As this week’s rock and roll steeplechase thunders out over the jumps, the following runners and riders make it past the post …
… “First he changed music. Then he changed the world!” and other over-cooked biopic sells.
… Billy Joel returns by the miracle of Artificial Ignorance.
… what you learn from visiting rock stars’ childhood homes.
… what’s Malta done to deserve a four-day Liam Gallagher festival?
… the one thing that’s never changed about Country Music.
… how Hotel California ended up in court.
… Sam Mendes’ Beatles project and the problem with actors playing very famous people.
… Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’: sampled banjo and other misdemeanours.
… from Watergate to Putin: the 50 year-old record so lean, smart and cynical that the world’s only just catching up.
… Don Henley on Irving Azoff: “He may be Satan but he’s OUR Satan.”
… Rock sea-cruises: “get your marital vows renewed by a member of Weezer!”
... why CD has ruined Jackson Browne’s For Everyman.
… what Hugh Grant superimposed on the character of Jeremy Thorpe.
… and birthday guest Adrian Ainsworth - Arse Curtains and other career-limiting band names.
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