Yes, it’s that time you haven’t been waiting for. Ten random songs from my iPod for a Friday morning!
1. How Did It Come To This? by Take That. Live version from the Greatest Day Live long player. Yes, I know, Take That, but I like them, especially this one sung by Jason Orange and co-written by my friend Ben Mark Weaver.
2. The Cruel Sea by the Dakotas. The very same Dakotas who backed Billy J Kramer.
3. Ecuador by Sash. A bit of German dance music here, first released just a couple of weeks before Tony Blair was elected in 1997.
4. Rock and Roll Band by Boston. If you have ever heard More Than A Feeling – and who hasn’t (anyone young?) – you will recognise Boston straight away on this one, lots of soaring guitar duelling going on here.
5. Dirty by Underworld. Is this really 23 years old? I’m afraid it is.
6. Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. A heavenly, if slightly chaotic, version from 1970’s epic live album from Fillmore East, 4 Way Street.
7. Bad Child by Bachman feat Joe Bonamassa. Yes, Randy Bachman, he of the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive, whose 2015 record Heavy Blues is amongst the finest work of his career. Neil Young and Peter Frampton are included in a stellar guest list.
8. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday by Stevie Wonder. Nuff said.
9. Cadillac Ranch by Bruce Springsteen. Epic Springsteen from The River which, in the day, was brilliantly covered by Bristol’s finest band Misdemeanor, led by the great Kevin McFadden.
10. Aubrey by Bread. Easy to forget the tunes and the voice of David Gates.
