Known Pleasures
A sometimes wry look at the highly influential music that washed up in the seismic splash that was punk.
Episodes
In our latest flexidisc we look into the story behind Video Killed The Radio Star. The production, the instrumentation, the arrangement and the glasses. Who were The Camera Club? How did Tina Charles fit into the story? Who exactly was Dr. Bop? We heard this on the wireless back in '79. And we've been loving it ever since.
We at Known Pleasures have had an unusually complicated relationship with The Smiths. But that doesn't mean we can't have the conversation. In this episode we choose 10 songs at random and discuss their pros and cons. Mark makes an appearance at the end to give us his 2 cents worth on the Mancunian quartet.
Video Version of this podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfMFZtwzt5Y&t=28s
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Were there any New Wave Xmas songs? Turns out there were quite a few.
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In this episode we interview Cathy McQuade & Ken Campbell from the Australian New Wave band Deckchairs Overboard. We discuss the early days in Melbourne, Cointreau, Paul Hester, supporting Midnight Oil and Hunters & Collectors, making videos with dice & chains and what they've been doing recently.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Deckchairs Overboard, here is the much celebrated 4 x track ep: https://www.youtub...
Were Graham Parker & The Rumour part of the Punk Rock scene in Australia?
I guess it depends on where you view it from and from behind which pair of shades.
Lindy Morrison & Amanda Brown from The Go Betweens chat about the music, the memories and the madness of being musicians in the 80's. Pass the cookies and settle in for a podcast with an unusual time signature and a head full of steam.
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This is a personal one. A quick look at the history of one of my favourite music venues in my home town of Brisbane in Queensland.
Can you clap in time to the I Don't Like Mondays intro? Clearly Patrick can't.
In our latest Flexidisc we try to dismantle the classic Boomtown Rats song and try to work out what makes it tick.
And the reason? Well, there are no reasons.
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In our latest 'Interview' episode we talk to Craig Hooper, former member of The Reels, The Mullanes (Crowded House) and The Church. We discuss his early days in regional New South Wales, the difficulties in naming bands, being stranded in New Zealand, using electronic instruments to create a unique sound and recording songs that would make your mother proud.
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In 1980, The Pretenders were everywhere. With the first number one single of the eighties, an album that was chock full of great songs and an image that could not be ignored. In today’s episode we’ll discuss the first three albums and follow Chrissy’s journey from Akron Ohio to the streets of London.
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This is a compilation of a few of our favourite moments from the first 7 years of the Known Pleasures Podcast.
‘Play high, Hooky! Play high!’ Ian Curtis had been Joy Division’s conductor and lightning rod, giving his crucial nod of approval to Peter Hook’s upper-register bass sound and pulling the strings elsewhere. In May 1980, though, after Ian’s death, the renamed New Order faced an uphill battle. How they not only survived, but thrived spectacularly, is one of the great redemptive stories of rock and roll.
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On the eve of his upcoming tour we interview the former lead singer and songwriter from the seminal UK punk band The Stranglers, Hugh Cornwell. We ask him about the new album, his days with The Stranglers and everything in between. So get a grip on yourself and listen in to a few moments of madness from the mind of Hugh Cornwell.
In our latest flexidisc we will exhume the body of Eileen, run a musical autopsy, and discuss the song that moved a million hearts in stereo in 1982. Was Eileen a metaphor for casting off the social mores of sexual repression and escaping Thatcherite Britain’s humdrum existence? Was Kevin Rowland plundering Celtic rhythms and instrumentation a way of coming to terms with his Irish heritage? Or was it just a cracking good song? ...
While time heals all wounds, the scars of your first hapless podcast episode can run deep. With that in mind, we revisit Simple Minds and attempt to do justice to their Eureka-moment third album, Empires and Dance.
On our Birthday Party episode we said “there’s never been an Australian band before or since quite like them”. We recently had the opportunity to interview drummer Phill Calvert who told us about the boys’ early school days, his departure from the band and why he knew eventually Nick would go solo. Ladies and gentlemen, release the bats!
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In this episode, Graham interviews the Bass Player from 'The Jam' and 'From The Jam'.
The video interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgXy5F8jD2I&t=37s
The Known Pleasures Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvn2bfFxC-0
While Athens in Greece gifted civilisation with democracy, science, philosophy, taxes, writing, and schools, Athens in Georgia gave the world Widespread Panic, REM and the subject of today’s podcast The B-52s.
A frenetic drummer in strange glasses, a guitarist who clearly needed to add more strings to his bow, a lead singer who would shout and vociferate more than sing, and two bouffant-wearing female vocalists that sounded unlike ...
Born of the fallout from two of post punk’s best, Shriekback had no right to be any good, because well, so-called supergroups rarely are. But Shriekback were better than good – at their best they were simply majestic, riding a wave of ideas and inspiration that left other 80’s pretenders flailing in their wake. In this episode we’ll attempt to hook, then land the fish below the ice that is Shriekback.
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Rusty Egan - former drummer with The Skids and The Rich Kids, founding member of Visage and DJ at The Blitz Club in London, sits down with us for a discussion on the post punk scene, the New Romantics and Club Culture in the early 80's.
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