Rock Talk with Dr. Cropper

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E208: My Top 31 Beach Boys Songs

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we rank my favourite Beach Boys songs, continuing the 'Top 31' theme for my champagne birthday this year... Support the show

Sep 10
1 h 17 min

E207: Phish — Summer Tour Recap

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss Phish's recently-concluded summer tour — Labour Day weekend shows in Colorado, notwithstanding — focusing especially on

Aug 9
1 h 31 min

E206: My Top 31 Doors Songs

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I rank my personal favourite 31 Doors songs. The Doors were my first favourite band, my first concert, and my number one song here has

Jul 14
40 min

E205: My Top 31 Led Zeppelin Songs

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss my personal favourite Led Zeppelin songs. I went with a Top 31 because I turn 31 on the 31st next week. Think of it like Bas

Mar 26
1 h 29 min

E204: My Top 31 Taylor Swift Songs

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 12! In this episode, I unveil my personal favourite — not the "best" — Taylor Swift songs. I went with a Top 31 in honour of this, my

Mar 12
1 h 09 min

E203: Pink Floyd — 'Wish You Were Here' 50th Anniversary (w/David Carson)

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are joined once again by my good friend, David Carson, to discuss Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here album in belated celebration

Dec 20 2025
45 min

E202: Led Zeppelin — 'Led Zeppelin III' 55th Anniversary (w/Alex Mihalopoulos)

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are joined by my good friend, Alex, to discuss 'Led Zeppelin III' in belated celebration of the 55th anniversary of its Oc

Nov 27 2025
47 min

E201: Grateful Dead — Best Live Months, '72-'74 (w/David Carson)

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are joined for the first time by my friend and loyal listener, David Carson, to rank the Grateful Dead's best live months from

Nov 25 2025
2 h 45 min

E200: Led Zeppelin — North America '75

Send us Fan Mail Rock Talk turns 5! Thank you all so much for your continued interest and support! In this episode, we discuss Led Zeppelin's 1975 North American T

Jun 19 2025
2 h 13 min

E199: Led Zeppelin — 'Physical Graffiti' 50th Anniversary

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss Led Zeppelin's double album, 'Physical Graffiti,' in belated celebration of the 50th anniversary of its Febru

May 1 2025
3 h 06 min

E198: The Fray — "Over My Head (Cable Car)"

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Apr 9 2025
11 min

E197: My Top 32 Beatles Songs

Send us Fan Mail NFL Draft season is upon us, so I thought I would come up with my "first round picks" for a few of my favourite artists, thus the unconventional "Top 32

Apr 8 2025
47 min

E196: My Top 32 Rolling Stones Songs

Send us Fan Mail NFL Draft season is upon us, so I thought I would come up with my "first round picks" for a few of my favourite artists, thus the unconventional "Top 32

Apr 1 2025
1 h 06 min

E195: How To Craft The Perfect Concert Outfit

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I go over the factors I consider when determining what to wear to a concert. A friend of mine interviewed me about this for a school as

Feb 28 2025
17 min

E193: Bob Dylan — "Simple Twist Of Fate"

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 10! In this episode — fitting for Valentine's Day weekend — we dive into one of my favourite Bob Dylan songs, "Simple Twist Of Fa

Feb 15 2025
45 min

E192: Grateful Dead — Ranking The 1974 Shows

Send us Fan Mail In this, the Season 9 finale — as we've done for 1972 and 1973 the past two years, respectively — we rank the 1974 Grateful Dead shows in celebrati

Dec 22 2024
2 h 14 min

E191: The Rolling Stones — 'Let It Bleed' 55th Anniversary

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the second instalment in the Rolling Stones' legendary four-album run from 1968-72, that being 'Let It Bleed,&apos

Dec 5 2024
48 min

E190: Led Zeppelin — 'Led Zeppelin II' 55th Anniversary

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss Led Zeppelin's second album in celebration of the 55th anniversary of its October 1969 release. I forgot to mention thi

Nov 22 2024
35 min

E189: Supertramp — 'Crime Of The Century' 50th Anniversary

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss Supertramp's third album, 'Crime Of The Century,' in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its October 25, 1

Nov 8 2024
25 min

E188: Grateful Dead — Remembering Phil Lesh

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we pay tribute to Phil Lesh, bassist and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, who passed peacefully one week ago at the age of 84. His sing

Nov 1 2024
15 min

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I enjoy Cropper’s thoughts and comments on music. The format is unusual with the actual reading of lyrics in such a monotone delivery, but it’s fine. My only critique is that his opinions seem a little too in-line with the famous rankings of high-profile publications. Especially with regard to albums. It’s okay to not have Peppers and Pet Sounds on a top five list. They are, after all, more important than good. But as albums they are very flawed. I’m sure he could defend his take, though. This is just my opinion, of course. I wished there was a bit more of originality there.

Ampr2510 · Oct 2022

I wish I could just rate an episode instead of the entire podcast because the rest might be fantastic. So if you’re reading this review it’s solely on the episode talking about Rolling Stone’s latest 500 Songs list. Honestly I don’t think the list is great either, but the host seems to come at the viewpoint of it should be solely a rock and soul list, which would be a huge disservice to other types of music. He says he could do a better list and while I might even like his list more if he were to do so it would be fairly white, which would be problematic. He also says he doesn’t like songs that are political, but music is political.

Julian Spivey · Oct 2021

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