Songs that saved your life #10

I thought my ears were becoming immune to the extremes of Austrian Radio, but no, this one transported me back to 1983, in a good way I hasten to add.

Who's that Girl ~ Eurythmics

Songs that saved your life #9

What's this? Is it Roxy Music? Mott the Hoople? Bryan Ferry on his own?

Nah, it's Sailor ~ A Glass of Champagne

Fear of flooding

I've been a bit busy this weekend and rather than have separate entries for the good and the bad aural assaults of the ambient media, I felt i needed to clear a bit of a backlog, and with no justification as to my taste either, so there!)

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Tune too far #6
Toto ~ Africa

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Tune too far #7
Frankie goes to Hollywood ~ The Power of Love

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Tune too far #8
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson ~ Say Say Say

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Tune too far #9
Opus ~ Live is life

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Tune too far #10
Survivor ~ Burning Heart

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song that saved your life #5
Lou Reed ~ Take a Walk on the Wild Side

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song that saved your life #6
The Maisonettes ~ Heartache Avenue

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song that saved your life #7
Cyndi Lauper ~ Time after Time

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song that saved your life #8
Anita Ward ~ Ring My Bell (for Liz)

Songs that saved your life #4

On Arte this evening, there was a programme about the Berlinale. It featured an interview with Nick Cave and featured long snippets of:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue ~ Where the Wild Roses Grow

Songs that saved your life #3

After my early morning goombay disdain of Radio Wien, I came home to:

Nancy Sinatra ~ These boots were made for walking

Songs that saved your life #2

Da Da Da ~ TrioAbsolute Klassik! I think I need say no more...

Songs that saved your life

I have decided that as every equal should have its opposite, the antithesis of posts tagged as "a tune too far" will be represented by a "song that saved your life" (to slightly misquote Morrissey).

The only rules for choice of these songs in either camp is that they were heard incidentally during my stay here, be that on the radio, television, out shopping or doing something else more meaningful. My first song in this category is:

David Lee Roth ~ Just a Gigolo

I fear this may be rather a contentious choice, not least because of his crimes against fashion and penchant for spandex body suits but also my usual rather arch musical tastes, but hey, I've never been anything if not eclectic!

I heard this wilst working this morning and while I'm not a fan of Mr Roth's (or should that be Mr Lee Roth's?) I love this song! especially by George Melly. Marty Feldman's version in Young Frankenstein is great too, but this one will have to do as it's what I heard!