Sound Up! with Mark Goodman and Alan Light
May 7, 2026 · 31 min · 11 segments
On this episode of “Sound Up!,” Mark and Alan welcome singer/songwriter (and old friend) Matt Nathanson to discuss his new EP of Billy Joel covers, “Songs from the (M)Attic,” as well as his recent…
Matt NathansonGuest
Mark GoodmanHost
Alan LightHost
One is on a project like this and the same with, you know, your Def Leppard covers and the Yachtung Maddie, all of that.
I just want to like stay in bed all day and like and run my fingers down somebody's fucking, you know, I just want to be there fucking doing it.
It's like and I don't want to be self-conscious and I don't want to think about how my fat betters.
I just like, Oh my God, am I a little fat? Is this, am I doing the right move? I just want to like, like, like fucking luxuriate in the brilliance of another person.
Well, in those situations, you just run with what you run with, you know what I'm saying? But anyway, but no, but like, to me it's like just to be able to luxuriate in the in the its majesty i guess if that's a word that's correct it's like there's just a greatness that we get to do in this life today figuring out boys of summer and and just listening to the melodies of that song and again my favorite song of all time probably from a pop perspective and like just taking it apart i was just like i said to my wife at breakfast i was just like dude wait this listen to what he does against this chord change.
One is on a project like this and the same with, you know, your Def Leppard covers and the Yachtung Maddie, all of that.
I just want to like stay in bed all day and like and run my fingers down somebody's fucking, you know, I just want to be there fucking doing it.
It's like and I don't want to be self-conscious and I don't want to think about how my fat betters.
I just like, Oh my God, am I a little fat? Is this, am I doing the right move? I just want to like, like, like fucking luxuriate in the brilliance of another person.
Well, in those situations, you just run with what you run with, you know what I'm saying? But anyway, but no, but like, to me it's like just to be able to luxuriate in the in the its majesty i guess if that's a word that's correct it's like there's just a greatness that we get to do in this life today figuring out boys of summer and and just listening to the melodies of that song and again my favorite song of all time probably from a pop perspective and like just taking it apart i was just like i said to my wife at breakfast i was just like dude wait this listen to what he does against this chord change.
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