What are you listening to right now?

[Blackleaf]

LadBaby ft Bents Green School - "Food Aid" (2022)

Last Christmas, LadBaby had what was a record fourth consecutive UK Christmas No1, and became the only artist other than The Beatles to have four UK Christmas No1s. This year they hope to achieve a fifth consecutive UK Christmas No1...

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The kids in the middle would be expelled for flashing "gang signs" over here.

Well, the Black one anyhow.

 

[Blackleaf]

The kids in the middle would be expelled for flashing "gang signs" over here.

Well, the Black one anyhow.

If they were in America they'd probably have to wear bullet proof vests to school.

 

[Blackleaf]

They've done it!

LadBaby react as it's confirmed they are the UK Christmas No1 for a record fifth consecutive year and have beaten The Beatles for most UK Christmas No1s (LadBaby reacted like England had just won the World Cup).

The proceeds from all of LadBaby's singles go to charity...

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

If they were in America they'd probably have to wear bullet proof vests to school.

Couldn't hurt.

 

[Blackleaf]

Couldn't hurt.

The nearest we've had is my parents going through drills at school where they had to practice diving under their desks in case the Soviets lobbed a nuke at us.

Though I'm not sure how being under a desk would have helped had the Tsar Bomba landed nearby.

 

[Blackleaf]

Green Day - "Armatage Shanks" (1995)

 

[Blackleaf]

Erasure - "Hideaway" (1987)

 

[Blackleaf]

Depeche Mode - "Ghosts Again"



There are now just two of them left since the death of Andy Fletcher in May last year but electropop giants Depeche Mode are due to release their new album "Memento Mori" on 17th March.

(The other former members other than Fletcher haven't died. Vince Clarke, for example, left the band and formed Erasure - see above - with Clarke saying that Depeche Mode's music was too dark for his liking).

 

[Blackleaf]

British virtual rockers Gorillaz are back..



Gorillaz - "Skinny Ape"

2-D - Vocals, keyboards
Noodle - Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Murdoc Niccals - Bass
Russel Hobbs - Drums

The band's eighth studio album "Cracker Island" is released on 24th February...

 

[Blackleaf]

Ghost ft Joe Elliot of Def Leppard - "Spillways" (2023)

 

[Blackleaf]

The Northern Boys - "Give It To Me" (2023)

 

[Blackleaf]

Shakin' Stevens - "All You Need Is Greed" (2023)

Shakin' Stevens, the biggest-selling British singles artist of the Eighties, is back with a new album, released this month.

The Welsh rock and roller is now aged 75.

 

[Blackleaf]

Lordi - "Dead Again Jayne" (2023)

Grab some popcorn, sink your fangs into a loved one and, tonight, let's listen to a 1931 classic...

The Finnish heavy metallers, who won Eurovision in 2006, are back...

 

[Blackleaf]

Desireless - "Voyage Voyage" (1986)

Probably the most successful French pop hit of the 1980s.

 

[Blackleaf]

"Here Come The Rain Again" - Eurythmics (1984)

The British electropop band have sold 75 million records globally.

In the video, Annie Lennox seems to be stalked by Dave Stewart with a newfangled piece of technology: a camcorder...

 

[Blackleaf]

Los Bobos - "La Bamba" (1987)

This was a big hit for the Californian band...

 

[Blackleaf]

The Beautiful South - "Song For Whoever" (1989)

"I love you from the bottom of my pencil case..."

In 1988, East Yorkshire indie rockers The Housemartins split after a short but fairly successful career with a number of hits reflecting their socialist and Christian beliefs. Not long after, some of their members went on to form the band The Beautiful South and one went on to become the DJ Fatboy Slim. Here are The Beautiful South on the BBC's Top of the Pops in 1989 performing their hit about childhood love...

 

[Blackleaf]

The Proclaimers - "Letter From America" (1987)

Scottish twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid came to prominence with this hit

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The Proclaimers - "Letter From America" (1987)

Scottish twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid came to prominence with this hit

Scots Nelson.