youtube.com/watch?v=kRF9... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 5 | A Song From The 90s With Blue In The Title Elastica Blue 1995 They weren’t around for long but they sure packed a punch as this Glastonbury performance illustrates

Elastica - Blue (live Glastonbury 1995)

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youtube.com/watch?v=XBWp... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 4 | First Song On An Album From 2000s Super Furry Animals Drygioni 2000 Opener from Welsh album ‘Mwng’ - the band reasoned if their English songs were not going to be played on radio they may as well release Welsh songs that wouldn’t be either 🤷‍♂️

Super Furry Animals - Drygioni

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youtube.com/watch?v=7EUX... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 3 | A Song With A Name In The Title By A Solo Artist Vic Godard Johnny Thunders 1993 From the superb & much sought after ‘End Of The Surrey People’ Album on Postcard Records - The album was co - produced by Edwyn Collins which frequently shows

Vic Godard "Johnny Thunders"

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youtube.com/watch?v=oeKo... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 2 | A Song From The Eighties With An Animal In The Title The Cure All Cats Are Grey 1981 Dark & introspective track from the outstanding ‘Faith’ album

All Cats Are Grey

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youtube.com/watch?v=1I4O... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 1 | A Favourite Acoustic Song Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel The Best Years Of Our Lives 1975 Released as a 12” Single , the title track from his Best Selling Album Probably at the peak of his career at this point

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Best Years of Our Lives (Live) [Official Audio]

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youtube.com/watch?v=_god... #DavidsMonthOfMusic #FallFriday 31 | Who , What , Where Or When In The Title The Fall What About Us 2005 Great live version from the ‘Fall Heads Roll’ album Hop! Hop! Hop! @thefallthings.bsky.social Thanks to @dmiddleham.bsky.social for hosting a fun challenge

The Fall - "What about us?"

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youtube.com/watch?v=Vbp7... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 30 | Free Choice Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan A Shared Sense Of Purpose ( Vince Clarke remix ) 2023 A Free Hit Today So Will Go With These Fabulous Electronic Sounds

A Shared Sense Of Purpose (Vince Clarke remix)

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youtube.com/watch?v=eJE-... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 29 | A Song About War or Peace XTC Generals & Majors 1980 Andy Partridge always wrote jaunty tunes despite the grim subject matter , one of the greatest lyricists of my generation for sure

XTC - Generals And Majors (Australian TV 1980)

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youtube.com/watch?v=I7vx... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 28 | A B-Side Or Bonus Track Cockney Rebel Spaced Out 1974 Non album single ‘Judy Teen’ gave Steve Harley his first UK chart hit & the B - Side was an upbeat song pretty much announcing to the world that he had made it , I think he was right 😀

Spaced Out,Cockney Rebel, B Side to Judy Teen

YouTube video by Dermot Smyth

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youtube.com/watch?v=2siW... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 27 | About A Historic Event Or Person Public Service Broadcasting Gagarin 2015 From ‘The Race For Space’ album , this clever tune tells the story of The Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin who became the first Cosmonaut to orbit The Earth in 1961

Public Service Broadcasting - Gagarin (The Quay Sessions)

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youtube.com/watch?v=LExm... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 26 | With Run(ning) Or Walk(ing) In The Title The Telescopes To Kill A Slow Girl Walking 1990 Experimental band from Burton Upon Trent who formed in 1987 & still exist in various formats today - this an early single , & lead track from their EP

The Telescopes - To Kill a Slow Girl Walking - promo 1990 Best Version

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youtube.com/watch?v=aKzq... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 25 | From One Of The First Albums You Purchased David Bowie Five Years 1972 From his concept album ‘The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars’ I played this track to death more than any other I think , wonderful album

David Bowie - Five Years | Best Live Performance | Ziggy Stardust VS Climate Crisis

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youtube.com/watch?v=bqDZ... #DavidsMonthOfMusic #FallFriday @thefallthings.bsky.social 24 | Can Or Can’t In The Title The Fall I Can Hear The Grass Grow 2003 Original Release By The Move in 1967 gets the Smith treatment to pretty good effect I reckon

I Can Hear The Grass Grow

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youtube.com/watch?v=0QCk... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 23 | With No ( Traditional ) Chorus Wire 106 Beats That 1977 Many Wire songs contain no chorus as such but all deliver nevertheless , as this fine example from debut album ‘Pink Flag’ demonstrates 😀

106 Beats That (2006 Remastered Version)

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youtube.com/watch?v=szZZ... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 22 | With The Name Of A Country In The Title The Psychedelic Furs India 1980 Opening track from their outstanding debut album

The Psychedelic Furs - India (Audio)

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youtube.com/watch?v=RxBP... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 21 | With Life/Live Or Death/Die In The Title The Fall Room To Live 1982 ‘There’s A D.H.S.S Volvo Estate Right Outside My Door With A Moody Blues Cassette On The Dashboard’ Bass Driven Tune That Rattles Along At A Fair Old Lick Marvellous

Room to Live

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youtube.com/watch?v=j2Po... ##DavidsMonthOfMusic 20 | A TV Theme UFO 1970 Iconic theme tune written by Barry Gray for The Futuristic Sci Fi series devised by Gerry Anderson

Gerry Anderson's UFO (1970) - Opening Titles

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youtube.com/watch?v=Eun-... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 19 | With Earth , Air , Fire Or Water In The Title Music For Pleasure Fuel To The Fire 1981 Post Punk Leeds band that first caught my attention at The Futurama festival in September 1980 , catchy synth pop & something of a lost classic

Music For Pleasure 'Fuel To The Fire' 1981 Vinyl Rip)

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youtube.com/watch?v=gq7Z... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 18 | By an LGBTQ + Artist Tom Robinson Band Up Against The Wall 1978 Longstanding supporter & activist of the above , he burst onto the scene as Punk took off & I love this high energy performance from ATV show Revolver back in the seventies

Up Against The Wall - Tom Robinson Band (Revolver 1978)

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youtube.com/watch?v=WkBx... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 17 | That You Would Like To Hear When Entering A Room Buzzcocks Something’s Gone Wrong Again 1979 Only because I would probably turn up late & this song contains most of the excuses 😉

Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong Again

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youtube.com/watch?v=CvNR... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 16 | With Up Down Left Or Right In The Title Hüsker Dü Up In The Air 1987 From the brilliant ‘Warehouse: Songs And Stories’ - Despite being nearly 40 years old their music has a timeless feel to it

Up in the Air

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youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Q9... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 15 | From The Year You Were 15 Dr. Feelgood Going Back Home 1976 Thrilling sounds from the mid seventies by the boys from Canvey Island

DR. FEELGOOD Going Back Home 1976 - Rare !

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youtube.com/watch?v=dRLj... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 14 | With The Name Of A City In The Title Pavement Zürich Is Stained Another gem from their ‘Slanted And Enchanted’ album

Zürich Is Stained

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youtube.com/watch?v=_DA7... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 13 | With No ( Or Hardly Any ) Intro The Charlatans Can’t Get Out Of Bed 1994 Tim Burgess dives straight into the action with this catchy single from their third album ‘Up To Our Hips’

The Charlatans - Can't Get Out of Bed HD

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youtube.com/watch?v=no1G... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 12 | With Heart In The Title Joy Division Heart And Soul 1980 The Opener To Side Two Of Second Album ‘Closer’ Outstanding

Heart and Soul

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youtube.com/watch?v=oOKW... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 11 | By Queen , Prince , Or David Bowie Starman 1972 Guaranteed that anything on TOTP that met with your Parents disapproval you were going to love 😉

David Bowie - Starman (Live on Top Of The Pops) [Official Video] [HD]

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youtube.com/watch?v=YkY0... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 10 | From The Year You Were 10 Flamin Groovies Teenage Head 1971 Dirty Rock n Roll from a bygone age but by a quirk of fate they play my home town this autumn 😀

Teenage Head

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youtube.com/watch?v=ieKP... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 9 | A Word Or Title That Is Probably Not In The Dictionary Ride Twisterella 1992 Effortlessly cool slice of jangle pop from The Oxford Shoe gazers 😎

Ride - Twisterella

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youtube.com/watch?v=6W3C... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 8 | For A Rainy Day Rose Of Avalanche LA Rain 1985 Goth masterpiece from the Leeds Outfit

Rose of Avalanche - LA Rain

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youtube.com/watch?v=oT1y... #DavidsMonthOfMusic 7 | Do Or Don’t In The Title Wah! Heat Don’t Step On The Cracks 1980 When bands released B sides that were as good as if not better than their A sides , this being the case , Pete Wylie with a rollicking fine tune 🎵 here

Wah! Heat - Don't Step on the Cracks

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