In which we contemplate pop stars' statues, 50th anniversary albums, excruciating things actors do in Lockdown, fictitious Monsters of Rock, the curious tale of Madonna's Ray Of Light and the best/worst things about Oasis.  The Southsea Alternative Choir with Love’s Johnny Echols doing Alone Again Or …<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Oeg5J028uI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Oeg5J028uI</a> ... and (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding with Nick Lowe …<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1yfkye_qR4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1yfkye_qR4</a> The London Symphony demonstrating their instruments. <a href="https://youtu.be/TMUwtGuOzFM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/TMUwtGuOzFM</a> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4234399">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Word In Your Ear

Word Podcast 330

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 an...