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S4. Episode 6 Breathe A Sigh
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- Regarding...Series
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- Sep 22, 2025
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- 5082
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Episode 6: Breathe a SighThis week, your Regarding…Slang crew — Wolfie, Scotzo, podcasting overlord Corey, and Chaz — are joined by Darren Paltrowitz and Duane Hoffman as they take a long, sometimes painful look at Def Leppard’s third single from Slang: “Breathe a Sigh.” The song itself? Joe Elliott goes full falsetto crooner over a groove that sounds more R&B than Daryl Hall going to his "special place". Some of us hear a tender ballad, others hear the band wandering into karaoke night at the wrong pub. Just to make things messier, we spin the rough mix — and suddenly the track takes a turn for demo hell, raising questions about what the band (and producer Pete Woodroffe, whose résumé gets its own hilarious breakdown) thought they were chasing...clearly they were trying to tickle Kevin Brown's berries.This episode features:🎤 Chaz trying to defend Joe’s vocal tightrope walk while the rest of us squirm🍗 Duane’s live taste test of pumpkin-spice wings, because apparently Slang isn’t weird enough already📀 A blow-by-blow of the rough mix vs. album cut, and whether either version actually lands🧾 The Pete Woodroffe résumé conversation you didn’t know you needed (boy bands and girl groups pay attention!)🤔 The inevitable debate: hidden gem or bathroom break? Hidden throughout: off-mic laughs, tangents about mullets and Spotify bots, and a few moments where even we admit Def Leppard may have reached too far.Special Bonus: A detour into Boys Night Out — a digression that adds yet another layer of WTF to the Slang era.The ShowThree guys who are various stages of Def Leppard fans, and a guy who's just heard the hits (maybe...some of them.) Join the guys over a plate of Buffalo Chicken Wings as they give Def Leppard's 1996 album Slang an honest listen and try to figure out just…