Behind the Vinyl Podcast

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Terry Draper of Klaatu explains the creative process behind their hit “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” along with a big thank you to The Carpenters for covering their song and the confusion of them being The Beatles. Ian Thomas stops by to discuss his song “Hold On”, how it helped pave his driveway (thanks to Santana) and peforming the song on SCTV. We wrap up the episode with Dennis DeYoung, formally of Styx where he reveals he was an accordion player before joining the band along with how a dark period in his life helped him write the song.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Lorraine Segato of Parachute Club sheds some light on their song “Rise Up” and how it became an anthem for many people and what the song means to them. Moe Burg from The Pursuit of Happiness excitedly tells the story of how their song “I’m An Adult Now” was released as a video before it was on the record. Finishing up the episode is Gary Numan with an amazing story about how his song “Cars” was inspired by a driving incident involving him trying to avoid hitting pedestrians while driving on the sidewalks in London!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: David Wilcox shares his thoughts on one of his biggest songs “Riverboat Fantasy” and how a homemade raft was inspiration for the song. Colin James turns total fan boy about his memories of working with producer Tom Dowd for the song “Voodoo Thing”. Ending the episode, George Thorogood explains the meaning of “Bad” and how he finally managed to incorporate it into a hit song called “Bad to the Bone”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Ra McGuire of Trooper reveals how the producer of the album wanted to change the lyrics from “Raise a Little Hell” to something less, devilish. Neil Osborne and Brad Merritt of 54-40 explains how they blended 2 songs to make their hit “I Go Blind”. Finishing up the episode, Howard Jones has so much to say about his biggest hit “No One Is To Blame” but the coolest thing (we think) is how he came up with the line “you can look at the menu, but you just can’t eat”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Alan Frew and Sam Reid of Glass Tiger shed some light on the perils of shooting the video for “I Will Be There” when you include snow, a mountain edge and a helicopter. Emily Sailers from the Indigo Girls explains how bare bones it really was to write, record and shoot the video for “Closer To Fine”. Closing out this episode we have Rik Emmett of Triumph explaining how a childhood transistor radio was his catalyst for their massive hit “Magic Power”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Robbie Grey of Modern English explains how he wrote a hit song in less than 2 minutes! Gowan shares his experiences first venture in co-writing was not only successful but educational for their song “All The Lovers In The World”. We wrap up the episode with an amazing story from Randy Bachman of BTO/The Guess Who where he talks about how a pizza delivery guy landed the gig of piano player for the song “Takin’ Care of Business”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo gives us the scoop on their song “Bad Timing” and how the song was a perfect choice for their acoustic album recorded at Greg Keeler’s cottage. Kim Mitchell explains how a wacky buddy helped their song “Let Go The Line” become a better song and why the Toronto Symphony Orchestra just “got up and left” during the recording session. Wrapping up the episode is Paul Young sharing his story about how “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” and how the bass guitar may have hindered the song from being a bigger hit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Andy Kim explains how “Rock Me Gently” came to be a huge hit thanks to someone tuning a guitar before they started to record the song. Steven Page formerly of Barenaked Ladies chimes in on how “Be My Yoko Ono” received an official vote of approval from Yoko Ono herself! Speaking of Yoko, we finish the episode with Fred Schneider of The B-52’s explaining how Yoko became an important part of their song “Rock Lobster”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Ivan Doroschuk of Men Without Hats explains how their song “Safety Dance” became a hit thanks to dance clubs and a certain dance called “Pogoing”. Barry Harris and Kevin Wynne of Kon Kan share their memories about the song “I Beg Your Pardon” and the many challenges involved with making a hit song. We close the episode with a very charismatic Dennis DeYoung of Styx reminiscing about “Babe” and how it was never meant to be a Styx song, but rather a gift to his wife.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Mike Score from Flock Of Seagulls talks about how long it took before their song “Wishing” took over a year to make it to their record. Mark Holmes of Platinum Blonde reluctantly sheds some light on what their song “Situation Critical” is really about. Tony Hadley and Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet find humor in the fact that they haven’t cued a record in decades and talk about that “moment” they first knew they had something big with their song “True”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.