Episode 500: Nick Lowe
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The King of Subversive Pop
When i was younger, that subverse, that subversive pop thing, was, in a way, an excuse for not having to really make a hit reckd you just say, hi. Butin fact, is, is i choose to do this subversive bush. It wouldn't have been punk to have a big hit record? No, i guess not. The real, the real goal here is to write some songs that people actually want to hear. Write some proper songs people really want to listen to. That's actually really subversive. I learnt so much from him of things that i really wanted to know about. He's a consummate folk musician, really, but he loves pop music
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