Word In Your Ear

The lost world of teenage love songs – and the best pop song ever written!


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In eager pursuit of dance and merriment, we dust down the current events. Which this week involves ….

 

… are teenagers no longer in love? And what does this mean for pop music?

 

… are people better musicians now than 40 years ago? And is that because you can get online tutorials explaining how to play everything?

 

… Paul McCartney taking two buses across Liverpool just to learn the chord of B7.

 

… how the best pop songs start with someone walking into a room.

 

… Ghana! India! New Zealand! The Caribbean! The King’s Spotify Playlist, a carefully chiselled love letter to the Commonwealth.

 

… do couples still have “Our Tune”? And do they still request songs for each other on radio shows?

 

… Neil Tennant’s memories of pre-Putin Russia – “we swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine”.

 

… Thunder Road, And Then He Kissed Me, Wouldn’t It Be Nice and other magical songs about dating.

 

… Amanda Seyfried does Joni Mitchell!

 

… the best pop song ever written - and we know the answer!

 

Plus birthday guest David Messer and two great Lou Reed live albums (“he heckles the hecklers!”).

 

David and Mark’s One-Man Show in Wareham on April 4: https://loveitlocalmagazine.co.uk/events/one-man-show/

 

Neil Tennant’s piece about pre-Putin Russia: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/12/neil-tennant-pet-shop-boys-russia-putin-gay-club-mtv


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Word In Your EarBy Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

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