<p>Deck the halls with cheese and Bolly! … and a dish of the usual rock and roll distraction which this week throws the following logs on the fire …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the greatest Xmas single ever?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Metal Machine Music, Cut the Crap, Two Sides of the Moon … can panned records ever be rehabilitated?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… how Roxy Music invented ‘rock brand-value’ and turned it into pictures</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Joe Ely and the romance of songs about the American landscape</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Rob Reiner and why that scene in When Harry Met Sally is the greatest marriage of people and ideas</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the real-life moment that inspired Spinal Tap</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… “most American pop music is about geography”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… "I keep my fingernails long so they click when I play the piano"</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Jordan Carl Wheeler Davis? Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr? Mystery acts playing Wembley Arena</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the British think America is “fabulous and otherworldly”. Americans think Britain is “quaint”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… plus the magnificent McGarrigles’ Christmas Hour, farewell Hofner and we name the Finnegan’s Wake of rock music!</p><br><p><strong>Help us to keep The Longest Conversation In Rock 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>