About this episode

The episode discusses various current events in music, including Madonna's actions at Paris Fashion Week and the evolving role of musicians as artists.

Tapping the barometer of news to see what’s blistering or stormy, which this week includes …   … “The Man can’t bust our music!”: the crimes and misdemeanours of Clive Davis   … the single biggest change in our lifetimes   ... when did musicians become ‘artists’?   … Johnny Marr’s guitar habit   … unlimited cash and what we’d spend it on   … Madonna smoking at Paris Fashion Week hoping someone would try to stop her   … why Dave doesn’t own any Arista records   … which five Paul Simon songs became film titles?   … a Prime Minister who loves ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’ by Big Thief!   … 56 year-old takes annual Dark Side of the Moon test: “and I still don’t like it!”   … are there more registered songwriters or lorry drivers?   Plus the biopic boom and birthday guest Andrew Stocks has a senior moment. Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Alex Gold

Guest: Andrew Stocks

Topics covered

• music industry changes
• pop culture commentary
• musicians as artists
• biopic boom
• current events in music

Keywords

• Madonna
• Clive Davis
• Johnny Marr
• Paul Simon
• Big Thief
• music industry
• biopics
• pop culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Big Thief

Books & works: Dark Side of the Moon, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

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