Madonna, Britney, Christina ~ Like A Virgin

This is from the 2003 American Music awards. I was so badly addicted to heroin at this time that nothing like this could possibly have invaded my consciousnesss... Saw this for the first time today!

Lennie de Ice: We are Ie

Aka "we are E"... we are E... we are eeing together: etc etc. from that oldskool time:~

Metalheadz (Goldie): Terminator

This was one of the earliest cuts by the artist (who even got a part acting supremely badly on EastEnders) subsequently known (after his exotic dentalwork) as GOLDIE.

This tune is one of very, very few that I specifically remember from a specific party at a specific time... "we're talking about things I haven't done yet:~" then those timestretched crackrushing beats: those coincided with a VERY strong adam and eve MDA/MDMA dome/snowball pill coming on and the lights and the sound and the whooshing and rusing~ hahaHAA!!

Urban Shakedown: Some Justice

This is a classic tune from 1991ish. The sample "wooo-eeeeeee-ooo-aah: we live as one family" is actually sung by a man (but speeded up) from the old garage track: "war and drugs are everywhere ~ and it's getting so hard to breathe the air... now-eeee-aaarr-oooaaah-yeah-wooo-eeee-ooo-roooar-oorooar-yeah, we live as one famileee..." I tried Googling the lyric but got no satisfactory answer... it is not M People's Someday, it far predates that... if anybody has an answer, please leave a comment

Gat Decor: Passion

This is a classic tune from the early 90s... not so keen on the overall tune but love the break with those reverberating resonations

Science Lab: Flesh and Blood

Love this. For the Shakespearean quotations. For the tune. For the "memories" :-?...

Boy George: Crying Game

Featured in the Irish film of the same name, this is one of his top tunes... and what a wonderful voice!

Madonna ft Justin Timberlake & Timbaland: Four Minutes

4 Minutes... from Madge's new album from the new record label that agreed to shell out £8 million an album for three new albums over ten years (she'll be an old age pensioner by the time the last one's delivered!)... HARD CANDY!

I LOVE THIS TUNE!

Marianne Faithfull with Johnny Marr: As Tears Go By (Albert Hall 1999)

This is a cracking performance of the classic song:

David Bowie, Marianne Faithfull: I've Got You Babe

The 1970s: what a decade! This is a bit of a rarity from way back when...

Michael Jackson: Another Part of Me

From 1988: Wow, the hysteria! Pop stars love all that ~ the worship, the adoration... this is like one long Pepsi commercial (or Michael Jackson commercial) ... it's a good performance though ... see his nose was melting, even back then...

Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

THIS VERSION PLAYS! This McCartney-written song far far FAR outstrips the dreadful Jackson-written Girl Is Mine (the 2 duets were recorded in vice versa exchange at the same time in 1982; released 1983)... this is a great video... wasn't Linda McCartney lovely?... look closely for Michael Jackson's "lover" cameo played by his SISTER LaToya (see! he was weird even back then!!)

Rolling Stones: Can't Always Get What You Want (from Rock & Roll Circus)

This is a classic song from a classic "underground" (well it wasn't a hit, despite its stars!) 1960s countercultural movie event thing...

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT (but sometimes you get what you need ~ yeah!)

Kamal Addaraarachchi - Unmaada Wu

This is Sinhalese (Sri Lankan) cinema love music... purloined from Keshi's blog...

Marianne Faithfull: The Balad of Lucy Jordan

This is from her acclaimed Broken English album of the very early 80s... including the title song (about the Bader-Meinhoff gang; quote "say it in broken English," ~ Astrid Proll... this number's a bit more whimsical but a nice little song. Have a listen:~

Donna Summer: I Feel Love (techno remix)

I've no idea WHOSE "techno remix" this might be, or what year so my sincere apologies, cannot help you there. What I remember about this song was coming across it at my friend's house and being entranced by the first pop record I'd ever heard without proper words that still sounded good ~ no! Better!! Than most ordinary songs...

Donna Summer: Dinner With Gershwin

This song, with its tunelessly funky spiralling down bit, had wiped clean out of my mind until the radio played it at an unearthily late hour of last night... 1987... Donna Summer

Blancmange: Living on the Ceiling

Purloined from Crushed by Ingsoc's blog...

Alexei Sayle: Ello John Got a New Motor?

The official promovid was nowhere to be found on Youtube so to save you having to watch the "artist" (a comedian) performing on Top of the Pops); have a look at this carcrashing video instead...

Thompson Twins: Doctor Doctor (Micky D 2007 Remix)

I'm pretty sure this was the first single my brother ever purchased for himself. (He bought it in 1984: some EEJUT has disabled embedding on the original mix, but this is the same promovid...) The first record we ever bought was by Alexi Sayle... we got it for Mumzy on Mother's Day... if it's there it'll be hereabove... For the Thompson Twins wikipedia article click here...