New series! FLW Hits 1 - Careless Whisper, The Best, For What It's Worth

Today, we start something new! It’s called FLW Hits.  A series of shorter episodes that focus specifically on the stories behind some of the biggest hit songs ever recorded.   For this episode, we start with the most memorable riff and song of George Michael’s career as he tells us about the crea…

1201 - Paul McCartney, Sass Jordan, Cool Beatles Facts & the greatest musician ever!

          Christopher and Tom kick off season 12 trying to choose the greatest musician of all time.  Names like Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Prince and Robbie Williams (?!) come up, but Christopher has a choice that doesn’t include any of the aforementioned.            Then, we feature Christoph…

Season 12 is coming soon - plus we have BIG news!

Season 12 of Famous Lost Words is just days away.  We’re back with the likes of Elton John, Chicago, Rick James, Pearl Jam, and The Tragically Hip. We start things off with Christopher’s epic 1989 conversation with Paul McCartney, one of the most in depth interviews you’ll ever hear.  Plus we have …

Special - Neil Sedaka (1939-2026)

We lost one of the greats with the passing of Neil Sedaka. The songs, like “Calendar Girl”, “Love Will Keep Us Together”, “Oh! Carol” and “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” are so recognizable and the melodies so deceptively simple, it’s like they’ve always been with us. And if you’ve ever heard Sedaka be…

1110 - The Cure, B-52s, Eurythmics, Depeche Mode and more from the '80s!

For the Season 11 finale, we present part two of our series on the ‘80s.  We continue in the alt-rock/indie/new wave vein from our last episode – where we featured the likes of U2, The Cult, Bryan Ferry, Fine Young Cannibals and more. This week, we continue with: Robert Smith of The Cure in conver…

1109 - U2, The Cult, Fine Young Cannibals and Songs That Are Factually Incorrect!

          We start by talking about “songs that are factually incorrect”, with artists like U2, Alanis, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, Toto, ABBA and Pitbull being taken to task.  Christopher and Tom have a ton of fun ranting about these “egregious” errors.           Speaking of U2, we feature at 1985 in…

1108 - Carole King, America, Buddy Holly & Paul Anka! Plus, WHO did that song?

  Have you ever heard a song and thought it was by a completely different artist?  Christopher thought that a Beatles song was actually Bob Dylan, Tom thought “Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress” was by CCR, and both thought that some of the early America songs were actually Neil Young.           Sp…

1107 - John Mellencamp, Lady Gaga, Anne Murray and John Waite!

First up this week is an excellent 1982 chat with John Mellencamp, back when he was known as John Cougar – in conversation with Rick Ringer.  John can be a bit tough on interviewers, but he seems really comfortable with Rick and it makes for a fun chat.  It’s just as John was starting to take off w…

1106 - Sheryl Crow, Rik Emmet of Triumph, Big Country and more!

          The music industry has a history of not being fair to its artists.  Christopher and Tom begin this episode by talking about artists who did not get the credit they deserved.  Little known names like Martha Wash, Frank Sampedro and Rory Dodd get a brief, but well-deserved moment in the spo…

1105 - Yacht Rock w Steely Dan, Toto, Kenny Loggins and... Earth, Wind & Fire??

 This week, much to Christopher’s chagrin, we do a deep dive into Yacht Rock!  We’ll hear from Toto, Steely Dan, Doobie Bros, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, Boz Scaggs, Seals & Crofts, Little River Band, Orleans and… Earth, Wind & Fire?  (That last one leads to a spirited disagreement between To…