In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No21 The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes by The Very Things. Described by Wikipedia as ‘a Dadaist post-punk band from Redditch’ – The Very Things hovered around the fringes of the Psychobilly movement of the 1980s, although they had little in common with any of those bands. Led by The Shend […]
Great Moments In Music
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In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No20 Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs. The first instrumental to be included in the Great Moments series, this 1962 single by the legendary Stax house band is a bona fide classic. Originators of the Southern Soul sound, the MGs were also pioneers in being one […]
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No 19 Plain Sailing by Tracey Thorn. A gorgeous slice of ’80s minimalism from the 1982 solo album A Distant Shore by Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl. Though she had already met future partner and longtime collaborator Ben Watt at Hull University, they both originally signed to Cherry Records as solo artists.
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No 18 World Destruction by Time Zone. One of the first rock/rap crossover, 1984’s World Destruction was the second single by Time Zone, a side project of rap pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. tt featured a collaboration with bassist producer and – showing a keen eye for the zeitgeist – PiL and ex-Sex Pistols […]
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No 17 Shipbuilding by Robert Wyatt. The first top 40 hit for Rough Trade records, Robert Wyatt‘s version of Shipbuilding was first released in August 1982, but did not trouble the charts until eight months later when it was re-released to coincide with the first anniversary of the Falklands conflict. […]
