Ep 104: INXS’s album Full Moon Dirty Hearts, Side 1 Deep-dive with special guest Mark Optiz

    Hey, “don’t bore us get to the chorus”, I hear you say. Well, after Mark Opitz's fantastic insights into the whole Capri setup and backdrop on the recording of Full Moon, Dirty Hearts, it’s time for the songs.   As such, we take a forensic deep dive “CSI Capri style” into tracks 1-6 on side one of the album, namely: <ol class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ol"><li class="_3p-aG Oh89J _9Gldl public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr rich-content-OL public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> Days of Rust </li> <li class="_3p-aG Oh89J _9Gldl public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr rich-content-OL public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> The Gift </li> <li class="_3p-aG Oh89J _9Gldl public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr rich-content-OL public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> Make your Peace </li> <li class="_3p-aG Oh89J _9Gldl public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr rich-content-OL public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> Time </li> <li class="_3p-aG Oh89J _9Gldl public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr rich-content-OL public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> I’m only Looking & </li> <li class="_3p-aG Oh89J _9Gldl public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr rich-content-OL public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR"> Please (You Got That...) </li> </ol> Expanding on the production, band performance, and musicality of each track, we unearth some fascinating and never-heard insights and anecdotes.   With the album front-loaded in terms of rock tracks, no doubt it’s a bone of contention with Producer Mark who, despite great affection for all of the album’s songs, was frustrated with the interference from “outside infl