Sinead O’Connor, that Morrissey outburst, over-long films and the pitiful plight of roadies

The mellifluous melody and soaring counterpoint of this week’s podcast were comprised of the following notes …

… Morrissey’s broadside on the treatment of Sinead O’Connor – and her electrifying moment at Dylan’s 30th Anniversary tribute two weeks after she’d torn up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live.

… two unsettling events in the later life of Randy Meisner.

… Adele revives the old Las Vegas business model (at about £8m a night).

… the eternal mystery of Bob Dylan’s motorcycle crash and his Shea Stadium and Russian shows that never happened.

… how long news took to travel: the Battle of Waterloo (three days), the death of Jim Morrison (two weeks).

… Oppenheimer and why so many films are so long.

… Things It’s Almost Impossible To Accept, No 97: Mick Jagger is 80!

… in 2006 BBC viewers voted Morrissey second in a Greatest Living British Icons poll (Sir David Attenborough was first, McCartney third). Where would he be if they ran they voted tomorrow?

… that photo of Pulp and their 57-strong entourage.

… the time the Troggs turned psychedelic.

… the endless value of the mantra “never apologise, never explain”.

… TV clips from the Lost World of Rock And Roll – Hush tour Australia in 1997 (and pay their road crew $1 an hour);

Quintessence in 1970, ‘the sound of Notting Hill Gate’.  

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Clips:-

Sinead O’Connor at Dylan’s 30th anniversary concert two weeks after she tore up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKeJifOXAnA

Glam-rock roadhogs Hush in 1977 …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Iyytr1AJ4

Getting It Straight In Notting Hill Gate …

https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-getting-it-straight-in-notting-hill-gate-1970-online

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