Urgent Qn From Work For All Poptimists

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Songs about travel! Name them! Quick!

Not holidays.

It's for work.

Alright Damon just this once...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

That new Gorillaz single? The one which is kind of a cross between Soul II Soul and Tom Tom Club? With the kids singing?

I really like it.

Well, if the radio's anything to go by.

Rave isn't all happy bleepy noises, yknow

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Mello Core - Good Feeling

Hidden gem on Rave 92 that never seems to make it onto most compilations. For shame! It is a bit moody but still ACE. Goth/Rave x-over!

weather tunes

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

As I think I promised somewhere, some top tunes from the weather  mixes I've been listing on my LJ this week.

Irma Thomas - Two Winters Long: My favourite female singer, her voice an unparallelled blend of the beautiful and the powerful.

Lee Perry - City Too Hot. A long and wonderful track by perhaps reggae's greatest producer.

Wreckless Eric - I Wish It Would Rain. One that didn't make it when Elvis Costello and Ian Dury did. Many will find his singing deeply horrible, but worth a try.

Move - Flowers In The Rain. Well I can't post a bunch of MP3s on Poptimists without including some proper pop, can I? I love Roy Wood.

Dramatics - In The Rain. Totally gorgeous soul at the turning point into the sweet soul of the '70s. Fairly obscure but completely irresistible.

Give them a try - I find it hard to believe that anyone wouldn't fall in love with at least a couple of these...