Their second (and final) album was imo not as good as their first, but thia song is one of the stronger on it.
The Blue Nile - Soul Boy
Due to the fact that you can only now choose 3 songs to form this playlist I thought I'd make it a bit all encompassing. So with that in mind I've chosen a rather vast and unwieldy subject to make a rather smaller and less unwieldy list. If that makes sense.
Love.
wanting, fulfilled or fallen out of...it's your choice. Just make it surprising, beautiful and above all interesting. Or none of these!
Kaleo - I Can't Go On Without You
You might remember these lovely Icelandic bluesters from previous lists. A lament about losing love and trying to deal with it.
Thunder - When Love Walked In
Much unappreciated English rockers who were/ are fantastic in concert. This song was going to be our first dance at our wedding but sadly in those pre internet days DJ's didn't have it, or I forgot to bring the CD with me...this lead to dancing to Wet Wet Wet. The shame of it all.
Talk Talk - I Don't Believe In You
My favourite song from one of my favourite albums. As with all of Mr Hollis's compositions it's hauntingly beautiful.
Y&T - Forever
Another under appreciated band, all hair rock and sometimes of age questionable lyrics. This has a soaring chorus and some fantastic guitar work. If I had hair I'd be windmilling until my neck hurt which is approximately 20 seconds.
ABC - All Of My Heart
Another song from one of my favourite albums. This has some of my favourite lyrics ever. A great pop song which, with the help of some fantastic Trevor Horn production, captured my teenage angst perfectly. Even if I was all hard and never showed emotion if a girl dumped me.
Now if someone could pop up a Spotify playlist I'd be most grateful.
1988 - October I think.This song was the album finale to U2's mix of live/studio songs in 1989's Rattle and Hum. I remember seeing this movie in the theatre in college with my then girlfriend, in two years later, my wife. That time and that album brings back lots of memories.
Bad theme to go down to three on !!
When we got married the guest place names were actually CDs which had one of three sets of love songs depending on the age/musical proclivities of the guest in question. Each of the three sets started with a version of Blue Moon, which is of course in itself a great love song.
While Mrs Spires chose dining linen and flower arrangements I busied myself trying to curate three lists that worked together and reflected our collective and individual tastes. Looking back, out of the 60+ tracks across the three discs I'm comfortable that 90% have stood the test of time.
However, I have to admit we were probably quite tired and emotional when we made the decision to put Huey Morgan singing Fly Me To The Moon on one of them!!
Will have to have a listen and decide if any of them will make my two remaining picks.