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