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The Ultimate Stank Face Challenge

August 17, 202638 min ยท 5,779 words

Show notes

Jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin take turns playing each other songs, and the goal is to get the biggest involuntary reaction out of the other guy. Along the way, they break down what's actually happening in the music. In a final round, they have to sit through their opponent's pick without cracking. Who gets the best reactions? You decide. Share your verdict in the comments.

Highlighted moments

The Chopin etudes are horrible to try. They're great, but I can do a little bit of the first one, the big arpeggio one. And see. Yeah, those big stretches, those ninth and tenth stretches on your right hand, but I can't do anything else.
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โ€œI knew, I know you're a sucker for that East Coast sampled hip hop. Yeah. Early 90s. I think this is from 1990. Yeah. Obviously sampling Steely Dan's green earrings.โ€
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โ€œHe's so soulful, dude. So, and so tasty. Uh-huh. Just enough melodic improvisers of all time. In the cracks. Man, there's such an art to that.โ€
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Transcript

Playing the Stank Face Showdown

0:00Wait a second, man. What do you think the teacher's going to look like this year?

0:07I'm Adam Maness. And I'm Peter Martin. And you're listening to the You'll Hear It podcast. Music explored. Explored, Peter. Today we're going to play a very fun game. I'm excited. It's called the Stank Face Showdown, Peter, and here's how it's going to go. We're going to do six rounds where we're going to alternate playing songs for each other, trying to get the biggest stank face reaction, which is like a, ooh, out of the other person.

0:30Right. Or it could be a, ooh, or a, mm.

0:37Let's do one at the end where we try not to get stank face of, okay, I have one that I think I could pull up that I think would be perfect. Okay, cool. Let's flip to see who goes first. Okay, where'd you find that? Sam's car. Okay, call it in the air. Ready? Okay. Heads. Tails, I go first. Okay, good. Dodge the bullet. Now, I went with a strategy of a genre that I don't think you know a lot about. You definitely have heard the first three that I'm going to do, the bands at least, but I don't think you maybe have like jammed out to these songs a lot.

1:08And I'm not going to say what they are. I'm figuring jam, so jam band is the genre. It's a lot of fish. No, no. I don't think we should tell each other what they are. No, that's good. Until some stank faces are revealed.

Led Zeppelin and Hard Rock

1:19So here's my first pick. Seven and a half? I forgot to control myself.

1:51I like it.

2:05All right. I feel like that was some good stank face. I did. I totally forgot to like, I like it. Do you know who that is? No. That's Led Zeppelin. That's the ocean. Okay. Yeah. So how, the genre, what would we call that genre? I mean, that's hard rock. Classic rock. Hard rock. Classic rock at this point, I guess you could say if you were a radio station, but that's definitely like hard rock. Boomer rock? Well, they were definitely baby boomers, yeah. But Led Zeppelin, one of the greatest bands of all time, and that. Is that bad? I didn't know that. Yeah. So here's my general philosophy for this.

2:35Because like, I thought about like, okay, we could go prog rock or like fusion, which maybe you did, because there's a lot of like natural, like if I were to pick like dirty loops, right? Yeah. There's a lot of like, ooh, like chord things or whatever. Yeah. But that's not what Peter Martin loves, actually. Peter Martin likes a thick, solid, dirty groove. Yeah. And I think that Zepp, you know, John Bonham on the drums. That snare drum got me first. Yeah, exactly. It's a huge drum sound, riff based. That's what I'm, that's my strategy from here on out. Got it. Okay, that was good.

3:07That was good. So did you get a point for that? Are we scoring? I think the audience should score each round. Okay, got it. So I'm gonna, I didn't have everything in order, but I want to try something because I want to sort of contrast with where you're starting here. I don't have just one genre, although I have this first genre. I do have several of those in here, so we'll see how that's gonna play out. And you may have heard this, so I wasn't focusing necessarily on that.

String Quartets and Jazz Covers

3:33Okay.

String Quartets and Jazz Covers

3:34But I do feel like, well, let's just play it and see where we go with it. Okay, okay.

3:48Do I know this? You know I'm such a sucker for the strings, Peter. Come on.

4:19Is this Turtle Island? No. Close, though. It is a quartet. String quartet.

4:30You might know this composition. It's way short? No, that's very close, though.

4:37I like. There's something coming up here, I think. Okay. You might be in German. And then we go back here.

4:56And then how about a little improv? We don't always love it on the violin, but maybe? Wow.

5:12Who is this? Okay. So this is Quartet, Quartet Ebene, a French quartet that's actually been around for a while. They're relatively young, beautiful quartet. They did this record called The Jazz Album. Killing. That's the most, yeah. But this is D'Ende written by Kenny Kirkland. D'Ende. Okay, I've heard this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which he wrote back in the, I think, early 90s, maybe even the late 80s. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Great Kenny Kirkland. It's such an offbeat. Actually, the name of the record is Milestones. They do a great version of Milestones on here. But they have, they're a fantastic quartet.

5:43I mean, they've covered, you know, late Beethoven and Mozart, Reveille, a bunch of great things. I think incredible players. It's funny. Improvisors, you know. This is a fun game. Yeah. Your strategy and my strategy are totally different, but I think equally effective. Yeah. I knew the strings and the, I mean, it combines a bunch of things that you love. Okay. I've got one that I'm sure you've heard this before just because of how old you are, but I don't know if you've ever really took the time to appreciate it. Okay. And I think it's kind of right up your alley. Hold it.

6:25It's going to be obvious in a second.

6:35Double bass drum. Yeah. Look at that. The lift's going up.

6:43Yeah, yeah. There it is.

6:47Wait for it. Wait for it.

6:52Ah. Check this out. Check this out.

6:58Woo. McCoy Tyner. It is? It is a little McCoy.

7:07Do you know who this is? Oh, wow, man. That's a good one.

7:11Wait a second, man. Give me that. What do you think the teacher's going to look like this year? Is this, um... Woo! Woo!

7:23Come on, man. Um, it's on the tip of my tongue. You know it. Um, give me a choice. Give me multiple choice. Uh, is it ACDC? No. Is it Journey? No. Rush? Rush. No. Is, um... Virtuosic guitarist played on Michael Jackson's album. Oh, Van Halen. Yeah. Oh, okay. As soon as he came in, I thought that, but then I was like, I thought I knew most of his stuff. That's hot for teacher by Van Halen. That is hot for teacher. Okay. That's hot for teacher. Isn't that great? That intro is... Yeah. Is... I did think...

7:54I should have just said Van Halen, but I don't want to... I mean, it's... I'm not an expert in this era, so I don't want to sound ignorant. I should just go with what? I should just blurt it out. I got you on a couple things. That diminished thing. Yeah. Like, on a huge rock hit. Right. It's crazy. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's cool. All right. What's your round two pick? Okay. So I'm going to change up my order here because I want to react to that. That was a lot of technique, a lot of chops, right? Yep, yep, yep. So we're going to go the opposite here. Very simple and beautiful. Tell me what you think.

8:26What is this happening? Oh, good pull, Peter.

8:37You like left-hand and right-hand chops?

8:41Broken minor thirds?

8:44It's the intro to Mad Men.

8:48Have you heard this before? Have you played this before? I'm sure I have. There's no way I can play this. I'm sure I've heard it. What is it? Okay, so this is Chopin's etude, Op. 25, No. 11, known as the Winter Man. Yeah, I have tried to play this, actually, and I failed miserably at it. It's massively difficult. The Chopin etudes are horrible to try. They're great, but I can do a little bit of the first one, the big arpeggio one. And see. Yeah, those big stretches, those ninth and tenth stretches on your right hand, but I can't do anything else.

9:20Yeah, but I will say this. I used to play it. It's not, I didn't play it like this. This is Maurizio Pellini, RIP, who we just lost. The great Maurizio Pellini. He recorded this several times. It's partly because it's in A minor. Yeah, his nocturnes, his Chopin nocturnes are unbelievable. It's not that, I mean, it's very hard, but it's not as hard as it sounds, surprisingly. Which is, I think, all the Chopin etudes are like that in a way. I mean, they're difficult, but they're so well-written, you know. Chopin, lots of stank face. A lot of stank face. A lot of stank face, and everything. All of his little, even in those really beautiful nocturnes, he's got those little, those little like,

9:54these little runs that just like pull your. Oh, hard melchers. All right, good pull. Okay, round three. Okay. Round three. And please put in the comments who's winning each round. I've got like 12 tunes, by the way. I'm going to pick. As long as you want to go, I'm good. We're going to do six rounds with that seventh bonus. Okay, I'm going to stick with the rock theme, because I think I've had two successful ones so far.

Rage Against the Machine

10:15And this is a little more modern, and I want to know, I'm curious to see if you've ever heard this before. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Red Hot Chili Peppers? No. No. I see where you would say that. Yeah. Same era. That drummer's killing.

10:50The whole band is killing. Man, I remember this period. I remember this period. I remember this period. I remember this period. Woo.

11:03Oh. Woo. They're killing it. Damn. We got him. We got him. Huh. Man, I have so much to explore with this. Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses. Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses. Can you guess who this is? Their name, as much as you can hear some against the man political message here, their name very much is characterized by that.

11:34I have no idea. I know what you're going to say, and I'm going to be like, yeah, of course. Woo.

11:40Killa, you're the name of. It's Rage Against the Machine. Right. See, I don't know them at all, but whatever I've heard, I'm like, okay, I need to. Now you do what they told you. Mm. Now you do what they told you. Yeah. Do you like groove? Do you like riffs? Yeah. Hellsyn. Now you do what they told you. Now you do what they told you. Man, I love the way, too, they're like. Now you do what they told you. Now you do what they told you. Like nothing's been quantized or lined up at all. Now you do what they told you. At all. But it's groove. Look at your face right there. Oh, man.

12:11No. Like that could have easily been like. Damn, I missed one.

12:18That's some power. It's really, really great. Yeah. Okay. I feel good about that. That was good. Rage Against the Machine. Okay. I need to get with the program, man. Okay. This, I got a little something for you. This, I'm sure you've heard. Wait, do I go with one? No. Okay. I'm going to do something. I'm not going to go there yet. But where I am going to go. I just need to. It's good watching the strategy unfold. He's, he's. 219. Hold up. Okay. He's going. He's always going. You're going for a specific spot. Yeah. I want it. Because this is a long track, but there's, there's a couple of things. Like, I, I think that you're going to like, I know you're going to like this. I don't think you're going to know it.

12:49Mm-hmm. Um, but I think if you're trying to resist Stank Face, it's going to be hard. And then you might for a while, but then I'm excited because I think I know right when you're going to fall apart. Okay. Okay.

13:01You're going to know this song. Now, when I think about the way the world must turn, I get the sweetest thoughts. Of you and me. Who is that?

13:20Memories of life and times go on and on. Nice. Oh, I tried hard to forget it. You know this song? But I know my mind won't let it. I recognize, but I have a feeling it's been tweaked a little bit. A lot. I just want to stop. Montreal, Canada. And tell you what I feel about you, babe. Okay, okay. I just want to stop.

13:51I never want to live without you, babe. I just want to stop. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For your love. You know this singer, but now.

14:12Hey.

14:19Yeah. Who is that? Give you a little hit. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis.

14:32Yeah. Yeah.

14:35Sanborn. Yeah. Okay. I got it.

14:40Woo.

14:46That's great. I just want to stop. I just want to stop. Take this out. And tell you what I feel about you, babe.

14:56I just want to stop. Man, this track is. What is that? The hint for the vocalist, you definitely know her. She has a big stainless connection as well. She's not from here. I just want to stop. That's what her father is. That's Layla Hathaway. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And this is Chris Mindoki, who's a bass player. This came out like in the mid-2000s on Blue Note. He had a record called A Jazz Life, and he had a bunch of people on it. But yeah, it's David Sanborn, Layla Hathaway. And that's, what is it, Gino Vanelli's? Yeah. Composition. I love Gino Vanelli.

15:27We don't talk about Gino Vanelli. Yeah, yeah. Great writer. Great writer. Hey, what's up, everyone? Adam just butting in here for a second to let you know that for this episode, I recorded a lesson for beginners to the piano on how to play Led Zeppelin's The Ocean. That's right. One of the most grooving tunes of all time. And you're going to learn how to do it, even if you've never played piano before. I'm going to get you playing Led Zeppelin's The Ocean by the end of this lesson. I promise. It's a great time. It's such a fun song to play. So join me at the Players Club. Click the link in the description to learn more.

15:59All right. Back to the episode. Good. Okay, that was a great round three. Yeah. Again, put in the description or put in the comments. Who you think won that round. Don't mess with our description. Don't mess with our description. All right. I'm going to pivot now because of your pivot.

East Coast Hip Hop and Steely Dan

16:10That made me think. Okay. I'm going to do, I think you really love the genre I'm about to play. Okay. Music. I would almost guarantee you've never heard this song and probably have never heard this band. And I'm not going to say anything more. Okay. Okay. This is my stuff right here.

16:49I told you. Yeah. I don't know it. I don't know it.

16:56Yeah. I knew, I know you're a sucker for that East Coast sampled hip hop. Yeah. Early 90s. I think this is from 1990. Yeah.

17:06Obviously sampling Steely Dan's green earrings. Yeah. Okay. Who's this? Organized confusion. Confusion with a K. I don't know. So Farrah Monch is one of the, it's a duo. Farrah Monch is one of the guys on there. And that's how I actually discovered Farrah Monch first and then went back through his, all of his discography and found these guys when I was young. And I love that. There's two albums that I just can't get enough. And this is one. It's called Walk Into the Sun by Organized. Okay. I need that. You know what we're going to do? We're going to organize a playlist and we're going to put in the description of all these. Every track. For my own sake.

17:37Every track on, on those Organized Confusion albums is just like packed with your, with like samples of our favorite music. Okay. It's so good. It's so good. So, was this round four? Round four. Okay. So now we're going to move into something that I know you know this artist. Okay. So I'm going to say it. Stevie Wonder. Know him. Love him. Okay. And I know you know this. Interesting pull. You're going to pull some Stevie. Okay. Well, I wanted to do this and I was like, there's not going to be any, even if I could find a track, I could find a track that you probably hadn't heard, but you're instantly going to know it's Stevie. So I decided to go the other way because I'm like, like stank face, it comes in so many different ways, but I think this is a little bit less

18:10obvious of a stank face and there's several levels to it. And I think I, there's one part of it that I want to see if you stank face. It's that kind of has something to do with Stevie, but not in the particular way. So, but just be natural. Okay.

18:27Yeah. Okay.

18:31Love this song.

18:36Oh, man. We just talked about this one.

18:50There's so many levels of stank. That's the first one. Is this from fulfilling this? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And we just, yeah, we, we, this is going to be on the show soon. But that drum fill, can you play the drum fill please? Oh, absolutely. Please. I'm here all day. Damn. And actually what I started was, and I'll play a little bit of this next, is his harmonical solo. This is not his most famous one, but this is the one that to me, man, his vibe on it is just. But this is the definition of stank face. The drum fill that starts the verse. It's like, what the fuck is going on?

19:21Here it comes.

19:25How did he think of that? Let me go up to the harmonica solo. Okay. Okay. Okay. That's so good. There's so many moments.

19:35I mean, Stevie's just a stanky, stank face in an artist, you know, probably more than anybody.

19:44Oh, no, I'm sorry. We got a little bit.

19:49This is a great solo.

20:00Oh.

20:03Oh.

20:07It's one of the perfect solos.

20:13Oh. And then when he comes back. When I'm sleeping. Yeah. So that's just, you know. So. That was kind of a mulligan for you, too. But I mean. That's good. That's always. I mean, every Stevie is guaranteed stank face. Yeah. Peter, before we get into round five, just want to do a quick shout out to Open Studio, a sponsor of the You'll Hear It podcast. Hells yeah. We not only break down music like this, but we teach you how to play it over at Open Studio. Go to OpenStudioJazz.com for your 14-day free trial. That's OpenStudioJazz.com to start your musical journey today.

20:45You got teachers like Peter, like myself, like Sullivan Fortner, Aaron Parks, Jeffrey Kieser, Fred Hirsch. Ron Carter. Ron Carter. Christian McBride. Yes. Diane Reeves. Yeah. A bunch of heavyweights over there. Should we do a stank face chorus? We might have to start doing that. We might have to start. We've done a lot of stank face. Again, OpenStudioJazz.com for our jazz lesson needs.

Diana Ross and String Arrangements

21:03Okay, Peter.

Diana Ross and String Arrangements

21:04This next one, round five. I know that you know the artist, and I'm sure you know this song too, but I'm not sure if this is like on, would be on any of your playlists or in your car bumping it. I do, but I can give you the man's guarantee that you're going to get stank face. Okay. I'm excited.

21:22Oh, yeah. Yeah. Little D-Ross. Oh, this is the, oh, this is the original. Oh, yeah. Biggie's not coming in. Biggie's not coming in. Okay. Woo. That's the stank face one. Yeah. It was drums. Yeah. The 16 bars. Drum solo. Woo. Oh. The guitar, everything's stanky. The stank in my Diet Coke. I mean, people can still play with this. They just need to do it. You know what I'm saying?

21:52That guitar. Woo. And he's stuck. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo.

22:04It's like, that's great. This is like 1980-ish. Yeah. Late 70s, early 90s, I think. I forget what the year actually is. Fantastic. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's also a good reminder that, like, by some measures, you could call that a disco groove. Oh, it is a disco. You know what I mean? The whole album is disco. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it's so good. Upside Down is also on that album.

22:35Yeah. Great, Diana Ross. Yeah. Okay. What do you got for round five? Oh, okay. Now I'm getting, ooh, I'm nervous. I got a lot of directions I could go. Did you want to make a request? No. No, I don't get to make a request. This is your strategy. Okay. So, we did some Stevie. We're going to do some more Stevie, but it's not with Stevie. Okay? This is going to be a short one. Is that okay? Yeah. I think I can get you stank-facing right away, but I have to tell you a little bit of background. This is a Stevie tune that you know. Okay. I don't think you're going to know who this is, but this is a string quartet. Okay? From what they play in the first, like, 20 seconds should have an effect on you.

23:08Hopefully, it just does sonically anyway. Sorry. Am I over-scoating? No, you're going heavy classical, though, on this. Well, this, yeah. I wouldn't, yeah. Okay, here we go. I get it, because I'm a sucker for it. I get it. And this part here.

23:27So, I can't help it. That's real violins. Is this Turtle Island? No. This is Quartet Ebene again. Again? Yeah. Sorry. Looking in my mirror. Who's that? Stacey Kent. Stacey Kent. Yeah. Took me by surprise.

23:47I can't help but see. Cello. Cello. Pizzicato. It is with drums. Oh, it's so good.

23:57Great arranging.

24:06The cello makes it on point. You can always tell when someone who's really familiar with strings is arranging, and when it's someone not so familiar with strings. I can't help it. If I wanted to. Wouldn't help it. Even if I could. Can't help it. If I wanted to. Wouldn't help it. No. Ooh, that's good. Yeah. Can't help it. If I wanted to. Wouldn't help it. The little transitions are just great, too. Even if I could. Can't help it. If I wanted to. Wouldn't help it. No. All right. If you're keeping score at home. Ooh.

24:37Ooh. Yeah. Textures. Ooh.

24:41Ooh.

24:45Love to run. Yeah. So, it's some good stuff on there. Put it in the comments. Yep. Who won round five. Okay. I think we've stanked in everything. We've pretty much stanked. I mean. So, what constitutes winning if you don't stank? Who induced the most stank? Oh, okay. Got it. Yeah. Got it. Okay. Okay. I've become strong. This is the last round of, and so we're going to do the bonus. Okay. And I'm zagging here. The bonus, we have to really go for, like, the stank, right? Well, the bonus is we're going to play something that we know the other person stanks out easily yet, and the other person has to try to hold their stank.

25:17Got it. Okay. Now, this one, Peter, like I said, I zagged. Okay. I would be shocked if you know this song. Okay. I'm pretty sure you know the artist. I'm going to play most of this song, though, because it's really, it's all about the buildup on this song.

Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas

25:31Okay.

Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas

25:32It's a perfect song, perfectly performed. Radiohead. It's live. It's live, and there's maybe one of the greatest solos in a pop song I've ever heard. Okay. You just, your continents just got very serious. Yesterday, the odds were stacked in favor of my expectations

26:09Flying above the rest Sound is exquisite. Very good. Her live recording?

26:21This Allison. I love her singing.

26:27The greatest. And, um,

26:31guitar, Phantom Isky, on guitar. Oh, okay. And Jerry Douglas on the Dobro. Douglas, yeah, yeah. Who's one of my favorite improvisers. Oh, he's incredible. Maybe I can stand alone Maybe I'm strong Yeah, strong Even though the blues

27:01Still get chills. Got chills right now. Oh, so good. Dammit, there's hope for the world after all.

27:15We're just getting started, though.

27:20Oh, there he is. There he is. I'm hungry Yeah, I'm doing this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It should be this. Well, it's like fire. Jerry Douglas. Alison Krauss, right? Yeah. Krauss.

27:36He's so soulful, dude. So, and so tasty. Uh-huh. Just enough melodic improvisers of all time. In the cracks.

27:45Man, there's such an art to that. They added a third voice for the second chorus. Nice. Maybe I'm strong Maybe I'm strong Yeah, stone Even though the bird has flown Major seven

28:15Everybody sings Everybody sings their ass on it. Maybe he'll fly Yeah Man, when she hits that high note Baby, if she hits her Oh, man, when she hits her Uh-huh. Well, a little bit Should I have, yea-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h.

28:48You're a builder I'm going to come to this house As a tree Look at you Maybe I can stand alone Maybe I'm strong as stone

29:22Even though the bird has flown Maybe he'll fly The audience goes nuts here at the end of it.

29:47Oh, what a place to end. Beautiful. Isn't that amazing? That was great. Hope for humanity, you know what I mean? Her voice on that.

29:58That note is so piercing through the speakers. And the fact that this was all live. And then Jerry Douglas, I mean, I put him up there. It's like almost how Coltrane plays on the Johnny Hartman album. Like every melody that he inserts is just this perfect, beautiful melody. They're playing the same way. But the spirit is the same of these beautiful counter melodies to what Alison Krauss is doing. And then just rips the most beautiful melodic solo for these changes. Unbelievable. Top that! Hey everyone, taking a break real quick.

30:30We throw around a lot of music theory terms here in the show. If you're Googling things like, what is a triad? Hold on, I'm Googling. What is a triad? Or what is a Lydian chord? How do you spell Lydian? You know how to play that, bro. Good news! We have all the answers for you in the Liner Notes. You'll find the Liner Notes companion guide with clear, simple explanations of the contents we explore in this episode in the episode description. Download the Liner Notes for this episode for free today. Okay, yeah. Well, no, no, no. I mean, it's, I just, I will, sir.

31:01Now, this, I think, I'm sure you've heard it, and I think you probably know it. But I think it's very stank face inducing. I think it's a great track. I think a lot of folks will be like, wow, Peter, you like this? Adam, you like this? I love this track. This has probably been one of my most listened to tracks just at random times in the car, walking around. I don't know. I'll think about this, because it combines a couple of different artists that I really like a lot from different generations. Okay. So, here we go. If this world were mine.

31:34Hey, Roman Novo 7, babe. Peter! If this world was mine, I'd take your dreams and make them multiply. If this world was mine, I'd take your enemies in front of God. Introduce them to that light. Hit them strictly with their fire. Fire, fire. Fire, fire, fire. Fire, fire. Fire. Hey, Roman Novo 7, babe. Drop it like it's hot. If this world was mine, I'd take your dreams and make them multiply. If this world was mine, I'd take your dreams and make them multiply. And that's what I do. You were going to have those strings come in.

32:05Got a woo bird out of it, too. This is a good string. And that bass sound with the string. That club bass. Here you go. This world can be flowers grow. Heartache, she only knows what she knows. Weekends get it popping on the low. Better days coming for sure. This world can be flowers. Woo! I'm just picturing you and Kelly cruising down Del Mar. We might be cruising somewhere else, too.

32:37But yeah. This is kind of a household paper.

32:42Woo!

32:47Who's the singer? SZA. Say Lewis' own. Say Lewis' own, yeah, of course. Say Lewis' own. Kendrick Lamar, of course. Luther Vandross is the other singer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is a Luther sample. I knew I've heard this before, but I haven't really dug into that at all. Yeah, and I was, at first, I was kind of like, you know, my daughter loves this song, too. This is like, what, at least 10 years old? String writing is great on here.

33:22So, I mean, If This World Was Mine, of course, Luther, that was one of my favorite tracks in the 80s. Yeah. Slow dance, slow dance, jam. And normally, I would be like, in fact, I remember when my daughter was first listening to this, I was like, damn, why are they going to do Luther? But then I listened, I was like, wait, this is kind of good. And then, I don't know, it's one of those times, obviously, they had the estate of Luther Vandross' approval, and he's a co-writer on this, actually. And the name of the song is Luther. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. Yeah, yeah. All right, you ready? Yes. For your poker face?

33:52Oh, poker face. You cannot stank face. I'm going to try to break you. Okay. You ready? I can be beat down, but I can't be broken. I know you love this. And I know if you weren't trying, you would stank face all over this. Oh, so am I supposed to try not to? You're supposed to. We're supposed to try not to. This is our final bonus round. Okay. We have to keep a straight. We have to keep a poker face. It's called the poker face round. I just made that up. Poker face. Now that I could keep a straight face through. But you will not be able to do that with this. Oh.

34:24I can try it.

34:30He can't help it. That part's good, man. Okay, I can do it here. Oh, Kenny Kirk. I'm good. Oh, hold on. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. We're not even 20 seconds in. Jeff Watts. Look at that. Look at the way it feels. Oh. I knew I could do it. I knew I could do it. That is a... Black holes from the other. That's Black holes from the other. Jeff Watts. Charnet Moffin. Kenny. Oh, Kenny Kirk. I was... I love this. I didn't think you were great, too, man. Kenny Solo, honestly. Damn, this is better than the one I am.

35:02Well.

35:03Delphios Dilemo.

35:07Yeah, Wynn Marsalis' Black Coaster in the Underground. One of, if you don't know, what to get Peter for his birthday. A vinyl pressing of this would go a long way. I've got it. But yeah, give me another one.

35:21Yeah. All right, that was good. Yeah, because that... I got you. That's not an obvious... And look, we... Actually, I had some other jazz stuff. I should have played more. I played some jazz stuff. I don't know. That's good. That's... Well done. It's your kryptonite. It's your kryptonite. But you know what? I think I got you, too. This is not maybe as obviously associated for you, but I know you're going to break on this. So actually try not to.

D'Angelo and Final Rounds

35:43I'm going. I'm going to. Because I think you will be able to for a while, but I know the place that you're not going to be able to make it, so.

35:54That ain't nothing. Oh, I know what's coming. Fuck. It comes with waves, though, so.

36:05Peter. This is mean.

36:11It's just a guitar riff. Yes, I can't.

36:15What? My mouth is naturally just turning down. Let me tell you about the chicken grease.

36:22Okay. You know. No, you got me. Oh, my God.

36:28Turn it up. It's all the way. I give up. I give up. I can't do it. I'm sorry. Whoa, man. Chicken grease. D'Angelo. Of course. Yeah, that one's. This was fun. You know what's fun about this? It's like, A, we both just stank-faced the hell out of all of ours. Sue us. We love music. Yeah, I know. But then we just got to play some really great music for each other. That was fun. You want one more bonus just for fun? Give me a bonus. You want a hat on a hat? Go ahead. Let's put a hat on a hat. Neither one of us could keep a straight face. Oh, well, if you're going to give me the cavatina, I'm going to cry.

37:01So this is Beethoven opus 140. No? No. Oh, no, no. Sorry. This is Ravel. String quartet. Yes. Sorry, so sorry. First movie.

37:13Oh.

37:21I don't know. That Beethoven cavatina came straight into my mind. That's great, too. But yeah, of course. Ravel string quartet. And then if you want to jump to the last movie.

37:31Hey.

37:37I always think that's a piano playing. I mean, you know, the second movement, the Pitts movement of that is like, that's the... I was going to throw that in there, but I thought it was too... Yeah. Incredible. And the third movie. Peter, this was fun. This was great, man. Let's do this again sometime. Stanky face. Stanky face. Put in the comments who you think won the Stank Face War. Who gave you the most Stank Face? What songs would you play for us to give us Stank Face? That's right. And we're excited for the new season. This is going to be a season full of Stank Face albums.

38:07I can guarantee you that. For sure. For sure. Until next time. You'll hear it.

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