Just Kidding, Lars SlapperCast

Two listener questions take us an entire episode to answer... first, we compare Shane MacGowan of the Pogues to Ronnie Drew and Luke Kelly of the Dubliners. Then follows a ridiculously long discussion of our top five(ish) desert island discs.


References for this episode


Leaving of Liverpool - The Dubliners — Ronnie Drew on lead vocals
The Town I Loved So Well (Live) - The Dubliners — Luke Kelly on lead vocals
Dirty Old Town (Live) - The Dubliners — Luke Kelly on lead vocals
Rocky Road to Dublin (Live) - The Dubliners — Luke accidentally repeats the 'Mullingar' verse and reacts humourously
Monto (Live) - The Dubliners
Dirty Old Town - Christy Moore and Shane MacGowan
Huey Lewis performs with Thin Lizzy
Interview with Chris Hayes of Huey Lewis & the News — Suburban Underground
New Religion - Duran Duran


Patrick's Top 5 Desert Island Discs


Life Live - Thin Lizzy
Gold: Greatest Hits - Abba
Live After Death - Iron Maiden
Reign in Blood - Slayer
Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight - Elvis Presley (4 Disc Box Set)


Chad's Top 5 Desert Island Discs


Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie
Peter Gabriel (Scratch) - Peter Gabriel
Fear of Music - Talking Heads
The White Album - The Beatles
???


More References


Cold Sweat (Live) - Thin Lizzy
Human Strain - Slayer
George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr talk about Elvis's later period (from the Beatles Anthology)
Bruce Dickinson and his opinion(s) on synthesizers in heavy metal
The Rocker - Thin Lizzy (Eric Bell guitar solo)
Still in Love With You - Thin Lizzy (John Sykes guitar solo)
My Sharona - The Knack (Berton Averre guitar solo)
Life During Wartime - Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads (Jerry Harrison keyboard solo)
Girlfriend is Better - Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads (original 1984 theatrical mix) (Jerry Harrison keyboard solo)


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