I have read the book '20 songs for the end of the world' recently and at the end it asks for 20 songs at define your life. NOT you 20 favourite songs, but songs that mean something to you in your life. I did not think I would be able to have enough, but could have got more in the list.
Kevin's 20 songs list for the end of the world, and reasons why.
1) Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones (earliest memory of music was the stones and my dad's favourite band)
2) Wake me up before you go go - Wham (my sister was crazy about Wham and George Michael, it was always blasting out of the bedroom next to mine)
3) Wild Boys - Duran Duran (my favourite band as a young boy)
4) Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison - (my nan's favourite artist and the pain I felt for my dad as he listen to it, on the evening of his mothers passing).
5) The only one I know - The Charlatans (my favourite band of the time loved this album on tape)
6) Out of Space - The Prodigy (my first cd was the prodigy experience and this was over played).
7) Run to the hills - Iron Maiden (my first gig to see one of the best live acts in a tiny venue, with a best friend at The Mayflower, Southampton).
Battery - Metallica (first festival at Donington 91, where Metallica blew me away, with a couple of mates).
9) Rocket Queen - Guns and Roses (reminds me of my first music show in a stadium, with guns and roses at Wembley 1991, that I went to with my friends)
10) Killing in the name - Rage against the machine (first trip to the Reading festival with a mate and again blown away by this band).
11) Whatever - Oasis (reminds me with lots of live albums of a period of time between 95-98 where Oasis and Brit pop took over my life from Rock/metal)
12) shoot you down - Stone Roses (the time I met my now wife, Liz and the crazy drunk moments that followed... Until my car money ran out.
13) Wires - Athlete (even though my daughter was born 4 years prior to the release of this song and she only had to stay in hospital for 1 night with a little fluid on here lungs. This song struck a cord with me).
14) New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (getting engaged to Liz and where I proposed. This song also popped up in drunken nights when we first met).
15) Yellow - Coldplay (reminds me of the cup final 2003....it was ours and the football gods said NO! Great cup run and great day).
16) Mr Brightside - The Killers (drunken nights out started again when my daughter was old enough for a childminder. Reminds me of a little indie club in Southampton called Lennons. Rum and coke £1 a go!
17) Time is running out - MUSE (first festival since 96, and the first with Liz, and MUSE blew me away on the main stage in 2004 It kick started a few years of Reading/V Festivals, sometimes both until and including 2007.
18) Something Changed - Pulp (my wedding day, what a fantastic day, and one of the greatest moments of my life, nearly 10 years ago. This was our first dance, but the lyrics are so true.... Fate!
19) Master of the puppets - Metallica (went to see them again in 2009 and a further 5 times since, mostly with Gary Oxley and re-kindled my love with rock/metal music).
20) Everlong - Foo Fighters (my favourite song, from my favourite album and band).
