And now, by a lack of popular demand, is my Friday iPod shuffle. Please feel free to join in on here or on Facebook!
1. Power Hungry by Albert Hammond Jr. From the Strokes man’s latest, and best, solo record. Looking forward to seeing him at the Fleece next month. A slight New Order influence on here, I reckon.
2. Money’s Too Tight To Mention by Simply Mick. Okay, it’s Simply Red really. Great tune from his earlier and vastly superior back catalogue.
3. Exitlude by the Killers. This is more Modest Mouse than modern day Brandon Flowers and so much the better for it. From the excellent Sam’s Town.
4. Samba Pa Ti by Santana. Everyone knows this one, from the magnificent Abraxas, released in…gulp!…1970!
5. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere by Bob Dylan. Nuff said.
6. Last Man Standing by Steve Lukather. A great track from the legendary Toto axeman’s latest solo album Transition.
7. Wherever I Roam by Metallica. From the originally named “Metallica” album, you wouldn’t need to guess who this was.
8. Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh. The original version from The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get. Greatness, co-written by Joe’s Barnstorm band, including Joe Vitale whose incredible drumming drives the piece forward.
8. Daysleeper by REM. “The bull and the bear are marking their territories, they’re leading the blind with their international glories.” Aren’t they ever? From Up.
9. Battleship Chains by the Georgia Satellites. If every Georgia Satellites song was as good as this one, they’d have been huge. But they weren’t, nowhere near.
10. Woo, Yeh Yeh by Graham Coxon. From the excellent A&E record.
