Show Notes
Is “No Time To Think” a poem, a random word dream or a proper song? Which cover version unlocked it for Kerry? Why does it remind Dan of a Toto tune? Do we call it “a beautiful poetic explosion” or “vomit”? Is it the weirdest ode to a mid-life divorce crisis ever written, a cleverly disguised hatchet job on Albert Grossman or all of the above?
Why does Dan repeatedly reference Ernest Hemingway in the introduction to Most of the Time? What musical element in the song’s video hurt Kerry’s brain? What’s the secret of the bass line? Is the song’s bridge “a sign of desperation”? Where does Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” fit in? Did the Picasso exhibition at the Tate Modern remind you of Dylan?
Song 1: No Time to Think https://open.spotify.com/track/2WEE10JUB0IuuTKluMyYXG?si=f32338ececfe44e1 Song 2: Most of the Time https://open.spotify.com/track/7wLzlhL0tb3GhPhnIz7IpQ?si=53b4975831b24307
Recorded at Lipsync Post, Soho, London. Producer: Robin Guise. Engineer: Roisin King. Theme Music: The Haze by Daniel Crespin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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