🎵 Music
Crucial Track 🎵 July 1, 2026
"Life Is a Long Song" by Jethro Tull
I wrote something recently - a friend wrote back “your on song John” and my mind instantly jumped back in time 55 years and this has been ear worming me ever since. It’s not even about what he wrote.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 28, 2026
"Prove It" by Television
They did.
Reminded of Tom today when I read that his collection of 4.000 vinyls were being sold at auction.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 27, 2026
"America Is Waiting" by Brian Eno & David Byrne
Two of the masters delivering a master
The video is well worth a watch aswell.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 26, 2026
🎵 Only the Good Die Young || Remembering ‘Om Malik’ - today he moved on to where or whatever the next realm is.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 25, 2026
"Constant Craving" by k.d. lang
I actually don't - but it is still an important song in my canon.
🖋️ A One Man Army
Terry Godier is his name and he seems to be assuming the role of helping us all be purposeful as we seek to slow ourselves down in the the accelerating world of tech that we all live in. I am guilty of that speed. I LOVE slowing down. And it is entertaining at the same time as being informative. Thank you Terry.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 24, 2026
"Dancing in the Street (2002 Remaster)" by David Bowie & Mick Jagger
**So great. Such fun.**
I mean sure - you could pop over to your music player and have a listen - but there's also the video for twice the fun.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 23, 2026
"Vivaldi" by Curved Air
Another one of those cross genre mind blowing tracks that just had me hooked - and never let me go. I wonder if two cellos would ever have happened without Darryl.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 22, 2026
"Phaedra (Steven Wilson 2018 Stereo Remix)" by Tangerine Dream
But these were the guys that had my heart back in the day. Noting that I try to post links as close to the original as I can - this is the exception that proves the rule - a 2028 Remix by Steven Wilson.
Bonus points for the name of the river.
📺 I watched the first 1 1/2 episodes of 🔗 Cold Call a long while back and forgot all about it. This weekend as I was poking around - redesicovered and finished it. (The whole thing is only 4 episodes - so an easy piece of homework) - and my goodness - maybe they spent a little bit too much time setting it all up - but somewhere in the middle - it just turns … you might know the lead - Sally Lindsay from 🖇️The Madame Blanc Mysteries that she created, co wrote and stars in. Nice gentle little show with a 🖇️🎵 great theme song.
Cold Call is nothing like that.
★★★
Crucial Track 🎵 June 21, 2026
"Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding (2014 Remaster)" by Elton John
IMO he never did enough instrumentals. And no - not a 'yellow' brick' 'road'.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 20, 2026
"God Speed The Plough" by Stackridge
Part 2 of 2. Not The Korgis.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 19, 2026
"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" by The Korgis
Part 1 of 2 - Not Stackridge.
And so good night. I’ll just leave this with you all to marinate.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 18, 2026
"I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Makes me happy. How about you?
Crucial Track 🎵 June 17, 2026
"Manifesto" by Roxy Music
So many - you just have to choose one. DONE.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 16, 2026
"Pictured Within (Live)" by Jon Lord
Jon Lord was always one of my favourites. My interest in Deep Purple emerged not from Taliesyn, Fireball or even 'In Rock', but rather their first live album 'In Concert'. He never managed to repeat that within Purple - but as a solo artist - that was Jon. I THINK I have them all - I certainly know them. But out of that library how do you choose a 'track'?
Hence the choice today - and again - NOT in studio from a live album with Steve Balsamo providing the vocals to one of his 'songs' ... extending it to over 10 minutes with Orchestra. Not sure. there is a single track that epitomises Jon's range - though Jazz and Rock doesn't appear in this recording.
Rock - well - you already know that side of him.
Jazz - well a little light fun introduction to Dave Brubeck's 🔗📼 Unsquare Dance
Crucial Track 🎵 June 15, 2026
"Friday I'm In Love" by The Cure
I like to try and not pick the obvious ones on the more famous bands - but how could you not pick this one when it comes to the Cure.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 14, 2026
"Boots on the Ground" by Massive Attack & Tom Waits
Hell yes. Only released a couple of months ago - played on rotation for a while there. It was posted in Crucial a couple of days ago - so electing to use my 'double down' card today.
🖇️ Posted on AlbumWhale back in April
For the life of me can't find the crucial entry again. All to say - go listen.
UPDATE: Literally One Minute Later: Wired Differently
Crucial Track 🎵 June 13, 2026
"Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson
Of course we all know the original - take a listen before listening to Mysty Mayhem's cover ...
