Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Maps"

One Song

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Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This time on One Song Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY are breaking out their skinny jeans, thrifted leather jackets, and statement hairstyles as they breakdown classic indie banger, Maps. The duo explore everything from the origins of the New York indie scene, to the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s writing process, to Karen O’s incredible onstage presence. Come for the fuzzy guitars, stay for the bangs. Album: Fever to Tell Released: 2003 Artist: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featured songs: Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson, Hold Up by Beyoncé, Can't Gt Used to Losing You by Any Williams, Dance by ESG, Pin by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Y Control by LUXXURY

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0:00.0	Luxury, my man, before we start, a checklist of things we're going to have to discuss in this episode.
0:06.2	Tell me the checklist.
0:07.3	The lo-fi sound.
0:08.4	Yes.
0:09.3	Skinny jeans and leather jackets.
0:10.6	Accurate.
0:11.4	New York and sleazy dye bars on the Lower East Side.
0:14.3	I was there.
0:16.7	Women with bangs.
0:18.6	One woman in particular?
0:19.7	Yes.
0:20.7	Luxury, tell the people what's this episode of one song about.
0:23.6	All right, D'all.
0:24.1	Well, we're going to throw it all the way back to 2003.
0:26.9	20 years ago.
0:27.6	20 years ago.
0:28.6	It's a moment in time when indie rock and pop and angular guitars are all starting to merge and
0:34.8	intermingle in really interesting ways.
0:36.6	A time when anyone who is anyone, including myself, possibly you, will find out,
0:41.3	wore their jeans a little tighter than normal, maybe even rocked one, two, or even a dozen in my case,
0:46.7	thrifted leather jackets.
0:47.7	I had so many in my collection.
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