Tune of the Day - July to December 2009
The last six months of the decade came up with these gems - so check them out if you can, and here's what made my last six months great musically.
July
01 - Electronic - Getting Away With It
02 - Kraftwerk - Tour de France
03 - Kraftwerk - Homecomputer
04 - MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
05 - Soft Cell - Tainted Love
06 - Slayer - Raining Blood
07 - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
08 - Booker T and the MG's - Soul Limbo
09 - Metallica - Sad But True
10 - Ryan Adams - New York New York
11 - Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
12 - Slayer - War Ensemble
13 - Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
14 - Nine Inch Nails - Wish
15 - Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
16 - Slayer - War Ensemble
17 - The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
18 - MJ Hibbett - Hell on Earth (Birmingham New Street)
19 - The Icicles - A Hundred Patterns
20 - The Icicles - La Ti Da
21 - Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
22 - Seth Lakeman - The Hurlers
23 - Elbow - One Day Like This
24 - Duke Special - Freewheel
25 - Kraftwerk - Tour de France étape 3
26 - The Cure - Pictures Of You
27 - Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
28 - The Icicles - Snowbird
29 - Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
30 - Judas Priest - Electric Eye
31 - Doug Wood - Drag Racer
August
01 - Reyn Ouwehand - Deflektor
02 - Deep Purple - Black Night
03 - Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
04 - Slayer - War Ensemble
05 - Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
06 - Slayer - Raining Blood
07 - Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
08 - Elbow - One Day Like This
09 - The Stone Roses - This Is The One
10 - Heart - Barracuda
11 - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock And Roll
12 - Danzig - Mother
13 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
14 - Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
15 - Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
16 - The Dave Clark Five - Catch Us If You Can
17 - Slayer - War Ensemble
18 - Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
19 - The Cygnet Ring - 18 Daze
20 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
21 - Queen - Killer Queen
22 - Morrissey - Suedehead
23 - Paramore - Misery Business
24 - Pixies - Wave Of Multilation
25 - Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
26 - Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
27 - Apollo 440 - Blackbeat
28 - The Automatic - Monster
29 - Judas Priest - Electric Eye
30 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
31 - The Icicles - A Hundred Patterns
September
01 - Judas Priest - Electric Eye
02 - Soft Cell - Tainted Love
03 - Judas Priest - Electric Eye
04 - Slayer - War Ensemble
05 - The Cure - Lovesong
06 - Slayer - Angel Of Death
07 - Extreme - Play With Me
08 - Paul Weller - You Do Something To Me
09 - Englandneworder - World In Motion
10 - The Jam - News of the World
11 - The Temptations - Sugar Fly Honey Bunch
12 - Supra - Blue Moon
13 - Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
14 - Skunk Anansie - Skunk Song
15 - Patrick Swayze - She's Like The Wind
16 - Kristin Hersh - Your Dirty Answer
17 - Brian Bennet - Chaseside Shootup
18 - Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
19 - Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - Je t'aime Moi Non Plus
20 - Mitch Benn - The Yellow Light of Death
21 - MJ Hibbett and the Validators - It Only Works Because You're Here
22 - Skunk Anansie - I Can Dream
23 - Manchester City FC - The Boys In Blue
24 - Swing Out Sister - Twilight World
25 - Barenaked Ladies - One Week
26 - Patti Smith - P**ing In A River
27 - Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
28 - Supra - Blue Moon
29 - Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
30 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
October
01 - Inspiral Carpets - Out Of Time
02 - Richard Hawley - For Your Lover Give Some Time
03 - Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
04 - The Who - Who Are You?
05 - Mark Mothersbaugh - Boom Blox Theme
06 - Moby - Wait For Me
07 - Queen - You're My Best Friend
08 - Jonathan Richman - Ice Cream Man
09 - Duran Duran - Planet Earth
10 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
11 - Natalie Merchant - Carnival
12 - Shoes - Tap de Papapaya
13 - The Specials - Too Much Too Young
14 - Matsako Nakamura - Green Hill Zone (from Sonic The Hedgehog)
15 - John Mayer - Vultures
16 - MJ Hibbett - Control Alt Delete
17 - Franz Ferdinand - The Dark Of The Matinee
18 - Queen - We Are The Champions
19 - Kristin Hersh - Teeth
20 - Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
21 - Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
22 - Juliette Lewis - Got Love To Kill
23 - Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive
24 - David Bowie - Fame
25 - Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock And Roll
26 - Rammstein - Feuer Frei
27 - Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
28 - MJ Hibbett and the Validators - Being Happy Doesn't Make You Stupid
29 - Philip Glass - Heroes
30 - Marilyn Manson - The Beautful People
31 - Juliette Lewis - Uh Huh
November
01 - 3 Daft Monkeys - Paranoid Big Brother
02 - Ian Brown - Sister Rose
03 - Ben's Brother - What If I?
04 - Royksopp - Eple
05 - Ben's Brother - Live
06 - Fort Knox Five - How To Start A Band
07 - Ray Parker jr - Ghostbusters
08 - Extreme - Play With Me
09 - Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
10 - Samson and Delilah - Place To Be
11 - Philip Glass - Heroes
12 - Frank Sidebottom - Guess Who's Been on Match of the Day?
13 - Seth Lakeman - Hearts and Minds
14 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
15 - Swing Out Sister - Butterfly
16 - Slayer - Angel Of Death
17 - Johnny Cash with Bonnie Prince Billy - I See A Darkness
18 - The Freshies - I'm In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk
19 - Royksopp - Eple
20 - Slayer - World Painted Blood
21 - Gary Numan - Metal
22 - Beth Rowley - Oh My Life
23 - Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat
24 - Skunk Anansie - I Can Dream
25 - Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain
26 - Rilo Kiley - Breakin' Up
27 - Giorgio Moroder - Ivory Tower
28 - The Jam - Eton Rifles
29 - Paul Weller - You Do Something To Me
30 - Slayer - World Painted Blood
December
01 - MJ Hibbett - It Only Works Because You're Here
02 - Paul Weller - Echoes Round The Sun
03 - Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire
04 - Traditional - Silent Night
05 - Supra - Blue Moon
06 - Queen - We Are The Champions
07 - Kristin Hersh - Flooding
08 - Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
09 - Squeeze - Cool For Cats
10 - Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire
11 - The Sword - The Black River
12 - Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
13 - Macy Gray - Winter Wonderland
14 - Slayer - Raining Blood
15 - Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
16 - Slayer - World Painted Blood
17 - Candi Staton - You've Got The Love
18 - Wings - Band On The Run
19 - Public Image Ltd - Rise
20 - Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
21 - Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
22 - KT Tunstall - Black Horse and The Cherry Tree
23 - REM - Shiny Happy People
24 - Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up
25 - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - The Fairytale of New York
26 - New Order - True Faith
27 - Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
28 - Bad Lieutenant - Sink Or Swim
29 - Vonda Shepard - This Christmas
30 - The Prodigy - World's On Fire
31 - Joy Division - Decades