Record Of The Year Showdown, Episode 1: 1959-1974

<p>Welcome to our Record Of The Year Showdown season! With listeners' help, we're going to find out which Grammy-winner for ROTY is the best of the 64 winners to date...or maybe just the least baffling and unconscionable. <em>How</em> are we doing this? It's sort of a bracket; we'll explain up top, and then we'll talk about cobwebby rocking chairs, how anyone managed to get laid during the Eisenhower presidency, rewarding artists who don't &quot;take the pot,&quot; and songs we can't get all the way through. Grab a triple espresso for all those instrumentals: it's an all-new season of MASTAS!</p> <p>Our intro is Andrew Byrne, and our outro is Weird Al Yankovic. For more information/to become a patron of the show, visit <a href="http://patreon.com/mastas" target="_blank">patreon.com/mastas</a>.</p> <p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://bleav.com/shows/mark-and-sarah-talk-about-songs/episodes/episode-145-bobby-darin-mack-the-knife/">Episode 145: Bobby Darin, "Mack The Knife"</a></li> <li><a href="https://tomatonation.com/culture-and-criticism/dog-days-of-summer-movies-a-summer-place/">Mark's interrogation of <em>A Summer Place</em> for Tomato Nation</a></li> <li><a href="https://bleav.com/shows/mark-and-sarah-talk-about-songs/episodes/episode-98-two-moon-rivers/">Episode 98: Two "Moon River"s</a></li> <li><a href="https://bleav.com/shows/mark-and-sarah-talk-about-songs/episodes/episode-62-ode-to-billie-joe-and-harper-valley-pta/">Episode 62: "Ode To Billie Joe" and "Harper Valley PTA"</a></li> <li><a href="https://bleav.com/shows/mark-and-sarah-talk-about-songs/episodes/episode-6-jesus-christ-superstar-i-dont-know-how-to-love-him/">Episode 6: <em>Jesus Christ Superstar</em>, "I Don't Know How To Love Him"</a></li> <li><a href="https://bleav.com/shows/mark-and-sarah-talk-about-songs/episodes/episode-220a-simon-garfunkels-bridge-over-troubled-water-ranked/">Episode 220A: "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Ranked</a></li> </ul>