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Word In Your Ear

von Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

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  1. The Jarrett movie, Macca’s secret & when did standing at gigs start?

    Whooping, whistling, punching the air, standing on the arm-rests and generally adding our voice to the sound of the crowd this week involves … … the creepy way Google eavesdrops our conversations … the cleverly positioned “secret” on McCart

  2. The Clash story mapped by the places they lived, played, evolved … and shot pigeons

    Paul Gorman, author and curator, has put together fascinating maps of the London haunts of Bowie and the Stones and just published one about the Clash built around key locations in the network that formed them and helped them to flourish. I

  3. Mustn’t grumble! Songs with the essence of Englishness

    A milky tea, a jam sponge and this week’s news served on a tin tray with a steam train painted on it points our very English conversation towards the following … … what connects the Monkees and a British Prime Minister? … when are you too o

  4. Neil Tennant revisits songs he’s written since the age of nine

    Neil Tennant co-wrote a musical at Primary School and soon decided that “learning other people’s songs was hard work compared with making up your own”. He’s chosen some from the Pet Shop Boys’ 40-year catalogue, hits and obscurities, in ‘On

  5. Steve Nieve looks back at Costello, Stiff tours and the magical sound of pianos

    At the age of four, Steve Nieve drew pictures of piano keys and pretended to play them. He joined Elvis Costello & the Attractions when he was 19, the start of a life that involves having to find a flight case for a Steinway Grand. He talks

  6. Scores McCartney still wants to settle, Country Joe and the rise of ‘destination gigs’

    Watering the scented hedgerows of news to see if any green shoots appear. And they do, in the form of … … the most effective protest song ever written … the commendable box-ticking life of Country Joe McDonald … the Timothée Chalamet ding-d

  7. Shaun & Bez and other Odd Couples we love

    Pointing the scanner of inquiry at the baggage carousel of news to see what gets the lights flashing, which this week includes … … we know what’s making Morrissey miserable … bands that can get a whole stadium singing … the rock star who mi

  8. The Kinks’ chaotic ascent mapped out day-by-day is ‘a nirvana for any fan’

    A gorgeous and lavish new publication tells the story of the Kinks in the ‘60s via the key events in their unsteady trajectory plus concert bills, letters and ephemera assembled by Andrew Sandoval, the kind of non-digital research that’s fi

  9. How A Hard Day’s Night ripped up the pop movie rulebook

    Author and broadcaster Samira Ahmed used to watch A Hard Day’s Night once a week and she’s just written an enthralling account of the shoot and its impact for the BFI’s Classic Films series. A movie, she points out, that celebrates Britishn

  10. Bob Dylan and the Beatles, a tale of envy, affection and intense rivalry

    Bob Dylan and the Beatles watched each other closely. Jim Windolf is fascinated by the parallels in their stories, the obvious moments they influenced each other and the unconcealable tensions at the times they met, all mapped out in his bo

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