Crucial Tracks
Tracks sync’d from the Crucial Tracks website.
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Under the Weather by KT Tunstall
Share a song that feels like it has healing powers. One of my favourite songs, both from KT and in general, I love the soft build of this, the simple refrain, it is within itself a comfort blanket of a song. But where it really hits me is how it pulls me together, taking all…
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Dog Days Are Over by Florence + the Machine
What song makes you think about the future? I am hopeful of the future being better, always optimistic —the best you can do is good enough?— but it’s hard to keep that mindset with the dystopian terrors unleashed seemingly every single day —there’s no country left, to love and cherish. But if we lose hope…
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Do Your Thing by Basement Jaxx
What’s your favorite song to listen to while doing chores? Do you dance like no-one’s watching? Or do you dance more freely when you are alone, when you are dancing to escape the boredom of the everyday, a way to make your chores fun? I am definitely the latter, as much as I enjoy dancing,…
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Little Fluffy Clouds by The Orb
Share a song that sounds like your favorite childhood memory. We had a large back garden. The shade of the house only extend as far as the edge of the grass, so it was there we placed our big scratchy wool travel blanket before lying down to do precisely nothing. My Mum loved the sun.…
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“Heroes” (2017 Remaster) by David Bowie
What’s a song you’d want your best friend to hear for the first time? So so many songs. Music is such a huge part of my life this feels like an impossible task. One song? One! I’d have to go with something special, likely well known, but knowing my best friend (who is my wife)…
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Caledonia by Dougie Maclean
Share a song that captures the feeling of being homesick. It rarely comes on the radio but it’s one of a handful of songs that make me yearn for a Scotland I know and love. “Caledonia” by Dougie Maclean Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Listen to Gordon McLean's…