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Episode 2: with Chris Difford

Murray Lachlan Young is joined by Chris Difford from Squeeze as they look back to the explosion in consciousness of the 1960s and how that changed lyric writing in popular music.

In Part 2 of Murray's quest to discover why we need lyrics and what do they perform in the song, we head back to the explosion in consciousness of the 1960s and how that changed the way lyric writing was percieved. Was, as many thought, 'anything possible' or was pop music falling into its own navel? Murray looks at the popularity and influence of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, a the ways the rise of American R&B imports on the British market changed the way lyrics were written.

Squeeze's Chris Difford joins Murray to chat about some of his favourite lyrics from the era, including work by Bob Dylan, David Bowie as well as newer work by Kate Tempest and Nick Lowe.

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Thu 8 Jun 2023 02:00
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Music Played

  • Bob Dylan

    Like A Rolling Stone

    • CBS.

  • Squeeze

    Up The Junction

    • A&M.

  • The Beatles

    Come Together

    • Apple.

  • David Bowie

    Letter To Hermione

    • Space Oddity.

  • Nick Lowe

    Hope For Us All

  • Kae Tempest

    Don't Fall In

    • Fiction Records.

  • Ian Dury & The Blockheads

    Billericay Dickie

    • Papillion.

  • Chairlift

    Bruises

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Kanine.
    • 1.

  • Julian Cope

    The Greatness And Perfection Of Love

    • Island.

  • Elastica

    Car Song

    • Deceptive Records.

  • Jenny Lewis

    She's Not Me

    • The Voyager.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Sharon Jones & The Dap鈥怟ings

    You'll Be Lonely

    • Give The People What They Want.
    • Daptone Records.

  • Paul Weller

    All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • The Waterboys

    A Girl Called Johnny

    • Ensign.

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