June 2012 has been a wet miserable month but that didn’t dampen this sun related evening at Johns relocated living space – goodbye ultra modern city centre Leeds flat, hello beautiful old house in rural Keighley. John and Si had concentrated on tunes about the Sun whilst I made a compilation of tunes related to our solar system……couldn’t find a track for ‘Uranus’ but then found out it’s colour is described as ‘Electric Blue’ so went with that. I thought I’d done well…….until I saw Jez’s effort – a complete booklet with selected lyrics from each song designed to take you on a stellar journey – “It’s loosely based on Henry V”……! There was even an interval built in. A great night – watching Balotelli stick 2 past the Germans, playing an array of musical instruments, eating cheese and chewing the fat whist playing a tonne of great tunes on an awesome stereo system…..what’s not to like…
Caribou – Sun – John
The Offspring – Staring at the sun – Jez
The Clean – Stars – Bob
Bat for Lashes – Two Planets – Si
Harmonia – Sonnenschein – John
Hawkwind – Silver Machine – Jez
Jah Wobbles Invaders Of The Heart – The Sun Does Rise – Bob
Tom Vek – The Lower The Sun – Si
A Broken Consort – A Sundering Path – John
The Drums – Me and the Moon – Jez
Low – Venus – Bob
Julian Cope – Sunspots – Si
St Vincent – Northern Lights – John
Gorillaz – Every Planet we reach is Dead – Jez
London Symphony Orchestra – Jupiter – Bob
Lightspeed Champion – Galaxy Of The Lost – Si
Miracle – Sunstar – John
Hawkwind – Quark, Strangeness & Charm – Jez
Katy McCarty – Rocketship – Bob
Metric – Twilight Galaxy – Si
Dodgy – Waiting for the sun – John
……..We had a short Eukelele Session and 2 track interlude………
Sharaab – Earth and Sky – Jez
Tandy Love – Anagram Jam – Bob
………Then back to the Sun and the stars…………..
The Naked and Famous – The Sun – Si
Surf City – See How The Sun – John
Seahorses – Blinded by the sun – Jez
Heroes of the Galleon Trade – Neptune’s Last Stand – Bob
TV on the Radio – Staring at the Sun – Si
Graffiti 6 – Stare into the Sun – John
Symarip – Skinhead Moonstomp – Jez
Frank Sidebottom – Space is Ace – Bob
New Order – Sunrise – Si
Wilco – Sunloathe – John
Rage Against the Machine – People of the Sun – Jez
Lou Reed – Satellite of love – Bob
Kate Bush – Sunset – Si
A Winged Victory For The Sullen – We played some open chords and rejoiced for the earth had circled the sun yet another year – John
Bob the Chiropodist