Misadventures in Music with Ian Prowse & Mick Ord

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Misadventures in Music with Ian Prowse & Mick Ord

Dive into the heart of music's most compelling narratives with "Misadventures in Music," a podcast where the untold stories of the music industry come to light. Hosted by Merseyside's own Ian Prowse, frontman of Amsterdam and the erstwhile spearhead of Pele, alongside Mick Ord, former head of BBC Merseyside Ian and Mick, with their rich backgrounds in music and journalism, embark on a quest to explore music history.

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  1. 16/01/2023

    MIM - S02 EP02 - James Campion

    Millions of words have been written about The  Beatles so why would James Campion spend 2 years writing ANOTHER one? You  could be excused for thinking, "Either he's jumping on the bandwagon to earn a quick buck or because he has something genuinely original and thought-provoking to say." Thankfully 'Take a Sad Song - the Emotional Currency of Hey Jude' charges headlong into the latter category. In  Misadventures in Music episode #14 Ian Prowse and Mick Ord meet New  York based author, journalist and broadcaster James who reveals many of  the fascinating layers to Hey Jude. Yes, it was written by Paul McCartney for John Lennon's son Julian who'd just seen his parents split up after John left the family home for Yoko Ono, but the song is SO  more than that, as James explains in his  critically-acclaimed book. He takes us back to 1968 (the Year of Revolution, according to many social historians) when  the band appeared on the David Frost show in front of the cameras to sing Hey Jude in front of a studio audience (well, THREE studio audiences actually) for the first time in 2 years, having given up  touring in 1966. James takes us behind the  scenes of that performance and  explains why and how the song became a  worldwide number one single and why, in his view, it's the best song  they ever recorded. As one of the contributors to the book says, " It was 7 minutes we needed at the time' Find out more on James' website - www.jamescampion.com

    57 min
4.9
out of 5
39 Ratings

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Dive into the heart of music's most compelling narratives with "Misadventures in Music," a podcast where the untold stories of the music industry come to light. Hosted by Merseyside's own Ian Prowse, frontman of Amsterdam and the erstwhile spearhead of Pele, alongside Mick Ord, former head of BBC Merseyside Ian and Mick, with their rich backgrounds in music and journalism, embark on a quest to explore music history.

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