My pub juke box
Douglas Jack, analyst at Panmure Gordon, chooses his favourite tracks
Previous contributors have provided us with some great stories. In my case, songs that are special to me are at best mediocre to everyone else. This column is great for sharing download ideas (re-tracking lost songs from the vinyl era). In that spirit, here is my best shot:
1. SUBSTITUTE
Clout
My first-ever single. I thought this was a great song, but (horror) have just found out that it was a cover of a Righteous Brothers song. The Westlife and Boyzone of the '70s.
2. Summer & Lightning
ELO
Out of the Blue was a great double album that dominated the airwaves in summer '77. I think it's worth another listen.
3. Run
Snow Patrol
Close call with Chasing Cars, which should have won after seeing it performed live at last year's Brits, but Run is a rarity in that it's difficult to get bored of.
4. Mr Brightside
The Killers
I think the Killers are producing the best commercial rock music at the moment. A few of their songs could have been picked, including All These Things That I've Done.
5. Freebird
Lynyrd Skynyrd
I hated this song at first, but it gets better and better the more you listen to it. Forget the three-minute version; it's nine minutes or nothing.
6. Alibi
David Gray
It is odd to pick a David Gray song that isn't on the White Ladder album. This song has the highest play count on my iPod by a long distance.
7. Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead
Most would agree that a few of their songs, like Street Spirit and Karma Police, are brilliant, but I can't get into the rest of it (singer Thom Yorke, below).
8. Sandstorm
Darude
Probably one for Oceana nightclub rather than a pub
juke box.
9. Premonition
Simple Minds
They produced their best music in 1979-80, all of which is now overlooked. The best of it is on the Celebration album.
10. Arabian Knights
Siouxsie and the Banshees
A school-day favourite, but with the lines: "I hear a rumour, it was just a rumour" it may be more applicable to life in broking. Surely Brumby has used it?
