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Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame

Each Week - Pop: The History Makers presents a new one-hour interview with an icon of popular culture.If you prefer watching the interviews - go to my YouTube podcast channel -https://www.youtube.com/@popthehistorymakersOnline - Per Martinsen - Norwegian"s Electronic Godfather!UPDATE and DEEP DIVE interviews include:Raz Lindvall (formerly Rob "n" Raz), Louis C. Oberländer (Jeremy Days), Justin Currie (Del Amitri), Fish (Update interview) Phillip Boa, Toyah, Anne Clark (the poet who continually

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Season 3 - Electronic Cities (European-Sheffield) -...

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/08/08

On Electronic Music Cities week - Martyn Ware, who was born and brought up in Sheffield. ⁠⁠In this podcast interview, Martyn talks about growing up in Sheffield, his family, and Meatwhistle - the youth club where he met Ian Craig-Marsh, and their first experimental beginnings which were to turn in the Human League. Martyn Ware talks about the early days of the British Electric Foundation (BEF) and Heaven 17, with Glenn Gregory. He also talks about how he was instrumental in resurrecting Tina

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Season 3 - Electronic Cities with Dr. Sebastien Darchen

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/08/07

Why have certain cities around the world developed as Electronic Cities?This is the question that a new book, Electronic Cities aims to answer. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠This week on POP; The History Makers, I'll be looking at certain European Electronic Cities with one of the book's editors, Sébastien Darchen, who holds a Ph.D. in Urban Studies.⁠⁠⁠Electronic Cities looks at the connection between music and planning policies and the development of urban electronic scenes in specific cities around the world. ⁠ ⁠

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MTV Music Video Week - Jonas Åkerlund (legendary...

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/08/02

This is Music Video Week and I am dropping three interviews in one week. All world-famous video directors. Geniuses who changed the world of MTV.As someone who was a host on MTV Europe in its heyday, these are directors who changed my world.Jonas ÅkerlundJonas Åkerlund is one of the great music video directors of the modern era. He has worked with Madonna, Prodigy, Rammstein, Lady Gaga, and many more. This podcast looks at his route into the pop video business from his first short films which caught

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MTV Music Video Week - Kevin Godley (legendary artist...

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/08/01

This is Music Video Week and I am dropping three interviews in one week. All world-famous video directors. Geniuses who changed the world of MTV.As someone who was a host on MTV Europe in its heyday, these are directors who changed my world.Second Interview! Kevin GodleyKevin Godley is one of the most creative and experimental people in the music industry. He was part of the 70s band 10cc which enjoyed world hits with I'm not in Love and Dreadlock Holiday. He went on, with partner Lol Creme to

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MTV Music Video Week - Steve Barron (legendary music...

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/07/31

This is Music Video Week and I am dropping three interviews in one week. All world-famous video directors. As someone who was a host on MTV Europe in its heyday, these are directors who changed our world.First up! Steve BarronHe was the Music Video Director of 80's Icons He directed Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean', a-ha's 'Take on Me', Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing', and Madonna's first video, 'Burning Up'. Steve Barron was one of the shapers of

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#tbt - Belouis Some - full length interview

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/07/27

In the full-length, highly entertaining interview with Neville Keighley aka Belouis Some, he talks about his early influences and the early recordings which led up to his first album. It's an amazing story of someone who clearly was extremely driven, and eventually achieved his dream of worldwide success in the mid-eighties with 'Some People' and 'Imagination', He also talks about how, after success ended he went through a period of loss, eventually leading to a different life,

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Season 3 - Episode 7, Steve Kilbey (The Church)

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/07/24

Steve Kilbey is one of the most prolific songwriters around, having released in the region of (roughly) 70 albums and 1,000 songs in his career. ⁠This podcast interview concentrates on Steve's early life and the period in the 1980s where The Church achieved first Australian then worldwide success.Of course, no interview with Steve is complete without talking about Under the Milky Way from the album Starfish which he wrote with his then-girlfriend, and mother of two of his children, Karin

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#tbt - Jimmy Helms (Londonbeat) - full length interview

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/07/21

When Londonbeat hit the top of the Billboard charts in February of 1991, Jimmy Helms realized a dream that he had been working for his whole life. He was approaching his 50th birthday. He had achieved chart success earlier, in 1973, with ‘I'm Gonna make you an Offer’, a song inspired by the most famous phrase from the Godfather movie. Helms has simply one of the greatest soul voices ever. In his eightieth year, he continues to tour as Londonbeat. In this full-length uncut interview, Jimmy takes

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Season 3 - Episode 6 Simon Napier-Bell

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/07/17

Here pictured with Andrew Ridgely - Simon Napier-Bell. George Michael: Portrait of an Artist is a wonderful, revealing, and moving documentary on iTunes and Amazon (if not in your territory yet it will come soon). Directed by Simon Napier-Bell who co-managed Wham! in the 1980s, he was responsible for their concert in China - the first by a western band. The documentary features interviews with only those who knew George Michael or had worked with him. (Stevie Wonder, Stephen Fry, Rufus Wainright,

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#tbt - Mousse T. full length interview

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/07/13

Record producer, film composer, DJ, and judge on Deutschland Sucht den Superstar - Germany’s version of Pop Idol - Mousse T. has achieved worldwide success with his written and produced tracks Horny '98 and Sexbomb, his collaboration with Tom Jones. His songs are infused with house music and an element of fun, but when you talk to him, you realize there is much more to Mousse T. He’s affable, thoughtful, and intelligent. In this full-length uncut podcast, he talks about his early life, his

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Season 3 - Episode 5. Madeline Bell

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/07/10

On July 23rd, 2022, Madeline Bell was 80 years old. She started her career in the mid-1950s and has since become one of the best-loved singers to have come out of the UK. She was a backing singer for Dusty Springfield, and as a session musician has been featured on tracks where she worked with the likes of Joe Cocker, Elton John, the Stones, and even John Lennon. Her distinctive voice took her to the top of the charts with Blue Mink, and as part of the French disco combo Space. She still tours

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Justin Currie (Del Amitri) #tbt uncut full interview

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/07/07

Between 1985 and 2002 the Scottish band Del Amitri released 6 studio albums, five of which charted in the UK. Their biggest single 'Roll to Me' reached the Billboard top 10 in 1995. After 2002, when the band split, the lead singer and main songwriter, Justin Currie went on to release 4 solo albums. Not long ago the band reformed, with both Currie and Iain Harvie, and released their 7th studio album, Fatal Mistakes. And since then they've embarked on a US and European tour. I caught up

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Season 3 - Episode 4. Papa Dee

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/07/04

Back in 1989, when I was at MTV Europe, Papa Dee had been labeled as the next break-out artist from Sweden. His early career was full of promise, from execs who were determined to make him the next big thing in Europe and the States. But although he didn’t reach the international career heights of Shaggy, whom Clive Davis saw him as, he still maintained a long and successful career in Sweden, and the maturity to choose the music he wanted to do.This is a very human story. Born in Sweden to a Swedish

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Alexander Bard (Army of Lovers) #tbt uncut full...

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/06/30

In this podcast interview, Alexander Bard from Army of Lovers talks about his childhood in Motala, Sweden, listening to pop music in secret in his bedroom, his time in the States, and how he got into sex work in Amsterdam. The perfect mix to prepare him for his time in the cross-dressing Barbie, to success in the band Army of Lovers. There he teamed up with Jean-Pierre Barda and La Camilla, their iconic Army of Lovers hit Crucified remains one of the most loved anthems of the 90s. But it didn't

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Season 3 - Episode 3 Dave Dorrell (M/A/R/R/S)

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/06/27

A milestone in sampling culture, Pump Up The Volume started as an original basic idea by Ivo Watts-Russell. He was the label boss of the two bands that he brought together to make the track, Colourbox - an electro outfit and A. R. Kane, an indie band. But what made the track a phenomenal success were the samples, scratching, and effects that C.J Mackintosh and Dave Dorrell provided.Dave Dorrell is the subject of this podcast. He's one of the most influential pop-cultural figures of the last 30

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Leee John (Imagination) - #tbt uncut full interview

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/06/23

As the main man of Imagination, Leee John enjoyed hits in 28 countries with Body Talk, Just an Illusion, and Flashback. In this interview, Leee talks about Flashback - a documentary about Black British Music, life during 80s Britain, his musical influences, the time as a child that he spent in New York, and his first appearance on Top of the Pops.A revealing, open, and sometimes moving interview, if you lived through the 80s and 90s, you'll recognise some parallels to your own lifeConnect with

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Season 3 - Episode 2. D:Ream

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/06/20

Two guys, Al Mackenzie - a DJ, and Peter Cunnah, with a more popular approach to music. They meet in the club that Al plays in and start writing and recording tracks which would eventually be under the band name D: Ream.Their first single 'U R the best thing' is a club hit, and their second release 'Things can only get better' reaches number 24 in the UK charts. Then Al Mackenzie left the band. But it doesn't end there. Peter works on the tracks and gets the song to the top ten

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Mini-Memories 9 - of an interview with Brian Wilson

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/06/20

My personal memories of an interview with Brian Wilson, the singer, songwriter, and co-founder of the Beach Boys. Brian is known as the person who threw away the rule book and changed production and recording forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/pop-the-history-makers-with-steve-blame/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See

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Living in a Box - #tbt uncut full interview

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/06/16

Connect with me on Instagram; steve.blameAnd thanks to POP; The History Makers' insanely wonderful talent booker: #ArchieCMichael Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/pop-the-history-makers-with-steve-blame/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Season 3 - Episode 1. Man Parrish

Pop: The History Makers with Steve Blame ·

2022/06/13

Warning; This episode has very explicit language.Season 3 starts on POP; The History Makers with Man Parrish. With hits like Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop), and Boogie Down (Bronx), his stripped-down early hip-hop/electro music was to prove influential, and his single Male Stripper with Man 2 Man was to be his biggest hit.⁠He suffered parental abuse, & sexual abuse. He left home at 13. He was 14 when he first went to Studio 54, lying about his age to get in. He was among the most creative

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