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Lindsey Buckingham is a singer-songwriter, a guitarist, and a producer. In 1974, he joined the band Fleetwood Mac, along with Stevie Nicks, his girlfriend at the time. A few years later, in 1977, Fleetwood Mac released the album Rumours, which would go on to sell over 40 million copies and become the eighth highest-selling album in history. In this episode, Lindsey Buckingham breaks down “Go Your Own Way,” a song he wrote for that album about his relationship with Stevie Nicks.

Buy or stream “Go Your Own Way” here. And click here to buy Lindsey Buckingham’s new solo anthology. You can buy the album, Rumours on vinyl here.

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

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Sound City Studios
Sausalito, California
“Street Fighting Man” – The Rolling Stones
B. Mitchel Reed – Radio DJ

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Four years ago, on November 24, 2014, the first episode of the podcast Reply All came out. It’s a podcast about the internet hosted by Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt. And since then, they’ve put out 131 episodes. The show has gotten over 100 million downloads so far. Robert Downey Jr. is going to star in a movie based on one of their episodes. And from the debut, it’s been one of my favorite podcasts. A while back, in 2015, I did a special edition of Song Exploder for Reply All, about their theme song by Breakmaster Cylinder. I’d hear the guys talk about “the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder” in the show’s credits, but I didn’t really know who or what that was. And I wanted to find out more. So in honor of the four year anniversary of Reply All’s launch, I’m putting out this special crossover episode for the first time here on Song Exploder.

Buy or stream Breakmaster Cylinder’s Reply All theme here.

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

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Breakmaster Cylinder on Bandcamp
PJ Vogt on Twitter
Alex Goldman on Twitter

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Lorely Rodriguez is a singer, songwriter, and producer who goes by the name Empress Of. She’s released two albums, and she’s sung on tracks with Khalid, Blood Orange, and Dirty Projectors. Her first album, Me, was made on her own. But her second album, Us, features a bunch of collaborators. In this episode, Lorely breaks down the Empress Of song “When I’m with Him.” She co-produced it with Jim-E Stack and Dan Nigro, and I spoke to Jim-E Stack for this episode, too. Lorely explained how collaborating with producers opened up her process. Plus, the song’s lyrics are in English, and Spanish, and Lorely describes how she relies on both languages to write.

Buy or stream “When I’m With Him” here, and watch the music video below. You can buy the album, Me on vinyl here.

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

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