hello again daddies and dadettes - as we continue to stagger out of our Covid-19-induced flop era we're back with a dad-approved review of The Smiths' genre-making "The Queen is Dead." by now, you know the drill: tune in for music takes but also hot takes on incel ideology, how Morissey prefigured the "I don't deserve rights" meme, Alicia Silverstone's antivax politics (and OnlyFans account), the Richard Siken bot, why Nina Dobrev sounds like a Soviet spy, and why buying Smiths CDs is like buying secondhand leather. We loved this one so much we went beyond the album with four personal favorite bonus tracks (and did plenty of Morrissey impressions along the way). enjoy!

Never DAD No One Ever (The Smiths - The Queen is Dead + Extras)

your intrepid hosts are back to discuss (after a long detour about our cats) london calling by the clash, the rare dad band with openly leftist politics. tune in for our digressions on neutral milk hotel, the politics of drug use, how aggressive it would be to order a banana split on a first date and an incredibly inaccurate history of the deaths of many famous hollywood stars and starlets.

Brand New DADillac (The Clash - London Calling)

after extreme political unrest in LA, coronavirus and the 2020 election cycle nearly broke our cycle, we almost hung up the dad bops mantle for good. instead, we're back reviewing the beatles' seminal album sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band!! listen to hear us finally "get" the album's ranking in their discography and for lily and I to get in an argument over the song lovely rita

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club DAD (Sgt. Peppers - The Beatles)

After many fits and starts Dad Bops is back for season two with Rush's 2112. Join in for Lily's discovery that she accidentally picked an album that's essentially Ayn Rand fan fic (with a side of Twilight Zone fan fic) and for our dissection of the selfishness of libertarianism—plus you get to hear us paint a picture of a dystopian future where we all only get paid in late-stage U2 albums.

A DADssage to Bangkok (Rush - 2112)

Jimmy Buffett

we took a six-month hiatus but now that we're all losing our minds in quarantine, why not tune in for a decadent dose of island escapism with the boomer soother himself, jimmy buffett? this one is a long time coming and is the raison d'etre for this entire podcast, as grace will explain. in this ep we do our first ASMR mukbang, compare jimmy buffett's oeurvre to office space and ponder where jimmy buffett falls on the white devil vs. woke king gradient. turn on ur blenders, grab ur salt shakers and buckle up b/c ur not gonna want to miss this one- in quarantine, jimmy buffett's absurdist hedonism is the perfect antidote to your deteriorating sanity

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in DADitudes (Jimmy Buffett, CiL, CiA)

This is the triumphant and SpOoKy return of Dad Bops just in time for Halloween!!! This time it's the '67 classic psych(otic) freaky folk hippie album Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane (ie Grace Slick and the rest of the band who will remain unnamed). We get into why feelings are spooky and upsetting, the secret meaning of 3/5 of a mile, drug culture, annoying intellectual bros talking about media and a lot of other stuff. We're back baby!!!!11 (ALSO stay tuned for new outro music by Matt Buechele, Late Show with David Letterman comedy writer and twitter personality extraordinaire!)

To-DAD (Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow)

Ok y'all ur fave tripod is back with woke Canadian dad Neil Young and his acoustic jamdown Harvest. After a 10 min intro that's truly for the record books, we get into the takes on "country" vs. "Country" as identity, Neil Young songs as freshman year English exercises, the underrated Neil Young vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd beef, the INCREDIBLE Neil Young sample on Nelly's 'Hot in Herre,' discussions on selling our plasma to fund the podcast and as always, so much more. Enjoy bbs

A DAD Needs A Maid (Harvest - Neil Young)

After a hiatus we are BACK at it again with a new ep of dad bops doing another dose of the boss. That's right we're doing nebraska by bruce springsteen, an hour long, nihilist slog through angry and disenfranchised white America... so who better than 2 sad white bois to take u through it111?!?!?!!? Grace and Lily were in europe (sorry grace and lily stans) so ur humble twitter manager (me, ryan) brought on andrew, a friend of the podcast, bruce stan and nebraskan to dissect it with me. This album is a huge bummer and we are a huge bummer but we go DEEP ON BRUCE BABY- lots of takes lots of dissection lots of political nuggets so we hope u enjoy.

My FATHER'S House no pun needed (Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen)

Bet you didn't think we'd be BACK WITH ANOTHA ONE so quickly... well here we are folks. Minor cop out by doing a greatest hits comp BUT it's a definitive one. This ep is calculated yet galvanizing— we talk about EWF but also Macklemore, astrology, briny vegetables, Despicable Me and the minions, the point system on the Good Place, a toilet that has been on our street for a long time and much more. I say it every time but this ep is our BEST YET, the editing is crispy the takes are hilarious check it out fam.

DAD'S The Way Of The World (Earth Wind and Fire - Best of EWF Vol. 1)

...Ok so it's not really all we have more eps coming BUT for episode 10, we're giving you a recap of what came so far! For new listeners (or old) this one's a nice breezy lil dip to keep you satisfied. We go waaay off course here... besides the dad music, we've got takes on Disney channel original movies, the Lana del Rey vs. Azealia Banks beef, the Mamma Mia films, the Skarsgard acting dynasty, Mad Men, Hollywood remakes, contemporary music faves and MORE... then this one's for you. Plus: we answer your FAN MAIL AT LENGTH so tune in for that (starts at 41:09 approx). Enjoy!

And DAD'S All, Folks ("Season 1" recap + FAN MAIL!!!)

comedy podcast about classic rock for the dad at heart, est. 2018

The long-overdue Jimi Hendrix Experience episode is HERE y'all, this time with our guests and friends John and Monica. We talk a lot about Jimi... and we also talk a lot about things completely unrelated to Jimi. There are references to Dune, PJ Harvey, Pam Grier, meth addiction, the infamous Mr. Hands internet video. Editing this ep almost killed me... and it also came close to ending John/Monica's relationship. Enjoy!

The Wind Cries DADDY (Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?)

DADA O'Riley

Are The Who a conservative band? Is Behind Blue Eyes a white male oppression anthem? How did this band's music become so intimately tied to the CSI universe? These are just a few topics covered on one of the spiciest eps we've recorded yet... tune in for Mandy Patinkin, coexist bumper stickers, Fred Durst, occupying private pools (#beverlyhillsswimin) and so much more.

DADA O'Riley (The Who - Who's Next)

After a long hiatus... Grace, Lily and Ryan are BACK AT IT with our hot takes on the 70s rock cliché-laden Led Zeppelin IV. The takes are spicy: we tear into Led Zeppelin for being a band for incels, muse about how boring Celtic music is (we're Irish we can say that) and imagine a world in which Led Zep reference Ursula Le Guin novels constantly instead of Tolkien... and we're hardly even scratching the surface here people. Sorry 4 the wait but enjoy the highly improved audio and the truly dank dad vibes.

The DADDLE Of Evermore (Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV)

What's up y'all..... in honor of Mamma Mia 2 (and upon request), we're covering your favorite Swedish pop group. As always, we cover a lot of ground. Though the band gets covered at length, we also discuss the A-Teens, unexpected goth vibes, ABBA's confusing relationship politics and much more. Also we have new sound equipment now! Enjoy everybody :)

Gimme Gimme Gimme (A DAD after midnight) - ABBA - Gold

Hello dad bopperoonies we are back at it again with episode 5. This week we have a SPECIAL GUEST because Lily's dad is on the show giving his expert opinion on Bruce Springsteen. As always, the takes are spicy: Bruce's latent communist tendencies are covered at length, plus incredible musical impressions of many Bruce songs (and a bonus Tracy Chapman impression as well). Bruce is a crowdpleaser and so is this episode.

Born 2 DAD (Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run / Wild, Innocent, E Street Shuffle)

How do you cover the Rolling Stones? By doing a TRIPLE HEADER of course (quad header if you consider Exile a double album)! That's right, this week Grace, Ryan and Lily put their fingers in many different pies and get some p sticky fingers as a result. The Grace hot takes this week are that encores are bad and cran-nut muffins are the best(!!!!?!?). Additional detours include cultural appropriation, problematic faves, the kinsey scale of wokeness™ (we just came up with it) and much much more. It's a long one but this is our juiciest episode yet y'all.

Can't You Hear Me BOPPING?(Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers/Exile on Main St/Let It Bleed)

Ziggy Stardust

What is up party people we are back, again, with episode three of Dad Bops (our best ep yet, imho). In this ep, we're covering iconic pansexual alien David Bowie and his legendary Ziggy Stardust album. Once again, a lot of ground covered: why Grace thinks the moon landing was staged, why Bowie would also have been a moon truther, the Godzilla soundtrack, the baby's penis on the cover of that one Nirvana album (sorry), self-reflexive horniness and much, much more.

Wham Bam Thank U DAD (David Bowie - Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust)

After a long delay your favorite eastside LA cuties are back with their spicy takes on Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (with special guest Bosco, our dog). We cover a lot of ground on this one: would you start a band with your ex, the pitfalls of horniness, how car companies ruin classic rock for everyone, why everyone needs a lighting guy and cocaine psychosis.

Oh Zaddy feat. Bosco the dog (Fleetwood Mac - Rumours)

On the debut episode of Dad Bops, your intrepid hosts Lily, Ryan and Grace explore the glory and the horror of Eagles' classic album Hotel California. Tune in for tasty licks, why Grace refused to cry to an Eagles album and unusual connections to Papa Roach and The Backstreet Boys.(temporary intro music courtesy of www.bensound.com but stay tuned for an original theme song coming soon)

On the debut episode of Dad Bops, your intrepid hosts Lily, Ryan and Grace explore the glory and the horror of Eagles' classic album Hotel California. Tune in for tasty licks, why Grace refused to cry to an Eagles album and unusual connections to Papa Roach and The Backstreet Boys.<br><br>(temporary intro music courtesy of <a href="http://www.bensound.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bensound.com</a> but stay tuned for an original theme song coming soon)

Life in the DAD lane (Hotel California - Eagles)

I’m settling in love but not with my ears. 👄💋👄👌🏿✌️🤞🏿👂🏿👂🏿👂🏿👂🏿👂🏿👂🏿👂🏿👂🏿👂🏿

I’m not settling

So much yes

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