A message to You Rudy is a brilliant song. Should have had a Ska track on my list
Desert Island Discs
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Guns N' Roses - You could be mine.
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Meatloaf - Life is a lemon and I want my money back.
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain. (Could be any from rumours)
Queen - Can anybody find me somebody to love
Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum (sure they wrote it about the wife!)
Metallica - Enter sandman
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Meatloaf - Life is a lemon and I want my money back.
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain. (Could be any from rumours)
Queen - Can anybody find me somebody to love
Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum (sure they wrote it about the wife!)
Metallica - Enter sandman
Punk does seem to be the last major revolutionary shift in music. For all the reasons you mention.
I did think Detroit techno was probably it, but it didnt necessarily come with lifestyle changes such as clothing. In the 80s I was travelling to raves or electronic festivals. It was either Frankie Knuckles and chicago house, or Kraftwerk/Tangerine Dream. Then suddenly Derrick May and others moved the sound on, and created this sense of 2 hour soundscapes. It took me on a journey for a few years. I remember this club in Nottingham, called BPM, which was the epitome of underground clubs. That felt revolutionary to me at the time. But I didnt have amy clothes, haircut, style that stood out. Just there to dance for hours and lose myself in the rhythm.
Then a motorway service station at 5am on the way home for breaky. Only place open back then. Such happy times.
A lad from Seaburn connected me to Django Reinhardt when I was about 20. Didn’t he have fingers missing or something ?
I did Ska and Reggae. That Natty album is a recommended listen and the lyrics edged it, really hard not to pick Marley mind. Exodus was in my long list. Also Junior Murvin and Lee Scratch Perry if you’re going a bit more roots.
Her version of Tumbling Dice is excellent, and it’s live, what a voice
No Michael Jackson so far. Was he not a great, or have we become scarred. Billie Jean is brilliant, and that Album is off the scale. Having a listen to Thriller tonight, hard to pick fault.
He was a great dancer or showman but I never liked his music, even before all the weird behaviour.
It's sung and performed well but that's all imo, good pop music but not great music.
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Ok just seen this and I will have to give it some thought, but I think that mine will be a little obscure compared to the ones already published.
Yeah, sort of. He was badly burnt when he was about 18 and it meant that he could only use two fingers on his left hand so he had to develop a new way of playing.
All the better mate ...
... in fact I might do another 'obscure' one of my own.
TBF some of my original will be unknown by many.
Are You Receiving Me - Golden Earring
No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Candles - Rufus Wainwright
July Morning (Live 1973) - Uriah Heep
Pray -Kings X
Slither - Velvet Revolver
When My Train Pulls In - Gary Clark Jnr
Oooops here’s 9, to many other greats to mention.
Enjoy
Bart
No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Candles - Rufus Wainwright
July Morning (Live 1973) - Uriah Heep
Pray -Kings X
Slither - Velvet Revolver
When My Train Pulls In - Gary Clark Jnr
Oooops here’s 9, to many other greats to mention.
Enjoy
Bart
Working on the basis that you have to have a memory linked to each track.
She Loves You -The Beatles ( my first single)
Train in G Major- Lindisfarne (from my first LP)
A Little Night Music- Mozart (A level revision music)
Perfect - Fairground Attraction (came out the year we were married)
Fascinating Rhythm- Stephane Gappelli and Yehudi Menuhin (Just loved the stuff from Parkinson)
Roll on the Day -Allan Taylor ( last song played at the Davy Lamp Folk Club the night before I left for Leeds Uni)
This England- The Younguns (Possibly the best song about being English by not nationalist)
The Auld Town Shuffle-The Easy Club. (It reminds me of Edinburgh a city I love)
She Loves You -The Beatles ( my first single)
Train in G Major- Lindisfarne (from my first LP)
A Little Night Music- Mozart (A level revision music)
Perfect - Fairground Attraction (came out the year we were married)
Fascinating Rhythm- Stephane Gappelli and Yehudi Menuhin (Just loved the stuff from Parkinson)
Roll on the Day -Allan Taylor ( last song played at the Davy Lamp Folk Club the night before I left for Leeds Uni)
This England- The Younguns (Possibly the best song about being English by not nationalist)
The Auld Town Shuffle-The Easy Club. (It reminds me of Edinburgh a city I love)
Go for it. The thing is there no wrong answers on something like this. The 8 you choose is as relevant/ important to you as my 8 are to me and his/ her 8 ‘s are to them !
ooops - just re read this and that reply was meant to be in response to Washy saying his list might be a bit obscure. Apologies for the confusion!
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1. Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd
2. Sister Morphine The Stones
3. Tea for One Led Zeppelin
4. Crime of the Century Supertramp
5 Five Years Bowie
6 Racing in the Street Bruce Springsteen
7 Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell
8 Landslide Fleetwood Mac
I could have dozens if truth be told
2. Sister Morphine The Stones
3. Tea for One Led Zeppelin
4. Crime of the Century Supertramp
5 Five Years Bowie
6 Racing in the Street Bruce Springsteen
7 Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell
8 Landslide Fleetwood Mac
I could have dozens if truth be told
Mostly B sides or songs the the artists are not famous for.
1. Erasure - Chorus
2. Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella
3. Robbie Williams - Madonna
4. Stranglers - Always the sun
5. Right Said Fred - Don't talk just Kiss
6. Undertones - Perfect Cousin
7. Space - You and me verses the world
8. Morrisey - Spent the day in bed
Honourable mentions to
9. Elvis Costello - Accidents will happed
10. B.A. Roberston - Knocked it off
1. Erasure - Chorus
2. Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella
3. Robbie Williams - Madonna
4. Stranglers - Always the sun
5. Right Said Fred - Don't talk just Kiss
6. Undertones - Perfect Cousin
7. Space - You and me verses the world
8. Morrisey - Spent the day in bed
Honourable mentions to
9. Elvis Costello - Accidents will happed
10. B.A. Roberston - Knocked it off
Shows how out of touch I am. Having read through this thread I would say about half the tunes selected Ive never heard of. Anyhow here's mine in no particular .
1 Rambling Rose - Nat King Cole
2)Do what you gotta do - Four Tops
3. Good Year for the Roses- Elvis Costello
4 The Wonder of You - Elvis Presley
5 Without the one you love - 4 tops
6 One Road - Love Affair
7 Just a little misunderstanding -Contours
8 Stay in my Lonely Arms - Elgins
1 Rambling Rose - Nat King Cole
2)Do what you gotta do - Four Tops
3. Good Year for the Roses- Elvis Costello
4 The Wonder of You - Elvis Presley
5 Without the one you love - 4 tops
6 One Road - Love Affair
7 Just a little misunderstanding -Contours
8 Stay in my Lonely Arms - Elgins