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Word In Your Ear
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.
Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in front of an audience.
Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit wiyelondon.com.
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Categories: Music
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David’s seventh book in his ‘orange series’ is just out and you’re guaranteed to love it. He and Mark discussed ‘Hope I Get Old Before I Die’ at a sold-out launch event at Waterstones in Piccadilly on the evening of September 3, recorded here. Among the highlights you’ll find …
… the rock career as a three-act play.
… the tour that started the Age Of Spectacle.
… why Live Aid was the dawn of pop nostalgia.
… the rock star who retired from retirement.
… Woodstock – “the Somme with Santana”.
… the terrible fallout in the Byrds.
… why no act is ever forgotten.
… Nick Lowe and the few others who got even better as they got older.
… band reunions are about symbolism not music.
… how the rock generation took power.
… why Ron Wood’s memoir can be read as either comedy or tragedy.
… bands that will achieve immortality.
… why Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous seems like period drama.
… the worst group ever.
… and the only act that became bigger than the Beatles.
Order David’s new book here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hope-Get-Old-Before-Die/dp/1787632784
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Previous episodes
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712 - David Hepworth on the glory, comedy and tragedy of rock stars who can't retire Wed, 04 Sep 2024 - 0h
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711 - The Oasis reunion – feuds, cash, symbolism and the desire to repair our imperfect lives Sat, 31 Aug 2024 - 0h
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710 - Are comedians more competitive than rock stars? Wed, 28 Aug 2024 - 0h
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709 - Johnny Beatle’, early Blondie, Led Zeppelin’s plane and seven fabulous years at the Melody Maker. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 - 0h
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708 - One-word rock star mimicry, bands who shouldn’t reform & the best thing about Taylor Swift Mon, 19 Aug 2024 - 0h
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707 - The extraordinary story of Arthur Lee, Love and the 1966 flop which became a hit for the ages Thu, 15 Aug 2024 - 0h
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706 - Buddy Holly airlines and the inimitable Bob Dylan Mon, 12 Aug 2024 - 0h
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705 - “Pop music is 80 per cent about hair”, remaking classic albums and why CDs are so hard to love Sun, 04 Aug 2024 - 0h
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704 - Queen, Bowie and other residents of Rockfield Studios remembered by the cook’s daughter Fri, 02 Aug 2024 - 0h
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703 - 57 years of Fleetwood Mac: author Mark Blake's fond encounters and fresh revelations Wed, 31 Jul 2024 - 0h
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702 - Ron Sexsmith doesn’t need a teleprompter. He can do 40 Dylan songs at the drop of a hat Tue, 30 Jul 2024 - 0h
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701 - Without John Mayall … no Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo or Led Zeppelin? Mon, 29 Jul 2024 - 0h
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700 - Best album sleeves, what’s ruined singing and pop as ‘empowerment porn’ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 - 0h
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699 - Who is Lawrence and why did Will Hodgkinson write a whole book about him? Thu, 18 Jul 2024 - 0h
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698 - Backstage at Live Aid, the first Knebworth and bands that don’t get on Mon, 15 Jul 2024 - 0h
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697 - How Joni Mitchell joined the boys’ club and why we don’t need a comeback – by Ann Powers Fri, 12 Jul 2024 - 0h
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696 - Twist And Shout? Spiral Scratch? Corey duBrowa celebrates the best and rarest EPs ever made Mon, 08 Jul 2024 - 0h
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695 - What songs should be longer or shorter? Sun, 07 Jul 2024 - 0h
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694 - Dylan Jones – Clegg’s women, Hague’s pints and “the wiring behind celebrity culture” Wed, 03 Jul 2024 - 0h
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693 - Happy accidents, whooping at gigs and why the album review star system doesn’t work anymore Sun, 30 Jun 2024 - 0h
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692 - Pop football chants, Reg ‘Reg’ Snipton sings Joni Mitchell & the tale of John Lennon’s watch Mon, 24 Jun 2024 - 0h
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691 - Only Clare Grogan knows how it feels to burst onstage from a giant birthday cake Fri, 21 Jun 2024 - 0h
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690 - The wit and charisma of Kate Bush by Graeme Thomson: going too far makes you what you are Tue, 18 Jun 2024 - 0h
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689 - For the love of Françoise Hardy, Ben Sidran and the TV comedy Twenty Twelve Mon, 17 Jun 2024 - 0h
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688 - Stewart Lee knows the rigours of ‘animal costume work’ and why great comedy is about shock Sat, 15 Jun 2024 - 0h
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687 - How Springsteen went “six deep”, fictional rock hacks and who’s more conservative than Liam Gallagher? Tue, 11 Jun 2024 - 0h
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686 - Jon Savage - Dusty’s wig, Bowie’s bombshell and how gay pop culture changed music Sun, 09 Jun 2024 - 0h
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685 - “Abba’s success is more about us than them”: Giles Smith looks back at a 50-year love affair Sat, 08 Jun 2024 - 0h
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684 - the Architect of Mod: how Peter Meaden restyled and launched the Who - by Steve Turner Thu, 06 Jun 2024 - 0h
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683 - Great album trilogies, suing Madonna and "the pantheon of psychedelic heaviosity" Mon, 03 Jun 2024 - 0h
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682 - The spectacular Dead & Co, songs performed backwards & happy birthday Diamond Dogs! Sun, 26 May 2024 - 0h
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681 - Why They Might Be Giants now perform an entire song backwards Wed, 22 May 2024 - 0h
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680 - Guy Chambers - writing with Robbie, a tangle with Bowie & half a bagel with Paul McCartney Tue, 21 May 2024 - 0h
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679 - Alan Edwards, pop PR – ‘Bowie was like King Arthur and the Spice Girls like the Pistols’ Mon, 20 May 2024 - 0h
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678 - Rock’s image-makers, men on dancefloors and why bands can’t act like bands anymore Sun, 19 May 2024 - 0h
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677 - Paul Carrack has seen it all – beat, soul, prog, pub rock, pop & the perfect ‘slow burn’ career. Thu, 16 May 2024 - 0h
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676 - Nige Tassell was so obsessed with Dexys he’s tracked down all 24 ex-members Wed, 15 May 2024 - 0h
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675 - Why Nick Mason’s “cottage industry” band plays just early Pink Floyd Tue, 14 May 2024 - 0h
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674 - Let It Be revisited, the wisdom of Steve Albini and a woeful tale about Steve Marriott Sun, 12 May 2024 - 0h
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673 - The genius of Little Feat, the Man with the Twang & pop’s greatest scandal in the making Sun, 05 May 2024 - 0h
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672 - Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks remembers the day “a terrible beauty was born” Fri, 03 May 2024 - 0h
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671 - Rock snobbery, the seven wives of Gregg Allman & the greatest solo on a pop record Mon, 29 Apr 2024
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670 - Harold Bronson of Rhino Records kept a 40-year rock and roll diary… Sun, 28 Apr 2024 - 0h
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669 - The “amniotic throb” of modern pop, the eternal life of the Top Gear theme and the Blue Nile’s lucky break Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 0h
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668 - Hollywood Babylon, the inspired gimmickry of Catch A Fire and the luck of Ron Wood Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 0h
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667 - Neil Tennant remembers life “with dyed red Bowie hair and clattering platforms” Thu, 11 Apr 2024 - 0h
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666 - Richard Thompson – “you know it’s time to go when the audience starts throwing chairs” Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 0h
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665 - Neil Tennant remembers the pop press and “the last great era of forward-looking songs" Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 0h
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664 - The Stones’ clothes, our love affair with Abba & rock’s most appalling spectacle Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 0h
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663 - Big Characters we have loved and why the Clash wouldn’t last ten minutes in 2024 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 - 0h