Withering reviews of famous albums, Jaws versus Jeeves and the genius of Blondie’s Clem Burke

Boldly pursuing tariff-free trade in rock and roll news, nostalgia, gossip and old hokum since 2007 and, this week, featuring … … the romantic allure of life as a critic. … Sting’s part in the success of ‘Adolescence’. … Mick Jagger’s long engagement to Melanie Hamrick (born when Steel Wheels came out!) … "Contained within these grooves are twelve convincing arguments against the capitalist system" and other vicious reviews revisited. … when Bob Marley recorded ‘Sugar Sugar’ by the Archies. … Al Bowlly’s menacing ‘Midnight, The Stars And You’ and how film soundtracks change your relationship with music. … what Mike Chapman had to tell Blondie to make ‘Parallel Lines’ a hit. … little-known pop fact no 97: Dave Pegg was at the same school as the man who invented the internet! … "I can lose weight but you will always be the director of Brown Bunny” – cracking film review one-liners from Roger Ebert. … the Jaws film and the Jeeves musical: both came out 50 years ago, both riddled with catastrophe. One broke box office records, the other died like a louse in a Russian’s beard. … Gabrielle Drake - “If you’re going to be in a flop, best it be a huge one.” … why Elvis Costello and Al Stewart should hit the lecture circuit. … and David Hemmings, inconsolable, in a shower.   Plus birthday guest Chuck Loncon stages a quiz.Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.