169. QUEASY LISTENING: THE DARK SIDE OF “YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE” (Discograffiti, the music obsessives' podcast)

The biggest hit single of the 1970s spent ten weeks at number one.  If you weren’t alive at the time, then there’s no way to adequately describe how torturous that period truly was.  Yet the deeper I dug in my research for this episode, the more nauseated I became. The tale of this song has to be heard to be believed.  It is truly epically horrendous. Here’s just a few of the many things Discograffiti O.G. Joe Kennedy and I discuss in this podcast: A mini-history of some of the biggest runaway hits of all time, of which this is most certainly up there; The weird, messed-up background of its writer and creator; And a seemingly never-ending tale of criminal depravity that’ll leave you slack-jawed with disbelief by the end! Listen: https://podfollow.com/1592182331  PLEASE PICK AT LEAST ONE: Join Patreon, Tip Gebroe, Buy Merch, Grab Metal Machine Muzak.  I support a wife and a five-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income. If you love the episode, please see fit to toss me a tip. VENMO GEBROE @David-Gebroe (and yes, even a dollar will be massively helpful) Pretty please & thank you. Or just join Patreon to both tip me and get incredible must-hear listening in return. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON! Discograffiti’s 4-show-a-week binge-listen release schedule can be yours for the price of a cup of coffee a week.   Order the $11 Digital package of our METAL MACHINE MUZAK double album (feat. Lou Barlow, Cory Hanson, Mark Robinson, & Will Cullen Hart): www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/197404 Order the METAL MACHINE MUZAK Double Vinyl: www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/169954 Order some choice goods from the Discograffiti Merch Shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all CONNECT Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153 Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Discograffiti Podfollow: ⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/1592182331⁠⁠ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyaQCdvDelj5EiKj6IRLhw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discograffitipod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discograffiti/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discograffiti Order the Digital version of the METAL MACHINE MUZAK 2xLP (feat. Lou Barlow, Cory Hanson, Mark Robinson, & W. Cullen Hart): www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/197404 Order the $11 Digital version of the MMM 2xLP on Bandcamp: https://discograffiti.bandcamp.com/album/metal-machine-muzak Order the METAL MACHINE MUZAK Double Vinyl + Digital package: www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/169954 Merch Shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all Venmo Dave A Tip: @David-Gebroe Web site: http://discograffiti.com/ CONTACT DAVE Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandave Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/davidgebroe/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveGebroe #debbyboone #youlightupmylife #josephbrooks #nicholasbrooks #sylviecachay #truecrime #discograffiti #metalmachinemuzak #soldiersofsound #truecrimecommunity #truecrimepodcast #crime #murder #podcast #truecrimeaddict #serialkiller #serialkillers #truecrimejunkie #horror #unsolved #truecrimeobsessed #mystery #truecrimefan #killer #unsolvedmysteries #creepy #criminal #scary #coldcase --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discograffiti/support