The Friday Music Shuffle (22.4.22)

Welcome my friends to the show that never ends, no matter how much you wish it would.

Yes, it’s the Friday music shuffle. Ten tracks from my entirely bought and paid for collection, selected at random by my mobile device, and I tell you what they are. And if you want to sing along – and who wouldn’t? – just click on the title!

Let’s go!

1. What The World Needs Now Is Love by Jackie DeShannon. Hear, hear. And this is the original (and best?) version of the Bacharach/David classic from 1965.
2. Happy by The Rolling Stones. A cracker from 1972’s Exile On Main Street and that rarity, a lead vocal from Keith Richards. Still, unmistakably, the Stones.
3. Shark (In The Dark) by the Dwight Twilley Band. Back to the mid 1970s for some great rock and roll from one of my favourite bands of all time.
4. Over Under Sideways Down by The Yardbirds. From 1966’s Roger the Engineer (insert your own joke). Incredible still today.
5. Music For Money by Nick Lowe. This is actually by the great Nick Lowe, not just any old Nick Lowe, from his debut solo album Jesus of Cool in 1978.
6. The Vigil by Blue Oyster Cult. You see, there’s much more to BOC than Don’t Fear The Reaper. This is from 1979’s excellent Mirrors long player.
7. Guantanamera by Wyclef Jean. Cracking version of an old tune by Haiti’s finest.
8. Born In The Echoes by The Chemical Brothers. Finally, to the next century, with the title track from the geeky boys’ 2015 album, here featuring Cate Le Bon.
9. Trenchtown Rock by Orleans. The New York pop rockers with an unlikely cover of the Bob Marley tune from 1975’s ’75 Live Harvard Square record. Rather lovely, I reckon.
10. Crossfire by Brandon Flowers. From the Killers main man’s first solo album Flamingo, this is easily the best track on a largely average record.

And that’s all, folks!