Skipped on Shuffle

The sixty-third Skipped on Shuffle episode will be a Christmas-themed special. In this episode, Scott and Jason will each go over their top-five passed-over Christmas songs. Usually, Skipped on Shuffle focuses on one song by one artist. With this special episode, Scott and Jason will go over 10 different songs from a variety of artists. Each song is themed around Christmas but isn’t one of the “classic” tunes you hear most often during the holiday season. For whatever reason, these songs haven’

The sixty-second Skipped on Shuffle episode will be focused on the song “Seeds” by Bruce Springsteen off his 1986 album Live/1975-85. After his first two records struggled to find a mainstream audience, Bruce Springsteen created a smash hit with 1975’s Born to Run. The album kicked off a successful career that continues unabated to this day. Perhaps the high point in his five decades as a musician would be considered 1984’s Born in the U.S.A., a record that spawned seven Top 10 hits and has sol

The sixty-first Skipped on Shuffle episode will be focused on the song “Seven Months” by Portishead off their 1997 album Portishead. One of the pioneers of the trip-hop genre, Portishead found success with their debut album, Dummy, in 1994. Using unique production methods, such as recording their music onto vinyl records to then sample and scratch and re-record it, the band crafted a hit record that received unanimous praise from critics and commercial success for the trio. Despite the attentio

The sixtieth Skipped on Shuffle episode will be focused on the song “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” by Otis Redding off his 1968 album The Immortal Otis Redding. Redding first made a name for himself as a singer in Macon, Georgia. As a teenager, Redding competed in a local talent show, winning so frequently he was eventually barred from participating. His big break would come when driving friend and occasional bandmate Johnny Jenkins to Stax Records in Memphis. Jenkins had a rough recording session a

The fifty-ninth Skipped on Shuffle episode will be focused on the song “Til The Day I Die” by Garbage off their 2001 album Beautiful Garbage. Garbage began with producer Butch Vig, bandmate Duke Erikson, and sound engineer Steve Marker in 1994. The three had worked together in the bands Spooner and Fire Town. Vig had already achieved success in the music industry as a producer on albums such as Nirvana’s breakthrough Nevermind and Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins. These experiences left h

The fifty-eighth Skipped on Shuffle episode will be focused on the song “Hey Bulldog” by The Beatles off their 1969 album Yellow Submarine. The Beatles started as a humble rock band from Liverpool who soon found themselves elevated to musical and cultural icons as the 60s unfolded. By the time they called it quits in 1970, after roughly a decade together, they had crafted an incredible legacy that is unparalleled to this day. Yet even for a band as big as The Beatles were, there are still a fe