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Artist. Decorator. Lost in music… always have been, always will be. Ex-serial music challenge host, now part-time (sort of). #MDANT @tansleyjames on Twitter.
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#ArtistFave90s 5 Morrissey The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get | 1994 The lead single from Vauxhall And I. One of Moz’s most melodic singles. youtu.be/sCBIUK7s0MM?...

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#Top20RoxyMusic 7 If There Is Something | 1972 Roxy do country (of sorts), well they do for 1m and 40s and then things take a turn as the song builds towards it’s very Roxy climax. Covered by Tin Machine in the 90s but nothing beats the original. youtu.be/fLlttedKNlo?...

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#TheSmithsTop30 7 Girlfriend In A Coma | 1987 It’s forever tainted for me as news of their split happened at the time but in isolation it’s a terrific Smiths single. It’s only two minutes long and starts like a Bee Gees track but it’s wonderful (especially the strings). youtu.be/3GhoWZ5qTwI?...

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#ArtistFave90s 6 Morrissey You’re Gonna Need Someone On Your Side | 1992 Back to Your Arsenal and the opening track on the album. I love everything about this track but especially Mick Ronson’s brilliant production. youtu.be/SX-da_xcbEQ?...

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#2005SongsTop20 1 Crawl Down The Wall | Editors The Back Room was an album of numerous highs but my number one spot goes to one of the b-sides of the Munich single. It still remains my favourite Editors song to this day. Thanks @musiccountdownguy.bsky.social youtu.be/i9IMF395aDg?...

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#Top20RoxyMusic 8 Mother Of Pearl | 1973 My highest placed track from third album Stranded. A song of two halves, both good but the second half definitely shades it. youtu.be/MuNMsfFkI_M?...

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#TheSmithsTop30 8 Meat Is Murder (Live) | 1985 It would be nice to have the complete Oxford Apollo show released one day. Ideally on a Meat Is Murder deluxe edition if that ever happens. This is a great live version of the album’s title track. youtu.be/gr1hwWEUNl4?...

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#ArtistFave90s 7 Morrissey Speedway | 1994 The first of two from Vauxhall & I. Speedway is one of Moz’s finest solo tracks and a fitting album closer for Vauxhall. youtu.be/7ttFScH3keg?...

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#2005SongsTop20 2 Teen Angst | M83 I was hooked in by that opening synth melody as soon as I heard it. Teen Angst is the perfect combination of shoegaze and electronica, a track I know I’ll never tire of hearing. youtu.be/bo1odFJnHO8?...

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#Top20RoxyMusic 9 Virginia Plain | 1972 Early Roxy all the way now and back to the very beginning for the debut standalone single Virginia Plain. youtu.be/jg9b2PnmgxY?...

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#TheSmithsTop30 9 Reel Around The Fountain (Troy Tate Reel) | 1983 My highest placed song from the debut album but I prefer the Troy Tate produced version. youtu.be/eFuGU3C7hWE?...

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#ArtistFave90s 8 Morrissey Alma Matters | 1997 I wasn’t particularly taken with Maladjusted at the time (especially the awful cover) but the era’s b-sides were really good and Alma Matters is a great Moz single. youtu.be/C_pfMoUVNPw?...

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#2005SongsTop20 3 Precious | Depeche Mode Until 2023’s Ghosts Again this was my favourite post-Ultra Mode single. It put them back in the top ten again and rightly so. youtu.be/GqSVrJQi8AQ?...

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#Top20RoxyMusic 10 My Only Love | 1980 My final pick from the later years incarnation of Roxy. My Only Love wasn’t a single but it just drowns in the class and sophistication that Roxy Mk2 had in abundance. youtu.be/eHXAbRuVCg0?...

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#TheSmithsTop30 10 The Draize Train (Live) | 1986 (Released in 1988) The third Smiths instrumental and the live version from Rank is a blistering take of the Panic b-side. youtu.be/Pt9wMbj0oBw?...

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#ArtistFave90s 9 Morrissey Certain People I Know | 1992 The third and final single released from Your Arsenal. The Mick Ronson produced masterpiece hangs heavy in my list. youtu.be/1cvr3focVF0?...

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Always a joy to hear this. It’s such a beautiful and evocative song. #TheLotusEaters

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#ExitMusic Potential new music challenge. Choose your favourite song endings. Obviously the greatest ending belongs to The Perfect Kiss 😉 but there are plenty of others to select from. A sweeping orchestral arrangement, an elongated workout or a towering crescendo. The choice is yours. Details tbc…

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#2005SongsTop20 4 Snowden | Doves The second single released from Some Cities is Doves at their haunting and cinematic best. youtu.be/XFn_Vd668EU?...

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