My crucial tracks over the last week - Breakfast in Bed (twice), A Crazy Little Thing, School Day, Like a Ship, Duchess, Nelson Mandela and Really Saying Something
My Crucial Tracks for the last few days.
A song from the 1970s that you like or means something to you.
"Breakfast In Bed" by Lorna Bennett
Lorna Bennett's reggae version of my Crucial Track yesterday.
A song from the 1960s that you like or means something to you.
"Breakfast In Bed" by Dusty Springfield
This song has a couple of reggae versions. The first was Lorna Bennett, which links to my 1970s choice. The second was
a UK number one for UB40 and Chrissie Hynde. I saw the Pretenders support UB40 a few years later and was miffed that they didn’t do the song
A song from the 1950s that you like or means something to you.
"School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)" by Chuck Berry
This is a '50s favourite...at least I think it was '50s
"School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)" by Chuck Berry on Apple music
A song from a TV show that you like.
"Like a Ship" by Pastor T.L. Barrett and The Youth for Christ Choir
This was in an odd show about a restaurant called Boiling Point.
"Like a Ship" by Pastor T.L. Barrett and The Youth for Christ Choir on Apple music
What is a song that you do like by an artist that you don't usually like?
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
I've never quite 'got' Queen. I can see that they are talented,and they seem to be interesting people....but I've never really enjoyed their music, on the whole.
This one’s an exception though
A song from the first gig you went to.
"Duchess" by The Stranglers
In retrospect the machismo around the Stranglers is a bit off-putting but I was very, very excited to see them.
February 11, 1981, according to the internet
What's your favorite protest song?
"Nelson Mandela (2022 Remaster)" by The Specials
I particularly like this because, when it was released it sounded like a celebration. It sounded even more like a celebration once Mandela got out.
"Nelson Mandela (2022 Remaster)" by The Specials on Apple music
A song you didn't realize was a cover?
"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' (Single Version)" by The Velvelettes
There were a couple of possibilities for this. I'm pretty sure that I didn't realise either song was a cover for over 30 years.
One is Blondie’s Hanging on the Telephone
The other is this song, which was a big hit in the UK for Bananarama and the Fun Boy Three
It always sounded to me like a Bananarama song. I loved it but I think in this case I prefer the original
"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' (Single Version)" by The Velvelettes on Apple music