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The super-trouper of gentle enquiry alights this week upon …
… why bands are at their biggest when they’re over the hill.
… Fats Waller v Morrissey song titles: can YOU tell your Waller from your Wallower?
… how could Dylan have written Queen Jane Approximately aged only 24?
… why you should hear Pieces Of Treasure by Rickie Lee Jones, particularly the track All The Way.
… the social media bin-fire that’s shredding the reputation of Bobby Gillespie and how Twitter loves a character assassination - “Pound shop Mick Jagger! Always a charlatan!”
… was anyone worse equipped for the rigours of the pop circus than Nick Drake?
… “big” 20-album record collections, board games and no telly: fond memories of real life in late ‘60s London.
… Richard Thompson and Nick Drake’s painfully awkward tube journey.
… what risible sum Astrud Gilberto was paid for The Girl From Ipanema.
… and why Springsteen was called “the Boss”.
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By Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold4.3
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The super-trouper of gentle enquiry alights this week upon …
… why bands are at their biggest when they’re over the hill.
… Fats Waller v Morrissey song titles: can YOU tell your Waller from your Wallower?
… how could Dylan have written Queen Jane Approximately aged only 24?
… why you should hear Pieces Of Treasure by Rickie Lee Jones, particularly the track All The Way.
… the social media bin-fire that’s shredding the reputation of Bobby Gillespie and how Twitter loves a character assassination - “Pound shop Mick Jagger! Always a charlatan!”
… was anyone worse equipped for the rigours of the pop circus than Nick Drake?
… “big” 20-album record collections, board games and no telly: fond memories of real life in late ‘60s London.
… Richard Thompson and Nick Drake’s painfully awkward tube journey.
… what risible sum Astrud Gilberto was paid for The Girl From Ipanema.
… and why Springsteen was called “the Boss”.
Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear
Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal by going to https://nordvpn.com/yourear to get up a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It’s completely risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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