MY TASTE IN MUSIC

Music I Do And Don’t Like

I can hear notes by ear because I have perfect pitch. I used to think that everyone had perfect pitch but now I know that only very few people do, like James May from Top Gear as I’m told.

Chords I Like In Songs Throughout

D flat major

E flat minor

F minor

G flat major

A flat major

B flat minor

C minor

Or:

D major

E minor

G flat minor

G major

A major

B minor

D flat minor

Or:

G flat major

A flat minor

B flat minor

B major

D flat major

E flat minor

F minor

Or:

G major

A minor

B minor

C major

D major

E minor

G flat minor

Because they make me feel like life is a palace filled with food, drinks and comfy sofas.

Chords I Don’t Like In Songs Throughout

E flat major

F minor

G minor

A flat major

B flat major

C minor

D minor

Or:

E major

G flat minor

A flat minor

A major

B major

D flat minor

E flat minor

Because they make me feel like life is a valley of woe, pain, misery, hunger and despair.

Neutral Chords

F major

G minor

A minor

B flat major

C major

D minor

E minor

Or:

A flat major

B flat minor

C minor

D flat major

E flat major

F minor

G minor

Or:

A major

B minor

D flat minor

D major

E major

G flat minor

A flat minor

Or:

B flat major

C minor

D minor

E flat major

F major

G minor

A minor

Or:

B major

D flat major

E flat minor

E major

G flat major

A flat minor

B flat minor

Or:

C major

D minor

E minor

F major

G major

A minor

B minor

Because those chords don’t give me either a negative nor positive feeling for me.

1960s Music

I do like some music from the 1960s. Here is a list of some songs from that decade which I like.

The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over = 1965

Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Of Pale = 1967

The Who - I Can See For Miles = 1967

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity - Wheels On Fire = 1968

The Alan Price Set - Don’t Stop The Carnival = 1968

Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends = 1968

Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men = 1968

Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely = 1969

It’s very important that old music lives on.

How I Got Into Liking Old Music

Sounds Of The Seventies

When my Mum and I lived in one of our old houses, my Dad who unfortunately I don’t see anymore, was playing a blank video in the living room and it had three episodes of ‘Sounds Of The Seventies’ on it that he recorded, and I was in the room when he was playing it. I didn’t realise until 2005 that I got into liking old music because of that. Who knows what my musical taste would have been like otherwise. Also in that year, they showed all the episodes of ‘Sounds Of The Seventies’ on television again, this time on BBC4, and there were 10 episodes in total. I can see why my Dad didn’t record all of them when it was first on.

Below are 69 of the songs I remember from the series and I’ve given 38 of the song titles links (underlined and in red) that take you to YouTube where you can watch the performance of the song by the group or singer from the series (those that I could find and would watch).

Episode 1

Here are 8 of the songs I remember from this episode.

T-Rex - Hot Love = 1971

Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now = 1972

Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone = 1973

Mud - Tiger Feet = 1974

Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind = 1974

Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive = 1974

David Cassidy - Some Kind Of A Summer = 1973

Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby = 1975

Episode 2

Here are 6 of the songs I remember from this episode.

The Moody Blues - Question = 1970

The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again = 1971

The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar = 1971

The Faces - Stay With Me = 1972

David Bowie - Queen Bitch = 1972

Queen - Killer Queen = 1974

Episode 3

Here are 5 of the songs I remember from this episode.

The Temptations - I Can’t Get Next To You = 1970

Michael Jackson - Rockin’ Robin = 1972

Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine = 1972

Rose Royce - Love Don’t Live Here Anymore = 1978

The Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force = 1979

Episode 4

Here are 7 of the songs I remember from this episode and it was the first of three episodes my Dad had on a blank tape.

Free - All Right Now = 1970

Deep Purple - Black Night = 1970

Jethro Tull - The Witch’s Promise = 1970

Focus - Sylvia = 1972

Captain Beefheart - Upon The My O My = 1974

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah = 1975

Dr. Feelgood - Roxette = 1975

Episode 5

Here are all 8 songs I remember from this episode, however the bottom song in this list is one I genuinely hate.

The Carpenters - Close To You = 1971

ABBA - Waterloo = 1974

Sparks - This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us = 1974

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) = 1975

David Essex - Gonna Make You A Star = 1975

Wings - Mull Of Kintyre = 1977

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights = 1978

Boney M - Rasputin = 1978

Episode 6

Here are 5 of the songs I remember from this episode.

Carole King - You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman = 1971

Neil Young - Heart Of Gold = 1971

Randy Newman - Political Science = 1972

Don McLean - Vincent = 1972

Janis Ian - At Seventeen = 1976

Episode 7

Here are all 7 of the songs I remember from this episode and it was the second of three episode my Dad had on the blank tape.

The Eagles - Take It Easy = 1973

Hall And Oates - She’s Gone = 1976

Little Feat - Fat Man In The Bathtub = 1975

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama = 1975

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way = 1976

Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff = 1977

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing = 1978

Episode 8

Here are all 10 songs I remember from this episode and it was the last of three episodes my Dad had on the blank tape.

The Clash - Tommy Gun = 1978

The Buzzcocks - 16 Again = 1978

X-Ray Spex - Artificial = 1978

The Damned - Smash It Up = 1979

The Stranglers - Hanging Around = 1979

The Jam - Eton Rifles = 1979

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Love In A Void = 1979

The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy = 1979

Magazine - Definitive Gaze = 1978

Joy Division - Transmission = 1979

Episode 9

Here are 7 of the songs I remember from this episode.

Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels = 1971

The New York Dolls - Jet Boy = 1973

Patti Smith - Horses = 1976

Iggy Pop - I’m Bored = 1979

The Ramones - Don’t Come Close = 1978

Blondie - I’m Always Touched By Your Presence Dear = 1978

Talking Heads - Psychokiller = 1978

Episode 10

Again, here are 7 of the songs I remember from this episode.

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll = 1977

The Police - Message In A Bottle = 1978

The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap = 1978

Elvis Costello - Oliver’s Army = 1979

The Human League - Path Of Least Resistance = 1979

The Specials - Too Much Too Young = 1979

Madness - Night Boat To Cairo = 1979

Top Of The Pops 2

As a teenager in the early 2000s I used to watch a programme called ‘Top Of The Pops 2’ presented by Radio presenter Steve Wright. Apparently he wasn’t the original host of the programme but he had been hosting it in the time I had been watching it. In the show he made his own choices of clips from old and new episodes of the original ‘Top Of The Pops’. I also used to record it and I liked the old clips better. Here is a brief list of songs I remember from the programme.

The Whistle Test Years

I also used to watch a programme called ‘The Whistle Test Years’ that I recorded on a blank cassette in 2003 where ex presenter of ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ Bob Harris made his own choices of clips from the programme through the years. There were 14 episodes in total and below are 78 of the performances I remember from the series and I’ve given 34 of the song titles links (underlined and in red) that take you to YouTube where you can watch the performances of the songs by the groups or singers from the series (those that I could find and would watch). Again, you can find out more about the groups and singers by clicking the blue links.

1971/1972

Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne = 1971

Wishbone Ash - Jailbait = 1971

The Beach Boys - You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone = 1972

1973

The Who - Relay

John Martyn - I’d Rather Be The Devil

The Wailers - Stir It Up

The Average White Band - Put It Where You Want It

Clifford T Ward - Scullery

Rory Gallagher - Walk On Hot Coals

1974

Tim Buckley - Honey Man

Doobie Gray - Drift Away

Supertramp - Dreamer

Splinter - Costafine Town

Captain Beefheart - This Is The Day

Graham Nash - On The Line

Chick Corea - Space Circus

1975

Little Feat - Fat Man In The Bathtub

Billy Joel - Piano Man

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

1976

Be Bop Deluxe - Ships In The Night

Patti Smith - Horses / Hey Joe

Nils Lofgren - Keith Don’t Go

Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat

1977

Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff

The Tubes - White Punks On Dope

The Runaways - School Days

George Benson - Breezin’

1978

Talking Heads - Psychokiller

Chris Rea - Whatever Happened To Benny Santini?

Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

Randy Newman - Sail Away

The Jam - ‘A’ Bomb In Wardrour Street

The Adverts - Bored Teenagers

The Buzzcocks - 16 Again

1979

The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy

The Simple Minds - Chelsea Girl

Iggy Pop - I Wanna Be Your Dog

Tubeway Army - Down In The Park

The Specials - Too Much Too Young

The Damned - Smash It Up

Madness - Night Boat To Cairo

1980

The Ramones - Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio?

John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Messages

Genesis - Duchess

The Teardrop Explodes - Reward

Ian Dury - Sweet Gene Vincent

1981

U2 - Eleven O Clock Tick Tock

Adam And The Ants - Ant Invasion

The Scars - All About You

The Eurythmics - Never Gonna Cry Again

The Sound - Sense Of Purpose

1982

Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf

Japan - Ghosts

King Crimson - Indiscipline

Todd Rundgren - A Dream Goes On Forever

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust

1983

Big Country - Thousand Stars

Spandau Ballet - Gold

Tom Robinson - War Baby

The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain

The Waterboys - I Will Not Follow

Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed

Marillion - Forgotten Sons

1984/1985

Billy Bragg - Milkman Of Human Kindness = 1984

The Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dew Drops Drops = 1984

Richard Thompson - Tear Stained Letter = 1984

Everything But The Girl - Frost And Fire = 1984

R.E.M. - Moon River / Pretty Persuasion = 1984

Lou Reed - I Love You Suzanne = 1984

The Kane Gang - Gun Law = 1985

The Pogues - Sally MacLenanne = 1985

Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall = 1985

1986/1987

Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities = 1986

Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want For Christmas = 1986

Paul Brady - Back To The Centre = 1986

U2 - Exit = 1987

My Most Favourite Songs

Here is a long list of songs I enjoy listening to the most because I associate listening to them with before my dark phase. Not all of them are in my most favourite keys but none of them are in my least favourite keys.

1. Cast - Sandstorm

2. Pulp - Mis-Shapes

3. Supergrass - Mansize Rooster

4. Menswear - Sleeping In

5. Shed Seven - Getting Better

6. Northern Uproar - From A Window

7. Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song

8. Longpigs - Far

9. The Stone Roses - Ten Storey Love Song

10. The Eagles - One Of These Nights

11. The Eagles - Best Of My Love

12. The Police - Don’t Stand So Close To Me