Embryonic

Did you ever have that one student in class that always gave the best answers, always understood the subject and got A’s on pop quizzes? Did you ever want to just peek at their work? We at Balcony Radio are not above looking over someone’s shoulder to see what they’re working on. And now we’ve got a show dedicated to snooping through work in progress: Embryonic. In episode 18, we spin some of the best demos we could find in the deep, dark interwebs. Rarities and unreleased goodies abound!

PLAYLIST:
SUNSET DRIVER: MICHAEL JACKSON
IF YOU MUST: NIRVANA
MOTION SICKNESS; PHOEBE BRIDGERS
DON’T CRY: GUNS N’ ROSES
WE’RE GOING WRONG: CREAM
POKER FACE: LADY GAGA
SPOONMAN: SOUNDGARDEN
ANGEL: AEROSMITH
POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN: HARRY NILSSON
THE BITTEREST PILL: THE JAM
1977: THE CLASH
HERE SHE COMES NOW: VELVET UNDERGROUND
BELLYACHE: BILLIE EILISH
DON’T GO LOOKING: TEGAN & SARA
THE FALL: DOLLY PARTON
MANIC MONDAY: PRINCE AND APOLLONIA
MY NAME IS: EMINEM
RING MY BELL: THE BEE GEES
TEMPTATION: BILLY JOEL
GOD ONLY KNOWS: THE BEACH BOYS
PRETTY GOOD YEAR: TORI AMOS

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Little do you know the amount of work that goes into the average four minute pop song. So, your friends at Balcony Radio decided to do something about that. We call it Embryonic, a music programme dedicated to highlighting the songs in their most basic form: the demo. In episode 17, we listen in as your favorites in rock, soul, country and places in between put pad to paper. Keep it down. Genius is at work.

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Time for another peak over the shoulders of giants. Join Balcony Radio for our tribute to works in progress, Embryonic. This week, we hit play on the cassette tapes of two dozen demo songs by your fav singers and songwriters. We’ve got sketches before all the ink and paint went on. Don’t mind the typos.

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It’s time to go back to before the egg. When a great idea is just a spark in the back of someone’s mind. We can’t answer the “which came first” question but we can listen to about 2 dozen sparks to find an answer. For episode 14 of Embryonic, we listen to early musical sculpturing.
 

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Rock and roll is hard work. Here are the first drafts of some tunes you may know. Sometimes the demo version is just as good as the finished one. Now shut up, tape is rolling. You like music, now buy it. Select from the palylist below. There is no limit.

PLAYLIST:
Stephen Stills: Black Queen (Just Roll Tape)
Bruce Springsteen: Red River Rock (The River Demos)
Uncle Tupelo: Grindstone (March 16-20, 1992)
The Stooges: Loose (Funhouse)
Spoon: You Gotta Feel It (Survive & Advance)
Buddy Holly: Love Is Strange (Living Room Demos)
Lou Reed: Perfect Day (Demo)
Ramones: Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio? (End Of The Century Expanded)
Neil Young: Sugar Mountain (Archives)
The Mendoza Line: Dollars To Donuts (If They Knew This Was the End)
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust (Demos)
The Clash: Janie Jones (Clah On Broadway)
Velvet Underground: All Tomorrow’s Parties (Box Set)
My Morning Jacket: Hopefully (At Dawn & Tennessee Fire Demos)
Cat Stevens: Tuesday’s Dead (Demos)
Big Star: Femme Fatale (Keep An Eye On The Sky)
Paul Simon: Me & Julio Down By The School Yard (Demo)
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues (Alone With His Guitar)
Richie Valens: Let’s Rock and Roll (The Richie Valens Story)
The Doors: Hyacinth House (Essential Rarities)
Laura Nyro: Stones Soul Picnic (Eli & The Thirteenth Confession)

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