The Giddy Carousel of Pop
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Here's Ric talking about the history of the Cuban Boys and criticising the band's competition on the album Now! 45.
Back to Now! New Episode! 🎧
Revisit the first NOW of the 21st century with guest @ricardoautobahn.co.uk - it’s NOW45! Millennial hangovers and pop tunes aplenty!
Episode and full album playlist available here or where you get your podcasts.
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Revisit the first NOW of the 21st century with guest @ricardoautobahn.co.uk - it’s NOW45! Millennial hangovers and pop tunes aplenty!
Episode and full album playlist available here or where you get your podcasts.
linktr.ee/poprambler
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Here's Ric talking about the history of the Cuban Boys and criticising the band's competition on the album Now! 45.
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Look at all the pretty colours and the beautiful music straining inside them straining to be heard! Let's see how much of it I can release into this evening's Soho Radio show. 6-8pm live.
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Look at all the pretty colours and the beautiful music straining inside them straining to be heard! Let's see how much of it I can release into this evening's Soho Radio show. 6-8pm live.
Great project - looking for unheard and obscure albums reviewed in ver Hits and giving them a short review.
Take a look at #smashhitsalbumreviews
Take a look at #smashhitsalbumreviews
It’s Duran Duran on the cusp of greatness on the cover of Smash Hits (Oct 15-28 1981) I’ve got ‘Dare’, ‘See Jungle..’ & Blondie’s Greatest Hits but the others are unheard #smashhitsalbumreviews
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Great project - looking for unheard and obscure albums reviewed in ver Hits and giving them a short review.
Take a look at #smashhitsalbumreviews
Take a look at #smashhitsalbumreviews
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Ep 71. We go format crazy with @avavsystems.bsky.social. Taylor Swift has done some variants. Madonna has annoyed us, again, counterfeit scams... a gloomy post box...plus news, quiz and all your usual crate digging larks.
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Support the show.
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Support the show.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ep 71. We go format crazy with @avavsystems.bsky.social. Taylor Swift has done some variants. Madonna has annoyed us, again, counterfeit scams... a gloomy post box...plus news, quiz and all your usual crate digging larks.
link.chtbl.com/_MA6rrYD
Support the show.
ko-fi.com/webuyrecords
link.chtbl.com/_MA6rrYD
Support the show.
ko-fi.com/webuyrecords
New arrival at Giddy Pop Towers...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New arrival at Giddy Pop Towers...
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Not a glowing review of Geno in Smash Hits, March 1980
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Not a glowing review of Geno in Smash Hits, March 1980
It's late December 1980 and the next issue of ver Hits will have a free badge. Which one are you holding out for?
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It's late December 1980 and the next issue of ver Hits will have a free badge. Which one are you holding out for?
Terrible news - thank you for some wonderful musical memories Dave x
Dave Ball, synth-pop hitmaker as one half of Soft Cell, dies aged 66
Dave Ball, synth-pop hitmaker as one half of Soft Cell, dies aged 66
Synth player and producer had huge success with Tainted Love and other Soft Cell hits, and later returned to UK Top 10 with dance project the Grid
Dave Ball, who as one half of Soft Cell brought dark, cutting-edge synth-pop to the masses, has died aged 66.
Representatives for the musician said he “passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Wednesday”. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Terrible news - thank you for some wonderful musical memories Dave x
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Alexei Sayle and his Comic Strip chums channelling Dexys on their 1981 homage to Pop-Up Toasters
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Alexei Sayle and his Comic Strip chums channelling Dexys on their 1981 homage to Pop-Up Toasters
Our very own @simongmusic.bsky.social will be spinning the platters that matter in the glamorous surroundings of Glossop this Saturday. All in support of @bobfischer.bsky.social and The Haunted Generation. It’ll be a hoot!
I’m looking forward to spinning a few tunes ahead of @bobfischer.bsky.social’s Haunted Generation show at Glossop Labour Club this Saturday. Expect a mish mash of tv themes, school choirs, brass bands and questionable covers. Business as usual! Tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bob-fische...
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Our very own @simongmusic.bsky.social will be spinning the platters that matter in the glamorous surroundings of Glossop this Saturday. All in support of @bobfischer.bsky.social and The Haunted Generation. It’ll be a hoot!
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What a wonderful episode - I've laughed and learned! I've also been saving up hearing Don't Stand Me Down for the first time until I heard @giddypoppod.bsky.social on the subject, and now I can't bloody wait! But in the interests of dressing appropriately while I do it, I'm off to buy a nice suit.
🎠 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🎠
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
What a wonderful episode - I've laughed and learned! I've also been saving up hearing Don't Stand Me Down for the first time until I heard @giddypoppod.bsky.social on the subject, and now I can't bloody wait! But in the interests of dressing appropriately while I do it, I'm off to buy a nice suit.
A primer in the Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall from ver Hits.
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A primer in the Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall from ver Hits.
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As spotted on the A57 near the Manchester Apollo last night.
October 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
As spotted on the A57 near the Manchester Apollo last night.
Love this Smash Hits meets Blake's Seven mash up artwork
1 WEEK left to pre-order this red vinyl/mag bundle. A love letter to #Blakes7 and the music of its era by @philheeks.bsky.social Think Laura Brannigan meets Bronski Beat! Raising money for charity, in memory of Jacqueline Pearce. PRE-ORDER: bit.ly/markedtokill VIDEO: bit.ly/federationvi...
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Love this Smash Hits meets Blake's Seven mash up artwork
40 years and 1 day ago, this issue of Smash Hits came out. And about 5 years and 4 months ago we talked to @juliehamill.bsky.social about it.
Morrissey and Pete Burns - an unlikely couple to be on the front cover. open.spotify.com/episode/1neF...
Morrissey and Pete Burns - an unlikely couple to be on the front cover. open.spotify.com/episode/1neF...
Smash Hits - 9-22 October 1985 with Julie Hamill
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October 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
40 years and 1 day ago, this issue of Smash Hits came out. And about 5 years and 4 months ago we talked to @juliehamill.bsky.social about it.
Morrissey and Pete Burns - an unlikely couple to be on the front cover. open.spotify.com/episode/1neF...
Morrissey and Pete Burns - an unlikely couple to be on the front cover. open.spotify.com/episode/1neF...
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Many thanks to Simon and Gavin at @giddypoppod.bsky.social, @simonprice.bsky.social, Chris Heath and always a pleasure chatting with @oharaviolin.bsky.social
Really enjoyed the listen/read of the captions via YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCR...
Really enjoyed the listen/read of the captions via YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCR...
Dexys Midnight Runners 'Don't Stand Me Down' 40th anniversary special
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October 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Many thanks to Simon and Gavin at @giddypoppod.bsky.social, @simonprice.bsky.social, Chris Heath and always a pleasure chatting with @oharaviolin.bsky.social
Really enjoyed the listen/read of the captions via YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCR...
Really enjoyed the listen/read of the captions via YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCR...
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A Don't Stand Me Down bonanza. Guests on the latest Giddy Carousel of Pop include Dexys royalty in Helen O'Hara and a rare spottiing of Kev Adams on a podcast.
Q. Has there ever been an album so dismissed simply on the basis of the clothes the band are wearing?
A. No
Q. Has there ever been an album so dismissed simply on the basis of the clothes the band are wearing?
A. No
Episode 37: Dexys Midnight Runners ‘Don’t Stand Me Down’ 40th anniversary special
Welcome back to The Giddy Carousel of Pop! In this special episode, we are joined by some previous riders on the carousel to take a trip down rock’s lost highway and discuss Dexys Midnight Runners&…
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October 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A Don't Stand Me Down bonanza. Guests on the latest Giddy Carousel of Pop include Dexys royalty in Helen O'Hara and a rare spottiing of Kev Adams on a podcast.
Q. Has there ever been an album so dismissed simply on the basis of the clothes the band are wearing?
A. No
Q. Has there ever been an album so dismissed simply on the basis of the clothes the band are wearing?
A. No
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A great listen. And a companion piece to Searching for Dexys Midnight Runners.
Excellent way to spend an hour today...
Great to hear from former Dexys members @kevadams.bsky.social and @oharaviolin.bsky.social about the making of the album alongside some journalistic insight.
Perfectly hosted by @simongmusic.bsky.social & @wholehogg.bsky.social 🙏x
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Great to hear from former Dexys members @kevadams.bsky.social and @oharaviolin.bsky.social about the making of the album alongside some journalistic insight.
Perfectly hosted by @simongmusic.bsky.social & @wholehogg.bsky.social 🙏x
bsky.app/profile/gidd...
🎠 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🎠
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
October 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A great listen. And a companion piece to Searching for Dexys Midnight Runners.
Reposted by The Giddy Carousel of Pop
Excellent way to spend an hour today...
Great to hear from former Dexys members @kevadams.bsky.social and @oharaviolin.bsky.social about the making of the album alongside some journalistic insight.
Perfectly hosted by @simongmusic.bsky.social & @wholehogg.bsky.social 🙏x
bsky.app/profile/gidd...
Great to hear from former Dexys members @kevadams.bsky.social and @oharaviolin.bsky.social about the making of the album alongside some journalistic insight.
Perfectly hosted by @simongmusic.bsky.social & @wholehogg.bsky.social 🙏x
bsky.app/profile/gidd...
🎠 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🎠
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
October 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Excellent way to spend an hour today...
Great to hear from former Dexys members @kevadams.bsky.social and @oharaviolin.bsky.social about the making of the album alongside some journalistic insight.
Perfectly hosted by @simongmusic.bsky.social & @wholehogg.bsky.social 🙏x
bsky.app/profile/gidd...
Great to hear from former Dexys members @kevadams.bsky.social and @oharaviolin.bsky.social about the making of the album alongside some journalistic insight.
Perfectly hosted by @simongmusic.bsky.social & @wholehogg.bsky.social 🙏x
bsky.app/profile/gidd...
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Well this rather lovely thing made my day. Two band members, a sympathetic journalist from the time & another fine journalist (then a fan) talk to Gavin & Simon about one of the most extraordinary records released thus far in my lifetime. God bless them all
🎠 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🎠
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Well this rather lovely thing made my day. Two band members, a sympathetic journalist from the time & another fine journalist (then a fan) talk to Gavin & Simon about one of the most extraordinary records released thus far in my lifetime. God bless them all
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LISTEN TO THIS. The chaps from The Giddy Carousel Of Pop (the Smash Hits-based podcast) have done a 40th anniversary special episode on Don't Stand Me Down, featuring actual Dexys members Helen O'Hara and Kevin 'Billy' Adams, Smash Hits legend Chris Heath, and little old me (a mere fan at the time).
🎠 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🎠
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
LISTEN TO THIS. The chaps from The Giddy Carousel Of Pop (the Smash Hits-based podcast) have done a 40th anniversary special episode on Don't Stand Me Down, featuring actual Dexys members Helen O'Hara and Kevin 'Billy' Adams, Smash Hits legend Chris Heath, and little old me (a mere fan at the time).
🎠 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🎠
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🎠 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🎠
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
We're joined by
@oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss all things Don't Stand Me Down on it's 40th anniversary.
Listen here podfollow.com/the-giddy-ca....
Also now on YouTube! youtube.com/@thegiddycar...
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I never need much encouragement to talk about Dexys...
It's #InternationalPodcastDay, so a good day to tell you that a very special episode 'drops' tomorrow, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Dexys great lost album. We're joined by @oharaviolin.bsky.social @kevadams.bsky.social @simonprice.bsky.social and Chris Heath to discuss this unique album! 🎠🎠🎠
September 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I never need much encouragement to talk about Dexys...
Reunited!
We're back, back, BACK!!
We're back, back, BACK!!
September 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reunited!
We're back, back, BACK!!
We're back, back, BACK!!