Meme thing that's been doing the rounds, via Doppelganger and Kek and Gutter and Dom and everyone. 10 records that you don't want to admit are lurking at the back of your collection... or else at the lower end of your hard drive, obscured by deliberately incorrect MP3 tagging...
Most of these I've had Vinyl versions of, at one point or another and now retain in MP3 form at least. Irregular readers will know that many of my actual records disappeared or were scratched to pieces in a savage ex-girlfriend attack circa 1995.
1. David Essex - everything really, but especially Hold Me Close and the mighty Rock On.
2. Godley and Creme - Under My Thumb. The perfect single so far about a woman throwing herself out of a train. The electronic backing seethes with menance in a way that Nine Inch Nails never quite manage.
3. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Vida. I'm just waiting for these guys to come back into fashion.
4. Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights. Because is reminds me of freezing my tits off waiting for a girl to finish her paper round. I had to jump out of a thirty foot tree because of this song.
5. Paul Young - Love Will Tear Us Apart. Not sacrilege at all. I prefer this to the original in almost every way. Lovely hair, put to music.
6. Natasha Bedingfield - Chasing Cars. The Snow Patrol cover that caught me in a loose moment and won't let go. Trust me, I've tried to shake it but the little fellah hangs on in there and keeps nagging at me. I find myself humming this on trains, sometimes with my eyes closed.
7. Mathew Wilder - Break My Stride. The sound of smug set to music. Later on, he became the voice of Ling in Mulan.
8. Marc Almond/Bronski Beat - I Feel Love. My first foray into the 10" maxi-single and the gayest record ever made, apparently. My second foray was a Gaye Bikers On Acid EP, which might be a semantic/linguistic trace for the Freudians / Lacanians out there to follow. My third 10" was Phorward, by The Shamen, which may or may not buck the trend. Actually, I still play this all the time, even when people are around so I'm not sure this really counts as a guilty pleasure. Still, like an 8 year old sitting on Kays catalogue underwear models, this feels vaguely wrong in a way I can't describe.
9. Divine - Walk Like A Man. See above. Triple it.
10. Phil Oakley and Georgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams. The first song I remembering being in love to. The girl looked a bit like Fallon, from Dynasty (the first one: see below) and never asked me to jump out of a tree once.
Records I didn't include because they were my parents': David Soul, Cat Stevens, Bread, Neil Diamond, Foreigner, Pilot (I love Magic too Gutter!).
6 comments:
...and I love 'under Your Thumb"! I have the 7" right here. no cause for embarrasment though, surely?? Likewise the Moroder/Oakey. great tune.
ps David Essex's Hold Me Close oh so nearly made my 10.
David Essex is cool - he made a much better job of the gypsy look than Kevin Rowland....
Goddam that break my stride nonsense is devilish infectious...
Oh, so _that_'s who 'Together...' is by - I keep hearing it at work and wondering. 'Tis a fine tune, it must be admitted...
And the first song I was ever in love to was Mogwai's 'Like Herod' - you know, the 21-minute one, with the enormous tidal-wave riff at 11 minutes in. I used to gaze at my English teacher whilst listening to it.
'Under Your Thumb'...Wow, that's just Sick.
Magic by Pilot was the first single I ever bought. Later I was sort of embarassed by this, but now I have no shame. The song holds up.
Also, how can anyone not love "rock on?"
Yes, each one is an undisputed classic... I think I got the meme wrong in retrospect; there's nothing to be embarrassed by here...
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