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Day 30 - Your favorite song at this time last year: Tullio De Piscopo 'Stop Bajon'

It's summer so I need to pick a summer tune... obviously.

I had to pick this. It's amazing. One of my favourite balearic tracks ever. Barking but brilliant. It reminds me of summer 1990. Italy were hosts of the World Cup, Madchester was at it's maddest, acid house was 2 years old and clubland was really getting interesting.

One of the best clubnight's the city ever had was Spice. It was like clubland's version of the Pistols playing the Free Trade Hall. Everyone claims to have been there but we never had more than 50 people in. I know because I was on the door checking memberships and clicking the clicker. The thing about Spice was that of the 50 people in there half of them went on to big things. The 2 geeky students that went on to be The Chemical Brothers, 'that kid called Sacha' and Andrew Weatherall to name a few.

Justin Robertson and Greg Fenton we residents playing everything from reggae to Taja Sevelle, to Sting, to Boys Own to this. And this was the highlight of the night. Hard to imagine now, but yes, this had the Sunday night revellers going nuts. Great club, great track, good times.

Day 29 - A song the reminds you of your childhood: Sweet Sensation 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'

Growing up in Moss Side Manchester in the 70's was one of the best things that could have happened to me. Forget about poverty, riots and unemployment, that's such as small part of the story. Moss Side and it's neighboring areas provided my with an upbringing that I wouldn't swap for the world. The area was such a vibrant place for a child to be.

Summer in particular was special and my mind always tricks me into thinking that the sun always shone back then. Probably because some of my favourite childhood memories happened to be on sunny days. United beating Liverpool in the FA Cup, going to the Manchester Show in Platt Fields, that massive game of football our Shay organised in Alexandra Park, going down Witches Tunnel on Jubilee Day, first snog on the YMCA field... all happened in summer.

The place always felt alive and the senses never got any rest from the explosion of cultural proliferating the streets from Claremont Road outwards. Afros, kids doing wheelies, carnivals, concerts in the park, ghettoblasters, soundsystems, flares, dreadlocks, punks, fly-away lapels and massive flares, high heels, demonstrations, skateboarders, graffiti and music. So much music. Everywhere you went there was music.

These guys were local. The song is beautiful and the video nails it. It really reminds me of those times.

Day 28 - A song that makes you feel guilty: Leftfield 'Cut For Life'

This was such a big tune for us at Garlands in our first year. Listen to it... It's stunning. Everything about it nears perfection. Apart from guilty pleasures it's hard to think of a track that makes me feel guilty so this one has been a real struggle.

I've chosen this simply because if this had been released in my last year at the club it would never have got played. The crowd just wouldn't have taken to it the way they did in the early years and for that sin I can only plead guilty.

Day 23 - A song that you want to play at your wedding - 'Una Poloma Blanca'

There's a nice meme going around at the moment called '30 Days of Music' that I thought I'd hop on. The title says it all so I guess too much explanation would be wasting your valuable listening time.

Over the next 30 days I'll attempt to post tracks that fit the below descriptions. No doubt I'll forget days and it will be more like '30 Days of Music in 90 Days', but hey, bare with me, I'll get there in the end with a list of tunes that may surprise/shock/disgust/delight/scare you.

day 01 - your favorite song - Blondie 'Heart of Glass'
day 02 - your least favorite song - Coronation Street Theme
day 03 - a song that makes you happy - David Bowie 'Love You Till Tuesday'
day 04 - a song that makes you sad - Elbow 'Friend of Ours'
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone - Sparks 'The Number One Song All Over Heaven'
day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere - Empire of the Sun 'Standing on the Shore'
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event - Take That 'Rule The World'
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to - Bob Dylan 'Hurricane'
day 09 - a song that you can dance to - Taste of Honey 'Boogie Oogie Oogie'
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep - Tom Waits 'The Heart of Saturday Night'
day 11 - a song from your favorite band - Prefab Sprout 'Goodbye Lucile #1'
day 12 - a song from a band you hate - Oasis 'Don't Look Back In Anger'
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure - Barry Manilow 'Copacabana'
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love - 50 Cent '21 Questions'
day 15 - a song that describes you - Electronic 'Getting Away With It'
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate - Ozric Tentacles 'Kick Muck'
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio - Dennis Fererrer 'Hey Hey'
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio - Magazine 'Shot By Both Sides'
day 19 - a song from your favorite album - Prefab Sprout 'Cruel'
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry - Thin Lizzy 'The Boys Are Back In Town'
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy - ABC 'The Look Of Love'
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad - Laurel and Hardy 'Lazy Moon'
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding - Jonathan King 'Una Ploma Blanca'
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral - The Smiths 'Vicar in a Tutu'
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh - The Smiths 'The Queen is Dead'
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument - David Bowie 'Diamond Dogs'
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play - The Darkness 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love'
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty - Leftfield 'Cut For Life'
day 29 - a song from your childhood - Sweet Sensation 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year- Tullio De Piscopo 'Stop Bajon'

If you like this sort of thing then you can find Russell Davies doing a far better job than me here. Matthew Sheret is doing a great job here. Or Champagne Candy with a quite diffent list here.

30 Days of Music

There's a nice meme going around at the moment called '30 Days of Music' that I thought I'd hop on. The title says it all so I guess too much explanation would be wasting your valuable listening time.

Over the next 30 days I'll attempt to post tracks that fit the below descriptions. No doubt I'll forget days and it will be more like '30 Days of Music in 90 Days', but hey, bare with me, I'll get there in the end with a list of tunes that may surprise/shock/disgust/delight/scare you.

day 01 - your favorite song - Blondie 'Heart of Glass'
day 02 - your least favorite song - Coronation Street Theme
day 03 - a song that makes you happy - David Bowie 'Love You Till Tuesday'
day 04 - a song that makes you sad - Elbow 'Friend of Ours'
day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone - Sparks 'The Number One Song All Over Heaven'
day 06 - a song that reminds of you of somewhere - Empire of the Sun 'Standing on the Shore'
day 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event - Take That 'Rule The World'
day 08 - a song that you know all the words to - Bob Dylan 'Hurricane'
day 09 - a song that you can dance to - Taste of Honey 'Boogie Oogie Oogie'
day 10 - a song that makes you fall asleep - Tom Waits 'The Heart of Saturday Night'
day 11 - a song from your favorite band - Prefab Sprout 'Goodbye Lucile #1'
day 12 - a song from a band you hate - Oasis 'Don't Look Back In Anger'
day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure - Barry Manilow 'Copacabana'
day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love - 50 Cent '21 Questions'
day 15 - a song that describes you - Electronic 'Getting Away With It'
day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate - Ozric Tentacles 'Kick Muck'
day 17 - a song that you hear often on the radio - Dennis Fererrer 'Hey Hey'
day 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radio - Magazine 'Shot By Both Sides'
day 19 - a song from your favorite album - Prefab Sprout 'Cruel'
day 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angry - Thin Lizzy 'The Boys Are Back In Town'
day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy - ABC 'The Look Of Love'
day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad - Laurel and Hardy 'Lazy Moon'
day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding - Jonathan King 'Una Ploma Blanca'
day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral - The Smiths 'Vicar in a Tutu'
day 25 - a song that makes you laugh - The Smiths 'The Queen is Dead'
day 26 - a song that you can play on an instrument - David Bowie 'Diamond Dogs'
day 27 - a song that you wish you could play - The Darkness 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love'
day 28 - a song that makes you feel guilty - Leftfield 'Cut For Life'
day 29 - a song from your childhood - Sweet Sensation 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'
day 30 - your favorite song at this time last year- Tullio De Piscopo 'Stop Bajon'

If you like this sort of thing then you can find Russell Davies doing a far better job than me here. Matthew Sheret is doing a great job here. Or Champagne Candy with a quite diffent list here.