Classics: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

Original video located here. Accessed 30th March 2024

Song title: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

Artist: The Ramones

Year: 1976

Why I like this song:

Fifty years to the day

Obituary: Steve Harley

Original video located here. Accessed 18th March 2024

Song title: Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)

Artist: Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel

Year: 1975

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Steve Harley

A snappy pop song that certainly sounds distinctive from the other pop songs of the era. Even now.
Actually I agree with Jeremy Clarkson: Don't trust anyone who doesn't like this song,

Choon of the Month: iluv

Original video located here. Accessed 26th February 2024

Song title: iluv

Artist: Effy and Mall Grab

Year: 2024

Why I like this song:

Clearly the spirit of nineties house music lives on.
But, as the saying goes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And this is indeed a gem.

This Song Rocks: The Season's Upon Us

Original video located here. Accessed 20th December 2023

Song title: The Season's Upon Us

Artist: Dropkick Murphys

Year: 2013

Why I like this song:

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Obituary: Pair of Brown Eyes

Original video located here. Accessed 6th September 2023

Song title: A Pair of Brown Eyes

Artist: The Pogues

Year: 1985

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Shane McGowan
I got into the Pogues in my early twenties. At first it was the novelty of Celtic folk played the speed of a punk band with the raucousness of a drunk singalong. But then, upon closer examination, there is a high class of songcraft at work. Indeed, it is through the Pogues that I learnt the strength of an opening line among other things.

So here's to you Shane, a true poet if ever there was one.

Classics: Love for the Sake of Love

Original video located here. Accessed 6th October 2023

Song title: Love for the Sake of Love

Artist: Claudja Barry

Year: 1977

Why I like this song:

There's a really strange ad circulating on Tasmanian TV at the moment which features this song.
But however bizarre the ad may be, it did make me realise that the song was a stand-out - as well as a firm reminder that the production values of seventies disco truly was on another level.

Obituary: Dream Weaver

Original video located here. Accessed 6th September 2023

Song title: Dream Weaver

Artist: Gary Wright

Year: 1975

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Gary Wright
It may be corny, it may be seventies production at it's best/worst, it may only known to a certain number of people due it's use in Wayne's World. But damn, it is still a snappy tune. 
And as an illustration of a night/dream journey, it does it's job and it does it well