#MusicChallenge
This month's challenge was slightly easier as I found this analogue-playlist in my archives (read basement)…
#MusicChallenge
This month's challenge was slightly easier as I found this analogue-playlist in my archives (read basement)…
“Sixteen clumsy and shy
I went to London”
(I really did…minus the room at the YWCA)
2 - Half a Person
“Sixteen clumsy and shy
I went to London”
(I really did…minus the room at the YWCA)
2 - Half a Person
“So in my bedroom in those ugly new houses
I dance my legs down to the knees”
3 - Paint a Vulgar Picture
“So in my bedroom in those ugly new houses
I dance my legs down to the knees”
3 - Paint a Vulgar Picture
“But don't forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life … they were the only ones who ever stood by you”
4 - Rubber Ring
“But don't forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life … they were the only ones who ever stood by you”
4 - Rubber Ring
“And I've got no right to take my place with the human race”
5 - Bigmouth Strikes Again
“And I've got no right to take my place with the human race”
5 - Bigmouth Strikes Again
"Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go"
8 - Asleep
"Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go"
8 - Asleep
“These are the riches of the poor”
(Is this the top pick for the classic indie disco? I’m sure I’ve flailed my arms excessively to this)
9 - I Want the One I Can't Have
“These are the riches of the poor”
(Is this the top pick for the classic indie disco? I’m sure I’ve flailed my arms excessively to this)
9 - I Want the One I Can't Have
Best 3-track single ever. (B/w how soon is now? AND please, please, please)…fantastic sleeve too!
11 - William, It Was Really Nothing
Best 3-track single ever. (B/w how soon is now? AND please, please, please)…fantastic sleeve too!
11 - William, It Was Really Nothing
Let’s go with the less played (and yelp-free) peel session version
17 - This Charming Man
Let’s go with the less played (and yelp-free) peel session version
17 - This Charming Man
"But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
No, we cannot cling to those dreams"
18 - Still ill
"But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
No, we cannot cling to those dreams"
18 - Still ill
2nd best 3-track single. Both b-sides (Asleep and Rubber ring) are still to come in this list.
19 - The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
2nd best 3-track single. Both b-sides (Asleep and Rubber ring) are still to come in this list.
19 - The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
“When you laugh about people
Who feel so very lonely
Their only desire is to die”
20 - That joke isn’t funny anymore
“When you laugh about people
Who feel so very lonely
Their only desire is to die”
20 - That joke isn’t funny anymore
" 'cause tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight"
21 - I Know It’s Over
" 'cause tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight"
21 - I Know It’s Over
This next trio of songs is devastating, starting with…
22 - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
This next trio of songs is devastating, starting with…
22 - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
I prefer the purity of the peel session version
23 - Reel Around the Fountain - John Peel Session 18/05/83
I prefer the purity of the peel session version
23 - Reel Around the Fountain - John Peel Session 18/05/83
Ah, more high school feelings…
"If I seem a little strange
Well, that's because I am"
24 - unloveable
Ah, more high school feelings…
"If I seem a little strange
Well, that's because I am"
24 - unloveable
My high school life in four minutes…
25 - well I wonder
(“I'm so glad to grow older
to move away from those younger years")
My high school life in four minutes…
25 - well I wonder
(“I'm so glad to grow older
to move away from those younger years")