S9E488 - R.E.M. 'Murmur' with Tim Quirk
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PocketCasts As debut albums go, you'd be hard-pressed to find one more foundationally influential to modern indie/alternative rock than R.E.M.s 1983 release, 'Murmur'. This week's guest Tim Quirk (Too Much Joy, Wonderlick) joins Rob as they attempt to convey the monumental importance this record had on their lives.
Songs discussed in this episode: Radio Free Europe (R.E.M. cover, live) - The Replacements; Radio Free Europe (Original Hib-Tone single) - R.E.M.; You Are Loved, Eric, Come Get On My Cloud - Wonderlick; Radio Free Europe, Little America, Wolves, Lower, Pilgrimage, Laughing, Talk About The Passion, Moral Kiosk, Perfect Circle, Catapult, Catapult (1982 Stephen Hague demo) - R.E.M.; Crush Story - Too Much Joy; Sitting Still (Original Hib-Tone single), Sitting Still, 9-9 - R.E.M.; At Home He's A Tourist - Gang Of Four; Shaking Through, We Walk, West Of The Fields - R.E.M.; Floating Toward Virginia - Wonderlick
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Tim Quirk is currently Senior Vice President, Product for Zedge, Inc. He's spent the past 25 years helping build groundbreaking digital music services. He was part of the initial team at listen.com that launched Rhapsody, the first on demand music subscription service, in 2001; served as Head of Global Content Programming for Google Play; and founded Freeform Development, Inc. (later acquired by Zedge) in 2014. He's also the singer and lyricist for pop-punk semi-legends Too Much Joy, and one half of the electro-pop duo Wonderlick.