Its been a while since I’ve done one of these. I start the day; I plug my earphones in and set the iPod on random. At best its an eclectic mix, so skipping†, no lies, just the whole shameful truth. With 8,485 tracks to choose from there’s quite a lot to choose from!
Syncopated Clock – Watch
Looking In The Eyes of Love – The Corrs
Suite from Restless: Willow’s Nightmare/First Rage/Chain of Ancients (from Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Gonna Be Fine – Amy Studt
(Track 2) February 2007 – Various Artists
Something – Shakira
Baby Don’t Cry – INXS
Across the Universe – The Beatles
Dan y Dwr – Enya
Prologue – Leonard Bernstein (from West Side Story)
Kate – Ben Folds Five
Pass Me Down The Wine – Oasis
One Step Too Far – Dido feat. Faithless
Freedom – David Gray
Je dis que rien m’epouvante – Bizet (from Carmen)
Enigma Variations: III RBT – Edward Elgar
G.B.H. (Opening Titles: Life and Times of The Life and Times of Michael Murray) – Elvis Costello and Richard Harvey
Landler – from The Sound of Music
Morris Dance and Trunk Full of Promises – Pakefield Middle School (from A Sweetness in the Air)
Sound of Goodbye – Sugababes
Daydreaming – Massive Attack
Let’s Face The Music and Dance – Nat ‘King’ Cole
Scena (Battle) – Tchaikovsky (from The Nutcracker)
Nothing’s As Good As You – Sugababes
Not While I’m Around – Jamie Cullum
19-2000 (Soulchild remix) – Gorillaz
Faithful – Go West
The King Has Lost His Crown – ABBA
The End – Zbigniew Preisner (from Trois Colours Blanc)
I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
(Track 12) November 2006 – Various Artists
I Bruise Easily – Natasha Bedingfield
The Only Star In Heaven – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Sinfonia Antarctica Sym. No. 7-4 – Vaughan Williams
Wild Horses – Natasha Bedingfield
How Bizarre (Radio Mix) – OMC
Heartbreaker – The Cardigans
Just Don’t Need This – Sugababes
Blackout – Muse
You Touch My Heart – Phil Collins
Singin’ In The Rain – Jamiie Cullum
With A Little Help From My Friends – Various Artists (from Fame Academy)
Believe In Yourself – Sesame Street (from Tenth Anniversary Album)
Star People 97 – George Michael
Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, op. 60 (adagio 0 allegro vivace) – Beethoven
The Picnic – Rachel Portman (from Emma)
Sparrowhawk – Geoff Sample (from Garden Bird Songs)
Forever Autumn – Jeff Wayne
Here I Stand and Face the Rain – a-ha
Walk Of Life – Dire Straits
I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
Sinfonia Antarctica Sym. No. 7-1 – Vaughan Williams
Digging In The Dirt – Peter Gabriel
Welcome to Jurassic Park – John Williams
Please – Richard Rogers (from Act Two of Miss Saigon)
Spoiled – Joss Stone
Excerpts from Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 – Mozart
Prettiest Eyes – The Beautiful South
(Just Like We) Breakdown – Hot Chip
Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral) Op. 125: Adagio molto cantabile – Beethoven
M79 – Vampire Weekend
Parklife – Blur
Testify – Phil Collins
Beautiful World – Take That
Ikon of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne – John Taverner
Lament for the Fallen – J.R.R. Tolkien
I’m The Urban Spaceman – Bonzo Dog Ooo-Dah Band
Emabhaceni – Miriam Makeba
You’re Not Alone (Nightmares On Wax Remix) – Olive
All Time High – The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (from Octopussy)
Karelia Suite , for orchestra, Op. 11: No. 3, Alla marcia – Sibelius
† Drama and audiobook tracks have been skipped.
