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Mark Savage

@mrdiscopop

BBC music correspondent, former composer, lemonade drinker, lemonade thinker, tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, hamster, potato. These are my views, not the BBC's.

 London
blog.discopop.co.uk/
Joined January 2009
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Very proud of this one: A blow-by-blow account of @Prince and the making of Sign O' The Times. bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…
Prince's Sign O' The Times: An oral history

Prince's Sign O' The Times: An oral history

Prince's collaborators recall the chaotic but fertile sessions that produced his greatest album.

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A lovely feature @BBCNews today written by @mrdiscopop all about my Fairy Godfather @Pop_Activism who literally resurrected my pop career so selflessly and kindly and with the utmost respect. Give the man an MBE pls! Check out the work he does and he does it all out of love 4 🎵
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Great chatting to @mrdiscopop about the past six years of getting old music online to a thrilled audience. Inc sound bytes with @MariaNaylerVox @alexisstrum and @adamrickitt 🙌 Record labels forgot these songs existed. One man rescued them bbc.com/news/articles/cgl7ld…
Record labels forgot these songs existed. One man rescued them

Record labels forgot these songs existed. One man rescued them

Thousands of songs are still unavailable on streaming services. Rob Johnson wants to change that.

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In a huge boost to our city’s economy, Taylor Swift chose to perform more nights of her record-breaking The Eras Tour in London than any other city. Her 8 concerts at Wembley Stadium welcomed almost 700,000 fans to the capital. Thank you @TaylorSwift13! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5n…
Taylor Swift breaks Wembley record and sings So Long, London as UK tour ends

Taylor Swift breaks Wembley record and sings So Long, London as UK tour ends

The star is joined by Florence + The Machine and sings So Long, London at her final UK show.

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So @gregjames played us on his breakfast show and said we are actually ‘real people with real emotions’ and while we’re flattered for the inclusion, I’d just like to make it absolutely clear that I haven’t felt a single thing since roughly 1997
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niamh@battymoth13 Aug 2024
why did they call it the Paris Olympics and not Oui Sports
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Eurovision news: Swedish authorities have closed their investigation into Dutch singer Joost Klein, who was accused of threatening a camera operator at the contest, without charges. However, the EBU says it stands by its decision to disqualify him. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjw…
Joost Klein: Disqualified Eurovision singer will not face charges

Joost Klein: Disqualified Eurovision singer will not face charges

Dutch singer Joost Klein had been accused of threatening behaviour towards a female camera operator.

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Charli XCX has the number one single & Chappell Roan has the number one album. *puffs on cigar* I love it when a plan comes together.
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The Official Number 1 Angel ❤️
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Imagine being this upset over an Eminem album in 2024. spin.com/2024/07/music-criti…
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I think this is the best ad for a gig I've ever seen
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Finsbury Park, Saturday 5th July 2025.
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Shazam but for the name of the person who literally just introduced themself to me
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New Trumpton fire brigade just dropped.
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Iain McD@pop_rambler31 Jul 2024
Happy 40 years (and 1 day) to NOW3. My first, on cassette and still here four decades later. And a fabulous episode of the podcast with @mrdiscopop too. 1984, in all its poptastic glory. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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It feels insane to say this after over a decade of streaming but this is the first time a Madonna song has broken 1m daily.
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Madonna's "Like A Prayer" earned its biggest streaming day of all-time on Spotify on July 29 with over 1.07 million streams across all versions.
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Charli XCX's 360, but the backing track is Fleetwood Mac's Dreams. Best mash-up I've heard in ages. youtube.com/watch?v=v9J4tMLR…
charli xcx 360 but the instrumental is fleetwood mac

charli xcx 360 but the instrumental is fleetwood mac

sorry im not that active on the internet as i should becheck ou...

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AM@Andr6wMale28 Jul 2024
Articles about the CD boom are growing. How I wish I'd given away my beloved collection so that I could write an article about how I wish I hadn't given my beloved collection away.
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bArON3121@Baron312128 Jul 2024
this is one of the shows @MrMorrisHayes mentioned in a recent podcast about audio mishaps P pops a guitar string, shoots a look 2 HIS tech and proceeds 2 LAUNCH the guitar 100 feet in the air then CONtinues without missing a beat #PRINCE #PRINCE4EVER
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Relevant to my interests. Thank you @BrettDomino youtube.com/watch?v=h0wnMa6K…
Charli xcx but it's jazz-funk

Charli xcx but it's jazz-funk

It's Brett summer.https://linktr.ee/brettdomino

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I’ve always thought of CDs as purely functional … but this piece made me all nostalgic for my first CD player, a second-hand Marantz that could only be programmed to play 8 tracks before its memory filled up.
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CDs sales are growing. How I wish I hadn’t given my beloved collection away theguardian.com/music/articl…

CDs sales are growing. How I wish I hadn’t given my beloved collection away

Compact discs provided the soundtrack to his life. Then came streaming and he couldn’t get rid of them fast enough. As CDs enjoy a renaissance, our writer looks back at what he lost

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If you’ve got a spare 30mins this weekend, check out my new, exclusive interview with Janet Jackson on BBC iPlayer. Here’s a sneak peek. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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As usual, these things take a team of brilliant, brilliant people. This time, I’m indebted to producers Eimear McNamara & Christine Cardona; Stephen Adrain & Christian Huguenot on camera; and ace editors @stangera and Sarah Hosny.
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