By ParaMhor
“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.” – George Orwell
“The best lack all conviction, while the wors
Are full of passionate intensity.” – W. B Yeats, The Second Coming
Thanks to all Song Bar patrons, the Landlord and also Marco for a haven of sanity amid all this madness. Brutal few weeks, but we know what’s happening and we will remember.
I found myself stepping back into a comfort zone for the A-list, and added a small part of a 100-plus longlist to create the B-list. Thanks to everyone for your nominations. Hope this is some small reflection.
Keep well and sane.
Fully Arpeggiated A-List Playlist:
Swanee River Boogie – Albert Ammons (Ravi)
Good Golly Miss Mollie – Little Richard (Landlord)
Happy New Year – Beverley (Vastariner)
Time of the Season – The Zombies (ShivSidecar)
Love Action – The Human League (AltraEgo)
Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order (Happyclapper)
Step On – Happy Mondays (Uncleben)
Saturn 5 – Inspiral Carpets (Happyclapper)
I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango) – Grace Jones (ajostu)
Giant – The The (Nilpferd)
Heartbeats – The Knife (Isabelle Forshaw)
Step – Vampire Weekend (amylee)
Hopopono – GoGo Penguin (FretlessBasser)
Life – James Booker (Seth Miller)
The ‘Sweetest’ Girl – Scritti Politti (Mogdog)
Boogie Woogie Till Bust B-List Playlist
Ain’t That A Shame – Fats Domino (9hairs9knots)
Cherokee – Art Tatum (BanazirGalbasi)
Boogie Rebop – Piano Red (Tarquin Spodd)
On The Rebound – Floyd Cramer (9hairs9knots)
Honky Cat – Elton John (magicman)
Monkey Spanner – Dave and Ansell Collins (ShivSidecar)
My Conversation – The Uniques (magicman)
How Can We Hang On To A Dream – Tim Hardin (attwilightlarks)
Inflammatory Wit – Joanna Newsom (John Hindle)
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On – Jerry Lee Lewis (Ravi)
Drown In My Own Tears – Ray Charles (Nicko)
That’s The Way God Planned It – Billy Preston (severin)
Raga Megh Malhar – Charanjit Singh (Ravi)
Plastic Dreams – JayDee (PopOff!)
Chameleon – Herbie Hancock (Tarquin Spodd)
Temperature Is Rising – Otis Spann (tincanman2010)
Memorial – Susanne Sundfør (barbryn)
Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit – McCoy Tyner (Nilpferd)
Guru’s Picks: In Memoriam Special:
Music Non Stop – Kraftwerk
Girls Can’t Do What Guys Do – Betty Wright
Slippin’ And Slidin’ – Little Richard
Dagenham Dave – The Stranglers
These playlists were inspired by readers' song nominations from last week's topic: Clever digits: songs with great keyboard solos and riffs. The next topic will launch on Thursday at 1pm UK time.
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