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Welcome to the Friday Music Shuffle. It’s autumn now, or winter as I prefer to call it, and to ‘celebrate’ the fact, here is an AI-generated photograph of an autumn scene.
For the benefit of Mr Kite, and everyone else who is joining us today, this is what happens. My music machine selects 10 random songs from my collection and I tell you what it has chosen. Then, as if by magic, you click on the song title and listen to the music. You can even sing along.
So let’s waste no more time. I hope you find something you like.
- Perfect Day by Lou Reed. Is it a simple song about being with someone nice or about drug addiction? Either way, it’s great. From 1972’s Transformer.
- Wakusei no Namida (惑星の泪) by Ichiko Aoba. Beautiful track from 2025’s Luminescent Creatures. You should try the album.
- What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of me) by Rod Stewart. An old country song brought back to life by Rod when he was back in his prime in 1972.
- Let Love Take Control by Daryl Hall and John Oates. Nice joint from 2004’s Our Kind Of Soul album.
- Five Years by David Bowie. Our third trip back to 1972 so far. A banger from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
- Campers In Control by The High Llamas. Another one ticked off my bucket list when I saw Sean O’Hagan’s mighty High Llamas in 2025. This one comes from my favourite album of theirs, 1996’s Hawaii. This is what the Beach Boys might have sounded like in later years. Incredible.
- Fun Fun Fun by The Beach Boys. Well, it’s a classic, isn’t it?
- Change Your Mind by The Killers. We’re in 2004 and this is from the very fine long player Hot Fuss. The most British sounding American band of all time.
- If The Rabbit Had A Gun by Orleans. Much more to Orleans than Dance With Me. This bluesy gem from their live album ‘75 Live Harvard Square.
- Do America by Mark Knopfler. Classic Knopfler with a joint that only appears on the US version of 2000’s excellent Sailing To Philadelphia record.
This week’s Desert Island Disc is Campers In Control by The High Llamas.
Well, that was fun (for me). Have a good week till next week.
