Thanks to my friendship at the time, with Louis Walsh, I gained more access to Westlife than any other journalist and they were told by Louis not to give me "crap" during interviews. Prior to this radio interview, which we did at Christmas in 2001- copyright laws dictate that I can't play on this podcast the music - I had interviewed each member of Westlife separately and in-depth for an Irish magazine, hence I had a handle on the musical influences of each member of the group. Even so, during this show which focuses specifically on those influences the three members came up with many surprises - in one case a hatred of a particular Take That recording - and we all had a blast that suited the Christmas season.