Comments on: John Popper and David Wild

By: rambling man

rambling man — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:33:18 +0000

great show!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:33:23 +0000

hahahah i thought the same thing

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:06:32 +0000

I looked up Sister Hazel & I’m confused as to whom that chick thought John looks like.

GREAT Usher lyrics, from the song ‘Confessions Part II’:
“These are my confessions
Just when I thought I said all I can say
My chick on the side said she got one on the way
These are my confessions
Man I’m grown and I don’t know what to do
I guess I gotta give you part 2 of my confessions
If I’m gonna tell it then I gotta tell it all
Damn near cried when I got that phone call
I’m so gone and I don’t know what to do
But to give you part 2 of my confessions”

Or there’s always ‘Burn’:
“It’s gonna burn for me to say this
But it’s coming from my heart
It’s been a long time coming
But we done been fell apart”
Amongst the many other GREAT lines from that song.

By: moviejunkie

moviejunkie — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:26:05 +0000

Great show! I am not a big David Wild fan, but one thing he does well is keeping the focus on the guest and what they are plugging. Adam seems to have a problem getting into the guest’s tv show/book/movie/album, etc. although he is a little better at it than years ago. But David (and Alison for that matter) seem to be good at pulling his attention back to the guest and their stuff, which I like. Adam is hilarious and good at what he does as an entertainer, but is a bit of a narcissist, which I think is WHY he is so good. So David does serve a good purpose on shows like this.

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:08:47 +0000

Don’t listen then.

By: Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:58:32 +0000

Did that fat tub of goo say that Bob Dylan doesn’t play harmonica well? Wow. Maybe Dylan should include an indulgent harmonica solo in every song like that no name group fat tub of goo leads. I’m sure one day people will say what a great influence this ftb was. I stopped listening once I heard ftb spout off on Dylan. Adam’s opinion is fine but for a man who supposedly makes music for a living to talk shit about Dylan is incredibly disrespectful.

By: Tracy500

Tracy500 — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:39:43 +0000

Jakob Dylan, are you listening? THAT is what a musical guest should be. Thanks for an excellent show, John Popper. You put wonderful energy and humor into it and are one of my favorite guests.

By: Yossarian

Yossarian — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:30:19 +0000

LOVE ME SOME BLUES TRAVELER!!!!!!!! God DAMN John Popper is talented!! His singing (the forcefulness, softness, feeling) is as good as his harmonica!

By: Stevie OneLeg

Stevie OneLeg — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:02:34 +0000

Another great episode. I fell in love with Blues Traveler with their first album back in 1990. Popper’s got great soul and wit and he puts that into all his music. In the last few years they fell off my radar, but this episode reminded me of how much I like Popper and his way of looking at life. Now that I know he was considering a career in comedy it all makes sense – his lyrics always seemed to have subtle punchlines hiding all over the place (and sometimes right out in the open as in “Hook”).

On the show overall – I used to listen to lots of podcasts, but now I only regularly listen to this one and Ace on the House because they are consistently entertaining. I know Adam repeats a lot of stories, but they’re funny stories and don’t lose any humor in the re-telling, in my opinion. Even when I disagree with him, he at least gives me a chuckle.

I like Wild and I like Shek. They have their flaws, as does Adam, but they add variety to the show. Alison is one of the quickest wits I’ve ever heard, and Brian comes through with some hilarious remarks as well.

I miss Larry Miller. Hope he gets better soon.

Anyway, I just wanted to post my two-bits to counter all the negativity on these comment threads. The quality is better than anyone should expect for a free podcast – it’s worth paying for, in my opinion (that’s why I ALWAYS click through the Amazon link when buying online).

By: Poki

Poki — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:13:14 +0000

I was really surprised that John didn’t bring up his song ‘Hook’ when the conversation turned to talking about how horrible songs get propagated on radio. It seems like that’s exactly what that song is about! ( it’s also my FAVORITE Blues Traveler song!). It would have been interesting to hear them talk about that.

Peace.