(Link) A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

I don't remember exactly how I came across this podcast, but it should have been through somebody in my mastodon circle: https://500songs.com/

Anyways, I've now listened to two episodes (spread over a few sessions) and I'm blown away by the sheer amount of detail that you get to discover about the covered artist or song. And that explains why each episode is rather long, I think the two I listened to are over 2h each.

Music has always been an important part of my life and knowing trivia or facts about a certain artist, album or song has always been meaningful to me, in order to better appreciate the music and augment the listening experience.
If you feel the same you won't regret diving into this podcast.

The two episodes I listened to so far are:

https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-163-sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay-by-otis-redding/

I chose this one as incidentally I was listening to Otis Blue at the same time. I was amazed that the whole album was recorded in just 28 hours straight, with only a 4h break so that some musicians could perform their nightly gigs, and then back into studio again at 2AM.
I am again reminded of how much we owe to black musician and the absolutely incredible impact they have had on the music of the last 100 years. There's a book that covers that too, but I cannot recall its title right now.

The other one is https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-171-hey-jude-by-the-beatles/ as some kind of reparation to the Beatles (ironic, huh?). I've never felt a connection to the Beatles and I've never owned any record by them, and, feeling guilty of that, I wanted to give me a chance to better learn about them. Have to say I came out of the listening with a desire to give the white album a full listen, which I am now half-way through. Have to say, I'm really impressed by how clear it sounds on my (modest) system.