What song do you associate with your favorite book or movie?

I associate the Pogues with Dickens. They are both poets of London, both are peopled with extraordinary characters, and both are on the side of the outsiders.

What's a song that makes you want to learn an instrument?

I don't have a musical bone in my body, but I'd quite like to have a go at the drums. It seems like it could be a good workout, no matter how awful I was.

This song would be marvellous to be able to play

Share a song that perfectly soundtracks your commute.

At one stage I used to commute though a Town Called Malice (Woking), Hersham (Boys), Up the ( Clapham) Junction, Lambeth (Walk)., and Waterloo (Sunset)....but those days are no more

What song makes you feel nostalgic for a time you never lived through?

I've answered a slightly different question tbh. This is both from a different time, and about a different place.

The Beach Boys, and surf music in general, feels familiar...but also totally alien.

What's your go-to song for getting ready in the morning?

To be honest, I tend to listen to speech radio most mornings, but if I do listen to music it would either be Irish rebel songs, or something like this

Share a song that sounds like your favorite weather.

My favourite weather is that of a lazy summer's day, when everyone slows down and relaxes a bit.

This song embodies that, although this particular performance is a bit different.

One day I'll do a list of my favourite bits from live shows...and the Fun Boys doing Summertime at the Hammersmith Palais would be in the list.

It was a very cool show altogether, and this song was especially good live. This recording doesn't really capture that experience but it's a nice reminder

Share a song that captures the moment when seasons change.

I know we're not quite there yet...but is Advent a season?

I'm not sure why but I associate this song with the beginning of Advent, and it's always the first song on my Christmas playlist, or mini disc, or mix tape

The video is worth seeing, featuring the band, including Robert Smith of the Cure, in festive Victorian mode

What song makes you feel like you're floating?

This is a bit 'on the nose', but as a song it does very much what it says on the tin

(with apologies for the Britishisms)

What's your favorite song about growing up?

I don't know if this is quite about growing up, but it's a song I really like and it does feel very grown up.

Aine Furey is the daughter of Finbar Furey, who himself is one of the Furey Brothers

Share a song that makes time feel like it's standing still.