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94 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -Podcast by Rainbow Alley Productions
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Mini 04 – Xmas Stocking Filler #4 – Revolution in the Head: Day Tripper
December 29, 2020 20:00 - 4 minutes - 3.27 MBOVERRATED CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER We're releasing a few tiny little episodes over the festive season as a Christmas treat. 4. Revolution in the Head - The Missing Entries / Day Tripper Vince opens up his shiny new copy of our 'Beatles Bible', Ian MacDonald's amazing "Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Music and the Sixties", and reads the entry on "Day Tripper", which he missed on a previous show. You know, for completeness.
Mini 04 – Xmas Stocking Filler #4 – Revolution in the Head: Day Tripper
December 29, 2020 20:00 - 4 minutes - 3.27 MBOVERRATED CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER We're releasing a few tiny little episodes over the festive season as a Christmas treat. 4. Revolution in the Head - The Missing Entries / Day Tripper Vince opens up his shiny new copy of our 'Beatles Bible', Ian MacDonald's amazing "Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Music and the Sixties", and reads the entry on "Day Tripper", which he missed on a previous show. You know, for completeness.
Mini 03 – Xmas Stocking Filler #3 – Jeremy on The Joshua Tree
December 29, 2020 16:30 - 6 minutes - 4.65 MBOVERRATED CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER 3. The Joshua Tree - U2 Jeremy bought a copy of U2's The Joshua Tree (gasp!) and actually listened to it (gasp!) and recorded his thoughts (gasp!) for you all to enjoy this Christmastime.
Mini 03 – Xmas Stocking Filler #3 – Jeremy on The Joshua Tree
December 29, 2020 16:30 - 6 minutes - 4.65 MBOVERRATED CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER 3. The Joshua Tree - U2 Jeremy bought a copy of U2's The Joshua Tree (gasp!) and actually listened to it (gasp!) and recorded his thoughts (gasp!) for you all to enjoy this Christmastime.
Mini 02 – Xmas Stocking Filler #2 – Revolution in the Head: Things We Said Today
December 28, 2020 16:20 - 3 minutes - 2.46 MBOVERRATED CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER We're releasing a few tiny little episodes over the festive season as a Christmas treat. 2. Revolution in the Head - The Missing Entries / Things We Said Today Vince opens up his shiny new copy of our 'Beatles Bible', Ian MacDonald's amazing "Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Music and the Sixties", and reads the entry on "Things We Said Today", which he missed on a previous show. You know, for completeness.
Mini 02 – Xmas Stocking Filler #2 – Revolution in the Head: Things We Said Today
December 28, 2020 16:20 - 3 minutes - 2.46 MBOVERRATED CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER We're releasing a few tiny little episodes over the festive season as a Christmas treat. 2. Revolution in the Head - The Missing Entries / Things We Said Today Vince opens up his shiny new copy of our 'Beatles Bible', Ian MacDonald's amazing "Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Music and the Sixties", and reads the entry on "Things We Said Today", which he missed on a previous show. You know, for completeness.
Mini 01 Xmas Stocking Filler #1 – Revolution in the Head: Taxman
December 26, 2020 18:34 - 5 minutes - 3.51 MBOVERRATED CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER We're releasing a few tiny little episodes over the festive season as a Christmas treat. 1. Revolution in the Head - The Missing Entries / Taxman Vince opens up his shiny new copy of our 'Beatles Bible', Ian MacDonald's amazing "Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Music and the Sixties", and reads the entry on "Taxman", which he missed on a previous show. You know, for completeness.
Mini 01 Xmas Stocking Filler #1 – Revolution in the Head: Taxman
December 26, 2020 18:34 - 5 minutes - 3.51 MBOVERRATED CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER We're releasing a few tiny little episodes over the festive season as a Christmas treat. 1. Revolution in the Head - The Missing Entries / Taxman Vince opens up his shiny new copy of our 'Beatles Bible', Ian MacDonald's amazing "Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Music and the Sixties", and reads the entry on "Taxman", which he missed on a previous show. You know, for completeness.
29 A Sloppy Bucket Of Fourth Raters - Armageddon
November 29, 2020 19:52 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBEpisode 29: A Sloppy Bucket of Fourth Raters - Armageddon (29th November 2020) 'The Podcast That Knows how to Build a Shelter, Avoid Fallout, Wrap Dead Loved Ones in Polythene, Bury Them, and Tag Their Bodies.' This episode: The End is Nigh! An aghast Neil & Vince look back at the complete horrorshow of 2020, and in an effort to cheer themselves, they discuss the happier topics of nuclear annihilation, pandemics, and extinction event climate change. Protect and Survive! Neil has his ...
28 The Smell of Cordite Kazoos - Halloween Special 2020
October 30, 2020 20:36 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBEpisode 28: The Smell of Cordite Kazoos - Halloween Special 2020 (25th October 2020) ‘The Podcast that warns you to beware the moon and keep t’ path.' HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! As Jeremy busies himself in the lightning-lashed laboratory of his crumbling East European castle, stitching together a monster Bono out of body part of his U2 band mates, Vince and Neil are free to run around in silly spooky costumes (or in Neil’s case, his everyday wear), scaring the neighbourhood because they ain’t a...
27 The Power of Don Corleone Compels You! - Film
September 13, 2020 22:10 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBEpisode 27: The Power of Don Corleone Compels You! - Film (31st August 2020) ‘The Podcast, or El Podcasterino, that’s not into the whole brevity thing.' As Jeremy takes his annual holiday to Summerisle, Vince and Neil stock-up on exorbitantly priced popcorn and drinks and sneak off to the movies to watch some old favourites. Vince discusses the eee eee eee eees and tinkly tinkly tinkly tinkly tinks of late 70’s/early 80’s horror film synth scores, and reminisces about being tangentially ...
26 George Clinton for President! - 1993
June 30, 2020 21:22 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBEpisode 26: George Clinton For President! - 1993 (7th June 2020) 'The podcast with no no, no no no no, no no no no, no no with no limit.' As our overrated time machine pitches up in 1993, Vince gets tetchy over grammatical accuracy and travels to the city limits in the name of Dr Who, alienating Meatloaf fans along the way. Neil rewrites history and canvasses for p-funk in the White House while narrowly avoiding setting fire to Jason Kay’s hat. Jeremy gets misty eyed (and soft hands)...
25 The Boon Ultimatum - Silver
May 10, 2020 19:10 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBEpisode 25: The Boon Ultimatum - Silver (19th April 2020) 'The complicated podcast that no one understands but its woman.' This episode: In this 25th edition of the show, we welcome ex pat and old school friend Neil to the team. Vince opens a fascinating window on his eating habits during lock down, Neil calls for clemency for U2, Jeremy changes his tune (and rating), and Vince gives faint praise. Unlike the Trump administration, Neil presents the show with provable statistics and eschew...
24 Espadrilles - 1987
March 09, 2020 20:52 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBEpisode 24: Espadrilles - 1987 (March 9th 2020) 'The Podcast that’s fed up ‘cause all you wanna do is criticize' This episode: We aint wastin’ no more time We walk down the only road we’ve ever known and ride the storm of the century all the way back to 1987, where Toxic Waste Mutant Villains are all the rage, and everybody wore espadrilles (even and especially the Toxic Waste Mutant Villains); We unearth Alexander O’Neal’s unreasonable backstage rider for any and all gigs played in Sk...
23 A Second Rate Show by Second Rate Men - Man
December 13, 2019 11:51 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBEpisode 23: A Second Rate Show by Second Rate Men - Man (December 13th 2019) 'We Listen to What The Man Said' This episode: We stick it to The Man! In our special Christmas Show - featuring no Christmas songs - we feed Hall and Oates to white tigers live on stage in LA (after Jeremy has insulted them); Vince prepares a “How to Bluff Your Way Through Bob Dylan” guide so that he can converse knowledgeably with his father-in-law over Christmas dinner; we unveil our new, controversial li...
22 Interchangeable Lovelies - Numbers
October 27, 2019 07:28 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBEpisode 22: Interchangeable Lovelies - Numbers (October 27th 2019) 'Proud Supporters of Shepton Mallett FC' This episode: We hold up two digits to our listeners as we play the numbers game! We determine the standard distance pop stars are prepared to walk to see their lovers; Jeremy explains why he automatically rejects any emerging or rediscovered artists who are popular and acclaimed until he’s had plenty of time to think about it; Vince invents a giant-slaying football team for a...
21 Pot Noodle - Woodstock
August 14, 2019 08:19 - 1 hour - 53 MBEpisode 21: Pot Noodle - Woodstock (August 14th 2019) 'Three Days of Peace, Love, and Pot Noodles ' This episode: We get stuck in traffic on the way to Woodstock, 50 years too late! Jeremy reveals his superpower: being able to identify minor rock stars by a glimpse at the back of their heads, and Vince gets all misty-eyed about that time when he was thirteen and went to a Dr Who thing at Longleat. Jeremy remembers an obscure 70’s US sitcom that had John Travolta giving attitude t...
20 Glen Campbell's Existential Nightmare - 1975
June 18, 2019 12:56 - 1 hour - 53 MBEpisode 20: Glen Campbell’s Existential Nightmare (June 18th 2019) 'The podcast with no regrets. Literally.' This episode: We tumble back in time to 1975, where we find Starsky and Hutch being politically incorrect on a voodoo island populated by porn actresses, and the Bay City Rollers in the grip of a tartan mania. Jeremy insults everyone in the north, Vince wonders if anyone named Glen could ever be cool, and we both fail to remember JD Souther. As awfuls come over the phone,...
19 Pseudo American Teen Bollocks - Britpop
April 15, 2019 13:33 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBEpisode 19: Pseudo American Teen Bollocks (April 11th 2019) 'Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as… Podcast.' This episode: We hold conversations with an imaginary Luke Haines as we delve into the why, who, and what of irksome How’s My Chimney genre Britpop. The mockney affectations of Damon Albarn cause Jeremy to reach peak cynicism; Vince confesses to a grudging admiration for The Corrs; we pitch a 21st century revival of genial 80s sitcom Never th...
18 Music for People Who Don't Like Music - 1985
February 28, 2019 23:04 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBEpisode 18: Music for People Who Don’t Like Music (February 21st 2019) 'The podcast that’s fully prepared to take ‘no deal’ off the table.' This episode: 80s light entertainment magician Paul Daniels joins Dire Straits; Jeremy sets up an overrated hotline to ubiquitous pop culture pundit Stuart Maconie; Vince insults the Mafia; our Supergroups go to war, and we wonder what Dalek creator Davros would be like if he held a world peace conference; we speculate on ‘The Bono Factor!’; we ...
17 Guffawing Buffoons - Christmas 2018
December 19, 2018 03:10 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBEpisode 17: Guffawing Buffoons (Dec 14th 2018) 'The podcast that’s naughty and nice.' This episode: We fit up Noddy Holder and Slade for a series of daring thefts from the homes of rival 70s Glam Rock bands; Jeremy gets unnecessarily furious with children’s TV character Mr Benn; Vince struggles with Kris Kristofferson and a Bristolian accent as Jeremy acts out a scenario where Bob Dylan asks directions to racist landmarks; We reminisce about our days as teenage stars of a new cutting...
16 Ill-Thought-Out Analogies - London
November 23, 2018 19:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBEpisode 16: Ill-Thought-Out Analogies (November 16th 2018) 'We’ll show you something that’ll make you change your mind'. This episode: Vince demands that everybody should stop making things as there’s too much stuff already; Jeremy insists that Gerry Rafferty didn’t die in Baker Street, and laments the lack of any doctors or good feelings in Dr Feelgood; we challenge Oasis to come on the show, and wonder if Bruce Springsteen has ever been to the Asda superstore in Bedminster; Jeremy ...
15 Dear Bongo! - 1981
October 05, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBEpisode 15: Dear Bongo! - 1981 (September 27th 2018) 'The podcast with 99 problems' We try to determine if --as Chas and Dave would have us believe--the meat aisles of Sainsbury’s in 1981 were stacked with rabbit; We celebrate Bob Holness’s best fictitious saxophone solos; Vince remembers lots of werewolves, but very little else; We pitch a new Sunday night middle class drama series which will showcase the sexy middle class roll-eyes of middle class actor Martin ‘Middle Class’ Shaw; Jerem...
15 Dear Bongo! - 1981 Special
October 04, 2018 23:22 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBEpisode 15: Dear Bongo! (September 27th 2018)This episode: 1981 SPECIAL!We try to determine if --as Chas and Dave would have us believe--the meat aisles of Sainsbury’s in 1981 were stacked with rabbit; We celebrate Bob Holness’s best fictitious saxophone solos; Vince remembers lots of werewolves, but very little else; We pitch a new Sunday night middle class drama series which will showcase the sexy middle class roll-eyes of middle class actor Martin ‘Middle Class’ Shaw; Jeremy breaks some g...
14 Being Mick Pointer - Clutching at Straws by Marillion Part 2
August 31, 2018 12:55 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBEpisode 14: Being Mick Pointer Marillion’s Clutching at Straws - Part Two (July 22nd 2018) 'The podcast too scared to go back into the water' For the second episode of a two-part series, we go track-by-track through Marillion’s 1987 album Clutching at Straws, and as Vince casts Robert Downey Jnr to play Marillion’s frontman in a hypothetical biopic, Jeremy does Barry White impressions. We struggle to name an album by It Bites, or anything by Then Jericho (remember them?); we give the alb...
13 Inverted Commas - Clutching at Straws by Marillion Part 1
July 25, 2018 21:31 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBEpisode 13: Inverted Commas Marillion’s Clutching at Straws - Part One (July 22nd 2018) 'The podcast of angst fueled bravado' This episode: For the first episode of a two-part series, we go track-by-track through Marillion’s 1987 album Clutching at Straws, a record Vince has loved for thirty years, and which Jeremy has lots of affection for, too - possibly because Vince has played it to him so many times over three decades that it’s finally worn him down. We discuss and rate every song, ...
12 The Jeremy Wall Phenomenon - 1976
June 25, 2018 00:41 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBEpisode 12: The Jeremy Wall Phenomenon (June 21st 2018) 'Five Sizzling Hot Tracks From 1976' We discuss interpersonal band dynamics and how to fire your sulky lead guitarist; we take a look at the complete madness of the UK singles chart through the 70’s and 80’s and we suggest that a guaranteed number one hit these days would be The Floral Song Grime Rap by Drake feat. Tobermory. We wonder how many Trump staffers would have been shown the White House door in the span of time Wet Wet Wet ...
11 Keeping it Real - The Wicker Man
May 22, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBEpisode 11: Keeping it Real (May 18th 2018) 'Much has been said of the Vince Stadons of yore Of chat-fests and podcast shows by the score But I sing of a Jeremy Wall we adore The podcast overrater'. This episode: The Wicker Man: Vince and Jeremy discuss the 1973 British folk horror classic, which they first saw thirty years ago, and keep returning to, and as Vince proposes a range of Wicker Man merchandising, Jeremy sets in motion a diabolical evil scheme to improve his home-grown rhuba...
10 The Dickie Davies Fight Club - NYC
April 19, 2018 22:05 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBEpisode 10: The Dickie Davies Fight Club - NYC SPECIAL (April 14th 2018) 'The first rule of the Overrated Podcast is: You don’t talk about the Overrated Podcast.' This episode: NEW YORK SPECIAL! We don fedoras and sunglasses, and scoff hot dogs and bagels as we are joined in the Overrated Studio by old school pal and New York resident Neil Barret, who chooses a selection of great songs pertaining to his adopted city. As the three of us ponder the majesty of Daley Thompson’s Olympic mou...
10 The Dickie Davies Fight Club - NYC
April 19, 2018 22:05 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBEpisode 10: The Dickie Davies Fight Club - NYC SPECIAL (April 14th 2018) 'The first rule of the Overrated Podcast is: You don’t talk about the Overrated Podcast.' This episode: NEW YORK SPECIAL! We don fedoras and sunglasses, and scoff hot dogs and bagels as we are joined in the Overrated Studio by old school pal and New York resident Neil Barret, who chooses a selection of great songs pertaining to his adopted city. As the three of us ponder the majesty of Daley Thompson’s Olympic mou...
10 The Dicky Davies Fight Club - NYC
April 19, 2018 22:05 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBThe first rule of the Overrated Podcast is: You don’t talk about the Overrated Podcast. .Episode 10: NYC SPECIAL - The Dicky Davies Fight Club (April 14th 2018) This episode: NEW YORK SPECIAL! We don fedoras and sunglasses, and scoff hot dogs and bagels as we are joined in the Overrated Studio by old school pal and New York resident Neil Barret, who chooses a selection of great songs pertaining to his adopted city. As the three of us ponder the majesty of Daley Thompson’s Olympic moustach...
Promo Two
April 17, 2018 09:54 - 42 seconds - 521 KBSecond short promo for Vince & Jeremy's Overrated Podcast - Spring 2018
09 Confessions of a Failed Podcaster
March 22, 2018 22:51 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBEpisode 9: Confessions of a Failed Podcaster (March 15th 2018) 'The Podcast with 99 Problems' This episode: Jeremy confesses to having an awkward relationship with irksome Jam frontman Paul Weller, and starts a campaign to demand more stringently regulated standards in Rap Artists' outrageous and unfeasible boasting; Vince takes The Byrds and Dexys Midnight Runners to task for their pretentious grammar, and fails entirely to locate Eastbourne on a map; and Jeremy inadvertently summons up t...
08 From L.A. to Totterdown
February 10, 2018 17:05 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBEpisode 8: From L.A. to Totterdown (February 8th 2018) 'Hey Hey it’s the Podcast!' This episode: As Jeremy struggles to recollect anything recorded by 80’s/90’s UK pop princess Cathy Dennis, and Vince struggles with his vocabulary, both men go to war as they create rival Supergroups. Also this show, they decide that The Banana Splits were a lot funnier than the Monkees; that psychopathic killers should really learn how to spell; and that classic BBC weather presenters Michael Fish and ...
07 Uncomfortably Waiting for it to End - Christmas Special 2017
December 27, 2017 02:39 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBEpisode 7: Uncomfortably Waiting for it to End (December 20th, 2017) 'Our Chestnuts Are Roasting On An Open Fire' This episode: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! As Jeremy realises with rising horror that if he was in Wham! he’d be Andrew Ridgley, and Vince makes the case for George Michael being a calculating high-functioning sociopath with vengeance in his heart, both men get into the Christmas Spirit by cruelly denigrating widely held nutty belief systems, ruthlessly critiquing inarguably dreadful ...
06 Languishing in Obscurity
November 30, 2017 11:20 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBEpisode 6: Languishing in Obscurity (November 22nd 2017) 'Non scientes quod ambitiosam (Never knowingly pretentious)' This episode: As we discover just how many times Critically Acclaimed UK Playwright™ Vince can easily be irked, Jeremy is turned into a dynamic pose-able action figure with eagle eyes and grip hands (just in time for the Christmas toy market); both men clash swords over the age-old debate of art vs commercialism, but both are in firm accord that romantic advances towards co...
05 Ghosts are Baloney - Halloween Special 2017
October 30, 2017 10:58 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBListen to them, the children of the night. Episode 5: Ghosts are Baloney! (October 20th 2017) This episode: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! In this spooktactular edition of what’s been called “the scariest podcast ever recorded” by bull**** ‘medium’ Derek Acorah (not really; just like him, we’re making it all up), Jeremy adopts a new non de plume for his Rock and Roll Name and accidentally insults the state of Texas; Vince solves a centuries old murder case by identifying pretentious middle-class tot...
05 Ghosts are Bullshit - Halloween Special 2017
October 30, 2017 10:58 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBEpisode 5: Ghosts are Bullshit! (October 20th 2017) 'Listen to them, the children of the night'. This episode: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! In this spooktactular edition of what’s been called “the scariest podcast ever recorded” by bull**** ‘medium’ Derek Acorah (not really; just like him, we’re making it all up), Jeremy adopts a new non de plume for his Rock and Roll Name and accidentally insults the state of Texas; Vince solves a centuries old murder case by identifying pretentious middle-class...
04 The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock - 1970s
August 30, 2017 09:54 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBEpisode 4: The Clive Dunn of Glam Rock (August 24th 2017) 'You Wouldn't Like Us When We're Angry' This episode: 1970’s SPECIAL! As Operation Yewtree closes in on The Wombles of Wimbledon Common, Jeremy and Vince confidently (if unwisely) don flared trousers, platform heels, pseudo-silk kimonos and glitter face paint in celebration of “the decade of lurid wallpaper, silly hairstyles and burly men warming their hands around braziers,” to quote lurid and burly historian Dominic Sandbrook. ...
03 Haunted by Phil Spector
July 20, 2017 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBEpisode 3: Haunted by Phil Spector (July 20th 2017) 'The Strong and Stable Coalition of Chaos' This episode: Vince becomes Jeremy’s ruthless manager/Svengali figure and forces him to make a series of increasingly poor low-budget movies; Jeremy wonders if Tosh from The Bill should have been in sweary Dr Who spin-off series Torchwood; Vince wonders about all the Micks in rock and Roll; Jeremy demands a Persian Carpet as we play a game of Top ****s; and we keep forgetting that Jeremy has to...
02 Maverick Jazz Cops
June 15, 2017 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBEpisode 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...
02 Maverick Jazz Cops
June 15, 2017 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBEpisode 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...
01 Yoko Plays Skittles - Pilot
May 04, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBEpisode 1: Yoko Plays Skittles (May 4th 2017) '60 minutes of your life you’ll never get back!' In an episode that U2 fans would undoubtedly find terribly upsetting, Vince and Jeremy discuss tribute bands with punning names, the confused narrative of The Jacksons’ Blame it on the Boogie, scathing reviews, and why the numbers just don’t add up in late 70’s BBC sci-fi series Blake’s 7. The artists/bands rated and discussed are Santana (featuring Michelle Branch), China Crisis, America, Dep...
Promo 1
May 03, 2017 12:00 - 19 seconds - 244 KBVery first promo for Vince & Jeremy's Overrated Podcast (the show we've renamed and rebooted as Is This Show Overrated?)