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The iPod Shuffle function is very useful in bringing to the listener's notice songs that have bypassed them. Of course, there is always the temptation when being confronted with a song one is not in the mood for to skip subsequent tracks, thereby compromising the arbitrary purpose of the random shuffle. And sometimes iPod comes up with a fantastic sequence, as it did this morning, compelling me to violate my no-weekend-posting rule to resurrect the iPod Random 5-track Experiment series, which last ran in March.Full article and DL links here
Nick Heyward - Whistle Down The Wind.mp3
Alas, poor Nick Heyward. He was just too clean cut, too cute and too saddled with a insurance salesman's name to be respected. When the barely pubescent girls put up their Nick Heyward posters from Smash Hits, the deal was sealed: Heyward would not...Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart (live).mp3
This version is from the box set of Broooce live recordings released in 1986. It captures the energetic bonhommie between headliner, band and audiences beautifully. You don't need to see ...Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today.mp3
I posted this before on the Teen Dreams mix, but can't understand how No Milk Today failed to be included in the Perfect Pop series (which came to an abrupt end when I misplaced my shortlist of yet-to-be featured songs). Written by Grahame Gouldman, later of 10cc, the song was ...Blondie - X-Offender.mp3
I posted this before in the 1970s Time Travel series. Few moments in pop music are sexier than Debbie Harry's spoken intro. Oh, but the '70s were an innocent age, when acts like Blondie were ordered not to feature the word "sex" in the title of a song which ...Weezer - Island In The Sun.mp3
I tend to make my own cellphone ringtones. At one point, Island In The Sun was the personalised ringtone alerting me to calls from Any Major Wife. I don't think I am exaggerating when I note that my wife .....
7 comments:
Hi mate.
Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your blog. The writing, research and subject choice is top notch.
Tis remiss of me not to comment before (or at least for some time).
Thanks again. It's much appreciated.
Nick was great for a while yes, and I'm in total agreement that H-100 deserved a better fate. I had both albums on casette, and if you take the best from each the whole ads up to one of the best albums of the 80's.
Thanks for the reminder.
love the Nick H. he has a son called january Man that is one of my faves. Keep up the good work.
I don't think most of Nick Heyward's albums were released here in the States, but I did get a promo of his album Kite ('95? '96?) which was rather good as I recall.
Hm, I'm never sure about this whole "shuffle" thing. It IS useful in reminding me of songs I may have overlooked, and it gets me out of the habit of listening to the same favourites over and over. BUT. . . sometimes I just want to listen to an entire album start to finish, and the availability of the shuffle function makes me feel a bit guilty about this.
Oh well. Another great post - good stuff! :))
Nick Heyward's The Apple Bed is one of my favorite CDs. I didn't care too much for Haircut 100, but Heyward's solo work is top notch. New blog post? Solo artists who were better than their former bands? Hmmm....
I absolutely love Nick H's first album - North Of A Miracle, which Whistle Down The Wind is on. It's beautiful, all big arrangements and nifty little pop tunes and overflowing with the excitement of a young songwriter recording in Abbey Road with Geoff Emerick who worked on so many great records, especially those by The Beatles and McCartney..
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