Let’s see what the random iPod shuffle comes up with today!
1. Sorry by Gun N’ Roses. Chinese Democracy was not quite as bad an album I thought it was when I first picked it up for £1 in Head (deceased). Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach sings on this one.
2. Blues Beach by Steely Dan. Ah, now this is Friday morning in a tune. From the excellent Everything Must Go record. Listen to Keith Carlock’s drumming. So tight.
3. Midnight Runner by Pendulum. Love In Silico. Great track, such energy.
4. Time To Waste It by Brian Eno and Karl Hyde. Loved the High Life collaboration.
5. Pastime Paradise by Ray Barretto. Gangster’s paradise? Nah – go for a jolly version. It’s on Tom Middleton’s epic ‘The Trip’ compilation.
6. Tabloid Lover by Razorlight. From Slipway Fires, a jolly enough tune with throwbacks to the 1960s.
7. Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills and Nash. “You stayed!” announces Crosby, as the band returns for the second set of their live album from 2012. Of course they stayed. Undimmed by the passage of time, it’s beautiful.
8. 5 AM by David Gilmour. Anyone hearing this for the first time would recognise who’s playing guitar on the instrumental opener from the excellent Rattle That Lock.
9. Pandora’s Box by Procul Harum. A backing (bonus) track from a Procul compilation record I have. I can sing all out of tune over this and pretend to be Gary Brooker.
10. Magnolia by JJ Cale. This has been my favourite Friday morning music shuffle ever with only one slight duffer (the first one). Can’t believe this one is from 1972. Perfect.
