PAUSE IT PLAY IT // The 1975 Podcast

PAUSE IT PLAY IT // The 1975 Podcast

Song by song. Every Wednesday. Every song by The 1975.

Episodes

February 22, 2024 63 mins

This week we talking about the UK tour Still.. At Their Very Best. More of a reflection than a review, going through the setlist, the show the guests and the experience of the night in Manchester.

Still... At Their Very Best - 18:16

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This week we're talking about The 1975 playing Reading and Leeds Festival and the story of Matt and Dan being side stage for the show, what we thought out the gig, how it feels to see the band do the first album in full on this scale

AND THEN 

We play our inaugural episode of The 1975 Jeopardy in the most high production thing this podcast has ever done 

Reading and Leeds show 17:50
The 1975 Jeopardy 45:40

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June 21, 2023 71 mins

This week we get into if this song perfectly encapsulates The 1975's EP era, comparisons with I'm Not In Love and why it it's one of the most emotive songs not just for the subject matter, but for the era in which the band recorded it. 

Josh & Matty meeting at 17:08
Discussion starts at 25:53
Lyric discussion starts at 46:23

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June 7, 2023 69 mins

We're back with the full squad talking about this classic EP track! We get into why the song is so good despite being pretty basic, where they were in their career when they wrote it and why it feels appropriate for The 1975 to still play their EP tracks live over 10 years after they were released. 

Discussion starts at 28:36
Lyric discussion starts at 48:23

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April 26, 2023 92 mins

Well, what don't we talk about in this episode? We get deep on where they were in their lives when they wrote it, how they might feel about it now, live versions, setlist, production, disagreeing with some genius annotations and a deep dive on the lyrics 

Discussion starts at 14:08
Lyric discussion starts at 47:19

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April 12, 2023 70 mins

An EP classic! This week we get into how much of a The 1975 song this really is, if the quality is too good for their EP era and how the lyrics set up styles and themes they'd use for the rest of their career

Discussion starts at 19:24
Lyric discussion starts at 45:56

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This week's episode is just us watching the Amazon Prime show of At Their Very Best and Dan is back on the show. Featuring more Gorilla chat, chat about The 1975's live shows, dog content and general nonsense that happens when the 3 of us are together.

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March 1, 2023 92 mins

We're going way back this week and talking about Milk. To speculate on why Matty doesn't like it, why we do, how good the lyrics are and why it was a secret song on the Sex EP. As well as a bunch of recent The 1975 related news 

Discussion starts at 20:01
Lyric discussion starts at 1:03:22

The 1975 - Milk Live at Hangout Festival 2014 - https://youtu.be/9mlcMFxL9aw

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February 15, 2023 61 mins

In this bonus episode we talk about what it was like being there and our thoughts on The 1975's Warchild gig at Gorilla in Manchester.

And to keep up with the news we have a chat about The 1975's Brit Award and Matty's controversial podcast appearance 

Gorilla discussion at 3:36
Brit Award discussion at 38:08
Podcast discussion discussion at 42:40

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We open he show this week talking about the recent updates from the At Their Very Best tour such as Tim's guest appearance, Lewis Capaldi, and a bunch more controversy and highlights and then we get into our song ranking of Being Funny in a Foreign Language. We each make our own list and then combine them to make the ultimate ranking list

Discussion starts at 26:17

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This week we're opening the show with a discussion about At Their Very Best live tour which Josh attended this past week, then we get into When We Are Together, the story of the song, lyrics and why it feels different to the rest of the album.

At Their Very Best show spoilers discussion at 10:37 to 18:54

Discussion starts at 27:00
Lyric discussion starts at 42:24

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January 18, 2023 97 mins

This week we're joined by The Super Late Night to talk about About You and all the callbacks to old songs, why it's become such a fan favourite and where it stands in The 1975's back catalogue 

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Discussion starts at 29:48
Lyric discussion starts at 1:04:00

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January 11, 2023 50 mins

This week we're getting into Human Too, if its the best example of the quality of production on the album, if it's a bit too subdued for our tastes and how it stacks up lyrically against the rest of the album

Discussion starts at 17:08
Lyric discussion starts at 35:40

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December 21, 2022 70 mins

Merry Christmas! (We didn't plan this) and we're talking about The 1975's Christmas song, the unusual influences, how it compares to other Christmas songs and the smart song writing technique hidden in it!

Discussion starts at 17:20
Lyric discussion starts at 41:12

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December 14, 2022 59 mins

This week we're talking The 1975 News, the retro inspirations behind this song, if it's one of the least The 1975 songs released and if all the Matty-isms have been taken out the lyrics

Discussion starts at 15:38
Lyric discussion starts at 34:08

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December 7, 2022 72 mins

God we love this song

And we get into the stylised production, singles and chart placements and have a chat about the band's current antics

Discussion starts at 
Lyric discussion starts at 

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December 1, 2022 58 mins

This week we're getting in to why the song became such a fan favourite, what we think the song is lack, how it works within the album and if all the individuals elements are greater than the sum of it's parts

Discussion starts at 14:06
Lyric discussion starts at 35:24

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November 23, 2022 84 mins

This week we get into if Part of the Band hyped us up for the album, the production and musicality not getting the love it deserves and we do a huge dip dive on the lyrics with many appropriate tangents 

Discussion starts at 14:30
Lyric discussion starts at 33:44

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November 9, 2022 82 mins

This week we get into the production and arrangement of this song, the skilled song writing and the Incel culture which it discusses

Discussion starts at 19:54
Lyric discussion starts at 40:52

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November 2, 2022 67 mins

This week we're talking about Happiness; if it returns to a classic 1975 sound, it's place within the album, the abstract music video and how much we actually like it (... of course we like it)

Discussion starts at 17:10
Lyric discussion starts at 44:09

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