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#528 Glyn Johns & Opinions on Coldplay

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Music, Arts, Society & Culture

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

English producer and engineer Glyn Johns has been behind the board for classic albums by Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Clash. He joins hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for a candid conversation about being re-worked by Phil Spector, trying to infuse The Eagles with the blues, and more from his storied career. Plus, a review of the latest album from British stadium rockers Coldplay.

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0:00.0

What do you love about music?

0:04.0

To begin with,

0:08.0

everything. Everything. Putting on a great show is the most important thing you can do. One great rock show can change the world.

0:39.0

Producer and engineer Glenn Johns worked with the Beatles on Abbey Road, had an all night session with the Rolling Stones for Let It Bleed

0:42.0

and recorded Jimmy Hendrix at the Royal Albert Hall.

0:45.0

And that was all in just two days. I'm Greg Kott. And I'm Jim Deregadis. We talked to sound man

0:50.7

Glyn Johns about working with some of Rock's greats and we review the

0:54.1

seventh album from Coldplay. That's all coming up on sound opinions.

0:57.6

This is sound opinions Greg and later in the show we're going to review the seventh and perhaps final album from Coldplay.

1:07.0

The Coldplay memory that sticks with me is they did a small club show at Metro in Chicago behind the third album when they're filling

1:13.6

arenas and there was this woman at this table next to us kept leaning over from

1:17.2

time. I had to point out to you that it was Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin's

1:20.7

wife at the time. Yeah I wasn't up on my Hollywood actresses at the time then or now Jim.

1:25.7

We're going to talk about Coelplay later on in the show though and first we've got some music news. If you like to get careful, I'll tell you how your man.

1:36.0

You win some loose on it till, is to play.

1:45.0

Ain't no difference what you say.

1:50.0

Honest is green. That is the iconic track Ace of Spades from Motorhead sung by one Ian Lemmy Kill Mr. Jim.

2:09.8

The man needs no introduction in certain rock and all circles. You know Ozzy Iggy

2:14.1

lemy I mean just one name it says at all doesn't it he's he was a larger than

2:18.5

like personality the lead singer founder bassist Motorhead, one of the great metal bands of all time,

2:26.4

now dead at the age of 70 on December 28th, four days after his 70th birthday.

2:31.2

He died with his boots on, I mean this band was touring to the very end.

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