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One for my daughter Amy largely because we shared a passion for Lily Allen and it is fun to find out you share musical tastes with your children. My son Matthew used to despair when his friends came round and found Blur or Pulp albums at the height of Britpop and they admired them and he had to say "It's my Dad's!" Hah!We share a penchant for Miss Allen and anyone who samples Professor Longhair on their first album is alright by me . . . . . here's the single from the album LDN that we bought when it came out . . . . . . . . 

Possibly the most perfect album of all time . . . . . . . well the most perfect band of all time so . . . . . . . . . "Home"

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• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
• Ian Dury
• New Boots And Panties (Deluxe Edition)

Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Of course . . . . . ."I will buy you scarlet ribbons . . . . Bernard Cribbins" I Dury

More in the series of singles or sounds bought when they came out and largely I think because of the video this was a resounding success

• Bitter Sweet Symphony
• The Verve
• This Is Music: The SIngles 1992-1998

• Da Da Da
• Trio
• Da Da Da Ich Lieb Dich Nicht Du Liebst Mich Nicht Aha Aha Aha Maxi

Da Da Da | Trio

Another in an ongoing series of singles (or albums) bought when they came out and an exploration in the hook I guess. This made me laugh out loud! I bought it anyway. Ice Lieb Dich Nicht Du Liebst Mich Nicht. Quite . . . . . 

• Macarena
• Los del Río
• Fiesta Macarena

Macarena |  Los del Río

Pure pop? . . . . . . how infectious is this song? Fed up with it? Think it's uncool? tell your feet! It is totally infectious and a work of genius like all summer hit songs ( well maybe not the Birdie Song . . . .although . . . . maybe another time.(sic!) This is fun and the song is, I believe, a peon to women IMHO check the laughter and the lyrics . . . . the women win and all there is to do is DANCE!

Ayyay!

• T. Rex - Get It On (Full Length Version)
• T. Rex
• “Electric Warrior” (40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) 

T. Rex - Get It On (Full Length Version) (1971)
(AKA “Bang a Gong (Get It On)”)
Marc Bolan
from: “Electric Warrior” (40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) (CD2)

more in the series of singles or sounds bought when they came out and this is a single from the one hit wonders Martha and The Muffins but what a track!?

1979 

“Echo Beach”

Martha and the Muffins

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The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which has been observing the Sun since 2010. Launched on February 11, 2010, the observatory is part of the Living With a Star (LWS) program. The goal of the LWS program is to develop the scientific understanding necessary to effectively address those aspects of the connected Sun–Earthsystem directly affecting life and society. The goal of the SDO is to understand the influence of the Sun on the Earth and near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously. SDO has been investigating how the Sun’s magnetic field is generated and structured, how this stored magnetic energy is converted and released into the heliosphere and geospace in the form of solar wind, energetic particles, and variations in the solar irradiance

Read more at: NASA/SDO | Wikipedia

Image credit: NASA/SDO/AIA/HMI/EVE & proccessed  Stuart Rankin

Ever since I first heard him (you know THAT single) I have enjoyed the work of George Ezra and this appearance on the One Show I enjoyed and is my summer Hit Single choice. Not hip enough?
It don't matter now . . . . . . . . check out the previous single too the official video here . . . . special guest appearance from some old dude. I LOVE IT!







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