Todd Rundgren’s outbursts, ‘too old to mosh’ & the happiest and saddest songwriters

A long-running conversation that shifts from major to minor, back to major and all notes inbetween, this week’s lyrics including …… can people who write ‘happy’ ever be cool?… the best drummer who isn’t a drummer?… when will Oasis buy Man City?… why is Taylor Swift unmemorable?… when’s “too old to mosh”?… weird double-bills: Jimi Hendrix and the Monkees. Cat Stevens and Engelbert. Black Sabbath and … Neil Diamond?… huge stars who barely had any hits… what Todd Rundgren said about the New York Dolls, XTC and Bat Out Of Hell (“a parody of Springsteen”… why black musicians had white gangster managers… Mark paid £2.75 for six bands at Knebworth in 1974. What’s Alex getting for £500 in 2027?… and “songs about Los Angeles are always about failure”Plus Radiohead, Laughing Len, Kylie and birthday guest Phil Turner.Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.