Daniel McConnell

I mean, I don't think you've dropped any keys in terms of the songs.

I mean, I was just listening to some of your more recent performances.

I mean, the voice is still there.

What do you do to keep it in good nick?

Very good.

Listen, let's get into your choices now.

For your first single, or for your favourite single, you've selected I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats.

Now, we could listen to all of that, but we probably don't have time.

And would you have been out on your own buying that at the time, or was that a very popular choice, say, amongst your contemporaries?

Your album choice is one that, when I did the Culture Club, I think was on my short list of, and it's Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.

Now, for me, this was an iconic album.

This was a real transformative album for me.

Why have you chosen Astral Weeks?

You move from say like Cypress Avenue or Madame George into the way Young Lovers do, it's a roller coaster look.

Well, I don't think I could give a better introduction to Astroweeks than that given by David Gray.

So let's take a listen to Astroweeks.

Yeah, that's absolutely brilliant.

We have a lot to get through.

So Bill Callaghan and Smog were your choice of band and artist.

Why?