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Totally On Track is a podcast by Thea Newcomb about songs that struck a chord. Short reflections and longer conversations exploring the memories, moments, and stories tied to the music that stays with us. totallycontentuk.substack.com
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Totally On Track #17: Photos, Feelings & Forever Friends (opens the original)
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What happens when a song follows you through decades of love, friendship, heartbreak and change? In this episode of Totally On Track, let’s travel back to 1990 and explores the strange emotional power of photographs, the beauty that can live inside sadness, and the way certain songs gather new meanings as we move through life. From university memories and old relationships to a friendship that has lasted nearly four decades, this is an episode about the people, places and versions of ourselves t
Totally On Track Episode 16: One True Thing (opens the original)
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This episode is about the kind of love that feels steady, safe and quietly life-saving. A song from 2003 that never needed to be a massive hit to mean something. For me, it’s about having that one person who can pick you up, brush you off, and make the day feel survivable again. It’s a short episode about lyrics as love language, being seen at your weakest, and the rare gift of someone you know you can believe in. Get full access to Totally Content UK at totallycontentuk.substack.com/subscribe
Totally On Track Episode 15: Old Faves, New Track (opens the original)
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In this episode of Totally On Track , I’m choosing a new song for the first time in the series, from a Scottish band I first saw in San Francisco more than thirty years ago. It’s a story that travels from early 90s radio conference memories to Glasgow gigs, Q96 sessions, birthday vinyl, and the strange sadness of hearing a beautiful new record just as the band loses one of its own. A short episode about long musical relationships, archive hunting, and the way some bands quietly stay with you acr
Totally On Track Episode 14: A Romantic Driving Anthem (opens the original)
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In this episode of Totally On Track , I’m heading back to early teens in Northern California, local rock radio, CBs, and the days before I became a new waver and occasional music snob. Today’s song came out in 1980, only reached number 72 on the Billboard singles chart, and still somehow became one of my all-time favourites. From the opening guitar riff to the handclaps, the late-night longing, that voice, and one cheeky final line, it still makes me smile four decades later. A short episode abo
Totally On Track Episode 13: The Aerial View (opens the original)
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Totally On Track Episode 13: The Aerial View In this episode of Totally On Track , I’m talking about a song that’s now nearly a quarter of a century old, but still captures something painfully familiar: wanting to be wanted, longing to be loved, and standing close to connection without quite feeling inside it. It’s a beautifully melancholic track about love, distance, and the strange comfort of hindsight. Because sometimes we don’t understand the experience of what we’re living through until yea
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