Favourite Songs

Inspiration, rhythm, energy, reflection, nostalgia

1. Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac – 1977

Such a terribly unhappy song one almost has to laugh at the ironies of their success, Ultimately it inspires me in how to create music – the tension between anger, pain and a simple ebullience of being alive after all of it.

2. Temple of Love [Extended Version] – Sisters of Mercy – 1982

In my assessment nobody should ever have to explain why this is near the top. Very simple boxed structure in some senses, but a symmetric perfection for that.

3. Last Beat of My Heart – Siouxsie and the Banshees

Lifelong regret that I never managed to see Siouxsie and the Banshees Live. Yes all of them. Siouxsie is Siouxsie but  Budgie and Severin too. First CD I ever bought, at the exciting time swapping over from vinyl.

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  • Come Together – The Beatles
  • Do You Love Me? – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • Midnight at the Lost & Found – Meatloaf
  • When Tomorrow Comes –
  • Mandinka – Sinaed O’ Connor
  • Impi – Juluka
  • November Rain – Guns & Roses
  • Anomaly – Angels and Airwaves
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
  • Now I Lay Me Down – October Project
  • Spirit – Bauhaus
  • Baba O’ Riley – The Who
  • Shuffle in the Dust – eVoid
  • Fernando – ABBA
  • All the Way from America – Joan Armatrading
  • Release – Afro Celt Sound System
  • See the Lights – Simple Minds