You Should Know This Song

Queen, ELO, & Smithereens Challenges. Adam Ant’s new tour, ADD Apez and more in APEisode 15

COME ON IN! Welcome to Rayce’z Oasiz! MixedApez are slinging another heapin’ helpin’ of song challenges, BS, and weirdity (Yep! Made up word. That tracks!) on You Should Know This Song. APEisode 15 has us chatting through the acts above as well as ABC, No Doubt, U2, Genesis, The Buggles, Bruce Springsteen, Cheap Trick, Crowded House, Ministry, Billy Joel, Bill withers and others.
It all happens when we play our PRIME CUTS, and TWIST & SHOUT lyric challenges.
Then when we do UNCONTROLLED SUBSTANCE it’s APEZ messing with our own A D D. as we try letting our brains go wandering off unsupervised. And when they return we make use of them for some CORRECTIONS and NOTES.
Pull up a branch and hang out a bit for You Should Know This Song THE ROCK MUSIC LYRIC CHALLENGE AND COMMENTARY PODCAST!

Tequila Sunrise. It's a Drink, it's a Song, It's a State of Mind. APEisode 14!

Hey there. Welcome! Is this your first time? Don't be scared, we're friendly APEZ. Weird and friendly! Very weird, but still friendly.
We've returned with more commentary and silliness about Rock music and lyrics. This APEisode begins with our Ask & You Shall Deceive segment. We include lyrics from CCR, the Byrds, Toto, The Blues Brothers, Tommy Tutone and even more.
Then a NEW challenge! It's called Tune That Name (at least for the moment), and it's basically word association for music nerds. The Police, Aerosmith, Pretenders, Tears for Fears, The Monkees, Talking Heads... all of them and more show up in the new segment.
Finally we 'wrap it up' with Bean Enchiladas (haha, get it?) which seems to have become a listener favorite. Lyrics by Billy Idol, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, Steve Perry and a bunch more get twisted into unrecognizable word salad. Sorry, not sorry.
So let's get our pod on. Join us for another zany trip into the jungle lair that is MIXEDAPEZ land. We promise, we won't bite. 

Midweek Mayhem! Are these bands touring in your area soon? AND A LISTENER CHALLENGE!

HEY! We just couldn't resist getting in a little MIDWEEK MAYHEM, so we whipped up a mini-episode to mention a bunch of bands that "YOU SHOULD KNOW" touring in the next couple of months. We'll run through part of the summer's touring announcements that MAY be showing up in a venue near you.
And just for fun we toss out a challenge to all of you, with a lyric challenge for the listeners. If you know the song (without having to look it up), drop a comment on your podcast platform or send an email to apez@mixedapez.com.
We're reminding EVERYBODY to play fair, it's no fun if you look it up on the InterWebs. If you don't know this one, we'll be dropping more along the way.
Anyway, check it out and see if there a gonna be some cool shows to attend near you!
APE IT UP

Judas Priest Spans 50 Years of Heavy Metal, and Route 66? APEisode 13 is here!

We are still stupefied by the fact that Judas Priest has been making METAL albums for 50 years. On the other hand, we're not very smart and neither one of counts very well.
In APEisode 13, we open with our Ask and You Shall Deceive segment. Discussing songs by John Hiatt, Counting Crows, REM, Led Zeppelin, Eddie Money, and even Ronnie Spector, we cover the gamut of genres this time.
We debut a new segment called Route 66. The point of this challenge is to provide as many locations (city/state/country) as possible from a song, based on the lyrics tossed at you. It's the first go, so we may struggle through it, but ultimately it's a blast. We hit songs by the Lovin' Spoonful, Bob Seeger, Beach Boys, Rush, David Bowie, and several more.
Wrapping up with Uncontrolled Substance, we confess to the music we sometimes listen to when no one else is around, music we call guilty treasures. Since it's stuff we 'feel guilty' about, we'll leave it at that and you'll have to listen to find out what we're talking about.
So get your kicks with us in APEisode 13. Let's ROLL, baby!

Seeing If You're Paying Attention. We're Late with the APEisode. Did You Notice? APEisode12

It took a minute, but we got Prime, Bean Enchiladas, And Quick Hitz to reward your patience. In this APEisode we explore keeping our heads on straight while life rears up and calls for attention. We swing through with some corrections, PRIME CUTS featuring the likes of John Mayer, The Knack, Poco, Gene Vincent, Rage Against The Machine, They Might Be Giants, and more. Then, in BEAN ENCHILADAS we eat our words referencing Superstitious, When I Fight Authority, Beast Of Burden, BaBaBa Barbara Ann, a few others, and finally finish our Bean Enchiladas. Man, I'm stuffed.
We wrap it up with QUICK HITZ, including discussions on Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighters, ZZ Top, Rolling Stones, Heart, The Clash and more, more, more!
Come on don't be mad, it's worth the wait! Check it out!  And if you're really upset, send us an email and tell us how it ruins your day if we're late with an APEsiode. You know we love you guys! REALLY.

Already Been Covered. Listeners Contribute their Favorite Covers. It's APEisode 11

Hello again! Apparently, he's SCRUMPTRULESCENT, and I'm fine, but not quite dandy! With 'nods' to Will, and the best ever, George, we kick off APEisode 11. We offer a NEW segment, PRIME "Twist and Shout". In the new segment, the challenger has to come up with a couple of lines of lyrics, prompted by a song name. Not always as easy as it sounds. We have clues from Ozzy to Squeeze, from Jane's Addiction to Jethro Tull, and for a change, we get most of them right!
Our Uncontrolled Substance session is a blast, talking about some of our favorite covers, and a bunch of faves from listeners. We "COVER" (sorry, I just can't help it) covers from RHCP, Ghost, Limp Bizkit, Elmore James, Metallica, Hendrix, Judas Priest, Melvins, and that's not even half of them. And I am betting you won't guess the hands down favorite cover our listeners shared.
So make sure to cover all your bets, and download the latest MixedApez APEisode of You Should Know This Song, THE ROCK LYRIC CHALLENGE PODCAST!
 

Rock & Roll HoF voting is OPEN to Fans! APEisode 10 is here. Nestkeeping? Really?

Welcome to our 10th APEisode. We kick it off discussing the 2024 nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Plenty of entertainers, and plenty of opinions. Nominees include Cher; Foreigner; Peter Frampton; Jane's Addiction; Dave Matthews Band; A Tribe Called Quest; Kool & the Gang; and 8 other acts. Wherever you stand, the vote is open to fans until April 26th. 
We move onto our Prime challenge, You Should Know This Song. Plenty of chatter about artists as varied as Otis Redding, Love & Rockets, Todd Rundgren, Smashing Pumpkins, Dire Straits, (the forbidden) Steely Dan, and a whole lot more.
We discuss the origin of the word WIKI, and we tip our hats to our families, and especially to our listeners. Come celebrate our 10th podcast with us, and get in on the ground floor. After all, it's where we spend most of our time. 

BOFFALONGO! And other musical FACTOIDS from MixedApez. It's APEisode9!

Who knew? As old as we are, (VERY) we can still learn something. We go long in this one, and WAY far afield. Beginning with YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS SONG, we cover Mojo Nixon stories, discuss the ?first? 'boy band', wonder about Paul Westerberg, and a bunch more music related rambles.
Moving to Quick Hits, there's a brief discussion on the song writing teams from the famous Brill Building in Manhattan. We touch on music by (OG) Elvis, JT, The Animals, Stray Cats, Uriah Heep, and other great artists. Fun, informative, BS from our resident APEZ.
We wrap with Ask and Ye Shall Deceive, where the answer to the questions reveals the song. There's a bit about KSHE FM, one of the longest running continuous Classic Rock stations in the US. We 'old guy' for a few about "Late Night" Rock TV shows from the 70's & 80's. (Yes, they had TV in the 70's & 80's, kids). Add in comments on music by The Lovin' Spoonful, The B-52s, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, and even the Commodores, and we just can't stop.
It's a great time, with lots of APEZ type chatter and us bone-heading our way through it all. Check out the website for more info and come listen to the MixedApez. All the cool kids are doing it.