80sography - 80s music interviews

Mar 02 2025 80 ep. 87 mins 114

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A deep dive into the decade the Taste Police denied, 80sography offers interviews with the great, the good and the even better of a time of originality, individuality and zestful vitality. Shumon!

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David Weiss AKA David Was' 80:10 (Pt 3) (What Up, Dog? LP, Elvis Costello, Walk The Dinosaur, Miscellaneous)

Mar 02 2025 158 mins

And our Was (not Was) odyssey comes to an end with the glory years of What Up, Dog? and Walk The Dinosaur alongside working with Elvis Costello, Roy Orbison and Frank Sinatra Jr. 7. WHAT UP, DOG? (1986-88) A two year process begun with a rejected album by Geffen. Then former podcast guest, David Bates saves the day and one of the best albums of the 80s results. Special focus made o

David Weiss AKA David Was' 80:10 (Pt 2) (Out Come The Freaks, Sweet Pea Atkinson LP, Born To Laugh At Tornados LP, Shake Your Head)

Jan 31 2025 135 mins

Aaaand we are back for part 2 of the magnum octopus that is the David Weiss/Was interview with a cast list including Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna, Mel Torme, Kim Basinger, Bob Dylan, Versace, George Harrison, Rickie Lee Jones, etc, etc. 3. OUT COME THE FREAKS (1981-90) After a brief preamble taking in his relationship with Don and diversions with The Rolling Stones and Rickie Lee Jones,

David Weiss AKA David Was' 80:10 (Pt 1) (Wheel Me Out, Was Not Was LP, either/or)

Jan 15 2025 126 mins

Next up is an intriguing chat with one half of the Was Brothers (Was (not Was)) (too many brackets), the eternally interesting Mr David Weiss. We spoke for a looong time so this will end up in three parts (still lost a couple of hours of tangents in the process). Part 1 will cover the early years of Was (not Was) including their debut LP as well as plenty of talk of Walk The Dinosa

Track-By-Track: Russ Titelman (Producer) (Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon, 1983)

Dec 22 2024 98 mins

A very special episode with a great guest on a brilliant, underrated classic LP of the 80's, one of my personal favourites, Hearts and Bones by Paul Simon (second only in his back catalogue to Bridge Over Troubled Water in my book...) NOT an audio commentary so no syncing up required so sit back, relax, close your eyes and indulge (unless driving) with the legendary producer, Russ

Andy Richards' 80:10 (Pt 2) (George Michael, Pet Shop Boys, Chris de Burgh, Prefab Sprout, Producing, Misc)

Nov 26 2024 138 mins

Part 2 with keyboard magic-dust provider, ~Andy Richards with more hits, more number ones (including a potential 2 more to make the full 10). And so much brilliant 80s pop… 5. GEORGE MICHAEL An opportune meeting, a Sunday afternoon session and more immortality as Andy works with George on the iconic Careless Whisper. A later session with David Cassidy (on yet another top 10 smash

Andy Richards' 80:10 (Pt 1) (The Early Years, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Trevor Horn, Peter Collins)

Oct 30 2024 112 mins

A great guy, a wonderful chat and a borderline genius of the keyboard, Andy Richards played on seven number ones of the 80s and loads more hits besides (as I attempt to define throughout the conversation). 1. THE EARLY YEARS (PRE-1980-83) Andy’s background in music culminating in him reaching the studio, And how working on jingles set him up for 80s chart success (cf Relax). 2. F

Billy Currie's 80:10 (part 2) (Unreleased Solo LP, Lament, Live Aid, U-Vox, Transportation)

Aug 26 2024 103 mins

Parts 6-10 of Billy's 80:10... 6. UNRELEASED SOLO LP (1983) Inbetween Ultravox albums, an attempt is made at a solo album. Billy explains why this does not come to pass. 7. LAMENT (1984) Another belter of an album is made and tracks such as Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Man of Two Worlds and the wondorous title track are discussed. [Check out the 12" mix. 8 minutes of glorious gor

Billy Currie's 80:10 (part 1) (Fade To Grey, B Sides, Vienna, The Voice, George Martin)

Aug 14 2024 84 mins

Part 1 of the 80:10 for Ultravox keyboard player, Billy Currie, with lots of fabulous music discussed in lovely bite-sized pieces. Part one covers 1-5; 1. FADE TO GREY (1980/81) After a pre-amble, setting up where Billy was come 1980, we start with the first of Billy’s seminal hits of the 80s, Fade to Grey by Visage. This is a 5 minute excerpt of Billy’s chat about F2G. The ful

My 80sography: Daniel Pearl (cinematographer) (pt 3, 1985-89) (Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, Don Henley, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Paul McCartney, Wham, U2, Elton John, The Rolling Stones)

Jul 31 2024 108 mins

Final part of the magnum opus (my favourite ice cream, actually) with DP, DP... 1985 Don Henley - Not Enough Love In The World Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero Phil Collins - No Jacket Required Tour (live video) Cyndi Lauper - Live in Paris (live video) (1987) 1986 Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling Paul McCartney - Stranglehold Wham! - The Edge of Heaven/Where Did Yo

My 80sography: Daniel Pearl (Cinematographer) (pt 2, 1984) (U2, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Elton John, Duran Duran)

Jul 17 2024 87 mins

More honesty and endeavour from Mr Pearl and we cover just the one year in part 2. And below just a slither, a morsel of the work done in these twelve months. Enjoy. 1984 U2 - Pride (in the name of love) Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark (original, unreleased) The Cars - Drive Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters Phil Collins - Against All Odds Elton John - Passengers Van Halen - Hot