The Great Music Debate

In this end-of-season episode, the panel visit some of the categories listed by Rob in Nick Hornby's book about the heartbreaks of a music obsessive, High Fidelity. These will include: Crimes perpetrated by once credible artists Break up songs A song you'd like to be played at your funeral Favourite song to play on a Monday morning Favourite book about music or a musician's biography / autobiography Favourite side one, track one Angry songs about another person And of course, the panel discuss and debate each other's choices to determine who walks away with the points! Here's a Spotify playlist of the panelists choices: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yNF6IOloweELXVG2VO15m?si=0msEVMoATRyOqEl_BCjRwA If you'd like to suggest a topic for the panel to debate, please let us know @Gr8MusicDebate on Twitter.

Another listener has suggested the panel debate whether UK bands from the North are cooler than those in the South. Are Oasis cooler than Clash? Are the Stone Roses cooler than the Stones? What is cool anyway and does it even matter? Find out all this and more! If you'd like to suggest a topic for the panel to debate, please let us know @Gr8MusicDebate on Twitter.

Artists and bands have a habit of making us wait and wait... and wait for new music. But who made us wait for so long for so little reward? In this episode, the panel debate another listener suggested topic and decide which delayed album was the most disappointing. If you'd like to suggest a topic for the panel to debate, please let us know @Gr8MusicDebate on Twitter.

Does anybody listen to the charts anymore? Does anybody care who's at number one? These are topics debated by the panel this week to determine whether having a number one song really matters - and if it ever did? If you'd like to suggest a topic for the panel to debate, please let us know @Gr8MusicDebate on Twitter.

Has there been one band member's influence that has been greater than any other in pop and rock history? Who's very presence elevated their band to superstardom and who's leaving left irreparable damage? And who's leaving was a blessing in disguise? Find out all this and more in this episode. This was the first listener suggested topic! If you'd like to suggest a topic for our panel to debate, please let us know @Gr8MusicDebate on Twitter.

What's Ed Sheeran done to upset Adam? And, more importantly, can he convince us that loveable, successful Ed Sheeran should retire? Find out in this episode!

What? Surely Elvis is and always will be The King!?  In this episode, Luke puts a compelling case forward to challenge this and crown a different king but will he be able to convince Adam and David?

Are The Who worthy of their place next to the Beatles and the Stones as pioneers of 60s rock and pop or are they overrated and about to be exposed by David on the pod as nothing much more than a relic that should be dismissed and forgotten? It's up to Adam and Luke to decide.

Wow! It's a big call to claim You Could Be Mine by Guns n Roses is the best song released for a film ever but it's one made by Adam and so the case is heard. But can the other panelists be persuaded?

Welcome to Season 2 of The Great Music Debate! Can the decade of big hair, big shoulder pads and Big Fun really be the most important decade for music? In this episode, Luke tries to convince Adam and David that this is the case. But will he be successful?

What if we got rid of all the Christmas songs we know and love (and have grown to detest) and started again from scratch?  Can David convince Luke and Adam that we should make this the last Christmas of the classics and trust in our musicians to re-write Christmas music for the better?

***POTTY MOUTH ALERT*** In this special episode, the panelists share and rate each other's picks of 2020, including: - The songs they played over and over again  - Their guilty pleasure songs of 2020 - The songs from 2020 that should be thrown in the bin never to be heard again Who will be the winners and losers of 2020? There's also a Spotify playlist of all the nominees and category winners: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4fskVVZzTXI1CdlBjMwOFi?si=I4eQwkIpSIqkh73GPcRvcA

For the last episode of Season 1, David makes the case that Strange Fruit by Billie Holliday is the most powerful protest song of all time. Can the panel all agree on this? Can they heck!

In this episode, Adam brings forward the case that after an artist dies, their vault should remain shut and that releasing demos and part-finished albums tarnishes their legacy and short-changes fans.  But will the panel agree?

In this episode, Luke faces the seemingly uphill task of convincing the other two panellists that Taylor Swift's 1989 is the best album of the 2010's. Can he do so? Or will he be ridiculed off the pod?

In this episode, David puts forward the case for Kinky Afro by The Happy Mondays as having the greatest first line in music. "Son, I'm 30, I only went with your mother cos she's dirty." But can he convince the others? And which outstanding 'first lines' is he dismissing to make such a bold claim?

Bohemian Rhapsody was critically acclaimed. Rami Malek won the Oscar for Best Actor and yet every music biopic is awful? Can this be the case? Well it's the case brought forward by Adam this week.  Will the other panellists agree with him?

In this episode. Luke brings a comprehensive case forward that describes (in detail) why he believes The Smiths are the greatest band of all time. But can he convince Adam and David. And perhaps more importantly, can he convince you?

This week, the panel discuss the critically acclaimed debut albums that are widely regarded as the 'best' as well as exploring criteria for choosing one over all the others. David makes a case for 'Is This It?' by The Strokes to be considered the debut above all debuts but will Adam and Luke agree?

Yes, this was a real debate... Luke puts forward this case whilst Adam and David test its basis and discuss if it could be possible, by design or otherwise, that track 7 is the best track on any album, generally speaking.

In this episode, Adam brings forward the case and the panel explore what it means for artists to 'sell out'; the most notorious examples of selling out; and, ultimately, decide whether fans should hold it against them for doing so.

In this episode of The Great Music Debate, David puts forward his case that, after a strong start to the decade, music in the 1990s after 1994 went down the pan. Will Adam and Luke agree with this or will they tear it to pieces?