A Long Story About "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

A Long Story About "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

From Can't Let It Go by Matt & AC

March 25, 2025 · 1h 13m · Season 4 · Episode 37

About this episode

The episode discusses the song 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' and its various interpretations and performances.

This might be the gayest episode we've ever done. Support the show at https://ko-fi.com/matthorton We’re on Bluesky @cantletitgo.gay! Join The Worst Garbage Discord! Find AC at acfacci.com Find Matt at MattHorton.LIVE Art by Scout ( https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat ) Music by Ethan Geller (00:00) - AC is canceled (01:04) - We’re so back (02:07) - We’re monthly now! (04:36) - Bridge Over Troubled Water (05:02) - Original song (06:46) - Clay Aiken (11:54) - Yebba (13:19) - My Mind (17:32) - Yebba’s Bridge Over Troubled Water (19:41) - Henry Platt (20:36) - Henry platt my mind (21:47) - Jacob Collier (24:06) - Don’t you worry bout a thing (27:02) - Jacob harmonizes with Yebba (28:49) - The song (38:44) - PYT (42:48) - Tori in the song (46:41) - Recording video (51:24) - TikTok challenge (54:16) - Doing it live (54:35) - Greek theatre (01:00:24) - AC’s beef Simon & Garfunkel's Original song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G-YQA_bsOU The Clay Aiken American Idol version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC9SKjdoTXg YEBBA's "My Mind" via Sofar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXwE1G7_U9M The 2018 video - https://www.instagram.com/p/BkoNbjtFfC3/ Henry Platt doing the riff…

People in this episode

Hosts: AC, Matt

Topics covered

  • music
  • song analysis
  • pop culture
  • entertainment
  • LGBTQ+ themes

Keywords

  • Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • Clay Aiken
  • Yebba
  • Jacob Collier
  • music analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bluesky, Discord, Sofar, TikTok, Instagram

Books & works: Bridge Over Troubled Water

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