Completely Conspicuous 481: Dig for Fire (Solo Beatles-Living Colour, Part 1)

This week, it's part 1 of my discussion with Brian Salvatore about musical blindspots with Brian listening to Living Colour while I dig into early solo Beatles records. Show notes: - Brian listened to Vivid, Jay listened to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - Adventures in Skype - Jay: Wasn't familiar with much of this album - Very raw, exposed album for Lennon - Lennon didn't release many albums before he died - Yoko plays "the wind" - Embarrassment of riches after Beatles broke up - The Living Colour/In Living Color conundrum - Brian: Not a misplaced note on this album - Impressed with the political content - Jay: Saw videos on MTV and taped a concert off the radio back in '88 - Vivid was out for over a year before "Cult of Personality" hit big - Living Colour confounded expectations - Mick Jagger helped get them a record deal - Next: Jay listens to McCartney's Ram and Brian checks out LC's Time's Up     Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.