This is horrendously hard to do and I reserve the right to change the list at a moment's notice.
| Strong as Death, Sweet at Love | Al Green | I have to have at least one Al Green and this moves me more then most. Epic.John O'Neill taped this for me on a really cheap WH Smith tape and I thank him from the depth of my soul. |
| That Summer Feeling | Jonathan Richman | What can I say? One time when the Junies were off on a tour to the Midlands I hired a van from Budget. This song was playing on the radio when I was filling in the forms, and the woman behind the counter said 'What a racket'. I replied, 'this is the best song ever'. She looked at me like I was shit on the bottom of her shoe.Conclusion: Budget counter girls don't love music like I do. The Junies never hired a Budget Van again. |
| Garageland | The Clash | Hey, I could have chosen any of them and Phil has already picked Complete Control. This is the best 'end of first album' song ever, and Joe Strummer was all I ever wanted to be but couldn't. |
| Chance Meeting | Josef K | Yes it had trumpets but this one really gets me all choked up. I love it to death. I saw a gig at the ICA in 1981(or was it 1980?) with these guys, Orange juice, and the Blue Orchids. It changed my life. |
| Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting | Charles Mingus | AAARRGGHHH. Now its jazz and the place is roarin', all beautiful girls in there, one mad brunette at the bar drunk with her boys.Charles Mingus is the man who I didn't know until I met Yargo and Steve Double. God Bless Steve Double. |
| Stop that Girl | Vic Godard and Subway Sect | Just glorious. If I had this on a desert island I would be singing at the top of my voice and jumping all around the fire, lit to warm me cockles. |
| Ole! | John Coltrane | Two basses. Listen to the 10th and 11th minutes of this and you'll find rhythm that should never end. |
| Potato Head Blues | Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven | Upbeat? You want upbeat. This is a desert island list and I want upbeat. This is what a trumpet should sound like….Jon please note for any re-recording of Junies stuff. |
| Rave on John Donne | Van Morrison | Complete Tosh, but it's an acid thing. One crazy Edinburgh night when things were not as they seemed and this was on a loop. There's better Van than this but it's a moment thing. Lie back and look up at the stars. |
| Piss Factory | Patti Smith | I know I'm not the only one who liked this wild and cooky individual. This is angry and it's raw, and it does something for me. I will be able to shout at the trees and the sand and the cess pit after hearing this on the island. |
Phil, can I have another 10 please ? If Bees doesn't have his ten then can I have his too ? ["No": Phil]
No David Bowie, no Verdi, no Buzzcocks…no Buzzcocks for gods sake!!!