Robyn Hitchcock Returns & Opinions on SZA

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot welcome Robyn Hitchcock back to Sound Opinions to discuss the singer-songwriter's book, 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left, and the accompanying album, 1967: Vacations in the Past. Plus, the hosts review the new album from SZA.

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Featured Songs:

The Soft Boys, "I Wanna Destroy You," Underwater Moonlight, Armageddon, 1980

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

SZA, "Saturn," Lana, Top Dawg, 2024

SZA, "Drive," Lana, Top Dawg, 2024

SZA, "BMF," Lana, Top Dawg, 2024

SZA, "Another Life," Lana, Top Dawg, 2024

Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians, "Brenda's Iron Sledge," Black Snake Diamond Röle, Armageddon, 1981

Robyn Hitchcock, "Trams of Old London," I Often Dream of Trains, Midnight Music, 1984

Robyn Hitchcock, "A Whiter Shade of Pale," 1967: Vacations in the Past, Tiny Ghost, 2024

Robyn Hitchcock, "Like a Rolling Stone," Robyn Sings, Editions PAF, 2002

Robyn Hitchcock, "Trouble in Your Blood," The Man Upstairs, Yep Roc, 2014

Robyn Hitchcock, "A Day in the Life," 1967: Vacations in the Past, Tiny Ghost, 2024

Robyn Hitchcock, "See Emily Play," 1967: Vacations in the Past, Tiny Ghost, 2024

Robyn Hitchcock, "Itchycoo Park," 1967: Vacations in the Past, Tiny Ghost, 2024

Robyn Hitchcock, "Vacations in the Past," 1967: Vacations in the Past, Tiny Ghost, 2024

Fruit Bats, "We Used to Live Here," A River Running to Your Heart, Merge, 2023

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0:00.0	Hey, sound opinions listeners, if you support us on Patreon, you get to listen to our podcast, ad-free, on Patreon.
0:33.6	You're listening to Sound Opinions, and this week we're talking with Robin Hitchcock about his new book, 1967, how I got there, and why I never left.
0:35.2	I'm Jim DiRogatis.
0:36.1	And I'm Greg Kott.
0:38.7	We'll also review new music from Siza. A.
0:39.1	A song is better on Saturn. That's a track called Saturn, the first single from Sizz's new album, SOS Deluxe Lana.
0:59.5	Solana Imani Rowe was born St. Louis, raised in New Jersey, a high school gymnast.
1:05.0	And she started making music.
1:06.8	She's been doing this a while, Jim.
1:08.1	She's 35 years old now.
1:09.9	Put out a couple of self-released recordings before she got noticed by the record industry
1:15.3	and then got signed to Top Dog.
1:17.7	But, man, she came out of the gates hot.
1:20.6	I mean, it was that first album, Control, C-T-R-L.
1:25.5	It became the second longest-charting R&B album
1:29.4	by a female artist on the Billboard 200.
1:32.2	Not a bad way to make a debut.
1:34.6	Second album is SOS 2022.
1:37.6	Ten Weeks, number one.
1:39.5	You and I both love that record.
1:41.2	She has this pattern of releasing records
1:42.8	at the very end of a year.
	...

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