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Peter O'Brien

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315 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

No, it's Jacques Borel, who was kind of, you know, the famous French singer-songwriter.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

And the Walker brothers were really interesting because they were kind of pop stars, but they escaped the draft in the States and they went and they lived in Scandinavia.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

So they recorded, you know, records in Scandinavia.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

So I discovered subsequently that lots of very cool people like Bowie and people loved that record and kind of revered it.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

But that wasn't why I didn't know that at the time.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

I thought it was so exotic.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

And the idea of someone wanting to be Jackie and you kind of wondered, what did that really mean?

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

So I just loved it.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

And I kind of wore it out playing it.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

I think my poor family, you know.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

Tell us about this.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

I love Steve Sondheim.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

I was living in London.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

I was a student at St.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

Martin's and A Little Night Music opened in London.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

And a neighbour of mine had seen it and said it was wonderful.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

And I went and I probably went 15 times.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Culture Club: Peter O’Brien

It was based on Ingmar Bergman's film, movie Smiles of a Summer Night.