The album list, part 2

Yeah, part 2. I should point out that these are just copied & pasted tweets from my Twitter account @maffrj.

25: The Durutti Column - The Guitar & Other Machines (1987). Vini Reilly & Bruce Mitchell are geniuses (is that right?)

24: Paul Simon - Graceland (1986). But then who doesn't love this?

23: Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995). Another that would have been higher previously. Even top 10 at one point. Dark & stunning

22: Carter USM - 101 Damnations (1989). Torn between this & 30 Something until about 20 seconds ago. Pun-tastic

21: LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (2010). Possibly the finest band I've ever seen live. In fact ignore that "possibly"

20: The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps (1993). Sprawling, yes, but the tunes! Such great tunes!

19: Airhead - Boing!! (1992). Bring back Airhead! They were ace.

18: The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002). Couldn't wait for this to come out. Must have been in my CD player for months.

17: The Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (1990). Jangly indie-pop perfection.

16: Sugar - Copper Blue (1992). Or Beaster. Doesn't really matter. They're both fantastic.

15: Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1996). Yeah, that's pretty much perfect really isn't it?

14: Cornershop - When I was Born For The 7th Time (1997). Can't think of anything to say other than "It's bloody great"

13: Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over (1992). Best support band I ever saw. Should've been huge.

12: The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (1992). The original issue, not the one with Mrs Robinson tagged on the end

11: Pixies - Doolittle (1989). Completing a nice little Bostonian triumvirate, a real big hitter outside the top ten

10: The Beloved - Happiness (1990). I guess very much of its time, but that time is very much my time.

9: The Lilac Time - The Lilac Time (1987). Stephen Duffy is one of the finest songwriters this country ever produced.

8: Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994). Before "the big hit" was this amazing album of not-really-dance-as-such music.

7: The Wedding Present - Seamonsters (1992). Saw them play this this year and it's as great as it was when I saw them in '92

6: Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies (1992). Without the wig-outs of its younger siblings, this is all about the (lazer guided) melodies

5: a-ha - Scoundrel Days (1986). This is ONE HELL of an album and I'll stake what's left of my indie cred on it.

4: dEUS - Worst Case Scenario (1994). I love dEUS. I love this album. From the violins on Suds & Soda onwards it's faultless.

3: Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain (1997). It could have been Bandwagonesque or Grand Prix, but this just just shades it.

2: the Mountain Goats - Tallahassee (2002) If you know me I'm sure you expected tMG to take top spot. Not quite, not today anyway.

1: Prince - Sign "o" The Times (1987). I'd say this has been my favourite album for maybe 18 of the past 25 yrs on & off. Genius.

So that's it. Quite glad I limited it to 1 per act, added to the variety & the challenge I think. Hope you enjoyed it.

Another list. An album list this time...

I did another list. I know, ANOTHER list! What am I, the NME? It's a top 50 albums of all time list. There's nothing pre-1985 although not deliberately, and only 1 album per artist.

Here's the first 25...

50: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008). Possibly the most recent thong on the list. Wonderful summer pop record.

49: Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (2006). Can't be doing with Rilo Kiley, but his is fantastic

48: Colorblind James Experience - Colorblind James Experience (1987). Brilliant. And with polkas!

47: Turin Brakes - The Optimist LP (2001). Not the coolest thing on the list, but great tunes

46: PJ Harvey - Dry (1992). Bought this in Germany with money I should have used to buy food. Best hungry week I ever had.

45: Money Mark - Push The Button (1998). Mark's Keyboard Repair has Cry on it, but this just shades it

44: Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996). I bloody love Cake me. Could have been any Cake album but this has The Distance, Frank Sinatra etc

43: The Breeders - Pod (1990). Almost too short. And standard really quiet Albini production. But my favourite Pixies offshoot LP.

42: The Bluetones - Expecting To Fly (1996). Yay Britpop! Or something. Just pop really I guess. Ace though.

41: The Extra Glenns - Martial Arts Weekend (2002). A Mountain Goats record by any other name & an entry level tMG recommendation.

40: Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona. Throwing Muses can do no wrong.

39: Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland (1987). Hated This Corrosion on 1st hearing on but grew to love it in the 6th form revision room.

38 They Might Be Giants - Flood (1990). Reminds me of the car park of The Ship in Rhos On Sea for some reason. Mental & brilliant.

37: Kristin Hersh - Hips & Makers (1994). Officially the nicest person in indie. Saw her & Vic Chesnutt that year. Stunning.

36: De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising. (1989). I own very little rap. That this makes my list shows how much I love it.

35: Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Sings Greatest Palace Music (2004). Yeah I know, a travesty, ruins the lo-fi Palace stuff, don't care.

34: Lou Barlow - Emoh (2004). Love Sebadoh but this is the best thing Lou's done in my opinion.

33: Air - Moon Safari (1998). A few years ago this would probably have been top 20. Still a respectable placing mind.

32: The White Stripes - Elephant (2001). Played this non stop for about 6 months that year.

31: Beth Orton - Trailer Park (1996). Folktronica was a shit name for a genre wasn't it? This LP can easily reduce me to tears.

30: Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990). Blimey, surprised this was 1990. A stunning distillation of the PSB sound.

29: The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby (2008). This is a properly fun catchy indie LP that you should all investigate please.

28: Pavement - Brighten The Corners (1997). Close call between this & Crooked Rain. Always preferred their more tuneful LPs.

27: New Order - Technique (1989). Own this on CD, cassette & vinyl. And all the 12"s. In fact ALL the New Order Factory 12"s.

26: Bettie Serveert - Palomine(1992). Impulse purchase at a record fair in Cov Poly SU. Love it. Played it today.

A movie list. Listy listy listy list list.

Latest Twitter project has been a top 50 films of all time. This has basically shown me that I'm not overly interested on films from before I was born but I do like 'em French.

1 North By Northwest / Hitchcock
2 Pulp Fiction / Tarantino
3 Dogma / Smith
4 Jean De Florette / Berri
5 Manon Des Sources / Berri
6 The Usual Suspects / Singer
7 Fight Club / Fincher
8 Once Upon A Time In America / Leone
9 Delicatessen / Caro / Jeunet
10 Being John Malkovich / Jonze
11 Rear Window / Hitchcock
12 Star Wars / Lucas
13 Blazing Saddles / Brookes
14 Cyrano De Bergerac / Rappeneau
15 Heathers / Lehmann
16 Ferris Bueller's Day Off / Waters
17 La Haine / Kassovitz
18 South Park / Parker
19 Nikita / Besson
20 You've Got Mail / Ephron
21 Toy Story 3 / Unkrich
22 To Kill A Mockingbird / Mulligan
23 Brazil / Gilliam
24 Amelie / Jeunet
25 Miller's Crossing / Coen
26 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Lee
27 The Shining / Kubrik
28 Sign o the Times / Prince
29 The Goonies / Donner
30 Grosse Pointe Blank / Armitage
31 Good Will Hunting / Van Sant
32 Batman Returns / Burton
33 Purple Rain / Magnoli
34 Airplane! / Abrahams / Zucker / Zucker
35 The Darjeeling Limited / Anderson
36 The Man With Two Brains / Reiner
37 The Third Man / Reed
38 Spirited Away / Miyazaki
39 Die Hard / McTiernan
40 Das Leben der Anderen / von Donnersmarck
41 The Player / Altman
42 Dazed And Confused / Linklater
43 Clerks / Smith
44 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid / Reiner
45 True Stories / Byrne
46 Romeo + Juliet / Luhrmann
47 Falling Down / Schumacher
48 The Cannonball Run / Needham
49 Full Metal Jacket / Kubrik
50 High Fidelity / Frears

#top100 1: the Mountain Goats - Color in your Cheeks

It was always going to be a tMG song. Play it at my funeral.

#top100 2: Blackstreet - No Diggity ft. Dr. Dre, Queen Pen

Sorry, can't reply to comments - got to dance.

#top100 3: Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend

If you paid attention you knew Prince would be up again. Pure genius

#top100 4: Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire

No strong feelings either way about Bruce, but have always loved this.

#top100 5: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown

This is Smokey Robinson doing Tears Of A Clown.

#top100 6: Mazzy Star - Fade Into You

Hope Sandoval's voice is enough to melt me.

#top100 7: Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust

Justin Warfield again. More rap in the top 10 than the other 90!

#top100 8: The Mountain Goats - No Children

If you know anything about me, know that this is my favourite band.

#top100 9: David Bowie - Young Americans

Hands down my favourite Bowie song.

#top100 10: One Inch Punch - If

If I could find the acoustic version off the single anywhere you'd get that.

#top100 11: Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

Everyone's got this in there, haven't they?

#top100 12: The Beta Band - Dry The Rain

They swapped instruments throughout this when I saw them, awesome band.

#top100 13: The Breeders - Cannonball

YouTube suggests I watch Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag after this. Maybe later.

#top100 14: Teenage Fanclub-Ain't That Enough

There are days when Songs From Northern Britain is my favourite album.

#top100 15: Air - All I Need

If MrsJ & I have a "song" then it's this. From an amazing album too - Moon Safari.

#top100 16: Stina Nordenstam - Little Star

I think Mark Radcliffe is solely responsible for me loving this.

#top100 17: Prince - Alphabet Street

Picking Prince tracks was the hardest part of this whole project.

Real video

#top100 18: Ben Folds Five - Underground

Ben Folds has a ridiculous amount of talent. Real video for this is awful.

#top100 19: Belle & Sebastian - The State That I Am In

There was a time there when B&S could do no wrong.

#top100 20: Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade

One of the greatest bands there ever was. Weddoes support band in 1991.

#top100 21: Airhead - Funny How

When I was a geeky 20year old, this record was the truest thing I ever heard.

#top100 22: LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge

 "Shit, man! Only 22? maff must have some amazing stuff coming up!"

#top100 23: The Lilac Time - Return To Yesterday

Stephen Duffy is just about this country's finest songwriter.

#top100 24: Electronic - Getting Away With It

New Order, The Smiths & PSB in one handy pop-genius package.

#top100 25: REM - World Leader Pretend

"I sit at my table and wage war on myself" is one of the best opening lines.

#top100 26: Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream

In my top 3/4 bands ever. If you don't love TFC there's no hope.

#top100 27: The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?

Wayne Coyne telling it like it is. Beautiful song.

#top100 28: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

Mad piano thing going on - that's how it starts...

#top100 29: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)

Not much 70s on the list. I was 4 in 1975...

#top100 30: Pixies - Debaser

Into the 30 with a classic. So glad I caught one of the comeback shows.

#top100 31: dEUS - Instant Street

While I love 1st LP Worst Case Scenario best, this track slays me every time.

#top100 32: The Lemonheads - The Outdoor Type

What if something's on TV & it's never shown again?

#top100 33: The Wave Pictures - Just Like A Drummer

Do yourself a favour, get the album Instant Coffee Baby.

#top100 34: Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone

Al Green again, because he's Al Green.

#top100 35: Throwing Muses - Pearl

Doing the quiet-loud-quiet thing better than should be humanly possible.

#top100 36: The Wedding Present - Corduroy

Crumbs. Shot my load already by #36 for one of my favourite bands!

#top100 37: Björk - Hyperballad

She's incredible. And the way this builds up is ridiculously good.

#top100 38: R.E.M. - Finest Worksong

First band I saw who made me just stand there in awe: "Look! Its' R.E.M.!"

#top100 39: Super Furry Animals - Fire In My Heart

"But maff" I hear you say, "Surely this is too low".

#top100 40: Paul Simon - Graceland

So many Paul Simon songs to choose from. He was on BEFORE Plan B at Glasto?!

#top100 41: Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere

I must have played this to death when it came out. Great band.

#top100 42: The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress

The boy Gedge has had some bad breakups, or knows his market

#top100 43: Pulp - Razzmatazz

One of the best support acts I ever saw. Jarvis is the man, but you know that.

#top100 44: Beth Orton - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine

Proper sad song, beautiful live version.

#top100 45: Bettie Serveert - Palomine

Best Dutch album...Ever! Never matched it though unfortunately.

#top100 46: Sisters of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia

This is about as Goth as I get. Reminds me of A level revision.

#top100 47: They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in your soul

An indie disco classic. Pogo your ass off for 3 mins.

#top100 48: Inspiral Carpets - I Want You

I think this should get played loudest of the 100.

#top100 49: Aztec Camera - Oblivious

This goes in a box with When Love Breaks Down, a box of early 80s TOTP faves

#top100 50: Otis Redding - Sitting on the dock of the bay

 Watchin' tha ships coomin' in and gaain' oot agin.

#top100 51: Al Green-Lets Stay Together

The Reverend, doing his thing. One of the greatest soul voices.

#top100 52: Throwing Muses - Delicate Cutters

If you don't know this, take the time to listen. It's stunning.

#top100 53:The Small Faces - What'cha Gonna Do About It

Two songs for the price of one, but it's the first one.

#top100 54: Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring

Love PSB and here they are oozing class.

#top100 55: The Specials - Too Much Too Young

Shorter, but then what isn't? Proper short sharp shock of its time.

#top100 56: Underworld - Mmm Skyscraper I Love You

My dance picks are pretty chilled. Best track from a top 20 LP.

#top100 57: Beck - Loser

The only worthwhile thing Jo Whiley ever did was be the DJ who introduced me to Beck.

#top100 58: The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds

What were the skies like when you were young?

#top100 59: Rival Schools - Used For Glue

Really don't know anything else they ever did. This is enough.

#top100 60: Colorblind James Experience - Considering a Move to Memphis

Thanks to John Peel & @eifion for this

#top100 61: Radiohead - Idioteque

Love Radiohead. This is always amazing live. 1st gig with MrsJ was Radiohead.

#top100 62: McAlmont & Butler - Yes

You love this. Everyone loves this. YES!

#top100 63: Kristin Hersh feat. Michael Stipe - Your Ghost

@kristinhersh is the nicest person in indie & a genius.

#top100 64: A-ha - I've Been Losing You

Scoundrel Days WILL be in my top 20 albums when I compile it.

#top100 65: The Go-Betweens - Streets of your town

If you don't like Go-Betweens you ain't heard any Go-Betweens

#top100 66: The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville

Brilliant. Childhood Saturday TV memories.

#top100 67: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

Top of my must see live list.

#top100 68: Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind

It's only bloody Sugar. Worst live act I ever saw... #noisy

#top100 69: Blur - Tender

A band I find extremely hit & miss, esp. the new stuff, but this is them at their best.

#top100 70: Lamb - Gorecki

Beautiful. Nothing else to be said about it really. 8 1/2 minutes of class.

#top100 71: Semisonic - Chemistry

 Go on, do your worst. I LOVE this.

#top100 72: Cake - The Distance

Cake is a made up drug. But I'm hooked.

#top100 73: Pavement - Type Slowly

Bought S&E, unimpressed; got CRCR, enjoyed; WZ, nope; BTC? Yes! That's the one

#top100 74: Carter USM - Shopper's Paradise

Jimbob shows us why he's one of the greatest indie lyricists

#top100 75: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness

Prefer the BPB stuff to his Palace years. Bona fide genius

#top100 76: The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl

From one of the longest in the list, to the shortest...

#top100 77: The Stone Roses - Fools Gold

Yeah, you all know this one

#top100 78: Jeff Buckley - Everybody Here Wants You

Oh I'm an old softy at heart...

#top100 79: Spiritualized - Come Together

Could have picked half a dozen, went for this one.

#top100 80: New Order - Shellshock

 From my days collecting all the Factory NO 12"s this was my favourite.

#top100 81: Tricky - Aftermath

From another top 20 album, this never gets old. Single a 50p bargain from Prestatyn Record Shop

#top100 82: Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down

A favourite from seeing it on TOTP back in the day.

#top100 83: dEUS - Hotellounge (be the death of me)

From a top 20 album, by one of my favourite bands.

#top100 84: Tindersticks - City Sickness

Mmmm... Tindersticks

#top100 85: KLF - 3 a m eternal

Heard this one? Possibly the only #1 hit single in the list. Can't be bothered checking

#top100 86: Sonic Youth - 100%

Here's that other % song. Another to play loud.

#top100 87:The Beatles - And I Love Her

Ok, you all know this one. From my favourite Beatles album, A Hard Day's Night

#top100 88: Don't I Hold You - Wheat

Another change of pace. Beautiful tune.

#top100 89: New Bad Things - I Suck

Tell 'em John. The exact first time I heard this. Still have that Festive 50 tape...

#top100 90: The Sugarcubes - Birthday

I remember @eifion playing this in the 6th form common room. A classic

#top100 91: Beastie Boys - Three MC's and One DJ

Oh my, this brings a stupid great grin to my face

#top100 92: Scott Walker - Jackie

Of course that should say The Amazing Scott Walker

#top100 93: Veruca Salt - Seether

Let's rock!



#top100 94: The Sundays - Can't Be Sure

 Could've been any track off that album really. Amazing voice, amazing guitar.

#top100 95: FATIMA MANSIONS : 1000%

Here's a change of pace then...

#top100 96: Massive Attack - Protection

Not everyone's MA pick, but it's Tracey Thorn for crying out loud.

#top100 97: Destiny's Child - Jumpin', Jumpin'

Did I ever tell you about the time I was in Destiny's Child?

#top100 98: Phoenix - Lisztomania

Just a great tune. Pure pop.

#top100 99: Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

I remember this from Nicky Campbell on late night R1

#top100 100: Gomez - Get Myself Arrested

Here we go with the @maffrj #top100 Starting with the only song I ever sang in public.

Music Diary 2012 Day 7

Last day of #musicdiary2012 brings more iPod hits & no radio. Oh, and an @LPGrp session which is also fun. This month it's Psychocandy which I've never listened to before.






The Specials - Ghost Town
The Wedding Present - Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Radiohead - Last Flowers In The Hospital
PJ Harvey - Meet Za Monsta
the Mountain Goats - Old College Try
Grinderman - Bellringer Blues
J Mascis - Too Deep
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
Geneva - No One Speaks
Bjork - Come To Me
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
the Mountain Goats - Going To Bridlington
Prince - Dirty Mind
Carter USM - Let's Get Tattoos
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
The Wedding Present - She's My Best Friend
Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
Gomez - Machismo
Fleet Foxes - The Plains / Bitter Dancers
Gomez - Do's And Don'ts
Radiohead - Climbing Up The Walls
Fenix Down - Going To Georgia
Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke
Jeffrey Lewis - Walls
Radiohead - Backdrifts
The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
The Flaming Lips - What Is The Light
the Mountain Goats - Weekend In Western Illinois
The Wedding Present - Suck
Bettie Serveert - Sundazed To The Core
Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I Am A Cinematographer
Whale - Happy In You
Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
Pavement - Ann Don't Cry
The Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed


New Order - Everything's Gone Green
Pixies - Vamos
The Wonder Stuff - Give. Give, Give Me More, More, More
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Hey Little
The Lilac Time - Dreaming
The Stone Roses - Your Star Will Shine


@LPGrp session The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy

Music Diary 2012 Day 6

Not a lot of rest today, but plenty of tunes to see me through it. Some all time favourites again, starting early with Bomb The Bass's Bug Powder Dust. Then there's the less likely favourites like Cry Me A River and Shiver. I loved Shiver from the first time I heard it and I still have a lot of time for that first Coldplay album.


Somewhere in the middle of all this I had Belly's album Star playing in the car. That's a corker and no mistake. Might listen to King tomorrow - it's been a while.


Prince - D.M.S.R.
Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust
Buffalo Tom - I'm Allowed
Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California
PJ Harvey - Fountain
The Wedding Present - Box Elder
Phoenix - Armisitice
Bill Janovitz - Little Girl Blue
Pavement - Unfair
The Wedding Present - Mothers
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Belle & Sebastian - Me And The Major
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Three Questions
Flight Of The Conchords - The Most Beautiful Girl In The Room
Cornershop - Sounds Super Recordings
Semisonic - Get A Grip
LCD Soundsystem - Time To Get Away
Suede - New Generation
The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
God Help The Girl - A Down And Dusky Blonde
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - A Perfect Day To Drop The Bomb
LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
The Lilac Time - The Beauty In Your Body
Cake - Opera Singer
The Beloved - Time After Time
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Shipi Song
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - Second To Last Will And Testament
Bill Janovitz - You And Your Sister
Pavement - Strings Of Nashville
Prince & The Revolution - Anotherloverholenyohead
Underworld - Big Mouth
Coldplay - Shiver
The National - Anyone's Ghost
The Wedding Present - Flame On
The Beach Boys - I Get Around
The Streets - Blinded By The Lights
Wings - Live & Let Die
The Wonder Stuff - Piece Of Sky
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
the Mountain Goats - California Song
Pixies - Dig For Fire
De La Soul - Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Agnes, Queen Of Sorrow
The Wedding Present - Don't Laugh
Throwing Muses - Saving Grace
The Wedding Present - Catwoman
the Mountain Goats - 1 John 4:16
Bombay Bicycle Club - Magnet
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - For Every Field There's A Mole
Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth
the Mountain Goats - Psalms 40:2
The Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)
the Mountain Goats - Pure Gold
David Griffiths - Summer Sunday Morning
dEUS - Great American Nude
Pulp - Something Changed
Buffalo Tom - Here I Come (Demo)
Arctic Monkeys - The Bad Thing
James - Just Like Fred Astaire
Teenage Fanclub - 120 mins
The Coral - Secret Kiss
Thom Yorke - Analyse
PJ Harvey - The Dancer
Bon Iver - Calgary
The Wedding Present - What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?

Music Diary 2012 Day 5 (reprise)

Yes I did the washing up & yes I have more tunes to add.

Woo! Airhead!


De La Soul - Tread Water
R.E.M. - Turn You Inside-Out
Airhead - I Might Fall
Teenage Fanclub - Say No
The Futureheads - Robot
Camera Obscura - The Sweetest Thing
Galaxie 500 - Strange
The Apples In Stereo - King Of Carrot lowers Pt. 3
Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Live)
The Lilac Time - Return To Yesterday
Otis Redding - My Girl
Edwin Starr - War
Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give A Fuck

Music Diary 2012 Day 5

I told a friend in work about this blog and he pointed out  "I'm reading a list of tracks that someone's listened to.....it's mad I tell you, MAD!"


He's right you know (not really! Stay! Read! Validate my existence by reading a list of songs someone you don't know has listened to!).


Anyway, another work day, another day of (mostly) radio. You know you could probably just read the R2/6music websites (not really! Stay! Read! Validate my existence by reading a list of songs someone you don't know has listened to!).


A few gems on the radio today. Bruce doing I'm On Fire is one of my all time favourites (I think it came up on one of these posts the other day too) and it's always good to hear Birthday. A lot of the radio stuff just washes over me but I'm particularly enjoying the Yacht & Best Coast records at the moment.


A nice surprise at lunch. I haven't listened to the first Frank Black solo album for years (or any solo Frank Black stuff come to that). When it comes to Pixies side projects I've always been more of a Breeders/Amps man, but I knew more of this album than I expected. Obviously there's Hang On To Your Ego, but I found myself singing along to plenty of the tracks on there.


It's late & I really should go and do the washing up and play some more tunes but I've had a couple of glasses of red wine and I'm thinking "screw it! I can do it in the morning".


Of course really I'm going to go and do the washing up so that when Mrs J gets in from the night  shift she doesn't think I've been a lazy get all evening.




BBC 6music - Shaun Keaveny



Best Coast — The Only Place
The Monkees — I'm A Believer
The Magnetic Fields — Quick!
The Cult — She Sells Sanctuary
The Cardigans — My Favourite Game
Paul Weller — When Your Garden's Overgrown
Arcade Fire — Ready To Start

BBC R2 - Chris Evans

Bruce Springsteen — I'm On Fire
Bryan Adams — Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman ?
Engelbert Humperdinck — Love Will Set You Free

BBC R2 - Ken Bruce

The Monkees — Daydream Believer
Bachman-Turner Overdrive — You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Train — 50 Ways To Say Goodbye
Madonna — The Power Of Goodbye
Barbra Streisand — Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born")
The Beach Boys — That's Why God Made The Radio
The Hoosiers — Goodbye Mr A
John Miles — Music
Rumer — P.F. Sloan
Average White Band — Let's Go Round Again
America — Ventura Highway
Marmalade — Falling Apart At The Seams
Ren Harvieu — Love Is A Melody
Cher — Believe
Jessie J — Stand Up
The O'Jays — Back Stabbers
Elton John — Nobody Wins
The Rubettes — Sugar Baby Love
Coldplay — The Hardest Part

Lunchtime iPod album

Frank Black - Frank Black


1. Los Angeles
2. I Heard Ramona Sing
3. Hang On To Your Ego
4. Fu Manchu
5. Places Named After Numbers
6. Czar
7. Old Black Dawning
8. Ten Percenter
9. Brackish Boy
10. Two Spaces
11. Tossed [Instrumental Version]

BBC 6music - Lauren Laverne

Richard Hawley — She Brings the Sunlight


The Sugarcubes — Birthday
Julian Cope — World Shut Your Mouth
Mystery Jets — Someone Purer



BBC 6music - Radcliffe & Maconie



Ash — Shining Light
Jimi Hendrix — Manic Depression
Yacht — Le Goudron
Sigur Rós — Varud
The Stranglers — Get A Grip On Yourself
Best Coast — The Only Place
Orbital — Chime
The Divine Comedy — Becoming More Like Alfie
Arctic Monkeys — Electricity
Talk Talk — Give It Up


BBC 6music - Lamacq




Zulu Winter — Silver Tongue
The Stooges — I Wanna Be Your Dog
Stephen Hudson — Everything Electric
Faces — Ooh La La
Poliça — Dark Star
Foo Fighters — Baker Street - Evening Session 30/04/97

Music Diary 2012 Day 4

It's bedtime and this list has taken me ages tonight so no editorial tonight I'm afraid, just a list.


But hey, everyone loves a list don't they...

BBC 6music - Shaun Keaveny

Sly & The Family Stone — Everyday People
The Black Keys — Dead And Gone
Talking Heads — Burning Down The House

BBC Radio2 - Graham Norton

The Musgraves - I Need A Dollar
Maroon 5 - Payphone


BBC 6music - Shaun Keaveny
Nick Drake — River Man
The KLF — 3am ETERNAL
Grimes — Oblivion
The Temper Trap — Sweet Disposition

BBC Radio2 - Zoe Ball

Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Stevie WonderDo I Do
Armand van Helden - You Don't Know Me
Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

BBC Radio2 - Tony Blackburn

Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop
The Beach Boys - Cottonfields
Billy Joel - Tell Her About It
Man Get Out - Berlin
Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World
Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore
Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight
Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting

BBC Radio2 - Jo Whiley

Prince & The Revolution - Kiss
Alabama Shakes - Hold On
Pulp - Babies
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz

BBC Radio2 - The Matthew, Nelson and Wright Soul Show

The Contours - First I Look At The Purse
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Etta James - Tell Mama
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
The Undisputed Truth - You + Me = Love
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way to San Jose
Bobby Womack - Just My Imagination
Nina Simone - I put A Spell On You
Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker

Lunchtime iPod album

Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been

1. Out There

2. Start Choppin'

3. What Else Is New

4. On The Way

5. Not The Same

6. Get Me

7. Drawerings

BBC 6music - Lauren Laverne

De La Soul — Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
Main Source — Lookin' Out The Front Door
Various Cruelties — Capsize
The Streets — Weak Become Heroes
Public Service Broadcasting — Spitfire
My Best Fiend — Cracking Eggs

BBC 6music - Radcliffe & Maconie

The Special A.K.A. — Gangsters
Hot Chip — Night & Day
Foals — Spanish Sahara
Be Bop Deluxe — Ships In The Night
Gemma Ray — Runaway
The Magnetic Fields — Quick!
Underworld — Born Slippy
The Black Keys — Dead And Gone
The Chiffons — He's So Fine
Poliça — Dark Star
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny — Sweet Tooth Bird
Gnarls Barkley — Smiley Faces
Zulu Winter — Silver Tongue
Radiohead — Paranoid Android
David Bowie — Red Sails
Tanlines — All Of Me
Richard Hawley — Leave Your Body Behind You
George Harrison — My Sweet Lord (Demo)
George Harrison — The Light That Has Lighted The World (Demo)
George Harrison — I'd Have You Any Time
The Dreaming Spires — Not Every Song From The Sixties Is A Classic
MGMT — Kids
Grimes — Oblivion
Manic Street Preachers — Everything Must Go
Dusty Springfield — The Look Of Love
The Rapture — Children
Malcolm McLaren — Buffalo Gals
Buffalo Springfield — For What It's For
Avi Buffalo — What's In It For?

BBC 6music - Steve Lamacq

The Mighty Wah! — The Story Of The Blues
Best Coast — The Only Place
Peter Tosh — Equal Rights
Fiction — Careful
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine — Bloodsport For All
Garbage — Automatic Systemic Habit
Alabama Shakes — Rise To The Sun - Maida Vale 04/05/12


iPod on shuffle

Spiritualized - Death Take Your Fiddle

Teenage Fanclub - Heavy Metal 6

Bonnie Prince Billy - The Lion Lair

Iron & Wine - Half Moon

Small Faces - My Way Of Giving

Bjork - Alarm Call

Small Faces - You've Really Got A Hold On Me
Radiohead - Planet Telex
The Divine Comedy - National Express

The Bluetones - Mudslide

Belle & Sebastian - The Wrong Girl
Bloc Party - Two More Years
Underworld - King Of Snake
Arctic Monkeys - Red Right Hand
Pavement - You Are A Light
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Belle And Sebastian - If She Wants Me
Small Faces - I Can't Dance With You
The Secret Machines - Nowehere Again

Music Diary 2012 Day 3

No school run today so 6music from the start. Nice to hear the Postal Service & The Hives, but I'm no fan of Echo & The Bunnymen. One of those bands that always left me cold. I'm even unlikely to listen to the Pavement version of that track, and I'll listen to just about anything by Pavement.


Nothing great in the R2 line-up today although nice to hear Climie Fisher & This Charming Man.


At lunchtime I chose a Stephen Duffy album. Duffy is one of those artists that I have to thank my friend Eifion for pointing me towards (see also: the Mountain Goats, The Durutti Column (and most other Factory bands), Pixies, Throwing Muses (and most other 4AD bands), BPB, The Wedding Present, The Smiths, The Sugarcubes/Bjork... The list goes on. He's basically responsible for most of my musical education).


I'd heard Duffy's pop hits Kiss Me & The Icing On The Cake back in the day but Eifion bought the debut album by his band The Lilac Time based (I think) on the video for Return to Yesterday being on The Chart Show. There was no looking back from there really. Whether it's the folky Lilac Time stuff, the more Britpop "Duffy" stuff or the wonderful Music In Colours album he did with Nigel Kennedy, it's generally great stuff. It's no wonder Robbie Williams wanted him as a songwriter.


As I write this MrsJ is watching 100 Greatest Love Songs on VH1 so I'm off to wash the dishes to escape from Phil Collins. If it hadn't been for Eifion I might be joining her saying "I love Phil me".


Thankfully I'm not.


I'll report back with a list of iPod tunes shortly...




BBC 6music - Shaun Keaveny

Richard Hawley — Leave Your Body Behind You
David Bowie — Modern Love
The Postal Service — Such Great Heights
Echo & The Bunnymen — The Killing Moon
Best Coast — The Only Place
Hives — Walk Idiot Walk

BBC Radio2 - Chris Evans



Peggy Lee — Fever
Bee Gees — Night Fever
Paloma Faith — Picking Up The Pieces
JD McPherson — North Side Gal
George Martin Orchestra — Theme One
Tony Blackburn — Chop-Chop
The Move — Flowers In The Rain
George Michael — Faith



BBC Radio2 - Ken Bruce



Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero
Emeli Sandé — My Kind Of Love (radio edit)
Take That — The Flood
Climie Fisher — Love Changes (Everything)
Morten Harket — Scared Of Heights
Belinda Carlisle — Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — A.K.A... What A Life!
Keane — Silenced By The Night
The Trammps — Hold Back The Night
The Manhattan Transfer — Walk In Love
Kid Rock — All Summer Long
The Beach Boys — That's Why God Made The Radio
Michael Nesmith — Rio
Mike Oldfield — Tubular Bells
Status Quo — Roll Over Lay Down
Snow Patrol — Spitting Games
Tom Jones — Hit Or Miss
Ren Harvieu — Open Up Your Arms
Arlo Guthrie — City Of New Orleans
Rumer — P.F. Sloan
The Smiths — This Charming Man
David Essex — Gonna Make You A Star
Jeff Wayne & Chris Thompson — Thunderchild
Avalanche City — Sunset
Little Eva — The Locomotion

Lunchtime iPod album
Duffy - I Love My Friends

1. Tune In
2. Eucharist
3. 17
4. Lover's Beware
5. You Are
6. The Deal
7. She Belongs To All
8. Autopsy
9. What If I Fell In Love WIth You

BBC 6music - Lauren Laverne

The Velvet Underground — Sunday MorningSunless — Body WeatherTanlines — All Of MeHerbie Hancock — RockitRamones — Do You Remember Rock N'roll Radio?

BBC 6music - Radcliffe & Maconie
Richard Hawley — Leave Your Body Behind You
The Staple Singers — I'll Take You There
John Lee Hooker — This Is Hip
Team Me — Weathervanes And Chemicals
The Duckworth Lewis Method — Age of Revolution
Franz Ferdinand — Take Me Out
Dan Mangan — About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All
Supertramp — School
Perfume Genius — AWOL Marine
Billy Bragg — Sexuality
Best Coast — The Only Place
Cypress Hill — Insane In The Brain
Madness — Wings Of A Dove
Hooded Fang — Tosta Mista - 6 Music Hub Session 090512
Kate Bush — Hounds Of Love
Beat — Too Nice To Talk To
Ren Harvieu — Open Up Your Arms
Ren Harvieu — Through The Night
Fairport Convention — Who Knows Where The Time Goes
The Kinks — You Really Got Me
Garbage — Battle In Me
Doves — Sea Song
Led Zeppelin — Heartbreaker
Paul Weller — When Your Garden's Overgrown
Heaven 17 — Temptation
Moloko — Sing It Back
Damon Albarn — The Marvelous Dream
Camera Obscura — French Navy

BBC 6music - Steve Lamacq

Kraftwerk — The ModelWe Are Augustines — JuarezRush — Spirit Of Radio

Heart FM


Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love




iPod on shuffle


Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - The Game Gets Old
the Mountain Goats - The Sign
Pavement - Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse)
The Small Faces - Understanding
Pulp - Help The Aged
Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush