Episodes
Thursday May 02, 2024
Generation Mix Episode 44 - Genesis and Solo
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
In this episode Joel and Neil listen to the music of Genesis and solo tracks from Phil Collins, Mike and the Mechanics and Peter Gabriel.
Genesis aren't exactly a favourite of Neil - the greatest hits are OK and maybe an album or two. Peter Gabriel, however...
Joel gets his usual revenge and it's.... fine!
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Monday Mar 04, 2024
Generation Mix Role Reversal 1 - Demi Lovato Redo
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
It's the first of the occasional bonus series of Generation Mix: Role Reversal, where Joel gets to introduce Dad to an entire CD of one of his favourite artists. This time it's Demi Lovato.
There are tracks from her entire career and, in Dad's opinion, something of a mixed bag.
Dad get's his turn to do a revenge and picks a track from his favourite album of 2023.
(replacement for previous version)
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Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Generation Mix Episode 43 - Classical
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
A sharp left turn for this e[isode where we indulge, not in an artist nor theme, but in a whole genre of music - namely classical.
Where else would Mozart, Beethoven, Elgar, Joplin and John Finnemore(?) rub shoulders but in a podcast such as this.
Joel has a revenge and it's totally in keeping with the whole podcast. Joel's Music GCSE really starts to show his musical understanding and he probably knows more than Dad now!
One thing mentioned in the podcast is this - go watch it - it's brilliant. If you have no patience, you might want to jump to 3:50.
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Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Generation Mix Episode 42 - Coldplay
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Season 3 continues with an episode on Coldplay. This was... tricky. Neither Neil nor Joel enjoyed the music of Coldplay, so how did the CD come about? Well, they are a hugely successful band of the last 20 years and a friend made a suggested playlist, Neil made the CD and... well this was the result.
Listening back was something of a trial but not without the occasional up moment - Joel's revenge is pretty good!
Anyway - if you love Coldplay probably best skip this one - there may be a few minor expletives too. But, if you loathe Coldplay - enjoy it!
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Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Generation Mix Episode 41 - Avicii
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Season 3 already (and only a month after the conclusion of season 2) and we turn our attention to the dance music artist Avicii.
Avicii's real name was Tim Bergling and he was a Swedish musician and DJ. His songs involved vocal contributions from a wide range of artists from pop, rock and country. As you may know his story ends tragically in 2018 after 2 albums, a string of hits and a battle with depression.
His music lives on, and whilst Neil is no fan of dance music there's something about this fellow that goes way beyond that genre.
The original CD compilation was built from a position of ignorance from Neil and so there's a certain ammount of discovery involved for both Neil and Joel, and Joel decides on a nice revenge.
The next episode might be more a challenge though for both of them.
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Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Generation Mix Episode 40 - Dire Straits
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
In this much delayed episode we turn our attention to the music of Dire Straits. It's a been a loooooooooong time coming and indeed we had recorded this much earlier but the sound was rubbish. We are so committed to quality listening here on Generation Mix that we didn't want to put out something that was hard to listen to due to the audio quality.
A trawl through all 6 studio albums, taking in a live track and a little extra bonus non-straits piece (which they played at all their gigs after it's release anyway).
Joel has a revenge and has some future plans.
And this concludes season 2 (finally). We really will step up the release schedule for season 3.
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Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Generation Mix Episode 39 - The Smiths
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Well it was bound to happen one day - we broke the hour barrier. Admittedly we have 25 different songs included in this episode (if you include the revenge) so there is a fair bit.
As we trawl our way through The Smiths we end up referencing a certain CBBC television show several times - honestly if you've never seen it click the link and thank us later!
Horrible Histories Charles Dickens Song - YouTube
Joel's revenge is actually pretty good and his enthusiasm for the podcast may be returning thanks to recent design work experience.
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Sunday May 14, 2023
Generation Mix Episode 38 - Iron Maiden
Sunday May 14, 2023
Sunday May 14, 2023
OK - it took longer than planned and we couldn't pull off the guest but we turn our attention to the greatest Heavy Metal band in the world - Iron Maiden.
They've been going over 45 years since their formation in 1975, hitting the big time in 1980 and with a hiccup or two, are still going very strong now (latest album Senjustsu is not represented in this podcast as the CD compilation was made well before its release).
There is vocalist discussion, bass discussion, Alfred Lord Tennyson makes a cameo along with a Samuel Taylor Coleridge namecheck and a cult 1970s horror flick.
Joel's revenge is fitting but, on this podcast, short - as the original version is sweary and we intend staying PG friendly.
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Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Generation Mix Episode 37 - Suzanne Vega
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
What's this? A new Generation Mix episode just 2 weeks after the last one? We really are spoiling you.
In this episode it's New York singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega under the spotlight. Tracks drawn from her entire 30+ year career from Marlene On The Wall through to Harper Lee.
It's a great trawl through some excellent songcraft.
Joel's revenge is extremely appropriate for this one.
Join us soon for the next one, which sees a returning guest.
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Sunday Feb 26, 2023
Generation Mix Episode 36 - George Harrison
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
A new episode of our podcast with a shorter interval than of late (just 6 weeks or so) and it's a solo Beatle episode with our focus on the Quiet Beatle - George Harrison.
George's solo career really kicked off with All Things Must Pass and after a few lengthy hiatuses ended with the posthumous Brainwashed. We have picks from across his entire 30 year solo career, taking in possibly the greatest ever supergroup, and even a sneaky little Beatles inclusion of a song that was unreleased until his solo self titled record - I just prefer the Beatle version.
Joel, of course gets his revenge.
Join us soon as Joel seems to be getting his enthusiasm for the podcast back. Ooooh!
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