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Had enough music for one week? Well, if you have, you are in the wrong place.
Welcome to my self-indulgent weekly music shuffle where my music device selects ten random songs from my collection and I tell you what it’s chosen. There’s no real point to this, other than to listen to some music. Your mission, should you accept it, is to click on the titles and listen, and even sing, along.
Hopefully, you will find something you like!
- Dust In The Wind by Kansas. Cheerful old song about mortality and the inevitability of death from 1977’s album The Point Of Know Return. “Everything is dust in the wind“.The band’s second most famous song. Very good.
- She’s Not There by The Zombies. Absolute all-time classic, written by Rod Argent and sing quite beautifully by Colin Blunstone. Released in … 1964. Wow.
- If I Were A Carpenter by The Four Tops. Leap forward just two years to 1966 and another stone-cold classic, written by Tim Hardin. Levi Stubbs couldn’t half sing.
- Will We Talk by Sam Fender. This boy has the stuff of greatness. This from 2019’s epic Hypersonic Missiles. If you object to the sight of attractive people, scantily dressed and canoodling, look away from the video now.
- We by Bon Iver. Simply gorgeous, as per usual. From 2019’s I,I long player.
- Warlocks by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Good tune from 2006’s Stadium Arcadium.
- Don’t You Wait by Solange. Controversial, I know, but of the Knowles sisters, I greatly prefer the music of Solange over Beyonce any day of the week. This from 2016’s A Seat At The Table.
- Jericho by The Progidy. This is wonderful, dating back – and I can hardly believe this – to 1992.
- Still Singin’ With The Band by Ronnie Montrose feat. Glenn Hughes, Phil Collen & Jimmy “Z” Zavala. Decent enough rocker from the late, legendary Mr Montrose and pals.
- isyan manifestosu by Gaye Su Akyol. The staggeringly brilliant Turkish singer with a joint from her 2020 album Yort Savul: İSYAN MANİFESTOSU! Buy this record. Here’s a live version, which is even better.
That is surely the best shuffle in ages. This week’s Desert Island Disc is, by the shortest of heads, She’s Not There by The Zombies.
All being well, I’ll be back. Have a god week till next week.
