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The primary single I purchased
I Don’t Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats from Sounds Good on Birtley Excessive Road, once I was in my teenagers. I do know it was a few college capturing, however on the time, I assumed: I’ve a visceral response to Mondays as nicely.
The primary tune I fell in love with
Nonetheless in Love With You from Skinny Lizzy’s Dwell and Harmful album. I used to be studying to play drums and Brian Downey, Skinny Lizzy’s drummer, used to do that fantastic shuffle beat as a result of it’s a comparatively sluggish observe, and his taking part in is gorgeous. I nonetheless play the drums. I’ve by no means stopped being a musician.
The tune I secretly like
There’s a few Eagles tracks, like Desperado, primarily for that bit the place Jeff Bridges in The Huge Lebowski will get within the cab and says: “I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man!” I most likely shouldn’t say that as a result of in addition to sessioning with a band referred to as Groove Practice, who’re nice, I’ve simply been requested to play percussion for the Bootleg Eagles.
The tune I do karaoke
The Royal Mile and Baker Road by Gerry Rafferty and Take the Cash and Run by the Steve Miller Band are nearly in my vary. However I’m not a daily karaoke-er, man.
The tune I inexplicably know each lyric to
I used to be sat within the park listening to some music and China in Your Hand by T’Pau and I Need to Be Free by Toyah Willcox got here on. I mustn’t have heard them for 30 years and I nonetheless remembered the lyrics. I’ve simply acquired that type of mind. I’m the identical with phone numbers. I can nonetheless bear in mind my mates’ mams and dads’ phone numbers.
The tune that modified my life
John Bonham’s drums on When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin are nothing wanting epic. Apparently they recorded them in a stairwell. That modified my life as a result of I then needed to be John Bonham.
The tune I can now not take heed to
The First Time Ever I Noticed Your Face by Roberta Flack as a result of it jogs my memory of misplaced love.
The tune that will get me up within the morning
Gimme Some Lovin’ by the Spencer Davis Group.
One of the best tune to play at a celebration
Ain’t No person by Rufus and Chaka Khan, as a result of it’s nice.
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The tune that makes me cry
On the Wire by Troy Cassar-Daley is a story of shedding your means, your sense of place and residential and simply residing on the wire. It’s about love and luxury and basically a mirrored image of how lonely the trendy world will be.
One of the best tune to bike to
Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. What a observe to have in your head if you’re dashing.
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