Obsessive fans, Dylan’s reading list and how Taylor Swift tickets are the new codeword for wealth

By Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

Word In Your Ear

21/10/24·51m 4s

Applying our patent wheat-chaff separator to recent rock and roll events, we filter out the following …

… “They’ve got the guns but we got the numbers”: whatever happened to political songs?

… the life of Libby Titus and the afterlife of Love Has No Pride.

… when gigs become stalking with a musical component.

… how Taylor Swift Tickets became the new currency.

… the most disappointing album of all time (we know the answer).

… who’s the Zeppo Marx of rock and roll?

… the old music/football analogy revisited.

… when fans think they own a band.

… the New York Rock And Soul Revue that revived Steely Dan.

… has any American star beguiled Britain more than Taylor Swift?

… when Lennon failed to swing the vote.

… does anyone convey loneliness better than Bonnie Raitt?

… our own personal rock and roll fantasies – eg Dr John recycling and Bob Dylan in his Star Wars jim-jams.

… plus birthday guest Phil Turner - Bill Berry, Gene Clarke, Vince Clarke and the irreplaceable magic ingredient of one band member.

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