641. Dresden - OMD (2013)

 

 

Set the dials to overload

My head is ready to explode

 

This is the best song from the three albums that OMD have recorded since they got back together in 2006. I like the keyboard riff in particular.

 

640. Group Four - Massive Attack (1998)

 

 

To think that I lay next to you

Wasting time when I could do

A simple job in strip lights

 

An eight minute track from the 'Mezzanine' album. I like Elizabeth Fraser's vocals on this and the way the music gradually speeds up towards its conclusion. Someone's put together a very impressive unofficial video for it.

 

Love in the Lap Of the Gods, and Brighton Rock is another great song from Queen's early era.

I love Brighton Rock. That will be coming up at some point.

639. The Sulphur Man - Doves (2002)

 

 

Through the streets and on your own

Almost lost and almost home

 

Another track from 'The Last Broadcast'. This features some strings,brass and woodwind to give it a bit of scale.

 

638. Man Of Our Times - Genesis (1980)

 

 

He brings another day,another night,another fight

 

A song from the 'Duke' album written by Mike Rutherford. This is where Phil Collins' drum sound gets bigger and heavier.

 

637. Safe From Harm - Narcotic Thrust (2002)

 

 

I need someone to find me

And do me right and keep me safe from harm

 

Some dance music now. This got to number 24 in the UK and number 1 on the US dance chart and features vocals from Yvonne John Lewis. Narcotic Thrust is an anagram of one its members,Stuart Chrichton.

 

Oh my! Safe From Harm is amazing, and I didn't expect it to be in your chart.

 

It has an excellent vocal and the instrumental does remind me a bit of the style of the instrumental of 'Cola' by Camelphat and Elderbrook this year, dark and atmospheric with a similar style of synths as well!

 

Another great atmospheric sounding dance track I really like from 2002 is Snap vs Plaything - Do You See the Light, I don't know if you have heard that one?

Edited April 4, 20187 yr by Dancing Queef

I thought 'Safe From Harm' would be your sort of thing,Snakey.

636. All I Want Is You - The Aloof (1998)

 

 

The air I can't consume

Cause all I want is you

 

How do I describe The Aloof? They are not quite trip hop. Wikipedia says they mix electronic and dance elements with dub influences so that will do. This is from the third of the four albums they released. I love the drums and sweeping strings on this one.

 

 

635. Wonder Milky Bitch - Air (2001)

 

 

You never wear cosmetic

You don't like arithmetic

 

This must be the filthiest song on my chart. It's about BJ and that doesn't stand for Buzzjack. I like the Wild West sound to the instrumentation which goes with the picture of Monument Valley on the album cover.

 

634. Bury It - Chvrches (2015)

 

 

I never promised you anything I couldn't do

 

Another song from 'Every Open Eye' with a catchy chorus. The single release featured Hayley Williams but I prefer this album version.

 

639. The Sulphur Man - Doves (2002)

 

Yes, I love this one - very under appreciated. I also love Safe From Harm - an early 2000s classic. Oh and it got to #1 on my personal chart in August 2002!

Edited April 5, 20187 yr by Doctor Blind

633. Go West - Pet Shop Boys (1993)

 

 

Life is peaceful there

In the open air

 

The Pet Shop Boys' fantastic cover version of the Village People song from 1979. It was stopped from reaching no.1 first by Culture Beat's 'Mr Vain',then by 'Boom! Shake The Room' by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.

 

Love Go West, don't get covers more epic and flamboyant than that! I think it's my favourite from the Pet Shop Boys.

 

Galvanize, They and Bright Eyes are also big favourites of mine, I actually heard the latter before I saw the movie and it was beautiful all the same. Those lyrics hit so hard :(

The Pet Shop Boys' cover of Go West is very good and epic. Love the video, and its retro computer graphics.

 

I like the over the top female backing vocal and the use of chanted vocals.

 

I think I remember 'Go West' still being played a bit on music channels when I was younger in the late 90s and I liked it back then.

 

 

632. Here To Stay (Felix Da Housecat Remix) - New Order (2002)

 

 

'Here To Stay' is from the movie '24 Hour Party People' with the role of Bernard Sumner played by John Simm. The single got to no.15 but I prefer this remix by Felix Da Housecat.

 

2 absolute classics for me in Go West and 10538 Overture, and Bright Eyes topped my charts but just missed my countdown, but Art has an alternative track in my list plus some with Paul Simon. Oddly enough his most awesome track never topped my chart (but it would now - Travelin' Boy is his greatest solo moment).

 

I'd forgotten that Paul McCartney track, a real goodie needing re-appreciation, and Ultravox is a great single too.

631. Montreal - Marillion (2012)

 

 

We were welcomed through arrivals without the usual transatlantic fuss

And greeted by the fans who led us to the chilly street onto the bus

 

A fourteen minute epic from their 17th album 'Sounds That Can't Be Made'. Every two years,Marillion organize weekends in three cities where they play three different sets from Friday to Sunday to the same crowd. A regular venue for one of these weekends is Montreal and the lyrics of this song are like entries in H's diary from leaving England to the start of the first gig (their singer Steve Hogarth is always called H as there are two Steves in the group).

 

630. You Came - Kim Wilde (1988)

 

 

Because you came and turned my life around

No one could take your place

 

A great little pop song from Kim Wilde. It was her fifth and final top 5 single.