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Paul Smith

Chris Hawkins is joined by fashion designer Paul Smith, who talks about the relationship between fashion and music through the decades as part of the Sound of Style season.

Throughout this week, as part of The Sound of Style season, Chris Hawkins is joined by world famous fashion designer, Sir Paul Smith. Sir Paul talks to Chris about his thoughts on the relationship between fashion and music through the decades from the swinging sixties to the present day.

The Sound of Style season is a collaboration between 成人论坛 Four and 成人论坛 Radio 6 Music celebrating the love affair between fashion and music since the 1960s. Episode two of 成人论坛 Four's three-part series, Oh You Pretty Things, airs tonight at 9pm. It is narrated by Lauren Laverne and each episode is sound-tracked by a 6 Music presenter, bringing their music expertise to showcase the social history, sounds and looks of the period. Stuart Maconie has sound-tracked episode two, which looks at the 1970s. Across the day, 6 Music shows will be styling their music and chat around the 70s, playing the tracks Stuart selected - plus other gems from that decade - and hearing from Stuart about his music choices.

Also in today's show, another US state features in '50 States in 50 Plays' where 'The Hawk' challenges his listeners to help him compile the ultimate list of songs mentioning every state in the USA, all 50 of them... Songs might include Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama, The Eagles' Hotel California or Frank Sinatra's New York New York.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 23 Sep 2014 05:00

Music Played

  • The Stone Roses

    What The World Is Waiting For

    • WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR.
    • Silvertone.
  • Glass Animals

    Hazey

    • Zaba.
    • Wolf Tone.
    • 001.
  • Racing Glaciers

    Animal

  • Dusty Springfield

    Son Of A Preacher Man

    • Philips.
  • 5.15

    • Florence + The Machine

      What The Water Gave Me

      • Moshi Moshi / Island.
  • Kele Okereke

    Doubt

    • Trick.
    • Lilac Records.
    • 001.
  • Edwyn Collins

    Blue Boy

  • Queens of the Stone Age

    I Sat By The Ocean

    • Matador.
  • Johnny Marr

    Easy Money

    • Playland.
    • Warner Brothers.
    • 001.
  • King Creosote

    Something To Believe In

    • From Scotland With Love.
    • Domino.
    • 001.
  • The Teardrop Explodes

    Reward

    • Island.
  • Ghostpoet

    Survive It

  • 50 STATES IN 50 PLAYS: SOUTH CAROLINA

    • Gram Parsons

      Hickory Wind

  • Jefferson Airplane

    Somebody To Love

    • Columbia.
  • Gruff Rhys

    Lost Tribes

    • American Interior.
    • Turnstile.
    • 001.
  • Wire

    Outdoor Miner

    • EMI Gold.
  • The Van Doos

    Baby Be Brutal

  • Franz Ferdinand

    No You Girls

  • SIR PAUL SMITH

    • Sex Pistols

      Pretty Vacant

      • Virgin.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Suburbia

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Mark Lanegan

    Harvest Home

    • Phantom Radio.
    • Heavenly.
    • 001.
  • Gene

    Olympian

    • Costermonger.
  • La Roux

    Kiss And Not Tell

    • Trouble In Paradise.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.
  • SONGS WITH GREAT STORIES

    • James

      We're Going To Miss You

  • The Ethiopians

    Train To Skaville

    • Quality Television.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Sep 2014 05:00