Day 269: Baker Street, Gerry Raffery
Another timeless classic. One of those pieces where the saxophone really become the key instrument in making the song so distinctive.
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Covid Island Discs
Day 268: Sister Golden Hair, America
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
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Day 267: Big Yellow taxi, Joni Mitchell
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
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Day 266: Shine on you crazy diamond, Pink Floyd
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
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Day 265: Black Velvet, Alannah Myles
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.
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Day 264: Curiosity killed the cat, Little River Band
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
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Day 263: Don’t you want me baby, The Human League
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
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Day 262: Daydream Believer, The Monkees
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.
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Day 261: Our lips are sealed, The Go, Go’s
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
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Week 37 Video Playlist
So once again the choice for the best video this week is very easy to make. “April Rain” by Guns ‘n Roses is worth taking time to watch even though it is 9 minutes 16 seconds long. It is a great mashup of a wedding, including a reception, combined with the band playing in a
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