Karl and Aidan head back to the Pod Lodge for a festive dive into the Christmas Day charts. In this Christmas special, they rewind through five classic years - 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015 - to see what was topping the charts when the turkey was carved and the telly was on.

From novelty and comedy records to rock anthems, chart pop and everything in between, it’s a snapshot of how tastes and traditions have shifted over the decades. Along the way, Karl and Aidan also each pick their favourite track from the rest of the Top 100 in each year.

Expect nostalgia, surprises and plenty of festive chart chat. Perfect listening for the run-up to Christmas. 🎅🎶

Links

🎧 Spotify playlist of the songs covered today

🎸 Karl’s band, Davey Jones’ Locker

🌐 Aidan’s website

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In Episode 40, Tom Gregory joins Karl and Aidan in the pod lodge, and it becomes clear pretty quickly that he has covered more musical ground than most people manage in a lifetime. He talks us through a path that runs from Australia to Manchester and then on to Southampton, touching on Latin, funk, folk and a whole load of other styles along the way.

Tom also claims he has performed on more than 500 instruments. Naturally, we made him explain how on earth that works. He brought one of them with him too, the hang drum. It is a beautiful, hypnotic instrument, and Tom explains why it might be drifting into contraband territory in the not too distant future.

We chat about his musical upbringing and listen to some of the many recordings he has performed on.

You can check out Tom’s Christmas Album, visit Aidan’s website, and find out more about Karl’s band, Davey Jones’ Locker.

Kelly joins Karl and Aidan for a chat about her journey from early singing days to a Christmas hit with Hot Pantz. She shares the surreal experience of meeting Paramore live on BBC Radio 1, and how unveiling a ‘Paramore (Or Less)’ banner at a Paramore concert almost got her kicked out of the Royal Albert Hall..

Kelly also discusses balancing her career as an architect with life on the road performing across the UK.

🎶 Good Times

🎄 Hot Pantz – (I’d Like To) Give You One 4 Christmas (Official Music Video)

🎤 Kelly on BBC Radio 1 with Paramore

🏛️ The Paramore (Or Less) banner at the Royal Albert Hall

⚓ Karl’s band, Davey Jones’ Locker

🎸 Aidan’s website

Listening to the podcast is all the support we need, but if you’d like to go a little further then you can make a donation to the show HERE. Include a message, and we’ll read it out on the show!