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Songbook Season 2, Episode 1: Jarvis Cocker

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Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker reveals the inspiration behind some of his best-loved hits, before giving an intimate performance. Watch Songbook Season 2, Episode 1 Jarvis Cocker in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Songbook Season 2, Episode 1 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

8 episodes
1

Jarvis Cocker

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker reveals the inspiration behind some of his best-loved hits, before giving an intimate performance.

45 min
2

Albert Hammond

Legendary songwriter Albert Hammond reveals the inspiration behind some of his best-loved songs, before performing them.

45 min
3

Donovan

Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan reveals how he wrote his best-loved tracks during a career spanning five decades.

45 min
4

Ian Broudie

The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie discusses the inspiration behind his best-known tracks, including the iconic footy anthem Three Lions, before giving an intimate performance of them.

45 min
5

Bernard Sumner

New Order's Bernard Sumner reveals the secrets of his craft, discussing how some of his best-loved tracks came to be written before playing a selection of them.

45 min
6

The Feeling

The Feeling reveal the secrets of their craft, discussing how some of their best-loved tracks came to be written and explaining the stories behind them.

45 min
7

Duran Duran (Part 1)

In the first programme Simon, Nick, Roger and John talk about the formation of Duran Duran; including how Simon Le Bon turned up for his audition carrying a book full of lyrics and wearing pink leopard skin trousers; how the purchase of their first keyboard led to the writing of Planet Earth; their early years rehearsing above the Rum Runner nightclub in Birmingham; how Nick Rhodes came up with the experimental sounds on their massive hit Rio, after Simon wrote the lyrics on the back of napkin in an American cocktail bar. Songs performed are: Planet Earth, Late Bar, The Chauffeur, Rio and Skin Trade.

45 min
8

Duran Duran (Part 2)

Programme two covers how depressed they were when their 1983 single Union of The Snake failed to enter the charts at Number One, how a chance meeting between John Taylor and Cubby Broccoli led to Duran Duran collaborating with John Barry to write the Bond theme song View To a Kill, how the tragic death of a friend of Simon Le Bon’s was the inspiration behind Ordinary World; the reunion of the full band line-up in 2001, and the creation of The Valley from their latest album, Red Carpet Massacre. Songs performed are: View To a Kill, Do You Believe in Shame, Ordinary World, Reach Up For The Sunrise and The Valley.

45 min