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Bobby Bones
Hey, it's Bobby Bones. Welcome to episode 609 of the Bobbycast. On this episode, myself Eddie, Brandon Ray are going to draft the all time greatest pop stars. Each of us will draft five of the greatest pop stars. And if you're listening to this, you can go vote for who has the best team. Just go to the Bobbycast Instagram. The poll will be up there. So let's get right to it. All Time Pop Star Draft we have a wheel let's see who goes first. Spin the wheel, please.
Eddie
Come on, baby.
Brandon Ray
Big money, big money.
Eddie
Come on, baby.
Brandon Ray
No whammies.
Eddie
I need this.
Bobby Bones
That's stupid.
Eddie
Let's go.
Bobby Bones
All right, Eddie is first. Who are you taking as your first overall pop star of all time?
Eddie
Wow. Number one's a lot of pressure, but I'm going to go with the greatest pop star of all time, and that's Elvis Presley.
Brandon Ray
Wow.
Bobby Bones
I did not think after you said the greatest pop star of all time that Elvis Presley would be the answer. I do get why you pick Elvis Presley.
Eddie
I know who you're thinking of.
Bobby Bones
Yeah.
Eddie
And it was between. Maybe them, too.
Bobby Bones
Okay. I don't know that I'm going to pick them, but Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley's number one.
Eddie
Elvis Presley. Off the board.
Bobby Bones
All right, so Facebook's going to have to really vote for you, then. Yeah, that's old. That's old.
Eddie
All the older people.
Brandon Ray
That's on a TikTok.
Bobby Bones
I get it. But yeah, yeah, get in the TikTok or Instagram vote. Brandon, you're number two.
Brandon Ray
Oh, it's me now.
Eddie
Yeah, that would be number two.
Bobby Bones
Oh.
Eddie
Oh, I'm sorry.
Bobby Bones
Okay.
Brandon Ray
I thought we were spinning again.
Bobby Bones
Okay, go one, two.
Brandon Ray
I thought you were going to say the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
Eddie
Correct.
Bobby Bones
Is that who you're saying?
Brandon Ray
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Bobby Bones
Okay.
Eddie
Are you disappointed with those two picks? Did we ruin your strategy?
Bobby Bones
No, no.
Eddie
Okay.
Bobby Bones
It just depends what you're aiming for. It is all time, but I think I'm gonna pander a bit. I'm gonna go Taylor Swift.
Brandon Ray
All right.
Eddie
Oh, that's good. That's really good. I thought Taylor would make it to the second round, but I like it.
Brandon Ray
These were pretty good errors. Like, you had old school. Old school. I had, like, our childhood, and now you have current, so, I mean, that.
Eddie
That checks.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Eddie
You know, older are you.
Bobby Bones
What are you even talking about?
Eddie
Who's. Who's older?
Bobby Bones
I'm older than Brandon.
Eddie
Oh, you are?
Bobby Bones
Yeah.
Eddie
Okay, so you are pandering.
Bobby Bones
I'm pandering. I think right now.
Brandon Ray
That's very smart.
Bobby Bones
Gonna vote for Taylor Swift.
Brandon Ray
Very smart.
Bobby Bones
But I. I'm going Taylor Swift as my number one pop star of all time.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Bobby Bones
All right, back over to you, Eddie, your round two pick.
Eddie
Okay. I feel like she was huge. Never was a fan of hers, really. A lot of controversy around her. Even, you know, in the last 10 years, I would say she was still controversial. So I'm gonna go Madonna.
Brandon Ray
I really did not think you were gonna save it. Wow, man.
Eddie
Madonna.
Bobby Bones
Okay, so Elvis and Madonna. Yeah, got it. Madonna's a good one.
Eddie
I.
Bobby Bones
She could have easily been picked in the first round as well.
Brandon Ray
Right?
Bobby Bones
Did not think by your setup. That's what you were saying.
Eddie
I wonder what you guys are thinking.
Brandon Ray
I'm gonna give the same setup. A lot of controversy, a lot of. A lot of hit songs. Guys, hit me, baby, one more time. I'm gonna go with Britney Spears.
Bobby Bones
I was gonna go Britney next round. My next pick was gonna be Britney if it wasn't yours.
Eddie
Okay.
Bobby Bones
Dang.
Eddie
Didn't make my list, guys.
Brandon Ray
Wow.
Bobby Bones
Okay. It's over to me. It's tough just getting the third overall pick. By the way. I'd like everybody to know I got it.
Brandon Ray
Really is.
Bobby Bones
Yeah. So I would have picked Britney Spears. With this pick. I'm gonna go with someone who has been a massive pop star for a couple of decades. And there are different versions of how popular this star is. And I think now more popular than ever. Even though when this person became a pop star was a massive force. Any guess? Now more popular than ever. So I'm gonna go with the current person again.
Eddie
Now more popular.
Bobby Bones
Oh.
Brandon Ray
Oh.
Bobby Bones
You don't have to write it down.
Eddie
Well, well, because if I. If I don't. If that's not who it is, I'm gonna.
Brandon Ray
I'm gonna write down later. I don't feel like I want to guess to give some.
Eddie
I really don't want to guess it.
Bobby Bones
Okay. Actually my second pick then will be because I'm a Belieber. Justin Bieber. Oh, that's good.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Eddie
I didn't think you were going to go that way, but very good.
Bobby Bones
You said that about both my picks.
Eddie
Yes, I know, dude.
Brandon Ray
That's a solid list.
Bobby Bones
And I'm going to. And the reason when Bieber was a kid, like the first YouTube massive star, the first kid that launched from YouTube massive star. But my wife, who's in her 30s, watched both full sets of him at Coachella. We watched on. On screen like people are as passionate now and like he has real credibility as an artist. He's grown from just being, you know, pop. Putting out easy to make pop songs written by other people and producers to now he's like a real life dude for sure. So I'm going Justin Bieber as my number two pick on the pop star team.
Brandon Ray
Wow, what a list.
Eddie
Elvis, Madonna.
Bobby Bones
All right, Eddie, you have Elvis and Madonna. Anybody else dead you'd like to put on there?
Eddie
Yeah, Madonna's not dead. Oh, why did you just kill her?
Brandon Ray
Well, not. Not dead in the physical sense.
Eddie
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Bobby Bones
She did do Coachella with Sabrina Carpenter.
Eddie
There you go. Thank you, guys. So I think that I'm gonna pander a little bit here too. I believe that if I put her on my list, I think I will definitely get some good votes out there. Give me queen bee, Beyonce.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Eddie
Hmm.
Brandon Ray
That's a good one.
Eddie
Thank you.
Bobby Bones
I probably would take it on a different round, but you know what? For you have at it.
Eddie
I think she fits perfectly on my team.
Bobby Bones
Elvis, Madonna, Beyonce.
Eddie
Very diverse.
Brandon Ray
Yeah, that's true.
Bobby Bones
Especially in decades.
Eddie
Yeah, exactly.
Bobby Bones
All right, Brandon, you have Michael Jackson and Britney Spears.
Brandon Ray
I feel like this person will pander. She definitely will.
Bobby Bones
We're all just saying pander every pick
Brandon Ray
now, but she is more relevant now than ever again. I came in like a wrecking ball with Miley Cyrus.
Bobby Bones
Oh, that's a good one. I didn't have her on my list, and that is a good one.
Eddie
That's who I added late thinking that you were gonna pick Miley.
Brandon Ray
Do you like the catchphrases? Like, when I say the song before, or should I just say the name?
Eddie
You do you, man.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Bobby Bones
Yeah, you do you. Except everybody stop saying pander. I use it once, and all of a sudden you guys learned a new word.
Eddie
I mean, I just use it once. He's the one that did it three times. That's not good. He was third.
Bobby Bones
All right, for my third pick out of five, let's see, I have Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. So
Eddie
don't use it. Don't use the P word.
Bobby Bones
I'm torn between two.
Eddie
What are the two?
Bobby Bones
No, because you'll take one.
Brandon Ray
Exactly.
Bobby Bones
And one of them, I don't know, has popped up on you guys list. But one of them is also the P word.
Brandon Ray
Oh, oh, I have a P word. I do have a P word. Yep.
Bobby Bones
It's not pander. Neither is it. I'm gonna go with if we're doing greatest pop stars of all time, I'm gonna go with the Beatles.
Brandon Ray
Wait, whoa.
Eddie
Does that count as a pop star?
Brandon Ray
Absolutely, Brandon. Popular star, pop radio.
Eddie
One star. Aren't they four stars?
Bobby Bones
The Beatles is an entity. I feel like the Beatles are.
Eddie
Oh, fine. I got you.
Bobby Bones
Fine.
Eddie
If you want to play that game, I got you.
Bobby Bones
It's not a game.
Brandon Ray
I.
Bobby Bones
Do you guys not feel like the Beatles? We can vote.
Eddie
Nah, you could do it, dude. Go for it.
Brandon Ray
No, I. I think. Yeah.
Bobby Bones
I feel like nothing to me screamed pop. Like them playing Ed Sullivan and Watching all those teenage girls scream their faces off. That, to me, was Justin Bieber in black and white.
Eddie
They were definitely a pop band. I just didn't know we were gonna put a band in there.
Bobby Bones
But you didn't ask.
Eddie
No.
Brandon Ray
Right. There were no rules. No rules.
Eddie
Go for it. I like it. The Beatles.
Bobby Bones
But there's nobody that's gonna be a bigger band that you're gonna take. So you're like, oh, okay, well, now I'm gonna break the rules. That's the biggest.
Eddie
You're right. That's the biggest pop band that we know for sure.
Brandon Ray
That's still just as relevant today. You got Beyonce covering Beatles songs. You've got all the documentaries coming out. I mean, it's. There's still.
Eddie
Man, why am I helping you? What am I doing? I'm thinking about my next pick, and I feel like I'm doing this out of spite, and I shouldn't. I should.
Bobby Bones
Counter crows.
Brandon Ray
Oh, I know what you're gonna say.
Bobby Bones
I write it down.
Eddie
I was just like, go with whatever. I was gonna do.
Bobby Bones
The Monkeys.
Eddie
No, no.
Bobby Bones
Okay, so know what you're gonna say. You have what? Out of spite. I mean, so you have Elvis, Madonna and Beyonce. At number four on your list is going to be who?
Eddie
I'm gonna go with the pop star. And inspired by your last pick.
Brandon Ray
That's not going to win. That's not going to win. That's not going to win.
Bobby Bones
Cartney is one part of the Beatles.
Eddie
Right, Ebony?
Bobby Bones
No. Okay, well, then put Stevie Wonder on there.
Eddie
Well, no, no, that's just to do what they did.
Brandon Ray
I have Stevie Wonder on my list. But that's.
Bobby Bones
I feel like that strategically was a bad move by.
Eddie
You see, and that's what I meant by, like, I'm picking this by out of spite and I shouldn't have. But you know what?
Bobby Bones
Pick Ringo. Brandon.
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Bobby Bones
Spite me.
Eddie
Do it.
Bobby Bones
Do it. Brandon. To add to your team Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus.
Brandon Ray
Oh, man, I. I am torn. And not Natalie.
Eddie
And Natalie and Brulia.
Brandon Ray
That's not on my list. I'm going to say Justin Timberlake.
Eddie
I had him on my list. Dang.
Bobby Bones
I'm surprised that you went Timberlake over nsync.
Brandon Ray
Well, I'm thinking now as well. I'm thinking career span. Right. What's NSYNC doing today? Nothing.
Bobby Bones
Waiting for Justin Timberlake to let them do a reunion tour. Yeah, please. I hear you, but I don't think. My opinion, a massive pop career is really defined by how long you can do it.
Brandon Ray
Well, that's not what I mean.
Bobby Bones
I'm saying you just said Durant, didn't you?
Brandon Ray
Said.
Eddie
Well, you said span. Career span.
Brandon Ray
Well, with Justin Timberlake, you get nsync.
Bobby Bones
No, you don't.
Brandon Ray
As well.
Bobby Bones
You don't get in sync as well.
Eddie
And see, that's my theory, too. With Paul McCartney, you get the Beatles.
Bobby Bones
With Timberlake, you get from like I Love youe on, because I think that was his first song.
Brandon Ray
What about Mickey Mouse Club?
Bobby Bones
Okay, you can have Pre. You can have Star Search.
Eddie
It changes everything.
Brandon Ray
Dude, I see what you mean.
Bobby Bones
You don't get into.
Brandon Ray
But there are no rules.
Eddie
But there are no rules.
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Bobby Bones
No, the rules are you have to pick them, but you don't get to be.
Brandon Ray
But it's in the mind. It's in the mind of the beholder.
Bobby Bones
Correct.
Eddie
In the voter.
Brandon Ray
In the voter.
Eddie
However they want to see it.
Bobby Bones
But they're not gonna see. They're just gonna see Justin Timberlake and
Brandon Ray
they're gonna be like, oh, my God,
Bobby Bones
I love Tim and Ninja on the Bobbycast Instagram. We'll let people vote on the poll there. Yeah, yeah, we'll put everybody. We'll put like a picture of all of these.
Brandon Ray
Love it.
Bobby Bones
And they can vote 1, 2, or 3. But I don't think Justin Timberlake or Paul McCartney by themselves evoke as much emotion as NSYNC or the Beatles.
Brandon Ray
Sure.
Eddie
In your mind, but the voter.
Bobby Bones
Out of your mind.
Brandon Ray
It's all in the heart of the heart of the.
Bobby Bones
You're not getting JC Chazay when you put Justin Timberlake. You're not getting Language Bass.
Eddie
You're not getting.
Bobby Bones
You're not getting Chris Kirkpatrick. You're not good. Joey Fatone, right?
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Eddie
Which I had Joey Fatone.
Brandon Ray
Oh, yeah, Take that.
Eddie
I'll take him out. I just pick members of all yalls bands.
Bobby Bones
Right. Okay, number four for me with Taylor Bieber and the Beatles. The question is you all know about the P word.
Eddie
Oh, so Paul McCartney wasn't your P word?
Bobby Bones
No.
Eddie
Okay.
Bobby Bones
You think I was gonna pick the Beatles and then Paul McCartney?
Eddie
I mean, double down, dude.
Brandon Ray
Oh, no, I didn't think Paul McCartney.
Bobby Bones
What?
Eddie
I know who your P word is.
Brandon Ray
I know who he's gonna say, too.
Bobby Bones
I thought you would have thought that
Eddie
originally, but then I thought of Paul McCartney. Another P word.
Bobby Bones
Okay.
Eddie
Oh, man, we're running out of pop stars, guys.
Bobby Bones
Well, I have a million, but I just. There's, like tears. I'm going Mariah Carey.
Eddie
Oh, bro, you so solid.
Bobby Bones
I have it because I think she's a solid top 10.
Brandon Ray
That was.
Bobby Bones
But I don't think she's anybody's top three or four. I think where we are now at number four on the list. Mariah Carey is my four.
Eddie
Okay, we all have one left.
Bobby Bones
Are you going to P word?
Eddie
Should I take P word? Let me look at my. Okay. 1950s.
Bobby Bones
We have Elvis in the 50s. Madonna's. Huh? 60s.
Eddie
Elvis.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Eddie
60s, 50s, 60s.
Bobby Bones
Got it.
Eddie
Madonna.
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80s.
Eddie
Beyonce. 2000s.
Bobby Bones
Because you didn't pick Destiny's Child.
Eddie
Right? Just be. Ooh, should I do that? Okay, Paul McCartney. You got 1960s all the way.
Bobby Bones
You don't have Beatles. You don't get Beatles with Paul McCartney. You get Paul McCartney. You know what? Heck, you can have Wings.
Eddie
Wings jam.
Bobby Bones
You can have Paul McCartney. And Wings is awesome.
Eddie
With his wife Linda. Paul and Linda. Okay.
Bobby Bones
Gosh.
Eddie
What do we do here? This is my last pick. Do I go modern or do I go with a legend?
Bobby Bones
You really don't have. Beyonce's pretty modern.
Brandon Ray
She's the only modern. Yeah.
Bobby Bones
You really don't have anybody. Super modern.
Eddie
Right.
Bobby Bones
But it is all time.
Eddie
It is all time. And I feel like we can't go too modern because, you know, that's just like, like, like Brandon was saying that career span isn't a lot for them to be, like, a huge pop star. But I'm between two P word, E word and R word.
Bobby Bones
P word. I know that one. E word. Two. Two or two names. On to the one name. Word. And R word is one name. Yes.
Eddie
You got my words. Yeah.
Bobby Bones
I think you got my place on my list. Place on my list. Place on my list. Place on my list. All right, all right.
Eddie
I made my decision. I'm going with R word. Rihanna.
Brandon Ray
Oh, I thought you say Ringo.
Bobby Bones
Okay.
Eddie
Rihanna. That is a very good, broad choice of pop tarts. Pop tarts of pop stars. Like, it's pretty broad.
Bobby Bones
I like it. I think this feels like at the end of a fantasy football draft where you feel like your team is the best just because you drafted them and you were close to them and everybody else is like, I mean, it's fine.
Brandon Ray
That's him every year.
Eddie
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
But you're like, no, no, man. This is it.
Eddie
Yeah, I'm convincing myself. This is pretty good.
Bobby Bones
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Bobby Bones
And we're back on the Bobbycast. All right, Brandon, your fifth and final pick.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Bobby Bones
Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake. Who will you put on your pop star draft?
Brandon Ray
This is tough. I'm between three as well.
Eddie
Give us the words.
Brandon Ray
I've got a B, I've got an L and I've got a Wynonna.
Bobby Bones
Okay, I know all three of them.
Brandon Ray
Not Wynonna, bro.
Eddie
Wynonna Judd.
Bobby Bones
I think yours are gonna be. What's the W? B is probably gonna be Bruno Mars.
Brandon Ray
I don't know.
Bobby Bones
The L is probably gonna be Lady Gaga.
Eddie
Oh, yeah.
Bobby Bones
And what was the other one?
Eddie
W?
Bobby Bones
You know what? The Weeknd.
Eddie
Waylon Jennings.
Brandon Ray
My number five pick.
Eddie
The Weeknd and pick whing. Jennings pick Whelen. Oh, man.
Brandon Ray
My number five is Whitney Houston.
Eddie
Oh, that's the W. We're way off.
Bobby Bones
That's better than weekend.
Eddie
That's way better than weekend. Yeah. Good job, dude.
Bobby Bones
Did you guys think W Houston or did you think weekend? You didn't know that weekend?
Eddie
Yeah.
Brandon Ray
Yeah. Wow.
Eddie
I will Always love you.
Bobby Bones
All right, good team.
Eddie
That's a solid team, Brandon.
Bobby Bones
Lady Gaga. Solid though too, if you pick. Lady Gaga.
Eddie
Lady Gaga.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
Once, way back in my early radio days, Lady Gaga had just put out her first song. It wasn't a hit yet. And we paid her $10,000 to come do a show for us. The morning show or my morning show, $10,000 total. And she came and was the artist at something we had called Second Chance Prom, just so adults could get back together. And we had an artist that would play, but usually it was somebody small, but she was so, so, so new. In the time that we paid the $10,000 till the time that she got there, which was like a seven month period, she exploded.
Brandon Ray
That's insane.
Bobby Bones
People were lined up outside and you had to buy tickets ahead of time. People were lined up outside just to have a shot to hopefully get in. It was really one of the most lightning in a bottle things that's ever happened to me in my career when I. Because again, there was really no foresight. And I bet she's gonna blow up, because in pop music, who knows who's gonna blow up? But we played Lady Gaga $10,000. And by the time to book her, then we looked, it was like $250,000 to get her to come do anything because she had two hits. But she, you know, super pop. But yeah, I don't pick her. But how does.
Eddie
That show was awesome.
Brandon Ray
Oh, you were there.
Eddie
I was there. And I remember the line. I remember pulling up and being like, wow, everyone is trying to get in here. Because she.
Bobby Bones
How big of a place as a small couple.
Eddie
Thousand.
Bobby Bones
Yeah.
Eddie
Wow.
Bobby Bones
And were you working for?
Eddie
I was.
Bobby Bones
Eddie wasn't working with me. He was like a news reporter.
Eddie
And I'd asked you for a couple tickets. You hooked me up. A couple tickets.
Bobby Bones
I cost $10,000.
Brandon Ray
How did that moment stack up Lady Gaga? How would you compare Lady Gaga to playing ping pong with. With Scott Stadt?
Bobby Bones
Creed. Well, playing ping pong with Scott Stadt backstage before Creed show was free.
Brandon Ray
Oh, yeah, it's true.
Bobby Bones
But he whooped me.
Brandon Ray
Really?
Bobby Bones
Like he really was really, really, you know, with arms. Okay, so I got one more pick here, so now I can talk mine out. So P is Prince, obviously.
Eddie
Obviously.
Brandon Ray
Obviously. Well, I have another P. Who else would you had? Pink.
Bobby Bones
Oh, pink's good too. She didn't make the Rock and Roll hall of Fame this year, did she?
Brandon Ray
No.
Bobby Bones
We know. We. We voted for her, right? No, we didn't. Only because we felt like she was Too relevant. And there were certain people, if they didn't make it this year, that we felt like they would die.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
So we put some of them in. So Prince is on my list. Lady Gaga's on my list. Bruno Mars is on my list. Katy Perry's on my list. But not a great person. So I'm going to stay away from her.
Eddie
I don't think you'd draft her.
Brandon Ray
No, thanks.
Bobby Bones
Also have Usher, I've Ed Sheeran.
Brandon Ray
That's a good one.
Bobby Bones
I have. And I'm not going to pick it. But when I went all the way through, I did pick a global dominance.
Eddie
Jason Derulo.
Bobby Bones
Why would that come to mind?
Eddie
I don't know. Global Jason Derulo.
Bobby Bones
Why does that mean global?
Eddie
He's huge, right? Any big
Bobby Bones
global dominance. I was thinking abba.
Eddie
Oh, wow.
Bobby Bones
But I don't. But I don't. You picked Elvis, dude.
Brandon Ray
I thought you were gonna say no. I thought you were gonna say you too.
Bobby Bones
Oh, yeah.
Eddie
So let's not give him anymore.
Brandon Ray
Well, it's over.
Eddie
No, it's not over. He's got to pick.
Bobby Bones
I still gotta pick one.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Eddie
Because you two is a good one.
Bobby Bones
But abba, I don't think people understand just how big. Unless you like know or you're from Europe or you look. I don't think you know how big ABBA really was.
Brandon Ray
Right?
Eddie
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
Because all over the world they were monsters. I have one that is super legend pick. And I don't really have an era. I have the Beatles. I don't know if I want to go double era.
Eddie
Are you another band you think another band? Okay, you're done with bands.
Bobby Bones
Yeah.
Eddie
What did they. Were they and We Are the World?
Bobby Bones
Oh, good question. No, I think Stevie Wonders a fun one too.
Brandon Ray
That's a good one.
Eddie
Ray Charles. Well.
Brandon Ray
Hey, what are you doing?
Eddie
Gotta stop giving you.
Bobby Bones
I would have picked Ray Charles over Stevie Wonder, though. So once I said Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles was off. Yeah. Only I'm vision impaired, so I can only have one other vision impaired person.
Eddie
We don't want a whole too much
Bobby Bones
another one that I thought about and again, I think it was to. It was like older pop, but Celine Dion.
Brandon Ray
That's a good one.
Bobby Bones
And then I thought Shakira international.
Eddie
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
For 25, 30 years.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
And then I thought David Bowie.
Eddie
Oh, David's a good one.
Bobby Bones
Yeah.
Eddie
Wow. You have a lot of options here for that last pick.
Bobby Bones
Well, I also thought somebody that I'm friends with. Lionel Richie.
Brandon Ray
Yeah, that's a great one.
Eddie
We are the World.
Brandon Ray
The ringleader man.
Bobby Bones
And then he was the ringleader. When I picked the Beatles, it kind of killed me from taking the Spice Girls because I was only gonna put one band because that was my six Spice Girls were.
Eddie
You should still do the Spice Girls. I think you should. Please do the global dominance.
Bobby Bones
I think I'm gonna go spice.
Brandon Ray
Spice up your life.
Bobby Bones
I just. I have a pick that I feel like it's so good for me to pick, but I don't think people are gonna get it.
Eddie
What do you mean they're not gonna get it? Kind of crows.
Bobby Bones
Mm.
Eddie
Mm.
Bobby Bones
I don't think they're gonna understand how big of a pop star he was because they're only gonna remember him from a different phase in his life.
Eddie
Interesting.
Brandon Ray
Oh, interesting. I wonder if I'm thinking of this.
Eddie
Let's start with a Jason.
Bobby Bones
Who's that?
Eddie
John Mayer.
Bobby Bones
No, just start with the G. Who's that?
Brandon Ray
George Michael.
Bobby Bones
No, but I did have him way down my list.
Brandon Ray
Wham.
Eddie
You have Garth in there.
Bobby Bones
Not a pop star. Crossed over a little bit. Not a pop star. I'm sure you're thinking of somebody I thought was fun was Phil Collins, though.
Brandon Ray
That's a good one.
Bobby Bones
80s for sure. But, like, even when he was at his most pop, he was still dressing like a banker.
Brandon Ray
Khakis with a button on, skinny tie, loafers.
Bobby Bones
Okay. I'll tell you who I'm bouncing between, and I don't need any reaction.
Eddie
Fine.
Bobby Bones
Because I've eliminated all the boy bands. Backstreet Boys were definitely going to be up there. But I feel like if I'm doing the Beatles, I can't. I got to cut the bands out of the rest of it.
Eddie
Yeah. Because that was cheap anyway.
Bobby Bones
Yeah. So that was one Jennifer Lopez I thought of.
Brandon Ray
Jlo.
Eddie
Big one.
Bobby Bones
Yeah. It was a good one.
Eddie
Is she still who you're trying to.
Bobby Bones
But I. I. The one that I'm really leaning toward is Frank Sinatra.
Brandon Ray
That's a good one.
Bobby Bones
Because nobody in that. He's like the King.
Eddie
But let me tell you, man, back in the day, that's on that dude.
Bobby Bones
So many people will just know him from being old.
Eddie
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
I don't.
Brandon Ray
I mean, I'm not gonna help you. But, man, he really good one.
Eddie
The pop star back in the day.
Bobby Bones
I'm gonna go with. Prince.
Eddie
That's a good one.
Bobby Bones
You're gonna have to go to the word. He's just irrelevant enough that's good. In most people's lives who are probably watching or listening to this, I just felt like that Frank Sinatra Was a little too old. It's kind of like the Willie Nelson syndrome. We only remember Willie old.
Eddie
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
Even pictures.
Eddie
Willie's always been old, even when he wasn't. Yeah.
Bobby Bones
So, okay, Eddie's got Elvis, Madonna, Beyonce, Paul McCartney. I think that's your weakest because you just took something out of a Beatles.
Eddie
No, he covers the whole Beatles. But yeah.
Bobby Bones
And I think had he been ahead of the pick of the Beatles, I
Eddie
was just thinking that the fact that
Bobby Bones
he's at 4 and the Beatles are 3, it definitely looks like you ripped me off.
Eddie
I was just thinking that.
Bobby Bones
And Rihanna's at five on Eddie's team. Rihanna, Brandon. Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, Whitney Houston.
Eddie
Brandon. That is solid.
Bobby Bones
Solid. Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, the Beatles, Mariah Carey, Prince.
Brandon Ray
Oh, that's solid. I mean, all the. Every list is really solid.
Bobby Bones
Who's the weakest of all those? You want to see what AI said is the weakest.
Eddie
Here we go.
Bobby Bones
I like trust AI, though.
Eddie
Yeah, but let's see what they say.
Bobby Bones
What is AI? Because I put them all in and it ranked everybody. AI can't give Paul McCartney the window. I kind of agree with it.
Eddie
You agree with the ranking AI?
Bobby Bones
Okay.
Eddie
Are you scared of the Paul McCartney?
Bobby Bones
I'll put it up there if you want me to. Okay. Let's see what AI says. Go ahead. You know what? I believe in it.
Eddie
Oh, wow. You know what?
Bobby Bones
I believe in it.
Brandon Ray
I thought Bobby would win in third place.
Bobby Bones
Brandon. This is according to AI Still a killer lineup, but slightly less balanced.
Brandon Ray
Everybody listening. Don't just pause it. Just mute it real quick.
Bobby Bones
Michael Jackson, the greatest pop star ever. Britney Spears, pop princess. Miley Cyrus, versatile, but Justin Timberlake, strong, but not top tier. Whitney Houston, one of the greatest voices ever. Why Brandon's at 3. Having Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston is insane. But after that, it dips slightly. Wow. Less total catalog dominance and fewer undisputed goat tier.
Brandon Ray
Ooh, goat tier.
Bobby Bones
Roster. Okay. Eddie, Elvis, Madonna. Beyonce. Paul McCartney, Rihanna. This team screams icon status and longevity.
Eddie
You nailed it, AI.
Bobby Bones
Elvis, the original pop superstar. Madonna, the blueprint. Beyonce, elite performer and cultural force. Paul McCartney, Beatles Legacy.
Eddie
Thank you, AI.
Bobby Bones
Rihanna, Hit Machine. While this might be the coolest team, it spans generations perfectly. It's loaded with icons. They lose a little edge to Bobby's team and peak chart dominance and overall depth of hits across all members.
Eddie
Oh, the stats. Interesting, huh?
Bobby Bones
So if we go to mine, they call mine the Avengers of Pop.
Brandon Ray
Wow. That's pretty good.
Bobby Bones
Taylor Swift, arguably the most dominant artist of the Modern era Justin Bieber, massive global pop force for 15 plus years. The Beatles, the most influential band in pop history. Mariah Carey, one of the best selling artists ever. And Prince elite talent, innovation and cultural impact. Why this team wins Modern dominance Historic dominance with the Beatles once in a generation artistry with Prince Chart monsters Their basically no holes here. Every category is covered at an elite level.
Eddie
Good job.
Bobby Bones
I guess let's go with that then.
Eddie
No, no.
Brandon Ray
I guess we don't need to vote.
Eddie
No, we will let the people.
Brandon Ray
It's fine.
Bobby Bones
I did not think that I would win if asked by AI.
Eddie
I thought that Brandon would be the winner.
Brandon Ray
I think, I mean AI is thinking about it in a different way. Like if you look at it that way.
Bobby Bones
Mike, what's the question? You asked it. I just put, put the prompt up here so we can see exactly what Mike asked. I said can you rank each of these pop stars on who has the best and strongest team this list.
Eddie
Oh, I mean that's what people are going to do.
Brandon Ray
I think that's good. It is. It is subjective.
Eddie
So I gets what, one vote? Sure.
Bobby Bones
Is it electoral college?
Eddie
Exactly.
Brandon Ray
What about honorable mentions? Can we.
Bobby Bones
Yeah, I mean I feel like I actually listed off like 20 of my
Eddie
listeners that you were listening. Except you got. You didn't have Elton John.
Bobby Bones
I thought you picked him. I didn't.
Eddie
He was one of the ones I
Bobby Bones
was kind of debating, I think because you mentioned him. I didn't mention him again.
Brandon Ray
I thought you were gonna say Coldplay after Bobby brought up bands.
Eddie
Oh, interesting. Yeah. No, when I was thinking about a possible band, it'd be the Rolling Stones.
Bobby Bones
But I thought about leading with a boy band. But then I thought one of you guys would grab the Beatles if I did that. So I knew if I came with the Beatles first there really was nothing else you could come with. Aretha Franklin was on my list.
Brandon Ray
That's a good one.
Eddie
That's good.
Bobby Bones
But again, these are just historical people that I only know of from watching documentaries and listening to old music. Like I didn't get to experience that pop thing and for me the Beatles thing is same. But I've just that Ed Sullivan performance. Like I can think of the Beatles doing Ed Sullivan playing Shea Stadium. The Mets.
Eddie
Yep.
Bobby Bones
Like I've seen that a thousand times.
Eddie
All the girls in the crowd crying.
Bobby Bones
Yeah.
Eddie
Yes.
Bobby Bones
Who? Okay. Biggest pop star of the 50s.
Eddie
Elvis.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
Let's see. Probably Elvis.
Eddie
Right? Yeah. But so to Frank Sinatra when. So he was 50s. Right. So that would have been up against Elvis.
Bobby Bones
The biggest pop star of the 50s, Elvis Presley. Okay, you're right there. I think of his. At his Ed Sullivan show too.
Eddie
Oh, yeah.
Bobby Bones
Frank Sinatra at 2. Chuck Berry at 3.
Eddie
Oh, wow.
Bobby Bones
Little Richard at 4. And then one of my favorites of all time at five every day.
Eddie
Oh, yeah.
Brandon Ray
Buddy Holly, man.
Eddie
Yes, that's good.
Bobby Bones
Very short run. Yeah, yeah, but buddy. Okay, let's go to the 60s. Can you guess who they're gonna say the biggest pop star of the 60s?
Eddie
The 60s.
Brandon Ray
Beatles.
Bobby Bones
Oh, it still could be the Beatles. Okay, let's take anybody out. We've asked somebody new because Beatles are number one.
Eddie
They are.
Bobby Bones
Yeah, they are number one. They were also the 50s. But who do you think it would be? Somebody that we haven't listed or someone that hasn't that wasn't the winner of the 50s. I see this one. I'm going to play the next round because I don't haven't looked up the next round.
Eddie
Okay. The sixties.
Brandon Ray
It's. I guess every. All music back then was pop, right. Like they didn't really separate.
Bobby Bones
Yeah. Unless it was like country and western.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Eddie
Like.
Bobby Bones
I mean it was all pop because. Yes, I agree.
Brandon Ray
Like Beach Boys.
Bobby Bones
Oh, what a great. The Beach Boys. Never thought about Beach Boys.
Eddie
Yeah, that'd been a good one.
Brandon Ray
Bob Dylan, man.
Bobby Bones
The 60s.
Eddie
60s.
Bobby Bones
This is when I tell you, you'll go. Yeah, it makes sense.
Brandon Ray
What's the name start with?
Bobby Bones
I would say it was if you weren't. What's the name start with?
Eddie
Is it a band? Yeah, it's a band.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Bobby Bones
It's a band. And I would think most people fought just like Kendrick Lamar. I would think it was either the Beatles or Beach Boys. No.
Brandon Ray
Oh, Rolling Stones.
Bobby Bones
Rolling Stones.
Eddie
Oh, wow.
Bobby Bones
So they do have the Beatles at number one, but they have the Rolling Stones at number two. Elvis at three. But his. He was the 50s guy. Aretha at four and the Supremes at five.
Eddie
Wow.
Brandon Ray
That's. Yeah.
Bobby Bones
I have not. I've not looked at the 70s yet. So who do we say okay.
Brandon Ray
On my list? I almost picked it after you said the Beatles. But I'm just thinking of cultural and chart dominance led up on the Bee Gees.
Eddie
The Beaches are my.
Bobby Bones
Would be my Abbot pick.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Bobby Bones
Yeah. Where I massive. But I don't think the significance of the Bee Gees is really known by like people in America even though they were big here.
Brandon Ray
Because I mean, I'm thinking about this list. The AI.
Bobby Bones
Yeah. What it was great pick. I don't think I would ever got there. Yeah, they. I think Barry Gibb wrote Irons in the Stream.
Brandon Ray
Yeah. And produced it.
Bobby Bones
Wow. Yeah.
Eddie
You okay?
Bobby Bones
I'm gonna go. I still think David Bowie's big. So he's 70s.
Eddie
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
David Bowie.
Eddie
What about, like, Stevie Wonder? That's 70s, right?
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
No, it's good he lived in a few generations, because I saw him on the Cosby show in the 80s, and that's when I became.
Eddie
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
Because there was, like, the accident where they rear ended Stevie Wonder. And so the Cosby show, they go to his studio, the recording stud, and they're like, oh, it's Stevie Wonder. And he's like, in the studios, like, I'm just gonna record a little something. And I don't remember this exactly, but then he's, like, playing. He's. I just called to say. And then they have everybody up singing along with the song. It's crazy because those episodes don't live long now because we can't watch the Cosby show anymore. Right.
Brandon Ray
So you just said one. You thought I was gonna say Led Zeppelin. That's a Zeppelin.
Bobby Bones
David Bowie.
Eddie
Billy Joel.
Brandon Ray
Yes. That's interesting.
Bobby Bones
I would have put him in the 80s. For me, that feels early. Early Billy Joel.
Eddie
Yeah. Because, like, Piano man, I think that's 70s, right?
Bobby Bones
I'd be wrong about that. I would have guessed 80s. Okay. I haven't hit this yet, so I don't know who it is. I'm gonna. I'll.
Eddie
It's got to be somebody we've mentioned. And I would even still keep ABBA in there.
Bobby Bones
Is there anybody we're forgetting from the seventies?
Brandon Ray
I got one.
Bobby Bones
Is there anybody from WOODSTOCK that was 69, but that does. It rolls over.
Brandon Ray
I got a good one. If you were talking about 70s, Barbra Streisand. Oh, that's.
Bobby Bones
I know nothing about her.
Eddie
She's so good, though. Yes.
Brandon Ray
I mean, not me personally, but I'm just saying, like, it's okay, you know,
Eddie
if you were a big fan.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
Okay. Are we ready?
Brandon Ray
Thank you.
Eddie
It's Barbara. Come on.
Bobby Bones
In the 70s, it was.
Eddie
Oh, we missed it. Did we miss it?
Bobby Bones
We missed it. We missed it. We're so stupid.
Brandon Ray
Hold on.
Eddie
Can we.
Bobby Bones
And you know what? All of ours ended up making the list because at number two was abba. At number three was Stevie Wonder. At number four with the Bee Gees. Great, great pick there. Number five was David Bowie. We missed it.
Eddie
No way.
Bobby Bones
I'll read you a little.
Brandon Ray
Oh, Elton John.
Bobby Bones
Yes.
Eddie
Elton John. Huge.
Bobby Bones
They're so stupid. Elton John. Hit Machine. Your song. Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock, Banana Jets. Don't Go Breaking My Heart. Multiple albums a year at times back then, crazy huge in the US and internationally. His outfits, his longevity.
Eddie
Oh yeah.
Bobby Bones
Also the only dude I've ever kissed on the mouth.
Eddie
The only one. Wow.
Bobby Bones
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Brandon Ray
We'll be right back.
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Bobby Bones
This is the Bobby cast. I'm almost certain the only dude ever kissed on the mouth.
Brandon Ray
Yeah. When did that happen again?
Bobby Bones
A charity event and we were. He was that main performer. I was hosting it and telling jokes. So we're sitting together. It was right whenever him and his husband had adopted a child and he had his iPad out and he was showing us pictures of his baby. He was so happy. And we had dinner and there's like eight of us sitting around this table. It was in a big room and so the whole time like it's Freaking crazy. I'm sitting next to Elton John having dinner. And so I go up and do my thing and tell a few jokes and do some of the lifting. Like, this is how you donate. And you had to pay a decent amount to get into this place to watch a show. It's a private Elton John show. And so I didn't. Because I was hosting it for the record. I. I shouldn't say that. Should be like.
Eddie
Yeah, I also donated for the record, so everyone knows.
Bobby Bones
I'm so stupid.
Brandon Ray
And how much did you donate?
Bobby Bones
And so he goes, and it's just him on a piano. And he has so many songs. He. He has a prompter of all his lyrics, and so he's playing them all. And at the end of every song, he would stand up and get a standing ovation. It was, like, built in.
Eddie
That's funny.
Bobby Bones
So he'd get a standing ovation. Every song, he'd sit back down and play another one. And at the very, very end, he would go down and he was, like, shaking everybody's hand. And he grabs my head and plants a big one on me. And this keeps walking. Nice. It's awesome.
Brandon Ray
That's so cool.
Bobby Bones
Yeah, it's really cool.
Eddie
What a great memory.
Bobby Bones
It is really cool.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Bobby Bones
Elton John.
Brandon Ray
Wow.
Eddie
Okay.
Bobby Bones
I think the 80s is easily going to be Michael Jackson.
Eddie
Like, that's so Michael Jackson.
Bobby Bones
Who's going to be number two?
Eddie
Madonna.
Bobby Bones
Oh, Madonna.
Brandon Ray
Madonna's huge.
Eddie
Yeah. Madonna's got to be two.
Brandon Ray
After you mention bands. I mean, in the 80s, I think of, like. That's a good one. I think of, like, Cyndi Lauper.
Bobby Bones
Oh, that's a good one. Cyndi Lauper.
Brandon Ray
But then, you know, we could talk about, like, 80s hair bands, but, like, the cultural impact. Kiss.
Bobby Bones
Would that be kissing? Have they, like, one? Couple songs?
Eddie
Couple songs.
Bobby Bones
Weren't they just face paint?
Brandon Ray
You sure? You sure?
Eddie
Yeah. Well, what about, like, Ozzy?
Bobby Bones
I bet you. I think I'll see 60s, 70s, though.
Eddie
70s, okay.
Bobby Bones
Because.
Brandon Ray
Well, Sabbath.
Eddie
Because Ozzy would be.
Bobby Bones
I think there's no chance. I think if I said give me top 50 of the 80s, Kiss wouldn't be on the list.
Eddie
Top 50.
Brandon Ray
Top 50 pop.
Bobby Bones
Yeah.
Brandon Ray
Yeah.
Eddie
You think they would be.
Bobby Bones
I mean, to have cultural significance, I think that makes you pop.
Eddie
I think they would be in the top 25.
Brandon Ray
I think they would.
Bobby Bones
Top 50, maybe. Wrong. Top 25. Okay, let's go to 80s.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Bobby Bones
Well, you think it's gonna be Michael Jackson.
Eddie
Madonna.
Bobby Bones
Madonna. See if I can pull the whole top five here.
Eddie
Okay.
Brandon Ray
Okay.
Bobby Bones
Prince yes, Prince, George Michael.
Eddie
Will he be.
Brandon Ray
No. Or.
Eddie
Or was that Wham? What was Wham?
Bobby Bones
What do you mean? Wham was Wham?
Eddie
Early 80s.
Bobby Bones
Early 80s, yeah.
Brandon Ray
I. I'm thinking of Lionel Richie.
Bobby Bones
Lionel Richie, too. Okay, let's see, guys.
Eddie
Where was queen in 70s?
Bobby Bones
All right, all right, here we go. From the 80s. Top five. Michael Jackson at number one.
Eddie
Okay.
Bobby Bones
Obviously number two, Madonna.
Eddie
Okay.
Bobby Bones
Number three, Kiss. Prince. Kiss, Gene Simmons. So we got all. We got four of the five. Cause number five was George Michael.
Brandon Ray
Okay, so it wasn't there.
Bobby Bones
Okay, good four was Whitney Houston. So it was MJ, Madonna, Prince, Whitney Houston and George Michael. Okay, 90s, it's got to be boy bands, right? Britney Spears got to be number one. Yes, Britney Spears, boy bands, Christina Aguilera.
Eddie
Okay, so the boy bands will be back.
Bobby Bones
Those will be the two.
Eddie
Okay, I say it's Britney at one.
Bobby Bones
Why? Who do you think that's.
Brandon Ray
Is it. How. How late 90s was. Was Britney and, like, insane? That was that, like 96?
Bobby Bones
No, it was later than that. 99.
Brandon Ray
There you go.
Bobby Bones
So I'm thinking, like, if you say Nirvana.
Brandon Ray
Yeah. I'm thinking like Kurt Cobain, like the grunge.
Bobby Bones
I still say Brittany.
Brandon Ray
Oh, for sure.
Bobby Bones
I should say Brittany.
Brandon Ray
But I'm thinking for the other ones, like, I mean, you could even say Sheryl Crow.
Eddie
What about, like, MC Hammer?
Bobby Bones
Oh, vanilla. But that's one hit wonder. Vanilla Eyes. Hammerhead. A little more. Okay, well, we're predicting what they're gonna say. My prediction is gonna be Britney. Oh, you're right about the 2000s, though, because that's boy bands. Yeah, it's gonna be Britney. A couple boy bands. Nirvana.
Eddie
Okay. With the early 90s.
Bobby Bones
And Tupac.
Eddie
Oh, I forgot about the rappers.
Brandon Ray
Oh, yeah, I'm gonna add one for 90s. Celine Dion.
Eddie
Yeah, that's a good one.
Bobby Bones
Celine Dion always felt like old person.
Eddie
Pop sure did. Yes. Yes, she did.
Bobby Bones
Like, you know that the mix station, the 80s 90s today, easy list. It was like the three songs from today that they would play in their 80s, 90s. And today with Celine Dion.
Eddie
So who's our number one in the night in the 90s?
Bobby Bones
I think you. I don't have an answer here. I think it's gonna be Brittany. I do too, but it's so late. I remember 98, 99, playing that baby one more time for the first time I was in radio as a teenager. It. I mean, Christina Aguilera is massive too, but again, that's gonna be 2000s. Yeah, you want 90s, you want it hit it. Top five. The number one is.
Eddie
Boys to Men.
Bobby Bones
Can't be because it's Madonna.
Eddie
Okay, okay.
Bobby Bones
And although she came back and had a ray of light, which was a jam, I don't. I don't feel like it's Madonna.
Eddie
No, no, no.
Bobby Bones
Unless you're going like 90, 91, 92. And that does count. But, man, she did hit hard again. Remember the song Music when it came out?
Brandon Ray
Oh, yeah.
Bobby Bones
That was awesome.
Eddie
In the music.
Bobby Bones
I don't know what you're doing.
Eddie
How did that song go?
Bobby Bones
Music.
Eddie
Yeah, that's it.
Bobby Bones
That's it. Yeah. Okay, here we go. Top five. The only. So this is. There's only Michael Jackson's on the list. So it had to be early 90s. Whitney Houston's on the list. Had to be early 90s bodyguard. I'm gonna ask for some extras here because our list, we couldn't have repeats. Mariah Carey.
Brandon Ray
Yes.
Bobby Bones
So Janet Jackson, Madonna, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston were the top three. We're gonna knock them off. Okay, their list here. Mariah Carey. Number one hit machine of the decade. Makes sense all through the 90s, for sure. Number two, Celine Dion. Oh, here we go. Number three, Britney Spears. Backstreet Boys because they were a little before in sync. And Spice Girls.
Eddie
Very Spice Girls.
Brandon Ray
Yes.
Eddie
Spice Girls have other songs other than
Bobby Bones
wannabe 2 become 1.
Eddie
I do remember that.
Brandon Ray
Spice up your Life.
Bobby Bones
So they wanna be. They have Wannabe Spice up your. Or Spice up. Spice up your Life.
Brandon Ray
Spice up your life.
Eddie
Is that for the movie?
Brandon Ray
I'm giving you everything. All that joy you can bring.
Bobby Bones
This, I swear. This, I swear.
Brandon Ray
That was Sporty. She brought it.
Bobby Bones
She was actually the talent. Oh, was she real band sport? Yes. Best singer. Everything. Yeah. Spice Girls. Top Stream Songs. Wannabe Say youy'll Be There.
Brandon Ray
Say youy'll Be There.
Bobby Bones
That was that one, right?
Brandon Ray
Yeah. I bought the single on a CD at Hastings in Pampa, Texas.
Eddie
Wow.
Bobby Bones
Two become one.
Eddie
So when you get turned.
Bobby Bones
Come on. I don't know. Viva forever, but spice up your life. Okay. Okay. And then let's do 2000, 2000s. That's gotta be Britney. If we're. If we're not putting Britney and Backstreet Boys in there, it's gotta have to be, like, in sync.
Brandon Ray
It's in sync for sure.
Bobby Bones
Say 2000s. But no, I feel like this is Brittany.
Brandon Ray
This is also where the rap comes in, too. Or Spice Girls big time.
Eddie
Like the. The Biggie and the.
Bobby Bones
Yeah, we going NSYNC and Will Smith. Fresh Prince. Nah, that'd be 90s. That'd be 90s. That'd Be 90s.
Eddie
Is this like Puff P. Diddy? Yeah, this was his time.
Bobby Bones
He's like, it was Puff Daddy, R. Kelly.
Eddie
I mean, that was the time.
Bobby Bones
I'm going to NSync in 2000s. It's just a weird era because I
Eddie
don't know, Shania, any.
Bobby Bones
Possibly. Okay, here we go. Pink's example.
Brandon Ray
Pink was starting to dominate. Or was that 2010s?
Eddie
Whoa, whoa. What?
Bobby Bones
Beyonce.
Eddie
Beyonce.
Brandon Ray
There you go.
Bobby Bones
Oh, here's a good one. Eminem.
Brandon Ray
Perfect.
Bobby Bones
Usher.
Eddie
Usher.
Bobby Bones
Rihanna. Justin Timberlake. Okay, 2010, then. Now it's like. Is it Bieber?
Eddie
Oh, gosh, who knows?
Bobby Bones
Nickelback, 2010.
Eddie
Nickelback.
Bobby Bones
Taylor Swift is number one. And then we have Drake, Rihanna, Adele, Kanye.
Brandon Ray
I was thinking about Adele for your.
Eddie
For your pop star.
Brandon Ray
For my. Yeah, for my list.
Bobby Bones
But 2000/20.
Brandon Ray
Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran.
Eddie
Oh, that's good.
Bobby Bones
Bad Bunny, the Weeknd. Drake, Olivia, Rodrigo. Oh, nice post, Malone. And the honorable mention, Billie Eilish. So there you go. We did a lot of pop talk there. Yeah, man, it feels good being the champ. Oh, we still voting?
Eddie
No, you're not the champ. You're not the champ according to AI.
Bobby Bones
So just at. Is it the Bobby cast or Bobby cast?
Brandon Ray
The.
Bobby Bones
Okay, at the Bobby cast, we will put it up. Go vote. And if I lose, I'll still say I was a winner.
Eddie
Let's be honest.
Bobby Bones
All right, there you go. Nice job, everybody. Thanks for listening to a BobbyKast production.
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This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
Date: May 13, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones
Guests: Eddie, Brandon Ray
Episode: 609
In this lively episode, Bobby Bones, Eddie, and Brandon Ray dive into a "Pop Star Draft" to answer the question: Who is the greatest all-time pop star? The trio drafts teams of five iconic pop stars each, banter about history and legacy, challenge each other's picks, and debate what constitutes a true pop icon. The episode is packed with music trivia, personal stories, passionate opinions, and a few surprising honorable mentions.
Listeners are invited to vote on who assembled the best Pop Star team on the BobbyCast Instagram.
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
Fifth Round
| Eddie | Brandon Ray | Bobby Bones | |-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| | Elvis Presley | Michael Jackson | Taylor Swift | | Madonna | Britney Spears | Justin Bieber | | Beyonce | Miley Cyrus | The Beatles | | Paul McCartney | Justin Timberlake | Mariah Carey | | Rihanna | Whitney Houston | Prince |
Selecting Bands:
Bobby surprises by picking The Beatles, raising questions if bands can be pop stars.
"Does that count as a pop star?" (09:52)
"The Beatles is an entity. I feel like the Beatles are." (10:02)
Picking Individuals from Groups:
The Paul McCartney and Justin Timberlake debate—do you get the bands with them?
"With Timberlake, you get NSYNC." (13:07)
Bobby: “You don't get in sync as well.” (13:08)
Era Representation:
Strategic choices to cover multiple decades and maximize appeal.
Pandering for Votes:
Repeated jokes about “pandering” to audiences and social media age groups.
AI’s assessment gives Bobby Bones' team the edge, calling them "the Avengers of Pop."
Timestamps: 28:45–30:58
AI’s Rankings Recap:
Bobby, surprised by AI's assessment, jokes:
"I did not think that I would win if asked by AI." (31:03)
The group often checks and debates these era lists for historical context.
This episode is a must-listen for fans of pop culture, music history, and spirited debates. The draft approach yields surprising choices, playful arguments, and an era-spanning look at pop’s biggest icons. Through the interplay and breadth of their discussions, Bobby, Eddie, and Brandon let listeners decide: Who truly is the G.O.A.T. of pop stars?
Don’t forget to vote for your winner on the BobbyCast Instagram. As Bobby says:
"If I lose, I’ll still say I was a winner." (49:49)