Incredible list!!! Love REM, Erasure, Pavement… SIMPLY RED! Picture Book is an amazing album! Brought me right back to high school.
The Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack/score is so awesome- I used to put it on as a chill out and relax vibe a ton from 88-all the 90s. It was the one CD my first ex and I fought over 🤣 I brought it into the marriage, so I left with it. I was not open to trades on this! Hahahaha
Great piece! I love “Breathe” (Pink Floyd) and find it so cool that Groove Armada covered it. Another favourite is Queen’s “You Take my Breath Away”. Just magnificent.
Another song that comes to mind is “Every Breath you Take” by The Police.
Wow Steve, quite a list! I managed to listen to at least the first minute of every track, and played the ones that were clicking with me all the way through. So, two songs definitely resonated most strongly for me--Erasure and REM, which happen to be back-to-back. Of course I know the REM song but I had not heard the Erasure song. Like you, I was into them during the New Wave era but hadn't kept up. I love Andy Bell's voice, doesn't really matter what he sings! Likes: Kevin Parker-I thought his was a cool song. Groove Armada is interesting though I'm not sure I would listen to it over and over. Same for Gabriel--as you said, it goes well with weed and I haven't done that in a long time (it makes me even stupider). Metric are new to me, love their sound. And Joy Oladokun--what a great find! I'm way behind on my listening but I want to check out more of her stuff.
Awesome, thanks Charles! Always happy when people add songs the playlist! And to have a video that stays on the drummer too! Ha. I know, 25 songs is a marathon, not a sprint!
Thanks, Michael! I am glad you were able to leave a comment -- I don't know why it was greyed out the first several hours after I made it available to free subscribers. I had my angry letter to the PTB at Substack all ready to send tomorrow at Office Hours!
It was great - I had not heard of Metric before - loved “Breathing Underwater”!! Gonna feature them in tomorrow’s “Odds and Ends” section and your post/playlist in the “Other Voices” section - really good stuff!
Incredible list!!! Love REM, Erasure, Pavement… SIMPLY RED! Picture Book is an amazing album! Brought me right back to high school.
The Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack/score is so awesome- I used to put it on as a chill out and relax vibe a ton from 88-all the 90s. It was the one CD my first ex and I fought over 🤣 I brought it into the marriage, so I left with it. I was not open to trades on this! Hahahaha
Great piece! I love “Breathe” (Pink Floyd) and find it so cool that Groove Armada covered it. Another favourite is Queen’s “You Take my Breath Away”. Just magnificent.
Another song that comes to mind is “Every Breath you Take” by The Police.
Wow Steve, quite a list! I managed to listen to at least the first minute of every track, and played the ones that were clicking with me all the way through. So, two songs definitely resonated most strongly for me--Erasure and REM, which happen to be back-to-back. Of course I know the REM song but I had not heard the Erasure song. Like you, I was into them during the New Wave era but hadn't kept up. I love Andy Bell's voice, doesn't really matter what he sings! Likes: Kevin Parker-I thought his was a cool song. Groove Armada is interesting though I'm not sure I would listen to it over and over. Same for Gabriel--as you said, it goes well with weed and I haven't done that in a long time (it makes me even stupider). Metric are new to me, love their sound. And Joy Oladokun--what a great find! I'm way behind on my listening but I want to check out more of her stuff.
So, here's one you missed. The Corrs: "Breathless". I chose this particular clip because, well, it's mesmerizing. You'll see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXlPWeTJN9Q
Awesome, thanks Charles! Always happy when people add songs the playlist! And to have a video that stays on the drummer too! Ha. I know, 25 songs is a marathon, not a sprint!
Great playlist!! And I think you got the flow of it just right!!
Thanks, Michael! I am glad you were able to leave a comment -- I don't know why it was greyed out the first several hours after I made it available to free subscribers. I had my angry letter to the PTB at Substack all ready to send tomorrow at Office Hours!
Thanks for giving it a listen!
It was great - I had not heard of Metric before - loved “Breathing Underwater”!! Gonna feature them in tomorrow’s “Odds and Ends” section and your post/playlist in the “Other Voices” section - really good stuff!