Playlist 24

[stoutfellow]

You didn't think I'd quit, didja?

• There's the Girl, Heart. I seem to be rather fond of songs that use the "broken glass" metaphor. Don't ask me what that's all about.


• Mellow Yellow, Donovan. If you're going to be freaky, go all out, a'right?


• Windmills of Your Mind, Dusty Springfield. An austere and disturbing song.


• Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Tomayto, tomahto...


• Ball of Confusion, the Temptations. A crowded and despairing song.


• I Love You, Goodbye, Celine Dion. Sorry, but I've got a serious soft spot for this kind of tearjerker.


• The Only Living Boy in New York, Simon and Garfunkel. Another quiet and lonely one from S&G.


• Twenty Years Ago, Kenny Rogers. "But he joined the Army back in nineteen sixty-four / How could we know he would never come back / Twenty years ago?" Sniffle.


• So Far So Good, Sheena Easton. Exuberant and joyful; I love it.


• My Mistake Was To Love You, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye. Two of the best voices Motown ever produced, in a beautiful and sad duet.