The Friday Music Shuffle (17.2.23)

by Rick Johansen

Goods morning pop pickers and welcome to my millions of followers who tune in every week for the Friday Music Shuffle (is this right? – ed). Yes, it’s the usual tired and worn-out format – my musical device selects ten random songs from my collection and I tell you what the songs are. And if that isn’t exciting enough, you can click on the song title and listen to the music.

So, without further ado, let’s rock!

  1. Hot Rails To Hell (live) by Blue Oyster Cult. From 1975’s excellent On Your Feet Or On Your Knees live album, this is BOC near or at their peak.
  2. River Is Waiting by John Fogerty. Lovely track from the ex Creedence man’s 2007 long player Revival.
  3. Do Your Thing by Basement Jaxx. Brilliant from Basement and her/his Jaxx.
  4. 5 Corners by The Doobie Brothers. Sweet little instrumental from the Doobies.
  5. Monolith by T. Rex. It’s back to *gulps* 1971 for this belter from Bolan’s finest album, Electric Warrior.
  6. Ten Feet Tall by XTC. Back to the 70s again, this time to 1979, to remind ourselves that Andy Partridge was a bit of a genius.
  7. Siesta by Ezra Collective feat. Emeli Sandé. All the way back 2022 for this track from the band’s stunning long player Where I’m Meant To Be.
  8. You’re What’s Happenin’, Baby by Billy Gibbons and the BFGs. In 2015, the ZZ Top main man released a great solo record called Perfectamundo. This track is fits that album title.
  9. Pamela (live) by Toto. The 2013 vintage of the band, this is a great version of one of their classics.
  10. Heat by David Bowie. Classic Bowie – isn’t everything by Bowie classic? – from 2013’s The Next Day.

Plenty to choose from for this week’s Desert Island Disc and I’m going for the exciting number four tune, 5 Corners by The Doobie Brothers.

That’s all, folks!

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