Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 497 - "Geek Challenge: Stick Season vs. Blood on the Tracks"

Gobbledygeek episode 497, “Geek Challenge: Stick Season vs. Blood on the Tracks,” is available for listening or download right here, on Spotify, and on Apple Podcasts.

Are you feeling “Homesick”? Are you all “Tangled Up in Blue”? Dogged by a “Simple Twist of Fate” or, perhaps, sippin’ on gin and “Orange Juice”? Then boy, do we have the Geek Challenge for you! Dipping their toes in musical waters for the first time in a while, our boys are listening to one of each other’s favorite albums. Paul has challenged Arlo to Noah Kahan’s 2022 singer-songwriter album Stick Season, and Arlo has in turn challenged Paul to Bob Dylan’s extremely singer-songwriter classic, 1975’s Blood on the Tracks. They grapple with each artist’s distinctive vocal stylings, compare the albums’ sense of mourning for loves lost, and are generally perplexed by what music the other is drawn to.

NEXT: Drop a sick beat, we’re gonna freestyle.

BREAKDOWN

• 00:00:55  –  Intro / Guest
• 00:05:30  –  Stick Season by Noah Kahan
• 01:19:28  –  Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
• 02:27:31  –  Outro / Next

LINKS

• Noah Kahan’s ‘Stick Season’ beautifully captures the complexities of homesickness by Elle Muller, The Dartmouth
• Famous in a Small Town: Noah Kahan, ‘Stick Season’ and the Art of Looking Forward and Backward All At Once by Hannah Dailey, Billboard
• Pitchfork Review: Blood on the Tracks by Jesse Jarnow, Pitchfork

MUSIC

• “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan, Stick Season (2022)
• “Meet Me in the Morning” by Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks (1975)

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