Songs In The Key Of Life With Nadine O'regan

If you want a song with a story attached, there's no better man than Podge McNamee of chart-topping Irish band HamsandwicH to offer one up. When Niamh Farrell and Podge arrived in to offer up their take on Songs in the Key of Life, it seemed like every song belonging to Podge's selection had a tale attached.  Take the reason he chose Modest Mouse's Float On: "We had a house party in Drimnagh a few years ago and played Modest Mouse's 'Float On' eight times in a row. Our neighbour ran into the house and smashed the hi-fi. But. . . there were two hi-fis. The music still played." Or there's his nostalgic reasoning for picking the Pixies. "I used to go to this pub in Kells called The Chaser and sing to the Pixies' Debaser: 'I want to grow/Up to drink/In The Chaser'".   Niamh, meanwhile, picked songs of a very different variety, veering towards female artists with beautiful - sometimes doomily beautiful -- vocals, and often a tragic life, such as Karen Carpenter and Whitney H