What are the great singles that have entered our bloodstream? “Nobody hums an album!”

The original rock podcast - now in its 20th year! – knocks the week’s news across the conversational net. Amid the top-spin, rallies and double-faults, you’ll find … … farcical developments in the Tupac trial … the shock-horror reaction to the Sam Mendes Beatles’ wigs! … Dave Marsh’s ‘1001 Greatest Singles’ in 1989: what 45s released since would make his Top 10? … ‘If the Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me’, ‘I’ve Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart’: real or made-up Country song titles? … “People buy albums because they like the band. They buy singles because they like the song” … musicians who wrote a second memoir as the first one wasn’t all true … the Stones single that’s streets ahead of their others … the Hank Marvin Challenge: the correct facial expression when playing instrumentals! … are the greatest singles the ones with the most emotional depth? … and the mystery of ‘No Way Out’ by Joyce Harris.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.