Life sometimes gets hectic, and the events of the last year have made it difficult to catch up with the backlog I had built up…
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12/03/2019: “Romance” by Hiroshi Suzuki
This song is so lovely it almost defies description. The best metaphor I could use is the classic “distilled sunshine” imagery. It’s like a slow…
15/08/2018: “Friday On My Mind” by The Easybeats
“Friday On My Mind” has been covered many times by artists such as The Shadows, Gary Moore, Bruce Springsteen, Blue Oyster Cult, and David Bowie….
11/07/2018: “Blue Monday” by New Order
For some people, this sort of thing is cringey 80s overload. Believe me, I understand that the 80s produced some eye wateringly embarrassing stuff. This, …
01/07/2018: “Trickster” by Johnny Osbourne
Johnny Osbourne is one of my favourite dancehall singers. What’s more, he cut his teeth in the era where dancehall was emerging, and the sound…
30/06/2018: “Rhapsody In Blue” by George Gershwin
The idiosyncratically named “Rhapsody In Blue” is probably one of the most famous classical piano pieces. The piece could be classified as jazz as well,…
03/06/2018: “Leisure Suit Preben” by Todd Terje
Todd Terje produces songs with a certain, rather indefinable style. He is very well known for his updated disco edits of old funk and disco…
17/05/2018: “November Rain” by Guns N Roses
This song is included mainly for the sake of that guitar solo. The rest of the song is very nice, sure, but that guitar solo…
03/05/2018: “Thousand Finger Man” by Candido
I came across this on Dj Marky’s Influences compilation. It’s a great album with a variety of unusual songs. “Thousand Finger Man” was originally the title…
27/04/2018: “Does Your Mother Know” by ABBA
ABBA have announced today that they are releasing some new songs, the first since 1982. It seems like a good time choose an ABBA song!…