We’ve applied our celebrated sheep/goats separation technique to the rock and roll pasture and shepherded the following into this week’s pod …
… Beyoncé and why it’s hard to connect with songs written by committee.
… are we too old for biopics?
… Marvel films, the Arctic Monkeys and other things you either love or avoid.
… reviewing Human Touch and Lucky Town in a high-security studio (and how you can only tell if an album’s any good if you’ve lived with it for two months).
… why Tony Blackburn is the greatest British DJ.
… “Bing was no more Bing than Sinatra was Sinatra”.
… hoary old tales that were the engine of the rock press - the Clash shooting pigeons, Kevin Rowland stealing his own master-tapes, Cliff v Elvis, Beatles v Stones, Hendrix v Clapton, Bowie v Bolan, Clash v the Pistols, Spandau v Duran, Oasis v Blur.
… are Oasis songs mostly about being Oasis?
… “fame is no longer enacted in the public space”.
… indie cliches – escaping the drudgery of the Man and mundanity of Small Town life.
… “the harder I practice, the luckier I get”.
… Scots punk act get movie soundtrack windfall!
… Alex is arranging a woke stag do - “you go to places where ladies put clothes ON”.
… plus birthday guest Andrew Newbury wonders if Country is more than “the three Ds - driving, dogs and divorce”.
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Jarvis v Jacko and why drummers are like goalkeepers. Let Pulp’s Nick Banks be your guide
Smoking on album sleeves, Smash Hits The Musical and records you own but have never played
Echo & the Bunnymen, why the rock press were “divs” and the secret of good hair by Will Sergeant
An Insider’s Guide To Goth by Cathi Unsworth (via Cruella De Vil and the Cure)
Nick Drake – a whole new perspective by Richard Morton Jack
Gary Numan, unlikely sex symbols and U2’s £1,000 night in the desert
Does Gary Numan regret throwing the glo-stick that hit David Bowie?
Why a sumptuous new book about the Island label is “like entering the record shop of your dreams”.
Mojo’s 30th birthday plus bands whose t-shirts you’d wear even if you didn’t have any of their records
The “unknown woman” in McCartney’s photos, the Human League and a new U2 game
Pulitzer Prize winner David Remnick takes the long view of Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Macca and more
The Stones return, rock’n’roll marriages and Freddie’s 50 kimonos
Plaid shirts? Brown ale? A smoke-stained pub rock special with Simon Matthews
What Kevin Armstrong learnt as the sideman for Bowie, McCartney, Morrissey, Sinead and Iggy Pop
Which acts will “go down in history” and what matters more than their music?
Bob Dylan - why he signs autographs left-handed and other mysteries solved by Ray Padgett
Achtung Baby, rock fantasy friends and the band that inspired the Bad News Tour
Robbie Robertson, Billy Connolly, Bridge Over Troubled Water and the “fake history” of Punk
Sinead O’Connor, that Morrissey outburst, over-long films and the pitiful plight of roadies
Tales of Hipgnosis sleeves (and the new film) and why the world needs Steely Dan more than ever
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