PEL Presents NEM#203: Andy White Tells the Truth

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

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🗓️ 30 September 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Andy has released 20 albums since 1986, touring with just him and his acoustic guitar. We discuss "The Happiness Index" from AT (2023), his second collaboration with Tim Finn; the title track from The Guilty and the Innocent (2017); and "Speechless" from Out There (1992). End song: "Italian Girls on Mopeds" from Boy 40 (2003). Intro: "Vision of You" from Rave On (1986). More at andywhite.com.

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by Factor Meals, America's number one ready-to-eat meal kit.
0:18.4	We're listening to Nicodely Exam with Music, a podcast about songs and songwriters.
0:22.6	My name is Mark Linton-Mire.
0:24.4	My guest for episode 203 is Andy White, a singer-songwriter that released his first EP in Ireland in 1985.
0:32.1	You're right now hearing a vision of you, the biggest single from his first LP, Raven, from 1986.
0:38.8	He's now released 16 solo albums, plus a few collaborations.
0:42.1	We'll be discussing one of those collaborations, AT, that is Andy White and Tim Finn,
0:47.2	of split ends and crowded house fame.
0:49.2	The song is The Happiness Index, from their eponymous album released this year.
0:53.4	We'll then talk about the title track from his solo album The Guilty and the Innocent from 2017
0:58.6	and the song Speechless from his 1992 album Out There.
1:02.3	We'll conclude by listening to Italian Girls on Mo Peds from his 2003 album, Boy 40.
1:08.8	Get more information at AndyWhite.com, get more about this podcast at NicodelyExaminedMusic.com.
1:15.1	And to support the effort, go to patreon.com slash NicodelyExaminedMusic.
1:20.5	I will play a little bit a vision of you from your first full LP, Raven, 1986.
1:26.3	But we're going to get pretty quickly to the new stuff.
1:28.5	Can we characterize for the folks 16 albums?
1:32.0	I think believe 16 solo albums, plus the two with Tim Finn and two with Steven Fearing.
1:38.1	Can we characterize them?
1:39.2	You've counted them.
1:40.1	That's great, you've counted them.
1:42.2	I've started saying 20.
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