Records that sound unique and why all bands need a backlash
· 47 min · Episode 832
Episode Records that sound unique and why all bands need a backlash
Boarding this week’s giddy carousel of news, we ride the following ponies …
… the Sliding Doors moment that made a ‘50s star a fortune
… Soft Cell’s Dave Ball and the art of being the Other One in a pop duo
… Bohemian Rhapsody, O Superman, I Feel Fine: records that sounded like nothing before them
… what links the Prodigy, Wet Leg, Daft Punk and Donna Summer?
… how all bands need a bad patch to make you appreciate the good ones
… “the concept album is a good servant but a bad master”
… Expensive = Reassuringly valuable? Cheap = Worthless?
… a new Taylor Swift album in ‘sweat and vanilla-perfumed orange glitter vinyl’, anyone?
… and the tricks singers use to disguise the fact that they can’t hit the top notes anymore.
… plus ‘the Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria’ by Blue Öyster Cult and birthday guest Phil Hopwood on best and worst concept albums.
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