Utterly trivial, but fun – here are all the songs I’ve referred to on the blog for the last 6 months, in reverse chronological order. (You know 3UK’s voicemail service plays messages back to you in *chronological* order, so you have to listen to all the others before getting the most recent? USABILITY FAIL.)
Know Your Rights – The Clash
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
The Big Man and the Scream Team Meet the Barmy Army Up Town – Primal Scream featuring Irvine Welsh (can anyone point to this on the Net? thanks, dsquared)
Tommy Gun – The Clash
Stand Down Margaret – The Beat
Probably A Robbery – Renegade Soundwave
Battle Flag – Pigeonhead/Lo-Fi All Starz remix
Roll, Alabama, Roll – traditional (*Phil Edwards gets a point for finding this)
Song For My Sugar Spun Sister – The Stone Roses
Shipbuilding – Nick Lowe/Elvis Costello/Robert Wyatt
Boris The Spider – The Who
Do Nothing – The Specials
Hanging On The Telephone – Blondie
Fit But You Know It – The Streets
Ring Ring Ring (Ha Hey Hey) – De La Soul
Opportunity by You Say Party, We Say Die!
Marcia Baila – Les Rita Mitsouko
Big man and the scream team, there you go boss
You are hereby banned from owning a Dutch barge until your playlist includes some Stan Rogers ‘Mary Ellen Carter’ and you can sing ‘Barratt’s Privateers’ in any state of inebriation.