Listener Reviews

Loved the episode about Black Metal.

You can feel Uber-fan Gladwell’s love of music and the story behind the music in these podcast interviews. Rick Rubin’s presence and input is also exciting to hear. Wish he’d pop up more in the podcast. Unlike some of the other reviewers, not knowing who is talking at all times makes the listener feel like s/he’s right there in the room as opposed to being outside of the convo.

Interesting

I will listen to anything with Malcolm Gladwell in the same I will read anything by Michael Lewis. Love the music, love the topics. Excellent podcast.

This podcast is great. I love that it is all about the music making process and really gets into the head of each musician. It’s intelligent people talking about intelligent subjects. So fascinating!

Soooooo what happened? The intro said there’d be an interview with Prince’s band mates. Would’ve been great to hear about one of the most exciting Prince eras. Overall an interesting and heartfelt podcast. Nile Rogers is a great subject. So talented and an eloquent witness to so much of popular music’s ups and downs.

This podcast takes me forever to listen to because I can’t stop pausing it to look up songs and listen. It introduces you to new music and reminds you of old favorites. New favorite

Thank you for telling some good stories. I probably wouldn’t have listened to Roseanne Cash before, but I am glad to listen to her.

Those of you that complain about “the editing” are missing the point. These are raw, real conversations and impromptu performances that are more intimate than editing can provide. If you want a perfect package wrapped up with a beginning, middle and end go listen to “this American Life”. Have some imagination and some respect for something different and creative. Better yet, stop along the way through this podcast to listen to some of the music they are talking about and you might be inspired.

It’s relaxing enough to free your mind and think.

Hi Mr Weisberg, I am about to Record a Commercial to my Podcast for “Broken Record” I am just starting my Podcast “Countryfied” which I talk about Music of all types. I then pick a Pop, Rock, Rap Or other Style Song, and I Challenge Country Artists To Record the Song as a Country Song. So, I would make that Song “Countryfied” I go by the handle Majic Mic I would love any advise you could give me. I would Like to Tell you My Story on Why I decided to do this Thank You Michael Gage

Please keep doing this podcast and expand to other musicians old & new!!

Can’t get enough of these conversations! More, please. Thanks.

This is supposed to be a musical variety hour and that is exactly how is come across. You have to include playlist links tho: Setlist from the podcast as well as current playlist from your guests and MG playlist for whatever genre they are discussing.

This show is overwhelmingly good. I’m so happy it exists and I can’t stop sharing it with others.

With no musical attachment to any of the featured guests Broken Record has till managed to become my favorite active music podcast. If you enjoy a good story told at a leisurely pace this is the podcast for you. Ideal for listening while doing some weekend cleaning

Great content. Behind the scenes look at popular music I knew nothing about before this podcast.

And I think you get one here. I was so sad when Gladwell teased this podcast like a year ago and then nothing ever happened. I finally unsubscribed from the pod, having given up hope that it would ever drop episodes, and then a week later Gladwell is dropping a teaser for Broken Record in Revisionist History. I'm so glad Gladwell and Rubin are doing this podcast and I think it's a must listen for any music fan out there. Can't wait to see all the weird and wonderful places they'll take this show.

Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin have done it again. Interesting subject matter, brilliant takes and history for days. I love this podcast. The production quality is always high too. Good work producers! You deserve some love as well.

I checked this podcast because I am suscribed to Revisionist History, and I LOVE IT!!! Michael is a genius, makes you laugh and with Rick Ruben they do an awesome couple!

The interviews in this podcast are amazing, and some of the versions of the songs (Nile Rodgers - Get Lucky) are unbelievable. Also great flow and production. More people need to hear this!

I can’t wait for more!

We might as well call this podcast “Musical PB & J” or “Musical Reeses Cups” because of how perfect a pairing this is to me. Full stop.

Found the interview with Rick very interesting. Having been Rick’s teacher/mentor in HS i can shed some light on his origin story. First Micky (Rick’s father did not dress up as a cop at the CBGBs show. I drove the band to CBGB for an open mic night. The performance (if you can call it that) was very brief as The Pricks knew very few songs. The band was formed by Rick while a Junior at Long Beach High School in Long Island. Another LBHS student Tom Donnelly was a member along with a ever-changing cast of drummers. Rick had red t-shirts (which i still have one) printed with the band’s name “The Pricks” silk-screened on them. I had introduced Rick to the guitar showing him an open tuning so he could play power chords in punk-like songs. In showing Rick the fundamentals of songwriting he and i wrote a song called “New Format” about a radio station in NY which suddenly swithed from New Wave/Punk to mainstream rock, That was the beginning of the short-lived Pricks. The name Def Jam came about when Rick heard a fellow student Chris Jones, who is African-American, always talking about what a def jam he had heard on the radio. Def jam was not in the vernacular of white boys in suburban HSs at that time, The fact that the first letters of def and jam happen to be dj was just good fortune.Rick would subsequently take the school’s Tascam 4-track and record his first “rap” single. On future episodes i would like Malcolm ask Rick about his outlier theory. Rick could be described as an outsider but definately not an outlier as he happened upon fame at 19 and many of those he produced like LL Cool J and the Beasties were in HS when they found fame. I would also like Malcolm to ask Rick about his break up with Russell when he suddenly split with DefJam and moved to the west coast to start Def American. Look forward to future episode. Great podcast.