Playlists of your life

[Wil]

If you've got an iPod (other MP3 players are available) you've probably ganged together some tracks to form a playlist (best of xx etc.) but does anyone here do themed playlists?

I've got a 'a day off ill from school' playlist which starts off with the Picture Box tv theme, has some cheesy classics like Summer by Billy Goldsboro and Angie Baby by Helen Reddy then segues into Rainbow and the Crown Court music for lunchtime with a clip from Words and Pictures. After that we have an afternoon selection like Gonna Make You a Star by David Essex and Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann which goes into kids TV time with The Changes music and Magpie theme and ends up with Midnight at the Oasis by Maria Muldaur.

I've got a few others which also sum up other parts of my life gone by but my most massive one can run for the best part of a work day. It's full of all sorts of nonsense but never fails to cheer me up and ends with probably my favorite piece of music ever. For me it perfectly evokes a lunchtime with my Mum circa '71-'72. For some strange reason that only makes sense to me the compilation's called 'Transfer Lettering'. See how many you recognise:

EBC 1 announcer intro
Mary, Mungo and Midge intro
Afternoon Delight - Starlight Vocal Band
What Becomes of the Broken hearted - Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone
Calling Occupants of Interplantery Craft - The Carpenters
Heaven in my Hands - Level 42
Silver Lady - David Soul
Spider-Man theme - the old cartoon song updated by Michael Buble
Young Parisians - Adam and the Ants
Excerpt from a Teenage Opera - Keith West
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Ballard of Bilbo Baggins - Lenoard Nimoy
Pinball Wizard - Elton John
Double Deckers theme
Wichita Lineman - Glen Cambell
A clip from Bullseye
Lean on Me - Red Box
Thank U Very Much - Scaffold
Barnaby the bear's song
The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
Grange Hill theme
In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
Hold On - Wilson Philips
All the young dudes - David Bowie
Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
The Champions theme
Zoom - Fat Larry's Band
98.6 - Keith
Love is in the Air - John Paul Young
Teenage Rampage - Sweet
I'm going to Spain - Steve Bent (from a recording of Kenny Everett's worst records on Capital Radio circa '79)
The Good Life theme
Killer Queen - Queen
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
Ask Aspel theme
Three Little Fishes - Frankie Howerd
Alone Again, Naturally - Gilbert O'Sullivan
ABC - The Jacksons
Supernature - Cerrone
The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Oh Lori - Alessi Brothers
White Horses theme
Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
King of Whishful Thinking - Go West
Catweazle theme
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Toast - Streetband
Can You Feel It - The Jacksons
Follyfoot theme
Bermuda Triangle - Barry Manilow
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
Hold Me Close - David Essex
Think of a Number theme
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Funky Moped - Jasper Carrot
Cars - Gary Numan
Blockbuster - Sweet
I don't like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Money - Flying Lizards
Son of my Father - Chicory Tip
Screen Test theme
Jilted John - Jilted John
Oh What a Circus - David Essex
You're Moving out Today - Carol Bayer Sager
The end theme to Mary, Mungo and Midge (just the best)

Phew!

[sixtyten]

Re: Playlists of your life

Cool stuff, The Fall did a cover of "I'm going to Spain" but I've never heard the original

the Screen Test theme..great stuff,not heard that in years.Always watched that as a kid. Not seen Michael Rodd on TV for years

[Heather74]

Re: Playlists of your life

Baker Street-Classic,not heard it for a while, will have to dig it out.
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas was no.1 the day I was born.