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#8 of my top 30 songs of all time

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#8 Papa don’t take no mess – James Brown

James Brown was a game changer, he brought black music into the charts and later in his carreer also became a political force too. His personal life was a rollercoaster, but his music remained solid, mainly sue to his amazing band including Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley (who i saw in Leeds once). This is probably the funkiset song of all time. The drumming by John “Jabo” Starks is simply amazing. Jabo has been the unsung hero on many famous sampled songs, without a good drummer in funk, you were nothing – see http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/John_Jabo_Starks.html for more on Jabo.

Live version…

My blurb about #mytop30 …

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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30.

Whats your top 5/10/20/30?

#9 of my top 30 songs of all time

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#9 Beats to the Rhyme – Run DMC

As a Hip Hop DJ in my youth I wasn’t much of a Run DMC fan to be honest, until I saw them live at Manchester Apollo in the late 80’s with their support band The Beastie Boys. What a show! The late Jam Master Jay just walked on stage with a few records under his arm and just blew us all away, what a band, they brought Hip Hop to a wider audience and even resurrected the career of Aerosmith! Classic James Brown sampling Hip Hop. Seeing them live made me want to start my Hip Hop group, which I did, except we had Yorkshire accents!

My blurb about #mytop30 …

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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30.

Whats your top 5/10/20/30?

#10 of my top 30 songs of all time

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My top ten – here we go….


#10 Here comes the sun – The Beatles

My favourite Beatles song,  a family favourite of ours. I guess I’m a George Harrison fan as my favourite Beatles songs are all his. He wrote this positive song at a tough time in his life and as The Beatles became more and more fractured.

Astronomer and science populariser Carl Sagan had wanted the song to be included on the Voyager Golden Record, copies of which were attached to both spacecraft of the Voyager program to provide any entity that recovered them a representative sample of human civilization. Although the Beatles favoured the idea, EMI refused to release the rights and when the probes were launched in 1977 the song was not included.[11]

My blurb about #mytop30 …

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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30.

Whats your top 5/10/20/30?

#11 of my top 30 songs of all time

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#11 A touch of Jazz – DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince
An instrumental classic produced by Jazzy Jeff (Will Smith’s partner and best mate in the 80’s!). Me and my Dad used to listen to this, i loved Hip Hop, he loved Jazz, its was a great middle ground for a teen and his Dad! Sampling classics by Grover Washington Jnr, Marvyn Gaye, Donald Byrd and others its a sampling masterpiece. More info here: http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/2852/DJ%20Jazzy%20Jeff%20%26%20the%20Fresh%20Prince-A%20Touch%20of%20Jazz_Bob%20James-Westchester%20Lady/

My blurb about #mytop30 …

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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30.

What’s your top 5/10/20/30?

#12 of my top 30 songs of all time

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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 all the right reasons. His lyrics are often bizarre, but just work, love the African flavours too. A classic.

My blurb about #mytop30 …

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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30.

Whats your top 5/10/20/30?

#13 of my top 30 songs of all time

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#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 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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30. Whats your top 5/10/20/30?

#14 of my top 30 songs of all time

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#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 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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30. Whats your top 5/10/20/30?

#15 of my top 30 songs of all time

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#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 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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30. Whats your top 5/10/20/30?

#16 of my top 30 songs of all time

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#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 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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30. Whats your top 5/10/20/30?

#17 of my top 30 songs of all time

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#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 soul/funk song. I love 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 find my top 5, but ended up with my top 30. Whats your top 5/10/20/30?