Mick and the PhatMan Talking Music

Join Mick and Jeff as they talk about artists, albums and music genres with passion that comes from personal connection. They’ve seen artists in concert at venues that don’t even exist today, bought albums when they were released on vinyl and, in some cases, met the artists.

Sometimes they love the artist or music they're talking about. Sometimes they don’t. But, without fail, you'll always hear something you didn’t know.

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"Stranded" - The high point for Roxy Music?

Send us a message, so we know what you're thinking! Stranded , Roxy's third album, released in 1973, is arguably their best album, with subsequent albums showing a slow but gradual decline in quality. The boys recall seeing Roxy Music at the Sydney Entertainment Centre - once in 2001 and then in 2011. The 2001 concert was a great career retrospective and the boys were rapt when the band started the show with "Remake/Remodel" from the first album. And THEN, some boofhead yelled out, "Play somethi...

Apr 12, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie's breakthrough album

Send us a message, so we know what you're thinking! Released in 1972, "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" was David Bowie's breakthrough album. In a world that had run out of resources and had only five years left, Ziggy Stardust is an alien creature who becomes a rock star with all that entails. When Bowie first toured Australia in 1978, he played five songs from Ziggy Stardust. On later tours, he dropped those songs in favour of later work such as "Station to Statio...

Mar 28, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Neil Young's "Rust Never Sleeps" - His best ever!

Send us a message, so we know what you're thinking! Late-70’s, Neil Young produced what many (including Mick!) regard as his finest album - Rust Never Sleeps. In a productive burst, he produced that album, a live album featuring many of its songs, and released a live concert movie called, coincidentally, "Rust Never Sleeps". The boys went to town by train to see “Rust Never Sleeps”. They talk about the highlights, like the Star Wars-influenced stage sets, and the 70's retrospective set list. The...

Mar 25, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Nick Cave - his early days

Send us a message, so we know what you're thinking! Nick Cave is highly respected as a singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor. We talk about his early work up to what many fans regard as perhaps THE definitive Nick Cave song, “The Mercy Seat” - the confused, pleading thoughts of a man on death row, about to go to the electric chair. Mick's seen him perform the song many times with controlled intensity, building over the song’s five minutes or so. Like much of Cav...

Mar 14, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Queen - Reproducing "Bohemian Rhapsody" live, before digital effects were invented

Send us a message, so we know what you're thinking! Queen had just released “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 1976, with a ground-breaking film clip, and the question was, “Can they play the clip live?”. Well, they not only did it, but they blew everyone's socks off! Mick and the Phatman were there and recall one of the best concerts ever seen in Australia. From Freddy Mercury appearing in silhouette, to a leap straight into a perfect recreation of the "rock" part of the song they showed 5,000 awestruck Au...

Mar 14, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2

However it sounds, we lived through it!

Send us a message, so we know what you're thinking! This podcast is two guys born and bred in suburban Australia, whose opinions about music have been shaped by lots of concerts and shows, and rock music since their early teens. They discuss music and artists that made it into their collections in a fun, conversational style. References: Queen, Bowie and Lou Reed, Cold Chisel, The Angels, Mi-Sex. Recommended Listening https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Vs2C9AsXFIZpEV4jJUvEw?si=icX1OzM7QsaY9PqG8m...

Mar 07, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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