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The Track Star Podcast

Testing Shania Twain's Music Knowledge

5/18/202610 min

Today, the always iconic Shania Twain is putting her music knowledge to the test. We met Shania on the streets of New York City and had a great conversation about country music, pop icons, the recording process, and her first big hit, "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" Showcasing her broad music knowledge, Shania shared stories about Carole King, Def Leppard, Tanya Tucker, Minnie Riperton, The Carpenters, and Mutt Lange.

Clips

Becoming Shania, Not Tanya
Stage Vs. Studio Truths
Firetruck Prophecy Fulfilled
Inside Mutt Lange’s Magic
Shania Stans Twenty One Pilots
First Hit At Thirty
Nine-Year-Old Bar Singer

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Jack Coyne· Host0:00

    Are you ready?

  2. Shania Twain· Guest0:00

    I'm ready.

  3. Jack Coyne· Host0:01

    All right. Before we start with the music, just introduce yourself.

  4. Shania Twain· Guest0:03

    I'm Shania Twain. Who are you?

  5. Jack Coyne· Host0:05

    I'm Jack.

  6. Shania Twain· Guest0:05

    And this is Trackstar.

  7. Jack Coyne· Host0:07

    I'm gonna play you some songs.

  8. Shania Twain· Guest0:08

    Yep.

  9. Jack Coyne· Host0:08

    You have to tell me who the artist is, and then just tell me whatever else- I wanna say ... you know, and whatever else you wanna say.

  10. Shania Twain· Guest0:13

    [laughs] Okay. I love it.

  11. Jack Coyne· Host0:14

    Are you ready?

  12. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:14

    Can I hear the music?

  13. Shania Twain· Guest0:16

    Oh, yeah. Okay, here we go.

  14. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:18

    So I can tell if you're really there.

  15. Shania Twain· Guest0:18

    Okay. Well, this is Fleetwood Mac.

  16. Jack Coyne· Host0:19

    Yes, it is.

  17. Shania Twain· Guest0:20

    And Fleetwood Mac is one of my folk rock- Uh-huh ... influences in my life. I actually was probably nine when I first heard Fleetwood Mac or knew who they were, 'cause I grew up listening to, like, really old Western country music.

  18. Jack Coyne· Host0:33

    Yeah.

  19. Shania Twain· Guest0:34

    And then I segued into, like, country folk rock, which is what I consider Fleetwood Mac.

  20. Jack Coyne· Host0:38

    They were like, "Oh, you can do country and make it rock and roll and make it pop and make it everything." It's like- Well, they were my- They were blending everything ...

  21. Shania Twain· Guest0:45

    dreams because I ended up blending all kinds of styles of music as well, so.

  22. Jack Coyne· Host0:49

    When you were nine, did you know you wanted to be a, a musician?

  23. Shania Twain· Guest0:53

    Oh, absolutely.

  24. Jack Coyne· Host0:53

    Always?

  25. Shania Twain· Guest0:54

    Yeah. I was already playing in bars. In the bars, I was doing George Jones. I was doing, uh, Charlie Pride, Tammy Wynette. And then I started getting in, introduced to groups like Fleetwood Mac, The Carpenters- Uh-huh ... Bread, and started taking on those songs in my set list.

  26. Jack Coyne· Host1:10

    Who introduced you to country music to begin with?

  27. Shania Twain· Guest1:13

    Parents.

  28. Jack Coyne· Host1:13

    Yeah.

  29. Shania Twain· Guest1:13

    I'm from a small mining town. Country western is- Yeah ... what my parents called it.

  30. Speaker 3· Soundbite1:18

    When you're down.

  31. Shania Twain· Guest1:21

    This is a song I did with Carly Simon.

  32. Speaker 3· Soundbite1:24

    And you're vulnerable.

  33. Shania Twain· Guest1:24

    I'm sorry, Carole King. So it's Carole King, myself, and Celine Dion.

  34. Speaker 3· Soundbite1:28

    And you need me.

  35. Shania Twain· Guest1:28

    Who am I forgetting?

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