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How do songs become terrace anthems?
Episode 399
Sports writer and old pal Nige Tassell traces the story of Sweet Caroline, You’ll Never Walk Alone and Yes Sir I Can Boogie – with fond memories of t…
4 years, 11 months ago
Flat Rabbit, Mandible Rumpus ... what makes a band name work?
Episode 398
In which we salute Frogspawn Candy, Lord Snooty & his Pals and Steppenwolf, rejoice in the Onion's coverage of Lorde, applaud the return of the Siffl…
4 years, 11 months ago
Bob Geldof: an unmissable hour of insight into rock stardom
Episode 397
Nobody is better qualified to talk about music as he's seen it from every angle. Bob Geldof broke into the Beatles' hotel room aged 12. He saw Dylan …
4 years, 11 months ago
Rock band gangs you want to join
Episode 396
Matters of high import discussed this week include ... having a 'date night' with your old CDs. Can the one-piece jumpsuit ever return? The whole Bil…
4 years, 11 months ago
If the England Squad were a rock band which would they be?
Episode 395
In which we shake down the piping hot topics du jour, among them ... the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury, the genius of Miles Copeland's management m…
5 years ago
DJ Princess Diana
Episode 394
In this week's pod we explore whether Apple's new spatial audio is actually worth it, ponder urgent listener questions such as "is pop music all abou…
5 years ago
Joni Mitchell's golden month remembered
Episode 393
This week's burning hot topics include .... the 50th birthday of Joni Mitchell's 'Blue’. Songs about the joy of spending "a bankroll big enough to ch…
5 years ago
Favourite critics and pop star stamps
Episode 392
In which we salute some much-loved writers (Clive James on Rod Stewart: "he was hopping about like a bifurcated marrow"), investigate the Friends Reu…
5 years ago
Bernie Marsden on the blues boom, "mailbox money", UFO and Whitesnake
Episode 391
Bernie's memoir - 'Where's My Guitar?' - is just out in paperback and this highly entertaining encounter with the old rock and roll trouper features …
5 years ago
The Bob Dylan million dollar 80th birthday bash
Episode 390
In which three old lags who've been following Dylan most of their lives - David Hepworth, Sid Griffin and Mark Ellen - offload a passionate personal …
5 years ago