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Podcast guest wish list
So I was thinking in the aftermath of Nick Lowe, Neil Tennant and sundry other visitations to the podcast cupboard, is there anyone I would like to hear from (that it might actually be possible to get). Someone who'd be an entertaining raconteur (in keeping with the usual levels of such like, not that I'm complaining). Preferably someone you don't see every 10 minutes on TV or every documentary about pop/rock history.
A few occured to me
- Julian Cope
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Robert Smith (maybe through Fraser's contacts...)
- Martin Fry
- Robert Wyatt
Any other suggestions ?
For ease of access it'd presumably need to be UK- and/or London-based (unless m'learned friends are up for a junket, cf Keef). Now knowing my luck I'll be instantly advised all the above live overseas...
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Hmmm....
Danny Thompson springs to mind.
Nigel Blackman
Tracy Thorn
Rick Wakeman
Stuart Lee (Haterz u r rong!)
Stuart Maconie
Neil Innes
Ben Watt
Having listened to his podcast Ben Watt might come along with Tracy....
Great radio voices
Yes to Stuart Maconie please, just can't get enough. And HUEY - mmmmm.
All of the above
And Charles Shaar Murray
Spanning the ages
James Burton
Nile Rogers
Tony Visconti
Carol Kaye
Big Jim Sullivan
John Cale
Chuck D
Oooh
Nigel Blackwell from Half Man Half Biscuit
Noel Gallagher
Jarvis Cocker
Steve Merchant
Damon Albarn
Randy Newman
Yes ...and no
An up of agreement for the most part but I can't see many of them going along with the conversational/anecdotal atmosphere of the podcast in the same way Neil Tennant etc do. Damon Albarn would bring only derision, for a start.
David Bowie.
I'm sure he'd do it if you ask nicely. And that nice Quincy Jones. What a podcast he'd make...Dream on
Meanwhile, back in the real world...
Ian McNabb
Miles Hunt
Bruce Foxton
Robbie Robertson
Clint Boon
Alan McGee
Peter Hook
Afrika Bambaataa (I'm currently reading 'Can't Stop, Won't Stop' - very interesting character)
Van Morrison (the right of reply remains sacrosanct!)
I have interviewed
Miles Hunt twice and he would be a great guest. Honest, opinionated, funny and has done most things a rock star should have done on their checklist.
Robbie Robertson
I never ever want to hear him interviewed ever again. Ever.
Levon Helm
would be good though.
Maybe
Gerry Rafferty?
Looking forward to that one
Matt Johnson
Although he'd never do it.
I daresay...
...Martin Carthy is not beyond the bounds of possibility. And he'd be very entertaining. As would Chas Hodges...
Definitely Chas Hodges.....
.....what a story that man has to tell.
I'd like to see Danny Baker back in for another hour. That should be an annual visit, and now he's back working surely the time for a return visit has come.
Bob Harris
Bruce Dickinson
Simon Mayo
A third vote for Chas Hodges
Another vote for Martin Carthy
And quite a few of those old folkies can be very entertaining. Apart from the obvious choice of Richard Thompson what about Ashley Hutchings (who has been in Fairport, Steeleye Span and the Albion Band) or the wonderful John Tams (who was in the Albion Band, Home Service and acted in and produced the music for TV's Sharp and the National Theatre's Mysteries).
And the younger folkies also give good chat. Kate Rusby and Eliza Carthy spring to mind.
Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson
together would make for a good 'cast.
Danny Thompson is a good shout and another Danny Baker appearance would be good. Terry Reid would be an interesting guest.
How about Joe Boyd? Or Sir George Martin with no mention whatsoever of The HJHs. There'd still be plenty to talk about.
A Robert Wyatt podcast would be lovely, but a big problem, given his disability. It'd probably have to take place somewhere other than the Development Hell offices and I don't think he ventures into London very often anyway. Though I did see him scooting around the RFH in his wheelchair one Saturday afternoon during the 2002 London Jazz Festival.
Some great ideas already
Bit of a session bias here, but can I also suggest:
Mo Foster
Ray Cooper
Guy Pratt
Guy Pratt is VERY funny
and has an armoury of scurrilous tales to tell.
Stewart Lee
given the amount of debate he is responsible for on here he would be a great guest. Others that would be great would be Joe Cornish, Christopher Ecclestone, Joe Pernice, Chris Packham, Louis Theroux, Mark Everett, Mike Scott, Harper Simon and Howe Gelb. I'm not a fan of his music but Trent Reznor would be very interesting.
Some new?
The podcasts have been very orientated towards the past of late. Even when new artists have been in, they've been artists who sound like they could've been recording in the 60s and 70s: Delta Maid (yawn) and Silver Seas (double yawn) are essentially nostalgia revivalists, and it's been very country/Americanaish.
I don't mean to be negative, but I'd like to see someone genuinely 21st century in the pod. Maybe even - gasp - someone who doesn't have guitars on their records? (Neil Tennant doesn't count: if he weren't ex-Smash Hits, I don't see him getting the invite, and in any case, even he banged on about the bloody Beach Boys).
I love Dylan and the Beach Boys, by the way. But something new and different would be quite refreshing.
But
haven't the older artists got more to say? Have you got anyone in mind? I've heard interviews with the likes of The XX and they're not really that interesting.
I like the idea of having someone genuinely new on, but I'm struggling to think of anyone interesting. Sure it would be great to have Lady Gaga on the Podcast, but it's never going to happen, is it?
That depends...
The view that Nick Lowe and Van Dyke Parks were notably interesting (or, in the latter case, endearing) isn't unanimous.
How do we know younger artists haven't got anything to say? What, are we only interested in 40-year-old anecdotes now?
I'm not saying
that I think newer artist are necessarily less interesting, I just would be interested to know who you think would be good.
Isn't part of the joy of the podcast that people who have been around a while are a little more liberated in what they can say? They aren't frightened of offending anyone, don't have anything to sell or promote and don't have PR people hanging on their every word.
I'd love to hear from...
...some of the artists who have done something interesting with their distribution/label model.
Robyn is a smart, independent, vastly talented young woman whose success is entirely her own. And her 2010 album was better than almost anything I can think of from the last five or ten years. She also speaks great English, and would have a lot to say.
Radiohead are one of the only megalithic bands with anything interesting to say on the "new" music industry. Ed O'Brien would be a great interviewee.
Some of the Warp people would be really interesting.
Sufjan Stevens, ditto. Bat For Lashes, ditto ditto.
Younger artists
Often have something to say. The downside is that they're often not terribly good at saying it, especialy when presented with a microphone. The ability to relax, to not care about the promotional schedule, to not care about appearing cool, and then to tell a good story, is very much something that appears to come with age. It's even worse with young groups, where more than one person in a room usually results in a series of entirely reluctant in-jokes. At best. In many cases, you just get mumbling.
In seven years working in music radio, I only came across one "new" artist who gave good interview: Noel Gallagher. Otherwise, every really good interview I was involved in was with someone who'd been around the block several times. Conversely, every single lousy interview I can think of was with a "new" act.
When we get a guest on the podcast, they're expected to keep the conversation going for the best part of an hour, without being overshadowed or phased by David and Mark. Not everyone can do that, and being young is much more likely to be a hindrance than a help. Honestly.
I do get that.
But at the same time, there's a Ye Olde Rocke Ande Rolle feel to the podcast lately which isn't reflective of the magazine, whose coverage is a lot more catholic.
Given your stated tastes:
Frank Black?
Kim Deal?
Both seem interesting, witty, enjoyably unhinged.
Absolutely.
There's so much to talk about there: the whole East Coast 4AD roster was very interconnected, very interesting and produced some of the great bands.
I'd settle for 20 years out of date: it's an improvement on 40. ;-)
4AD
Ivo maybe?
20 years? A mere heartbeat in the history of the universe, my dear...
Deal and Black
And if together - FIGHT!
Another radio spod writes...
... the fault lies with the medium. Radio and audio is immediate, you try and catch a moment. Written articles are about memory and interpretation, which bluntly means that young artists with little to say (and believe me, having recorded and edited some stunningly inarticulate young stars) benefit from the hindsight and interpretation that a written article provides. Look at the Arctic Monkeys. Famously tongue tied at first, the written media worked wonders for them. I heard an interview a couple of years ago, it was better but still not much good. It's unfair to expose people to that when they aren't ready.
I'm sure Robyn is good and interesting, but I bet she can't sustain it for an hour. Likewise I bet Tracy Thorn wouldn't have managed to sustain an hour's interview fifteen years ago but I bet she could now.
By the way, the single worst interview I was ever responsible for booking was an old pro I should say. Dan Penn, writer of Dark End Of The Street, musical genius, broadcast nightmare.
Sure
But we're not going to settle for guests we think are sub-standard merely so it reflects the contents of the magazine more accurately. We're going to try and make both products as entertaining as we can. If that means we favour older podcast guests, it's for very good reason. And if we come across someone young who we think is up to the task, we'll get them in. It's not an age thing, it's an ability thing.
*shrugs*
Fair enough. But speaking purely personally - I could hardly do otherwise - I've enjoyed the more recent "guest" podcasts less and less. My favourites actually tend to involve Mark n' David n' Fraser talking nads in a room. And the Notcast was great. More Mossman! The four of you make a great show (I assume Paul du Noyer isn't as regularly available).
Horses for courses
The last four podcasts have included three of the most popular we've ever done. Sorry you're not enjoying them as much.
I'm nothing if not contrary.
Sorry for being a grinch.
I'm with stupid
Just so as Bob doesn't feel completely on his own, like, I will admit to finding the Nick Lowe podcast dull and Van Dyke Parks one didn't really grab me. I did really like the Neil Tennant one, but then he, Ellen & Hepworth coincided with my 'Smash Hits years' so loved hearing about that.
The podcast is free, so certainly doesn't have to interest me every week (and I can't remember one in which there wasn't something that interested me) but I would like to see a bit less of "wasn't it all great before punk, synthesisers and dance music" (example exaggerated for anecdotal purposes).
Basher
different mileage - I was going to suggest Basher Lowe as another annual appearence.
Other than that I'd also go for Ben and Tracey, Saint Julian Cope and Nigel from HMHB (but I suspect you'd have to travel to the Wirral).
Well it's inevitable
given that one of the main presenters has gone on record saying the best year for music was before I was born that I might feel a bit disconnected from some aspects of the podcast too, but I generally find something interesting and I love hearing the old war stories!
I do remember Mark Ellen coming out quite passionately against the reductionist view of the 80s when they were discussing the famous 'Did the 80s Kill Proper Music' thread, and when Andrew Harrison or Jude Rogers are on I do think things get a bit more contemporary.
I'm finding the Dylan one a bit hard work, but I feel I ought to educate myself on the subject.
And with good reason
Neil, Basher and Van Dyke are all gifted, grounded and good for an anecdote or a hundred. You won't get anything like that from some indie clod with a semi-acoustic guitar and his head halfway up his @rse.
That's sorted then
Get Noel Gallagher in! (although he is probably a 'heritage' act now).
Some great ideas already
I would add
Danny Kelly
Nick Kent
Paul Weller
And Tony Pasons, who doesnt talk enough about him NME days but did a great interview with Danny a couple of years ago.
They've all got be doable?
How about
Lloyd Cole
Luke Haines (new book out and all that)
Billy Bragg
Randy Newman (must pop over from time to time...)
randy playing melb in july so perhaps a world tour?
back to Bob's point
the key to success is just as much the interviewers enthusiasm /rapport so if a bunch of younger acts dont press their buttons then it is unlikley to ignite
As usual...
Tom Waits
Mos Def
Mark Lanegan
James Lavelle
Scott Walker
M Ward
or
Kanye West - just think about it. Massive ego, tiny room. Priceless.
Clearly all never going to happen. But I've shared my thruppeny bit now.
My guest list
Brian Eno
Tony Parsons
Paul Weller
Chuck D & Flava Flav
Morrissey(a little unlikely i realise)
Lemmy
I recently re-read
the Eno interview in Word from a few years back and it was incredibly interesting; the sort of interview where you think, 'I must write that down', or 'I could use that idea in my own life'.
So, yes, more Brian
Great piece from The New Yorker
on neuroscientist David Eagleman with Eno in a supporting role (near the end) during a study of time perception in drummers.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/25/110425fa_fact_bilger?curre...
Thanks for that
it looks fascinating. I'm going to check it our later.
Steve Davis
no, come back!
Martin Freeman too
I have just remembered...
Pat Nevin. Surely the single most Word friendly sport person in the UK?
pat
and collymore should be the standard co-presenters on any live game.
made the europa very bearable
Martin Fry, Robyn Hitchcock
Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't they both already been guests on the Word podcast?
The 'When Smokey Sings' Hitmaker was definitely on
and here he is:
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/new-podcast-unveils-major-historic...
Ahh
that was when Martin Fry tried his hand at ventriloquism with his lifesize Mark Ellen doll
Martin Fry
he looks like the offspring of David Dickinson and Desperate Dan
I"m going senile.
Having gone back and listened to all of the podcasts this had slipped my memory. Still don't remember a Robyn Hitchcock one though.
Big up for the Danny Thompson idea though (mentioned earlier)
Robyn Hitchcock
I think it was called the Sydcast. It was RH talking about the recently departed Syd Barrett.
Yes, I have been here that long.
Did anyone notice -
Mark & David swapped shirts for that one.
A return slot for
Danny Baker
And I'd love to hear Matt Hall's voice again.
And while we're dreaming:
Robbie Robertson
Chris Morris
Barry Cryer
Elvis Costello
Bruce Springsteen (hopefully he'll drop he guard for the duration)
and for some reason, I like the idea of Phil Oakey.
Nothing unusual about wanting Oakey
The Leaguemeister gives very good interview and has plenty of hoary not so old rock anecdotes, as does Gary Numan.
Tony Visconti
And Annie Nightingale
I'd like to
hear the rev Richard Coles on the podcast. Every time I hear him on the radio, he comes over very well. He's a good presenter of Saturday Live and would imagine he's got a few tales to tell. Second choice is Barry Glendenning from the Guardian's football weekly. I believe he has a music/comedy background.
Andy Partridge Patrick
Andy Partridge
Patrick Campbell-Lyons
Jona Lewie
Phil Oakey, Susan Sulley, Joanne Catherall - as a "unit"?
Will cogitate and return... *puts on specially knitted thinking cap*
Andy
great shout get him to bring a guitar and drag Colin Moulding with him..oh and add Dave Gregory and then lock em in the room....
Sandie Shaw
Among other things, we could get an explanation for that dreadful video.
Also how about going for a 3 for the price of 1 podcast and get Matraca Berg, Suzy Bogguss and Gretchen Peters in. They are doing another Wine, Women and Song tour next month and from some of the stage banter they have a wealth of stories to tell and they do all seem extremely personable.
It would be worth it just to hear Gretchen Peters's story about how she got revenge on Sarah Palin for using her song Independence Day during the last election campaign.
Radio Bods
But radio bods with a few miles on the clock plus a deep and abiding respect for the music they play. Simon Mayo's already been mentioned. I'd like Mark Radcliffe, Bob Harris and Richard Allinson as well. No, honestly. Dickie A's a complete music spod and the documentaries he's made about classic albums are fascinating.
Some of the Backroom Boys from radio would be good. Trevor Dann made for a fine podcast. Matthew Bannister should say his piece as well. Maybe a few of the longstanding producers - names escape me. Ian Howlett?
I'm sure you're aware that Trevor Dann does a weekly
radio-centric podcast via the Radio Academy.
Simon Elms from radio 4 could be good!
A fine documentary maker, he's been round the block.
I want Noel Gallagher
Fraser mentioned him above, and I think he'd be a great guest. Maybe limit him that he's not allowed talk much about his own music, (his non fans can put their own inverted commas around the last word there...) but let him rip, and let him riff on everything else. He's entertaining, fairly erudite, and presumably has a few decent tales to tell.
was
always excellent on russell brand's show; before the daily mail 2 killed it
what about Bill
Oh what about Bill Drummond.......he's lived a rich tapestry.
He'd be interesting, certainly.
He'd probably do the whole podcast via the medium of interpretive dance before setting light to his wallet, pretending to shoot Fraser and then leaving. He'd be back a bit later to leave his neighbour's dead rabbit in the lobby.
All in the name of ART!
Drummond
would be an excellent idea.
I nominate
Mark Gattis from The League Of Gentlemen (big music fan)
Andy Partridge
Neil Hannon
Suggs
John Lydon
Mark Gattis
could talk about the rumours that Creme Brulee are to be next years Eurovision entry
Few more off the top of my head...
Glen Matlock and Mick Jones (can track these two chancers down to their season tickets seats at Loftus Road if need be)
Marc Almond
Alex James
George Michael (I bet there's some great stories there)
Rod Stewart (currently appearing at an outdoor cricket venue near you - he's so media friendly these days, he rings in to TalkSport & I'd love to hear the Long John Baldry story from the horses mouth)
Nick Rhodes
Alex Turner
Well Costello obviously
maybe he and Mr H could chat about the days when he drove EC around to radio interviews
Andy P of XTC (although as we know, he currently despises Ver Word for giving one of the Ape Records stable a bad review\not reviewing their album)
Luke Haines
Ben Folds
Neil Innes
Rob Brydon (& Coogan - they are at Latitude with you lot)
Collings & Herrin
Malcolm Gerrie (Tube\White Room head bod and Russell Crowe punchbag)
Pete Jenner (tales of Floyd\Bragg n Marc Bolan)
Bob Harris & Kershaw for an OGWT reunion
I don't care what age the guests are as long as they are interesting and not just making another stop on the publicity treadmill
The publicity treadmill
Nail on head there DFB. The beauty of the Word podcast is the guests aren't there to push their latest book/record etc. It's not another stop on the chat show circuit. It's a chance for people with a tale to tell to seat back and tell it without necessarily needing to dovetail with a PR flack's carefully orchestrated campaign.
Yer Nick Lowe's, Neil Tennant's and Danny Baker's have a lifetime of such tales and are at a stage in their life when they're perhaps not worried about stirring the pot a little. Some 20-year old next-big-thing just setting out on a life in the music business just isn't in the same position yet.
A few from me...
...would include:
Dave Gorman
Mark Kermode
Guy Garvey
Nicky Wire
I think all these would be able to fulfil the prerequisites laid out by Fraser above.
Wire.
Yes, yes and yes!
Most of these.....
Have been mentioned already, but here goes anyway!
Paul Weller
Julian Cope
David Bowie
Danny Thompson
Guy Pratt
Any one of the remaining Funk Brothers
Ron Sexsmith
Collins And Herring (but only if Richard acts like he does on his own podcast!)
Cee Lo Green
Danger Mouse
Nile Rodgers
Amy Winehouse
Siouxsie
Chrissy Hynde!
Lily Allen
Agree with quite a few...
...of the above (although must just do my weekly rant about how relatively few women have been suggested, etc).
I guess I'd like to see more from people who aren't from the blues/alt country/singer-songwriter with guitar tradition. I accept that singer-songwriters are, by their nature, better raconteurs than others (although I wouldn't call Nick Lowe a natural storyteller, but then I'm in a minority).
And there...
...is what I was trying to say, but said much better and more gracefully.
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein?
Currently in the UK touring (making mincemeat of R4 presenters along the way) and would have far more interesting and amusing HORA's than you can shake a stick at.
Another couple...
Geoff Travis
Julie Burchill
Oh.. And Jonathon Ross
travis yes
Burchill havent we heard enough of her?
You haven't had a Rock Photographer yet...
Paul Slattery did a brilliant lecture at the British Music Experience at the O2 Centre, it was very funny and full of interesting anecdotes about life on the road, plus the odd technical tip for the photographers present...
Otherwise I'd like to hear...
Alan McGee
Julian Cope
Charlotte Gainsbourg and/or Jane Birkin
Little Steven Van Zandt
Mark E Everett from Eels
Andrew Graham Dixon
Give it some old
Willie Nelson, I´m sure he´d be entertaining
Or indeed...
...Bill Nelson. He might be curmudgeonly, but I suspect he'd be good value on alternative business models for making music. Which is what everyone - everyone - is after these days.
May already have mentioned some of these...
Roddy Frame
Tracey Thorn & Ben Watt
Suggs
Paul Weller
Paddy Mcaloon
Andrew Weatherall
Mick Jones
Johnny Marr
Edwyn Collins
Alan Moore
Tharg
up arrow
I'm with you on support for Suggs, Mick Jones, and esp. Alan Moore.
Women
The following would all be good:
Kate St. John
Sharon Jones
Dawn Landes
Thea Gilmore
Martha Wainwright
Sharon Shannon
Juliana Hatfield
Holly Golightly
Kristin Hersh?
I don't think she is a great interviewee, but she has a lot to talk about.
And...
Debbie Harry (in the UK)
Belinda Carlisle - Those Go-Go's stories would be terrific value - I've had the pleasure of her company for an hour and she's cracking entertainment
Sharleen Spiteri
and another, pleeeeease, 'cast with Clare Grogan
Debbie Harry
is actually a very disappointing interviewee.
Richard Williams - OGWT, Melody Maker, Guardian etc.
Steve Barker - from Radio Lancashire's On The Wire, although I think he lives in Beijing these days.
King Creosote - great storyteller, very funny, and has probably made the best album this year so far.
Chris Watson - ex Cabaret Voltaire man, now David Attenborough's sound man of choice, and a very engaging chap.
Simon Reynolds - author of some very fine music books.
Also previous suggestions of Eno, Stewart Lee, Mark Radcliffe, Andy Kershaw.
Williams
That would be the most ego ridden podcast ever.
Williams would
be a terrific guest. He must have some great stories to tell. Anyone read his recent Guardian piece about attending Bob Marley's funeral? A fantastic bit of writing.
That piece reminded me of how good a guest he would be
For anyone interested, here it is -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/24/bob-marley-funeral-richard-w...
Wishlist
Some of these may not be extremely realistic...
Patti Smith
Booker T Jones
Marc Almond
Billy Idol
Joan Jett
Aimee Mann
David Lee Roth
Boy George
Sinéad O'Connor
David Byrne
Gene Simmons
Green Gartside
Bootsy Collins
Agree
Boy George would be good as would green
Green was on the Guardian
Music Weekly recently. He was ace on that
How About
Here are a few:
Sid Griffin - old
Wreckless Eric - old
Devon Sproule - new
If all else fails, couldn't we just have Nick Lowe every week?!
So what about getting 2 people in at once?
May I offer Justin Bieber and Gary Glitter (ahem, I'll get me coat).
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen...
One can but dream.
Here goes
Jonathan Ive
Craig Charles
Pete Wylie (just to please all the rockists out there ;))
Stephen Duffy
Phil Redmond
Stuart Murdoch
Rossi and Parfitt
Christopher Guest
Peter Sissons
Clint Mansell
Terry Wogan
Danny Boyle
Mick Fleetwood and Sam Fox (together again, at last!)
Craig Cash
Neil Finn
Paul Gambaccini
Moby
Henry Normal
Mark Williams
Clint Poppie
Agree - if ever a "I didn't predict that!" career to discuss.
Terry Wogan
I think he would be a superb guest.
Stuart Murdoch
Hepworth would LOVE that!
Jonathan King
Would probably be an excellent guest but alas, he is persona non grata.
Podcast Wishlist
Paul Weller
John Lydon
Lemmy
Suggs
Brian Eno
Noel Gallagher
Roger Daltrey
Ray Davies
Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt
Noddy Holder
Ade Edmondson
Buy the magazine,
live on the blog, don't often listen to the podcast. I would however listen to some old Radio 1 jocks, Tony Blackburn, Jimmy Saville, even Peter Powell or Janice Long would have some great stories. Also the old Comic Strip / Young Ones team would be fun.
Janice Long was on the podcast about a month ago
I knew I should have stuck
with Gary Davies
My list
Fish (good talker)
Rolf (ditto)
Marillion (fan power pioneers)
Herbie Flowers (session man)
Tommy Steele (or other veteran of the coffee club era)
Afrika B (or other veteran of the dawn of rap)
Dave Gorman (another good talker)
John Lassetter (and another)
Roy Bailey (veteran)
Chumbawamba (interesting opinions)
Tony "Foghorn" Hadley & Simon Pieman Le Bon (Together at last)
The MP who was in Runrig
The head of a record label (large or small)
Kate Bush (Don't ask, you don't get)
Boris Johnson (c'mon!!!)
Seb Coe
Captain Sensible
Although I'd settle for anyone who can talk well about interesting subjects!
A few from me
In no particar order:
Mark Radcliffe
Stuart Maconie
Brian Matthews
Noddy Holder
Suggs
Kylie
Jerry Dammers
George Martin
Midge Ure
Paul Rodgers
Jonathan Coe
Benjamin Zephenia
Robert plant
Lemmy
David Bowie
Shirley Bassey
A few suggestions
Roy Harper (it's his 70th soon and must have some tales to tell)
E from Eels
Richard Hawley - he can spin a good yarn
Jarvis Cocker
Eels play The Word Arena
at Latitude so it's not impossible.
more womens
PJ Harvey
Cerys Matthews
Beth Orton
Brix Smith
etc
Let's face it
Whoever is invited to do a podcast is more likely to oblige if they have a new album out or in the pipeline.
So I'll have Steve Martin, Kate Bush in time for her next album and Nick Lowe back for an encore.
How about Steve Nieve?
He's been with EC since the beginning and has interesting solo projects of his own. I'd love to hear him talk about working with all the people EC has collaborated with Eg Bacharach for one. Its interesting that no matter who else he works with Elvis always has Steve playing.
Steve Mason
He has a dub version of his excellent LP from last year out in June. Hell, get Dennis Bovell in with him.
Another vote for Simon Mayo
Roy Carr
Giles Smith
Bill Drummond
Steve Mason
He has a dub version of his excellent LP from last year out in June. Hell, get Dennis Bovell in with him.
Another vote for Simon Mayo
Roy Carr
Giles Smith
Bill Drummond
Tales of The Cleaners From Venus.
Another vote for Giles Smith. That should be very do-able.
Yes
I remember giggling like a loon when I read the Nik Kershaw chapter in Lost In Music.
.
.
Could you do a video podcast with
Clare Grogan please...?
I saw her in Covent Garden and
if you imagine her as beautiful as it is possible to imagine anybody in existence, then add 10 per cent, well she is more lovely than that. She is an angel.
Mark Lamarr
Extend the podcast to 3 hours,let Mark present it
and choose all the music.Then I'd have "God's Jukebox"
back in my life.
I loved the Van Dyke Parks episode and I suspect it
was just the tip of the iceberg.
Lil' Band O' Gold
get them in when they are over here for two gigs in London. 14th June at Shepherd's Bush Empire and also at Lily Allen's wedding(!)
They have some great stories - Warren Storm is 74 years young, sings like an angel and played in the first ever integrated studio band at JD Miller's in Crowley Louisiana. CC Adcock played with Bo Diddley and Buckwheat Zydeco. Steve Reilly is the premier Cajun accordionist. They have almost the entire canon of SW Louisiana at their disposal and they also write great stuff.
Another one from me
I forgot to put on my earlier post, I think Johnnie walker would be a brilliant Podcast guest. I bet he has a tale or two to tell.
Make it so chaps.
Wasn't he Mr 'T'
in the infamous Janie Jones party scandal? get him in!
Paul Morley
I'd be interested to hear the dynamic between him and Mark & Dave. I imagine they'd have polar opposite attitudes towards rock/pop music. Perhaps, they'd bring out the more playful side of Morley that we don't see anymore. I use to love his C4 docs in the early 1990s.
I cainnn't stand 'im
If any one music writer could make me give up listening to tunes it would be Morley.
On the very rare occasions that I agree with his tastes I find myself questioning my own.
I hope that Dexys 'There There My Dear was written with him in mind.
Absolutely - it would be a great ruck
Paul is never dull, whereas his taste in music is frequently so. And I say this as someone who bought NME in the early 80s almost solely to read Morely, Penman, Du Noyer, Hoskyns..
Bring on the Morley!!
He's a Todd Rundgen fan so not such dull music tastes
I didn't mean everything Morley likes is dull..
but he does have a thing for plucking the unsurprisingly obscure out for special attention.
One l don't think has been mentioned yet
Todd Snider.
Listen to any of his live shows where he introduces his songs with stories, especially the 'Tales From Moondawg's Tavern' bootleg series (easy to get on the web). One of the greatest bootlegs of all time (now there's a boast!)
I would wish for......
- Johnny Green (Clash's Tour Manager) - watch the bonus disc from 'The Future Is Unwritten'. The man's a storytelling machine
- Tom Waits
- Stewart Lee
- Daniel Kitson
- Nick Cave
- Shane Meadows & Paddy Considine
have an up for
Johnny Green
andrew weatherall paul
andrew weatherall
paul weller
martin chivers
terry farley
paulo hewitt
paul whitehouse/gilbert the alien
peter hook
mick jones
lemmy
There is...
...a fellow Spurs show podcast listener if ever I saw one.
Hmm
How about:
Henry Rollins - he fought on the front line of the punk rock wars and has an anecdote and an opinion for any occasion. Listen to some of his spoken word stuff to get a feel.
Vic Reeves - an interesting and funny man who loves music.
Miles Hunt - another survivor and former gobshite. Went from selling out multiple nights at Brixton Academy with The Wonder Stuff to MTV presenter to new band to acoustic troubadour to reforming the Wonder Stuff with his new partner on violin and more besides. Also has a good way with a story.
Danny Baker - nuff said
Henry Rollins is a great shout
Elvis Costello would be good as well
incidentally, and not apropos this thread
is material by The Creepers still available anwhere? Nothing on Spotify or iTunes that I can see.
I used to have a bootleg tape of a show at the old George Robey pub that was a corker. It had Jumper Clown, Pollystiffs and Bard of Woking on it. It is knackered now though, plus I don't have a cassette player any more.
... always assuming of course.
How about
3 that would be well worth a download would be:
Jah Wobble
William Shatner
John Otway
But most of all I would like Courtney Pine for a special podcast on British Jazz
Something with a rock poet would be good as well ... Attila the Stockbroker, John Cooper-Clarke, Benjamin Zephaniah
JCC Yes!
Bet he's got a boatload of good yarns. Hooky from NO would be good as well...
Devoto or Shelley
Capn Sensible
Oakey, definitely
Mark E.Smith
Manzanera
Andrew Loog Oldham
Music and laughter from...
Mitch Benn
and
Bill Bailey
Fantasy guests
And Tim Minchin? in our dreams
How about....
Tony Hicks of The Hollies
Difford and Tilbrook
Neil Finn
Belinda Carlisle
Ian Mclaglan of The Small Faces
Kate Rusby
Now I do remember Chris Difford's visit.
Pod 46 according to http://feeds2.feedburner.com/WordPodcast . There was even a picture of him and the team on the home page for a long while (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordPodcast/~3/tA1frNvpb_w/8955f8c2-1c57-...)
Little Steven? ...when he's
Little Steven? ...when he's this way next.
Graeme Garden
Clive James
Victoria Wood
Loudon Wainwright III
Neil Innes
David Byrne
EDWYN
COLLINS
What about Percy?
He's an obliging chap, got albums to promote and dripping with charm.
Dumpy...
with or without his Rusty Nuts.
6 Music types and other thoughts...
I think there are very few musicians who would make good guests from any era - most of them don't have much to say of interest. Only a handful do. Nothing against Brett - I don't mind a bit of Suede - but he wasn't terribly interesting, the presenters were more worth listening to, which is only natural since they are writers. So by and large I'd say have broadcasters and writers - they can talk better by and large, being involved in the world of words. Otherwise you have sort of a conventional interview - often not terribly enlightening or adventurous.
The exceptions are there - Jarvis, Robert Plant, Lemmy, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull (not a fan of the Tull but he's a smart chap who doesn't take himself too seriously, likewise Wakeman), Noel Gallagher, Huey from Fun Lovin' Criminals, Cerys Matthews, Tom Robinson - I'm coming up with Six Music people, I suppose they have proven themselves as broadcasters. How about Johnny Marr - makes a good TV talking head for guitar related matters and being in bands generally? I agree those who've been around a while and done a bit more than just be in the one band have more experience to offer, not necessarily old anecdotes but wise observations on music in general. That chap from Franz Ferdinand also seems unusualy articulate for a pop star. I seem to be coming up with rather a lot of musicians contrary to my comment above.
Simon Armitage would be good - he used to enhance the Mark and Lard evening show nicely. Jonathan Coe - his novels have musical references, he'd work well. Stuart Maconie (six music again). And so Lauren Laverne naturally.
EDIT: Reading the OP again I see there's a wish to avoid the usual TV talking heads so feel free to ignore those ones included above.
I've been present at...
an interview with Ian Anderson and had a chat with him afterwards. I don't want to be too unkind, but he took himself extremely seriously and seemed to have no discernible sense of humour. Maybe he was just having a bad day.
John Leckie and Bill Nelson
I've seen john and bill give a couple of informal talks . Very informative and entertaining. Plus a few scurrilous stories about other record producers and their activities... or lack of...