Growing Up With Vince & Jeremy

We grew up in the UK from 1970 to 1990. This show is all about the two of us looking back and putting bits of our shared past under the microscope, from the early ‘80s ‘Protect and Survive’ /Mutually Assured Destruction nuclear panic, to the theme music from The Incredible Hulk; from Wimpy Burgers to wimpy Orac from Blake’s 7; from the Falklands War to Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus. We look back with fondness and bafflement and sometimes with abject disbelief at what life was like when we were growing up.

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02 Maverick Jazz Cops

July 19, 2025 • Rainbow Alley Productions • Season 1 • Episode 2

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Episode 2: Maverick Jazz Cops (June 15th 2017)

'90 minutes of your life you’ll never get back! '

This episode: As Jeremy considers a life on the run, hiding in the shadows (not the band), Vince ponders the lack of men named Colin in Rock and Roll. Up for discussion by both is the staggering implausibility of hit BBC legal drama Judge John Deed; how U2 might possibly have been inspired by The Wombles; and the feeble arguments advanced by songwriters Rogers and Hart in their lyrics for The Lady is a Tramp - a song which on close inspection seems to entirely exonerate the character of the supposed loose woman.

The artists/bands rated and discussed are The Zombies, Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship, New Order, Steely Dan, and Suzanne Vega.

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Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)

She’s Not There – The Zombies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8BkkFJI910

Triad – Jefferson Airplane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aej9wmoQ7M

Regret – New Order

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ZHVmSuBJM&spfreload=10

Any Major Dude Will Tell You – Steely Dan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kND8TRZap8Y

Solitude Standing – Suzanne Vega