S8 - Ep 7 - Crave (featuring Swae Lee)
5/5/202647 min
Mark and Kenny confess their latest cravings while musing on this illusive and near-classic ballad from Madame X. Topics include paper clips and major keys, desire and experience, Starrah and Swae Lee, On the Waterfront and The Wizard of Oz, bananas and pizza, Rae Sremmurd and Spider Man, Nuno Xico and Carson McCullers, “old choreography” and pigeons, swagger and grillz, Mike Cruz and Joe Gauthreaux & Leanh, and the idiosyncrasies that make this song so special. Plus, Mark has a crush (and a kiss) with a fellow subway rider and Kenny splices and dices with a stalker named Madonna. “Rush Rush Rush...
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First 90 secondsMark· Host0:00
This is Mark.
Kenny· Host0:00
And this is Kenny.
Mark· Host0:01
And this is All I Wanna Do is Talk about Madonna.
Kenny· Host0:04
Album 15, track seven.
Mark· Host0:07
Crave.
Madonna· Soundbite0:09
I'm tired of being far away from home. Far from what can harm. Far from where it's safe. Hope it's not too late. Rush, rush, rush on you. Love, love, love on you. Love you like a fool. Put my trust in you. 'Cause you're the one I crave. And my cravings get dangerous. The feelings never fade. I don't think we should play with this. Said come, come get me straight. I don't think we should wait for this. 'Cause you're the one I crave. And my cravings get dangerous. Ooh. My cravings get dangerous. Ooh. I don't think we should play with this. Ooh. My cravings get dangerous. Ooh. I don't think we should wait.
Kenny· Host0:56
Well, you know how I feel about this song.
Mark· Host0:59
No, Kenny, I don't.
Kenny· Host1:00
Wait, really?
Mark· Host1:01
I ... No, you have said, when we were starting to ta- have these conversations to prep for this season of s- Yes, yes ... of All I Wanna Do Is Talk About Madonna, um, you said you would have a lot to say about Crave.
Kenny· Host1:11
Oh.
Mark· Host1:11
But you never really got specific [laughs] about it. [laughs] So I was kinda like, "Oh, we'll put a little paper clip- Paper clip into ...
Kenny· Host1:17
Oh ...
Mark· Host1:17
into this conversation."
Kenny· Host1:19
A paper clip? Oh.
Mark· Host1:19
A paper clip.
Kenny· Host1:20
Well, better than a pin, I guess.
Mark· Host1:22
A pin. Not, not a pin. Not a pin. Not a pin.
Kenny· Host1:24
I got stuck by a pin.
Mark· Host1:26
I got stuck by a pin.
Kenny· Host1:27
Um, well,