Devo, AC/DC, and a Mystery Solved

<p>It's time for another Strong Songs listener Q&A, as Kirk goes into the mailbag to answer your most burning musical questions.</p> <p>How does Devo make 11/8 time sound so smooth? What makes one song sound like a train, while another one sounds like a pack of horses? Why does the turnaround of Janelle Monáe's "Make Me Feel" sound so odd? What kinds of effects did Michael Brecker use on his saxophone? How does AC/DC's Angus Young rock the intro to "Thunderstruck" so hard? Those questions and many more... on this ep.</p> <p><strong>FEATURED ON THIS EPISODE:</strong></p> <ul> <li>"Me, Myself, I" by Joan Armatrading from <em>Joan Armatrading</em>, 1980</li> <li>“Blockhead” by Devo from <em>Dusty Now for the Future</em>, 1979</li> <li>“Funky Sea, Funky Dew” by Michael and Randy Brecker from <em>Heavy Metal Be-Bop</em>, 1978</li> <li>“We Built This City” by Starship from <em>Knee Deep in the Hoopla</em>, 1985</li> <li>“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly from <em>In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida</em>, 1978</li> <li>“Thunderstruck” by AC/DC from <em>The Razors Edge</em>, 1990</li> <li>“Where The Streets Have No Name” by U2 from <em>The Joshua Tree</em>, 1987</li> <li>“Make Me Feel” by Janelle Monáe from <em>Dirty Computer</em>, 2018</li> <li>“Wheel In The Sky” by Journey from <em>Infinity</em>, 1978</li> <li>“Last Train Home” by Pat Metheney from <em>Still Life (Talking)</em>, 1987</li> <li>“Graceland” by Paul Simon from <em>Graceland</em>, 1086</li> <li>“Cissy Strut” by The Meters from <em>The Meters</em>, 1960</li> <li>“In Case You Don’t Live Forever” by Ben Platt from <em>Sing To Me Instead</em>, 2019</li> <li>“Joy Spring” by Clifford Brown from <em>Clifford Brown & Max Roach</em>, 1954</li> <li>“Ghost Catching” and “Professor Elvin Gadd” by Chad York and Darren Radtke from <em>Luigi’s Mansion 3</em>, 2019</li> <li>Reference to Ezra Klein's <a href= "https://megaphone.link/VMP3047972152">recent podcast episode</a> about "Social Solidarity"</li> <li>Reference to the incredible Reply/All episode <a href= "https://gimletmedia.com