Hi all
another 30 from my Windows Media Player random doodah thingy........
1. Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones.......
2. The Boy From New York City - The Darts................
3. The Six Teens - The Sweet..................
4. Wam Bam - The Handley Family - from Opportunity Knocks circa Apr 1973 - I know, bleddy sad innit - methinks my learned friend and fellow loons pants, sandal-wearing, space hopper-bouncing and patchouli-wearing hippy ol dippy Mr_Phil_Chelstongull remembers this as well?........
5. These Days - Nico (she used to sing in the Velvet Underground - fantastic) - she is sadly no
longer with us - may she rest in peace........
6. Goodbye Girl - Squeeze - Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook are two of our finest ever song-writers imho.........
7. Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - Spiritualized................
8. Afternoon Delight - The Starland Vocal Band - as played at the end of "Good Will Hunting" - fab film, fab song - swing those loons, Mr_Chelst old bean - Neighhhhhhhhhhhhh - Mr_GBH is up in Scotland on his hols this week............
9. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley - superb version - very naughty lyrics, this was frankly murdered by that infernal Burke girl.......
10. The Fish Cheer - Country Joe McDonald - the recording from Woodstock '69....
"..........and its 5, 6, 7 open up the pearly gates,well there ain't no time to wonder why, whoopeeee we're all gonna die.............."
.......a fine anti-war song - more power to youse, Country Joe.......
11. The Best Is Yet To Come - the fantastic and sadly missed Clifford T Ward, cruelly taken from us by complications as a result of MS in 2001...
12. Seventeen Again - The Eurythmics - "sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree"...............
13. Room In The Sky - The Houghton Weavers.........
www.houghtonweavers.com/...anyone for a black puddin' butty?......
14. My Babys Gone - The Pogues - Spider on vocals - dreadful.....
15. Alone - the Southlanders - mad.....................
16. The Court Of King Caractacus - beardy weirdy Rolf Harris - memories of Junior Choice - "hello darlin"...........
17. Take It Easy - The Specials and Desmond Dekker...........
18. Eye In The Sky - The Alan Parsons Project.......
19. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves - I am the ahem proud possessor of both a video and an LP of Katrina and her mob - purchased from Flox Phil - I know it gets even sadder don't it...mind u she is divs isn't she - phowarr - seriously great feel-good music.................
20. Coat Of Many Colours - Dolly Parton - fantastic - I have so much time for Dolly - one of the finest songwriters of modern times, extraordinarily talented - and yep she wrote this one as well - fantakkers.................
21. Raymond McCreesh - Athenrye - Irish Republican stuff.........
22. Thursday - Jim Croce..................
23. Watchers Of The Skies - Steve Hackett (Genesis), John Wetton and Bill Bruford (King Crimson), also Peter Gabriel..........8mins 40 secs of glorious progadoodle rock Phil!..........
24. Albion - Babyshambles.................
25. If I Should Fall From Grace With God - Pogues - out-take............
26. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson and Steve Earle - one of the finest "Gawd my 'ead ' urts 'angover songs" ever.....superb.....
27. Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin - great memories of the 80s..........."its such a rush baby just me and you.....oh you send me".........
28. Can't Stand Me Now/What A Waster - The Libertines......................
29. A Hard Rains A Gonna Fall/Ruby Tuesday - Melanie Safka...........
30. Silent Night - Stevie Nicks...extraordinarily beautiful and way, way beyond your wildest dreams....
and an encore??
oh ok.......
31. Ave Maria - Karen Carpenter - words fail me at the end almost.......the most fabulous voice of its kind probably any one of us reading this will ever get to listen to........her voice was a real "freak of nature" as my brother says....