Send us a text Kanye West goes on the record about: His parents — and, interestingly, it’s his father who he speaks mostly aboutJay-ZBarack ObamaMental healthHis contradictions.But mostly we’re going to explore what goes on in that head of his.
Send us a text Bob Dylan goes on the record about: Why he felt a phony in the 60s.His recording processWriting songs vs writing booksHis Born Again phase — both when he’s in it and out of itGun controlAbortionHis peers, including John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Send us a text Bob Dylan goes on the record about: His childhood and parentsWhy he changed his nameHis influencesHis disdain for the press, Time magazine in particularSongwriting, andA couple of his most iconic songs.
Send us a text Neil Young goes on the record about: His father, and the nickname he had as a childThe many tangents he’s taken in his careerBuffalo SpringfieldCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungCrazy HorseThe infamous Geffen yearsHis songwriting processPlus: He has some excellent advice for budding artists The now-iconic line “it’s better to burn out than it is to fade away”Where he got the phrase “rust never sleeps” from
Send us a text Yusuf goes on the record about: Growing upWanting to be a cartoonistHow he got the name Cat StevensGetting TBHis spiritual journeySongwritingQuitting musicHis comebackThe difference between Yusuf and Cat Stevens
Send us a text Van Morrison goes on the record about: PerformingRecordingSongwritingPlus he speaks about some of his most iconic songs and there’s also a fascinating insight into the real Van Morrison from fellow Irish musician Glen Hansard, who spent an eventful and enlightening night with him back in the day.
Send us a text Van Morrison goes on the record about the period leading up to and including Astral Weeks. He talks about: His childhoodHis musical influences, Ray Charles in particularHis early bandsHis window cleaning businessPaying his dues in GermanyThemTurning soloBrown Eyed GirlAstral Weeks
Send us a text Angus Young goes on the record about: Learning to play the guitarHis influencesHis brother MalcolmThe musicPlus, Brian Johnson goes on the record about: Bon ScottAuditioning for the band
Send us a text Elton John goes on the record about: His childhoodHis problematic relationship with his fatherDrugsJohn LennonHis first marriageHis sexualityHis gift — and his gift is his song, of courseSongwritingHis favourite songPlus he has a theory at to what killed Elvis and Michael Jackson — it wasn’t just the drugs.
Send us a text Roger Waters, Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason go on the record about: Syd Barrett Dark Side Of The Moon Wish You Were Here The Wall The Final Cut Feuds Live 8
Send us a text Leonard Cohen goes on the record about: How he saw himself as a writer Women Love His time on Mt Baldy, living as a monk His comeback, and Ageing — or "The Third Act" as he referred to it
Send us a text Paul McCartney goes on the record about: How The Beatles formedWhy Pete Best was replacedThe moment he knew they’d made itWhat set them apart from other English bandsHow close did they ever get to re-formingPlaying The Ed Sullivan Show, andThe "Paul is dead" farcePlus: He’ll tell you how to write a songHow he would teach music to kidsHe’s asked if it gets harder to write songs as you get olderAnd he also lifts the lid on some Beatles classics.
Send us a text Paul McCartney goes on the record about: His childhoodThe first song he wroteHis influencesMeeting ElvisLinda.He also goes into great detail about John Lennon. You’ll hear him recount the time they first met — and it’s before that fateful day at the Woolton Fete. Why they started writing songs togetherHow they wrote songs togetherWhy they were so prolificTheir feud, andWhere he was when he heard Lennon had died.And speaking of writing songs, you’ll hear him talk about some of h...
Send us a text Keith Richards goes on the record about: Getting his first guitarGetting beaten up at schoolMeeting Mick JaggerThe Stones DrugsSongwritingHis favourite obscure Stones songOne song he’d love to call his own.Plus he also gets very personal and speaks about his son dying of cot death.
Send us a text Jeff Buckley goes on the record about: His childhoodHis voiceGrace the conceptGrace the albumRap.Plus: His mother talks about when Jeff met his father, TimOne of his major influences speaks about Buckley the singer.
Send us a text John Lennon goes on the record about: Double FantasyDid the songs come easily to him?What was it like being back in a recording studio?SongwritingBeing a house-husbandPlus something about himself you never knew.
Send us a text John Lennon goes on the record about: When he first wanted out of The Beatles SongwritingThoughts of returning to EnglandMeeting and working with Elton John and David BowieSigning off in 1975What he did for the next five yearsWhat made him return to recordingAnd, heartbreakingly, what the future held in his eyes.
Send us a text Nick Cave goes on the record about: His childhoodHow he got into musicForming his first band and the story from The Birthday Party to The Bad SeedsDrugsReligionInfluences,Fatherhood SongwritingHis music
Send us a text Bruce Springsteen goes on the record about: The artist who has had the single biggest influence on his careerAuditioning for legendary Columbia producer John HammondBeing dubbed “The New Dylan”Why he plays three-hour-plus concertsWhy Born In The USA, the song, wasn’t on NebraskaBroadwayHis first band His first gigThe only song he’s ever recorded that came to him in a dream.
Send us a text David Bowie goes on the record about: AndrogynyBeing pigeon-holedWorking with John LennonDrugsBerlin1980sSongwritingHis songsHis legacy