Haven’t seen ye olde Five Songs Meme on the blogoljfacebooksphere for ages, so it’s time to set it shambling forth again.
It’s quite simple - just list five songs you’ve been listening to a lot lately. Give the reasons why if you want; that bit is entirely optional.
- Breathing Space - Questioning Eyes
Some people have claimed that a song is diminished if you know who a song is about. I think that’s total cobblers. This is a real lump-in-the throat song precisely because I know what it’s about. - Barclay James Harvest - Poor Man’s Moody Blues
I never saw BJH in their prime, but I bought their 1987 live album “Live Dates”after seeing the John Lees Barclay James Harvest at the Cambridge Rock Festival last month. It’s got a lot of the standards like ‘Child of the Universe’, ‘Mockingbird’ and ‘Hymn’, but it’s this one that particularly stood out for me. - Blackfield - Hello
Closing song from their self-titled first album. Blackfield are very good at melancholy. - Parade - The Diamond
I need to do a full review of “The Fabric”. This is one of my favourite songs, some heart-melting vocals from Anne-Marie Helder, and great guitar playing from a certain Mr Josh. - Arena - Purgatory Road
“When the Martians land on London town”. Arena are the Saxon of prog; It’s corny as hell, but knows it’s corny, and doesn’t care. This one stands out from the album “Pepper’s Ghost”.
I’m not tagging anyone - If you want to pick up the meme, post to your own blog, livejournal, facebook wall or whatever and link to it in the comments.
Actually, I’ve been listening to “The Incident” in its entirety quite a bit lately. Is it one song or a series? Don’t know, but I love it.
Calling The Incident a single song sounds like marketing hype to me - it sounds like 14 separate songs to me.