Is That What I Call Music? Podcast

A podcast about the Now That's What I Call Music! albums (UK series) presented by two people called David.

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What's that? A second series, you say? Just four years since we last bothered tweeting? Starting with part one of 1986's seventh edition ofNow That's What I Call Music? Sure thing! Available here (and everywhere else that you get your podcasts): https://t.co/lhrxL642d4

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And if listening to hastily recorded lo-fi cover versions of Pussycat Dolls, Petshop Boys, OMD, Louise and Billy Ocean doesn't qualify as "good news" for you, we wish you a happy new year regardless.

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If a lack of cover songs impacted your enjoyment of the most recent series of the podcast, then I've got good news to start 2025! We did a few songs from Nows 7, 34 and 64. And we might get around to recording something from Now 92 eventually. Maybe.

https://t.co/7n8OEzmOIx

[Is That What I Call Music? Podcast @NowMusicPod]

What's that? A second series, you say? Just four years since we last bothered tweeting? Starting with part one of 1986's seventh edition ofNow That's What I Call Music? Sure thing! Available here (and everywhere else that you get your podcasts): https://t.co/lhrxL642d4

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And for part two, we have "Popcaan extols the virtues of Clarks shoes to AlunaGeorge."

I should warn you, though, that even after listening to the episodes, the presence of dinosaurs in this picture will be confusing.

https://t.co/Bmfy3SKVAw

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Series two is done! Did you listen to the last two episodes on Now 93? If not, then perhaps you'll want to give them a try to contextualise this AI-generated art.

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First, we have "An eleven-year-old Lukas Graham being told to Go get yourself a wife, or you'll be lonely by his daddy."

https://t.co/Pn7n61HUhZ

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It's the final episode of series two, where we listen to the second half of 2016's Now 93!

As well as repeat appearances from Bieber and Coldplay, we get the joy of listening to Craig David re-launching his career and even some David Bowie.

https://t.co/Bmfy3SLtq4

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Trump, Brexit and... Lukas Graham? 2016 was truly a terrible year, but can we find any pop silver linings on the first half of Now That's What I Call Music! 93? Or has everything got even worse since 2006?

Join us for the latest episode to find out.

https://t.co/Pn7n61HUhZ

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Anyway, part one of our Now 64 chat here: https://t.co/fsaepJg2R8

And part two is available here (or from all your usual podcatchers): https://t.co/enXhpb3yoZ

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Both of our episodes on 2006's Now That's What I Call Music! 64 are now available, in case you missed them

And if you didn't listen already, perhaps some AI "art" can tempt you?

First, we have "A landfill full of landfill indie", which is fairly self-explanatory.

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And then we have "Girls Aloud reading a whole lotta history", but it looks like we also have evidence of a well-meaning ghost prompt in the phrase "ethincally ambigicous". Thanks, Bing AI.

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Today we remain in 2006 for part two of Now 64. The good news is that there's less indie landfill this time. The bad news is that there is "Horny as a Dandy", the Mousse T-Dandy Warhols mashup.

But there must be something good in there, right?

https://t.co/enXhpb3yoZ

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Time to leave our nostalgia comfort zones! For this episode, we jump forward to 2006 and the first half of Now 64, featuring a mountain of indie landfill. But who is the landfilliest of them all? And will we find anything we particularly enjoy?

https://t.co/fsaepJfv1A

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Anyway, episode links:

Now 34, Pt 1: https://t.co/w6QtDTo202

Now 34, Pt 2: https://t.co/CEp8KYkY0W

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Have you listened to our episodes on Now 34 yet? If not, then maybe these AI generated images can tempt you?
For part one, we have "The singer of 'Return of the Mack' returning a Macintosh."

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And for part two, we have "Brother Pele in the back, sweet Zina in the front, cruising down the freeway in the hot, hot sun".

As ever, I cannot explain why the AI made these choices, but I am nonetheless happy that they were made.

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A slightly Britpop-centric episode today with the second half of Now 34. But there's plenty more in there, too, from the frontman of Madness covering Simon & Garfunkel to delightful New Zealand one-hit wonders.

https://t.co/CEp8KYkqbo

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Some AI art for episode two, generated using the prompt "The tough getting going when the going gets tough, at the command of Billy Ocean". I would definitely read this book, even with the obvious algorithmic spelling issues.

https://t.co/yaoTaUBjFg

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What better way to spend your bank holiday Monday than listening to two people called David talk about the enduring influence of "Wannabe", Mark Morrison's self-fulfilling bragadoccio and counterfeit Macarenas? In other words, episiode three is out today.

https://t.co/w6QtDTnuau

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I've decided that we need to make more use of AI in our podcast, so each episode will be accompanied by a generated image based on the bands/music we talk about. Here, we have "The Housemartins receiving lessons in love from Level 42."

https://t.co/G95fclbgxc