Category Archives: Music – Top Tens

My Top Ten – Manic Street Preachers

Posted on September 29, 2013 by John S

Haven’t done a top ten for a while. Apologies dear reader, but they take quite a lot of effort, uploading tracks, photos ‘n’all. But here’s a good one to get things going again. The Manic Street Preachers aren’t a band … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten – Bad Company!

Posted on April 27, 2013 by John S

So my stats tell me this is my 200th post! What better way to celebrate that than with  a ROCKING  selection. So get out your denim jackets, puff out your chest, lace up your Doc Marten boots, grab your air … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten – “Duende”… Sad Songs

Posted on March 10, 2013 by John S

Back in 2008 – it doesn’t seem that long ago – the music journalist Laura Barton wrote a wonderful piece in her Guardian column, “Hail, Hail Rock’n’Roll” about what she called Duende, or what the singer Nick Cave described as … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten – 2012 Albums and more besides…

Posted on December 22, 2012 by John S

Let’s cut to the chase. This is my Top Ten for 2012,  then I’ll explain. 1. Wrecking Ball – Bruce Springsteen 2. Dead & Born & Grown – The Staves 3. Channel Orange – Frank Ocean 4. Twins – Ty … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten – Led Zeppelin

Posted on October 21, 2012 by John S

Led Zeppelin have just released the film and DVD of their one-off reunion concerts at the O2 Arena, London in 2007. 2007? Blimey! I cannot believe that was five years ago.  I was fortunate enough to get a ticket – it … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten – Roxy Music

Posted on September 13, 2012 by John S

Roxy Music are one of the great British bands of the 70s – and 80s. There has never been anyone else like them. When they burst on the scene in the early seventies, I, as a young teenager, didn’t really … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten – Olympics music highlights

Posted on August 31, 2012 by John S

The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics were infused with great British pop music.  We love our music, and I guess that, along with American music, it travels best around the globe.  Partly because it’s in English, of … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten – Bob Marley and the Wailers

Posted on August 7, 2012 by John S

In honour of the mighty Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and their fellow Olympian Jamaicans, I give you my Bob Marley Top Ten! Been planning this one for a while, but the sport’s got in the way a bit … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten – Funk

Posted on July 3, 2012 by John S

Four to the Floor ! The beat that makes it impossible not to move, or groove. Funk is everywhere. It powers the classic 70s disco sounds, it infiltrates rock, rap is built on samples from the funk. But sometimes a song … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten – Bruce Springsteen

Posted on June 19, 2012 by John S

I’ve been gearing up for this one!  The Boss.  The Main Man. Bruce’s music has meant so much to me since the late seventies, when the release of “Darkness on the Edge of Town” drew me in and never let … Continue reading →

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