I’m not on here much I’m afraid, got a lot of stuff going on 😕

Sorry to hear that 😢

Electronic - Getting Away With It (1989 Official Music Video) [HD Upgrade] YouTube video by electronicofficial

#50songs

No. 9 is a biggie

The moment I discovered two blokes who’d steer my music taste for a lifetime 🎸🎵🙌🏻
Oddly at 13 I knew the Pet Shop Boys but had no memory of ever having seen Barney & Johnny until this 😍

9 - Electronic - Getting Away With It (1989)

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1 - 9
Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976)
Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Marillion - Kayleigh
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah
Electronic - Getting Away With It (1989)

Happy Mondays- Hallelujah- TOTP (HQ) YouTube video by TheRoute19

#50songs
Celebrating 50 times around the sun

No. 8

It’s 1989 and something baggy is brewing in Manchester. In the same night we get not just the Stone Roses playing Fools Gold on TOTP but also these scallies with the lovely Kirsty MacColl 🖤

Happy Monday - Hallelujah

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Proud of the IST IST lads at #3 in UK album chart midweek 🤘🏻

If you don’t know them, check out I Am The Fear youtu.be/PJaIVRkKOCg?...
🏆#Top10 🤞🏻

#50songs

Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976)
Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Marillion - Kayleigh
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right

My first gig (my dad’s choice!)

7 - Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World

youtu.be/JVuuatjHGnY?...

Hopefully they might tour later this year 🤞🏻

Gig no.2 (of 50)

Midnight Gallery - Eagle Inn, Manchester (with my mum!)

Check out one of their latest tracks, catch them next in Halifax

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1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976)
2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev
3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good
4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
5 - Marillion - Kayleigh

The first 7” single I ever bought

6 - Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right

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ABBA - Dancing Queen (Official Music Video) YouTube video by AbbaVEVO

#70sTop30
#MusicChallenge

23 - it’s Friday & I have the day off 🙌🏻
I am the Dancing Queen 😊💃🏻🎶

ABBA (1976)

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Share a TV programme that raised you

Gig #1 Holy Youth Movement - l #GigLifeCrisis gathering (Cheltenham). Great set, will definitely try see them again.

Yeah that would be cool 👌🏻 I’m going to the Johnny Marr gig at Castlefield too.

I did yes! 🙌🏻

Band playing a gig

My 1st gig of 50 today at the #GigLifeCrisis Gathering in Cheltenham. If you don’t know the FB group it’s a fun hangout with folk who do ALOT of gigs & they host a few mini-festivals every year.

📷 Bayboards youtu.be/Z1Cmw9KkFv8?...

Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Pedro Navaja YouTube video by Fania Records

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#MusicChallenge

Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Pedro Navaja (1978)

💃🏻🎶🕺🏼

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I plan to nap every Saturday, funnily enough it never happens! 😆

Lucky you! Where are the kids???

#50songs that make up my life story

1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976)
2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev
3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good
4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

Influenced by my brother & fascinated by the LP artwork

5 - Kayleigh - Marillion (1985)

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Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango (Original) YouTube video by ShiftsInReality

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#MusicChallenge
In no particular order

16 - Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango

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Thank you! 🤘🏻

Expensive Shit YouTube video by Fela Kuti - Topic

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#MusicChallenge

15 - Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975)

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Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls on Top Of The Pops 05/12/1985 YouTube video by PetShopBoys Parlophone

#50songs that make up my life story

1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976)
2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev
3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good
(1984)

Imagine a time when people thought this was ‘unusual’ (start of clip!) 🤣

4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1984)

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The Boss YouTube video by James Brown - Topic

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#MusicChallenge

11 - The Boss - James Brown

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Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good YouTube video by NikKershawVEVO

#50songs that make up my life story

1 - Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1976)
2 - Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev

3 - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good
(1984)

My first pop crush 🥰

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Blondie - Heart Of Glass YouTube video by BlondieVEVO

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#MusicChallenge

10 - Heart Of Glass - Blondie (1979)

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Chic - Good Times (1978) YouTube video by MASTER MUSIC BOX

#70sTop30
#MusicChallenge

Feels like the longest week at work 😔
I need this today 💃🏻🪩🕺🏼

8 - Chic - Good Times (1978)

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David Bowie Narrates Disney's Peter And The Wolf (Full) YouTube video by Lucy Whiskers

#50Songs that make up my life story

1 - Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (1976)

2 - The house was full of classical music growing up (my Mum’s influence). I adored following the instruments in the story of …

Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev

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Adore this album! 💕☺️