In Lieu of Friends

Beautiful, sexy, massively endowed, highly intelligent longtime fan of this blog Martin has tagged KRS to complete a music meme that's doing the rounds. Since we've run out of anything funny to say, it'll kill a bit of time and space to oblige:

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.

1: "Kinky Boots," by Patrick MacNee and Honor Blackman.

I listen to this song first thing every morning. It gets me in the right mood for the day and reminds me to put my shoes on. Only appropriate, I think, to dedicate it this morning to John Terry.


2: "Bertha de Sade," by Agnes Bernelle.

I have two CD players at home. One of them plays this song on repeat, constantly, and has done every day since Aggy died ten years ago. I do miss her so. Who knows what mischief we might have gotten up to had we ever met.


3: "Famous for All the Wrong Reasons," by Harbingers.

Manchester's best band ever, no argument. They shit on the Stone Roses. The thinking man's (and woman's) Fall. A major source of inspiration for this blog. The Kettle Will Always Be On. This is their spring song. Cheer up.


4: "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," by Bombalurina.

The comic genius that is Timmy Mallett. What more need we say?


5: "Lawd I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City," by the Sir Douglas Quintet.

I sit on the verandah of a weekend evening, roll a massive spliff, crank up the Victorola to 11, and pretend I'm in Mendocino. Then I pass out and it rains and I spend the week in bed sick. The perfect holiday.


6: "Only Losers Take the Bus," by the Fatima Mansions.

This one always gets the juices flowing. I must remember to buy me some dancing shoes for when Thatcher dies.


7: "Medium Dog Barking," by Medium Dog.

Subtler than Big Dog Barking, less sentimental than Small Dog Barking. I could listen to this all day, although I could say the same about Puppy in a Box and Horse Eating. Essential listening for the summer and my tip for Christmas Number One.


I don't think I know seven people to tag, but I do have a blog roll, and what's that for if not to palm off pointless exercises on people? Rosie, Sam, Jimmny, Accent Monkey, Ganching, E. M. Esq., and J.J., consider yourself It. Don't hate me.