Music Meme, day 12
Today's prompt is "a song from your pre-teen years". I turned 13 in 1997, so I assume I've got any time between my birth and then to go for, which was a particularly good era in British popular music and in fact I've already picked three songs (Waterfall, Champagne Supernova and Six Underground) from it. But there's a few songs I particularly recall hearing on the radio or similar in my fairly early childhood, before I went to secondary school in 1994. Some of them are disco tracks which are memorable but I don't really like as such (Rhythm is a Dancer, One Night in Heaven), one is a song that the person who wrote it is a bit embarrassed by (Shiny Happy People), and one is a song that the people who bought it are a bit embarrassed by (The One and Only).
And then there's two others, both of which have subsequently become overlaid with rather more meaning than I was capable of providing them with at the time I first heard them. Pipping Kiss from a Rose by virtue of being released when I was seven, rather than ten and about to start secondary school (I was accelerated):
This is the 1991 version, which I can remember watching on Top of the Pops and hearing on the radio (trivia: it was at Number 2 in the charts for four weeks, kept off the top by the aforementioned The One and Only in an excellent demonstration of the difference between commercial success and being actually any good). I did not know at the time that this song was a re-release (I would only learn this by reading the album insert for James's Best Of album released some years later); I think that I actually prefer the 1989 version, having heard it (which didn't happen until 2014, I think). Amongst other things, the words are in a different order, arguably making less sense but doing a much better job of conveying the singer's emotional state.
1.A song you like with a colour in the title - Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (performed by Tori Amos)
2.A song you like with a number in the title - Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps
3.A song that reminds you of summer - Gentlemen and Players - The Duckworth Lewis Method
4.A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget about - King of the World - First Aid Kit
5.A song that needs to be played LOUD - Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Sr
6.A song that makes you want to dance - Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge
7.A song to drive to - Waterfall - The Stone Roses
8.A song about drugs or alcohol - Champagne Supernova - Oasis
9.A song that makes you happy - Rock, Paper, Scissors - Katzenjammer
10.A song that makes you sad - The Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John (performed by The Dubliners)
11.A song that you never get tired of - Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
12.A song from your pre-teen years - Sit Down - James
13.One of your favourite 70's songs
14.A song that you would love played at your wedding
15.A song that is a cover by another artist
16.One of your favourite classical songs
17.A song that you would sing as a duet on karaoke
18.A song from the year you were born
19.A song that makes you think about life
20.A song that has many meanings for you
21.A favourite song with a person's name in the title
22.A song that moves you forward
23.A song you think everybody should listen to
24.A song by a band you wish were still together
25.A song by an artist no longer living
26.A song that makes you want to fall in love
27.A song that breaks your heart
28.A song by an artist with a voice you love
29.A song you remember from your childhood
30.A song that reminds you of yourself
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And then there's two others, both of which have subsequently become overlaid with rather more meaning than I was capable of providing them with at the time I first heard them. Pipping Kiss from a Rose by virtue of being released when I was seven, rather than ten and about to start secondary school (I was accelerated):
Click to viewThis is the 1991 version, which I can remember watching on Top of the Pops and hearing on the radio (trivia: it was at Number 2 in the charts for four weeks, kept off the top by the aforementioned The One and Only in an excellent demonstration of the difference between commercial success and being actually any good). I did not know at the time that this song was a re-release (I would only learn this by reading the album insert for James's Best Of album released some years later); I think that I actually prefer the 1989 version, having heard it (which didn't happen until 2014, I think). Amongst other things, the words are in a different order, arguably making less sense but doing a much better job of conveying the singer's emotional state.
1.A song you like with a colour in the title - Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (performed by Tori Amos)
2.A song you like with a number in the title - Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps
3.A song that reminds you of summer - Gentlemen and Players - The Duckworth Lewis Method
4.A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget about - King of the World - First Aid Kit
5.A song that needs to be played LOUD - Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Sr
6.A song that makes you want to dance - Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge
7.A song to drive to - Waterfall - The Stone Roses
8.A song about drugs or alcohol - Champagne Supernova - Oasis
9.A song that makes you happy - Rock, Paper, Scissors - Katzenjammer
10.A song that makes you sad - The Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John (performed by The Dubliners)
11.A song that you never get tired of - Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
12.A song from your pre-teen years - Sit Down - James
13.One of your favourite 70's songs
14.A song that you would love played at your wedding
15.A song that is a cover by another artist
16.One of your favourite classical songs
17.A song that you would sing as a duet on karaoke
18.A song from the year you were born
19.A song that makes you think about life
20.A song that has many meanings for you
21.A favourite song with a person's name in the title
22.A song that moves you forward
23.A song you think everybody should listen to
24.A song by a band you wish were still together
25.A song by an artist no longer living
26.A song that makes you want to fall in love
27.A song that breaks your heart
28.A song by an artist with a voice you love
29.A song you remember from your childhood
30.A song that reminds you of yourself
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