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 202 - Tina Turner, Andy Gibb and Beatles Cool Song Facts!
Ep 201: Coldplay/Peter Gabriel/Melissa Etheridge
Ep 121: Best of Vol. 1
Ep 120 - Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham
Ep 119 - Burton Cummings/Sheryl Crow/ Stephen Stills
Ep 118 - Keith Richards/Little Richard/Burton Cummings/Dave Stewart
Ep 117 - Ozzy Osborne/George Martin/Sass Jordan
Ep 116 - Joni Mitchell/ Elvis/ John Fogerty
Ep 115 - Paul Simon, The Killers, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Alan Parsons
Ep 114 - U2/Lady Gaga/Corey Hart
Ep 113 - Elton John, Michael Jackson, Ramones, The Spoons!
Ep 112 - John Lennon/Justin Bieber/Def Leppard
Ep 111 - The Police/Chrissie Hynde/Kate Bush
Ep 110 - David Bowie/ Michael Hutchence/ Fleetwood Mac
Ep 109 - Bee Gees, John Cougar Mellencamp, Carly Simon, Stevie Wonder
Ep 108 - Tom Petty, Elvis Costello
Ep 107 - Prince/Robert Plant/Boy George
Ep 106 - Steve Perry/Bryan Adams/Paul McCartney
Ep 105 - Pete Townshend/Pat Benatar/Kelly Clarkson
Ep 104 - Peter Frampton/Leonard Cohen/Taylor Swift
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