Eden and Amadeus
COUNTRY STAR MATT STELL, THE WORST SONG DEBATE, AND A BATTLE OF THE SEXES TRIVIA SHOWDOWN!
Have you ever wondered what could be the absolute worst song ever recorded? Buckle up for a rollercoaster of laughter and surprises as we debate this musical mystery, topped off with an exclusive chat with country music sensation Matt Stell. We’ll also take a nostalgic trip down memory lane, revealing our first celebrity crushes and some surprising personal tidbits. From our favorite weekend activities to a list of first date questions that are perfect icebreakers, this episode is packed with fun and fascinating conversations. And if you're a Florida lover or a beach enthusiast, you’ll enjoy our chat about the sunshine state's charms, even if our dogs sometimes beg to differ!
Adding to the excitement, we have a hilarious yet painful story from Matt Stell involving a falling Stanley Cup on a red-eye flight! Stick around as Matt shares insights on his latest album, and discusses the art of authentic storytelling in his songwriting. As if that weren't enough, our Battle of the Sexes trivia competition heats up with quizzes ranging from cartoon cats to geography challenges, showcasing quick thinking and surprising knowledge from our enthusiastic participants. Whether you’re here for the music, the trivia, or the laughs, this episode promises a whirlwind of entertainment and heartwarming moments.
Have you ever wondered what could be the absolute worst song ever recorded? Buckle up for a rollercoaster of laughter and surprises as we debate this musical mystery, topped off with an exclusive chat with country music sensation Matt Stell. We’ll also take a nostalgic trip down memory lane, revealing our first celebrity crushes and some surprising personal tidbits. From our favorite weekend activities to a list of first date questions that are perfect icebreakers, this episode is packed with fun and fascinating conversations. And if you're a Florida lover or a beach enthusiast, you’ll enjoy our chat about the sunshine state's charms, even if our dogs sometimes beg to differ!
Adding to the excitement, we have a hilarious yet painful story from Matt Stell involving a falling Stanley Cup on a red-eye flight! Stick around as Matt shares insights on his latest album, and discusses the art of authentic storytelling in his songwriting. As if that weren't enough, our Battle of the Sexes trivia competition heats up with quizzes ranging from cartoon cats to geography challenges, showcasing quick thinking and surprising knowledge from our enthusiastic participants. Whether you’re here for the music, the trivia, or the laughs, this episode promises a whirlwind of entertainment and heartwarming moments.
Welcome to Eden and Amadeus. We've got a lot of stuff to talk about on this podcast.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's why I have to make sure I got my coffee and put my little feet up.
Speaker 1:We've got what you may consider the worst song of all time. We've got an interview with Matt Stell Great. We had so much fun with him over the weekend.
Speaker 2:Yeah, great country artist.
Speaker 1:And then we've got, of course, your Battle of the Sexes recap. We had this list earlier in the week that we never got to on the radio. There's 10 things that are the first date questions, best first date questions. We're only going to do a couple of them, but I wanted to run them by you.
Speaker 2:But I like these because I don't think they're only good for first dates. I agree I think they're great for icebreakers. Sometimes I have in the past gone to a brunch after maybe a run or something, with a group of women and half don't know the other half. You know how friend groups get together. One time we did a whole thing like what was your most embarrassing moment. It just went around and we became fast friends that way. I don't think there's ever not a good time for a good generic icebreaker.
Speaker 1:I agree. I think some of these are really, really good, Like what's something you really want to do this year.
Speaker 2:Like that's a great one. I mean, that tells you a lot about a person.
Speaker 1:It really does. It just opens up the door to talk about things.
Speaker 2:Yeah, if they say murder my wife you'd be like that's not good.
Speaker 1:He's married, all right. Who was your first crush? I think a better question would be who was your first celebrity crush? Because then you can start talking about that kind of thing If it's somebody you don't know.
Speaker 2:It doesn't really matter. It doesn't really matter, yeah, celebrity crush. So who was your first celebrity crush?
Speaker 1:Gosh, let me think. Okay, Christy McNichol's way up there. But you know what my first crushes were really? A lot of cartoons, you know, Josie and the Pussycats, sure man.
Speaker 2:Which one? Josie, of course. Okay, yeah, of course. So for me. I want to tell you that I've had conversations with friends, and Christy McNichol is everyone's girl crush too. It's not just the boys that had crushes on Christy McNichol. She was. For those who are too young to know, she was just your original badass, she just looked tough, tomboy.
Speaker 1:She was not a child star, but a young teen star.
Speaker 2:She was a child star though.
Speaker 1:I guess she was kind of a child she was when she was on Family.
Speaker 2:Yeah, she was.
Speaker 1:There was something about her.
Speaker 2:I loved her For me it had to be like a Donny Osmond.
Speaker 1:Yeah, another great question Tell me two truths and a lie. That's a good one, I think, to get people creatively thinking it is, and then you can discuss some things. What's something about you that surprises people?
Speaker 2:I think that's kind of a good question. What is something about you?
Speaker 1:that surprises people? I don't know. I think I'm pretty transparent actually. Is there something about me you think would surprise people?
Speaker 2:I do. I think that if somebody met you and they knew you from being on the radio and they know that, even if they go so far as to know that, for example, they know you love country music, maybe they know even that you love 80s music and Duran Duran, they may not know that you also Appreciate like a Broadway show. Or we were looking at Some concert Seating charts and you're like, oh, buddy Guy is coming and he's what Jazz Blues. So I mean, I think people might be Surprised to know your eclectic musical taste.
Speaker 1:They may, and that comes from working in a record store For seven years. I just got exposed to so taste. They may, and that comes from working in a record store for seven years. Right, but people may not.
Speaker 2:I just got exposed to so much they also may not know that you have a background in working in produce at Publix. I mean, there are a lot of people, things that you would.
Speaker 1:I'm like an onion, layer after layer, layer after layer, all right.
Speaker 2:The last thing that.
Speaker 1:I mean a good concert, a good meal and a good movie. Like those are the things I love the most probably movies, music and, you know, a good meal. That's a great weekend right there. Love that, how about you?
Speaker 2:For me, the perfect weekend is I do like um, we don't do it very often but there's a little bar in town, here in Jacksonville it's actually at the beach in Atlantic Beach called Gray Matter. They do name that tune. So kicking off the weekend with name that tune at the bar. I don't do it that often because it's very exhausting to meet for me because I like to get up and go for runs on Saturday morning. So a Saturday morning like maybe race a long run with a bunch of girlfriends on a Sunday. So running is a big part of my weekend Always. I just love having that camaraderie and that fun. And then I really like a Sunday like laundry day, go for a walk with the dog, maybe go to the beach for a little while.
Speaker 1:Nice.
Speaker 2:So if I have anything I have to like do, do I like to do that on a Saturday?
Speaker 1:Did you say do, do, do I like to do that on a Saturday? Did you say?
Speaker 2:doo-doo, doo-doo, yeah.
Speaker 1:You know what's funny? I love the beach and I love living in Florida, but I don't love being in the hot sun for too long, for two or three hours is too much Year-round.
Speaker 2:I like going to the beach, especially with a dog, and the dog hates the beach, by the way, but I make her go.
Speaker 1:This time of year when you wake up and it's like 80 degrees at 4 in the morning, yeah, that's not ideal.
Speaker 2:Ugh, what the heck. Maybe 5 pm to go look for shark's teeth or something based on the tides. What are?
Speaker 1:we thinking about moving and living here.
Speaker 2:We are thinking well, if it's Jacksonville we're thinking about, we're thinking it's the best kept secret.
Speaker 1:I agree. I've been saying that for decades. It is All right, let's talk about this list. Wait, was there a list or did we just make this up?
Speaker 2:I think we just kind of went with it.
Speaker 1:What's the?
Speaker 2:worst ever song.
Speaker 1:I'm getting it confused with the best albums that came out Somehow. I think it was. What was it? The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was the number one album. Did you see that list? I don't remember it. I think it was maybe Rolling Stone Magazine, okay, and then I think it was on a Reddit thread where they were like nope, we've got to have a fan vote and, like, the Beatles were number one.
Speaker 2:This may have come from a Reddit thread too. I love Reddit threads. Reddit, by the way, is the website where it's a great way to get honest opinions. You still have to weed through some that are scams, but you can ask people their honest opinion. You could say a product and be like has anyone really ever used this product? Now, every now and again, you get somebody with a fake account dropping in to pimp the product out to him.
Speaker 2:That happened to me just the other day. Somebody was answering everybody's questions and someone called them out. They're like I think you might be working for the company.
Speaker 1:I do that a lot on Facebook If there's a product or something new, because I know I trust my friends Right Like, hey, is anyone, is this real, did anyone do this or use this? It's a great way, but anyway on, I guess, wherever it came from, we were looking for the worst songs of all time. For me, it's that 500 Miles by the Proclaimers, yep Just cannot do it.
Speaker 2:You stood by that one. You're dying on that hill for sure. I, as I go through this list of what our listeners commented, a lot of these aren't just songs I like, they're songs. I love that you guys are saying you absolutely hate, like the remake of American Girl by Dierks Bentley. I love it, I love it. Somebody else was saying Old Town Road. I like Old Town Road, I like Texas Hold'em, I like the song that never ends. I have to agree with that's one of those kids songs that just goes on and on, and on, and on and on, it never ends but.
Speaker 2:Redneck Woman. I mean, that's a great song.
Speaker 1:That's a great song. I don't know the song that never ends.
Speaker 2:Don't Google it. Okay, I won't, because you'll be there forever, because it's never going to end. I have to agree too with what does the fox say. What does the fox say was a terrible song.
Speaker 1:It was a terrible song it was so catchy though. But much like the Macarena in the moment it caught our attention. Yeah, and I didn't hate it.
Speaker 2:For five minutes. Everyone loved it and then everyone hated it. It's like candy corn.
Speaker 1:You know what song I hated until recently? We Built this City on Rock and Roll. Uh-huh, we built this city on rock and roll. Absolutely thought it was one of the worst songs ever made. It was probably way up there for me with the Proclaimers. But I recently saw Mickey Thomas live in concert doing like all the Starship songs and all the stuff he did solo and with other bands and I was like singing along with that song like it was the best thing ever made and I kind of fell in love with that song.
Speaker 2:I think that's one of those songs that everybody knows. The words too say they sing along. And once you've been in that experience where you're with a crowd and you're screaming it it makes you like it more. I'm looking at some of these, and someone wrote Banana by Gwen Stefani. I'm sure you mean Hollaback Girl.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I just thought of another one that I really, really really do not like, and I got chastised for it, sweet Caroline.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, that's right. I love that song.
Speaker 1:I love the singing along piece of it. Here's the problem, though you can sing along with that song for like maybe 12 seconds, and then everyone kind of ignores it for another minute and a half, till that chorus comes back around, that's fine, you can have a conversation and then it comes back around.
Speaker 2:It doesn't take up all your time.
Speaker 1:This song. They opened Luke Combs' show with this song and everybody was like, when the part came, everyone's singing along. And I was like I hate this song and my friend's like why? And I'm like, look, no one's engaged right now, no one's paying attention, it's just in the background. But they're ready.
Speaker 2:They're at the ready. It's a great workout for your mind to stay. You can have a little bit of a conversation. You have just enough time to be like. I think I'm going to wait and then, in between this, I'm going to get my beer. I think I'm going to do this. I think I'm going to do that. And then you have the sing along. I absolutely love it.
Speaker 1:I am not down. I am not down and I'm also not down with people yelling salt, salt, salt During Margaritaville, yeah I don't know why it bugs me, who hurt you? I mean, these are fun things that people do and I like you know what, if it's the start of a show, give me like a welcome to the jungle, or give me something that you can get into the whole song and like just go at with.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I loved that moment. I loved it. Let's talk about our buddy, matt stell, who is super and I didn't know that. So Matt Stell is a country artist. He's another up-and-comer. He's actually had some songs that we've played here on the radio for you. The one that you and I both like the most is Pray For you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, such a great song.
Speaker 2:That's such a good song, and then also he has one Everywhere but On and he's got a new album that actually launches today, the day that we're making this, and I know a lot of his fans found this podcast just because they look for anything. Matt Stell, he's a super cutie pie.
Speaker 1:We had an event this past weekend that he wasn't playing at, but a friend of his was, and he was in town, so he came by and hung out with us, so cool.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was a great thing to just hang out with him, Like no pressure, he wasn't performing, he had already performed in town. He was just in town hanging out wanting to check out the event and he was a super cool guy. The next day we got a chance to chat with him about a story he told us. Fortunately, he's okay Okay.
Speaker 4:What's up y'all?
Speaker 2:Hey Matt, how are you?
Speaker 4:I'm doing great. How are y'all? Good, good.
Speaker 2:Where are you back in Nashville now? Where are you?
Speaker 4:I'm not in Nashville, I am in a studio somewhere.
Speaker 2:Are you Okay? So let me ask you how is your noggin? Because we got a chance to talk to you yesterday after the Stanley Cup fiasco. So are you doing okay?
Speaker 4:Yeah, how many fingers are?
Speaker 2:we holding up.
Speaker 4:Right. Winning the Stanley Cup is different for me than it is for, like, the Florida Panthers.
Speaker 2:Tell everyone that story, because you went through it yesterday.
Speaker 4:Oh man. So I had a red-eye flight. I had a flight that boarded in LA, which is a whole other story, but I had a flight that boarded in LA at 1145, and we finally got on the airplane and I was sitting minding my own business. I was on my TikTok learning things, and somebody like their overhead compartment, like they were putting their stuff in, and, long story short, they dropped their like Stanley Cup and just squared me up right on the noggin and put a goose egg on my head and, uh, the flight attendant. It hit me so hard that it sounded like the intro to hell's bells, the acdc song, and like the flight attendants came running. They were like, oh, can we get you? I think they thought, thought that an incident had occurred and I was just like, man, you're good. The guy was apologetic. I was like, fine, but I have like a robin's egg on top of my head right now.
Speaker 1:That's not saying so much about what's inside that noggin with that bong, is it?
Speaker 4:That's right. It's like a watermelon that's ripe in there. Well we're glad that you're feeling better. From that, it sounds like you're being a brave soldier. Well, anything for country music. I take a lot more abuse than that, for sure.
Speaker 2:Well, we appreciate that and we were so glad we got a chance to see you stop by our Gator Country tent at the beach yesterday. But we want to talk to you about everything you've got going on now moving forward outside of getting clinked in the head by the world's most dangerous cup, that's right. We want to talk to you about breaking in boots and just how the crowd's reaction is to when they get to hear your new songs and your new album that's coming out. So tell us what's going on.
Speaker 4:Well, this is release week for me. You know I've got a record that I've been working on a while that I'm so proud of to have out in the world. Breaking the Boots is on that, as well as some other songs that we have out. But yeah, breaking the Boots was the lead single to this project and you know, I really tried to set out to tell the truth as much as I could like who I am, where I'm from, stuff that I've seen, people that I know, and I try to come from a real place where there's something I've seen or something I've lived. And this is a song about a girl breaking my heart that I don't even know her name, never even met her, and she still did it. So I thought that was pretty impressive on her part.
Speaker 2:Strong work, and then.
Speaker 3:I was.
Speaker 2:I was creeping your Instagram and I saw you talking about um another song and you're like man. The truth is just you know will set you free.
Speaker 4:Yeah, for sure. I mean. You know, I think, as, as I, you know, I see myself as a songwriter kind of. First, you know, I to write songs and I get to be an artist that sings those songs. My favorite stuff comes from real and raw places. My favorite kind of music does that.
Speaker 4:I really challenge myself to tell that truth and not try to be very bashful about what it ended up being. Tell that truth and not try to be very bashful about what it ended up being. You know so I have songs on this record about, you know, growing up in a broken home. You know, thousands of miles away from most of your family, and you know I got songs on this about having fun on a Friday, saturday night in the country. You know so I really just tried to touch all the bases I tried not to worry about. You know, sometimes they'll tell you you know, so it's, I really just tried to. I tried to touch all the bases I tried not to worry about. You know sometimes they'll tell you that. You know you don't want to get too. You don't get too left field or right field when you're putting out a record, so it always sounds everything sounds kind of like it fits.
Speaker 1:But you know, for me I just try to tell the truth and hopefully that fit and I feel like it does as a country music fans, we can tell you it does, because every every song has a little bit of things you can relate to, whether it's the heartbreak or being with family or away from family, everything's relatable when it's honest.
Speaker 4:I mean, I think so. You know I, that's my favorite kind of music, that way, you know, I really am a product of, of, of country music, uh, throughout time, uh, and also, you know, alternative music in the 90s. Alternative, specifically, you know, was really the first music that I sort of discovered in the 90s and 2000s and called my own. And you know, between that and country music, you know, the one thing that all that has in common is it's independent and it's fresh and it comes from a real place. At least my favorite stuff does you know, from Randy Travis to Atlantis Morissette, um, you know, those are, those are all coming from a real place, and that's just what I, what I wanted to try to do, wow.
Speaker 2:I hope, I hope for great things from Matt Stout. Really, really did. We would play. We would actually play breaking in boots or any of his other songs for you right now, but licensing podcast, all that stuff, you'll have to listen to the radio.
Speaker 1:All I can think of is I've got a headache just listening to that Stanley story. Oh my gosh, I like the way he said it sounded like Hell's Bell. Man.
Speaker 2:He got clonked All right. Battle of the Sexes recap time.
Speaker 3:This is a Battle of the Sexes replay.
Speaker 1:Here we go. Tuesday morning Battle of the Sexes.
Speaker 2:Please welcome our returning champion from Middleburg. It's Amanda.
Speaker 1:And from the beaches to take her on. Here comes Andy and guys. Today is Hug your Cat Day, so we're doing a cartoon cat quiz. First question goes to our returning champion, amanda. The Cheshire Cat is a disappearing cat from what classic Disney movie?
Speaker 2:Alice in Wonderland Correct, and Andy in what Disney classic does a cat named?
Speaker 1:Figaro hang out in Geppetto's workshop. Pinocchio. Oh yeah, One to one. Amanda name the cartoon fat cat whose best friends were the chihuahua named Wren. Oh, Stippy yeah, Just in the nick of time.
Speaker 2:Andy. In the comics, this stuffed cat is the best friend of a boy named Calvin.
Speaker 1:Pops Yep. Two to two. All right, amanda. In classic MGM cartoons name the cartoon cat who chases a mouse named Jerry Tom Sure. Three and two.
Speaker 2:Andy on the Simpsons. This black cat is always at war with a mouse named Scratchy.
Speaker 1:Itchy. Yes, and we've got a tied score.
Speaker 2:The two of you. The first to shout out the answer is going to win. You're not going to be able to hear each other. Here we go. What is the name of the lion cub who grows up to be the lion king, timba?
Speaker 3:Yes sir Lion cub who grows up to be the lion kid. Yes, sir, nice work, andy. This is a Battle of the Sexes. Replay.
Speaker 1:Here we go. Wednesday morning Battle of the Sexes. Back for his day number two from Jackson Beach. It's Andy.
Speaker 2:It's cute that we have somebody with a rhyming name, but you won't think it's as cute when you find out exactly why that is Andy. So you're going to be playing sandy also known to listeners as cyclone sandy. She's eligible to play.
Speaker 1:She got through randomly and she is a past champ oh no yeah, all right guys, today is national gingerbread day, so we're going to unscramble the letters in gingerbread and come up with some new words. All of the answers are letters found in the word gingerbread. First one goes to our returning champion, andy.
Speaker 2:Andy, this is a three-letter word and it is a job for a musician or band.
Speaker 1:Too much time, andy, we're looking for gig. Oh, I got you. Okay, all right, sandy. Also three letters. A wild animal's lair or home, den? Yeah, yeah, one for you, zero to one.
Speaker 2:Andy, four letters. All letters found in the word gingerbread, To boast about yourself. Again four letters.
Speaker 1:Greg, yeah, all right, one to one, sandy. Five letters A pale yellow yellowish-brown color. Say that again. A pale yellowish-brown color Too much time Sandy. What was it, Andy?
Speaker 4:Beige.
Speaker 1:Nice.
Speaker 2:All right, doesn't do you any good, but that's nice, we got a score of one to one. All right, Andy. Six letters. A short knife with a pointed blade, like the one Juliet used. Six letters.
Speaker 4:Sword no, dagger, dagger, dagger yeah.
Speaker 1:A little too late on that one, sandy. If you get this one right, you're today's champion. Sandy, seven letters, a small bomb, usually thrown by hand, grenade, nice work. Two to one, sandy, you're today's champion.
Speaker 3:This is a Battle of the Sexes. Replay.
Speaker 2:Thursday morning Battle of the Sexes. Please welcome our returning champion from Arlington. It's Cyclone Sandy.
Speaker 1:And here to take Sandy on. He's been here, but it's been a while. From Mandarin, let's welcome in Jonathan Guys. Today is D-Day and, in honor of, we're doing a D in geography quiz. All of the answers are places that start with the letter D. First question goes to our returning champion, sandy. This US city is nicknamed the Motor City, detroit. Of course, one for you.
Speaker 2:Jonathan, this US city is nicknamed the Mile High City.
Speaker 1:Denver, Yep One to one Sandy. Copenhagen is the capital of this D country.
Speaker 2:Denmark.
Speaker 1:Two to one.
Speaker 2:Jonathan, this D city is the capital of Ireland.
Speaker 1:Dublin Yep Two to one. Jonathan, this D city is the capital of Ireland Dublin Yep Two to two. I think I said it right. You did All right, sandy. This two-word country starts with a D and shares a Caribbean island with Haiti.
Speaker 2:Dominican Republic Sure.
Speaker 1:Three to two.
Speaker 2:Jonathan. This D city in the United Arab Emirates is known for its luxury shopping and nightlife.
Speaker 1:Dubai Sure, we got a tie score.
Speaker 2:Okay, the two of you, the very first to shout out the answer, is going to be our winner. You're not going to be able to hear each other. This was the first colony to ratify the Constitution, thus becoming the first state.
Speaker 1:Guys, we were looking for Delaware. That's the first state.
Speaker 2:Are you both there? Yes, they sounded so sheepish. All right, the two of you. This city is known as the Big D of Texas, dallas.
Speaker 1:Yes, Sandy got it. Here we go. Friday morning battle of the sexes.
Speaker 2:Please welcome our returning champion. She's a tough one to beat it's Cyclone Sandy.
Speaker 1:And here to take Sandy on. It's Tommy, and Tommy just for playing today. You've got a pair of tickets to see Luke Bryan. He's going to be at the arena on Thursday, june 13th. Guys, on Fridays it's Leftovers Day. These are questions from past battles that didn't make it on the air. First one goes to our returning champion, sandy. From our unscraveling the gingerbread word, all the answers are going to have letters from gingerbread, a slang word for a person who really loves comics and sci-fi. Geek no, we're looking for nerd. There's no K in gingerbread.
Speaker 2:Tommy once again remember these are letters that are in the word gingerbread, and it is four letters, as well as the outer skin of certain fruits, like a citrus fruit.
Speaker 1:Too much time, Tommy. That is rind, so no score yet. All right, Sandy, from our cartoon cat quiz. This cartoon cat is famous for being lazy and his love of lasagna. Garfield One for you.
Speaker 2:Tommy from our cartoon cat quiz. Antonio Banderas provides the voice of this cat from the Shrek movies.
Speaker 1:Tommy, again too much time. We were looking for Puss in Boots, which means Sandy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we'll try to remember it.
Speaker 1:If you get this one right, sandy, the game's over. Sandy, this is from our 10-letter words quiz, an old-school adding machine.
Speaker 4:Abacus.
Speaker 1:No, not that old school, it's a calculator.
Speaker 2:It's got to be 10 letters, All right.
Speaker 1:Tommy, you can tie it up with this one.
Speaker 2:Tommy from our 10-letter words quiz. This starts when your work life ends.
Speaker 1:Oh, again too much time, Tommy. We were looking for retirement. That means with a score of one to nothing. Sandy, Cyclone Sandy, We've known her for how long now? 30, 40, maybe 50 years.
Speaker 2:About 85 years. She's so smart, she's a centennial.
Speaker 1:She's so likable and lovable. She's a friend of ours. She's become a friend over the years and I love her. But I don't like her as our champion.
Speaker 2:You don't want to give away $100. I mean, that's $100 Of our money that could be used to power this, power, this building. So there are things that we need for $100. But you know, fair is fair. If she wins five times, she gets that $100. Tune in to 99.99gatorcountrycom on Monday morning to find out if she does it. In the meantime, thanks everybody for being a part of Eden and Amadeus, the podcast, and on 99.9 Gator Country Weekday Mornings you can hear us online during the Real Deal Show.
Speaker 1:All right, have a great day.