S5E198 - The Feelies 'The Good Earth' with Tom Lawery

That Record Got Me High Podcast

Haledon, New Jersey's The Feelies were a touchstone for bands as diverse as R.E.M., Sonic Youth and Weezer. Although their 1980 debut Crazy Rhythms is the one that put them on the alt-influencer map, this week's returning guest Tom Lawery has a particular fondness for their 2nd record made six years later - the Peter Buck produced 'The Good Earth'.

Songs featured in this episode: The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness - The Feelies; On The Corner - Miles Davis; (From The) Morning Glories - The Trypes; On the Roof, The High Road, The Last Roundup, Slipping (Into Something), When Company Comes, Let's Go, Two Rooms, The Good Earth, Tomorrow Today, Slow Down - The Feelies; Driver 8 - R.E.M.; Glassworks (01. Opening) - Philip Glass; Don't Go Back to Rockville - R.E.M.; What Goes On? - The Velvet Underground; Guiding Light - Television; Fame, She Said, She Said - The Feelies