Thanks for rejoining us on Episode 31 of the Musical Taste Society. Today is Part 2: the Birthday section. This week sees John celebrating the life of dirty old bluesman Clarence Carter while Joseph sings the praises of E Street legend Clarence Clemons (the names are a coincidence this week but it has a nice symmetry to it, eh?). As usual every like, listen, share, rate and review - WHEREVER you get podcasts - is appreciated and helps us spread the word. ENJOY!

We’ve reached Episode 31, so now the podcast is old enough to contemplate a mid-life crisis. This is Part 1, the “Top Bantz” section which find your hosts John Gavin and Joseph Goss shooting the musical shit before delving into The Week In Spotify, where John has an unusually good week and Joseph reveals the toll his U2 deep dive is taking on him. As usual every like, listen, share, rate and review - WHEREVER you get podcasts - is appreciated and helps us spread the word. ENJOY!

We've made it to Part 4 of Episode 30 and now, after slagging off one Hall Of Fame, we get to our own and this week's is no surprise. John Gavin was probably gonna induct MF DOOM at some point, but he's sadly had his hand forced this week. Listen to us and then go listen to DOOM. A lot.

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It's Part 3 of Episode 30 and we're looking at the Events section, where we look at the notable happenings in music history. This week sees Joseph discuss Aretha Franklin being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and John has a look at Liam Gallagher making the Most Hated list at...Madame Tussauds? Dictatorships, inherent sexism and obscene entry fees all get it in the neck in this one.

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Episode 30 Part 2 is here and the Birthday section gets a little 90s this week as John celebrates the life and work of REM frontman Michael Stipe, while Joseph reminisces on goth-pop blowhard Marilyn Manson. In-between this comes the discussion of leaving behind a fine legacy, Christians with donuts and what would have been the smelliest, spookiest and cookiest coach journey ever.

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We are back with ep 30 kicking 2021 off in style. First up it's part 1, the banter section.

We cover off some of the hot topics in music this week as well as offering consumer advice on music streaming and, in true topical fashion, Christmas trees. As always we go through our discovery weekly playlists from Spotify and it turns out that the guys actually get recommended some decent music.

Also this week, Joseph is drinking wine.

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Episode 29! Part 4! The MTS Hall Of Fame!

Each week our hosts take turns to convince each other who deserves our highest accolade and this week it's Joseph's turn as he tries to get the Manic Street Preachers past John at the HOF door.

Will John let them in, or is their name not down?

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It's Episode 29 - part 3 of the Musical Taste Society!

This time we delve into the Events section, looking at what happened this week in Pop History and your hosts couldn't have went in more different directions. Joseph has chosen to focus on the first ever episode of Top Of The Pops, while John sticks up for Lorde when she was labelled a bigot in a newspaper ad for not playing Tel Aviv.

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We're BACK with part 2 of Episode 29!

It's birthday times, where we look at significant birthdays from Pops past and this week we've got a couple of good ones. John has a nostalgic glance back at Jamiroquai frontman and big hat connoisseur Jay Kay, while Joseph takes a look at the definitive Musicians' Musician and Big Star frontman Alex Chilton.

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We're back for the for episode 29, kicking off with part 1. 

As always we go through our DW playlists and some of the new music we've found, while Spotify continues to suggest lots of new music that we already know and love.

John reveals a hatred for the saxophone and Joseph decides it's time to make some life changes which leads to the 1st time in MTS history we provide some real genuine consumer advice like a couple of grown ups

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