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159. Melania Trump: You Couldn’t Steal From Anybody Else?

Shields Brothers — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:11:36 +0000

This is a podcast primarily about music but on occasion we have to recognize other forms of stealing. At the RNC last night, Melania Trump plagiarized Michelle Obama. The irony was too good not to talk about it.

158. Ghostbusters 2016 Still Stealing #FlashbackFriday

Shields Brothers — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:57:36 +0000

The new Ghostbusters movie is out this weekend and we ain’t afraid of no ghosts or plagiarism accusations. So we’re looking at the Ghostbuster theme and all the drama that swirled around this famous plagiarism case.

BTW, we’re excited to see an all female cast — Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Chris Hemsworth, Sigourney Weaver, Michael K. Williams (Omar from The Wire).

157. How Do You Think About Music? Musical Tropes

Shields Brothers — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:23:52 +0000

Traditionally, we break music up into genres – rock, country, classical, etc. But what if we broke it up in a different way? This week we talk about musical tropes that transcend genre. Enjoy!

156. Italians Didn’t Just Invent the Meatball: Musical Terms

Shields Brothers — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 19:49:53 +0000

So many of the words we use in music come from some surprising places. We had fun with this week’s musicology episode looking at common classical music terms you know – piano, A cappella, and even tuba. Hope you enjoy!

155. The Ubiquitous 3 Chords : The Beatles & One Direction

Shields Brothers — Tue, 24 May 2016 19:26:01 +0000

Summer will be here this weekend! And this episode is sweet but short — we talk about the chords that connect Grease, One Direction and The Beatles. We do a singing demonstration – Enjoy! Shields Brothers Mashup: Twist & Shout…

154. The Beat That Dominates Music: The 4 on the Floor

Shields Brothers — Wed, 18 May 2016 22:11:29 +0000

We’re continuing with our special musicology series this week. This time we’re talking about the beat that came along that has dominated music since the 1970s — the 4 on the Floor.

Big thanks to The A.V.Club for the great review of our Falsetto episode by Dennis DiClaudio.

153. Girly Man Singing: Falsetto Explained

Shields Brothers — Tue, 10 May 2016 17:46:10 +0000

Men’s high voices – ever wonder why Adam Levine or Justin Timberlake sound like that? Falsetto is the answer. Do women have falsetto? Take a listen to a special musicology episode.

152. The Legends of Prince

Shields Brothers — Wed, 04 May 2016 15:45:23 +0000

Still reeling from Prince’s death, we decided to talk about some of his most famous exploits and songwriting stories – some good, some a little steal-y, some involving Michael Jackson. We love you Prince.

151. Prince: Nothing Compares 2 U

Shields Brothers — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 20:15:21 +0000

Profoundly sadden by the death of Prince today. He was a huge influence on us. We think nothing compares to Prince so here’s our cover of Nothing Compares 2 U written by Prince, made famous by Sinéad O’Connor.

150. Monkey Business: Who Owns What?

Shields Brothers — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:39:07 +0000

We couldn’t resist a little monkey business this week. In this podcast we talk about the infamous monkey selfie lawsuit. This takes copyright to a new kingdom – the animal kingdom.

149. What’s In A Name? Do Song Titles Matter?

Shields Brothers — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:11:49 +0000

Since the turn of the century, one word song titles have dominated the charts. Is this a result of big data and behavioral economics number crunching or is it just a advertising scheme? Have you noticed the rise of the…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Shields Brothers — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:09:43 +0000

Happy St Patrick’s Day!
We did some LIVE SINGING on a traditional Irish folk song, I’ll Tell Me Ma, for ya! You can get it on iTunes. We included a Mumford and Sons cover of The Wanderer. Enjoy!

147. The Music of Deadpool: I Like to Score 2

Shields Brothers — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:31:08 +0000

Deadpool is sweeping the nation. It has become the highest grossing rated “R” movie in history. Super heroes win again! With Deadpool, we’re continuing our “I Like to Score” theme (we started with episode 99. The Music of Better Call Saul).

Junkie XL is the composer (Superman vs Batman) who uses the 80s for inspiration. We talk about him and the influences he used on the score like Michael Jackson, Van Halen and the theme from Miami Vice.

146. #FreeKesha and Dr. Luke

Shields Brothers — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:50:17 +0000

#FreeKesha has been the rallying cry for many major pop stars over the past few days including Adele, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, etc. We don’t know what happened between Kesha and Dr. Luke but we do know Dr. Luke is…

145. Coachella: Why It Works and Why It’s Not Helping

Shields Brothers — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:00:23 +0000

At last night’s Grammy’s, Lady Gaga did the tribute to David Bowie. It’s a sad commentary when you can’t find a popular rock artist(s) to pay tribute to a great rock icon. Not that we don’t like Lady Gaga … but it’s more telling about the state of rock music. Which is why this week we want to talk about Coachella and the huge festivals that are creating Zombie rock bands. Trust us … this will make sense and all will be explained.

144. Greatest Super Bowl Halftime Shows (rebroadcast)

Shields Brothers — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:56:15 +0000

Ready for Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime show? Take a listen to our choices for the 10 greatest Super Bowl Halftime shows of all time.

Enjoy the game, the nachos and the halftime show this Super Bowl Sunday!

143. When Politicians Steal Songs

Shields Brothers — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:12:27 +0000

Election season is in full swing. Politicians are back to stealing songs, using songs without permission. In this episode, we talk about the history of political songs and fights between artists and politicians.

142. David Bowie & The Most Famous Steal Ever

Shields Brothers — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:46:38 +0000

Today we mourn the passing of a great icon, David Bowie. In this podcast episode, we talk about David Bowie’s career and possibly the most famous steal ever, Ice Ice Baby versus Under Pressure.

We covered Under Pressure with our local symphony orchestra a few years ago. Watch!

141. Happy New Year 2016 & Resolutions!

Shields Brothers — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:39:58 +0000

At the last minute, we putting up our last podcast of 2015. We give you a couple of our resolutions for 2016 along with a very brief sneak listen to our upcoming album. Also, our friend and fellow alum from Season 2 of NBC The Voice, Erin Willett, will be on The Biggest Loser beginning Monday, January 4th. So we included our cover of I Love Rock n’Roll with Erin recorded live in our studiage. You can also watch the video bonus we uploaded.

Happy New Year! Have a great 2016!!

Video Bonus: I Love Rock n’Roll with Erin Willett

Shields Brothers — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:34:19 +0000

Our friend and fellow Season 2 alum from NBC The Voice, Erin Willett, will be on the Biggest Loser beginning next week, Monday, January 4th. Here’s a video we made with her in our studiage right after the The Voice…

140. The Force Awakens to Star Wars Music Steals and More

Shields Brothers — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:00:22 +0000

Next week the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, will be released into theaters. Along with the rest of the world, we are super excited. Tristan even experienced Star Wars in the darkest jungles of Peru last week (on…

Video Bonus: Eat the Turkey Bi**h – Just in Time for Thanksgiving

Shields Brothers — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 23:25:20 +0000

Here’s a throwback Thanksgiving – another of our video parodies featuring our Internet Icon compadre, LA filmmaker extraordinaire, Joule Thief. We were spoofing on Britney Spears’ Work B**ch.

Wishing you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!

139. One of Our Most Downloaded Episodes – Music Clustering

Shields Brothers — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 22:46:49 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving! While you are driving to your holiday feasts, take a listen to one of our most downloaded episodes – Music Clustering. For whatever reason, clustering of good music happens rarely. We decided to look at what years really produced consistently awesome music. We made up our own metric for “awesome.” Every year has flagship songs so what we really looked at was the second tier, the songs that surrounded the flagship songs. Listen to hear our crazy theory about music clustering. You will be surprised what years make the cut.

A.V.Club Podmass review of our Music Clustering episode:

How does one characterize a great year for music? Can it be quantified by dollars earned, records sold? Does it have more to do with the number of great artists who were working at the top of their game? Does it correspond with a previously under-appreciated genre going mainstream? On their podcast, Who Stole What?, brothers Tristan and Rory Shields offer an elegantly simple explication: the ratio of decent songs to not-so-decent songs on the radio. To illustrate their thought process, the two musicians chose four years from the past half-century—two of them great for music, two of them much less so—and took a look at the top 100 songs from that year, which they then broke down into three categories: classic songs, memorable songs, and songs that you might not even know exist. Great years, according to their theory, might only have a few true seminal hits, but are loaded with songs that are unoffensive and pleasant, if not amazing. Bad years are deserts of the forgettable, speckled with oases of quality. The year that featured the most consistently enjoyable radio-listening experience turns out to be very unexpected.

Video Bonus: #TBT Turkey Time and Monopoly Parody

Shields Brothers — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:59:55 +0000

We met Christina Aguilera on The Voice Season 2. Her single, Your Body, came out about the same time. It was a bomb. So we decided to do a parody with the song and make it about something we all…

138. The Music of ISIS (rebroadcast)

Shields Brothers — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:08:14 +0000

The Eagles of Death Metal is one of our favorite bands. We were honored when Dave Catching, EODM’s guitarist, wished us the best before our performances on The Voice. The events in Paris have really hit home. So this week…

Video Bonus: #TBT Somebody I Used To Know

Shields Brothers — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:40:18 +0000

In this week’s podcast, 137. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? Steals from South America, we talked about Gotye and his song, Somebody I Used To Know. So this week’s video bonus is our cover from a few years back of…

137. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? Steals from South America

Shields Brothers — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:33:05 +0000

We’re in the mood for South American music. Tristan is headed to Peru for a couple of weeks in search of great South American steals. This week, Rod Stewart, Gotye and Shakira are all involved in serious steals from South America.

Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye cover)

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136. Taylor Swift Sued For $42 Million: Will She Shake It Off?

Shields Brothers — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:58:30 +0000

This popped up in the news so we’re doing a bonus episode this week. Taylor Swift is being sued for stealing lyrics on her Shake It Off song. Haters gonna hate …

We started rehearsing on Periscope. Go follow us on Periscope or Twitter to get notices to watch us perform live.

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135. Can We Prove You’re A Thief? Blurrier Lines

Shields Brothers — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:57:32 +0000

Lots of news this past week about the infamous Blurred Lines stealing case. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams depositions were leaked and we got insight into what the jury actually heard. More witch hunt, less musical trial is our take … listen now!

Watch for our bonus Taylor Swift stealing podcast tomorrow!

Also, we started rehearsing on Periscope. Go follow us on Periscope or Twitter to get notices to watch us perform live.

Blurred Lines Parody — Shields Brothers

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Video Bonus: #TBF Saucy Jack – Halloween Treat

Shields Brothers — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:28:27 +0000

To get your Halloween party weekend started, here’s the video of our original song, Saucy Jack. Enjoy and be safe out there!

If you want the song, get it at iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and other stores.

#TBT Saucy Jack – Halloween Treat

Shields Brothers — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:22:01 +0000

This is our treat for you today – throwback to Saucy Jack, our original song. Have a happy and safe Halloween weekend!

If you want the song, get it at iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and other stores.

Shields Brothers – Saucy Jack

134. Zombies Style Stealing (rebroadcast)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:45:22 +0000

It’s Halloween week so we’re continuing with our spooky theme this week and rebroadcasting our Zombies episode. This was a popular episode when we first released it because everybody loves Zombies and their connection to copyright law is actually pretty weird. Also, tomorrow’s Rory’s birthday!

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Also, we started rehearsing on Periscope. Go follow us on Periscope or Twitter to get notices to watch us perform live.

Saucy Jack — Shields Brothers Original

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#TBT Creepy Love Songs (Rebroadcast)

Shields Brothers — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:34:15 +0000

It’s that time of year … here’s our #TBT broadcast of the most creepy love songs ever.

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We started rehearsing on Periscope. Go follow us on Periscope or Twitter to get notifications about our live stream performances. We take requests!

A Shields Brothers Creepy Song – Saucy Jack

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133. The Mashup: Complexity of Stealing

Shields Brothers — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:34:00 +0000

Illegal art or creative inspiration – what are mashups? This week we had a lot of fun mashing things up. We talk about Girl Talk, DJ Danger Mouse and the Grey Album and the difference between mashups and sampling. Listen to the end to hear a new Shields Brothers Mashup – it may have Notorious BIG rapping over the Ghost Busters theme.

Also, we started rehearsing on Periscope. Go follow us on Periscope or Twitter to get notices to watch us perform live.

One of Our Most Played Videos is Our Mashup of PewDiePie

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132. Tom’s Diner: One of the Most Famous Songs of the 90s Was A Remix

Shields Brothers — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:02:43 +0000

You may not remember the name of the song, Tom’s Diner, but bet you know the song and can sing along with it. What you might not know — it was an illegal remix that propelled the song to #1 on the charts. We explain in this episode. There’s also a weird Seinfeld connection that inspired us to make our own Tom’s Diner/Seinfeld remix so be sure to listen to the end of the podcast.

Also, we started rehearsing on Periscope. Go follow us on Periscope or Twitter to get notices to watch us perform live.

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For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: #TBT Ready for Holiday Parties

Shields Brothers — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 18:02:52 +0000

This week’s #TBT video goes back a few years to when we posted a four part harmony of Auld Lang Syne. We’ve started getting inquiries about booking for holiday parties so we thought this would be a good TBT today.…

Video Bonus: #TBT Ready for Holiday Parties

Shields Brothers — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:46:50 +0000

131. Music and Censorship: We’re Not Gonna Take It … Anymore!

Shields Brothers — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:31:01 +0000

Musicians have been dealing with censorship for centuries and it’s f**king annoying. We see it as a different form of stealing. Filthy Fifteen, Tipper Gore, the parental advisory sticker and how music censorship actually works in the U.S. is the topic of this week’s Who Stole What.

Our Censored Version of our Voice coach, Ceelo Green’s, Fuck You — Forget You

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Interview: Born Crooked Plays Bad Ass Slide Guitar (follow up to episode #127)

Shields Brothers — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:09:22 +0000

Take a listen to some seriously good slide guitar from Born Crooked. Hunter Wolf was the 2008 National Slide Guitar Champion and he and his sister, ARE, perform around the country and Europe. Be sure to listen to our episode #127, The Devil Down at the Crossroads was Hawaiian, where we blow your minds about the origins of the slide guitar.

Follow Born Crooked on Facebook or visit their web site.

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For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: #TBW Singing in LA with Paulina (Just Give Me A Reason cover)

Shields Brothers — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:18:01 +0000

For our listeners who can’t get video on their podcast feed … Since we released two podcasts last week we’re changing it up this week. Today is throwback Wednesday … sharing our video shot on Mulholland Drive in LA with the lovely Paulina Cerrilla. Paulina was on Season 3 of the Voice with Christina Aguilera and we were on Season 2 with Ceelo Green.

Video Bonus: Singing in LA with Paulina Cerrilla (Just Give Me A Reason cover)

Shields Brothers — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:09:39 +0000

Since we released two podcasts last week we’re changing it up this week. Today is throwback Wednesday … sharing our video shot on Mulholland Drive in LA with the lovely Paulina Cerrilla. Paulina was on Season 3 of the Voice with Christina Aguilera and we were on Season 2 with Ceelo Green.

130. The Happy Birthday Song Has Been Liberated!

Shields Brothers — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:30:51 +0000

We’re skipping #TBT today because we thought this was much more important. The Happy Birthday Song has been liberated! For the past 80 years, the song, Happy Birthday To You, has been under the corporate and copyright control of Warner/Chappell Music. That’s why you never hear this song in movies or on TV. But the shackles have been broken. Happy Birthday to all!

Congratulations to film maker, Jennifer Nelson.

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129. How Gay Icons Breakdown Totalitarian Regimes: 1st Western Songs Sold In Iran, China …

Shields Brothers — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:36:31 +0000

No need for bombs when you have gay icons. When there is a despotic regime that limits freedom of speech, for some very odd reason, we find that the first Western songs sold in those countries were produced by gay, pop icons, specifically Wham! and Freddie Mercury. We don’t know why but we find this interesting and explore in this episode. Also, we talk about apartheid South Africa and the secret fame of Sixto Rodriguez.

Big Thanks to A.V. Club’s Podmass

…for featuring last week’s podcast, How the Beatles Stole Rock n’ Roll. Here’s the AV Club review by Dennis DiClaudio.

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For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: #TBT All I Have To Do Is Dream by Everly Brothers

Shields Brothers — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:30:16 +0000

This week’s #TBT — Our cover of the Everly Brothers’ All I Have To Do Is Dream. And, as Rory says: “If you never heard of the Everly Brothers – get your 50s s**t together!!”

We are traveling this week to California so we’re just uploading the song (no podcast intro on this one). Hope you enjoy!

Video Bonus: #TBT All I Have To Do Is Dream by Everly Brothers

Shields Brothers — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:05:18 +0000

This week’s #TBT — Our cover of the Everly Brothers’ All I Have To Do Is Dream. And, as Rory says: “If you never heard of the Everly Brothers – get your 50s s**t together!!”

128. How the Beatles Stole Rock n’ Roll

Shields Brothers — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:48:00 +0000

If Rock n’ Roll was a cake, the Beatles ate the whole thing. And … they definitely stole some of their most famous songs … but were they geniuses or thieves? Either way, they brought Rock n’ Roll back from the dead. And we’re all grateful!

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For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: #TBT Justin Bieber’s Boyfriend – music made w/kitchen utensils

Shields Brothers — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:40:55 +0000

The Bieb is in the news this week so for our Throw Back Thursday #TBT video we’re sharing our cover of his hit, Boyfriend, that we did a few years ago when we were making lots of YouTube videos. What’s special about this? All the music was made using kitchen utensils. Best enjoyed via video!

Video Bonus: #TBT Justin Bieber Boyfriend (music made with kitchen utensils)

Shields Brothers — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:27:16 +0000
The Bieb is in the news this week so for our Throw Back Thursday #TBT video we’re sharing our cover of his hit, Boyfriend, that we did a few years ago when we were making lots of YouTube videos. What’s…
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127. Slide Guitar: The Devil Down at the Crossroads was Hawaiian

Shields Brothers — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 19:04:02 +0000

Last week we got to hear a great slide guitar duo, Born Crooked, play at our local State Theatre in Culpeper, VA. We don’t see too many young people like us playing slide guitar these days. That got us thinking about the slide guitar as a possible WSW podcast … ’cause we knew there had to be some stealing going on.

Wouldn’t you know it? We got our minds blown! Everything we believed about the slide blues guitar was a lie! Looks like the “Devil down at the Crossroads” was just a Hawaiian dude.

In this episode, we talk about Dr John W. Troutman’s upcoming book, Kika Kila: How the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed the Sound of Modern Music, and how it is going to debunk the myth of the Diddly Bow and the African origins of blues slide guitar.

For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: #TBT Alabama Shakes’ Hold On (with puppies)

Shields Brothers — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:59:35 +0000

Blues may be dead (this week’s podcast) but we love it and owe so much to the genre. So when we found these puppies we thought they needed to hear the blues.

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Video Bonus: #TBT Alabama Shakes’ Hold On (with puppies)

Shields Brothers — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 11:10:23 +0000

Blues may be dead (this week’s podcast) but we love it and owe so much to the genre. So when we found these puppies we thought they needed to hear the blues.

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126. Blues May Be Dead But Stealing From It Is Alive & Kickin

Shields Brothers — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:41:21 +0000

We go down a bit of a rabbit hole as we trace David Guetta’s new single, Hey Mama, with Nicky Minaj, back to a chain gang in South Carolina in the 1940s. We talk about how sampling has morphed from the golden age of hip hop to today.

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For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: #TBT Queen’s Under Pressure

Shields Brothers — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:24:15 +0000
#TBT … awhile back we were invited to sing with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra. Here we are rehearsing with PSO, singing Queen’s Under Pressure. This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Get a free audiobook download and 30-day…
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Video Bonus: #TBT Queen’s Under Pressure

Shields Brothers — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:44:18 +0000
#TBT … awhile back we were invited to sing with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra. Here we are rehearsing with PSO, singing Queen’s Under Pressure. This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Get a free audiobook download and 30-day…
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125. Fat Jew: Joke Stealing Revisited

Shields Brothers — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:09:57 +0000

First, want to say thanks to the A.V.Club and Dan Fitchette for reviewing last week’s episode, Loudness War: Turn Me Up!

This week we’re revisiting our Joke Stealing episode thanks to the thieving of The Fat Jew. The internet is going crazy over how much money he’s making over stealing other people’s material. And his stealing is so blatant.

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124. Loudness War: Turn Me Up!

Shields Brothers — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:41:34 +0000

Today’s episode is about a thing we struggle with every week making this podcast — the Loudness War! Since the early 90s, music has gotten progressively louder. Everybody’s been turning it up to “11” and we talk about how and why this is happening.

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For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: #TBT Donna Summer’s Hot Stuff

Shields Brothers — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:14:56 +0000

Got to get the hot stuff when you can, especially by Donna Summer. Enjoy this week’s #TBT (from 2012) our video tribute to Donna Summer’s passing. In our fine Who Stole What style, we borrowed the baseline from Blur’s Girls & Boys to make this song more rock n’roll.

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Video Bonus: #TBT Donna Summer’s Hot Stuff

Shields Brothers — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:58:44 +0000

Got to enjoy the hot stuff when you can, especially by Donna Summer. Enjoy this week’s #TBT (from 2012) our video tribute to Donna Summer’s passing. In our fine Who Stole What style, we borrowed the baseline from Blur’s Girls & Boys to make this song more rock n’roll.

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123. The Drake vs Meek Mill Drama

Shields Brothers — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:49:41 +0000

Had to jump into the Drake and Meek Mill feud-alicious drama all over the media this past week. Rap is not immune to stealing, borrowing and ghost writing.

For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: # TBT Get Lucky vs Love Me Again Song Battle

Shields Brothers — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:19:04 +0000

Many songs share similar structures and melodies. To illustrate this, we did it in the only way we know how — a Song Battle Royale! Here we mashed up the hits, Get Lucky and Love Me Again. Enjoy this week’s #TBT.

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Video Bonus: #TBT Get Lucky vs Love Me Again Song Battle

Shields Brothers — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:04:43 +0000
Many songs share similar structures and melodies. To illustrate this, we did it in the only way we know how — a Song Battle Royale! Here we mashed up the hits, Get Lucky and Love Me Again. Enjoy this week’s…
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122. Uptown Funk Steals Revisited

Shields Brothers — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:11:41 +0000

Kicking off August at the beach! Everyone in New York is in the Hamptons so we thought this would be a good time to sneak into the Uptown. Here’s our rebroadcast of more Uptown Funk steals.

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For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: #TBT The Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love

Shields Brothers — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:14:42 +0000

This week’s #TBT for our Tunein Radio listeners– here’s the audio of our cover of How Deep Is Your Love by The Bee Gees. We uploaded this video to YouTube right after we finished on NBC The Voice in 2012. We’re planning on singing this song in our live show. Enjoy!

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Video Bonus: #TBT The Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love

Shields Brothers — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:07:29 +0000

This week’s #TBT — our cover of How Deep Is Your Love by The Bee Gees. We uploaded this video to YouTube right after we finished on NBC The Voice in 2012. We’re planning on singing this song in our live show. Enjoy!

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121. Mo’ Music, Mo’ Problems and Rich Parents

Shields Brothers — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 14:13:21 +0000

This week we read a great analysis about what happened in the music industry over the last 15 years and what may happen in the future. Jason Hirschhorn and Liam Boluk run REDEF a hip research web site.

Reading the article reminded us of our Pop Stars Millionaire Parents episode #72 where we talk about how the music industry really works today. Enjoy!

Shields Brothers Cover Springsteen’s I’m On Fire

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120. Don’t Think Twice: The Steals of Bob Dylan

Shields Brothers — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:53:03 +0000

You really don’t have to think twice because the abundance of Bob Dylan’s steals is incredible. Don’t get us wrong – we love Bob Dylan. But he’s a stealing savant. In this episode, we talk about his most obvious examples of thievery.

Tristan Imitating Bob Dylan

Couple years ago we did several Dead Celebrities parodys with the song, The Fox by Ylvis. Check Tristan out in the 2nd Dead Celebrity (we know Dylan is not dead:).

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For Our Tunein Radio Listeners: The Wanderer (Dion Song)

Shields Brothers — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:50:30 +0000

This week’s #TBT for our Tunein Radio listeners — here’s the audio of our new video … our cover of The Wanderer by Dion.

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Video Bonus: The Wanderer (Dion Song)

Shields Brothers — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:17:18 +0000

This week’s #TBT — new video of our cover of The Wanderer by Dion.

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119. Music Clustering: Like Wine, Music Has Good Years

Shields Brothers — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:22:37 +0000

For whatever reason, clustering of good music happens rarely. We decided to look at what years really produced consistently awesome music. We made up our own metric for “awesome.” Every year has flagship songs so what we really looked at was the second tier, the songs that surrounded the flagship songs. Listen to hear our crazy theory about music clustering.

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Video Bonus: Shark Attack for Shark Week

Shields Brothers — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 21:00:59 +0000

Whenever Shark Week comes around, we have to celebrate with the first song we ever wrote, Shark Attack. The video was actually produced by the local FOX affiliate in Washington, DC after we won a battle of bands for the DC area. The lyrics are easy to learn.

If you want to dance along, put your hand on your head (like a fin) and bite somebody.

Also, for some reason, Wendy Williams, the talk show host, is in this video. Look for it.

118. Pop Stars with Pop Star Parents

Shields Brothers — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 19:36:31 +0000

You may know pop stars whose parents were also stars, like Nancy Sinatra or Ziggy Marley. But there are some that are not as obvious. In this episode, we talk about six parent-child pop stars.

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For Our TuneIn Radio Listeners: #TBT American Music for the 4th of July

Shields Brothers — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 21:25:30 +0000

This podcast is specifically for our TuneIn Radio listeners because TuneIn does not support video … here’s the audio only version for you guys.

This week’s #TBT … Hope you are ready for the big weekend and 4th of July fireworks. We are celebrating with some live singing with a timely song, American Music by the Violent Femmes. They are one of our favorite bands. Actually, we auditioned for NBC The Voice with a Violent Femmes song. We got their attention with an acoustic version of Gone Daddy Gone.

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117. Sexism in Country Music? R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

Shields Brothers — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:00:36 +0000

Are women the tomatoes of the music salad? Really, a radio industry professional used this analogy as a guide for station programmers. Well … allow us to retort … here are three times when women had hits with songs originally released by men.

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Video Bonus: American Music for 4th of July

Shields Brothers — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:01:14 +0000

Hope you are ready for the big weekend and 4th of July fireworks. We are celebrating with some live singing with a timely song, American Music by the Violent Femmes. They are one of our favorite bands. Actually, we auditioned for NBC The Voice with a Violent Femmes song. We got their attention with an acoustic version of Gone Daddy Gone.

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For Our TuneIn Radio Listeners: #TBT Parody

Shields Brothers — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:21:45 +0000

This podcast is specifically for our TuneIn Radio listeners. We’re starting something new — every Thursday we’ll post a #TBT of one of our video covers, parodies or original music. Problem is … TuneIn does not support video so we will be posting an audio only version for you guys.

Last Thursday we posted our parody of Katy Perry’s Roar where we do a Google Hangout with the Supervillains. This week, with all the bruhaha going on about the Confederate flag on the internets, we decided we needed some Royal Rednecks. Enjoy!

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Video Bonus: Southern Royal Rednecks Parody

Shields Brothers — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:45:38 +0000

Here’s our #TBT… With all the bruhaha going on about the Confederate flag on the internets, we decided we needed some Royal Rednecks. Thanks to AMC’s Duck Dynasty and Lorde’s Royals.

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116. Titanic, Avatar, Glory – James Horner (Film Scores revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 22:03:41 +0000

James Horner is best known for his Titanic Oscar wins for best original dramatic score and best song, “My Heart Will Go On.” But he also wrote the scores for Braveheart, Glory, Avatar, Legends of the Fall, A Beautiful Mind and many others.

It was sad to learn of his death last night in a plane crash. He will be remembered as one of the great film composers. Horner composed music for over 100 films and won two Academy Awards. Like other great artists, he was a great stealer of great music. In this episode, we talk about film scores, specifically his score to Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

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115. Taylor Swift and Apple Music (bonus)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:57:02 +0000

The big news this week is Taylor Swift’s open letter to Apple Music. What’s surprising about this Taylor-Spotify sequel is that Apple actually responded and did something. In this bonus episode, we talk about Apple’s new streaming service and where artists fit, in all this PR spin.

But people shouldn’t get too excited. Apple’s royalty rate for artists during the free period on Apple Music remains unknown.

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Video Bonus: Supervillain Parody – Katy Perry’s Roar

Shields Brothers — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:38:10 +0000

We’re starting something new! Every Thursday we’ll post a #TBT of one of our video covers, parodies or original music. This week, we’re posting our parody of Katy Perry’s Roar where we do a Google Hangout with the Supervillains. Let us know what you think!

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114. Flying High with Michael Bolton: Stolen Love Songs (revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:33:15 +0000

On our way home from Tokyo, we had a connecting flight in LA. While boarding our flight from LA to DC, we ran into Michael Bolton (in first class seating) on our way to our seats in the rear economy section. We didn’t bother him! But it made us want to revisit the podcast we did on Love Songs where we share Michael Bolton’s most famous steal.

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113. Live Harmony Singing Playlist (bonus)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:53:07 +0000

While we were in Japan we had several requests from our listeners. They were looking to download our live singing harmony covers. Unfortunately, for now, you can only listen via video on Facebook or YouTube. So we decided (in out jet lag state) to make a super-cut podcast of all our recent live harmony singing covers. Enjoy! and share

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112. Arab Theme Playlist (revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:00:53 +0000

Rory takes the Arab theme and traces it back to it origins at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

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111. ISIS to Elvis: Closer Than You Think (revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 16:00:05 +0000

We’re still traveling the globe so this episode is relevant. We talk ISIS, good Middle Eastern music and it’s influence on America.

ISIS and other Muslim extremists groups have hijacked the traditional Islamic vocal songs/chants called Anasheed. They are using the music to recruit and further their political ambitions. What might surprise you is ISIS and the American songbook have a shared musical connection. We investigate in this episode and blow your mind.

Good Middle Eastern Music

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110. Banzai! Stealing from Japan

Shields Brothers — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:00:33 +0000

Rory takes you through his top 5 American steals from Japan. He may sound a little jet lagged!

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109. Oriental Riff (revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:00:50 +0000

While we’re in Japan thought we’d revisit a topic we touched on in our Stolen Christmas episode. It’s all about the Oriental Riff.

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108. Speaking of Robots: The Programmer (revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 26 May 2015 20:00:23 +0000

Since our main podcast this week was about robots, we decided to revisit our own new song, The Programmer. We take you through all the influences we used to create the song. This song/video was featured on NPR’s 2015 Tiny Desk Concert contest. You can find us in their Tumblr “we also loved” section about the contest.

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107. Robots Steal Too!

Shields Brothers — Tue, 26 May 2015 17:21:11 +0000

Robots are stealing your jobs! This week we heard a great interview on NPR’s Fresh Air with Martin Ford, the author of the new book, Rise of the Robots. It inspired us to talk about some of our favorite robot music.

Listen to our next podcast where we revisit our new single, The Programmer, which is heavily influenced by technology.

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106. Nothin’ But a Good Time: Pete Evick Conversation Part 2 (revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 19 May 2015 18:12:26 +0000

Bret Michaels released a new album, True Grit, this month. We are featured on two of Bret’s Poison tracks, Nothin’ But A Good Time and Unskinny Bop. So we thought we’d revisit our episodes where we interviewed Bret’s producer and guitarist, Pete Evick. In part two of our conversation with our good friend Pete Evick, song writer, award-winning producer, and guitarist for Bret Michaels (of Poison), we talk song writing, Jason Derulo, Bret Michaels, ringtones, paying homage vs. stealing and the music industry.

Pete performs around the world with the Bret Michaels Band and his own group, Evick. In addition, Pete has worked with Miley Cyrus, Shinedown, Paramore, All Time Low, and others. His TV and film credits include Rock of Love, Life As I Know It, Penguins of Madagascar and others.

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Shields Brothers Cover Rock of Ages Soundtrack in 2 Minutes 53 Seconds!

105. Bret Michaels, One Direction, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard: Pete Evick Conversation Part 1 (revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 19 May 2015 14:00:44 +0000

Bret Michaels released a new album, True Grit, this month. We are featured on two of Bret’s Poison tracks, Nothin’ But A Good Time and Unskinny Bop. So we thought we’d revisit our episodes where we interviewed Bret’s producer and guitarist, Pete Evick.

Does Mötley Crüe play live? Are they more machine than man? In this part one episode, we talk to our good friend Pete Evick, song writer, award-winning producer, and guitarist for Bret Michaels (of Poison) about One Direction, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard AND the battle between electronica and rock n’roll in live music. Pete performs around the world with the Bret Michaels Band and his own group, Evick. In addition, Pete has worked with Miley Cyrus, Shinedown, Paramore, All Time Low, and others. His TV and film credits include Rock of Love, Life As I Know It, Penguins of Madagascar and others.

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104. Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea: What the Hell Happened to Live Singing (revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 12 May 2015 18:15:17 +0000

Last week Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea released a new song called Pretty Girls. It reminded us of our episode, What the Hell Happened to Live Singing. So while we are in Canada this week, we’re revisiting our Who Stole What conversation on lip synching and live singing because Britney Spears is the queen of Auto-Tune.

We did some live singing this week. Listen to our new cover of our Top Gun favorite – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ by the Righteous Brothers. You can listen at the end of the podcast or you can watch on YouTube or Facebook.

You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ Cover by Shields Brothers

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103. Everybody Steals From Chuck Berry (revisited)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 12 May 2015 12:31:17 +0000

We’re revisiting a very early episode were we reveal how old icons where thieving bastards too – Johnny Cash, Beach Boys, The Beatles. And they all stole from Chuck Berry.

Be sure to listen to our new cover of our Top Gun favorite – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ by the Righteous Brothers. You can listen at the end of the podcast or you can watch on YouTube or Facebook.

You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ Cover by Shields Brothers

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102. Uptown Funk Was More Stolen Than We Thought

Shields Brothers — Wed, 06 May 2015 21:54:45 +0000

Here we go … we are starting to see the backwash caused by the Blurred Lines jury verdict. Last week five new artists were added to Uptown Funk’s growing list of songwriters. More stealing? Take a listen.

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55.5 Bruno Mars Revisited

Shields Brothers — Wed, 06 May 2015 16:03:22 +0000

Uptown Funk and Bruno Mars are in the news again, this time related to some more stealing. We will be talking about that in our next podcast coming out later today. To get you in the mood and telling you about what’s coming up on Who Stole What, here’s a rebroadcast of our Bruno Mars episode.

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100. Every Steal We’ve Ever Done

Shields Brothers — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 14:18:35 +0000

We made it to the 100th Who Stole What episode! Thank you guys so much for listening and supporting Who Stole What. What are the best steals? Do we (Rory and Tristan) agree on the best? Want to hear all the steals (or at least most of them) that we’ve ever done in 10 minutes? Well take a listen!

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99. The Music of Better Call Saul: I Like To Score (pilot)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:51:04 +0000

We wanted to do something really different for our 99th episode. So we did a different show! This is the pilot of a podcast we are thinking about producing called I Like To Score. It’s about the music of popular TV shows. We need your feedback so email us at shieldsbrothers at gmail.com.

Also, we mention the Ink Spots early in this episode. If you want an Ink Spots refresher, listen to our Who Stole What Michael Jackson – Prince of Thieves episode.

Finally, Who Stole What, Episode #100 comes out this week. We’ve been hard at work making something cool for you guys. Thanks for listening!

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98. Rihanna Steals: Bitch Better Have My Money

Shields Brothers — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 19:00:39 +0000

Rihanna stealing again, this time for her #1 hit single, Bitch Better Have My Money. However, there is more to this steal than meets the eye. We trace this song back to its 1980s pimp roots. Drake appears often in our discussion.

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Rihanna’s Umbrella – Shields Brothers Cover

97. Bruce Springsteen on Fire: Bonus Episode

Shields Brothers — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:09:41 +0000

Discord between the lyrics and the music is what drew us to cover I’m on Fire by Bruce Springsteen. It’s also a song that where we can showcase our harmonies even though the original has no harmonies. We talk about how interesting this song is and where it comes from. We recorded it live and you can watch on YouTube or Facebook.

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Springsteen’s I’m on Fire – Shields Brothers Cover

96. Bach Rocks: When Pop Music Steals from Classical Music

Shields Brothers — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 20:00:54 +0000

Looking for great melodies? One of the deepest wells to draw from is classical music. For the past 60 years, pop artists have been stealing from the great composers. Elvis, Muse, Annie Lennox, Oasis are just a few we talk about in this week’s episode.

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Shields Brothers Classical Take on a Pop Hit (with puppies)

95. Cecilia, You’re Breaking My Heart (with these steals)

Shields Brothers — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:51:32 +0000

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When we were looking at covers of Simon & Garfunkel’s Cecilia (to steal/get inspired/borrow), we came across a version that just came out by a British boy band called The Vamps. Needless to say … we had some thoughts …

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Cecilia – Harmony Cover from Shields Brothers

Shields Brothers — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 14:23:54 +0000

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