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2011 – The long list

Thanks for sticking with me, and for all the inspiration along the way. I am fairly pleased with what I achieved. I thought you might be interested to see a list of the songs featured in 2011. Some I look back on with a touch of embarrassment but mostly I wouldn’t change any of them:

Date Song
1-Jan-2011 Curtis Mayfield – Move on Up
2-Jan-2011 Duran Duran – Come Undone
3-Jan-2011 Willie Tee – Walking up a one way street
4-Jan-2011 Beach Boys – Caroline No
5-Jan-2011 Darwin Deez – Radar Detector
6-Jan-2011 MGMT – Electric Feel
7-Jan-2011 Napoleon – Cleopatra
8-Jan-2011 The Supremes – Love is here and now you’re gone
9-Jan-2011 Talking Heads – Once in a lifetime
10-Jan-2011 Gift of gab – Flashback
11-Jan-2011 Jai Paul – BTSTU
12-Jan-2011 Grand Hallway – Raindrops
13-Jan-2011 Frank Wilson – Do I love you (indeed I do)
14-Jan-2011 The Jam – Town called malice
15-Jan-2011 Maxine Nightingale – Right back where we started from
16-Jan-2011 Kanye West – Spaceship
17-Jan-2011 Graham Parker and The Rumour – Heat Treatment
18-Jan-2011 Metronomy – She Wants
19-Jan-2011 Le Kid – Mercy Mercy
20-Jan-2011 Little Comets – Isles
21-Jan-2011 Betty Wright – Shoorah Shoorah
22-Jan-2011 Blondie – Hanging on the telephone
23-Jan-2011 Oasis – Slide Away
24-Jan-2011 The Drums – Let’s go surfing
25-Jan-2011 TV on the radio – Wolf like me
26-Jan-2011 Teena Marie – I need your lovin’
27-Jan-2011 Phoenix – Too Young
28-Jan-2011 The Human League – Don’t you want me
29-Jan-2011 Aretha Franklin – Day Dreaming
30-Jan-2011 Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
31-Jan-2011 Mary Wells – What’s easy for two is so hard for one
1-Feb-2011 Ron Sexsmith – Tell me again
2-Feb-2011 Gomez – Tijuana Lady
3-Feb-2011 Camp Lo – Luchini
4-Feb-2011 Yes Giantess – You were young
5-Feb-2011 Sister Sledge – Lost in music
6-Feb-2011 Neil Young – Cortez the killer
7-Feb-2011 Thin Lizzy – The boys are back in town
8-Feb-2011 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles – Tracks of my tears
9-Feb-2011 The Bamboos – You ain’t no good
10-Feb-2011 J Mascis and the fog – Ammaring
11-Feb-2011 Bjork – All is full of love
12-Feb-2011 United Four – She’s putting you on
13-Feb-2011 The Antlers – Kettering
14-Feb-2011 Theophilius London – Accept the new
15-Feb-2011 Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
16-Feb-2011 J Dilla featuring Pharaohe Monche – Love
17-Feb-2011 Josh Rouse – 1972
18-Feb-2011 The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
19-Feb-2011 New Order – Age of consent
20-Feb-2011 Martha and the Vandellas – Heatwave
21-Feb-2011 Miami Horror – Holidays
22-Feb-2011 Flight Facilities – Crave You
23-Feb-2011 Los Campesinos – Death to Los Campesinos
24-Feb-2011 Miles Davis – Someday my prince will come
25-Feb-2011 Freddie Scott – (You) Got what I need
26-Feb-2011 Tears for fears – Everybody wants to rule the world
27-Feb-2011 The Temptations – Get Ready
28-Feb-2011 Doves – Black and white town
1-Mar-2011 Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
2-Mar-2011 Lucky Soul – White Russian Doll
3-Mar-2011 Outkast – SpottieOttieDopaliscious
4-Mar-2011 Marvin Gaye – Come get to this
5-Mar-2011 Van Halen – Jump
6-Mar-2011 Michael Jackson – Thriller
7-Mar-2011 The answering machine – Lifeline
8-Mar-2011 Two door cinema club – Undercover Martyn
9-Mar-2011 The Band – The night they drove old Dixie down
10-Mar-2011 The Bee Gees – More than a woman
11-Mar-2011 The white stripes – Fell in love with a girl
12-Mar-2011 High Contrast – Lovesick
13-Mar-2011 The Four Tops – Reach Out, I’ll be there
14-Mar-2011 The Emotions – Best of my love
15-Mar-2011 Delphic – Doubt
16-Mar-2011 Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
17-Mar-2011 Van Morrison – Sweet Thing
18-Mar-2011 John Lennon – Instant Karma
19-Mar-2011 Donny Hathaway – Jealous Guy
20-Mar-2011 Mos Def – Ms. Fat Booty
21-Mar-2011 The Blue Nile – Easter Parade
22-Mar-2011 Prince – I wanna be your lover
23-Mar-2011 Cloud Control – There’s nothing in the water we can’t fight
24-Mar-2011 Cool Calm Pete – Gitty up baby
25-Mar-2011 The Clash – Train in vain
26-Mar-2011 Sam Cooke – A change is gonna come
27-Mar-2011 The O’Jays – Love Train
28-Mar-2011 Peter and Kerry – Knees
29-Mar-2011 Tom Robinson – War Baby
30-Mar-2011 Eddie Floyd – I’ve never found a girl (to love me like you do)
31-Mar-2011 MF Doom/Mobb Deep – Shook Ones (MF Doom Remix)
1-Apr-2011 Elvin Bishop – Fooled around and fell in love
2-Apr-2011 Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
3-Apr-2011 LCD Soundsystem – All my friends
4-Apr-2011 Athlete – Westside
5-Apr-2011 Benoit and Sergio – Walk and talk
6-Apr-2011 Old crow medicine show – Wagon wheel
7-Apr-2011 Broken Bells – The high road
8-Apr-2011 Nina Simone – My baby just cares for me
9-Apr-2011 Blu – Amnesia
10-Apr-2011 Fatboy Slim (Midfield General mix) – Talking bout my baby
11-Apr-2011 Tom Vek – C-C (You set the fire in me)
12-Apr-2011 The Smiths – This charming man
13-Apr-2011 Odyssey – Going back to my roots
14-Apr-2011 Elton John – Benny and the Jets
15-Apr-2011 Family Fodder – Savoir Faire
16-Apr-2011 Steely Dan – Reelin’ in the years
17-Apr-2011 Caribou – Odessa
18-Apr-2011 Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy
19-Apr-2011 Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m yours)
20-Apr-2011 De la soul – Eye Know
21-Apr-2011 Sam and Dave – Soul Man
22-Apr-2011 Errol Dunkley – You’re gonna need me
23-Apr-2011 Ash – Kung Fu
24-Apr-2011 The Police – So Lonely
25-Apr-2011 Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
26-Apr-2011 Paul Simon – Spirit Voices
27-Apr-2011 REM – Nightswimming
28-Apr-2011 Jamiroquai – Space Cowboy
29-Apr-2011 Madonna – Holiday
30-Apr-2011 Hurts – Wonderful Life
1-May-2011 Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle and Roll
2-May-2011 FM Belfast – Underwear
3-May-2011 Tom Petty – Don’t do me like that
4-May-2011 Nguuni Lovers Lovers – Christmas Kitui
5-May-2011 The Beatles – Revolution
6-May-2011 Dodgy – Good Enough
7-May-2011 A tribe called Quest – Can I kick it?
8-May-2011 Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
9-May-2011 Scott Walker – Jackie
10-May-2011 Winfield Parker – I’m on my way
11-May-2011 Camera Obscura – French Navy
12-May-2011 Kelis – Millionaire
13-May-2011 Pete Heller – Big Love
14-May-2011 Tricky – Hell is round the corner
15-May-2011 Brian Wilson – Good Vibrations
16-May-2011 The Isley Brothers – Shout
17-May-2011 Manix – Feel real good
18-May-2011 Joy Division – Love will tear us apart
19-May-2011 Owiny Sigoma Band – Wires
20-May-2011 Jill Scott – Family Reunion
21-May-2011 Raekwon – Heaven and Hell
22-May-2011 Donald Fagen – I.G.Y.
23-May-2011 Roni Size – Heroes
24-May-2011 Wilson Pickett – In the midnight hour
25-May-2011 Beat Connection – Silver Screen
26-May-2011 Elliot Smith – Hanging around in the lost and found
27-May-2011 Gil Scott-Heron – The Bottle
28-May-2011 Suede – Beautiful Ones
29-May-2011 Solomon Burke – Everybody needs somebody to love
30-May-2011 The crusaders – Street life
31-May-2011 Delorean – Stay Close
1-Jun-2011 The Streets – Weak become heroes
2-Jun-2011 Saint Germain – Rose Rouge
3-Jun-2011 The Roots – How I got over
4-Jun-2011 Arthur Russell – This is how we walk on the moon
5-Jun-2011 Gladys Knight and The Pips – Midnight train to Georgia
6-Jun-2011 Dark Dark Dark – Daydreaming
7-Jun-2011 My brightest diamond – Dragonfly
8-Jun-2011 Brook Benton – Rainy night in Georgia
9-Jun-2011 The Frames – God bless mom
10-Jun-2011 DJ Marky – LK (It’s the way)
11-Jun-2011 Fatboy Slim and David Byrne – Walk like a woman
12-Jun-2011 Dexy’s midnight runners – Come on Eileen
13-Jun-2011 Ricardo Villalobos – Fizheuer Zieheuer
14-Jun-2011 Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata
15-Jun-2011 Fat Freddy’s Drop – Hope
16-Jun-2011 Small Faces – Itchycoo Park
17-Jun-2011 The Specials – Ghost Town
18-Jun-2011 Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz – Deja Vu (uptown baby)
19-Jun-2011 Althea and Donna – Uptown top ranking
20-Jun-2011 Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
21-Jun-2011 Herman Dune – Tell me something I don’t know
22-Jun-2011 Dennis Brown – Money in my pocket
23-Jun-2011 The source feat. Candi Staton – You’ve got the love
24-Jun-2011 DJ Shadow – Midnight in a perfect world
25-Jun-2011 Primal Scream – Loaded
26-Jun-2011 Eels – Susan’s House
27-Jun-2011 Tune Yards – Bizness
28-Jun-2011 Yuck – Get Away
29-Jun-2011 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – Ain’t no mountain high enough
30-Jun-2011 SBTRKT – Hold On
1-Jul-2011 David Bowie – Modern Love
2-Jul-2011 The Flaming Lips – Race for the prize
3-Jul-2011 The L.O.X. – Recognize
4-Jul-2011 America – A horse with no name
5-Jul-2011 Junior Boys – Parallel Lines
6-Jul-2011 Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite
7-Jul-2011 Supergrass – Alright
8-Jul-2011 Bibio – Lover’s Carvings
9-Jul-2011 Lauryn Hill – Ex-Factor
10-Jul-2011 Patti Smith – Gloria
11-Jul-2011 Benis Cletin – Jungle Magic
12-Jul-2011 Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster
13-Jul-2011 Washed Out – Feel it all around
14-Jul-2011 Daft Punk – Around the world
15-Jul-2011 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Ffunny Frends
16-Jul-2011 Mr.Fingers – Can you feel it?
17-Jul-2011 The Contours – Just a little misunderstanding
18-Jul-2011 Joni Mitchell – The last time I saw Richard
19-Jul-2011 Prefab Sprout – Cars and girls
20-Jul-2011 Kings of convenience – Misread
21-Jul-2011 Swiftumz – It’s beautiful
22-Jul-2011 The National – Fake Empire
23-Jul-2011 Jay-Z – Dead Presidents II
24-Jul-2011 Amy Winehouse – Tears dry on their own
25-Jul-2011 Youth Lagoon – Cannons
26-Jul-2011 Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla
27-Jul-2011 The Ronettes – Be my baby
28-Jul-2011 Vondelpark – TV
29-Jul-2011 The Avalanches – Since I left you
30-Jul-2011 Elbow – Lippy Kids
31-Jul-2011 Portishead – Roads
1-Aug-2011 Fontella Bass – Rescue Me
2-Aug-2011 The Strokes – Someday
3-Aug-2011 Polysics – Pretty Good
4-Aug-2011 Summer Camp – Ghost Train
5-Aug-2011 Japandroids – Young hearts spark fire
6-Aug-2011 The waterboys – The whole of the moon
7-Aug-2011 Neon Indian – Deadbeat summer
8-Aug-2011 Bob Dylan – The times they are a-changin’
9-Aug-2011 Crystal fighters – Champion sound
10-Aug-2011 Tupac Shakur – Changes
11-Aug-2011 Brenton Wood – Oogum Boogum
12-Aug-2011 Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
13-Aug-2011 Twin Sister – All around and away we go
14-Aug-2011 Johan Johannsen – The cause of labour is the hope of the world
15-Aug-2011 Etta James – I’d rather go blind
16-Aug-2011 S.C.U.M. – White Chapel
17-Aug-2011 Tindersticks – Can we start again?
18-Aug-2011 Fox the fox – Precious little diamonds
19-Aug-2011 Kid Cudi – Man on the moon
20-Aug-2011 Alphabeat – Fascination
21-Aug-2011 Republic of loose – Comeback Girl
22-Aug-2011 Dave Brubeck – Unsquare Dance
23-Aug-2011 The J.Geils Band – Centrefold
24-Aug-2011 Mo Kolours – Biddies
25-Aug-2011 Chic – Good Times
26-Aug-2011 The Cure – Close to me
27-Aug-2011 Terry Callier – Ordinary Joe
28-Aug-2011 Pulp – Mis-Shapes
29-Aug-2011 The Coup – Heaven Tonite
30-Aug-2011 The black seeds – Cool me down
31-Aug-2011 Broken Social Scene – Lover’s Spit
1-Sep-2011 Jean Carne – We’ve got some catching up to do
2-Sep-2011 Kelpe – Beat Imperial
3-Sep-2011 Mcfadden and Whitehead – Ain’t no stopping us now
4-Sep-2011 Ben Folds Five – Kate
5-Sep-2011 Fitz and The Tantrums – MoneyGrabber
6-Sep-2011 Tom tom club – Genius of love
7-Sep-2011 M83 – Midnight City
8-Sep-2011 Ghostface Killah – Save me dear
9-Sep-2011 George McCrae – Rock your baby
10-Sep-2011 Dead Prez vs. Grizzly Bear – Two weeks of hip hop
11-Sep-2011 Ryan Adams – New York, New York
12-Sep-2011 Real Estate – It’s real
13-Sep-2011 Sade – Your love is king
14-Sep-2011 The Field – Then it’s white
15-Sep-2011 Robert Owens – One body
16-Sep-2011 Atmosphere – Say Shh
17-Sep-2011 Roisin Murphy – Through time
18-Sep-2011 Mayer Hawthorne – Make her mine
19-Sep-2011 The Shins – Caring is creepy
20-Sep-2011 Squeeze – Pulling muscles (from a shell)
21-Sep-2011 Say hi to your mom – They write books about this sort of thing
22-Sep-2011 Calibre and High Contrast – The other side
23-Sep-2011 Oddisee – Hip hop’s cool again
24-Sep-2011 Loch Lomond – Elephants and little girls
25-Sep-2011 The Brothers Johnson – Strawberry letter #23
26-Sep-2011 Bill Withers – Use me
27-Sep-2011 The Go! Team – The power is on
28-Sep-2011 Penny and The Quarters – You and me
29-Sep-2011 The Beat – Save it for later
30-Sep-2011 Skinnyman – Love’s gone from the streets
1-Oct-2011 Air – Alone in Kyoto
2-Oct-2011 The Decemberists – Calamity Song
3-Oct-2011 Lil’ Wayne – Dr.Carter
4-Oct-2011 Jonathon Richmann/The Modern Lovers – The morning of our lives
5-Oct-2011 Grouper – Heavy water / I’d rather be sleeping
6-Oct-2011 Ray Bryant – Up above the rock
7-Oct-2011 The Doors – Riders on the storm
8-Oct-2011 Air France – It feels good to be around you
9-Oct-2011 The Ebonys – Do you like the way I love you?
10-Oct-2011 Al Stewart – The year of the cat
11-Oct-2011 David Byrne and Brian Eno – Strange Overtones
12-Oct-2011 Breakbot – Baby I’m yours
13-Oct-2011 Simple Minds – Alive and kicking
14-Oct-2011 Warren G and Nate Dogg – Regulate
15-Oct-2011 The KLF – Build a fire
16-Oct-2011 Phantogram – Don’t move
17-Oct-2011 Irma Thomas – Breakaway
18-Oct-2011 The Stone Roses – I wanna be adored
19-Oct-2011 Amerie – One thing
20-Oct-2011 Grease/Dr.Dre – You’re the one that I want in the next episode
21-Oct-2011 Elvis Costello – Everyday I write the book
22-Oct-2011 Wilco – I might
23-Oct-2011 Minnie Ripperton – Inside my love
24-Oct-2011 Blur – Girls and boys
25-Oct-2011 Al Green – Tired of being alone
26-Oct-2011 The Stranglers – Walk on by
27-Oct-2011 The Steelers – Give it from the bottom
28-Oct-2011 James Vincent Mcmorrow – Higher love
29-Oct-2011 Low – Silver Rider
30-Oct-2011 Common/Joy Denalane – Go!
31-Oct-2011 The Four Brothers – Rumbidzai
1-Nov-2011 Horse feathers – Curs in the weeds
2-Nov-2011 Womack and Womack – Teardrops
3-Nov-2011 The Marvelettes – Please Mr.Postman
4-Nov-2011 The Style Council – Shout to the top
5-Nov-2011 London Elektricity – Will to love
6-Nov-2011 Finley Quaye – Your love gets sweeter
7-Nov-2011 Little Richard – Rip it up
8-Nov-2011 Roy Ayers – Everybody loves the sunshine
9-Nov-2011 My morning jacket – Wordless Chorus
10-Nov-2011 M People – How can I love you more?
11-Nov-2011 Paul Weller – Headstart for happiness
12-Nov-2011 Hot 8 brass band – Sexual Healing
13-Nov-2011 Marc Cohn – Walking in Memphis
14-Nov-2011 Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
15-Nov-2011 D’Angelo – Untitled (how does it feel?)
16-Nov-2011 Daughter – Home
17-Nov-2011 K-Os – Crucial
18-Nov-2011 Crowded House – Weather with you
19-Nov-2011 The chairman of the board – Give it from the bottom
20-Nov-2011 Little Dragon – Twice
21-Nov-2011 Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street
22-Nov-2011 Harold Melvin and the blue notes – Wake up everybody
23-Nov-2011 Foy Vance – Shed a little light
24-Nov-2011 Arrested Development – People Everyday
25-Nov-2011 Josh Ritter – Thin blue flame
26-Nov-2011 Spandau Ballet – 1
27-Nov-2011 The staple singers – I’ll take you there
28-Nov-2011 Soul II Soul – Back to life
29-Nov-2011 Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
30-Nov-2011 The Bar-kays – Open your heart
1-Dec-2011 Batoma Diallo – Bolo Di Yongo Ma
2-Dec-2011 Hall and Oates – You make my dreams come true
3-Dec-2011 StewRat – Disagreements
4-Dec-2011 Mundy – July
5-Dec-2011 Don Henley – The boys of summer
6-Dec-2011 Best coast – The sun was high (so was I)
7-Dec-2011 Miguel featuring J.Cole – All I want is you
8-Dec-2011 Darondo – Didn’t I
9-Dec-2011 Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
10-Dec-2011 The Futureheads – Hounds of love
11-Dec-2011 Edwyn Collins – A girl like you
12-Dec-2011 How to dress well – Decisions
13-Dec-2011 The soul stirrers – He’s my guide
14-Dec-2011 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Round and round
15-Dec-2011 Jimmy Ruffin – What becomes of the broken hearted?
16-Dec-2011 Fleet Foxes – Blue Ridge Mountains
17-Dec-2011 Steve Arrington – Feel so real
18-Dec-2011 Gene Chandler – Duke of Earl
19-Dec-2011 Los Hijos del Sol – Linda Muñequita
20-Dec-2011 DTMD – Untitled
21-Dec-2011 Dario G – Sunchyme
22-Dec-2011 Was (not was) – I feel better than James Brown
23-Dec-2011 Gonzalez – Haven’t stopped dancing yet
24-Dec-2011 Razorlight – To the sea
25-Dec-2011 Wham! – Last Christmas
26-Dec-2011 Phats and small – Turn around
27-Dec-2011 Good shoes – The way my heart beats
28-Dec-2011 Lee Fields and the Expressions – Honey Dove
29-Dec-2011 Na Hawa Doumbia – Koro Dia
30-Dec-2011 Kano – Nobody don’t dance no more
31-Dec-2011 Otis Redding – (Sittin’ on) The dock of the bay

See you in 2012,
RjK

2011 – The story so far…

I thought I would summarise the blog so far as I reach the mid-point of my year and head for home so to speak.

5 favourites that I didn’t know in January:

Jai Paul – BTSTU
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
Miami Horror – Holidays
Delorean – Stay Close
SBTRKT – Hold On

A couple of other things I love:

UNBELIEVABLE and joyous video: Nguuni Lovers Lovers – Christmas Kitui
Another great video (for a very different reason): Van Halen – Jump

Anyway, thanks for sticking with me. Feel free to leave some feedback. Here’s to another great 6 months.

Peace.