50 Up

 

Welcome to the latest instalment of the badly titled Everyone Has Got one Good Song blog thing. Day 50.

I was thinking of building the ultimate playlist with one simple rule. One artist. One song. Each day will feature a song by an artist whose birthday is that day and then nine other songs by nine different artists just because people like things to be in tens.

The playlist is here - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4exU9MUJMWaouOgnu7zmSl?si=I5fqk7VpQX6aDGec7xvqsQ&pi=e-IfIWXc5GT56R

 

So, the idea was that you might want to follow and share and either have the playlist yourself or do your own or chat about it with me, you could use the hashtag #EHGOGS.

I’m on Twitter X thing as @fourfoot

Today’s selections is dedicated to Ernie K-Doe. This blog is impressionistic and fucking vague. It’s all about the playlist.

Here Come The Girls – Ernie K-Doe I only know this song by this dude. And I only know it because it was in an advert. But it’s a jaunty lil thing and that’ll do for me.

Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours. Once put this on a compilation tape in phase 1 of Wooing the Future Wife. She never listened to it. Her loss. (Me and Tape! – LOL SNIFF DIVORCED)

Use It Up, Wear It Out - Odyssey Ah yeah, disco time. I pondered “If You’re Looking for a Way Out” and then remembered I prefer Tindersticks lush cover. I listen to this song though and I’m thinking breakfast mojitos.

I Feel For You – Chaka Khan Harmonica by Stevie. Song by Prince. Rap by Grandmaster Flash. Chaka doing the business up front. Absolute dream team right there lads.

Psyche Rock (Fatboy Slim mix) – Pierre Henry. This song is a Spaghetti Western on naughty nineties substances.

Your Mother’s Got A Penis – Goldie Lookin Chain. The joke should have worn thin years ago but it hasn’t and youknowsitbra.

Danger! High Voltage – Electric Six One of the greatest pop singles of the century and you know it. You can’t play it quietly and if you stick this in any DJ set you won’t regret it.

The Rhinohead – Von Sudenfed. Mark E Smith teams up with German electro funsters Mouse on Mars to make something like Roxy Music attempting a holiday anthem.

Sleeping Gas – Teardrop Explodes Julian Cope was born in an area of South Wales known to outsiders as Monkey Island. Much is explained.

Twice Your Size – Declan McKenna A little bit of lush pop majesty from the prodigious wunderkind to finish.

As ever, your love is taken as read. Thanks for putting up with this shite. Tomorrow, we celebrate Orange Juice’s Zeke Manyika. It was that or fucking Howard Jones….