After yesterday’s songs that I can play on the keyboards, it doesn’t take much observation to guess that today’s song is going to feature an instrument that I can’t play. Or, at least, can’t play very well. I can manage … Continue reading →

Speaking as a musician, there are obviously plenty of songs which could fit this category. In fact, it would be harder to find a song which doesn’t fit this category, in one sense. But there’s a difference between playing a … Continue reading →

I’m not quite sure what to make of this one. I don’t generally laugh at songs, unless they’re deliberately intended to be comedy songs (and, in those cases, they’re often not very good). But I can’t think of any other … Continue reading →

Unlike yesterday’s topic, this is definitely still in the future – and hopefully quite a long way in the future, too! But I’m sticking with the same kind of theme as yesterday. Short of something deliberately ironic, such as My … Continue reading →

We’re a bit late for this one, since I’m already married and have no plans to have any more weddings. So, rather than try to come up with anything clever, here’s the song that Emma and I had at our … Continue reading →

Happy songs are all alike, every sad song is sad in its own way. So Leo Tolstoy might have written if he’d been into music instead of literature. As with anger, a couple of days ago, there are different reasons … Continue reading →

This song is a staple on my “driving songs” iPhone playlist, which primarily comprises upbeat, happy songs that sound good on the way home from work – particularly on a summer Friday afternoon when the sun is shining and the … Continue reading →

This ought to be divided into subcategories. There are lots of different reasons why I get angry, and different songs fit different types of anger. There’s the anger when I’m angry with myself, usually for doing something stupid, there’s the … Continue reading →

Picking a favourite album is almost as hard as picking a favourite song. I’m not entirely sure if this really is my favourite album, but it’s certainly up there near the top. But the reason I’ve picked this is because … Continue reading →

This is a bit trickier than yesterday, since on the whole I don’t tend to worry about songs that aren’t on the radio that I think ought to be. That’s partly because the radio I listen to out of choice … Continue reading →