The Friday Music Shuffle (20th June 2025)

Greetings pop-pickers and welcome to my weekly music shuffle.

Every Friday, my music device chooses ten random songs from my collection and I tell you the random choices. All you need do is click on the song title in order to listen and, I hope, sing along. I hope you find something you like.

1. Walls Come Tumbling Down by The Style Council. 40 years have passed since Paul Weller’s Jam follow-up act stormed the charts with this banger. Shame about his silly new post Jam American accent, but still.
2. Mother Says by Joe Walsh. A fantastic rocker from Walsh’s greatest album, 1972’s Barnstorm.
3. It’s Not Right But It’s Okay by Whitney Houston. Back to 1998 and the days in which Ms Houston could churn out a decent R&B tune.
4. Word Game by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. A live version of a decent Stills song from back in 1974.
5. Wings Of A Dove by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks. An okay song from 1995’s Orange Crate Art long player.
6. Big Love by Pete Heller’s Big Love. Classic House from 1999.
7. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills and Nash. Truly great live version of the Stills classic from 2012.
8. The Story Of My Life by Marty Robbins. God knows what album this is on – some compilation or other? – but it’s a lovely old song from 1957.
9. Lullaby by Laura Marling. Well, this is lovely, from last year’s Patterns In Repeat.
10. Garden Of Dance by Talc. And finally back to 2006 for a stonkingly great track by Talc, who I once saw described as being a cross between Steely Dan and the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band.

This week’s Desert Island Disc is the exciting number eight track, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

See ya!