Monday Night Martin
Once upon a time I lugged my PC to The Star on the first Monday of each month to play lovingly created playlists as loudly as I could get away with accompanied by swirling visuals generated by WinAmp’s MilkDrop plugin projected on to a screen. This had something of a cult following for a few years.
#31: The Hazards of Love (February 2011)
1
Paul McCartney & Wings
“Venus and Mars”
Venus and Mars, 1975
2
K.D. Lang
“Help Me”
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell, 2000
3
Jonatha Brooke
“Inconsolable”
Plumb, 1995
4
Joan Armatrading
“Woncha Come On Home”
Show Some Emotion, 1977
5
Massive Attack
“Protection”
Protection, 1994
6
Tricky
“Suffocated Love”
Maxinquaye, 1995
7
Kendra Smith
“Heart and Soul”
A Means to an End, 1994
8
David Bowie
“Always Crashing in the Same Car”
Low, 1977
9
Björk
“One Day”
Debut, 1993
10
Depeche Mode
“Home”
Ultra, 1997
11
The Flamingos
“I Only Have Eyes for You”
I Only Have Eyes For You, 1959
12
John & Beverley Martyn
“Auntie Aviator”
The Road to Ruin, 1970
13
Robin Trower
“In This Place”
Bridge of Sighs, 1974
14
The Groundhogs
“I Love You Miss Ogyny”
Hogwash, 1972
15
The Velvet Underground
“Venus in Furs”
The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967
16
Elbow
“Powder Blue”
Asleep in the Back, 2002
17
Paul Simon
“Tenderness”
There Goes Rhymin' Simon, 1973
18
The Beach Boys
“Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)”
Pet Sounds, 1966
19
Mercury Rev
“Tonite It Shows”
Deserter's Songs, 1998
20
Air
“Biological”
Talkie Walkie, 2004
21
M83
“Can't Stop”
Before the Dawn Heals Us, 2005
22
Godley & Creme
“Cry”
Cry, 1985
23
John Barry
“Body Heat - Main Theme”
The Collection: 40 Years of Film Music, 2001
24
Dave Grusin
“Something's Coming”
Dave Grusin Presents: West Side Story, 1997
25
Amorphous Androgynous
“The Lovers”
The Isness, 2002
26
The Tubes
“Don't Touch Me There”
Young and Rich, 1976
27
Datarock
“Computer Camp Love”
Datarock Datarock, 2005
28
Gus Gus
“Ladyshave”
This Is Normal, 1999
29
The Associates
“Waiting for the Love Boat (Slight Return)”
Popera: The Singles Collection, 1990
30
The Bird and the Bee
“Diamond Dave”
Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future, 2009
31
Belle & Sebastian
“Step Into My Office, Baby”
Dear Catastrophe Waitress, 2003
32
Caravan
“Golf Girl”
In the Land of Grey and Pink, 1971
33
The Beta Band
“Round the Bend”
The Beta Band, 1999
34
Anya Marina
“Drop Dead Blues”
Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II, 2009
35
Fleetwood Mac
“Not That Funny”
Tusk, 1979
36
The Damned
“Love Song”
Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979
37
The Buzzcocks
“What Do I Get?”
What Do I Get?, 1978
38
Jilted John
“Jilted John”
Jilted John, 1978
39
Marc Ribot
“Don't Go Breaking My Heart”
Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, 1997
40
The Veronicas
“Untouched”
Hook Me Up, 2007
41
Bear in Heaven
“Lovesick Teenagers”
Beast Rest Forth Mouth, 2009
42
Neko Case
“This Tornado Loves You”
Middle Cyclone, 2009
43
The Beatles
“I Want to Tell You”
Revolver, 1966
44
Goldfrapp
“Happiness”
Seventh Tree, 2008
45
Frank Zappa
“Oh No”
Weasles Ripped My Flesh, 1970
46
Barry Adamson
“The Sweetest Embrace”
Oedipus Schmoedipus, 1996
47
The Enid
“The Loved Ones”
In the Region of the Summer Stars, 1976
48
The Decemberists
“The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)”
The Hazards of Love, 2009