Rob Morgan

I'm catching up with The Brits.

Rosalia was like Pete Tong goes opera. With Bjork.

Yes, that's the one. Great book.

Actually "Bryter Layter" is the most Boyd-ed, according to Joe's book - too many guests, too richly textured - and the minimalism of "Pink Moon" was a reaction to that.

I've tried them in all kinds of ways, I still don't get it. I've heard the songs, I've read the books, I really want to like his music but it doesn't click with me. You'd think it would be right up my street too. Sensitive minor key melancholy and all that.

(whispers)

I've never really "got" Nick Drake.

I've tried, many times, but it does absolutely nothing for me.

Oh my god!

(FFS autocorrect...

Try again...)

Waugh!

Good god!

What is he good for?

Brideshead Revisited

Say it again!

#20SongsByYear (Listed in alphabetical order by song title)

1969

Day 2

"Amazing journey" - The Who

"Sickness can surely take the mind
Where minds can't usually go..."

youtu.be/sy_VFBMrUhI?...

Good comparison

I lost an election so I bombed your country. Nice.

But does it use every string?

Definitely.

Egg roll and chips
Yum yum yum

While "Four sail" isn't up there with "Forever changes" I always enjoy listening to it and find songs from it stuck in my head for days.

ARE WE ONE SIXTH OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR ALREADY? WASN'T CHRISTMAS LAST WEEK? AREN'T THE NIGHTS GETTING LIGHTER? YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY EASTER ANY MORE. WHERE'S YOUR POPPY, WILL?

I've just listened to "Rein me in".

It's no "Where is my husband?", is it?

I used to play it in my office back in the late 90s, my workmates called it "dial up modem music".

Oh! That might explain why I found it so familiar when I first heard it in the 90s.

YouTube video by serge2k10 Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air

#20SongsByYear (Listed in alphabetical order by song title)

1969

Day 1

"A rainbow in curved air" - Terry Riley

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

Or so Google Translate tells me.

Imagine how pissed off he'll be when FIFA take their peace prize off him. He'll probably bomb somewhere... Oh.

Isn't that a reboot?

You all watched the Brits.

I watched Bridgerton.

YouTube video by New Order New Order - Everything's Gone Green (Official Lyric Video)

I forgot to put this in yesterday but how fitting that this is my favourite single ever:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaf-...

Teenage Fanclub - Toppermost The Songs From Northern Britain period could be seen as the high point in their career - a top twenty single, a well-regarded album - but it was only because the world had turned towards Teenage Fancl...

The Teenage Fanclub Toppermost from @durutti74.bsky.social and @riverboatcapt.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/teenage-fanc...

Disc 2, for having some slightly different choices to the run of the mill "Will this do?" synth pop compilations. And Queen can sod off.

Just give me a mention on the album credits. 8-)

Sponge Art Unicorns and Fun Farm Dough Art sets on sale in Asda

Forthcoming albums on Slumberland Records from...

If you click on the image the alt text gives you details of the singles. Very useful function I should use more often but it takes work, so hats off to those who use it effectively.