S4E7: Don Black
Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt
Rhino UK
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week on Rockonteurs, Guy and Gary chat with one of the most prolific songwriters this country has ever produced. He’s written 5 Bond songs and shaped lyrics for the likes of John Barry, Michael Jackson, Lulu, Meat Loaf, Van Morrison, Scott Walker, and Quincy Jones. We welcome the Academy Award-winning Don Black to the podcast for a fascinating discussion into his amazing career that continues to this day…
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| 0:32.0 | Hello Gary. Hello, Guy Guy happy new year. That happened year to you. What did you do? |
| 0:37.0 | I did nothing on New Year's Eve. We did some tidying up at the house. I'm a bit of a... |
| 0:42.0 | Georgie and I are both commudgians when it comes to New Year. |
| 0:45.0 | And you're about to become a tour manager as well, aren't you? |
| 0:47.5 | I'm about to become a tour manager. I had a birthday. That was very nice. |
| 0:51.0 | Do you know what, Guy? I am so sorry because your birthday |
| 0:55.1 | Unfortunately has been crammed in to this post- Christmas new year |
| 0:59.6 | It's the worst possible. It always has been. That's why I always got joint Christmas and birthday presents. |
| 1:04.6 | There's no point thinking about a party. No one wants to know. |
| 1:08.1 | There's two days after New Year. Everyone's just done. |
| 1:10.3 | So like the Queen did, you know, you should really have a summer one. |
| 1:13.2 | Should you did your parents I should have an official birthday yeah. But happy birthday to you as well |
| 1:19.6 | and so the great Don Black lyricist extraordinary is on 85 years old and still working like a demon. |
| 1:29.0 | Yeah, it's amazing. He never stops and an amazing catalog of of stuff but and it's also big |
| 1:36.0 | so it's that movie world you know movie and theater of course which we love |
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