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THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE
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THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE 1. Joy Division:  redrockrascal invited all and sundry to list the soundtrack of their life - see his The Soundtrack of YOUR Life What Is Yours blog post. Below is my soundtrack. At number one is Joy Division’s Atmosphere. Joy Division are my favourite band and their Unknown Pleasures album is my favourite album of all time. Their music was a mix of post-punk and new wave. Above is a photograph of Joy Division playing live. If their singer Ian Curtis dances as if he was fitting, he may have actually been fitting as he suffered from epilepsy. Just as Joy Division were about to go on a tour of America, Ian Curtis killed himself. Joy Division became New Order. But it was Joy Division that meant the most to me. The band I was in used to play sub-Joy Division music; we all had pale skin, wore long dark coats and looked miserable. Number two is Chic’s Le Freak. This song epitomises all that is great about disco. I particularly love late 1970s/early 1980s New York disco, such as that played by Odyssey, KC and the Sunshine Band, Donna Summer, Shalamar and Sister Sledge. Many people dismiss disco as politically irrelevant. But disco is about love; I would even argue that disco empowered black people, women and gay men. At number three is Alabama 3’s cover version of Hotel California, which I think is even better than the Eagles’ original. Alabama 3 are from Brixton not Alabama and there’s not three but many of them! Their music is a fusion of electronic, rock, gospel, blues and country music. I often played their music when playing a sex game with a former girlfriend; we called the game vks, short for very kinky sex! Lou Reed’s Walk On The Wild Side is my number four. I wanted to get married to this song but the bride’s mother vetoed this idea after she heard the lyrics. Instead we had to settle for Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart as the bride walked up the aisle and Lou Reed’s Perfect Day as we walked down the aisle. Yes, it was a pretentious wedding! Primal Scream’s Movin On Up comes in at number five. This song, taken from the brilliant Screamadelica album, captures the mood of the 1990s dance/rave era. At sex parties I hosted, Screamadelica would be the musical backdrop to lots of fucking. At number six is The Cure’s A Forest. This instrumental song takes your mind to nowhere via a dark forest. Fronted by Robert Smith, The Cure released many classic pop songs, such as Boys Don’t Cry and The Love Cats, though their albums were often far from poppy. My number seven is Steel Pulse’s Prodigal . Steel Pulse are a reggae band from Birmingham, not Alabama's but Britain's Birmingham. Their Handsworth Revolution album showed that Britain and not just Jamaica can do reggae. In the late 1970s I used to go to many Rock Against Racism gigs. I even tried to put dreadlocks in my hair but I soon realised that white boys can’t do reggae! At number eight is Lloyd Cole and the Commotions’ Perfect Skin. In the 1980s I lived in London and, just before I went out, I would always play their Rattlesnakes album to get in the mood! The Jam’s All Around The World comes in at number nine. Led by Paul Weller, The Jam emerged from the punk scene though their influences were more mod and soul. I used to dance alone to this song at parties pointing to women I fancied. Whenever Paul Weller sang "All around the world I've been looking for new", I would sing "All around the world I've been looking for you". It got me nowhere with women! Last but not least, and coming in number ten, is Alice Cooper’s School’s Out. This single was the first single I ever bought, and School’s Out was the first album I ever bought. What songs would be on the soundtrack of your life? Limiting my soundtrack to just ten songs was hard! There’s no room for David Bowie’s Heroes, Roxy Music’s Street Life, Mud’s Tiger Feet, Massive Attack’s Unfinished Symphony, Abba’s Dancing Queen, Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street, Odyssey’s Native New Yorker, The Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter, KC and the Sunshine Band’s Celebrate, Dolly Parton’s Jolene, Patti Smith Group’s Because The Night, Soft Cell’s Tainted Love, The Doors’ Riders On A Storm, Bon Jovi's Livin On A Prayer, Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing, Public Image Limited’s Public Image, T. Rex’s Get It On, Talking Heads' Pscycho Killer, Echo and the Bunnymen’s The Killing Moon, and Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean. No Beatles for me; I'm a Stones man! If you like your music, citizen4722 does a dastardly music quiz every Sunday. Thank you for reading my indulgent post! 2. Chic:  3. Alabama 3:  4. Lou Reed:  5. Primal Scream:  6. The Cure:  7. Steel Pulse:  8. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions:  9. The Jam:  10. Alice Cooper:  |
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Love music. Your choice of tunes today and bands is awesome. Band on the run would describe my life this past week.. Hopefully by the end it will be way better hugssssssssss V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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Must be British bands..........I never heard of them! 
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What songs would be on the soundtrack of your life? I'll probably save that for a post myself. When I read Rascal's post my mind went right to the earliest songs I can remember, instead of to what was my favorite music, but both are surely significant. I love the Drinking Song from La Traviata, Midnight Special by Huddie Ledbetter and Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic. I think the ten year difference between your age and mine really shows up in your post. When I go online to listen to "oldies" I listen to stuff like Blue Moon by the Marcels and Key to the Highway by Little Walter Jacobs. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Love all the bands. Especially Alice Cooper and The Cure. You rock
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Interesting post and choices Spunk, just was I was suggesting, but we have a problem. Not with your choice of music but with a comment you made. “better” than the Eagles’ original”.  The Eagles, an American band lived it, not a band confused as to where they are. Henley, one of the songwriters, said it is “a symbolic piece about America in general". The guitar riff(s), created by Don Felder and Joe Walsh, was voted the best guitar solo of all time by Guitarist Magazine readers' poll from, January 1998. While the group you mentioned may have covered it exactly (vocally and instrumentally) they did not experience it and they did not create it. So anyone else's feel for it is different than the feel that created it. If they change(d) it or play it differently then it is not “Hotel California”. This means war! !  When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Interesting choices but I am a Beatles girl all the way. Mine go back farher than yours....lol no surprise there. Starting with Paul Anka's "Diana", Bobby Vee's "The Night has a thousand Eyes", Sonny & Cher's "River Deep, Mountain High", Nat King Cole "Stay as sweet as you are", Roberta Flack's "The First time ever I saw your Face.....Jesus is that really 44 years ago? Time goes by so fast and there is a story for every one of them. There are more but I won't takeover your blog....  ~~Anais Nin~~
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The only group here I don't really know much about are Alabama 3. Your tastes in music are so close to mine. I carried on following and collecting New Order after Joy Division. Risque by Chic is a fantastic album. I have a Lou Reed box set of his first 5 albums. I have just about every Cure Album. Hansdworth Revolution album by Steel Pulse is one of my all-time favs. Lloyd Cole...Meh!  The Jam...What can I say? Only my favourite band ever...possibly. Alice Cooper. I've got his Albums from Love it to Death to Welcome to my Nightmare. 
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Interesting post and choices Spunk, just was I was suggesting, but we have a problem. Not with your choice of music but with a comment you made. “better” than the Eagles’ original”. The Eagles, an American band lived it, not a band confused as to where they are. Henley, one of the songwriters, said it is “a symbolic piece about America in general". The guitar riff(s), created by Don Felder and Joe Walsh, was voted the best guitar solo of all time by Guitarist Magazine readers' poll from, January 1998. While the group you mentioned may have covered it exactly (vocally and instrumentally) they did not experience it and they did not create it. So anyone else's feel for it is different than the feel that created it. If they change(d) it or play it differently then it is not “Hotel California”. This means war! ! The Eagles' Hotel California is brilliant but the Alabama 3 verson is also brilliant. Eagles do guitar and Alabama 3 do bass. Whatever the Eagles do, Alabama 3 don't. It's a great cover while still saying the original is great. Check it out! 
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What songs would be on the soundtrack of your life? I am not sure if I can do a list. My favorites start from the 40's and 50's, go through todays music. Absolutely do not include , which is definitely not music. Not genre specific , and includes several languages. Your list does have some great stuff
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Le freak cannot be played without my wanting to shake my tail feathers, but I loved all those songs. Kk The observant make the best lovers, I may not do right, but I do write, I have bliss, joy, and happiness in my life, Kitkat Come check out my blog KItkat1415 check out this post by me Adventures In Body Grooming #39 April Topic Link: What Lies Beneath If April Showers Oh Bloody Hell What Kind Of Weather Turns Me On Bloggers Symposium 40
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What songs would be on the soundtrack of your life? I have too many songs and groups to have just one soundtrack....I would have an box set or compilation set! I would base the on Decades....60s', 70's, 80's, 90's, 00, 10, and even some from 1700, 1800, 1900, and 1950's! “Life is available only in the present moment.” Thich Nhat Hanh Come and read my blog! Become a watcher! veryfunnycple64 
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I've got to reply before we declare war! The Eagles' Hotel California is brilliant but the Alabama 3 verson is also brilliant. Eagles do guitar and Alabama 3 do bass. Whatever the Eagles do, Alabama 3 don't. It's a great cover while still saying the original is great. Check it out! When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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TC, secretly you are an 80s music man. Echo and the Bunnynen "the Killing Moon"... that's pretty hard core 80s there. Not metion the Cure, the Jan, (I lije the Style Council better), Lloyd Cole and Joy Division... almost half you top 10 are 80s. You great taste in music my friend.  Find pleasure in giving pleasure
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I'm more into classics but love everything by Beatles, Barcelona sung by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé, David Bowie, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Visit my blog It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of NaughtyInSO, leave a comment, become a watcher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AND LET LIVE Be happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I did like the Commodores Machine Gun; I haven't heard it for years though!
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Love music. Your choice of tunes today and bands is awesome. Band on the run would describe my life this past week.. Hopefully by the end it will be way better hugssssssssss V
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Must be British bands..........I never heard of them!
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What songs would be on the soundtrack of your life? I'll probably save that for a post myself. When I read Rascal's post my mind went right to the earliest songs I can remember, instead of to what was my favorite music, but both are surely significant. I love the Drinking Song from La Traviata, Midnight Special by Huddie Ledbetter and Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic. I think the ten year difference between your age and mine really shows up in your post. When I go online to listen to "oldies" I listen to stuff like Blue Moon by the Marcels and Key to the Highway by Little Walter Jacobs.
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Love all the bands. Especially Alice Cooper and The Cure. You rock Thanks for stopping by.
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all old classics i see. Working on my to ten and will get back to you!
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Interesting choices but I am a Beatles girl all the way. Mine go back farher than yours....lol no surprise there. Starting with Paul Anka's "Diana", Bobby Vee's "The Night has a thousand Eyes", Sonny & Cher's "River Deep, Mountain High", Nat King Cole "Stay as sweet as you are", Roberta Flack's "The First time ever I saw your Face.....Jesus is that really 44 years ago? Time goes by so fast and there is a story for every one of them. There are more but I won't takeover your blog....
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The only group here I don't really know much about are Alabama 3. Your tastes in music are so close to mine. I carried on following and collecting New Order after Joy Division. Risque by Chic is a fantastic album. I have a Lou Reed box set of his first 5 albums. I have just about every Cure Album. Hansdworth Revolution album by Steel Pulse is one of my all-time favs. Lloyd Cole...Meh! The Jam...What can I say? Only my favourite band ever...possibly. Alice Cooper. I've got his Albums from Love it to Death to Welcome to my Nightmare.
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What songs would be on the soundtrack of your life? I am not sure if I can do a list. My favorites start from the 40's and 50's, go through todays music. Absolutely do not include , which is definitely not music. Not genre specific , and includes several languages. Your list does have some great stuff
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Le freak cannot be played without my wanting to shake my tail feathers, but I loved all those songs. Kk
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What songs would be on the soundtrack of your life? I have too many songs and groups to have just one soundtrack....I would have an box set or compilation set! I would base the on Decades....60s', 70's, 80's, 90's, 00, 10, and even some from 1700, 1800, 1900, and 1950's!
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