The Perfect Album Side Podcast
The Perfect Album Side Podcast
PAS Single: Pinball & Piano
Steve and Wyndham delve into the legacy of iconic rock pianists, debating which legends deserve a place on the Mount Rushmore of keyboard players who shaped rock history.
• Tribute to recently departed Rick Derringer, known for "Hang On Sloopy," "Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo," Hulk Hogan's entrance music, and his work with Weird Al Yankovic
• Discussion of a recent classic rock countdown that surprisingly placed Metallica's "Enter Sandman" at #1 over traditional classics
• Billy Joel and Elton John considered piano rock royalty with both hosts ultimately choosing Billy Joel for Mount Rushmore status
• Little Richard unanimously selected as a foundational figure who "started it all" for rock piano
• Heated debate between Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder for the final spot on the piano Mount Rushmore
• Brief consideration of other influential pianists including Chuck Lavelle, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Freddie Mercury
• Announcement of next week's episode focusing on iconic opening bass riffs titled "All the Way to the Base"
Join us next week for "All the Way to the Base" - an exploration of the most iconic opening bass riffs in rock history!
One idea. Six songs. Infinite possibilities...
I'm honestly, I'm afraid to speak, I'm afraid to say anything, for I be prey to your shame and mockery welcome to the perfect album side.
Speaker 2:one idea, six songs, infinite possibilities. This is the Perfect Album Side Podcast. My name is Steve, his name is Wyndham. We are here, let us begin now. I'm going to start adding that to the intro. We begin here. Let us begin now. I'm going to start adding that to the intro. We begin now.
Speaker 1:Wyndham hello, as a bassist, that's you, and I'm trying to keep up with the drummer and your foot, so to speak, yeah, yeah, my right foot, and that's why I'm waiting for you to get us started before I jump in.
Speaker 2:Well, here we are. My name is Steve, his name is Wyndham. Welcome to the podcast, wyndham. How are you, sir?
Speaker 1:I'm doing really great. What's new? What's new? Oh gosh, what's new. Life is just going, going and going. Kids are getting older. Life is happening. Don't blink, Stone Cold, I know your kids are younger than mine.
Speaker 2:Don't blink, I'm telling you that's a I know. I know I'm going to be 95 years old before I know it, so I'll be dead soon.
Speaker 1:Is this happening Are?
Speaker 2:we recording this, we are, we'll continue, we're not perfect.
Speaker 1:We're just really good. The album sides are, but we're not Far from it, Boy. That's good content.
Speaker 2:What did we talk about on our last episode? Let me bring this back whole. First of all, this is a perfect album side single. We got a side A from Mr Wyndham, we got a side B from me. But on our last full episode, which was like a week ago or two weeks ago, I don't remember what did we even talk about? Vocals only? Oh, yes, a lot of boy bands.
Speaker 1:A lot of boy bands, a lot of Motown, some Destiny's Child, yes, and I think we could do an entire episode on just vocals, only Motown vocals, only 90s.
Speaker 2:There's a lot of different ways that could have gone but that was the most in-depth we've gone with boy bands and I think that's probably as far as we're going to go with that. But I can do a whole Motown thing.
Speaker 1:I think the best part about it, it was just unintentional. The episode wasn't boy bands, no, we had Destiny's Child. We could have had TLC in there. We've talked a lot about TLC a lot lately. We had a lot of Motown. The Supremes, give me a break. They started it all. Man 12 number one hits.
Speaker 2:All right, that was last week. Today, you've brought side A, I've brought side B. I don't know what side A is, you don't know what side B is, so we're off the cuff here as they say Now real quick, before we jump into this we had a little pregame going on.
Speaker 1:just a minute ago, we talked about a musical death.
Speaker 2:That's true, we did. We lost a gentleman by the name of Rick Derringer. Rick Derringer famous for multiple things, probably the most famous for being in a band called the McCoys. In the 60s they had a huge song called Hang On Sloopy, which I'm sure all of our listeners are familiar with. But if not, go listen to Hang On Sloopy. But also equally as important as his work with the McCoys was his work with Weird Al Yankovic, who, friend of the podcast. Weird Al lost his longtime guitarist and that was sad.
Speaker 1:So yes, sad about Rick Derringer. Now there's two other connections I want to bring up real quick about Rick Derringer. He also was famous for the song which I think to me is a little more famous and well-known than Hang On Sloopy, which is Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo.
Speaker 2:Rock and Roll hoochie.
Speaker 1:Coo, rock and roll hoochie coo, yes, I forgot how he is. He wrote that, so he did. I forgot that too. Now the pinnacle of his career came it wasn't rock and roll, hoochie coo oh, hang on, sloopy, or it was, it was when my weird owl, all those would make the mere mortal very famous yeah not in this case.
Speaker 2:He also is responsible for the song real american, which is best known as hulk hogan's ring entrance song I did not know that and my mind is blown and now I feel like the world really has lost a musical icon. I, uh, you know, I didn't know rick derringer personally and I only knew him kind of, you know, just out there on the side. But that brings it all home right there. I'm a real American the. Hulk Hogan the yeah.
Speaker 1:When you think about, when you think about what you know, what you tell your grandkids. We talk about legacy and significance. Well, imagine being able to say yeah, I was responsible for Hang.
Speaker 2:On Sloopy.
Speaker 1:Rock and Roll, Hoochie Coo. I was the guitarist and the producer for Weird Al Yankovic's debut record and other songs. Oh, and I also wrote the song that Hulk Hogan, the most famous wrestler in history, entered the ring to. That's not a bad career, Stone Cold. That's Hall of Fame worthy if you ask me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was kind of thinking this was just a side note, but rick derringer, my goodness, I mean a musical icon. Uh, I mean, if you write the theme music for thunder lips, you've had a good career, thunder being the rocky, rocky three hulk cogan character. Yes, let us get to today's episode, otherwise we're going to do a whole episode on rick derringer, and what a fine episode it would be.
Speaker 2:And our average listeners per episode, numbers will plummet well, the derringer family would listen, I'm sure of it. They're nice people, not being said sorry for you have brought side a, which I am unfamiliar with. Uh, I have brought side b, which you are unfamiliar with. Uh, drop that needle, mr man man, on Side A, please. What do we got, yeah?
Speaker 1:we're going to have some fun with this today.
Speaker 2:We'll see.
Speaker 1:We don't know. We like to do lists, oh boy. And we count down. Sure, countdown is big in 2025. But, as most, most rock and roll stations talk about classic rock now. But as most rock and roll stations talk about classic rock now, as most classic rock stations around America will do on the All-American holidays, memorial Day, labor Day, july 4th a lot of them will have a top X number of rock and roll songs in history.
Speaker 2:Z93, the top 500 songs of all time.
Speaker 1:That type of thing. Exactly, you got the call sign wrong, but everything else in that is perfect.
Speaker 2:KJ-103, Oklahoma City's own, the top 1,000 songs of rock history.
Speaker 1:Something like that, culminating next August, yeah, right.
Speaker 2:Okay, I follow, I'm with you.
Speaker 1:Yeah. So I just wanted to kind of have some fun with this. It was a little bit of a different number one and these are so arbitrary, right, like they can mask it by saying oh yeah, our voters vote Our listeners rather voted on this. We kind of get some out of a pickle if there's a weird selection, like at some point I heard more than a feeling was at number 116 and Orange Crush by REM was number 115. How is that possible?
Speaker 2:It's not Makes no sense, makes no sense, makes no sense.
Speaker 1:Here's what I wanted to ask you. Give me we're going right off the cuff here give me side A top five classic rock songs in history and I'm going to tell you if they made this particular Atlanta classic rock stations top five.
Speaker 2:You want me to give you the five biggest rock songs of all time. Is that what you're saying?
Speaker 1:basically, uh, biggest okay, biggest best, yeah, somewhere in there. Wow, that that's all. These lists end the same. I mean, there's only a group of songs that are going to end up being in everyone's top five, except this particular list had a surprise.
Speaker 2:Well if I just look at Perfect Album Side nominees and songs that have won the Perfect Album Side Award multiple times. I would think hey Jude by the Beatles is up there. That's one of my guesses. Okay, I would then look to the Rolling Stones and I would think probably Satisfaction gets up there. I would think the who, baba O'Reilly, is in the top 10 or so I would think 16. Okay, van Halen, jump by Van Halen or Panama by Van Halen Probably up there.
Speaker 1:Panama number 22.
Speaker 2:Panama. Okay, I'm at least in the top 25.
Speaker 1:You're doing great. Rolling Stones, satisfaction 29. Just to address that one.
Speaker 2:Pink Floyd. The Wall has got to be up there.
Speaker 1:Okay, another brick in the wall, or is that? That's what I meant?
Speaker 2:yeah, 26 what did I say the wall? I mean another brick that's okay, same album. You got it uh who, uh, jeez louise, I'm just, I mean, there's some big ones that you haven't named, but yeah, I'm sure there are, but but what do you? What I could go, I'll give you days.
Speaker 1:I know, I know, and it's hard for something like this because there's so many songs to choose from Back in black ACDC. Number eight. That's your highest rated one so far. So so far, so good. I'll give you the top six.
Speaker 2:Well, hold on, before you give me the top six, have I named any bands or artists that are in the top 10 so far? You've said, oh, no, wow, what? Okay? I mean, are we going as far back as you know the 50s?
Speaker 1:and and elvis and or does this elvis? Elvis wouldn't be considered on this list, no okay, okay, uh led zeppelin stairway to heaven.
Speaker 2:Uh, that's probably in the top one, that's number two number two, okay, number one is a little bit of.
Speaker 1:I wasn't prepared for number one uh, imagine by john lennon uh, on here somewhere I I'm scrolling and I don't see it, so it's not in the top 50, but okay, hang on sloopy by the mccoys and rock and roll hoochie coo by rick derringer three and four. I knew it I knew. He's not the best in the business for nothing, folks.
Speaker 2:Yeah, okay, I'm doing, okay. I'm sure I'm leaving out some huge bands and songs that I'm just not thinking of. Yeah.
Speaker 1:No, you're doing great. And here's I'll go ahead and kind of break the suspense. I know everybody's pulled over on the side of the road so they don't aren't distracted while they're driving. Yeah, but here it is stone cold. A couple of these songs came out while you and I were in high school okay smells like teen spirit by nirvana uh, heart-shaped box by nirvana was number 14.
Speaker 1:okay, um, I'm sure nirvana smells like teen spirit is number 53. There it is, right behind bad company, bad company and right in front of cars Just what I needed.
Speaker 2:Okay, Um does Pearl Jam get in the top 25?
Speaker 1:I haven't. Pearl Jam is not in the top 25. I've not seen them listed at all.
Speaker 2:So we still haven't named the number one song which I mean. I assume that it's my morning song by the black crows, but I don't know I, I would say descending, but you're, you're close, yes, all right, uh guns and freaking roses uh, welcome to the jungle is in the top 10 it is not in the top 10. Sweet child of mine is number 11, okay, um.
Speaker 1:So I mean we there's 500 songs on here, we could literally take all day talking about this not on the list at all.
Speaker 2:Stop, please no, okay, uh, knock it on heaven's door. Bob dylan and guns and roses not on the list at all blast not in the top 100.
Speaker 1:This list not in the top 100. This, this list is nonsensical uh, pearl, jam number 80 with jeremy. Okay, all right. So uh, black betty by ram, jam number 69 uh, what I?
Speaker 2:what am I forgetting number one? How am I?
Speaker 1:all right, help me out. Okay, I'm gonna start. I'm gonna give you the top 10, um, and number 10 will probably tell you another top five song. Wake me up before you go go, I want to sex you up, number 10. I told you Sweet Child of Mine was number 11. Number 10, lynyrd Skynyrd, sweet Home Alabama, sweet Home Alabama, top 10. Wow, okay, number nine Bob Seger Night Moves Turn the page no Night Moves is much better.
Speaker 1:But alright, continue. This is a weird list. Number 8 ACDC, back in Black. You got that. One Journey number comes in at number 7 don't stop believing you nailed it.
Speaker 2:Here's one give me the artist, I'll tell you the song Def Leppard pour some sugar on me.
Speaker 1:You got it okay. Now we're in the top 5. If I gave you the artist seriously, hotel california, hotel california stupid no, I was just waiting for you to say I'm totally joking, it's hotel california. Hotel california, correct, number four leonard skinner. Sweet home alabama. We just did that right. Nope, what song is it you want to hear tonight?
Speaker 2:oh, free bird yep.
Speaker 1:Number three queen, we will rock you. Nope, bohemian rhapsody, you got it. Number two led zeppelin stair. You got that one. Now here's number one. This song came out when I was a junior in high school and now it's on classic rock countdowns, that is, metallica.
Speaker 2:Enter Sandman. Of course that's right, Wow. That's the number one, that's weird.
Speaker 2:I mean it. That's weird is. I mean, it's a great song. It is a great song occasionally and there was just a video they just played. I think it was, uh, I want to say south america. They just played a show, uh, within the last month down in south america, I think it fuck, it could have been connecticut for all I know, doesn't matter they just played a show, uh, in a big stadium and there was there was a great youtube video of them playing inner sandman and the whole crowd, I mean, you know, 60 000 people bouncing in unison um, it's a really, really good song.
Speaker 1:It is a good song and they're playing in atlanta, uh, next next tuesday night, I believe on the third of june. Wow, uh, stone cold. That is just some highlights of the memorial day Top 500 Classic Rock Countdown. Do you want to flip this record?
Speaker 2:I got it. I got side B, which I don't think is terribly far from side A. I wanted to talk to you today. You know I like to build Mount Rushmores. Yep, today's no different. I want to build a Mount Rushmore. This is going to be hard. This is going to make you want to pull your hair out. Clearly, you can see I have no hair. I've already been working on this.
Speaker 1:Well, I'm I'm getting really vulnerable in this perimeter here.
Speaker 2:Yeah for those of you that cannot see at home, if you're not watching on on youtube. And why? Why would you? Because we don't put this on youtube. But if you were, you would see that he is pointing to a male pattern, barb baldness, the, the george costanza pattern that is really developing on boy left side of the temple Boy.
Speaker 1:No one has really put it so harshly Male pattern bar. I was just going to say I've had the same receding hairline since I was 15.
Speaker 2:But no, now we found out it's a bigger problem. Typical horseshoe pattern You've got. You know, I'd say three to six months Live damn it. Live Okay. Side B is all about the Mount Rushmore of the most iconic and influential rock and roll pianists.
Speaker 1:Oh gosh. Rock and roll pianists Okay, but you're not talking. Iconic and influential Okay. You are not talking about artists that play piano. You're talking. Are you talking about instrumentalists that play in a band and play piano?
Speaker 2:I am talking about the most iconic rock and roll piano players of all time they could have been. You know, they probably, in most cases, are singers too. Okay, but not always Okay. I mean, there are a few out there that I think deserve to be talked about that maybe are not singers, but most of them, if they're iconic and influential rock piano players, uh, they are probably front men, in my opinion. Uh, give me the top one or two that come to your mind.
Speaker 1:oh, I, I mean easily Elton John and Billy Joel.
Speaker 2:The Piano man and the Piano Lady. Captain Fantastic, sorry, that was inappropriate. You know I love Elton John, captain Fantastic. Captain Fantastic, you know here's something interesting. I just played Captain Fantastic's pinball game from 1974 or 5, like over the weekend. I played Captain Fantastic pinball like a dozen times.
Speaker 1:Can you tell me how many pinball machines you have in your house at current?
Speaker 2:Currently I have zero. I have had multiple in the past. I don't have any pinball machines in my house currently, but I used to have several as I.
Speaker 1:I really liked that. That's criminal.
Speaker 2:You were one of the all-time great pinball connoisseurs I recently, uh and by that I mean over the weekend, which is where I played captain, fantastic pinball uh attended a pinball museum, attended, visited a pinball museum which was just like a hundred pinball machines line, where it was awesome, in asheville north carolina oh, fantastic I've been there and there's a bunch of arcade games.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:I played all of them.
Speaker 1:Defenders.
Speaker 2:Zaxxon Joust. It was great, so that's going to be. As soon as we're done with this podcast, I'm going to dedicate my life to opening up a new pinball slash arcade here in South Carolina.
Speaker 2:I have dropped a lot of coin in that place and and I'll tell you this I was a little upset because a lot of the ones I wanted to play weren't working. But you know we've gotten too far off the Mount Rushmore side. We are not talking about the Mount Rushmore of video games and pinball machines, which would be a fine side B in the future. Right now we're talking about the most influential and iconic rock and roll piano players of all time. You have thrown out two very good answers in William Joel and Elton John. Reginald Dwight Reginald Dwight, yes, as he was better known. Can I give you one?
Speaker 1:that I was thinking of. Yeah, hit me with it.
Speaker 2:The first one, Little Richard.
Speaker 1:Oh gosh, that's a great one. Yeah, that's a great one. He started it all.
Speaker 2:He started everything I mean. Rock and roll doesn't exist without Little Richard.
Speaker 1:You saw. I think I think you finished it by now, but you said you only watched the first half. You still would have seen this part Becoming. Led Zeppelin has a feature on Little Richard and it's absolutely phenomenal to watch. It really shows off his talent. I'm not old enough to remember thankfully old enough to remember him at his prime. I remembered him when he was probably past his prime. But that segment of that movie was what it's about and where they got their influence and how big a deal it was. That is incredible. That's a great pull.
Speaker 2:Obviously, we talked about Billy Joel, elton John, little Richard. Then there's a whole bunch of other could-bes, and I'm not so sure that I'm married to any of them at this point. There are two guys that come to mind, both blind, oh Ray. Charles, that we should be thinking of and Stevie Wonder and Mickey Gilley no, not Mickey be thinking of and stevie wonder, mickey gilly no not, not mickey gilly stevie wonder and ray charles, I don't think was mickey gilly blind, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Okay, you know what? Let's stick with your choices. Um, I both of them are amazing. Uh, stevie wonder, one of the greatest musicians, I think, of all times um.
Speaker 2:He played like every instrument on half of his albums.
Speaker 1:I think he did, uh, so I think that's incredible, that both of those are really really good. Um, now you got me thinking up and down. All right, let me go back.
Speaker 2:Okay, there's another one.
Speaker 1:Goodness gracious, great balls of fire yeah, jerry lee lewis, and I immediately thought of, immediately thought of Jerry Lee Lewis. When you said Little Richard, yeah, I don't think you, I think he's in the conversation, to me, to me, I don't think Jerry Lee Lewis outshines, I mean, great balls of fire was amazing. I don't think he outshines Little Richard, certainly not Ray Charles, certainly not Stevie and not Elton or Billy Joel. If you just my opinion.
Speaker 2:All right, how about Chuck Lavelle? Not a front man?
Speaker 1:but yes, uh, I will say this I don't think Chuck Lavelle got nearly the credit, nearly the credit he deserved.
Speaker 2:Let me go back to Little Richard for a second. You mentioned the Making Led Zeppelin documentary and yes, that is what that's. What gave me. The idea for this topic was watching that and talking about Little Richard. So that's number one. Chuck Lavelle, I mean, he shaped the Allman Brothers band, he shaped the Rolling Stones. He's played on a billion rock records. I don't think he makes the Mount Rushmore of rock pianists, but he's certainly in the discussion.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think he could be for sure in the discussion. His body of work warrants it. Rolling Stones, allman Brothers that's another great documentary on Chuck Lavelle.
Speaker 2:Do we consider a Freddie Mercury?
Speaker 1:I don't. He's responsible for two and maybe more, at least two amazing piano riffs, but I don't think, since that was not his natural instrument and he didn't play it on every song yeah, I would agree with you. I just you don't have a ray charles song without him playing piano. You don't have billy joel, and maybe there is one.
Speaker 2:I can't think of it, but well, so we've we've narrowed it down to six or seven and cutting it down to four. I mean we're gonna put these guys on stone, in stone, on the side of a mountain.
Speaker 1:Well, what if we went down a different path as well? On this, talk to me Like a David Bryan.
Speaker 2:Piano keyboard of Bon.
Speaker 1:Jovi. I mean longevity hits. I mean the opening to you Give Love a Bad Name. The opening to Living on a Prayer. Those are him, now it's keyboard. I a Prayer. Those are him, now it's keyboard.
Speaker 2:I don't know if that counts. Does it have black and white keys? Yes, it counts. I mean Stevie Wonder. I mean he kind of introduced a lot of the synthesizers to rock and roll, but I still think he counts. You know, we didn't really talk about Ray Charles. We mentioned his name. But Ray Charles, I mean it's hard to rule these guys out. Um, let me ask you this If you could only pick one between Billy Joel and Elton John, because there's so many similarities between those two guys it came up in the same time, they're both piano virtuosos. You know similar pop rock hits if you could only pick one to sit on that?
Speaker 1:mount rushmore, I mean these guys toured together yeah, uh, billy joel, with some recent health news, of course yeah, but he's not. He's going to keep going, which is awesome. Same with me. I also decided today not to retire. I make that decision every morning and it's a deliberation. Let me tell you, I go, billy Joel, I do too.
Speaker 1:And you know what Heart versus head. We talk about this all the time. Don't choose something because you like something better. I'm probably doing a little bit of that, but I do think body of work, billy Joel, it's up and down right. He's got his softer side. You'll always be a woman to me, just the way you are, but he's also got you may be right all the uptown girl a little bit harder stuff.
Speaker 2:I mean he's the piano man. I mean that's his name and then pianoiano man he's going to. I mean he wrote a song called Piano man. He is the Piano man he makes it. I think you know Billy Joel. I think we can agree he's on the mountain. Do we agree on Little Richard?
Speaker 1:Have to have to. There is no argument against Little Richard being on that Mount.
Speaker 2:Rushmore. So is it Jerry Lee Lewis, stevie Wonder, ray Charles, elton John In our next spot, or Chuck Lavelle or David Bryan.
Speaker 1:I don't know if Chuck Lavelle is going to pass the mustard, and I'll say it again for emphasis he should be.
Speaker 2:Did you say pass the mustard?
Speaker 1:Yeah, you never heard that.
Speaker 2:Well, I've heard the phrase pass muster, which is an actual phrase, as opposed to pass the mustard, which is a nonsensical phrase.
Speaker 1:You keep saying nonsensical. Is that the word of the day?
Speaker 2:I think you should stop what you're doing right now. Maybe we should pause recording and look that up. Pass muster, not pass the mustard. You realize that there are people all over the country and all over the world right now that are laughing in our general direction because of pass the mustard.
Speaker 1:And those infidels would be wrong.
Speaker 2:Pass you kidding me, pass the mustard.
Speaker 1:Come up to expectations, reach the required standard. I didn't pass the mustard as a hockey player, that wasn't me saying it. That was the example they gave. Okay, miriam Webster, muster or mustered, which gets a pass. Do you say something that passes muster or that it passes mustard? And if that something is up to snuff, would you say, cuts the mustard? Good news is that the appropriate choice of words to precede muster and mustard is very clear. One passes muster, okay. Cuts the mustard, okay. You know what it is more common to say pass the mustard.
Speaker 2:I've never heard anybody say that in my whole life. Take it up with Merriam-Webster.
Speaker 1:I mean, I think they've got the credibility here.
Speaker 2:Well, the people of the Oxford Dictionary would say pass muster.
Speaker 1:Oh, you would be an Oxford guy.
Speaker 2:For those of you that are listening at home and want to weigh in on this discussion, I suggest that you find at Wyndham, pridgen or at Perfect Album Sid and let us know past muster or past the mustard. It's the same debate that we've had in the past about of all time or of all times. You and I come from different backgrounds. We speak differently, clearly.
Speaker 1:We grew up five minutes from each other.
Speaker 2:Well, okay, what are we doing?
Speaker 1:Little Richard, billy Joel, going on too long? What are we doing? What day is it?
Speaker 2:Little Richard, Billy Joel are on the mountain. Who else?
Speaker 1:Give me one. Go Honestly, I'm afraid to speak, I'm afraid to say anything, for I be prey to your shame and mockery. I think whoever you put up there will pass muster. Okay, I've got to get my mind around this again. Yeah, I mean, billy powell would be another one. I know we're not taking new names leonard skinner, the aforementioned free bird, um, and it's not just one song, it's a body of work.
Speaker 2:Right, that's what we have to go off of yeah, otherwise the guy that plays piano for just because I said we, you know, billy joel versus elton john doesn't mean they both can't be on there. I think Elton John is on there, okay. So Elton John, billy Joel, little Richard, we got room for one more. It's going to be Stevie, it's going to be Ray who else am I? Forgetting. That's not fair.
Speaker 1:Jerry Lee Lewis. Nope, not him. It's between Ray or Stevie, and can you give me the first three? We said Billy Joel, elton John, little Richard.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and now I think we got an error down from Ray Charles.
Speaker 1:Stevie Wonder. Is there enough granite up there to just this once, just one time?
Speaker 2:we get a pass on five. Well, we did it with female chicks that rock as opposed to male chicks that rock.
Speaker 1:We did it with chicks that rock. One of them was with the same group.
Speaker 2:Yeah, with sisters Okay, we could do five. I mean, it's our show, it's our mountain.
Speaker 1:I don't think you can choose between Ray Charles, especially being a Georgia guy.
Speaker 2:Georgia on my mind First of all, I can choose between Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder. I have that ability. I've already chosen in my mind. Okay, who is it? It's Ray Charles.
Speaker 1:I don't think it's as easy as you say it is. I say we go both of them. If I had to choose, I would say Stevie Wonder.
Speaker 2:Okay, well then we'll have to agree to disagree. Maybe we'll put a poll out on the Twitter Stevie versus Ray Charles for the last spot on the Perfect Album side. Mount Rushmore of pianists but we got Little Richard on there, we got the Piano man, we got Eltonton john, and then we're gonna arm wrestle or fight over, uh, ray charles versus stevie wonder for the final spot on the perfect album. So we'll put a poll out there and see what happens. What do you think of that idea?
Speaker 1:I'm all for a poll always there's a joke in there.
Speaker 2:Somewhere there's a joke in there somewhere he's always for.
Speaker 1:I've taken enough abuse today. Take it easy.
Speaker 2:The next perfect Side podcast, one week from today, I think. I think we are going to create the Perfect Album Side. Well, wyndham, this is right up your alley. This is all you, man. This is your episode, the one you've been waiting for For almost 90 episodes.
Speaker 1:Finally I've been waiting this long, so patiently, letting other people have their time in the sun Tell us what it's about.
Speaker 2:Tell us what it's about.
Speaker 1:Go ahead, it's titled All the Way to the Base. All the Way to the Base, and this is iconic opening bass riffs.
Speaker 2:Iconic opening bass riffs. I can't wait.
Speaker 1:Oh, this is going to be great, and I'm looking at my basses as we speak just thinking how great this is going to be and I have got. When this topic first came up, I came I had a a full page of songs that I could make a legit case for, but I've only got room for six stone cold they say, yeah, uh, it's gonna be a good episode.
Speaker 2:Iconic bass intro riffs next week on the perfect album side. Uh, I'm sorry, we went through that whole past the mustard, past mustard thing. I hope. I hope your feelings aren't too hurt no, I'll be back when it counts.
Speaker 1:When the bell rings, you know, I'll be ready to answer and cut the mustard all the way to the base all the way to the base. There's a great story there. I don't know if we can say that story on air, but it's really funny and if you know, you know. But I think this is going to be our best episode. I think this is going to be our most prominent moment and it's all because of the instrument good, perfect doms.
Speaker 2:Have a man. Good singles later, dude see ya this has been the perfect album side. See you next time.
