Last Updated on January 16, 2026
What music will we love when we’re old and decrepit? Will we swap death metal for classical funeral masses, or will we just keep playing Rush until it finally makes sense? In this episode, Andrew Laws and Dr. Sam (aka Salmonella) explore how our musical tastes might evolve (or decay) as we age.
🎵 Featuring riffs from:
Mozart (because funeral music is just evil classical metal)
Rush (because we might be patient enough for them someday)
Louis Armstrong (because soft landings are needed as life gets harder)
Pigface (because industrial chaos never dies)
Marvin Gaye (because funk basslines are eternal)
🔥 Other highlights include:
The ultimate testicle-based weather forecasting system
Do metalheads realise their music is ridiculous?
How to lose YouTube subscribers by mentioning Pantera
The unhinged genius of John Shuttleworth
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### Riffs of the week
#### Dr Sam’s Riff
– ODDLY – Alligator (opening)
#### Andrew’s Riff
– John Shuttleworth – One Cup of Tea is Never Enough (But 2 is 1 Too Many!) – (1:03)
### Dr Sam’s track choices
1. Mozart – Requiem in D Minor (0.11)
2. Louis Armstrong – A Kiss to Build a Dream On (1.05)
3. Pigface – The Bushmaster (0.30)
4. Living Gate – To Cut Off the Head of the Snake (0.34)
### Andrew’s track choices
1. Rush – La Villa Strangiato (6:11)
2. Gustav Holst – Mars (1:05)
3. John Hopkins – Welcome (opening)
4. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (opening)
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Louis Armstrong – A Kiss to Build a Dream On
