Episode 4: The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock (August 24th 2017)

'You Wouldn't Like Us When We're Angry'

This episode: 1970’s SPECIAL!

As Operation Yewtree closes in on The Wombles of Wimbledon Common, Jeremy and Vince confidently (if unwisely) don flared trousers, platform heels, pseudo-silk kimonos and glitter face paint in celebration of “the decade of lurid wallpaper, silly hairstyles and burly men warming their hands around braziers,” to quote lurid and burly historian Dominic Sandbrook.

Jeremy wonders if TV’s Dr David Banner (aka The Incredible Hulk) has the worst employment history of any medical professional in history; Vince unpicks a dastardly scheme by ‘Scrumpy ‘n Western’ cider-drinking yokel-funsters The Wurzles to thwart a proposal by a taskforce from the Environmental Agency and North Wiltshire County Council to tackle traffic congestion in Swindon Town; and both men express sadness and dismay at the unwaveringly tatty and unappealing kitsch that forms the vast majority of Elvis merchandising.

The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are David Essex, Jeff Wayne, The Wurzles, The Stranglers, Marc Bolan and T-Rex, Blondie, and Elvis Presley.

FULL TRACK LISTING 

Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free) 

Gonna Make You a Star – David Essex 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7Kx6js3SU 

The Wonder of You –  Elvis Presley 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvvRYYoGxg 

Ride a White Swan – T-Rex 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAh19tms4U 

Something Better Change – The Stranglers 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSEOzimKnEY 

Heart of Glass – Blondie  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU 

Back in the USSR – The Beatles 

 
LINKS 

Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head