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The Take 5 is a music podcast where the people you love, share five songs they love. Each guest has a different theme, and the memories attached to their most beloved songs flip them to fan mode, often giving a rare insight into their creative heart. Hosted by Zan Rowe.
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Jack Antonoff's turning points
Jack Antonoff is one of the most celebrated producers working today. With 10 Grammys under his belt, including three in a row for Producer of the Year, he has shaped the sound of pop music over the last decade.
Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Lorde… these are just some of the names he’s produced and co-written with. And within the industry, he’s known as a brilliant collaborator – opposite to the classic Svengali directing himself into the story. Jack listens, guides, and celebrates the song. For him, it’s about the feel more than anything else.
Jack is also a muso himself; for years he’s played in bands and written songs. And you can tell what a fan he is, and how his big heart is filled with music. From R.E.M. to Joanna Newsom to Waterboys, this is a glorious celebration of songwriting, from a Jersey boy who followed his dreams.
R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful
Saves The Day – Hold
Joanna Newsom – Sadie
Tom Waits – Hold On
Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon -
Catherine Marks' big picture songs
It’s fair to say, boygenius’ debut album was highly anticipated. But did you know that it was an Australian producer that helped bring it to life? Catherine Marks was born and bred in Melbourne, but made her way to the UK where she’s been working with everyone from PJ Harvey to Foals, The Killers to, yes, boygenius.
Her work is lauded across the world, winning awards and fans as one of the rare women to celebrated in the field. And while home in Australia for a hot minute, Catherine joined Zan Rowe to Take 5. The magic of what happens when crafting a song or an album can sometimes be intangible, and it’s made up of a million elements that bring music to life. You're invited into her studio to see the big picture of making five extraordinary songs.
Wolf Alice – Storms
The Big Moon – Bonfire
Manchester Orchestra - The Silence
Roman Lewis - Mindless Town
boygenius - Not Strong Enough -
The Streets' songs of then and now
In the early 00’s The Streets burst onto the scene. Original Pirate Material was like nothing else around, combining garage beats with everyday stories from a geezer we could all relate to. Mike Skinner wanted to literally push things forward, taking the garage genre in a new direction and using his lyrics to talk about what was really going on inside the hearts and minds of people in the clubs. It struck a chord, and The Streets got a lot of attention.
Over five albums Mike Skinner would tour Australia a whole lot, always playing festivals and always drawing a huge crowd. Then in 2011 he called it a day, releasing his final album and doing his final shows as The Streets. Music stayed in his life though. He threw himself into producing, directing, and most notably DJ-ing, behind the decks instead of out front on stage.
Across his five songs choices we get a snapshot of a kid writing raps in his notebook in a hostel in Sydney. As well as the man today who is older, wiser, more grounded but with plenty of stories to tell. From Johnny Cash to Grim Sickers to Daft Punk, this is The Streets, Taking 5 with Zan Rowe and playing us his songs from then and now.
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
Snoop Dogg - Serial Killa [Ft. D.O.C., RBX & Tha Dogg Pound]
Grim Sickers - Open The Till [Ft. Ghetts & Darker The Shadow Brighter The Light]
Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Thru This
Daft Punk - Human / Together / One More Time / Music Sounds Better with You / Stardust (Instrumental) [Live] -
Cameron James' mixtape
Comedian Cameron James loves music. For years he’s been telling his stories through song, ploughing through personal history with a hook and a melody. You would have seen him pop up on funny panel shows, or heard him in hit podcast Finding Drago.
Cameron’s latest comedy show is called Mixtape, and it’s a love letter to the songs that shape our lives. Which is why he’s the perfect person to Take 5. From Silverchair to Gladys Knight & the Pips, settle in for some ripper stories and the art of the mixtape.
Silverchair – The Greatest View
Iggy Pop – Candy
New Radicals – You Get What You Give
Gladys Knight & the Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia
Tyler, the Creator – See You Again -
Zoë Coombs Marr's everything
Zoë Coombs Marr has been making us laugh for years. You might have seen her doing award winning stand up comedy, often doing meta shows that twist our brains. Maybe you caught her alter ego Dave, or have seen Zoë pop up on The Weekly, The Project and watched her brilliant 3 part series Queerstralia.
Zoë is one of my favourite creators; she always keeps me guessing with what she’ll do next, and she always does it differently to everyone else.
Her 2024 comedy show seems to be her most personal to date, cos it’s her story. “Every Single Thing In My Whole Entire Life” will see her dig through it all, on stage across Australia. It’s an idea that lends itself well to a soundtrack, which is why I asked her to Take 5. From Elaine Stritch to Yothu Yindi to Romy, this is a funny and glorious conversation about life itself.
Yothu Yindi - Treaty
Elaine Stritch - Are You Having Any Fun
The Lemonheads - The Outdoor Type
Hot Chip - Bath Full of Ecstasy
Romy - Enjoy Your Life -
Kylie Minogue's disco ball
It’s been a big week for Kylie Minogue. 20 years after she won her first Grammy, she backed it up; grabbing Best Pop Dance Recording for "Padam Padam".
It caps off one of the biggest recent peaks of Kylie’s career, and that’s saying something. Since most of us were little kids, Kylie has been in our lives. As an actor who became a pop star who became an icon in Australian music. She’s a chameleon, a stayer, and she fills every dancefloor with her magic.
I love Kylie Minogue, and I thought it’d be fun to crank open the Take 5 archives, and share the brilliant convo I had with her back in 2020.
It was the first year of the pandemic, she’d been working away for months on a shimmering new record, and on the day she joined me to Take 5, Disco was released everywhere.
It felt like the perfect salve in a tough time; the community and dancefloor we all craved, and who better to gift it than the Queen of Pop. From Donna Summer to Daft Punk, this is a glorious celebration of Kylie's foundations.
Donna Summer – Love To Love You Baby
Earth, Wind & Fire – September
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
Bee Gees – Night Fever
Daft Punk – Around The World
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Undone to Burt - Take 5, Zan and Noel Gallagher
Stories woven through songs, and songs soundtracking the stories. Take 5 is an indelible format, producing calm and perspective. Zan is a brilliant interviewer, nudging guests to explore their own lives: their canniness and uncanniness. And through her and Take 5, we all get to know—are invited to narrate—our own lives a little better.
I’ve listened to almost all of Take 5, and have been a staunch subservient of BBC Sounds’ latest release of Desert Island Discs for over 5 years. Take 5 imbues a distinctly laid-back, unabashed glint on the genre, and no doubt that can be attributed to Zan and the superb production and editing. The long snippet of Burt Bacharach, and Noel Gallagher’s cheery, youthful delight in the richness of Bacharach’s song was teased out so gloriously — euphorically even.
I love Take 5, and am a staunch subscriber. What an episode; what a show.