Crucial Track for 30 April 2025
"Death or Glory" by The Clash
I don't know if this song always makes me feel better, exactly, but I love it to bits and want it played at my funeral. So there's that.
Crucial Track for 29 April 2025: Hungry Heart
"Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen
As far as representing my current mood goes, I'm actually just hungry. But Springsteen's 'Hungry Heart' is always a good choice. The story goes he wrote it for The Ramones, or at least was going to offer it to them. But he decided to keep it, and of course put it on The River.
That album — and most of his gigs since — wouldn't have been the same without it. But I'd still love to have heard The Ramones do it.
Crucial Track for 29 April 2025
"Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen
As far as representing my current mood goes, I'm actually just hungry. But Springsteen's 'Hungry Heart' is always a good choice. The story goes he wrote it for The Ramones, or at least was going to offer it to them. But he decided to keep it, and of course put it on The River.
That album — and most of his gigs since — wouldn't have been the same without it. But I'd still love to have heard The Ramones do it.
Crucial Track for 28 April 2025: The Prince
"The Prince" by Madness
Madness: At the heart of the ska revival of the eighties. I’d have gone to see them in Glasgow, on the Two-Tone tour, with The Specials and The Selecter, if it hadn’t been at an over-18s-only venue. I was 16.
Crucial Track for 28 April 2025
"The Prince" by Madness
Madness: At the heart of the ska revival of the eighties. I’d have gone to see them in Glasgow, on the Two-Tone tour, with The Specials and The Selecter, if it hadn’t been at an over-18s-only venue. I was 16.
Crucial Track for 27 April 2025: Ticket to Ride
"Ticket to Ride" by The Beatles
It’s interesting that, although I could give you various answers to the ’first single’ question, I don’t actually know what the first album I bought was.
Still, it’s bound to have been a Beatles one. So let’s go with the Red Album, and ‘Ticket to Ride’.
Crucial Track for 27 April 2025
"Ticket to Ride (2023 Mix)" by The Beatles
It’s interesting that, although I could give you various answers to the ’first single’ question, I don’t actually know what the first album I bought was.
Still, it’s bound to have been a Beatles one. So let’s go with the Red Album, and ‘Ticket to Ride’.
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I must say, I’d’ve been very disappointed if I hadn’t got this one, but I haven’t often got it in two.
Crucial Track for 26 April 2025: I'm So Free
"I'm So Free" by Lou Reed
Lou Reed is one of my all-time faves, both with the Velvets and solo. This one popped into my mind this morning as we were walking back from badminton (playing the game, not the place where they have horsey things). It’s from the mighty Transformer album.
Crucial Track for 26 April 2025
"I'm So Free" by Lou Reed
Lou Reed is one of my all-time faves, both with the Velvets and solo. This one popped into my mind this morning as we were walking back from badminton (playing the game, not the place where they have horsey things). It’s from the mighty Transformer album.