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No-One Knows What It's Like To Be Me: Manic Street Preachers
Another Manics classic, this time from the Everything Must Go EP, which debuted at #5, the week of 28th July 1996.
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No-One Knows What It's Like To Be Me: Manic Street Preachers
Another Manics classic, this time from the Everything Must Go EP, which debuted at #5, the week of 28th July 1996.
youtu.be/qXpAcjA98PU?...
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Atomic: Blondie (1980)
There's a reason why an obvious pick is an obvious pick.
youtu.be/O_WLw_0DFQQ?...
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Atomic: Blondie (1980)
There's a reason why an obvious pick is an obvious pick.
youtu.be/O_WLw_0DFQQ?...
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Yesterday, it was ABBA On The Jukebox, today it's...
Love Songs On The Radio: Mojave 3 (1995)
Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell take the achingly loving and slow it down even more.
youtu.be/yhGCk1Nlyfw?...
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Yesterday, it was ABBA On The Jukebox, today it's...
Love Songs On The Radio: Mojave 3 (1995)
Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell take the achingly loving and slow it down even more.
youtu.be/yhGCk1Nlyfw?...
I Didn't Come Here for Art: Lynks (2025)
Might be song of the year for me...
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I Didn't Come Here for Art: Lynks (2025)
Might be song of the year for me...
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W.E.S.S.E.X.Y.: Julian Cope
From the Try,Try,Try EP, a #24 UK hit in August 1995.
Every song a winner, but this one is especially brilliant.
youtu.be/99X_OnfxGK4?...
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W.E.S.S.E.X.Y.: Julian Cope
From the Try,Try,Try EP, a #24 UK hit in August 1995.
Every song a winner, but this one is especially brilliant.
youtu.be/99X_OnfxGK4?...
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ABBA On The Jukebox: Trembling Blue Stars (1996)
Warning: this song's beauty can make you cry.
I could put this on a loop for four straight hours and still not tire of listening to it.
youtu.be/qif08eo3zTc?...
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ABBA On The Jukebox: Trembling Blue Stars (1996)
Warning: this song's beauty can make you cry.
I could put this on a loop for four straight hours and still not tire of listening to it.
youtu.be/qif08eo3zTc?...
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This World Over: XTC (1984)
No wonder this band keep popping up in people's picks...
youtu.be/moQ7E0_yw7M?...
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This World Over: XTC (1984)
No wonder this band keep popping up in people's picks...
youtu.be/moQ7E0_yw7M?...
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dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
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Resolution Time: Beastie Boys
B-side of Sabotage/Get It Together, a UK #19 hit in July 1994.
youtu.be/ChfS2ELzP94?...
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Resolution Time: Beastie Boys
B-side of Sabotage/Get It Together, a UK #19 hit in July 1994.
youtu.be/ChfS2ELzP94?...
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Microphonediseases (Ail Mix): The Bumblebeez (2003)
See also 2003 B-side Fuck Your Microphone
youtu.be/NKU0h-BSMAg?...
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Microphonediseases (Ail Mix): The Bumblebeez (2003)
See also 2003 B-side Fuck Your Microphone
youtu.be/NKU0h-BSMAg?...
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Public Pervert: Interpol (2005)
Another 21st century pick...
youtu.be/7Q67EYQYUFQ?...
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Public Pervert: Interpol (2005)
Another 21st century pick...
youtu.be/7Q67EYQYUFQ?...
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dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/deca...
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Sonic Reducer: The Dead Boys (1977)
I'd describe this as punk, but it gets a free pass for being included on seminal 1977 compilation New Wave.
youtu.be/HpYwXRsA2nI?...
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Sonic Reducer: The Dead Boys (1977)
I'd describe this as punk, but it gets a free pass for being included on seminal 1977 compilation New Wave.
youtu.be/HpYwXRsA2nI?...
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My Joy: Depeche Mode
B-side of Walking In My Shoes, which reached #14 in May 1993.
youtu.be/1NbhI1flokQ?...
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My Joy: Depeche Mode
B-side of Walking In My Shoes, which reached #14 in May 1993.
youtu.be/1NbhI1flokQ?...
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Angel's Harp: Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse ft. Black Francis (2009)
From the superb album Dark Night Of The Soul. RIP Mark Linkous.
youtu.be/NyWmFzDQgVM?...
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Angel's Harp: Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse ft. Black Francis (2009)
From the superb album Dark Night Of The Soul. RIP Mark Linkous.
youtu.be/NyWmFzDQgVM?...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/abou...
dubhed.blogspot.com/2025/11/abou...
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Unranked, one per year, three times around.
Theft: The Sugarcubes (1992)
B-side to the UK hit, er, Hit in January 1992.
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Unranked, one per year, three times around.
Theft: The Sugarcubes (1992)
B-side to the UK hit, er, Hit in January 1992.
youtu.be/QfwVMu8Zf-E?...
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Piano: Garnett Silk (1998)
Originally on the USA posthumous compilation Journey, following Garnett's tragic death in 1994, it was re-released on 12" in 2017 as Life Is Like A Piano.
youtu.be/5Fjj8PiUppQ?...
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Piano: Garnett Silk (1998)
Originally on the USA posthumous compilation Journey, following Garnett's tragic death in 1994, it was re-released on 12" in 2017 as Life Is Like A Piano.
youtu.be/5Fjj8PiUppQ?...
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Michael: Franz Ferdinand (2004)
A 21st century pick, but can you blame me when it's this good?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktwl...
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Michael: Franz Ferdinand (2004)
A 21st century pick, but can you blame me when it's this good?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktwl...
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Stage Fright: CHIC (1981)
It certainly wasn't showing when I saw Nile Rodgers and the band perform a few years ago...
youtu.be/o9arN6feODI?...
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Stage Fright: CHIC (1981)
It certainly wasn't showing when I saw Nile Rodgers and the band perform a few years ago...
youtu.be/o9arN6feODI?...
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Suffice To Say: Yachts (1977)
Members went on to arguably even greater things with Pink Military, It's Immaterial and The Christians, but I love this.
youtu.be/WC-VOYJf-mQ?...
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Suffice To Say: Yachts (1977)
Members went on to arguably even greater things with Pink Military, It's Immaterial and The Christians, but I love this.
youtu.be/WC-VOYJf-mQ?...