"The Playlist League" podcast pits playlist against playlist and you, the listener, decide the winner.
Each participant drafts five songs within a certain musical theme, one track at a time. Then, listeners vote on whose playlist is the best, and the curator of the playlist with the most votes will select the theme for the next episode.
Episode 5 features CPR's OpenAir hosts selecting their favorite songs from movie soundtracks, a theme selected by Episode 4 winner Alisha Sweeney. Jessi Whitten and Jeremy Petersen also participate in this month's episode.
Below, see their individual song selections and listen along with a Spotify playlist. Then, cast your vote by April 11 (Update: Voting is now closed).
If you include your email address with your ballot, you'll be automatically entered to win a pair of tickets to Eels at the Gothic Theatre on April 21.
Subscribe to "The Playlist League" wherever you get podcasts. Also, check out more podcast offerings from Colorado Public Radio. The theme music for "The Playlist League" is performed by Dressy Bessy.
Jessi Whitten
- The First Edition: "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" from "The Big Lebowski"
- Yello: "Oh Yeah" from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
- Cyndi Lauper: "Time After Time" from "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"
- Queen: "Bohemian Rhapsody" from "Wayne's World"
- Dolly Parton: "9 to 5" from "9 to 5"
Alisha Sweeney
- Nico: "These Days" from "The Royal Tenenbaums"
- The Jesus and Mary Chain: "Just Like Honey" from "Lost in Translation"
- The Beta Band: "Dry the Rain" from "High Fidelity"
- Modern English: "I Melt with You" from "Valley Girl"
- David Bowie: "Magic Dance" from "Labyrinth"
Jeremy Petersen
- The Psychedelic Furs: "Pretty in Pink" from "Pretty in Pink"
- Roy Orbison: "In Dreams" from "Blue Velvet"
- Lou Reed: "Perfect Day" from "Trainspotting"
- Harold Faltermeyer: "Axel F" from "Beverly Hills Cop"
- Moving Pictures: "Never" from "Footloose"
