Personal Jukebox Music Podcast

E62 - Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals

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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E61 - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York

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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E60 - UK Chart Top 20 15/2/03 or So.... You Like the Boys?

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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E59 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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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E58 - Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?

It’s time for another big one on the Personal Jukebox as Simon teams up with Stewart Boyd to finally take in the second album offering from Oasis. 

Released in the heady, Britpop-heavy (and peak) times of 1995 this is an absolute colossus that made Oasis a tabloid editor’s dream & legitimately the biggest and most popular band across the British Isles. Regularly ranked on ‘Best of’ lists worldwide, one of the highest selling albums ever in the UK, numerous tracks that were earworms to everybody alive at the time, made absolute megastars out of the Gallagher brothers, the plaudits go on & on BUT does this bad boy still hold up and deserve a place in the nation’s consciousness until the end of time?

All of the above are discussed as well as the return of the Who Big? One Hundo Challenge!

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E57 - Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction

Simon welcomes back our old pal Lez to pour over the 35 (!) year old debut scene-shattering album Appetite for Destruction by Guns N’ Roses.

Released at the tail end of 1987 and full of all-timers and bangers, this album changed the game for the hair/glam metal/hard/cock rock acts of the era and kicked off the band’s accent to legitimately being labelled the ‘Biggest Band in the World’ BUT, is it actually all that? 

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E56 - Terrorvision - How To Make Friends And Influence People

Let’s head back to the heartland of  the podcast for an episode on Terrorvision’s 1994 sophomore offering How to Make Friends and Influence People. Back to the time when the burgeoning Britpop scene had a somewhat smaller BritROCK sibling.
Simon and Boyd put any impartiality to one side and head back to younger days to gush over the band’s incredibly long-titled effort in much the same way that that era’s UK rock magazines did. Just how do the big hitters Oblivion, Alice, what’s the matter? & Middleman hold up 28 years later? Listen in & find out.

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E55 - 80s Mixtape EXTRAVAGANZA! (Madonna, Prince, Springsteen, Bowie & MORE)

D’you know what I mean?

In celebration of this podcast’s 2nd birthday Neil once again joins Simon as they fill those glasses and each offer their own, very different top tunes from the 1980s. 
They discuss the demise of John Terry’s NFTs & Aitch whilst Neil discovers that Salt n Pepa are not a one-hit wonder and shockingly reveals that somehow he’s never seen E.T.! 

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E54 - Nickelback - All The Right Reasons

WHAT?!? Nickelback on the Personal Jukebox? Guess it had to happen sooner or later. 
Simon & Neil, neither particular fans of the Canadian ensemble give Chad and his mates a decent shake of it as they take in the band’s HUUGE selling 5th album All the Right Reasons. 

We also get a belated round-up of this year’s Download festival, discuss being mistaken for Chris Moyles in public and bang on like old men about the Yout.

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E53 - Top Selling Singles of the 00s (Kings of Leon, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Eminem & MORE)

Hey Pop Pickers!

If you’ve ever wondered which singles shifted the most copies in the UK chart throughout the noughties but didn’t want to have to deal with the X Factor winner’s guff or any ‘charidee’ tripe then you’re in the right place.

Simon and Mr. Neil Strong take a (very) free and easy, breezy gander over the 25 highest selling tracks whilst attempting to pinpoint the moment Neil shed his early-2000s speed garage chav chic and embraced  The Metal.
The likes of Lady Gaga, DJ Otzi (who?) , Kylie Minogue and RATM all get touched upon and not a Joe McElderry or Bob the Builder in sight.

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