The Friday Music Shuffle (24.1.25)

Last shuffle of January special

by Rick Johansen

Hi everyone and welcome to the Friday Music Shuffle. It’s that ‘exciting’ time of the week when I set my music device free and it chooses ten random tracks from my collection. Then, I tell you the tracks it has selected and I invite you to click on the title to listen and maybe even sing along.

As ever, I hope you find something you like.

  1. Fire Brigade by The Move. Released on my birthday, 26th January, in 1968, this is peak brilliance Roy Wood.
  2. The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee by The Hollies. Shades of The Sweet in the chorus, Creedence throughout the whole song; here from 1974 the boys play Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress all over again.
  3. Friday Night by Dennis Wilson. 1977’s Pacific Ocean Blue was the finest solo Beach Boy album by some distance, certainly better than anything brother Brian came up with. Love Dennis.
  4. Convenience (Clean and Easy) by Gentle Giant. Back we go to 1980 and a brilliant chunk of prog rock from the Civilian album.
  5. Hung Up On A Dream by the Zombies. 1968 again and a track from the classic and essential Odessey and Oracle LP.
  6. Nous Vous Demandons Pardon by Stereolab. Brilliant from 2008’s Chemical Chords.
  7. Weekend Woman by Weezer. I’m very fond of Weezer. This is a belter from 2017’s Pacific Daydream.
  8. Espionage by Todd Rundgren and Narcy. This is just lush, from 2021’s Space Force. Always changing, always experimenting, always great. Todd is God.
  9. Song For Dan Treacy by MGMT. What a great band they are. This from 2010’s Congratulations. Indeed.
  10. This Is A Low by Blur. Simply magnificent from 1994’s Parklife.

This week’s Desert Island Disc is the exciting number ten song This Is A Low by Blur.

Hope you enjoyed that. I did. Have a good week till next week.

 

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