What Makes This Song Stink
Starburns Audio & Pat Finnerty · Starburns Audio
Show overview
What Makes This Song Stink launched in 2022 and has put out 17 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 15 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 44 min and 1h 8m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Comedy show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 3.1 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2022, with 13 episodes published. Published by Starburns Audio.
From the publisher
Pat Finnerty brings his youtube series What Makes This Song Stink to the podcast world with a show that dissects the songs you can’t stand. Pat is joined by comedians, musicians and friends to spend way too much time talking about the songs that tighten your jaw in line at the supermarket, and explore the music that defies explanation.
Latest Episodes
Ep. 16 - The Big Finale
This finale has it all, if you consider all to be discussing the Chads in Live, Buckcherry's new single, Europe's final countdown, Ted Nugent, Replacement Singers, and one of the most exciting guests Pat has ever had on the show, Rolling Stone writer Andy Greene!
015 Writing an Offspring Song
In this episode Pat takes us on a journey to finish his Offspring parody Hoop Shredder Gigolo.
014 Charlie Puth “Marvin Gaye”
In this episode Pat goes it alone so that he could concentrate all of his attention on properly breaking down one of the worst songs he’s ever heard. Email - [email protected]
013 Tal Bachman "She's So High" w/Seth Kauffman
Seth Kauffman (Floating Action) joins Pat for the unofficial nepo baby episode to discuss "She's So High" by BTO offspring Tal Bachman, as well as an exploration of baldness in rock music and the end of the What Makes This Song Stink podcast. https://floatingactionmusic.bandcamp.com/ patfinnerty.net PIAVPN.com/Stinks Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
012 Mailbag Episode
Pat answers some emails sent to [email protected]. patfinnerty.net Executive Producers Pat Finnerty & Adam Levin
011 Mike and the Mechanics "All I Need Is A Miracle" w/Michael Mechanic
Michael Mechanic (Jackpot, Mother Jones Magazine) joins Pat for a song by an artist named specifically to bedevil him: "All I Need Is A Miracle," by Mike and the Mechanics. readjackpot.com patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
010 Social Distortion "Ball and Chain" w/Blaine Capatch
Blaine Capatch (Nerd Poker, MadTV) cranks the open chord distortion and welcomes Pat to the OC for "Ball and Chain" by Social Distortion. patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
009 Santana w/The Product G&B "Maria Maria" w/Dave Holmes
Dave Holmes (Party of One, Waiting for Impact, Esquire, TRL) takes Pat on a journey to the Supernatural for "Maria, Maria" by Santana w/The Product G&B. Waiting For Impact: https://t.co/3LaPBebBHW Party of One: https://cutt.ly/ONgrUlq patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
008 Shawn Mullins "Lullaby" AKA "Rockaby" w/Scott McMicken
Scott McMicken (Dr. Dog, Press On Records) joins Pat for a song that doubles as an Ear Nose & Throat doctor's final exam, Lullaby (AKA Rockaby) by by Shawn Mullins. patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
007 Maroon5 "Moves Like Jagger" w/W. Kamau Bell
W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America, We Need To Talk About Cosby, Private School Negro) joins Pat for a song that doesn't have the motion of its namesake, "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon5. patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
006 Finger Eleven "Paralyzer" w/Sara Schaefer
Sara Schaefer (The Schaefer Shakedown, Comedy Central, her memoir Grand) joins Pat for Finger Eleven's Paralyzer and find it...similar to another song. patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
005 Imagine Dragons "Thunder" w/Joe Kwaczala
Joe Kwaczala (Comedy Central, Who Cares About The Rock Hall) joins Pat for "Thunder" by Imagine Dragons, and a brand new song inspired by Aerosmith's hard hitter: Joey Kramer. patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
004 Sting & Shaggy "Just One Lifetime" w/Eliza Skinner
Eliza Skinner (Earth to Ned, Cool Playlist) joins Pat for underbaked reggae snoozer "Just One Lifetime" by Sting and Shaggy. patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
003 Lit "Miserable" w/Jordan Morris
Jordan Morris (Bubble, Jordan, Jesse, Go!) joins Pat for "Miserable" by Lit: the song with a video that asked, "what if we stood on a butt?" Then Pat and Jordan listen to a very bad song by a very rich man. patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
002 Limp Bizkit "Behind Blue Eyes" w/Diallo Riddle
Diallo Riddle (Sherman's Showcase, South Side) joins Pat for a deep dive into Limp Bizkit's cover of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes." patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
Ep 1001 LOCASH f/Mike Love & Bruce Johnston "Beach Boys" w/Scott Gairdner
Scott Gairdner (Moonbeam City, CONAN, Podcast The Ride) joins Pat for "Beach Boys" by LOCASH f/Mike Love and Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys. Then Pat and Scott invent a new sub-genre of modern country. patfinnerty.net Email [email protected] Executive Producers Pat Finnerty and Adam Levin
Introducing : What Makes This Song Stink
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