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New opinions on old music, maybe.......hopefully. Join Simon and his rotating cast of goons and guests as they attempt to offer a slice of colour to retroactively reviewing albums and looking back at chart countdowns. Rock, Metal, Punk, Pop, Rap, Easy Listening, nothing is off limits probably aside from mumble-rap, we’re too old for that.
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
E68 - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Settle down and listen to the latest episode of the podcast, where this time we look at the most successful selling album we’ve covered so far (currently sitting at the 13th highest selling worldwide ever) Alanis Morisette’s major breakthrough Jagged Little Pill. Alanis’ 3rd album was a major change in style to her previous output and drew from the massive Alt-Rock prominence of the time but how does it measure up in 2023?
Monday Feb 20, 2023
E67 - The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The B*ll*cks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Formed in the back room of a London fashion store as the brainchild of Malcolm McLaren sometime in 1975 and initially lasting just two and a half years, the Sex Pistols were one of the most groundbreaking acts in the history of music. They were responsible for kicking off the Punk scene in the United Kingdom and inspiring absolutely loads of following budding musicians (?) to ply their trade.
So what better way to look at their debut & only album than by welcoming our old mate and Pistols Uber-fan Ning back to the pod. We take a dive into what music was being peddled to the masses at the time, uncover stories from the early Sex Pistols days and discuss what the band members went onto after they imploded.
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Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
E66 - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Simon welcomes back the main man Stewart Boyd to cover the debut album from Sheffield’s very own Arctic Monkeys.
Released at the tail end of mid 00’s UK indie landfill era and lauded for their organic entrance onto the day’s music scene, the Monkeys were hailed as the latest saviour of guitar music and very much christened the ‘Cool new thing’. We look back to see if they have the tunes and chops to back those claims up, if their beginning was actually that organic & try to work out if they were actually (originally at least) just a British Strokes wannabe group.
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Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
E65 - UK Chart Top 20 5/4/86 or Chris Moyles’ r**e eyes
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
For the last time for a fair while we head both back to the eighties and into chart countdown territory. April 1986 really is a catch-all for music of the era, as this episode takes in everything from Van Halen to Sam Fox via Prince, The Bangles & Sinitta.
Our old pal Gaz is back alongside Simon as they discuss the music from the chart of the day as well as Celebs Go Dating, Chris Moyles’ I’m a Celeb appearance, Amazon Prime/Absolute Plus subscriptions, David Bowie’s Labyrinth role, Warwick Davis being a **** & is Prince all that?
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Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
E64 - Audioslave - Audioslave
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
When the instrumentalists from Rage Against The Machine found themselves singer-less, friend of the band Rick Rubin suggested former Soundgarden frontman/vocalist extraordinaire Chris Cornell. And thus was formed the millennium’s first rock supergroup.
Simon & Gaz kick off the new year by reflecting on the festive season, Gaz’s arcade cabinet purchase & receive the nicest email ever sent to the pod. Obviously they have a good listen to Audioslave’s self-titled 2002 debut as well.
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Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
It’s party time on the last episode of the year so grab your glow sticks, blow your whistles and fire off your klaxons as we pit 2 dance compilation albums (90s Dance Classics vs. 90s Dance Anthems) off against each other. Cuts by Faithless, Basement Jaxx, Baby D, Urban Hype & Robin S as well as over 40 others fight it out in an attempt to find the quintessential 90s dance/house track.
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
E62 - Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Episode 62 of the Personal Jukebox brings you the 1998 third studio album from Marilyn Manson, Mechanical Animals. Released at the height of the band’s popularity/infamy, it signals a change in musical direction and offers a (shudder) concept album. Any good? or just pyro, ballyhoo and religion baiting?
Mr. Neil Strong hops back on the pod to discuss this one out with Simon. They also cover the recently announced initial Download festival line-up, England’s World Cup hopes, the untrustworthy Cristiano Ronaldo’s interview, Karen’s Diner and the time Neil cried his eyes out to the film Armageddon.
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Thursday Nov 10, 2022
E61 - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Simon welcomes Ning back onto the pod as they take in Nirvana’s final recorded act, MTV’s Unplugged in New York. Recorded both when they were legitimately the biggest band in the world and less than 6 months before Kurt’s demise this has long been held up as one of, if not THE most iconic Unplugged performances.
It’s stacked with many unheard and unfashionable-at-the-time covers and poignant performances but does it hold up nearly 30 years later?
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Thursday Oct 27, 2022
E60 - UK Chart Top 20 15/2/03 or So.... You Like the Boys?
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Little Simon returns to the podcast to up the 'words per minute' quota and reminisce over the Top 20 chart from mid-February 2003. A countdown which is completely intentionally topped by one of his most-loved singles OF ALL TIME. Lots & lots of stuff discussed on this one, kick back and listen in.
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Thursday Oct 13, 2022
E59 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Time to go way, way back to the Autumn of 1970 where 4 lads from Birmingham, Osbourne, Iomi, Butler and Ward released their second record to the masses. Seemingly universally acclaimed by fans of Sabbath as their best offering and labelled Greatest Metal Album of All Time by Rolling Stone in 2017 (hmmmm, I dunno….) this 8 track stomper followed up the previous year’s self-titled debut.
Simon welcomes back Gazlad to pick the bones of this one and also the UK top 10 from this week in September 1970. We also touch on Sabbath covers, Facebook bans, motorway driving and Gaz becomes the latest to take on the WhoBig?1Hundo.
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