The afterlife of Hallelujah and the day David sold his old singles

We ran our patent heat-sensing Scrutiniser®️ over the week’s news and here’s what set the bells off …   … are buskers now more expensive live entertainment than Taylor Swift?   … a Dickensian oik in Chapel Market and other riddles of modern etiquette.   … ‘Holiness and horniness’: how Hallelujah rebooted Leonard Cohen and became a one-song industry.   … the teenage self-promotional flair of Robert Plant and Marc Bolan.   … are singles a social experience and albums a solitary one?   … “Would you like a fruit gum?”: the 1950s in a single phrase.   … highly recommended: Wendy Waldman, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band and ‘The Room’ by Fabiano do Nascimento.   … rock snobs’ alarm about the revelations of their Spotify Wrapped.   … why the Sherman Brothers are as enduring as Lennon-McCartney.   … Hallelujah cover versions - from kd lang and Rufus Wainwright to Johnny Mathis and the Osmonds.   ... how King David removed ‘love rival’ Uriah the Hittite.   … reconnecting with records you haven’t heard for 40 years.     … whatever happened to She Sherriff?!   … Loudon Wainwright’s early inference about the YMCA.   … plus Lindsey Buckingham, Hugh Lloyd, Tony Hancock and fond memories of “stolen cheese guy”. 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.