Abide With Me
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Think back to your childhood: What is your earliest music memory? Share that song and your story!
My earliest music memory is far too long ago for me to remember with any certainty!
It was maybe a nursery rhyme, or a hymn...so I've picked a hymn I know that I would have heard from an early age.
This is played at Wembley before every FA Cup Final.
I always get weirdly emoywhen I hear it.
If the Kids Are United
Sham 69
What song makes you feel like anything is possible?
When punk rock started it seemed like everything was up for grabs.
What's your favorite song about moving forward?
The brass section gives this a sense of forward movement, I think
You're My Best Friend (Single Version)
Don Williams
Share a song that captures the feeling of being completely content.
For me, Don Williams is the voice of contentment
Crucial Connections
Others writing about this song
Ulakanakulot (2022 Remaster)
Virgin Prunes
What song makes you feel like you're exactly where you're supposed to be?
No idea why...but this song
A couple of bits of trivia. JK Rowling had a pair of goldfish named after the singers, Gavin and Guggi. Guggi's little brother was on the cover of an early U2 record
No Memory
Scarlet Fantastic
Share a song that feels like it's giving you permission to feel everything.
The more I thought about this song, the more it seemed appropriate to the prompt
I think it was recorded at Stock, Aitken and Waterman's studio....but don't let that put you off
Keep On Keepin' On!
Redskins
What's your favorite song about patience?
A bit of a story to this one.
About 40 years ago we were living in a shared house with some friends.
One of the other couple's friends was a skinhead, and he used to hang around the house a lot. He was a nice chap - more of an amiable hippy than a skin in his way, really. He was known as 'Chairman Shit', or just 'the Chairman'. If I ever knew his real name, I've forgotten it. He was a drummer in a band. I never got around to listening to them. This was before the internet, and the Chairman was far too disorganised to bring a tape with him. Also, I kind of never really thought that they'd be that great, if the Chairman was the drummer.
Fast forward to a couple of years ago, and I remembered the Chairman and realised I could easily find his band on the internet, so I gave them a listen.
This one fits the prompt of 'patience', after a fashion.
(Re: the name...they were skinheads, and they were socialist, hence Red Skins. I'm not sure whether they'd have chosen that name 40 years on)
Crucial Connections
Others listening to this artist
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler? (Theme from 'Dad's Army')
Bud Flanagan
Share a song that captures the feeling of being proud.
I watched this with grandparents who'd lived through WW2.
I'm proud that they fought the fascists, and also proud that they could laugh Dad's Army
Great tune, in any case
What's a song you'd want to hear while stargazing?
I can imagine listening to this in the dark
What song makes you want to forgive someone?
I don't know who I'd forgive, but this is a song about forgiveness