Todd Rundgren’s outbursts, ‘too old to mosh’ & the happiest and saddest songwriters
Word In Your EarShow Notes
A long-running conversation that shifts from major to minor, back to major and all notes inbetween, this week’s lyrics including …
… can people who write ‘happy’ ever be cool?
… the best drummer who isn’t a drummer?
… when will Oasis buy Man City?
… why is Taylor Swift unmemorable?
… when’s “too old to mosh”?
… weird double-bills: Jimi Hendrix and the Monkees. Cat Stevens and Engelbert. Black Sabbath and … Neil Diamond?
… huge stars who barely had any hits
… what Todd Rundgren said about the New York Dolls, XTC and Bat Out Of Hell (“a parody of Springsteen”
… why black musicians had white gangster managers
… Mark paid £2.75 for six bands at Knebworth in 1974. What’s Alex getting for £500 in 2027?
… and “songs about Los Angeles are always about failure”
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