Entertainment For Lively Minds
This month, I have been mostly listening to... (All change!)
Another mixed bag in my playlist this month. Bear in mind my mp3 player is only 256mb, so there's not a huge amount of room. The only thing I regret is not having a shuffle function. Still, for a fiver, I can't really complain.
Having said there's a mixture, I do notice there seems to be a bit of an 80's thing going on, and a general tendency toward indie/rock. Right up to the point you reach Army of Lovers, that is. Camper than a row of tents, but great fun...
Oh, and yes, I know that Echo & The Bunnymen is a pale copy of the original, but I grabbed the wrong one by accident.
Anyhow, here goes.
--People Are Strange - Echo & The Bunnymen
--I Know What I'm Here For - James
--Me, Myself, I - Joan Armatrading (coincidence that she's been bruited about on here a lot lately)
--Pounding - Doves
--Rude Boy Rock - Lionrock (much overlooked bit of ska-based dubbery from the 90s)
--The Diary Of Horace Wimp - ELO (hey, I like it...)
--Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
--Hurry Up Harry - Sham 69 (altogether now... "Weeee're going dahn the pub!")
--Let's Hang On - The Four Seasons (clash those gears!)
--When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' - Sparks
--Captain Dread - Dreadzone (more dubbery -with a shanty tone, no less...)
--The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
--Night Boat To Cairo - Madness
--Israelism - Army Of Lovers
--Heart Of Lilith - Inkubus Sukkubus (no typos, just goth metal)
--Visions In Blue - Ultravox
--You're Alright - Buster Shuffle (Chas 'n' Dave Meets Madness and the Arctic Monkeys.)
--Come On Down - Chris Difford (yes, from the Word CD)
--Liquidator - Harry J All-stars
--Long Gone Lost John - Lonnie Donegan
--Love, Love Me Do - The Beatles
--Million Miles Away - The Offspring (I know, more clashing of gears there)
--Part Of The Union - The Strawbs
--Rock Bottom - Strangeworld (folk instrumentalists)
--Surprise - Bizarre Inc (60's pop pastiche from 90's dance outfit)
--Take Me Home - Basement Jaxx
--Wednesday Week - The Undertones
--Where Are They Now? - Ragga And The Jack Magic Orchestra (Clanky Icelandic bunch fronted by oddly-named woman)
--Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
--Girl Don't Come - Sandy Shaw
--Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan (classic soul - remember the dosshouse scene in Blues Brothers?)
--New Year's Day - U2
--Alice, What's The Matter? - Terrorvision
--Cut My Wings - Seasick Steve (3-string blues, anyone?)
--Happiness - Goldfrapp
--Hold On, I'm Coming - Sam & Dave
--Lost In Music - Sister Sledge (my theme tune)
--Trippin' On Sunshine - Pizzaman (AKA Fatboy Slim)
--Bashi Bazouk - Peter Gabriel (good luck finding this one - it was b-side to Digging In The Dirt)
--Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
--Mary - Tori Amos
--The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel
--Barber's Adagio For Strings - William Orbit
--Greenman - XTC
--Ain't That A Shame - Fats Domino
--Too Much Too Young - Little Angels (again, wrong one - I meant to grab the Specials classic)
--Don't Stop Movin' - The Beautiful South (downbeat cover of the S Club 7 tune)
--National Express - The Divine Comedy
What a way to end the list - an all-time classic tune to make you smile about your incipient insanity...
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I'm with you
on 'Horace Wimp' and 'Safety Dance' - uncool at its coolest.
Saw Chris Difford at King Tut's last week (and hereby claim my Word Magazine Meritorius Conduct Medal) - completely great, and Boo Hewerdine has to be the most memorable 'support' act ever.
Didn't do 'Come on Down', though ...
i'm sorry...i've looked and looked
but i see no Richard Thompson there...and you call this a blog post on the Word Magazine website!
In other news, i'm off to hunt down 'Goody Two Shoes' by Adam Ant - the song that soundtracked me having my appendix out, at the age of 8...
I did say..
it's only a small mp3 player - and there was a bit of a rock and 80's thing going on..
Besides; I'm not a drone.