Music Analysis Episodes

Jan. 16, 2024

Music Analysis: Johnathan Young -Wolf Within

Happy 2024 everyone. This week we take a look at Jonathan Young's song Wolf Within. This song is not that complex of a song - and in many ways could probably be made better by being longer - but overall has many qualities that show why it deserved to be number 3 on the iTunes list of metal songs du…

Jan. 3, 2024

Christmas Charisma: Delving into the Sounds of Cloverton's 'Hallelujah Christmas' and ABR's 'Up On The Rooftop'

Happy New Year, and hopefully you've had a good Christmas as well. We are starting out the year talking about some Christmas music - yes - but that is because we couldn't get to it before the actual Christmas day - and decided that we still liked what was talked about and wanted to still release th…

Nov. 30, 2023

Music Analysis: Taylor Swift: Cruel Summer

Well this month Paul selected Taylor Swift's song Cruel Summer to be the song to look at for the week. Well let's just say that Paul has his opinions on this song and artist - and her fans might not appreciate it. When looking at Taylor Swift's Music - let's just say spoiler alert this song is.....…

Nov. 8, 2023

Music Analysis: Red Cold World

This week we take a look at one of Red's songs off of their newest album: Rated R. The song - Cold World - is one that we both agree is but we both agree that it is . What goes into those spoiler blanks? ...

Oct. 5, 2023

Rusty Shipp: Bottom Of The Barrel

This month we are listening to new music - and are looking at the song Bottom Of The Barrel by Rusty Shipp. Paul ran across this band while at Lifest. The song and the music video are both available on most streaming platforms, and this band is a smaller/newer band that (spoiler alert) both Paul an…

Aug. 31, 2023

Music Review: A look at August Burn Red's Martyr - as straight forward and direct as a song can be without imagery

This week we take a look at August Burns Red's song Martyr. But before we get into the song itself we take a look to see if Aaron is just a fan, a super fan, or a stalker of ABR. Take a guess before you listen on what he is. Once we finish going through the stalker quiz, we talk about the song a…

Aug. 8, 2023

Music Review: Looking at Yellow Card's Chick Song Only One Twenty Years Later | Emo Music Is Fun Music

In this episode of Use Your Words, we take a look at Yellow Card's song Only One twenty years after it was released. We learn a few things during this song: Paul listened to way more emo than he cares to admit during his early adult hood, Pug Mugs are the best mugs (YouTube version only), and somet…

Aug. 1, 2023

Try That In A Small Town: Really This Is A Controversial Song?

In this episode of Use Your Words, we look at the "controversial" song that has sparked a heated debate surrounding racist references, lynching, and sundown towns in music. In fact the song is so "evil" that it was even pulled off of Country Music Television cable channel rotation due to the evils …

July 14, 2023

Listening To NF Grow Up And Get Hope: An Analysis Of Hope By NF

This week we continue analyzing music with a newer song this year: Hope by NF. While not Paul's cup of tea on style of music - it has it's moments. Check out what both Paul and Aaron think of this song and let us know what you think of it as well. Use Your Words podcast is passion project of two…

June 27, 2023

Holler by Granger Smith and Earl Dibbles Jr

Before we even got to this episode, the phrase "Ye Ye" had already become part of Aaron's vocabulary after he listened to the song multiple times on repeat. We analyze this song - with the full understanding that the song is just for fun and should not be taken serious at all. Join us this week as …

May 9, 2023

"Messy in Heaven" - A Disappointing Drum and Bass Song

This week's episode of Use Your Words Podcast is all about Messy in Heaven, a song by 21-year-old Venby which is part of the resurgence of drum and bass in Britain and Europe. It charted highly in the UK (3,1) and relatively high in the US (34,40) and is meant to be an anti-drug anthem. Although th…

April 25, 2023

Music Analysis 2: Breaking The Habit By Linkin Park

Welcome to episode 2 of music analysis where we talk about the fact that Linkin Park has some good music. But beyond that we look at this song from a few points of view - how is it musically, lyrically, how is the music video and how it ties in with the song, and how does the song fit in with the B…

March 8, 2023

Music Analysis 1: Unholy by Sam Smith

Well this is another experiment that we will see how it goes. This week we are talking about the song Unholy by Sam Smith. We will be looking at this from multiple angles - the musicality, the lyrics, how it aligns with the bible, and how the music video aligns with the song itself. Will this song …