Emission #1 - Pop Culture Clash

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Sexe, Drogues et Pop-Corn
de Chuck KLOSTERMAN (Naïve)

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Sexe, Drogues et Pop-Corn
de Chuck KLOSTERMAN (Naïve)
vs
Gülcher
de Richard MELTZER (Denoël)

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de Chuck KLOSTERMAN

I Don't Need No Doctor (live) d'Humble Pie
Whenever people ask me what kind of music I
like, I say, "Music that sounds like the opening 14 seconds of this song."

Yellow de Coldplay
As explained in the book, this song is the perfect manifestation of inorganic emotion.

Divorce Song de Liz Phair
This was how American people thought about
romantic potentiality during the middle '90s.

Star Star des Rolling Stones
This is probably the best Stones song no one seems to care about. It's the band sounding the most like themselves.

Underwhelmed de Sloan
The band Sloan is from Nova Scotia, where they seem to spend a lot of time reading young adult novels and worrying about hot girls who don't really like them.

Buy U a drank (Shawty snappin') de T Pain
This is a good song to play if you want to prove that Americans are fucking morons. It's very popular here, somehow.

Powerman des Kinks
This is used in the new Wes Anderson movie. It seems like the Kinks should be popular in France, but maybe they seem too relentlessly British.

All For Leyna de Billy Joel
Kind of a pre-emo, post New Wave number from a man who was very confused about his career, even when it was going great.

10 Seconds to Love de Motley Crue
This song was from 1983, when it was still acceptable to brag about how *fast* you could have sex with someone.

Champion de Kanye West
In this tune, Kanye samples Steely Dan, which may not translate as weird. But trust me -- it's weird.

Kid Charlemagne de Steely Dan
To show the cultural collision. I can really relate to Kanye, for some reason. I think we're kind of the same person.

East Bound and Down de Jerry Reed
This is song that describes the plot of the 1977 film "Smokey and the Bandit." I can't think of any other song remotely like this.

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