Kinsey 6.
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1974-1975
Joni Mitchell - Help Me
The best singer-songwriter ever to grace my stereo.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=otPQ...
1974-1975
Joni Mitchell - Help Me
The best singer-songwriter ever to grace my stereo.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=otPQ...
The SE single came with a signed Xmas card 🎄🎄
The SE single came with a signed Xmas card 🎄🎄
1972-1973
David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul
Picking a highlight from 70s Bowie is basically impossible, so I thought I’d go with a less obvious track, this fever dream of a song that closes Aladdin Sane. Don’t trust people who don’t like Bowie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18d_...
1972-1973
David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul
Picking a highlight from 70s Bowie is basically impossible, so I thought I’d go with a less obvious track, this fever dream of a song that closes Aladdin Sane. Don’t trust people who don’t like Bowie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18d_...
1970-1971
America - A Horse With No Name
In general, I’m indifferent to Soft Rock, but this song (and the genius bit where it goes lalalalalala) is one of my favourites from the 70s. I’ve known it all my life and I still love playing it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=na47...
1970-1971
America - A Horse With No Name
In general, I’m indifferent to Soft Rock, but this song (and the genius bit where it goes lalalalalala) is one of my favourites from the 70s. I’ve known it all my life and I still love playing it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=na47...
1968-1969
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
A classy performance from Roberta and a lesson in vocal restraint. She truly is one of the greats and I hope she knew how much she was (and still is) loved. Simply outstanding.
#RIP
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-...
1968-1969
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
A classy performance from Roberta and a lesson in vocal restraint. She truly is one of the greats and I hope she knew how much she was (and still is) loved. Simply outstanding.
#RIP
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqW-...
1966-1967
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
I know very little about Bobbie (I know, shameful), but I’ve spent the past hour listening to this and now I am completely hooked.
Currently planning to buy her entire discography.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJZ_...
1966-1967
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
I know very little about Bobbie (I know, shameful), but I’ve spent the past hour listening to this and now I am completely hooked.
Currently planning to buy her entire discography.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJZ_...
1964-1965
Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the Game
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyI7...
1964-1965
Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the Game
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyI7...
30 - Low - Just Like Christmas
Released at the very end of the 90s, this gorgeous EP has become a seasonal staple at Castle Davide. The first track with its Spector-esque sound and Mimi’s forlorn vocals may well be my favourite Christmas song of all time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIbh...
30 - Low - Just Like Christmas
Released at the very end of the 90s, this gorgeous EP has become a seasonal staple at Castle Davide. The first track with its Spector-esque sound and Mimi’s forlorn vocals may well be my favourite Christmas song of all time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIbh...
www.officialcharts.com/charts/album...
www.officialcharts.com/charts/album...
29 - Tricky - Ponderosa
One of the many highlights from Maxinquaye, which I played to death in 1995. They really knew how to make paranoia and claustrophobia sound cool and they sold a ton of records, which was great to see at the time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=njDL...
29 - Tricky - Ponderosa
One of the many highlights from Maxinquaye, which I played to death in 1995. They really knew how to make paranoia and claustrophobia sound cool and they sold a ton of records, which was great to see at the time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=njDL...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
1 - I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing
The Beatmasters did the impossible thing of improving a PSB song: it’s the most joyous thing you’ll hear today.
Thx @geodrew.bsky.social & @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social you're the best❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk6X...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
1 - I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing
The Beatmasters did the impossible thing of improving a PSB song: it’s the most joyous thing you’ll hear today.
Thx @geodrew.bsky.social & @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social you're the best❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk6X...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
2 - Can You Forgive Her?
An odd choice for a first single, but with time it became another classic in the canon. Released in my disco bunny era and I was obsessed with the remixes, especially the MK ones which I played to death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=80bD...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
2 - Can You Forgive Her?
An odd choice for a first single, but with time it became another classic in the canon. Released in my disco bunny era and I was obsessed with the remixes, especially the MK ones which I played to death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=80bD...
28 - The Sundays - My Finest Hour
So pleased to see them getting so many mentions in the challenge. Their debut, kicking off the 90s in grand style, is as perfect a guitar-pop LP as you’re ever likely to hear from this or any other decade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Ei...
28 - The Sundays - My Finest Hour
So pleased to see them getting so many mentions in the challenge. Their debut, kicking off the 90s in grand style, is as perfect a guitar-pop LP as you’re ever likely to hear from this or any other decade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Ei...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
3 - The Theatre
Another epic mini-symphony: this is about homelessness, a topic explored thoughtfully as we’d come to expect from the Boys who never trivialise issues in order to sell records.
National treasures, they are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dARu...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
3 - The Theatre
Another epic mini-symphony: this is about homelessness, a topic explored thoughtfully as we’d come to expect from the Boys who never trivialise issues in order to sell records.
National treasures, they are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dARu...
27 - Stereolab - Miss Modular
The wonderful Stereolab were another 90s staple: prolific, endlessly inventive, seemingly indifferent to commercial success, but with the ability to weave lovely melodies into their songs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ku...
27 - Stereolab - Miss Modular
The wonderful Stereolab were another 90s staple: prolific, endlessly inventive, seemingly indifferent to commercial success, but with the ability to weave lovely melodies into their songs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ku...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
4 - Dreaming of the Queen
‘There are no more lovers left alive
No one has survived
so there are no more lovers left alive
and that’s why love has died
Yes, it’s true
Look, it’s happened to me and you’ 💔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jS7...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
4 - Dreaming of the Queen
‘There are no more lovers left alive
No one has survived
so there are no more lovers left alive
and that’s why love has died
Yes, it’s true
Look, it’s happened to me and you’ 💔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jS7...
26 - Saint Etienne - You’re in a Bad Way
Saint Etienne (and Björk) saved the 90s for me: there was so much crap in the charts and on the radio and don’t get me started on Britpop but they released one perfect record after another.
A wonder.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4szH...
26 - Saint Etienne - You’re in a Bad Way
Saint Etienne (and Björk) saved the 90s for me: there was so much crap in the charts and on the radio and don’t get me started on Britpop but they released one perfect record after another.
A wonder.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4szH...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
5 - A Different Point of View
Another day, another sad banger. I think Very is the album where they really perfected their multi-layered wall of synths vs. melancholic vocals and it literally sounds like a greatest hits.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs9k...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
5 - A Different Point of View
Another day, another sad banger. I think Very is the album where they really perfected their multi-layered wall of synths vs. melancholic vocals and it literally sounds like a greatest hits.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs9k...
25 - Pulp - Babies
This was my first Pulp, I remember taking home the 12” and playing it straightaway, then again, and again and soon I was hooked.
It was great to see them do so well without compromising any of their idiosyncrasies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=38by...
25 - Pulp - Babies
This was my first Pulp, I remember taking home the 12” and playing it straightaway, then again, and again and soon I was hooked.
It was great to see them do so well without compromising any of their idiosyncrasies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=38by...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
6 - One in a Million
Love me a PSB sad banger, it really felt like they could write them in their sleep. Any other band would have released this as a single, but they didn’t need to... that key change at the end ❤️❤️💔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJdW...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
6 - One in a Million
Love me a PSB sad banger, it really felt like they could write them in their sleep. Any other band would have released this as a single, but they didn’t need to... that key change at the end ❤️❤️💔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJdW...
24 - Portishead - Numb
Without wanting to diminish Geoff and Adrian’s genius beats, for me it’s Beth’s electrifying presence that makes Portishead a band without peers. I can think of no other band in the genre that matches their alchemy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7If...
24 - Portishead - Numb
Without wanting to diminish Geoff and Adrian’s genius beats, for me it’s Beth’s electrifying presence that makes Portishead a band without peers. I can think of no other band in the genre that matches their alchemy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7If...
#WeekendSingles
#WeekendSingles
23 - Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
The fact that this song, their masterpiece, barely scraped the top 20 in the UK interrupting a string of top 10 hits remains one of pop’s great mysteries. Everyone loves it now, but the fact still baffles.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnvF...
23 - Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
The fact that this song, their masterpiece, barely scraped the top 20 in the UK interrupting a string of top 10 hits remains one of pop’s great mysteries. Everyone loves it now, but the fact still baffles.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnvF...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
7 - Young Offender
An excellent album track, possibly about going out with a much younger man and featuring that thing that they’re so good at where they have 15 things going on at the same time and somehow they make it work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX0a...
Pet Shop Boys - Very
7 - Young Offender
An excellent album track, possibly about going out with a much younger man and featuring that thing that they’re so good at where they have 15 things going on at the same time and somehow they make it work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX0a...