About this episode
Strong Songs is one year old! In honor of that anniversary, Kirk takes a look back on the year that was, sharing musical highlights from each of the show's 20 single-song episodes. SCHEDULING NOTE: Strong Songs will be off in December, and will return for Year Two on January 8, 2020. If you're a patron over on Patreon, that means you won't be charged for the month of December. That also makes December a great month catch up on episodes you may have missed, share the show with your friends, listen to Year One playlists, and enjoy a hopefully very musical holiday season. REFERENCED/DISCUSSED: "Africa" by Toto from Toto IV , 1982 "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon from Graceland , 1986 "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" by Beyoncé from I Am... Sasha Fierce , 2008 "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder from Songs in the Key Of Life , 1976 "Thriller" by Michael Jackson from Thriller , 1982 "Dancing Queen" by ABBA from Arrival , 1976 "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen from A Night At The Opera , 1975 "Let It Go" from Frozen , 2013 "Moanin'" by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers from Moanin ', 1959 "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra from Out Of The Blue , 1977 "Satisfied" by Lin-Manuel Miranda from Hamilton , 2015 "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road , 1973 "Tightrope" by Janelle Monáe from The Archandroid , 2010 "Barracuda" by Heart from Little Queen , 1977 "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead from OK Computer , 1997 "Like a Prayer" by Madonna from Like a Prayer , 1989 "Think" by Aretha Franklin from the Blues Brothers soundtrack, 1980 "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal from Seal II , 1994 "Making Christmas" by Danny Elfman from The Nightmare Before Christmas , 1993 "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton from Jolene , 1974, and as performed by Whitney Houston on The Bodyguard soundtrack, 1992 YEAR ONE PLAYLISTS: You can find new playlists with these 20 songs on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/strong-songs-year-1/pl.u-V9D7gaGiJ7o0a and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5d9ym1sUymGoySMXOw3zbZ?si=knUCLdHHTQ2lTIQq-uXYmQ OUTRO SOLOIST: All Of Them! Thanks to all of the outro soloists we've featured over the past few months: BJ Cord, Galen Clark, Rob Reich, Dan Nervo, Sam Howard, and Steve Pardo. We'll feature plenty more great soloists in Year Two. -------------------- November 2019 Whole-Note Patrons Andrew Walters - Caleb Rotach - Chad Barnard - Dan Apczynski - Dave Florey - Glenn Jared Norris - Mark Schechter - Merlin Mann - Ryan Torvik November 2019 Half-Note Patrons Alex Singer - Alexander Polson - Amanda Furlotti - Andre Bremer - Andrew Baker - Andrew Lee - Arjun Sharma - Bill Thornton - Brett Douville - Brian Amoebas - Brooke Wilford - Chas Lednicky - Chris Brown - Cyrus N. White - David Stroud - Earl Lozada - Eero Wahlstedt - Elliot Jay O’Neill - Emily Williams - Fishbones - Forrest Chang - Jaehoon Jeong - James Johnson - Jasmine Fellows - Jeffrey Olson - Jennifer Bush - John and Sharon Stenglein - Jon O’Keefe - Joujou - Juan Carlos Montemayor Elosua - Jules Bailey - Justin Liew - Justin McElroy - Kate Albury - Kevin Morrell - Kevin Pennyfeather - Kingy - Matt Gaskell - Max Schechter - Melanie Stivers - Michael Blackwell - Miriam Juskowicz - Molly Mueller - Nate from Kalamazoo - Nicholas Schechter - Richard Toller - Samuel Gardner - Shane DeLeon - Shaun Wiese - SP - Tanner Morton - Tim - Tom Clewer - Tom Lauer Thanks everyone for listening - see you in 2020! ----LINKS----- 💰 SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Patreon | One-Time Donation 🏠 HOMEPAGE 👚 MERCH 💬 DISCORD SERVER 📬 KIRK'S NEWSLETTER 🎸 KIRK'S GEAR & INSTRUMENTS 🎶 KIRK'S MUSIC 📷 KIRK’S SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram | Bluesky 🎧 EVERY STRONG SONG: Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music 🎨 SHOW ART: Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics