Hawk Rock Talk: Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Rock Songs of the 21st Century | Episode One: 200–132

Rolling Stone ranked the 200 greatest rock songs of the 21st century so far. Jason Gore and Geoff “The Angry and Real Man” Garlock put their plans on hold to investigate.

In Episode One of this emergency HAWK ROCK TALK countdown, the boys work their way from No. 200 through No. 132, discovering that “Gore Rock” and “Garlock Rock” are two very different record collections. Jason finds new favorites. Geoff explains why he probably won’t be investigating. Occasionally, they agree.

Along the way: Yellowcard starts things off, Incubus gets a terrible concert review, Jason recalls Jack White flirting with his wife, Geoff makes the case for Slipknot and Meshuggah, and a discussion of King Gizzard reveals that there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to listen to both them and Steeleye Span.

Plus: the Monkees, Future Islands, Electric Six, Sturgill Simpson at an SNL urinal, the invention of “David Cross Rock,” an unexpected Arch Enemy deep dive, and Jason’s drunken warning to the Strokes.

They intended to move quickly. This is now a series.

Next time: No. 131 and a potentially difficult conversation about Muse.

HAWK ROCK TALK is the music discussion companion to 108.9 The Hawk, the comedy podcast about Val Verde’s second favorite classic rock radio station.

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