LISTENING
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf (Chris’s favourite childhood LP)
Engelbert Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (Walt Disney Studio version; second-favourite childhood LP)
Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Philips Records LP, brilliantly narrated by Joseph Schildkraut)
Stevie Wonder, Living for the City (seminal song played during an English class at Taunton Junior School)
Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime (first song played on “Top of the Pops” that blew Chris’s teenage mind)
The Stranglers (first live gig that Chris attended, in Shepton Mallet, Somerset)
Captain Beefheart, Party of Special Things to Do (Chris chicken dancing over furniture in Harlesden, London)
My Bloody Valentine, Soon (Chris transported by this song in Notting Hill Gate, London)
David Byrne and Brian Eno, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Chris in a red MG with the roof down, racing to Edinburgh on a foggy night)
Talking Heads, Life During Wartime (lyrics to be quoted in times of stress)
Nico (Chris liked to imitate her lugubrious voice; he also did a killer Tom Jones impression)
Mike Stern (Chris went to the 55 Bar in NYC on his own to see Mike Stern play every week)
The Clash
The Cure
Cocteau Twins
Talk Talk
Harold Budd
The Durutti Column
Steve Tibbetts
Yellowjackets
It’s Immaterial
Jaco Pastorius
MAIN BANDS
The Assassins
The Indians
Lloyd Cole:
Love Spit Love
The Mabuses:
Funeral
Blue Nile, Happiness
Billie Holiday, I’ll Be Seeing You
Tom Waits, Take It With Me
Exit
Pat Metheny, Last Train Home
Bill Evans, Peace Piece
Chris singing “Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son” in Switzerland, c. 1970
“Sun Arise” (a favourite song)
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