<p>Scanning the rock and roll ether with our patent heat-seeking Ripple-Detector®️ to see what rings the bell. Which this week includes …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… how reformed ‘90s pop groups all look like Paul Whitehouse characters from the Fast Show.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the mutual agony of parents taking kids to concerts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… “Tap! Tap! Tap!”, the “gacked up” sound of the Heartbreakers’ at work in Fort Petty.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… “Two old voices crack through the static/ Vinyl souls dissected so erratic”: AI’s nerve-jangling interpretation of Word In Your Ear – in song!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the four stages of showbiz … and three stages of hearing music.</p><br><p>… the miracle birth of Don Henley’s ‘The Boys Of Summer’.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… why we tend to run the other way when people insist we’d like something.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… records that make sense 40 years later – and a message from Brian Eno.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… EMF and the graffiti, Carter USM rugby tackling Phillip Schofield, Radiohead playing ‘My Iron Lung’: bands “too cool” for the Smash Hits Poll Winners’ Party.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… how simpler music appeals as you get older.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Plus the new Patreon roll-call and, from Les, the unsettling AI-generated tribute to Word in Your Ear:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://suno.com/song/ba364f5a-1b39-4d77-8f5b-bcdb9bad6760?sh=N3TMfcz8YUIxPIyl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://suno.com/song/ba364f5a-1b39-4d77-8f5b-bcdb9bad6760?sh=N3TMfcz8YUIxPIyl</a></p><br><p><strong>Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Word In Your Ear

Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

AI’s Word In Your Ear theme tune (!!), the four stages of showbiz & taking kids to concerts

MAR 30, 202539 MIN
Word In Your Ear

AI’s Word In Your Ear theme tune (!!), the four stages of showbiz & taking kids to concerts

MAR 30, 202539 MIN

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<p>Scanning the rock and roll ether with our patent heat-seeking Ripple-Detector®️ to see what rings the bell. Which this week includes …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… how reformed ‘90s pop groups all look like Paul Whitehouse characters from the Fast Show.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the mutual agony of parents taking kids to concerts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… “Tap! Tap! Tap!”, the “gacked up” sound of the Heartbreakers’ at work in Fort Petty.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… “Two old voices crack through the static/ Vinyl souls dissected so erratic”: AI’s nerve-jangling interpretation of Word In Your Ear – in song!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the four stages of showbiz … and three stages of hearing music.</p><br><p>… the miracle birth of Don Henley’s ‘The Boys Of Summer’.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… why we tend to run the other way when people insist we’d like something.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… records that make sense 40 years later – and a message from Brian Eno.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… EMF and the graffiti, Carter USM rugby tackling Phillip Schofield, Radiohead playing ‘My Iron Lung’: bands “too cool” for the Smash Hits Poll Winners’ Party.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… how simpler music appeals as you get older.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Plus the new Patreon roll-call and, from Les, the unsettling AI-generated tribute to Word in Your Ear:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://suno.com/song/ba364f5a-1b39-4d77-8f5b-bcdb9bad6760?sh=N3TMfcz8YUIxPIyl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://suno.com/song/ba364f5a-1b39-4d77-8f5b-bcdb9bad6760?sh=N3TMfcz8YUIxPIyl</a></p><br><p><strong>Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>