Episode 10 – #41 – That’s a Cleaning Spray

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With the Rumours Coefficient at 10, James and Glen go to war, pulling out the Most OppositeTM albums so far. Will either of us survive?

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Episode 10 – That’s a Cleaning Spray

Transcript coming soon.

Content warnings: some coarse language and adult themes scattered through the second half (we’re mostly quoting).

See below for show notes, and further listening and watching recommendations. Note that this will contain spoilers, and we’d recommend reading on after listening to the episode.

Recommendations

MTV2 premier of Opeth’s Windowpane.
How to sing distorted vocals without hurting yourself.
Opeth playing Harlequin Forest live.

The line up for Sonisphere 2011, which was a pretty good collection of acts…

Mary Ann, Black Lace’s 1979 Eurovision entry.
Ajax celebrate their 1995 Champions League victory in “style”.
The Spitting Image Chicken Song.
Black Lace’s more adult take on Superman. Explicit (obviously).
Baby Bloom’s reworking of Hands Up. Glen got the title wrong in the show.
D12’s My Band. Explicit.
A Finnish hard rock cover of Wig Wam Bam.
A metal cover of George Michael’s Careless Whisper.

Albums Discussed in this Episode

  1. Glen’s choice: OpethGhost Reveries (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
  2. James’ choice: Black Lace – Party Party (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).

Countdowns So Far

You can also see how we rank each other’s albums here. Note that this is up to and including the latest published episode, so will contain spoilers if you are not up-to-date.

RankJamesGlen
#50Tim Minchin – Matilda, the MusicalHorse the Band – R. Borlax
#49The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic RockMike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
#48Remy Zero – The Golden HumNile – Annihilation of the Wicked
#47Harry Secombe – Bless This HouseNick Drake – Pink Moon
#46Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way BabyThe Reindeer Section – Son of Evil Reindeer
#45Dr Dre – 2001Elbow – Asleep in the Back
#44Lauren Daigle – Look Up ChildGomez – Bring it On
#43The Baseballs – Strike!Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
#42Tom Jones – ReloadForeign Slippers – Farewell to the Old Ghosts
#41Black Lace – Party PartyOpeth – Ghost Reveries

Our current theme is the intro to Bored by Nympheas.

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