The Opinions of Men of No Consequence
We are Adam & Mike and we are Men of No Consequence. Would you like to hear our opinions? A never-ending tapestry of thoughts and opinions on albums, movies... and maybe some other stuff! Talking 70s rock, modern hip-hop, classic albums, movies, oddities that deserve more attention, and occasionally some wrestling and commentaries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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'We're not politicians... we men of no consequence'... and so forth. Join us as we talk about one of the ULTIMATE'S in British crime cinema, 1980's The Long Good Friday. A career-defining Bob Hoskins performance, a script littered with one-liners, a beautiful Pierce Brosnan, Charlie from Casualty, the shark from Jaws 3 and, oh yes, THAT theme tune.
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Over 20 million sold. One of the ultimate 80s hair metal albums. A monolith in the world of power metal. So much to enjoy by two muppets who have never given Def Leppard the appropriate listens. So what will two men of no consequence make of this terribly famous album? Well, come join the shout fest as they discuss who likes it less. We promise this isn't meant to be 'Two dudes don't care for many things'. Onwards and upwards!
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Oh yes, we're back in less than a month. And we're back with a previously advertised episode! We're talking about the late 90s Country Pop juggernaut called mercilessly 'Come On Over' by the musical tyrant Shania Twain.
Come on over and here one presenter desperately tries to keep this ramshackle pod a bit less ramshackle than it needs to be. Come and listen to the other presenter give up on all semblance of trying to discus...
Welcome to Pop Tarts, Men of No Consequence's lovely bonus show, which comes at no extra cost to you dear listener.
Here's the scoop, Adam loves a good music biography, auto or otherwise. Pop Tarts offers us an insight into his opinions on these tomes.
On the second edition of this thriving spin-off series, Adam has brought radio favourite Stuart Maconie's 'Cider With Roadies'. 'Cider with Roadies is the true story of a ...
The debut solo album by Steely Dan co-creator Donald Fagan. Lauded for its crisp digital precision, sentimental and satirical lyrics, it remains a darling of the audiophiles. So what are we going to make of some razor-sharply produced bossa nova, calypso, disco, R&B, lounge music? Join Us.
Come on y'all we're going to have a wing ding!
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Hello everyone, we're back! With opinions. Opinions of No Consequence. And we're kicking things back off with our first movie pick. In a cross-over with our sister podcast 'Breaking Glass - The David Bowie Catalogue' we're talking the 2020 film 'Stardust'.
Focusing on Dear David Bowie's first tour of America, we bear witness to a film so ill-conceived you wonder if it has any right to exist. Exist it does though and Adam & M...
Well, that return last year didn't turn out quite like we planned but we're back now baby! As we promised nearly 10 months ago we're aptly back talking the juggernaut that is AC/DC's 'Back in Black'. One of the top-selling albums of all time and the band's first album after the death of front-man Bon Scott, there's much to play for here.
Adam and Mike, sit down to unpick the album's deep penetrating metaphors. What could the ban...
Welcome to Pop Tarts, Men of No Consequence's lovely bonus show, which comes at no extra cost to you dear listener.
Here's the scoop, Adam loves a good music biography, auto or otherwise. Pop Tarts offers us an insight into his opinions on these tomes.
For the first installment he has picked Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club drummer Chris Frantz's autobiography 'Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina'. By the sounds o...
We may have re-branded but there's the small matter of finishing off work started on The Listening Party. Welcome to part two of our dive into the James Bond themes, taking us from the mid-1980s to the present day. Come hear tales of drunk brummies getting boozed with John Barry, Pierce Brosnan's contractual tomfoolery, Scott Walker's chastisement of the Bond producers, and Mike's miscomprehension of how Christmas works. If you'd l...
Like the caterpillar going through a metamorphosis to become the butterfly. Or Megatron being transformed into Galvatron by Unicron. 'The Listening Party with Adam & Mike' has been away so it can come back as something greater...
After months spent in rooms with marketers, ad agencies, gurus, and the wealth of a small nation being spent on fees behold...
'The Opinions of Men Of No Consequence', we remain Men Of No Consequ...
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Silhouettes of ladies (probably naked).
Guns, guns, guns! Gunsight, man in a suit, bang, blood everywhere.
It’s Bond, everyone!
Join Adam and Mike as they manoeuvre their way through ignorance (Adam’s), geopolitical insensitivity (The entire franchise’s), and horns (John Barry’s). It’s volume one of a bumper two part Bondathon and what a...
What hope now for mankind as the atomic fires accelerate the death of all things?
Whither hope?
It’s here!
In king of the common room, people’s poet and Bowie’s bete noire (despite him, presumably, being unbothered): it’s Steve ‘Steven’ Harley with Cockney Rebel’s 1974 curio ‘The Psychomodo’. Join Adam and Mike for a conversation in which they basically agree in spite of complications (Harley himself).
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In a change to the schedule, Adam and Mike found time in our dear friend Jon's schedule (a man of some consequence) and he has chosen the debut album by England's premier 'avin-it-large purveyors Oasis. Confirmed Oasis skeptics, our hosts will have to negotiate these choppy waters with journalistic impartiality to work out whether it truly is one of the great debut albums.
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PSA - this episode of The Listening Party has been re-purposed for a town meeting so we may discuss the threat of GIRL POWER.
Late-90s R AND B! The Pauline Quirke Academy! Cheryl Baker's great sacrifice! A Flesh Column and 5 out-going young ladies who went on to sell 23 million copies of their debut album. We're talking the 1996 juggernaut 'Spice' by Spice Girls.
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It's frightening times at the party for Adam as Mike dusts off his old CD of 2010s, certified hip-hop masterpiece, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' by Kanye West. Will Adam get on board with Mr. West's vision of a celebrity life filled with meaningless sex, gaudiness, John Anderson, RZA, Greg Lake, and Nicki Minaj? Will he think the tie-in film 'Runaway' a triumph or folly? So much is at stake... for some reason, at this latest ...
Adam's getting comfy now, he's dug himself a firm ass-groove into the beanbag as this party we remain solidly in the 1970s. Coming from "apparently" the best year in music, 1974, Sparks' third album 'Kimono My House' has given the world some of the most enduring, avant-garde pop hits. With the Mael Brothers Ron and Russell appearing in the new doc 'The Sparks Brothers' and soundtracking Leos Carax's new film 'Annette', the pair see...
Our old chum Grae Westgate returns in a T-Bird automobile filled with a cast of characters like Mary, Eddie and Terry, to talk about one of his faves Bruce Springsteen. Can a Boss Sceptical like Adam be turned around to one of his biggest albums 'Born to Run'? All will be revealed.
And who at the party will be left shamed and redfaced at the end of it all?
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FINALLY, some Scott Walker is introduced to the party via 1978's 'Nite Flights' by The Walker Brothers. Come join as Adam and Mike gush over the works of Scott, wish all the best for Gary and hope John never got that Lloyd Webber commission he was after.
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Anyone ever notice how much Mark E. Smith sounds like James Stewart? Maybe you'll consider it after listening to this.
Adam has chosen one of the prolific bands' most commercially and critically successful album, 1985's surprising funky 'This Nation's Saving Grace'.
We're chatting Can, LA, Small Victorian Children, Clarence, reminding each other to not be like that and how surprisingly fun this whole shebang is.
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Through the laser beams and smoke machines emerges our friend and guest, Michelle Snow who brings us The Protomen's 'Act II: The Father of Death'
Join us as Michelle tells us about her unusual weekend, our attempts to launch a musical production, discussion about our fathers working the mines, who among us are true MegaMan fans and the legacy of Meat Loaf.
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