Harbour Terror Chapter Titles explained
1 WHITE NOISE
A type of test tone used in radio and audio recording
2 SURFACE NOISE
This term described the noise from the surface of the record when it’s played.
3 SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION…
Famous first line from The Beatles song Revolution
4 WHEN THE VOLCANO BLOWS
A Jimmy Buffett song about getting your lifer in order before the volcano blows up and you die
5 OVER MODULATION
A radio term for when something is too loud
6 FREQUENCY RESPONSE
Measuring the hidden audio frequencies within a song
7 UNIVERSAL SOLDIER
A song by Donovan about the futility of war:
“He’s the Universal soldier and he really is to blame, but his orders come from far away no more...
they come from here and there and you and me, and brothers can’t you see,
this is not the way to put the end to war.”
8 LITTLE BOXES
A 1960s protest song objecting to the conformity of suburbia
9 MOVIN’ ON UP
Rap song by 50 Cent talking about how others have copied his sound
10 COMPUTER GAMES
A ground breaking hit song in the 1980s by Mi-Sex about the birth of computer games
11 STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE POSTS
Famous phrase from radio football commentator Frank Hyde, when players kicked a great goal
12 OPEN QUESTIONS
When interviewing on radio you should ask open questions which give the interview subject
the chance to explain, not just say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’
13 PLAYING THOSE MIND GAMES
A line from John Lennon’s song Mind Games
14 KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVENS DOOR
Bob Dylan protest song
15 VOX POPS
A radio term for brief interviews with people on the street (latin for ‘Voice of the People’)
16 REVERB
A recording term for a type of echo
17 EVE OF DESTRUCTION
Barry McGuire’s famous anti-war protest song
“You don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction...”
18 STAND BY ME
John Lennon song asking for support
19 ALL SHOOK UP
Elvis Presley’s famous song
20 COCONUT TELEGRAPH
Jimmy Buffett song about how fast gossip travels
21 BAD MOON RISING
Sinister pop song about impending evil. Lunatics are said to come out at the full moon (luna)
22 LIVING IN VIOLENT TIMES
Another protest song against war and violence
23 A HARD RAIN’S GONNA FALL
Bob Dylan song, covered by Brian Ferry and others
24 BAT OUT OF HELL
Meatloaf’s rock anthem about loving and leaving at a frantic pace
25 BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND
The answer is blowing in the wind, a Bob Dylan song.
26 TANGLED UP IN BLUE
Bob Dylan’s song about getting caught up in heartache
