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Sunshine greetings to you all.
Yes, it’s time for another of my Friday Music Shuffles. Here, I set my music device free and it chooses ten random songs from my collection. Then, as if by magic, I tell you what it’s chosen and your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to the songs and sing along. Well, at least listen!
As ever, I hope you find something you like!
- Same Name by Field Music. Fine track from the Mackems’ 2016 LP Commontime.
- Phradie’s Song by MGMT. I think this is gorgeous and it’s from the band’s 2024 album Loss of Life.
- All Of The People by Grian Chatten. Did I mention gorgeous for the last song? So’s this. The Fontaines DC man from his solo album, 2023’s Chaos For The Fly.
- When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease by Roy Harper. The best song ever about cricket. 50 years old, mind, from Harper’s album HQ.
- How Many Times By Cat Stevens. Well, this is lovely, too, from Cat’s wonderful 1973 album Foreigner.
- Seas Of Tranquility by Gordon Lightfoot. From 1980’s brilliant Dream Street Rose, here we have top of his game Gordon. And those lyrics: “I live in the light of the bright silver moon. I’ll take you off sailing from midnight ’till noon.”
- Anthem by N-Joi. Some banging House, taking us back to the year of your Lord 1990.
- Star Crossed Lovers by Barry Gibb. Nice tune from Bazza’s 2016 LP In The Now. Bears more than a passing resemblance to The Beach Boys Sumahama.
- Vestavia Hills by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. 2023’s Weathervanes was a wonderful record, not least because of blindingly good tracks like this one.
- Talybont by Gentle Giant. And finally, back to 1975 and a joint from Free Hand by Britain’s finest prog rock band.
This week’s Desert Island Disc is Seas of Tranquility by Gordon Lightfoot. In reading a biography of the man, I am rediscovering just how brilliant his words and lyrics were and remain.
Thanks for indulging me. I can’t think of a better shuffle than this.
Have a good week till next week.
