What’s a guilty pleasure song?

This might fit the idea of a Guilty Pleasure in that it probably wouldn't have been positively featured in the NME at the time it came out....and it's also from an LP called Guilty

What’s a song you’ve had on repeat recently?

This was in my top 10 most streamed songs of last year.

Lauren Laverne now presents Dessert Island Discs. Nobody has chosen this song yet.

Another song that tells a story

What’s your favorite collaboration between artists?

Kylie came on to sing this with Nick Cave once or twice when I saw him. She wore a sparkly, pop star red dress - a bit of a contrast with the Godfathers of Goth black suits of Nick and the Bad Seeds

Which song would you use to introduce yourself to someone new?

Very old, very English, and very odd.

Share a song that tells a great story.

This isn't exactly a great story. It's really a reflection on the life of a politician. It's about Eamon de Lavera.

How he held Bolands Mill for the rebels in 1916, how he was "sentenced to die with Pearse and McBride" but went on to settle with the English and to dominate Irish politics

I can only think of two political songs which I'd see as nuanced. This is one of them.

What song always makes you feel better?

Boney M usually put a smile on my face

Share a song that makes you want to dance every time.

I've always felt this song should've been a massive hit, and I'm slightly puzzled that the world doesn't like it as much as I do

What was the first album you ever bought? Pick your favorite song off that album.

The first album I bought was either a new wave-y compilation called That Sumner, or it was this....which was very much maximum number of hits for the lowest possible outlay.

It's probably not the best in terms of sound quality but neither was my record player

Share a song that got you through a difficult time.

I subsequently read that it's about, or at least partly inspired by, a Chinese dish