cut lifted from the 1993 album Emergency on Planet Earth.

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4:57

Song 2: Ill Peach (S.3 Ep.8), 08/03/2024

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2024/03/08

"How do we hit them hard over the head...right off the bat... here's all our rage... and then, here's where we are crying about it?"Ill Peach’s LP, This Is Not An Exit, was one of my picks for 2023. Here, Jess and Pat are on the scenic route to a sort of, possibly, could be answer to Song 2. Track listing is important. Incredibly so. But tone and tempo are key drivers too.

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Song 2: Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (S.3 Ep.7),...

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2024/03/06

This week we are taking a look at the beautiful, beguiling and breathy White Winter Hymnal from Seattle indie-folk band, Fleet Foxes. "White Winter Hymnal" is the first single from Fleet Foxes released by European label Bella Union on July 21, 2008 and arguably remains to this day the band’s best known song.

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3:39

Song 2: Justin Young - The Vaccines (S.3 Ep.6),...

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2024/03/01

“I think anyone you will speak to you on this will tell you that very real blood, sweat and tears go into sequencing”Now that we can confirm that they are going to be hitting the Grand Duchy’s den Atelier on the 30th May, we can finally get to the dapper The Vaccines frontman Justin Young and his take on the Song 2 merry go round. Don’t forget to book tickets for the show on atelier.lu and listen to my two-part interview with Justin available on RTL Play.

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8:40

Song 2: Juice WRLD - All Girls Are The Same (S.3...

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2024/02/28

On this week's Song 2, we’re taking a look at a rather emotional song that was a breakout for its star performer AND the precursor to a much bigger tune.Now, let’s be clear here, I am not the authority to speak on Juice WRLD, that honour would to my two teenage sons – who may yet be struck down with MEGA cringe upon hearing this – fortunately I have had some assistance in getting this piece but together by Maja (our clued-up intern).

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5:11

Song 2: Richard Henshall - Haken (S.3 Ep.4), 23/02/2024

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2024/02/23

“If the first track is like a punch in the face, the second one needs to be a little calmer… at least for a couple of minutes” This one has been a little while in the Song 2 queue, Haken’s most recent LP Fauna came out in 2023 and when the band passed by the Grand Duchy for a show at the Rockhal we of course caught up with riff master Richard Henshall, who finds the second song concept interesting, if not conclusive. We will file this one in the maybe folder... for now.

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9:12

Song 2: Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name (S.3...

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2024/02/21

For episode 3, season 3 of Song 2, we are this week heading into double-denim-ed poodle rock territory. New Jersey bound we go as we lap up the monumental rock anthem You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi. This iconic track captured the hearts of many in 1986 when it was released as the lead single from their classic album Slippery When Wet, cementing its way into the foundations of rock and roll history.

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4:34

Song 2: Sean Connelly - The Clockworks S.3 Ep.2,...

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2024/02/16

The Clockworks released an under the radar classic in 2023... do they agree with the Song 2 theory? For our second episode of Season 3 we are chatting with Sean Connelly of the exciting Irish band The Clockworks, whose debut album Exit Strategy, is a tightly woven collection of atmospheric indie rock tunes, that will find a much wider audience as more and more fans get onboard. Sean is, though, not joining our club, stating quite succinctly that the penultimate song on a record is easily the best

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9:15

Song 2: The Offspring - Self Esteem S.3 Ep.1, 14/02/2024

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2024/02/14

Back with our first episode of season 3, we are kicking things off with the enormous smash (sorry) hit from The Offspring… Self Esteem. The Offspring’s third album Smash remains one of the greatest ‘little band gone big’ stories ever. While it is true that Come Out And Play was the first time the mainstream media suffered whiplash in relation to The Offspring - the band Themistocles never undersell its importance - it was Self Esteem that received blanket coverage on MTV and catapulted a popular,

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0:43

Song 2 - Season 3 Teaser, 08/02/2024

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2024/02/08

The third season of our (sometimes) chart-topping podcast is coming soon... Season 3 is on its way. Why is that big news, well it isn’t if you think any other song other than the second one on a record is the best. We have guests including Poppy, P.O.D, Des Rocs, Shed Seven, Marika Hackman, Ill Peach, Porij, Chastity Belt, Torres, Gruff Rhys, Sprints, Mando Diao, Alkaline Trio, Staind, Vaccines and many more…

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