The Buster Mungus Diaries
The Buster Mungus Diaries Podcast drives to the heart of the music regardless of genre, examining the people, places and parallels in modern sound. Each episode takes you into the music you love, but with a viewpoint that sometimes differs from the mainstream. Connect to the music by knowing more about the people, places and events that helped create modern music.
Episodes
14 episodes
The History of the 2 Minute Pop Song
The length of the typical pop song has averaged around the 3 minute mark since the beginning of recorded music. In this episode we examine how the length of a pop song is shrinking and moving closer to the 2 minute mark despite all the technolo...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:11:56
The Peter Gunn Theme From Start to Finish
We walk through the history of the Peter Gunn TV theme from its origin in 1958 to its influence on the surf music scene to a massive resurgence in the 1980s. We travel through time with Henri Mancini, Sara Vaughn, Duane Eddy, Jeff Beck, Jimi He...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:17:23
Montreal Disco
Perhaps the most telling statistic I’ve come across about disco and more specifically about the Montreal disco scene was that the police reported in 1970 that 80% of Montreal’s missing young people could be found in discothèques.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:12:11
Every Sample from the Beastie Boys "Hey Ladies"
We examine all 17 samples from the Beastie Boys "Hey Ladies" and then play the full length versions of each sample so you can get a feel for where the samples lived prior to being used by the Beastie Boys. While most cuts are readily available ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:48:14
The myth of the first Rock & Roll song part 2 of 4
Discussing the 1930s musical evolution as it pertains to tracking down the first Rock & Roll recording. Includes music from Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Bob Wills & Texas Playboys and Big Joe Turner to name a few.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:12:50
4 Spectacular Live Albums!
In this episode we take a look at 4 of my favourite live recordings of all-time. I grew up during the decade of the live album. You were nobody until you had a live album in those days. It announced your triumphs over the previous album release...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:31:05
Misirlou from Start to Finish
In this episode we take a look at the history of one of the most recognized and widely covered surf songs -- Misirlou.We trace the song from its origin as a middle eastern folk song in the 1920's through to its re-invention as a modern ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:17:37
Bubblegum Cover Versions
In this episode we look at classic Bubblegum music and those artists influenced by it. The cover version is the highest compliment an artists can make to honour the music that influenced their own musical journey. Each nugget is cleverly paired...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:04:58
Do Musical Genres Really Exist?
So, if genre boundaries are evaporating, and presuming post-genre music doesn’t become a genre and cancel itself out, will anything replace them?What we’ve seen in the past 20 years is that consumption methods have broadened ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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53:37
The Cramps (Demos, Bootlegs and Originals)
We take a look at those camp kings the Cramps and their early music illustrating their success by playing the original songs by the original artists, the Cramps demos and live bootlegs and then finally contrast those efforts with the final albu...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:19:52
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky from Start to Finish
In this episode we take a look at the history of one of the most widely post WWII "Covered" popular songs in the ASCAP database.From its humble beginnings as a European folk song to its re-appearance during the American Civil War as a m...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:15:32
The myth of the first Rock & Roll song part 4 of 4
After examining the developments and evolution of American popular music from the turn of the century from the 1920's, through the 1930's & the 1940's, we examine the culmination of styles and circumstances that evolved during the 1950s.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:07:41
The myth of the first Rock & Roll song part 3 of 4
Examining the lead up to the 1950s, there were many forms of popular music that laid the foundation for the definition of Rock & Roll that we know today. Rhythm and Blues, Swing, and Hillbilly music all come together during the 1940s to ill...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:26:10