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Sunshine greetings from South Gloucestershire and welcome to this very special edition of my weekly music shuffle.
For one week only, my music device will choose ten random from my collection and I shall record what it has chosen on here. I listen to the songs in the order they appear on this fun-packed blog and all I ask is for you to listen along by clicking on the song titles.
So without further ado, let’s go. I hope you find something you like.
- Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. What a start. The ultimate anti-suicide song from the classic Automatic For The People, first released, incredibly, in 1992.
- Josephine by Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band. Brilliant from the Shack man, taken from his 2017 album Adiós Señor Pussycat. One of our great songwriters.
- Car Fiction by Echobelly. Back to 1995 with a joint from On. It’s not King Of The Kerb, but it’s decent.
- Going Places by Teenage Fanclub. The great Scots released the superb Grand Prix in 1995 and this is lush tune is on it.
- 4 & 4 Still Makes 8 by Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band. Another one from Adiós Señor Pussycat – and why not? Not sure I remember two tracks from the same album in the same shuffle before.
- Guantanamera by Wyclef Jean feat Ms. Lauryn Hill, Celia Cruz, Jeni Fujita. I can’t unhear ‘One ton of melons’ when I hear this, but by Christ it’s great.
- Electron Blue by R.E.M. When Around The Sun came out in 2004, I was very disappointed. 21 years later and I wonder why. It’s fantastic, as is this track.
- Don’t Answer Me by The Alan Parsons Project. Back to 1984’s fine LP Ammonia Avenue. Here, our Alan goes all Phil Spector.
- There Are Too Many of Us by Blur. Naturally, this is magnificent, from 2015’s stellar The Magic Whip.
- One Step Closer by The Doobie Brothers. Title track of their 1980 album, featuring the late saxophonist Cornelius Bumpus on lead vocal, with assistance from the great Michael McDonald.
There’s only one runner and rider for today’s Desert Island Disc and that’s Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.
Have a good week till next week.
