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.
#34: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (November 2013)
On November 23rd last year (2012) this broken heart was mended by an NHS team at London Heart. And just in the nick of time apparently. I can't praise the care I received throughout the process too highly or thank the friends and family that supported me too much. This MNM is just a way to mark the day so that it doesn't slip by unnoticed.
1
Porcupine Tree
“Heartattack in a Layby”
In Absentia, 2002
2
Soulsavers
“Wise Blood”
Broken, 2009
3
Spiritualized
“Broken Heart”
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, 1997
4
Philip Glass
“String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima) - 4. 1962-Body Building”
Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass, 1995
5
Le Futur Pompiste
“Five Hundred Heartbeats”
Le Futur Pompiste, 2010
6
The Good Natured
“Your Body Is a Machine”
Your Body Is a Machine, 2010
7
Beth Ditto
“Open Heart Surgery”
Beth Ditto, 2011
8
Little Boots
“Hearts Collide”
Hands, 2009
9
The Emperor Machine
“Bloody Hell”
Fabric 19, 2004
10
Cocteau Twins
“The Tinderbox (of a Heart)”
Head Over Heels, 1983
11
Bell X1
“How Your Heart Is Wired”
Blue Lights On the Runway, 2009
12
Panic Ensemble
“Spring in Your Heart”
Panic Ensemble, 2008
13
School of Seven Bells
“Heart Is Strange”
Disconnect from Desire, 2010
14
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
“Crowning of a Heart”
The Secret of Elanas Tomb, 2003
15
A Silver Mount Zion
“This Gentle Hearts Like Shot Birds Fallen”
Born Into Trouble As the Sparks Fly Upward, 2001
16
John Barry
“Body Heat - Main Theme”
John Barry: Collection, 2001
17
Dave Grusin
“One Hand, One Heart”
Dave Grusin Presents: West Side Story, 1997
18
Dionne Warwick
“Anyone Who Had a Heart”
More Music to Watch Girls By, 1999
19
Marc Ribot
“Don't Go Breaking My Heart”
Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, 1997
20
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
“I Left My Heart in San Franciso”
Gorilla, 1967
21
Björk
“Triumph of a Heart”
Medulla, 2004
22
Grizzly Bear
“Owner of a Lonely Heart”
Sorry for the Delay (The Early Recordings), 2006
23
Captain
“This Heart Keeps Beating for Me”
This Is Hazelville, 2006
24
Florence + the Machine
“Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)”
Lungs, 2009
25
Barry Adamson
“Set the Controls for the Heart of the Pelvis”
Oedipus Schmoedipus, 1996
26
Primal Scream
“Wise Blood”
Echo Dek, 1997
27
Sofa Surfers
“Longe Bone”
Cargo, 1999
28
Nick Lowe
“Heart of the City”
Quiet Please: The New Best of Nick Lowe, 2003
29
The Yardbirds
“Heart Full of Soul”
Shapes of Things (60s Groups & Sessions), 2003
30
The Velvet Underground
“Temptation Inside Your Heart”
VU, 1968
31
David Bowie
“Fill Your Heart”
Hunky Dory, 1971
32
Wire
“Heartbeat”
Chairs Missing, 1978
33
Wax
“Bridge to Your Heart”
American English, 1987
34
The Human League
“Open Your Heart”
Dare!, 1981
35
The Associates
“Heart of Glass”
Popera: The Singles Collection, 1990
36
Stars
“Dead Hearts”
Five Ghosts, 2010
37
M83
“A Guitar and a Heart”
Before the Dawn Heals Us, 2005
38
Cowboy Junkies
“Little Dark Heart”
The Nomad Series: Renmin Park Vol.1, 2010
39
Paul Simon
“Run That Body Down”
Paul Simon, 1972
40
John Murphy
“I Smell Blood”
Basic Instinct 2, 2006
41
Genesis
“Hairless Heart”
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, 1974
42
Julee Cruise
“Rockin Back Inside My Heart”
Floating Into the Night, 1989
43
Joy Division
“Heart and Soul”
Closer, 1980
44
Voodoo Warriors of Love
“Blood”
em:t 3394, 1994
45
Monte la Rue
“Rhinestone Heart”
Interludia, 2002
46
Koop + Terry Callier
“In a Heartbeat”
Waltz for Koop, 2001
47
Don Blackman
“Hearts Desire”
Don Blackman, 1982
48
Loot & Plunder
“Thinkin Bout Your Body”
, 2013
49
Thunderball
“Heart of the Hustler”
Scorpio Rising, 2001