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Hi pop pickers and welcome to the Friday Music Shuffle. Here, my musical device selects 10 random tunes from my collection and I tell you what they are. The real fun begins when you click on the song title, as I know millions of you do (is this correct? – ed), and sing along.
So, without further ado, let’s rock!
- Calling Dr Love by Kiss. Off we go then, with a Kiss rocker from 1976.
- How Does That Grab You, Darlin’ by Nancy Sinatra. Bearing more than a slight resemblance to These Boots Are Made For Walking (it’s almost the same song), I still love it.
- Whiskey Bottle by Bad Company. The B side of the band’s 1975 Good Lovin’ Gone Bad hit single, this of course confirms Paul Rodgers as arguably the greatest rock singer of them all.
- The Stranger by Christine and the Queens. Absolutely fantastic. Great song, great singer. It’s from her 2018 album Chris. Buy this record.
- Byzantine 2 by Xaos. Admittedly, this is an acquired taste which I acquired back in 2015. The album, all about modern Greece, is incredible.
- When You’re Smiling And Astride me by Father John Misty. What a title for a song! I Love You, Honeybear was one of 2015’s finest albums. Fun fact: Father John’s real name is Josh Tillman.
- You Are The Flower by Toto. A track from their first long player, Toto, released in 1978.
- What Happened Yesterday by Neil Young. 46 seconds of magic from 1995’s Mirrorball.
- When Walter Went Crazy by Drive-By Truckers. Fantastic southern rock from 2014’s English Oceans. Forget Kings of Leon’s faux nonsense and stick to the real thing, singing about ‘yellow piss in the snow’. Marvellous.
- Secret Love by The Bee Gees. I love the Bee Gees and don’t care who knows! This, from 1991, is wonderful.
That’s all, folks!
