Music

The BBC music for the moon landings was improvised by Pink Floyd. Read about it (and hear it) here Will Widgets & Flash Toys

Just while I wait for the bloke to come round and fix the boiler. Rules: Set your MP3 player* to shuffle** and put the first fifty results into an entry for all the world to see (or at least whoever actually looks at it.) (* - Or Multi-Disc CD player, or Windows Media Player playlist,…

Birdhouse I'm your only friend I'm not your only friend But I'm a little glowing friend But really I'm not actually your friend But I am Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch Who watches over you Make a little birdhouse in your soul Not to put too fine a point on it…

We'll do it all Everything On our own We don't need Anything Or anyone If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? I don't quite know How to say How I feel Those three words Are said too much They're not enough If I…

I heard there was a secret chord That david played and it pleased the lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? Well it goes like this: The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah Well your f...

A quick history of the Manics: The band consisted of lead singer/rhythm guitarist James Dean Bradfield, bass guitarist Nicky Wire, drummer Sean Moore and ‘lead guitarist’ Richey Edwards. The truth is that Richey couldn’t actually play and was in the band because a) he was a lifelong friend of the...

This is inspired by Shukhevych’s music entries. Unlike Shuk, however, I’m going to use these to talk about some of my favourite bands and let you hear a couple of my favourite songs by them. There will, however, be a few surprise entries. I was first introduced to the music of The Beatles when I&...

Australian and New Zealand band Crowded House are set to reform for a world tour 11 years after they spilt, according to newspaper reports. Singer Neil Finn and bass player Nick Seymour are currently seeking drummers in Australia, with more auditions planned for New Zealand and the US. The band's...

On Thursday, I went to see one of the best bands in Britain today. That's right, Belle and Sebastian.The support band were a band called The Uptown Swingers. As an idea of the type of music they perform, they ended their set with 'King of the swingers'. However they got a huge round of applause&h...

I may have done this before, but I don't care (or remember). The idea (this time) came from Purple Tattoo.Gorillaz, Clint Eastwood: HAS to be the album version and not the remix. Cool lyrics and a nice laid-back, chilled groove. Perfect for a sunny day.Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, 15ft of pure, w...