The Sound of Success with Nic Harcourt
The Sound of Success with Nic Harcourt

The Sound of Success with Nic Harcourt

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14 year old Natalie Merchant spent her babysitting money on 8 track cartridges of 'cut out' albums by Brian Eno, Roxy Music and David Bowie from her local drugstore and her first live show was seeing the Styx Grand Illusion tour at Buffalo Auditorium
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Roger Bennett's first musical purchase was Simon & Garfunkel's 'Sounds of Silence', his first live show was Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark at the Liverpool Empire and his favorite video is for the Talking Heads song 'Once in a Lifetime'.
50:05
Lyle Lovett thinks The Milk Carton Kids are a modern day Smothers Brothers, his first musical memory is seeing Nat King Cole on TV, his first album was 'The Monkees' and he found his first backing band in Luxembourg!
01:00:19
Noel Gallagher's first musical memory is Elvis' death. His first show? the Damned at Manchester Apollo in 1980; 88-90 Acid House is his dance jam, he digs U2's 'Joshua Tree' videos and he likes routine!
21:27
Portugal The Man's John Gourley grew up in the Alaskan wilderness listening to his parents' Motown records. His first musical memory is hearing The Beatles 'Here Comes The Sun', The Aphex Twin will get him dancing & his favorite live band is Pantera.
57:41
Lucinda Williams talks about her memoir 'Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You', and shares the music that inspired her. From Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan & Joan Baez to John Coltrane, James Brown & Prince.
43:51
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre was forever changed by hearing Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" at the age of four, and age seven seeing Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum perform. Early disco and ELO's "Discovery" make him happy.
25:28
John Lloyd, the British television and radio producer behind hits like 'QI', 'Spitting Image' and 'Black Adder' talks about the music of his life, from Little Eva, The Beatles and Ten Years After to The HU and Dum Dum Girls.
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