So Long, Marianne Faithfull plus the Shipping Forecast as read by Nick Cave

In a courageous stand against AI technology, a pair of old lags communing via two cocoa tins and a piece of string attempt to put the rock and roll world to rights. Which this week involves …   … what David saw in the HMV record store in Oxford Street “that shook me to the ground”.   ... music that only works played loud.   … Marianne Faithfull - there’s no middle ground between Sacred Figure and Outrageous Diva.   … why ‘60s fame is like no other fame.   … is there a more enduring example of bad press than Sting’s tantric sex?   … John Mendelssohn’s West Coast adventure with David Bowie.   … which is musically more significant: punk or disco?   … Tom Waits reading the weather forecast.   … which musicians make convincing actors - Sinatra, Lady Gaga, Elvis, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Costello, Mick Jagger?   … Bowie singing Jacques Brel songs on a waterbed in Hollywood.   … why we miss the great press ‘hatchet jobs’.   … do slogans last longer than music?   … what kind of world plays When The Levee Breaks softly and in a Chelsea café?   … why rock music is like the Catholic Church before the Reformation.   … plus birthday guest Kevin Rose wonders which musicians made the best actors.   Order John Mendelssohn’s ‘Peculiar To Mr Bowie’ here: https://www.nortonrecords.com/a4-peculiar-to-mr-bowie-by-john-mendelssohn/ Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.