Original video located here. Accessed 4th December 2022
Song title: Heart of Gold
Artist: Neil Young
Year: 1972
Why I like this song:
When it comes to approaching the music of Neil Young, one can't really escape his biggest selling album: Harvest. A touchstone of country rock.
Personally I found that Harvest has some of his best songs - Heart of Gold, Old Man, Harvest and Needle and the Damage Done - and that is enough for me.
Original video located here. Accessed 22nd March 2021
Song title: Ca Plane Pour Moi
Artist: Plastic Bertrand
Year: 1978
Why I like this song:
Day 30: A song that reminds you of yourself
Song title: Tuesday Afternoon
Artist: The Moody Blues
Year: 1967
Why I like this song:
Day 29: A song you remember from your childhood.
Original video located here. Accessed 10th September 2020
Song title: Marty of Silence
Artist: Mazzy Star
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
Day 28: A song by an artist whose voice you love/p>
Original video located here. Accessed 9th September 2019
Song title: Indifference
Artist: Pearl Jam
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
Day 27: A song that breaks your heart
Original video located here. Accessed 14th November 2022
Song title: She is Love
Artist: Oasis
Year: 2002
Why I like this song:
Day 26: A song that makes you want to fall in love
Original video located here. Accessed 7th September 2019
Song title: The Speed of Life
Artist: David Bowie
Year: 1977
Why I like this song:
Day 25: A song you like from an artist no longer living
Original video located here. Accessed 6th September 2019
Song title: Strawberry Deluxe
Artist: Skulker
Year: 2000
Why I like this song:
Day 24: A song by band you wish were still together
Song title: Heaven Coming Down
Artist: Tea Party
Year: 1999
Why I like this song:
We are in the presence of royalty here: These guys were a very important band during my late teens.
First: they could rock hard.
Second: They were a goth rock band and represented a seductive hand to the dark side of music.
Third: They used a variety of exotic instruments and piqued my interest in world music.
Fourth: they were the first live band I ever saw.
And Fifth, and most crucially of all, they were a method of bonding with a group of goths I was hanging around with at the time - and whom I became good friends with.
As for the song itself, it's majestic in every sense of the word and is hand down the Tea Party at their best.
Original video located here. Accessed 5th September 2019
Song title: Cattle and Cane
Artist: The Go-Betweens
Year: 1983
Why I like this song:
Day 23: A song you think everyone should listen to
Original video located here. Accessed 1st September 2019
Song title: Into Action
Artist: Tim Armstrong
Year: 2007
Why I like this song:
Day 22: A song that moves you forward
Song title: Don't Change Your Plans
Artist: Ben Folds Five
Year: 1999
Why I like this song:
Back in 1999, this was my 'turn of the millennium' theme. And how could it not? Consider the situation: The 1900s were ending; the 90s were ending and my teens were ending. As such, this song represented the need to move on and embrace both adulthood and the future - "But destiny is calling/ And I told them when my time is up / I'm out of here"
For me, this song is effective as a goodbye/moving on song and one I have come back to many times since
Original video located here. Accessed 3rd September 2019
Song title: Jessica
Artist: Allman Brothers Band
Year: 1973
Why I like this song:
Day 21: A song you like with a person's name in the title
Original video located here. Accessed 4th January 2023
Song title: Beautiful Freak
Artist: The Eels
Year: 1996
Why I like this song:
Day 20: A song that has many meanings for you
Original video located here. Accessed 1st September 2019
Song title: In Time
Artist: Robbie Robb
Year: 1989
Why I like this song:
Day 19: A song that makes you think about life