Continue reading »]]> Tom tagged me on the seven-songs-that-have-shaped-my-world-recently meme…

1) Radiohead – All I Need:  I cannot stop listening to this song.  When I hear the opening refrain I get this big deep satisfied smile on my face.  I have no idea why.  I just gets me…

2) Mozart – String Quartet No 1 in G: The first movement of this string quartet just blows me away every time.  I’m hoping I can use this in my Sci-Fi film.

3) Ludovico Einaudi – Svanire: Another one that gets me deep down every time I listen to it.  Beautiful and melancholy.

4) R.E.M. – Kinda lost interest in R.E.M. after ‘UP’, but Mr Richards stood out like a sore thumb on their latest album: Catchy, slightly bonkers.  Love it.

5) Muse – Knights of Cydonia:  Been learning this one to play with the band.  Possibly the most complex song I’ve ever tried to learn, I don’t think thay play the same chord progression twice and the riff at the end is just monstrous.  Absolute genius.

6) Moby – Ooh Yeah: The latest Moby album really took me back to the late nineties when Play came out. With that and Gia Milinovich getting me excited about the new X-Files movie, there were times when it felt like 1998 all over again…

7) Robbie Rotten – Lazyscouts: A cracking tune (and my current ringtone).  Although it wasn’t in the show, it reminds me of when I took my son to see the Lazy Town Live back in April.   He had the same expression on his face I probably had when I was his age and watched Star Wars for the first time. Complete Awe (and perhaps it was even better for him as Sportacus was already his hero, and there he was in the flesh on stage in front of him – magic!).

I won’t tag anyone specifically because I’m sure all the people I know have done it.  If you haven’t, consider yourself tagged…