The Secret Life of Songs Podcast
1) #16 - 9 to 5 / Dolly Parton
Why do we work? The answer might seem obvious; as teenagers the world over have long been told, the world does not owe you a living, but predictions by economists that technological advances would ine...Show More
2) #15 - Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) / Kate Bush
‘When I was little, I really wanted to be a psychiatrist. That's what I always said at school. I had this idea of helping people, I suppose, but I found the idea of people's inner psychology fascinati...Show More
3) #14 - Good Life / Inner City
The 1970s were a period of intensifying fears about the rapid spread of technological complexity in the wake of environmental catastrophes such as the Three Mile Island accident and the popularity of ...Show More
4) #12 - Family Affair / Sly and the Family Stone
When people first encountered Sly and the Family Stone in their early performances in San Francisco they were often struck by how much they really seemed like a family. They eschewed starriness; no on...Show More
5) #13 - SOS / ABBA
Has there ever been a pop band which has been as loved - and as hated - as ABBA? Even in the period before they appeared on the Eurovision Song Contest, when they were only well-known in Sweden, there...Show More
6) #11 - I Feel Love / Donna Summer
When Brian Eno first heard 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summer, produced by Giorgio Moroder in 1977, he declared that he had 'heard the sound of the future'. It was the first pop song to be entirely produce...Show More
7) Series 2 trailer
The return of the award-winning music analysis podcast, The Secret Life of Songs, is a major event in the worlds of podcasting and pop music writing. Building on the success of the first series, which...Show More
8) The Secret Life of Songs LIVE
To celebrate this year's launch of the second series of our award-winning podcast, we're hosting a series of live shows at LCCM in London. TICKETSWith a live band, Anthony will be discussing...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) #10 - River Deep — Mountain High / Ike & Tina Turner
How does a record make us feel like we're in a vast space, one that we've never experienced, one that may not exist? In this episode, the last of the series, I look at the Phil Spector produ...Show More
10) #9 - The Makings of You / Curtis Mayfield
Since I first started listening to pop music, I've wondered about what's really going on in songs about love. Something seems to haunt expressions of romantic affection or loss, something th...Show More