What are you listening to right now?
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He's still going strong today, even amongst the youth. My six month old niece Jasmine is a Beethoven fan. Whenever she starts to get grumpy her mummy and daddy play Beethoven on the TV and she goes quiet, listening intently and watching the shapes moving across the screen and enjoying it.
She's not always going to be a Beethoven fan, though. Her Uncle Blackleaf will ensure that. She's going to be a metalhead by the time she's five.
Groove Armada - "At The River" (1997).
The London drum and bass duo comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay had a Top 20 UK hit with this in the year the Labour Party swept to power for the first time in 18 years and Princess Diana was killed in a car crash.
My claim to fame: Andy Cato's little sister was once my girlfriend.
The Stranglers - "Golden Brown" (1981)
The London rockers - still performing to this day - scored a No2 UK hit in the year Prince Charles married Princess Diana with this beautiful work of art.
The main body of the song has a triple metre waltz rhythm, with beats grouped in threes, but the instrumental parts add an extra beat to create a phrase of thirteen beats.
I'm not too sure what that means, but these four geniuses created a work of absolute beauty...
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Gorillaz ft De La Soul - "Feel Good Inc." (2005)
The virtual London trip hop band Gorillaz (2-D, vocals, keyboards; Noodle - guitar, keyboards, vocals; Murdoc Niccals - bass; Russel Hobbs - drums) and Amityville, New York, hip hop band De La Soul had a No1 hit in their native countries with this.
The Beatles - "Penny Lane" (1967)
Released as a double A-side single with "Strawberry Fields Forever"; written, of course, by Lennon and McCartney; and the lyrics recall the sights and characters along Penny Lane in Liverpool that McCartney recalled from his upbringing in the city.
The most successful musical artists in history scored a No1 around the world with this in many countries, but the song was their first to to not reach No1 in their native country since "Please Please Me" in 1963.
Black Sabbath - "Sweet Leaf" (1971)
Guess what this song is about.
The veteran heavy metal pioneers may be getting on a bit, with Ozzy using a walking stick, but the four are to perform a concert in their native city of Birmingham on 5th July.
Guess what this song is about.
The veteran heavy metal pioneers may be getting on a bit, with Ozzy using a walking stick, but the four are to perform a concert in their native city of Birmingham on 5th July.
Pulp - "Common People" (Glastonbury 2025)
A big hit for the Britpop band in 1995, they performed it at Glastonbury at the weekend after previously performing the song at the music festival 30 years ago in 1995.
They may look a lot older, but the band has just released a new album.
Judas Priest - "War Pigs" (2025)
Veteran Birmingham heavy metal band Judas Priest have paid tribute to fellow Birmingham heavy metal band Black Sabbath by performing Sabbath's 1970 hit "War Pigs."
Sabbath - who invented heavy metal - are to perform a concert at Birmingham's Villa Park (the home of Aston Villa FC) this month...
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Lacuna Coil - "Never Sun" (2024)
A hit for the Italian heavy metal band last year. A warning for your eardrums: They are VERY heavy metal.
Hailing from the northern Italian city of Milan, Lacuna Coil are one of Italy's most successful bands.
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Erasure - "Hideaway" (1987)
This song by the London electro-rockers is about lead singer Andy Bell reminiscing about telling his parents that he's gay.
Despite the uplifting electro-beats favoured by keyboardist Vince Clarke, you can describe the lyrics as dark...
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