Monumental project
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“If you have any interest in late 20th century pop music, this is the series for you. And if you think you already know something about it, Andrew Hickey will probably make you think again. Every time a story comes round that I think I know, it turns out there’s a fascinating angle that I hadn’t considered, or that the received account doesn’t do justice to the facts. I’m not even a particular fan of 50s music (which is as far as we’ve got at time of writing) and still every episode is riveting.
Hickey has a keen eye for cultural context and a nice line in finely-judged irony (“in the future, everyone will have been lead singer in The Drifters for fifteen minutes”; a particular song “wasn’t even the best song Tommy Steele recorded that afternoon, and the bar doesn’t get any lower than that”). It takes the journey nice and slowly, and you’ll feel you’re getting to know the landscape intimately as you go. And you will definitely find your ears opened to music you disregarded or dismissed, even to music practically lost to posterity. This is a labour of love but also of deep, lifelong research, and it’s monumental in ambition and execution. Outstanding.”
Bro_Rock via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
03/20/20
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“I'm about 10 episodes in and I'm really enjoying the show. I agree with Xianrex that Andrew Hickey is thorough but never pedantic, and over time his sense of humor and increasingly confident delivery make this educational and entertaining...marvelous!!”Read full review »
JAStanz via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/01/19
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“I can hardly hear this podcast when there are external sounds. Please can you record them at a higher level? The content is fantastic.”
Appalled2q via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/31/20
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“It took me a while to get used to Andrew’s style of narration but I am so glad that I stuck with it as I’m learning so much from these well researched podcasts that provide so many links to other songs and artists. Those who criticise some of the song choices are perhaps not ‘getting it’. These...”Read full review »
Lenny Pane via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/29/20
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