I’m half a century old. I am not
actually celebrating the event itself, other than by playing 6 a side and then
attending the Northern League Division 2 game between Team Northumbria and
Heaton Stannington. This isn’t because I’m a miserable old curmudgeon, which I
am, but because the real celebration is on hold until my Ben gets his A Level
results on Thursday 14th. However, to mark my 50th, I’ve
decided to come up with a theoretical mixtape of my life so far; 50 artists, 1
song each, in no particular order. As the artists involved were selected on the
basis of the order that they occurred to me, there will be many omissions, to
be returned to at a later date no doubt. Suffice to say, the first song mentioned
is the greatest song of all time by the greatest band of all time. After that,
the list is fairly random. Anyway, hope you enjoy the list….
1.
Teenage
Fanclub – Everything Flows
2.
The Wedding
Present – Corduroy
3.
The Velvet
Underground – What Goes On (Live 69 version)
4.
Bob Dylan – Like
A Rolling Stone
5.
Fairport
Convention – Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
6.
The Mekons –
Where
Were You?
7.
Penetration –
Don’t
Dictate
8.
The
Buzzcocks – Boredom
9.
Snatch – IRT
10.
Planxty – Johnny
Cope
11.
Christy
Moore – Cliffs of Doneen
12.
The Clancy
Brothers – Brennan on the Moor
13.
Liam Clancy
– In
Bodentown’s Churchyard
14.
The
Dubliners – The Patriot’s Game
15.
Lindisfarne
– Road
to Kingdom Come
16.
Sonic Youth
– Kotton
Krown
17.
Butthole
Surfers – 22 Going On 23
18.
Rapeman – Trouser
Minnow
19.
Shellac – Prayer
to God
20.
Dinosaur Jr
– Little
Fury Things
21.
Swans – Sex
God Sex
22.
The Weather
Prophets – Almost Prayed
23.
Trembling
Bells – Just As The Rainbow
24.
Einsturzende
Neubauten – Sand
25.
Joy Division
– New
Dawn Fades
26.
Cornershop –
6AM Jullander Shere
27.
British Sea
Power – Lately
28.
Midlake – Young
Bride
29.
The Pastels
– Baby
Honey
30.
David Bowie
– We
Are The Dead
31.
The Fall – Winter
32.
Fugazi – Blueprint
33.
Swervedriver
– Rave
Down
34.
Band of Holy
Joy – Who Snatched The Baby?
35.
That Petrol
Emotion – Sweet Shiver Burn
36.
Gang of Four
– To
Hell With Poverty
37.
Jimi Hendrix
– The
Wind Cries Mary
38.
Godspeed
You! Black Emperor – Mladic
39.
Neil Young –
Like
A Hurricane
40.
The Band – The
Weight
41.
Subway Sect
– Ambition
42.
The
Raincoats – Fairytale in the Supermarket
43.
Wire – Former
Airline
44.
Nirvana – All
Apologies (MTV acoustic)
45.
Nick Drake –
Black
Eyed Dog
46.
Cabaret
Voltaire – Do The Mussolini (Headkick)
47.
Patti Smith
– Piss
Factory
48.
Television –
Marquee
Moon
49.
The Byrds – Turn!
Turn! Turn!
50.
Jonathan
Richman & The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner
Of course,
as soon as I completed the above lists, several other bands popped into my
head. What was I to do? Simple; compose another list of 50 songs by 50
different bands. What I think is clear from both sets of 50 is that the song
I’ve chosen is the one by the particular artist that means the most to me by
that particular artist, however that can be defined…
51.
Orange Juice
– Blue
Boy
52.
Wah! – The Death of Wah!
53.
The Jesus
& Mary Chain – Never Understand
54. Rod Stewart –Maggie May
55.
Metal Urbain
– Paris
Marquis
56.
The Birthday
Party – Deep in the Woods
57.
Eno – Here
Come the Warm Jets
58.
Neu – Hallogallo
59.
Yo La Tengo
– The
Story of Yo La Tango
60.
A Certain
Ratio – Winter Hill
61.
Richard
& Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
62.
Pere Ubu – Final
Solution
63.
Captain Beefheart
& The Magic Band – Moonlight on Vermont
64.
Roxy Music –
In
Every Dream Home A Heartache
65.
The Cure – The
Figurehead
66.
Killdozer – When
The Levee Breaks
67.
Led Zeppelin
– Houses
of the Holy
68.
The Clash – White
Man in Hammersmith Palais
69.
The Pogues –
The
Broad, Majestic Shannon
70.
Swell Maps –
Stephen
Does
71.
Leonard
Cohen – The Sisters of Mercy
72.
Joan Baez – The
Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
73.
Alternative
TV – Action
Time Vision
74.
Blur – No
Distance Left To Run
75.
John Cale – I
Keep A Close Watch
76.
Johnny Cash
– New
Mexico
77.
Euros Childs
– Parents’
Place
78.
Ry Cooder – Billy
the Kid
79.
Pecker Dunne
– Wexford
80.
The Flying
Lizards – TV
81.
John the
Postman – Kowalski of the Seaview
82.
The
Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray
83.
Mercury Rev
– Car
Wash Hair
84.
The Oyster
Band – Rambling Irishman
85.
Gram Parsons
– Wild
Horses
86.
The Pop
Group – We Are All Prostitutes
87.
Sebadoh – Brand
New Love
88.
Throbbing
Gristle – United
89.
Destroy All
Monsters – Bored
90.
Robert Wyatt
– Yolande
91.
Clock DVA – 4
Hours
92.
Essential
Logic – Aerosol Burns
93.
The
Go-Betweens – Cattle and Cane
94.
The Slits – Man
Next Door
95.
Camper van
Beethoven – Take the Skinheads Bowling
96.
X Ray Spex -
Oh
Bondage Up Yours!
97.
My Bloody
Valentine – Feed Me With Your Kisses
98.
The Flowers
– After
Dark
99.
Nick Cave – By
the Time I Get to Phoenix
100.
Joni
Mitchell – A Case of You
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