Neil Hannon

Midnight Meets With Colin Murray

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Singer-songwriter Neil Hannon talks to Colin Murray about growing up during the Troubles, the vibe of Britpop and his favourite track from each of his albums. Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Wednesday 10.30pm to 1am - or available whenever you want via the free BBC Sounds app.

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0:00.0	Hey, let me ask you, sir, have you heard George's podcast?
0:06.1	Me and Ben Brick are back with a blast, this time with stories from Africa's past.
0:11.0	Not too distant, unsolved mysteries, unsung heroes from untold histories, I'm trying
0:16.9	to make sense of the present day, join me on this journey by pressing play.
0:23.8	Have you heard George's podcast?
0:25.7	Chapter four.
0:27.1	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:30.8	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:40.0	Hello and welcome to another Midnight Meets podcast.
0:42.9	I hope you enjoy this one, I know you're going to enjoy this one, because in this episode
0:46.9	we break bread with a musician who I think I interviewed back in 1994, and I think we've
0:52.7	always genuinely liked each other, which is good.
0:55.7	It'll be a long time to hit someone with it.
0:58.5	Twelve albums now in total, and always that level of quality, I think, rarely matched
1:02.5	over such a long period of time, something really special in dating, and some of this
1:07.3	man's records have stolen the charts and others haven't, but it's just master crafting
1:13.2	of music, if you like his creativity, his devotion to his art, has just built this fanbase
1:18.8	that's hopelessly devoted to him, I think, and his music.
1:21.8	I'm talking about Neil Hannan of the Divine Comedy for this episode of Midnight Meets.
1:51.8	I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
2:10.8	I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
2:20.8	wonderful songs of love, beautiful songs of love.
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