“If I wanted to annoy the other Chelsea players, I’d put The Fall on”

My fifth guest on A Way From Home is Pat Nevin.

Pat is a former footballer who made over 600 professional appearances over a 20 year career, playing for the likes of Chelsea, Everton, and Scotland. He is now a well respected radio and television pundit.

Described by the NME as ‘the first post-punk footballer’ - and by his Chelsea team mates as ‘weirdo’ - in the 1980s Pat gained notoriety for both his eclectic taste in music and literature, and for his skill as an intelligent, pacy winger.

During an hour or two spent in a Salford studio we shared and talked about lots of new and old music, and discussed films, celebrity culture, nerves, loneliness, punditry, the World Cup and Pat’s close friendship with John Peel.

Even if you’re not a football fan, there should be something here for you.

All songs on the downloadable version of this podcast are edited due to rights reasons. A full unedited version can be streamed at Mixcloud (search: “A Way From Home”)

The A Way From Home podcast supports CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably.

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AWFH #5: Pat Nevin

1. Virginia Wing - Eight Hours Don’t Make A Day (Fire)  

2. The Tractors - Pat Nevin’s Eyes (Peel Session, Feb 1988)

3. Cocteau Twins - Musette & Drums (4AD)

4. Camera Obscura - Happy New Year (Andmoresound / Merge)

5. Camera Obscura - A Red, Red Rose (Elefant)

6. The Fall - Bill Is Dead (Fontana)

7. The Fall - Spoilt Victorian Child (Beggars Banquet)

8. Justified Ancients of MuMu - All You Need is Love (KLF Communications)

9. The Fall - Theme From Sparta FC (Action)

10. The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before (Sire)

11. Mogwai - Black Spider / 7.25 (PIAS / Wall of Sound)

12. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (Blanco y Negro)

13. Air - Alone in Kyoto (Emperor Norton)

14. The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir - Pritouritze Planinata (Chant from the Thracian Plain) / Polegnala e Pschenitza (Harvest Chant from Thrace) (4AD)

15. Tracey Thorn - Femme Fatale (Cherry Red)

16. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (Columbia)

17. The Spook School - I Want To Kiss You (Fortuna Pop!)

18. My Bloody Valentine - Soon (Creation)

19. Women - Eyesore (Flemish Eye)

20. The Wave Pictures - Jim (Moshi Moshi)

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