Tune of the Day - July to December 2010
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 - Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
02 - Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
03 - Slayer - Cult
04 - The Bad Shepherds - Hurry Up Harry
05 - The Cygnet Ring - The Birds
06 - The Sword - Freya
07 - The Floe - I Hope You Know
08 - Frank Sidebottom - Guess Who's Been On Match of the Day?
09 - The Floe - One Deep Breath
10 - The Floe - (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
11 - Kristin Hersh - Spain
12 - Suicidal Tendencies - War Inside My Head
13 - The Floe - Glove
14 - Metallica - My Apocalypse
15 - Soft Cell - Tainted Love
16 - Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
17 - Kristin Hersh - Teeth
18 - Julie Atherton - A Girl Of Few Words
19 - Electronic - Getting Away With It
20 - Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
21 - Pet Shop Boys - Shopping
22 - The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends
23 - Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home A Heartache
24 - Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
25 - Rollins Band - Liar
26 - Kristin Hersh - Mississippi Kite
27 - The Unthanks - Lucky Gilchrist
28 - Barenaked Ladies - Summertime
29 - Traditional - Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu
30 - Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven
31 - REM - The One I Love
August
01 - The Cygnet Ring - Tell Me What Your Girlfriend Said
02 - Juliana Hatfield Three - Supermodel
03 - The Sword - The Black River
04 - Pop Will Eat Itself - Axe of Men 2010
05 - Alice In Chains - Them Bones
06 - Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
07 - Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
08 - John Foxx - Underpass
09 - Tenacious D with Black Francis - Oh My Golly
10 - Done Lying Down - Trenchmouth
11 - Pixies - La La Love You
12 - The Floe - I Hope You Know
13 - Ben's Brother - Stuttering (Kiss Me Again)
14 - The Smiths - Hand In Glove
15 - Alan Parker - Coast (BBC TV theme)
16 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
17 - Howling Bells - Low Happening
18 - Swing Out Sister - Theme From It's Better To Travel
19 - Soft Cell - Tainted Love
20 - Swing Out Sister - Incomplete Without You
21 - Swing Out Sister - Incomplete Without You
22 - The Sword - Maiden Mother and Crone
23 - Supra - Blue Moon
24 - Swing Out Sister - Butterfly
25 - Swing Out Sister - Incomplete Without You
26 - Suicidal Tendencies - Pledge Your Allegiance
27 - Metallica - Mercyful Fate
28 - Street Sweeper Social Club - Fight! Smash! Win!
29 - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
30 - Linkin Park - One Step Closer
31 - Squeeze - Cool For Cats
September
01 - Metallica - Of Wolf and Man
02 - Roxy Music - The Main Thing
03 - The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
04 - Eels - Mr E's Beautiful Blues
05 - La Roux - Bulletproof
06 - Dream Theater - Panic Attack
07 - Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
08 - Dream Theater - Panic Attack
09 - Beth Rowley - So Sublime
10 - Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
11 - Roy Harper - Me and My Woman
12 - The Jam - In The City
13 - The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
14 - Morrissey - Irish Blood English Heart
15 - Judas Priest - Painkiller
16 - The Donnas - New Kid In School
17 - Paul Weller - All Along The Watchtower
18 - Barenaked Ladies - Another Heartbreak
19 - Barenaked Ladies - You Run Away
20 - Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
21 - Heaven 17 - Temptation
22 - Doug Wood Band - Drag Racer
23 - Ben's Brother - What If I?
24 - Rush - 2112
25 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
26 - Beth Rowley - A Sunday Kind of Love
27 - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
28 - Queen - You're My Best Friend
29 - Dream Theater - Panic Attack
30 - Manchester City FC - The Boys In Blue
October
01 - The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
02 - The Smiths - This Night Has Opened My Eyes
03 - The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
04 - Slayer - Cult
05 - The Floe - I Hope You Know
06 - The Sword - The Black River
07 - Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
08 - David Bowie - Let's Dance
09 - The Bad Shepherds - Anarchy In The UK
10 - Rush - 2112 (part 2, Temple of the Syrinx)
11 - James - Born of Frustration
12 - Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
13 - Megadeth - Sudden Death
14 - Dream Theater - Panic Attack
15 - Jonny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion
16 - Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
17 - Gary Numan - Cars
18 - Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rise Up With Fists
19 - Amy Macdonald - Run
20 - The Specials - Ghost Town
21 - Megadeth - Sudden Death
22 - Filter - Take a Picture
23 - The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
24 - Doves - Pounding
25 - Rollins Band - What's The Matter Man?
26 - Human League - Don't You Want Me
27 - Rammstein - Feuer Frei
28 - Metallica - Enter Sandman
29 - REM - Losing My Religion
30 - Levellers - One Way
31 - Black Sabbath - War Pigs
November
01 - Mercyful Fate - Evil
02 - Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart
03 - Nouvelle Vague - Just Can't Get Enough
04 - Muse - Uprising
05 - Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
06 - Patti Smith - Because the Night
07 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
08 - Senses Fail - Institutionalized
09 - 3 Daft Monkeys - She Said
10 - Buzzcocks - Boredom
11 - 3 Daft Monkeys - Days of the Dance
12 - REM - Losing My Religion
13 - Skunk Anansie - I Can Dream
14 - Seth Lakeman - Ye Mariners All
15 - Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
16 - Frank Sidebottom - Guess Who's Been on Match of the Day?
17 - Slipknot - Psychosocial
18 - Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
19 - Rob Zombie - Dragula
20 - The Beatles - Helter Skelter
21 - Clint Mansell - Pi R Squared
22 - The Bad Shepherds - Ramones Medley
23 - The Jam - Going Underground
24 - Black Flag - Rise Above
25 - Slayer - Chemical Warfare
26 - Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
27 - Kristin Hersh - Winter
28 - Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
29 - Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy
30 - Swing Out Sister - Breakout
December
01 - Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
02 - The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
03 - Traditional - Away In A Manger
04 - The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
05 - Vonda Shepard - Let It Snow
06 - Weird Al Yankovic - Smells Like Nirvana
07 - Alfred Bradley, Herbert Chappell and Brenda Johnson - Paddington Bear Theme
08 - MJ Hibbett - Theme From Dinasour Planet
09 - The Gossip - Heavy Cross
10 - U2 - All I Want Is You
11 - Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
12 - Frank Sidebottom - Christmas Is Really Fantastic
13 - Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells
14 - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
15 - Human League - Empire State Human
16 - How To Destroy Angels - The Space in Between
17 - Senser - Eject
18 - The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
19 - Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
20 - Doves - Pounding
21 - Kristin Hersh - Winter
22 - The Smiths Indeed - Hand In Glove
23 - The Smiths - London
24 - Perry Como - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
25 - Macy Gray - Winter Wonderland
26 - Swing Out Sister - Somewhere Deep In The Night
27 - Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation
28 - Manchester City FC - The Boys In Blue
29 - Dream Theater - Panic Attack
30 - Dream Theater - Never Enough
31 - Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation