Some people are spending this period of lockdown being very creative, learning a new skill, taking up a new hobby, or catching up on books and TV they never quite had the time for previously. Others are bored stiff and looking for something to do. But some of us are fortunate (?) enough that they […]
Entries Tagged as 'Music'
Passing the time in lockdown
April 8th, 2020 · Comments Off on Passing the time in lockdown · Life, Music
Tags: Coronavirus·Spotify·TV
2019 – Must I Evolve?
January 3rd, 2020 · Comments Off on 2019 – Must I Evolve? · Music
Now we are firmly into 2020 (Happy New Year BTW) it is time to increment my 1962 onwards playlist by another tune. Deciding what to put on there was a tough decision because there was so much good music last year, and I got to listen to a lot more music than I normally would. […]
Tags: 1962Onwards
Thinking Christmassy thoughts
December 25th, 2019 · Comments Off on Thinking Christmassy thoughts · Life, Music
I don’t think its a secret that I am not a fan of Christmas. I’m not ashamed of that, not proud, it just is what it is. I just don’t get it or buy into all the fuss about it, but ironically I may well enjoy it more than many of the Xmas fanatics because […]
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2019 Wrapped. A few surprises
December 7th, 2019 · Comments Off on 2019 Wrapped. A few surprises · Music
Spotify have this ‘wrapped’ feature where they tell you what your most listened to songs and artists are for the year. A bit premature when there is nearly a twelfth of the year left, but it is what it is. My bedtime habits do rather influence the results though. I have 30 or so playlists […]
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New Age Steppers
August 1st, 2019 · Comments Off on New Age Steppers · Music
I was dead chuffed yesterday when I stumbled across New Age Steppers on Spotify. I used to have a 12″ single of theirs back in 1981. It got played a lot, but I never really knew anything about them. I just liked the single, which I only bought unheard because it was going cheap. My […]
Tags: Nostalgia
2018 – Get Your Shirt
July 9th, 2019 · Comments Off on 2018 – Get Your Shirt · Music
As far as music was concerned 2018 was many things: it was even better than 2017, it was a year for female artists and it was a year for comebacks.
Tags: 1962Onwards·YouTube
All Killer – Juju (1981)
July 6th, 2019 · Comments Off on All Killer – Juju (1981) · Music
Juju by Siouxsie & the Banshees is one of the few albums that I can remember buying on the day of release. I can even remember where I bought it – the WH Smiths at London Bridge station on the way home from work. To be fair though, I only realised afterwards that it was […]
2017 – Miami
July 5th, 2019 · Comments Off on 2017 – Miami · Music
When I decided to write about one track from every year of my life I don’t think I realised how bloody old I am – it turned out to be a bit of an epic chore, but the end is in sight now. By that I mean that I am nearly caught up, not that […]
Tags: 1962Onwards·YouTube
2016 – Hardwired
July 4th, 2019 · Comments Off on 2016 – Hardwired · Music
It continues to pleasantly surprise me how as we get further from the golden age of the 70’s and I continue to get more decrepit, there seems to be more new music I like rather than less. Admittedly, little of what is in the singles charts does much for me, but long-established artists continued to […]
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2015 – Uptown Funk
July 2nd, 2019 · Comments Off on 2015 – Uptown Funk · Music
When I first decided to put together a playlist with one track from each year I have been around I expected that I would agonise over what to include in the years of the late 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and struggle to find anything new in the 21st Century, having lost touch a bit with […]
Tags: 1962Onwards·YouTube
