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Sep 17, 2026
Paul HinesHOST
Welcome to 1,000 Greatest Misses, the music podcast that shines a light on 1,000 undiscovered, obscure, and underappreciated songs that hit all the marks but failed to chart.
Paul HinesHOST
On today's episode, we'll highlight songs by The Jets, The Searchers, Villa Na, The Parallax Project, and Silverwing.
Paul HinesHOST
Find us at 1000greatestmisses.buzzsprout.com or your podcast app of choice.
Paul HinesHOST
I'm Paul Hines along with Christopher Gray, the music-obsessed record store guy with way too many songs stuck in his head.
12 MINS LATER
Christopher GrayHOST
Actually, the whole record is.
Paul HinesHOST
Yeah.
Paul HinesHOST
From 1979, this is the band The Searchers.
Paul HinesHOST
You might know this tune.
Gary JacksonHOST
Anyway, High Time by Paul Jones.
Gary JacksonHOST
Now, last week I was sitting in a coffee shop in Colford, in the Forest of Dean, chatting away to Spencer James, lead singer of The Searchers, about this, that and the other.
Gary JacksonHOST
And he introduced a friend of his that was sat next to him.
Gary JacksonHOST
He said, you might know this chap, he said.
8 MINS LATER
Gary JacksonHOST
We know the song, that's Heat Wave, but who's singing it? Where have all the flowers gone? A long time passing
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Where have all the flowers gone? A long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls pick them every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone? Long time passing Where have all the young girls gone? Long time ago Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men everyone When will they ever learn? When will they ever Where have all the young men gone? A long time passing Where have all the young men gone? A long time ago Where have all the young men gone? Gone to soldiers, everyone When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the soldiers gone? A long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? A long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyard everyone When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers everyone When will they ever learn?
Gary JacksonHOST
The searchers and their version of where have all the flowers gone? Well done on the triple decker.
Gary JacksonHOST
Patricia has number one, correct.
Guy PrattHOST
Mm-hmm.
Paul CarrackGUEST
The Searchers, um, the Merseybeats.
Paul CarrackGUEST
Uh, th- they got me exci- ...
Paul CarrackGUEST
I mean, I saw The Beatles twice-
Barry SuttonGUEST
"The fucking Happy Mondays are shit." He goes, "The only band I liked at the time were The La's.
Barry SuttonGUEST
Real soul, he'd sound like The Searchers." And my dad was like, "Oh, Mark, ah."
Paul HanleyHOST
So we need to get onto The La's.
Paul HanleyHOST
How did you hook up with The La's then?
Paul HinesHOST
And with that, episode 172 is in the can.
Paul HinesHOST
Next week, we'll feature songs by The Jets, The Searchers, Villanueva, The Parallax Project, and Silverwing.
Paul HinesHOST
Our associate producer is Bob Bloom.
Paul HinesHOST
Thanks for listening, folks.
Andy RobinsonHOST
The Jeff Buckley mega mix that everyone wants.
Andy RobinsonHOST
So, I mean, it's so, I was speaking to a musician recently that I saw, when I saw The Searchers at Glastonbury, they did all their songs online.
Andy RobinsonHOST
And then at the very end, they did a medley of the hits you just heard.
Andy RobinsonHOST
I loved it.
speaker_0HOST
He led The Mamas & The Papas.
speaker_0HOST
John McNally was born in 1941, founding member of the 1960s Merseybeat pop group The Searchers.
speaker_0HOST
Dana Rosemary Scallon was born in 1951.
speaker_0HOST
She is an Irish pop singer-politician who achieved international fame by winning the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest.
Tim GossageHOST
This is SENWA.
Tim GossageHOST
This is John McNally, who was born on this day in 1941, from The Searchers.
speaker_15SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I close my eyes for a second I'm dreaming
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I have to say that in actual fact that was truly a car crash.
Pat PanettaHOST
He's 85 today.
Pat PanettaHOST
John McNally is the UK rhythm guitarist with The Searchers.
Pat PanettaHOST
Here's Needles and Pins.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Now, on Australia Overnight.
Rick AinleyHOST
and a couple of other artists from the 60s.
Rick AinleyHOST
Oh, we had a couple of The Searchers.
Rick AinleyHOST
I don't know whether we called them The Seas or The Churs, but we had a couple of those as well.
Rick AinleyHOST
It was a great night.
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