"Something For The Weekend, Sir?" #002

Friday 9 May 2025 - The Weekend Is Here!

This weekend's suggestion are songs that I consider to be 'pop perfection'. You young people out there will not remember Mix-Tapes which were lovingly crafted over many hours or days on C90 cassetes and were intended to show the one you love how much they meant to you! Time walks on and thanks to Sony Walkmans, Mini-Disc, Apple iPods, iTunes and now streaming it's incredibly easy to put together a well curated playlist. I often think of Rosanne Cash who released an album of her father Johnny's favourite songs - 'The List' - and tried to emulate it. It's tricky...

My own list is very fluid and ever changing but most of these songs below are set in stone and have the ability to move me emotionally and physically...and this is just a drop in the ocean.

Here's a link to the music:

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/32070653

Monaco - What Do You Want From Me?

The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet

Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Incredible String band - Apache

Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

Sheila - Spacer (12")

Freday Payne - Band Of Gold (Single Mix)

Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse

Bob Marley - Is This Love? (Horns Mix)

Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

Isaac Hayes - Shaft

Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love

Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde

Dexys - Dance Stance

Miracles - Tears Of A Clown

Curved Air - Back Street Luv

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now

Bruce Springsteen - Cindy

Dandy Livingston - A Message To You Rudy

Greg Kihn - All The Right Reasons

Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine

Four Tops - Bernadette

Steve Harley - Make Me Smile

Bob & Marcia - Young Gifted & Black (JA Mix)

Rod Stewart - Maggie May