Quite a bit of Van Morrison
Especially “when the prophet speaks”. “Vanlose stairway”
And Mark knopflers concert- length versions of telegraph road.
A couple of guilty pleasures I never tire of
Me and the Elephant - Gene Cotton
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
When I go for a constitutional I generally take my old Ipod and put on the same old walk playlist, to try and keep my pace up
Do Anything You Want To Do - Eddie and the Hotrods
Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
The Timewarp - Rickard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, et al.
Tubthumping - Chumba Wumba
Thunderstruck - ACDC
I Want You Back - Jackson Five
Blowin' Free - Wishbone Ash
Quite a bit of Van Morrison
Especially “when the prophet speaks”. “Vanlose stairway”
And Mark knopflers concert- length versions of telegraph road.
Ah...a 'vurp'
A top 20 from me pop pickers, not half...
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Make me smile (come up and see me) - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
A day in the life - The Beatles
Hotel California - The Eagles
Don't fear the reaper - BOC
Wishing Well - Free
The boys of summer - Don Henley
Sultans of swing - Dire Straits
All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin
London Calling - The Clash
Turning Japanese - The Vapours
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Tin Soldier - Small Faces
The wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Starman - David Bowie
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
Willy Nelson’s later stuff for me.
Christ alive there's some weird middle of the road stuff there........grin!
Totally agree with the following two though;
Small Faces - Tin Soldier
Jackson 5 - I want you back
But for me there is one song that just always makes me smile/dance........you must be dead if you don't at least tap along to this;
A fairly eclectic mix for me. In no particular order-
Phantom of the Opera - Iron Maiden
Is this the life - Cardiacs
Uncertain Smile - The The. Jools Holland’s solo is epic
Down to the River - Alison Krauss
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Gin and Juice - Snoop ( my guilty pleasure!)
Disgraceful - Dubstar
High Hopes - Pink Floyd
Salva Mia - Faithless
Won’t get fooled again - The Who
Unintended - Muse
Barcelona - Freddy M and Montserrat C
That lot on loop would keep me going for hours.
Chicane - Offshore
Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground
Zero 7 - Give It Away
Songs I must have listened to thousands of times. Never get sick of them.
Indeed - true genius. I considered including a few Queen/Freddy tracks but ultimately decided to stick to one only.
However I am going to break my self- imposed rule and propose a second track by Cardiacs and their recently departed lead, the mad yet brilliant Tim Smith. The track is ‘Dirty Boy’; nine minutes of the most raw, intense, complex and absorbing sound one could ever imagine - an utterly remarkable composition. RIP Tim.
https://youtu.be/ghj5V5cUo1s
https://youtu.be/CIi6AwMzERs
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Or this amazing performance?
https://youtu.be/QzgJIF00Xdw
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I've listened to Roger Waters' Amused to Death at least three times a week (sometimes a lot more) for the last 28 years...
Even conservatively that's 4300 times, although I suspect it's way over 5000 in reality !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amused_to_Death
We Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in your soul.
A few Cat Power songs.
Glory Box - Portishead
Wonderwall....
(Kidding about Wonderwall)
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Elvis - If I Can Dream, What My Love, American Trilogy
Amongst others
This might be preferable to many of the suggestions.
https://youtu.be/QHaA1beOwrY
Love comes quickly - Pet Shop Boys
Never tire of this song.
Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek
https://youtu.be/Th0qY3d6oHA?t=231
SRV playing voodoo child - amazing guitar playing i can keep watching over and over
Absolutely love this; great artist and a truly sad loss to music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtvA...&feature=share
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+1 from me, never ever tire of SD.
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Another favourite of mine, go back to it when I need a boost! Reach for the sky..."...yesterday is history, and tomorrows a mystery...."
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Some really good stuff to investigate here 👌 cheers!
Too many to mention for me really but one I stumbled across recently that struck a chord (pun intended !). Quite a voice paired with a quality group IMO...
https://youtu.be/nh91hyiaZ9c
Could help to brighten up the morning
https://www.facebook.com/ClassicFM/v...2017377562582/
A few from me..
Temptation - New Order https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxDv_RTdLQo
Shout To The Top - Style Council https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m94ip38UKs
Stay With Me - The Faces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTe0aTxARj0
Nothing Can Stop Us Now - St Etienne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLdK-CKW8BA
Very pleased to see that Talking Heads have already had a mention, this is also a fantastic performance!
TBH I could have posted the entirety of Stop Making Sense but I chose Life During Wartime in the spirit of the thread and because the lyrics have a specific resonance.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
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Linkin Park Numb, Crawling - most of their first 2 albums
Jamie Scott - unbreakable
Tubular bells played monthly or more since it was released - not everyone’s cup of tea and so removed from my normal listening
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Mad Season live at the Moore - November Hotel
Some interesting choices listed, and some are worth an investigation.
For me Thunder Road has to be my favourite song of all time so that would top my list.
Film Noir by the Gaslight Anthem is another favourite, I probably listen to their album 59 sound one a month or so.
Head by Lydia Loveless is another regularly reoccurring tune on my play list.
The Prodigy:
https://youtu.be/xMVTKOoy1uk
Plus Chemical Brothers, plus Black Sabbath, plus Queen.
How about an entire album? I never tire of Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories. It's a masterclass in groove.
I listen to Everything But The Girl a lot.
Things like Missing, Hatfield 1980, Walking Wounded, Troubled Mind, We Walk The Same Line and Driving are all candidates (as are many others), but the one that I think I could tolerate for longest is "Twin Cities"
I like the sentiment and Tracie Thorn's voice is at its languid best.
M
Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Time it’s Time and April 5th from Talk Talks Colour of Spring album, Bonnie from Prefab sprout Steve McQueen are my personal top 3 ear worms - not sure why, just always return to them