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#12 Diamonds on the soles of her shoes – Paul Simon Taken from one of the biggest and best albums ever, the seminal Graceland album, now over 25 years ago. I first heard this when my Dad played it, then my then girlfriend (now wife!) Clare played it a lot too, so it became pretty engrained in my mind for […]

#13 Grace – U2 After been given the book “What’s so amazing about grace?”, Bono wrote this beautiful song. I don’t like religion and rules, but i love real practical faith based on this thing called grace. It’s life-changing stuff. Bono speaks more here – http://www.thepoachedegg.net/the-poached-egg/2010/09/bono-interview-grace-over-karma.html  My blurb about mytop30… I now have 15,906 songs in […]

#14 Melt – Leftfield Probably the best ambient / chill out tune of all time. Great instrumentals are hard to find, this is the ultimate. Press pause, take 5 minutes out now and just listen (with good speakers or headphones for full effect). Amazing that the band who produced Afrika Shox also produced this. I now have 15,906 songs in […]

#15 Afrika Shox – Leftfield Leftfield have been one of favourite bands for years now since my friend Simon introduced them to me. Their albums are now maybe the only albums that i listen to in full. This is perfect production, apparently they took a whole year to find the right snare drum  for this song! Now thats dedication. I now have 15,906 […]

#16 Azzido Da Bass – Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix) Probably my favourite ‘breakz’ dance tune, I used to play this when i was DJ-ing and it always made the place go wild, great breakdowns and BIG bass. Great dance music, maybe even the forerunner of dub step. Makes you drive faster – beware! I […]

#17 Ain’t Nobody – Rufus and Chaka Khan This was our first dance at our wedding, I also remember breakdancing to it when i was a kid in a school disco (!) It was also featured in the Film “Breakdance – the movie” (or “Breakin’” as it was known in the states). A great 80’s […]

#18 Don’t stop ’til you get enough – Michael Jackson When I’ve Dj-ed at parties and mates weddings (!) this is THE guaranteed floor-filler, perfect Quincy Jones disco pop. Amazing production. Michael at his best. I now have 15,906 songs in my iTunes collection. In my defence I am an ex-DJ, honest! So on a long train journey i started to add my favourites […]

#19 Magnificent – U2 U2 at their stadium best. An uplifting anthem on an old theme, the old blokes have still got it! I now have 15,906 songs in my iTunes collection. In my defence I am an ex-DJ, honest! So on a long train journey i started to add my favourites to a playlist. I was aiming to […]

#20 Clocks – Coldplay I’ve always loved this song, beautiful piano riff and lyrics that hint at a fuller story. Seeing them live last year with our flashing wristbands was truly amazing! I now have 15,906 songs in my iTunes collection. In my defence I am an ex-DJ, honest! So on a long train journey i started […]

#21 Bring The Noise – Public Enemy This IS late 1980’s Hip Hop, I saw them live at their peak, probably the best gig I’ve ever been to, even with the odd fight breaking out! Anthrax sampling, hardcore political Hip Hop. I now have 15,906 songs in my iTunes collection. In my defence I am an ex-DJ, […]