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I Predict that When I'm With You, there will be no Existential Threat unless we're Eaten By The Monster Of Love in this Cool World. Welcome to episode 86 of See Hear Podcast. Edgar Wright has been known to use music to great effect in his narrative films, so it's only appropriate that he makes a music-related documentary. The Sparks Brothers tells the tale of brothers Ron and Russell Mael who as S...

The early history of musicals often includes romantic comedies with slight plots as an excuse for big song and dance numbers (often in the context of “let's put on a show”). The romantic sub-plot is a big criticism of the Marx Brothers films at MGM, getting in the way of the anarchy of the masters of mirth. In 1941, a musical was released by Universal that broke all the rules of narrative and made...

The late 70s moving into the 80s was a time ruled by conservative government in the UK. There were clashes with government ideology and the NF was scarily making its collective voice heard. Musicians reacted in different ways. There was the Rock Against Racism march with a huge concert featuring The Clash and other great punk acts of the day. As well as punk music, the other style that brought bla...

We're sure you've all said or heard, “Don't judge a book by it's cover”. That can logically be extended on occasion to “Don't judge a film by its poster art”. Welcome to episode 83 of See Hear Podcast. Tim is finally rejoining the show after having been absent since October 2020. We welcomed him back with his choice of a round-table film discussion. No interviews....just the “terrible trio”. He pi...

Bernie, Tim and I have never ceased to be amazed at the creativity and hard work that must go into making a film (any work of art, really). One thing we've never spoken about on the show is the art of film curation - a subject that Martin Scorcese himself has recently written about. Welcome to episode 82 of See Hear Podcast. Bernie and I spoke with Colm Forde, a man who took it on himself to start...

Three grown men over the age of 40 (two Brits and an Australian) walked into a podcast to discuss a film about two teenage American guys from the seventies looking to get stoned, drunk and laid. Welcome to episode 81 of See Hear Podcast – the start of our 8th year. Tim is still on sabbatical, but Bernie and Maurice were joined by host of The Iron Sequel podcast, James Lawrence, to talk about the 1...

With all the obsession the media makes of the rock era (i.e. the 60s onwards) it's all to easy to forget about the early days of rock and roll. The casual listener may think of Elvis, Chuck, Buddy or Little Richard – important parts of rock and roll history, obviously, but what's often forgotten about are the great vocal harmony groups. Groups like The Ravens, The Flamingos, The Orioles, The Dells...

Once again, See Hear and The Projection Booth have collaborated on an episode.....or The Projection Booth invited Maurice onto the show and See Hear is now riding the coattails of the Booth. He joins Mike White and film maker / drummer / surf enthusiast Skizz Cyzyk to talk about the new documentary on the sonically adventurous and prolific Washington band, The Ventures. The film is a loving look a...

On the See Hear podcast, we've spoken about films that have music's relation to politics, history, cultural shifts, and singing plants. We figured it was about time to get a little scientific. On episode 79, with Tim on sabbatical, Bernie and I spoke with film director, Isabelle Raynauld. She is a film professor at the University of Montreal with a strong interest in neuroscience and music therapy...

An English woman and an American man drive through the American south in 1959. Their mission is to record folk songs for the Library of Congress, but they also record what peoples' lives are like at that time. How did this bode for the future? Welcome to See Hear podcast episode 78. The man was ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, and the woman was folk singer Shirley Collins. Their travels came on the c...

There are singers who perform covers.   There are song interpreters.   And…..there’s Tiny Tim.   Welcome to episode 77 of See Hear Podcast.   (Not Tiny) Tim, Bernie and Maurice welcome film maker Johan Von Sydow to the show to talk about his new documentary Tiny Tim: King For a Day. If you only know Tiptoe Through The Tulips, be prepared to discover a whole lot more about the man known mainly for...

For most music fans, there’s a mantra about their favourite band (mine even named their live album after it) – they were better live…..but is the visceral thrill of seeing a band perform on a stage lost when watching their performance in a film? Or can the film maker bring something new to the experience via the medium? Welcome to episode 76 of See Hear Podcast. In all the time Tim, Bernie and I h...

Come alive, See Hear listeners. Maurice took a trip to (virtual) trip down Devil Gate Drive to join Mike White and Leon Chase on the Projection Booth Podcast for a discussion of the 2019 documentary about Suzi Quatro, called Suzi Q. Mike White has generously allowed this episode of the Projection Booth to run in the See Hear feed as well as his own (released a few days early). This film definitely...

A musician is let out of prison. He goes with his partner on a mission to right a wrong. Together they're chased by the police and a pissed of country singer, while causing the destruction of countless vehicles along the way...... ....and their names aren't Jake and Elwood. Welcome to episode 75 of See Hear Podcast. Bernie, Tim and I park the Kingswood at the drive-in to watch Outlaw Blues, a forg...

There have been many 50s music stylists who pay tribute to Elvis and other icons of the rock and roll era but appear locked in a retro time warp. Then there are musicians like Charlie Megira who are consumed by the music alone – they’re doing something new and exciting based on the foundations of 50s rock and roll. Welcome to episode 74 of See Hear Podcast. Tim was absent, but Bernie and I spoke w...

The gents at See Hear Podcast want to pose some questions. Do you mind other guys dancing with your girl? Can we buy your magic bus? Have you ever seen pictures of Lily? Can you hear us? Who are you? Deep philosophical questions indeed. The Who were that type of band – funny, furious and filosophical..... Welcome to episode 73 of See Hear Podcast. Tim, Bernie and Maurice welcome back Marvellous Mi...

Tim, Bernie and Maurice are back to celebrate Hedwig And The Angry Inch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey See Hear kats and kittens,If you've been following the group facebook page or listened to the recent 5 minute announcement, you'd have heard that See Hear is on hiatus until April 2020....which is true insofar as we won't be recording anything new until then.   HOWEVER...... Back in 2013, 6 months before Tim, Wendi, Bernie and myself officially started See Hear, the amazing hosts of The Gentle...

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After the production excess of many mainstream records of the eighties, the winds of musical change came blowing through into the nineties. Sure, the eighties had bands relying on drums, bass and guitar with no embellishment, but when Nirvana’s first record for a mainstream label made them a household name, thousands of musicians felt they now had a chance to find an audience. …….and the big label...

See Hear's raison d'être is to discuss music-related movies. That is, films about music, musicians, or music culture. Occasionally, we focus on a musiCAL, that storywise has nought to do with music - c'est la vie.   Welcome to episode 69 of See Hear.   Bernie and Maurice are joined by Raechel Leigh Carter, who is passionate and hugely knowledgeable about French music and film culture. She brought...

If I said that See Hear Podcast episode 68 featured a discussion about a film with dark heavy metal, killer wolverines, vikings, projectile vomit, dug up corpses, crushed reindeer bones, and splattered reindeer blood, and then told you it was a really sweet film, would you believe me?   You should because every part of that description is true. Once again, Tim is on sabbatical, so Bernie and I are...

Remember during the eighties when compact discs became the new church? Record sales slumped and new items were hardly manufactured or stocked. In the 21st century, technology in most areas have advanced (for better or worse) in ways unimaginable in the dying years of the 20th…..but people have rediscovered the “platters that matter”, and records are “in” again.   Welcome to episode 67 of See Hear...

When the origins of punk are discussed, the ubiquitous names of The Clash, The Sex Pistols and The Ramones are mentioned. Alongside those bands, at least two other names should be mentioned - The Saints (hopefully to be discussed another day) and The Damned. Welcome to episode 66 of See Hear Podcast. Tim, Bernie and Maurice look to Wes Orshosky's 2015 documentary "The Damned: Don't you Wish That W...

Welcome to episode 65 of See Hear. Give over to us with Body and Soul. 1982 - Australian cinema had an interesting assortment of releases. We Of The Never Never and Turkey Shoot. Monkey Grip and The Pirate Movie. ...... and then there was Starstruck.  Musicals were something of a rarity....and with examples like Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Xanadu, Can't Stop The Music and....shudder...Th...