My Top Ten Favourite and Important Songs

Like the vast majority of the planet I enjoy music, in fact I do not think I have ever come across anyone one who does not! So as often bloggers do when your short of anything to write about I have come up with a top 10 list of songs that I love and are important to me. Most of these songs have been around at certain points in my life and thus have a meaning attached. So here goes........

1. Get Myself Arrested by Gomez

This above all songs probably determined what sort of music i would enjoy in the future, this came from the Mercury Music Award winning album Bring It On, the first album I ever bought.





2. Carrion by British Sea Power

Sometime in 2002/03 I bought the now defunct music magazine X-ray which included a CD with this song on it. I went straight out and bought the album The Decline of British Sea Power. This is the greatest band ever in my opinion and have been continuous love of mine. My love of this band lead me to make friends with my now girlfriend as she was the only other person I had met who knew and loved them too.




3. No Culture Icons by The Thermal

One of the most underrated American bands of recent years, again this was another X-ray find.




4. Untiltled by Interpol

What an opening to this track, it gives me shivers every time. Reminds me of my Uni days. The ending is amazing too, its a sunset or sun rise song.




5. Pissing in the Wind by Badly Drawn Boy

Everyone has a song for when your having a bad day, this is mine! Some days you really feel like you are pissing in the wind!




6. Smalltown Boy by Electrelane

A recent discovery this cover of Bronski Beats Smalltown Boy (which is brilliant anyway) has become a favourite. Its an epic cover version. 

7. All the Young Dudes by Mott The Hoople

This is the influence of my dad, I used to think that the 70's was a barren time for music with Bowie being the exception. I love this song because it reminds me of my dad and that his taste in music was not all bad.




8. Don't Look Back into the Sun by The Libertines

Back to my Uni days, a must dance to song.

But when they played that song at the Death Disco 

 It started fast but it ends so slow         

And all the time it just reminded me of you

9. Swallowed by Bush

I was a teen living in Scotland when this came out, Bush are of course a Scottish band, one of a very small number that where any good. Its a song that accompany's my memories of my life and friends there.



10. A Day in the Life by the Beatles

What is a top ten list of songs without the Beatles!? Not much of a list I suppose. Well this one makes it for one reason and one reason only..... it mentions my home town in the last verse,

I read the news today oh, boy Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall I'd love to turn you on

We are not famous for much in Blackburn but it was always nice to know that we made it into a Beatles song.