<p>We lobbed the feathered arrows of enquiry at the rock and roll dartboard this week and these got the highest scores …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… rock stars v the new league of the Super-Rich.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… package tours of the mid-‘60s – eight acts, an interval, a compere plus God Save the Queen.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… ‘Hits, Flops and Other Illusions’ by Edward Zwick and the fantastic tale about arrogance, money-squandering and Julia Roberts at the Halcyon Hotel.</p><br><p>... pop music used to be about persuading people to cut loose; now it’s about getting them to tighten up.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… why you can read Ron Wood’s memoir as either comedy or tragedy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>.. Chris Blackwell’s post-production trickery that sold Bob Marley to a rock audience.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Master Tape Rescue: the arduous task of panning for gold.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>... and why there should be a movie about the making of Shakespeare in Love.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus birthday guest Chuck Loncon in Savannah, Georgia – Neil Young v Spotify, Lady Antebellum, the Dixie Chicks and the tangled world of political correctness.</p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to Word In Your Ear via Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content, plus a whole load more!: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear</a></p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4234399">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><br /><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

Hollywood Babylon, the inspired gimmickry of Catch A Fire and the luck of Ron Wood

APR 15, 202458 MIN
Word In Your Ear

Hollywood Babylon, the inspired gimmickry of Catch A Fire and the luck of Ron Wood

APR 15, 202458 MIN

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<p>We lobbed the feathered arrows of enquiry at the rock and roll dartboard this week and these got the highest scores …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… rock stars v the new league of the Super-Rich.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… package tours of the mid-‘60s – eight acts, an interval, a compere plus God Save the Queen.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… ‘Hits, Flops and Other Illusions’ by Edward Zwick and the fantastic tale about arrogance, money-squandering and Julia Roberts at the Halcyon Hotel.</p><br><p>... pop music used to be about persuading people to cut loose; now it’s about getting them to tighten up.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… why you can read Ron Wood’s memoir as either comedy or tragedy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>.. Chris Blackwell’s post-production trickery that sold Bob Marley to a rock audience.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Master Tape Rescue: the arduous task of panning for gold.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>... and why there should be a movie about the making of Shakespeare in Love.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus birthday guest Chuck Loncon in Savannah, Georgia – Neil Young v Spotify, Lady Antebellum, the Dixie Chicks and the tangled world of political correctness.</p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to Word In Your Ear via Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content, plus a whole load more!: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear</a></p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4234399">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><br /><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>