Podcasts Other Word In Your Ear Fred Flange, Barry Cryer meets the Pretenders and what weve learnt about the Velvet Underground

Fred Flange, Barry Cryer meets the Pretenders and what weve learnt about the Velvet Underground

Published: April 10, 2023, 10:11 a.m.

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This week\\u2019s trawl of the rock and roll outer limits alights, among others, on the following sizzling hot topics \\u2026

 

... a lost Beatles tape and the night they played Stowe School 60 years ago.

 

\\u2026 the return of the Stackwaddy game: were there really \\u201860s New Zealand pop groups called the Chapta, Hi-Revving Tongues and the Kal-Q-Lated Risk?

 

\\u2026 Todd Haynes\\u2019 brilliant Velvet Underground documentary and how the band spawned pop\\u2019s greatest look- and sound-alike movement. And could Lou Reed have made it without Andy Warhol, John Cale or Nico?

 

\\u2026 Tracie, Bowie, Bonnie Tyler, Tracey Ullman, the JoBoxers, Kenny Everett and other top-notch components of the singles chart in April \\u201883.

 

\\u2026 did A Hard Day\\u2019s Night invent the word \\u201cgrotty\\u201d and Steely Dan the word \\u201cscam\\u201d?

 

\\u2026 who was the mysterious \\u201cFred Flange\\u201d? The story of the Goons, George Martin , Peter Sellers and Matt Monro.  

 

\\u2026 \\u2026 and birthday guest Al Hearton remembers records you\\u2019d heard about before you heard them \\u2013 eg Don\\u2019t Fear the Reaper, Bat Out Of Hell, Mother\\u2019s Little Helper, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite and Eve Of Destruction.


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