(Waiting for the) Heatwave
03/27/25 • 58 min
In this episode, we are delighted to welcome Tony Travis of Fay Ray for an interview, in which we discuss his band, the album and the song that is the title of this episode and our regular intro and outro music. Thanks to Tony for joining us.
We then move on to Deacon Blue's beautifully descriptive and evocative "He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now"; Young Marble Giants' short but stoically beautiful "Final Day" and The Jacksons' plaintive nuclear lullaby "Be Not Always".
The podcast ends with our discussion of the 80s behemoth "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Annihilation Mix). Is there a greater nuclear war song?
Our accompanying playlist is updated!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vLjQBbJEhiDaFNOTz9snD?si=f40fdf0f2d204115
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/bang-101-songs-about-nuclear-war-from-the-1980s/pl.u-6mo4j9KFByBgKXl
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Opening and closing music - (Waiting for the) Heatwave - Fay Ray. Appears courtesy of Fay Ray. Written by John Lovering
Artwork - Rachel Malbon
Assistant Producer - Shivam Pathak
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In this episode, we are delighted to welcome Tony Travis of Fay Ray for an interview, in which we discuss his band, the album and the song that is the title of this episode and our regular intro and outro music. Thanks to Tony for joining us.
We then move on to Deacon Blue's beautifully descriptive and evocative "He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now"; Young Marble Giants' short but stoically beautiful "Final Day" and The Jacksons' plaintive nuclear lullaby "Be Not Always".
The podcast ends with our discussion of the 80s behemoth "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Annihilation Mix). Is there a greater nuclear war song?
Our accompanying playlist is updated!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vLjQBbJEhiDaFNOTz9snD?si=f40fdf0f2d204115
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/bang-101-songs-about-nuclear-war-from-the-1980s/pl.u-6mo4j9KFByBgKXl
Keep in touch - we love to hear from you.
Instagram - bangnuclearpodcast
Blue Sky - @bangpodcast.bsky.social
Email - [email protected]
Reddit - r/bangnuclearpodcast
Opening and closing music - (Waiting for the) Heatwave - Fay Ray. Appears courtesy of Fay Ray. Written by John Lovering
Artwork - Rachel Malbon
Assistant Producer - Shivam Pathak
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
Nuclear Melodies for Atomic Crimes
In our 2nd episode, we start by paying tribute to the great Rick Buckler and discuss The Jam's 1980 classic "Going Underground"; then we move on to the calm and reflective "Glad It's All Over" by Captain Sensible; a lesser known but vibrant 80's tune "Fall Out" by Data; then Tom Robinson's beautiful but melancholic "War Baby". Our final tune is the unforgettable Prince classic "1999" - who even knew it was a nuclear war song?
Thanks to all who have listened to and subscribed to Episode 1. Do keep in touch with us. We love to read your comments, feedback and excellent suggestions.
Keep up with the playlist on:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vLjQBbJEhiDaFNOTz9snD?si=de3812871fb2425e
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/bang-101-songs-about-nuclear-war-from-the-1980s/pl.u-6mo4j9KFByBgKXl
Instagram - bangnuclearpodcast
Blue Sky - @bangpodcast.bsky.social
Email - [email protected]
Reddit - r/bangnuclearpodcast
Opening and closing music - (Waiting for the) Heatwave - Fay Ray. Appears courtesy of Fay Ray. Written by John Lovering
Artwork - Rachel Malbon
Assistant Producer - Shivam Pathak
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Next Episode
So Glad We've Almost Made It....
Welcome to Episode 4 of Bang! (Number 1 in Goodpods Rock and Pop charts for March 2025)
We discuss one of the biggest and best loved songs of the 80s... “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears..... Over 2 billion streams on Spotify alone! We then move on to the wistful protest of Billy Bragg’s “Between the Wars”; then Kate Bush’s haunting and fearful “Breathing”.
We then move on to with the wonderful, drily ironic (but jolly) “How I Learned to Love the Bomb” by Dan Treacy’s influential (ask MGMT) band, Television Personalities (with a nod to the Young Ones “Bomb” episode). We finish with the jazz-funk groove of The Stanley Clarke Band’s “Don’t Turn The Lights Out”. You will want to dance to this one.
We are really enjoying the listener feedback – so keep it coming....
Our playlist of all songs is updated with each podcast....
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vLjQBbJEhiDaFNOTz9snD?si=2d5f3c48a0b6424c
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/bang-101-songs-about-nuclear-war-from-the-1980s/pl.u-6mo4j9KFByBgKXl
Instagram – bangnuclearpodcast
Blue Sky - @bangpodcast.bsky.social
Email – [email protected]
Reddit – r/bangnuclearpodcast
Opening and closing music – (Waiting for the) Heatwave – Fay Ray. Appears courtesy of Fay Ray. Written by John Lovering
Artwork – Rachel Malbon
Assistant Producer – Shivam Pathak
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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