Our progeny will raise a can

Our progeny will raise a can,
Here’s to where it all began
- There Is No Ending by Arab Strap
Arab Strap wrote a lot of great lyrics, most require more than two lines to capture though … and the two lines max constraint was important to the ten favourite lyrics challenge all those many moons ago that [...]

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Cos I’d rather have you than sing these shit songs

Cos I’d rather have you than sing these shit songs
- Break My Heart by Malcolm Middleton
Of all the music I’ve heard in my life so far Malcolm Middleton comes closest to writing the songs I’ve tried and failed to write. Self-deprecating, romantic, human, somehow managing to be down and upbeat simultaneously … above all, smile [...]

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Arab Strap – The Cunted Circus

Chose this Arab Strap album for this list not because it has a naughty word in the title but as it is a live album from late in their existence it allows me to cheat and have a selection of tunes from throughout their catalogue. It doesn’t have all my favourite tracks, the live version [...]

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Desert Island Discs

There is a famous show on BBC Radio 4 called Desert Island Discs. On the show someone in the public-eye, from all walks of life – polticians, actors, artists, muscians, scientists, businessmen and so on - talks about their life and career puctuated by a selection of eight pieces of music they would want with them [...]

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