The Sophtware Slump is one of the most amazing and beautiful albums ever made - predicted the future too

Jason's voice has the ability to reduce a grown man to tears. Underneath the Weeping Willow makes me cry like a baby 😭

In 2019 I saw Jason play the whole of Sophtware Slump solo on a grand piano in an old chapel in Cardiff, Wales. It was amazing....cool person and great picks.

I remember reading an interview with Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse where he said Grandaddy was his favorite band. Can definitely sense the influence.

What a treat! Jason is an underrated genius.

Unsurpirsingly great taste from an incredible songwriter.

Grandaddy was my go-to listening mix for all of college and I created some great memories while listening to them, and I still listen to them regularly to this day ! Jason is also a total sweetheart with great music tastes

I love Grandaddy! We need more Grandaddy!! Bring it on!!

I dont care what the man chooses, i´ve already liked the video

Thumbs up for aha and talk talk shouts. Colour of Spring has leapt into my top 10 all time records all time in last two years. Beauty👍

I remember my older sister downloading some grandaddy songs on Napster in the early 2000s. I was in a little garage band, and we usually spent Friday nights just listening to new music together before jamming. I ripped a cd with The Crystal Lake on it and played it for my buddies. I can still remember the smiles of bemused glee that spread across their faces when the synth came in. it's so wonderful to see people genuinely enjoy something unique and special in music.

Awesome. I love Jason and Grandaddy so much, hope they eventually tour again. I almost got to see them, but then Kevin passed. 💔

Life is strange sometimes. Here I am, listening to The Sophtware Slump for the first time in years, then the algorithm sends me this. Don't give in 2000 man...

Watching this while The Colour Of Spring is currently in my car's CD player, thank you Jason for the music & sharing your love of Talk Talk 🧡

grandaddy are my all time favourite band. so cool that jason did one of these!

Finally, Jason Lytle grows into his band name

Bill Brysons A Walk in the Woods is a classic! Highly recommend for any hikers or nature lovers. Funny as hell

The Colour Of Spring hits on another level. Great pick!

Thank you for this, so down to earth but also brings us so above earth. Thank you Jason for your humility and brilliance! A-ha!!

really cool he shouted out john cardiel!! big influence on skateboarding as a whole. jason is rad

Jason seems like such a nice person. This was a good watch!

This is the first WIMB I've seen where the person picks more books than music. But... he picked Colour of Spring! Fantastic album by one of my favorite bands. Their progression as artists is one of the most drastic I've ever heard, and they just kept getting better. To Jason's point about their impact, Spirit of Eden is often considered the prototype of the post-rock movement. I remember listening to it when it came out and being somewhat disappointed when I wasn't hearing traditional pop song structures, but half way through the album, I just turned the lights down and let it wash over me. It was magical. Just a brilliant, emotional collection of music that truly moved me. If you haven't heard it, give it a listen, but _really_ give it a listen -- it's not a singles album.

I haven't ever heard of this band Grandaddy.but the song they were playing i really and like .And so went Spotify on phone and like what i was hearing i love find cool bands that i never knew or heard about .And maybe im crazy jason lytle sounds like the singer for Death Cab for Cutie

Articulate, passionate dude. Loved his anecdotes and opinions.

I clicked so fast… god Grandaddy is an underrated band

Bill Bryson books are pretty hilarious, all of the ones he published about his time living in the UK are fantastic.

So happy to see this!! Sophtware Slump is one of my all time favorites!

I LOVE GRANDADDY WTF

A-ha is no guilty pleasure. Great stuff. And Talk Talk, with an amazing record and the best album cover of all time. imo

I could listen to him tell stories all day, that talk talk story was neat

I love the sound clips amoeba chooses for these vids.

Love all his 80's record picks. A-Ha is waaaaay better than people are recalling from the 80's and their 2022 record True North is an impressive one. Talk Talk of course are legends and one can easily see why Jason counts them as an influence. And of course Bad Brains, one of the most ferocious genre-crossing bands of their time.

Love Grandaddy!!!!

Was stoked to be able to watch this dude play records with Tommy G at Little HIll Lounge a couple of times before I moved away from the East Bay. Excellent taste in tunes.

Thanks for the Cardial footage.

Thanks for posting

Reminds me of when I took a trip to LA and visited Amoeba Hollywood, and bought two Grandaddy EPs on CD! As the man himself said, "to discover a bunch of songs that you never heard by your favourite band is pretty cool"

Just by observing the way he comes across, you can really see the way his personality manifests in the music he makes.

Nice Cardiel shout out.

Love Jason and Grandaddy

Cool, cool, cool!

In my opinion Granddaddy is the greatest not very well known band. I wouldn’t have even known about the but for Tower records and how they used to have listening stations. Kids today are really missing out.

This was a good one

so good!!!!

I played the heck out of Sumday when it came out, interested to hear the new album next month.

One of the best bands ever

love you, Jason! hope you're doing well.

Talk Talk the best band ever.

so good ...talk talk yeah baby

+1 for Talk Talk

Cool to get Jason doing this. He’s not into self promotion at all.

Rock for light

Best What's In My Bag? yet!

What a lovely guy Jason is

Gah, still so cool. Thanks jason.

The Colour of Spring (and the album before it too It’s My Life) are the two most timeless sounding albums of the 80s. Then Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock are on a whole other plane in how they influenced post rock. One of the best bands of all time and I don’t mean that lightly.

ALL HAIL!

He’s going to be swimming in that Bad Brains t-shirt

Love Grandaddy their big in my book

I like Talk Talk, one of the best groups of the 1980s. I had the Spirit of Eden on vinyl back then.

NICE

Finally starting to look like what they go by.

“Nameless suburban town” Modesto, Turlock, Denair, Atwater, Merced

Been a while since I saw a video of him, he looks like ana actual Grandaddy nowdays.

Im impressed with his choses lol

All hail Cardiel!

Ok, I can actually hear the a-ha influence in Grandaddy now that he mentions it.

When’s this guy do another album. His previous solo stuff is brilliant.

He whould probably like some of Alex gs stuff like “hollow” or something else

Grandaddy looking like a Grandaddy.

Hey Amoeba! Get the "girl math metal" band TRICOT into your store!! Love, Grandaddy.

Great to find out he's a A-Ha fan.

Horror fans loves Grandady without even know him

The Crystal Lake. Takk.

Jason will you be my Grandaddy?

I wonder if they get a budget where they can grab what they want without paying for doing the video?

Jason the humanoid

I’m guessing some ELO stuff. We shall see

He sounds like the noggin narrator

Books, all that great music and you choose books

Those googles😂

All due respect but you buy a book on the crash of the record industry when you’re in the greatest record store and you buy 3 books , a t shirt and two releases from the 80’s. I laughed.

😴😴😴😴😴

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Wow two music picks. Don't try too hard. Not like there's lots to choose from at Amoeba.

Abha, your joking right! No wonder I have never heard of you, & these kinda sad music choices certainly do not get me curious about your music, in fact I would skip past as fast as poss!☺️

Nameless? Modesto, Ca.... make California Cooler beer again!

Just by observing the way he comes across, you can really see the way his personality manifests in the music he makes.