Music
The sounds, the lyrics, the noise, the quiet, the stadium gigs, the basement gigs, the buskers, the voices, the instruments.
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Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns N’ Roses
What song reminds you of your first love? It was our song. I bought her the single when it came out, went to John Menzies to buy it and then, I think, walked to meet her at her new (first?) job? Vague memory indeed. “Sweet Child O' Mine” by Guns N' Roses Listen on Apple…
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Getting Killed by Geese
What is your favorite song from last year? I listen to 6Music largely to get access to some new music. Many new tracks and bands but this is one I kept going back to, just kinda stuck in my brain. “Getting Killed” by Geese Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio…
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All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem
Describe a concert that changed your perspective on music or life. Pick a song from that artist or band. I have a photo from the gig. The lights from the stage are pointing at the crowd, dazzling, the silhouette of hands raised in unison, in joy, form a sea before me. I’d been to many…
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Fugitive Motel by Elbow
What artist or band changed your music taste forever? Pick your favorite song of theirs. From heavier rock and dance music as my ‘chosen’ genres, I stumbled into this band after catching them performing at Glastonbury in 2004 (on TV, it was a couple of years before I made it to that festival where I…
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Beat Dis by Bomb the Bass
What was your favorite song in high school? Why did it resonate? The radio crackles to life. It is full of heavily produced sounds. Bon Jovi, Madonna, Wham!, Phil Collins —artists I would spend my life with— dominated. Pet Shop Boys were ploughing a different path, New Order were living their Blue Monday ‘88 renaissance…
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You should be dancing
My baby moves at midnight,Goes right on ’til the dawn,My woman, take me higher,My woman, keep me warm Ahhhh you cannae beat a bit of Bee Gees eh! What a tune! Recently my wife and I attended a friend’s wedding, it was at a local hotel and the entertainment was one guy with a guitar…