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#46 Owen Hatherley on Scott Walker's strange musical journey [PATRONS ONLY]
Added 2019-05-01 12:43:02 +0000 UTCOwen Hatherley joins me to discuss the music and life of the late Scott Walker. We spoke about his journey from teen heartthrob with the Walker Brothers, to the creator of some of the most challenging music in the history of pop. We discuss the big band, crooner tradition that Walker emerged from, the radical break in his work with 1978's Nite Flights and the political pessimism of his later records. To accompany the episode here is a playlist of Walker's work:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xEf8KGVxK6IRpKSLc6FOS
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Hi Scott! Thanks for becoming a patron. I don't follow though - does the audio not work? Perhaps try refreshing the page? Let me know if you still can't access it.
Politics Theory Other
2019-11-20 15:50:16 +0000 UTCHiya I’m a new patron and I was wondering if there’s any chance this could be made available again?
Scott
2019-11-20 15:45:11 +0000 UTCah that's great to hear Rob! And thanks for listening.
Politics Theory Other
2019-06-30 12:48:11 +0000 UTCThis episode really got me into Scott Walker - I was only vaguely aware of him before. Thanks!
Rob S
2019-06-30 11:44:15 +0000 UTCYou are sweet to take my gibberings seriously. I'm so touched I'm going to listen to all the songs on the Spotify playlist thing you mentioned. Thank you ...
Jane Pickering
2019-05-06 00:53:57 +0000 UTCYes, good point re. Petula Clark. Of course both Joana and Downton were written by Tony Hatch I believe.
Politics Theory Other
2019-05-05 20:53:47 +0000 UTC'If my brother ever happened to be in the room when he was on television' that should have been - sorry (again) ...
Jane Pickering
2019-05-05 20:49:24 +0000 UTCI was frightened to listen to this for a few days in case I disagreed with anything Mr Hatherley says, but was pleasantly surprised to find myself nodding along in approval (which is always my favourite way to engage with a podcast I am particularly fond of). Here is a list of thoughts that crossed my poor, threadbare mind every now and again: Petula Clark - she lived in that tradition of British singers who were taken into French popular culture and therefore had sophisticated bits added on in the same way as Dusty and Scott. The record that forced everyone to choose a side was the single 'Jackie', which I think had a version of 'Next' on the B side. Another thing that anyone who read the music press would have noticed in the mid sixties was that Mick Jagger harboured quite a resentment/allergy towards The Walker Brothers in general, and, if I remember correctly, Scott Engel in particular (just little signpostings of how they were received). 'I don't want to just stand there and be ever so pretentious like the Walker Brothers', things like that. There was a noticeable difference in the way music journalists approached writing about him or interviewing him. I learned all of the homophobic slurs available to British English speakers if I ever happened to be in the room when he was on the television. Is 'Joana' considered to be one of his arty songs? It still plays in my head from time to time and I can't think why more fuss doesn't get made of it. Sorry ...
Jane Pickering
2019-05-05 20:47:31 +0000 UTC
