To paraphrase the late great Sandy Denny – (who will undoubtedly get a mention somewhere in Episode 29) - who knows where the time goes? We’re onto week 18 of The People’s Songs and it’s already May. Bonkers, indeed…
Every week we’re overwhelmed not only by the positive feedback which we get via Twitter and Facebook but by the responses we get that either go towards making the show itself, or to making our website even more fascinating. We’ve said it many times already, but we really couldn’t do it without you.
And talking of your contributions, we’ve already talked about the galleries of the amazing people whose voices make up the aural tapestry of each show, and we’re also receiving some brilliantly thoughtful contributions via our Audioboo channel. Many of these have been recorded at our exhibit at the British Music Experience at the O2 via our special touchscreen portals which we wrote about back in February.
Here are few of my personal favourites so far. The first two relate to episodes already broadcast. Namely, Episode 15: Part of the Union - We All Stand Together and Episode 8: Whiter Shade of Pale - Britain Skips the Light Fandango. The third and fourth clips relate to upcoming episodes: one due at the end of July - Wannabe - Girl Power and Feminism and the other in October, One Day Like This - The Music Festival Experience.
Firstly here’s Kate Carr talking eloquently about how important political music is to her:
Kate's talks about how she feels about political music. Recorded at the BME)
And here’s Robin expressing how important all the great psychedelic acts of 1967 were in helping a 14-year old find his own musical taste:
Robin talks about the importance of The Beatles and Rolling Stones in 1967
Just to prove that we even welcome contributions from abroad, despite this being a history of British people’s songs, here’s another Kate reminiscing about how The Spice Girls were a vital part of the juvenile experience, even in the USA:
Kate talks about how important the Spice Girls were to her growing up in the States
And finally - as if to prove how erudite our listeners really are, here's a male listener (and if you know who you are, get in touch - we'd love to properly namecheck you!) managing to tell a brilliant personal tale that manages to name check Stuart Maconie, Terry Wogan, Glastonbury and even has a personal appearance by Guy Garvey!:
A visitor to the British Music Experience remembers what the Elbow classic means to him
So there you have it, even if the episode’s hit the airwaves we still need your memories and opinions and, hopefully, you too can become a part of The People’s Songs.
