A treat for you this morning with not one, not two, but three Dubhed selections. Nearly two hours of top tunes!
I've just completed #70sTop30, the latest musical challenge on BlueSky. If I'd been slightly more organised, I could have stretched thsi out over three posts, but no!
So, here's my 'unranked and random' selection in three rounds, each one running chronologically from 1970 to 1979.
The first selection can loosely be described as 'the hits', in that they all troubled the UK Top 40 singles in their respective year. 8th January could only have been a Bowie pick.
Rounds two and three is half-and-half well known and wilfully obscure, and the very last song is probably the only exception to the 'random rule' as I pretty much knew how I wanted to close the series pretty early on.
Given that I didn't give too much thought in advance about the overall selection and running order, it's not turned out too bad.
In keeping with previous 70s-themed posts, the cover art is a selection of UK Marvel first issues from my collection, most of which have been stored in a box and been unopened for years. As a kid, I loved how busy, loud and dynamic they were, demanding to be picked up from the newsagent's shelf, bought and read again and again.
Round One
1) Brontosaurus: The Move
2) Tokoloshe Man: John Kongos
3) Jungle Fever: Chakachas
4) Big City: Dandy Livingstone
5) Dance With The Devil: Cozy Powell
6) The Wild One: Suzi Quatro
7) Both Ends Burning: Roxy Music
8) Sound And Vision: David Bowie
9) Punky Reggae Party: Bob Marley & The Wailers
10) I'm Every Woman: Chaka Khan
Round Two
1) Clarence In Wonderland: Kevin Ayers & The Whole World
2) Gimme Shelter (Cover of The Rolling Stones): Ruth Copeland ft. Parliament
3) Sniffin' & Snortin' Pt. 1 (Vitamine C): Speed, Glue & Shinki
4) The Groover: T. Rex
5) At Home, At Work, At Play: Sparks
6) Jive Talkin': Bee Gees
7) Ninety-Nine And A Half: Trammps
8) Funtime: Iggy Pop
9) Dance Like A Star: The Human League
10) Spanish Bombs: The Clash
Round Three
1) Effervescing Elephant: Syd Barrett
2) Beautiful Brother Of Mine: Curtis Mayfield
3) Screaming Target: Big Youth
4) Willow's Song: Magnet
5) Fight Your Revolution: Keith Hudson
6) Koun'Toupack: Godchild
7) I Keep On Loving You: Susan Cadogan
8) Time's Up: Buzzcocks
9) It's The New Thing: The Fall
10) Memories Can't Wait: Talking Heads
There are a load of new musical challenges starting on 1st February. Time constraints being what they are, I'll likely only have time to participate in one. But which one?
Select your 28 favourite string arrangements in songs. Solo, full
orchestra, electric, synthetic or sampled. Singles, b-sides, album
tracks, live versions and remixes can all be included.
A month-long celebration of all things guitar. From 80s Indie and
Alt-Rock, to Shoegaze and Grunge and beyond, up to the present day.
Think My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Hüsker Du,
Nirvana, DIIV, Just Mustard…
Throughout February choose 28 of your favourite standalone singles. Post one per day, ranked or unranked. Lead tracks on EPs and singles tagged on to Best Of compilations can be selected, the main criteria is that they aren’t on an artist’s studio album.
Just post any instrumental song each day in February.
All February: for the Disney/Pixar film of the day (calendar provided)
Post a song that fits in some way — title, lyrics, theme, vibe, character — but isn’t from the actual soundtrack.
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