This week – it’s the finale of our epic three-part celebration of New Wave! Among the shows highlights…
⁃ Phil Oakey of Human League talks about his musical ineptitude as well as the League’s worst concert ever
⁃ Chrissie Hynde explains the meaning behind the Pretenders breakout hit “Brass In Pocket”
⁃ OMD discuss how a love song about an infamous war plane became their first hit
⁃ Boy George takes a shot at pretentious music journalists and explains how Culture Club got their record deal.
⁃ Gary Numan discusses his transition from punk to new wave
⁃ The guys in Madness explain the real reason for their high energy live performances
⁃ The English Beat explain how their most senior member, Saxa, was in fact the most young-at-heart
⁃ Ottawa’s Eight Seconds talk about their big break and working with the legendary producer Rupert Hine
⁃ On “When Rock Stars Attack”, Jim Kerr of Simple Minds takes down that vile species known as Rock Critics
⁃ And our guest co-host, Rob Preuss, talks about teaching Rami Malek how to convincingly play piano for his Oscar-winning role as Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Famous Lost Words, hosted by Christopher Ward and Tom Jokic, is heard in more than 100 countries worldwide and on radio stations across Canada, including Newstalk 1010 Toronto, CJAD 800 Montreal, 580 CFRA Ottawa, AM 800 CKLW Windsor, 610 CKTB St Catharines, CFAX Victoria, AM1150 Kelowna and 91x in Belleville. It is in the Top 20% of worldwide podcasts based on the number of listeners in the first week.
Ep 307 - REM, Kim Mitchell, Barry Manilow
Ep 306 - Queen, Maroon 5, When Rock Stars Attack!
Ep 305 - AC/DC's Angus Young, Our Worst Interviews, Steve Winwood, Barry White
Ep 304 - Bon Jovi, Neil Finn, Joan Jett, Lamont Dozier
Ep 303 - Bryan Adams, Joe Jackson, Roger Ashby
Ep 302 - Awesome '80s w Duran Duran, OMD, Bangles, George Michael, Air Supply, Martha & The Muffins
Ep 301 - The Beatles, Bay City Rollers
Ep 215 - David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Graham Parker
Ep 214 - Bruno Mars, Van Morrison, Phil Collins
Ep 213 - John Mellencamp, kd lang, Songs We Hate To Love, Cool Song Facts
Ep 212 - Bruce Springsteen, Nelly Furtado, Andy Kim
Ep 211 - Rod Stewart, Alannah Myles, When Rock Stars Attack (Karen Carpenter edition!)
Ep 210 - Backstreet Boys, Steely Dan, Marc Jordan
Ep 209 - Neil Young, the life of Gordon Lightfoot
Ep 208 - Super '70s - Donna Summer, Styx, Gloria Gaynor, Captain & Tennille, Helen Reddy, Natalie Cole, Kiki Dee
Ep 207 - Bob Seger, April Wine, best music documentaries
Ep 206 - Bob Dylan, Howard Jones, Devo, Jeanne Beker
Ep 205 - Don Henley, Sarah McLachlan
Ep 204 - George Harrison, Bill Wyman
Ep 203 - Pink, Olivia Newton-John, Aretha Franklin, David Lee Roth
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