All hail the undisputed King Of Horror! Through his dozens of novels and films, Stephen King has been scaring the pants off of the world for 6 decades, and he's still coming up with more tales of the macabre and terrible. His works are always connected to music, and in many ways music plays a major part of the dread of his words. To celebrate this …

Being born with the name David doesn't necessarily mean that you're destined for greatness, but it doesn't hurt your chances. The following artists featured in the top half of our esteemed list of Daves are the musical Daves we know, and we're so glad to know them. Here in Top Ten Rock N Roll Davids we present the greatest entertainment experience …

ATTT loves our recurring guests and lord knows we couldn't and wouldn't do the show without them. Perhaps the most ridiculous of our beloved regulars, Sir David Daskal, deserves a ridiculous topic of his very own. In that spirit, All Time Top Ten proudly presents as many Davids as you can handle in Top Ten Rock N Roll Davids, featuring the best Dav…

Shout out to Eric Idle and the Pythons. They ask the important questions, such as... Why are we here? What's life all about? Is God really real, or is there some doubt? Well tonight we're going to sort it all out. Tonight it's Part 2 of Top Ten Existential Songs Volume 5 featuring the enigmatic Gabe Scalone. We're back with picks 5-1 in our look at…

"I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing. There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it. Existentialism's first move is to make every man aware of what he is and to make the full responsibility of his existence rest on him." - Jean-Paul Sartre 2024 is the perfect year to bring back this…

It's been called the most shocking American youth movement in history. When it stormed out of the gates in the 1970s, punk rock told the world that the way things are is unacceptable. The people that defined the scene spit in the face of conformity and the social order, and they did it with humor, irreverence and musical brutality. The punk scene i…

For decades, the thriving punk scene in Los Angeles has pushed boundaries, invented entire subgenres out of whole cloth, and provided the sonic and visual blueprint for the rest of the world to follow. The LA punk scene has also been home to some of the most iconic bands in the history of the genre. It's a fascinating look through the decades, and …

Diana Ross, The Supremes. Diana Ross & The Supremes. Enough said. Oh, and thanks again to the Anti! In Top Ten Songs By Diana Ross & The Supremes Part 2, our beloved aunt Helene Eisen came through for us in style to round out our list with picks 5-1. Thanks also to the delightful Shannon Hurley for lively guest commentary in our loving tribute to t…

Diana Ross. The Supremes. Diana Ross & The Supremes. Any way you combine it, you get musical gold. Style, sophistication, class, consummate musicianship and songwriting, and those voices. Diana Ross and The Supremes had it all, and can go toe to toe with any artists on the planet in terms of commercial and artistic success. ATTT is on the road this…

Considering most of our favorite rock stars live extraordinarily fascinating lives, you'd think there would be more of them writing songs about specific things they've experienced. In fact, there aren't that many but the songs we do have are cool little glimpses into the personal lives of our musical heroes. In TOP TEN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SONGS, the m…

There's nothing more fascinating than a good rock n roll origin story, especially when said rock n roll artist or band writes a song about that story. Then there are songs that tell stories of crazy things that happened to these artists and bands, and helped shape their rock n roll persona. ATTT's main mensch Jason Berk dropped by to help us count …

Folks! There are some big goings-on in the ATTT universe these days. Thankfully we get by with a little help from people like our friend Joe Lavelle, who has graciously volunteered to help bring back a format we haven't used in a while but are excited to dust off for your listening pleasure. As we all know, the best podcasts never prepare anything …

Time to step up on that high horse for a second. Ahem... there's a severe lack of bands these days, and in our sad estimation, the concept of the band has been devalued to the detriment of modern music. We know some of the biggest rock stars of all time from their bands, and while some band members have been able to make a go at it as solo artists,…

There's real truth to the notion that being in a band is like being in a relationship, for better or for worse. For many of the greatest bands of all time, each member contributes to the chemistry that makes the band so great. Many times band members feel the need to go solo and even though they are rock stars when they're in their bands, as solo a…

At a certain point during Top Ten Two Man Bands Part 1, the conversation with Fernando Perdomo and Michael Collins of the phenomenal two man band Broken Sound sorta went off the rails. Many of our favorite ATTT hangs have this feature as a selling point. The good news is in Part 2, we never ever got back on the rails. It's a rail-less pod, in the b…

Before you get yourself in a tizzy over the title of this episode, try to imagine how lame it would be to call it "Top Ten Two Person Bands". No thanks. For our purposes here the word 'man' is a catch-all for everybody, and we certainly did live up to our inclusive credo. ATTT is delighted to welcome back the fabulous Fernando Perdomo and newcomer …

ATTT was more than just a little honored to be able to have an epic hang with 2 of the menschiest bass-playing badasses in L.A. David Jenkins and Jennifer Jo Oberle go way back, and they know a ton about the best session cats to ever make their bones here in the City Of Angels. In Top Ten Legendary L.A. Studio Musicians Part 2, we reveal picks 5-1 …

The word 'legendary' and the city of L.A. go hand in hand. Los Angeles is where the magic happens for so much of what the world loves, not just in movies and tv but certainly in music. In addition to some all time great homegrown bands, many of the finest studio musicians call this place home. Thousands of chart topping hits have been turned out in…

2023 is officially in the books, people. We can't thank our special guests enough for their tireless work helping us bring the best songs of the year to you. Here in Top TWENTY Songs of 2023 Part 4, Shannon Hurley, David Daskal and Giovanny Blanco showcase their top picks and we round out our mega-playlist in style. Picks 5-1 show off more of the f…

There's nothing more LAME than when people say there's no good music being made today. It's a sure sign of laziness and a closed mind. It's also completely untrue! If you don't believe it, listen up. Every year Shannon Hurley and David Daskal help ATTT smack down the naysayers by presenting our TWENTY favorite songs of the year that was. We're norm…

It's all about the songs, people! No, we can't claim to have heard all of the songs released in 2023, as there was only about a million of them - literally. What we have for you are the standout tracks that crossed our radar this year, songs that we never managed to get sick of. Giovanny Blanco, Shannon Hurley and David Daskal add some mirth to our…

Lord knows how we make it through another year. Actually ATTT knows how - MUSIC! Of the few bright spots in the year 2023, music was top of mind. This was the year of global superstars and young upstarts, a year of genre bending and legends securing their immortal mark in history. Contrary to the beliefs of those who don't listen, music is always e…

2023 was a year. A year for reinventions, reimaginings and reboots. And then there's the music! So many great artists find their footing in how they interpret somebody else's songs and in the year 2023, a ton of legendary and up-and-coming artists went into the studio to record their versions of some of the greatest songs ever written. We've conven…

It's been a hell of a year. We've been through a lot and as our reward for surviving we get to sit back and revel in all of the great music released in the year 2023. To kick things off in our quest to remain current, despite our crippling old age, a new tradition is born. Our covers guru Dustin Prince is back along with our good friend Candi Bartl…

Was the year 2000 actually the pinnacle of western civilization? Can we only look back in awe and wonder at how few problems we had then? Best to not think about it. Instead, listen to Top Ten Songs From The Year 2000 Part 2. Sir Ryan Blake is on hand to help wrap things up in style with picks 5-1. Bonus shout out to the great Conan O'Brien who ins…

Ah, the 'before times', back before international terrorism and plagues of the body and mind. A simpler time. In the year 2000 we partied, for the most part, and our music reflected that. Inspired by an ages-old bit from the Conan O'Brien show, we've decided to embark on a trip - to the future! In the year 2000 there were tons of great songs releas…

We have good news and bad news. The good news is this week's playlist is full of songs that everybody loves. The bad news is we don't. Joe and Amy help wrap things up in this hilarious episode that has bad things to say about songs you all love. Please forgive us. If you missed Top Ten Rage-Inducing Songs We Hate That Everybody Else Loves Part 1, c…

At ATTT HQ it's a long-standing tradition. Once a year just for fun we like to turn our spotlight on the miserable, the subpar, the poor, the lame, the wrong and the downright terrible side of music. Usually these "Rage-Inducing" playlists are hard to listen to. Not so this time around! Even though yes we're playing music we despise, it's music tha…

We firmly believe that David Bowie will be one of a select few artists from modern pop music that scholars and fans alike will be enjoying 100 years from now. Not only was he a prolific pioneer, he also, on dozens of occasions, took the music genre of his choosing to unimaginable heights by simply giving it the Bowie treatment. Every record he rele…

As far as album artists that dominated the album era, the late great David Bowie is among the all-timers. From 1969 to 1980 he put out 13 albums, all of which had the critics blown away and audiences and the music listening public clamoring for more. And Bowie gave them more, continuing to put out mind-bending material all the way until his untimel…

Matt Dinan and Melanie Larsen, creators of the Bits & Bites Cartomb Show, are back for another round of shameless promotion of their super fun and funny YouTube show. We're happy to have their help in counting down picks 5-1 in Top Ten Songs That "Bite", a Halloween edition of our patented 'Songs That Have A Particular Word In The Title" series, wi…

You know the deal. It's October or "spooky season" as lameos like to say. Regardless, we're all about it as long time listeners know. Those same listeners know that we're gonna hear from Mr. Halloween Himself Matt Dinan, but this time around we have a special second guest with us, Matt's partner in crime, Melanie Larsen. Matt & Melanie have been bu…

Dear people with ears and hearts, having your very own list of songs that you love, even though it's embarrassing to admit, is a beautiful thing! Often our guilty pleasure songs are ones that are very special to us, and that's something we should all embrace. Viva la Guilty Pleasures! Thanks again to the swellest of swell fellas Bryan Meyers who ca…

We all know the basic premise of a guilty pleasure song. Some may deride the concept of hiding your affection for a particular tune from your hipster friends out of embarrassment or the desire to appear not uncool. It's a natural thing. It's also natural to get moved by a song that is considered by most to be silly or lame. Well hide your guilt no …

For a little more than 4 years, the All Time Top Ten Patreon Club put out monthly bonus episodes to the delight of dozens of people! As we say thanks, we salute the fine upstanding members of the ATTT Patreon Club. To honor those who believed in the show enough to put their money where their mouth was and contributed anywhere from $2 to $10 a month…

All hail Mama Mo! We are so delighted to welcome the effervescent Maureen Davis into the ATTT fold, as she nailed all of the things on our list. Fun? Check, Funny? Check. Great taste in music? Oh yeah. Maureen helps us bring it all home in Part 2 of our sleepy playlist of our favorite "Sleep" songs. Top Ten "Sleep" Songs is the latest in our patent…

"Sleep" "Sleeps" "Slept" "Sleepy" "Sleepless" and "Sleeping" are words that somehow find their way into the titles of some of our favorite songs. To celebrate this fact, and to help our good friend Maureen Davis do some mighty plugging, we here at ATTT HQ feel it's our civic duty to count down the 10 best songs with "Sleep" in the title. As far as …

We could talk until we're blue in the face about what a bridge is and what the greatest bridges are, and we actually did just that. The fabulous Maurice Bursztynski returns for a knock down drag out discussion about songs and song bridges. We also took little breaks in the middle of arguing to listen to some examples of sublime pop song craft in TO…

What is a bridge? Songwriters will tell you it's that added piece of a pop song that takes it to another level, adds another layer of intrigue to the musical conversation, and then is gone before you know what hit you in the heartstrings. ATTT is super pumped to welcome back one of our favorite returning guests, the musical mastermind Maurice Bursz…

Kids, 90s emo ain't your geriatric millennials' emo. This is Gen X giving the world its greatest contribution to popular culture this side of The Simpsons. The 90s were the golden age for guitar-based bands made up of (mostly) dudes that were in touch with their feelings, and had an undeniable urge to scream about it or at least put their unique sp…

The sound of what we've come to know as "emo" from the insane popularity of bands like Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance and Panic! At The Disco in the 2000s differs pretty wildly from the sound of the bands that spawned the genre. 90s emo is a particular brand of emo - much more moody, more lo-fi, more rooted in punk, hardcore, new wave, and bands…

To everyone out there decrying self-indulgence, let it be set straight for the record that if you had your own long-running podcast, you'd want to have your music-loving friends on the show as often as possible too. We had an absolute blast hanging with the OG All Time Top Ten Pals O The Pod aka The ATTT All-Stars. Gabe Scalone, The Old Boy Himself…

Holy cow we need to do this more often. In fact we will. In what will soon be an annual tradition, the main heavies of All Time Top Ten history are in one place at the same time. We're feeling proud to have made such a fun-to-make and long-running podcast, and we want to pay tribute to the show itself by doing a topic suggested by one of our old Pa…

Let's get even more odd. We're back to wind down our conversation about some unusual musical pairings that shouldn't work but (for the most part) do. Our man in the Valley Geoff Pearlman shares some deep cuts and we present a truly eclectic playlist for your earholes to enjoy or at least appreciate. Top Ten Unlikely Collaborations is a pretty self-…

Much like bacon on donuts, you never know what compelling and sometimes sublime combinations are out there. When considering the world of musical genius artists the combinations can be fascinating. to say the least. The output by the pairings that populate this particular playlist is exquisite in its oddness, but the music is definitely worth heari…

Once again ATTT is honored and delighted to be joined by the great Fuzzbee Morse and our new best friend Owen Goldman as we finish up our conversation about the most titanically Epic Live Tracks we've ever heard. Or seen. That's right, Fuzzbee and Owen were there for some of these incredible and iconic moments, and they have the scars to prove it. …

What makes Top Ten Epic Live Tracks such an intriguing topic is that each one is a moment captured in time. An epic live track is like a time machine without all of the gigawatts and potential rupture of the space-time continuum. These incredible recordings can transport you to moments of pure musical ecstasy. This week ATTT is joined by 2 gentleme…

Did things get heated in Point/Counterpoint 1984 VS 1991 In Music Part 2 between the warring factions charged with defending the musical honor of the years 1984 and 1991? Yes, but it's all in good fun of course. 2 monumental years in music are dissected and promoted as the glory years they were. Shannon Hurley and Mike Bisch make the case for 1984,…

It seems unfathomable that 1984 and 1991 were only seven years apart, especially when you look at the monumental shifts that had happened to world culture during that time. Nowhere is this more apparent than when you look at the music of 1984 vs the music of 1991. Did we evolve or devolve? Why does the music of 1984 sound more futuristic than in 19…

The first official day of summer is right around the corner and we here at ATTT encourage you to commandeer your nearest seafaring vessel and pour yourself a tropical drink. While you're at it, get yourself in the mood by listening to Part 2 of Top Ten Yacht Rock Bands/Artists. The bands and artists featured in picks 5-1 are all legends and titans …