OK so this song is at the extreme end of pop. Some may argue the worst of the seventies. I include this song however for a very specific reason. My autistic daughter is unable to hold a conversation so understanding what she is thinking and feeling can be challenging at the best of time. Yet […]
Day 270: It’s Magic, Pilot Read More »
Another timeless classic. One of those pieces where the saxophone really become the key instrument in making the song so distinctive.
Day 269: Baker Street, Gerry Raffery Read More »
Funny how after so many weeks of posting I have yet to put a song by the band America. I think this is one of their best songs. One lyric in this song contains a very clever use of the nightmarish number of homophones that exist in the English language, which always trip people like
Day 268: Sister Golden Hair, America Read More »
Another classic song from Joni Mitchell. The title of this song comes from this classic lyric: Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone They paved paradise, put
Day 267: Big Yellow taxi, Joni Mitchell Read More »
I shall close off week 38 returning to my musical centre of gravity with this Pink floyd classic from their Wish you were here album. It is funny but I started scouring the 2020 music charts for something modern to include in Covid Island Discs and I could not believe how the music scene now
Day 266: Shine on you crazy diamond, Pink Floyd Read More »
This rock star’s voice reminds me of Bonnie Tyler who reminds me of a female version of Kurt Cobane who reminds me a little of Rod Stewart.
Day 265: Black Velvet, Alannah Myles Read More »
Another song from my long lost childhood. In the new year we are finely getting a dog for my daughter Grace. Luckily it is a dog not a cat and my name is not Curiosity so I give the dog’s chances of long term survival better than evens ????. Man the seventies dress styles were
Day 264: Curiosity killed the cat, Little River Band Read More »
So today I was sitting in my living room and my daughter had the TV on and it was playing some 80s music and this classic came one. A song that I very much enjoyed listening to all those years ago and which until now had completely slipped my mind. A song that captures the
Day 263: Don’t you want me baby, The Human League Read More »
For a band that was created for a television series this song certainly deserves to be included in Covid Island Discs. A really pretty song and probably the Monkees at their best.
Day 262: Daydream Believer, The Monkees Read More »
Another song from my school days. This classic came out in 1981 when I was in year 9. In those days my best mate Robert and I used to collect special top 50 song list sheets from the radio station 2SM and they were all in different colours. Pretty cool memories. I reckon if I
Day 261: Our lips are sealed, The Go, Go’s Read More »
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