NOW We're Talking Podcast

As we edge ever closer to 1986, it's time to get busy with NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 6, with a couple of candidates for best song so far!  We find out why Elton needs Bernie, Simple Minds get both barrels and Feargal Sharkey gives us his greatest moment!

We made it to episode 10!  This week we look at disc 2 of NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 5.  Despite a number of setbacks we managed to pull this one out of the bag and continue our odyssey through the mid-eighties.  We spend entirely too much time discussing Mick Hucknall's manhood, get way too heated about Katrina and the Waves, and bid a sad farewell to one of our favourite has-beens!

We've made a quantum leap forward almost a full year, to August 1985 and the release of NOW That's What I Call Music vol. 5... Is it even possible to cram a year's worth of music on to two LPs?  Turns out it can be done! By leaving out many, many good songs.  But don't worry, there's still plenty to chew on, from a lover with a career-killing name to a wedding dance staple... of sorts, all with A View To A Review.  We'll also take a look back over 1984 and find out who the biggest winners and losers were in the world of Pop!

It's time to wrap up NOW That's What I Call Music vol. 4 and throw on the second disc!  We're waving goodbye to 1984, glad to be alive and relatively unscathed from the year of Big Brother, Doublespeak and evil Milk Snatchers.  Before we leave we finally abandon the imposter Michael Kent to an uncertain fate, stranded in the past, leaving us free to discuss ghost sex, test out some theories with Tesla and narrowly avoid dying of shock when we discover the last song is... actually good!?  There's definitely something strange going on, who you gonna call?

Stinking colds and invading cats can't stop us as we hurtle through the mid-eighties, stopping only to discuss NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 4.  In episode 7 we look at Disc 1 of a unique volume, and discover a possible enemy in the ranks of the pop compilation market!  Join us as we talk famous fathers, Elton's outfits and reveal the secrets of goth culture!

In Episode 6 we look at Disc 2 of NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 3, which starts brilliantly and slowly veers off into bizarre territory, with German Reggae and a bit of Art Rock thrown in for good measure.  Let us take you on a journey through 1984 as we discuss guilty pleasures, green-screen dos and don'ts; and try to free Dr. Mabuse!

In Episode 5 we delve into Now That's What I Call Music Volume 3!  As the NOW team step up the quality of their selections, we rise to the occasion with our silliest episode yet!  So turn on, tune in and drop out as we skip straight to the chorus, discussing belly button fluff, energy drinks and asking the important questions, like "where's Blakey?"  along the way!

It's episode 4 and what begins with a Titan from Frankie Goes to Hollywood soon descends into a Mad Max style pop wasteland!  So join us as we plumb the depths of NOW vol.II's second disc.  Highlights include the contents of Thomas Dolby's fridge, Harry's sensational walk-out and throwing shade at Status Quo!

We've reached 1984 and 'Now That's What I Call Music II' is the new killer app for young pop pickers.  The Cold War still looms, but New Wave is riding high.  Come with us as we discuss such topics as the infamous Saturday Superstore incident, the Madness of Michael Caine and then almost come to blows over Joe Fagin's pub rock stomp!

Welcome to NOW We’re Talking, a new podcast where three men attempt to review the entire UK series of Now That’s What I Call Music, a famous pop compilation album that has reached its 100th incarnation.

Welcome to NOW We’re Talking, a new podcast where three men attempt to review the entire UK series of Now That’s What I Call Music, a famous pop compilation album that has reached its 100th incarnation.