Prolific UK author,\xa0respected music journalist, and all-around\xa0great guy Joel McIver joins me via Skype from across the pond to discuss all manner of things, including the dark details\xa0inside Soft Cell's\xa0lyrics, a Ronnie James Dio children's song (seriously!), and the\xa0curious punk rock absurdity\xa0behind\xa0Kim Wilde's "Kids in America".
All this and Cannibal Corpse\xa0and The Beatles too!
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McIver's\xa0playlist:
Ronnie James Dio/Butterfly Ball\xa0- Sitting in a Dream\xa0
The Beatles - Help!
Soft Cell - Bedsitter
Kim Wilde - Kids in America
Metallica - Disposable Heroes
Slayer - Reborn
Mahler - Symphony #5 in C#m: IV Adagietto
Sisters of Mercy - Marian (Version)
Miles Davis - Freddie Freeloader
Cannibal Corpse - The Time To Kill Is Now
Faith No More - Ricochet
David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul