Playlist: Listen, my friends! ~ October 2012
In the words of Moby Grape… listen, my friends! Yes, it’s the (hopefully) monthly playlist presented by George’s Journal just for you good people.
There may be one or two classics to be found here dotted in among different tunes you’re unfamiliar with or have never heard before – or, of course, you may’ve heard them all before. All the same, why not sit back, listen away and enjoy…
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Mireille Mathieu ~ Le Derniere Valse
Marvin Hamlisch ~ Theme from The Swimmer (1968) (Send For Me In Summer)
Fapardokly ~ Mr Clock
Jefferson Airplane ~ Volunteers1
The Troggs ~ The Raver
Al Green ~ Let’s Stay Together2
Lulu ~ The Man Who Sold The World
Van McCoy ~ The Shuffle
Boz Scaggs ~ Lowdown
Marvin Gaye ~ Got To Give It Up
Nick Lowe ~ I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass3
Mike Batt ~ Better Than A Dream5
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1 Performed at the Woodstock Festival, August 1969 in Bethel, New York
2 Performed in 1972 on the legendary US TV music show Soul Train (1971-2006)
3 This was pub rock, punk and New Wave mover-and-shaker Lowe’s biggest hit in the UK, where it peaked at #7 in 1978; by sheer coincidence, his follow-up single Cruel To Be Kind peaked at exactly the same chart position – #12 – in the UK, the US, Australia and Canada
4 This 1985 UK #11 hit’s seemingly indecipherable lyrics actually refer to the Nicholas Roeg films Performance (1970), Walkabout (1971), Don’t Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) and Insignificance (1985) and features dialogue from Performance throughout
5 The unforgettable ballad that opened the ITV cartoon series The Dreamstone (1990-95)
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