S3 EP6: Trevor Nelson
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What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
58 min
3 speakers
5 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Podcasts, there are millions of them.
Some might say too many.
I have one already.
I don't have any, because there are enough.
Politics, business, sport, you name it, there's a podcast about it, and they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day.
But nobody is covering the most important topic of all. Why is that? Are they scared? Too afraid of being censored by the man? No.
Possibly, but not us. We're here to ask the only question that matters.
We try and say it at the same time, Max.
What did you do yesterday?
What did you do yesterday?
What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday. Nothing more.
Day before yesterday, Max? Nope. The greatest and most interesting day of your life?
Unless it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it. I'm Max Rushton. And I'm David O'Doherty. Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? Hello, welcome to today's episode, series three, episode something of What Did You Do Yesterday? Another of your bookings, David. Episode something.
I mean, this is definitively when we discussed doing this podcast first. I said, oh, well, I can probably ask a few of my comedy friends. And you had one person that you could ask, and that was David. dj trevor nelson it was national treasure pioneer of soul music in the uk and my former neighbor trevor nelson how many times would you say you reached out to him to ask him to do this He's a busy man. Probably three. Is that it? Okay, fine.
Yeah, I didn't go crazy. And as you'll hear, he sort of dresses up the fact that I'm constantly hassling him. But I'm not really. Back in the day, he'd come over and watch Super Sunday. Because he's a massive football fan. He's absolutely obsessed. And then once I did borrow his microwave. We get into that as well. I have told it before. Some of this is going, oh, you're not serious. But for the tape, as you established, he is a microwave fan. There's no getting away from that. The proof is in his yesterday.
The fact that you two are friends and used to watch Super Saturday together is just hell. It's a buddy cop movie. It's why have these two guys been thrown together from a musical point of view? I would say from a coolness point of view, just from an everything point of view. I love that you two are friends.
You normally say, and he's not on Mock the Week, but it is worth saying that Trevor Nelson, he was at MTV, he was at Radio 1, he was at One Extra and at Radio 2, and is a sort of a pioneer of, yeah, introducing soul music. Well, not introducing it, but being a massive part of that to the United Kingdom.
Yes, ran a record label for a while, is responsible for bringing a lot of black music into the mainstream of British culture.
But the irony is, he's a massive square. Like, that is the... Absolute nerd. Always thought it. And now we've done the episode, absolute proof. There it is. Anyway, here is what Trevor Nelson did yesterday.
Trevor Nelson, welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? Mate, one of the highlights of my day. That feels cynical. I will say this is a national treasure, David, that we have here. And the first former neighbour of mine to appear on the podcast. I did ask the McKetney Jarvises from the 80s. I asked Frank and Janet from over the road. All busy. But Trevor Nelson, available. And here he is.
It's because you've still got my contact details. You think if you had my contact details, I'd be available. I don't think I would. You're 10,000 miles away from me. I still can't escape you. Jeez. It's insane.
So, Trevor, cards on the table. When the name Max Russian comes up in a text, what's the first thing your brain thinks? Oh, no.
Don't open it.
How did Trevor Nelson become a pioneer of soul music in the UK?
Don't open it. You know when you get WhatsApp messages and you may get a barrage in one day? You do cherry pick which ones to open first, don't you? The ones that make you feel good, you might go for first. Max Rushton normally, if I've got 10, he'll get the eighth. He might get eight o'clock open.
Yeah. The thing is, Trevor, it's not a stretch to say that without me... And without the anecdote that may or may not come up... Oh, please don't.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–4:17
2
How did Trevor Nelson become a pioneer of soul music in the UK?
4:17–18:58
3
What does Trevor Nelson do in his daily routine?
18:58–24:41
4
What unique challenges does Trevor face as a DJ?
24:41–27:56
5
How does Trevor balance his personal life with his career?
27:56–58:14