Growing Up With Vince & Jeremy

Rainbow Alley Productions

We grew up in the UK from 1970 to 1990. This show is all about the two of us looking back and putting bits of our shared past under the microscope, from the early ‘80s ‘Protect and Survive’ /Mutually Assured Destruction nuclear panic, to the theme music from The Incredible Hulk; from Wimpy Burgers to wimpy Orac from Blake’s 7; from the Falklands War to Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus. We look back with fondness and bafflement and sometimes with abject disbelief at what life was like when we were growing up.

  1. Oct 31

    09 Confessions of a Failed Podcaster

    Send us Fan Mail Episode 9: Confessions of a Failed Podcaster (March 15th 2018) 'The Podcast with 99 Problems' This episode: Jeremy confesses to having an awkward relationship with irksome Jam frontman Paul Weller, and starts a campaign to demand more stringently regulated standards in Rap Artists' outrageous and unfeasible boasting; Vince takes The Byrds and Dexys Midnight Runners to task for their pretentious grammar, and fails entirely to locate Eastbourne on a map; and Jeremy inadvertently summons up the Antichrist. The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are Dexys Midnight Runners, Moby, The Byrds, The Jam, and Black Sabbath. FULL TRACK LISTING  Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)  Burn it Down –  Dexys Midnight Runners  Porcelain – Moby  You’re Still on my Mind – The Byrds  Down in the Tube Station at Midnight - The Jam  Paranoid - Black Sabbath  Ticket to Ride  – The Beatles    JEREMY RECOMMENDS:  Sugartime - Jim Dale  Reggae Like it Used to Be - Paul Nicholas  Popcorn - Hot Butter  Cowboy Movie - David Crosby  Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby - Tony Sheridan and The Beatles  Cry for a Shadow - The Beatles    JEREMY’S SUPERGROUP (HAPHAZZARD!)  Bill Nelson (Be-Bop Deluxe) - Lead Guitar  Mick Tucker (The Sweet) - Drums    VINCE’S SUPERGROUP (PEDANTRY)  Stevie Wonder - Piano / Vocals  David Crosby (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) - Rhythm Guitar / Vocals / Drugs    LINKS  Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vinceandjergrowup Please also check out our friends over on Instagram @secondspin313 and their excellent podcast 'Second Spin'.

    09 Confessions of a Failed Podcaster
  2. Aug 21

    08 From L.A. to Totterdown

    Send us Fan Mail Episode 8: From L.A. to Totterdown  (February 8th 2018) 'Hey Hey it’s the Podcast!' This episode: As Jeremy struggles to recollect anything recorded by 80’s/90’s UK pop princess Cathy Dennis, and Vince struggles with his vocabulary, both men go to war as they create rival Supergroups. Also this show, they decide that The Banana Splits were a lot funnier than the Monkees; that psychopathic killers should really learn how to spell; and that classic BBC weather presenters Michael Fish and John Kettley should have either had a brief and amusing pop career, or they should have been involved with the 60’s militant US counter-cultural group The Weather Underground, if only to offer sound meteorological advice. The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are Betty Boo, The Monkees, Stevie Wonder, and Nick Drake. FULL TRACK LISTING Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free) Doin’ the Doo – Betty Boo You Just May Be the One – The Monkees Lately – Stevie Wonder At the Chime of a City Clock – Nick Drake Happiness is a Warm Gun – The Beatles JEREMY RECOMMENDS: Bad Reputation - Luke Haines Sunny Girlfriend - The Monkees Third Floor Heaven - Be-Bop Deluxe Tame the Lion - Emitt Rhodes LINKS  Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vinceandjergrowup Please also check out our friends over on Instagram @secondspin313 and their excellent podcast 'Second Spin'.

    08 From L.A. to Totterdown
  3. 11/15/2025

    06 Languishing in Obscurity

    Send us Fan Mail Episode 6: Languishing in Obscurity (November 22nd 2017) 'Non scientes quod ambitiosam (Never knowingly pretentious)' This episode: As we discover just how many times Critically Acclaimed UK Playwright™ Vince can easily be irked, Jeremy is turned into a dynamic pose-able action figure with eagle eyes and grip hands (just in time for the Christmas toy market); both men clash swords over the age-old debate of art vs commercialism, but both are in firm accord that romantic advances towards complete strangers should not involve needlessly over-complicated plumbing/messaging arrangements, and that Cockney Rhyming Slang is incomprehensible gibberish. The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are The Shadows, R.E.M, Radiohead, Mike + The Mechanics, and Tony Orlando and Dawn. FULL TRACK LISTING  Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)  Wonderful Land – The Shadows  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1dmBUBu9P4  Imitation of Life –  R.E.M  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqgdSsfqPs  Silent Running – Mike + The Mechanics  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep7W89I_V_g  Karma Police – Radiohead  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYWYWPc9HU  Ask Me Why – The Beatles   LINKS  Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vinceandjergrowup Please also check out our friends over on Instagram @secondspin313 and their excellent podcast 'Second Spin'.

    06 Languishing in Obscurity
  4. 10/03/2025

    05 Ghosts are B******t - Halloween Special 2017

    Send us Fan Mail Episode 5: Ghosts are B******t! (October 20th 2017) 'Listen to them, the children of the night'. This episode: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! In this spooktactular edition of what’s been called “the scariest podcast ever recorded” by bull**** ‘medium’ Derek Acorah (not really; just like him, we’re making it all up), Jeremy adopts a new non de plume for his Rock and Roll Name and accidentally insults the state of Texas; Vince solves a centuries old murder case by identifying pretentious middle-class totty actor Martin Shaw as Jack the Ripper, and confesses he’s never been to Wigan (Vince, that is: not sure about Martin Shaw – perhaps he can let us know in the comments section); and both friends fondly reminisce about their school days at a mediocre Comprehensive when they bossed the second-rate teaching staff into letting them write and film a terrible video adaptation of Dracula, which nonetheless was considerably better than the one made by Francis Ford Coppola fifteen years later. The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are Warren Zevon, R Dean Taylor, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, and Classics IV. FULL TRACK LISTING  Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)  Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7Kx6js3SU  There’s a Ghost in my House –  R Dean Taylor  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvvRYYoGxg  Psycho Killer – Talking Heads  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAh19tms4U  Spooky – Classics IV  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSEOzimKnEY  I Am the Walrus – The Beatles    LINKS  Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head  JEREMY RECOMMENDS Lawyers, Guns and Money – Warren Zevon Outside Chance – The Turtles She’d Rather Be With Me – The Turtles Got to See Jane - R Dean Taylor Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor 51st Anniversary – Jimi Hendrix Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vinceandjergrowup Please also check out our friends over on Instagram @secondspin313 and their excellent podcast 'Second Spin'.

    05 Ghosts are B******t - Halloween Special 2017
  5. 09/05/2025

    04 The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock - 1970s

    Send us Fan Mail Episode 4: The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock (August 24th 2017) 'You Wouldn't Like Us When We're Angry' This episode: 1970’s SPECIAL! As Operation Yewtree closes in on The Wombles of Wimbledon Common, Jeremy and Vince confidently (if unwisely) don flared trousers, platform heels, pseudo-silk kimonos and glitter face paint in celebration of “the decade of lurid wallpaper, silly hairstyles and burly men warming their hands around braziers,” to quote lurid and burly historian Dominic Sandbrook. Jeremy wonders if TV’s Dr David Banner (aka The Incredible Hulk) has the worst employment history of any medical professional in history; Vince unpicks a dastardly scheme by ‘Scrumpy ‘n Western’ cider-drinking yokel-funsters The Wurzels to thwart a proposal by a taskforce from the Environmental Agency and North Wiltshire County Council to tackle traffic congestion in Swindon Town; and both men express sadness and dismay at the unwaveringly tatty and unappealing kitsch that forms the vast majority of Elvis merchandising. The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are David Essex, Jeff Wayne, The Wurzles, The Stranglers, Marc Bolan and T-Rex, Blondie, and Elvis Presley. FULL TRACK LISTING  Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)  Gonna Make You a Star – David Essex  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7Kx6js3SU  The Wonder of You –  Elvis Presley  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvvRYYoGxg  Ride a White Swan – T-Rex  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAh19tms4U  Something Better Change – The Stranglers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSEOzimKnEY  Heart of Glass – Blondie   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU  Back in the USSR – The Beatles    LINKS  Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vinceandjergrowup Please also check out our friends over on Instagram @secondspin313 and their excellent podcast 'Second Spin'.

    04 The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock - 1970s
  6. 08/01/2025

    03 Haunted by Phil Spector

    Send us Fan Mail Episode 3: Haunted by Phil Spector (July 20th 2017) 'The Strong and Stable Coalition of Chaos' This episode: Vince becomes Jeremy’s ruthless manager/Svengali figure and forces him to make a series of increasingly poor low-budget movies; Jeremy wonders if Tosh from The Bill should have been in sweary Dr Who spin-off series Torchwood; Vince wonders about all the Micks in rock and Roll; Jeremy demands a Persian Carpet as we play a game of Top ****s; and we keep forgetting that Jeremy has to rate everything on our poorly constructed board. The artists/bands rated and/or discussed are Deacon Blue, Tin Tin Out, The Clash, The Specials, David Bowie, Doves, Van Morrison, and John Lennon. FULL TRACK LISTING Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)  Here’s Where the Story Ends – Tin Tin Out featuring Sherry Nelson  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMSdVhWnoNU  The Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud –  David Bowie  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDCor7efUOc  Pounding – Doves  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leg3uiu0g1c  Moondance – Van Morrison  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFxGBB4UGU  Scared – John Lennon   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4SrrVIY8oU  No Reply – The Beatles  LINKS  Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vinceandjergrowup Please also check out our friends over on Instagram @secondspin313 and their excellent podcast 'Second Spin'.

    03 Haunted by Phil Spector
  7. 07/18/2025

    02 Maverick Jazz Cops

    Send us Fan Mail Episode 2: Maverick Jazz Cops (June 15th 2017) '90 minutes of your life you’ll never get back! ' This episode:  As Jeremy considers a life on the run, hiding in the shadows (not the band), Vince ponders the lack of men named Colin in Rock and Roll.  Up for discussion by both is the staggering implausibility of hit BBC legal drama Judge John Deed; how U2 might possibly have been inspired by The Wombles; and the feeble arguments advanced by songwriters Rogers and Hart in their lyrics for The Lady is a Tramp - a song which on close inspection seems to entirely exonerate the character of the supposed loose woman.  The artists/bands rated and discussed are The Zombies, Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship, New Order, Steely Dan, and Suzanne Vega. FULL TRACK LISTING SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/user/mrashdown/playlist/1Ef2HSXOjYnPH9aPCI9MPq Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free) She’s Not There – The Zombies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8BkkFJI910 Triad – Jefferson Airplane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aej9wmoQ7M Regret – New Order https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ZHVmSuBJM&spfreload=10 Any Major Dude Will Tell You – Steely Dan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kND8TRZap8Y Solitude Standing – Suzanne Vega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05AHPFPpHIM Only a Northern Song – The Beatles LINKS Mitch Benn Is the 37th Beatle  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03szxdh Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_the_Head Judge John Deed original BBC trailer on YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK2690fTeHw Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vinceandjergrowup Please also check out our friends over on Instagram @secondspin313 and their excellent podcast 'Second Spin'.

    02 Maverick Jazz Cops

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We grew up in the UK from 1970 to 1990. This show is all about the two of us looking back and putting bits of our shared past under the microscope, from the early ‘80s ‘Protect and Survive’ /Mutually Assured Destruction nuclear panic, to the theme music from The Incredible Hulk; from Wimpy Burgers to wimpy Orac from Blake’s 7; from the Falklands War to Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus. We look back with fondness and bafflement and sometimes with abject disbelief at what life was like when we were growing up.