Showing posts with label Cover Versions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cover Versions. Show all posts

Monday, July 3, 2023

Podrophenia with guest David Woodcock




Eleven years (and three albums) on from his first Podrophenia session - David Woodcock  joins us in the studio tonight to chat about tracks from his walloping new album Pictures of Me. 
While Piley and Mondo do a lucky dip from current fave tunes: the newbie from Sparks and a Shirley Bassey tune sampled by Public Enemy beaming out from Ship Full of Bombs


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PLAYLIST
Listen To Your Heart – Motorhead
Orinoco Flow – Olivia Jean
Girl I’ll Stop At Nothing – The Damned
I Just Can’t Be Happy Today – The Damned
I Can’t Party- - Vulfman
Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is – Sparks
Pictures Of Me – David Woodcock
Moving Fast – David Woodcock
Caf̩ Culture РDavid Woodcock
Unsociable – David Woodcock
Aurora / Can’t Take Him Anywhere – Billy Reeves
(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman – The Kinks
Fire On Babylon – Sinead O’Connor
Jezahel – Shirley Bassey
The Eponym – Chill Bump

LINKS
For David Woodcock music, gigs and information go to www.davidwoodcockmusic.com

New album Pictures Of Me available now in multiple formats at www.davidwoodcockmusic.com/store-1

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Podrophenia - Nostalgia of the Future with Billy Reeves





Our cherished Pod-pal, Billy Reeves is back!Back! BACK!. 

Travelling in from the thin-end of The Thames to celebrate and salute his gorgeous new album Nostalgia of the Future We've lively chat, natter and tunes from the LP. Also school-whispered myths, and a mystery pop quiz Alongside a scattering of random tracks, new tunes and curious covers

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Podrophenia : Towns & Cities

 


Podrophenia takes a trip round cities and towns. There's a City or Town quiz, sandwich chat - are they best eaten gamey, and playlist of places that spans from Hanoi Rocks to a Lou Reed/Booker T team up, with new tunes from Vix20 and Campbell Findlay and The Tranquil.

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New York City Cops - The Strokes


Billy Bentley - Kilburn & The High Roads


The London Boys - David Bowie


By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Dorothy Ashby


Eggs On A Plate - Iggy Pop


Just For You - The Tranquil


KC Bound - Lowell Fulson


Cheer Up London - Slaves


Sin City - Secrets


Suburban Berlin - Japan


This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both of Us - Sparks & Faith No More


Gone - This Factory


Havana Affair (Live) - The Ramones


Invisible Girl - VIX20


Fadoodle - The Liquorice Quartet


Malibu Beach Nightmare - Hanoi Rocks


Nostalgia Machine - Soft Cell


The Bronx - Lou Reed & Booker T

Sunday, April 18, 2021

The Soundr Hour: Discolicious





DISCOLICIOUS: sixty minutes of funky, kooky, kamp disco makeovers. From Nina Simone to Steely Dan, 10cc to Elvis. And behold as Ian Dury, Mike Oldfield and Gordon Giltrap get re-swished with Saturday Night glitter. 



Whether you're kitchen disco-ing or preppin' for the pub - let the Soundr hour lead off your dance floor larks


Tuesday, March 23, 2021

The Soundr Hour - Cover Stars

 





Something to lively up your playlists - the Soundr Hour - Cover Stars.... 

60 solid minutes of uptempo covers: disco refits, funky reduxes and latin reworks - all contained herein. From Steely Dan to Rod Stewart, from the Average White Band to Ashford and Simpson - they all get rung and respun with fruity new versions...




Saturday, January 16, 2021

Podrophenia 171: a David Bowie Scrapbook





Being five years since Major Dave left his capsule - Podrophenia celebrates the life of a widescreen genius by way of a scrapbook of Bowieness. Outtakes, alt-takes, oddities, curiousities and some live tunes from Dave 'Woodmansey' Woodcock… 





Strap in for a playlist that spins in: Young Americans extras, TOTP albums covering Bowie, overlooked B sides - and two quizzes….. 

 1)Bowie lyric or Eno Oblique Strategy. 

 2) Guess the song from the shonky Thai translation.. (Ground control to Magic Town etc…) 

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Sunday, August 2, 2020

Podrophenia 165 - The Letter Y with Chris Constantinou



Podrophenia the letter Y - is up for download: Chris Constantinou joins us covering his career from playing Live Aid with Adam Ant and Top of the Pops goss' - to The Mutants, The Wolfmen and his new 1000 Motels project with Rat Scabies, plus new Clash covers with @itsrudegrl 


From the Podro playlist Lord Hastings, Piley and m'self spin in tracks including funky reggae, Toussaint's buried treasure and a non-skippable Yoko track also the only Roxy Music track written by their drummer. Dig in and download

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Monday, January 20, 2020

Podrophenia Every Record Tells a Story volume 2



The January Podrophenia is up for download with Piley, Popeapedia and Steve Carr of the always excellent Every Record Tells a Story  website - and m'self wherein we cover R 'n' R tales, truths, myths and fibs with a playlist ranging from Harry Nilsson to Son House, The Kinks to Cass Elliott - and lesser known originals made famous by The Carpenters, Elvis, Madonna and Manfred Mann




And we've a bonus guest spot from Kelly Ann Buckley gathering together news of the Wild Almanac Collective

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Monday, August 5, 2019

Podrophenia - Vinyl Finds and Lucky Dips



July's Podrophenia is a broadcast of two halves. In act 1 Mondo plays all new (to him) vinyl finds, while special guest Luke Mersey is laying down some digital goodies.

Then it's half time change ends while Luke gets to double decking, and Mond' presses playon the laptop.

And there's a niche don't judge a song by it's sleeve. Mayfair Train of Love in this case... ..



Style-wise it's a giddy mix of yacht rock, funky covers, nu-disco, nu-blues, urban grooves, NY Punk revisited and protest funk.. 





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Monday, November 26, 2018

Podrophenia - Every Record Tells a Story


A towering edition of Podrophenia is ready for your listening lugs.. Ian Pile, Ian Pope and m'self bring you A gypsy/jazz masterclass live in the studio from Levent Basharan and Taylor Higgs


Steve Carr from Every Record Tells a Story with little known tales about ace tunes: Nick Drake, Elton, Dylan

Owen Williams spinning in both sides of his new single..

A Stan Lee tribute with a little know Marvel connection to a mahoozive R.O.C.K band

Puns and a gig guide - s'all here .......

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Podrophenia Time



October's Podrophenia is now up for download with a hatrick of guests..Gary Mills live in session with 'Digital Age' a new tune of perfect-punk-power-popness 

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Ali James and John Oakes clue us in on upcoming events - including a 24 hour improvathon in November, and give Ian Pile and I an improv crash-course..

Andy Lewis spins in one of the all-time greatest floor-fillers you've never heard before - and there's puns, tunes and a taste test from Piley, Popey and self.. Dig in and download here

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Monday, July 9, 2018

Podrophenia - Ninth Anniversary edition with Chris Senner live in session



The ninth anniversary edition of Podrophenia is up for download. Our special guest is Chris Senner playing live, doing a spectacular Morrisey impression and choosing some inspirational tunes.. We've got: a Lennon number 9 quiz, new tunes from Alfa 9 and Comfortable Sauvage, and a run of heatwave puns... All here for your listening ears

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

Radio Podrophenia - No Theme, No Scene


No Theme No Scene: Piley, Popeapedia and Mondo go freestyle for the March Podrophenia, pinging in random tracks. Expect singles from Action Man (yes he of the eagle eyes and gripping hands), a disco refit of Tubular Bells, streaker-glam, TV Themes, a mod-stomping Elvis cover, Bob Seger then and now and a pop quiz! Load up your lugholes here....

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Podrophenia - Solo performers




Solo artists and band members who've bolted the band for a musical breakout are the theme of this Podro. We've got a world exclusive spin of the new Rollin' Machine single - Off the Clock. A track from the new Owen Williamsalbum,TWO new tunes from Blow Up records - (Usselman and The Bongolian) plus a Lennon Pop quiz.
And live with their first acoustic session - Gary Bynorth and Paul Hill from Doojip, current faves of Pete Townshend and endorsed by the Who.



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Thursday, July 13, 2017

Podrophenia Art and Cultcha





The Art Podrophenia is up for download and features two special guests - video director and photographer Carl Hawkins - chatting about his work and spinning some top tuneage.

And artist and guitarist Jack Browning endorsed by Wilko, Russell Brand and Ace Frehley Brush up on samples of their work above and download a freebie DL of Podro which comes loaded with a Bowie cover, a Steve Hooker newbie and pallete-loads more

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Monday, March 20, 2017

Radio Podrophenia - Music for Mentalists


The March Madness edish of Podrophenia is up for download, and it's possibly our most eccentric session yet.. Mae West goes Rock ‘n’ Roll. Petula Clark goes disco, Reginald Bosanquet goes funky, Hawkwind get schlagerd and there's a space-pop nugget wherein aliens land looking for new life in Northampton!See the info-tainment clip on the single below...



Special guest Grant Philpott brings in some of his spoken word mash-ups (including Jimmy Smith meets Mark E Smith and Pam Ayres with Roy Ayres) and talks about his television work on The Word, the Big Breakfast and his ten years on TV Burp…





There's Essex Films, Kitchen bands and Shart songs - and an 8 bit quiz based around rock classics getting digitised All here, all yours and all free

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Podrophenia: live radio tonight. Live in-store for RSD on Saturday …




It’s a double whammy of Podrophonic what-not over the next couple of days...

Tonight: Piley and I bring you the April edition of Radio Podrophenia, with this month’s theme being ‘Veggie’ bringing together a buffet of funk, mod, pop and a special track chosen by our pals from the Funk Pen....

And behold our special guest joining us to chat, singles, LPs and upcoming gigs..Billy Brentford of The Cee Cees..whose, album Solution Songs is out today..



Tune in and get your five a day hit in one funky bundle... at Radio  SFOB - 8PM

Or chip in with the chatabouts, hereabouts... Chatwing




Saturday: Team Podrophenia will be installed at Fives Records for the 12 – 1 slot at the Record Store Day event, held at Fives, Leigh Broadway. It’s a full day celebrating vinyl - with DJ sessions from the Middle Age Spread boys, Polyvinyl Craftsman and Camel Walk massives - along with live music from Phil Burdett, Tuppenny Bunters and the Glass Brides….


Monday, February 23, 2015

Radio Podrophenia - the Letter V. Now up for download



If you fancy something to lively up your commute and doings over the coming week - grab a take away version of our Radio Podrophenia show, featuring a mix of musical styles fitted around the theme of V recorded and broadcast live from The Railway, Southend...

Steven Hastings from Harbour Bazaar spotlights a classic Velvet Underground album with a rare take of a VU tune. Gentleman George Crockford from Box of Delights mans the Tech Decks - and our special guest is Chris Constantinou ex of Adam and the Ants talking about covering a Velvet Underground lost song and working with Tony Visconti on Adam's Vive Le Rock album and his current project The Mutants

Tune-wise we've got South African soul, Motown stompers, first-wave and now-wave punk

We also, ask what happens when you show retro children's TV shows to today's children... get listeners fancy dress confessions  (Peters and Lee, the 'hills' from The Sound of Music)...

Grab here Radio Podrophenia - the Letter V 

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And what has this video got to do with the Letter V - find out inside..

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Podrophenia Alphabet: V is for Velvets, Visconti and Vive Le Rock




Pod-bods: tonight it’s the February issue of Podrophenia, where we’ll be thumbing through the 'V' chapter of our Podrophonic Alphabet…

Pal Piley is out of action for this edition but – but Steven Hastings from SFOB’s show Harbour Bazaar will be stepping in and bringing some of Harbour's formats and features with him - focusing on a key/classic album and introducing us to Cover/Uncover..

Roll-out wise, we’ll be after #spiritsongsorsingsers and asking - do Schpunk have a point that 'boxsets retrospectively ruin your childhood' 

And behold: as we come face to face with a real life Ant Man and Mutant when Chris Constantinou (spottable on bass below)  phones in from The Mutants HQ





Join us online, 8pm at Ship Full of Bombs or chip in with the chat and natter at Chatwing

Friday, March 28, 2014

Podrophenia: Dial E for Easy Listening. Dial P for Podcast



The latest Podrophenia podcast is now up for download. Wherein we bring you, not *one* - but TWO world exclusives from Eight Rounds Rapid - an album track and an SFOB session recording

Reveal how to get involved with the new Lee Brilleaux biog... Bring you up to speed with the Eye-bombing phenomenon, splain what's On The Buzzes - and tell all about why SFOB George (6 foot 6 and robustly bearded) was shopping for dresses.

Get all the answers, plus a playlist of fine and funky tunes - from within the The Podrophenia Easy Listening Collection below in any format you like

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