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And now it’s time for a little music, ten tunes chosen at random by my music system and not only do I tell you what they are, you can click the song title and listen to it yourself. How exciting is that?
Anyway, without further ado, let’s rock!
- Belly Bongo by Sonny J. Lovely little tune from the Scouse producer’s only album, 2008’s excellent Disastro.
- Can You Dig It? by the Mock Turtles. One of the greatest singles of all time IMHO, featuring Martin Coogan whose famous brother is…a-ha!
- How Do You Sleep? by John Lennon. Lennon takes a swipe at Macca in this belter from his Imagine album, with some lovely slide guitar from George Harrison.
- Baby Please Don’t Go by Billy Gibbons and the BFGs. The ZZ Top man with a cover of an ancient blues classic, from 2015s Perfectamundo.
- Both Sides Now by Judy Collins. A rare instance of a cover being better than the original. Sorry to Joni Mitchell who wrote it, but it’s true. From 1969, mind.
- Interlude (Loving the People) by Michael Kiwanuka. This tune, from 2019’s Kiwanuka album, which everyone should own, is based around a speech by the great civil rights leader John Robert Lewis, who sadly died this year.
- Tuesday’s Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd. This is track two on the band’s first album ‘Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd’ from 1973. I was so lucky to see them on their first tour of the UK.
- Open All Night by Bruce Springsteen. 12 bar rocker featuring only the Boss from his otherwise bleak but brilliant 1982 album Nebraska.
- Lose This Skin by the Clash. From 1980’s epic Sandinista, featuring the fiddle and voice of long standing Strummer collaborator Tymon Dogg.
- Teenage Nervous Breakdown by Little Feat. Classic rocker from the Feat’s 1972 album Sailin’ Shoes.
That’s all, folks.
