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Lyrics of the Lost

A series of unfair and wildly speculative investigations, critiques and interpretations exposing the hidden meanings of overplayed smooth radio pop songs. Featured in "Top 10 Pop Podcasts on the Planet”. Support the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-davis6/subscribe Regular segments: Internet Theories, Misheard Lyrics, Listener Comments. Visit https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your smooth pop song of suckiness and you could be on a future

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01:02:14

Shania Twain's THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH but you're...

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2023/04/01

It's 1998. Google is founded as a company. The final episode of 'Seinfeld' airs. 'The Big Lebowski' hits cinemas . Frank Sinatra and Linda McCartney die but Bindi Irwin is born. The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property prices (property bubbles CAN burst!). Europeans agree on a single currency called the Euro. Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with Monica Lewinsky and is impeached. Microsoft becomes biggest Company in

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01:08:28

James Blunt’s YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL & possibly a ghost, a...

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2023/02/27

The year was 2004. Mark Zuckerberg launches a little thing called The Facebook. NASA lands a rover (good boy!) on Mars. Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Iraq and does not do well. Construction on the tallest building (to date) begins in Dubai, so that Tom Cruise can ultimately shoot an action movie around it. A disgruntled resident of Granby, Colorado, modifies a bulldozer into an armoured war-machine and destroys thirteen buildings after being annoyed by red tape at the local council. Pixar's "The

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01:06:06

A-ha’s TAKE ON ME -their sketchy video, their sketchy...

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2023/01/18

1984 - Apple’s first Macintosh computer is launched (priced at $2,500). Michael Jackson is rushed to hospital with second degree burns from fireworks while filming a Pepsi commercial. The first untethered spacewalk is made by Astronauts. The mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, is released. Torvill and Dean win the first perfect-score gold medal for ice skating. Comedian Tommy Cooper dies live on TV, suffering a massive heart attack, which is mistaken as part of his act. Princess Diana gives birth to

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01:09:38

The Beatles Christmas face-off: John Lennon’s HAPPY...

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2022/12/22

The 1970s … a boom time for smoooth music but dark times for The Beatles, torn apart and born again in their separate musical identities, each feeling their way to rediscover who they were before The Beatles, who they are now, and who they could become (before their soft new shells harden). All four would flirt with becoming Christmas Beatles, but only John Lennon and Paul McCartney would achieve immortality on Smooth Radio at Christmastime. Who is the “immortal snail” and will John and Paul have to

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00:40:38

Take That's BACK FOR GOOD ... or are they? Nope, just...

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2022/11/27

The year was 1995, the 1st Toy Story movie debuts and delights the world, a toxic male in Japan sends out his minions to gas people on a subway, a toxic male bombs the Oklahoma Federal Building, an ex-football toxic male is found innocent of murdering his wife and her boyfriend because a glove didn't fit, The New York times and Washington Post publish a toxic male's (Unibomber) manifesto, and the boys of Take That (and That and That!) portray another toxic male in BACK FOR GOOD. How do Microsoft

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00:41:38

Spandau Ballet's TRUE stories of war and world...

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2022/10/27

The year was 1983, a whole revolution around the sun from last episode's subject and I was enjoying Return of the Jedi in the cinema (despite the Ewoks) and the onset of puberty (no enjoyment there). Dave was already lamenting his youth (from a previous life), like the Dave from 2001 A Space Odyssey, Dave was already becoming the timeless star-child with a soul as old and cold and wise as time itself. Meanwhile, Spandau Ballet landed a song (and album of the same name), TRUE, which was either the

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00:48:03

TOTO's song about AFRICA and geographic...

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2022/10/01

The year was 1982 and while Ms Pacman was striking blows for feminism and Roger Moore's James Bond was becoming increasingly absurd, TOTO landed this lovely tune which they put some unfortunate lyrics to. Does the curvature of the earth play a part or is this an anthem for Flat-Earthers? Is Dave just a contrarian and TOTO-apologist or is TOTO themselves a Devil's advocate? Are Africa's wild dogs just a pack of foxy oxymorons? Harassing an old man on the street to write you a pop song is a form of

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00:39:17

Phil Collin's SUSSUDIO - is it a girl? Is it a drug?...

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2022/08/08

The 1985 hit from Phil Collins with the mysterious title. Is it a simple story of youthful infatuation or is it much more metaphorical? Is SUSSUDIO the name of Apple's next virtual assistant or marital aid? Can you get it to spell "SHELL OIL" and other naughtier words upside-down on its LCD display? Is SUSSUDIO a post-hypnosis trigger-word? Black magic? Should it have been (badly) sung as a fairy-tale about a wooden boy? What does Lenny think? How do the side subjects of World War II airforce

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00:54:40

The Bee Gee's TRAGEDY of being vampires? or banshee...

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2022/06/30

The 1979 hit from the Bee Gees explores either a life of eternal supernatural turmoil or just feeling a bit off and apathetic on a particular morning. What are the real tragedies we should be singing about? How do The Beatles and a 'Sergeant Pepper' movie fit in? Pop-boat-people immigration! Alanis Morissette chimes in (Dave impersonates perfectly). Kevin Costner develops a movie from this song! Barry Gibb's screen-test as Chewbacca in Star Wars. One of the Gibbs explodes. Is Tiny Tim involved

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00:52:25

Charlene's I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME but she's been to...

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2022/05/12

Charlene the one-hit-wonder of 1982 (after a false start in 1976). Here is the fairy-tale story of the almost-rise and fall and then rise and then fall again of Charlene and her big hit of womanly wisdom (as written by 2 men in a conspiracy of the patriarchy). Is Charlene a ghost wandering around a mansion in an old wedding dress? Do ladies marry Englishmen when they're depressed? Sweetshops and sweatshops. Hey Lady! Unglamorous Georgia. Hillbilly talk. Amputating the limbs of preachers. Is a woman

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00:52:40

Madonna's OPEN YOR HEART (if you can defeat her...

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2022/03/28

Madonna's 5th biggest hit ... that was fished out of Cyndi Lauper's bin. Enough sexual innuendos to rival Benny Hill, Freudian sex symbols (percussion), locks and keys, pointy booby-traps, how to MAKE a man love you, explosive neck-bands, chastity heart-belts, when sexual harassment was called romance, alarm-monitoring logistics, exotic dancers kissing small boys, Mathletics and fan fiction, the loneliness of 1 although it goes into everything, extra strong insect repellent and fuel efficiency, and

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00:44:58

The Crash Test Dummies' things that make them go Mmm...

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2022/02/27

This 1993 song gives focus to so much, including emotional men struggling with their feels (or their apathy) and their words. How can the Smooth music listener contend with the voice of Satan and still get to yoga on time? Childhood mini-traumas. The Ying and Yang of Hair and skin pigments. Canadian contributions to culture and the cinematic climax of Dumb and Dumber. Pretentious use of the word "vignette". Othering. C+C Music Factory and Arsenio Hall. The inertia of hair colour. Biosafety

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00:37:09

Joe Cocker's YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL if you're a mum,...

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2022/01/29

A short song that has it all, including the Oedipus complex, the Beatles, moisture content, birth experiences, Pavarotti, screaming, lots of sweat, Spice Girls, Genesis, hot mamas, Jessie's and Jimmy's and Stacey's Mom, Hello Fresh meal deliveries, even the sweet lips of Jesus, bad impressions (again), tunnel-boring machines, CHUDs, and remote drones. Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs

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00:54:36

George Michael’s LAST CHRISTMAS I gave you my brooch,...

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2021/12/09

Wham!!! It’s a bumper Christmas edition. What is LAST CHRISTMAS potentially about? Incest, terrorism, Jeffrey Epstein parties, heart transplants, a cursed brooch and more. A special hello to those playing WHAMAGEDDON this month - best of luck! We've got exclamation marks, the war on Christmas, a smidge of Ridge, Barry Manilow, short-shorts, sad Christmas songs, we OUT George Michael (a bit late), heteronormative showbusiness, Greek origins and bad accents, first-name surnames, the Cola wars,

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00:42:21

Carly Simon's YOU'RE SO VAIN that this song IS about...

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2021/11/10

We've dipped way back into the early 70s again to assess Carly Simon's break-up revenge hit. It's pretty much all in the title ... plus drunk party guests, fruity accessories, bees, gavotting, fighting a mirror, a self-fulfilling prophecy, horribly-wounded cats, pentium computing, Space Cadet Pinball, clues and insult-puzzles, stir your coffee, narcissistic personality disorder, paranoia, haunting teeth, stalking, and online quizzes. What does it say about her ex(es)? What does it say about her? How

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00:25:36

Billy Joel's PIANO MAN and other super heroes, super...

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2021/09/15

It's a listener-driven episode, as Jennifer raises Billy Joel's hit from the early 70s and recalls the uncomfortable "raw sexuality" of his stage performance. Dave's scientific background comes to the fore as he prepares a drink they call "loneliness" and we explore the ultimately tragic or heroic backstory to the song. Should pianists sing in a lounge bar or stay in the background? Did anyone ask for the harmonica? Is it a Gay Bar? We also discuss ableist dwarf-jokes, www.celebheights.com, feeling

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00:22:04

Cyndi Lauper's GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN WITH...

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2021/07/31

It's a confession-packed episode, as one should expect when men blithely discuss what women want. Thankfully, there's an appearance by Lenny (sounds like a man's name but she identifies as female) to save it from being an unpalatable sausage-fest of Peter, Dave, and random internet message-board dudes. Also there's surprising depth to be discovered in the lyrics of Cyndi's breakout hit of 1983. Certainly shocked me. Enjoy! "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" features flirting with danger while dancing with

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00:22:04

Starship's WE BUILT THIS CITY ON hoopla, beaver...

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2021/06/26

Welcome back from our break. No, that sounds wrong ... if we've been away, surely it's you that should be welcoming us back? ... Thanks, it's lovely to be back here again and you're looking great. Dave and I have made up for the absence with a bumper 22 minute podcast, and you pretty much need every second of that if you're going to tackle a subject like Starship's much maligned 80s hit. "We built this city on rock and roll" achieves a beautiful unification that

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00:19:09

Whitney Houston's GREATEST LOVE of Cloning, Spiritual...

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2021/04/14

My guest expert contributors this week are Dave and Lenny, bravely confronting the lyrics of Whitney Houston and "The Greatest Love of All" which features narcissism, sociopaths, self-love-making, living eternally through clones or children, scientific ethics, Whitney versus Mariah, Lord of the Rings, Muhammad Ali, audio-black-face, Saturday morning cartoons, a white lady called Linda, self-help, self-made, haunting your ex and possession, dignity and celebrity magazines, fairy sparkle

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00:17:27

UPSIDE DOWN about Diana Ross and Space Oddities

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2021/03/20

My guest expert contributors this week are Dave and Gillian. We form a three-pronged trident* of cancel-culture and our words-of-woke may skewer any pop song you might have previously enjoyed. You're welcome. "Upside Down" features a lyrical crime spanning hundreds of years, Shakespearean translations, being respectful about your abuse, the sun's eventual burn-out, disorientation in pop music, prolapses, homicidal astronauts, ruptured lungs, gender politics, mediaeval torture, and

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