Tyler, the Creator
“IGOR'S THEME”
vs. Head West "Attention"
Originally titled “Getting Igor's Attention”
From the Riffs archive First aired Jul 3, 2019. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
Joe and Toby connect the musical dots from Tyler, the Creator’s hit track “Igor’s Theme” (2019) and trace it back to a Paris-based 70’s soul group. What we geek out over in this episode: Head West, Fleetwood Mac “Black Magic Woman” (1968) & “Oh Well” (1969), sounds of the 70’s from “Sentimental Lady” (1972) and it’s mondegreen, skateboards, Odd Future, Fruity Loops & Captain Crunch, horrorcore hip-hop music genre, and Tyler the Creator’s hits, controversy and beyond.
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.