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Music Talks

116 Episodes • By Terry Smith • www.buzzsprout.com/396031
Guests choose a song from each decade of their lives and tell me how they went about making their choices and why these songs mean so much to them . Episodes are published the first Thursday of every month. If you are interested in being a guest on the show please email me at Musictalkspod@outlook.c ...more
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Episode 96 - Lynn Asher - I Want To Do THAT!!
My guest in this episode is Lynn Asher ( www.lynnash... more
Apr 4 2024 59m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 6 mins
60's - Hey Jude - The Beatles
Chapter 3 5 mins
70's - You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
Chapter 4 11 mins
80's - You Can Sleep While I Drive - Melissa Etheridge
Chapter 5 5 mins
90's - Why - Annie Lennox
Chapter 6 7 mins
00's - Now That You're Gone - Lynn Asher
Chapter 7 5 mins
10's - Freedom - (From 'Django Unchained')
Chapter 8 8 mins
20's - Night Light - Anna Harrel
Chapter 9 1 min
Final Thoughts
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Episode 95 - Claire Sanderson - 'I'll See You In My Dreams'
My guest in this episode is Claire Sanderson who was... more
Mar 7 2024 38m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 6 mins
80's - 'I Should Be So Lucky' - Kylie Minogue
Chapter 3 7 mins
90's - 'I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) '- Meat Loaf
Chapter 4 6 mins
00's - 'Song For The Road' - David Ford
Chapter 5 5 mins
10's - 'F**kin' Perfect' - Pink
Chapter 6 7 mins
20's - 'I'll See You In My Dreams' - Bruce Springsteen
Chapter 7 1 min
Final Thoughts & Close
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Episode 94 - Mark Dempsey - 'I'm a musician not a fan'
My guest in this episode is Mark Dempsey who comes t... more
Feb 1 2024 57m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 5 mins
70's - Three Steps To Heaven - Showaddywaddy
Chapter 3 6 mins
80's - Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Chapter 4 12 mins
90's - Polaroids - Shawn Colvin
Chapter 5 5 mins
00's - Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady
Chapter 6 7 mins
10's - The Ceiling - The Wild Feathers
Chapter 7 8 mins
20's - No Mercy - Nils Lofgren
Chapter 8 6 mins
Final Thoughts and a Great Story!
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Favourite Albums of 2023 - Part 2
This time of year isn’t just the season of goodwill ... more
Dec 28 2023 55m
Chapter 1 45 sec
Intro
Chapter 2 5 mins
S5 - 'Self - Sedation' by Teenage Fanclub from the album 'Nothing Lasts Forever'
Chapter 3 5 mins
S4 - 'Chosen To Deserve by Wednesday, from the album 'Rat Saw God'
Chapter 4 5 mins
S3 - 'Barbaric' by Blur, from the album 'Ballad of Darren'
Chapter 5 5 mins
S2 - 'A Dead Man' by Anchoret, from the album 'It All Began With Loneliness'
Chapter 6 5 mins
Steven's Album of the Year - She's My Girl' by Gonzalez Smith from the album 'Roll Up A Song'
Chapter 7 3 mins
T5 - 'Blue Marbled Elm Trees' by King Creosote, from the album 'IDES'
Chapter 8 4 mins
T4 - 'Puppy and a Truck' by Jenny Lewis, from the album 'Joy'All'
Chapter 9 4 mins
T3 - 'Been To The Mountain' by Margo Price, from the album 'Strays'
Chapter 10 4 mins
T2 - 'An Upturned Crab' by James Yorkston/Nina Persson/The Second Hand Orchestra, from the album 'The Great White Sea Eagle'
Chapter 11 5 mins
Terry's Album of the Year - 'When I Was a Young Man' by Robert Forster from the album 'The Candle and the Flame'
Chapter 12 5 mins
Honourable Mentions
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Favourite Albums of 2023 - Part 1
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Dec 21 2023 55m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Intro
Chapter 2 5 mins
S10 - 'Last Word' by BARONESS from the album 'Stone'
Chapter 3 5 mins
S9 - Descending to Nowhere' by Rodrigo y Gabriela from the album 'In Between Thoughts ...A New World'
Chapter 4 3 mins
S8 - 'Hour of Need' by James Mc Keiver & The Starry Sky Band from the album 'The Storm Rages On'
Chapter 5 5 mins
S7 - 'Evening Star Supercharger' by Sparklehorse from the album 'Bird Machine'
Chapter 6 5 mins
S6 - 'Familiar Spirits' by Oromet from the album 'Oromet'
Chapter 7 4 mins
T10 - 'Mother Tongue' by Silver Moth from the album 'Black Bay'
Chapter 8 5 mins
T9 - 'Movement 5 - Pt.2' by Erland Cooper & the Scottish Ensemble from the album 'Folded Landscapes'
Chapter 9 4 mins
T8 - 'Sliver of Ice' by Anohni and the Johnsons from the album 'My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross'
Chapter 10 5 mins
T7 - 'Tropic Morning News' by The National from the album "First Two Pages of Frankenstein'
Chapter 11 5 mins
T6 - "Turpentine' by H.C. McEntire from the album 'Every Acre'
Chapter 12 48 sec
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Episode 93 - Gabriel Bergmoser - A Feeling of Possibility
My guest in this episode is award winning author and... more
Dec 6 2023 54m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 9 mins
90's - Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
Chapter 3 14 mins
00's - Mr.Brightside - The Killers
Chapter 4 11 mins
10's - Unbelievers - Vampire Weekend
Chapter 5 12 mins
20's - dorothea - Taylor Swift
Chapter 6 1 min
Final Thoughts & Close
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Episode 92 - Paul Webb - The Little Engine That Could
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Nov 2 2023 1h 9m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 4 mins
60's - Moon River - Audrey Hepburn
Chapter 3 9 mins
70's - Carillon - Sky
Chapter 4 8 mins
80's - Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics
Chapter 5 7 mins
90's - Signe - Eric Clapton
Chapter 6 8 mins
00's - Fix You - Coldplay
Chapter 7 14 mins
10's - Catch & Deliver (Deepend Remix) - Matt Summers
Chapter 8 8 mins
Made It Out Of Clay - Dylan Webb
Chapter 9 2 mins
Final Thoughts
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Episode 91 - Giorgos Gavriil - Love Is The Main Thing
My guest in this episode is Giorgos Gavriil who gene... more
Oct 5 2023 48m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 7 mins
70's - Mind Power - James Brown
Chapter 3 6 mins
80's - Tango Till They're Sore - Tom Waits
Chapter 4 8 mins
90's - Lover You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley
Chapter 5 6 mins
00's - A Thousand Kisses Deep - Leonard Cohen
Chapter 6 3 mins
10's - Conversation 16 - The National
Chapter 7 5 mins
20's - Love Is The Main Thing - Fontaines D.C.
Chapter 8 3 mins
George's 101 Favourite Albums
Chapter 9 58 sec
Final Thoughts
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Episode 90 - Craig Colby - All Caps
My guest in this episode is Craig Colby, a master st... more
Sep 7 2023 54m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 6 mins
60's - Love Child - Diana Ross & the Supremes
Chapter 3 7 mins
70's - Don't Take Away The Music - Tavares
Chapter 4 10 mins
80's - Modern Love - David Bowie
Chapter 5 4 mins
90's - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - Sarah McLachlanSarah Mc
Chapter 6 6 mins
00's - Lonesome Day - Bruce Springsteen
Chapter 7 6 mins
10's - Tightrope - Janelle Monae
Chapter 8 6 mins
20's - As It Was - Harry Stylers
Chapter 9 4 mins
How Craig's book 'All Caps' came about
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Episode 89 - Music Talks - Marian Jago - Three Minute Records
My guest in this episode is Marian Jago, Senior Lect... more
Aug 2 2023 1h 6m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 6 mins
70's - Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
Chapter 3 10 mins
80's - Down In The Bottom - Colin James
Chapter 4 12 mins
90's - The Obvious Child - Paul Simon
Chapter 5 9 mins
00's - It's Alright With Me - Murley-Bickert-Wallace
Chapter 6 11 mins
10's - At Transformation - The Tragically Hip
Chapter 7 9 mins
20's - If I Was The Priest - Bruce Springsteen
Chapter 8 3 mins
Final Thoughts & Welcome to Hard Times - Charley Crockett
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Episode 88 - Bryan McKay - Lana Made Me Late For Work!!
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Jul 6 2023 58m
Music in the Noughties and National
Chapter 1 4 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 6 mins
70's - Please Mr Postman - Carpenters
Chapter 3 10 mins
80's - Waterfall - The Stone Roses
Chapter 4 13 mins
90's - The Dead Flag Blues - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Chapter 5 7 mins
00's - Slow Show - The National
Chapter 6 7 mins
10's - Video Games - Lana Del Ray
Chapter 7 6 mins
20's - Death Is Not The End - Embrace
Chapter 8 1 min
Final Thoughts
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Episode 87 - Henrik Johnson - A Father of Invention
My guest in this episode is Henrik Johnson, who is m... more
May 31 2023 58m
Pool Memories and Music Connection
Chapter 1 3 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 4 mins
70's - Waterloo - Abba
Chapter 3 10 mins
80's - Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Chapter 4 15 mins
90's - Friday I'm In Love - The Cure
Chapter 5 9 mins
00's - Nothing But You - Paul Van Dyk (PvD Radio Mix)
Chapter 6 7 mins
10's - What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Chapter 7 6 mins
20's - You Are - Gareth Emery
Chapter 8 1 min
Final Thoughts & Close
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Episode 86 - Christina - 'I believe in Magic'
My guest on this episode is Christina Boubalou who c... more
May 3 2023 47m
The Power of Music and Belonging
Chapter 1 5 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 5 mins
70's - Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
Chapter 3 7 mins
80's - Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Chapter 4 8 mins
90's - Dance Of The Bad Angels - Tim Booth, Angelo Badalamenti
Chapter 5 6 mins
00's - Hung Up - Madonna
Chapter 6 7 mins
10's - Jenny Of Oldstones - Florence + The Machine
Chapter 7 5 mins
20's - Nighshift - Bruce Springsteen
Chapter 8 1 min
Final Thoughts
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Episode 85 - Mike Palmer - 'It might just make me cry'
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Apr 5 2023 1h 7m
Intergenerational Connections in Computing and Music
Chapter 1 6 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 5 mins
The 70's - (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
Chapter 3 16 mins
The 80's - New England - Billy Bragg
Chapter 4 8 mins
The 90's - Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Chapter 5 9 mins
The 00's - One Day Like This - Elbow
Chapter 6 12 mins
The 10's - Make Me Feel - Janelle Monae
Chapter 7 7 mins
The 20's - The 345 - Self Esteem
Chapter 8 1 min
Final Thoughts & Close
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Episode 84 - Penny Power - 'I'm Still Standing'
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Mar 2 2023 1h 15m
Connections We Want
Chapter 1 6 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 9 mins
60's - Ob-La-Di,Ob-La-Da - The Beatles
Chapter 3 8 mins
70's - Solitaire - Carpenters
Chapter 4 13 mins
80's - One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
Chapter 5 4 mins
90's - Get Here - Oleta Adams
Chapter 6 11 mins
00's - I Didn't Know My Own Strength - Whitney Houston
Chapter 7 11 mins
10's - Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Chapter 8 8 mins
20's - The Rose - Bette Midler
Chapter 9 1 min
Final Thoughts & Close
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Episode 83 - Noury Bernard-Hasan - Play-Rewind-Play-Rewind ......
My guest in this episode has two names! In his day t... more
Feb 2 2023 53m
The Memories Algorithm & Blues Music
Chapter 1
70's - In The City - The Jam
Chapter 2 3 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 3 6 mins
60's - Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Chapter 4 8 mins
70's - In The City - The Jam
Chapter 5 4 mins
80's - Let's Dance - David Bowie
Chapter 6 12 mins
90's - Stingaree - Charlie Musselwhite
Chapter 7 4 mins
00's - The Black Bayou - Louisiana Red & Little Victor
Chapter 8 6 mins
10's - Poor Black Matie - R L Burnside
Chapter 9 5 mins
20's - Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Chapter 10 1 min
Final Thoughts & Close
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Episode 82 - Ian Wright - Readers Wavs
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Jan 5 2023 1h 11m
Bulgarian State Radio and Television
Chapter 1 7 mins
Intro & Background
Chapter 2 5 mins
50's - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
Chapter 3 9 mins
60's - If 6 Was 9 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Chapter 4 9 mins
70's - Dub With a Difference - Harry Maudie
Chapter 5 11 mins
80's - Kalimankou Denkou - The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir
Chapter 6 5 mins
90's - All Is Full Of Love - Bjork
Chapter 7 6 mins
00's - King In My Empire - Rhythm & Sound
Chapter 8 7 mins
10's - Rock The Machine - Lisa O'Neill
Chapter 9 8 mins
20's - Time Is Precious - SAULT
Chapter 10 1 min
Final Thoughts & Close
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Favourite Albums of 2022 - Part 2
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Dec 27 2022 1h 7m
The Track You've Chosen Is Headspace
Chapter 1 1 min
Intro
Chapter 2 7 mins
S5 - Coheed & Cambria - Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind
Chapter 3 4 mins
S4 - Ceramic Animal - Sweet Unknown
Chapter 4 5 mins
S3 - Sharon Von Etten - We've Been Going About This All Wrong
Chapter 5 6 mins
S2 - Moon Tooth - Phototroph
Chapter 6 7 mins
S1 - Suede - Autofiction
Chapter 7 6 mins
T5 - Old-Time Folks - Lee Bains + The Glory Fires
Chapter 8 4 mins
T4 - Paolo Nutini - Last Night In The Bittersweet
Chapter 9 4 mins
T3 - Jake Xerxes Fussell - Good and Green Again
Chapter 10 4 mins
T2 - Superchunk - This Night
Chapter 11 8 mins
T1 - Tedeschi Trucks Band - I Am The Moon
Chapter 12 6 mins
Honorable Mentions & Final Thoughts
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Favourite Albums of 2022 - Part 1
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Dec 22 2022 49m
PJ Harvey's 'I'm Sorry, I Was Just Being Me
Chapter 1 3 mins
Intro & format
Chapter 2 4 mins
S10 - Say Sue Me - The Last Thing Left
Chapter 3 5 mins
S9 - King Hannah - I'm not sorry, I was just being me
Chapter 4 3 mins
S8 - Cozy Slippers - Haunting Her
Chapter 5 5 mins
S7 - The Halo Effect - Days Of The Lost
Chapter 6 3 mins
S6 - Micheala Ann - Oh To Be That Free
Chapter 7 5 mins
T10 - Anais Mitchell - Anais Mitchell
Chapter 8 4 mins
T9 - Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
Chapter 9 4 mins
T8 - Craig Finn - A Legacy of Rentals
Chapter 10 3 mins
T7 - Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa
Chapter 11 3 mins
T6 - Joan Shelley - The Spur
Chapter 12 57 sec
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Episode 81 Pt.2 - Dermot McCormack - 'Digital Dermot From Dublin'
This is part 2 of my chat with Dermot McCormack whic... more
Dec 8 2022 58m
The Lips
Chapter 1 9 mins
The Importance of Failure
Chapter 2 5 mins
The O Music Awards
Chapter 3 8 mins
Flaming Lips and the Making of a Documentary
Chapter 4 9 mins
Tippon vs. Van Martz
Chapter 5 7 mins
What Makes a Good Live Stream?
Chapter 6 12 mins
Irish Immigrants and Musicians
Chapter 7 5 mins
Supporting Independent Music
Chapter 8 30 sec
The Christmas Episode
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Episode 81 Pt.1 - Dermot McCormack - 'Digital Dermot From Dublin"
My guest in this episode is Dermot McCormack. Given ... more
Dec 1 2022 57m
Music in the Seventies
Chapter 1 10 mins
Music Talks
Chapter 2 12 mins
The Class System in England
Chapter 3 13 mins
Music Defining Tribes in the Eighties
Chapter 4 6 mins
The Nineties
Chapter 5 12 mins
The Power of Music
Chapter 6 1 min
The Power of Music
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Episode 80 Pt.2 - Geoff Sutton - Read All About It ......
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Nov 17 2022 57m
Michael Jackson
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Episode 80 Pt.1 - Geoff Sutton - Read All About It ......
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Nov 9 2022 51m
Songwriters Who Wrote for Sinatra
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Episode 79 - Neil Jordan - ' It Takes Two'
Neil is a 30-year I.T. veteran, the last 23 years of... more
Oct 27 2022 1h 14m
The Vocalist Went Fish
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Episode 78 - Michael Elliott - Have A Little Faith
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Oct 13 2022 1h 11m
Buffalo River Home
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