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Catching up on forty years. 1992: These Are Days – 10,000 Maniacs
Bob Harris and Natalie Merchant photo by @WhisperingBob There are always songs that define moments. I have the privilege of sharing three of those moments with 10,000 Maniacs and their lead singer...
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Catching up on forty years. 1993: Big Time Sensuality – Bjork
There’s something about Iceland. The old ‘hate poetry’. The even older volcanoes that can grind the world to a halt when they cough. Their rather unique economic set-up. And their unique offerings...
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Catching up on forty years. 1994: Parklife – Blur
Blur vs Oasis Whigfield vs Wet Wet Wet PJ & Duncan vs Take That The Prodigy vs Crash Test Dummies The list of delegates for the songs of 1994 are as long as a European Election ballot form. The...
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Catching up on forty years. 1995: Ironic – Alanis Morrissette
“Alanis Morrissette – another woman in dire need of ice cream” Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory (The Wheaton Recurrence) If 1992, and Natalie Merchant’s These Are Days, brought me a song for those...
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Catching up on forty years. 1996: Rotterdam (or Anywhere) – The Beautiful South
Sometimes simplicity wins over all. When the Housemartins went their separate ways in the late 80s (trust me, Happy Hour was all set to be THE song for 1985, to be pipped at the post by The Queen and...
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Catching up on forty years. 1997: Chan Chan – Buena Vista Social Club
If the World Cup is slowing down my blogging creative juices and replacing them with beer and the usual disappointment of following England, there was no lack of juices flowing in 1997. Enter a bunch...
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Catching up on forty years. 1998: Brimful of Asha – Cornershop
Many crimes were committed in the name of music in 1998. The guilty are led by Celine Dion’s Titanic dirge which rode along in the wake of the blockbuster movie. Back that up with Cher’s electronic...
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Catching up on forty years. 1999: Praise You – Fat Boy Slim
I’ll always be a little bit biased about Praise You. After all, this is the song that opened the Seagulls’ long-awaited Amex Stadium in 2011, a celebration of the long haul, the club’s wonderful new...
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Catching up on forty years. 2000: Down to the river to pray – Alison Krauss
Our love of particular music is a combination of the song and the occasion. Which explains why the stand-out music from this year is a mix of blues and gospel from the frankly weird but brilliant...
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CATCHING UP ON FORTY YEARS. 2001: Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue
The Beatles brought us Yeah Yeah Yeah. Sinatra brought us Dooby-dooby-doo. Suzanne Vega brought us Do do do do, do do do do, do do do do, do do do do. In 2001 Kylie brings us La, la, la, la, la, la,...
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