No. 80 - Dave Swift on Bass Backing Ronnie Wood, Jesse & Leah Wood. "Ooh La La"

My favorite version as Ronnie looks out of it but pills it off.

"I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger."

No. 80 Ohh La La - Rod Stewart feat the Corrs (30 May 1998)

Great version

"The can can's such a pretty show
They'll steal your heart away
But backstage, back on earth again
The dressing rooms are gray"

No. 80 - Ronnie Lane - Ooh la la (live @ BBC 1974)

I love this song and I'm posting 3 different versions of it, it's that good.

"When you want her lips, you get a cheek
Makes you wonder where you are
If you want some more and she's fast asleep
Then she's twinkling with the stars."

No. 81 - Damon Johnson - ~Borderline"

A fantastic cover of a Thin Lizzy song. Great lyrics and Damon transports me to that bar with my glass of Bushmills whiskey on the counter.

"Jeanie can I tell you?

The shame of my disgrace

It's just love or rejection

For this borderline case"

No. 82 - U2 - Bad

Whilst Live Aid was a great event and people still talk of Queen stealing the show, this Song, this performance was simply the best thing I had ever seen. It looked like Bono had blown it and then simply stole it back by doing something daft but simple, he brought the barrier down. Also they didn't need to play all there hits in 15 minutes like Queens karaoke set.

"This desperation

Dislocation

Separation

Condemnation

Revelation

In temptation

Isolation

Desolation

Let it go "

No. 83 - Steve Earle - Copperhead Road

Love the way Steve Earle brings the south, country a bit of Cajun and Celtic sounds to his music. When I heard this it made me listen to Americana music and I still do to this day. Through Steve I got to listen to Waylon , Gram and a host of others. Thanks Steve

"I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know

You better stay away from Copperhead Road"

No. 84 - Wreckless Eric / Amy Rigby - AllGood Cafe 9/12/08

Another song that should be played everyday to young teenage boys who are not good looking.

"I should be lying on that sun-soaked beach with her

Caressing her warm brown skin"

No. 85 - Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

Had the straits first album before they came popular with the Sloane square brigade.

"They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band

It ain't what they call rock and roll"

No. 86 - The Killing of Georgie Rod Stewart Part 1 & 2

Rod singing about friendship, should be played everyday, to remind us how short life is

"George once said to me and I quote



He said "Never wait or hesitate

Get in kid, before it's too late

You may never get another chance

'Cos youth a mask but it don't last

live it long and live it fast"

Georgie was a friend of mine"

No. 87 - Go Your Own Way - LIVE 2004 - Fleetwood Mac

Lindsey voice is a bit worn but still a fantastic song.

"If I could
Maybe I'd give you my world"

No. 88 - Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (full version)

Not a great fan of the electronic / new romantic sound of the eighties, but I liked Midge Ure's early bands Slik, Rich Kids and he did a stint with Thin Lizzy.

We always cry to songs, when we remember those great times

"Dancing with tears in my eyes

Living out a memory of a love that died"

No. 89 - Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Tennessee State Prison)

There are songs you remember for the lyrics and this song has the best line in my opinion ever.

"But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"

No. 90 - Bad Company - Shooting Star

Bad Company was my band , the first I heard and not chosen because someone lent me a record or recommended. Brought every album on the day it was released.

This is one of my favorite songs of theres.

"Johnny died one night, died in his bed, Bottle of whiskey,

sleeping tablets by his head. Johnny's life passed him by like a

warm summer day, If you listen to the wind you can still hear him play"

No. 91 - Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy

Elvis doing what he is best at.

"In Dixieland I take my stand to live and die in Dixie

Cause Dixieland, that's where I was born"

 

Curl that lip and do your karate moves. Pity about the drugs

No. 92 Motorhead - Ace of spades

Great band and great show, both in one clip. 

"You know I'm born to lose, and gambling's for fools,

But that's the way I like it baby,

I don't wanna live for ever,"

No. 93 - Prince - Sign o the time

The song that sums up the 80's when the rich got richer and the poor got guns and the men got aids.

"At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called 'The Disciples'
High on crack and totin' a machine gun "

No. 94 - Eagles - Doolin Dalton

The eagles always mange to take me deep into there songs, I'm in the scene they describe in the song, I can smell the gun smoke, taste the dirt in my mouth, smell the horses and want a glass of whiskey.

"Well, the towns lay out across the dusty plains

Like graveyards filled with tombstones, waitin' for the names

And a man could use his back, or use his brains "

No. 95 - The Beatles Get Back

The Beatles doing what they do best. Yes I know it's a Paul song as I'm more a John man, but hey the Beatles were four not one.

 

"Sweet Loretta Fart thought she was a cleaner

but she was a frying pan, yeah"

 

Yes this is missed off the film clip.

No. 96 - The Specials - Ghost Town

Not another ghost song ha ha. Simply fantastic, you had to be in the 70's to really understand this song.

"Government leaving the youth on the shelf

This place, is coming like a ghost town

No job to be found in this country
"

No. 97 - Ted Leo - Ghosts

I soooooooooo love this cover of the Jam song. Can't remember where I heard it first but it made the hairs on my neck stand up. By playing it with just a guitar for 3/4 of the song just makes it more powerful.

Love it, love it, love it.

"One day you'll walk right out of this life

And then you'll wonder why you didn't try"

So true

No. 98 - Jimi Hendrix - Angel

The late great Jimi Hendrix playing a beautiful song, as a spiritulist I can associate holy with what Jimi is talking about.

 I believe I have a blue one which is usually known as Michael but I know mine is female.

"Angel came down from heaven yesterday

She stayed with me just long enough to rescue me"

No. 99 - Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi

Coming in at number 99 is the great Fleetwood Mac with the legendary Peter Green, great guitarist and songwriter.

 

"Now, when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks
The night is so black that the darkness cooks
Don't you come creepin' around - makin' me do things I don't want to"

 

No. 100 - Robbie Williams - Angels

This song will always remind me of a dear friend, whom I once said "your living proof that love is blind, but I will stand by you, and will offer you a roof over your head when it's all over"

She's still with him as far as I'm aware as we have lost touch

She stood by me when I had to carry out a task that ruined a fantastic friendship with a mutual friend of ours.

"And through it all she offers me protection

A lot of love and affection

Whether I'm right or wrong

And down the waterfall"

Where ever you are AC I hope your happy and well and  I don't half miss you. xxx

No. 101 - U2 - Christmas, Baby Please Come Home

U2 at there best, putting a smile on my face, making  me  sing (badly I might add) , strutting my stuff, shaking my body, and dancing (once again badly) 

Now I hate Christmas but I love this song, how Christmas should be.

 

"They're singing "Deck The Halls"

Not like Christmas at all

I remember when you were here

And all the fun we had last year"

 

Over all to quickly, like the song!!!

 

No. 102 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus

Another great song from Bob.

" Open your eyes and look within:

Are you satisfied (with the life you're living)? Uh!

We know where we're going, uh!

We know where we're from.

We're leaving Babylon,

We're going to our Father land."

Well do you?

No. 103 - FLEETWOOD MAC - Dont Stop

A bad that sums the late 70's up with the drugs, the disco's , the fashion. I appreciate them more now that I'm older and wiser.

Great song for those who thing life is giving you a hard time.

"Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.

Why not think about times to come,

And not about the things that you've done,"

No. 104 - Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Some people who are depressed sometimes produce the most brilliant pieces of work and this is one of them. A fantastic cover version of the David Bowie's classic song.

"He said I was his friend

Which came as a surprise

I spoke into his eyes

I thought you died alone

A long long time ago"

No 105 - souped up ford " Rory Gallagher

Couldn't wait for "Against the grain " Rory's 7th Solo album to come out and to date I have worn out 3 vinyl copies, thank god for CD's. Love this song, can picture zooming country lines in an open top car, wind in my hair, CD player blazing away and the highway cop miles away.

Nice one Rory

 

"No highway cop`s gonna make me stop,

What I`ve started.

'Cos I won`t be free till I get up,

And go where my heart is."

No 106 - stir it up bob marley

Bob Marley's lyrics are like the blues they have a double meaning.

"I'll push the wood (stir it, stir it, stir it together),

then I blaze ya fire;

Then I'll satisfy your heart's desire. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Said, I stir it every (stir it, stir it, stir it together),

every minute:

All you got to do, baby, (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Is keep it in, eh!"

|Get your hips swaying

No 107 - David Bowie - Five Years

When I brought Ziggy Stardust this track opens the album and it sent shivers and goosebumps down my spine, still does. The first song where I could see in my mind what Bowie was singing about. 

"I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour

drinking milk shakes cold and long

Smiling and waving and looking so fine

don't think you knew you were in this song"

Love it

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No 108 - The Beatles The Ballad of John and Yoko

Don't care what anyone says Yoko didn't split the Beatles up, the Beatles did. Anyway John had a great time with Yoko and expanded his artistic skills. 

"Last night the wife said,

"Oh boy, when you're dead

You don't take nothing with you

But your soul - think!"

No. 109 - Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

This is the song that got me into Jimi, love the slowed down blues and the lyrics.

"When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles
She gives to me free"