The year was 2004. Mark Zuckerberg launches a little thing called The Facebook. NASA lands a rover (good boy!) on Mars. Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Iraq and does not do well. Construction on the tallest building (to date) begins in Dubai, so that Tom Cruise can ultimately shoot an action movie around it. A disgruntled resident of Granby, Colorado, modifies a bulldozer into an armoured war-machine and destroys thirteen buildings after being annoyed by red tape at the local council. Pixar's "The Incredibles" is released to cinemas (same director as the Tom Cruise movie mentioned a moment ago!). Millie Bobby Brown, future star of "Stranger Things" is born ... as is the single "YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL" from James Blunt's debut album!

To explore this, we enlist the help of ChatGPT by Open AI, and we discuss: Street-talk, gutter-language and filthy double-negatives; whiny-privileged-white-men - are they allowed to have feelings? Pure love and tainted love; The religious cult of James Blunt; How long is a plan good for? Leslie Nielsen comedies; Army traditions; the transcendent beauty of James, himself; high on drugs or status? La-la-land; the thrill of the chase; sacrifices of 'the chosen one'; Christ on an ice-berg versus Christ in the desert; Fortress of Solitude; smiling-angel-sandwich; desperate search for non-sleazy interpretations; drug-sniffing dogs; Shymalan's ' The Sixth Sense' but with dogs; "Milo and Otis" and reincarnation; Japanese suicide traditions; the misremembrances of ChatGPT; is ChatGPT a better song writer than James Blunt? Evil robotic voices; the early songs of ChatGPT which it will be very embarrassed by in the near future. ChatGPT steals compulsively from The Beatles; faces in sandwiches; who is Adam Shaw and how did he become an angel before death? German is the language of love? Sesame Street and Triangles with a smile on their face. ChatGPT sings (via its human slave, Dave ... Slavid for short?). The Yoda-connection. With thanks to tofu and booby-razzle mags hidden in the forest.

Our beautiful, beautiful (it's true) regular segments: Misheard Lyrics, Internet Theories, Notable Achievements, and more.

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1984 - Apple’s first Macintosh computer is launched (priced at $2,500). Michael Jackson is rushed to hospital with second degree burns from fireworks while filming a Pepsi commercial. The first untethered spacewalk is made by Astronauts. The mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, is released. Torvill and Dean win the first perfect-score gold medal for ice skating. Comedian Tommy Cooper dies live on TV, suffering a massive heart attack, which is mistaken as part of his act. Princess Diana gives birth to Harry. Happy Days is cancelled after 11 seasons. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is first broadcast, narrated by Ringo Starr. 36 pop musicians from across Britain and Ireland form Band Aid and record Do They Know It’s Christmas to raise money for Ethiopian famine victims.

What does it have to say? What interpretations have fallen between its translation from Norwegian to English? Is Falsetto a language of its own? Are Norwegians predominantly dark, sad, or wet?

To explore this, we discuss: Job interviews; herring sortation and safety; stalking or romance (again); prayers on your death-bed; Norwegian courtship rituals, alien shape-shifters; narcissism; regulation unitards; sperm donation; issues of consent; the Kama Sutra; kids' obsession with Minecraft; insect life cycles; Frankenstein; Yoda (again); motorcycle racing as a metaphor for sex; Altered States; George Costanza; Invasion of the Body Snatchers; The Thing; the Norwegian for "touch me" or "toe me"; enchanted flutes; Lego cakes; Weezer; Real Big Fish; Toto's Africa (again); Nelson Mandela; Car Alarms and bamboo socks.

Take on our regular segments: Misheard Lyrics, Internet Theories, Listener Comments, and more.

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The 1970s … a boom time for smoooth music but dark times for The Beatles, torn apart and born again in their separate musical identities, each feeling their way to rediscover who they were before The Beatles, who they are now, and who they could become (before their soft new shells harden). All four would flirt with becoming Christmas Beatles, but only John Lennon and Paul McCartney would achieve immortality on Smooth Radio at Christmastime. 

Who is the “immortal snail” and will John and Paul have to face it before the Earth is destroyed? Deploying their weapons of passive-aggressive song writing from both ends of a troubled decade, John and Paul are locked in a very slow battle for Christmas Beatle supremacy. Paul harnesses the ear-piercing power of his new Commodore VIC20 home computer. John name-drops his family struggles, leaves one child and embarks on a life-long odyssey to find the another, but finds time to send us all on a guilt trip.

A further two dark souls would also be born in this decade, their ultimate destiny would be to analyse, interpret, critique, speculate wildly, and sit in judgement of much greater people that came before them. This time with two songs and two artists to consider - can they upset two sets of fans at once? Challenge accepted. Is there really a debate as to which song is better? Is John idealistic, unrealistic or both? When was Paul cool, exactly? Is there a race of cowards? War is over if you want it (or fear it?) (or is it?).

Also discussed: The Pogues, Maroon 5, Tom Mcrae, Eminem versus Moby, Madonna versus Aled Jones, Jay Z versus Burt Bacharach, Don't Look Now, In Bruges, and protesting in a bag.

We also have brand new (and terrible) Christmas bob-bon puns to moan over. Learn the famous painters of history at the same time. What is Boxing Day anyway? Is it true that John and Paul had a physical fight? We have the exclusive audio of it going down.

Simply wonderful regular segments: Misheard Lyrics, Internet Theories, and more.

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The year was 1995, the 1st Toy Story movie debuts and delights the world, a toxic male in Japan sends out his minions to gas people on a subway, a toxic male bombs the Oklahoma Federal Building, an ex-football toxic male is found innocent of murdering his wife and her boyfriend because a glove didn't fit, The New York times and Washington Post publish a toxic male's (Unibomber) manifesto, and the boys of Take That (and That and That!) portray another toxic male in BACK FOR GOOD.

How do Microsoft applications figure into this? Was "Windows 95" the spark for this pop song? Or is this a song of redemption through Christ? How dangerous is pottery? We send our reporter on the ground, Dave, back to 1995 to live in Britain for a first-hand account while fighting off mad-cow disease.

Whatever we said whatever we did, we didn't mean it.

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The year was 1983, a whole revolution around the sun from last episode's subject and I was enjoying Return of the Jedi in the cinema (despite the Ewoks) and the onset of puberty (no enjoyment there). Dave was already lamenting his youth (from a previous life), like the Dave from 2001 A Space Odyssey, Dave was already becoming the timeless star-child with a soul as old and cold and wise as time itself.

Meanwhile, Spandau Ballet landed a song (and album of the same name), TRUE, which was either the worst thing ever or completely perfect ... depending on what paper you read. What did it say about the history and future of the British empire? And biological weapons. And importantly, fadoobadahs! Why do 80s pop groups harass old people in the street to do their own work? Is SMOOOTH pop music a tool of the ultra-right wing lizard people? MARVS or MERVS? Which country queues the best? Real power cannot be given, it must be taken. Sharp suits and frilly pirate outfits. Were they outflanked by Duran Duran? Lessons from Ukraine and Trump's USA. The subtlety, or not, of code. Other Brit invasions and the Grunge-defense. Keeping time but forgetting line. The fight between the pop world and the folk dancing world for what is true and real. Scottish reals or reels. What does Nabokov say about the seaside? Unlimited fascist world dancing! Internet theories about drugs and mental health. The sound of the soul and the vibe and alien hackers. Soul-sound deals! Misheard lyrics and dubious Spanish.

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The year was 1982 and while Ms Pacman was striking blows for feminism and Roger Moore's James Bond was becoming increasingly absurd, TOTO landed this lovely tune which they put some unfortunate lyrics to. Does the curvature of the earth play a part or is this an anthem for Flat-Earthers? Is Dave just a contrarian and TOTO-apologist or is TOTO themselves a Devil's advocate? Are Africa's wild dogs just a pack of foxy oxymorons? Harassing an old man on the street to write you a pop song is a form of abuse. References to restless natives that don't age well. What does "Revtangoon" think? And so much more. TOTO tried their best and still have an enduring impact, (I) bless their hearts. May they also continue to be heard at an undisclosed location in the Namib desert for many years until the dunes smother the solar panels.

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The 1985 hit from Phil Collins with the mysterious title. Is it a simple story of youthful infatuation or is it much more metaphorical? Is SUSSUDIO the name of Apple's next virtual assistant or marital aid? Can you get it to spell "SHELL OIL" and other naughtier words upside-down on its LCD display? Is SUSSUDIO a post-hypnosis trigger-word? Black magic? Should it have been (badly) sung as a fairy-tale about a wooden boy?  What does Lenny think? How do the side subjects of World War II airforce banter, semaphore and watch-faces, and curiously-named bakeries come into this? David Letterman's investigative probe. The dark shadow of AMERICAN PSYCHO. What sort of baldness did Phil and Bill Bailey experience?  Is SUSSUDIO a name or a word anyway? Night-clubs based on sarcasm and murder? How much should a vodka-lime-soda cost? Is a jacket required? What's gone wrong with a youth jazz-band? Air-fryers - are they any good?

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The 1979 hit from the Bee Gees explores either a life of eternal supernatural turmoil or just feeling a bit off and apathetic on a particular morning. What are the real tragedies we should be singing about? How do The Beatles and a 'Sergeant Pepper' movie fit in? Pop-boat-people immigration! Alanis Morissette chimes in (Dave impersonates perfectly). Kevin Costner develops a movie from this song! Barry Gibb's screen-test as Chewbacca in Star Wars. One of the Gibbs explodes. Is Tiny Tim involved? Talk-show walk-outs ... and so much more!

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Charlene the one-hit-wonder of 1982 (after a false start in 1976). Here is the fairy-tale story of the almost-rise and fall and then rise and then fall again of Charlene and her big hit of womanly wisdom (as written by 2 men in a conspiracy of the patriarchy). Is Charlene a ghost wandering around a mansion in an old wedding dress? Do ladies marry Englishmen when they're depressed? Sweetshops and sweatshops. Hey Lady! Unglamorous Georgia. Hillbilly talk. Amputating the limbs of preachers. Is a woman an island? Unborn children. Don't walk away, come back! How many Kings have undressed Charlene and who were they? What does Marilyn Monroe have to do with this? What are the things a woman ain't s'posed to see? Dick-pics in 1976. Edward Penishands? Former Vice President Mike Pence. Indian curses. Bavarian waterslides. COST versus FREE. The Arnott's Family Assortment. Is it about Lady Diana? Dustin the Turkey.

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Madonna's 5th biggest hit ... that was fished out of Cyndi Lauper's bin. Enough sexual innuendos to rival Benny Hill, Freudian sex symbols (percussion), locks and keys, pointy booby-traps, how to MAKE a man love you, explosive neck-bands, chastity heart-belts, when sexual harassment was called romance, alarm-monitoring logistics, exotic dancers kissing small boys, Mathletics and fan fiction, the loneliness of 1 although it goes into everything, extra strong insect repellent and fuel efficiency, and it's really all about puppies anyway.

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