05 Ghosts are Bullshit - Halloween Special 2017

Explicit content warning

10/30/17 • 75 min

Episode 5: Ghosts are Bullshit! (October 20th 2017)
'Listen to them, the children of the night'.
This episode: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!
In this spooktactular edition of what’s been called “the scariest podcast ever recorded” by bull**** ‘medium’ Derek Acorah (not really; just like him, we’re making it all up), Jeremy adopts a new non de plume for his Rock and Roll Name and accidentally insults the state of Texas; Vince solves a centuries old murder case by identifying pretentious middle-class totty actor Martin Shaw as Jack the Ripper, and confesses he’s never been to Wigan (Vince, that is: not sure about Martin Shaw – perhaps he can let us know in the comments section); and both friends fondly reminisce about their school days at a mediocre Comprehensive when they bossed the second-rate teaching staff into letting them write and film a terrible video adaptation of Dracula, which nonetheless was considerably better than the one made by Francis Ford Coppola fifteen years later.
The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are Warren Zevon, R Dean Taylor, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, and Classics IV.
FULL TRACK LISTING

Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)

Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7Kx6js3SU

There’s a Ghost in my House – R Dean Taylor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvvRYYoGxg

Psycho Killer – Talking Heads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAh19tms4U

Spooky – Classics IV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSEOzimKnEY

I Am the Walrus – The Beatles

LINKS

Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head

JEREMY RECOMMENDS
Lawyers, Guns and Money – Warren Zevon
Outside Chance – The Turtles
She’d Rather Be With Me – The Turtles
Got to See Jane - R Dean Taylor
Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor
51st Anniversary – Jimi Hendrix

Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)

Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7Kx6js3SU

There’s a Ghost in my House – R Dean Taylor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvvRYYoGxg

Psycho Killer – Talking Heads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAh19tms4U

Spooky – Classics IV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSEOzimKnEY

I Am the Walrus – The Beatles

LINKS

Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head

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04 The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock - 1970s

Episode 4: The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock (August 24th 2017)
'You Wouldn't Like Us When We're Angry'
This episode: 1970’s SPECIAL!
As Operation Yewtree closes in on The Wombles of Wimbledon Common, Jeremy and Vince confidently (if unwisely) don flared trousers, platform heels, pseudo-silk kimonos and glitter face paint in celebration of “the decade of lurid wallpaper, silly hairstyles and burly men warming their hands around braziers,” to quote lurid and burly historian Dominic Sandbrook.
Jeremy wonders if TV’s Dr David Banner (aka The Incredible Hulk) has the worst employment history of any medical professional in history; Vince unpicks a dastardly scheme by ‘Scrumpy ‘n Western’ cider-drinking yokel-funsters The Wurzles to thwart a proposal by a taskforce from the Environmental Agency and North Wiltshire County Council to tackle traffic congestion in Swindon Town; and both men express sadness and dismay at the unwaveringly tatty and unappealing kitsch that forms the vast majority of Elvis merchandising.
The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are David Essex, Jeff Wayne, The Wurzles, The Stranglers, Marc Bolan and T-Rex, Blondie, and Elvis Presley.
FULL TRACK LISTING

Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)

Gonna Make You a Star – David Essex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7Kx6js3SU

The Wonder of You – Elvis Presley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvvRYYoGxg

Ride a White Swan – T-Rex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAh19tms4U

Something Better Change – The Stranglers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSEOzimKnEY

Heart of Glass – Blondie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU

Back in the USSR – The Beatles

LINKS

Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head

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06 Languishing in Obscurity

Episode 6: Languishing in Obscurity (November 22nd 2017)
'Non scientes quod ambitiosam (Never knowingly pretentious)'
This episode:
As we discover just how many times Critically Acclaimed UK PlaywrightTM Vince can easily be irked, Jeremy is turned into a dynamic pose-able action figure with eagle eyes and grip hands (just in time for the Christmas toy market); both men clash swords over the age-old debate of art vs commercialism, but both are in firm accord that romantic advances towards complete strangers should not involve needlessly over-complicated plumbing/messaging arrangements, and that Cockney Rhyming Slang is incomprehensible gibberish.
The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are The Shadows, R.E.M, Radiohead, Mike + The Mechanics, and Tony Orlando and Dawn.
FULL TRACK LISTING

Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)

Wonderful Land – The Shadows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1dmBUBu9P4

Imitation of Life – R.E.M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqgdSsfqPs

Silent Running – Mike + The Mechanics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep7W89I_V_g

Karma Police – Radiohead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYWYWPc9HU

Ask Me Why – The Beatles

LINKS

Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head