Just downloaded a few more albums in the past few days. Johnny Cash‘s American V – A Hundred Highways (which I notice is on Rick O’Shea‘s Favourite New Albums list) and N.E.R.D.’s Fly or Die since my CD got a bit fucked up.
One interesting album I downloaded is Billy Joel‘s An Innocent Man.
I ammmmmmmmmmm … an innocent maaa-an, ohh yes I ammmmm … an innocent maa-aan, oh Oh OH ohhhhh dum dum dum dum da dum
Interesting (sort of) because this was actually the first album I ever bought (excluding that breakdance album, but we won’t talk about that anymore), way back in 1983 I scrounged and scraped together IR£5.99 (if memory serves…) and bought it in the music centre in Longford. I still have the tape 23 years later.
I just found myself in the mood then for some oldies [when I say oldies bear in mind i'm a 70's child], check out these downloads…
• Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
• Clannad – In A Lifetime (with Bono)
• Simple Minds – Belfast Child
• Hothouse Flowers – Dont Go
• Jim Diamond – I Should Have Known Better
• Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart
An odd selection perhaps but sometimes it’s nice to hear the popular songs from your youth, brings back memories. I’ll have to add to that list today.
Maybe Rick O’Shea will play us an oldie, I’ll have to send him a request. Done!
I was with you until you mentioned “I should have known better” and “A Good Heart”. I really was.
Now I’m having flashbacks to a place called Madonnas and it is *not* pleasant.
Incidentally, your maths problems are way, way too easy.
Ah, ya can’t beat a bit of Jim Diamond, and Feargal is the man!
Maths: stop using the calculator then!
jesus fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what sort of sick degraded childhood did u have man?
OK, My first album was madness Absolutely and my first single was Adam and the ants Kings of the wild frontier… right… maybe I should shut the fuck up now…sorry…..Amazing what we once thought of as the ultimate bestest ever song to reach the charts is the one song we want to shun from the collection proudly on display in the living room / lounge / entertainment room / lads only shed at the back of the garden.
BUT KATE BUSH?????????????
And you say I had a sick degraded childhood!?!
Listen to the song dude and you’ll see why. great pipes on her. I’ll send it on to you.
Great choice indeed, though I can’t say I know Hothouse Flowers and Feargal Sharkey
I have many albums by Billy Joel, the oldest one being Glass Houses with the wonderful classic “All for Leyna”
Hothouse Flowers are an Irish band Antonio, they were huge here years ago but I suppose they never broke out onto the international stage. Feargal Sharkey is from the North, had a band called the Undertones. They were quite popular too years ago, according to their website they are still on the go.
Any good music memories from the past Antonio? What was popular when you were young(er)?