Every Sunday from 7pm – 8pm
Sinead O’Connor? She’s Barry’s September 5th. Gavin Friday? he’s Barry’s September 12th. Who’s up next? If you know them they’re on the show.
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Call our studio line on 01 440 4100 or email barry@nova.ie
DJs Hall of Fame
Name: Barry Egan
Show: In Conversation With The Sunday Independent’s Barry Egan at 6pm every Sunday night. Parental guidance advised, not least with the likes of Sinead O’Connor, Gavin Friday, Barry Devlin, Jerry Fish already in the can.
First Record: Never Mind The Bollocks by The Sex Pistols; Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones; All Mod Cons by The Jam. My mother bought me all three together when I was 12. Thank you Maureen. She stopped me from taking Sid Vicious for my Confirmation name. Thank you mum.
Last Record: Up The Nation by Paul Weller. Or Arcade Fire.
Guilty Pleasure: Having rampant sex to One by U2.
Air Guitar Song: I refer you to the above answer.
Rock Icon: Johnny Rotten/Lou Reed/John Lennon/Nick Cave/Keith Richards/Ian Curtis/Paul Weller/Bob Dylan/Van Morrison/Bobby Womack/Bono
Wish You’d Slept With: John Lennon when he was doing the bed-in for peace against the Vietnam war in Amsterdam in 1969. I could have pushed Yoko out of the bed. Other than that, the vaguely chav-looking brunette in the Human League for the video for Don’t You Want Me would be absolutely fine if she’d still have me.
Fave Album Cover: Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan (I have a thing for his nose given I have a prominent/interesting nose of my own) or Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division.
Rock Star you’d Like to Fight: Lou Reed
Pet Peeve: Bono’s hair. It’s thicker than mine and he’s nine years older than me. The rich are different from you and me, said Scott Fitzgerald. And there’s your proud.
Pet’s Name: I don’t have a pet. Perhaps my inner-child has on: a pet shark called Come To Mommy.
Fantasy Group: Lady Gaga and Leonard Cohen with Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis and Son House and Nick Cave and Gavin Friday and Sinead O’Connor and Tricky and John Lennon and Bono and Mahalia Jackson all taking turns to sing – with Keith Moon on drums and Keith Levene on bass and Keith Richards, Pete Townsend and The Edge on guitars and Miles Davis on horn and Dr John on piano with Massive Attack and Phil Spector producing the mix.
Epitaph: I Won’t Get Fooled Again.
Tattoos: Lady Gaga just above my ass; Amy Winehouse on my chest. And not forgetting Lily Allen on my ankle.
