Episode 162: “Daydream Believer” by the Monkees
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Tilda Tha's Du Part
Dolan's had given the song a title he'd heard on an episode of Tilda Tha's Du Part, which he'd found in a musing bit of British slang. The track that went to number two in the UK charts was titled, I'll turn it title. A big part of the show's dynamic was the relationship between Garnet and his socialist son-in-law from Liverpool played by Anthony Booth. He would later have a similarly contentious relationship with his own decidedly non-socialist son-In-law, the future PM Tony Blair.
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