Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Completely Conspicuous 685: Catch You on the Flip Side

Part 2 of my conversation with Phil Stacey about our favorite non-album tracks. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

  • Phil's #7
  • The Until the End of the World soundtrack had plenty of good stuff
  • Songs that take you back to a specific time and place
  • Jay's #7
  • The hunger for Nirvana music was enormous between the release of Nevermind and In Utero
  • Give the bass player some 
  • Phil's #6
  • Zeppelin haven't released many B-sides
  • Jay's #6
  • The Who has some amazing songs that were never on studio albums
  • Phil's #5 was Jay's #10
  • Jay's #5
  • Another classic from the Singles movie soundtrack
  • Phil's #4
  • U2's cup runneth over in the '80s
  • We were both U2 obsessives in high school/college
  • Jay's #4
  • A song that wasn't initially included on the album but later added
  • College radio stations started playing it and it caught on
  • Phil's #3 and Jay's #2
  • The quintessential '80s alternative song?
  • Johnny Marr elevated the Smiths, but Morrissey was undeniable
  • Shoutout to high school classmate who hipped Jay to good music
  • Jay's #3
  • Another hugely influential alt-rock song
  • Joy Division released amazing music in a short period of time
  • Phil's #2
  • Another Beatles classic
  • Phil's #1
  • Phil named his fantasy baseball team after this song
  • One of the Dead's best
  • Was a concert staple but they never did a studio version
  • Jay's #1
  • Amazing that it was left off Purple Rain
  • Controversial for an f-word that may or may not have been THE f-word
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  • The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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Completely Conspicuous 685: Catch You on the Flip Side

Part 2 of my conversation with Phil Stacey about our favorite non-album tracks. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right cli...